Cheng Qianfan put down the newspaper and came to the window. He pressed the blinds lightly with his fingers and saw a figure turning away.
Zhao Shuli.
He frowned slightly.
Cardinal Zhao is a close confidant of Tan Detai and the plainclothes detective of the Central District of the French Concession.
Cheng Qianfan couldn't see through this person.
He had an intuition that this Shu Li Zhao had been observing him secretly.
This is an intuition without any evidence.
For agents, this intuition is often more vigilant than the evidence they see with their eyes or hear with their ears.
Cheng Qianfan simply pulled up the blinds, lit a cigarette and admired the 'scenery' outside the window.
Chief Inspector Qin Detai was not feeling well and did not come to work today.
This aroused Cheng Qianfan's interest.
He then recalled the night before, when he saw Chief Inspector Qin's car going out late at night at the Tianya Photo Studio.
Qin Detai's driver, Hao Xiaowei, said that Qin Detai felt unwell at night and went to see Qin Detai's personal doctor, Dr. Mu.
Cheng Qianfan kept this incident in mind, and he concluded that there must be something fishy about it.
As usual, in late August every year, the patrol room would arrange a physical examination, and Cheng Qianfan began to have a plan in mind.
La Fei Fang.
Qin Detai's villa.
A rickshaw parked at the door of the villa, and Dr. Mu, the personal doctor, walked quickly to the door carrying a medicine box.
"Doctor Mu, please go upstairs. Lao Qin is taking a nap upstairs, waiting for you to check him out," Mrs. Qin said.
"I understand, Madam, please don't worry, it's just a routine physical examination." Dr. Mu said.
"Okay, check carefully." Mrs. Qin said.
Dr. Mu carried the medicine box up to the second floor.
"Doctor Mu is here." Qin Detai's voice came from above, followed by the sound of the door closing.
"Section." Dr. Mu opened the medicine box, took out a document from the mezzanine, and handed it to Qin Detai respectfully, "This is a confidential document transferred from Nanjing. It was just submitted by the Red Party. They are planning to establish the so-called Third Party in Shanghai.
List of Red Party personnel in the Eighth Route Army Office."
Qin Detai looked solemn as he took the document and looked at it carefully.
The leader of Shanghai Office 8 of the Red Party is the famous Red Party leader Pan Yixing.
Under Pan Yixing, there are many red party members.
Qin Detai noticed that most of these people were red party members who had begun to operate in a public capacity.
However, one name caught his attention.
Zhou Hongsu.
This person has not been publicly active before and should have been working underground for the Red Party. This is the first time that the identity of the Red Party has been made public.
The reason why Zhou Hongsu attracted his interest and attention was because——
Qin Detai took out a secret document from the safe in the study room. This was a document secretly submitted to him by Wang Kangnian, leader of the third team of the Action Unit of the Party Affairs Investigation Division.
According to the document, He Huan, the political director of the Hangzhou Party Affairs Investigation Office, discovered a suspected red party member at Bethel Hospital. Wang Kangnian arranged for his men to monitor the person. The hospital's hospitalization data showed that the person's name was Zhou Hongsu.
As he expected, Zhou Hongsu, who was on the list of the Red Party's Eighth Office in Shanghai, was exactly the inpatient at Bethel Hospital.
In this way, the red party monitored by Wang Kangnian and others has no great value.
Qin Detai shook his head. It was such bad luck that he finally managed to secretly capture the traces of an important red party member. This person's identity has actually been made public.
However, he immediately fell into thinking.
The Red Party made Zhou Hongsu's identity public at this time, and there seemed to be nothing suspicious about it, but it was too much of a coincidence.
Qin Detai had two guesses. One was that it was indeed just a coincidence. The Red Party had long planned to arrange Zhou Hongsu's public event.
Another possibility is that the Red Party discovered that Zhou Hongsu was under surveillance and had no choice but to arrange for Zhou Hongsu to reveal his identity.
If it's the latter, it's worth investigating.
"I ordered Wang Kangnian to carefully check this Zhou Hongsu, especially during our surveillance period, to see if there is anything suspicious, and focus on checking if anyone suspicious has come into contact with him." Qin Detai said one after another.
"My subordinate understands."
"Is there any progress on the traces of the Red Party's 'bandit leader' Luo Tao?" Qin Detai asked.
"There is no progress yet." Dr. Mu replied, "We have investigated in many ways, but there is still no trace of Luo Tao. I wonder if the other party has heard some rumors and fled Shanghai?"
"It's unlikely." Qin Detai shook his head, "Luo Tao was seriously injured and cannot be transferred. He must undergo surgery in Shanghai."
"If so, judging from the time, Luo Tao should have completed the operation and should be hiding somewhere to recuperate." Dr. Mu said, "This will be more difficult to find."
Qin Detai nodded. If Luo Tao has not yet performed the operation, then he may gain something by looking at major hospitals and private clinics. However, after the operation has been completed, there will be many places where he can recuperate. If he wants to be in such a big hospital
Searching for traces of this person on Shanghai Beach is no less than finding a needle in a haystack.
"Do your best and obey fate." Qin Detai shook his head. Negotiations between the national government and the Red Party on the reorganization of the so-called red guerrilla zones in the eight southern provinces are ongoing. Once the two sides reach negotiations, Luo Tao will be 'transformed' into a
It will be difficult to arrest the generals of the national army.
…
Huangpu Road.
A residential house near the Consulate General of Japan in Shanghai.
Cheng Qianfan met secretly with Hyōtaro Imamura here.
"Do you have any clues about the warehouse robbery that occurred in the French Concession a few days ago?" Hyōtaro Imamura asked.
"The empire didn't do it?" Cheng Qianfan asked in surprise.
"No." Hyōtaro Imamura shook his head. He asked many departments, including the imperial military, and they all said it was not them.
Cheng Qianfan breathed a long sigh of relief.
"What?" Hyōtaro Imamura asked.
"It's not the empire's fault, so I feel better." Cheng Qianfan said with a wry smile, "In fact, all the goods in Baffin's warehouse are my goods."
Imamura Hyoutarou was surprised. He didn't expect that the warehouse that was robbed actually contained Kentaro Miyazaki's.
"Is the loss big?" Hyōtaro Imamura asked with concern. Strictly speaking, he also had a 'shareholding' in Miyazaki-kun's black market business, and Miyazaki-kun's monthly tribute was delivered on time.
"The warehouse has been emptied, and any rat that enters it will starve to death." Cheng Qianfan said with a wry smile, "Fortunately, I only paid part of the deposit. The biggest loss was to Baffin & Co."
"Have you found anything in the French Concession?" Hyotarō Imamura nodded and asked.
"The French Concession still insists that the Eastern District was done by the National Army, and the Mailan District was done by the Empire." Cheng Qianfan shook his head, "In my opinion, the French Concession did not really want to find out the results, insisting that it was Japan and China.
Only then can they demand compensation for what Fang did.”
Hyōtaro Imamura nodded. The empire's analysis on this matter was similar to what Cheng Qianfan said. The French Concession only cared about compensation so that they could give an explanation to the merchants.
"Sir, I heard that the empire announced a blockade of the China coast?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"It is indeed true." Hyōtaro Imamura nodded.
The Consulate General also received a letter from the Imperial Navy and learned more about the matter.
The 3rd Fleet of Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa of the Imperial Navy stationed in Shanghai will blockade the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea south of Lianyungang, China, and the coastal sea area to the mouth of Beilun River in Dongxing County, Guangxi Province.
Vice Admiral Yoshida Zengo's 2nd Fleet stationed in Qingdao blocked the sea north of Lianyungang up to Shanhaiguan.
This move will cause most of the direct foreign trade and transportation in China's coastal areas to be interrupted, and will block the Nationalist Government's material foreign aid to the greatest extent.
"Sir, this move by the empire will greatly impact the National Government's foreign aid channels. I completely agree with it." Cheng Qianfan sighed and said cautiously, "However, the supplies we shipped from France may be affected.
"
"Miyazaki-kun, you must always remember that you are an agent of the Empire of Japan. Don't always think about your business." Imamura Hyōtaro scolded.
"Yes, Miyazaki is being shallow." Cheng Qianfan apologized, gritted his teeth, and said, "It's just a matter of losing about a hundred large yellow croakers in a shipment. I should put the empire first."
Hyōtaro Imamura was silent. There were more than a hundred large yellow croakers, including a dozen of his.
Cheng Qianfan made a look of heartache.
"You only have money in your eyes, which is very bad." Hyōtaro Imamura scolded with a straight face. He glanced at Cheng Qianfan. Hyōtaro Imamura picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. "If your freighter is seized,
, you come to me and I will help you clear it up."
"Ah." Cheng Qianfan was overjoyed, "Thank you sir, thank you sir."
"I won't do it next time." Hyōtaro Imamura snorted coldly.