Based on Cheng Qianfan’s understanding of Hyōtaro Imamura, Imamura is a man who appears to be incorruptible, but is actually greedy.
Or, to put it more objectively, Imamura Hyoutarou is a person who can distinguish between public and private matters.
Yu Gong, this is an excellent diplomat who is deeply influenced by Japanese nationalism and has great abilities.
Privately, although Hyōtaro Imamura's desire for money is very hidden, this desire is very simple and serious.
Under Cheng Qianfan's deliberate verbal hints, it is impossible for Hyōtaro Imamura not to know that Cheng Qianfan arrested Akagi-kun in order to obtain money from Akokufu.
With Imamura's greed, even if he asked Cheng Qianfan to release Lord Akagi, it would definitely imply that Cheng Qianfan could ask for some money from Chi Guofu.
Maybe Chi Guofu has secretly given money to Imamura, but there is no conflict. Imamura can add another amount of the money made by Inspector Cheng.
He was just a Chinese businessman, and it was extremely common for the empire to steal some money from him as a token of filial piety. Chi Guofu must have been mentally prepared.
However, the strange thing is here.
Hyōtaro Imamura said directly that he should be released and didn't say much else.
Looking at this matter simply, it seems that Akokutomi is very important in Imamura's heart. However, it is contradictory when related to Imamura's attitude towards Akokutomi in his words later.
In addition, Chi Guofu knew that his son had been arrested by the police station, but he never came to the police station to 'negotiate' the conditions for his release. Instead, he directly approached the diplomats of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, which is contrary to common sense.
Cheng Qianfan took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and held the cigarette butt against the fire.
Throw the cigarette butt away casually.
Chi Guofu's family successfully aroused his greater interest.
There are many businessmen like Chi Guofu who are close to the Japanese, and there will be more in the future, but they are not enough to arouse the strong interest of 'Mr. Xiao'.
Or, to be more precise, it was Chi Guofu's Japanese wife who aroused his keen interest.
His intuition told him that the request Imamura Hyoutarou received was not from Aka Kunitomi, but from this mysterious Japanese woman.
The reason why I say 'mysterious' is because Chi Guofu's Japanese wife rarely appears in public. There are many rumors about this woman in the public, including some of her love affairs between the sheets. However, most of them are rumors and there is no real evidence.
And there are even fewer people who have actually seen this Japanese woman.
Cheng Qianfan even had a vague guess that the real decision maker in Chi Guofu's family might not be Mr. Chi Guofu, but the Japanese wife.
…
Nanjing, official residence of the leader.
Wang Zhihe was smoking and chatting with Qian Dajun in the corridor.
"There must be Japanese spies lurking in the top levels of the government. These bastards are secretly passing on information, otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence." Wang Zhihe said angrily.
A few days ago, the Chairman secretly set out from Nanjing, passed through Suzhou, and arrived at the Lushan front line. He summoned the frontline generals to boost the morale of the army.
On the way back, a Japanese bomber suddenly flew over the Suzhou Railway Station. If it weren't for the concealment, Chang Kaishen ordered to switch to another special train, which could have avoided the detection of the Japanese military plane.
If the bomb falls, the consequences will be disastrous.
In addition, the lighting control at the train station was poor. When Japanese military planes flew in, the lights flickered on and off, making it look like they were sending signals to Japanese bombers in the sky.
This also made Wang Zhihe very angry. He insisted that the railway station was a collaborator.
However, it was later found out that there was nothing wrong with the train station employees, it was the quality of the light bulbs that was the problem, but they found out that they were passing off shoddy goods and poaching state property.
Regarding the sudden flight of Japanese bombers to Suzhou Railway Station, Wang Zhihe firmly believed that this was not an accident. The Japanese must have detected the commission in advance and sent bombers to the Shanghai front line.
Perhaps because they could not determine when the committee would arrive at Suzhou Railway Station, the Japanese were afraid of alerting others, so they did not drop the bomb.
"The committee's itinerary is highly confidential, but the secret has been leaked again and again, which is really chilling," Qian Dajun said.
"Traitors are the most hateful." Wang Zhihe scolded, "Due to the government's indifference in resisting Japan in the past few years, there are more and more traitors. Some bastards are just cheap bones. Seeing the power of being a traitor, they are vying to betray the country and become traitors. Now it can be said that
It’s impossible to guard against it.”
Hearing that Wang Zhihe had made irresponsible remarks about the government's attitude towards Japan, Qian Dajun didn't say anything. He said to himself that it was you Wang Zhihe. If anyone else had said such things, they would have been kicked out of the attendant's room by the commission, or even punished.
"No, I have to go to the chairman of the committee and tell him that Dai Chunfeng and Xue Yingzhen are incompetent and cannot be relied upon. We must strengthen the security of the attendant's room." Wang Zhihe threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stepped on it with his leather shoes, and turned to leave.
Qian Dajun looked at Wang Zhihe's back and shook his head. A few days ago, Wang Zhihe reported Xue Yingzhen and Dai Chunfeng's situation, which resulted in the two men being scolded by the committee.
That is to say, Wang Zhihe is the old man next to the committee and has won the trust of the committee. If it were someone else who offended Xue Yingzhen and Dai Chunfeng at the same time, he might not be able to sleep peacefully.
…
"Is there any movement?" Gu Zhenglun asked in a deep voice.
"Everything is normal with the target, there is no movement."
The feedback made Gu Zhenglun extremely anxious, while Dai Chunfeng and Xue Yingzhen also frowned.
The Nanjing Gendarmerie Headquarters, Dai Chunfeng's Secret Service, and Xue Yingzheng's Party Affairs Investigation Division worked together to monitor Huang Jun around the clock.
Five days have passed.
Huang Jun still has no abnormal behavior.
"So, the meeting with the Japanese bombers at Suzhou Railway Station four days ago was just a coincidence?" Dai Chunfeng said thoughtfully.
"Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's not." Xue Yingzhen shook his head, "If it's not a coincidence and there is always no abnormality on Huang Jun's side, does this mean that our judgment is wrong and Huang Jun has no problem?"
Dai Chunfeng glanced at Xue Yingzheng and said nothing.
His intuition told him that Huang Jun was the traitor.
Now it seems that the other party is more cunning than he expected. Huang Jun must have an extremely secret information transmission channel that has not yet been discovered.
"Continue to monitor, and if there is anyone who slacks off and indulges the enemy, military law will be dealt with." Gu Zhenglun ordered, "I don't believe this guy can't get out of his hole!"
He agreed with Dai Chunfeng's judgment that the most likely traitor was Huang Jun!
…
French Concession.
The Japanese brutally bombed the Shanghai South Railway Station four days ago, causing nearly a thousand civilian casualties.
The impact of this incident is extremely bad.
Not to mention official negotiations, the most direct reaction from Shanghai citizens is:
Fear!
Cheng Qianfan, dressed as ‘Mr. Xiao’, sat on a rickshaw and looked at the ‘scenery’ along the way:
There are very few pedestrians on the street and there are sparse lights along the way.
There were rumors on the street that Japanese people would throw bombs when they saw lights at night. People were panicked for a while. Some citizens were late from get off work and did not even dare to light a fire to cook.
In view of this, the French Concession authorities have been constantly refuting the rumors in the past two days, saying that France is the most powerful country in Europe. The Japanese do not dare to offend France, let alone attack the French Concession. The citizens of the French Concession are asked not to panic.
"Sir, Wufuli has arrived."
Cheng Qianfan groaned, nodded, got off the bus, paid the fare, got off the bus with a wooden box, and went straight into the alley.
About five minutes later, he returned from the alley and turned directly to another alley. After going around seven times, he came to a secret stronghold on Dolphin Road.
Cheng Qianfan observed carefully and saw no warning signal, so he knocked on the door according to the agreed signal.
The door opened, and Hao Zai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw 'Mr. Xiao' arriving on time.
The two looked at each other, and Cheng Qianfan stepped in.
Ying Huaizhen had arrived early. When she saw Hao Zai coming in with 'Mr. Xiao', she quickly stood up to greet him.
Cheng Qianfan was very cautious. He prepared three hidden strongholds. For example, the stronghold on Dolphin Road was previously known only to Haozi and Ying Huaizhen.
The other hidden stronghold is only known to Li Hao, Jiang Mulezi, the little Taoist priest and others.
There is another stronghold that only Qiao Chuntao, Yang Changnian, Wu Shunjia and others know about.
This move can avoid being taken advantage of by the enemy to the greatest extent.
"General Secretary Ying, I have ordered you to approach Cheng Qianfan for some time. How is the progress?" Cheng Qianfan looked at Ying Huaizhen and asked.
