The wind has picked up, and there is a biting coldness blowing on people.
He flicked the cigarette ashes, and when the wind blew, the ashes fell on the cat.
Cheng Qianfan had an apologetic expression on his face, picked up the cat and patted it twice.
The cat, which continued to return to the window sill and was lying down, glanced at its owner and moved its head towards the window.
There were footsteps and the cat's ears perked up.
It was the sound of Bai Ruolan taking Xiaobao up the stairs. The cat lowered its erect ears, yawned and licked its paws.
Cheng Qianfan took out a new cigarette and turned it around in his right hand, while holding the cat's paw in his left hand and playing with it.
The cat looked back at him and meowed, seemingly dissatisfied.
Cheng Qianfan turned to pick up the cat, and the cat was satisfied.
…
Cheng Qianfan is now certain that the person who used the telescope to observe him at the Terrace Road Police Hospital must be related to the Japanese side. To be precise, it is most likely related to the Special Higher Education Course.
There are two possibilities. One is that the people with the extra-high-level courses were at Terrastro Road Hospital at the time for some unknown reason, or because of a certain mission, or were lurking here, or were accidentally there.
So, in short, this person noticed him and looked at him with a telescope.
Later, the person reported what he observed to Sanbonjiro.
There is another possibility that Mimotojiro himself was at the French Concession Police Hospital at that time. He even used a telescope to observe Cheng Qianfan and it was Mimotojiro himself. At the worst, Mimotojiro was also at the scene.
So, here comes the question, if Mimotojiro was in the hospital, why did he secretly go to the Terracotta Road Police Hospital?
Looking for (meeting) someone?
Arrange things?
If Jiro Sanmoto was not in the police hospital at that time, then who was the person who secretly spied on him in the hospital? Why did this person appear in the hospital?
Cheng Qianfan lit a match, lit the cigarette, and took a puff.
It seems that there is a secret person and secret thing in the Terracotta Road Police Hospital.
…
The next morning.
Inspector Cheng Xiao was sitting in the car, yawning.
Li Hao drove his car and skillfully turned right onto Xue Huali Road.
When he was still about a mile away from the large courtyard of the central patrol house, Cheng Qianfan glanced out the window and saw a black Citroen car parked on the side of the road.
The front hood of the car was open, and a man was repairing the car.
When two cars passed each other, the man repairing the car raised his head and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the towel hanging around his neck. The early morning sunlight passed through the branches of the trees on the roadside and fell on this man.
Under the dappled sunlight, Cheng Qianfan recognized this man.
Gao Lan!
Captain of the action team of the Red Party in Hangzhou, and commander of the pistol company of the special agent group of the Western Zhejiang Guerrilla Zone, which once frightened the enemy.
Gao Lan was the general under the 'Charterer' when he was in Hangzhou, but he was also transferred to Shanghai at some point.
Saw Gao Lan.
Cheng Qianfan couldn't help but think of what happened that day at the Maiyuqiao Pier in Hangzhou.
He thought of the underground party member who fired a gun in the street and risked his life to send a warning.
I thought of the words "I'm sorry" that this comrade muttered before he died.
…
Cheng Qianfan lowered his eyelids.
He did not meet Gao Lan's eyes.
He didn't think Gao Lan was waiting for him here specially.
The identity of ‘Huo Miao’ is highly confidential, and it is absolutely impossible for ‘Charterer’ to reveal his identity to Gao Lan.
Another point is that Fang Jinghua didn't know that he knew Gao Lan.
Previously, during the investigation process when Cheng Qianfan returned to the organization, the organization only used the results to back-check, confirming that the Hangcheng Red Party had indeed received warning information.
No further details were disclosed to the Hangcheng Red Party. Therefore, Fang Jinghua did not know who the person who passed the information was at that time, let alone the specific details.
After that, Fang Jinghua was transferred to Shanghai to work. Before leaving, Peng and Ou informed Fang Jinghua and informed him of the hidden identity of "Huo Miao", but they did not disclose the details of their previous relationship.
Therefore, Fang Jinghua didn't know that he knew Gao Lan.
So, there are only two possibilities for Gao Lan appearing near the central patrol room. One is that he is here to perform a certain task, or it is a pure accident. The actual situation is that Gao Lan's car broke down.
…
"Haozi." Cheng Qianfan ordered.
"Brother Fan, tell me."
"Tell Taozi to wait for me at my usual place after get off work today."
"Understood." Li Hao nodded.
Cheng Qianfan decided to investigate the Terracotta Road Police Hospital.
However, it is not convenient for him to show up too much, so he can only leave this matter to his subordinates.
Among the subordinates of the Shanghai special situation team, Cheng Qianfan admired Qiao Chuntao's abilities the most, and since Taozi could speak Japanese, he felt most at ease by leaving the matter to Taozi.
…
"Wang Kangnian may be released."
As soon as he arrived at the patrol room, Cheng Qianfan went to see acting chief inspector Jin Kemu and was informed of the news.
Late last night, the Daudao Municipal Government made solemn protests and representations to the French Concession authorities, demanding that the French Concession release Wang Kangnian, captain of the detective team of the Daudao Municipal Police Station, and many of his men.
The French Concession authorities ignored it at all. They did not recognize this so-called Avenue City Government.
However, just early this morning, Eiichi Iwai, deputy consul general of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, personally visited the French Concession and made serious representations on the matter.
Japan's attitude is tough.
Although the French Concession authorities were unwilling to do so, they did not dare to anger the Japanese too much.
In the end, when the Japanese selectively made a small step, the French Concession authorities also gave in:
The DaDaDao City Government is willing to pay the medical expenses and a certain amount of condolences to Mr. Pitt who was unfortunately injured in this misunderstanding.
The French Concession authorities took it easy and relented, agreeing to release Wang Kangnian and others.
Yes, it was the Daido City Government that paid the compensation. This matter had nothing to do with the Japanese side. Despite this, the Japanese side was still very picky about words and only agreed that the Daido City Government used the term "condolence money" and was not allowed to use it.
The three words "compensation".
…
"That's ridiculous." Cheng Qianfan got a little excited after hearing this, "They were the ones who shot at Peter and me first, how could we just let them go?"
"This matter is a foregone conclusion." Jin Kemu shook his head, "The Japanese are arrogant, and the concession authorities should not provoke them too much."
"This case cannot be repeated, Mr. Jin." Cheng Qianfan said urgently, "This time they attacked Peter and me and let it go so easily. How can we pay it back in the future?"
"If you have any objections, go and talk to Superintendent Ferguson. It's useless to talk to me." Jin Kemu said angrily.
At the same time, he was both angry and a little happy inside.
What makes them angry is that the Japanese are so arrogant that even the French now have to avoid their edge.
Fortunately, speaking of this incident, Wang Kangnian was a dog of the Japanese. The Japanese forced the French Concession to release him, which would definitely make Cheng Qianfan, who was attacked, very dissatisfied.
If this incident can cause a rift in the relationship between Cheng Qianfan and the Japanese, or even make Cheng Qianfan see clearly the sinister face of the Japanese, and the two sides will become grudges as a result, this will actually be a good thing.
…
"I don't believe it anymore. There is no place for reasoning!" Cheng Qianfan said indignantly, "Is this French Concession still a French world?!"
Looking at Cheng Qianfan's angrily leaving figure, Jin Kemu raised the corners of his mouth and shook his head.
About a few hours later, Jin Kemu received the message.
In addition to paying medical expenses and a certain amount of condolences to Lieutenant Peter of the French Concession Political Office, the DaDao City Government also added another expense:
They paid a condolence payment to Cheng Qianfan, the Third Inspector of the Central Patrol Room who was frightened by the misunderstanding here.
Jin Kemu's expression was a little stiff.
He originally thought that Cheng Qianfan was angry because the Japanese protected Wang Kangnian.
But he didn't expect that the reason why Cheng Qianfan was furious was different from what he thought.
…
"Why does Pete have consolation money and I don't?" Cheng Qianfan said after drinking with Yuan Kaizhou and burping.
Why?
Just because Peter is French, we are just Chinese.
Yuan Kaizhou thought in his mind.
However, Cheng Qianfan actually asked for frightened consolation money from the so-called Dadao Municipal Government, which really surprised Yuan Kaizhou.
"Brother Cheng, I admire you so much." Yuan Kaizhou gave a thumbs up, "You are the one who can make the Japanese bow their heads."
"What Japanese?" Cheng Qianfan took a sip of wine, "It's the Daodao City Government."
"Yes, yes, it's the DaDaDao Municipal Government." Yuan Kaizhou laughed.
The two drank and chatted for a while before Cheng Qianfan said goodbye and left.
Looking at Cheng Qianfan's leaving figure, Yuan Kaizhou's smile faded and he fell into deep thought.
Cheng Qianfan suddenly came to him for a drink, which surprised him.
Although objectively speaking, the relationship between the two was neither far nor close, and it was not too surprising to have a drink together, but Yuan Kaizhou did not dare to be careless.
Could it be that he secretly sent someone to investigate Cheng Qianfan and the news leaked out?
You can't really just come here to have a drink together and scold Liang Yuchun along the way.
…
Cheng Qianfan returned to his office and shook his head.
When he saw Liang Yuchun's car passing by the roadside in his office, he stopped and said a few words to Gao Lan, who was repairing the car.
Afterwards, Gao Lan repaired the car and drove away.
Cheng Qianfan saw all this in his eyes.
However, he did not act rashly.
On the one hand, the organization has strict disciplinary requirements for lurkers, and no lateral contact can occur without permission:
Even if you realize that someone may be your gay, you should pretend not to notice, let alone have any direct or indirect contact with them intentionally.
Cheng Qianfan naturally would not make mistakes.
He chose to sit on the sidelines.
As for him going to have a drink with Yuan Kaizhou, he went out of his way to 'make good friends'. The relationship between Yuan Kaizhou and Liang Yuchun was not a good one. There had always been disagreements between the two. Cheng Qianfan took the opportunity to scold Liang Yuchun in front of Yuan Kaizhou, causing Yuan Kaizhou to
'resonance'.
No trace, gentle breeze and drizzle, careful management, thinking of using it later, this is the way of doing things of "Huo Miao".
Some seemingly meaningless behaviors may be of great use in the future.
…
Wang Kangnian was released in the afternoon.
Having been beaten violently by Inspector Xiao Cheng and tortured, Wang Kangnian looked a little miserable.
He lay on a stretcher and was carried by people from the Avenue City Police Department.
Xiaosi stood next to the stretcher, bending down from time to time to ask about Wang Kangnian's condition.
"Brother, Cheng Qianfan is here." Xiao Si suddenly bent down and said to Wang Kangnian.
The stretcher stopped.
Xiao Si helped Wang Kangnian raise his head.
Wang Kangnian then saw Inspector Cheng Xiao coming from the side of a French paulownia tree, walking slowly and leisurely, carrying a bag of things in his hand.
The afternoon sun shone down, and in Wang Kangnian's eyes, this man's tall figure looked so abominable.
When he was about ten steps away from the stretcher, Inspector Xiao Cheng stopped and picked up the bag of things in his hand, "Captain Wang, this is the medicine I specially grabbed for you. It is very useful for treating bruises and injuries."
It works wonders.”
He smiled gently and said, "Don't worry, you can take care of my medicine quickly."
Wang Kangnian's eyes were all red and he stared at Cheng Qianfan.
His mouth moved.
Xiaosi came over and took the medicine bag with both hands, "Big brother said thank you to Inspector Cheng for your kindness. I will repay you generously in the future."
"You're welcome." Cheng Qianfan raised the corner of his mouth and completely ignored Xiao Si's stretched out hands. Instead, he directly threw the medical bag in his hand. After a parabola, the medical bag fell on the stretcher and hit Wang Kangnian.
on the body.
Wang Kangnian was injured due to the smash, and he let out a scream.
Xiao Si was extremely angry and looked at Cheng Qianfan with hatred in his eyes.
However, he did not act rashly, but turned around and walked to the stretcher and looked at Wang Kangnian.
Wang Kangnian gritted his teeth and nodded.
"Let's go!" Xiao Si glared at Inspector Xiao Cheng fiercely and shouted through gritted teeth.
Watching Wang Kangnian and his group leave, Cheng Qianfan waved his hand, "Captain Wang, have a good trip!"
…
A tea stall opposite the patrol house.
A man in his thirties was shaking his head contentedly, tapping the fingers of his right hand gently on his knee.
The erhu sound stops.
The man tilted his neck and drank all the tea in the bowl, then placed a one-yuan French currency on the table.
"Fifty cents for tea, fifty cents for the old man." The man pointed at the blind old man playing the erhu and said.
"Scare the farmers, scare the farmers."
"A good man of great mercy."
Wiping his mouth, the man glanced in the direction of the central patrol room door again, looking at Cheng Qianfan's back with an intriguing smile on his face.
"Taniguchi-kun, this student of yours, tsk tsk." He shook his head slightly, "In the fish and meat village, you are the greedy and lustful 'Inspector Xiao Cheng'."
After the man walked away for a while, he waved a rickshaw with his hand.
"Sir, where are you going?"
"Excuse me, Terracotta Road Police Hospital." The man said with a smile.
Half an hour later, not long after this person left, 'Inspector Xiao Cheng' received the information conveyed on the street.
At the tea stall opposite the gate of the Central Patrol Room, an old blind man who has been playing the erhu here for a long time reported a situation:
Someone was secretly inquiring about Inspector Xiao Cheng.
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