Putting down the phone, Cheng Qianfan had a thoughtful expression on his face.
Hyōtaro Imamura called and said that there was a banquet hosted at his home for distinguished guests recently and he was invited to accompany him.
'Mr. Xiao Cheng' naturally agreed happily and said he would attend the appointment on time.
Because they were worried that the phone calls would be monitored, the two did not speak in the name of teachers and students. This was an invitation sent to Cheng Qianfan, deputy chief inspector of the Central Patrol Room of the French Concession, in the name of Hyoutaro Imamura, Special Assistant to the Consul General of the Consulate General of Japan in Shanghai.
Hyōtaro Imamura called, which in itself was no problem.
Inviting him to a banquet is no problem.
The senior officers of the patrol house all knew that Cheng Qianfan had a close relationship with Japan, especially Hyōtaro Imamura of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai.
And this friendship is exactly what the French Concession authorities need and are happy to see.
Everything seemed normal, but Cheng Qianfan just felt that something was wrong.
This is a feeling that cannot be described in words, that is, he subconsciously feels that there may be a problem, but he cannot tell where the problem lies.
…
Naturally, 'Mr. Xiao Cheng' did not need to strictly abide by the commuting time. When there was still an hour before getting off work, Cheng Qianfan ordered Li Hao to prepare the car.
"Brother Fan, where are you going?" Li Hao had already started the car and asked casually.
"Hyoutaro Imamura is hosting a banquet at home to entertain distinguished guests, and he invites me to accompany him." Cheng Qianfan said, "Go to the warehouse."
His mind began to think about what gift to choose this time. Different from the previous gifts, this time there were distinguished guests present, so the gift he chose was naturally a real visit gift.
Moreover, Hyōtaro Imamura called the police station, so this was a relatively public visit. The gifts he prepared must be in line with his status and occasion.
Then he saw Haozi stunned for a moment, then smiled and muttered in a low voice, "Fortunately it wasn't Sanbonjiro who asked Brother Fan to accompany you."
"What did you say?" Cheng Qianfan asked immediately.
"It's nothing, Brother Fan, I said Sanbonjiro..."
Cheng Qianfan made a gesture to signal Haozi to be quiet, and there was a look of surprise on his face. No wonder he had always felt that something was wrong. It turned out to be the familiarity brought about by his status as 'accompanying'.
Previously, Sanbonjiro had asked him to accompany the 'distinguished guest' Kashin. That incident was one of the most dangerous experiences in his latent career, and it naturally left a deep impression on him. Therefore, when he encountered the same thing today, he
You will have strange feelings subconsciously.
Cheng Qianfan chuckled and shook his head. He seemed to be a bit disappointed.
"Let's go." Cheng Qianfan said.
…
Li Hao started the car and just as he was about to pass through the gate at the patrol room, he saw a little girl running over and waving her arms at the car window.
"Brother Hao."
"Brother Fan, it's Xiaohuan." Li Hao stepped on the brakes, turned to Cheng Qianfan and said, then rolled down the window and scolded, "Xiaohuan, you are looking for death, I almost hit you."
"Brother Hao, is Mr. Cheng in the car?"
"What do you want from me?" Cheng Qianfan poked his head out, "What does your young lady want from me?"
Xiaohuan is the little maid beside Ying Huaizhen.
Or it can also be understood as the hired female child laborers who clean the house and serve tea and water.
After being scolded by Li Hao, the little maid felt aggrieved, but she didn't dare to show it on her face. When she heard Mr. Cheng's question, she quickly ran to the car window and took out an envelope from her body.
"Mr. Cheng, the lady asked me to give this to you."
"What is it?" Cheng Qianfan took the envelope and asked casually.
"Sir, you will know as soon as you open it." Xiaohuan said, and then he added as if he remembered something, "The lady came home yesterday and called a lady named Xia to ask for something."
"I know." Cheng Qianfan pinched it with his hand, knowing that it should be a photo. He took out a legal currency from his body and handed it to the little maid, "Go back."
When the little maid received the reward, she beamed with joy, bowed, and ran away happily.
Cheng Qianfan looked at the back of the little maid running away happily, smiled and shook his head. He rolled down the window and said, "Let's drive."
"yes!"
…
Cheng Qianfan held the envelope in his hand and raised the corner of his mouth. He just said something casually yesterday, and Ying Huaizhen remembered it in his heart. According to what the little maid said, Ying Huaizhen called Xia Xiaoying late at night to ask Xia Xiaoying to be more patient.
I developed a photo.
Women are born to act.
If Cheng Qianfan hadn't known that Ying Huaizhen was ordered to seduce him, Cheng Qianfan would have been a little moved in his heart.
Then he chuckled and shook his head, yes, Ying Huaizhen was ordered by Xiao Mian of the Shanghai Special Agents Group to hook up with the famous Mr. Xiao Cheng in the French Concession.
Cheng Qianfan subconsciously put the envelope into the inner pocket of his suit. After thinking about it, he felt it was inappropriate, so he picked up a book on his left hand side.
He poured the photo out of the envelope and was about to put it in a book. Out of professional habit, he picked up the photo and glanced at it.
Just at this glance, Cheng Qianfan stopped placing the photo.
"This person is..." He brought the photo closer and looked at it.
Ying Huaizhen wears a beautiful cheongsam, which makes her even more beautiful. The cheongsam perfectly embodies a woman's beautiful body.
Cheng Qianfan's attention was focused on the photo background behind Ying Huaizhen.
A car was parked on the roadside below the theater. The car was only half the length of the car. Several people were standing beside the car talking.
…
"Sakamoto Yoshino." Cheng Qianfan first recognized his friend Sakamoto.
Sakamoto Yoshino, wearing a suit and leather shoes, was talking to several people, or to be precise, he was talking to the person in the middle.
this person--
Due to the angle of the photo, only the profile of the person talking to Sakamoto Yoshino was captured.
But——Cheng Qianfan’s eyes suddenly tightened!
This profile face looks exactly like Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
Among Kentaro Miyazaki's 'relics' during his lifetime, there is a photo of him and Hiroyuki Taniguchi, but of course, it only shows the front face.
However, Cheng Qianfan had seen photos of Hiroyuki Taniguchi's left side, right side, and even the back.
This was a secret order issued by Dai Chunfeng himself, ordering agents from the Secret Service to obtain the photograph of Hiroshi Taniguchi in Tianjin through legitimate means.
Then Qi Wu, who was on a business trip to Shanghai, brought these photos over in person. Cheng Qianfan carefully studied the photos, confirmed that he had firmly memorized Taniguchi Hiroyuki's physical characteristics, back image, etc., and then destroyed the photos to remove any traces.
This matter was arranged by Dai Chunfeng himself. The entire 'candid photography' operation was very cautious and confidential, and even the agents from the Tianjin Station who participated in the operation were all transferred back to the rear to work afterwards.
In addition, if it were not for the special status of Hiroyuki Taniguchi, who was a famous Japanese scholar and archaeological expert, his sudden death would arouse attention and suspicion, which would be unsightly. Otherwise, Dai Chunfeng would have directly ordered Hiroyuki Taniguchi to be killed.
Because of this rigorous and thorough preparation, Cheng Qianfan quickly determined that the person talking to Sakamoto Ryano was none other than Kentaro Miyazaki's 'mentor' Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
At the same time, Cheng Qianfan also instantly thought that Imamura Hyoutarou was going to host a banquet to entertain distinguished guests and asked him to accompany him:
Now it is clear that the distinguished guest Imamura Hyoutarou wants to entertain is Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
Moreover, Cheng Qianfan even understood that Imamura Hyoutarou's move was probably to create a surprise between him and Taniguchi Hiroyuki.
Where is the surprise?
It's simply a life-threatening scare.
After figuring out the whole story, Cheng Qianfan let out a long breath.
Although Shanghai has already felt the chill in November, Cheng Qianfan was sweating on his back at this moment.
…
Kentaro Miyazaki's mother has passed away long ago.
and has no other relatives.
Kentaro Miyazaki was relatively quiet when he was a child, and his residence was a little remote. Apart from playing with Tai Imai, he didn't have much contact with other children or neighbors.
When he reached middle school age, Kentaro Miyazaki left home to study.
There are naturally some changes when a boy grows up.
Therefore, if there is anyone alive today who is most familiar with and understands Kentaro Miyazaki as an adult, it must be Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon, and there were still three hours and a quarter of an hour left before we went to the banquet at Imamura Hyoutarou's house.
It can be said that time is extremely tight.
Cheng Qianfan did not panic, let alone lose control.
Whenever big things happen, you must stay calmer. This is one of the essential skills for top agents to survive in the cruel lurking career.
…
Cheng Qianfan closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.
He is thinking and remembering.
Recalling the records about Hiroyuki Taniguchi in Kentaro Miyazaki's diary, this is his most direct and valuable information about Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
Although he did not know when and where he would meet Hiroyuki Taniguchi before, and it was even impossible for the two to meet for a long time.
However, Cheng Qianfan has always been prepared for a rainy day. He has already studied the relevant information countless times, and it can even be said that he knows it by heart.
The recollection at this time is just to confirm that no details will be missed.
In addition to the records in Kentaro Miyazaki's diary, Cheng Qianfan is still recalling his correspondence and telegram exchanges with Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
After pretending to be Kentaro Miyazaki, it was impossible for him not to contact Hiroyuki Taniguchi. Cheng Qianfan found several replies from Hiroyuki Taniguchi among Kentaro Miyazaki's "relics", as well as a letter that Kentaro Miyazaki did not have time to send to Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
.
He carefully studied the unsent letter and then sent it to Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
Subsequently, after receiving a reply from Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Cheng Qianfan specifically approached Sanbonjiro and expressed his concerns about sending another letter to the teacher under his current latent status.
In the end, Mimotojiro made the decision that Kentaro Miyazaki did not need to reply to the letter from now on, and if anything happened, he could send it to Hiroyuki Taniguchi through the telegraph machine of the Super High School.
In this way, in the past two years or so, the contact between Cheng Qianfan and Hiroyuki Taniguchi, apart from the letter written by Kentaro Miyazaki himself, was the exchange of several telegrams between him and Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
Already.
…
Through diaries, Cheng Qianfan carefully and meticulously studied the relationship between Kentaro Miyazaki and Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
The relationship between Miyazaki Kentaro and this mentor is somewhat special:
From an academic point of view, Kentaro Miyazaki respects Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
Hiroyuki Taniguchi was very strict with Kentaro Miyazaki, and even beat him and scolded him frequently.
Perhaps it is for this reason that Miyazaki Kentaro is not close to Taniguchi Hiroyuki. This is very clearly reflected in the diary. Miyazaki Kentaro privately calls Taniguchi Hiroyuki the "sword-axe hand". This nickname also shows that
Got some questions.
Cheng Qianfan gently rubbed his temples.
The relationship between Kentaro Miyazaki and Hiroyuki Taniguchi is not close, which is good news.
However, despite this, Hiroyuki Taniguchi knew Kentaro Miyazaki very well.
There must be many things that only this pair of teachers and students know.
For example, Hiroyuki Taniguchi said something, explained something, or what kind of help Kentaro Miyazaki asked Hiroyuki Taniguchi to do, or even whether there was some kind of conflict between the two, these are only the
Only two people knew it.
Once Hiroyuki Taniguchi and Kentaro Miyazaki talked about their teacher-student relationship and mentioned something on a certain day of a certain year, a certain month, Cheng Qianfan would probably not be able to pick up the conversation.
…
also--
"Haozi." Cheng Qianfan said.
"Brother Fan."
"Bring me the magnifying glass."
"yes."
Li Hao took the magnifying glass from the glove box and handed it to Cheng Qianfan with his backhand.
Picking up the magnifying glass, Cheng Qianfan studied the photo carefully. His attention was on the other people around Sakamoto Yoshino and Taniguchi Hiroyuki.
With Hiroyuki Taniguchi's identity, it is impossible to travel alone. He will be accompanied by assistants or security personnel.
Cheng Qianfan held a magnifying glass in his hand and looked carefully.
On the left side of Sakamoto Yoshino is a middle-aged man. Although this man's face is from the front, it can't be seen clearly from a distance.
There was a woman beside Hiroyuki Taniguchi. Cheng Qianfan stared at the woman's face carefully:
do not know.
Next to this young woman is a young man.
This person's face is profiled, and Cheng Qianfan cannot see the other person's face.
There is another man at the far end. This man is smoking. He is turned sideways and his face cannot be seen clearly.
Cheng Qianfan shook his head slightly. He either couldn't see these people clearly or didn't recognize them.
This 'didn't know' means that he didn't see the photos of the relevant people in the diary and other 'relics' left by Kentaro Miyazaki.
However, this does not mean that Kentaro Miyazaki does not know these people.
The more likely scenario is that these people knew Kentaro Miyazaki, but were not very familiar with him, or that Kentaro Miyazaki’s attitude and impression of these past few months were very average, so he did not save any relevant photos or group photos of these people.
Of course, it is also possible that Kentaro Miyazaki does not know these people.
However, the first situation cannot be ruled out.
…
Cheng Qianfan lit a cigarette and took a puff.
Time is too tight and there are too many unknowns.
Once he goes to the banquet tonight, it is very likely that he will be found out, and this banquet will become a no-return banquet.
Looking for an excuse?
First avoid this dinner party invited by Hyoutaro Imamura?
Cheng Qianfan fell into deep thought.
This method can be adopted in extremely urgent situations.
However, for a person of his status and job, the most taboo thing is 'lying'.
Yes, for latent agents, the most likely thing to be exposed is ‘lies’!
Once you tell a lie, in order to complete the lie, you need to follow up with countless lies to complete the lie. Then, the exposure is not far away.
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