"I took action, Lao Huang, and the medicine cured the disease." Lao Huang was praised by Cheng Qianfan, and Mr. Xiao Cheng personally brought him breakfast. This treatment made the patrol officers in the patrol room envious.
Old Huang still has two brushes.
Lao Huang took the oil paper bag from Mr. Cheng with a smile, skillfully took out a bottle of vinegar from the cabinet, poured it into a small plate with a small gap, pinched a pot sticker with two fingers and put it in the vinegar
On the plate, after being soaked in old vinegar, I put the pot stickers into my mouth and chewed them, narrowing my eyes with satisfaction.
"Are you sure?" Cheng Qianfan smiled, glanced at Lao Huang who was eating happily, and asked in a low voice.
"Even if Daluo Jinxian comes, he can't be saved." Lao Huang said.
Although Cheng Qianfan had confirmed the news from Lu Dazhang's phone call last night, he couldn't help but ask again.
After it was confirmed again that Chen Xiangjun had been sanctioned, Cheng Qianfan nodded with a calm expression. He picked up a potsticker from the oil paper package, dipped it in a little vinegar, and stuffed it into his mouth. "It's too sour."
Cheng Qianfan said, and then Mr. Cheng walked away with his hands behind his back, humming a tune in his mouth.
When the patrol officers saw that Xiao Cheng was in a good mood, they all smiled.
If the elder is in a good mood, their lives will be easier too.
Soon, the reason why Xiao Cheng was in a good mood spread:
Last night, General Manager Xiao Cheng ordered Datou Lu to lead his men to ambush Wang Kangnian of the Detective Brigade.
There was a feud between Mr. Xiao Cheng and Wang Kangnian, which was known to almost everyone in the French Concession.
Although Wang Kangnian escaped again this time, Wang Kangnian's number one subordinate, Xiao Si, was shot dead. This could be said to have directly killed Wang Kangnian's most important right-hand man.
Xiao Cheng is always in a good mood after getting rid of Xiao Si. However, everyone knows that Xiao Si's death may be a trigger. Now it depends on how Wang Kangnian will react.
…
At noon that day.
"Do you think Cheng Qianfan deliberately wanted to kill Xiaosi and intended to anger Wang Kangnian?"
At a Shikumen residence on Father Jin Road, Araki Harima asked Datoulu.
"Yes." Datou Lu nodded, "The patrol commander knew that it was not easy to attack Wang Kangnian directly, so he chose a roundabout tactic."
As he spoke, he sighed, "It's just like the inspector didn't shoot himself, but in the end I had to shoot decisively."
"I suspect that the inspector has long known that I secretly work for the Locust Army, but he doesn't mind. He only cares about whether I still obey his orders."
Hearing this, Araki Harima smiled and nodded, "Very good. This shows that Cheng Qianfan is still very close to the empire."
"The inspector is just closer to the interests." Da Toulu shook his head and said.
Araki Harima glanced at Oturo, wondering what kind of subordinates he had - he thought of Oturo's "adding more money" face when he first defected to the empire.
"From now on, you can obey Cheng Qianfan's orders as long as they do not harm the interests of the Empire of Japan." Araki Harima said, "Even if they may harm the interests of the Empire of Japan, you can also consider obeying them as appropriate, as long as they are done in a timely manner afterwards.
Just report it."
"I understand." Oturu glanced at Araki Harima and nodded seriously.
…
After Oturu left, Araki Harima suddenly asked in the direction of a closed door,
"Miyazaki-kun, what do you think?"
With a creak, the door opened.
Cheng Qianfan glanced at the door and said, "It's time to oil the door shaft."
Then he took out the cigarette case from his body, took out a cigarette, lit it with the lighter, took a puff and said, "Da Toulu is a very smart person. Such a person is very good, but he is not good either."
Araki Harima nodded, he understood what Kentaro Whitezaki meant:
Being interested in profit means that it can be bribed. The empire is now the master of Shanghai, and no party can give Da Toulu more benefits than the empire. This man is a smart man, so he naturally understands this and does not worry about betraying the empire.
However, it is precisely because Datulu is a smart person. This kind of person usually thinks more, and the starting point for considering problems is not pure. On the contrary, he is not trustworthy in some situations.
"Why did you suddenly attack Xiaosi?" Araki Harima asked with a headache.
"Xiao Si is very dangerous." Cheng Qianfan sneered. "The way he looked at me made me very uncomfortable. It gave me the intuition that he was going to do something to me." Cheng Qianfan said.
Araki Harima showed a surprised expression.
He took a deep look at Kentaro Miyazaki and said, "According to Daou's report, Xiaosi is indeed planning to attack you secretly."
"Wang Kangnian is so unwise?" Cheng Qianfan frowned and asked coldly.
"It's not Wang Kangnian, it's Xiaosi." Araki Harima said.
"This man is really loyal to Wang Kangnian." Cheng Qianfan snorted, "However, this man has always been smart, why is he so stupid at this time?"
He could guess Xiaosi's wishful thinking:
After Xiaosi acted in his own name and successfully killed Cheng Qianfan, Xiaosi should have been prepared to bear the responsibility on his own without involving Wang Kangnian. He did not even rule out using his own life to help Wang Kangnian escape.
However, Xiaosi's plan is destined to fail. If something happens to him, Xiaosi cannot calm down Sanbonjiro's anger.
"It's not that Xiaosi is stupid, it's that he doesn't know your true identity, Miyazaki-kun, and your importance in the heart of the section chief, so he naturally made a misjudgment." Araki Harima shook his head and said.
"Actually, I have always had a question." Cheng Qianfan said.
Araki Harima made a listening gesture and motioned for his friend to continue.
"If Wang Kangnian is the deeply hidden Chen Zhou, what is Xiao Si's identity?" Cheng Qianfan said.
"Xiaosi is very smart."
"I do things very carefully." Araki Harima nodded and said.
"Even if I don't like this person now, I have to admit that this person is very capable, and most importantly, he is very loyal to Wang Kangnian." Cheng Qianfan said, "Given the Red Party's habit of developing people around them,
It is impossible for Wang Kangnian to be indifferent to a loyal person like Xiaosi."
"You mean that Xiaosi may have an important identity within the Red Party and is not just an ordinary person?" Araki Harima said with a thoughtful look.
"This is just a guess on my part. If I have a subordinate like Xiaosi, I will definitely develop him into an agent loyal to the empire." Cheng Qianfan said, "Of course, maybe because of my preconceived hostility to Wang Kangnian, this guess is actually
It’s not enough to explain anything.”
Araki Harima waved his hand, signaling his friend to stop talking and not to disturb his thinking.
Araki Harima filtered through his mind the important information he knew about the "unpunished" agents of the Red Party, and then his expression suddenly changed.
"I thought of someone." Araki Harima said.
Cheng Qianfan looked slightly surprised, "My guess is groundless."
"But, it makes sense." Araki Harima said with a serious expression, "Chen Xiangjun was caught by Okazaki Zhongzuo in Hangzhou. This person has been dedicated to investigating a mysterious Hangzhou Red Party member while he was at the Hangzhou Party Affairs Investigation Office.
."
"The codename of this red party member is Butterfly Flower." Araki Harima said.
"Butterfly flower?" Cheng Qianfan frowned, "What a strange code name."
"This person is a cryptography expert and has always been a key criminal arrested by the Hangzhou Party Affairs Investigation Office." Araki Harima said with a sigh, "Miyazaki-kun doesn't know something. When Mr. Kawada went to Hangzhou, it was precisely to arrest this person.
Pansies."
"That's so?!" Cheng Qianfan was shocked, with a look of reminiscence on his face, and sighed, "I didn't expect Mr. Kawada to be involved with this red party member back then."
As he spoke, he showed a thoughtful expression, "If what I expected is true, Lord Kawada was unfortunately broken into pieces, and this so-called Butterfly Flower is still at large."
"That's true." Araki Harima nodded, "Not only us, but also the National Party Affairs Investigation Office has been looking for this Butterfly."
"Araki-kun suspects that this little four is Butterfly Flower?" Cheng Qianfan said, and then showed an incredible expression, "That little four is a Red Party cryptography expert? It's incredible."
As he spoke, he thought for a while and then said, "I am very wary of Wang Kangnian. I have investigated him and several of his subordinates. This junior has basically stayed in Shanghai and seems to have never been to Hangzhou."
Hearing this, Araki Harima shook his head and said, "Shanghai and Hangzhou are very close. Xiaosi can go to Hangzhou secretly without being noticed."
As he spoke, Araki Harima showed a serious look, "What's more, there is another situation. Both our side and the National Party Affairs Investigation Office have been tracking down the butterfly flower for so long but there is still no trace of the butterfly flower. I suspect that the butterfly flower is here in Hangzhou.
It's a deception in itself, the butterfly flower is actually somewhere else."
"The nearest big city to Hangzhou is Shanghai, and cryptography experts are usually mathematics experts, and even this person himself is a university professor." Araki Harima talked eloquently.
…
Cheng Qianfan listened very carefully, with thoughtful eyes, a bit of surprise and a bit of admiration in his eyes.
"The possibility that Butterfly Flower is actually hiding in Shanghai is not small," Araki Harima said, "We have all been played by the Red Party."
As he said that, he looked at Kentaro Miyazaki with an interesting expression, "Miyazaki-kun, your wild imagination inspires me."
Cheng Qianfan waved his hands repeatedly, showing his sincere admiration, "I just made an unreasonable assumption. Mr. Araki is the one with superior resourcefulness."
These words were not self-effacing, he was really impressed with admiration. He just said a few words deliberately to involve himself, but he did not expect that Araki Harima actually analyzed so many things based on this, and even thought of butterfly flowers.
On comrades.
"However, there is something unexplainable here." Cheng Qianfan said.
He looked at Araki Harima, "Araki-kun judged that Butterfly Flower is a math expert, and Xiaosi is just a young man brought out of the countryside by Wang Kangnian. It is hard to imagine that such a person would be related to a math expert."
As he said that, he shook his head again, "It's unimaginable."
Araki Harima showed his inscrutability at this time, or it was finally time for him to express himself, "According to the information I have, Xiaosi is a mathematical genius. He once pretended to be a college student and sneaked into Fudan Public School, and even went to Fudan Public School
I got full marks in the examination of the Department of Mathematics, something that the college students who took the examination together at that time and even the professors of the Department of Mathematics had not achieved."
Araki Harima smiled slightly and said, "Later, Xiaosi left Fudan Public School, and the professors of the mathematics department of Fudan Public School were asking around where the student with perfect scores went."
Cheng Qianfan was completely shocked. On the one hand, he was really shocked. He didn't expect Xiao Si to be a mathematical genius.
In addition, he did not expect such a coincidence. After Araki Harima's analysis, Xiaosi was the Red Party cryptography expert Butterfly - this proposition turned out to be true!
…
"It's unbelievable." Cheng Qianfan said.
"In fact, Chen Xiangjun also suspected that Butterfly Flower might not be in Hangzhou. He has been secretly tracking Butterfly Flower recently," Araki Harima said.
"How much does Chen Xiangjun know about butterfly flowers?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"I don't know much about it," Araki Harima said. "However, Chen Xiangjun said that once the suspect is identified, he has a way to identify the suspect. Chen Xiangjun said that the specific method is difficult to describe in words."
"Hmph." Cheng Qianfan snorted coldly, "How dare such a person dare to lie."
However, he immediately nodded and said, "Now that this mistress is suspicious, let Chen Xiangjun identify it."
Then he frowned, showing an annoyed look, "If I had known this, I shouldn't have killed Xiaosi yesterday."
Araki Harima was also a little regretful, but he still comforted Kentaro Miyazaki, "This is an unexpected situation, completely unexpected."
"If it can be confirmed that Xiao Si is Butterfly Flower, then Wang Kangnian's identity will be revealed!" Cheng Qianfan said.
The two looked at each other, and their eyes lit up.
If Wang Kangnian is Chen Zhou, then everything will fall into place:
The Red Party arranged top agents and masters like Chen Zhou to protect Butterfly Flower.
In addition, the cover identities of Chen Zhou and Butterfly Flower were perfect. No one would have thought that the person who caught the thief would be the target of arrest.
Cheng Qianfan couldn't help but clicked his tongue, and gave a thumbs up to Araki Harima, "Araki-kun, your analytical reasoning ability is amazing."
Araki Harima felt proud, but pretended to be reserved, "I also want to thank Miyazaki-kun for his unconstrained guessing and reminder."
Cheng Qianfan laughed loudly.
At the same time, he was feeling deep in his heart. If he hadn't witnessed with his own eyes and ears how Xiao Si transformed from a traitor to a Red Party cryptography expert, Butterfly Flower, he would have almost thought that Xiao Si was Butterfly Flower.
"Araki-kun, what kind of reaction do you think Wang Kangnian will have if I kill Xiaosi?" Cheng Qianfan asked Araki Harima.
"If Xiaosi is Butterfly Flower, Wang Kangnian cannot bear the loss of a cryptographic expert." Araki Harima said.
"Wang Kangnian must report to his so-called organization." Araki Harima continued, "As for what kind of reaction there will be..."
At this moment, an agent from the Special High School Course hurried over and whispered into Araki Harima's ear.