Chapter 426 will not be the same next time (please subscribe and vote monthly)
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.
Chau Li is a close confidant of Qin 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 Shuli Zhao had been observing him secretly.
This is an intuition without any evidence.
For agents, this intuition is often more alarming 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 feeling unwell and did not come to work today.
This aroused Cheng Qianfan’s interest.
He recalled the night before when he saw Chief Inspector Qin's car going out late at night at Tianya Photo Studio.
Hao Xiaowei, Qin Detai’s driver, said that Qin Detai felt unwell at night and went to see Dr. Mu, Qin Detai’s personal doctor.
Cheng Qianfan kept this incident in mind, and he concluded that there must be something fishy about it.
According to convention, the patrol room would arrange a physical examination in late August every year, and Cheng Qianfan began to have a plan in mind.
La Feifang.
Chin 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 be relieved. It's just a routine physical examination." Dr. Mu said.
“Okay, check more carefully.” Mrs. Qin said.
Doctor Mu carried the medicine box up to the second floor.
"Doctor Mu is here." Qin Detai's voice came from above, and then the sound of the door closing.
"Sir." 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.”
With a serious expression on his face, Qin Detai took the document and looked at it carefully.
The leader of the Eighth Office of the Red Party in Shanghai 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 are red party members who have started 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 in the Red Party. This is the first time that the identity of the Red Party has been made public.
The reason why Zhou Hongsu aroused his interest and attention is 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 Department.
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, the Zhou Hongsu on the list of the Eighth Office of the Red Party in Shanghai was exactly the inpatient at Bethel Hospital.
In this way, the red party monitored by Wang Kangnian and others does not have much value.
Qin Detai shook his head. It was such bad luck that he managed to secretly capture the traces of an important red party member. This person's identity has actually been made public.
However, immediately, he fell into thinking.
The Red Party made Zhou Hongsu’s identity public at this time. There seems to be nothing suspicious about it, but it is too much of a coincidence.
Qin Detai has two guesses. One is that it is indeed just a coincidence. The Red Party has long planned to arrange Zhou Hongsu's public event.
If it’s the latter, it’s worth investigating.
“Send my order to Wang Kangnian to carefully check Zhou Hongsu, especially during our surveillance period, to see if there is anything suspicious, and focus on checking if there is any suspicious person in contact with him.” Qin Detai ordered.
“The subordinates understand.”
“Is there any progress on the traces of the Red Party’s ‘bandit leader’ Luo Tao?” Qin Detai asked.
“No progress yet.” Dr. Mu replied, “We have searched in many ways, but there is still no trace of Luo Tao. I wonder if the other party has heard some rumors and has fled Shanghai?”
"It's unlikely." Qin Detai shook his head, "Luo Tao is 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 is 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, since the operation has been completed, there are 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 were ongoing. Once the two sides reached negotiations, Luo Tao would be transformed into a It will be difficult to capture the generals of the national army.
…
Huangpu Road.
A residential house near the Consulate General of Japan in Shanghai.
Cheng Qianfan met secretly with Imamura Hyoutarou here.
“Do you have any clues about the warehouse robbery that occurred in the French Concession a few days ago?” Hyōtaro Imamura asked.
“It wasn’t the empire that took action?” Cheng Qianfan asked in surprise.
“No.” Hyōtaro Imamura shook his head. He asked multiple departments, including the imperial military, and they all said they were not responsible.
Cheng Qianfan breathed a sigh of relief.
“What?” Imamura Hyoutarou asked.
“It was not the empire’s fault, so I feel better.” Cheng Qianfan said with a wry smile, “In fact, all the goods in Baffin & Co.’s warehouse are my goods.”
Hyoutaro Imamura was surprised. He didn't expect Kentaro Miyazaki to be in the warehouse that was robbed.
"Is the loss big?" Imamura Hyōtaro 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, and Baffin & Co. suffered the greatest loss.”
“Have you found anything in the French Concession?” Imamura Hyōtaro 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.”
Hyoutaro Imamura nodded. The empire's analysis on the matter was similar to what Cheng Qianfan said. The French Concession only cared about compensation so that the merchants could have an explanation.
“Sir, I heard that the empire announced a blockade of the coast of China?” 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, and South China Sea south of Lianyungang, China, to the coastal sea area at the mouth of the Beilun River in Dongxing County, Guangxi Province.
Lieutenant General 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 National 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, and 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 Hyoutaro scolded.
"Yes, Miyazaki is being shallow." Cheng Qianfan apologized, gritted his teeth, and said, "It's just a matter of losing a hundred large yellow croakers in a shipment. I should put the empire first."
Hyoutaro Imamura was silent. There were more than a hundred large yellow croakers, including a dozen of them.
Cheng Qianfan looked heartbroken.
"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 pleasantly surprised, "Thank you sir, thank you sir."
“It won’t happen next time.” Imamura Hyoutarou snorted coldly.
“Yes, I understand.”
Very grateful to [Huihui 123] for the reward of 1,500 starting coins.
(End of this chapter)