Chapter 736: A man of temperament
“My father said that Professor Taniguchi was assassinated. I really can’t understand why such a respected elder suffered such a sad assassination.”
"Some people came to express their condolences one after another. Some were wearing long robes and mandarin jackets, some were wearing suits, and some were wearing Chinese clothes that I didn't recognize. These should be Chinese people. They were very polite to the military police. Some of them would smile. They took off their hats to salute... After entering the mourning hall, their faces were sad and solemn, and when they saw me, they would nod in good faith."
“Some people even cried until they fainted and were carried out by the military police. I think the military police treated them too rudely. This is not the way to treat the Chinese people who love Japan.”
“The newspapers said that the Chinese welcomed the empire, and judging from the attitude of these Chinese people, it seems so.”
Kawada Ayako closed her diary. She frowned slightly. The sound of mourning music, the sound of Buddhists chanting sutras, and the sound of knocking wooden fish were all mixed together. They did not make her feel at ease, but instead made her feel a little sad. She didn't like it very much.
When she got up, Ayako Kawada staggered a little.
“Miss, are you okay?” Sakamoto Yoshino happened to come over to see how his friend Miyazaki was doing. Seeing this, he hurried over to ask with concern.
“I’m fine, thank you very much.” Kawada Ayako bowed slightly in return.
“I am Sakamoto Yoshino, the Counselor of the Consulate General.” Sakamoto Yoshino smiled and said, “Miss, you must be a little tired. Do you want to find a room to rest?”
“Thank you.” Kawada Ayako bowed slightly.
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Sakamoto Yoshino led the girl towards a room in the corner, which was next door to the house where Kentaro Miyazaki lived.
“Miss, please wait a moment.” Sakamoto Yoshino said softly. He walked to the house where his friend was and gently opened the door.
Kawada Ayako looked over curiously and saw a man in a suit and leather shoes standing quietly at the window. Some guests left to express their condolences. The man bowed very respectfully.
Sakamoto Yoshino did not disturb Miyazaki Kentaro. After Miyazaki Kentaro returned the gift, he asked with concern, "Miyazaki-kun, do you want a drink of water?"
“No need.” Cheng Qianfan licked his dry lips, turned around and said.
Turning around, Kawada Ayako saw a handsome and resolute face. The other party was shocked when he saw her, then nodded slightly and bowed.
Kawada Ayako also quickly bowed in return.
“Miss, please.” Sakamoto Yoshino came back and led the girl towards the house next door.
“That gentleman just now…” Kawada Ayako couldn’t help but ask.
Sakamoto Yoshino hesitated for a moment and shook his head, "Miss, please forgive me for being inconvenient to answer this question."
"I'm rude." Kawada Ayako was a little panicked and bowed.
Sakamoto Yoshino settled the girl, ordered someone to bring tea, and then left.
…
Kawada Ayako stood at the door, holding a tea cup in her hand, looking at the house next door involuntarily.
“This should be Professor Taniguchi’s family.”
“But why is he hiding in this small house, alone here?”
After a while, she saw the young man walking out of the room with a sad look on his face. He walked outside the mourning hall and looked inward with deep eyes.
“This is such a sad look,” the girl thought to herself.
Cheng Qianfan took a deep look at the portrait of Taniguchi Hiroyuki in the mourning hall. His eyes were sad and full of nostalgia, but he sneered in his heart. When he turned to leave, he saw the girl in kimono standing quietly. Watch him from a distance.
Cheng Qianfan looked calm and bowed slightly.
Kawada Ayako put her hands in front of her and bowed in return.
By the time she stood up and looked again, this extremely handsome and sad young man had turned away, leaving only his back.
"weirdo."
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“Ayako.” Kawada Yuci waved to his daughter.
“Father.” Kawada Ayako trotted over.
“What are you looking at?” Kawada Yuci asked.
“There was a person staying in that room just now, silently saluting the guests.” Kawada Ayako whispered, “It’s so strange.”
Kawada Yoshiki looked at Imamura Hyōtaro.
“This person is a Chinese who was helped by Professor Taniguchi. He was grateful to Professor Taniguchi and insisted on returning the gift to the guests as a disciple on behalf of Professor Taniguchi’s family.” Hyoutaro Imamura said.
As he spoke, Hyotarō Imamura walked up to Yuki Kawada and whispered, "It should be Kentaro Miyazaki, a student of Professor Taniguchi. Due to his status, he cannot appear in public, so he can only fulfill his discipleship in this way." .”
He glanced at Kawada Ayako and saw that the young lady from the Kawada family consciously slowed down and distanced herself, and couldn't help but nod secretly in his heart.
“So it’s him.” Kawada Yongci nodded, “Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be balanced, so it’s difficult for him.”
"Do you know Kentaro?" Imamura Hyoutarou asked in surprise.
“I heard someone mention Professor Taniguchi’s beloved disciple.” Kawada Yuci said, “Imamura-kun and Miyazaki Kentaro seem to be quite familiar?”
“Kentaro worships me as his teacher.”
"I see, Imamura-kun has a good student." Kawada Yuci nodded, "Okay, I'll go back first, Imamura-kun will stay."
"Your Excellency, please walk slowly." Imamura Hyōtaro bowed and said.
“Ayako.” Kawada Yuci called out.
Kawada Ayako stepped on wooden clogs and hurriedly followed. She stopped midway and bowed to Hyōtaro Imamura, then turned around and walked quickly towards the car.
“What a well-behaved and polite young lady.” Imamura Hyoutarou sighed.
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Kawada Yuki was quite satisfied. As Kentaro Miyazaki’s teacher, Hyōtaro Imamura didn’t know about that incident. This shows that Kentaro Miyazaki is a very steady person and does not take credit for showing off. This is good. .
“Father, you seem to know the person Uncle Imamura mentioned?” Kawada Ayako asked.
“Oh?” Kawada Yuci glanced at his daughter and smiled.
“My father has always had a very high vision. If he didn’t know someone, he would never talk to Uncle Imamura,” Ayako Kawada said.
“That’s the fact.” Kawada Ayako stuck out her tongue.
Kawada Yuki laughed loudly, "As expected of our smart Ayako, you guessed it right, I do know that person, he is Kentaro Miyazaki."
“Father, is the Kentaro Miyazaki you are talking about...” Ayako Kawada asked softly.
"It's him." Kawada Yuci nodded, thought for a moment and then told his daughter, "Ayako, Kentaro Miyazaki has a special status and is engaged in extremely dangerous work. Don't mention this to anyone today."
"My daughter understands." Kawada Ayako nodded obediently, becoming even more curious about Kentaro Miyazaki, who had saved her brother.
"Ayako, you have to remember that it is precisely because of the silent efforts of ordinary people from humble backgrounds like Miyazaki Kentaro, and these civilians who risk their lives to work for the empire, that we can have our beautiful life and the empire's Brilliant." Kawada Yongci said in a deep voice, "Even if you despise these people in your heart, you can't show it."
“Ayako doesn’t have it.” Kawada Ayako was a little angry.
Kawada Yongci smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I regard you as your sister."
…
“Uncle Imamura, it was indeed me who arranged for Miyazaki-kun to stay in the neighboring house.” Sakamoto Yoshino said.
“Did Kentaro ask for it?” Imamura Hyoutaro asked.
"No." Sakamoto Yoshino said, "Miyazaki-kun was quite sad because he could not personally express his last friendship to Professor Taniguchi as a disciple, so I took the initiative to bring it up."
"You did the right thing." Imamura Hyōtaro felt relieved and nodded slightly, "This can make up for Kentaro's regret."
Seeing that Sakamoto Yoshino was hesitant to speak, Imamura Hyōtaro frowned slightly, "Just say what you have to say, why are you hesitating?"
His friend Sakamoto Nagayuki entrusted Sakamoto Yoshino to him. In his heart, Sakamoto Yoshino was like a nephew. This young man had no bad habits, was sincere to others, and worked seriously. The only shortcoming was that sometimes he was not brave enough.
"Uncle Imamura, who is the girl who came to express condolences to Professor Taniguchi today?" Sakamoto Yoshino mustered up all his courage and wanted to ask this question, but when the words came to his lips, he ended up saying, "Uncle Imamura, I heard He said that the special high school class is about to start interrogating Haruko."
Then he saw Hyotaro Imamura looking at him with a strange look.
…
“Mei Shenping’s traces have been found.” Cheng Qianfan sent an urgent request for a meeting, and then rushed to the secret meeting place to meet Song Fuguo.
“Great, are you confirmed?” Song Fuguo was overjoyed and asked.
“I arranged for people to keep an eye on the Consulate General and saw Mei Shenping, Ying Zuozhenzhao and others appearing together, but Gao Qingwu did not accompany them.”
"Gao Qingwu didn't show up?" Song Fuguo frowned slightly, "He didn't show up from the beginning to the end?"
"He didn't show up from the beginning to the end. At least my people didn't see Gao Qingwu." Cheng Qianfan said, "Although I went to the Consulate General to express my condolences, I couldn't stay too long. I didn't meet Mei and Gao. He was able to order his men to keep an eye on the east gate of the Consulate General, so it cannot be ruled out that Gao Qingwu entered and exited from a more hidden place."
"No, if Mei Shenping and Gao Qingwu go together, there is no reason for them to be separated." Song Fuguo said, "If the traces of any one of these two people are discovered, the other one will be the same even if he is well hidden. There was no difference in the outcomes of co-exposure."
Then he widened his brows and said, "These two people should be together. Although it is not clear why Gao Qingwu did not show up, the traces of Mei Shenping can already confirm their movements."
“Congratulations, sir.” Cheng Qianfan said with a smile.
He paused and continued, "Mei Shenping appeared together with several Japanese people. My men only recognized one of them as Ying Zuo Zhenzhao."
“Ying Zuo has appeared in public many times before, and even Shanghai newspapers have reported on this person, so his appearance has been known for a long time.” Cheng Qianfan explained.
"It's very rare to be able to recognize one of them!" Song Fuguo nodded and said, gritting his teeth with hatred, "Sure enough, Mei Shenping and the others came to Shanghai to meet the Japanese secretly."
"Do you have any next plans for the headquarters? Do you want it?" Cheng Qianfan suddenly raised his right hand and waved it down with a fierce expression, making a beheading motion.
“No.” Song Fuguo was shocked and said immediately, “Absolutely not.”
As he said that, he also sighed, "Although I also wish..."
Seeing Cheng Qianfan looking at him, Song Fuguo shook his head and said, "You pretend you didn't hear it."
“Okay.” Cheng Qianfan nodded.
The two laughed.
"Our mission is to determine the whereabouts of these two people and find out whether they are in contact with the Japanese. As for the others..." Song Fuguo said.
He shook his head as he spoke, "As long as they don't openly betray the party and state, and as long as that person is still the vice president, even if he is the chairman, it will be difficult to deal with them."
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"Are we just going to watch them..." Cheng Qianfan panted heavily. He stood up and walked around twice, but in the end he could only sigh, "The old officer is right, the principal is also in trouble."
"I'm very pleased that you can understand the leader's difficulties." Song Fuguo nodded, "Now that it's over, you and I will jointly send a report to the bureau, and then I will leave Shanghai as soon as possible."
"Okay, please ask the senior officer to draft the message, and I will send it later." Cheng Qianfan said.
Soon, Song Fuguo wrote the telegram in his own hand. Cheng Qianfan read it carefully and expressed his approval.
Then he closed the telegram manuscript and dictated it again. After receiving confirmation from Song Fuguo, he took out a lighter and lit the telegram manuscript. After staring at the paper as it burned, he poured tea again, and finally stirred it with a chopstick. stir.
Song Fuguo nodded with satisfaction. He admired Cheng Qianfan's caution. Being behind enemy lines, he had to be careful in everything he did.
“Sir, don’t you want to stay for two more days?” Cheng Qianfan asked.
"No." Song Fuguo shook his head, "I have worked in Shanghai for many years, and there are too many people who know me. If I stay one more day, there will be one more risk."
"Indeed." Cheng Qianfan nodded with a serious expression, "I'll make arrangements right now. Without further ado, I'll get the ticket to leave tonight."
Song Fuguo nodded, Cheng Qianfan's vigorous and resolute approach was just what he wanted.
Previously, Ruan Zhiyuan was arrested and rebelled, which led to the arrest of many people at the Shanghai Station, including the station chief Zheng Weilong. Except for Zheng Weilong who was rescued, many of the arrested comrades had defected to the enemy. Naturally, these people knew him, Song Fuguo. Therefore, the longer he stays, the more dangerous he will be.
“By the way, the Japanese Consulate General has set up a mourning hall. Who died?” Song Fuguo asked.
“A Japanese named Taniguchi is said to be a very famous scholar in Japan.” Cheng Qianfan said.
“It turns out to be this old devil.” Song Fuguo nodded.
“Does the old officer know this person?” Cheng Qianfan asked in surprise.
“I don’t know him.” Song Fuguo smiled and said, “The more famous the old devil is, the more he dies, the better.”
Cheng Qianfan laughed loudly. This was the reason why he liked Song Fuguo, an old officer. He was a man of good temperament.
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