freenovelworld Chapter 203: Live to see people, die to see corpses
Chapter 203: Live to see people, die to see corpses
In Shancheng, after receiving the telegram sent back by Chen Yang, Zheng Jiemin's old problem of hand trembling recurred.
"Commander, what should we do? Hasn't the higher-ups replied to our telegram yet?"
"It seems that the matter is too big, and the higher-ups can't make up their minds all of a sudden. At this critical moment, you still have to think of a countermeasure..." Zheng Jiemin looked at the director who was smoking behind his desk, and his heart was in his throat.
Tang Shaoyi's status in the south cannot be ignored.
Although he has no real power, his identity and position are there.
Although he was later forced to resign from his position as Zhongshan County magistrate by Chen Jitang, his reputation was very good.
Many forces in the south gave him great respect.
If such people also defected to the Japanese, it would be a heavy blow to the anti-Japanese war enthusiasm across the country.
Apart from anything else, those wavering people in the south will follow him and join the Japanese camp.
Those scholars just read too many books.
Ordinary precepts such as propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame have no binding force on them at all. They only know how to assess the situation and weigh the pros and cons.
Once Tang Shaoyi becomes a traitor, things will be very troublesome, as the entire South will be controlled by the Japanese.
Therefore, Tang Shaoyi must never become a tool of the Japanese.
"Mad, Tang Shaoyi cannot be easily touched, but he cannot be allowed to side with the Japanese either."
"Let's start with courtesy and then use force. We will send Tang Shaoyi a small gift of 20,000 dollars in the name of the Executive Yuan, hoping that he can come to Shancheng to work with us."
"Send another telegram to the Jinling Military Control Station and ask Wan Tianmu to find a way to contact the people in the south. If Tang is unwilling to come to Shancheng, let him return to the south and not stay in Shanghai."
Zheng Jiemin nodded slightly, and after a while, he said worriedly: "What if Tang Shaoyi is unwilling to come to Shancheng and unwilling to return to the south, then what should we do?"
"Then there's nothing we can do." His face suddenly darkened, and he said fiercely, "Notify Wang Pucheng and get rid of him."
On the first day of October, Chen Yang reluctantly got up and put on his clothes at Haley's urging.
Damn, I have to get up and go to work again.
Didn’t I just take this class yesterday? Why do I have to take it again today…
After finishing breakfast and drinking a glass of milk, Chen Yang fixed his makeup in front of the mirror, picked up his briefcase, and walked out the door.
At the door, Shohei Minakawa had already started the car and was waiting respectfully by the roadside for Chen Yang to get in.
When I returned to Meihua Building, my subordinates were already sitting at their respective workstations, busy with the tasks at hand.
Chen Yang walked into the office, drinking coffee and reading the newspaper delivered in the morning.
Slacking off during work hours is a deep-seated desire of every worker.
Especially when you become a leader, you can slack off without restraint, and this feeling is really great.
"Ding-ling-ling, ding-ling-ling." The phone on the table suddenly rang, which really scared Chen Yang.
I picked up the phone and heard Li Xianshu's voice from the other end.
"Chen Yang, put down your work and come to the consulate."
"Aunt, what happened?"
"Yesterday, Tang Shaoyi died..."
"what..."
The Consulate General in Shanghai...
In the conference room, Li Xianshu's face was gloomy, and Kuroda Yusuke and others didn't even dare to breathe.
Li Xianshu has always given people the impression of being gentle and polite, and never showing her emotions.
It's rare that he showed such an angry expression today.
"Sorry, sorry, I'm late." Chen Yang pushed open the door and saw the dejected looks of the people in front of him, and he spoke hurriedly.
"It's not too late," Li Xianshu's expression relaxed a little. She told Chen Yang to sit next to her, then nodded slightly to Iwai Sadatoshi, signaling him to start.
Iwai Sadatoshi unfolded the report in his hand and said, "This morning, the consulate received a call from the Shanghai French Concession Police Station."
"Inspector Zhou Mingqi called to report that a murder occurred in Wukang Building on Wukang Road."
"We arrived at the scene and found that the deceased was Tang Shaoyi..."
"The cause of death was being hacked to death with an axe."
"Afterwards, we questioned everyone in the Tang family and found out that this was a premeditated murder."
"Last night, two middle-aged men who claimed to be antique dealers came to the Tang residence with a pair of vases."
"When Mr. Tang saw the pair of vases, he loved them very much."
"The two took the opportunity to ask to go to the study to discuss the price."
"Mr. Tang readily agreed and stayed for more than half an hour."
"After that, the two merchants left the study and told the servants that Mr. Tang was admiring the vase in the study and should not be disturbed."
"After hearing this, I dare not ask any more questions."
"It was not until midnight that the maid Xiao Ping urged Mr. Tang to rest. After calling him for a long time without any response, she hurriedly asked someone to break the door."
"After breaking open the door to the study, we found Mr. Tang lying in a pool of blood, having died a long time ago."
"That is the whole story of this murder."
Li Shuxian rubbed his brows and said, "Inukai-kun, did you find anything over there?"
"Yes," Inukai Ken stood up and said, "We have checked all the items in the study."
"Two telegrams were found."
"One letter was sent from Shancheng, signed by the Shancheng Attendant's Office."
"The content is that the Prime Minister of the National Government invited Mr. Tang to work in Shancheng, and also included 20,000 yuan for travel expenses."
"Judging from the date on the remittance postmark, Mr. Tang did not go to collect the money. Obviously, he did not intend to have anything to do with the Nationalist government."
"The second letter was signed by Xie Wenli from the Guangzhou Municipal Educational and Cultural Bureau. The content of the telegram was to hope that Mr. Tang would give up his cooperation with the Empire and to make it clear that he must not lose his later years to avoid bringing shame to his ancestors."
"Xie Wenli is the director of the Guangzhou Culture and Education Bureau and the editor-in-chief of the Guangzhou Youth Daily. He has always been hostile to the Empire."
"Judging from these two telegrams, Mr. Tang must have been determined to cooperate with the Empire, which angered the Shancheng side, and that's why he was killed."
Li Xianshu turned to look at Chen Yang and said, "The plan to persuade Tang Shaoyi to surrender has been going on for some time."
"General Doiyuan sent a telegram to Chen Zhongfu and Wen Zongyao to lobby, but Mr. Tang refused to agree."
"Why was he killed yesterday when he just started to get loose a few days ago?"
Chen Yang was shocked. Uh, this old woman started to suspect me?
"This matter should have nothing to do with Special Assistant Chen." Before Chen Yang could speak, Inukai Ken said, "It should be Tang De, the butler of the Tang Mansion."
"We asked the servants, and they found out that the Tang Mansion's housekeeper suddenly disappeared after you left the Tang Mansion."
"Also, we found some burnt paper scraps in Tang De's bedroom,"
"Although we cannot restore those handwritings with our current technology, according to normal logic, this should be some kind of order given to him by his superiors."
"Tang De?" Li Xianshu's eyes fixed, and she instantly remembered the face in the Tang Mansion who always had a flattering smile on his face.
"Find him for me. I want to see him alive or dead. Even if he's buried in the ground, I want to see his skin..."
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