Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun seized the time to investigate Han Zhirong, and within a few days, they had already gained quite a lot.

Late at night, in Xu Chengyan's residence, the two of them sorted out the information they had collected in the past few days and began to analyze them step by step, which was also what they had to do before each action.

"Han Zhirong's action and rest are very regular, he goes out at half past seven in the morning every day, gets off work at half past eleven in the morning, goes home to rest, then goes out at two in the afternoon, and goes home from work at six o'clock.

"He is from Hebei Province and has no relatives in Taiyuan, and his wife's name is Xu Manzhen, who is a local and has a son who is eight years old and is studying in a nearby primary school."

"There is a female maid in the family, surnamed Chen, who has been working as a maid in their house, eating and living in their house, and Han Zhirong and his wife trust her very much."

"There is another one, that is, the rickshaw driver of their family's chartered car, there is no big name, everyone calls him Jiang San, I specially investigated this person, forty-two years old, the same age as Han Zhirong, and he used to have a wife and children, but because he was so drunk and greedy, he seriously injured people when he pulled the car, and lost all his family property, his wife couldn't stand it and ran away with the child, and now he is alone, Han Zhirong saw that he was pitiful, so he chartered his car, and it has been said for many years, this person must be very clear about the affairs of the Han family."

"This morning, Xu Manzhen sent her children to school and did not go home, but went to a gold number on East Street, called 'Baosheng Gold', which is a very famous gold and silver shop nearby, where Xu Manzhen ordered a whole set of pure gold headdresses, which are worth a lot of money."

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The two of them had already collected a lot of information, but Xu Chengyan always felt that something was missing, thought about it carefully, and analyzed: "Are we negligent about something?" Xu Manzhen is a local, have you investigated her maiden family? ”

"Investigated, her father is a teacher, her mother died very early, and there is a younger brother in the family, this kid is a famous prodigal in the neighborhood, proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, he is almost a big smoker, and the family has no money to spare, and the livelihood of the father and son depends on Xu Manzhen.

But now I know that I have turned back, and I have set up a candy shop and become a small boss, and the people around me are impressed......"

Before he finished his words, Xu Chengyan raised his hand to interrupt and asked, "Do you know when the shop was ordered?" ”

"Just a month ago, when we first entered Taiyuan." Ji Yun replied, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought of something, "There is some coincidence in time, isn't it?" ”

"It's really a coincidence, a prodigal son who has no food and clothing, and has to rely on his sister to help, suddenly became a small boss, and the time happened to be not long after the accident at Taiyuan Station, doesn't this feel strange?

Who gave him the money for his shop? Is it Xu Manzhen? If so, then this woman ordered gold and silver jewelry, and gave her mother's family so much money, where did the money come from? A woman who lives in a simple house, her money is naturally earned by Han Zhirong, so where did Han Zhirong's money come from? ”

This series of questions made both of them ponder for a moment, and they must know that in the investigation of this type of goal, there is a very important work content, that is, to find out the economic situation of the target, and from a person's economic situation and consumption habits, you can see a lot of things.

Ji Yun thought for a long time and said, "How much does Han Zhirong's family have?" He is a section chief in the Provincial Public Affairs Department, how much oil and water is there? Is the money within his means? We don't know, it's not easy to check, if we want to check, it will take a short time, and we have to free up our hands to deal with Yoshioka Masao, but we can't afford to spend it with him. ”

"We really can't afford it, and we can't use the usual investigative methods anymore." Xu Chengyan also spit out lightly, his mind was on the assassination of Yoshioka Masao, and he couldn't waste time on Han Zhirong's matter.

Thinking of this, he said again: "The source of this money must be clarified, if it is the money that Han Zhirong collected, then it is okay to say."

But if it ......, if it is a benefit from the Japanese, then he is the inner ghost we are looking for, and it is more likely that he is the murderer of the stationmaster. ”

Because the time for the investigation is too tight, and the difficulty of understanding the target from the side has also increased a lot, and the conventional investigation methods are no longer suitable, Xu Chengyan decided to start with the people around Han Zhirong.

The people around Han Zhirong, one is the maid, but this maid eats and lives in Han Zhirong's house, which is not convenient to contact, and her relationship with the Han family is closer and more loyal, it is very difficult to ask Han Zhirong about the situation from her mouth.

So the two of them finally focused on the rickshaw driver Jiang San, who pulled the cart for Han Zhirong's family all the year round, and must know some unknown things.

The most important thing is that this person has an obvious weakness, that is, he is good at drinking and greedy for glasses, and the willpower of such a person is generally worse than that of ordinary people, as long as he uses a little means, it should not be a problem to pry his mouth open.

Xu Chengyan wrote the name of "Jiang San" on the manuscript paper with a pen, drew a large circle on the name, nodded heavily, and said: "This is our breakthrough point, contact Jiang San as soon as possible and ask what we want!" ”

In the evening of the next day, the rickshaw driver Jiang San got off work, pulled the car and left Han's house, and did not go home directly, but came to the tavern he was familiar with, put down the car in the yard, opened the curtain and walked in.

Business in the tavern was not good, there were only two or three guests in the hall, one of the tables was two people drinking with each other, and one diner was pouring himself in the corner.

Jiang San greeted the shopkeeper familiarly, asked for a plate of peanuts, two taels of dry rice, found an idle table to sit down, leaned against the wall, beat his legs, stretched his joints, and felt really tired.

Jiang San is already in his forties this year, the people lack nutrition during the Republic of China, their physical fitness is generally low, and the average life expectancy is also very short, especially for those like him who work hard, his body is very empty, and he has been drinking for many years, and the problems he fell when he was young became serious when he dragged it on, and as soon as he rested, he felt that the muscles and joints of his body were sore, and he couldn't even sleep if he didn't drink a few taels of liquor every day.

So every day after work, he would come here for a few drinks, and almost all of his hard-earned monthly money was sent to this tavern.

The tavern shopkeeper and his buddy were very familiar with Jiang San, and quickly sent peanuts and dried baigan, as well as a plate of small pickles.

Putting down the wine and food, the guy looked at Jiang San and quipped: "Jiang San, look at your soft mud appearance, guarding the monthly work, it's not much better than your guys who are blowing wind and rain outside, don't look for a girl outside, and empty your body......"

"Bullshit, I have that spare money, I might as well drink two more glasses, in this world, the wine in this cup is a good thing, and everything else is nothing......" Jiang San didn't care, and said indifferently.

As he spoke, he poured a glass of wine, and couldn't wait to take a sip, only to feel a spicy hot stream flowing down his throat, refreshed, and couldn't help humming a few small songs, completely forgetting the discomfort on his body.

Looking at Jiang San's appearance, the shopkeeper and the guy all shook their heads, such drunkards, they have seen a lot, as long as there is wine to drink, they don't care if the sky falls.

After a few glasses of wine, Jiang San also relieved himself, and he talked a little too much, and from time to time he took the time to talk to his buddies, recounting what he had seen and heard that day.

"You know what? Today, when I crossed the Three Rivers Bridge, there was another person who fell into the river and drowned, I squeezed over and looked, and guess what, it was a man, and the suit on his body was all good material, and he looked like a rich man, tsk......"

When the two diners on the side heard this, they immediately became interested and interjected, "Really? The broken bridge should have been repaired a long time ago, even the guardrails were rotten, the bridge deck was full of potholes, and one had to fall into it every three or five times, and this month was already the second. ”

"No, it turns out that our Taiyuan City is such a good place, if we have to put it on hold, someone must be in charge of this matter, but now that the Japanese are here, they know how to arrest people and grab food, who cares about these things......"

As soon as the topic opened, everyone was interested, and you said it word by word, scolding the Japanese in your mouth, and I just felt that my spirit was much better.

Jiang San is also becoming more and more active, and he pointed to this meeting to vent his emotions this day, his mouth was foaming at the mouth, and he was chatting happily.

But he asked for too little wine, and after a while, he drank it cleanly, poured the wine jug for a long time, and did not shed a drop of wine, so he could only put down the wine jug helplessly, looked at the shopkeeper behind the counter, and wanted to say something.

The shopkeeper knew that he wanted to take credit again, so he spoke first: "Jiang San, you have already taken a lot of credit from me this month, I don't urge you, even if it's good, don't expect to pay on credit again." ”

An alcoholic like Jiang San, who only drinks alcohol and doesn't want vegetables, a plate of peanuts and some pickles can deal with a meal, and the tavern can't earn his money, so he doesn't want to take credit at all, if it weren't for Jiang San's frequent customers, the previous account would not be allowed on credit.

When Jiang San heard this, he suddenly lost his spirit like a frosted eggplant, and let out a sigh: "Come on, go home!" ”

After saying that, he was ready to get up and leave.

"Brother, don't be in a hurry to leave, I'll invite you to a few drinks!"

A clear voice came, and everyone looked back to see that it was the diner who had been sitting in the corner, without speaking.

This person is in his early thirties, dressed in a long shirt, his face is slightly yellow, and he has a pockmarked face, and he doesn't look good, but the clothes and fabrics on his body are all of the best quality, and he is obviously a rich man.

Jiang San couldn't help but be a little stunned when he heard this, he looked at the diner, and asked with some confusion: "Sir, do you want to invite me to drink?" ”

"Look at my brother's good amount of wine, I am also a good wine, today is fate, let's have a few drinks together."

After the diner finished speaking, he turned to the counter and shouted: "Shopkeeper, come to two pots of good Yutangchun, and then a plate of roasted mutton, and the rest look at a few good dishes, by the way, find us a quiet table." ”

Jiang San was originally a little hesitant, but as soon as he heard the words "Yutang Chun", he couldn't care about anything.

Yutangchun is a famous wine in Shanxi, and it can even be as famous as Xinghuafen wine, but the output of this wine is small and the price is expensive, Jiang Sanhao tasted it a few times many years ago, and after that, his pocket was empty, and he never drank it again.

At this time, I was really overjoyed, and even said yes, and the saliva at the corner of my mouth was about to flow down.

The shopkeeper and the guy were a little surprised, but how could they not do business, the guy smiled and said to Jiang San: "You are lucky today, let you taste the good wine that our shopkeeper treasures." ”

At this time, the shopkeeper also walked out of the counter, walked a few steps to the diner, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, and said with a smile: "I have a table here, a single room, very quiet, please..."

The diner got up and beckoned Jiang San to enter a single room, and the guy brought up new wine and food with his hands and feet, and carefully put two pots of Yutangchun on the table, and beckoned: "You use it slowly!" ”

After speaking, he turned around and retreated, looking at a table of good wine and food, Jiang San was also a little at a loss, he didn't know the bottom in his heart, and couldn't help but ask again: "Sir, your surname, we have met before?" ”

The diner is Xu Chengyan, today he is dressed in disguise, he is waiting here, ready to contact Jiang San, at this time he laughed and said: "The contemptible surname is Chen, brother, put your heart in your stomach, although we have never met, but I just watched you fall in love and wanted to talk to you, I opened up to drink today, and the good wine is enough." ”

After speaking, he filled Jiang San's wine glass with his own hands, and as soon as the clear and transparent wine entered the glass, a rich and mellow aroma of wine suddenly overflowed.

Jiang San also immediately put aside his worries in his heart, he was single, living in poverty, his pocket was clean, there were not a few coppers, and there was nothing to worry about the other party at all, that is, the half-old rickshaw in the yard was still worth a little money, but he saw that the other party was brightly dressed and made a bold move, and he probably didn't look down on his own broken belongings.

"It turned out to be Mr. Chen, I let you break the bank today, I respect you..."

Before he finished speaking, Jiang San couldn't wait to take a sip of it, this Yutang spring wine was mellow and slightly sweet, the wine was soft, and the taste and fragrance were pure.

Looking at Jiang San's appearance, Xu Chengyan was amused in his heart, and he also raised his glass and drank together, and the two of them ate and drank, and soon chatted familiarly.

Next, between the banquets, Xu Chengyan can speak and talk eloquently, Jiang San is also too addicted to alcohol, talking about sex, waiting for a few pots of old wine to eat, he has long been ignorant, he doesn't even need Xu Chengyan to deliberately ask, Jiang San himself has nothing to talk about.

"Are you going to ask this Section Chief Han? Ha ha... You're asking the right person, I've been pulling a car for his family for eight years, and no one knows their family's affairs better than me..."

With Xu Chengyan's step-by-step guidance, Jiang San poured out the things he knew one by one.

………

"The brother-in-law of his family, called Xu Shiwu, I underestimate him is not a good thing, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, there is no shortage, especially gambling, a few years ago, he went to the field of the third master of the high school to gamble money, lost a lot of money, and was almost divided into corpses, or Section Chief Han came forward to pay him back, for this matter, and also quarreled with Mrs. Han, Section Chief Han felt sorry for Mrs. Han, and finally had to sell the house on East Street, as well as Mrs. Han's jewelry and jewelry, to make up enough money, what, almost to quit me, This kid is really not a thing......"

"What oil and water can he have? When Chairman Yan was there before, he, the section chief, was still in charge of some things, and his family had a comfortable life, and he could give me a few oceans when he was happy, but since the Japanese came to take charge, he, the section chief, was useless, and his days were not as good as day by day.

In the past two years, the Han family's life has been tense, and they have to fill the bottomless pit of Mrs. Han's mother's house, and they haven't even bought a good piece of clothes, and the little monthly money given to me has been reduced and reduced, if it weren't for my legs and feet becoming more and more ineffective, I really can't find a good errand outside, so I wouldn't have done it for him a long time ago. ”

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As Jiang San muttered and narrated, Xu Chengyan quickly clarified the context.

Sure enough, Han Zhirong's money is from a suspicious source, according to Jiang San, Han Zhirong's family funds accumulated in his early years were all taken in order to save his brother-in-law, because of the Japanese meddling in government affairs in the past two years, he, the small section chief, has no power in his hands, and he has less extra money, and he has to help his wife's maiden family, and even Jiang San's monthly car money is getting less and less, it is conceivable that life is embarrassing.

Since it is not gray income, where did the Han family get the money to buy jewelry for his wife and his brother-in-law to buy jewelry during this time? It happened to be a coincidence in time, just after the accident at Taiyuan Station?

The answer is almost imminent, but it is difficult to say such a thing, in case Han Zhirong suddenly comes to work and gets money from other channels, it is also possible, and it must be checked.

Thinking of this, Xu Chengyan opened his mouth and asked again: "You heard that something happened to the Han family more than two months ago, do you know?" ”

Jiang San was stunned when he heard this, shook his head, tried to sober himself up, and asked with some confusion for a long time: "How do you know that something happened?" …… No, who the hell are you. ”

Although he was greedy for alcohol, his brain was not stupid, and the little reason he barely maintained in the end made him sober up a little.

Xu Chengyan no longer concealed it at this time, after asking so much, Jiang San should know that something was wrong no matter how confused he was.

Since the wine didn't work, then another way, he directly took out a wad of banknotes from his pocket and threw it in front of Jiang San.

Jiang San's originally cloudy eyes suddenly lit up, and his brain was stimulated: "Mr. Chen, what does this mean?" ”

"Here's a benefit for you!" Xu Chengyan smiled and held down Jiang San's outstretched hand, "However, you have to tell me clearly what happened during that time!" ”

Jiang San's eyes were glued to the banknotes on the table, his breath was panting, he didn't think much about it at all, people like him were selfish and couldn't even take care of his family, not to mention Han Zhirong, he nodded directly and agreed: "Something happened, but Section Chief Han has explained to me, and I must not say it to the outside world." ”

"Don't sell it, say it quickly!" Xu Chengyan patted the banknotes on the table.

Jiang San said happily: "Just one evening two months ago, when it was time to get off work, Section Chief Han never came back, Mrs. Han asked me to go to the provincial office to pick him up from work, but when the time came, I didn't see anyone, so I went back to Han's house, but as soon as I walked to the door, I saw a group of people rushing into Han's house, I listened at the door, saying that Section Chief Han asked them to pick up his wife and children. ”

"Pick up people, know who these people are? Did you pick someone up? Xu Chengyan asked suspiciously.

"Take it away, don't look at the clothes of Chinese, but I can see that these are Japanese, fierce and vicious, and they still have guns in their hands, so scared that I will run away, how dare I stop it!"

Xu Chengyan's eyes suddenly tightened, and he asked urgently: "How do you know that you are Japanese?" ”

"The person at the head speaks Chinese, and his tongue can't be straightened, and the Japanese are all the same taste, I know it as soon as I hear it!"

Jiang San couldn't help but show a smug look on his face, and then said: "I was so scared at the time, so I ran home and hid, but when I went to inquire again the next morning, Section Chief Han's family came back again, and there was not a single hair missing.

Later, Section Chief Han said that it was a friend who invited the whole family to dinner and came back after eating, but he specially warned me and Aunt Chen not to mention this matter to anyone, so as not to cause trouble.

Hmph, he thought I didn't know that those people were Japanese, but I already knew that something was wrong. ”

"Remember the exact time?"

Jiang San thought about it carefully, and said with some incertainty: "In the middle of December last year, it should be the sixteenth?" Yes, it's the Sixteenth.

But after that, he suddenly had more money, Mrs. Han bought clothes and jewelry, and gave his brother-in-law a shop to do business, whatever, life is better, but he gave me a ten-yuan increase in the car price, phew......"

Jiang San's words completely confirmed Xu Chengyan's previous conjecture, Han Zhirong must have been arrested by the Japanese, and then his family was arrested, which must have been used to coerce Han Zhirong, but Han Zhirong's family came back safely, and they must have surrendered to the Japanese, so they could be released, otherwise they would have suffered an accident long ago.

And the time when he was arrested was a few days before the accident at Taiyuan Station, that is to say, before Yu Xinghuai sacrificed, Han Zhirong had already defected to the enemy.

After that, if Ji Xinghuai went to inform Han Zhirong, it was very likely that Han Zhirong would be calculated, fall into a trap, and be victimized by him!

Everything was explained, and there was no doubt in his heart, Xu Chengyan couldn't help but slam his fist on the table and scolded fiercely: "This bastard!" ”