When Feng Chen and Tang Shaoyi were politely greeting, Kenji Tohihara, who was sitting there, kept a smile on his face and looked at Feng Chen from time to time.

Feng Chen's gaze occasionally collided with Kenji Dohihara's, and he felt that the look hidden by that smiling face was like a sharp sword, piercing into his heart.

Feng Chen couldn't help but shudder!

Although Feng Chen saw Kenji Dohihara, a notorious veteran spy, for the first time today, in private, he could say that he had been studying this person since the 918 Incident.

Kenji Dohihara was born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, into a military family.

In October 1904, after graduating from the 16th class of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, Kenji Tsuchihara was awarded the rank of second lieutenant and served in the 15th Wing of the Takasaki Infantry.

In the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, Kenji Dohihara not only has excellent grades, but is also a language genius, and no one can tell how many languages he can speak.

Kenji Dohihara is particularly gifted in Chinese, and after a few years of study, he can speak fluent Chinese and many local dialects.

Over the years in China, Kenji Tohihara also taught his disciples the experience of learning Chinese, that is, to go around the hutongs of Beijing, learn the words of those street vendors shouting, and there will definitely be no problem with Chinese!

That's how he learns Chinese himself.

Since then, Kenji Dohihara has become one of the so-called "China experts" among the figures of the Japanese invasion of China, which can be counted on his fingers.

This point, even Hiraoka Ryuichi, who claims to be deeply versed in traditional Chinese culture, has to admire it in his heart.

Don't look at Kenji Dohihara's short stature and low appearance, like an authentic Okayama peasant, he was in the Japanese Army School back then, and he was a famous communicator.

At school, Kenji Dohihara got acquainted with a large number of future stars in the Sino-Japanese military circles, such as Okamura Ninji, Itagaki Seishiro and Yan Xishan, and they all had close contacts and deep friendships.

Japanese culture has a lot in common with Chinese culture, and it is always about human relationships, so don't underestimate this kind of friendship, which can really work at critical moments.

Kenji Dohihara came to China, and when he saw Yan Xishan, every time he entered the door, he would laugh and say loudly in Chinese: "The old classmate is here, the old classmate is here!" ”

With this sentence, he won Yan Xishan's least favor towards him and got on his thief ship.

Excellent language talent, coupled with a strong ability to build contacts, Kenji Dohihara can be said to be the kind of natural "spy embryo" who engages in intelligence work.

At this point, Feng Chen has been secretly learning from Kenji Dohihara, Feng Chen concluded that he also has a talent for Japanese, and the Japanese that comes out of his mouth is more pure than that of authentic Japanese.

He also has connections in Japan such as Ryuichi Hiraoka, Masao Ishikawa, Ken Inukai, and Yoshio Yoshida, not to mention another comrade, that is, Prime Minister Konoe's personal adviser Hidemi Ozaki.

Feng Chen planned to learn from Kenji Dohihara at this point.

From Kenji Dohihara's learning the commercial language shouted by small traders and hawkers in the hutongs of Beijing, to the military exchanges in which he called himself an "old classmate" when he greeted the Shanxi warlord Yan Xishan, it is clear that this person is deeply familiar with Chinese culture and is cunning from the bone.

In 1904, when Kenji Dohihara graduated, it was when Japan and Russia were inseparable in Northeast China, and a strong sense of imperial honor went straight to his head.

Kenji Dohihara actively asked Ying to participate in the war and was approved, and he was very dedicated on the battlefield, so as soon as the war ended, he relied on his achievements with real swords and real guns, and was escorted to the cradle of Japan's senior officers, the Japanese Army University for further study.

Kenji Dohihara has a sturdy body, his hands are covered with calluses, and when he is not wearing a military uniform, he looks like an authentic "Okayama peasant".

However, it is this simple appearance that confuses many people, coupled with his outgoing personality and love of communication, he can get along with anyone he is, and even among some Chinese politicians, there has been a saying that "Tu Feiyuan does not lie".

Kenji Dohihara's ability to interact with all walks of life and various characters is very deceptive, and under the appearance of loyalty, there is a full cunning hidden.

Feng Chen especially admires this point of Kenji Dohihara, so he is also imitating and learning from the behavior of this big spy everywhere, Feng Chen firmly believes that if you want to defeat your opponent, you must understand your opponent!

If you want to defeat the enemy, you must learn from the enemy and understand the enemy.

Feng Chen knows that since his youth, Kenji Tsuchihara has developed a strong interest in China and Chinese culture, and is determined to become an expert on China.

However, he was born in a small island nation and is more interested in the vast lands of Chinese mainland.

Kenji Dohihara's most ardent and eagerly awaited thing was to see Japan conquer all of China with his own eyes and make China a corner of the Great Japanese Empire.

After graduating from the Army University, Doihara came to China as a captain in the army in the second year of his entry into the General Staff Headquarters, where he entered the Banxi Mansion, the Japanese secret service in Beiping.

He worked in the Banxi agency for five years, and since then he has become one of the most famous Chinese experts in the Japanese army.

Tu Feiyuan studied Chinese culture in Beijing, and he was familiar with "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", and could speak a variety of dialects.

At that time, the Japanese had a figurative saying about the elites who graduated from the Army University, called "ten-year personnel", that is, as long as they did not make mistakes, they could generally be promoted to the rank of Dazuo within ten years.

However, because of the frequent transfer between the Japanese General Staff Headquarters and Chinese mainland, Tohihara stayed in China for too long, which affected his promotion, and it took him fifteen years to reach this position, but he never complained about it.

In March 1928, Tu Feiyuan was hired as an adviser to Zhang Zuolin, the leader of the Feng warlords, and he used the power of the Kwantung Army to consolidate Zhang Zuolin's position in the northeast.

Tu Feiyuan hoped that Zhang Zuolin would repay his kindness and meet the territorial claims of the Japanese in Northeast China, and Zhang Zuolin took advantage of the Zhifeng War to occupy Beijing and control the Beiyang government.

However, although Zhang Zuolin was born in the green forest, he was quite aware of the national righteousness and had been trying to get rid of the control of the Japanese, and Tu Feiyuan was very dissatisfied with him.

When the Northern Expeditionary Army pointed at Beijing, Zhang Zuolin reluctantly retreated to the northeast, at this time, Tufeiyuan and Kawamoto Daisaku planned the Huanggutun incident and killed Zhang Zuolin.

It was only because of the Northeast Army's proper response and Zhang Xueliang's departure from the customs to inherit the position of the leader of the Feng faction that the Japanese army failed to occupy the Northeast immediately.

In March 1929, due to the failure of the Huanggutun Incident to achieve the expected results, Dohihara, who had been sent to the cold palace, was transferred to the commander of the 30th Infantry Wing of Takata and returned to Japan in frustration.

Soon, Tufeiyuan waited for another opportunity, and in 1930 a warlord scuffle broke out in China.

Tu Feiyuan, a former classmate of Yan Xishan at the Army University, returned to China and shuttled among the warlords, cobbling together the so-called "Beiyang faction alliance" to confront Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang.

In 1930, Tu Feiyuan was transferred to the head of the Tianjin secret service, and the following year he was transferred to the head of the Shenyang secret service, at this time, Zhang Xueliang's 110,000 Northeast Army was transferred to the Guannai.

Tohihara and Ishihara and Itagaki Seishiro, the young staff officers of the Kwantung Army, took advantage of the lack of troops in the northeast to plan the "September 18 Incident," and the Dohihara secret service agency presided over by him was the center of the incident.

After occupying the Northeast, the Japanese side was initially inconclusive about how to rule.

Ishihara proposed that the rule of Northeast China should be ruled by a Japanese army general or lieutenant general, a governor's office, and a colony as was done with Taiwan and Korea.

Seishiro Itagaki proposed that Northeast Manchu and Mongolia be directly turned into Japanese territory.

While the two sides were at loggerheads, Kenji Dohihara proposed a compromise plan to establish a Japanese-controlled Manchu and Mongolian republic that would be separated from China proper.

Regarding the head of the country, Tu Feiyuan proposed to use Puyi, the former Qing Xuantong Emperor who lived in Tianjin.

Because when Feng Yuxiang launched the "Beijing Coup" and drove Pu Yi away, the desperate Pu Yi was the one who took him to Tianjin and protected him.

On November 4, 1931, Tu Feiyuan stepped into the Jingyuan Mansion in the middle of the night, and soon Pu Yi arrived in Dalian under his instigation, and the puppet Manchukuo was officially released.

In June 1935, Tufeiyuan painstakingly managed and instigated a conspiracy to force the Nationalist Government to sign the Qin-Tu Agreement, which obtained sovereignty over most of Chahar and caused China to lose 80% of the territory of Chahar Province.

In October 1935, Tufeiyuan planned the North China Autonomy Movement.

After the July 7 Incident in 1937, Tu Feiyuan led the 14th Division of the Japanese Army to invade China, and fought fierce battles with the squadron in Baoding, Shijiazhuang, Xingtai, Handan and other places.

In the Battle of Xuzhou, Tu Feiyuan commanded the troops to go south from the west side of Xuzhou, but due to the deep depth of the lone army, in 1938 in Lanfeng was almost surrounded and annihilated by the first corps of the famous Chinese general Xue Yue, and then Tu Feiyuan was transferred back to China.

But what was the purpose of his secret visit to Shanghai this time?