Leaving from Fengtian in the morning, Jing Zhiguo and his wife Chen Guo, who had just arrived at Jingjiagou's hometown in Deqin County, were sitting on the birthday banquet of their uncle Jing Jifu when they were called by Qi Yue, the daughter of his brother Qi Yongku, to the back room of Jing Jifu's house to answer the phone. Leaning against the Eight Immortals table on the north wall, there was a vertical telephone, and the receiver was placed aside. It was a call from Luo Yong, the chief of the Qin County Police Department. Luo Yong exchanged a few polite words with Jing Zhiguo on the phone, which was nothing more than why he came home, and he didn't tell his brother, let us also wish your uncle a birthday or something, and tell Jing Zhiguo, we will be there in an hour, and on this occasion, my brother must be there! After saying the above, on the phone, the voice immediately turned serious. He said that he had just received a call from the Provincial Police Department, asking Jing Zhiguo to return to Mukden immediately. Luo Yong said that it was Zhang Haochi, the director of the department, who personally called the county police station. Come to think of it, it was Zhang Haochi who didn't know that Jing Zhiguo's uncle Jing Jifu's family had installed a new phone. Jing Zhiguo looked out the window at the sky, it was already noon, and he raised his wrist to look at his watch, it was not yet twelve o'clock. At this time, it will be evening, and it will be evening to the provincial capital. He asked Luo Yong, Director Zhang said that he didn't say anything so anxious? He asked this question, and immediately felt that it was a bit redundant. The matter must be urgent, and Luo Yong must not know it. Sure enough, Luo Yong on the other end of the phone said haha, Director Zhang didn't say, and we didn't ask.

Jing Zhiguo did not immediately return to the birthday banquet, but sat down on the Taishi chair next to the table of the Eight Immortals, took out a box of cigarettes from his coat pocket, then fished out one from the cigarette case, reached into his coat pocket and fumbled for a lighter, lit the cigarette and smoked. This is an extremely slow response. What happened to letting him go back in such a hurry? Yesterday, he asked Zhang Haochi for leave. Uncle is sixty-five years old, every five and ten, how can he not come back! Besides, there's nothing too urgent in the hall. For more than a year, unlike the first two years, the Japanese have gained a firm foothold here, and their police department has also relaxed a little. Jing Zhiguo stood up and called Zhang Haochi, but no one answered on the other end of the phone. I guess I went to lunch. Forget it, what do you love! You have to finish the meal, and the birthday banquet has something to say.

After only an hour, Luo Yong arrived. Luo Yong drove a Japanese-style military jeep, which was the color of yellow and green. I brought a bunch of things, all for the old birthday star, and I bought them on the street. Luo Yong is a living person, and as soon as he arrived, the table was serious and lively for a while. The next step is to dismiss and say goodbye. Luo Yong has been sending Jing Zhiguo to the road leading from Kanto Prefecture to Mukden. There are two ways to get from Jingjiagou to this avenue, one is from Jingjiagou to Qinzhuang, which is the county seat of Qin County! This one is smoother, but farther away. Another way to go is from Jingjiagou to Gaotai, which is also a tunzi, but it is just leaning on the side of the avenue. It's a bit tricky, but it's much closer. Every time Jing Zhiguo goes back to Jingjiagou, let alone Jing Zhiguo goes back to Jingjiagou, even in those years, Jing Zhiguo's parents go back to Jingjiagou, and they all follow this path. On the road, the speed is fast, but the road is not close! Tossed to Mukden, it is already time to hold the lamp. When the incident was urgent, Jing Zhiguo did not go home, but asked the driver Shi Lei to drive the car directly to the office building of the Provincial Police Department located in the central square of Fengtian City. He estimated that although the matter was urgent, it would not necessarily delay him for too long, so he asked Chen Guo and Shi Lei to wait in the car and went upstairs alone.

Zhang Haochi's office is on the third floor of the office building of the Provincial Police Department, which is also the top floor of the building, facing the far right of the south. The door was open.

"Report!" Jing Zhiguo stood outside the door and shouted.

Zhang Haochi stood in front of the window, looking out of the window, he didn't know what he was looking at, and when he heard Jing Zhiguo's voice, he didn't turn around immediately. The light in the square in front of the building shone in through the wide glass window, and through the horizontal strip of the half-opened shutter, it shone on Zhang Haochi's face and dark gray dress, leaving a dark and wide shadow.

"Come in!" Zhang Haochi responded. Zhang Haotian is in his fifties, and Jing Zhiguo is more than ten years older. Jing Zhiguo Ping Suri has a lot of respect for him.

"Director--"

"Ahh Zhiguo, it's here! Come, come, sit. Zhang Haochi turned around, his tone was a little different from the past, and he pushed a celadon cup that had been brewed tea in front of Jing Zhiguo. In the past, when Jing Zhiguo went to Zhang Haochi's office, he would stand and finish what he wanted to say, and Zhang Haochi would also stand and accompany him. It's rare to be so polite. Jing Zhiguo knew that such a move showed that something was indeed wrong, and this matter was not a trivial matter.

"Yes, just arrived. Director--" Jing Zhiguo looked at Zhang Haochi with inquiring eyes.

"Oh, Zhiguo, you probably don't know yet. Wang Chun, the county magistrate of Dongdian County, had an accident. Zhang Haochi went straight to the point, but his tone was calm.

Wang Chun, Jing Zhiguo knew it, and they also came out of the Northeast Army, but they had never met.

"Something's wrong?"

"Alas! That's what you want to come back for. Wang Chun drove himself into the ravine! ”

Zhang Haochi was a little regretful and a little sad at the same time, and some of the words were a little heavy. Recalling these words afterwards, Jing Zhiguo felt that although Zhang Haochi was making an objective statement, it seemed that he was emphasizing something from the beginning.

"Huh? How is this possible! Jing Zhiguo knew that there must be something urgent when he called him back in a hurry, and this urgency might be a bit big, but he really didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. His whole body paused backwards, his face full of astonishment.

"I heard his secretary Qian Zhong say that Wang Chun accompanied a few friends from Heshan County to see Dongdian Mountain a few days ago, and then he asked Qian Zhong to accompany the guests to return and drive back to his hometown in Kandongzhou alone, which is estimated to have happened when he came back from his hometown in Kandongzhou."

At this time, Jing Zhiguo obviously felt that Zhang Haochi was really emphasizing something. Many questions flashed through Jing Zhiguo's mind. Bite? Let's go back to our hometown, and he Wang Chun will also go back to his hometown? At this time, there are still people who have the leisure to look at the mountains! has to be accompanied by Wang Chun, the county magistrate! What kind of friends does this have to be? How big is that leisure?

"What ditch is going on?"

"Hutougou. Fell off the Tiger Head Cliff. ”

"Hiss, that Hutougou--" Jing Zhiguo gasped, his face full of confusion and shock. Although Jing Zhiguo is not a native of Dongdian, because Dongdian Mountain is a scenic spot, when he was in the Northeast Army, friends and guests of the handsome people who came over for business and private affairs from all over the country had to take their feet to Dongdian Mountain to have a look. Jing Zhiguo, as the staff officer of the king of the Northeast, accompanied the guests to Dongdian Mountain, it was too much, and he was quite familiar with the roads in Dongdian Mountain and the topography of Dongdian Mountain. Hutou Mountain is at the southern end of Dongdian Mountain, to be precise, it is not the central scenic spot of Dongdian Mountain, Hutou Mountain is what kind of boundary it is from the perspective of road traffic, he knows.

"The Japanese attach great importance to this matter, and Commander Min Nan specially asked us to quickly solve this case, and we will jointly agree with Vice Minister Ohara that this case will be handled by your special service section." Zhang Haochi looked serious.

"Yes!" Jing Zhiguo straightened up.

"The Dongdian County Police Department has conducted a preliminary investigation of the scene, and according to the inquest, it was an accident." Zhang Haochi said, paused, and then said. "What a pity! Just in his early forties--"

Jing Zhiguo didn't say anything, just nodded.

"Have you notified Wang Chun's family?" After a while, Jing Zhiguo asked.

"Not yet, I can't inform his family at this time. No one can look at it, so it has to be dealt with. But right now - it can't be processed yet, an autopsy has to be performed. Zhang Haochi paused for a moment, and then said, "Oh, this matter has not yet been finalized, don't release the news to the public for the time being, the case is in a state of confidentiality." When it will be released, how it will be released, and to what extent and scope it will be released, it will be decided by the Kwantung Army. You Secret Service Section must know this! ”

In fact, Zhang Haochi and Jing Zhiguo both knew in their hearts that it was impossible to completely keep the secret of such a thing, but they still had to do it like this, and they had to say it like this, so it could only be like this.

In the more than a year since the establishment of Manchukuo, this and that thing, one after another, has never stopped, and it has just stopped a little, and another county magistrate has died. Regardless of the nature of the case, such a matter is a major incident, and if it is not done well, it will cause waves in Mukden Province and even the whole of Manchukuo.

Later, Zhang Haochi said some specific circumstances of Wang Chun's accident. According to the preliminary investigation at the scene, the accident occurred between 10 and 12 o'clock last night, and no witnesses have been found so far. The informant was a local farmer who was driving the mountain in the morning. In Dongdian Mountain at this time, there are always some farmers who rush to the mountain to climb the mountain and cross the ridge to collect mountain treasures and wild fruits. Wang Chun's car exploded when it rolled to the bottom of the ditch, and the car burned to the ground with only a crooked shelf. According to people who came to the scene, Wang Chun's body was burned to the point where it was impossible to see.

Going downstairs and returning to the car, Chen Guo was already a little tired from waiting.

"What's the matter? Hurry up and call us back! ”

"Something happened to the magistrate of Dongdian County!"

"Who? What's your name? ”

"The magistrate of Dongdian County! Wang Chun! Something is wrong! ”

"Wang Chun? What's wrong? "Chen Guoton was there.

"I drove myself into the tiger head ditch and fell to my death!"

"Huh? This! What's going on? ”

Jing Zhiguo was speechless.

"How is this possible?" It's been home for a long time, and after dinner, Chen Guo said slowly and quietly while helping Sister Lu, who was hired by the family, clean up the dishes and chopsticks.