Chapter 38: The Emperor's Secret Killing Order

Zhao Yishui, the old man of Zhao, said: In the early winter of 1940, there was a bloody case in Yunnan, and spies from various countries died in an inexplicable bloody case.

Yoshiko Kawashima entered an old town. Yoshiko Kawashima rode on a horse and looked up to see the bell tower, the bell tower built by the Germans, and saw the rippling blue waters of the South Lake. Yoshiko Kawashima is obsessed with the city. She even asked herself, where is this? I saw the French-style Western-style mansion by the lake, the Colex foreign company and the Yuehua café. Smelled of French Bordeaux red wine. I saw the signboards of Yunnan Tin Company and Fudian Bank. I saw the signboards of Citigroup, the National Bank of France, the London of the United Kingdom, the Far East of the Soviet Union, and the Hong Kong Daxi Trade, as well as the signboards of Jiangxi Association, Lianghu Association, Guangdong Association, and Yunnan Chamber of Commerce. I saw the signboards of the French Consulate, the British Consulate, and the American Consulate. Those western-style buildings with Western styles are hidden in the dense French plane trees, as well as the cherry blossoms of England and the camellia of Yunnan, which can be described as green trees and red flowers, thousands of purples and thousands of reds, and the air is filled with the fragrance of flowers. Yoshiko Kawashima saw the seductive and delicate flowers, and the faint fragrance of the Burmese osmanthus in the air seeped into her heart.

Yoshiko Kawashima has a sense of time staggered, New York? Tokyo? Paris? London? It seems that the provincial capital of Kunming is not so prosperous. Yes, the old tin is more like the Florentine of Italy. On the street, a Saigon woman wearing a tights and a big hakama and high heels is a Briton holding a Chinese-style oil-paper umbrella and a tuxedo, a Chinese woman wearing a Chinese-style cheongsam is a straight American, a Belarusian woman is wearing a white long skirt and a Chinese businessman in a Chinese-style Tang costume. Yoshiko Kawashima is dragged into an alley by a woman and into a remote western-style building with a sign that reads "Nikmaru Co., Ltd." Yoshiko Kawashima said to the woman: Akiko, have you found out where the person I want has arrived?

Akiko said to Yoshiko Kawashima, "It's completely clear. This Huang Kexing is the person the commander is looking for, he is the chairman of the Dian Yun Tin Industry Co., Ltd., and his business is not small, but his name is not Huang Kexing, but Zhang Mingyuan. This company is their stronghold. We have been patiently waiting for the outbreak. Wait for your command, Commander. ”

Yoshiko Kawashima thought of killing my grandfather Huang Kexing as soon as possible, and she didn't believe in any plan to protect the country.

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akiko, "In your Hokkaido home, there are many small hookahs made of tin, pen holders, pen washers, flower ear incense burners, Kara horses, phoenix candlesticks, and oxtop jars. I heard that you have a big tin business? ”

Akiko knelt in front of Yoshiko Kawashima and said: "Commander, an old high-purity tin is a non-toxic, harmless, and tasteless metal. Because the tin tea tube is tasteless, compact in structure, and not breathable, it has always been the best container for tea, and these tin ware are indeed good things for storing tea and wine, so Akiko took a few pieces back, and Hokkaido was cold, and these things were really good things. ”

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akiko, "It's a good thing, and there are a lot of old pewter ware on the market in Tokyo."

Akiko said to Yoshiko Kawashima: "Those things have nothing to do with Akiko, Akiko is innocent."

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akiko, "Are people like us innocent?"

Akiko said to Yoshiko Kawashima: "Commander, Akiko's father and brother died in the war, and Akiko's sister also served in the army and contributed her body, but also died. In Hokkaido, only her elderly mother is left at home. ”

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akiko: "War, who is not difficult? In order to win this war, the emperor sold his own hair to replenish military funds, which one is not difficult? ”

Akiko said to Yoshiko Kawashima: "Commander Mingcha, my mother is hard, and Akiko did raise some money for her mother by selling pewter. ”

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akiko, "Do you insist that I show you the evidence?"

Akiko said to Yoshiko Kawashima: "You can't hide anything from the commander's eyes, Akiko is guilty, please punish the commander."

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akiko, "I can kill you right away." War, who has a home? How many bullets do the army of the empire need per day, how much food does it need per day, have you ever thought about it? The Empire is here for you to gather intelligence on China and prepare for the upcoming war in the region, but you are here to start your own business. ”

Akiko said to Yoshiko Kawashima: "Commander, Akiko is guilty, and Akiko was martyred."

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akiko: "That's it, remember to do things thoroughly, if I let you go, will the Kagesa Agency let you go?"

Akiko said to Yoshiko Kawashima: "The commander's teachings, Akiko will always remember them."

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akiko, "Get up and talk."

Akiko stood up and said to Yoshiko Kawashima, "Thank you, Commander."

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akiko: "The head of the organ has clearly ordered that if we can't catch the nemesis of Huang Lian this time, and we can't find out the plan of the Sword of Protecting the Country, we won't be able to go back."

Akiko said to Yoshiko Kawashima: "Akiko and her subordinates are ready to fight to the death."

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akiko, "What's the use of dying? How simple is it to die? As warriors of the Empire, our deaths must be worthwhile. ”

Akiko said to Yoshiko Kawashima, "Akiko understands. The commander drank tea first, and Akiko came out immediately. Akiko entered the back room.

Akiko came out with a delicate little box, stepped forward and placed it in front of Kawashima Yoshiko, and said to Kawashima Yoshiko, "This is Akiko's gift of filial piety to the commander."

Yoshiko Kawashima asked, "What is it, open it and take a look."

Akiko opened the small compartment, and it was a box of gold bars.

Yoshiko Kawashima said, "What am I doing with these things?"

Akiko said to Yoshiko Kawashima: "Commander, the war will always end, and the war is fought back and forth, isn't it just for money?" If you die, you will die, but to live, we women must live more glamorously, otherwise there will be no men to look at. ”

Only then did Yoshiko Kawashima look at Akiko's silk cheongsam, Italian high-heeled leather shoes, a golden hairpin in her hair bun, a Chinese-style cheongsam that had been transformed, and a V-shaped neckline was opened on her chest. Yoshiko Kawashima looked at Akiko with admiration and said: You are indeed a weapon of war for the Empire.

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akiko, "How are our plans prepared?"

Akiko said to Yoshiko Kawashima: "Just wait for the commander's order."

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akiko, "What's delicious in this place, I'm hungry." ”

Akiko said to Yoshiko Kawashima, "Akiko is ready for the commander. The Mengzi cross-bridge rice noodles in this place are unique in the world. Please get in the car, Commander. ”

Yoshiko Kawashima ate the rice noodles that she had never eaten before, and listened to Akiko's report, and Akiko said: The old one is now a city of spies. Locke, director of the Far East Division of the US Strategic Intelligence Agency, was an explorer in Yunnan, China, and Locke lived in a courtyard on Xihang Street, and there was a plaque of Jiangxi porcelain shop hanging on the gatehouse, which was originally built by Jiangxi merchants, and later the business failed and was sold to Locke, who liked all the Chinese way of life and married a Burmese woman, Puwang. But Locke didn't spend much time in the yard for a year, and Locke was active in Southeast Asia, centered on Yunnan. Romain Reims, director of the East Asia branch of the French Naval Intelligence Agency, was a missionary in Yunnan, China. For many years, Roman Lance wandered in the Ailao Mountains of Yunnan, and it was he who urged the French to build the railway into Yunnan, China. The head of the Asian branch of the British MI6, Jayson, was the manager of the British Hengfeng Bank in Yunnan, China, and his mission was to obtain British interests in troubled China. Jayson didn't care about this war between Japan and China, Japhethon cared about the price of the old big tin, and of course Jayson also cared about the direction of this war. Heymann, director of the Eastern Bureau of the German General Staff, was a painter in Yunnan, China, and Heyman was a strict German. Huang Kexing, who the commander is looking for, is the chairman of the board of directors of Dian Yun Tin Industry Co., Ltd., and his business is not small, and his business has spread all over Southeast Asian countries.

Yoshiko Kawashima said: You have done your work very carefully, they are all enemies of the empire. This can only belong to the Empire.

Akiko said: Akiko understands.

Qiuzi was a shareholder of Yunnan Tin Industry Co., Ltd. in Yunnan, China, and her Chinese name was Song Fengya, a Shanghai celebrity. Her father is Song Nan, a capitalist from Shanghai, and her mother is

A grid of 'former Qing'. Her father was originally in the silk and porcelain business, and later dabbled in arms. Song Fengya also has an identity, she is the goddaughter of Miao Yunquan, vice chairman of Yunnan Tin Industry Co., Ltd. As you all know, Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd. has a complex background, and its backer is a mysterious unit, the Kuomintang's National Resources Management Commission. Song Fengya opened a French restaurant on the edge of an old South Lake. The French restaurant is one of the most noisy restaurants in the old days. Many people are drunkards, and they all want to get acquainted with Song Fengya, a Shanghai celebrity. Because, knowing Yunnan Tin Industry Co., Ltd. means knowing money. Song Fengya is a sign of the old city, as long as she shows up at the door of the restaurant, wearing a waist-length Chinese cheongsam with a slit and waist, and 10cm high heels supporting her undulating body, she is a magnet that sucks passers-by into the French restaurant. There is a circular stage in the French restaurant, every dinner time, diners can see the singing and dancing performance of the Yiche women of the Yiza, Song Fengya actually can't understand a word about the singing of these Yiche people from the Yicha people, she knows these Yiche people for only one purpose, that is, to inquire about the activities of the underground organization of the Yisa City, but she is still often moved by the singing of these Yiche people, it is a kind of soul-penetrating voice, whenever she hears the singing of these people, she will think of her hometown, think of Hokkaido.

In the early winter of 1940 in Yunnan, China, the streets were full of falling leaves of plane trees.

In this early winter, the American explorer Locke, the German painter, the British Hengfeng Bank manager in Yunnan Jayson, the French missionary Roman Lance, the Russian foreign firm Bunin, the Spanish foreign firm servant Ka Qiu, the French consulate official in the old Mo San, the British consulate official William, and the chairman of the Dian Yun Tin Industry Company Zhang Mingyuan all received the invitation of Song Fengya at the same time.

It was a sumptuous dinner.

It's a night of indulgence,

At the banquet, Song Fengya and guests from all over the world frequently raised their glasses, threw themselves into their arms, and showed their beauty. Half-drunk, the restaurant's circular stage resounded with the dance of the women and the multi-part chanting of the male entertainers.

Song Fengya pretended to be drunk and said to the guests from all over the world: "If you are unaccompanied, I will go to the bathroom."

Zhang Mingyuan, chairman of the board of directors of Dian Yun Tin Industry Company, saw Song Fengya enter the bathroom, and also got up and said, "Everyone, I will also be absent." He followed Song Fengya, quickly flashed into a private room, jumped out of the window, and disappeared into the night, an explosion sounding behind him.

At this time, a series of explosions sounded in the French restaurant, and the French restaurant instantly turned into a sea of fire. When the French police team arrived, no one could walk into this sea of fire. The fire continued into the early hours of the next morning, and the French restaurant was in ruins, in which not a single intact body could be found.

In an urgent note to Chongqing, Song Nan, a capitalist from Shanghai, was arrested, and during the torture, Song Nan confessed: I do have a daughter named Song Fengya, but this daughter of mine died of illness when she was 20 years old, and I don't believe I can take you to see her grave. The Shanghai Police Department did find the grave of Song Nan's daughter, Song Fengya, at the Paradise Cemetery on the outskirts of Shanghai. How could a person who had died a long time ago come back to the old murder in Yunnan?

The old police station searched all over the old one, but I didn't find Song Fengya.

Song Fengya turned into an autumn son again and appeared in the caravan inn in Huisa.

Yoshiko Kawashima, who was drinking Pu'er tea, said to Akiko: "Well done, this is the glory of the empire."

At this time, the Japanese army was advancing into Vietnam and Burma, and there was a tendency to cross Yunnan and approach Chongqing at any time.

At this time, on the land of the Red River, the Japanese saw the last thing they wanted to see, the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway was destroyed by the Kuomintang Second Route Army Special Service Battalion for 250 kilometers, which meant that China already knew the strategic intentions of the Japanese army. Who leaked the Empire's top secrets? Yoshiko Kawashima was quickly recalled by the Kagesa Agency.

The official residence of the Japan Shadow Agency.

Yoshiko Kawashima walked into the office of the head of the agency, Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao held a Chinese "Book of Changes" in his left hand, drinking Chinese Tieguanyin tea, Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao did not look at the book in his hand, but looked at the Go chessboard on the table next to him, holding a black piece in his right hand, Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao didn't know where to put the chess pieces, Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao said to himself, is there no solution to this chess? Kagesa looked at Yoshiko Kawashima as if she were standing in front of her. After a pause, Kagesa Zhenzhao put down the book and chess pieces in his hand, and Kagesa Zhenzhao looked at Kawashima Yoshiko with forced eyes and said: Who leaked the secrets of the empire?

Yoshiko Kawashima didn't know what to say.

Kagesa Zhenzhao also said: "This is related to the rise and fall of the empire, the empire has a plan to march from Vietnam to China, the Chinese army destroyed the Yunnan-Vietnam railway, the emperor asked, what is the value of the existence of the Kagesa Agency." What is the use of an empire for an existence that has no value? This is not a shame for the Empire, but a shame for the Kagesa Agency, a shame for the soldiers of the Empire, and a shame for me Kagesa Zhenzhao. If the empire misses the opportunity to end this war as soon as possible, it will be destroyed, if not defeated, because of the collapse of the empire's economy. The Shadow Organ has been running China for so many years, why can't it even keep a secret? Ying Zuo Zhenzhao said: "What about the Huang Buxing I asked you to catch?"

Yoshiko Kawashima said, "It has died from the fire we made."

Kagesa said, "Do you believe he's dead?" Officers and pro-Japanese elements of our empire are still being assassinated. Are you sure he's dead? Don't you know that for such a person, you have to see people in life and corpses in death? You've disappointed me. ”

Kawashima Yoshiko said: "Report to the head of the agency, this robbery, Fangzi also has no way, today Fangzi simply told the head of the agency this secret, this robbery, Fangzi carried out the emperor's secret killing order. Originally, this was supposed to be an eternal secret, and it was about the emperor's face, but I still had to tell the director. ”

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Kagesa Yoshiaki: "Actually, this Huang Buxing is Tokugawa Akiki, a friend of the head of the agency and the emperor's secret envoy."

Kagesa Yoshiaki said to Yoshiko Kawashima, "Impossible."

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Kagesa Yoshiaki, "I don't think it's possible. But what's impossible for people like us? ”

Kagesa Zhenzhao looked at Yoshiko Kawashima and was speechless for a long time. And then he said, "It's terrible."

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Kagesa Zhenaki, "It's really terrible. But we found out anyway. ”

Kagesa said to Yoshiko Kawashima, "Is he Chinese?"

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Kagesa Akira: "Yes, he is Chinese, he first studied medicine at Waseda University, during his studies I don't know why he became the young master of the Tokugawa family, named Tokugawa Akiki, he spoke Japanese more authentically than the Japanese, and later went to the Eastern University in Moscow, the Soviet Union, his working methods came from the Soviet State Security Committee, and then he went to the Far Eastern branch of the Communist International."

Kagesa said to Yoshiko Kawashima, "How did he do it?"

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akira Kagesa Zhenzhao, "I don't know this either. ”

Kagesa Yoshiaki said to Yoshiko Kawashima, "This is a disgrace to the Empire." Kagesa said to Yoshiko Kawashima, "But how can this matter be justified?"

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Kagesa Zhenaki: "The head of the agency, Commander Matsuda of the Army Staff Headquarters seems to have a bad relationship with the head of the agency, they are also investigating the Sword of Protector plan, and found out the true identity of the secret envoy, he is not Tokugawa Akiki, but Huang Kexing of Yan'an Teke, he has been lurking in the heart of the empire for a long time, so the emperor ordered to get rid of this person."

Kagesa Yoshiaki said to Yoshiko Kawashima: How do you think it is appropriate to report this matter to Tokyo?

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akira Kagesa Zhenzhao: Chief, Yoshiko thinks that this person is not a yellow nemesis at all, he is Tokugawa Akiki, who died in the process of carrying out a mission in China.

Kagesa said to Yoshiko Kawashima: Miss Yoshiko, you are really getting smarter. Okay, let's stop this matter, but we will never give up the investigation of the Sword of Nation Project, and we must take the initiative in the investigation in our hands, and if the Army General Staff Headquarters takes the credit for this matter, then what is the value of our Shadow Aid Agency in the eyes of the Emperor?

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akira Kagesa: Yoshiko understands, please rest assured, what Yoshiko wants to do, he can definitely do it.

Kagesa Yoshiaki said to Yoshiko Kawashima: Yes, this is the flower of our empire. On the surface, this matter has come to an end, but our investigation of this Huang Buxing cannot be stopped, and the results must be found out.

Yoshiko Kawashima said to Akira Kagesa Zhenaki: Yes.

Both Yoshiko Kawashima and Akiko believe that my grandfather died in the bloody case they created, but Kagesa doesn't believe it.