Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Funeral

As a matter of fact, the concession authorities made such a big show for the Japanese to see, in case they had an excuse to get involved in the concession.

In other words, don't look at the number of people arrested, but as long as the weapons are not found on the body and there is no clear evidence, they will be released soon.

But accidents always happen, although it wasn't Shen Chen's problem, he didn't feel lucky.

A man named Jiang Haisheng was still holding a grenade in his hand when he was captured by the patrol of another team, which can be regarded as conclusive evidence.

Due to the military pressure of the Japanese, the Police Department of the Ministry of Industry took Jiang Haisheng across the Waibaidu Bridge and extradited him to the Japanese military police the next day.

This was despite the fact that the Nationalist Government in Hankow submitted a formal protest to the United States Government and the British Government, stating that the extradition was contrary to the Shanghai Provisional Court Agreement.

However, since then, the police department of the Ministry of Industry has continued to hand over the terrorist suspects they have captured to the Japanese military police on the other side of the Waibaidu Bridge.

This was the side effect of the great riots, which dealt a blow to the enemy and boosted the people's morale, but it also brought greater difficulties to the anti-Japanese activities carried out by the Chinese people in the concession.

It's hard to do both. To fight devils and traitors, we must not only face sacrifice, but also face the crazy revenge of devils who kill innocents indiscriminately.

And this may be the price that a weak but heroic, even more unwilling to be enslaved nation, must pay to resist aggression!

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In Shanghai, the funeral was an earth-shattering sight.

Now, what Shen Chen participated in was an unprecedented funeral, and it was hosted by the Public Concession Police Department.

The deceased was placed in a nanmu coffin with a pearl in his mouth and a jade bracelet in his hand. The hearse was followed by 16 Chinese policemen armed with guns, including Commissioner of Police Bao Wen and Japan's Special Deputy Commissioner Akagi Fushiyuki, a number of hundreds of cars and trucks.

The funeral procession lasted more than a kilometer and lasted for more than an hour, with onlookers on the side of the road on three floors inside and three layers outside, and it is said that more than one million Shanghainese witnessed the funeral that day.

And the person in the coffin was Lu Liankui, who was called "the best Chinese policeman in the history of the Shanghai police" by foreigners at that time, and Shanghainese often said that "Nong Zai Kui can't be Kui".

That's right, just five days after the August 13* riots, that is, on August 18, Lu Liankui was assassinated in a car by three gunmen in front of the Central Hotel on Guangdong Road.

Although many newspapers believe that Lu Liankui was assassinated by Japanese spies, Shen Chen, as an insider in the patrol room, feels that based on Lu Liankui's recent actions, the Japanese will kill him when their heads are in water.

That's right, Lu Liankui complied with the wishes of the Japanese in the matter of extraditing Jiang Haisheng, and Shen Chen was no longer responsible for "handling the case" with the Japanese military police. There are a few other things, but they are all in favor of the Japanese.

According to later historical sources, Lu Liankui did fall into the water and became a traitor, reporting intelligence to the Japanese marines every day, and became the "treasure" of the Japanese spy organization, so the military commander assassinated him.

The funeral was still going on, and there were subordinates maintaining order, but Shen Chen was quite idle, standing in the shade of a tree and watching.

Of course, there are many others who are as idle as him, and Raidon is one. I don't know where it came from, he walked to Shen Chen's side and greeted him casually.

"You-" Shen Chen pointed to Lei Deng's face, and stopped talking.

Roden smiled bitterly unnaturally and said, "I'll never go out drinking and dancing with this guy Cruise again." ”

I woke up a little late, but I finally got it.

Shen Chen smiled, naturally invited him this time, but when he saw Cruise included, he made an excuse to shirk it.

"In my impression, apart from children, except for violence, I don't seem to have seen Chinese really cry." Luo Deng looked at the funeral procession and said very puzzledly: "If the dead can still be woken up, I think this movement is absolutely enough." ”

"This is a tradition, the louder the momentum, the greater the movement, the more face the deceased has, and the more it can reflect the honor of his life." Shen Chen shrugged his shoulders.

At this time, the hearse had just passed, followed by his wife and his aunt. They wept and wailed as they walked to express the unimaginable grief of others, and from time to time they threw themselves hysterically on the ground, completely unable to control their emotions.

Roden also shrugged his shoulders and said teasingly, "Fortunately, the band didn't play the wrong music today." ”

Shen Chen laughed, that was not long ago. In order to show the importance of the funeral of the patrol who usually died in the line of duty, the police department of the Ministry of Industry will ask each patrol house to send people to attend.

The funeral was also very grand, but the family seemed to think that this was not enough, and invited two bands.

The band uses modern instruments, but also plays some Western music and dance music. But they are not Westerners at all, and they often get it wrong about what music should be played on which occasion.

At that time, Shen Chen and the others were marching solemnly, and suddenly "Annie? Laurie. Then, another band in the back played a cheerful "Pack All the Troubles into the Toolbox".

Roden also laughed and said, "Once I went to a wedding, you know what the band played, it turned out to be "March of Death", which made me think I was attending a funeral. ”

Shen Chen hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't make jokes anymore." It's not appropriate for us to laugh so much on such an occasion. ”

Luo Deng smiled again, his expression became serious, and said: "Lu Liankui was controlled by the Japanese, he should have been assassinated by ********." Akagi is a powerful guy who is controlling more and more police officers, and the Ministry of Industry is afraid that there is nothing the Ministry of Industry can do about him. ”

After a pause, he added, "Everett may retire soon, and this is also the hand and foot of Akagi kinyuki. ”

Everett is very appreciative and promoted to himself. If he retires, it will be a loss to himself.

Shen Chen pondered for a moment, frowned and said, "Everett's age is not very old, and there is nothing wrong with him, he can not retire at all." ”

"Maybe!" Luo Deng's words revealed a sense of helplessness, looked at Shen Chen and said: "He can't do anything, the police car will no longer pick you up, is that what he meant?" ”

"Of course I do." Shen Chen paused and said, "Make an appointment, I'll hold a party at home, invite everyone, as well as Everett and Mason, what do you think?" ”

"Okay!" Luo Deng readily agreed, "Shen, we really haven't been there since you moved to a new house!" ”

"It's just eating, drinking, and talking, but it's not that big a place to dance." Shen Chen first said the restrictions, wanting to gag Luo Deng's mouth.

Luo Deng thought for a moment and said slyly: "Then it should be okay to bring a girlfriend, right?" ”

Shen Chen rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "Okay, you are only allowed to bring your wife or girlfriend, and you are not allowed to bring dancing girls or the like." ”

Roden snapped his fingers and said cheerfully, "OK! ”

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