A local police officer had set up a cordon near the Gaoqiao Arsenal, Tan Jingting and Ah Long got through the cordon and walked in front of a policeman, Tan Jingting showed his ID, the police saluted him, and then took Tan Jingting into the arsenal.

Tan Jingting walked into the Gaoqiao Arsenal, which had been completely destroyed, almost razed to the ground, and was full of ruins and broken walls, and in some places there were still open flames coming out from time to time.

The defenders of the arsenal suffered heavy casualties, and all the officers and men who remained at the arsenal had been killed, except for the first and second detachments that went to the lumber mill to extinguish the fire.

Tan Jingting observed carefully while walking, and at the location of the original canteen, he found a shining thing on the ground, at first he thought it was broken glass, and he didn't care very much, but he found that this light did not seem to be emitted by glass, so he walked over and used his feet to pluck some stones and mud on it, only to find that it was a slingshot, Tan Jingting bent down and picked up the slingshot, looked at it, and put it in his pocket.

The captain of the first detachment walked over to Tan Jingting and gave Tan Jingting a military salute.

"Can you tell me about what happened last night?" Tan Jingting began to learn the facts of the case from the parties.

"At about seven o'clock last night, a fire broke out in a nearby wood processing plant, and the fire was very fierce, our first and second teams were ordered to go to extinguish the fire, not long after we went out, there was a series of explosions in the arsenal here, we had to withdraw immediately, but the explosion was too violent, we couldn't get close, we only saw a garbage truck quickly out of the fire. It is also not clear how the arsenal exploded. "The captain of the detachment still has lingering fears about yesterday's explosion.

"Then please take me to the timber processing factory over there." Tan Jingting felt that the fire in the lumber mill was very strange and suspicious.

"Okay, please come with me."

The captain of the first detachment led Tan Jingting and Ah Long into the wood processing factory not far from the arsenal.

The timber processing plant has also been burned beyond recognition, and the original wood has been burned to charcoal, leaving the plant with an empty shell. Tan Jingting walked around the processing factory and found a broken wine bottle in the processing workshop, so he picked it up and smelled it, it was the smell of spirits.

Ah Long brought in the factory owner, who may have been too stimulated and became a little crazy, and stupidly repeated a sentence over and over again: "It's all burned down, hehe, it's all burned down, it's burned to the bottom." ”

Tan Jingting saw the appearance of the factory owner, and knew that he couldn't ask why, so he waved his hand and asked Ah Long to take the factory owner away, Tan Jingting walked two more times alone in the most severely burned timber warehouse, and found a total of six or seven broken wine bottles in the corner and wall of the warehouse, and it can be seen from the part left on the wine bottle that it is the same brand as the wine bottle found in the workshop, Tan Jingting picked up the wine bottle and smelled it, it was the taste of highly spirited liquor.

Tan Jingting knew very well in his heart that this was a man-made arson case, the perpetrator sprinkled the liquor or alcohol in the wine bottle on the wood in the warehouse, and then ignited it, the wood stacked in the wood warehouse quickly burned, the fire spread, and then attracted the defenders of the arsenal out, and then the perpetrator started to attack the arsenal, causing a series of explosions in the arsenal, and the garbage truck that rushed out of the arsenal should be the tool of the criminal.

The time of the crime was very accurate, as soon as the wood processing plant caught fire, and before the defenders could reach the lumber factory, an explosion occurred in the arsenal, blocking the defenders from the arsenal and unable to rush to their aid. This shows that the perpetrators will not be one or two people, there is a group of people in the timber warehouse, there is also a group of people in the arsenal, and the two groups of people cooperate tacitly, it seems that the person on the garbage truck that broke into the arsenal is the main culprit, and the slingshot is obviously left behind by the perpetrator.

Who did it? In fact, everyone knows that apart from the Communist Party, who else will attack the arsenal? It is said that a few days ago, the Communist Party sent two groups of people to blow up the arsenal, but before they could reach the shore, they were completely annihilated on the Yangtze River. Judging from the current explosion of the arsenal, it is certainly not the Communist Party that sent a small detachment across the river to commit the crime, then the perpetrator must be the Shanghai underground party, Xu Mingfeng has already come to Shanghai, but he has not been arrested, and this case has something to do with him.

Based on his own speculation, Tan Jingting has basically understood the original circumstances of the case. But he didn't want to report the truth of the case to Zhu Hongda, these days he was idle at home, and he asked him to reflect on his communist behavior and position, while Tan Jingting was more thinking about what he should do when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party faced off, just like Lu Yulin asked him in the torture room, is he really willing to become a martyr for the Jiang dynasty that is about to overthrow?

Mr. Zhongshan once said that the world tide is mighty, those who go with it prosper, and those who go against it perish, and now the Communist Party has won half of the country, and the momentum is like a bamboo, on the other hand, the national army retreats again and again, and the army is defeated like a mountain. Do you really want to swim against the tide and be a martyr for a corrupt government on the brails of the world? Do you want to be in the company of a filthy scum like Zhu Hongda? The answer, of course, is no.

Judging the situation and taking advantage of the situation, these eight words are regarded by Tan Jingting as the foundation of his foothold, and Tan Jingting is naturally clear about today's situation. It seems that the time has come to fight back.

Tan Jingting and Ah Long returned to the Shanghai Station of the Secret Bureau, and Zhu Hongda heard that Tan Jingting was back, so he hurriedly ran to Tan Jingting's office to inquire about the situation.

"Director Tan, how is it, are you a little eyebrow-raising?" Zhu Hongda asked eagerly.

"Hmm." Tan Jingting blew the tea leaves in the teacup, took a sip of tea, and nodded.

Zhu Hongda was overjoyed: "Director Tan is really a detective with a hidden candle, and he has the answer so soon!" ”

Tan Jingting scoffed at Zhu Hongda's compliment and disagreed, he looked at Zhu Hongda and continued to drink tea.

"Director Tan, then your conclusion is ......"

"The explosion at the Takahashi arsenal was purely accidental." Tan Jingting replied unhurriedly.

"Accident?" Mr. Tam's conclusion came as a surprise to Mr. Zhu.

"There is a wood processing plant in the northeast corner near the arsenal, and last night this wood processing plant caught fire, because the fire was very fierce, and the northeast wind has been blowing for the past few days, so the fire quickly spread to the arsenal, and then there was an explosion." Tan Jingting briefly reported the results of the investigation of the case to Zhu Hongda.

"A fire at a lumber mill? So is this arson? Zhu Hongda was skeptical of Tan Jingting's conclusion.

"How so? Someone is drinking in the warehouse of the lumber mill, and it is still strong alcohol, and these days it is dry and dry, and if you are not careful, it will cause a fire, haven't you heard that the number of fires at the fire station this month is several times higher than last month? I guess the drinkers got drunk, and that led to this catastrophe. ”

"Did you find the drinker?"

"This man has gone mad, Aaron took him to the interrogation room, or you can go and have a look." Tan Jingting picked up the teacup, took another sip of tea, and glanced at Zhu Hongda with slanted eyes.

"I'm going to meet this madman." Zhu Hongda gritted his teeth and said.

Tan Jingting got up and led Zhu Hongda to the interrogation room.

In the interrogation room, the factory owner sat in the interrogation chair, and his mouth was full of the same sentence: "It's all burned out, hehe, it's all burned out, it's all burned out." ”

Zhu Hongda stood there for more than ten minutes, no matter what he asked, the factory owner always responded to all changes with the same words, it was always that sentence, Zhu Hongda heard that his ears were about to grind out of the calluse, shook his head, sighed, and walked out of the interrogation room.

"I also heard that there was a garbage truck rushing out of the fire at that time, Director Tan, have you tracked down this garbage truck?"

On the way back to the office, Zhu Hongda threw his questions to Tan Jingting. Because in Zhu Hongda's view, the explosion of the arsenal should not be so simple, it is just a natural disaster.

"I have investigated, the owner of this garbage truck is called Pan Changgeng, has been responsible for carrying the garbage in the arsenal, has been doing it for four or five years, there is no background, every morning at nine o'clock and seven o'clock in the evening is the fixed time for transporting garbage, when the fire house occurred at about seven o'clock in the evening, it is normal for Pan Changgeng to appear in the arsenal, after the explosion of the arsenal, Pan Changgeng desperately drove away is a normal reaction, I have sent Aaron to investigate this Pan Changgeng, found that he has disappeared, it is estimated that he is afraid of being implicated, So it disappeared without a trace. According to the sentinel of the arsenal, Pan Changgeng is a timid person, and the explosion of this arsenal should have little to do with him. ”

After hearing this, Zhu Hongda shook his head in disappointment: "Director Tan, do you really think that this matter is not the work of the Communist Party?" A few days ago, the Communist Party sent two small detachments across the river in a vain attempt to blow up the arsenal, but we took precautions in advance, so the Communist Party's conspiracy did not succeed, but instead lost its troops. Will they give up and not attack the arsenal again? ”

Zhu Hongda told Tan Jingting about his misgivings, and before Tan Jingting solved the case, he always believed that the explosion of the arsenal was the work of the Communist Party, because the first two times the Communist Party tried to cross the river to blow up the arsenal and failed, they would definitely persevere. But Tan Jingting's findings were very different from what he had envisioned, which made Zhu Hongda feel quite disappointed.

"Maybe the Communist Party dreams of ending this arsenal, but unfortunately, after I investigated, there is no indication that this case is related to the Communist Party, maybe the Communist Party is now celebrating with their hands, and God will help me."

Tan Jingting insisted on his own opinion and insisted that this case had nothing to do with the Communist Party, and that it was purely a natural disaster and an accident.

Tan Jingting is regarded by Zhu Hongda as a master of solving cases in the Secret Bureau, since the master says so, then Zhu Hongda can only believe Tan Jingting's conclusion.

"Director Tan, please write a report to the above, and explain the explosion of the arsenal to the above in detail."

"Well, I'll report it truthfully."

Zhu Hongda walked out of Tan Jingting's office and sighed: "Is this really God's will?" ”

Mingfeng wanted to discuss with Yurong about rescuing Yulin, so he sent Tiger Boy to find Yurong. Tiger Boy still dressed up as a young man from the original Baolong Pharmacy and went to show Yurong a sample of medicinal herbs.

The spies near Bali Bridge had already been withdrawn, so Tiger Boy smoothly walked into Fangyuan Pharmacy and connected with Yurong.

"Sister Yurong, Brother Mingfeng asked you to go to him, he has something important to discuss with you."

"What's the matter?" Yurong asked the tiger boy urgently.

"Rescue the young master." The tiger boy approached Yurong's ear and said softly.

"Really? Are we really going to rescue the young master? Yu Rong's eyes shone brightly.

Tiger Boy nodded: "This is also the task given to us by Political Commissar Huang, he said that the young master is a hero, and he must find a way to rescue the young master from the demon cave, Brother Mingfeng is thinking of a way these days, so let me invite you over." ”

"Okay, you go first, I'll hand over Yong'er and Yu'er to Mrs. Ye to take care of first, and then I'll go."

The tiger boy said "um", went downstairs first, looked around to see that there was nothing abnormal, and left first.

Yurong picked up Yu'er, pulled Yong'er and walked downstairs, walked into the fruit stall next door, said a few words to Mrs. Ye, handed over the two children to her, and then left Bali Bridge.

Yu Rong came to Yuxiang Tea Shop, and saw that Mingfeng was already waiting for her there.

"Yurong, come, go upstairs, let's discuss how to rescue Yulin." Ming Feng greeted Yu Rong, and then walked upstairs.

Yu Rong nodded, and followed Ming Feng upstairs.

"Yurong, I've been thinking about it for several days, if you want to rescue Yulin, you must need someone's help."

"Who?" Yu Rong looked at Ming Feng with wide eyes.

"Tan Jingting." Ming Feng said word by word.

When Yu Rong heard this, she nodded: "Yes, Tan Jingting is the young master's classmate and friend, and he can be regarded as a brother in life and death, and he made me and the young master a relative in prison, and also became our marriage witness, he still thinks of the old love for the young master, so I think he will probably help us." “

Yu Rong analyzed Tan Jingting's person and felt that Tan Jingting should be able to fight for it.

"We can't make sure, we have to make sure that although Tan Jingting let you and Yu Lin marry in prison, after all, Yu Lin was arrested by him, and this person is not very easy to figure out, so I want to meet Tan Jingting, Yurong, you know Tan Jingting's address, and you also know Tan Jingting and his wife, so I want you to take me on this trip."

"No, Brother Mingfeng, this is too dangerous, now there are your wanted warrants everywhere outside, and you still go to see Tan Jingting in person, isn't this throwing yourself into the net and hitting the muzzle of the gun?" When Yu Rong heard that Xu Mingfeng was going to go to Tan Jingting's house in person, she shook her head again and again.