On the morning of 1 August, Takayuki Ezaki specially returned to Shanghai to report to Heiichiro Ono: "General, that Russian translator named Qiao Wenrong has been taking pictures and collecting materials in private, why don't you arrest him, interrogate him with torture, and force him to recruit the main messenger behind the scenes?" ”

"Just a Russian translation. What does the military command need this information for? Of interest to these materials can only be the diplomatic service, or the Anglo-American diplomatic service. How did Qiao Wenrong get into the concentration camp? ”

Ezaki Guiyu thought about it before he understood: "What the general means is that Qiao Wenrong's status in the military command will not be very high, and he will not have a direct connection with important criminals like Chen Jinsong and Zhang Chi that we want to arrest." When the concentration camp was first established, it was only equipped with enough guards and guards, and there was a lack of many professionals, such as doctors, translators, skilled workers, etc., at that time, Asano and Liu Zezhi of No. 76 were temporarily in charge for a while, and many people were recruited by them through the city police station, and Qiao Wenrong was just one of them. Do you mean secretly monitoring and casting a long line to catch big fish? "He has a good relationship with Liu Zezhi and Asano.

"Yes, this matter will be handled by you and Zhang Shengyu."

Takayu Ezaki asked, "General, my subordinates are assigned to take charge of the daily affairs of the concentration camp, and they really lack skills. Why not order the 76th to be traced? ”

"I have my own considerations."

At the same time, Zhao Jingdong was also reporting to Li Shiqun: "Director Li, my subordinates have scattered all the people in the past few days, and they have followed up the previous clues, but unfortunately they have not gained much." Only one team found that the Japanese had released a dozen or so prisoners from the camps, and one of them said that a Russian translator named Qiao Wenrong had asked him to provide testimony of forced labor. ”

Li Shiqun sighed imperceptibly, since Ying Zuozhen Zhao interrogated the people of No. 76 and politely refused to let him stay for dinner, he had been restless: he had been in the officialdom for a long time, and he knew that this matter would not end like this. On the one hand, he told Liu Zezhi to continue to transfer property, and on the other hand, he ordered Zhao Jingdong to follow up the clues of the anti-Japanese opponents such as the military commander, hoping to gain something and win the favor of the Japanese master.

He asked, "Putting people in the camps?" What's going on? A Russian translator wonders what all this is for? ”

"Last time, the Jew named Miller donated a batch of Western medicine in exchange for freedom, and afterwards Takayuki Ezaki made a big publicity, and some prisoners with relatives in Britain and the United States and other countries were also moved, and under the permission of Takayu Ezaki, they got in touch with their relatives and paid the ransom fee......"

Li Shiqun secretly despised it: This kind of behavior is equivalent to bandits kidnapping and extortion, and it really can't be put on the table. But without saying anything, he asked, "What is this person's name?" How did you get in touch with your people? ”

"This man is British, his name is Martin Williams, and his seized house has some family souvenirs, portraits of his ancestors, photo albums of relatives and friends, ancestral silver tableware and something, which are not of high value, but they are very precious to him, and he has asked people to find the old money, hoping to return it to him without concealing it."

Li Shiqun ordered: "Find out these things first, but don't give them to him for the time being, and then give him a bonus and let him contact the Russian translator to tell him about his experience in the concentration camp." I'd like to see what a Russian translator wants to do. ”

Zhao Jingdong replied: "Yes, my subordinates will personally bring people to do it." The subordinates suspected that the main envoy behind the scenes was the military commander, and it should be the British and American diplomatic departments that needed these materials. As for Qiao Wenrong, it may be that he is a member of the military command, or he may have been bought. ”

Li Shiqun waved his hand and said: "You give this matter to Asano with a key, and tell him that I will explain it: order him to investigate secretly and follow him secretly." You'll be able to help you and free up time to continue your quest for other clues. "Asano One Click is in charge of the investigation, and it is also the credit of No. 76 to have a harvest, and once it misses, it is Asano One Click, the Japanese, who is responsible. In an embarrassing situation, Li Shiqun could not but be extra cautious.

"Yes, my subordinates will go to Asano-kun."

Asano received an order with one click, and wanted to find help from Liu Zezhi, who was proficient in English, but Liu Zezhi was busy transferring Li Shiqun's private property, and Zhao Jingdong, who knew it, hurriedly stopped: "Secretary Liu is on the orders of Director Li to carry out secret tasks these days, and besides, the director's order is only known to you and me, Mr. Martin has been in China for many years, knows a little Chinese, and there is no problem in communicating with you." ”

Asano had to give up with one click. A batch of funds was requested on the same day. The next day, he changed into civilian clothes, took only Tetsuya Kawasaki alone, first found the warehouse responsible for managing the seizure and confiscation of the goods of the belligerents in Shanghai, found the person in charge, Director Wu, and proposed to take back the seized items of Mr. Martin.

The people who came were not small, Director Wu did not dare to slack off, and after checking the files in person, he replied with a smile: "The cash and real estate of the Englishman Martin Williams are not under my control, and the antiques and precious metals have been taken away by the Special Economic Work Office. I only have two boxes of odds and ends copied from Martin's house. ”

"That's what I want, I'm going to take it away today, Kawasaki-kun, you go through the formalities."

Loading the suitcase into the car, Asano made a one-click to the Peace Hotel, where Martin Williams was staying in Switzerland, where he was about to leave from Shanghai in three days. said straight to the point: "I brought you everything, that's all there is left." Mr. Martin, there is something I need your help with, and I am very interested in Qiao Wenrong, who is looking for you to find out the news, and I want to get to know him. If you can help with this, I will send you on the fifth and Sichuan will serve you. If...... I can only ask you to stay in Shanghai for a while longer. ”

Asano's one-click speech implies a threat, although Martin's Chinese is very lame, how can he not hear it? Secretly regretting that he shouldn't have caused trouble for something outside his body, he had to reply: "Okay, Chuanzi? Is it money? I don't want to. Tomorrow, the three, he made an appointment to come to me, would he like to meet you? I can't take care of it. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, as long as Qiao Wenrong appears in the Peace Hotel, it's none of your business. But the ugly words come ahead: whatever the surname Joe needs, you know, you can tell him, and you must not let him see through that we have found you, and your whereabouts have been monitored. Otherwise...... Hum! ”

After almost a year in a concentration camp, poorly fed, and tortured, Martin Williams had long lost the pride of a gentleman of the British Empire, and hastened to reply: "I will not tell him, nor will he see it." ”

Asano got up with a click and smiled: "From now on, your every move will be under our surveillance." Hope happy cooperation. Chuanzi, when you get on the ship, you will definitely give it to you, unless you look down on me......"

Martin shook his head again and again: "I can afford it, I can afford it, I will accept it." ”

Asano couldn't help but smile, bowed slightly, and left.

In the parking lot at the entrance of the hotel, Tetsuya Kawasaki greeted him and reported: "Captain, according to your order, I rented a room in the Peace Hotel, and on the right hand of the gate on the first floor, four groups of people were deployed to monitor day and night, and a telephone line was taken from Martin's Englishman room, and it was connected to the room I just rented on the first floor of the hotel in front, and there was a special person responsible for monitoring. Where do you see you commanding? ”

"Very good, I'm in the listening room, Zhao Jingdong is here, you talk to him, let him go there to find me. You're in your room at the Peace Hotel, and you're in charge of monitoring the people coming and going. ”

At five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Jingdong came, and after listening to Asano's one-click deployment, he said with a smile: "With Asano-kun here, where else can Qiao Wenrong go?" I hope that I can find the whereabouts of important criminals like Chen Jinsong and Zhang Chi from this person, and save a little face for No. 76. Asano-kun, there is one thing I hope you can understand: I have something else to do in the past two days, so I'll leave it all here. ”

This remark was in the hands of Asano, who was already afraid of Zhao Jingdong stealing the credit, and he smiled: "You are busy with you, I am here, I have already checked, Qiao Wenrong will indeed take a turn off tomorrow." ”

At noon on the 3rd, Qiao Wenrong, who had rushed back from the concentration camp on his shift, came to see Martin Williams after getting off the ship, although he used every opportunity to take pictures, collect evidence, and testify in the past few days, he was still far from completing the task assigned to him by Chen Jinsong: to form a complete chain of evidence that the Japanese violated the Japanese Convention and mistreated prisoners of war.

The two met in the room, and Martin said embarrassedly: "Mr. Qiao, it's very expensive here, except for the travel expenses, I don't have any money, I can't invite you to eat and drink some white water." ”

"Well, it's a little bit of a thing, please take it." Qiao Wenrong handed over an envelope.

Martin opened it in front of him: inside were ten dollar bills. One hundred dollars, this amount is not a small amount, he felt quite unbearable in his heart, in the concentration camp, Qiao Wenrong also tried his best to take care of him several times. He wanted to retreat, remembering that he was begging for money to rescue his beloved wife and his young son, who was only ten years old, so he had to take out two pieces of paper from his pocket and say: "This is what I wrote, the working hours in the concentration camp, the food for three meals, all very poor, not enough in quantity, not good hygiene, and the names of people who died of illness." If you sign it, I'll leave it to you. ”

Qiao Wenrong replied: "Thank you, Mr. Martin, and I would like to trouble you to record a passage." As he spoke, he took out a portable tape recorder imported from Germany with two copies of the Kangxi Dictionary side by side.

Martin Williams was very cooperative in recording the sound. Qiao Wenrong asked Martin to take the "Declaration" published that day to confirm the time of the photo, and took a few photos for Martin.

Putting away the tape recorder and camera, Qiao Wenrong said: "Thank you, Mr. Martin, I'm leaving, have a good trip." ”

Martin got up and sent him to the door, half-covered the door, lowered his voice slightly, and said, "Take care, the Japanese can't grow, rabbit tail." He didn't dare say anything more.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Jingdong came to inquire about the progress, and Asano was a little proud, and said: "I didn't expect that the Shanghai Branch of the Military Command is quite rich, with the latest imported tape recorders and cameras, and complete equipment. I have already sent three groups of people to follow Qiao Wenrong. Martin, the Englishman, still has a bit of talent as an agent, there are no loopholes at all, and he deliberately scolded the Japanese Empire a few words, so as not to suspect the surname Joe. ”

Hearing that Qiao Wenrong really took the bait, Zhao Jingdong also relaxed a little, and advised: "You still can't be careless, you must continue to monitor Martin until he gets on the ship and leaves Shanghai, so as not to cause trouble." Director Li ordered me to convey: To arrest Qiao Wenrong, you must get his permission before you can do it. ”

This article is from the novel of Kanshu.com