On April 27, Li Shiqun stayed in the No. 3 safe house at No. 76. Liu Zezhi and Yamaki Ryuzo accompanied them here with several guards. This safe room is the largest of the four safe houses at No. 76, which is the single-family Shikumen courtyard that Liu Zezhi and Xu Jianxue monitored before, three up and three down. Wings, stoves, sundecks, and front and rear patios are all available. The main room on the first floor is three interconnected rooms, the middle one is used for office, and the east one is arranged as a bedroom for Li Shiqun to rest temporarily. On the west side is the bedroom--office of Ryuzo Yamaki and Liu Zezhi.

On the morning of 28 July, Kong Wenqing and Tanaka Katsuei were escorted over and detained on the second floor, where four guards were armed with live ammunition in another room on the second floor. One of the wings was an interrogation room, and another was inhabited by four other guards.

When arranging the safe room, Liu Zezhi built a very complete set of kitchen and bathroom equipment in the stove room. Liu Zezhi called a guard: "Xiao Yao, Director Li is afraid that he will stay here for a few days, you don't have to worry about other things, just be responsible for boiling water and cooking here." Too busy to come to me. "He must hurry up and find a way to find a reason to get rid of Li Shiqun and Yamaki Ryuzo, even if it is ten minutes, he needs to contact Zhou Chengbin. In addition to Kong Wenqing's matter, Zhao Jingdong is coming back, and the warehouse in charge of Yang Jun, which Zhou Chengbin temporarily used as a contact point, must be deactivated immediately.

The guard named Xiaoyao was very embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Secretary Liu, it's okay to boil water, but I can't cook, and I can't even steam rice." ”

Liu Zezhi slapped him on the head lightly: "What else will you do besides eating?" Stupid you! Forget it, you go to the two restaurants opposite to ask for a recipe, or order food. Well—only there was a telephone in the director's room...... You just run errands back and forth. Remember, don't just run errands and forget to boil water. If the director is short of boiling water, see how I clean you up! Also, don't let the hotel guys come to this place. Remember? ”

After a while, Tian Chengxi came: "Secretary Liu, is Director Li here?" ”

"Yes, take a nap in the room."

Tian Chengxi smiled: "Then I'll go to your room and wait." You're in charge of the guards, right? You find a few people and ask them to unload the car for me. ”

Liu Zezhi replied: "Okay, the car is outside?" Let me tell you, according to the rules of the safe house, you can't leave when you come, and of course the people in your car are even more so. That's fine, there's nothing to do at night, the three of us plus the director, we can get together a table of small mahjong. ”

Tian Chengxi couldn't help but smile: "What do you want?" The director doesn't go home and takes the three of us to the safe room to play mahjong? You can figure it out. By the way, do you have anything to eat? Also, I will live with you. ”

"There is food, you wait, I will ask Xiaoyao to go to the opposite restaurant to buy you two dishes. It's not good to live, this room only has two beds, and it can't sleep three people. ”

Yamaki Ryuzo said: "No problem, Secretary Liu, the three of us have to take turns on duty, and the two beds are just right." ”

After a while, Xiao Yao brought two dishes: fried bell and eight-treasure duck. There is also a pot of honey osmanthus sticky rice. Tian Chengxi frowned, didn't say anything, said he was full after eating a few bites, and put down his chopsticks.

Liu Zezhi glanced at it, called Xiao Yao and said with a straight face: "You said that you are such a big person, and you have no heart at all." Captain Tian is from Sichuan, not to mention the two dishes you want, they are all Shanghai cuisine. Besides, you don't know that Captain Tian has thirst and can't eat sweets? Deliberately mischievous, isn't it? ”

Xiao Yao was trained to blush, and he was at a loss. Tian Chengxi persuaded: "Forget it, he is a half-year-old child in his twenties, what does he know?" There is no such thing as deliberately causing trouble, and he does not dare. It's just not paying attention to everything. Zezhi, why are you going? ”

"I'll go get you two more dishes."

Tian Chengxi said politely: "Forget it, how can I trouble you to run?" I'm full, too, so let's eat together in the evening. ”

"It's just a little bit, dinner is still early, and the director hasn't eaten well at lunch, so it's best to have some snacks when you wake up from a nap. I'll come when I go. ”

Half an hour later, Liu Zezhi brought two dishes in a bamboo food box: boiled beef and kung pao chicken. Two kinds of dim sum: wine-stuffed glutinous rice balls, steamed leaf rake. And half a pot of rice. "Captain Tian, there are no eye-catching dishes in the restaurant opposite, you will eat a little. I also ordered the food for everyone in advance in the evening. At six o'clock I sent two men to fetch it. You use it slowly, I'll ask the director to get up, I'm out of company. ”

As soon as Liu Zezhi walked to the door of the east house, Li Shiqun had already finished washing, walked out of the room, and ordered: "You go and call Tanaka Shengei over." ”

"Yes. Director, I have prepared two kinds of snacks for you, so please use some first. ”

Tanaka was first locked up because of Ruan Bo's death, but he didn't pay much attention to it at first, thinking it was just a routine. Unexpectedly, Ni Xin, who was also censored, was soon released, but he, a Japanese, continued to be imprisoned. This made him extremely unhappy. Li Shiqun did not see him for the next few days, and this morning, he was suddenly taken here by Ryuzan Yamaki to continue his detention. He really couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in Li Shiqun's gourd. Could it be that he really had doubts about himself, the elite of the Yamato nation and the samurai of His Majesty the Emperor?

Liu Zezhi came in and said, "Director Li asked me to call you over." ”

Liu Zezhi didn't use words such as escort and order, but he didn't say the word 'please', and he didn't even have a title. Tanaka Katsuei was even more displeased, several division captains of No. 76 and Li Shiqun's two secretaries, the one he looked down on the most was Liu Zezhi, who was open-mouthed, unmotivated, and passable. At this time, he had no time to argue, and followed Liu Zezhi downstairs.

In the living room, Li Shiqun sat at a round table and ate snacks. Unlike Mao Renfeng, in addition to working hours, Li Shiqun does not pay much attention to etiquette rules to his cronies and subordinates, high-level left and right hands. Or put down the bowl and get to work. Today was a little abnormal, he didn't speak, he ate by himself, and Katsuei Tanaka had to stand on the side.

After a while, Liu Zezhi served a new cup of tea, and Li Shiqun put down his chopsticks and motioned for him to clean up the dishes and chopsticks. Raising his voice, he shouted, "Yamaki-kun—"

Ryuzo Yamaki entered in response. Li Shiqun ordered: "You come to record." Katsuei Tanaka, there are a few questions I would like to check with you, and I hope you will cooperate. Do you understand? ”

Li Shiqun called him by his name, and Katsuei Tanaka felt very awkward, could it be ...... If you don't do bad things, you are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, forgive me, Li Shiqun will not dare to frame him. Besides, he didn't offend Li Shiqun, could it be that there was some misunderstanding? He had no choice but to reply: "I understand, please ask Director Li." ”

"When did you wake up after you escaped from Chongqing?"

"On the third day after leaving Qingcheng Mountain, I was in a clinic in Kunming. He had been in an intermittent coma before. Since then, I've been mostly awake. ”

Li Shiqun nodded and said, "It took a month for your group to leave Chongqing and arrive in Shanghai. That being said, most of the time your consciousness is awake. ”

"Yes."

"Are you familiar with Guo Xuan? What do you think of him? ”

Tanaka Katsuei was even more confused, could it be that Guo Xuan came to Shanghai again and took what actions that caused losses to the Great Japanese Empire, so Li Shiqun wanted to deal with him? Then it's completely okay to tell the truth to yourself, is it necessary to put on such a posture of interrogating the criminal?

Li Shiqun didn't urge, and waited for Tanaka Katsuei to speak. Tanaka Katsuei thought for a while and replied: "I have been in the headquarters of the Chongqing Military Command Bureau for more than three years, and I have not had much contact with Guo Xuan, but I have been paying attention to this person. He is a rare outstanding talent among the people of China, dedicated, intelligent, upright, and honest, not only with extraordinary telecommunications technology, but also with very good skills. is a respectable opponent. ”

Li Shiqun smiled and continued to ask: "I heard you say, it was when Guo Xuan was the acting stationmaster of Shanghai Station in Shanghai, and Mao Renfeng ordered him to carry out the 'Mangshorn Plan', which was to sabotage our spy network lurking in Chongqing. Guo Xuan repeatedly missed and was imprisoned in the Xifeng concentration camp, where he should be severely punished. Is this serious? ”

Thinking of the past, Katsuei Tanaka couldn't help but feel a little proud: "Of course it's true." Guo Xuan is rarely so wolfish and has made a big mistake. It's a pity that I gave him an opportunity to take advantage of it and fall into his trap. Alas, what a pity. "Tanaka Shengrong is very strange, why is Li Shiqun asking not about the death of Ruan Bo that just happened, but about these questions before?

"So Guo Xuan finally caught you, and he should have sulked and earned back face. Unexpectedly, under strict guard, he let you run away again, and it was the internal response made by the head of the internal guard under him that hijacked him. This is not a small one. Later, I didn't hear that Guo Xuan was held accountable by Dai Li and Mao Renfeng because of this. Why do you say that? ”

Tanaka Katsuei was also stunned, he had never thought about this question, and replied: "I think it's because Guo Xuan is in charge of the work of the Sino-US Special Technical Cooperation Office, and Dai Li has to be extra tolerant when employing people." ”

Li Shiqun nodded and said, "This is also a possibility. After you escaped from Chongqing, do you think the pursuit on the road of military reunification was successful? ”

It's a very common sentence, but Katsuei Tanaka is difficult to answer. Let's say that the pursuit was unsuccessful, and their group was also in distress twice; If it was a success, the five of them returned to Shanghai unscathed. He had no choice but to reply: "The military commander did order to intercept in the national control area and pursue and kill in our occupied area, but ...... Since Kong Wenqing and I are military commanders, we are familiar with their action steps, and we are lucky, so there is no danger. ”

Li Shiqun then asked: "What do you think of Kong Wenqing?" I know both of you have said that you never knew each other before. But in the process of escaping for a month, they got along day and night, and shared weal and woe; Besides, it's been more than four months since you arrived in Shanghai. ”

Katsuei Tanaka replied, "Yes, I didn't know each other before. Along...... Is this person okay? Observation and skill are not bad. "In his long-term latent career, Katsuei Tanaka has developed a habit of neither making enemies nor friends with everyone. It's a way for him to protect himself.

"You have been lurking in Chongqing for many years and returned to Shanghai, but among the people who are not familiar with life and have close personal relationships, Kong Wenqing should be one of them. What has been your relationship with each other for more than four months? ”

Tanaka Shengrong is getting more and more strange, and Li Shiqun still has not a word about Ruan Bo's death. He replied: "In the past few months, there have been two or three exchanges. In addition to work, I like to be alone in my spare time. So there is not much contact. Director Li, regarding Ruan Bo's death, I think the breakthrough should also be chosen in the link of who are insiders......"

"Well, I don't want to talk about that today." Li Shiqun interrupted him: "Come on, take him down." ”

Liu Zezhi entered in response and motioned for Tanaka Katsuei to go down with him. Tanaka Katsuei was greatly dissatisfied: Li Shiqun, I am your subordinate, but I am also a samurai of the Japanese Empire, how can you do this to me? After thinking about it, there was no way, so he had to follow Liu Zezhi back to the room where he was imprisoned.

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