At nine o'clock in the evening, Asano stopped Kagezo Zhenzhao, who was about to go home, in the No. 76 parking lot: "General, forgive your subordinates for bothering, Zhang Shengyu...... Dead, subordinates deserve to die. ”

Shadow Zuozhen's face sank, and he said, "Didn't I tell you that torture is not allowed? Outrageous! How do you explain to General Ono? ”

Asano explained with one click: "He's so dishonest! Not only did he refuse to confess the substance, but he also kept saying that it was Hirakawa-kun who was bong of you...... also pulled out Gao Songjun, and his subordinates used electrocution in anger, and only used a mid-range power supply, and he ...... Doctor Peng said that the main reason was that he had been seriously tortured before......"

"A bunch of bastards! Go back and reflect on it, I will severely punish you and Hirakawa Shinno for dereliction of duty! ”

The death of torture and the dereliction of duty by Hirakawa Shinno caused Zhang Shengyu to be poisoned, this is not a problem of nature, Asano is very aggrieved, and wants to argue, Kage Satsuki has already gotten in the car and left. Asano was stunned for a while, and had to go back to the torture room to deal with the aftermath.

Zhao Jingdong was taken aback when he heard that Zhang Shengyu had died in torture: What is going on? couldn't help but secretly be suspicious, could it be that his suspicion of Zhang Shengyu was caught in someone else's trap? If it weren't for Zhang Shengyu, then it could be ...... Japanese? Zhao Jingdong broke out in a cold sweat, he was not interested in Zhang Shengyu's life or death, if Li Shiqun was poisoned by the Japanese...... He decided to investigate privately. Be sure to get to the bottom of it.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of 27 August, Ni Xin, who was carrying a suitcase, got off the plane, he was on a special plane for transporting middle and high-ranking officers by the Songhu occupation army, and the others were picked up, and he walked out alone.

At the gate, Quan Kanhu greeted him: "Director Ni, fortunately, I caught up, General Ono said that you will come back around this time." The car is over there, give me the luggage. ”

On the way, Ni Xin didn't speak, and Quan Kanhu didn't have anything to say and accosted: "I heard that you are so happy, and you haven't had a chance to congratulate you yet, is the eldest lady okay?" ”

"It's fine."

Quan Kanhu said again: "I know that you are coming back today, and the lower daughter is staying in Tokyo to take care of the eldest lady, and the general specially asked me to take someone to clean the apartment where you live, do you go back directly, or go to the general's place to rest?" ”

"Go to the Li Mansion."

Quan Kanhu was ordered to pick up Ni Xin, and wanted to take him to meet Ono Heiichiro first, but Ni Xin directly said that he went out of Li Shiqun's mansion, and Quan Kanhu couldn't refuse, so he had to answer: "It's okay, alas, Director Li was poisoned by the military commander, and he will be three today." ”

"Military commanders? Did the military commander do it? ”

"Yes, Zhang Shengyu has already confessed."

"Zhang Shengyu? How could it be him? ”

Quan Kanhu replied: "It was said that he was coerced by Chen Jinsong...... I don't know the specifics. Although General Kagesa ordered me to be Asano-kun's assistant and interrogate Zhang Shengyu, I led the team to arrest him halfway through the trial. ”

Zhang Shengyu...... Dead, right? ”

Quan Kanhu was taken aback: Why did Ni Xin ask that? Was he suspicious? In fact, Quan Kanhu didn't know about Li Shiqun's death, and he just felt a lot of suspicions.

Ni Xin stopped talking, as if waiting for his answer, Quan Kanhu couldn't avoid answering, so he had to answer: "I heard that it is...... It's still electrocution, that thing, it's not easy to control, it's best to use it sparingly, and it's not impossible to do other ways, Director Ni, you've been on No. 76, tell me how many people have died on electrocution......" Kwon Kan Hu wanted to change the topic and talked about all kinds of things since No. 76 had electrocution.

Ni Xin didn't interject, and when he finished speaking, he asked leisurely, "Didn't you say that he had already confessed?" Why did you go to electrocution again? You served as Asano-kun's assistant during the torture, you can't be unaware, right? ”

Quan Kanhu couldn't say that although Zhang Shengyu admitted that he was coerced by Chen Jinsong and poisoned Li Shiqun, he couldn't confess any substance, and finally scolded Ying Zuo Zhenzhao for being the mastermind behind the scenes, and Hirakawa Shinno and Takamatsu Harada planted him.

Ni Xin didn't ask anymore.

When the car arrived at Li Shiqun's mansion, Ni Xin said, "I'm going to stay here for a few days, you can do it yourself." ”

Liu Zezhi sent two officials from Nanjing to pay tribute to the car, and when he saw Ni Xin, he was stunned, and Ni Xin stepped forward and asked, "Are you also there?" ”

"You're back? How could I not be there? ”

"As soon as I got off the plane, I went to the incense pillar in front of the spirit."

"Come with me."

At the entrance of the mourning hall, Liu Zezhi handed him three sticks of incense, a black yarn, Ni Xin picked up the filial piety clothes worn by the younger generations of the family on the table and put them on, took the incense, Liu Zezhi did not open his mouth to stop him, and accompanied him to worship.

Ni Xin bowed deeply three times, looked at Li Shiqun's portrait, and was speechless for a long time. In a trance, I went back to the time when I was a teenager, after a simple dinner, the eldest brother sat on the desk for the bookstore to copy, a thousand words can earn three copper plates, when I woke up, the dim light was always on, I got up in the morning, the figure of the eldest brother was no longer in the simple room, and there were two copper plates on the table, which was his snack money during class. Two lines of tears fell......

Liu Zezhi was busy and didn't bother.

Half an hour later, Ni Xin went to see Ye Jiqing and came to Liu Zezhi, Liu Zezhi was drinking porridge, only a plate of pickles, and said: "It's too much, only eat now?" ”

"You didn't eat either, did you?"

"I don't have an appetite. Zezhi, Director Li's ...... death"

Liu Zezhi put down his job and replied: "Don't ask me, I've been here for the past few days, and I haven't even left the door, I don't know anything." ”

Ni Xin was stunned for a moment, and then said, "What are you going to do in the future?" ”

"I don't know, I want to send the director to the ground first, and then I'll talk about it later. Where are you? Thousands of miles to rush back...... I also forgot to congratulate you on your happy daughter, now I can't take care of it, in a few days, I will make up a congratulatory gift. ”

Ni Xin said casually: "It's just a little girl, what kind of congratulatory gift?" ”

"That's not right, your daughter is a girl, General Ono's granddaughter, that's Miss Qianjin."

Ni Cheche pulled the topic: "Who else is there these days besides you?" ”

"Several people from the General Affairs Office took turns, and it was General Kagesa who ordered them to come and help. Lao Zhao was still there yesterday and didn't show up today. Liu Zezhi took a bowl of porridge and handed it to Ni Xin: "Drink a bowl of porridge." ”

Ni Xin took it, sighed, and put it on the table.

On the 31st, after the funeral, Zhao Jingdong said to Ni Xin: "Old Ni, come with me." ”

Ni Xin agreed, and the two walked silently along the boulevard of the cemetery, and the people involved in the funeral gradually dispersed, and the cemetery of all nations returned to cold and lonely. Liu Zezhi walked at the back with a few people from the General Affairs Office, saw it from a distance, and without making any statement, everyone got into the car and dispersed......

Leaning against the wall is a small stream, and the brook is planted with thick laurel trees. Zhao Jingdong stopped, and Ni Xin asked, "Do you have something to say to me?" ”

Zhao Jingdong asked abruptly: "Do you think it is possible that Director Li is secretly colluding with the Chongqing government?" ”

“……”

"You don't answer? So I'll say: it's possible, right? Director Li has been wandering among various forces in his life...... But I can't control this, I just know that the director is not thin on me. ”

Ni Xin asked rhetorically, "What do you mean by this?" I haven't seen you in the Li Mansion for the past few days, and I heard that you are not at No. 76 either, where have you been? ”

Zhao Jingdong did not answer, and continued to follow his train of thought: "If Director Li and the Chongqing government secretly communicate with each other, what will the Japanese do?" Left to chance? Public arrests? Or - assassination? ”

“……”

Zhao Jingdong asked: "I'm asking you, answer me!" ”

"I ...... I don't know ......."

Zhao Jingdong suddenly became furious: "It's not that you don't know, you don't dare to say it!" I always thought it was the military commander who did it, until I learned of Zhang Shengyu's death letter, I don't like this person, I rarely deal with him, and I found out that he has no parents and no wife, what did Chen Jinsong use to coerce him? He is your development in Chongqing, you already know this, right? ”

Ni Xinqiang explained: "This doesn't mean anything, maybe it's money, Zhang Shengyu is good at gambling and lustful." ”

"Okay, even if that's the case, he poisoned the director and made such a big contribution, should he flee with the money? After the investigation, all kinds of signs pointed to him, he really did it, could he not understand that danger was imminent, and could he still stay at No. 76 and wait for death to come? Is Jang Seung-woo a fool? The director is dead, if it is the hand of the military commander, why doesn't Kagezo Zhenzhao take revenge? With such a serious dereliction of duty, Hirakawa Shinno, who gave Zhang Shengyu an opportunity, was just punished with a demerit! ”

Ni Xin replied: "It's all your speculation......"

"You want proof, don't you? Then I'll give you proof! The amoebic virus was developed by the Japanese Kwantung Army, and a batch of them was indeed intercepted by the Shenyang Station of the Military Command, but what the Japanese did not know was that this batch of poison was currently sealed intact and stored in the headquarters of the Chongqing Military Command Bureau! ”

Ni Xin was stunned for a moment, then understood, and said hurriedly: "You have contacted the military commander undercover in private?" This is a violation of discipline, although this person is the inner line that you developed on the orders of Director Li, but he is already under the command of General Yingzuo......"

Zhao Jingdong roared regardless of it: "I can't care so much!" ”

Ni Xin's heart was like a knife, and he turned his head to look into the distance, unwilling to cry in front of people.

Zhao Jingdong suddenly sighed: "After you left, Director Li asked me to accompany him to dinner one day, and somehow talked about you, I learned that it was the director who raised you, and the director said that he regretted that he didn't give you a comfortable and comfortable life, and brought you on such a bumpy road full of dangers...... If he can still be your master, he wants you to stay away from war...... It's a pity, I don't know when you and him have drifted apart......"

"Nope! Never! In my mind, he has always been like a father and brother who must be obeyed unconditionally...... You believe me......" Ni Xin finally couldn't hold back his tears, he couldn't support it anymore, he sat down under the tree, and let the tears run rampant.

After a long time, Zhao Jingdong handed him the handkerchief, Ni Xin stood up and took the tears, calmed down and said: "Lao Zhao, you go, go as far as possible, I know that people like us are crazy to resign, I heard that the military commander has a family rule: come in while standing, go out while lying down, and you can't leave if you don't die." In fact, during the war years, the agents there were all the same...... I'll try to get the Japanese to let you go. ”

"Let's go? Didn't the director die in vain? ”

Ni Xin didn't answer.

Zhao Jingdong sighed: "Everyone has their own ambitions, I won't leave, don't bother Director Ni, you can do it yourself." After saying that, he left on his own.

In addition to himself, the only people who can get in touch with supper are Zhang Shengyu and Pingchuan Xinye, who is the murderer? Who is behind the scenes? Zhao Jingdong knew it in his heart.

Ni Xin stayed alone for a long time before walking out.

In the parking lot at the gate, Quan Kanhu greeted him: "Director Ni, I didn't see you when everyone left just now, thinking that you haven't left yet, it's not easy to hire a car here, I'll wait for you here." ”

Ni Xin didn't speak and got into the car. On the way, Quan Suga asked again: "Tomorrow morning at 8:76 the office meeting of the heads of various departments, General Kagezo asked me to inform you that you must attend......" After returning from Japan, Ni Xin kept saying that he was sick and on leave.

Ni Xin said: "Please send me back to the Li Mansion, today is the director's first seventh, I want to keep vigil for another night." ”

Quan Kanhu had no choice but to comply, and the car arrived at Li Shiqun's mansion, and Quan Kanhu, who was ordered to act, asked: "Director, I'll pick you up tomorrow?" ”

Ni Xin was stunned for a while, and finally nodded in agreement.

This book was first published in Reading Books