On the same day, it was decided to impose martial law in Guangzhou, set up a special committee headed by Wang Chingwei, Xu Chongzhi, and Chiang Kai-shek, and granted full powers to the party, government, military, and police to strengthen control over the situation, and also set up a procuratorial committee for the Liao case, with Chen Gongbo, Zhou Enlai, Yang Kuang'an, Wu Tiecheng, and others as members, of which Chen Gongbo was mainly responsible for assisting the special committee in tracking down the murderers.

When Zhuang Jihua stepped into the intelligence department, what he saw He Jinhan was no longer the high-spirited and confident young officer, but a pale and haggard young man who fell into self-blame and regret. Since the news of Liao Zhongkai's assassination came, He Jinhan fell into deep self-blame, he was too negligent, Zhu Zhuowen's strange behavior in the comfort garden did not attract his attention, and the actions of Hu Yisheng, Lin Zhimian and others made him relax his vigilance.

After Zhuang Jihua returned to Guangzhou with his troops, Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered him to hand over his troops to Hu Zongnan and let him take over the intelligence department again. Zhuang Jihua has calmed down at this time, since things have happened, since history has not changed, then let history develop according to the original trajectory.

After learning that Zhuang Jihua took over the Intelligence Section, He Jinhan knew that Chiang Kai-shek was dissatisfied with himself, although he could find some reasons to excuse it, such as the establishment of the Intelligence Section was too few people, too many affairs, etc., but he didn't want to do this, he thought that he should accept such a result, and he was responsible for the assassination of Liao's party representative, because Zhuang Jihua reminded him and even drew up a strategy for him, but he was timid and retreated.

He handed over all the information he had recently gathered about the activities of the rightists to Zhuang Jihua, who studied it overnight and handed over to Chiang Kai-shek a list of those who needed to be arrested the next day.

At the top of the list is the main suspect Zhu Zhuowen, then Hu Yisheng, Lin Zhimian, and then Liang Hongkai, Lin Shuwei, Yang Jinlong, Zhang Guozhen, Liang Shixue and other Guangdong army generals.

"So many people? Is there any evidence for this? Chiang Kai-shek asked Zhuang Jihua with the list, although he publicly declared that he wanted revenge, but he was very cautious in the specific implementation.

"Intelligence from the Intelligence Bureau indicates that these individuals often met at the Comfort Garden, the Mandarin Hall Club, and Hu Hanmin's home to confide, and that they were involved in plotting the assassination." Although he didn't sleep all night, Zhuang Jihua was still full of energy.

"These people are all important figures in the party, government and military, and I need direct evidence." Chiang Kai-shek said calmly that Hu Yisheng and Lin Zhimian were all close associates of Hu Hanmin, and Liang Hongkai, Lin Shuwei and others were Xu Chongzhi's subordinates.

"Yes, I'll give the evidence to the headmaster tomorrow." Zhuang Jihua said without hesitation: "But I need one condition." ”

"You say."

"Now the case is mainly relying on the strength of the Public Security Bureau to investigate, but I can't trust Wu Tiecheng, I think we will investigate this case ourselves. That's why I need the right to investigate the case. ”

"Nope." Chiang Kai-shek rejected Zhuang Jihua's request after thinking about it, Chiang Kai-shek knew very well in his heart that Wu Tiecheng was Gongsun Ke's person, and Sun Ke also wanted to overthrow Liao, and even he was suspicious, but it was precisely because of this that he had to let his people investigate.

"Headmaster!" Zhuang Jihua suddenly shouted with some excitement...

"Cultural Revolution, I know what you want to say, and I know what you want to do." Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand to stop Zhuang Jihua's words, and he stood up suddenly: "When the Liao party representative was killed, I am also very angry and want to take revenge. But I can't ruin the Kuomintang and Whampoa because of this. Chiang Kai-shek propped his hand on the desk in pain, and his eyes were slightly red: "When a party representative is killed, there must be someone behind it, and he must be in an important position in the party, and he may even be a leading comrade in the party, but because of this, we cannot directly intervene in the investigation, we must let others investigate." Even if we go to investigate, we can find out that the evidence can also be said to be false, and our arrest can be regarded as personal revenge. …。 Check, we can only let them check, we supervise. ”

That's politics. Zhuang Jihua understood that Chiang Kai-shek's first consideration was not to thoroughly investigate the facts of the case, but how to obtain the maximum benefits. He definitely wants to take this opportunity to get rid of some opponents, but now the strength of the Whampoa department is not overwhelming, so he must occupy the political high point, that is, the so-called legal system, and let people who are not Whampoa check it, as long as the clues are found, then Chiang Kai-shek can justifiably arrest people.

"What if someone is perfunctory?" Although he figured out the truth, Zhuang Jihua was still a little worried, whether Wang Jingwei Sun Ke would hide anything, he felt that this world seemed to be a chaotic world where he could do whatever he wanted.

"Who dares," Chiang Kai-shek said coldly, "even if you want to clear yourself or others, you have to find out some evidence." ”

Others, Chiang Kai-shek was referring to Sun Ke and Hu Hanmin, Zhuang Jihua thought to himself, he asked for the surname and simply picked it out: "Does the principal think Sun Ke and Hu Hanmin are likely to be involved in this matter?" ”

"Sun Ke definitely didn't." Chiang Kai-shek looked directly at Zhuang Jihua and replied coldly, resolutely, and without doubt. didn't mention Hu Hanmin, so it means that Hu Hanmin .......

"Got it, so what should I do?" Of course, Zhuang Jihua understands that Sun Ke has a special identity, he is the son of Sun Yat-sen, and if he is involved in this case, the blow to Sun Yat-sen's reputation will be fatal.

"What do you think?" Chiang Kai-shek asked rhetorically.

"The students think that since we can't directly investigate openly, we can investigate secretly; This is one, and secondly, you can prepare to close the net to Xu Chongzhi. Zhuang Jihua did not hide his thoughts directly.

"Okay, you can do it." Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction, after reading the intelligence of the intelligence department, Chiang Kai-shek knew that Hu Hanmin was already a dead tiger, and what he really had to deal with was Xu Chongzhi, but he hadn't thought about how to deal with Xu Chongzhi.

The atmosphere in Guangzhou was very tense, and [***] published articles in such periodicals as "New Youth" and "Guide", pointing out that the Liao case was an offensive against the revolution by the imperialists in collusion with the rightists, and demanded a thorough investigation of the Liao case, the complete elimination of the rightists, and the preservation of the purity of the revolutionary camp.

Three days after the Kuomintang announced that a state funeral would be held for Liao Zhongkai, and his coffin was parked in the auditorium of the Central Party Headquarters for the support of the citizens of Guangzhou, the Liao Case Procuratorial Committee reported to Wang Jingwei, Xu Chongzhi, and Chiang Kai-shek.

"The murderer Chen Shun confessed that he was bought by Zhu Zhuowen in Hong Kong, and Zhu Zhuowen gave them 10,000 yuan," and then Chen Gongbo took out a large curved ruler pistol from his purse and put it on the table: "This gun was picked up by the police at the scene of the crime, according to our investigation, the license of the gun is the private property of Guo Minqing, chief of staff of the South Road Command, and the wholesale license is Mei Guangpei, the commander of the South Road." The bullets used by the murderer were received by Zhu Zhuowen from the arsenal, and Guo Minqing is Zhu Zhuowen's future son-in-law. ”

"Director Wu, has Zhu Zhuowen been caught?" Chiang Kai-shek interrupted Chen Gongbo's words and asked.

"On the day of the crime, someone saw Zhu Zhuowen leave home and never came back." Wu Tiecheng replied, and Chiang Kai-shek's face turned pale.

Gongbo continued. Wang Jingwei's face was also not good-looking.

"After investigation," Chen Gongbo glanced at Chiang Kai-shek unobtrusively, after Zhu Zhuowen fled, when the investigators were in distress, Zhou Enlai suddenly brought a batch of information and reconnected the broken clues, obviously that the batch of information came from Chiang Kai-shek.

"In the last month or so of Zhu Zhuowen's activities, we found that he and Hu Yisheng, Lin Zhimian and others frequently held meetings in Weiyuan, Wenhuatang Club and other places, we investigated the managers and hosts of Weiyuan and Wenhuatang, and they unanimously admitted that these people had participated in the conspiracy, including Liang Hongkai, Wei Bangping, Lin Shuwei, Yang Jinlong, Zhang Guozhen and others in the Guangdong army, these people are inseparable from the Liao case."

After getting the evidence, Chiang Kai-shek no longer hesitated, and he directly ordered the arrest of Hu Yisheng and Lin Zhimian. Lin Zhimian was soon arrested, but Hu Yisheng was at large.

After his arrest, Lin firmly denied participating in the assassination, but he admitted to participating in the Liao case: "I don't approve of Mr. Liao's actions, so I approve of Liao, but I did not participate in the assassination, and I have nothing to do with Liao's case." ”

He Jinhan trembled with anger after getting the confession: "The dog said, avoid the important and light." ”

"We will settle his account slowly, and now it is Hu Hanmin who has to deal with it." Although Chiang Kai-shek has not yet said, Zhuang Jihua already knows who he will deal with next. Hu Hanmin's home is already under the surveillance of the Intelligence Bureau.

Sure enough, the next night, Chiang Kai-shek ordered a search of Hu Hanmin's home. After receiving the order, Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but be stunned, how could it be a search? He asked Chiang Kai-shek if it was really a search, and after receiving an affirmative answer, Zhuang Jihua said nothing more.

When Zhuang Jihua led people into Hu Hanmin's house, Hu Hanmin was no longer at home. Hu Hanmin was awakened by the sound of soldiers knocking on the door, and when he heard that it was a soldier, he quickly fled through the back door to Wang Jingwei's house, and shouted when he entered the door: "Chiang Kai-shek wants to kill me, Chiang Kai-shek wants to kill me." ”

Chen Bijun saw that his face was pale, his expression was flustered, and he didn't even change his pajamas, and he felt a little disdainful in his heart, but Hu Hanmin was kind to them back then, and in his current situation, they couldn't stand idly by.

"Fourth brother, what's wrong with this Chiang Kai-shek? Is the exhibition hall related to the Liao case? ”

Wang Jingwei motioned to Chen Bijun not to talk about this issue with his eyes, but he poured a cup of tea and walked to Hu Hanmin's side: "Zhantang, there is no such thing, just check Hu Yisheng." Rest assured. ”

But Hu Hanmin didn't believe it anyway, Liao Zhongkai was assassinated in the front, what if Chiang Kai-shek concocted it like the law? Looking at Hu Hanmin's appearance, the corners of Chen Bijun's mouth showed a trace of contempt: "Don't worry, Zhantang, I will accompany you, I will see who dares to touch you." ”

"This is the best, Bijun will accompany you to Huangpu Island, without the order of the special committee, Chiang Kai-shek will not dare to do anything." Wang Jingwei persuaded Hu Hanmin to be even more worried when he heard that he was going to Huangpu.

Wang Jingwei dialed Chiang Kai-shek's phone: "Kai-shek, Zhantang is here, although it is said that Hu Yisheng is involved in the Liao case, it does not mean that Zhantang should be responsible for this, but in order to avoid suspicion, I want my wife to accompany him to Huangpu to rest for a while." ”

After putting it on the phone, Wang Jingwei said to Hu Hanmin: "If you stay in Guangzhou, you will be very dangerous, it is better to simply go to Huangpu, and leave your safety to Chiang Kai-shek, so Chiang Kai-shek will not dare to touch you." ”

(To be continued)