Chapter 402: The True Murderer of Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang went quietly, and dozens of generals had a brief communication with Li Tie, and decided to keep it secret first, and everyone went back to the camp to act separately, and waited for Li Tie to fully grasp the situation in Chongqing before announcing Liu Xiang's death.
Dozens of pro-army generals are all die-hard loyalists of Liu Xiang, although Li Tie doubts that so many people can keep the secret of Liu Xiang's death. But it can drag on for a day.
After Li Tie ordered all the generals to return to the barracks, they should not only control their own troops, but also prevent any people with intentions from instigating the army to mutiny.
Starting tomorrow, Li Tie will reequip, update equipment, and replenish ammunition for all the officers and men of the Sichuan army in the shortest possible time. At the same time, he will contact Liu Xiang's uncles, hoping to get their support.
Because the huge Sichuan really holds the military power in Sichuan, it is actually the Liu family, such as Liu Wenhui, who is far away in Chuankang.
After sending off all the generals, Li Tie ordered a group of Hainan guards to stay in front of Liu Xiang's ward, and no one was allowed to test him, and in fact Liu Xiang's body was transferred to the morgue of Huaxing Hospital that night and preserved.
After arranging everything, Li Tie followed Wang Ruiling to the president's office of Huaxing Hospital, and now Wang Ruiling is not only the general manager of Chongqing Huaxing Company, but also the president of Huaxing Hospital.
Wang Ruiling saw Li Tie's solemn face and knew that it was time to tell Li Tie the secret she knew.
"Uncle, it's my fault for not protecting Liu Xiang well. I failed to live up to your expectations. Wang Ruiling is sincerely remorseful. As the apprentice of the Axe Gang Poison King, he actually poisoned Liu Xiang in front of a layman.
In any case, it will make Wang Ruiling feel aggrieved, if it weren't for the burden of Chongqing, she really couldn't get out, she wanted to go to Wuhan now and poison the real murderer who poisoned Liu Xiang.
She wanted these people to know that the old lady was very angry and the consequences were serious.
Li Tie did not blame Wang Ruiling, he believed that Wang Ruiling must have done her best, with Wang Ruiling's ability, she can make people poison, it can be seen that the visit is not easy to deal with. So Li Tie said directly to Wang Ruiling:
"The one who can poison Brother Liu Xiang must be an acquaintance. Otherwise, my eldest brother wouldn't have told me not to take revenge. And now it is at the time of national crisis. Except for Commander Chiang, who loves to destroy the Great Wall, I really can't guess who else has the ability to do such a thing. Just say it bluntly, when did Brother Liu get poisoned? Who poisoned it? ”
"Uncle, since Liu Xiang returned to Chongqing, he has been busy raising materials for the Anti-Japanese War, and he usually doesn't go back to Liu's Mansion at all. However, just the day before yesterday, Dai Li, the secretary of the Military Command Bureau, accompanied Minister Song Ziwen to Liu's Mansion to find Liu Xiang, saying that he wanted to find out how much grain and grass Sichuan could provide and how many strong men it could provide in the upcoming Battle of Wuhan.
I was at Liu's Mansion that night, they had a good conversation, and Song Ziwen apologized to Liu Xiang for Commander Chiang's careful eyes, and Liu Xiang did not take Commander Chiang's dismemberment of the Sichuan army to heart.
Because everyone has been friends for many years, and Song Ziwen and Dai Li came secretly, so that night, Liu Xiang just invited the two of them to a private banquet in Liu's mansion.
I was with you throughout the dinner that night, and all the food and drinks were under our careful control, and it was impossible for anyone to poison them.
But during the banquet, Dai Lifei said that he had brought a bottle of good red wine and had to go to get it to help the fun, and Liu Xiang agreed.
Then he took the glass and opened it in front of us. I also participated in all the processes, and I also tested the wine without any problems.
While drinking red wine, they discussed matters related to the Battle of Wuhan, because Song Ziwen and Dai Li had to travel overnight, so the three of them did not drink too much wine. And during this period, Dai Lia has always been in charge of pouring wine.
So if someone can really poison Liu Xiang, the biggest suspect is Dai Li, and in fact, it was Dai Li who poured Liu Xiang the last glass of wine that night.
When they were full of wine and food, Liu Xiang personally sent the two out of the mansion. When Dai Li and Song Ziwen drove away from Chongqing overnight, Liu Xiang did not show any abnormality.
Until the middle of the night, Liu Xiang suddenly had shortness of breath and was rushed to Huaxing Hospital, after my rescue, he finally saved his life temporarily, but after my examination, Liu Xiang did not have an emergency, he was poisoned by a delayed onset. It was only at this time that Wang Ruiling was sure that Liu Xiang was poisoned.
"How is this possible? Could it be the poison of Song Ziwen? But Song Ziwen and Liu Xiang have always had a good relationship, and Song Ziwen is a gentleman, he can't do this kind of thing to poison his old friend.
Could it be Dai Li? But Liu Xiang is a big man, does he have such courage? Unless he was assigned by Commander Chiang. However, Commander Chiang was busy directing the Battle of Wuhan, and where did he have the leisure to use such means to deal with a Liu Xiang who was not in danger. Li Tie felt incredible.
"The murderer is Dai Li!" Wang Ruiling said affirmatively: "I also remembered afterwards that only the bottle of wine he brought could complete this task." ”
"But you also said just now, why did the three of them drink together, why is only Liu Xiang poisoned?" Li Tie didn't want this matter to be done by Dai Li.
"I also remembered later that there was no problem with the wine they drank, but when he poured the last glass of wine for Liu Xiang, Dai Li had a pinch of the cork.
It was only after the fact that after he opened the wine, he first put the cork in his pocket, and then every time he poured the wine, he would use the cork to plug the wine again.
So he must have changed the cork the first time he put it away, and he removed the cork that contained the poison afterwards.
And after Liu Xiang sobered up, he also guessed that it must be Dai Li who could poison him, but he was not sure whether it was Dai Li's own hand or the order given by Commander Jiang himself.
However, he repeatedly begged me not to reveal the news of his poisoning, for he was afraid that it would cause a civil war between the Sichuan army and the Nationalist army, which would only create opportunities for the Japanese. Now that most of China has been occupied by the Japanese, Wuhan can no longer be lost to the Japanese.
That's why he asked me to send you an urgent telegram to ask you to come and receive the Sichuan army, and he had already sent a letter to his uncle Liu Wenhui, telling Liu Wenhui about entrusting you to govern Sichuan, your foundation in Sichuan is too shallow, and only if you join forces with Liu Wenhui can you subdue dozens of other warlords in Sichuan. Wang Ruiling said.
Hearing Wang Ruiling's relays of Brother Liu Xiang's words, Li Tie felt remorse and indignation, he regretted that he could not stop Liu Xiang's conspiracy to be poisoned, and he was also indignant that Dai Li had poisoned Brother Liu Xiang with his own hands.
Based on Li Tie's understanding of Dai Li, he dared to come to Chongqing in person to carry out the task of poisoning Liu Xiang, and he must have been assigned by Commander Jiang, although Li Tie still couldn't understand why Commander Jiang wanted to poison Liu Xiang.
But as Commander Jiang's most loyal eagle dog, Dai Li would definitely not refuse Commander Jiang's order, even if Commander Jiang asked Dai Li to kill Li Tie one day, Dai Li would not frown.
Just like Dai Li and Wang Yaqiao in the previous life, they were still brothers, but what was the result? Under the order of Commander Jiang, Dai Li personally led a team all over China to hunt down Wang Yaqiao for two years, and finally succeeded in killing Wang Yaqiao. It can be seen that Dai Li's orders to Commander Chiang have always been carried out to the letter.
And this is one of the reasons why Commander Jiang has always attracted Dai Li as a confidant.
As for Song Ziwen, who came to Chongqing, he was completely used as a shield by Commander Jiang and Dai Li, without Song Ziwen, a ministerial-level official, personally visiting Liu Xiang in Chongqing, with only Dai Li, a small spy leader, Liu Xiang would not have met Dai Li, and naturally would not have given Dai Li the opportunity to poison.
Just because Song Ziwen, the minister, came in person, and Song Ziwen is also a good friend of Liu Xiang for many years, plus Commander Jiang has just offended Liu Xiang, it is most suitable to send a good friend of Liu Xiang to test Liu Xiang's tone.
It is estimated that Liu Xiang also thinks so, so he will be careless about Dai Li's way for a while. It's just that I don't know if Song Ziwen knew that Liu Xiang had poisoned Dai Li with his own help, how would he, a good friend of Liu Xiang, feel? Will he, the good conscience of the Republic of China, kill his relatives and go to Commander Jiang for trouble.
Li Tie calmed his excited heart, thinking that Brother Liu Xiang, who usually cared for him well, had passed away. Thinking again, Liu Xiang not only handed over the Sichuan army to himself before his death, but also found his helpers to govern Sichuan in the future. Thinking of Liu Xiang, who was dedicated to the country and would rather die than take revenge, Li Tie admired Liu Xiang and felt extremely guilty.
"Don't worry, Brother Liu Xiang, Li Tie knows that you want the people of Sichuan to live a better life, and Li Tie also knows that you are bent on resisting Japan and wanting to restore my wish for China's great rivers and mountains.
In Li Tie's lifetime, he will definitely help you achieve your wishes. Li Tie had basically figured out the cause and effect of Liu Xiang's poisoning, and he secretly vowed in his heart to fulfill Liu Xiang's last wish.
Now Li Tie has just received the 100,000 Sichuan army that has sworn allegiance to him, but he has no joy, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, and he only now truly understands the weight of this sentence.
His roots in Sichuan are not deep, and if he shows the slightest sign of wanting to annex Sichuan, not to mention that dozens of large and small warlords in Sichuan will rebel, even the Nationalist Government will go all out to suppress him. At that time, I am afraid that my business empire across the country will be affected.
It's a pity that Liu Xiang's big brother has a good intention, he doesn't know that he really doesn't want to dominate China, he just wants the people in the War of Resistance to live better, fewer people die, and China can suffer less damage. At the same time, within his own ability, he was able to increase the losses of some Japanese as much as possible.
Over the past few years, through his disdainful efforts, it is true that the losses of the people are much smaller than in the previous life, and the losses of the Japanese are indeed much greater.
But this is not enough, it seems that his actions over the years are still too conservative, maybe he should speed up the pace of some things.