The trial of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East was still going on, when a Chinese arrived in the port of Yokosuka, and he was a friend who was drinking with Qin Liankui in a tavern on the streets of Tokyo, his name was Ma Boyang.

Ma Boyang's ostensible mission in Japan was to preside over the salvage of the Chinese salvage fleet to salvage the Japanese warships sunk in the ports of Yokosuka and Sasebo, but in fact his real task was to find a batch of gold, which was extremely large, and it was said to weigh 300 tons, which was all the gold that existed in Japan. After the whole of Japan was repossessed, a total of more than 100 tons of gold were collected, and in addition, there were 200 tons of gold in the major banks and national warehouses of Japan, and many of these 600 tons of gold were looted by the Japanese army from Korea and Northeast China in those years.

Ma Boyang just went to Yokosuka for a turn, salvage things naturally have a professional salvage team to operate, it is easier to salvage the sunken ship in the port, this does not need him to worry about, he must complete his real mission to Japan this time, and it is his task to find that batch of gold.

Ma Boyang, who quietly returned to Tokyo, sent a signal to make contact, and then waited at the bar where he had a drink with Qin Liankui last time, and it didn't take long for a person to come to him and whisper, "Mr. Ma?" The man you are looking for cannot get away from now, and he tells me to come to you, to take you to him, and please come with me."

Ma Boyang followed the visitor after drinking the wine in the cup, and half an hour later, he met Ding Qiang, the main person in charge of the Japanese branch of the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau.

"I'm really sorry. Sir, I've kept you waiting. During this time, spies from various countries were rampant in Japan, and I was so busy that I was dizzy. I'm sorry I didn't go to meet you in person! Ding Qiang apologized to Ma Boyang with a tired face.

After shaking it, Ma Boyang smiled: "It's okay, I can see that you are indeed very busy, but I may have to trouble you this time!" ”

Ding Qiang hurriedly said: "The news is reported by us here, we should be responsible to the end, if the chief can use me, please just ask!" ”

"Thank you very much!" Ma Boyang nodded, and said, "In terms of manpower." I can bring in some men from the garrison, and as for you, I may have to rely on your intelligence-gathering capabilities, do you have any other news related to this besides the news that has been reported? ”

Ding Qiang thought for a while and said: "At present, there is no more news coming back, we can be sure that this batch of gold is still in Tokyo, as for the specific location in Tokyo, I don't know." However, I speculate that there should be two people who know the specific whereabouts of this batch of gold, and in addition to Terauchi Masatsu, Emperor Taisho should also know! All the other insiders were killed, and our people got the sporadic news from the last Japanese officer to be killed. This man was the main executive officer who buried the gold, but he died before he could tell the whereabouts of the gold."

Ma Boyang was surprised: "Emperor Taisho? He also knows the whereabouts of the gold? Didn't the military cabinet of Masashi Terauchi put him under house arrest? How would he know? ”

Ding Qiang explained: "Terauchi Masashi has a lot of eyes and ears in Tokyo, although he was arrested in the coup. But we found out that his secretary had visited him afterwards, and his secretary went to the Imperial Palace to see Emperor Taisho immediately after visiting him. It is now in court hearing. Don't you know how long Shouichi Terauchi won't live? He is the only one who knows the whereabouts of that batch of gold, and he is not afraid of his own death. The whereabouts of that gold remain a mystery forever? Although Terauchi Masayi is arrogant, he still respects the emperor very much, during the house arrest of Emperor Taisho, the emperor's diet and daily life are as usual, he would rather eat a little less, but also let the emperor eat well, Terauchi Masayi is a smart person, he must know that he will definitely be in a catastrophe this time, he will definitely tell the emperor the whereabouts of the gold! ”

Ma Boyang touched his chin, "Your inference is a bit arbitrary, why did Terauchi Masayi definitely tell Emperor Taisho about the whereabouts of the gold?" Won't he tell his son? ”

"Sir, his son Shouichi Terauchi was killed in the Battle of Fukuoka! Even if he told his descendants about the whereabouts of the gold, didn't he know that the gold would be doomed? How difficult is it for a person who has no ability and no status to keep such a large amount of gold? If he told his descendants, it would only harm them, and Terauchi Masayi was a smart man, he would never do that! ”

Ma Boyang nodded: "Well, there is some truth in your analysis!" How did you know that Terauchi Masashi told Emperor Taisho about the whereabouts of the gold, and was it because Terauchi's former secretary had visited him and went to see the Emperor again? ”

Ding Qiang shook his head and said: "This is just one aspect, the secretary of the temple Masashi was killed after seeing Emperor Taisho, when our people arrived, he still had a breath, this person only had time to say." I have reason to suspect that this man's purpose in coming to the Emperor was to tell Emperor Taisho the whereabouts of the gold, and when his mission was completed, he was killed near the Imperial Palace, and we examined his body, and the fatal wound was a knife in the back, and the wound of this knife went down from the right shoulder to the left hip, almost splitting him in two, which was a wound caused by a Japanese ninja with a katana! ”

Ma Boyang frowned when he heard this, and said slowly: "Except to find the two of them, isn't there any other way to find this batch of gold?" ”

Ding Qiang suggested: "Sir, if you want to know the whereabouts of the gold from the mouth of the person in the temple, I am afraid that it is more difficult than ascending to the sky, I think the chief might as well start from Emperor Taisho, Emperor Taisho is very afraid of death, and he is very timid, he is sometimes nervous, and it is more likely to open a gap from him!" ”

"We're not sure if Emperor Taisho really knows the whereabouts of that batch of gold, and it looks like I'll have to find a time to visit Emperor Taisho!"

Ma Boyang appeared in front of Qin Liankui again, and Qin Liankui was surprised: "Didn't you go to Yokosuka?" Why did you come back so soon? ”

Ma Boyang smiled: "Yes, I'm coming back to do something, I came to you this time, I want to ask you for some help?" ”

"What's the rush? I won't do anything that violates the rules! ”

"I want to meet Emperor Taisho, but the prison says that Emperor Taisho is a special prisoner and cannot be visited, so you can issue me a special pass!"

"What?" At this time, Qin Liankui was even more surprised, "What do you want to see Emperor Taisho for?" ”

Ma Boyang took out a piece of paper and shook it off, and said solemnly: "State secrets!" See what this is? This is an authorization document given to me by the highest authorities, and I can go anywhere in Japan, meet anyone, and mobilize any resources, including the military. Everyone must cooperate unconditionally, and no questions are asked! Otherwise, we will wait for the Secrecy Bureau to send someone to invite you to tea."

The document was true, Qin Liankui absolutely believed that there was nothing wrong with his eyes, and he said helplessly: "Big brother, do you want to be so serious?" You're holding a Shang Fang sword to show off your might in front of me! Okay, okay, I'll give you a special pass, and I'm just asking you what you want to do, okay? ”

Ma Boyang came to the war prisoner prison again with the special pass issued by Qin Liankui, and this time the prison director saw that Ma Boyang issued a special pass and was very cooperative, and asked, "Who does the chief want to visit?" ”

"Emperor Taisho!"

"Alright, please follow me!"

Accompanied by the prison warden, Ma Boyang came to the door of the cell where Emperor Taisho was being held, as the emperor, although he is now a prisoner, the environment in the prison room is much better than that of other war criminals, the cell is very spacious, and the inside is not like a cell at all, but like the presidential suite of a hotel.

Opening the window on the cell door, Ma Boyang found that the people inside were sleeping on their sides on the bed, and the prison warden was just about to open his mouth to call Emperor Taisho up, Ma Boyang hurriedly raised his palm to stop him, and then motioned for him to go back.

While the two walked outside, Ma Boyang asked the warden about Emperor Taisho: "Warden, how did Emperor Taisho behave after he was sent in?" ”

The warden said: "In the first three or four days after I was sent here, Emperor Taisho was very frightened, he was sick, and he was often nervous, often talking to himself alone, and he didn't eat, so he was probably too frightened, but the situation has improved a little more in the past few days."

Ma Boyang asked again: "Do you know the situation of other members of the royal family?" ”

"I don't know about this, they should have been restricted from their freedom, they just weren't sent here!"

Ma Boyang nodded, and said, "How is the food here?" I mean food for Emperor Taisho! ”

"He can't eat much by himself, and the dishes at each meal are basically two meat and one vegetarian, the portion is not much, and there is a small bowl of rice.

Ma Boyang thought for a while and asked, "Does he drink?" ”

The warden said: "He should have drunk it, but in order to prevent accidents, we haven't given him wine to drink!" ”

After thinking for a while, Ma Boyang took out some money from his pocket and handed it to the warden, who was surprised: "This is the ??????? ”

Ma Boyang said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not a bribe for you, tomorrow at noon, I will invite Emperor Taisho to have a meal, you can arrange some, the dishes will be sumptuous, there must be wine, and the location should not be arranged in the cell, I see that your office is good, so arrange it there!" How's that, okay? ”

The warden hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and said, "Okay, it didn't work according to the regulations, but you are different, I will arrange it!" ”

Ma Boyang shook hands with the warden: "Then thank you very much!" ”

"You're welcome!" (To be continued......)