Emperor Taisho was timid and afraid of death, in order to save his life, for the sake of safety, he finally agreed to tell the location of the burial of the gold, and Ma Boyang, as the special envoy of the President of China, promised to operate at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, promising that when the verdict was pronounced, the judge would declare him not guilty, but he would be deprived of his status as emperor, and there would be no emperor or royal family in the future, but he also warned Emperor Taisho that the secret transaction between the two could not be transmitted to the outside world without any written records and words. Otherwise, it will be difficult for him to ensure the safety of Emperor Taisho, who finally got such a chance to live, and of course would not do such a stupid thing.

The two made a deal on the spot, and in order to show his integrity, Ma Boyang called Qin Liankui, the supreme justice of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, to the prison of war criminals.

After Qin Liankui got the notice, he rushed to the prison and saw Ma Boyang and Emperor Taisho, "Old Ma, what's the matter with calling me over?" ”

Ma Boyang said solemnly: "Justice Qin, as the special envoy of the president, I have a special presidential authorization, and I ask you to acquit His Majesty the Emperor when the sentence is pronounced, and the other results remain unchanged, and now you say to Your Majesty in front of His Majesty the Emperor, can you do it?" ”

Qin Liankui understood when he heard this, Ma Boyang's request must have been instructed by Xiao Zhenlei, otherwise Ma Boyang would not have the courage to make decisions on such a big matter.

He turned to look at Emperor Taisho and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, no matter what the process of the trial is, when the verdict is announced, you will be acquitted!" ”

In fact, in Xiao Zhenlei's eyes, it doesn't matter whether Emperor Taisho is dead or alive, and Emperor Taisho really has no rights during his reign. He had only been fighting for a few years since he took the throne, and it was not up to him to start the war. He's just an ornament, and he's sick. What about letting him go?

After Emperor Taisho heard Qin Liankui's assurance, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole person collapsed.

After sending Qin Liankui away, Ma Boyang turned back to Emperor Taisho and said, "Your Majesty, I have done everything I should do, now should you tell where the gold is buried?" ”

This time, Emperor Taisho did not hesitate, and happily told the location where the gold was buried, and it turned out that there were five places where this batch of gold was buried. Each of them is located in a different part of Tokyo.

After being released from the prison for war criminals, Ma Boyang immediately went to the garrison headquarters and showed the president's special authorization document, transferred a battalion of troops from the garrison, and then spent half a month secretly taking out the gold hidden in five places and loading it back to China.

After this matter is completed, Ma Boyang will leave for China, and as for the salvage of the sunken ship, he will return to China to return to Xiao Zhenlei.

Before leaving, Ma Boyang said goodbye to Qin Liankui, and Qin Liankui was surprised: "Aren't you going to preside over the salvage of the sunken ship?" Why are you going back so soon? ”

Ma Boyang said with a smile: "There is a new order in China. I'm going back to restore my life, and the work of salvaging the wreck can only be left to someone else, by the way, how long do you have left here? ”

Qin Liankui said: "This is not accurate. It may take another year and a half to complete the trial of all the war criminals, so let's take our time! If you come back to Japan, you must find me! ”

"Definitely!"

Ma Boyang returned to the capital on February 3. After a short rest, he rushed to the presidential palace, ready to meet Xiao Zhenlei and give a detailed report on the process of the trip.

Yang Yongtai, director of the presidential chamberlain, told him: "The president is holding a meeting. Inspector Ma is invited to take a break in the reception room next to him and wait for the president to finish the meeting. I'll be the first to let you know! ”

Ma Boyang hurriedly said: "Then it's troublesome Director Yang!" ”

Large meeting room.

Xiao Zhenlei looked at the military generals and the staff of the presidential office on the left and right and said: "Half a month ago, Germany has launched a large-scale counterattack against the British and French forces on the Western Front, and the navy, land and air forces are acting at the same time, and in the navy, Germany has dispatched a submarine to strengthen the attack on the merchant ships going to Britain, Britain, France, the United States and other countries have organized a large number of cruiser formations to escort the merchant fleet, and also organized a fleet to deal with the German submarines. During this time, German submarines suffered heavy losses.

In terms of air force, because the German army added a large number of fighters to the Western Front to provide support, the Allied air force was suppressed for a time, air supremacy continued to change hands between the two sides, and even China's air force fighters stationed on the Western Front suffered a large number of losses.

But in terms of the army, the Anglo-French army was a bit miserable, a German army group from Orleans to the southwest attacked the left flank of the Anglo-French army commanded by Hamilton, the German army was fierce, Hamilton could not resist, so he had to lead his troops to retreat sharply, losing troops along the way, 1.2 million troops, losing 400,000 people, and 800,000 after retreating to Le Mans. At present, Hamilton is organizing troops to build a defensive line, hoping to resist the crazy counterattack of the German army this time, in my opinion, Hamilton is only afraid of losing his official position this time.

There is also news that the first batch of troops of the United States has arrived on the west coast of France, and is currently disembarking and assembling, the number of this force is the First Army of the United States, with a strength of 280,000 troops, and the combat effectiveness of the army is not known for the time being, only after fighting, it is not high, with the current situation of the United States, it can only be fought while training, Britain and France are also forced to have no choice but to beg the United States to bring over the first army that has just been trained. In short, the more the merrier, the more people are bold, Britain and France can only fight with Germany at present, and the current task of our army is still to rest and recuperate, accumulate strength, right, what is the situation in terms of logistics and transportation? ”

Bao Yuzhen, vice minister of logistics, stood up and said: "President, at present, our transportation capacity has increased by 1.5 times, and our supply capacity has increased by 1.9 times, and the weapons and ammunition materials currently stored in the Western Front Theater can support more than a year!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded, turned his head to look at Wang Yaqiao: "Director Wang, do you have any news over there?" ”

Wang Yaqiao stood up and said: "President, ladies and gentlemen, our bureau has obtained a message from Soviet Russia and Germany at the same time, and then through other intelligence for comprehensive analysis, we believe that Germany is currently conducting secret talks with the Soviet Russian side, the personnel participating in the talks on both sides, the location of the talks, these are under investigation, I believe that there will be news soon, we speculate that the purpose of this secret talks between Russia and Soviet Russia is likely to be that the Soviet Russian side wants to end the hostile situation with Germany, once the two sides sign an armistice agreement." , then Soviet Russia will have its hands free to rectify the interior, and it is even possible to reverse the promises made to us and the agreements signed, I think our army has to guard against it! ”

Xiao Zhenlei instructed: "Monitor closely, and report as soon as you find signs of the Soviet Russian army moving eastward!" ”

"Yes!"

"Okay, that's all for today's meeting, and when you go back, let's do what you decided at the meeting just now, and adjourn the meeting!"

After the meeting ended, Xiao Zhenlei and his secretary Xiao Gao walked to the door of the office and were just about to enter, when Yang Yongtai caught up from behind and reported: "President, Inspector Ma Boyang is back, and he is now waiting to see you in the reception room, do you want to see him?" ”

"Oh, is Ma Boyang back? That's right, let him come over! Xiao Zhenlei commanded and walked into the office.

"Okay, President!"

When he was drinking tea, Yang Yongtai came over with Ma Boyang, and Ma Boyang said uprightly: "President, I'm back to my life!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei put down the teacup and beckoned to Ma Boyang, the two came to the rest area and sat down, Xiao Zhenlei said: "Boyang, you did a good job in Japan this time, you found this batch of gold in such a short time, and took it out and shipped it back, your credit is not small!" ”

Ma Boyang hurriedly said: "It's all cultivated by the president!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled when he heard this: "How did you learn this?" Not allowed to be like this in the future! Well, let's do it, your supervision department is Qingshui Yamen, and your position cannot be promoted for the time being, so write down the credit first, and reward 300,000 yuan to improve the living environment and conditions, what do you think? ”

Ma Boyang was startled and asked, "300,000 yuan?" Big President, isn't that too much? ”

"Not much, not much, compared to the 300 tons of gold you recovered, what is the 300,000 yuan? That's it! ”

"Yes, since it's a national award, then I'll accept it!"

Xiao Zhenlei said again: "Since I have come back, I happen to have another task here, so I will hand it over to you to do, this mission is similar to your last mission, it is also looking for gold!" ”

When Ma Boyang heard this, he immediately cried and laughed, "Looking for gold again?" President, you're not going to let me go to another country to move someone's treasury, are you? ”

Xiao Zhenlei took a puff of cigarette and said with a smile: "Although it is not the treasury of moving people, it is actually similar to moving the treasury." According to the information obtained by the intelligence department, Tsar Nicholas II had ordered his general Kolchak to transport all the gold out of the Russian treasury before abdicating, there are two versions of the amount of this batch of gold, one may be 600 tons, and the other is 1,500 tons, the information obtained by the intelligence department is not very accurate, so this needs to be verified by you personally, your task is to find General Kolchak and bring the gold back from him! ”

"Tsar's gold? It's a challenging task, so when do I go? ”

Xiao Zhenlei said: "Give you three days to rest, and set off after three days, after you ascend to the east, someone will send you relevant things to facilitate your actions."

Ma Boyang stood up and said, "Understood!" (To be continued......)