Chapter 240: The Case Is Solved
Chen Qiang's side has already begun to think about calculating Cao Yuebo, but Cao Yuebo on the other side still thinks that Chen Qiang is a little excited about this "Director of the Sports Department".
So Cao Yuebo opened his mouth and continued to persuade: "General Chen, the new government has arranged an official residence for you in Nanjing, and has also specially arranged for servants to take care of your daily life. ”
"After so many years, it's still the same, it's nothing more than giving money to the house and the official. Anyway, why don't you mention beautiful women every time, my orientation is very normal! Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart, but he smiled disdainfully on his face, and then said, "Mr. Cao, do you think we look alike?" ”
Cao Yuebo was stunned: "Mr. Chen, I don't understand what you mean. ”
"I mean, do you think I look like a traitor?" Chen Qiang said with a sneer.
Cao Yuebo pondered for a few seconds, and then realized that Chen Qiang was turning around and scolding him for being a traitor.
Cao Yuebo's face suddenly became gloomy, but he still couldn't help but not have a seizure, but said: "General Chen, the contemptible people are kind enough to invite you!" ”
"In the past few years, the Japanese have come to woo me in person, and the conditions they offer are much better than that of you, a traitor! You, a lackey of the Japanese, dare to talk about any 'invitation' in front of me! ”
Cao Yuebo also knew that he had become a traitor, so he was extremely disgusted by words such as "traitor" and "lackey", and at this time he couldn't help but open his mouth to justify: "General Chen Jian, the new government in Nanjing is a government established by our Chinese, and our purpose is to save the country!" ”
"You traitors still have the face to call themselves Chinese? Bullshit! Chen Qiang said disdainfully.
was insulted by Chen Qiang continuously, Cao Yuebo was really angry, and he no longer pretended to look for a sanctimonious appearance, but said in a stern tone: "Chen Jianjiang, the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie!" In this situation, it is a matter of time before Chongqing is finished, so why do you hold on to a sinking ship! ”
"Is that why you are a traitor? In order to be able to become an official and become a knight, he is willing to sell his country and nation? Willing to be a traitor? Good Chinese are inappropriate, but they want to be dogs for the Japanese? It seems that your ancestors are not a good thing, so they gave birth to you, a dog traitor! Chen Qiang snorted coldly.
Scolding people and scolding the elders of other people's families, this is a very insulting thing for China, Chen Qiang's direct scolding of ancestors, that is obviously the reverse scale that touched Cao Yuebo, Cao Yuebo suddenly looked angry, and said sharply: "Chen Qiang, you clean your mouth for me!" ”
"I'll scold your eighteenth generation ancestors, you should be scolded as a dog traitor, but what can you do with me? This is America! It's New York! And not Nanjing! Chen Qiang said-for-tat.
"Chen Qiang, believe it or not, I will make you unable to go back to China for the rest of your life!" Cao Yuebo said viciously.
"Are you threatening me?" Chen Qiang suddenly raised his voice, which even people outside the rest area could hear.
What's more, Chen Qiang's sentence suddenly changed to English.
Cao Yuebo was able to be sent to the United States by Wang Pseudo's people, and he was naturally proficient in English, but at this time, Cao Yuebo didn't react to Chen Qiang's sudden change of English, he was also scolded by Chen Qiang, and when he heard Chen Qiang speak English, he subconsciously replied in English: "If you think this is a threat, this is a threat!" ”
Chen Qiang seemed to have been waiting for this game for a long time, and when he heard Cao Yuebo's words, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
"The fish bites!"
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After Cao Yuebo left, several coaches under Chen Qiang immediately came over.
"Boss, are you alright?" Someone asked with concern.
"It's fine. Just a scoundrel. Chen Qiang said.
"Boss, I heard that he seems to be threatening you, do we need to call the police?" Someone else asked.
"No, I can handle it myself." Chen Qiang replied.
Anthony, the whiskey merchant, happened to be there, and he also walked over and stepped forward to condole: "Chen, have you offended the gangsters in New York, I heard that those people in Chinatown are difficult to deal with, do you need my help, I also know some people in this regard." ”
"This person is not a gangster in New York, I am Chinese, I am very familiar with the Chinese community in New York, and they will not trouble me." That person was sent by the Japanese, you know, my country is at war with Japan, and this person came to persuade me to surrender to Japan, and he threatened me with words! Chen Qiang said.
"I see!" Anthony continued: "I deeply sympathize with the misfortune that has befallen your country, but this is the United States, you will be safe in the United States, and the Japanese will not dare to do anything to you!" ”
"I hope so." Chen Qiang said.
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Cao Yuebo came to persuade him to surrender, like a stone thrown into a small pool, although there was a splash, but soon the pool returned to calm.
Three days later, in the evening, Chen Qiang walked out of the gym and stood in front of the street lamp at the door, and his husband looked at the sky, and then looked at his watch.
"It's six o'clock!" Chen Qiang took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and then clenched his teeth slightly, at this moment, Chen Qiang suddenly felt that every second was so long.
At this moment, a "bang" sounded.
Chen Qiang only felt as if he had been hit by something on his arm, and then he subconsciously fell to the ground.
Pedestrians on the street were stunned when they heard the sound, and then everyone saw Chen Qiang fall to the ground, followed by some screaming, some running away, and some quickly hiding behind cars on the side of the road.
"It's gunshots!"
"Someone has fired!"
"Run!"
People on the street panicked.
In the panicked crowd, a short man carrying a long cloth bag quickly ran away, and while running, he inadvertently bumped into two people.
"Oops!" One of the men who had been knocked down glanced back at the short man, who was able to recognize it as an Asian man with black hair and yellow skin, even though he had covered half of his face with his collar.
The man who had been knocked down didn't care much, so he quickly got up and staggered into the nearby shop.
Not long after, the whistle sounded, and I saw two policemen running quickly.
"Is there a shooting here?" A policeman drew his pistol and hid behind a telephone pole, looking around warily.
"Someone is hurt!" Another policeman saw Chen Qiang lying on the ground.
"Call an ambulance! Call for additional staff! ”
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There are so many shootings every day in New York that if every single shooting is investigated, the New York police can't keep it busy. In the future, if there is no shooting in New York City one day, the New York City police chief will even hold a press conference to show off.
In the United States in the thirties and forties, it was even easier to obtain guns than in later generations, and the laws governing gun control were not as sound as those in later generations. Shootings in New York are even more commonplace.
In normal times, if someone is shot on the streets of New York, the police will at most record such an incident, and will not allocate manpower to investigate at all. But this time it was different, because the injured person was Chen Qiang.
Chen Qiang is also an internationally renowned athlete, and if this kind of international celebrity is shot in New York, it will not only affect the reputation of New York, but also the reputation of the entire United States.
Moreover, Chen Qiang is also a well-known person in New York, and celebrities know Chen Qiang, if Chen Qiang is shot and the police are indifferent, those celebrities will also have a sense of insecurity. Imagine if someone close to you gets shot and the police do nothing, anyone will have a bad impression of the police.
What's more, Chen Qiang also knew US President Roosevelt. The police chief of New York City is also worried that Chen Qiang will go to Roosevelt to "sue the royal court", and then I am afraid that even the mayor of New York City will have to eat melons.
Based on the above reasons, the New York City Police Department will definitely investigate the case of Chen Qiang's shooting, and even if the case can't be solved, a scapegoat must be found, which can be regarded as an explanation.
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The New York City Police Department's Sheriff Pete stood in front of the gym door, looking around.
"The bullet should have come from that direction, and the view from there is just right to see this doorway, and it cannot be ruled out that this was a premeditated act!" Sergeant Pete spoke.
"Sheriff, you mean it's a murder?" The officer next to him asked.
Sergeant Pete nodded: "Judging by my years of experience, the possibility of murder is very high. Now you should go over there and have a look, and ask any witnesses to see if there are any suspicious people who have been there. ”
A short time later, the officer approached with a bullet casing.
"Sheriff, this is the bullet casing we found, it should be left by the gunman." The officer handed the bullet casings to Sheriff Pete.
Sergeant Pitt took the bullet casing and took a closer look at it, and said: "This is a .303-inch bullet casing, this word bullet casing is too common, many rifles use this model of bullet casing, such as the M1917 rifle, which is the .303 bullet used." ”
"The M1917 was the star rifle of the First World War, and there were millions of them in the United States! It was too easy to find an unregistered M1917, and it seemed impossible to investigate from the rifle used by the gunman. The officer said.
Sergeant Pete also frowned, and he spoke, "Now we can only see if any witnesses see the gunman." ”
At this time, another police officer ran over
"Sheriff, we've found witnesses! He probably saw the gunman! ”
……
"When I heard the gunshots, I immediately started to run away, but as I was running away, someone hit me, and the man seemed to be in a hurry, and more importantly, he was carrying a long cloth bag, which could have been a gun now!" The witness spoke.
"Did you notice the man's face?" Inspector Pete asked.
"He is not tall, only to the position of my chin, wearing a gray coat, the collar of the clothes covers the position of the eyes, so I didn't see what he looked like, but he is black-haired and yellow-skinned, he should be a Chinese!"
"Chinese? Chen Qiang, who was shot, is he Chinese? Is this a vendetta between the Chinese themselves? Involving those Chinese gangsters, this is a bit troublesome. Pete said to himself.
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The head of the Chinese community in New York is naturally Mr. Situ.
At the Anliang General Hall in New York, Mr. Situ sat on the Taishi chair in the middle, looking at the few people below with a gloomy face.
"You're all telling me the truth, did your men do it?" Mr. Situ asked sharply.
"Big man, Chen Qiang won so many gold medals in the Olympic Games, and the face of my Chinese people has been greatly increased, this is our national hero, we are just no longer things, and we will not go to Chen Qiang."
"Big guy, among the Chinese in New York, there are not many who can get their hands on it, Chen Qiang is one of them, it is the pride of our Chinese, how can we attack him!"
"Big guy, we all know that you have always valued that Chen Qiang very much, how could we aim our guns at our own people, and we wouldn't dare to borrow a hundred guts!"
Below, the spokesmen of several Chinese associations spoke one after another.
"The police revealed that witnesses said that the gunman was a Chinese, how can this be explained? This Chinese in New York, who can get guys, is a few of us. Mr. Szeto said.
"Big guy, I don't think this gunman is a brother in our hall at all, after all, all the brothers in our hall know Chen Qiang, it's too late to protect him!" Someone asked.
"That's Jiang Long, who came outside?" Someone next to him said.
"It can't be that the Jianglong from the outside, the halls in other places, how can anyone not know us, even if the Jianglong comes to our territory to commit a crime, dare not pay a visit to the dock in advance? I think the halls in other places, no matter how bad they are, they still know the rules. The man continued.
"It's not our hall, it's not Guojianglong, who is that?"
"I think that person may not be Chinese at all! Who in the Chinese will shoot at Chen Qiang? And if it is not Chinese, naturally there is no need to talk about the rules of Chinese! The man continued.
Mr. Situ's eyes narrowed slightly: "If it is not Chinese, then it should be Japanese, Chen Qiang must have offended the Japanese." I can't imagine that the Japanese are so bold and dare to shoot in New York! ”
"These Japanese are becoming more and more unscrupulous. Boss, when you went out recently, you had to bring a few more brothers, and we had to guard against the Japanese. ”
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In the hospital, Chen Qiang had already woken up, the shot did not hit Chen Qiang's vital point, but only pierced a hole in his arm, and did not hurt the muscles and bones, the doctor immediately operated on Chen Qiang, removed the shrapnel, and it didn't take long to recover.
Sergeant Pitt also came here to take notes on Chen Qiang.
Chen Qiang gave a general description of the process of being shot, but the content was similar to the information that Sergeant Pitt had, and it did not help solve the case.
I only heard Sergeant Pete ask: "Mr. Chen, according to the eyewitnesses, the gunman is a Chinese, do you have any contradictions with the Chinese community in New York?" ”
"No way, the person who shot me was definitely not from the Chinese community in New York." Chen Qiang immediately denied it: "I have known Mr. Situ for many years, and he regards me as a junior, so the Chinese community will never trouble me." ”
"Could that be some other Chinese?" Sergeant Pete asked.
"It can't be." Chen Qiang shook his head, and then continued: "Sheriff Pete, you should know that I won more than a dozen gold medals for my motherland in the Olympic Games, and it is no exaggeration to say that I am the best athlete in China, I have achieved a lot of honors for China, and it is impossible for the Chinese to shoot me." Let's put it another way, as an American, would you shoot America's best athletes? Would you shoot an athlete who has won so many honors for the United States? ”
"Mr. Chen, what you said makes a lot of sense." Pete nodded. He pondered along Chen Qiang's train of thought, and it really was such a truth, if an American athlete could win more than a dozen gold medals and break more than a dozen world records in the Olympic Games, then every American would regard him as a hero of the United States, and people would only worship heroes, and no one would shoot at the heroes of their own country.
"But witnesses said that the gunman who shot at you was a Chinese. Mr. Chen, this is obviously a murder against you, but your luck is that the gunman didn't hit you in the right spot, so I want you to think carefully about whether you have a vendetta with anyone recently. Pete spoke.
Chen Qiang pretended to be contemplative, and then he spoke: "If you want to talk about enmity, there is really a person. Three days earlier, there had indeed been a man who had threatened me. ”
"Who is it?" Director Pitt asked immediately.
"That man was sent by the Japanese, named Cao Yuebo. As you know, my country is at war with the Japanese, and this Cao Yuebo is here to persuade me to surrender to Japan. Of course, I didn't say yes to him, and he threatened me right then. Chen Qiang said.
"Three days ago? What time is it? Who else was there at the time? "Sheriff Pete seems to have caught a clue.
"It was around five o'clock in the afternoon, and the coaches in my gym were all there, and they should have heard Cao Yuebo threatening me, by the way, Mr. Anthony, the owner of Anthony Wine, was also at the scene at the time, and he could also testify." Chen Qiang said.
Sheriff Pete nodded, he also knew that Anthony was a well-known businessman in New York, and Anthony was not a coach hired by Chen Qiang, and had no stake in Chen Qiang, if Anthony could prove that Chen Qiang had been threatened, then it would be enough to prove that what Chen Qiang said was true.
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That afternoon, Sheriff Pitt found Anthony, who was selling whiskey.
"Yes, three days ago in the afternoon, I did see someone threatening Mr. Chen, right in his gym, I heard it with my own ears, I can testify!"
That person was sent by Japan to persuade Mr. Chen to surrender to Japan, but Mr. Chen did not agree, and the two quarreled fiercely. That person also threatened Mr. Chen! ”
"I was there, by the way, there were other people at the scene, I should have heard it, and I can give you their names if you need them."
Anthony swears to provide a confession to Sheriff Pete.
In fact, the conversation between Chen Qiang and Cao Yuebo was in Chinese before, and Anthony couldn't understand Chinese, so he didn't know what the two talked about.
But then Chen Qiang said in English, "Are you threatening me", the voice was very loud, but Anthony heard it clearly, and this sentence also attracted Anthony's attention, and then Cao Yuebo replied in English "This is a threat", Anthony also heard it.
So Anthony had a preconceived idea that the two had a quarrel, and then Cao Yuebo was threatening Chen Qiang. Later, Chen Qiang deliberately explained, and let Anthony make up the situation at that time.
After listening to Anthony's confession, Sheriff Pitt had already guessed what the case had done.
"No wonder the witnesses said that the gunman was a Chinese, it turned out that the Japanese gunman was a Chinese, after all, the Chinese and the Japanese look the same, and it is normal to recognize the mistake."
"I think the story of the case is like this, the Japanese went to persuade Chen Qiang to surrender, but Chen Qiang refused, and then the Japanese were angry and sent gunmen. It may be that Chen Qiang was lucky and did not get hit, or it may be that the Japanese didn't want Chen Qiang's life, but just wanted to teach Chen Qiang a lesson, so they hit Chen Qiang in the arm. But in either case, the case is solved! ”
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