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Chapter 1988 Nanjing Complaint
Chapter 1988 Nanjing Complaint
“Okay.” Akima Yokoyama nodded. “Go ahead and do it.”
He is willing to encourage and support Hideto Oda when he has ideas and tries new things.
For their military police agents, especially the officers, what they fear most is not having ideas, but rather stupid guys who don't use their brains.
"Is Pan Qingyu still being tortured?" Yokoyama Akima asked again.
“They’re still using torture,” Hideto Oda said. “However, this guy is a die-hard, so I don’t have much hope.”
Akima Yokoyama nodded and said nothing more.
Since this case has been assigned to Hideto Oda, he will relinquish full authority unless absolutely necessary.
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No. 22 Xuehuali Road.
Special Police Department compound.
When Li Hao saw Zhang Lu and Cao Yu off, his face was expressionless, or rather, gloomy.
Zhang Lu wanted to say something, but seeing Li Hao's sullen face, he lost the will to speak and got into the car.
Cao Yu smiled and pulled Li Hao aside to talk, "Brother Hao, I know Director Cheng is angry right now. We were indeed wrong in this matter."
“However, our two families have always had a good relationship.” He handed Li Hao a cigarette and lit it for him personally. “Moreover, the relationship between my director and your section chief is beyond question.”
Li Hao took a drag of his cigarette and nodded at Cao Yu.
“Section Chief Dong must be released; that’s the director’s stance,” Cao Yu continued. Seeing Li Hao’s face darken, he quickly added, “As long as this is settled, everything else can be discussed.”
As he spoke, he flicked his cigarette ash, sighed, and said, "We're all working for Mr. Wang, so we need to look forward and work together in unity."
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“Tell me, you arrested him, but he escaped, and you even let Su Zhe infiltrate and assassinate Brother Fan. Brother Fan is in danger. Not only is Brother Fan angry, but we are all furious.” Li Hao said to Cao Yu, “Seventy-Six can’t just make demands without doing anything.”
“Sincerity,” he said to Cao Yu. “To gain forgiveness, you must show sincerity.”
After saying that, Li Hao shook hands with Cao Yu and turned to leave.
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"What did he say?" Zhang Lu asked Cao Yu, who had gotten into the car.
“Cheng Qianfan is very angry,” Cao Yu said.
"I can tell," Zhang Lu said with a stern face.
During their meeting, Director Cheng of the Special Police Department had not given Dong Zhengguo a friendly look. When Dong expressed his demand for the release of Dong and his men, Cheng became even more furious and immediately offered him tea and sent him away.
“This is a tricky matter,” Cao Yu said. “To get Cheng Qianfan to agree to release them, we have to calm him down first.”
"How can we calm down?" Zhang Lu said irritably. "He wants to kill Dong Zhengguo, are we just leaving him to do the killing?"
Cao Yu also sighed heavily and said to Zhang Lu, "I reckon the director will have to handle this personally."
"Let's go back and report first," Zhang Lu said, shaking his head.
Cheng Qianfan showed him no respect today, and he was filled with resentment.
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"Brother Fan, they've left," Li Hao reported to Cheng Qianfan.
"Hmm." Cheng Qianfan nodded. "Go and call Lao Huang over, give me a shoulder massage to calm me down."
"Eh."
When the section chief summoned him, Lao Huang quickly arrived with his medicine box.
"My forehead is still buzzing," Cheng Qianfan said to Lao Huang. "Help me calm down."
"But it was too dangerous," Old Huang said. "You know, Assistant Su was really something. He was being hunted down to his death, and he still dared to try to assassinate you."
“The Red Party members are all lunatics!” Cheng Qianfan cursed. “Incomprehensible lunatics.”
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“Su Zhe is gone,” Cheng Qianfan said in a low voice. “He committed suicide in front of me.”
“I know you’re upset, and I’m upset too,” Old Huang said. “But, although it’s cruel, if you look at it from another angle, at least he didn’t fall into the enemy’s hands…”
“I watched him die right before my eyes,” Cheng Qianfan murmured.
Old Huang stopped talking. He knew that Comrade 'Flame' didn't need any comforting right now. He was just feeling terrible, incredibly terrible, and needed to vent his grief.
Cheng Qianfan then began to ramble on in a low voice, recounting amusing anecdotes from his childhood with Su Zhe. As he spoke, he fell silent.
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"Is there a traitor?" Old Huang asked after Cheng Qianfan calmed down.
“Yes.” Cheng Qianfan knew what Lao Huang was going to ask. “Su Zhe said that he had personally executed the traitor.”
"They deserve to die!" Old Huang said through gritted teeth. In a sense, traitors are more hateful than enemies.
“I will have someone spread the word,” Cheng Qianfan said. “Su Zhe failed to assassinate me, refused to be taken prisoner, and was forced to commit suicide by me.”
Old Huang nodded. This must be Comrade Su Zhe's final contribution to the revolutionary work after his sacrifice.
His nose suddenly stung with tears.
"Number 76 is here to demand the release of the person. When do you plan to release him?" Old Huang asked.
"Keep him locked up for now." Cheng Qianfan's tone was filled with murderous intent. "Dong Zhengguo is from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. He can be said to be one of the most skilled traitors and secret agents on Jessfield Road who are adept at dealing with us."
“Okay.” Old Huang nodded. “Locking us in for a few more days will also benefit us.”
Seeing Cheng Qianfan's gloomy and uncertain gaze, he couldn't help but ask, "You want to take this opportunity to kill Dong Zhengguo?"
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“There are risks,” Cheng Qianfan said. “We can only take it one step at a time.”
"Your only chance to kill Dong Zhengguo was during your confrontation with No. 76," Old Huang said. "After experiencing a life-or-death crisis, you killed him in a fit of rage and shock. That's the only explanation."
"We didn't take action then, and it would be inappropriate to do so now, no matter how you look at it," Old Huang said.
“I know.” Cheng Qianfan nodded. “I knew then that was my chance to get rid of Dong Zhengguo, but Dong Zhengguo was smart and he didn’t give me the chance.”
Dong Zhengguo seemed to sense his murderous intent and ultimately chose to back down, not giving him a chance.
However, Cheng Qianfan also knew that if his first shot killed Dong Zhengguo's men instead of Dong Zhengguo's men, then it would indeed be an opportunity.
However, this opportunity comes at a price, and the price can be quite high.
After all, it was just a case of "killing in a fit of rage." If it were a low-level henchman who died, it would be understandable, but there's no reason for someone to shoot and kill a section chief from No. 76 right off the bat.
This will cause him considerable trouble and leave hidden dangers.
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"Was I too cold-blooded?" Cheng Qianfan said with a gloomy expression. "If I had fired the gun without thinking, Dong Zhengguo would have died. Now that I think about it, although it would have caused trouble, it wouldn't have been immediately fatal."
“You’re not cold-blooded, and neither are we,” Old Huang said. “We just have to keep fighting.”
Seemingly realizing his words of comfort were too cold, Old Huang patted Comrade 'Flame' on the shoulder, "When the War of Resistance is won, comrades, if you know this in the afterlife... Hey!"
“I’m going to Nanjing for a while,” Cheng Qianfan suddenly said.
"Going to Nanjing?" Old Huang asked.
“Yes, let’s go to Nanjing.” Cheng Qianfan sat up, raised his arms and asked Lao Huang to massage his shoulders, and said, “After suffering such a great injustice, am I not allowed to go to Nanjing to complain and seek justice?”
He snorted coldly, "This lawsuit with Number 76 will be a long one."
“Alright.” Old Huang pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, “Since you’re in Nanjing, then keep Dong Zhengguo and his men locked up for now.”
“The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” He said to Cheng Qianfan, “You suffered a loss during the reorganization of the police station, but it was for the sake of the overall situation. Under such circumstances, the incompetence of No. 76 has put you in danger, and you have the right to complain.”
“There’s something I need to tell you,” Cheng Qianfan said. “Regarding Comrade Pan Qingyu’s disappearance, please relay my order to ‘Suanpan’ to be careful. I have a feeling that something is amiss.”
"Okay." Old Huang nodded.
……
Cheng Qianfan acted immediately.
That evening, Cheng Qianfan, the director of the Special Police Division of the Shanghai First Police Bureau, along with his family and surrounded by his subordinates and bodyguards, boarded a ship bound for Nanjing from Shanghai.
Yes, this time he simply took his wife Bai Ruolan, as well as his family members Xiaozhima and Xiaobao, to Nanjing.
"Why are you going to Nanjing so suddenly?" Bai Ruolan asked, handing her husband her favorite apple.
"Official business," Cheng Qianfan said, taking a bite of his apple before continuing, "An unpleasant guest is coming to the door, and I don't want to see him. I'd better lay low for a while."
Bai Ruolan nodded, feeling relieved.
Her husband said he was an "unwelcome guest," which meant it wasn't what she had imagined. There should be no danger, at least not at the moment, and this trip wasn't an escape.
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Nanjing.
Yihe Road.
"Come in," Chu Mingyu said loudly upon hearing the knock.
"Minister." Liu Xia came in, holding a telegram in her hand.
"Read it aloud," Chu Mingyu said.
“It’s a telegram from Assistant Cheng,” Liu Xia said. “He has already set off for Nanjing.”
He said to Chu Mingyu, "Assistant Cheng brought his family as well."
"Oh ho." Chu Mingyu looked up, smiled, and said, "So this kid finally decided to come to Nanjing?"
Then he noticed the unusual look on Liu Xia's face and couldn't help but ask, "Hmm?"
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“Assistant Cheng complained bitterly in the telegram,” Liu Xia said. “He said that if he didn’t come to Nanjing soon, he would lose his life in Shanghai.”
"What nonsense is this?" Chu Mingyu frowned. "Shanghai is a model of public security under Mr. Wang's rule. Doesn't Cheng Qianfan always say he's a local bully in Shanghai? What, has this local bully met his match?"
"Minister," Liu Xia said solemnly as she handed the telegram to Chu Mingyu, "Fan Di has been assassinated in Shanghai."
"What?" Chu Mingyu exclaimed in surprise, snatched the telegram, and read it carefully.
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“All the Red Party members should be killed!” Chu Mingyu sneered and said, “Back in Wuhan, Mr. Wang should have wiped out all the Red Party members. Now, for the sake of peace and the future of China, Mr. Wang has endured humiliation and hardship to rebuild China, but he has been subjected to so much abuse for no reason. Among them, the Red Party members who are dissidents are the most vicious and deserve to die the most.”
"Does the minister mean that the Red Party assassinated Assistant Cheng because they hate Mr. Wang?" Liu Xia's heart stirred, and she glanced at Chu Mingyu before speaking.
"Isn't that so?" Chu Mingyu glanced at Liu Xia and said, "Qianfan is a young talent that Mr. Wang greatly admires. He is a young man whom Mr. Wang personally encouraged with an inscription. The blood of several generations of patriots of the Party and the State flows in his veins. The assassination attempt on him by the Red Party is outrageous. This is a destruction of Mr. Wang's peaceful path to national salvation, a destruction of the peace of the Party and the State, and a desecration of the Chinese revolution."
“That’s right.” Liu Xia nodded solemnly. “It is precisely because Assistant Cheng has done an excellent job, upholding Mr. Wang’s banner of peace and national salvation, and sparing no effort in practicing the path of peace and national salvation, that he has incurred the extreme hatred of the Red Party. Unable to defeat us spiritually, they resorted to such a despicable assassination plot.”
"The Red Party is despicable," Chu Mingyu said with a cold snort. "Just as despicable as that gangster boss Chang from Chongqing."
Mr. Wang was the only successor to Mr. Sun Yat-sen. Compared to the elegant and refined Mr. Wang, the bald man from Chongqing who was a gangster and always committed assassinations was simply shameful to be associated with.
"What Assistant Cheng mentioned in his telegram about the conflict with No. 76 Jessfield Road..." Liu Xia asked.
"There's no conflict, it's just a misunderstanding." Chu Mingyu waved his hand. "It's all because the Red Party is too despicable and cunning."
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“Secretary-General,” Liu Xia hesitated for a moment before continuing, “Assistant Cheng’s telegram suggests he has been wronged.”
This young man, Fan, has clearly been wronged and has come to Nanjing to voice his grievances. Instead of having his powerful backer stand up for him, you're acting like this. Is that really acceptable?
Liu Xia looked at Chu Mingyu. She was speaking on purpose. Cheng Qianfan had a conflict with No. 76 and even killed someone. She couldn't wait for the conflict to escalate, so she was secretly stirring things up.
"Tell Qianfan that I will take care of the injustice he suffered." Chu Mingyu rubbed his temples. "However, you must be careful about the public appearances and consider the bigger picture, understand?"
"Alright." Liu Xia feigned helplessness and said to Chu Mingyu, "I'll try to persuade Fandi tomorrow."
“He’s willing to listen to advice,” Chu Mingyu said. “It’s all about appearances, for outsiders to see. I’ll give him the substance.”
"I understand." Liu Xia nodded.
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"When will Qianfan arrive?" Chu Mingyu asked.
"Assistant Cheng's ship will arrive in Nanjing tomorrow morning," Liu Xia said.
"Arrange accommodations for him," Chu Mingyu said. "He was assassinated by the despicable and shameless Red Party and was forced to bring his family to Nanjing. We must make sure he has proper food and lodging and not let our hero suffer any injustice."
"I understand," Liu Xia nodded.
"You will represent me and pick them up at the dock tomorrow," Chu Mingyu instructed again.
"Yes."
After leaving the minister's office, Liu Xia returned to her own office and fell into deep thought.
Assistant Su from the Central Police Station in the French Concession had always been at odds with Cheng Qianfan, to the point that their relationship could be described as hostile.
She had heard about this.
Su Zhe was a member of the Communist Party, and before he died, he wanted to take someone down with him. He infiltrated the special police unit to assassinate Cheng Qianfan, and this may be the real reason.
However, it is clear that Foreign Minister Chu Mingyu is well-versed in political maneuvering and seems to intend to make a fuss about this matter.
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