A secret arrest began in Shanghai.
Those famous gangsters on the beach are in trouble.
Jin Badou was sleeping at home. In the middle of the night, several Japanese agents suddenly rushed in. Without saying a word, they put him in a sack and kidnapped him.
Wan Bozhong was playing mahjong at home, and he and his mahjong friends were all forcibly taken away.
Lu Lianyi was lucky, he was taken away by the patrol, but the place he was sent to was not the patrol room, but the interrogation room of the Japanese secret service.
The saddest thing is Shengcang Bin.
His old man was smoking opium at home and was slapped several times by someone who rushed in. The old man had never been so angry before, so he tried to resist, but was punched and kicked again.
When he arrived at the interrogation room, the old man could only breathe out, not in, and he was in trouble.
"I can't stand it anymore, so bring his son!" Matsumoto Nitsugi said viciously.
No wonder Matsumoto Nitsugi was so angry. He had already carefully asked the country whether Mrs. Yanagihara Byakuren was in Japan. However, the news leaked out somewhere and he was severely reprimanded by the country.
Moreover, it is very seriously pointed out in the country that those who damage the reputation of the Earl must be severely investigated and punished.
Being reprimanded by Domestic Ichitong, Matsumoto Nitsuji was extremely angry.
These prisoners who were secretly arrested were unlucky.
From morning to night, the sound of wailing could be heard in the interrogation room.
All available torture instruments were used on them.
But what can they explain?
Where did these three million yen counterfeit bills come from?
It was really "Yagihara Byakuren" who gave it to them.
However, there was no one named "Yagihara Byakuren" registered at the International Hotel.
The hotel also refused to take responsibility for the incident.
And Niu Meibo, who pulled the strings from it, mysteriously disappeared.
That's right, maybe she got some information in advance and ran away early, right?
Those who run brothels, those who snatch bags, those who cheat money, and those who traffic people... These four industries in Shanghai cannot be effectively managed at all, and four big bosses were actually arrested at the same time.
Especially the Flying Packet Party, the Flower Arrangement Party, and the Ant Matchmaker Party, all panicked because of the disappearance of their boss. They had no idea what was going on, which deity they had offended, and whether the next step would be directed against them. I was convinced that I had to temporarily stop all activities.
The number of criminal cases in Shanghai suddenly dropped significantly.
This... from another perspective, did the Japanese special agencies actually do a good thing for Shanghai?
Not only people like Jin Badou, but the former Shanghai Public Settlement Inspector-General "Er Shan" Zhao Shankui and Qin Shangao were also implicated without exception.
Not only did they suffer heavy losses and lost all their life savings, but they were also summoned by the patrol room of the Japanese overseas community. Finally, because they had served as inspector generals in the past, they were not tortured and interrogated by the Japanese special agencies.
But how did this happen?
Jin Badou never imagined that because he extorted two thousand yuan from a young man, not only did he and his "friends" lose everything, but it was hard to say whether they could even save their lives.
The Japanese will never give up until they find out the source of the counterfeit money here.
But even if they beat Jin Badou and others to death, they still don't know what's going on?
Meng Shaoyuan's money is not easy to get.
It will be bloody.
Unfortunately, Jin Badou will never understand this truth.
forever……
…
In this case, the person who benefited the most was Taro Nakano.
Before leaving office, he solved such a big case, which was enough for him to return to China in glory.
And that's not all.
All the counterfeit banknotes were seized at Jin Badou's house and put in three large boxes.
A full three million yen.
The number is extremely staggering.
However, at the bottom of one of the boxes, Taro Nakano suddenly discovered a series of numbers:
"9, 12, 26, 37..."
Nakano Taro's head exploded with a "bang".
This string of numbers was what he found on the cigarette casing during the Zhengjin Bank robbery!
In order to decipher the mysteries contained in these numbers, he almost exhausted his efforts!
However, he still found nothing.
Now, these numbers that he was so familiar with appeared mysteriously again!
And they are exactly the same!
Why?
He wanted to bring those prisoners for careful questioning to see if he could solve the mystery that had troubled him for countless hours.
It's a pity that he, a small detective, has no way to get the people who were taken away by the Japanese special agencies.
His keen intuition told him that since the other party left these numbers here, there must be a secret in the suitcase.
He examined the box carefully, and then felt something that seemed to be in the mezzanine.
He cut open the compartment of the suitcase with a knife and found a letter inside.
He opened the letter with trembling hands. It was a letter written in Japanese:
"Detective Nakano, congratulations on finding this letter. I know that with your intelligence, you will be able to find this letter. Then you are one step closer to the answer to the Zhengjin Bank robbery...
Who am I? This is not important. What is important is that you have done a lot of good things since you became the detective of the Japanese prison. Moreover, you are not a person who supports war..."
"You are not a pro-war person."
Based on this sentence, Nakano Taro could roughly judge that the person who wrote the letter was probably a Chinese. He continued to read nervously:
"After the Battle of Shanghai broke out, some wounded Chinese soldiers entered the public concession. When you were on patrol, you discovered five wounded Chinese soldiers who had hurriedly entered the Japanese community on Tangen Road to escape. But not only did you not arrest them, you also Let them go. You know the consequences, but you do it anyway, and it will change your life.
You are a detective, you do your best to solve the case, and no one will blame you. But there are some cases that you will never be able to solve in your lifetime. Forget about it and go back to Japan. When the war is over, come to China and Shanghai again if you have time, and you will see a completely different country. Yes, the war will end sooner or later.
Live well. I will never forget everyone who has helped China, whether you are American, British or Japanese. I believe that good people will be rewarded. But never commit another bank robbery again, bye. "
goodbye!
Holding this letter, Nakano Taro's hand began to tremble slightly...
…
In June 1938, Taro Nakano, the Japanese inspector of the Shanghai Public Settlement, resigned from his post and was ordered to return to China.
Immediately, he served as a police officer in Chiba, Japan. Later, because of his negative attitude towards the war, he was transferred to a local police station as director in 1939.
…
In 1946, Taro Nakano, who had been unemployed for a long time, was so poor that he had to make a living by picking up garbage.
February 2nd is the first day of the Chinese New Year.
A jeep stopped in front of the slum, and a U.S. military captain knocked on the Nakano family's door.
"It's not easy to find you."
"Who are you?" Taro Nakano asked doubtfully.
"Hey, don't worry about who I am. Someone asked me to bring you some small gifts." The American captain handed a suitcase to Taro Nakano and left without saying anything.
Taro Nakano opened the box in confusion.
There is $50,000 in it!
There is another letter.
Taro Nakano opened the letter.
The Japanese writing on it is so familiar:
"One wounded soldier, ten thousand dollars, five wounded soldiers, fifty thousand dollars. Now do you believe that good people are rewarded?"
Nakano Taro's tears flowed quietly. He looked at the sky and seemed to be murmuring to himself:
"Is it you, Meng? We first met at Mrs. Rose's house. Your name is Charles Meng. It was you who provided me with clues to find the answers to those numbers in books... Later, I worked hard to collect the answers to those numbers in Shanghai. Carefully studying the old files of the public settlement, Jin Badou once dealt with a man named Charles Meng during the bombing of a guide agency in Shanghai. However, at that time, the public settlement was your power, and no one would do it. Check it on your head.
There is no coincidence between the two, they were all designed by you. You planned the Zhengjin Bank robbery, you planned the shocking counterfeit banknote case, and it has always been all over the world, right? "
At this point, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Charles Meng, Meng Shaoyuan, I didn't know until a long, long time later that Meng Shaoyuan was Charles Meng. But this is none of my business anymore. Everything is You are atoning for the war we waged, you are an amazing person, thank you."
After saying that, he sighed deeply and his eyes became moist again:
"I really miss you and my life in Shanghai. Is there a chance we can meet again?"
…
"There is no chance to meet again." Meng Shaoyuan stretched out: "Those bastards were all arrested by the Japanese. Hehe, the Japanese did a good thing for Shanghai."
"Sometimes I sympathize with your enemies." Wu Jingyi said suddenly.
"Why?" Meng Shaoyuan didn't particularly understand.
"Be an enemy. To be great is to take the other person's life." Wu Jingyi said lightly: "But you are different. You are narrow-minded. Whoever offends you, you must retaliate tenfold or a hundredfold. You may not necessarily kill others." He likes to torture others and make his opponent's family ruined, and he would be happy if he died."
Meng Shaoyuan laughed "hehe": "Bonus, reward, prize. During this time, we have made a lot of money from traitors and gangsters, right?"
"Yes." Wu Jingyi nodded: "Bring back a sum of money to Tang Zong. We still have almost half a million US dollars left. According to your instructions, we allocated one hundred thousand US dollars and gave it to the Wounded Soldiers Fund anonymously. Then It is a fund established by famous private figures, and there will be no corruption. It also spent 100,000 US dollars to quietly resettle Chinese refugees in the public concession."
Speaking of this, she glanced at Meng Shaoyuan: "You have a dark heart, very dark heart. But you are also kind-hearted, so kind that people... admire you."
Being able to say the word "admiration" from Wu Jingyi's mouth is probably the greatest achievement of Master Meng's life!
