Meng Shaoyuan heard the most ridiculous sentence in the world:
Yoshikawa Wumen was killed by Meng Shaoyuan!
Meng Shaoyuan tried his best to assassinate Yoshikawa Wumen, but he could never find the most suitable opportunity.
He is still waiting.
But now, Yoshikawa Gomen is dead?
Killed by yourself?
Meng Shaoyuan looked at Wu Jingyi blankly: "Assistant Wu, could you please tell me again, who killed Jichuan Wumen?"
"You, Meng Shaoyuan! Or to be more precise, you ordered the five gates of Jichuan to be eliminated!"
Meng Shaoyuan rubbed his nose and smiled bitterly: "Why did I order the killing of Jichuan Wumen without even me knowing?"
"You really don't know?" Wu Jingyi was a little confused.
Meng Shaoyuan works like a charm, and those seemingly impossible tasks can always be miraculously realized in his hands.
Meng Shaoyuan didn't know what to say: "I also really want this grandson to be killed by me myself, but it's a pity that I don't know what happened!"
Wu Jingyi then replied: "Jichuan Wumen was assassinated at the Xinya Hotel on North Sichuan Road. He was assassinated on the day he arrived in Hongkou..."
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Two days ago.
Yoshikawa Gomon, accompanied by a large number of bodyguards such as Kawamoto Kojiro, successfully arrived at the Hongkou Naval Base in Japan.
Here, he met the "Three Imperial Tigers", Colonel Hase Shigehara of the Japanese Navy's secret service stationed in Shanghai, and Hiaki Inoue, the person in charge of the "Inoue Mansion".
This Inoue Hiaki is just a ronin, but his power cannot be ignored.
He graduated from the Japanese Military Academy in his early years. He spent some time in the Japanese Army and felt that his actions in the army were restricted. Soon he resigned from the military and became a homeless man.
In early 1937, Inoue came to Shanghai and mingled among the Japanese overseas Chinese in Hongkou District. Later, he rented several rooms on the third floor of the Hartong Building on Nanjing Road and opened "Tongyuan Foreign Trade".
He used the development of Sino-Japanese trade as a cover to recruit a group of ronin from Japan as the backbone, and bribed some traitors to serve as his minions to carry out espionage and terrorist activities.
After the "August 13" Battle of Songhu broke out, Inoue was very active.
In order to assist the Japanese army in fighting, he directed his ronai and traitors to use mirrors to reflect sunlight during the day and to emit signal flares at night to instruct Japanese aircraft at traffic strongholds behind the squadron, near military hideouts, or on highways where military vehicles passed. The bombing mission greatly improved the Japanese Air Force's bombing hit rate.
They also put poison into the ditches and canals in towns and villages in the suburbs of Shanghai, poisoning the Chinese Communist Party troops and innocent people. They also planned and arranged many kidnappings, assassinations and sabotage activities in the Shanghai area to create an atmosphere of terror in order to undermine our military and civilian resistance to the Japanese army.
After the fall of Shanghai, Inoue became even more confident.
He used a Japanese-style two-story building on Caichangheng Street, Tiantong Road, Hongkou as a base for espionage activities, gathered a group of rogues, and frantically carried out intelligence gathering, kidnapping, assassination and other activities, and brutally killed Chinese anti-Japanese people.
Inoue was in his 40s at the time, with a medium build, a long and narrow face, and a pale complexion. He often wore a suit and held a cane in his hand. The cane contained a sharp blade and could be used for self-defense when necessary.
He usually has a gloomy face, rarely talks, and treats his subordinates very harshly, so his subordinates are very afraid of him.
Since he had many classmates and colleagues in the Japanese military and had a very strong backing, he was very arrogant and never looked down upon some Japanese officers or diplomats.
Inoue Hiaki once said that although he only had more than 60 people under his command, the role they played could be equal to a division of the Japanese Army.
Although the Inoue Mansion is just a spy organization composed of Japanese ronin and does not belong to Japan's official organization, due to their outstanding achievements in espionage activities, they have been recognized and actively supported by the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters and the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai.
Although there are no clear regulations on activity funds, Inoue can receive unlimited funds from the Japanese military headquarters or consulate in Shanghai whenever he needs it.
Therefore, both Inoue himself and his men lived a luxurious life.
The Japanese civilian spy organization in Shanghai quickly declined in power as the army and navy intelligence departments competed for a share of the fall of Shanghai.
The only exception is the Inoue Mansion.
Yoshikawa Gomon and Inoue Hiaki have known each other for a long time, and they also attach great importance to this person.
Therefore, as soon as he arrived in Hongkou, he made it clear that he wanted to meet Inoue Hizaki.
Colonel Tanishihara Michichi, from the bottom of his heart, looked down on Inoue Hiaki who was a ronin.
But this is what Yoshikawa Gomon ordered, so what can be done?
Therefore, after introducing the work of the "Shanghai Research Office" under his command, Tanishigehara arranged a meeting with Yoshikawa Gomon and Inoue Hiaki.
The two parties had a very pleasant negotiation.
The reason why Yoshikawa Gomon attaches so much importance to Inoue Hiaki is not only because he has known him for a long time, but the more important reason is to use this person.
In the words of himself and Sadao Yoshikawa, director of the secret service agencies of the five provinces of North China in Japan:
"Once the North and the South begin to cooperate, it is very important who takes the dominant position... Our power in Shanghai is very weak, and neither the army nor the navy will easily let us intervene. Therefore, those who have a lot of power in Shanghai Inoue Hizaki will be a very good chess piece..."
This is his true purpose.
After the two parties met and talked, Yoshikawa Gomon also happily accepted Inoue Hiaki's invitation to have dinner together at the New Asia Hotel.
Colonel Tanishihara Michio and others all received the invitation at the same time.
The New Asia Hotel was within the control of the Japanese army, and most of the people living there were Japanese.
In order to ensure safety, Colonel Tanishihara Michio and his men went to the hotel with Kawamoto Kojiro for deployment.
Inoue Hiaki also mobilized more than a dozen of his most trusted subordinates to carry out strict security work.
In terms of safety, there shouldn't be any issues.
The dinner was held in a special private room.
The food was authentic Chinese food.
Before each dish is served, it will be personally inspected by a Japanese named Da Fang Xinwen to ensure that everything is perfect.
Security work has been done to the extreme.
But just when the third hot dish was served, Dafang Xinwen personally brought the dish to the table, and then something unexpected happened.
Da Fang Xinwen didn't know where he pulled out his gun and fired four shots at Yoshikawa Gomen.
It happened so suddenly that no one could react.
Immediately, Dafang Xinwen turned the muzzle of the gun upside down, pointed it at his head and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
In the chaos, Yoshikawa Gomon was rushed to the hospital, but died.
…
Meng Shaoyuan was stunned when he heard this.
Who is this generous letter?
Why did he want to assassinate Yoshikawa Gomon?
There are too many things wrong with this.
Where did Dafang Xinwen's gun come from?
He certainly wouldn't be allowed to carry a gun there.
He was assassinated on the spot and committed suicide decisively.
In order not to become a prisoner.
Such cruelty.
Another point.
Meng Shaoyuan couldn't help but ask:
"Why do you think this matter has anything to do with me?"
