There was a bloody storm in Shanghai for a while, and famous traitors such as Yang Boyan were ruthlessly eradicated by the military commander.
This quickly caused panic among the traitors.
The military commander began a killing spree!
Of course the military commanders also killed traitors in the past, but they were definitely not as ruthless as they are now.
It seemed that, overnight, they had targeted the Japanese mainly.
Killing someone can always give someone a blow, and it can always give those traitors a period of peace.
temporary.
Once the storm is over, these traitors, big and small, will appear again.
While Meng Shaoyuan was attacking the traitors in Shanghai, Zhou Weilong, the head of the Shanghai latent zone of the military command, also had his eyes fixed on a suspect:
Tang Shaoyi!
This Republican veteran is very likely to rebel!
Once you rebel, immediately launch an assassination!
In Zhou Weilong's eyes, assassinating one Tang Shaoyi would have greater influence than assassinating dozens of traitors!
Tang Mansion was watched closely.
Meng Shaoyuan seemed to be giving up the credit for assassinating Tang Shaoyi.
September 24, 1938, Shanghai Public Settlement Bureau of Industry.
"Mr. Meng Shaoyuan, Mr. Hahara Koichi."
Moyes, the president of the Board of Directors of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, stared at the two people in front of him: "I know that there is a lot of grievances between you, but now Mr. Meng Shaoyuan has asked for a meeting, so I made an appointment to meet you two. This is the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and you have not brought any Weapons, you can talk about it calmly and honestly. Please remember to abide by the laws of the public concession and don't let anything unpleasant happen."
"Mr. President, I think we will." Meng Shaoyuan smiled.
"Okay." Moyes stood up: "From now on, this office will be yours temporarily. You can talk here as long as you want."
This time, it was a negotiation initiated by Meng Shaoyuan.
The Japanese were a little surprised when they received the invitation to negotiate.
That public enemy of Japan actually took the initiative to invite negotiations?
What medicine is he selling in his gourd?
Koichi Hahara volunteered to take on the important task of this negotiation.
No one wants to sit face to face with Meng Shaoyuan and have a good talk more than him.
"Meng Shaoyuan, is there any conspiracy, will you take this opportunity to assassinate?" Kenji Doihara was still a little worried.
"No, Your Excellency, Agency Chief, he is not such a person." Koichi Hahara said with certainty: "In Shanghai, negotiations between intelligence agencies will occur frequently. If he takes this opportunity to make a big fuss, then, He will lose all opportunities for future negotiations. He also knows that even if he successfully assassinates me, it will not have much impact on the overall situation. In his eyes, I am just a small person."
"Then, take this opportunity to kill him!" Hiroshi Miyomichi said murderously.
Hanbara Hikari smiled: "Do you think he will give you such an opportunity? Since he dares to meet us, he is already fully armed from his hair on."
Therefore, Koichi Hahara came to see Meng Shaoyuan calmly, even bringing only two followers.
"The first time we met was in Nanjing." Koichi Hahara looked calm: "At that time, your name was Rukawa Kaede. Who would have thought that the person sitting in front of me at that time would be the most powerful agent on the surface?"
"This is the nickname you Japanese gave me." Meng Shaoyuan took out his cigarette case: "Smoking?"
"Egyptian cigarettes? You still have money." Koichi Hahara took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, and took out a lighter to light the cigarette for Meng Shaoyuan: "The money you defrauded Tetsuhiro Matsudaira this time is enough. You have lived a luxurious life for a long time.”
Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "You don't care?"
"Care? Why should I care?" Koichi Hahara lit a cigarette for himself: "That is a matter of the Ministry of Finance. I am in charge of intelligence work. If anything happens to them, it has nothing to do with me. Human energy is limited. , if everything needs to be managed, nothing can be managed well. If the country needs to be held accountable, we don’t have any responsibility.”
Meng Shaoyuan nodded: "You have always been a smart person."
They were chatting casually here, and they didn't look like enemies bent on taking each other's lives.
"You have killed a lot of Chinese people during this period." Habara Hikaru sighed: "You have made people panic about those, yes, traitors, and it has brought great passivity to our work."
Meng Shaoyuan also sighed: "It's a pity that the two biggest traitors have not been eradicated."
Of course, Hahara Koichi knew that the two biggest traitors he was talking about were Miao Chengfang and Tian Qi: "Mr. Meng, tell me, what is the specific content of the negotiation you proposed today?"
Meng Shaoyuan was silent for a moment: "I will use five of your captured agents for one person!"
Almost instantly, Hikari Hahara guessed: "Liao Yuting?"
"Yes, that's him." Meng Shaoyuan admitted frankly: "How is his current condition?"
"It's not good." Koichi Hahara said honestly: "Continuous interrogations and uninterrupted torture, which I have always opposed, have brought him to the point of exhaustion. Our doctors tried their best to save him. But I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold on for much longer.”
Meng Shaoyuan's heart sank.
Trying to save Liao Yuting was something that Gu Fanyuan entrusted him with. He had already lost a son on the battlefield, and Liao Yuting was his only son.
Meng Shaoyuan will do his best to achieve this.
He knew that after being detained for a long time, the Japanese should have gotten what they wanted from Liao Yuting. Liao Yuting was of little value to them.
There's a good chance it can be done.
Although Liao Yuting's way of doing things was radical and he was not even a member of the military, and he almost killed Meng Shaoyuan several times, he was a man who had been quietly lurking for the country for so many years, sent so much information, and saved so many lives. Agent, he should be given an explanation.
Even if it is the final explanation.
"Mr. Meng, I don't particularly understand." Koichi Hahara expressed his doubts: "Liao Yuting is dying, I can prove this. Is it worth exchanging five imperial agents for one person who is dying?"
"How should I explain it?" Meng Shaoyuan pondered for a moment and then said: "Liao Yuting is a traitor and a spy in your eyes, but in our eyes, he is a hero. Just like Yasuhide Ituchi, in the eyes of you Japanese He is also a hero. The Chinese have a custom that when a person is about to die, he must die on his bed at home, so that his soul can find his way home in the future."
"Ah, it's similar to our Japanese soul-calling ceremony." Koichi Hahara seemed to understand: "Mr. Meng, out of respect for you, I can try to facilitate this. However, this is a business, and Liao Yuting originally didn't have too many But since you took the initiative to bring it up, it instantly becomes valuable, so please forgive me, your price is not enough."
Meng Shaoyuan was a little helpless.
This is indeed a business.
When negotiating business, you need to be calm and see who asks for the price first. And now he has the secret to doing business, but he has no choice. He can wait, but Liao Yuting can't afford to wait.
The initiative in this business is already in the hands of Koichi Hahara.
"Tell me." Meng Shaoyuan smiled bitterly: "What price do you want?"
"Ten of our captured agents." Koichi Hahara said loudly: "I will write you the specific list. If no one can be released, we will refuse to do this business."
He then took a pen and paper and wrote down the names of ten people.
Meng Shaoyuan took it and took a look: "Mr. Yuyuan, this business can't be done. Look, here is the deputy director of your Jing'an Temple Liaison Station and the captain of the mobile team. These are all important people. Use them for another one." I refuse to die."
Since the initiative is in the opponent's hands, what Meng Shaoyuan has to do is to minimize the chips he is about to pay.
"But if my guess is right, the value in them will be squeezed out by you soon, right?"
The two heroes of the Chinese and Japanese intelligence circles were haggling here like hawkers in a vegetable market.
The two sides are digging into each other little by little, and often a person's name can almost cause a fierce quarrel.
For an entire hour, they debated the list.
In the end, both sides settled on a list of seven people.
Seven people for one!
"Mr. Hahara, let me tell you something from my heart." Meng Shaoyuan shook his head slightly: "Since I arrived in Shanghai, this is the first time I have done a loss-making business."
"People will not always have smooth sailing. We have suffered so many losses at your hands, but we finally gained the upper hand." Koichi Hahara said very seriously: "But I am sure that with your character, you will definitely succeed." I will try my best to make back the losses I suffered this time.”
He was right about this.
Meng Shaoyuan was definitely not the one who suffered the loss.
"Mr. Meng, I have another question, but it is not within the scope of negotiation. It is just a personal issue of mine."
"Please say."
"Are you really able to see through people's minds?"
Hahara Koichi said seriously: "I don't believe in magical stories, I only believe in science. I guess you must have mastered some kind of subject that we don't know about. It's probably psychology, but your knowledge is far from mine." You have surpassed us. With your technological leadership, many people will think that you have mysterious powers. Is that so?"
"How can there be so many magical things in this world." Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "The primitive people saw fire for the first time and respected it like a god, but then they discovered the beauty of fire. Human beings fantasize about soaring in the sky, so The aircraft was invented. You are right, what I have mastered is nothing more than science. Japan has developed through painful experience and quickly suppressed China. And I am also using the knowledge I have mastered to seize the lead over you!"
"I understand." Hanbara Koichi stood up: "You are an opponent worthy of my respect. See you on the battlefield, Mr. Meng."
"See you on the battlefield, Mr. Hahara, I think the war between us is far from over!"
