Early the next morning, at the gate of the Jincheng County Government compound, County Magistrate Li was explaining something with a smiling face and several people in suits. One of them, a short and stocky man with a Rendan beard, shouted: "The County Your Excellency, I personally protest against your renegade behavior. Criminals who have been sentenced to death should be shot immediately. How can they be handed over to others for investigation? Isn't it his behavior to steal scholars from our Empire of Japan and conspire to undermine the friendship between China and Japan? Fact?"
County Magistrate Li still smiled and said: "Mr. Ono, as I said just now, this is the instruction of our superior department. I have to follow it. I hope Professor Otani and Mr. Ono can forgive me."
At this time, a thin man in his fifties wearing glasses said: "Ono-kun, stop talking. Since the county magistrate said that the superior department took the person away, then we will go to their superior department. Go and reason. I would also like to trouble the County Magistrate to give you an introduction."
County Magistrate Li said, "What's this--I am busy with official duties and really don't have time to accompany you to see you. How about this, I will send someone to take you there. As for whether the superiors will see you or not, I cannot guarantee it."
The man named Xiaoye was furious and cursed: "Baga! You..."
"Ono-kun, please pay attention to your words and deeds, and quickly apologize to the county magistrate." The thin, elderly man quickly interrupted Ono's scolding and scolded him.
Even though County Magistrate Li didn't understand Japanese, he also knew that the phrase "Baga" was not a good word. He immediately darkened his face and said, "That's it. Someone will take you there soon. I won't accompany you. I'll take my leave." "After saying that, he turned around and entered the compound.
Just as County Magistrate Li was entangled with several Japanese, over at the manor, the snitch that Zhou Wen and the others treated last night also woke up. After Zhao Yi's explanation and the fact that the snitch brother told the truth about the situation. Zhou Wen knew everything about the two brothers' life experiences and the reason for stealing from the Zhang family.
It turns out that the snitch's name is Zhao Shun, and he and his brother Zhao Yi are brothers. The two of them also have an older sister named Zhao Ying. The three siblings are all from Tianjin. Their parents died when they were young. The elder sister Zhao Ying, who was only 16 years old at the time, had to sell herself into prostitution in order to raise her two young brothers.
Later, the three siblings were spotted by a gangster sect called Xiansanliu. The so-called Xiansiliu refers to prostitutes who specialize in seducing high-ranking officials and inquiring about information, secret doors that specialize in training professional killers, and people who specialize in finding fat sheep. A thief steals a door. The elder sister Zhao Ying entered the prostitute's house, the second brother Zhao Yi entered the secret door, and the younger brother Zhao Shun entered the secret door.
Coincidentally, the three siblings have shown unparalleled talents and talents in their respective fields. After her elder sister Zhao Ying entered the industry, through her own hard work and hard training, she became popular in the world and was well-versed in social interactions. She quickly gained the attention of the sect. Later, she no longer had to pick up customers in person and directly became the madam of a brothel. With skills, popularity, and good looks, she earned the title of the eldest sister on Tianjin Road.
Less than five years after Zhao Yi entered the secret door, he completed his first assassin business at the age of sixteen. Later, when the sect collapsed, he even hired the assassin he had trained since childhood at the age of twenty. The master was assassinated in a large bathhouse in Tianjin. Now at the age of twenty-four, he is already the number one killer in Tianjin.
My younger brother Zhao Shun started stealing at the age of seven and started stealing at the age of ten. He is known as the master thief at the age of seventeen.
Due to the power struggle within the lower-class sect, a fire broke out four years ago. Later, it was attacked by hostile gangs. Now the sect has disappeared and ceased to exist. The three siblings survived the turmoil with their extraordinary skills and methods. From then on, they joined forces to start their own business, and in a few years they also established a firm foothold on Tianjin Road.
The younger brother Zhao Shun has been protected by his sister and brother since he was a child, but he has never suffered much. With his superb thief skills, he can live smoothly. The young man has just started to have a love affair, and secretly falls in love with a top sister in the brothel who often takes care of him. Don't you know that this top sister has promised her heart to the playboy Zhang Jiaju? Seeing Zhang Jiaju defrauding money and sex, and trying to run away, Zhao Shun became angry, so there was a series of incidents in which he followed Zhang Jiaju desperately and wanted to retaliate against Zhang Jiaju.
One time when Zhao Shun came to Zhang's house to steal at night, Zhao Shun overheard several Japanese people communicating privately in Japanese in Zhang's house. Zhao Shun lived in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin all year round and at least knew some Japanese. Knowing that these Japanese people were here to rob the tomb, I was furious. He has lived at the bottom of society since he was a child. It’s not that he has any sense of national justice, but he just feels that this is a treasure buried in his own land. As a master thief, he has not yet taken action. When will it be the turn of a few little Japanese to steal it?
So Zhao Shun changed his target and began to steal from the Japanese. He even stole several jade articles that the Japanese had robbed from their tombs. This led to the follow-up incident where the Zhang family reported the case and the Japanese came up with a plan to injure and capture him.
Zhao Yi, on the other hand, discovered that his younger brother was missing. After some setbacks and investigations, he rushed from Tianjin to Jincheng and found that his younger brother had been arrested. This led to the story of last night.
Zhou Wen now knew why the Japanese asked Zhao Shun to be shot. They were afraid of exposing the truth about the tomb robbery and wanted to silence him.
Zhou Wen didn't want to be kind to these Japanese. Let's not talk about robbing tombs. He just knew from his past life memories that there were not many good Japanese in this period, and they had murderous intentions in their hearts.
While Zhou Wen was communicating with brothers Zhao Yi and Zhao Shun, a team member came from outside to report that several Japanese were at the gate of the manor to see the special commissioner. Zhou Wen chuckled and walked out with Miaohua and Gao Xiaoshan.
The people who came were the three Japanese who had an unhappy breakup with County Magistrate Li just now. The bespectacled man named Otani was a little surprised when he saw three neatly dressed men coming out of the door, wearing armed belts and high military boots. Mighty officers, a colonel, a lieutenant colonel, and a major. Questions rose up one after another in my mind. Isn’t he a special correspondent? Why is he an officer of the National Army? And how could that colonel be so young? Who is the son of a high-ranking official?
He wanted to go back to his thoughts, but he didn't dare to neglect. He glanced at Rendan's beard, and the man named Xiaoye stepped forward, bowed and said in fluent Chinese: "Dear Mr. Colonel, please forgive our intrusion."
After speaking, he turned to the smiling man with glasses and extended his hand to indicate: "Please allow me to introduce you. This is Mr. Koji Otani, professor of Tokyo Imperial University, Empire of Japan."
After speaking, he pointed to another middle-aged man with a slightly gloomy face and said: "This is Professor Otani's assistant Nakamura Saburo. I am Ono Shoichi, Mr. Otani's student."
The other two people also bowed to Zhou Wen and said, "Excuse me!"
