Kageyama Jiro suddenly asked himself to play chess.
This made Zhou Sen feel a little baffled, but no matter what, he obviously couldn't refuse and had to go.
According to the agreed time and place, Zhou Sen rushed to the chess club called "Fukuhara".
Japanese decoration style.
This is obviously because they usually entertain Japanese people in Ice City.
It is well known that Japanese people are good at chess, but Zhou Sen doesn't know much about Go and can play chess just fine.
He really doesn't have the time to study Go. It consumes too many brain cells. For him, it is better to improve other skills.
He had more important things to do and no time to waste.
Of course, learning Go is not useless at all. It can at least improve one's layout control.
This is all beside the point.
There was no need for Wu En to go to a place like this. He didn't understand this either. He just felt uncomfortable going in.
The waiters who came in were all Japanese girls in kimono, and they spoke fluent Kyoto Japanese. They instantly made "Japanese" people feel at home.
This is nothing to Zhou Sen. He is not Japanese.
Kageyama Jiro has an exclusive private room in the chess club. Obviously, he is a frequent visitor here, and his level is not low.
Under the guidance of the kimono girl, Zhou Sen came to the chess room where Jiro Kageyama was.
"Please." The girl knelt down and asked Zhou Sen to take off his shoes and put on his clogs, then opened the door and invited him in.
"Is it Zhou Sen-kun? Come here." Kageyama Jiro sat on his knees in front of the chessboard, as if he had been here for a while.
He is reviewing a chess game.
Zhou Sen walked over, took off his clogs, and knelt down in front of Kageshajiro: "Chief Kageyama, why did you choose such an elegant place?"
"Zhou Sen-kun, can you play a game of chess?" Kageyama Jiro raised his hand and asked.
"I really don't know how to play Go. You've got the wrong person." Zhou Sen refused directly. He really didn't know how to play Go and didn't want to make a fool of himself.
"Zhou Sen-kun doesn't know how to play Go?" Kageyama Jiro was a little surprised.
"Yes."
"What about chess?"
"I know a little bit of chess, but I don't play it often." Zhou Sen said.
"Then let's switch to chess." As soon as Jiro Kageyama clapped his hands, a Japanese girl came in from outside and went to get the chess at his command.
After a while, the chess was brought over.
"You don't have to come in without my instructions." Kageyama Jiro waved his hand and signaled the girl to go out.
On the chessboard, the chess pieces are placed. Zhou Sen is red and Kageyama Jiro is black.
"Zhou Sen-kun, please!" As the master at this moment, Kageyama Jiro stretched out his hand and gave the initiative to Zhou Sen.
Zhou Sen nodded slightly, reached for the "cannon" on the chessboard, and pushed it out.
As the saying goes: take the lead and jump ahead.
These are the most basic chess opening routines.
In fact, Zhou Sen's chess level is also very amateur. He has almost no chance to play chess, especially since he is a Chinese child living in a Russian family and has no access to chess.
Go is even more impossible.
Therefore, Kageyama Jiro didn't find it too strange that Zhou Sen didn't understand Go. On the contrary, it would be strange if he knew how to play Go.
As for chess, it's not that big of a deal. It's a pastime at the police station, so it's not difficult to learn. It's easy for Zhou Sen to learn this.
"Zhou Sen-kun, what do you think about the Juntong Bingcheng Station?" Kageyama Jiro asked while playing chess.
"Chief Kageyama, this project was not under my control originally. It was Section Chief Akiyama who asked me to assist the Special Higher Education Department. I had no choice but to obey his orders."
"The Juntong Bingcheng Station has been active for many years, and we have never been able to catch them. This time they suddenly cause trouble, it is our opportunity to catch them all."
"But this time the assassination failed, and we lost the radio station that could be used to communicate with our superiors. I'm afraid there won't be any action for a long time."
"Do you think the extra-high-level courses will fail?"
"I dare not make a judgment, but judging from the speed of their reaction, maybe our idea of catching them this time will fail." Zhou Sen said slowly.
"But I think it's just the opposite. Kawai-kun has captured two of their core figures. These two people will provide us with a lot of key and useful information, which will play a key role in our detection of this case." Kageyama Jiro said.
"The traffic officer did provide a key figure, but when Section Chief Kawai went to arrest him, the building was already empty, and the clues were interrupted." Zhou Sen said, "And if this person cannot be caught, the traffic officer If we can't provide more valuable information, it will be difficult for this project to have another breakthrough."
"What you said makes sense, but in the end you have to speak with facts." Jiro Kageyama said, "By the way, when you were tracing the source of information about Director Jin Ronggui's assassination on the train, you found a servant of the Qin family. He was He leaked the news about Director Jin’s secret return to Ice City, right?”
When Zhou Sen heard this, he knew that the "player" who had an appointment to play chess today had finally arrived, and indeed he came for Jia Liu's death.
Obviously, Jiro Kageyama would not easily believe that Jia Liu committed suicide.
"His name is Jia Liu. He turned out to be a gardener in the Qin Mansion. Because of his greed for money, he was bribed to sell what happened in the Qin Mansion to others. According to his confession, the person who bribed him with money was named Ai Qingshan, and this Ai Qingshan Qingshan is my wife's senior brother, but after my arrangement, he did not identify him. In other words, the person who bribed him falsely used the name of my wife's senior brother Ai Qingshan, but he was actually someone else." Zhou Sen explained.
"Have you found this person?" Kageyama Jiro asked.
"It was found out that this person's name is Ma Rongda. He is the manager of the advertising department of Daxi Company and the top line assigned by the military traffic officer arrested by Section Chief Kawai." Zhou Sen said.
"What?" Kageyama Jiro paused and a chess piece paused. Zhou Sen's answer obviously surprised him.
"How did Mr. Zhou Sen find out?"
"On a whim, I showed the photo of Ma Rongda to Jia Liu for identification, and he recognized it and said that this was the person who bribed him with money." Zhou Sen said.
"Why is this not reflected in your report?"
"He only recognized this, but did not see him in person. I don't know if he would lie and identify randomly. I wanted to wait to catch Ma Rongda and let them confront him, but who knew that he hanged himself that night."
"What's the motive for suicide?"
"I have two analyses. First, he knows that he will not survive even if he goes out, because the things he committed are quite taboo, and I am afraid that Qin Xiong will not let him go. Second, there may be something evil in his heart. This Jia Liu is probably a lurker at Juntong's Bingcheng Station, and the gardener of the Qin Mansion is just his cover identity. He betrayed his superior. According to Juntong's family rules, traitors will be executed," Zhou Sen said.
"Are you sure that Jia Liu is also a member of the military commander?"
"It's hard to say, but it's not necessarily impossible. It's also possible that he used a set of rhetoric to get through." Zhou Sen said.
"But if he is a military commander, why don't you identify your boss Bai's senior brother Ai Qingshan?" Kageyama Jiro asked.
"He doesn't know him. I arranged for a group of people to identify him. He has never seen Ai Qingshan, and no one has given him similar instructions, so he can't identify him." Zhou Sen explained .
Kageyama Jiro agreed with this judgment. He knew the identification. Regardless of whether Jia Liu might have another identity, he did not know Ai Qingshan. According to his confession, the "Ai Qingshan" who bribed him was It’s not Bai Yulan’s senior brother Ai Qingshan.
But why did Jia Liu commit suicide? If the situation was true, he would at most be inclined to the first scenario mentioned by Zhou Sen.
But why a person who is afraid of death would choose to commit suicide is one of the doubts. Also, before Jia Liu committed suicide, Zhou Sen's driver Wu En went to Songhua School. If there is no connection, it would be too coincidental.
"Zhou Senjun, as far as I know, Jia Liu dared to do something like hooking up with his master's aunt. He is by no means a person with a high moral standard. Generally speaking, such a person will not do anything for a certain thing. Suicide, unless he was forced to commit suicide, or it was a suicide at all," Jiro Kageyama said.
"Chief Yingshan, do you suspect that I intimidated or killed Jia Liu?" Zhou Sen said calmly without panicking at all.
"Isn't it?" Kageyama Jiro raised his head and asked.
"Then, Commander Kageyama, what's the motive for my murder?" Zhou Sen remained calm and didn't show any panic at all.
This also made Jiro Kageyama wonder if his judgment was wrong. Maybe this was just a coincidence or an accident.
Kageyama Jiro said slowly: "Jia Liu recognized Ma Rongda, and why he impersonated Ai Qingshan's name must have an internal reason. At least the two of them are familiar with each other. Ma Rongda and Ai Qingshan are familiar with each other. It’s unknown whether they are friends or enemies, but you can’t let him live and let outsiders know about this relationship, so you might as well shut him up.”
"But I didn't hide that in my report."
"No, if I didn't ask about Jia Liu's recognition of Ma Rongda, you wouldn't have told me, right?" Jiro Kageyama smiled slightly, "You are protecting this Ai Qingshan, right?"
Zhou Sen did not answer.
"Ai Qingshan is your wife's senior brother. If anything happens to him, you and your wife will be implicated. Therefore, you have to cut off the clues from Jia Liu. And the assassin of Director Jin already has the testimony of Chen Zhihong , Jia Liu, the person who betrayed the news, is of no importance, Ma Rongda is on the run, as long as he cannot be caught, this case will be considered dead." Kageyama Jiro continued to analyze slowly.
"Chief Yingshan, your imagination is so powerful that I am speechless." Zhou Sen smiled bitterly, "Since you think I killed Jia Liu, you can just arrest me."
Everyone is dead, Zhou Sen will not admit it in any case. Of course, there is also Wu En. As long as the Japanese still use him, he will not be touched.
Zhou Sen is still sure of this.
He has the ability to turn the table over.
"Of course, all this is my inference. There is no evidence. How could I arrest a friend who has made great contributions to the empire? In that case, who else will devote themselves to the great cause of the empire." Jiro Kageyama laughed.
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He has an answer.
No need to ask anymore.
"Thank you, Chief Yingshan, for your trust." Zhou Sen hurriedly bowed his head and said.
Zhou Sen came out of the room quickly. Today's appointment was really dangerous. A slight mistake in handling it would have disastrous consequences.
Fortunately, Jiro Kageyama didn't catch him and finally passed.
But there was still a layer of cold sweat on the back of my spine. These Japanese people who live in darkness all year round and ponder people's hearts are really not easy to fool.
…
Zhou Sen left with his front foot, and the room next door opened. Akiyama Nosuke walked out of it and came to Kageyama Jiro's room.
"Akiyama-kun, please sit down."
"Kageyama-kun." Akiyama Nosuke sat down opposite Kageyama Jiro, removed the chess board and replaced it with a Go board.
"Akiyama-kun heard Zhou's words. How do you feel?" Kageyama Jiro asked.
"Didn't Kageyama-kun say that we should have a showdown with him directly? Why didn't he say it in the end?" Akiyama Nosuke asked.
"I found that if we show our cards directly, he will find out that we are deliberately deceiving him, which will create a gap between us and plant the seeds of mutual distrust." Jiro Kageyama said, "From my conversation with him, It is impossible to judge that Jia Liu’s death was directly related to him.”
"Won't we know that guy named Wu En as soon as we catch him and ask him?"
"No, if this is really the case, that Wu En is his absolute confidant, and he can entrust such a matter to him, then this person will not say a word, and arresting him will have no effect." Kageyama Jiro said.
"Actually, there is another way, and that is to catch Ma Rongda and make all the truth known. In this way, he can no longer hide anything."
"The problem is, if Ma Rongda is that person, there is no need for him to escape. He can just contact me and ask me to provide protection."
"Yes, I also want to know if he is the person we are looking for, but will it be possible to arrange for Zhou Sen to cooperate with Kawai-kun..."
"Then isn't this a good way to observe his reaction?" Kageyama Jiro chuckled.
"Too."
…
Zhou Sen knew that Jiro Kageyama suspected him, but he had no evidence. It was true that Jia Liu's death was arranged by him.
But everyone is dead and all traces have been erased. It is impossible for Wu En to betray himself.
Unless he admits it himself, Kageyama Jiro can only doubt.
On the other side, after Ma Rongda is solved, all clues are cut off. As long as Kawai Sadaikichi cannot find the "Old Fengtian Tailor Shop", then the whole thing will be over.
No matter how many things he does and how many achievements he makes, the Japanese will never really trust him. Therefore, if Kageyama doubts himself, let him doubt him.
As long as he does not get caught by the opponent and can show his own value, the Japanese will not touch him.
This is his biggest support, and he doesn't need to go out of his way to show anything. He must make the Japanese trust him.
