Chapter 346: The Murderer

What?

The Chief?

Everyone at the door froze.

It was actually a call from the Chief?

Zhang Yong answered?

Immediately, they all stood up straight without thinking. They didn't dare to walk away lightly either.

The Chief had personally called, so it must be no trivial matter.

The Chief is not here. They just happened to feel the majesty of the Chief's call

Judging by Zhang Yong's expression, he didn't budge an inch. I guess he didn't dare to move either.

Fortunately...

Zhang Yong quickly finished listening to the phone call.

He put down the receiver and quickly came out. He said to Zhou Weilong, 'Section Chief Zhou, the Commissioner instructed that we immediately participate in the investigation of the attack on the Japanese Consulate.'

'Yes!' Zhou Weilong didn't dare to be negligent and hurriedly began to deploy.

The Director and Mao Renfeng were both absent. He was the highest leader present. Naturally, he was in charge.

But there is a catch: the Director must be found.

Everyone is busy.

Dai Yice and Yan Guangkun each gather their teams to stand by.

Ling Yan and Jiang Yiying also hurry back to the telecommunications department. It is expected to be a busy night.

Zhang Yong: ...

Stay where you are. Gradually, he comes back to his senses.

When he answered the phone just now, he felt like his whole body was in a state of stress.

His mind was almost blank.

It was a completely instinctive reaction.

Shit, I didn't expect it to be the chairman of the board.

That's the chairman of the board!

The biggest boss of them all!

He lowers his head. He realises that he answered the red confidential line.

That's impressive. It's probably just for the chairman of the board.

Sweat. He's been scolded.

He's been scolded by the chairman of the board.

From beginning to end, Zhang Yong has only said three words: yes, yes, yes...

I don't know who reported to the chairman of the board, but it made him very angry!

The Commissioner was very angry, and the consequences were very serious.

He had to report to the Director of the Office at the first opportunity.

Oh, that's not necessary. Zhou Weilong will immediately send someone to find the Director of the Office.

What should he do?

Continue to wait for the phone call.

After all, if he walks away, no one will answer the phone. That would be bad.

What if the Commissioner calls again?

What if no one listens to the curse of a mother's son? Then he will be even more angry.

Take a deep breath.

Try to calm down.

Tonight, he will answer the phone properly. Nothing else matters.

Investigations and analysis are not his forte.

The person who attacked the Japanese consulate was definitely not a Japanese spy. So it would be useless for him to go there.

Stay calm.

Sit down and continue eating pomelos.

By the way, the pomelos this year are really very tasty.

After getting tired of eating mooncakes, eating pomelos is a good way to cleanse the palate. It feels so good. It's beautiful.

Then I thought about smuggling using airplanes...

No, I shouldn't think about it. That's the patent of someone else's air force.

In fact, the air force has really done a lot of smuggling. My wife also tacitly approves.

While the military and the central authorities were fighting each other and desperately fighting for inspection rights on the ground, the airplanes that flew overhead had long since brought in countless goods.

'Ring ring ring...'

'Ring ring ring...'

Suddenly, the phone rang again.

Zhang Yong hurried over to pick up the phone and greeted politely.

'Hello.'

'Dai... Huh? Where is your supervisor?'

'Hello, our supervisor has gone out on an assignment. May I ask what this is regarding? I will immediately relay it to him.'

'I am Gu Zhenglun. I am looking for him. Could you please ask him to give me a call back?'

'I understand. I will report it immediately.'

'Good!'

The phone hung up.

Zhang Yong held the receiver. He thought to himself, tonight is going to be a busy night.

Gu Zhenglun is the commander of the military police. He is responsible for maintaining law and order in Jinling. Five Japanese soldiers died tonight. I wonder how this is going to end. I wonder what the Japanese are going to do.

Sigh...

What a troubled time.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. How appropriate...

Hang up the phone.

Huh? It seems to be a red secret line too?

Oh, it's not the special line for the chairman! Since Gu Zhenglun can call in, it means it is shared.

Suddenly, I feel that the level has been lowered immediately.

In later generations, the name of the chairman of the committee was written with a space in front of it. Now that they don't even have a special line for the chairman of the committee, this is a failure...

'Ring ring ring...'

'Ring ring ring...'

Suddenly, the red phone rang again.

Zhang Yong: ...

Sweat. Which big shot is it this time?

So nervous.

It's not the chairman of the committee again, is it?

Pick up the phone politely. Answer politely.

'Hello...'

'Dai... Huh? Where is your director?'

'Hello. Our director has gone out on an errand. If you have any business, I will pass it on immediately. Our director may call back.'

'This is Li Shizhen. Please ask your director to come to the Japanese Consulate immediately.'

'I understand. I will report immediately!'

'Good!'

The other party hung up.

Zhang Yong gently put the receiver back on the hook.

He was dumbfounded.

Goodness, another big shot.

This Li Shizhen is the Chief of Police. He's very powerful. He's been in the job for over ten years.

Don't think that just because the police don't have guns, they're powerless. You should know that there are so many police officers in the country, and they can sit in their positions for over ten years, so they're definitely not ordinary people.

If we talk about overall combat effectiveness, the Police Department is even stronger than the Fuxing Society Secret Service.

After all, there are only about 1,000 people in the Secret Service. Not many of them are armed.

The most powerful armed force is the eight action groups.

Each action group has about 50 people. All together, there are less than 500 people.

How many police officers are there in Jinling? At least more than 10,000.

Some of them are armed.

Frown.

This Li Shizhen doesn't get along with the Chief. He often causes trouble for the Chief. But the Chief just can't bring him down, which is really troublesome.

Alas, I wonder what sparks will fly when Li Shizhen meets the Chief?

Alas, tonight is really...

If this were the Songhu office, there would be no such trouble.

I could probably just enjoy a nice meal, go back to bed, and maybe even cuddle up to Li Jingzhi and whisper sweet nothings in her ear...

'Ring, ring...'

'Ring, ring...'

The red telephone rang again.

Zhang Yong was much calmer this time. He wasn't nervous anymore.

He put down the pomelo in his hand, wiped his hands with a damp towel, and then walked over. He picked up the receiver.

'Hello...'

'Dai... is your boss not in?'

'Hello, our director has gone out on a mission. I'll pass on your message as soon as I know what it is.'

'This is Xu Enzeng. Tell him to hurry up and get here.'

'Hello. Where are you going?'

'The Japanese consulate!'

'I see. I'll report that immediately...'

Before he could finish, the phone hung up.

Zhang Yong: ...

Shit. You're Xu Enzeng. So what?

Damn it. I don't even want to report this phone call. Even if the Chief of Staff finds out later, it's fine.

Who do you think you are from the Party Affairs Department? Trying to boss us around from the Special Services Department?

Go to hell!

Dream on!

This is getting weird again.

Someone attacked the Japanese Consulate, what does the Party Affairs Department have to do with it?

Are they going to try and pin this on the Red Party?

Forget it. It's completely unconvincing.

Even the Japanese don't believe that the Red Party attacked the Japanese consulate.

That would make the Japanese look incompetent.

Isozaki Rensuke would be the first to disagree.

Hagya!

How could it be the Red Party.

At this moment in time, the Japanese people probably haven't realised who the Red Party is.

In many movies and TV dramas, it seems that the Red Party has been fighting the Japanese invaders from the beginning. However, according to Zhang Yong's current understanding, the strength of the Red Party's underground organisation is really, really weak.

It is difficult for them to even protect themselves. Where is the strength to attack the Japanese invaders?

The Japanese invaders would not have listed the Red Party as an enemy. Because no one knows which Red Party it is.

Before the Hundred Regiments Campaign, the Japanese simply did not care about the Red Party.

It was only after the Hundred Regiments Campaign that they paid a little more attention. But it was still not their number one target. The number one target was still Chongqing.

Okamura felt that the Eighth Route Army was a difficult opponent. It was probably a very tough opponent. However, he could not decide for others. Nor could he exert decisive influence on the military.

Objectively speaking, the Japanese military had not taken the Red Army seriously until the surrender...

Okamura was the top boss of the Chinese Expeditionary Army. However, in the face of the Japanese military, he could only do as he was told.

'Ring, ring...'

'Ring, ring...'

Suddenly, the phone rang again.

Zhang Yong walked over. He picked up the receiver. There was no sound.

The phone was still ringing. Oh. He had picked up the wrong phone. It wasn't the red phone. It was another ordinary phone.

He picked up the other receiver.

'Shaolong, who's been looking for me?' The voice of the Chief of Staff came through.

'Chief, Commander Tanigawa of the military police, Police Chief Li...' Zhang Yong answered methodically.

On purpose, he left out Xu Enzeng.

Even if the office manager found out later, he would just be scolded at most.

'What did the committee say?'

'They want us from the Restoration Society to get involved in the investigation immediately.'

'Then you take the men!'

'Me?'

'Everything related to the Japanese, you handle.'

'But the attacker wasn't Japanese!'

'The person attacked was Japanese.'

'This...'

'In the future, whenever it involves the Japanese, no matter which side, you handle it.'

'Understood! I'll go right away!'

Zhang Yong had no choice but to brace himself and answer.

The boss had made it so clear that there was no way he could refuse.

'What about the office?'

'Xiao Wang will be back soon. Once he arrives, you can leave.'

'Yes!'

Zhang Yong agreed.

Luckily, someone had come to answer the phone.

Relieved, he could finally relax. He could just move around. He didn't have to be locked in a small room.

He sat down.

He ate calmly.

Soon afterwards, Xiao Wang's secretary hurried back.

'It's all yours,'

Zhang Yong said with a smile.

Secretary Wang looked very strange.

He is not Zhang Yong. How could he eat in the boss's office?

This kind of benefit is only available to Zhang Yong.

For other people, staying in the boss's office for even a second would be torture.

Zhang Yong flew back to the next door, the office of Section 5.

Yang Zhi and Wei Yong had already sensed that something was about to happen, and had gathered their team, ready to go at any time.

'Good!'

'Go!'

Zhang Yong waved his hand. He and his men rushed to the vicinity of the Japanese Consulate.

However, they were stopped by military police three blocks away. The area was cordoned off. There were also a large number of police officers. All of them were carrying guns.

Not every police officer was carrying a wooden stick. Some were carrying guns.

Otherwise, how could Police Chief Li Shizhen stand toe-to-toe with the military police commander and the Fuxing Society?

Without a gun in your hand, who knows who you are!

'Shaolong!'

'Shaolong!'

Gu Bafeng appeared.

Zhang Yong nodded. He joined forces with him.

The two of them had often worked together before, and naturally they did so now.

'What's going on?'

'Damn him. I'm so angry right now...'

'What do you mean?'

'I'd just met Miss Xiu from Xiaoling Mountain and we'd just had a cup of wine when something happened over there. You tell me if I'm not angry!'

'Any clues?'

'No. Not even a bullet casing was found at the scene. We can't even be sure at what distance the gunman was firing from. What a bunch of idiots.'

'Huh? Not from close range?'

'No. At least 100 metres away. Every bullet killed someone. Not a single bullet was wasted.'

'Those Japanese soldiers didn't shit themselves, did they?'

'So, this time the Japanese are not daring to be too arrogant. They dare not let the outside world know too much. Otherwise, they will lose face.'

'I thought they were going to publicise it and go through diplomatic channels.'

'Bullshit! Don't they have any shame? They were killed five soldiers, but they didn't even see a single hair of the enemy, and they have the nerve to tell people?'

'That's right.'

Zhang Yong nodded.

The Japanese really are dying to save face and suffering.

This is especially true of the military.

No, it's especially true of the army idiots.

If they go through diplomatic channels and let the navy idiots know, the navy idiots will die of laughter.

Let's put it this way, the navy idiots will celebrate for at least three days.

Big fish, big meat, red wine, steak, singing and dancing...

'The people over there are here too?'

'Yes. Xu Enzeng is here in person. He takes this very seriously.'

'Shit. What a fucking good performance.'

'Because he doesn't have to take the lashes! It's always our Military Police Command that gets the bad luck.'

'It's no use mumbling. God...'

Zhang Yong let out a huff, acting as if he didn't care, and his voice suddenly stopped.

However, he noticed a strange red dot that seemed to be prowling in the distance?

Inside the Japanese Consulate, there were red dots everywhere. However, this strange red dot was behind them. It wasn't inside the Consulate.

That's strange.

Could there be some Japanese people watching the fun?

No, I have to go and check. Just in case a blind cat bumps into a dead mouse...

'Bring someone with you!'

'Coming!'

Gu Bafeng immediately called for people.

Zhang Yong only brought two small teams, which he worried were not enough.

Gu Bafeng also brought a platoon. A full 30 people.

They quickly approached the red dot.

'Found something?'

'Yes!'

Zhang Yong nodded.

They continue to move closer to the red dot. Gradually, they draw closer.

100 metres...

70 metres...

From a distance, it looks as if the red dot is on a roof.

Zhang Yong raises his binoculars. Unfortunately, it's not very clear. But they can be sure that the other person has a gun.

'Where?'

'On the roof. On the left.'

'I see it. The guy has a gun.'

'Looks like it's a Type 38.'

'Shit! I'll go get him!'

'Wait...'

At this moment, Zhang Yong felt something was wrong.

The figure seemed to have sensed something. It quickly turned around.

Zhang Yong immediately pulled Gu Bafeng down.

Damn.

It was discovered.

The figure raised its gun.

It fired.

'Pop!'

A shrill gunshot rang out.

It was indeed a Type 38 rifle.

Zhang Yong pulled Gu Bafeng and hid behind the wall.

Danger!

Almost became the target.

Who did the opponent hit with this shot?

One thing is for sure: someone definitely got hit.

'Pang!'

Another gunshot.

Zhang Yong's eyebrows jump.

Another one!

Shit!

That son of a bitch is so accurate with a gun.

Fortunately, there were only two gunshots. Then the red dot started moving rapidly.

He's running away.

After firing two shots, he immediately fled.

Good guy, very agile!

Who the hell is he?

Vaguely, Zhang Yong felt that the other person was somewhat familiar.

If he had looked for 0.001 seconds longer, he might have been able to recognise him. Unfortunately, he didn't dare.

If he had delayed for that 0.001 second, it might have been him who died.

Soon, the red dot disappeared from the map.

Zhang Yong let out a sigh of relief.

Somehow, he didn't really want to capture the other person.

The other person was probably going after the Japanese.

No matter what the purpose, as long as they killed Japanese, they were good people.

'He's gone,'

'Really?'

'Really,'

Zhang Yong answered affirmatively.

He stuck his head out. There was no danger.

Gu Bafeng then came out.

He hurriedly took stock of the damage. He found that two military policemen had been injured.

It was strange that they were only injured. They were not dead. The bullets had missed the vital organs. They could be saved if they were taken to the hospital.

No...

How could he have shown mercy?

Who was he really?

Zhang Yong was puzzled.

'What's going on?'

'What's going on?'

At this time, a large group of people had already arrived.

The sound of gunfire immediately alerted many people.

Gu Zhenglun and Li Shizhen were both there.

'We found the murderer,' Gu Bafeng loudly claimed credit.