Chapter 518: Screening

How big an official is the Consul General?

Zhang Yong is not sure. He and Akiyama Shigeaki parted on bad terms.

Play the long game and catch the big fish.

This person will be useful in the future.

No need to coerce. He will choose on his own.

In fact, Akiyama Shigeaki already has no choice. Unless he wants to commit hara-kiri.

If he tells someone else the secret of the leaked documents, not only will he have to die, but so will Kuroshima Ryuzo. His family, his daughter, they will all be executed.

The Japanese invaders' system of guilt by association is very serious. There are some cruel punishments that are still retained in Japan.

Why is Hideki Tojo nicknamed Tojo the Razor? It's because he is ruthless. Anyone who makes a mistake will be punished to the full extent of the law.

To a certain extent, he did deter many people. But it was also very easy to trigger a backlash. He was eventually driven from power. He spent the final days in fear, awaiting the end of the world.

'You should go too!'

Zhang Yong waved his hand at Kuroshima Ryuzo.

Kuroshima Ryuzo hurriedly took off, afraid that Zhang Yong might change his mind.

'Stop!'

Zhang Yong suddenly remembered something and called out.

Kuroshima Ryuzo's mouth twitched continuously. He thought Zhang Yong had changed his mind.

Despair...

panic...

'Find an opportunity to get Wang Zhulin to come out of the concession.'

Kuroshima Ryujo was a little confused.

This is...

'He knows too many of your secrets. He must die,' Zhang Yong said very "understandingly".

'Er...' Kuroshima Ryujo immediately had no objections.

Yes, Wang Zhulin must die.

Everyone who was familiar with him in the past must die.

Otherwise, it would be easy to leak secrets.

In fact, Zhang Yong wanted Wang Zhulin dead.

Kuroshima Ryuzo will also die. But not now. Wang Zhulin, on the other hand, must die now!

He must be held responsible for what he has done.

He is no longer of any use.

Leaving the Sanmao Hotel, Zhang Yong then calls Li Boqi and says that he has found the negotiation documents.

'Where are you? Send them back immediately!'

'I'm developing the photos.'

'Where is the film?'

'I gave it to the photo studio.'

'Then stay at the photo studio and don't go anywhere.'

'Understood!'

'The Director has already left Pukou. He's taking the Tsinpu Railway. If all goes well, he'll be here the day after tomorrow.'

'That soon?'

Zhang Yong was a little surprised.

It seemed that Chiang Kai-shek was under pressure. He had given Boss Dai secret orders.

Embassies from various countries must have bombarded him in turn, demanding that Chiang Kai-shek must send someone to deal with the matter personally. Chiang Kai-shek could no longer hold out.

This also showed that in the eyes of the various powers, the 29th Army was no more than a local warlord. It was no match for Chiang Kai-shek.

The legitimate government recognised by all countries is still Chiang Kai-shek.

'Who else is coming?'

'Vice Foreign Minister Gu is coming with the Director of the Department. Minister Song will also be here later.'

'Ah...'

Zhang Yong thought to himself, is this Vice Foreign Minister Gu Gu Weijun?

It should be him. He had previously handled the Lincheng train robbery. Now he is here to handle the Wuqing train robbery? Is that the title? It also makes sense.

Minister Song has also come in person, which shows that Chiang really does take this matter seriously.

Or perhaps he has no choice.

With Minister Song here, I don't know what attitude North China will take.

The 29th Army probably doesn't welcome Chiang sending someone. They'll assume that someone is meddling in their affairs.

However, this is a diplomatic matter. Countries don't consider the 29th Army to represent China. So it's very complicated.

He shakes his head.

He doesn't want to think about it. It's pointless to think about it.

How could he possibly understand political matters? It was best to mind your own business.

Catch the Japanese spies...

Make some money...

He led his team to the Yue Wen bookstore.

Suddenly, a slender and beautiful figure appeared in his field of vision.

Huh? Su Youxi? She's actually here?

Without thinking, Zhang Yong made a move. Immediately, he marked her.

Number six. A lucky number.

I hope she has a smooth life. And I hope I have a smooth life too.

'Miss Su,' Zhang Yong said with a smile as he walked a few steps to Su Yu Xi's side, "what a coincidence! We meet again.'

'You..." Su Yu Xi looked at Zhang Yong with confusion. It seems like he doesn't remember.

Zhang Yong: ...

No way? You can't remember this? I seem to have introduced you to...

Su Youxi looked at Jin Xiuzhu. She was becoming more and more puzzled. This Jin Xiuzhu was her senior. She had transferred here. How did she end up hanging out with Zhang Yong?

That was strange...

She tried hard to think. But she couldn't figure it out. So she just stared at them blankly.

'Oh, she works for me now.'

'She...'

'She needs to work hard and study hard, so she's temporarily suspended from school.'

'Really?'

Su Youxi looked at him curiously, then at Jin Xiuzhu.

Something felt wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it.

Zhang Yong walked past her and asked, intentionally or unintentionally, 'Miss Su, where are you from?'

'Suzhou,' Su Yu Xi replied.

'Oh? You're from Suzhou? And you came so far away to study?'

'I have relatives here.'

'What's your relative's name? Do I know him?'

'His name is Cao Jianzhang.'

'What?'

'Cao Jianzhang. He's my uncle.'

'Oh...'

Zhang Yong was slightly surprised.

No wonder she dared to come so far away to study, it turns out that Cao Jianzhang is your uncle!

It seems that you have a lot of cheap aunts...

Well, get down to business.

Next time you knock Cao Jianzhang's head, use more strength.

Why?

I don't like the look of him.

Such a pretty girl, and she has such an uncle?

Hmph, there's no discussion about beating you up!

He's not in the habit of loving the house and its inhabitants.

This Cao Jian Zhang must be removed. Not even ten Su Youxi can stop it.

Of course, Su Youxi will never know what he is doing. It is enough for her to know that he is a good person. Hehe.

As they spoke, Fang Huaizhou came out from inside.

Zhang Yong asked with a sideways glance, 'How is it? Is it done yet?'

'If you are in a hurry, you can take one set first,' Fang Huaizhou replied.

'That's good,' Zhang Yong was indeed in a hurry.

No, it was Li Boqi who was in a hurry. After all, it was a top-level request. It was urgent.

The sooner they got it, the sooner they could hand it in. The sooner they could finish,

the sooner Boss Dai could claim credit.

And each layer of management would claim credit. It all took time. In the end, the report went all the way to the top.

So Fang Huaizhou went in to get the photos.

Zhang Yong stood next to Su Youxi and picked up a book.

What the heck, he had accidentally picked up The Tale of Genji?

That was a bit funny...

I haven't even finished reading the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and I'm reading The Tale of Genji?

How careless...

Suddenly, an acquaintance flashed past outside the bookstore. Zhang Yong glanced sideways.

Haha, it really is an acquaintance. Who? Zheng Song.

This kid, he actually came here? Is he trying to woo Su Yu Xi?

Haha. Come on! I'll break your legs.

It turned out that Zheng Song also had very sharp eyes, and when he accidentally saw Zhang Yong, he immediately turned around and ran.

His movements were so swift that even a civet cat would be hard-pressed to match them.

In an instant, Zheng Song had disappeared.

'Miss Su, I haven't asked you what you're doing here.'

'I'm here to read.'

'What are you reading?'

'Just browsing!'

'Would you like to read this?'

'What is it?'

'The Tale of Genji.'

'I don't like that kind of book.'

'How about Dream of the Red Chamber?'

'I don't like that either.'

'What do you like to read?'

'Something like The Legend of the Condor Heroes...'

'Huh?'

Zhang Yong was taken aback.

Did he hear right? The Legend of the Condor Heroes?

This beautiful girl actually likes to read such flights of fancy and nonsensical books?

Freak...

You really can't judge a book by its cover...

Come, come, that's great, I like to read it too. I can even tell you about the plot later...

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw another acquaintance outside.

She was also a very pretty girl. A little too pretty. She even looked a bit like a porcelain doll. Compared to Su Yuxi, she was also no less attractive.

Damn, what a coincidence today.

Did the heavens bestow on him the buff of 200% more beautiful encounters?

Outside, standing was Aoi Akiyama.

To be clear, Zhang Yong liked pretty Japanese girls.

This Aoi Akiyama was exactly his aesthetic type. It seemed that no Japanese actress in later generations was like her.

Perhaps this is the wrong era, bringing with it the regretful beauty.

Her father is Shigeaki Akiyama. He was just robbed by myself. And then I met his daughter.

Is this considered a karmic connection?

It seems that all TV dramas have to have this kind of plot...

In the end, this Aoi will tragically sacrifice herself to save me...

Expecting to trick the audience into shedding countless tears...

In fact, the audience doesn't like this kind of plot at all. I just want to send a razor blade to the director...

Aoi slowly enters the Yue Wen bookstore.

This person seems to be living in a vacuum. They have no idea how scary the outside world is.

Su Youxi turns around.

The two women's gazes meet. Then they quickly avert their eyes.

Zhang Yong is secretly curious.

Do these two seem to know each other?

Shit, is this going to be a drama about inviting the moon and pitying the stars?

Luckily, I'm not Jiang Feng...

'Miss Aoi,' Zhang Yong politely greets her.

She's a beautiful woman, and since he's run into her, he definitely wants to find a chance to get close to her. Maybe there's a chance.

If he could conquer her, it would be part of the resistance against the Japanese. He could write about it. Hehe. If things had already come to a head, there would be nothing for Akiyama Shigeaki to say.

'You are...' Aoi seemed unable to remember who he was.

'My name is Qiu Tianlai,' Zhang Yong lied with his eyes wide open.

'Autumn has come...' Aoi muttered to herself.

Zhang Yong then noticed that Aoi's thinking seemed not very agile.

That's as it should be. That's as it should be. Beautiful women should be a little silly. How can other people live if they are both beautiful and smart? They won't be able to get married in the future!

Everyone is Huang Rong. That would be terrible. He still likes Wang Yuyan a little more.

She is innocent, beautiful, and easy to please. If you marry her, you definitely don't have to worry about a fire in the backyard. If she were Huang Rong, everyone else would have already been killed by her.

'You...'

Su Youxi looked at Zhang Yong with confusion.

She remembered that Zhang Yong's name was clearly not Qiu Tianlai. This guy is lying.

But why would she lie? She doesn't seem to understand...

'She's Japanese, we can't tell the truth to the Japanese,' Zhang Yong took the opportunity to get close, whispering in Su Yuxi's ear.

It smells good.

Even though there's a pesky uncle. But she really is a beauty!

Then he suddenly remembered something and unthinkingly added another note about Aoi Akiyama. In the future, he would have plenty of opportunities to deal with her in Tientsin!

Time would make the heart grow fonder...

'It's fate that I've met you two. Why don't I treat you two beautiful ladies to dinner at the Peace Hotel?' Zhang Yong beamed.

He had to make amends quickly. He had made a mistake.

He was supposed to stay at the Peace Hotel for a few nights, but he had bailed out halfway through.

If anything happens over there, he will be the one to take the blame.

The host will be here soon. And behind him is Minister Song. He is the older brother of that lady.

In short, at this time, no one named Song can be ignored. Nothing, absolutely nothing, must go wrong.

'Why?'

'I'm not going!'

The two women refused in unison.

It was as if they had read each other's minds.

Zhang Yong: ...

Fine, forget it. I'll feed it to the dog in the future, not to you.

The dog bit Lu Dongbin, but it didn't know how good my intentions were!

Then I saw the two women glaring at each other, as if they were silently competing.

I was immediately curious.

What was going on? Did they seem to know each other?

Did they have a grudge from before? I had acted rashly. Without figuring things out myself, I had thought of sharing the happiness with them.

With a twirl of my eyes, I resolved to join in.

'I can see that both of you are intelligent and talented, so how about you help me answer a question?'

Zhang Yong began to lay a trap.

Dealing with two women was easy.

He used whatever worked best.

The two women didn't say a word. But their eyes seemed to say, 'Okay, let's do it!'

'What is 595 times 595?' Zhang Yong asked casually.

He thought to himself, You two won't be able to figure it out even if you think about it all day.

According to his knowledge, the more beautiful the girl, the worse her math grades.

In his opinion, the more beautiful a girl is, the worse her maths grades are. With maths, you either get it or you don't. There's no point in forcing it.

These two, hehe, would be lucky to be able to do mixed arithmetic.

Who knows...

'Three times five is... zero, two, five.'

'Three times five is... zero, two, five.'

The two women answered at the same time.

Zhang Yong's eyes widened. It was as if he had encountered a ghost.

No way?

They actually know maths?

No. And they can do mental arithmetic?

And they're so fast?

Oh dear, there must be something wrong. They must have just guessed.

How could they do such complicated multiplication in their heads? I can't do it, so how can you two do it? You must be kidding me. You're treating me like a child.

'Wrong...' Without thinking, he denied it.

'Right!' As a result, the two beauties answered again at the same time.

And they both turned their heads and glared at him at the same time.

In an instant, they went from two pretty flowers to two ugly ones. There was a murderous aura.

Zhang Yong: ...

Hey, that's right, isn't it? I refuse to believe in evil.

Immediately, he took out paper and pen and carefully did some vertical calculations. He was going to hit them in the face.

Just you wait.

Wait a minute, I'm going to show you.

It's not wrong...

As a result, as he continued to calculate, he gradually became dumbfounded.

It seems that it really is correct...

It seems that the result really is 354,025...

Something's fishy.

I've encountered a ghost.

They got it right.

No way!

Absolutely not!

Immediately, they said, '3384 times 2938...'

They thought, 'If you can answer this one, I'll eat the eight-person table.'

Multiplying four-digit numbers by four-digit numbers is a calculation that even the most powerful brain can't solve.

Just the two of you...

'9942, 192.'

'9942, 192!'

The two women pondered for a moment, and almost shouted out the answer at the same time.

Zhang Yong: ???

No way!

Did you get it right again?

Oh no!

This time, he dared not underestimate them. He carefully calculated the answer in vertical columns. He also made sure to separate the digits to avoid mistakes.

In the end, it took him two minutes to get the answer right.

He was exhausted. It seems correct.

The answer is really 9,942,192...

Oh no.

I've actually met two mental arithmetic geniuses.

Ahhh, God is so biased, they are so beautiful and yet have such good mental arithmetic skills.

How are you going to let Jin Xiu Zhu and the others live...

Jin Xiu Zhu probably can't even multiply three-digit numbers by three-digit numbers in her head...

I'm impressed!

I'm convinced!

You two continue to fight slowly. I'll hide over there first.

When immortals fight, mortals suffer. I'll excuse myself.

Coincidentally, another set of photos had just been developed. He immediately made an excuse and left. He left the two women to continue their catfight.

Who cares, they are both older than me and I can't afford to offend them.

Zhang Yong returned to No. 49 Shihu Street with the two sets of photos, as fast as the wind. He handed them over to Li Boqi.

Is that all right now? Both sets of photos have been handed over. This task has definitely been successfully completed.

Sure enough, after looking at the photos, Li Boqi nodded, and a rare smile appeared on his usually stern face. 'Very good. I can report the good news to the Director and also to Jinling.'

Zhang Yong asked curiously, 'How will you report to Jinling?'

'Radio.'

'But the content is so long...'

'We'll broadcast it separately.'

'Won't the Japanese suspect something? What if they manage to break our code...'

'That...'

Li Boqi hesitated for the first time.

Zhang Yong's words put him in a difficult position. He was also a little worried.

The Fuxing Society was trying to break the Japanese invaders' code. And the Japanese invaders were also trying to figure out the Chinese radio code day and night.

There was a guy called Hyakutake Seiji who specialised in breaking secret codes.

'Team leader, I oppose sending it by radio,' Zhang Yong simply stated his position.

Judging from the information decrypted in later generations, the military's radio was not that reliable. The Japanese invaders had broken a considerable number of secret codes.

The Japanese had a very high success rate in deciphering the military's secret messages. This was the reason for the military's repeated failures.

In every battle, the Japanese had a good grasp of the military's deployment. There was no such thing as secrecy.

This was the case in the Changsha battles.

However, this fatal mistake was not rectified in the subsequent War of Liberation. The number of secret messages deciphered was also very high. It is not known why the military was so stubborn.

'Let's wait until the Commander arrives!' Li Boqi put the photo away.

Then he put on a stern face and said, 'You go to Beiping.'

'What for?'

'General Cai is preparing to leave. The Japanese spies have also moved.'

'Yes.'

'Also, when you go to Beiping, identify these people.'

'Who?'

'Look at the photo yourself.'

'Yes!'

Zhang Yong picked up the photo.

The first person he recognised was Wang Kemin. Then there was Yin Rugen. And Jiang Chaozong.

Frowning, he said, 'These are all major traitors. What's there to vet?

Just arrest them and execute them.

'We need evidence,' Li Boxin knew exactly what Zhang Yong was thinking.

'What evidence?' Zhang Yong asked sulkily.

'Evidence of secret dealings with the Japanese. The more the better.'

'Understood,'

Zhang Yong nodded.

It's a waste of time to take off your trousers just to fart.

These people are all big traitors, and he can see it clearly in the information from the future.

It's all in the books. How could it be wrong?

However, due to the limitations of the times, it is indeed not good to publish without evidence.

These guys are also intricately connected in the Beiping Political Affairs Committee and have connections with many people. Tipping one hair will move the whole body.

'So if I go to Beiping...'

'Go there secretly. Come back secretly. Don't say hi to Beiping Station.'

'That...'

'Wang Tianmu has already been targeted by the Japanese invaders. Once you show up, the Japanese invaders will find out.'

'Then...'

'Arrange your own schedule. You can go in the morning and come back at night. You can also stay there for a day or two. It's just right. On the way back and forth, you can kill some Japanese on the railway. They should be spies watching the railway line. They may be bad for General Cai. Just exterminate them.'

'Yes!'

Zhang Yong liked the last two words Li Boqi said.

Destroyed.

There is no profit in them, and they are useless if captured.

Just destroy them and bury them on both sides of the railway. Just think of it as adding fertilizer to the land.

Oh, bury them a little further away. The land along the railway doesn't need to be so fertile. It's not going to be cultivated.

I'll take my leave.

Start making arrangements.

Cao Mengqi is definitely coming with me.

Wu Liuji must also come with me.

They are both die-hard fighters.

They are a perfect match for each other.

I can guide them to attack at the right time, rather than recklessly risking their lives.

If they stray from my instructions, these two are too reckless and could easily get killed.

That would be a shame.

I should bring along some veterans from the 29th Army. I should also bring along some veterans from the Northeastern Army.

We must bring rifles, so that we can be safe on the road.

If we only have pistols and submachine guns, we will be at the mercy of our enemies.

Mei Lu doesn't need to come.

This is serious business, and women are not needed. They can only get in the way.

But Kim Xiu-zhu must come. This woman seems to have some secrets. Bringing her along might make it easier to deal with the Japanese spy.

Everything is ready.

We'll set off by car.