Chapter 4 Chapter Four

Feng Jiusi could see from a distance that Yang Bingxin and a small man were standing under the Ionic pillar used by HSBC to frighten Chinese depositors.Sure enough, Yang Bingxin said angrily as soon as they met: "You let us stand in this boundary and wait for you, just make fun of us." Feng Jiusi didn't expect that this place would hurt the self-esteem of the poor, but he didn't want to give in in front of the new comrades, so he said forcefully, "You should put on makeup when you come here." Then he immediately turned to another A comrade, stretched out his hand and said: "Nice to meet you." The man was thin and small, with a dark face full of poverty, held his hand and said: "I am an 'elephant'. Three stones..."

Feng Jiusi stopped him and said, "Hello, hello, call me Lao Feng." It's not that he didn't want to introduce himself to his comrades, but underground work was too risky. Approved and not to be disclosed to anyone. At this time, Yang Bingxin said: "I have to go back. You go first, and I will be there later." Feng Jiusi was puzzled, and asked in a low voice: "Your boy is also the target of the murderer. It's been a while, and you are still running around all over the street. Is it a private matter or a business matter?" Yang Bingxin felt ashamed immediately, but soon said with a straight face: "I am your leader, follow orders."

Well, this is nothing to say.Reluctantly, Feng Jiusi told Yang Bingxin the address, and then took "Elephant" into the car and left. The two patrolmen standing guard in front of the bank knocked their heels to salute him, and he just waved to these men. What's the matter?He directed the driver to drive around in the British and French Concessions, hoping to get rid of the possible trace of the murderer.To be honest, he very much hoped that Yang Bingxin could stay, because he had no clue about the next step of this case.Yang Bingxin is not clear about this, but he himself is very clear. Most of the things he said to Yang Bingxin were judgments made under the prompt of Xiao Cang, which seriously lacked factual basis. Li said he was "hitting his luck".From another point of view, even if Xiao Cang's reminder is correct, his judgment is also correct. The murderer is indeed targeting the participants of the "Yoshida Incident", but who is the murderer's target tonight? There is no way to guess.Now he told Yang Bingxin that "Elephant" was the murderer's target tonight, but if the murderer chose Yang Bingxin tonight and arranged "Elephant" for tomorrow night, then Yang Bingxin's situation at this moment is too dangerous.

Looking at it from another perspective, Yang Bingxin and the higher-level party organization obviously agree with his judgment, and now they have handed over the "elephant" to him. However, if he wants to finally prove his judgment, he must wait for the murderer to attack them At that moment, that is to say, he was using the life of the "elephant" as bait in order to prove to the organization his intelligence and judgment.This is not like a solution that a decent person came up with, and he was very dissatisfied with himself. Looking at the "elephant" full of trust in his eyes, he asked himself quietly in his heart, am I a good person?It depends on who says it, but he thinks he's basically a good guy.Am I a good revolutionary?Maybe, at least so-so.So, am I a good comrade and a good partner?I'm afraid not necessarily, because he suddenly found that there was a serious problem deep in his heart-he valued himself so much that he ignored his comrades.

His home is an apartment on the first floor and the ground floor, and most of his neighbors are foreign employees of various foreign companies.They got out of the car after three intersections, and walked around two streets to see that no one was following them before unlocking and entering the door. "Elephant" saw everything new, especially the new American spring lock on the door. After closing and opening the door, he fiddled with it for a long time, as if he had seen a rare toy.He called the restaurant to order dinner for three people, and then led the "elephant" around downstairs, and specifically explained how to use the flush toilet.You have to sit on it, he especially emphasized, because he also hid a comrade at home many years ago, and he didn’t want that comrade to squat on the toilet for convenience, which turned out to be very difficult to clean up.

Just now on the way back, he suddenly thought of a brilliant idea.According to the usual organizational discipline, he believed that Yang Bingxin must have not disclosed his dual identity to the "elephant". In this way, in the absence of Yang Bingxin, he could put on a posture of a superior leader and treat the "elephant" Let the "Elephant" reveal the details of the "Yoshida Incident" that he knows about the "Yoshida Incident"-the "Yoshida Incident" led to the leadership's distrust of him. This is his knot in his heart, and he has been looking for The opportunity to formally question the parties was finally found.

Two years ago, although he himself participated in the "Yoshida Incident", he knew very little about the details of the operation, and he had never met Jiro Yoshida himself.After that operation went wrong, the leader kept him from contacting the person involved, which made him unable to find any evidence to defend himself.Perhaps, the fact that the leaders no longer trust him is hidden in the "nose" of the "elephant".In order to find out the truth about the fact that the leader doesn't trust him, he can do whatever it takes, yes, whatever the price, even if it's murder and arson, otherwise this life won't be able to pass—for two years, every time he thinks about this, he can't help but get angry burn.

The water on the gas stove boiled, and he planned to make a pot of black tea.Suddenly the doorbell rang outside, and he told "Elephant" that it was the food delivery man. "Elephant" excitedly fiddled with the door lock again, but it was Deputy Commissioner of Police George Anderson who opened the door and came in. Anderson stared at the face of the "elephant" with his big rusty copper bell-like eyes and asked: "Who is this?" Feng Jiusi said flatly: "The worker who connects the sewer." Hide in the bathroom. Anderson fixed his big eyes on his face again and asked, "What kind of tricks are you playing behind my back?" Feng Jiusi was not afraid of this big Irish guy at all. He really didn't want to see the complacent look this guy showed because he was finally able to climb on top of him, so he said angrily, "Say something quickly, and fart quickly."

Anderson said: "I just heard that your boy deliberately disobeyed my order and did not investigate the two bombings. Instead, he is helping the Communist Party investigate serial murders." Hearing this, Feng Jiusi's heart sank. Anderson must have quite accurate information, so he came to Xingshi to question the crime.Anderson went on to say: "Whether it's internal strife within the Communist Party itself, or a vendetta between the Japanese, the Kuomintang, and the Communist Party, what does this matter have to do with you?" Feng Jiusi asked, "Where did you hear this nonsense? Is it true?" Anderson said: "Mr. Zhou Xiaocun is a respectable gentleman, we have cooperated for many years, and he has never lied."

If it was Zhou Xiaocun who reported the secret, this matter would be strange.Why did he stop me from investigating this case?Feng Jiusi didn't understand.At this time, Anderson said: "I have long said that you are a Communist Party member, but the directors of the Ministry of Industry Bureau said that the Communist Party does not want a concession policeman like you who is corrupt, accepts bribes and hangs out with courtesans; now I finally have evidence. Report the truth to the board of directors and see what they say." At this moment, Feng Jiusi had no way out, he picked up the phone and handed it to Anderson and said: "I have been in the police force for so many years, and I have offended 800 or 1000 people. The board of directors receives dozens of whistleblowing letters against me every month. I don’t know how many people have tried to frame me as a Communist Party in the past few years. Am I still popular and hot? So, you’d better call now Report to the escalator on the phone, so as not to worry about not being able to sleep at night."

This is called using offense as defense, but he knew that it would not be so easy to escape this time.The Kuomintang secret agents have always had a close relationship with the concession authorities, and this time Zhou Xiaocun came forward in person. He must have something strong in his hand to resist for a while before he has the opportunity to use his current position and power to complete the tasks assigned by the party organization.As for the investigation of him by the police in the future, he doesn't care too much, because this is not the first time, just like the "Yoshida incident" two years ago, there is still a chance to get away with it, it is really not possible, he He can also take the opportunity to leave this dangerous underground job and officially join the anti-Japanese team, or, just maybe, he can also take Miss Lan to Nanyang to live a happy life... At this time, Anderson suddenly burst into a smug laugh, his fat face smiling like a steamed bun.He said: "One more thing, I still have a piece of evidence." Feng Jiusi didn't want to entangle with him now, so he pushed him outside the door and said, "If you have anything else, just take it home and play with it yourself. Go." As soon as he pushed him out the door, Anderson said, "I know that kid with you is the Communist Party." Feng Jiusi deliberately laughed and said, "Is that the sewer worker?" Anderson said, "No, it's the surname Yang boy, your clever little head didn't think of this matter, this is the information specially sent to me by the Japanese, saying that your boy had an affair with a 'communist bandit'." Feng Jiusi believed that what Anderson said was the truth, but he was not afraid at all. On the contrary, this made him feel a little relieved, because this guy told all the truth, which meant that the Japanese All the information related to him held by the KMT secret agents was disclosed to him.So he laughed and said, "Are you confused, or are you drunk? It's been such an old word, why is it still a 'communist bandit'? You forgot, ever since the Japanese occupied North China, the concession has been It has become a sanctuary for 'communist bandits' and 'Jiang bandits', and it is not a crime to be beheaded if you 'have an affair' with anyone." After finishing speaking, he slammed the door shut. Bickering is bickering, he thinks that Anderson's calling this time is a trouble after all.From the perspective of the concession authorities, it is by no means a crime to have an affair with a "Jiang bandit", but it is not a crime to have an affair with a "communist bandit".But he is not afraid, because this is only related to his future in the police department, and it will not do much harm to the cause of the party organization. no big deal. However, what puzzled him was why Zhou Xiaocun and the Japanese pointed the finger at him at the same time?Why?Now he feels more and more that there must be a big secret and a big story behind the serial murder case he is investigating. Although Feng Jiusiming knew that the serial murder case was urgent, he still decided to ask the "elephant" about the details of the "Yoshida incident" first, because he knew that after Yang Bingxin arrived, he would never have such a good opportunity, especially An opportunity to be alone with a client who trusts him. "Elephant" is very honest and honest, Feng Jiusi put on a posture and asked, and told him everything he knew.He said: "Where do I start? It was the summer of the 28th year of the Republic of China, and the heat was so hot that when the 'Sledgehammer' came to notify me, I was repairing the button for sending the report sent by the 'Kingfisher'." , that thing was too broken to be usable, so I applied for funding to buy a copper ruler, a wooden ruler and two copper screws, and made her a new one. , will not be suspected... Are you asking who participated in that operation? I don't know how many people there are in total. I know 'civet cat', 'sledgehammer', 'tiger', 'monkey', and others There's 'Kingfisher'..." Hearing the "elephant" fluently utter this series of code names, Feng Jiusi really envied the confidence and sense of security of having companions to rely on. Even though most of these people sacrificed, he still envied him.At the same time, he also remembered that in the system of the local party organization, the code names of operators were animals, the code names of intelligence officers were birds, and the code names of commanders who commanded operations were all hardware tools.But who is "Kingfisher"?Yang Bingxin had never told him before... However, he didn't have time to listen to "Elephant" in detail, and he didn't have time to worry about whether "Kingfisher" was still alive and whether it would be the killer's next target.He had to avoid the leader's control over him, and figure out the core content related to the failure of the operation before Yang Bingxin's arrival, because he vaguely felt that if the killer really came for the participants of the "Yoshida Incident" , the clues to the case are likely to be hidden in the details of the operation.So he asked, "Who made the bomb?" "Elephant" said: "It's 'monkey', and me; TNT weighs more than two catties in total, and it is packed in three bottles. There is no electric detonator. I use the light bulb on the flashlight, the skin gun and the fire detonator to make it." I gave three 'electric detonators' to the 'monkey', which were also detonated by electricity. During the test, two out of every three detonators worked, so I divided them into three bottles. If there is a German electric detonator, one is enough;' Monkey' is a clever ghost. He was afraid that the power of the explosives would not be enough, so he got three bottles of kerosene from the factory, and then put all these things into a large wooden barrel for planting flowers, and stuffed the sawn triangle steel sheets into the gaps around it. and rotten cotton..." Feng Jiusi clearly remembered that Yang Bingxin's plan was to find the same big wooden barrel as the potted plant in front of Jiro Yoshida's house, and then steal the potted plant from his house at night, and transplant the plant into the wooden barrel containing the bomb. "That's a great idea," "Elephant" said happily, "That night, 'civet cat' and I went to steal the flower pots, and when we came back, 'monkey' planted bombs and put the transplanted soil, Grass, do it as it is, and 'monkey' will leave when it's done, saying that there is a new task, and the matter of detonating will be handed over to 'civet cat', he has rich experience..." Feng Jiusi asked: "How do you pull the wires?" This matter has always been a suspicion in his mind, because there is still an old Jewish couple living between Jiro Yoshida's house and the house where the comrades ambushed. "Elephant" said: "The terminal of the bomb is under the wooden barrel, and the 'monkey' is made into a socket type. As long as you find the target and go home, you don't have to worry about wiring. Once plugged in, all three detonators were connected. Anyway, that guy goes out early every day. We can wrap the wires around the back of the 'Old Jew's' house. As long as it is not daytime, we can't find it; Do you still remember, those few days were really dry, hot and not raining, the bomb was installed and placed in front of their house, but we never expected that that bastard went to Beijing again, we I don’t dare to change the bomb back, but I’m afraid that the half-sawn pine tree in the barrel will die if it grows too long; you always know that the little Japanese are cunning and cunning, as long as the pine leaves turn yellow, they will definitely be killed by them. Find……" Feng Jiusi was attracted by the interesting narration of the "elephant", and couldn't help worrying about them, so he hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do?" "Elephant" smiled proudly: "Every one or two o'clock in the night, when there is no one on the street, the 'civet cat' and I climbed over and sprayed the pine tree for three days..." Now it's time to get into the key content, Feng Jiusi asked carefully: "What happened on the day of the explosion?" "Elephant" said: "'Sledgehammer' signaled us that the kid was back. We connected the wires that night and waited for him to die when he went out the next morning. Later, I heard that the guy was sent He died after returning to Japan." Feng Jiusi asked: "What happened when it exploded?" "Elephant" said: "Our task is to watch the signal detonate. As soon as the bomb goes off, we have to retreat through the back door, and we are not allowed to look outside, otherwise..." Feng Jiusi asked: "Didn't you see the explosion? Then, who saw the signal and who operated the detonator?" "Elephant" said: "Let the detonator be held by 'civet cat', he is a great expert, and he has never missed it; he is also the one who saw the signal, he said that it was only a few seconds before and after, and when I saw the signal and told him it was already It's late." Feng Jiusi asked in bewilderment: "Why is it only a few seconds?" "Elephant" said: "'Sledgehammer' told me that he would detonate it as soon as he gave the signal, and there was no delay. After a little delay, the Japanese girls would be sent out, for fear of blowing them up; I don't understand that, Japanese girls." No matter what they do, if one dies, one less..." Feng Jiusi thought to himself, it seems that Yang Bingxin's original design was good, and he didn't intend to blow up civilians, but he didn't expect that something would go wrong halfway.He hurriedly asked: "How did the 'Sledgehammer' send the signal that day?" Because he was not there, his understanding of the situation at that time was limited to the after-the-fact investigation of the scene. "Elephant" said angrily: "This is where things go wrong. Later, the organization transferred me to investigate this matter and asked me to testify, but I really don't know if the 'civet cat' detonated immediately after seeing the signal." "Tiger" was with us at the time, but he said that the "civet cat" detonated after seeing the signal and waited for a while; then the leader just believed him, and I don't know what he thought..." "So did you see the 'sledgehammer' signal?" Feng Jiusi thought he was approaching the truth. "Elephant" scratched his head and said: "I should have seen it, yes, I remembered, it seems that there is another person who should be with 'Sledgehammer', I heard that his name is 'Hoopoe', and he is the one who gave the signal Give the 'sledgehammer', and then the 'sledgehammer' will send a signal to the 'civet cat'; later, during the investigation, I also told the organization about this matter, and who should be blamed for the late detonation, I said it should be blamed That 'hoopoe'..." Feng Jiusi hurriedly asked: "Have you seen 'Hoopoe'?" "Elephant" said: "No, 'civet cat' also said that he had never seen it, as if no one had seen him except 'Sledgehammer'." Perhaps this is the crux of the matter!Feng Jiusi discovered that he had thought about "twisting" everything before and wrongly blamed Yang Bingxin. In fact, it was not that Yang Bingxin falsely accused him in front of the leader, but that some comrades blamed "Die Sheng" for the failure of the operation—and he He is the intelligence agent code-named "Hoopoe". For a moment he felt angry that these comrades were not as pure as he had thought.Where did I go wrong?Is there any evidence?I wasn't there at all.The anger was rampaging in his chest, causing stabbing pains in his breastbone and back.Could it be, fuck it, did these comrades deliberately blame me for the failure of the operation in order to avoid responsibility?This is too disrespectful! However, after thinking about it, he realized that he had thought things too simply.The superior leaders are all smart people, and it is impossible to cast him idle for so many years just because of the misunderstanding of comrades.No, there must be a deeper reason, but these things are out of reach of operators like "elephants". So he swore to himself, I must find out the truth, I must explain the truth to the leaders, and at the same time let them know what a staunch revolutionary I am, and I am by no means the same as they said. That way, just a rough concession policeman. At this time the doorbell rang, and the food delivery came.However, to his surprise, it was Miss Lan who entered the door after the boy who delivered the meals.What surprised him even more was that when "Elephant" saw Miss Lan, he said affectionately, "Sister Kingfisher, I haven't seen you for more than two years, you've gained weight..." When Miss Lan saw the "elephant", her body couldn't help shaking, and she kept walking back to the door, saying repeatedly: "You have recognized the wrong person, you have recognized the wrong person..." Feng Jiusi stepped forward She pulled her to her side and said sharply, "Now what else do you have to say?" After sending away the boy who delivered the meal, he let the "elephant" eat first in the kitchen, then he dragged Miss Lan to the upstairs bedroom, gritted his teeth and said bitterly, "It's hard for you to hide it from me." Participating in the "Yoshida incident", perhaps he had already asked the truth and cleared himself of his grievances in front of the leaders.Besides, if he had already known that she was a comrade in the party, he would not have to worry about "talking about marriage". At this time, Miss Lan calmed down instead. She said, "I wasted my good intentions. I was afraid that you would come to coax you when you got angry. I didn't want you to plan to harm me. I got a traitor from the Communist Party to testify against my past shit." He was taken aback for a moment by hearing Miss Lan's words, and then he understood what was going on.It turned out that she was the "comrade" who left the party after the "Yoshida incident" mentioned by Yang Bingxin, and she must have misunderstood, thinking that the "elephant" had betrayed the party and betrayed her to the concession police. But this is also an opportunity, so he took advantage of Miss Lan's misunderstanding, and continued to ask with a cold face: "I just found out that you were originally a Communist Party member, but you quit the party later, right?" No, Miss Lan Rolling his eyes, he took out the fierceness that a woman who broke into the pier must have and said: "I don't remember whether I can get rid of the party or not. Anyway, you can kill or beat you if you want to. I will take all your kindness for you." It's time to feed the dog." The matter in front of him is an opportunity, but it is not easy to deal with. He is thinking about the solution quickly.Miss Lan is no longer a comrade in the party. If he confesses his true identity and persuades her to tell the truth, firstly, he may not be able to get what he wants, and secondly, he will violate organizational discipline and bring danger to himself and the party organization.However, if he could not reveal his identity, he could only make full use of her misunderstanding and fear, and resort to the traditional methods of the police to extract a confession by torture. As an intelligence officer, she must know a lot of important information that the "elephant" cannot access, and this information is likely to bring him closer to the truth of the "Yoshida Incident".Time is running out now, and this is the only way to go.He finally made up his mind, then reached out and grabbed Miss Lan's arms, pulled him closer and said, "I have to ask you a few questions, so you should be honest." Maybe it was because of the fierce look in his eyes, Miss Lan flinched first, and then said: "After I left the party, the Communist Party has a lot of people and didn't order me to 'dispose' of me. I am very grateful, but I didn't expect that I was smart all my life, and I was confused for a while, but I fell into the hands of you, the "demolishing the white party". Are you a traitor or a Kuomintang spy? But, don't you want to go to Nanyang with me..." He knew that there would be no result if he only entangled with words. Miss Lan was a woman who had seen the world, and she couldn't be subdued by ordinary means, and he might be entangled by her.Seeing that it was almost midnight, Yang Bingxin might come at any time to obstruct his investigation of the truth, so he had to use the fastest speed to get the truth from Miss Lan. So he took out two ties and tied Miss Lan's hands and feet, found a towel and stuffed it in her mouth, and then pulled out a pistol and put it on her forehead.This is revolutionary work, so let's put aside the relationship between children and children. As for how to arrange her in the future, whether to plead with the organization to let her return to the team, or ask her to forgive herself, this is a matter for later. He carefully showed his ferocious face, and said word by word: "Now I ask you a question, and you answer a question, do you understand?" Miss Lan nodded.He asked: "What do you know about the 'Yoshida Incident'?" He gently took out the towel from Miss Lan's mouth and waited for her answer.No, Miss Lan's eyes suddenly burst into flames, and she said loudly: "You bastard, you kill me, I won't say anything..." He hastily covered her mouth with a towel, and listened Listen downstairs. "Elephant" must still be eating in the back kitchen, not noticing their noise.He closed the bedroom door tightly, looked at his watch again, and realized that the time passed quickly. It seems that if some hard measures are not used, the problem will not be solved in a short time.He couldn't bear it in his heart, but put a layer of "severe frost" on his face, deliberately turned around Miss Lan with a posture, looked up and down, and then leaned in front of her and said fiercely: "Next, I still want to see you." Ask you questions, ask each question only once, if I don’t get an honest answer, I’ll strangle you right away.” As he spoke, he clenched his fists and beat her ribs hard—at this moment he felt very Ugly, comrades who criticized him as "just a rough concession policeman" were not wrong at all. Miss Lan's tears came down immediately, she coughed repeatedly in her throat, and turned her body to one side.He knew that what he was showing now was the most ruthless side of the underground work, but he couldn't be soft, so he thumped Miss Lan's rib on the other side, and there was another dull hoarseness in Miss Lan's throat. hissing. He knew he had to give it a couple of punches.Under normal circumstances, if the interrogator only punches once, he will think that he is still alive, but hitting twice will dispel his idea and let him focus on what kind of torture he will suffer next. Damn it, how come Yang Bingxin hasn't rushed over yet.At this time, he suddenly hoped that Yang Bingxin would be by his side and could help him to be a witness, proving that he did this all for work, and he had to do this—to torture his former comrades, especially a lady, which made him Feel ashamed from the bottom of my heart.But after thinking about it, he realized that Yang Bingxin was a good topic. At least starting from him, he would be closer to the core of the problem - what evidence did the leader make the final judgment on, so that he no longer trusted him.So he gently took out the towel from Miss Lan's mouth, and asked, "Why does Yang Dachui hate you?" Miss Lan's face was full of tears, and she sobbed, "He hates me for abandoning his brother-in-law." Feng Jiusi asked: "His stepbrother is a civet cat, right? Why did you abandon him?" Miss Lan said angrily: "That guy pretends to be loyal and magnanimous on the surface, but in fact he is greedy and lustful. But it can’t fool me, and it can’t fool the higher-level party organization.” Feng Jiusi felt very strange, so he asked: “What did he do?” Miss Lan said: “I don’t know, but that guy suddenly got a lot of money and said he wanted money. Take me to Hong Kong, I was young and didn't know the depth, so I reported it to my superiors, and he was punished, and then we broke up." Feng Jiusi felt that Miss Lan's words were of no use to him, so he asked again: "I heard that Yang Dachui knew a man named 'Die Sheng', do you know this person?" Suddenly, he found a trace of fear in Miss Lan's eyes color.She said in a panic: "I don't know this person, I haven't met him, I heard that he messed up the 'Yoshida incident', but I don't know how it happened, I just testified to the organization, saying 'Tanuki' There was a problem with my thinking, my will was shaken, and of course, I myself was shaken later.” He asked again: "There is another intelligence officer in contact with you, isn't it?" The change of topic made Ms. Lan feel relieved, and she said: "That person's code name is 'Magpie', and he is also a witness of the 'Yoshida incident' One of them, he thinks the fault is also with 'civet cat' and 'Hoopoe', I know where this person lives, I can take you there, please, let me go." It seems that she has really softened and answered every question. Feng Jiusi felt that it was necessary to deceive her again, so he said: "I know that besides 'Magpie', there is another intelligence agent who hides the deepest, not 'Die Sheng'." ’, it’s the other one, hurry up and say it.” Miss Lan shrank back a little bit, her eyes no longer looking at him, but looking around.He thought he had hit the nail on the head, so he pressed her mouth with one hand, twisted the flesh of her armpit with the other hand, twisted it again, and then released her mouth. hand.She hurriedly shouted: "That person is me, there is no one else." He thought that there was probably another person, Yang Bingxin didn't tell him, and Miss Lan refused to tell, maybe this person was the key.However, he didn't know what to do next.Obviously, everything that Ms. Lan just said is useless. He was the one who said "Die Sheng" and Yang Dahui first, and the "civet cat" and "magpie" she explained are dead, at least "magpie" was killed The news has been published in the newspaper today, she should be able to see it.That is to say, there is nothing of value in her words. It seems that he still has to work harder, but if he tortures her again, he should wring her fingers off, or smash her kodan-painted toes with the butt of a gun, which is against the law. His original intention.Therefore, he had no choice but to change the topic of the same concern and ask: "What is the relationship between you and Zhou Xiaocun? Did you join the Kuomintang after you left the Communist Party?" Miss Lan hurriedly said: "No, the Communist Party can leave if it wants to. Yes, now they ask me to help collect information about Zhou Xiaocun." "What kind of information is it?" "All information is needed, his income and expenditure, who he associates with, who he is interested in." "For example?" "For example, why Zhou Xiaocun is interested in you, why is he beating around the bush? Sending money to you, is there any collusion between you and so on." "Do you also spy on me?" "Of course, they are also interested in you." At this moment, a narrow thought came into Feng Jiusi's mind, and he suddenly asked: "Didn't Zhou Xiaocun's wife call to trouble you? I heard that she is very interested in you?" No, as soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that Miss Lan's face suddenly changed, as if she was about to suffocate, her mouth was opened wide like a fish out of water, and her eyes were turned upwards.He hastily squeezed her cheeks, pointed to her mouth and stirred, and found that there was no poison for suicide.So he opened the window facing the street, and let the cold winter air blow on her face.After a while, she finally regained her strength, and said in a low voice, "You are cruel and short-lived, hit me twice again, and I should have a heart attack." At this time, the phone rang suddenly.He hoped it was Yang Bingxin who called. This guy had been away for a few hours. If there was no more news, he must have died on the street—he realized that he was too focused on the "Yoshida incident" and his own private affairs, so that Ignoring the possibility that the murderer will kill again tonight.However, what came over the phone was Ogura's gentle and elegant English, he said: "I'm sorry to bother you so late, but I searched for old cases for your business and found a case that may be useful to you "It was a case in the early years of the Meiji era. A few ronin robbed a big business in partnership, and all of these ronin were killed afterwards. It almost became an unsolved case..." Feng Jiusi listened carefully.Xiao Cang went on to say: "Many years later, when this case was involved in other cases, it was discovered that one of these ronin did not die, but created a fake death scene for himself, and then secretly killed him." other accomplices, and monopolize the buried treasure..." This was the enlightenment, and Feng Jiusi suddenly became enlightened—the so-called dead people may actually be alive.For this reason, he felt that it was his luck to meet Mr. Ogura.Putting down the phone, he took out a pair of scissors from the drawer, held it in front of Miss Lan, dangled it in front of Miss Lan, and asked forcefully, "Were you present when your fiancé, the 'civet cat' died?" Miss Lan's eyes followed Scissors turned around in horror, and said in his mouth: "Yang Dachui said that he died during a mission, and I was not there." He asked again: "There is another person who has been dead for a long time, and you know how it happened?" Is something wrong?" He still remembered that Yang Bingxin said that among the people who participated in the operation, one person had left the party, and now he knew that it was Miss Lan, and another person had died long ago, but he was negligent for a while and didn't ask that person's code name. Ms. Lan said: "Put the scissors away. I was there when that person died, and I watched him die." Feng Jiusi asked, "How did he die?" Miss Lan said, "Two years ago, the radio station I was in charge of Being attacked by the enemy, 'Little Pig' was our guard at the time. After destroying the radio station and password, he led us to fight and retreat, sacrificing two comrades. He and I finally escaped; After being shot, the two of us hid in a contact person’s house in the suburbs, we dared not go to the hospital, and there was no medicine to treat him, so he suffered for seven days and finally died.” Feng Jiusi asked: "So?" Miss Lan let out a long breath, her voice raised, and she said, "Yes, I was scared and couldn't take it anymore, so I gave up my ideals and stopped participating in organizational activities , but found a sister from back then, and she has been engaged in this shameless business ever since." Although Feng Jiusi couldn't tell whether Miss Lan chose to leave the party just because of this trivial matter, he admired her wit in the face of the "enemy's" torture.She talked so much and talked about so many people, but she didn't take the initiative to confess to a comrade who the other party didn't know, and she didn't bring any danger to the party organization. At the same time, it made her appear very cooperative in front of the "enemy". suffered a lot. This is a smart child, for this reason, he felt pity for Miss Lan again, and the "chachawei" mentality he used to get along with her has dissipated a lot, thinking that if she can change her mind and join the revolution again It should be a pleasure to marry her as a wife. Damn Yang Bingxin, where did he die, why didn't he come here.He knew that, judging from the current situation, except for the "civet cat" who was dead but could not see the body, all the comrades who died had already been found.如果小仓的推断有可能将他引向真相的话，他就必须得先找到杨炳新证实“狸猫”是真死还是假死。至于蓝小姐，现在放她走可不是办法，还是等杨炳新回来，再由他向蓝小姐解释一切吧，也许这正是让蓝小姐重新归队的好机会。 他想到楼下去交代“大象”一声，让他留神门户，等待杨炳新。于是他重又堵住蓝小姐的嘴，走出卧室，把门关好，但刚走到楼梯中间，便听到门铃响。杨炳新这个该死的家伙终于赶过来了。他听到“大象”冲出厨房去开门，便连忙转身往回走。杨炳新对他的印象已经够差的了，他可不想再让杨炳新发现他是个对女人用刑的混蛋。 然而，就在这个时候，楼下传来一声沉闷的枪响……该死的，这下子不用再猜了，凶手今晚的目标是“大象”，而杨炳新应该还活着。同时，“大象”的死也说明，凶手的谋杀对象确实是“吉田事件”的参与者，他在小仓的提示下做出的判断非常正确。不过，他也感觉很后悔，同时还认为自己很自私——他方才一味地专注于洗清自己的嫌疑，以至于忽略了“大象”的安全。 他不知道来了几个凶手，不能贸然冲下楼去，只好轻手轻脚回到卧室，关上灯，将蓝小姐塞进衣橱，又用椅子把橱门挡住，然后举枪从门缝中对准楼梯。 楼梯上没有脚步声。他移身到临街的窗边朝下望去，发现有三个人正从他的公寓里冲出来，分头逃散了。这些家伙们显然知道在租界里杀人罪过不轻，逃得很快。他急忙从窗子跳到街上，再回头来看，发现“大象”倒在门边，脑袋下边满是血，已经必死无疑了。 这件事让他不由得感觉到害怕。为了保护“大象”，他采取了周密的措施，但是，这些家伙居然能找到他家，而且就在他的家门口把“大象”杀掉了。这到底是些什么人？如果他和蓝小姐刚巧在楼下，会不会也被他们当场杀掉？ 然而他知道，害怕解决不了任何问题。问题的关键在于，现在他只要是能够抓住一个凶手，就不用再费心跟着小仓先生研究什么了。他选择了只有一个凶手逃跑的方向追下去，同时掏出警哨狂吹不止。这会儿正是用得上那些租界巡捕的时候，可这些混蛋都躲到哪去了？ 凶手一路向西狂奔，他也在后边紧追不舍。他希望能追近到二三十米的距离，这样就可以开枪将其击倒，只要能问出凶手的老窝，管他是死是活。然而，就在他开始缩短与凶手的距离的时候，却发现凶手又折而向南逃去。他知道，只要这家伙逃过马场道，便出了英租界进入日军占领区，那时他便无能为力了。 那家伙的脚步已经不像方才那么快了，但他自己也开始气喘。远远的他已经能看到日军在马场道上用沙包垒起的工事，那家伙再加一把力就能逃脱了。他只好站定脚跟，举起手枪向那人射击，那人脚下不停，却也不时回身还击。 然而，就在凶手冲出英租界的一刹那，把守街口的日本兵却开枪了，一排子弹打在凶手身上，巨大的推力让他横着跌出去一丈多远。眼看着日本兵把那家伙当成强闯关卡的暴徒给打死了，冯九思当即便认识到，他眼看就要到手的线索又断了……