After seeing these two pieces of news, Mr. Jiang almost went crazy and cursed Niang Xipi. He tore up the newspaper and threw it on the ground, and stepped on it a few more times.
"Nang Xipi, these foreigners are actually interfering in China's internal affairs. Do they really think I am easy to mess with?"
Standing next to him was Mr. Zhang Wenbai, who brought the newspaper.
"Commissioner, please calm down. Although Lu Ming is a cadre of the Renaissance Society, seriously speaking, he is an American citizen first and a special correspondent of the "Washington Post". He was arrested. The United States took this opportunity to cause us some trouble.
It’s also normal.”
"Did Lao Sheng call you? What did he say?" Mr. Jiang knew Sheng Youde's personality very well, and he knew that this call would definitely come sooner or later.
"Mr. Sheng called me last night. He said that if there is a problem with the Sheng family, go ahead and investigate the Sheng family. If Lu Ming has a problem, go ahead and check Lu Ming. But in the end, you will give him a satisfactory explanation. If you don't give him a satisfactory explanation,
He will not let it go."
Zhang Wenbai has been the liaison between Mr. Jiang and Sheng Youde for some years. Some things that are not suitable to be said directly to the other party are passed on through Zhang Wenbai.
Sheng Youde and Zhang Wenbai are known as brothers. Although they are good friends, their ideas and interests are very similar, especially on issues of great right and wrong such as nation and country. They quite appreciate each other's ideas.
"Mother Xipi, the foreigners are causing trouble, and the Chinese are not stopping. They are all trying to force me." Mr. Jiang shouted loudly.
"Commissioner, since we asked Lu Ming to come to Nanjing to cooperate with the investigation, why should we imprison him? If we let him roam freely in Nanjing, he won't run away. If he is imprisoned there, the truth will be confirmed." Mr. Wenbai tactfully said
Advise.
"I want to lock him up for a few days to kill his temper. Don't you know that this guy looks gentle and elegant and dresses like a British gentleman, but in fact he has a lawless spirit in his bones. Can't you tell? You can't make a weapon without polishing it."
No one can become a great person without tempering," Mr. Jiang said.
"You mean well, but others don't think so. There are rumors going around that we have secretly arrested Lu Ming and will send him to a military court for trial."
"Rumors are all rumors." Mr. Jiang waved his hands repeatedly.
"It's a rumor, but people never hear formal news. They just like to believe rumors. People's words are terrible. In this case, we might as well release Lu Ming and let him travel freely between Shanghai and Nanjing. We need his cooperation.
If possible, let him come to Nanjing by himself, so that the rumors will be disproven." Mr. Wenbai said.
"No, we have to lock him up for a few days. It's not too late to release him until his problem is thoroughly investigated." Mr. Jiang said stubbornly.
"Is there really something wrong with Lu Ming? There are some bad things about him. The free spirit of Americans has penetrated into his bones. However, I think he will never be a communist. I can guarantee this." Mr. Wenbai said solemnly.
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"Wen Bai, you are kind-hearted and soft-hearted, so it is easy to trust others. Although everyone says that I am too suspicious, if I am suspicious, I will not be able to sleep well until I understand it clearly." Mr. Jiang said.
Mr. Wenbai smiled bitterly. He also knew where Mr. Jiang's suspicion came from. It was because of the last time the Cao Gang smuggled arms and all the arms were sold to the Communist Party.
Mr. Jiang originally wanted to get to the bottom of what happened last time, but at the end of the investigation, he found three important figures, one was Zhang Wenbai, one was Sheng Youde, and the other was the head of the German Military Advisory Group.
Mr. Wenbai was his confidant and someone he could not bear to deal harshly with. Sheng Youde and the head of the German advisory group were both people he needed. In the end, he had no choice but to let it go, but the knot in his heart was never untied.
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After the Caogang arms smuggling case occurred, Mr. Jiang repeatedly checked the files and found that in this case, Lu Ming jumped up and down the most.
Behind this incident, Sheng Youde, Zhang Wenbai and the head of the German advisory group were just playing with him, as if they were coaxing a naughty child. Only Lu Ming was a little serious in his play. He had gone too far.
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If you follow Lu Ming's approach, it will be very dangerous, and one day you will end up on the wrong side.
From this moment on, Mr. Jiang became suspicious of Lu Ming.
Later, during the "128 Songhu Anti-Japanese War", Lu Ming performed outstandingly, and then successfully planned the explosion in Hongkou Park. Mr. Jiang was very happy, and he wanted to put Lu Ming in a important position, and wanted to drag him into the future.
Come to your own power center.
According to Mr. Jiang's idea, if Lu Ming is obedient, sooner or later he will become a character like Zhang Wenbai or He Zhonghan.
In order to let Lu Ming know his intentions, Mr. Jiang was extremely generous and directly awarded him the rank of major general, the Medal of the Blue Sky and the White Sun, and also gave him the position of major general counselor on the Military Commission.
At that time, his doubts about Lu Ming were dispelled, and he felt that he was indeed too suspicious.
However, this major arms case made him more suspicious of Lu Ming, and the trace of suspicion that had disappeared continued to amplify. The two merged together, making him even more suspicious of Lu Ming.
"Don't all the doubts about Lu Ming have reasonable explanations? I have read Dai Yunong's investigation report, and the analysis is very good." Mr. Wenbai said.
"There are so many things that happened to Lu Ming, and every one of them has a reasonable and perfect explanation. This is wrong. There is no such perfect thing in life. If there is, it must be designed by someone." Mr. Jiang explained.
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"Commissioned, I'm humble and stupid, I really can't understand what you mean." Mr. Wenbai said with a bitter smile.
"Wen Bai, you always use good intentions to speculate on others, and you easily believe others. Of course you can't understand what I mean. But I hope you are right, that is for the best." Mr. Jiang sighed.
While the two were talking, suddenly there were heavy footsteps in the corridor, and then they heard the voice of the guard outside the door: "Dean Wang, please wait a moment and let us report first."
As soon as the guard's voice fell, followed by several babbling sounds in Cantonese, the door was already pushed open. It was obvious that the person who came had used a lot of force.
Mr. Jiang and Zhang Wenbai looked at the door in surprise when they saw Mr. Wang walking in aggressively.
Mr. Jiang quickly stood up and said with a smile on his face: "Brother Zhaoming, why are you here in person? Just give me a call if you need anything."
Mr. Wang came in without saying a word, pointed at Mr. Jiang's nose and said angrily: "My surname is Jiang, let me ask you what do you mean? Why did you secretly arrest Lu Ming?"
"Brother Zhaoming, I didn't arrest Lu Ming. Something happened. I asked someone to take him to Nanjing to cooperate with the investigation," Mr. Jiang said.
"You said it wasn't an arrest, so why did you put him under house arrest in a hotel? I know the reason. Isn't it just because I liked Lu Ming and invited him to a meal? Your mind is as big as a pinhole, and you can't look down on me.
Be nice to Lu Ming and then attack him directly?"
Mr. Wang shouted loudly, not caring about Mr. Jiang's face at all, and it was really hard to shout in Cantonese.
"Dean Wang, it's not what you said. You may have misunderstood." Mr. Wenbai hurriedly tried to persuade me.
"Wen Bai, you are a good person, so you don't know Mr. Jiang's personality. Do you know how Mr. Jiang started his career and how he became the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army? Where was he when I followed Mr. Zhongshan in the revolution?
, do you know?" Mr. Wang was so angry that he was sweating and didn't bother to wipe it off.
"Brother Zhaoming, don't be anxious. If you have something to say, speak slowly. I will tell you the truth after you finish speaking." Mr. Jiang restrained himself and said calmly.
"Stop talking, I know you want to kill the chicken to show the monkey. Let me tell you, I, Wang Zhaoming, am not a monkey, and Lu Ming is not a chicken. Lu Ming is the person I like. Whoever wants to do anything to him
Black Hand, please pass me first."
After Mr. Wang finished speaking, without waiting for Mr. Jiang's response, he turned around and slammed the door and left.
Mr. Jiang was so angry that his hands were trembling and he couldn't say a word. He grabbed the porcelain jar on the table and threw it out.
Then his face turned purple, his body swayed, his eyes darkened, and he fainted.
Mr. Wenbai, with quick eyesight and quick hands, supported Mr. Jiang, and then pinched Mr. Jiang's philtrum with his middle finger.
"I'm going to find a doctor." said one of the guards.
"It's too late, go to my office quickly and get the bottle of brandy from the drawer." Mr. Wenbai shouted.
"But I don't drink wine." The guard officer was confused.
"What the hell, just drink it as medicine!" Mr. Wenbai shouted.