At noon the next day, Lu Ming came to the Japanese restaurant. Qian Tian had already booked a private room and was waiting for him.
The two sat down and chatted for a while. Qiantian asked him something about what happened after he was brought to Nanjing, and then asked him about the ambush on his way back.
"These bastards are already lawless. Our consul has warned them many times and told them not to cause trouble in China, but they just don't listen." Qiantian said helplessly.
"Even if my matter is over, there is one more important matter now." Lu Ming said.
"Ah, is there anything more serious than ambushing you?" Kenta asked nervously.
"Have you heard about the disappearance of Caobang Princess Ning Xiner?" Lu Ming lowered his voice and said, for fear that the walls might have ears.
"I saw it in the newspaper, but I didn't pay attention to it. Isn't this a criminal case? Does it have anything to do with you?" Qian Tian asked.
As a member of the Japanese Consulate, he certainly didn't care about Caogang and its people. However, he saw the missing person notice in the newspaper and forgot about it. He only remembered it when Lu Ming mentioned it.
"It's probably related to me and the incident where I was taken to Nanjing," Lu Ming said.
When he said this, Kenta understood that the so-called incident was naturally the robbery of the arsenal.
"How could that matter be related to a little girl from Caobang?" Qian Tian didn't understand the reason.
"It's my fault too. I shouldn't have hired Caobang's ship to transport the goods in the first place. I was the one who caused others trouble." Lu Ming blamed himself.
"Do you suspect that we Japanese did it?" Qiantian understood immediately, otherwise Lu Ming would not have asked him out for a drink. The Fuxing Society was busy with a city-wide manhunt.
"It's not a suspicion, but a certain degree of certainty. Mr. Qiantian, please help me think about it. If people from Mantie kidnapped Ning Xiner, where might they hide her? Will she be transferred to another place?
Lu Ming asked.
Kenta fell silent, just as the grilled eel they asked for was also served, as well as charcoal-grilled steak.
The two started drinking and eating delicious grilled eel.
After finishing a grilled eel and drinking a bottle of beer, Qiantian said: "If it was done by people from Manchuria, it is unlikely that they would move people out. There are various buildings in the Japanese Concession and the Public Concession in Shanghai.
It’s also very dense, and no place is safer than Shanghai.”
"If they were in Shanghai, where could they hide the person? Is it in the Mantetsu Building?" Lu Ming asked.
Lu Ming felt that it was most likely Seigoro Ozawa who hid Ning Xin'er in the Mantetsu Building. After all, it was built like a war fortress by the Mantetsu Shanghai Branch, and it was within the Japanese Concession and was a restricted area for the Chinese.
If a person is really hidden in the Manchurian Railway Building, there is no way to rescue him, but it will be more difficult.
"It is possible, but it cannot be hidden for a long time. There will be opposition within the Manchurian Railway. This is because there are several factions within the Manchurian Railway, some specializing in business, some specializing in intelligence, and then there are Yu Ying'er and Ozawa.
The action team that Seigoro is in charge of." Kenta analyzed.
"You mean, if it was really Ozawa and the others who did it, they did it secretly, and the upper management of the Manchurian Railway Branch didn't know about it?" Lu Ming asked.
"Of course, you have to know that the purpose of the Manchurian Railway is to do business. Intelligence is just a side job. It was added in response to the request of the domestic military department. Operations are a side job among the side jobs. Many people do not approve of their misbehavior and think that doing so
It will damage the environment for Japan to do business in China." Kenda explained.
"Then what you're saying is that there is a possibility, but it's unlikely."
"Well, if they really did it, the Manchurian Railway Building is at best a temporary detention point. They dare not hold hostages in the building for a long time. The senior management of Manchurian Railway will not agree, and they cannot bear this responsibility." Qiantian said.
"That's not necessarily the case. Their senior management didn't agree with Ozawa's attack on me. Didn't they do the same thing? And it was a big fight." Lu Ming sneered.
It's hard to say what will happen in the future, at least for now, Lu Ming doesn't trust any Japanese other than Qian Tian, no matter which faction they belong to.
"These are two different things. Your people have also negotiated with our consulate many times. It seems that they finally reached an agreement to jointly fight communism. They also made mutual guarantees and so on. I heard a few words." Qiantian
said.
"A joint anti-communist agreement?" Lu Ming's mind buzzed. What is going on?
"Oh, it's just nonsense. The Japanese government and the Chinese government jointly wipe out the Communist parties in Japan and China."
"Then let's each do our own thing, why should we unite?" Lu Ming felt that this matter was not that simple.
"There are too many things involved here. We don't care about it, and we can't control it. It's more realistic to talk about the missing person. If they arrest someone, they will definitely not hide it in the Manchurian Railway Building. The people in the building
There are too many people, and there are many people with mixed eyes, and it is impossible to hide people." Qiantian continued his analysis.
"Is it possible that it could be hidden in your consulate?" Lu Ming asked in response.
"Hiding in our consulate?" Qiantian was startled at first, and then burst into laughter.
"Why are you laughing?" Lu Ming scratched his head.
"I laugh at you for being too whimsical. They can hide people anywhere, but they can't hide them in the consulate. You must know that our consuls are not on the same page as the people in Manchuria. If they really bring people to the consulate
, the consul had already released the person."
Kenda believes that this is absolutely impossible to happen, and the consulate will not get involved in such conflicts and disputes.
"But I found that the military attache from your consulate was mixed with Ozawa and the others. Maybe they have a common mission." Lu Ming said.
"There's nothing strange about this. The military attache at the consulate is a representative sent by the military. He is a completely different person from us diplomats. The Manchurian Railway's intelligence and operations teams are nominally under his control. Of course, he often has to communicate with Ozawa.
They meet." Qian Tian said nonchalantly.
"In that case, doesn't it mean they have no suitable place to hide people?" Lu Ming said a little disappointed.
Lu Ming's original guess was that Ozawa and his Tibetans were in two locations, one was the Manchurian Railway Building and the other was the consulate. However, both of his guesses were rejected by Qiantian.
Of course, there are still many places in the Japanese Concession that Ozawa and the others can take advantage of, but since they don't even feel safe in the Manchuria Railway Building, other places are even less safe.
Lu Ming's idea was to first find out where Ozawa and the others were hiding the person, and then try to break in and rescue the person, just like they did when they kidnapped Seishiro Ozawa.
Lu Ming was originally worried that Ozawa and the others would hide people in the consulate, and outsiders would never be able to enter the consulate.
Even if you manage to get an invitation to enter the consulate, someone will be following you from beginning to end, and there is absolutely no possibility of free movement, let alone bringing anyone in.
Lu Ming knew that it seemed that he had made things simple.
"Kenta-kun, please help me think about where they might hide people?" Lu Ming said sincerely.
"I don't dare to make wild guesses about this. I'll go back and help you get some ideas. Besides, you don't have any evidence to prove that it was Ozawa and the others who kidnapped the person. It's just an assumption."
"If I had evidence, I wouldn't ask for your help. Instead, I would speak directly to your consul." Lu Ming said.
"That's right. The Japanese kidnapping Chinese citizens at will in China will cause diplomatic disputes. Ordinarily, they don't have the courage." Kenda said thoughtfully.
"I disagree with this. The Japanese are so audacious in China. What can they not dare to do?" Lu Ming sneered.
"I know you are going to talk about them ambushing you again, but this matter is really complicated. It involves not only personal grudges, but also multi-party games." Qiantian said.
"Game? What game? I am just a small person. How could I attract the attention of your country's military? How could I become the target of a multi-party game?" Lu Ming said in surprise.
"Lu Sang, what you said is wrong. First of all, let me ask you, why does Mr. Jiang pay so much attention to you? Do you really not know your own value? Secondly, you are the second heir to the Sheng family, and
It's a boy." Qian Tian said and winked at Lu Ming.
"So what? Mr. Jiang wants to cultivate me. Does this have anything to do with the Japanese?" Lu Ming said unconvinced.
"How could it be okay? As the major shareholder of the Sheng Group, you are directly related to Japan's interests in China, especially in Shanghai. Have you forgotten how they dealt with Sheng Di and Sheng Muyi?" Qian Tian said.
"What do you mean?" Lu Ming was a little creeped out by Qian Tian.