Lu Ming and Zhang Ziyang were invited into the office by the director. They saw two dejected policemen and a man who looked like a driver squatting in the corner. The three people had bruises and swollen faces and were trembling all over. It was obvious that the director did not take care of them after the accident.
"Please tell me in detail what happened." Director Shao moved a chair and said to a policeman.
The policeman came over tremblingly, sat sideways on the chair, and told what happened.
After receiving the report, they happily went to arrest people, thinking that as long as they caught a Communist, they would get a large bonus. The bureau had express regulations in this regard.
After Du Juan was captured by the Third Branch, Zhang Ziyang received a call from the informant at the same time, saying that the police from the Third Branch had captured Miss Du Juan.
Zhang Ziyang immediately called Director Shao of the branch and told him about the relationship between Du Juan and Lu Ming. Director Shao was so frightened that he wanted to release them immediately, but he felt that just releasing them was not enough to express his sincerity, so he decided to let the two policemen send Du Juan to
General Administration and apologized to Zhang Ziyang in person.
Director Shao specially sent his own car to take Du Juan to the headquarters, but the car was stopped halfway by a black car.
Three masked men got out of this black car, each holding a medium-sized rifle. They forced open the car door, forced the two policemen to get out of the car, and then forced Du Juan into their car and fled immediately.
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"Didn't I tell you to wait for me to come and deal with it?" Zhang Ziyang was so angry that he beat his chest and stamped his feet.
He regretted that he had made that call in an unreasonable manner. If he had come directly to take someone with him, such a ridiculous thing would not have happened.
"How do I...know...that..." Director Shao hesitated and was speechless.
"This is a premeditated kidnapping. Even if the person is locked up in the Third Branch, they will break in and take the person away." Lu Ming forced himself to calm down at this time and analyzed the entire process of the incident.
However, based only on the statements of the two policemen, Lu Ming was unable to confirm who actually killed Du Juan.
Songhu Garrison Headquarters, Fuxingshe Shanghai Station and Shanghai Special Operations Brigade are all possible.
But if they take action, they probably won't take the illegal act of robbing someone halfway, but will take the person away directly through normal channels.
"This matter was probably done by the Japanese again." Lu Ming said after thinking about it.
"No way, you killed several agents last time, but they didn't dare to pursue the case afterwards. Now they dare to kidnap Chinese people in Shanghai?" Zhang Ziyang said.
Lu Ming said nothing. It looked like the Japanese had done this, but why did the Japanese want to capture Du Juan? What purpose could be achieved by capturing Du Juan?
The Japanese hate him and want to take revenge on him. He can understand this, so why don't the Japanese attack him directly? How meaningful is it to go around and attack Du Juan?
Lu Ming's head hurt from thinking about it, but he still couldn't think of a reason, so he had to think about it for the time being.
"Inspector Zhang, please take these two men away and lock them up. If there is no trace of Du Juan, just let them stay in jail." Lu Ming pointed at the two policemen and said.
Lu Ming originally wanted to take these two people back to the Intelligence Department and imprison them, but the Intelligence Department did not have cells, and the Intelligence Department currently had no law enforcement power in Shanghai.
Lu Ming didn't like being held in secret, so he never set up a cell. Now it seems that it's really inconvenient.
"Okay, I'll take them back to the bureau first." Zhang Ziyang glanced at the two people squatting at the foot of the wall and waved to them, meaning to stand up and follow him.
Director Shao wanted to protest, but he raised his hand, shook it slightly, and then lowered it feebly.
He wanted to say that his two police officers did nothing wrong in arresting the suspect. Even if they arrested the wrong person, they should not be arrested.
If you are arrested because you caught the wrong suspect, can the police still go out to work in the future?
But Director Shao just had a flash of thought and passed away. He did not dare to resist. If he spoke boldly now and saved these two subordinates, he might receive an order to be dismissed tomorrow.
"Power, this is power." He shouted in his heart, but he could only shout in his heart, and he had to pretend to be submissive on the surface.
"When did you receive the report?" Lu Ming asked.
"It must have been around ten o'clock, I can't remember clearly," a policeman said with trembling lips.
"Then let's recall carefully what time it was." Lu Ming said sharply.
It's a pity that the two policemen were eager to make a meritorious service and did not check their watches. However, someone knows the time when they captured Du Juan and brought him to the station.
It was 11:20, and someone happened to be looking at the watch and came out to have lunch, and saw these two people walking in with Du Juan.
Lu Ming calculated the time it took for the Third Branch to get to the place where Du Juan was captured. They went there by bicycle, which took about ten minutes. When they came back, they had to walk because they had Du Juan in custody, which took about 25 minutes.
In other words, the time when the reporting call was received should be around 10:45.
Although this time is not precise, it can be used to find out the origin of the phone call.
After Lu Ming came out, he broke up with Zhang Ziyang and asked him to escort the two policemen back to the headquarters. He went to the telephone office himself to check where the call to the third branch at 10:45 a.m. came from.
When Lu Ming rushed to the telephone exchange, An Gonggen and Huang Yanning also arrived.
The reason why Lu Ming asked these two people to come over was because Huang Yanning was familiar with the people at the telephone exchange, and it was more convenient for him to check the source of the call.
An Gonggen has extensive experience in kidnappings, and asking him to search for witnesses when Du Juan was kidnapped may yield some results. He may also be able to find clues by investigating the homes around the street.
Generally speaking, this kind of routine inquiry is fruitless, but it must be done because sometimes important clues are hidden in the most ordinary details.
Huang Yanning led Lu Ming to the director's office. He introduced Lu Ming to the director of the telephone station and explained his purpose.
The phone records of the telephone exchange are confidential to the outside world, but for the purpose of punishing criminals, law enforcement agencies have the right to inquire the records.
After listening to Huang Yanning's introduction, the director said that he was very happy to meet Lu Ming, this influential figure in Shanghai. Today he finally saw a living person.
The director immediately took the two people to the switchboard, and soon found out that a call had been made to the third branch at 10:43.
Lu Ming almost went crazy when he saw the phone number to the Third Branch. The call was actually made from his original office at Fuxing Society Shanghai Station.
This is the greatest irony to him and a blatant provocation.
"It's so strange, Master Lu. I know this office has always been empty. Could it be that someone has gone in to work?" Huang Yanning was stunned when he saw this number.
"Let's go to Shanghai Station." Lu Ming said firmly.
The two drove back to the Shanghai Station where they had been away for a long time. The place still looked the same.
The guards all knew the cars of these two people and let them in after saluting.
When people at Shanghai Station saw Lu Ming and Huang Yanning, they all gathered around to say hello warmly, with envious expressions on their faces.
After Lu Ming left the Fuxing Society, Sheng Youde stopped providing financial support to the newly established Investigation Bureau. Now all the funds for the Shanghai Station are allocated from above, and the salary and benefits were immediately reduced by half.
People at the Shanghai Station of Fuxing Society finally knew the benefits of Lu Ming's reign, so they naturally thought of him even more.
"Chief Lu, when will you come back? If you weren't here, we would be starving to death." A division chief complained.
"Oh, thank you for your hard work. I'll treat you all to a drink when I find time. Although I'm not here, my feelings are still there." Lu Ming bowed his hands to everyone.
"Chief Lu, if this continues, we will have to go to the streets to sell newspapers. This life will be impossible." Someone echoed the director.
"Sir Huang, do you have a shortage of people there? How about we go to your place and be an administrator?" Huang Yanning's arm was immediately grabbed by someone.
Huang Yanning followed Lu Ming, waved to everyone, and said: "Everyone, Chief Lu is here to visit you today. If you have anything to say, tell me. Chief Lu still has things to deal with. Please give way and don't stop me.
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Regardless of these people, they all rushed forward and complained as if they were seeing a savior, as if Lu Ming was the one who could save them from suffering.
Lu Ming smiled bitterly and shook hands with several division directors, then squeezed through the crowd and walked directly to the door of his former office upstairs.
From the outside, nothing had changed here. However, Lu Ming felt confused. He felt that the atmosphere here was completely wrong. What was it? The eerie feeling was very unpleasant.
"Sir Lu, do you want to come back or reminisce about the past? This office has been reserved for you."
A voice came, and Lu Ming turned around and saw Weng Bailing, followed by his secretary Song Hanyu.
A strange smile appeared on Lu Ming's face. He didn't know that this expression frightened Weng Bailing.
Weng Bailing couldn't help but reach out and touch his eyes. He had received a heavy punch from Lu Ming there before, and it seemed to be aching again now.