"Please have tea!" After bringing Li Qiang to the office, Mrs. Xu poured a cup of hot tea for him and brought it over.
"Thank you." However, although Li Qiang reached out to take the tea cup, he did not drink it. Instead, he put it aside and said straight to the point, "Mrs. Xu, I am very sorry about Mr. Xu's matter, and I also know about this request.
It's very rude, but I still hope you can let me see Mr. Xu's autopsy report, can you?"
As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Xu frowned and asked subconsciously: "Mr. Ming, you mean... there is another hidden reason behind my late husband's death?"
"To tell you the truth, Mrs. Xu, in fact, it's not just me. Even after Mr. Xu's accident, someone has been secretly investigating. It's just to take care of your and Xiao Yanji's emotions, so..."
"I understand, thank you very much. If Dishan was really plotted and died a violent death, I must investigate to the end even if I risk my life!"
"Mrs. Xu, I understand how you feel, but we'd better leave the investigation to us. The only thing you have to do is to maintain the status quo, so that you can hide it from those with ulterior motives and buy us time to find out the truth."
"Well, you're right. I will cooperate fully. As for the rest, I'll leave it to you." After saying that, Mrs. Xu bowed deeply to Li Qiang and then took out a safe.
A file bag was handed into Li Qiang's hand.
"Excuse me, Mrs. Xu, how was Mr. Xu's physical condition before the accident?" After carefully checking the autopsy report in the file bag, Li Qiang pondered for a moment, and then asked, "I mean, are there any reports?
Old age illness?"
"You know, Dishan has been teaching for more than 20 years. The dust he inhaled over the years has made him cough frequently, and in severe cases, he will suffocate. He has seen many doctors, but they can only relieve it, but they can never be cured."
"Well, have you ever seen him coughing up blood?"
"That's not true."
"That's it. The autopsy report said that Mr. Xu had pulmonary heart disease caused by severe coughing, which is what we often call pulmonary heart disease. It was the direct cause of Mr. Xu's death. But as far as I know,
Cor pulmonale does not appear to be a sudden illness."
"Really?"
"Wait a moment, I'll make a call to confirm." After saying that, Li Qiang came to the phone and dialed a phone number, "Hello, Dr. Su? It's me, A Qiang! I want to know something from you.
Cor pulmonale, the more detailed the better, okay?”
After receiving a positive reply from Dr. Su on the other side of the phone, Li Qiang put the phone receiver on the table. Mrs. Xu also pricked up her ears and listened carefully to Dr. Su's introduction.
"This pulmonary heart disease is mainly a heart disease caused by pulmonary hypertension caused by lesions in the bronchopulmonary tissue or pulmonary arteries. It is generally divided into acute and chronic categories based on the onset and duration of the disease."
Hearing what Dr. Su said, Mrs. Xu frowned slightly, and Li Qiang couldn't help but feel his cheeks getting hot, and quickly asked: "Is this...isn't this right? Dr. Su, how do I remember that pulmonary heart disease is not a sudden illness?"
Is it a recurrent disease?"
"Sudden and acute are two completely different concepts from the perspective of our doctors. Sudden diseases refer to diseases and lesions that occur suddenly, while acute diseases refer to those with sudden onset, rapid changes in condition, and severe symptoms.
Disease. Even for acute pulmonary heart disease, the course of the disease is at least a week. Compared with some diseases where the time from onset to death is so short that people have no time to react, the onset period is already long."
"Well, okay, I understand, thank you Dr. Su."
After saying that, Li Qiang hung up the phone and turned to look at Mrs. Xu. However, before he could speak, Mrs. Xu took the initiative and said: "I remember very clearly that Dishan was fine the day before the accident and kept worrying about it.
He was running around transporting ancient books, but he didn’t show any symptoms at all.”
"If I guess correctly, the doctor Huo who issued this autopsy report should be your friend, right?" Li Qiang asked again.
"How come you..., yes, Dr. Huo is indeed our friend, not only a friend but also a fellow countryman. Dishan has always only taken the medicine prescribed by him. It can't be him... right?"
"Alas!" Hearing this, Li Qiang couldn't help but sigh, "As the saying goes, it's difficult to draw a human being or a tiger. You know the person but don't know the heart. Maybe someone took advantage of your relationship and tried every means to bribe that person.
Huo's, eventually led to Mr. Xu's sudden death."
"What a person who knows people but not their hearts! Then let me ask you, on one side is an old friend who has been with us for decades, and on the other side is a guy of unknown origin. Why should we trust you?"
Just as he was speaking, a loud and powerful voice suddenly rang out. Before Li Qiang could react, a middle-aged man in a long gown with a bookish air in his movements had already opened the door and left.
Come in.
"Didn't ask for advice?"
"Mr. Ming, let me introduce to you. This is the curator here and a professor at the School of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Hong Kong, Professor Chen Junbao Chen."
"So you are Professor Chen. I have admired you for a long time, and I am under the clear wall." After saying this, Li Qiang paused, and seeing that Professor Chen still looked indifferent, he simply took out the letter left by Li Weigong from his arms.
That bunch of keys, "Since Professor Chen is the curator here, he must know this one, right?"
"This is..." Sure enough, as soon as Chen Junbao saw the bunch of keys, his expression immediately changed, and he quickly asked, "How come you have this bunch of keys in your hand?"
"Of course, the owner of this bunch of keys entrusted it to me. As for its meaning, I think Professor Chen should know it even if I don't say it, so I ask you both to believe me."
"Okay, for the sake of this bunch of keys, I believe you have no malicious intentions for the time being, but I cannot agree with your inference about Dr. Huo, let alone accept it." Chen Junbao pondered for a long time before saying in a deep voice.
"I understand that my words are unfounded. Don't worry, as long as you are willing to cooperate, I have many ways to make him tell the truth personally!"
…
"Mr. Ming!" As soon as Li Qiang came out of the library, he saw Ah Fa running over anxiously and said, "Oh no, something happened to your wife!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Qiang frowned, but he still tried his best to control his emotions and asked as calmly as possible: "Don't be impatient, please tell me slowly, what happened?"
"It is said that your wife caused a disturbance in Zhengjin Bank and was taken away by people from the Operations Division of the Police Station."
"Operation class? Is the news true?"
"It's true. Brother Bao happened to be nearby when the incident happened and saw your wife being taken into the mobile class's car."
Hearing this, Li Qiang nodded, started the car without saying a word, and rushed to the Japanese Consulate in less than ten minutes.
"Stop, what are you doing?" Before the car stopped, the guard at the door had already raised his gun and asked loudly.
Before he finished speaking, a familiar voice rang out, "Asshole, do you know who is in the car? Put down the gun quickly!"
As soon as these words came out, the guards put down their guns without saying a word, and all stood at attention towards the person who spoke, "Hai!"
The man ignored him, but walked straight to the car and said to Li Qiang familiarly: "I knew Mr. Ming would come, but I didn't expect it to come so fast!"
Li Qiang naturally recognized the person at a glance. It was none other than Lieutenant Colonel Daisuke Shikawa, the head of the Operations Section whom he had met at the entrance of the Royal Hotel when he assassinated Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.
"Something happened to my wife. As a husband, I naturally put down everything I was doing and rushed over as soon as possible. But I don't know whose family law I violated, and I actually alerted Section Chief Shichuan to lead the team in person.
Where are the arrests?"
"Mr. Ming, you misunderstood! I'm not here to arrest people, on the contrary, I'm here to save them."
"Save people? How do you say this?"
"There are many people here, so I think we should change our conversation to another place! Please come with me!"
In a short time, Li Qiang followed Daisuke Shichuan to a reception room. Sure enough, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Haitang sitting there, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Haitang was like a child who had done something wrong, lowering his head and apologizing: "I'm sorry, I should have gone back to the hotel immediately..."
"As long as everything is fine, tell me, what happened?"
"Someone was following your wife and she discovered it, so the two had a conflict in the lobby of the bank. Later, the other party even fired a gun."
"What did you say?" As he spoke, Li Qiang glanced at Haitang with concern, and after confirming that she was safe and sound, he couldn't help but continued angrily, "Opening a gun in broad daylight in public is too arrogant.
Right? Where is the person? Have you been caught?"
"Dead." Daisuke Shikawa said calmly.
"died?"
"Well. As far as I know, this doesn't seem to be the first time you two have been in danger during this trip. You also had similar encounters on the cruise ship, right?"
Li Qiang laughed bitterly after hearing this, "That's how our business is, either killing or being killed. We've long been used to assassinations."
"I didn't expect Mr. Ming to be so open-minded."
"There's no such thing as open-mindedness. Habits have become natural. By the way, Section Chief Shichuan, has the identity of the killer been confirmed?"
"It's difficult. The person is dead. The rest can only be inferred. Not to mention the identity of the killer, we can't even determine whether he was ordered by others."
"That's it, okay then! Section Chief Shichuan, then... can we go back?"
"Of course! Oh, by the way, I have already set up a hidden sentry near the hotel where you two are staying. I don't think a similar incident will happen again."
Secret protection?
As soon as these words came out, Li Qiang sneered secretly. What he said was better than what he sang. It was more of a secret surveillance than a secret protection, right?
Thinking of this, Li Qiang immediately pretended to be frightened and said: "This... is not good? After all, our husband and wife are on a wedding trip this time. How dare we take up Section Chief Shichuan's precious energy to protect ourselves?"
What about our safety? It’s a must.”
"Mr. Ming, since we have already said this, I might as well make it more clear. Although you are traveling under the name of one person, don't forget that you also have another identity. You are members of the Nanjing Government.
Senior officials and their families were attacked under the nose of our police department, which not only hit your Chairman Wang’s face, but also our police department’s face, so Mr. Ming should not continue to refuse.”
"Okay, if that's the case, then the foolish couple will cause trouble to you, Section Chief Shichuan."
"Easy to say!"
…
"Haitang, please recall carefully, is the killer coming for you or the box?" It was not until he was on the way back that Li Qiang finally asked the question that concerned him most at the moment.
"It should have been for someone, otherwise I should have taken action earlier, and not until I discovered it, I took action hastily. In fact, I originally wanted to capture him alive, but I didn't expect that he actually had a gun on him, let alone his shooting skills.
It's so bad that it's shocking. Both the movements of raising the gun and shooting are very unfamiliar, and it doesn't look like he has been trained."
"An ordinary person who has not received training carries a gun on his body. He is obviously ordered by others. But why does the mastermind behind the scenes let such a guy carry out the assassination mission? Could it be that the real purpose is not the assassination itself?
, but do you have other plans?"
Speaking of this, Li Qiang seemed to hear something suddenly and asked: "By the way, how did that guy die in the end?"
"Arrested with a gun, ordered by Daisuke Misukawa, and shot to death on the spot."
"Killed to death? I think it's more like silencing him!" Li Qiang snorted and said angrily, "Think about it, if this thing didn't happen, how could that guy have such a reasonable excuse to blatantly kill people?
Place it next to us?"
"So, all this is not a conspiracy of the Black Dragon Society, but a conspiracy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?"
"It's hard to say. Maybe it's what you said. Maybe these are two completely unrelated incidents. If I have to choose one possibility, I would prefer the latter. After all, in the eyes of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we are just
They are just two inconspicuous little people, not worthy of such a big effort. So I think this matter should be the personal behavior of Daisuke Misukawa, or the Japanese consul Nakamura Toyoichi behind him, for the purpose of investigating
The purpose of our coming to Hong Kong this time."
"If that's the case, wouldn't the things we store in Zhengjin Bank be very dangerous?"
"Don't worry, it doesn't matter even if the Japanese get the box, because the box contains the key to the safe I opened at Dehua Bank earlier. After all, it is a matter of solemnly depositing a box into the safe.
It’s hard not to attract attention, so I came up with this strategy to prevent anyone from trying to find that box.”
