Regardless of whether the assassination occurred in the city of Tianjin or in the concession area outside the city, as long as no foreigners were involved, the case would be tried by the Tianjin District Court. Although the Ministry of Industry and Industry Bureau had to intervene in criminal cases in the concession, they generally did not bother to intervene.
This is also the reason why Chu Yufeng dared to send people to kill people in the concession. Even if the gunman was caught, the case would be accepted by the Tianjin District Court, and most foreigners would turn a blind eye.
But once foreigners are involved, things will get messy. The institution that hears the case will be transformed from the Tianjin District Court to the Foreign Consular Court (there are also some special courts in Shanghai, such as the British High Court in Shanghai and the American High Court in Shanghai.
High Court, etc.).
If it is not handled properly, the criminal case will turn into a diplomatic incident, and even the Beiyang government will be involved.
So when Chu Yufeng heard that the British were injured and the gunman was caught, he immediately regarded Du Xiaoshan as a scapegoat. Du Xiaoshan was also cunning and said that I would not take the blame.
Chang Zhiying, director of the Tianjin Police Department, was formerly the commander of the 107th Brigade of the 20th Army Division under Zhang Zongchang. He was later recruited by Chu Yupu. Historically, this person was a traitor during the Anti-Japanese War and served as an official in Jinan.
Dao Daoyin, Chief Executive of the Puppet Qingzhou Special Region.
Chang Zhiying was definitely a lackey of the Chu family at this time. When Chu Yufeng gave the order, he immediately led the team to arrest the people. But in the end, Du Xiaoshan had already escaped into the concession and surrendered to the patrol room of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau.
Patrol room.
Ma Liu was hung up and beaten severely, and then the police began to ask: "Name!"
Ma Liu, who was covered in whip marks and was showered with salt water, was crying in pain. He wanted to tell the story of when he was a child and watched the widow take a bath: "My name is Ma Kui, others call me Ma Liu. I am 30 years old this year.
His ancestral home is Hebei, and he lives in Majiahe Village, Baoding Road, Zhili Province (Anping County, Hebei)..."
"Stop, stop, stop!"
The police officer said impatiently: "If I ask a question, just say it. Don't rush me!"
Ma Liu said quickly: "Okay, sir."
"My name is Ma Kui, right? Which Kui?"
"I don't know, I can't read, sir, just write whatever you want."
"Who else is at home?"
"My parents and two younger brothers all died while fleeing, and my younger sister was sold to Ren Yazi. I am the only one left in the family."
"Isn't your name Ma Liu? You don't have many brothers?"
"Sir, I have six fingers on my left hand, so I call it Ma Liu."
"Profession?"
"If you don't have a career, you just mess around."
"That's Hun Xingzi. Where do you usually live?"
"House for rent at No. xx, xx Hutong, Nanshi."
"Who ordered you to kill the British?"
"Sir, I'm sorry. I didn't shoot the British man."
"How dare you quibble! Come here, beat me hard again!"
"Really, it's unfair! Ah! Don't fight, don't fight, I said... Du Xiaoshan, Mr. Du, asked me to kill Zhou Hexuan, and also gave me a handful of flower-mouthed pokers and 1,000 oceans. I disguised myself as a fruit seller and sold it to Zhou Hexuan.
I squatted outside my home for several days, and finally saw him going out, and then I followed him. You can ask the shoe shiner Zhu Wu about this!"
"Who is Zhu Wu? Where does he live? What is his full name?"
"I don't know. I only know that his name is Zhu Wu, and he has been shining shoes on that street."
"Speak carefully and don't lie. I will bring Zhu Wu to confront you."
"I said, I will tell you the truth. At that time, I followed Zhou Hexuan all the way, and later he went to see two foreign adults. But the gun on that foreign adult was really not shot by me. I only fired three shots.
One shot flew away, one shot hit Zhou Hexuan, and another shot hit his entourage. Later, I was chased by Commander Feng's people and shot four more times. The flower-mouthed gun can only hold seven rounds of bullets.
After being beaten by me, the bullets in Mr. Yang’s body were really not shot by me!”
"I believe you for now, wait until I capture Du Xiaoshan! Take this guy and lock him up, tie him up and gag him, don't let him commit suicide!"
…
Zhu Wu saw that Maguire's stomach had not returned, and it was almost getting dark. He looked at the fruit stall next to him, and his heart became violent, ready to push them all back to his home.
After walking not far, I was suddenly blocked by a group of Chinese patrolmen. The leader asked: "Are you Zhu Wu?"
"Yes." Zhu Wu nodded subconsciously.
"Catch me," the patrol captain said sternly, "I tell you Zhu Wu, you have committed a crime!"
Zhu Wu knelt down and cried loudly: "Sir, I don't want the fruit anymore. Please don't arrest me. I have an eighty-year-old mother above me, and below me..."
"take away!"
…
The place where the incident occurred was cordoned off by several small teams of Indian soldiers, who went from house to house to investigate and arrested all those who looked like bad guys.
Finally, two soldiers found the rifle and the photo on the roof. One of them shouted happily in curry English: "I found it, I found the murder weapon!"
"I found it first!" his companion said quickly.
"I saw it first!" the Indian Asan from before said angrily.
In order to perform meritorious service, the two actually fought on the spot, and each was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. In the end, the winner got the rifle, while the loser only got a photo of Zhou Hexuan.
They ran downstairs, as happy as if they had found gold.
…
Du Xiaoshan wore a wig and dressed up as an old woman and left the house through the back door. He did not dare to take a car, so he walked a few streets before calling a rickshaw and went straight to the patrol house in the British Concession.
On the way, Du Xiaoshan encountered a team of police officers. As if he were seeing his relatives, he jumped out of the car and shouted: "I am Du Xiaoshan. I know the murderer behind today's shooting. Arrest me quickly. Quick!"
The police officers looked at each other, then swarmed up and tied up Du Xiaoshan Wuhuada.
After being taken to the interrogation room of the patrol room, he was about to be tortured before being interrogated. Du Xiaoshan quickly shouted: "I am surrendering myself. I told everyone, don't waste time!"
The police officer in charge of the interrogation was dumbfounded: "Say it, Mr. Du, I'm listening."
Du Xiaoshan spoke quickly: "Zhou Hexuan offended Chu Yufeng, and Chu Yufeng asked me to find someone to assassinate him. Ma Liu who was captured by you was indeed sent by me, but it is none of my business to hurt the British. Chu Yufeng was afraid that I would not do my job well.
, he arranged another gunman. The British master was injured because Chu Yufeng asked the gunman to do it. Also, I didn’t want to kill Zhou Hexuan, and I specifically told Ma Liu not to hit the fatal place. Moreover, I sent someone to remind Zhou Hexuan and asked him to be careful of assassins when he went out.
They were all forced! I never thought about killing people, really."
The police officer frowned. This matter involved warlords and was no longer something that the patrol room could handle. He could only report it to the officials at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau for a final decision.
…
"Trash, they are all a bunch of trash!"
"I couldn't kill Zhou Hexuan, but he also injured the British, and even the gunman was caught."
"And you, Chang Zhiying! Your dignified police chief can't even kill Du Xiaoshan. Do you still have the nerve to work for our Chu family?"
"Get out of here, get out of here!"
Chang Zhiying waited for Chu Yufeng to vent before saying, "Military officer, should I send a telegram to the commander-in-chief?"
"Yes, yes, send a telegram and prepare a car for me quickly. I have to go to the telegraph office!" Chu Yufeng was already in a panic. Once the foreigners issued the order, not even Chu Yupu could save him, and he would probably be sentenced.
On the way to the telegraph office, Chu Yufeng suddenly shouted: "Turn around and go to the military camp, I want to fight on the front line!"
Well, Chu Yufeng finally woke up, and he knew that the safest place was in the army. He could no longer stay in Tianjin. When the consular court's verdict came out, the Beiyang government, under diplomatic pressure, would definitely remove him and investigate.
Only by staying in the front-line troops can we avoid being subject to foreign military orders. Even if Zhang Zuolin comes in person, there is nothing he can do to Chu Yufeng. Maybe the matter can be eased after delaying it for a while.
