No. 13, Plum Blossom Lane, the Japanese Military Police Station.
This was originally the private residence of Wang Jingmin, president of the Yanjin Chamber of Commerce.
After the fall of Yanjin, Wang Jingmin and his whole family retreated southward with the Chinese army. This large house with four fronts naturally fell into the hands of the Japanese army.
The captain of the military police force is 30-year-old Major Hattori Hikoo. He is currently sitting in the captain's office, concentrating on a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War.
"Tuk-tuk!" There was a knock on the door.
Hattori Hikoo: "Come in. (Japanese)"
There was a loud bang on the door, and the squad leader Kako Nakamura, who had a slender face, walked in, bowed with both feet and saluted: "Your Excellency, Major. (Japanese)"
Hattori Hikoo didn't even raise his head and said, "Nakamura-kun, what's the matter?"
Kahuang Nakamura: "Nearly a thousand kilograms of refined salt was stolen from the Xijiao Salt Factory. After the police investigated the scene, they believed that the vehicle factory inspection system should be improved. They suggested that the gendarmerie send additional gendarmerie on duty."
"Hmm...what do you mean?"
"I think it is very necessary. The guards at the salt factory are all Chinese. It is difficult to really prevent them from colluding in private to steal refined salt!"
"You can arrange this matter."
"Yes." Kako Nakamura stood still.
Hattori Hikoo raised his head and glanced at him: "Is there anything else?"
Kako Nakamura hesitated for a moment and said: "His Majesty the Emperor's special envoy, Lieutenant Colonel Takagotsu Yasuo, has often been riding horses through the city of Ijinjin in recent times. I feel... there seems to be something wrong."
"Are you worried about his safety?"
"yes."
"The special envoy likes riding horses. No one can convince him. But don't worry, I have arranged for people from the Black Dragon Society to protect him secretly..."
"Bang!"
"Hey..."
The door was knocked hard, and then a woman's exclamation was heard.
Kako Nakamura shouted loudly: "Who is outside?"
Hattori Hikoo smiled, waved his hand and said, "It must be Mina."
Kako Nakamura's eyes immediately lit up, and he said in surprise: "Miss Mina is back?"
Hattori Hikoo: "Well, I just came back two days ago..."
The door was opened, and a woman wearing a Chinese Tang suit walked in with her head covered. She looked like an ordinary Chinese female student.
Hattori Hikoo smiled and said: "Mina, did you hit the door frame again?"
The woman said angrily: "It's a good door, why do you have to change it to a sliding door? My head hurts!"
Hattori Hikoo: "We are all Japanese in the military police. Of course we have to change it to a sliding door. You came three times and bumped into it three times. You really don't remember it at all!"
The woman who came in was named Hattori Mina, and she was the biological sister of Hattori Hikoo. Both of their parents were dead, so wherever her brother went, her sister would follow.
Three years ago, Hattori Mina followed her brother to China. She had been studying at a Japanese school in Shenyang and came to Yanjin after graduation.
Kako Nakamura said attentively: "Miss Mina, are you okay? Do you want me to call the military doctor to come over and take a look?"
Hattori Mina: "Thank you, no need."
Kako Nakamura is a fanatical militant with a rough and cruel personality. Hattori Mina has no good impression of him. Because he is his brother's subordinate, she has to deal with him a few words.
Hattori Mina sat on the chair opposite the desk, reached for the book Sun Tzu's Art of War, and said: "Brother, are you still reading this book? I remember this was a birthday gift from your father when you were twenty.
Right? (Chinese)”
Hattori Hikoo's face darkened and he said: "Speak Japanese! (Chinese)"
Hattori Mina pouted and said: "You asked Nakamura Kako to go out because you don't want him to hear us talking. (Chinese)"
Hattori Hikoo had no choice but to deal with this sister who was more than ten years younger than him. He said to Nakamura Kako: "Nakamura-kun, Mina and I have something to discuss. You should go back first."
Kako Nakamura quickly said: "Miss Mina, just be fine. You can chat and I won't disturb you."
Under the glare of her brother, Hattori Mina reluctantly stood up and bowed slightly to Nakamura Kako, barely saying hello.
Kako Nakamura happily bowed in return, his eyes kept glancing at Hattori Mina's beautiful face, and he respectfully exited the captain's room.
"What a disgusting guy..." Hattori Mina muttered.
Hattori Hikoo frowned and said, "If you don't stay at home, why did you come to the military police station?"
"There's no one at home, I'm going to die of suffocation!"
"Didn't you say that your classmates are coming to Yanjin?"
"Probably still on the way...Brother, when will we return to Japan?"
"I don't know, I have to follow the orders from the base camp."
Hattori Mina was boringly flipping through Sun Tzu's Art of War and said casually: "Can you understand such an obscure Chinese book?"
Hattori Hikoo was quite proud and said: "I took off my military uniform and chatted face to face with any Chinese, and they couldn't guess that I was Japanese!"
Hattori Mina: "So, the Chinese ancestry of our Hattori family still plays a role..."
Hattori Hikoo's expression changed and he said: "Mina, don't say such nonsense again! What a Chinese descent, we are Japanese!"
Hattori Mina curled her lips and said: "This is what my father said, not me, so why are you talking nonsense?"
"My father was very ill at that time, so he would inevitably talk nonsense..."
"No, my father said that our Hattori family was first descended from the Qin Kingdom and immigrated to Japan. The Qin Kingdom was in the Shaanxi area of China at that time, so..."
Hattori Hikoo jumped up and said sternly: "Mina, let me say it again, the Hattori family is a Japanese noble and has nothing to do with the Chinese! You must keep this in mind! Do you understand!"
Hattori Mina said aggrievedly: "I know, why are you being so fierce?"
Hattori Hikoo looked at his sister, his tone softened a little, and said: "In two and a half months, you will be twenty years old, and it is said that you will be of age to get married. If you have any classmates you like, just tell your brother."
Hattori Mina: "Here we go again, here we go again! Why are you in such a hurry to marry me off? Why am I bothering you?"
Hattori Hikoo: "We are in a foreign country. If you can get married earlier, I will feel more at ease."
"As a brother, you didn't even say you would marry me a sister-in-law, but instead urged me to get married. Isn't it ridiculous?"
"These are two different things, men and women are different."
"What's the difference? I favor boys over girls, huh!"
"You will understand my painstaking efforts in the future,"
"Let's talk about it later. Anyway, I don't understand it now."
"What do you think... Nakamura Kako?"
Hattori Mina stood up suddenly: "Brother, if you think I'm an eyesore, I'll go back to Japan tomorrow!"
"Although Nakamura-kun has a bad personality, he has a distinguished fortune. His father is a senior member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."
"So you actually pushed your sister into the fire pit for the sake of your own future?"