Two gunshots were fired in a row, and Asano Ryo swayed twice before falling to the ground with a plop.
The originally lively street immediately became chaotic, with children crying, women screaming, and people hiding here and there, looking for a place they thought was safe.
Miyamoto came out of nowhere and shouted: "Come here, block the whole street and search everyone!"
Asano Lyoichi was lying on his back on the ground, with a large pool of bright red blood underneath him. He was looking at the boundless sky and murmuring his daughter's name.
He knew in his heart that although he betrayed the organization and became a shameful traitor, he at least ensured the safety of his family, which was worth it from this point of view.
As for who shot him, it doesn't matter to Asano Ryoichi. What matters is the hometown he can never go back to, the relatives he can never see again...
The next day, the gendarmerie headquarters.
There were some items stacked on the table, including pistols, wallets, cigarettes, keys, envelopes, including the pass. These items were all taken from Tian Ligang and Li Kai.
Jiang Xinyu stood aside with his hands down. The two captains of the detective team were arrested. Naturally, he, the captain, wanted to ask why.
"Captain Jiang, what do you think about this matter?" Hattori Hikoo put down the wallet in his hand, picked up the envelope and pulled out the letter.
Jiang Xinyu pondered for a moment and said: "Major, to say that Li Kai is the crow, I think it is too early to draw a conclusion."
Hattori Hikoo read the contents of the letter and said, "Tell me your opinion."
"If Li Kai was really a crow, when he went to Wangdefu to meet up, he should have tried his best to hide it from others, but he took two people from the action team with him."
"Could Li Kai be using them to cover up his true intentions? He left the two members of the action team outside."
"It's possible...but I just checked the telephone exchange and someone did call Li Kai at noon."
"Where did the call come from?"
"It's a public phone booth near Shangmaqiao."
Hattori Hikoo thought for a while, shook his head slightly, and said: "Perhaps Li Kai arranged for someone to make the call himself, so that if he was discovered, he would still have room for explanation!"
Jiang Xinyu: "Just like you said, because of this, we also have no way to judge whether what Li Kai said is true or false."
Hattori Hikoo sneered: "That's easy to handle, the torture instruments in the interrogation room will know whether what he said is true or false!"
Jiang Xinyu knew that with Hattori Hikoo's consistent approach, even if the interrogation was inconclusive, Li Kai would not be able to escape unscathed.
It’s better to kill the wrong person than let him go! This has always been Hattori Hikoo’s attitude towards suspects.
Hattori Hikoo put the letter on the table and said, "Have you found the person named Ermao in the letter?"
"Found him, he is now being held in the detective team."
"Did he write the letter?"
"I personally interrogated him, and Er Mao said that he had never left such a letter to Tian Ligang."
"Oh?" Hattori Hikoo said thoughtfully, "You haven't written it? That means someone copied his handwriting and left a letter to Tian Ligang?"
"It should be, that kind of handwriting is easy to imitate. Besides, I spent the whole morning gambling on 18th Street that morning, so it was impossible to deliver the letter to the detective team."
"Has anyone confirmed what Er Mao said?"
"I sent people to 18th Street to ask, and six or seven people, including the casino owner, could confirm that Ermao was indeed there in the morning and had not been anywhere."
Hattori Hikoo picked up the letter again and murmured: "Then who wrote this letter?"
The matter of selling illegal salt mentioned in the letter is just general information at best. Why is it necessary to go to all the trouble to imitate Er Mao's handwriting and leave a letter...
Hattori Hikoo's eyes flashed, and he stretched out his hand to press the alarm bell under the table. A military policeman opened the door and walked in, bowed and said, "Major."
"Go get an alcohol lamp!" Hattori Hikoo ordered.
Military Police: "Yes!"
Jiang Xinyu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, letting Hattori Hikoo discover the problem was more credible than proactively reminding him himself.
After a while, the military policeman came in with an alcohol lamp, put it on the table, then turned around and left.
Jiang Xinyu pretended to be surprised and said: "Major, you are suspicious of this letter..."
Hattori Hikoo nodded slightly, and Jiang Xinyu hurried over, picked up a match, lit the alcohol lamp, and then put the letter paper on the flame to bake.
Ten seconds later, a line of words slowly appeared on the letter: Scabbard, you can use Li Kai to get rid of his own suspicion, pay close attention to this person's movements, and adapt to changes! Lao Qiu!
Hattori Hikoo took the letter and read it twice. A cold smile slowly appeared on his face and said: "The thing is very clear. Tian Ligang's appearance in Wangdefu is not accidental. He wants to keep and use Li Kai as a scapegoat. I
I guess Lao Qiu will also send someone to cooperate secretly!"
Jiang Xinyu thought for a moment and said, "I understand. No wonder the person who left the message didn't call Tian Ligang directly. They were worried that the phone was being monitored!"
Hattori Hikoo sighed: "So, things are unpredictable, and the willow tree is unintentionally planted. I originally wanted to catch the crow, but I didn't expect to find the scabbard!"
Jiang Xinyu: "Could Li Kai have fallen into Lao Qiu's trap?"
Hattori Hikoo shook his head and said: "Li Kai's matter should have nothing to do with the Communist Party. Unless Lao Qiu can predict the situation, how could he know about Wardrobe No. 32?"
"Then...how to deal with Li Kai?"
"Tian Ligang will be interrogated first!...Captain Jiang, you are familiar with him. Today you will interrogate and I will observe."
"yes!"
Ten minutes later, in the interrogation room.
Tian Ligang sat on a chair and waited anxiously. Why didn't the Japanese release him for so long?
The iron door clanked, and Hattori Hikoo and Jiang Xinyu walked in one after another.
"Captain Jiang, Major Hattori...hey, what's going on?" Tian Ligang stood up and said in panic.
Hattori Hikoo ignored him, pulled out a chair and sat down, took out a cigarette and lit one, and quietly watched Jiang Xinyu's interrogation.
Jiang Xinyu showed the letter to Tian Ligang and said, "Is this letter yours?"
Tian Ligang took one look and said, "It's mine."
"Do you know the content of the letter?"
"I know, it was Ermao who told me about Wangdefu's private salt transaction."
"But Ermao didn't go to the detective team yesterday to deliver the letter."
"Ah? How is this possible? I know that guy's handwriting. It's obviously his handwriting..."
"Er Mao said it himself, and he spent a whole day at the 18th Street Casino yesterday. Many people can attest to this. There is no doubt about it."
Tian Ligang was speechless for a long time, feeling vaguely that something was wrong. Someone pretended to be Er Mao and left a letter for him, and then he was taken into the gendarmerie interrogation room. No matter how he looked at it, it looked more like a conspiracy against him!