Jiang Xinyu left the detective team early for an excuse in the afternoon. He was going to go to the military command contact point and send the information, and the whole thing would unfold step by step.
This is a plan with no obvious loopholes. If the assassination can be successful, it will be perfect!
A few dozen meters away from Fujucheng Department Store, there is a cosmetics store called "Yongchun", which specializes in selling all kinds of rouge, gouache, lipstick and odds and ends for women. This is a tailor-made contact point for Chang Hongling, who is a woman.
, it’s normal to come to a place like this.
Before Jiang Xinyu came out, he called Hattori Mina and made an appointment to meet at the Lilac Cafe at five o'clock. At that time, he would give her some cosmetics he bought in Yongchun to cover up his behavior.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Xinyu's car slowly stopped in front of the Yongchun cosmetics store. Just as he was about to open the door and get out of the car to go to the meeting, he suddenly realized that he had overlooked an important issue!
According to what Chang Hongling said, she saw the secret message with her own eyes at the military police headquarters, but people from the Black Dragon Society were monitoring her, which meant that Hattori Hikoo was suspicious of Chang Hongling. How could she be given such a chance?
Could it be that Hattori Hikoo deliberately let Chang Hongling reveal the message as a test, and then secretly laid an ambush to capture the military commander's operatives in one fell swoop?
Even if this is the case, it does not prove that Chang Hongling is a spy, and the subsequent investigation results must have revealed the secret from Peking...
Jiang Xinyu sat in the car for more than ten minutes and finally figured out the key point. This was an extremely simple trap, and the content of the secret message was most likely false!
Hattori Hikoo did not need to send people to set up an ambush at the train station. If Kawashima Yoshiko did not show up, the military agents involved in the assassination would have no target and would inevitably cancel the operation automatically.
But there is one thing. If the news that Kawashima Yoshiko and Kurihara Takeichiro came to Ijin is released, and if the secret message is fake, then the source of the news can only be Chang Hongling!
Thinking of this, Jiang Xinyu got out of the car, bought a bouquet of flowers from the flower shop next to the Yongchun cosmetics store, then turned the car around and rushed to the Lilac Cafe.
When we arrived at the cafe, Hattori Mina hadn't arrived yet, so Jiang Xinyu came to the bar and said, "Use the phone."
"Please do as you please." The waiter said politely.
Jiang Xinyu dialed the number of Hattori's house. The phone rang for a long time before the servant's breathless voice came over the phone: "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"
"I am Jiang Xinyu. I would like to ask, has Miss Mei Nai come out of the house?"
"The lady left half an hour ago."
"Oh well."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xinyu returned to his seat. Mr. Hattori came over and said, "Sir, what would you like to drink?"
"Two cups of coffee, thank you."
"OK, just a second."
The purpose of Jiang Xinyu's call was to report that Chang Hongling was safe. According to the prior agreement between the two of them, Chang Hongling should be the one to answer the phone...
Ten minutes later, Hattori Mina walked into the cafe, walked briskly to Jiang Xinyu, and said, "How long have you been here?"
"I just arrived not long ago..." As he spoke, Jiang Xinyu picked up the bouquet of flowers from the chair and said with a smile: "Give it to you."
Hattori Mina took the flowers in surprise, brought them up to her nose and smelled them, and said with an intoxicated look: "What beautiful flowers! Thank you!"
After sitting down, Hattori Mina took a sip of coffee and said, "I just passed by Shengrong Tailor Shop. The black suit in the window is very nice. I think it will suit you well."
"Forget it, I have a suit at home. I am a man and I don't need so many clothes. Besides, the weather is so hot, I will definitely get prickly heat when I put it on." Jiang Xinyu said with a smile.
"I'm not asking you to wear it now because it will be cold in two months."
"A suit costs tens of thousands, so forget it."
"No, it's my first time to give you a gift, how can I forget about it?"
"A gift from you?"
"Yes, it's not actually a gift." Hattori Mina suddenly became coy and whispered: "When you get married, you still have to wear old clothes..."
"Okay, I'll take the measurements later..." Jiang Xinyu changed the topic that made him upset and said, "I called your home just now, and it took Madam Liang a long time to pick up. Is there anyone at home?"
"Oh, when I came out, Mother Liang was washing clothes outside. Maybe she didn't hear her."
"Mrs. Hattori isn't home?"
"My brother sent a car to pick her up and left, saying she was going to attend some kind of military-related party..."
"Oh, no wonder no one answered the phone."
"By the way, Ayako asked me to return the book to you. She said she borrowed it when she visited Uncle Jiang." Hattori Mina took out a book from her bag and put it on the table.
"I told you there's no need to return it, Mrs. Hattori is too serious." Jiang Xinyu flipped through the book a few times, and a bookmark in the book fell out.
Bookmarks are usually clipped to the corresponding book page to comment on the content, and some people write directly on the book.
Hattori Mina leaned forward, took a look, and said, "I always thought Ayako liked Western culture, but I didn't expect that she also admired this kind of thinking."
The bookmark had beautiful pen calligraphy and a few words praising the woman in the book who stayed loyal to her late husband throughout her life. But Jiang Xinyu quickly saw that this was a code word: Stop the action!
Obviously, Chang Hongling finally figured out that there was something wrong with this matter, but she had no way to notify Jiang Xinyu and could only use Hattori Mina to convey the news.
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At this moment, at No. 1 Huaiyin Lane, a group of people were singing and dancing in the military club.
Social gatherings for Japanese military officers and their families are often held here, but Chang Hongling has never participated in them. Hattori Hikoo is not interested in such activities either and thinks it is an unnecessary waste of time.
The military families were singing and dancing, and everyone was asked to perform a show. When it was Chang Hongling's turn, she waved her hands repeatedly and said, "I'm sorry, everyone, I can neither sing nor dance, so let's ask the next person to perform."
An officer said: "Mrs. Hattori, we are all brothers and sisters sitting here. It doesn't matter whether we are together or not, we just want to miss our hometown together! Major Hattori, do you mind?"
Not far away, Hattori Hikoo raised his cup and said, "Of course I don't mind."
Chang Hongling looked embarrassed, lowered her head and said nothing.
The officer added: "Mrs. Hattori doesn't know anything about the songs and dances of her country, right?"
Even without looking back, Chang Hongling could still feel Hattori Hikoo's suspicious gaze behind her.
Chang Hongling smiled and said: "Okay, then let me sing a song together. I haven't sung it for many years. If it's out of tune, don't laugh at me, please!"
"Mrs. Hattori, please come to the stage." The officer said diligently.
A small stage used for performances, with a microphone standing in the middle.
Chang Hongling stepped onto the stage, bowed slightly, and sang: "Red dragonfly in the sunset, where are you? What day was it when I met you in childhood? I picked up the basket and went to the mountain. The mulberry trees were as green as the shade.
, picking mulberries and putting them in a small basket, could it be a dream? A fifteen-year-old girl, married far away, left her hometown for a long time and could not return, and there was little news. Red dragonfly in the sunset, where are you, resting there
On the tip of the bamboo pole is the red dragonfly..."
This is a very famous ballad, sung by Chang Hongling in a sad and moving way. Halfway through the song, some people were already sobbing softly.
"The singing was not good, everyone laughed." Chang Hongling said apologetically.
Hattori Hikoo took the lead in applauding, and an officer next to him praised: "Major Hattori, I didn't expect that your wife has a good voice. I think she can sing even better than those big stars!"
Chang Hongling was about to leave the stage when a voice shouted from the corner: "Lingzi? Are you really Ayako?"