The iron door clanged! Hattori Hikoo walked in with a gloomy expression, holding a document bag in his hand.
"Major..." Ma Peiqu was about to stand up when he was immediately pressed down by the military police.
Hattori Hikoo looked at him and said: "Captain Ma, do you think the Empire of Japan will be defeated in this war?"
Ma Peiqu: "The imperial army is invincible and will win every battle, and it will definitely win the final victory!"
"In that case, can you give me a reasonable explanation for what happened at Yongtai Tea House?"
"Major, there must be a misunderstanding here. I went to the teahouse today to trap the rebels..."
"Oh, how to trap?"
"Bringing an important piece of intelligence to gain their trust. Of course, the intelligence is forged and has no value, and then we will wait for an opportunity to kill all these rebels!"
"Is this the information you are talking about?" Hattori Hikoo showed the document bag to Ma Peiqu.
Ma Peiqu: "That's right."
There is the word "Top Secret" on the cover, which was written by Ma Peiqu himself in order to make Mr. Xu, whom he had never met, trust more.
Hattori Hikoo opened the document bag, took out two pages of letterhead, and said coldly: "Do you think this is worthless information?"
The letterhead is a formal typed document, with a bold title line: Specific arrangements for clearing the countryside in winter to eliminate rebels.
Ma Peiqu said in a panic: "Major, this is not the document I brought!"
"Since you didn't bring the document, how could it appear on you?"
"Framing! Someone must have deliberately framed it!"
"Has the document bag passed through other people's hands?"
"...No...but when I was arrested, Captain Jiang had access to this document!"
"You mean, Jiang Xinyu framed you?"
"He has a chance to exchange documents!"
Ma Peiqu knew very well that apart from Jiang Xinyu, there was no other person who could exchange the documents.
Hattori Hikoo pondered and said: "Why did Jiang Xinyu frame you? What is his motive?"
Ma Peiqu gritted his teeth and said, "Major, I suspect Jiang Xinyu is a communist!"
Hattori Hikoo raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? Jiang Xinyu is a communist... Do you have any evidence?"
Ma Peiqu: "Originally, it was there, but it was taken away later... I suspect that he was also the one who took away the evidence!"
Hattori Hikoo thought for a while and then ordered: "Let Jiang Xinyu come to the interrogation room!"
The military policeman stood at attention with both feet, saluted, and said, "Yes!"
A few minutes later, Jiang Xinyu stepped in. The Japanese military police following him carried Ma Peiqu's suitcase in his hand.
"Major, please look for me." Jiang Xinyu nodded slightly in greeting.
Hattori Hikoo nodded and said: "Team Leader Ma said that you are a member of the Communist Party, so I asked you to come over and confront you two."
As he spoke, Hattori Hikoo turned around and sat on a chair, as if he was sitting on a mountain watching a tiger fight. Even without evidence, some clues can be seen in a face-to-face confrontation.
Jiang Xinyu faced Ma Peiqu and said calmly: "Team Leader Ma, from a personal point of view, I have no objections to you. I even admire your ability. I was ordered to arrest you. It is strictly business!"
In just a few words, it is tantamount to saying that Ma Peiqu was revengeful and deliberately poured dirty water on Jiang Xinyu.
Ma Peiqu also went all out. If he didn't explain the matter clearly and brought confidential documents to see people in Chongqing, he would have no way to prove his true intentions!
"Captain Jiang, what happened at Shunfa Hotel, I think the gunman was you! You were worried that Li Bing would identify the woodcutter, so you secretly sneaked into the hotel and shot them!"
"On the night you mentioned, I was at home all the time. How could I go out and kill people? My fiancée Mina can prove this!"
"Hmph, with your methods, it doesn't seem to be difficult to deceive a little girl!"
"Team Leader Ma, I really don't understand why you decided that I am a communist?"
"When you were shooting to kill someone, Li Bing threw a wine glass at you. Of course the wine glass didn't hurt you, but you didn't expect that the scattered pieces of porcelain were left on your hat!"
Jiang Xinyu suddenly realized it and finally figured out the origin of the broken porcelain piece!
Ma Peiqu continued: "In your office, I saw with my own eyes broken pieces of porcelain falling from your hat!"
Jiang Xinyu sighed and said: "Ma Peiqu, you are very talented in acting. Coming to Yanjin is really a waste of talent. You should stay in Shanghai to make movies!"
Ma Peiqu said bitterly: "You are the one who can act! If the pieces of porcelain had not been transferred, you would have become a prisoner long ago!"
Jiang Xinyu sneered and said: "If you have collaborated with the enemy, I will beat you up! Ma Peiqu, your tactics are really nothing new!"
Ma Peiqu said angrily: "I didn't collaborate with the enemy, that information was manipulated by you!"
Jiang Xinyu: "You mean that the Communist Party and the Military Command teamed up to frame you? Fortunately, you are from the Secret Service Headquarters. Don't you know that the Military Command and the Communist Party are incompatible and there is no possibility of cooperation!"
This sentence spoke to Hattori Hikoo's heart. Military commanders have always had strict family rules. Not to mention cooperating with the Communist Party, even the central commanders who are in the same camp have never interacted with each other!
Hattori Hikoo stood up and said: "Team Leader Ma, I don't have the patience to listen to your suspicions and speculations. You need to produce evidence to prove your innocence!"
Jiang Xinyu said in Japanese: "Major, in the suitcase Ma Peiqu is carrying, there is a recording of his conversation with Lei Ban. Do you want to listen to it?"
"Did he record it himself?"
"should be."
"Okay, just listen here!"
"yes."
The military policeman took out the tape recorder from his suitcase, put his hands on the table, and Jiang Xinyu pressed the play button...
"Brother Ma, in this situation, don't you plan to leave a way out for yourself?"
"Brother, to be honest, I think so too. Living is the most important thing these days! But... we have no way out!"
"Okay! Then let's make an agreement. I will show my sincerity within the next day or two!"
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As the conversation in the tape recorder deepened, Ma Peiqu suddenly realized a problem. If it could not be proven that he was trapping military commanders, then this recording would become ironclad evidence that he was trying to collaborate with the enemy!
Everything about Jiang Xinyu in it proves his loyalty to the Japanese!
Hattori Hikoo was very patient and listened to all the conversations quietly, and then said: "Team Leader Ma, do you have anything else to say?"
Ma Peiqu broke out in cold sweat on his forehead and said: "Major, please believe me, this recording... Oh, by the way, Mao Yonggui can prove that I recorded it to get the other party's evidence!"
Hattori Hikoo frowned and said, "Who is Mao Yonggui?"
Jiang Xinyu said from the side: "He is a special agent of the detective team."
"Bring Mao Yonggui!" Hattori Hikoo ordered.
"yes!"
An hour later, the military police responsible for looking for Mao Yonggui came back and reported, "Major, we have searched everywhere, but we have not found Mao Yonggui!"
Hattori Hikoo pondered for a moment and said: "Notify the police station that Mao Yonggui is wanted throughout the city, we must find him!"
"Report to the Major, Councilor Yang is asking for an audience." A military policeman came in to report.
Hattori Hikoo thought for a moment and said: "Ask him to go to the reception room, I will be there right away."