A dozen military policemen followed closely behind, rushing past Pei Shaoshi with rifles in hand, and followed Hong Mao into the alley.
When Sakai passed by, he roughly pushed Pei Shaoshi and scolded: "You fool without eyes, get out of here!"
Pei Shaoshi didn't dare to stay any longer and hurriedly walked in the opposite direction. Seeing that no one noticed him, he waved for a rickshaw and said, "Zizhu Apartment."
At this moment, the red-haired animal was running crookedly, scraping its body against the wall from time to time. It seemed that it couldn't feel the pain and ran all the way out of the alley.
The trainer panted and followed behind, turned around and said: "Second Lieutenant Miyamoto, something seems not quite right..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard the Japanese soldier chasing in front exclaiming: "The red hair jumped into the river!"
There was a small ditch on the side of the road outside the alley. Hong Mao didn't hesitate at all, jumped into it, and then flopped in the ditch.
Miyamoto quickly ordered: "Quick, get it out!"
Several gendarmes jumped into the ditch and pulled Hong Mao out with all their hands. In fact, the ditch was not deep, only up to the knees.
Red Hair lay on the ground, his body twitching violently, and the food he had eaten kept vomiting out of his mouth.
Sakai asked the trainer in surprise: "What's wrong with Hongmao?"
The trainer said in surprise: "The symptoms are like being poisoned..."
"Poisoned?"
"When a toxic attack occurs, it can't bear the pain, and then it suddenly goes crazy..."
"Stop talking, drive the car over and take it to the hospital for rescue!"
"Yes, yes, hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"faster!"
The car pulled the red-haired dog towards the army hospital at lightning speed. Before reaching the place, the dog died on the way.
——When he was at the Youfang, the paper bag containing Xiaolongbao was placed on the table. While everyone's attention was attracted to the basement, Jiang Xinyu quietly stuffed the poisonous buns into it.
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In the evening, the gendarmerie headquarters.
"...Yes, Your Excellency Commander, I will do everything possible to eliminate all the rebels in Yanjin as soon as possible!...Yes! Thank you for your encouragement!" Matsui Hideki put down the phone and breathed a sigh of relief.
Uchida Ginnosuke was very happy to have seized the underground printing factory so quickly, which showed that his appointment was very correct, and he really praised Matsui Ichimichi on the phone.
"Tuk-tuk!" There was a knock on the door.
"Come in!"
There was a loud bang on the door, and Miyamoto stepped in, stood at attention with both feet, saluted, and said: "Lieutenant Colonel."
Matsui picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and said pleasantly: "Miyamoto-kun, is something wrong?"
Miyamoto bowed and said: "Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, the printing equipment has been brought back, and the oil shop has been thoroughly searched, but no valuable clues have been found."
"Has the person who poisoned him been found?"
"Not yet, but I think everyone present at the time is suspected."
"That is to say, there are Communist Party traitors within the police station or detective team!"
"Yes!...Theoretically, those who went to the gendarmerie are also suspects!"
Matsui said harshly: "If it is finally confirmed that the traitor is Japanese, I will definitely execute him with my own hands!"
Miyamoto: "The humble position will investigate everyone carefully!"
Matsui thought for a while and said: "In addition, that bun shop should be carefully checked. Didn't the test sheet say that the poison came from those buns?"
"yes!"
"You go down first and let Sakai come in."
"yes!"
Miyamoto bowed, turned around and walked out. After a while, Sakai walked in.
Matsui opened the drawer, took out a document from it, and said, "Second Lieutenant Sakai, this is the list I originally planned to submit for promotion to lieutenant. Take a look!"
Sakai took a step forward, took the document and opened it for a while. There were four people promoted to lieutenant on it, and his name was also listed.
"Lieutenant Colonel, what is going on?"
"I haven't been in the Military Police for a long time, and I have no prejudice against any of you. Do you know why I crossed out your name in the end?"
Sakai put the documents back on the table and stood respectfully with his hands down as if listening.
Matsui sighed helplessly and said: "When I need manpower, I often can't find you, just like today. Although you have reasons every time, but for me, I prefer my subordinates
Can be more powerful, do you understand what I mean?"
Sakai suddenly realized, and then understood the reason why he was not selected for the promotion list, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, I can explain..."
Matsui waved his hand, stopped Sakai from continuing, and said: "I don't want to hear explanations, you need to take practical actions to let me see your attitude!"
His tone softened slightly and he said: "You will not be promoted this time. I hope you can seize the opportunity next time!"
"...I understand, I will do my best in my humble position!"
"Okay, that's it, let's go."
"yes!"
After coming out of the team headquarters, Sakai became more and more angry. If he had not followed Hattori Hikoo's request and given a ten-day deadline, he would have arrested Ono, Hang Laokan, and Captain Iwase.
That way, it would not happen that Matsui Hideki often couldn't find him, because during this time, Sakai had been secretly monitoring Sanliqiao Pier and indeed rarely stayed in the military police.
Thinking of this, Sakai decided to have a talk with Hattori Hikoo and try to shorten the time limit. He could not delay his future just because he was worried about involving his brother-in-law!
The military police station was not far from Hattori's house, and Sakai didn't take a car, so he changed into casual clothes and walked there alone.
It was now around seven o'clock in the evening. Sakai was walking slowly along the street, thinking about what to say when he saw Hattori Hikoo. He should not offend him too much, but also express his intentions clearly.
At this moment, a familiar figure appeared not far ahead. A closer look under the dim streetlight revealed that it was Hattori Hikoo!
Just as Sakai was about to take a few steps and say hello, he felt something was not right. Hattori Hikoo was wearing a Chinese mandarin jacket and a black top hat on his head. He looked exactly like an ordinary Chinese person!
A major officer, without a single guard at his side, went out dressed like this at night. What was he going to do?
Hattori Hikoo got on a rickshaw, said a few words to the driver, and the rickshaw quickly disappeared into the night.
His former boss, who had always shown himself dignified and cold, suddenly disguised himself and went out at night, which aroused Sakai's great curiosity.
He hurriedly called a rickshaw, got in hastily, and said to the driver: "Follow the rickshaw in front and keep a little distance, do you understand?"
"Understood." The coachman was not surprised, as long as the guest paid enough for the carriage.