After putting on the phone, Cheng Qianfan's face was filled with a contemplative expression.
Imamura Hitaro called and said that his family had a banquet and invited him to accompany him.
"Mr. Xiao Cheng" naturally agreed happily and said that he would go to the appointment on time.
Because they were worried that the phone would be monitored, the two did not speak in the name of teachers and students. This was an invitation to Cheng Qianfan, deputy general manager of the Central Police Office of the French Concession, in the name of the Special Assistant of the Consul General of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai.
Imamura Hitaro called, and there was no problem in itself.
Invite him to the banquet, there is no problem.
The senior staff of the police station knew that Cheng Qianfan had a close relationship with Japan, especially Hitotaro Imamura, who was at the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai.
And this friendship is exactly what the French Concession authorities need and are happy to see.
Everything seemed normal, but Cheng Qianfan just thought something was wrong.
This is a feeling that cannot be described in words, that is, he subconsciously feels that there may be a problem, but he cannot tell where the problem occurs.
...
"Mr. Xiao Cheng" naturally does not need to strictly abide by the commuting hours. When there was still an hour before getting off work, Cheng Qianfan ordered Li Hao to prepare the car.
"Brother Fan, where are you going?" Li Hao had already started the car and asked casually.
"Imamura Hitaro hosted a banquet at home to entertain guests, and asked me to accompany him." Cheng Qianfan said, "Go to the warehouse."
His mind began to think about what gift to choose this time. Unlike previous gifts, when the distinguished guest was present, the gift he chose was naturally a real gift for visiting.
Moreover, this was the call from Imamura Hitotaro to the police station, which was a relatively open visit. The gifts he prepared must be in line with his identity and occasion.
Then he saw Haozi stunned for a moment, then smiled and muttered in a low voice, "Fortunately, it's not the Sanben Lang who asked Brother Fan, you go and accompany him."
"What did you say?" Cheng Qianfan asked immediately.
"Nothing, Brother Fan, I'll say three times..."
Cheng Qianfan made a gesture to Haozi be quiet, and a sudden expression appeared on his face. No wonder he always felt something was wrong. It turned out to be the familiarity brought by the identity of "accompaniment".
The past three times, the Lang invited him to be a "VIP" Mao Kexin. That incident was one of the most dangerous experiences in his lurking career. Naturally, he had a very deep impression in his heart. Therefore, when encountering the same thing today, he would subconsciously feel strange.
Cheng Qianfan chuckled and shook his head. He was a little sarcastic.
"Let's go." Cheng Qianfan said.
...
Li Hao started the car and was about to pass through the gate at the door of the police room when he saw a little girl running over to wave her arms at the window.
"Brother Hao."
"Brother Fan, it's Xiaohuan." Li Hao stepped on the brakes, turned his head and said to Cheng Qianfan, then rolled down the window and scolded him, "Xiaohuan, you are looking for death, almost hitting you."
"Brother Hao, is Mr. Cheng in the car?"
"What's the matter for me?" Cheng Qianfan stuck his head out, "What's wrong with your lady asking me for?"
Xiao Huan is the little maid next to Ying Huaizhen.
Or it can also be understood as a child laborer hired to clean and serve tea and pour water.
After being scolded by Li Hao for a few words, the little maid felt aggrieved, but she didn't dare to show it on her face. When she heard Mr. Xiao Cheng's question, she quickly ran to the car window and took out an envelope from her body.
"Mr. Cheng, this is what the lady asked me to give to you."
"What?" Cheng Qianfan took the envelope and asked casually.
"Sir, you will know when you open it." Xiao Huan said, then seemed to remember something and added, "Miss when she got home yesterday, she called a lady named Xia to something she wanted."
"I understand." Cheng Qianfan pinched it with his hands, knowing that there should be a photo inside. He took out a piece of fiat currency from his body and handed it to the little maid, "Go back."
The little maid got the reward and was so happy that she smiled, bowed, and ran away happily.
Cheng Qianfan looked at the little maid's back as she ran away happily, smiled and shook her head. He shook his head down the car window, "Drive."
"yes!"
...
Cheng Qianfan held the envelope in his hand and raised the corners of his mouth. He just said something casually yesterday, and Ying Huaizhen remembered it in his heart. According to the little maid, Ying Huaizhen called Xia Xiaoying at night and asked Xia Xiaoying to wash an extra photo.
Women are born to act.
If Cheng Qianfan hadn't known that Ying Huaizhen was ordered to seduce him, he would have been a little moved.
Then he chuckled and shook his head, yes, Ying Huaizhen was ordered by Xiao Mian from the Shanghai Special Love Group to hook up with Xiao Cheng, the famous French Concession.
Cheng Qianfan subconsciously put the envelope in his pocket of the suit. After thinking about it, he felt it was inappropriate, so he picked up a book on his left hand.
He poured the photo out of the envelope and prepared to hold the photo in the book. Out of professional habits, he picked up the photo and glanced.
Just this glance, Cheng Qianfan's action of displaying the photos stopped.
"This person is..." He took the photo closer to see.
Ying Huaizhen wears a beautiful cheongsam, and the person is even more beautiful. The cheongsam perfectly reflects a woman's beautiful body.
Cheng Qianfan's attention was focused on the background of the photo behind Ying Huaizhen.
A car was parked on the side of the road downstairs. The car only entered half of the body, and a few people stood by the car and spoke.
...
"Rano Sakamoto." Cheng Qianfan first recognized his friend Sakamoto.
Sakamoto Ryono was wearing a suit and tie, and was chatting with a few people, to be precise, talking to the people in the middle.
This person—
Because of the angle of taking pictures, the person who was talking to Ryono Sakamoto only took a side face.
But—Cheng Qianfan's eyes suddenly tightened!
This side face is actually very similar to the wide mouth of the valley.
Among the "relics" of Kentaro Miyazaki during his lifetime, although he took a photo with Hiroyuki Taniguchi, of course, there was only a frontal face.
However, Cheng Qianfan saw photos of Kuanzhi's left face, photos of his right face, and even photos of his back.
This was Dai Chunfeng personally issued a secret order, and asked the agents of the Secret Service to obtain photos of Kuanjiu from the Gukou in Tianjin through legitimate means.
Then these photos were brought by Qi Wu, who came to Shanghai's businessman, and Cheng Qianfan carefully studied the photos and confirmed that he had remembered Gukou Kuanzhi's physical characteristics, back image, etc. and destroyed the photos.
This matter was arranged by Dai Chunfeng himself. The entire "candid photography" operation was very cautious and cautious, and the confidentiality was very high. Even the agents from the Tianjin Station who participated in the operation were transferred back to the rear afterwards.
In addition, if it weren't for the special identity of Kitani Kitani, this person was a famous Japanese literati and archaeological expert. If he died suddenly, it would attract attention and suspicion, and it would be unbeautiful. Otherwise, Dai Chunfeng would directly order to kill Kitani Kitani.
It is precisely because of this rigorous and full preparation that Cheng Qianfan quickly confirmed that the person who was talking to Sakamoto Ryono was Miyazaki Kentaro's "teacher" Kitaniguchi Hiroyuki.
At the same time, Cheng Qianfan also instantly thought that Imamura Hitotaro would hold a banquet to entertain guests, and asked him to accompany him:
Now it can be clarified that the distinguished guest Imamura Hitaro wanted to entertain was Kitani Kitani.
Moreover, Cheng Qianfan even understood that Imamura Hitaro's move should be to create surprises between him and Taniguchi Kuraki.
How could this be a surprise?
It's simply a horror that kills people.
After finding out the whole story, Cheng Qianfan let out a long sigh.
Although Shanghai was already feeling cold in November, Cheng Qianfan had a cold sweat on his back at this moment.
...
Miyazaki Kentaro's mother had already passed away.
And no other relatives.
Kentaro Miyazaki was quiet when he was a child, and his residence was a little remote. Except for being able to play with Imai, he had no contact with other children and neighbors.
When he reached middle school age, Kentaro Miyazaki left home to study.
The boy naturally changes when he grows up.
Therefore, if anyone who is currently living in the world knows the most familiar and understands Kentaro Miyazaki as he grows up, it must be Kitaniguchi.
It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon, and there were three hours and another quarter of an hour before going to Imamura Hitotaro's house to attend the banquet.
Time is extremely tight.
Cheng Qianfan was not panicked, nor was he at a loss.
Whenever major events occur, you must be more calm. This is one of the necessary skills for top agents to survive in a cruel lurking life.
...
Cheng Qianfan closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.
He is thinking and recalling.
Recalling the records about Taniguchi Hiroyuki in Kentaro Miyazaki's diary, this is the most direct and valuable information he has learned about Taniguchi Hiroyuki.
Although he didn't know when and where he would meet Kuanzhi, the two of them would not even meet for a long time.
However, Cheng Qianfan has always been a precautionary person. He has studied relevant information countless times, and can even be said to be memorizing it.
The memories at this time are just confirmation that no details will be missed.
In addition to the records in Kentaro Miyazaki's diary, Cheng Qianfan is also recalling his communications and telegram exchanges with Taniguchi Kiyoshi.
After pretending to be Kentaro Miyazaki, he could not contact Kawaguchi Kuraji. Cheng Qianfan found several reply letters from Kentaro Miyazaki and a letter from Kentaro Miyazaki that Kentaro had no time to send to Kawaguchi Kuraji.
He carefully studied the letter that had not been sent out, and then sent it to Kiyoshi Taniguchi.
Afterwards, after receiving a reply from Kitaniguchi, Cheng Qianfan specially found Sanbenjiro, and expressed his concerns about sending a letter to the teacher in his current lurking capacity.
In the end, Sannono made a decision that Kentaro Miyazaki would not need to reply after that, and if you have any questions, you could send a report to Kazuno Taniguchi through the telegraph of the Special High School.
So, in the past two years, the connection between Cheng Qianfan and Taniguchi Kurachi, in addition to the letter written by Kentaro Miyazaki himself, was a number of telegrams between him and Taniguchi Kurachi.
...
Through the diary, Cheng Qianfan carefully and meticulously studied the relationship between Kentaro Miyazaki and Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
The relationship between Kentaro Miyazaki and this mentor is a bit special:
From an academic perspective, Kentaro Miyazaki respects Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
Taniguchi Hiroyuki was very strict with Kentaro Miyazaki and even beat and scolded him at any time.
Perhaps it is precisely for this reason that Kentaro Miyazaki is not close to Kitani Kitani, which is very clearly reflected in his diary. Kentaro Miyazaki privately called Kitani Kitani Kitani "Kakeshi" and this nickname also illustrates some problems.
Cheng Qianfan gently rubbed his temples.
Kentaro Miyazaki and Hiroyuki Taniguchi are not close, this is good news.
However, despite this, Taniguchi Hiroyuki is very familiar with Kentaro Miyazaki.
There must be many things that this pair of teachers and students know.
For example, only two people know that Kazunoyuki Taniguchi said something, explained something, or whether Miyazaki Kentaro had helped Kazunoyuki Taniguchi, or whether there was a certain conflict between the two.
Once Kazuno Taniguchi and Kentaro Miyazaki shared the relationship between teachers and students, and mentioned something about a certain year, month, day and day of a certain year, Qianfan probably couldn't get it.
...
also--
"Haozi." Cheng Qianfan said.
"Brother Fan."
"Give me the magnifying glass."
"yes."
Li Hao took the magnifying glass from the glove box and handed it to Cheng Qianfan with his backhand.
Picking up the magnifying glass, Cheng Qianfan carefully studied the photos, and his attention was on the other people around Sakamoto Ryono and Taniguchi Hiroyuki.
With Kuanyuki Taniguchi's identity, it is inevitable that he will travel alone, and there will be assistants or security personnel around him.
Cheng Qianfan held a magnifying glass in his hand and looked carefully.
On the left side of Sakamoto Ryono is a middle-aged man. Although this person has a straight face, he is a little farther away and cannot see clearly.
There was a woman beside Kuanzhi of the Gukou. Cheng Qianfan stared at the woman's face and looked carefully:
Don't know.
A young man was beside the young woman.
This person has a side face, and Cheng Qianfan can't see the other person's face.
At the far end, there was a man who was smoking and leaning sideways, and he couldn't see his face clearly.
Cheng Qianfan shook his head gently. He either couldn't see clearly or didn't recognize these people.
This 'not recognized' refers to the fact that he did not see photos of the relevant person from the diary left by Kentaro Miyazaki and other 'relics'.
However, this does not mean that Kentaro Miyazaki doesn't know these people.
The more likely situation is that these people know Kentaro Miyazaki, but they are not very familiar with them. In other words, Kentaro Miyazaki's attitude towards the past few months is very average, so they did not save photos of these people and take photos.
Of course, it may also be that Kentaro Miyazaki didn't know these people.
However, the first case cannot be ruled out.
...
Cheng Qianfan lit a cigarette and took a sip.
Time is too tight and there are too many unknowns.
Once he goes to the banquet tonight, he will most likely be seen through, and this banquet will become a return banquet that will never return.
Find an excuse?
Avoid this dinner invited by Imamura Hitaro first?
Cheng Qianfan fell into deep thought.
This method can be adopted when it is urgent.
However, for people with his identity and work, the most taboo is to lie.
Yes, for the lurking agents, the most likely thing to be exposed is the 'lie'!
Once a lie is told, in order to complete the lie, countless lies are needed to cooperate with the lie, and then it is not far from being exposed.