above the point of the knife

Chapter 449 Who Will It Be?

It was very difficult for Zhou Sen to inquire about Suzuki Yoshio, and he was a Manchurian, and he had no apparent friendship with Suzuki Yoshio, and he did not dare to inquire without authorization.

But it was much easier for Suzuki Yoshio to inquire about Zhou Sen's situation.

Suzuki Yoshio went to work in the dispatched army after he arrived in Kannai. He is the rank of the chief officer. He has worked in the embassy and consulates abroad. He has worked in the intelligence field for a long time. Naturally, his new job is in the intelligence field. It's a deputy.

And he did a very competent job, not fighting for power or profit, so he was always low-key, but very appreciated.

Zhou Sen was also worried that he would not be able to contact him anymore, but he did not expect that he would bring news to him through his own channel.

Of course, it's not intelligence.

A simple "greeting" also let Zhou Sen know that the success of the "Leo" team also had such a group of soldiers who hated war and aggression in the Japanese army.

Although there are very few people and they are all isolated cases, their existence has indeed made indelible contributions to China's war of resistance against Japan and aggression.

Huizi is very happy, here in Xinjing is much more free than in Bingcheng, and no one knows her past.

Even knowing that she is Japanese, he would not isolate her too much.

In Bingcheng, she was a bit different. Although Zhou Sen was secretly supporting her, she could still feel the alienation and even disgust from the people around her.

She also knows that this emotion is not caused by herself, but because her country is invading and enslaving the people of this country, expecting them to be friendly to you?

The employees here in Xinjing are all newly recruited, and some of the female workers are ordinary Japanese. They don't come to understand the situation, and Huizi is the manager of a store, so it is naturally different.

"Sen" remembers the busiest time at noon, and the attendance rate is almost [-]% every day. In addition to all kinds of exquisite pastries, it also sells coffee and hot milk drinks, because it is opened on the most prosperous commercial street in Xinjing.

The business is naturally not bad. Except for the back kitchen operation room, there are more than a dozen waiters at the front desk alone. There are many customers, so naturally they make money, and there are also many coveted people.

However, "Sen" Ji is a chain store and has a strong background, which is why it survived in Xinjing. Otherwise, there would be no bones and dregs that had been swallowed by people long ago.

It was already one o'clock in the afternoon when Zhou Sen and Wu En arrived at "Sen" Ji, but there were still [-] to [-] percent of the customers in the store.

This is already terrifying, enough to show the success of "Sen" in Xinjing, and the turnover is almost comparable to the largest branch of Bingcheng Ningxiang Restaurant, except for the novel business model of "Sen" and the delicious food , which is also inseparable from Huizi's ability.

"boss?"

When Zhou Sen appeared in the store, the slightly busy Huizi raised her head and said in surprise, "Boss."

This is Zhou Sen's first visit to the "Sen" branch in Xinjing. Changbo accompanied Bai Yulan once when it opened before.

I haven't been here since.

Zhou Sen, the boss, seldom cares about business matters, even the branch in Bingcheng, he will not enter unless necessary.

Huizi suddenly saw Zhou Sen, not to mention how pleasantly surprised he was.

"Manager Huizi, I'm here on a business trip to Xinjing, and I'll be back early tomorrow morning, thinking that I haven't been to this branch since it opened, so come and have a look and have something to eat." Zhou Sen greeted him with a smile.

"Boss, what would you like to eat? Do you want to stay in Xinjing tonight?" Huizi hurriedly and enthusiastically called his subordinates to pour water for Zhou Sen and Wu En.

"I'm not picky about food. Whatever you have in your shop, just give me some. As for my subordinate, he has a big appetite, you know that." Zhou Sen chuckled.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Huizi quickly agreed.

When the boss arrived, there was no shortage of entertainment. Naturally, he took out all the best food in the store, and the food was served soon.

Zhou Sen was actually not too hungry. As for Wu En, he ate Zhou Sen's breakfast, which was actually okay. The two simply finished their meal.

"Wu En, you stay here, I'm going out to do some errands, and I'll be back before five o'clock." Zhou Sen left Wu En, went out alone, and got on a bus.

Wu En also knew that there was something wrong with Zhou Sen not bringing him with him, so he didn't ask too much. After being by Zhou Sen's side for a long time, he also understood that shutting up was more important than ever.

Zhou Sen went to see Mr. Jincheng.

They met at a cafe in the city. Although he hadn't come for more than a year, he still had an impression of Xinjingcheng.

With his superb memory, he quickly found the cafe that Jin Cheng had mentioned.

However, he still made up a little bit, changed his face, and arrived half an hour earlier, but he didn't enter right away.

Instead, I went to a nearby street and found a shoe shiner to observe, then found a store to buy a pack of cigarettes, and then opened the door of the cafe and walked in.

It's okay to be cautious.

Sometimes just because of a little caution, you will save your life. This is the basic creed of being a spy.

I ordered a cup of coffee and waited slowly.

Time passed by, Zhou Sen looked at his watch, and if no one showed up for another 2 minutes, he would leave immediately.

Late arrivals for such meetings are never allowed.

In the afternoon, there were not many people drinking coffee, they were in twos and threes, listening to the conversation, most of them were Japanese.

Only the Japanese have the leisure to run out to drink coffee, and most of the Chinese are running for their own vitality.

The door was pushed open.

As far as he could see, Zhou Sen saw two people walking and coming in. The one in front of him was Jin Cheng, and the one behind him, who he had never seen before, had a strange face, but followed closely behind.

Zhou Sen didn't say hello, but Jin Cheng glanced around, recognized Zhou Sen at a glance, and walked over.

It wasn't Jincheng's good eyesight, but a kind of intuition, and there was a box of cigarettes and a lighter specially placed by Zhou Sen on the table.

This is a code word.

Different placement methods represent different meanings, which only people who have joints know.

"Sir, do you mind?" Jin Cheng walked over, took out a cigarette, and asked, pointing to the lighter on the table.

"Please."

"Thank you." Jin Cheng picked up the lighter, lit it, lit the cigarette in his hand, and put the lighter back.

"Sir, you just arrived in Xinjing, right?"

"Yes, how did you see that?"

"I see that the gentleman is windy and dusty, and there seems to be a trace of fatigue between his brows. It must be due to the exhaustion of the boat. Is he visiting relatives and friends, or looking for an errand?" Jin Cheng sat down.

"How about visiting relatives and friends, and how about finding an errand?" Zhou Sen asked casually, and the person following Jin Cheng sat down next to him at another table.

"Sir, you have such a demeanor that you don't speak like an ordinary person. My sire, Koji Kaneshiro, works in a government department..."

"I'm Taro Obuchi." Zhou Sen reported his name when he met Jin Cheng for the first time.

"It turned out to be Xiao Yuan-kun..."

This is the end.

The conversation that followed was much more harmonious, and Zhou Sen told Jin Cheng the general situation of his coming to Xinjing.

Jin Cheng also learned about Jin Ronggui's assassination from the newspaper, but he didn't expect that there were so many things in it.

Jin Cheng also answered Zhou Sen's doubts. All the information about Jin Ronggui's itinerary came from the transportation department.

Because the railway department is under the management of the Ministry of Communications, Jincheng is very convenient in this regard, but because the source of information is easy, he ignores some details, such as the arrangement of the carriages is not from Xinjing.

If he finds out about this, he will definitely remind Zhou Sen in the intelligence.

Of course, Zhou Sen didn't tell Jin Cheng what he wanted the news for, but after Jin Ronggui was assassinated, he also understood.

"Why do you want to assassinate Jin Ronggui, he is insignificant now?" This is where Jincheng is dissatisfied.

Although Jin Ronggui is a traitor, he is not important now, and it is not necessary to kill him to change anything.

From Jincheng's point of view, this approach is extremely stupid.

"I didn't arrange the assassination, and I didn't have such a plan. The reasons for this are very complicated. I can't explain it to you for a while, but I am not involved in this matter, and now I am in charge of this case." Investigation." Zhou Sen explained.

"Are you in charge of the investigation?" Jin Cheng opened his mouth wide when he heard the words.

"I can't help it either, but the inside story of this case is complicated. What I want to confirm now is that besides you, there are other people who leaked Jin Ronggui's itinerary, and this leak may be before you tell me." Zhou Sen said.

"You mean, Jin Ronggui went to Bingcheng?"

"Yes, to put it simply, before I knew that Jin Ronggui was going to Bingcheng, the Bingcheng Security Bureau knew that someone was planning to assassinate him." Zhou Sen said.

"Hiss..." Jin Cheng took a breath.

He only paid attention to this news after receiving an urgent letter from Zhou Sen, so he didn't know about it before that.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, but you have been exposed to this type of information, and Xinjing's investigation may affect you, so you have to be careful." Zhou Sen reminded.

"Don't worry about that. I just noticed it, and I didn't pay special attention to it. Moreover, this is also my job, and I didn't go into details about the situation. At most, I just asked about it routinely." Jin Cheng explained.

"That's Lao Jin, how is his recovery?"

"The medicine you mentioned, I asked someone to get it for him. It was really effective. It brought back a life, and now he has recovered."

"is that OK?"

Jin Cheng knew that Zhou Sen was asking if there was any problem with the source of the "drug", so don't find out about Jin Cheng and Lao Jin because of this.

"Don't worry, there's no problem," Jin Cheng said.

"Well, that's good." Zhou Sen nodded, "Be careful, the situation in Europe will usher in drastic changes, which may change your and my fate, take care."

"Lao Jin has no official position, and it is more convenient than me to travel between Xinjing and Bingcheng. If you need to contact him directly in the future, it will be safer." Jin Cheng said.

"Okay." Zhou Sen nodded. He asked the cafe waiter to fetch a pen and paper, wrote a contact information, and asked Lao Jin to burn it after reading it.

Coming out of the cafe, Zhou Sen boarded a rickshaw and went to the largest department store in Xinjing to buy some gifts.

Going to Shibuya Saburo's house for dinner at night, it is naturally inappropriate to go empty-handed.

After shopping, I went directly to the "Sen" Kee Xinjing branch.

Later, Ono drove over to pick up Zhou Sen and Wu En.

Naturally, Wu En is not qualified to be a guest at Saburo Shibuya's house, he was first arranged by Ono to go to the guest house of the Xinjing Police Department.

Then, go to Saburo's house in Shibuya together.

Saburo Shibuya was quite happy with Zhou Sen's arrival, especially Zhou Sen brought gifts for him and his wife.

Of course, he also knew that Zhou Sen's business trip was a temporary decision, without any preparation in advance, and the gifts were all bought in Xinjing.

However, he was not displeased in any way, at least Zhou Sen respected and cared about him as a teacher.

"Teacher, the students came in a hurry. This is a little thought for you and the teacher's wife." Zhou Sen handed over two boxes.

One box contains tea, and the other contains women's cosmetics. Naturally, the two items are of great value.

"I'm very happy that you can come to see me. If you have any gifts, please come in." Shibuya Saburo greeted with a smile, and patted Zhou Sen on the shoulder affectionately.

Seeing this scene, Ono's eyes sparkled. This kind of treatment was never experienced by his personal secretary.

It can be seen that Saburo Shibuya loves and values ​​Zhou Sen.

Saburo Shibuya's wife took the gift from Zhou Sen and went to the kitchen to arrange the evening banquet.

Before eating, there is naturally something to talk about.

Especially Zhou Sen, he was going to report to Saburo Shibuya on his recent work.

Saburo Shibuya was very concerned about the work of the special intelligence room and asked a lot of questions, Zhou Sen answered them all.

Zhou Sen told Shibuya Saburo again that he took over the case of "Jin Ronggui" being assassinated on the train. Of course, Kageyama Jiro and the Security Bureau did not hold back.

"It seems that Yingshan is trying to lure this person out."

"Teacher, since this person is willing to cooperate with the empire, why is he so cautious, and we haven't figured out what his purpose is," Zhou Sen said.

"Well, Kageyama-kun and Akiyama-kun handed over this case to you, which shows that they trust your ability." Shibuya Saburo said.

"Teacher, basically there are not many clues to be found on the gunman. Now there are only two directions. One is the informant letter sent by this mysterious person to the Security Bureau, and the other is the news about Director Jin's decision to go to Bingcheng. There are two sources, one is from Xinjing, and the other is from the Qin family in Bingcheng."

"Well, the possibility of the Qin family is very high. If they haven't seen this kind of thing, they will keep it secret."

"Yes, but if the Qin family leaked the news, it would be difficult to investigate. The Qin family died, and there are many people who go to offer condolences, coming in and out. As long as someone casually says something leaked, the speaker has no intention If the listener is interested, I am afraid that the news has spread inadvertently." Zhou Sen analyzed.

"So, you plan to start with that informant letter?" Saburo Shibuya understood Zhou Sen's thoughts.

"This is the only direction that the students can think of at the moment. Please give me some advice from the teacher." Zhou Sen said respectfully.

"Do you have any guesses about the organization behind the assassination of Director Jin?" Saburo Shibuya asked with a slight hesitation.

Zhou Sen was taken aback, what did Saburo Shibuya mean by asking himself to guess the organization behind the shooter?

"Students have indeed done some analysis, but it is still impossible to judge who did it." Zhou Sen replied cautiously.

"Which one do you suspect most?"

"Director Jin has made many enemies in Bingcheng and Binjiang. Apart from political enemies, they are the rats hiding in the gutter. They hate Director Jin to the bone. This time the incident happened suddenly. Unless someone informs, we are afraid It's because they didn't know that someone would secretly plan to assassinate Director Jin, and the consequences would be disastrous. The identity of the shooter has not been confirmed, but they are basically the bottom-level people. Among the bottom-level people, only the CCP's underground party has such organizational power. However, They don't engage in assassination, unless it's targeting traitors within themselves..."

"Your analysis makes sense, but is there anyone else who has the motive for this assassination?"

"Yes, but it was ruled out by Director Ke Lin who was the first to take this case." Zhou Sen explained, Lin Dakuan is not an incompetent person, and when the case is in his hands, naturally he must first use the method of exclusion to rule out possible targets .

He can't control those on Xinjing's side, but on Bingcheng's side, anyone who has a feud with Jin Ronggui and has a motive to kill has already been checked by him.

"Could it be Su Fang?"

"I'm afraid the Su side didn't have this motive. Director Jin is dead, what good do they have?" Zhou Sen said, "This is purely harming others and benefiting oneself. How could the Soviet Russians do such stupid things?"

"Well, that's true, who could it be?"

(End of this chapter)