The assassination of Tang Shaoyi not only shook the public concession, but even shook the whole country. Watermark Ad Test Watermark Ad Test

His influence is simply too great.

His old friends, protégés and former officials, have avenged his grievances and demanded that the public concession immediately arrest the murderer.

The Ministry of Industry has come under heavy pressure.

But it was too difficult to really solve this case.

And the petition is still heard.

Someone even called Dai Li directly and asked the Shanghai Navy to launch a comprehensive investigation:

Was Tang Shaoyi killed by the Japanese, or was he killed by his own people?

In short, the demands are endless.

Meng Shaoyuan has never understood too much.

Now, and in the decades to come, why have people been avenging Tang Shaoyi?

Just because he is a veteran of the Republic of China and has done a lot of good things in the past?

The reputation of those Beiyang warlords is not as good as his, but the people are by no means vacillating like this Tang Premier on major issues of right and wrong and national integrity, and they have a firm stand, preferring to drink porridge rather than be false to the Japanese.

Fame? Past?

That Wang Jingwei was still a hot-blooded revolutionary young man in the past, but this did not prevent him from defecting to the enemy.

What's even more ridiculous is that in Meng Shaoyuan's era, there were still people who tried to overturn the case for Wang Jingwei.

What do you say that Wang Jingwei is playing a big game of chess when he is a traitor? In the Sino-Japanese war, whether China wins or loses, the Chinese government still exists, and it is still China that benefits in the end?

It's like a wife cuckolding her man and comforting her man, if you die in the future, your child will still have a father.

What kind of bullshit logic is this?

Tang Shaoyi repeatedly refused the government's invitation, and repeatedly refused the persuasion of non-governmental organizations, whether it was to persuade him not to leave a bloody cry that had been stinking for thousands of years, or to beg him to return to the south and even directly send 20,000 yuan for the journey, he ignored all of them.

Before being stabbed, he secretly met with Kenji Dohihara, the head of Japan's big secret service.

What evidence do you need when you add it up?

Do you have to wait until he actually surrenders to the enemy before you can assassinate him?

Absurd.

You have your logic, I have my reasoning.

Kill and kill, what's the matter?

The Ministry of Industry doesn't think about it that much.

Their first priority now is to quickly quell the pressure of public opinion.

In such a situation, there is only one person they can rely on now:

Meng Shaoyuan!

Moyes, president of the Ministry of Industry, and Sinclair, the commissioner of police, quickly made an appointment with Meng Shaoyuan.

This is a little strange, whether Tang Shaoyi was killed by the military commander or by the Japanese, there is no clear goal.

Moreover, the first person in charge of the Shanghai Navy was Zhou Weilong.

But these foreigners still found Meng Shaoyuan directly.

In Shanghai, especially in the public concession, if you want to solve one thing, most of them can't get around this "king of Shanghai"!

"It has nothing to do with me."

As soon as he sat down, Meng Shaoyuan didn't need the other party to speak, and said bluntly: "Premier Tang was stabbed, and I am also very sad in my heart, but this is not what we did, at least not by my people." ”

"Meng, I know you are very powerful in the Public Concession." In the face of this invincible young man, Moyes maintained great patience: "So, today we are here to ask for your help. ”

So today we're here to ask for your help!

Moyes is very clever and knows that you can't be tough with this young man, or he will deal with you in a more aggressive way.

"Tell me what you want me to help you with." Meng Shaoyuan took out his cigarette case and lit a cigarette for himself.

"Although several clues provided by the people of the Tang Mansion were broken before, they are still actively investigating and have found some new evidence."

Sinclair is an old friend of Meng Shaoyuan, and he vaguely reminded Meng Shaoyuan there that the police department has new clues:

"We invited you because we don't want any more accidents to happen in the Public Concession, which needs to remain peaceful, even if it sounds ridiculous. The impact of Don's assassination is so great that we can't do nothing. ”

"Tell me, what clues do you have?" Meng Shaoyuan asked quietly.

"Military commander, Zhou Weilong!" Sinclair said the name directly.

Meng Shaoyuan smiled, but in his heart he still found that Sinclair and those people in the patrol room were not eating for nothing, Zhou Weilong quickly ordered the destruction of evidence and the evacuation of the members of the operation after the assassination was complete, but it was still exposed so quickly.

Sinclair continued: "The killer was in a rented sedan with license plate number 6312, but the renter was unknown. Then, we went straight to Xie Zhipan's house, but Xie Zhipan ran away, but there was one thing that the killers were negligent, Xie Zhipan is a playboy, he has a lover, and this lover knows a lot of things. ”

Xie Zhipan was bribed by the military commander, and also got a large amount of money from the military commander, he showed off to his lover that he was also an agent, and under the questioning of his lover, he actually told his lover the original plan to assassinate Tang Shaoyi.

The patrol room found this woman, and under coercion and temptation, the woman quickly confessed everything.

When Meng Shaoyuan heard this, he finally understood why the assassination case was so carefully deployed, evacuated so quickly, and almost all the evidence was destroyed, but it didn't take long for the public concession patrol room to solve the case.

Zhou Weilong indirectly lost in the hands of a woman.

Meng Shaoyuan had long been ready to use the assassination case to deal with Zhou Weilong, but he definitely did not use the method of betraying his comrades. Zhou Weilong lost money in private ownership and contributed to the state.

Those who have meritorious service in the country should first protect, and then settle personal grievances!

Sinclair didn't know what Meng Shaoyuan was thinking about in his head: "Xie Zhipan was bought by a person named Zhao Lijun, and Zhao Lijun is Zhou Weilong's subordinate according to our investigation, I'm not wrong, right?" Meng, you know, we can arrest Zhou Weilong immediately, but this may cause retaliation from the military commanders, especially yours. ”

This will add to the chaos of the already chaotic public concession.

The one who can stabilize the situation is Meng Shaoyuan!

"Meng, we summoned you today for a friendly discussion with you." Moyes said, "Please restrain your men and don't bloodshed. However, Zhou Weilong, we must grasp it, and we must have an explanation. ”

"First of all, I don't know who did it." Meng Shaoyuan said slowly: "Assuming that it was really Zhou Weilong, and you have conclusive evidence, Zhou Weilong can be arrested, but I have a few conditions." ”

"Please."

"First, after the case is solved, it cannot be publicly announced that the military command has anything to do with this matter."

"I'm afraid it's a little difficult."

"It has to be done." Meng Shaoyuan said in a tough tone: "The military commander did not kill Tang Shaoyi, and the national government had nothing to do with the assassination of Tang." All you want is an explanation, and externally, you can say that Zhou Weilong secretly possessed weapons and violated the law of the public concession. This is tantamount to telling the Nationalist Government that you already know the truth about the assassination case, but in order to protect the face of the Nationalist Government, you deliberately did not disclose the truth, which has two advantages.

One advantage is that internally, you have actually solved the case, and everyone knows it, and you have an explanation for the above. Another advantage is that the Nationalist Government owes the Ministry of Industry a great favor. As for the murderer? It's easy to do, I'll hand it over to the two of you, when they were trading antiques with Premier Tang, they got rich and murdered Premier Tang. ”

Moyes and Sinclair deliberated for a while: "Okay, Meng, we can agree to this request, but you must explain the murderer, and we will hold a press conference." ”

"You can rest assured of that."

Meng Shaoyuan immediately said: "The second requirement is that Zhou Weilong is not allowed to be tortured, and during his detention, he must ensure that his diet and daily life meet a high standard." ”

"We can do that."

Meng Shaoyuan suddenly asked, "However, have you thought of what to do with Zhou Weilong?" ”

Moyes and Sinclair were stunned.

What to do?

It's a hot potato.

It is impossible to kill, or it will cause chaos.

But you can't keep it closed, right?

"I'll figure it out for you." Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "Expelle him from the public concession, in this way, he will continue to be reused after he goes back, and you can be regarded as a great help to the military unification." I owe you a favor. ”

"Good way." Moyes nodded: "But he can't enter the Public Concession from now on." ”

"One last request." Meng Shaoyuan said coldly: "When Zhou Weilong leaves the public concession, he has to take someone with him. ”

"Who?"

"Xie Zhipan's lover."

"That's even more of a problem."

Xie Zhipan's lover indirectly betrayed Zhou Weilong, how to deal with this person, that is Zhou Weilong's business.

"So, so be it."

Meng Shaoyuan stood up.

Just as he was about to leave, Moyes said: "Meng, there is one more thing, in the recent stage, there have been countless bloodshed in the public concession, and many people have died. This is all caused by the fight between you and the Japanese. How long are you going to fight? ”

Meng Shaoyuan was silent there for a moment: "Mr. President, you shouldn't ask me this question, you should ask those Japanese when they are going to get out of the Chinese land!" I don't want war, I don't want bloodshed, but the Japanese have usurped our land and enslaved our people, and I have to fight. ”

When he said this, he smiled again: "I seem to be giving a speech there, right?" Then I'm not going to talk about a speech. Your house has been occupied, your wife and daughter are being insulted by robbers, if you don't play with robbers, are you still a man? Mr. President, I don't plan to stay in the Public Concession alive with this life! ”

"Meng, I admire you." Moyes sighed: "I don't like those Japanese either, but after all, I am the president of the Ministry of Industry, and I have the responsibility to maintain law and order in the public concession." Forget it, you won't listen to what I'm saying. War, this damn war. ”

"We are facing war." Meng Shaoyuan glanced at him:

"Maybe sooner or later, war will come to your country too!"