Chapter 720: A Matter of Face
The next morning, after Zhu Muyun learned the news that Zhongchuan did not come to work, he thought that Yang Shiying had done it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoHowever, he was very strange that he didn't give Yang Shiying instructions. Could it be that Yang Shiying saw a rare opportunity and made a move without permission? If that's the case, you'll have to plan ahead.
However, with Zhu Muyun's understanding of Yang Shiying, he will definitely not make his own decisions. If he gave the order, Yang Shiying might have killed Zhongchuan or tied up Zhongchuan. However, if he hadn't given an order, Yang Shiying would definitely not have done it. Unless, there are some special circumstances.
Zhu Muyun was still thinking about whether to go to Deutsche Foreign Bank. He was in the French Concession, and it was very convenient for him to go to the foreign bank to understand the situation. As the captain of the Xianzuo team, Zhu Muyun has the obligation to know the situation of all foreign companies in the French Concession. It's his responsibility and it's his strength. Li Bangfan's recommendation to Jiro Ono that Zhu Muyun be the captain of the Kenzo team also had this consideration.
However, Zhu Muyun hadn't left yet, and before he stayed in his office for half an hour, he received a call from Jiro Ono asking him to go to the office quickly. Zhu Muyun knew that it was Zhongchuan who didn't come to work. Ono Jiro's tone was extremely anxious, as the commander of the military police detachment, his subordinates were missing, so he was naturally very anxious.
"Yesterday evening, three gendarmes from the gendarmerie detachment went missing, including Second Lieutenant Nakagawa." Ono Jiro said with a solemn expression.
"Three gendarmes are missing?" Zhu Muyun was really surprised now, if only Zhongchuan was missing, he would definitely think that Yang Shiying did it. But now, three gendarmes are missing at the same time, so it may not be Yang Shiying. At least, the other two gendarmes should not have been arrested by Yang Shiying.
Moreover, Zhu Muyun was still very puzzled, if something like this happened, Ono Jiro shouldn't come to him. The matter of the gendarmerie can not be solved by himself, the captain of the gendarme. At least, he'll have to find Noyama.
"Report."
When Jiro Ono was about to speak, a gendarme at the door suddenly walked in. He's here to deliver something, a black brocade box, and I don't know what it contains.
"Yaga!" Ono Jiro opened the brocade box, suddenly cursed angrily, and then slammed the brocade box on the table.
Zhu Muyun noticed that a finger popped out of the brocade box, and in addition, there was a letter. Although he was a little disgusted to look at the severed finger, he still picked up the letter. Because the letter was written in Chinese, Zhu Muyun opened the letter after getting the tacit approval of Jiro Ono. After only a few glances, Zhu Muyun understood who these three fingers came from.
"Captain Ono, this is a ransom letter written by someone from Jiutou Mountain. Second Lieutenant Nakagawa and the others are in their hands, and these three fingers are theirs. Zhu Muyun said slowly.
Although he was also surprised, he was still happy that Nakagawa was kidnapped by bandits. If it was really the bandits who kidnapped Zhongchuan, they also saved Yang Shiying from dispatching. The people of Jiutou Mountain must have taken revenge on the gendarmerie detachment because of what happened to Ba Weihuang yesterday. Ba Weihuang is the second leader of Jiutou Mountain, and he is a master who has never suffered a loss.
"Bandits from Nine-Headed Mountain? How dare they blackmail me? "Ono Jiro is furious, he is the captain of the gendarmerie detachment, which Chinese, see him is not frightened? Even if they are bandits from Jiutou Mountain, they shouldn't come to provoke themselves.
"If this is written correctly, it is the people of Jiutou Mountain." Zhu Muyun said that he was secretly amused in his heart, the bandits of Jiutou Mountain did him a favor this time. It seems that last night, Yang Shiying did not move.
"The people of Jiutou Mountain, how could they kidnap Nakagawa?" Jiro Ono said in surprise. Yesterday, although the gendarmerie detachment caught a spy from Jiutou Mountain, but then, didn't the spy and his subordinates run away? Moreover, it was Nakagawa's men who ran away. They have already won, why can't they get along with the gendarmerie detachment.
"Then I don't know, perhaps, they think that it is very shameless to be caught by us yesterday." Zhu Muyun thought for a while and said.
"They don't have face?" Ono Jiro was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, so he didn't have face, okay?
"It's a shame for the bandits to be caught by us. They value face more than their lives. Zhu Muyun explained.
"It seems that they also have a bit of a bushido spirit. But what they did was too despicable and shameless to deserve the title of samurai. Ono Jiro said angrily.
"How can the bandits be compared to the imperial army, if it weren't for Second Lieutenant Nakagawa's carelessness, even if all the bandits on Jiutou Mountain came, it would not be his opponent." Zhu Muyun said with a smile.
"You have dealt with the people of Jiutou Mountain, how should this matter be handled?" Jiro Ono said. At this time, these flattering words spoken by Zhu Muyun sounded very harsh. Zhongchuan was taken as a hostage, and a finger was cut off, Zhu Muyun even said that Zhongchuan can deal with all the bandits alone, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?
"The imperial army will never compromise with bandits, I think we should send troops to clear and wipe out all the bandits in Jiutou Mountain." Zhu Muyun said firmly, Guxing's Japanese army was already insufficient. The terrain of Jiutou Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. He made such a suggestion, which could not be adopted at all, nor could it be truly implemented.
"No, this can't be known to the gendarmerie." Ono Jiro shook his head, he had just served as the captain of the military police detachment, and he was still in the rank of captain, which was originally out of order. According to convention, the captain of the gendarmerie detachment should be Shao Zuo, and he is only a captain. Had it not been for the fact that several of his so-called actions had forced the French to give in, the gendarmerie would not have let him hold this position.
Jiro Ono has been the head of the military police detachment for only a few days? Now that such a big thing has happened, if it is known from above, he, the captain of the detachment, will soon be done. At this time, Ono Jiro, the commander of the military police detachment, was unqualified. After all, everyone, is selfish. In order to keep his position, he is also willing to do things that deceive his subordinates.
"However, the bandits demanded a ransom of thirty gold bars." Zhu Muyun smiled bitterly and said that Ono Jiro's trouble was his luck. The more trouble Ono has, the happier he becomes.
"Thirty gold bars?!" Ono Jiro was surprised and said that he couldn't take out such a large sum of money. After all, this matter cannot be known to the above.
"I'm willing to provide this money. However, the bandits wrote that if the ransom was not paid by the evening, they would have to raise five gold bars a day. Zhu Muyun said, these bandits are too ghostly. Five gold bars a day, it is indeed much easier than them to go and grab money. It's just that they dare to ask the gendarmerie detachment for money, I'm afraid that this money will be hot.
"They're stealing money!" Ono Jiro said coldly.
"They're really trying to get money." Zhu Muyun said, how can this sound so familiar.
"What can you do?" Ono Jiro asked, the reason why he called Zhu Muyun was because Zhu Muyun had dealt with bandits in Jiutou Mountain.
"If the teacher doesn't want the higher authorities to know, the best way is, of course, to pay the ransom." Zhu Muyun said that he believes that this matter must be handed over to himself again. Judging from his experience in dealing with Jiutou Mountain, as long as he leaves it to himself, there will definitely be room for maneuvering.
"Thirty gold bars is not a decimal." Jiro Ono said.
"Students can afford this money." Zhu Muyun said again. Thirty gold bars, not much for him. If you can make Ono Jiro owe him a favor, it's worth it.
"Let's redeem the people first." Ono Jiro rolled his eyes, he naturally would not be reconciled, and really paid the money to ransom people.
"Teacher, the bandits eat this bowl of rice, and before, they also kidnapped Felix in the French Concession. They are usually traded outside the city, and moreover, they will ambush good people in advance. If we try to destroy them when we pay the money, we are likely to lose both our personal and financial resources. Zhu Muyun didn't seem to see Ono Jiro's expression, and said to himself.
"I know this very well. At that time, the Imperial Army also lost a squad. Ono Jiro said that at that time, it was Masao Motokiyo himself. At that time, he also operated it.
"Let's redeem the people first." Zhu Muyun said with a sigh. Of course, he did not want the gendarmerie detachment to go head-to-head with the bandits.
"No, Zhu Jun, you must think of a way, we must take this opportunity to teach the bandits of Jiutou Mountain a lesson." Jiro Ono said firmly.
Even if he let Nakagawa die at the hands of bandits, he didn't want to really pay the ransom. Last time, because Felix was German, he had no choice but to pay. Now, it was the Imperial soldiers who were kidnapped, and even if they died, they were loyal to the Emperor.
"The teacher is wise, and I will listen to the teacher's arrangement." Zhu Muyun said solemnly. He didn't want to take responsibility, since it was Ono Jiro's idea, let him give the order himself.
"You've dealt with the bandits of Jiutou Mountain many times, don't you know their habits? This time, find a way to set a trap for the bandits. Ono Jiro said dissatisfied.
"If the ransom is paid, Second Lieutenant Nakagawa and the others will definitely arrange to come back. But if you want to calculate the bandits, I can't guarantee whether they will succeed. However, Ensign Nakagawa and the others, I'm afraid they won't be able to come back. Zhu Muyun reminded.
"As long as you can catch the bandits, they will serve the empire, and what is it." Ono Jiro said disapprovingly, the bandits of Jiutou Mountain are also the henchmen of the empire, and if they can be eliminated, he, the captain, will definitely be promoted to Shaozuo.
"That's going to be easy." Zhu Muyun said with a smile.
"This matter must be kept secret. Second Lieutenant Nakagawa, according to my orders, went to investigate the bandits' military situation. You must remember that. "Jiro Ono said that he couldn't tell anyone about it.
"Be sure to keep it a secret." Zhu Muyun said that when he saw Ono Jiro's disbelieving gaze, he immediately said: "Even if it is to Director Li Bangfan, I will not report it." ”