June 9, 1918.

This is the day before the last moment of the war ultimatum issued by the present side!

U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou.

The U.S. Commander-in-Chief in Guangzhou, John Panther, the British Consul General, and the French Consul General, Dumarcher, appeared here at the same time.

This is an invitation extended to them by the Generalissimo of the Protector Army and the Political Axe of Guangzhou.

The atmosphere of war has already shrouded Canton, and he said that his warships will sail in at any time, and at least until now, there is no indication that war can be avoided.

Wang Hengyue invited them at this time, and no one knew his true intentions.

"Consul General, it's been a long time!"

With this hearty laughter, Wang Hengyue, the generalissimo of the Guangzhou Protector Army, appeared in front of the consul generals.

Obviously, among the consuls, Pan Shien and Wang Hengyue have maintained a close relationship, and when he saw Wang Hengyue's arrival, Pan Shien immediately said in a reproachful tone: "Mr. Generalissimo, I say that my 'Nanshang' cruiser and 'Dayuan' torpedo boat have completed combat preparations!" ”

"Oh, yes, why?" Wang Hengyue's face was surprised, Pan Shien couldn't laugh or cry, he really didn't understand what His Excellency the Generalissimo thought: "Mr. Generalissimo, when today passes and the sun rises tomorrow, it will be the ultimatum time of our country, and at that time, war will inevitably be inevitable!" ”

"War? Why should there be war? Do you want to hit me? Wang Hengyue's face was innocent.

The consul generals of several countries really didn't know whether to cry or laugh, they had never seen such a leader before.

War was imminent, but he was still in the mood to joke.

Wang Hengyue said with a smile: "I'm joking, the atmosphere here is too serious." Don't worry, gentlemen consul general, there is no war, there is nothing. ”

Qiao Taiping and Du Marché looked at each other, no one knew what kind of calculation Wang Hengyue was thinking in his heart.

But Pan Shien seemed to understand something.

Stewang once told himself, don't be fooled by the outside of this Chinese, you can never guess what he is thinking, and you will never know what he will do next.

Could it be that he already has a way to control the situation?

A staff member of the consulate came in and whispered a few words in Pan Shien's ear, and Pan Shien's expression suddenly became serious: "Mr. Hatohiro Shiriguchi, the consul general in Guangzhou, has arrived. ”

When he saw Jiriguchi Hatohiro walking in, the smile on Wang Hengyue's face became more and more intense, and he even nodded slightly towards Jiriguchi Hatohiro: "Mr. Shiriguchi, hello!" ”

Hatohiro Shiriguchi obviously didn't expect Wang Hengyue's attitude at all, and smiled reluctantly: "Hello, Your Excellency the Generalissimo." But I have to remind you that soon the time for our ultimatum will come! ”

"China is a peace-loving country!" Wang Hengyue suddenly said something like this inexplicably: "We don't want to see war happen, and we want to avoid war as much as possible, but if anyone wants to impose war on us for reasons that don't exist, no matter who the other party is, we will not hesitate to fight!" ”

Hatohiro Shiriguchi's face sank: "Your Excellency Generalissimo, do you think we are unreasonable?" Do you really think that this is an unjustified war that I have been shamelessly killed in your sphere of influence, and that our diaspora and chamber of commerce have been bombed? ”

"Yes, shameless!" Wang Hengyue was still smiling there: "Mr. Jiriguchi's words are really accurate, and the words shameless are really good!" ”

Hatohiro Shiriguchi's face turned pale: "If His Excellency the Generalissimo is just here to insult me today, then I don't think there is any need to stay here any longer!" ”

"No, I have specially invited you consuls here today to clarify some things." Wang Hengyue said unhurriedly:

"Didn't Mr. Jiriguchi always want a murderer? Then I'll hand over the murderer to you now! ”

The faces of the consul generals of Britain, the United States and France changed, the murderer? Could it be that Wang Hengyue has really caught the murderer?

Hatohiro Shiriguchi's face also changed greatly, and then returned to normal: "Could it be that His Excellency the Generalissimo has successfully solved the case?" ”

"Yes, I've solved the case."

Wang Hengyue smiled and said, "Mr. Consul General Pan Shien, I want to borrow your place!" ”

Pan Shien nodded thoughtlessly.

Wang Hengyue's face was straight: "Bring someone to commit a crime!" ”

A middle-aged man who had lost his soul was brought up, and a smile resurfaced on Wang Hengyue's face, "This is Mu Yuezhi, an employee of the Zhudeng Commercial Club in my country!" ”

As he spoke, his face sank: "Mu Yuezhi, tell me everything you know." ”

"Yes, yes." Mu Yuezhi was obviously extremely afraid, of course, no one knew what he was afraid of, he said cautiously:

"My name is Mu Yuezhi, and I am an employee of the Zhudeng Commercial Company in my country. About a few days ago, I was approached by our president, Yoshidazuka, who was both my boss and my friend. That day, I drank a lot of wine with him, and the day after tomorrow, he suddenly told me that he wanted to kill a family, but he lacked a helper, and asked me if I dared to do it."

"It's nonsense, how could Yoshida Tsuka do such a thing!" Hatohiro Shiriguchi couldn't help but cry out.

Wang Hengyue smiled faintly: "Yes, what Mr. Jiriguchi said is, I don't believe his words very much, but can we listen to him finish speaking?" ”

Pan Shien also said on the side: "In our United States, everyone has the right to express their thoughts and speak, and I think this should be the case too, right? ”

Hatohiro Shiriguchi swallowed his breath and swallowed the words back.

"Go on." Wang Hengyue threw his gaze back on Mu Yuezhi's body.

Mu Yuezhi said in horror: "Yes, I thought he was joking, so I agreed to it, and I didn't take it too seriously when I got home, but the next day, Yoshida Tsukasa found me again, talked about it again, and also brought two pistols and daggers, I, I knew that what he said was true."

I was scared, I had never killed anyone, but Yoshidazuka told me not to be afraid, he would be responsible for everything, and as long as I helped him this time, when I succeeded, he would send me to Yuben as soon as possible, as long as I got to Yueben, Chinese law would not control me

I think that's the same reason, and I didn't dare to offend Yoshidazuka, so I gritted my teeth and agreed. Later, we drank a lot of wine and discussed the details of the killing. I remember that Yoshidazuka's son fell and injured himself that day, and the more he talked, the more angry he became, and I drank too much, and under the stimulation of alcohol, I forgot to be afraid

At about half past ten, we had drunk both bottles of wine, and at that time I was not afraid of anything, and went out with Yoshida Tsuka with weapons to kill. I remember very well, we first climbed into the courtyard, and then rushed into the house, Yoshida Tsuka's first shot, and then we used daggers, and made up more than a dozen knives in a row, and in total, we killed a total of four people, a husband and wife, and a pair of their children, and none of them spared."

Wang Hengyue asked slowly; "Who did you kill?"

Mu Yuezhi said with great difficulty: "Hashimoto Gradual, Hashimoto Mieko and their children. ”

Pan Shien, Qiao Taiping, and Dumacher let out an exclamation.

Hatohiro Shiriguchi said coldly: "Your Excellency Generalissimo, I have to admit your ability to make up stories, I can find a person like this wherever I go, can a person of unknown origin be taken seriously in his confession?" ”

"Of course not." Wang Hengyue sneered and said, "So I also invited another person, Mr. Yoshida!" ”

After a while, Yoshida Tsuka was brought in.

Hatohiro Shiriguchi's eyelids jumped a few times: "I protest, Yoshida Tsukasa is a citizen of the Great Empire, Your Excellency Generalissimo, you don't have any right to arrest him!" ”

"I didn't arrest Mr. Yoshida!"

Wang Hengyue smiled indifferently and said, "Is it, Mr. Yoshida?" ”

Yoshidazuka's eyes flashed with anger, but he said unexpectedly: "Yes, Your Excellency Consul General, I, I am willing to assist in the investigation, voluntarily!" ”

Hatohiro Shiriguchi was stunned for a moment, and then felt that something was wrong.

Wang Hengyue showed a smile on his face again: "Then please tell me what happened." ”

Yoshida Tsuka gritted his teeth: "I think Mu Yuezhi has said everything just now, yes, I admit it, I killed the Hashimoto family, I couldn't get used to him before, and after my son was injured, I was even more angry, so I moved to kill him, Mu Yuezhi is my helper!" ”

"Baga!" Hatohiro Shiriguchi roared angrily: "Your son was injured in a fall on the day the Hashimoto family was killed!" ”

Yoshida Tsuka lowered his head: "Yes, it's just a tempting factor, I said it, I wanted to kill him before." The murder weapon I used to kill him was buried under a tree in the diaspora, and I can take you out there. That day"

Yoshidazuka told the events of that night in detail, very carefully, without missing any details, even including a few stabs, all of which were very clear, and people who had not experienced it personally would never be able to say so clearly.

Hatohiro Shiriguchi's face turned pale, and the matter was irreparable at this point.

Wang Hengyue asked slowly: "Yoshida Tsuka, I'm curious, did someone instruct you to do this?" ”

"No, absolutely not!" Yoshidazuka's voice suddenly raised: "No one instructed me to do this, everything was done by myself!" ”

Wang Hengyue didn't continue to ask: "Then what about bombing your home and this chamber of commerce?" ”

"I did it all, I blew up my own home and chamber of commerce in order to clear my suspicion and divert everyone's attention."

"Oh, now I get it all." Wang Hengyue smiled very brightly, and then said indifferently: "Now that the murderer has been caught, I don't think we should take any more responsibility!" ”

(To be continued)