June 2, 1918, night.

Hashimoto, the provost of the Guangzhou Yueben Overseas Chinese School, soon fell asleep after a busy day. And his wife, Mieko Hashimoto, went to bed to get ready to rest after finishing the housework and settling the two children.

There was a sudden "bang" in the courtyard, which made Mieko Hashimoto, who had just fallen asleep, sit up.

Pushed the husband next to him, but the husband was too tired during the day, so he only muttered, turned over and continued to sleep.

Mieko Hashimoto was thinking about it to see what was going on outside, when suddenly the door was pushed open. Mieko Hashimoto exclaimed.

Two big men dressed in black and wearing masks appeared in the room like ghosts.

"Ahh

Mieko Hashimoto's scream woke Hashimoto gradually, and he rolled out of bed with a bone, but at this time, the revolver in the hand of the man in black rang out.

Then, before Mieko Hashimoto could let out a second exclamation, the two men in black had already pounced, raised the sharp knives in their hands, and stabbed Hashimoto and his wife with a knife, a knife, and another knife

"What? How could such a thing happen? Report carefully! ”

When Wang Hengyue heard the news, he was also taken aback.

"Yes. There were four victims, Hashimoto Jiji, 33 years old, the dean of the Guangzhou Yueben Overseas Chinese School, and Mieko Hashimoto, 30 years old, Hashimoto's wife, both of whom were shot once in each body, stabbed dozens of times, and died in a horrific state. Also killed were their two children, Taro Hashimoto and Edariko Hashimoto, who were 10 and 8 years old respectively. ”

Wang Hengyue's brows furrowed tightly.

This matter is too serious, it is not that I am making trouble there, but that a family of four was brutally killed.

In Guangzhou, on your own turf!

"When did it happen?"

"Last night around eleven o'clock, a neighbor heard gunshots."

"Any clues?"

"Two men in black were seen coming out of Hashimoto's house about a few minutes after the gunshots rang out, and then fled the scene in a hurry."

"I'm in trouble." Wang Hengyue muttered.

According to his own intelligence analysis, it is possible that he may find an excuse to hinder his Northern Expedition, and if that is the case, he is not afraid, and he can follow the forces of Anglo-American law and treat it with a tough attitude.

But at this juncture, something like this happened.

Human life, killed in Guangzhou, said that I will inevitably make a big fuss about this, even if Anglo-American law wants to interfere, there is no place to interfere!

Wang Hengyue took a few steps back and forth: "Immediately control the whole city and release all the eyeliner." Investigate, check for me, solve the case as soon as possible, the most important thing is to arrest the murderer! ”

"Yes! I'll arrange it when I leave! ”

"Generalissimo, the consul general in Guangzhou, Hatohiro Shiriguchi, has asked to meet the generalissimo immediately!"

"It's coming, it's fucking fast!" Wang Hengyue muttered: "See! ”

Hatohiro Shiriguchi walked in in a hurry, and when they met, they didn't even say hello politely, but directly asked loudly: "Your Excellency Generalissimo, four lives, four lives are my own lives, and I was killed in Guangzhou!" What about the murderer, where is the murderer? ”

"The case is being solved, Mr. Consul General." Wang Hengyue said calmly: "This is a criminal case, judging from the murderer's modus operandi, it is likely that he has a deep grudge against the Hashimoto family, and we will arrest the murderer as soon as possible!" ”

"Do you mean that I killed myself? You're excusing your subordinates for their incompetence! Hatohiro Shiriguchi said angrily: "I have already reported this incident to my country, I hope to give us a reasonable explanation as soon as possible, and catch the murderer as soon as possible, otherwise, we do not rule out the possibility of solving it by ourselves!" ”

"I will definitely give you and the deceased a reasonable explanation!"

"Well, I'll wait for your news, farewell!"

Looking at his back, Wang Hengyue fell into deep thought. Four lives, who has such a big hatred with the Hashimoto family? Did you do it yourself, or did the Chinese do it?

"Call me Yang Fangyun, Yu Lei, and Lu Xuan!"

"Yes!"

"The situation is urgent!" Seeing that all his subordinates were coming, Wang Hengyue said straight to the point: "I can use this matter as an excuse to threaten us by force and obstruct our Northern Expedition." Once this matter cannot be properly handled, we are morally backward, don't look at the word morality as nothing, but it is a shield at a critical time! ”

Yang Fangyun said: "As soon as the matter came out, I launched an investigation, and Hashimoto gradually had an argument with a person named Yoshida Tsuka on the same day, and it was thought that Yoshida Tsuka's child broke his arm at school. But the matter was then resolved, and I thought that just because the child broke his arm and recovered for a while, Yoshidazuka didn't seem to have that much hatred to kill Hashimoto gradually, and it killed his entire family. ”

"Yoshida Tsuka?" Wang Hengyue frowned: "I don't care if he has a motive or not, I have to investigate this person for me, and I must find the two black-clothed people who committed the murder, they are the key." ”

"The people from the Intelligence Bureau, the Bureau of Statistics, and the Investigation Department are all dispatched." Yu Lei, who has not yet recovered from his injuries, said: "We have a lot of intelligence personnel in Guangzhou, and if it is done by the Chinese, I believe it will be found out soon." But I have an idea, could it be that I did it? If that's the case, then it will be much more difficult for me to investigate, after all, we can't directly bring him in for questioning. ”

"Think of a way, think of a way." Wang Hengyue became much calmer: "Yu Lei is right, I also have such thoughts, this thing will not happen sooner or later, but it happened before we prepared for the Northern Expedition, which is strange." But we don't have evidence in our hands now, and with evidence, everything is easy."

The assassination of Hashimoto's family greatly shocked Guangzhou. Not only the consulate, but also the consul generals of the British, American, and French consulates also personally inquired into the matter, and euphemistically said that the case should be solved as soon as possible during this extraordinary period.

The whole intelligence and police system is in motion.

At the same time, the expatriates also began to act.

About 300 expatriates gathered near Hashimoto's house and angrily denounced the murderer.

Yoshida Tsuka couldn't cry, and it was easy to stop crying under the persuasion of others, and he said loudly: "I am sad that I am indescribably sad about the murder of Provost Hashimoto, as you know, I had a quarrel with Provost Hashimoto, the reason was that my son fell and injured himself, but this is not to blame Provost Hashimoto, it was my child who was naughty himself, and after the fall was injured, it was the provost who was the first to send my child to the hospital, I was very ashamed after I knew the truth of the matter, but the provost used his generosity, not only forgave me for my rudeness, He also gave me a sum of money to express the guilt of the school. But now, the provost is gone, and my wish to thank him in person can no longer be fulfilled! ”

Low sobs rang out all around, and some of Hashimoto's neighbors even fainted from crying several times.

"Everyone, please mourn by the way, I am sent by His Excellency Consul General Shiriguchi to comfort you, my name is Rotsuo Yannoshima." Rotsuo Kanoshima appeared in front of the expatriate.

"Yannoshima-kun, when will the case be solved? When will the Hashimoto family be given justice? ”

"Yes, we must solve the case as soon as possible, so that Hashimoto can be buried at first sight!"

Yannoshima Luxiong quieted down the expatriates: "Your Excellency the Consul General has made serious negotiations with the Chinese Protector Army and the political axe on this matter, and demands that the case be solved immediately and the murderer arrested. But it is a pity that the attitude of the Chinese side towards this is not positive, and even, it is very negative! ”

This sentence immediately ignited the mood of the expatriates in this country.

"Pressure, pressure!"

"If the people of China refuse to solve the case, then we will come by ourselves, where are our warships, where is our army!"

Seeing that the emotions of the expatriates were mobilized, Rotsuo Yannoshima pushed his glasses: "Yes, pressure, the strongest pressure must be put on the people of China, His Excellency the Consul General has already informed our political axe of this matter, and the time limit for the French Protector Army and the political axe to solve the case, if before the deadline comes, the people of China still can't give us a reasonable explanation, it is tantamount to despising our existence!" ”

"Long live the Great Empire!"

Someone was the first to shout.

"Long live the Empire, long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

Just when the cries were overwhelming, an explosion of "boom" came.

The expatriates were in a panic.

Looking towards the explosion, Yoshidatsuka let out a miserable cry, and the explosion was coming from his own house. From there, the flames rose into the sky.

"House, my house!" Yoshida Tsukasa cried out in pain.

On June 2, 1918, the Hashimoto family was killed, and on June 3, when the Yoshidazuka house was bombed again while the overseas Chinese were gathering, they were drowned in a sea of fire.

But it's far from over.

That night, the Guangzhou Chamber of Commerce was also bombed, but fortunately it was night and there were no casualties. However, this series of situations has made the situation in Guangzhou suddenly become serious.

On June 4, the expatriates took to the streets to protest, demanding that the murderers be punished, and calling on the political axe to send troops to protect the expatriates. Subsequently, a large number of Guangzhou citizens also took to the streets to confront the expatriates in this country.

The police also appeared on the streets, and in addition to maintaining order and repeatedly persuading both sides to remain calm, the confrontation lasted until the night, and then the two sides dispersed.

However, a series of events have caused the crisis to spread in Guangzhou, and a huge threat has come to Wang Hengyue's head.

Who killed the Hashimoto family? Who was responsible for the explosion of the Yoshida family and the Chamber of Commerce? It is entirely possible to use these events to intervene by force.

This incident is known as the "Hashimoto Incident", also known as the "Guangzhou Bloody Massacre".

Wang Hengyue must face this huge crisis!

(To be continued)