Liu Zezhi walked in with a gloomy expression, and Hirakawa Xinye smiled: "Liu Sang, sit down and say." What do you think? What do you think is going on here? ”

Liu Zezhi sighed and replied, "I'll tell you the truth, I didn't sleep all night yesterday and kept thinking about it." I think this matter should be like this: Zhang Xiaodan came to me, this kid preached his special relationship with No. 76 everywhere, and I didn't bother to pay attention to him, there was no one in the interrogation room at that time, and the guards were not very strict, although there were twelve interrogation rooms, but only five opened the door, and he left information in all five interrogation rooms, maybe it was just a sentence written on the dust on the table and on the wall, maybe it was something else, Edwards destroyed this information after seeing it. But those tools were not handed over by Zhang Xiaodan. Because I can vouch for it: Edwards went into the infirmary with no contraband on him. ”

Hirakawa Shinno interjected, "So you think those tools were hidden in the infirmary in advance?" Edwards took the medicine given to him by Zhang Xiaodan, or was he pretending to be sick......"

"It's unlikely that he's pretending to be sick, the doctor on duty did an examination, and the doctor was also arrested, didn't you also interrogate him? Besides, you know that I went to medical school for two years, so I have a little bit of medical knowledge. A piece of medicine, too small, maybe Zhang Xiaodan hid it in the interrogation room, maybe it was Edwards who had been hiding it on his body, I don't know which one is more likely...... Hirakawa-kun, what I said is all speculation, and there is no evidence. ”

Hirakawa Shinno smiled: "It's okay, you said yours, Director Li said a sentence: reasonable speculation is often the truth of the facts." ”

Liu Zezhi nodded and said, "Director Li also said this to me. I thought the tool was most likely hidden in the infirmary, and alas, it was my fault, in a hurry to save Edwards, and didn't think to search the infirmary. Hirakawa-kun, do you think the director will re-handle me because of this negligence? Last time, Director Ni made a mistake, and he was imprisoned for more than ten days. ”

Hirakawa Shinno comforted: "Not really, right? There are always times when people can't think of it, and besides, it's not your responsibility alone, Asano-kun, as the temporary supreme commander of the concentration camp, also has to pay part of the responsibility. Why bother to be presumptuous, why can't you compare with Ni Sang? ”

Liu Zezhi smiled bitterly and replied, "Don't comfort me, Director Ni is General Ono's son-in-law, what am I." ”

Hirakawa Shinno sighed: "Assuming your speculation is right, the infirmary is full of people, and there are too many people who have the conditions to put tools there, so track it down...... Then you have to check it, if you can't find out it's a problem of ability, how can you explain it if you don't check it? Looks like I'm going to another concentration camp. Liu Sang, can you give me a brief introduction to the situation in the infirmary? ”

"Absolutely. The camp had three infirmaries, one for the rescue observation room, the one where Edwards lived, and two with partitions, an outpatient room on the outside, a half-room for fluoroscopic films, and a pharmacy. There are two doctors and two nurses. ”

Hirakawa Shinno replied, "So if Edwards is critically ill, he will definitely be sent to the emergency observation room...... Liu Sang, don't write what you just said into the report first, and wait until I report to Director Li. ”

"That's natural, the 'Situation Report' must be all facts, how can the speculative things be written?"

Hirakawa Shinno straightened out his thoughts, and ordered someone to call Asano Key, Asano's statement was similar to Liu Zezhi's, I don't know if it was really the same, or taking advantage of the opportunity to be locked up, the two discussed it in advance.

Hirakawa Shinno said: "Let's do this first, Asano-kun, you still have to be wronged for a few days, and I will set off for a concentration camp today." ”

At nine o'clock in the evening of the 22nd, Hirakawa Shinno arrived at the concentration camp, and without resting, he greeted Takayuki Ezaki, who was in charge here, asked for an interrogation room, and called the remaining doctor and two nurses in the infirmary.

Hirakawa Shinno threatened: "After investigation, there is definite evidence that the tools used by the key culprit Edwards when he absconded were hidden in the infirmary in advance, and the few of you here are the biggest suspects!" I'm giving you a chance to prove your innocence by saying who had been to the infirmary privately before the incident. ”

The doctors and nurses in the concentration camp are also active-duty soldiers, and the rank of doctor Zhang Dafu is also a major like Pingchuan Shinno, but he is also a Hunan donkey, and he has been interrogated several times by Ezaki Takayu in the past two days. Do you have proof? If there is evidence, please arrest people directly! The infirmary is full of people every day, and we are doctors and nurses, whose duty is to treat and save people, not to register and monitor people who come to see patients. ”

Hirakawa Xinye was stunned for a moment, and then said sharply: "Arrest people directly?" All right! Someone—"

Ezaki Takayu hurriedly persuaded: "Hirakawa-kun, there is something to say." Doctor Zhang, Secretary Pingchuan came to investigate the serious incident of the key culprit absconding on the order of Director Li Shiqun, and as an active-duty soldier, it is our obligation to cooperate with his work, what nonsense are you talking about? Outrageous! Hirakawa-kun, for my thin face, don't be like him. ”

Of course, Ezaki Takayu's words were for the platform of Hirakawa Shinno, and it was not without the intention of exculpating Dr. Zhang and others, and Dr. Zhang could not help but accept his affection, so he had to shut up in a huff.

A nurse said: "Sir, according to the regulations: the infirmary is thoroughly cleaned and disinfected every three days, and I took someone to clean it up at six o'clock after work on the 19th, and worked until nine o'clock in the evening, and there was no one in the emergency room that day, and the door was locked after cleaning." Absolutely no contraband was found. If those tools were indeed hidden in the infirmary's emergency observation room in advance, there is only one possibility that they were hidden during the period between the opening of the door at 8 a.m. on the 20th and the incident on the 21st. ”

Hirakawa Shinno no longer mentioned Dr. Zhang's confrontation with him, and asked: "What you said makes sense, the three of you should recall it well: Who has been to the rescue observation room during this time?" ”

Another female nurse replied: "That's too much, the infirmary is always full of people, and there were two patients stationed in the emergency room, one for infusion, about three hours, and the other for short-term observation, which took four hours." ”

Dr. Zhang added: "Every day after going to work at 8 a.m., the doors of the three houses are not locked, and those who come to see a doctor and prescribe medicine, except for the prisoners, who are escorted by military police, may sneak into the emergency room with the door open, and hide a few tools in a matter of seconds." Sir: The stakes are big, but we don't dare to frame others in order to exonerate ourselves from suspicion. ”

Although Hirakawa Shinno was unhappy, he also knew that this was the truth, and he asked again: "Captain Asano and Secretary Liu haven't been to the infirmary for a while?" ”

Dr. Zhang thought about it carefully and replied, "No, neither of them has been here. Captain Asano was in good health, and he visited the camp once when he first arrived, and he hasn't been there since. Secretary Liu has a lot of rubella allergies, and he came here a few days ago, saying that we don't have the medicine he often takes, so he can only find an opportunity to go to Shanghai to buy it, and he hasn't been here for a while. ”

Hirakawa Xinye asked again: "Do you know Zhang Xiaodan?" Has he been here? Here's a picture of him, a few of you take a look. ”

Dr. Zhang took the photo, looked at it carefully and replied, "Is that him?" His name is Zhang Xiaodan? I know this person, he himself said that he came to the concentration camp to supervise the work, and was going to transport the goods, and Secretary Liu, Captain Zhao, and Director Ni were good friends, and he came to the infirmary, saying that he wanted to prescribe some tonics, but I told him that he didn't, and he turned around and left. ”

The female nurse also picked up the photo, looked at it and said, "He came and talked to me for a long time, and I was busy at the time, and I was quite annoyed with him." ”

Zhang Xiaodan came to the concentration camp on the night of the 18th and left in the early morning of the 21st, is he really the spy of the military commander? Or was it bought by the military commanders? This person has been related to leaks several times, and the last time Ryuzan Yamaki disappeared and was killed, Zhang Xiaodan was suspected and was detained by Asano with one click. This person seems to be shallow and frivolous, and he is exaggerated, is he wise and foolish?

Hirakawa Shinno said, "Get here here today, you can go." ”

After everyone left, Hirakawa Shinno said to Takayu Ezaki: "Director Li ordered that from now on, a special gendarmerie group will be set up to conduct another comprehensive search of the ships that are about to leave the port. ”

"I know, I'll do it tomorrow."

Hirakawa Shinno said again: "Ezaki-kun, what do you think about Edwards' absconding?" ”

Ezaki Takayu smiled and replied: "It's not that I don't say it, you know that I didn't intervene in any work in the concentration camp before, Captain Asano and Secretary Liu were detained and examined again, and there was no way to even handle the handover, for fear of another accident, I didn't dare to close my eyes in the past two days." After listening to your interrogation of the three of them just now, Zhang Xiaodan is indeed the most suspicious. ”

Hirakawa Shinno replied, "What you say makes sense, and I see it that way. ”

Ezaki Takayu said with a smile: "I want to ask you for help with something: I heard that General Ono originally arranged for Captain Asano and Secretary Liu to evacuate on the 24th, and the work of the concentration camp is on the right track, and the prison director is in charge." Now that there is such a stubble, when can I evacuate? ”

"Tomorrow, I will do another on-site investigation, and then go directly to Nanjing, talk to those diplomats, and it is estimated that I will return to Shanghai the day after tomorrow, and see General Ono and Director Li, and ask for you."

At 10 o'clock in the morning of the 24th, Hirakawa Shinno returned to Shanghai from Nanjing and reported to Li Shiqun: "Director Li, this is the interrogation report of the three doctors and nurses in the concentration camp, as well as the transcripts made by the five diplomats in Nanjing. His subordinates thought that Zhang Xiaodan was the most suspicious. By the way, Ezaki-kun asked his subordinates to ask for instructions on his behalf when he could hand over his work to the prison director and withdraw from the concentration camp? ”

Li Shiqun didn't answer immediately, took a few reports and reviewed them, the phone rang, and after Hirakawa Shinno answered, he said to Li Shiqun: "Director Li, General Ono has something urgent to find you." ”

Li Shiqun took the microphone, signaled that Pingchuan Xinye could go out, and walked out of Li Shiqun's office, Pingchuan Xinye hesitated whether to go to the confinement room, Li Shiqun called him in again, and ordered: "Pass my order: Asano and Liu Zezhi are derelict in their duties, each of them is a major mistake, and they are criticized." Tell Ezaki-kun: He is still in charge of the concentration camp for the time being, and when to evacuate, wait for orders. Pingchuan-kun, the Battle of Changsha officially began, this is the first battle after the declaration of war between the Imperial Japanese Army and Britain and the United States, General Kagezo ordered No. 76 to form a special team, set off at 11 o'clock this evening to rush to the battlefield to reinforce and assist him in carrying out the task, you call Director Ni and Captain Zhao to come back, and hold a working meeting at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Put Asano and Liu Zezhi out to the meeting. ”

"Yes, what about the rest of the people brought back from the camps? Will they continue to be detained or will they be released together? ”

"Let it all go. A bounty is offered for Edwards Wanted, and the person who captures it has a bounty of 30 bars, and those who know its clues and take the initiative to report it, after being arrested according to the clues provided by the reporter, will receive 10 bounty bars. By the way, Zhang Xiaodan is wanted together, and the bounty is ten gold bars. ”

This book was first published in the King of Books