Chapter 328.
“Boss, he said his name is Ling Qiushi, a medicine merchant from Qingcheng who traffics ginseng, deer antlers and other precious herbs from Liaodong to Shanghai.”
This Ling Qiushi was Old Wang’s alias, and the herb merchant was his cover identity.
Cheng Mo naturally knew this.
As long as he didn’t admit that he was Wang Tianmu, the former head of the Shanghai district of the military junta, and even if the 76th side knew his identity, they couldn’t prove anything.
Because according to the agreement between the Japanese and the Concession, only the Japanese Military Police had the right to arrest the Blue Coat Society terrorists in conjunction with the Concession patrol.
And if they want to extradite someone after arresting them, they need evidence to prove the identity of the extradited person, even if he confesses on his own initiative.
The problem was that without evidence, the patrol room could reject the Japanese extradition request according to the relevant agreements.
If the Japanese can indiscriminately ask the rent patrol to arrest people and also extradite whoever they want, then wouldn’t the rent law be in vain, and wouldn’t the rent patrol all become the lapdogs of the Japanese? If we compare the Japanese invaders to an abuser, the Concession Bureau of Public Works is now a woman. If the woman resists, she can block the other party’s aggression; if she gives up resistance, she can only be slaughtered.
Britain may want to get rid of the burden of the Far East, but no one dares to say it, and the Public Works Bureau is not unanimous, but no one is willing to give up their own interests.
The struggle was certain.
Besides, if the Japanese really dared to lay siege to the Concession at this time, it would be very unfavorable to his reputation in the international arena.
Of course, if the Japanese have nothing to fear at this time, they will fall into political passivity, and Britain and the United States are able to stop their exports to him.
Although it has always been said that sanctions are imposed, the dumping of exports from Britain and the United States to Japan has never stopped, after all, the huge benefits are there.
The export of surplus products for money can ease the domestic economic crisis, as for the death of others has little to do with them.
Therefore, this time the probability of the Japanese will not come hard, not to mention that this time is their support of the secret service agency 76 with the Ministry of Public Works Bureau of the conflict, and is not the Japanese and the Ministry of Public Works Bureau of direct conflict.
“Ling Qiushi, the person who intends to kidnap you, do you recognize him?”
“No, never met.”
“Did you offend someone to be treated like this?”
“I don’t know, or they recognized the wrong person.” Wang Tianmu denied it, he knew very well that if he was arrested by the patrol room, there was still a chance of survival, at least he knew that there was someone within the patrol room.
Once he was arrested by 76, then he wouldn’t want to have another chance to get out.
But the first thing is that he can’t admit his identity, if his identity is exposed, it will give the Japanese a reason to extradite him.
He was not Zhou Weilong, who could get Dai Yunong to use diplomatic relations to force the French Concession’s Bureau of Public Trustees not to extradite him, and ultimately restore his freedom by directly deporting him.
He had been removed from his position as liaison officer for North China, and his frequent trips to and from Tianjin and Shanghai had already made Dai Yunong very dissatisfied, and if he was arrested, his greatest fear would be that he would betray the secrets of the Junta, and I’m afraid that his death or survival would not be in his consideration.
“Since you won’t tell the truth, let’s spend time together.” Cheng Mo said, Wang Tianmu and him had just met once, and it was four or five months ago.
Moreover, his meeting with Wang Tianmu was a disguise transformation, so it was expected that he didn’t recognize himself for a while.
“Boss, don’t you want to torture him?”
“No need, what is his identity, someone will tell us.” Cheng Mo shook his head, “Ask him if he has any family members, if he does, notify them and ask them to send in some change of clothes.”
“Yes.”
The Shanghai district of the military intelligence also received the order to rescue him, but the acting district chief, Cao Lijun, was already in conflict with Wang Tianmu. So he didn’t care about the rescue at all, but Wang Tianmu held too many secrets, so if something happened, he wouldn’t be able to take the blame.
So, some people suggested, find an opportunity to kill Wang Tianmu, so that he completely shut up, so that you do not have to worry about him being extradited to the Japanese.
Wang Tianmu, after all, the military junta patriarch, and once served as his superior, which to say on the rescue of grinding, not a big problem, but to say that the rescue fails to directly silence, the impact can be big.
This is anyone who has lost their hooves, this is not in the hands of the Japanese and the hypocrites, what if it is their turn one day?
Is not the same treatment treatment?
And doing so, once the word gets out, wouldn’t the captured members of the military junta feel that they would die anyway, and might as well just surrender as traitors.
Once this bad influence was formed, no one could bear the responsibility.
Cao Lijun didn’t agree, but he really didn’t work out any rescue plan either, except to inquire from the people concerned about Wang Tianmu’s situation inside the Old Gate Constabulary Detention Center.
On the third day of the case, Cheng Mo asked Tang Tao to make an appointment to see Senior Wen Qiu.
“You’ve captured Wang Tianmu, what are you going to do with him?” Wen Qiu asked.
“I had to arrest him, otherwise, he would have been taken away by 76, and the consequences would have been unimaginable.” Cheng Mo explained.
“You met with Wang Tianmu, did he recognize you?”
“I did meet with him once, but that was four or five months ago, moreover, I met with him in a disguised disguise, he might not have been paying attention and failed to recognize me, but if I continue to have contact with him, there’s no guarantee that I won’t recognize him.” Cheng Mo analyzed and explained.
“What’s No. 76’s attitude now?”
“Demanding us to release him, but not mentioning the extradition of Wang Tianmu, they should know that it’s impossible for us to agree to extradite Wang Tianmu, moreover, they didn’t go through the arrest that we carried out, which is out of order and in itself doesn’t account for the reasoning.” Cheng Mo said, “Unless they have other plans, last night, Wang Miao asked me to have dinner, it was to test my attitude, I didn’t refuse.”
“You think the British will compromise?”
“Compromise is a certainty, it’s just that this time they’ve pinched the Japanese’s handles, so they can gain some more favorable rights and interests for themselves.”
“No. 76 is becoming more and more rampant, and our anti-Japanese propaganda and fundraising activities are deeply disturbed by it, so it would be a good thing if we can let them die down for a while.” Wen Qiu nodded.
“Wu Sibao and I already had a grudge, and this time against Lin Shiqun, I’m afraid it’s just impossible to reconcile in the future.” Cheng Mo said, “So, I plan to start with another person.”
“Ding Mo Chuen?”
“It’s still senior brother who understands me, although Ding Mochun was pulled in by Lin Shiqun, and No. 76 is also headed by Ding, but Lin Shiqun is extremely ambitious, and the people working under him right now are all Lin’s cronies as well, and Ding doesn’t have any roots, so it won’t be long until Ding’s power in No. 76 is hollowed out, and the contradiction between Ding and Lin is something that we can take advantage of.” Cheng Mo said.
“How are you going to get involved with Ding?” Wen Qiu inquired.
“I have a good relationship with Wang Miao, and although Wang Miao hooked up with Lin Shiqun first, his relationship with Ding Mo Estate is a bit deeper.”
“Why is that?” Wen Qiu asked suspiciously.
“Because Lin Shiqun wasn’t on the same level as them in the past, Wang actually despised Lin, and so did Ding, and the fact that Lin relied on a woman to save a life was the same thing that made these people despise him from the bottom of their hearts, it’s just that Lin’s in the same boat as them now, and Lin’s been rewarded by the Japanese.”