Chapter 120.

“Lu Le, have you been here before?”

Cheng Mo and Lu Le stood outside the main entrance, looking at the square black facade, blue roof, and surrounded by barbed wire.

Lu Le shook his head.

This was Tilanqiao Prison, known as the “No. 1 Prison in the Far East” and the “Bastille of the East”, and it also had a nickname, “City of Destruction”.

That was after the Japanese took over the prison.

Cheng Mo also shook his head, he had never been here, who has nothing to do to go to the prison to play, but he had heard of this famous prison, it is said that in the latter days of the ordinary prisoners who wanted to go in for rehabilitation could not get in.

But at this moment, it was a place as horrible as hell.

To the left of the gate was the Shanghai High Court Detention Center, and to the right was the hospital attached to the prison, as well as the apartment building where the guards lived.

After verifying their documents and going through a series of checks and cumbersome procedures, they were allowed to enter the interior of the prison, but of course, the range of movement was limited.

They were not allowed to enter the prison area unless they were specifically allowed to do so, and this was also a place of strict hierarchy, where the Chinese guards had the lowest status and were treated the lowest.

However, Cheng Mo’s rank was Deputy Inspector, and he had British nationality, so that still made a difference.

All the formalities are complete, the prison side naturally can not prevent him from seeing Wang Zongnan, this prison is very close to Hongkou, but it belongs to the Ministry of Public Works Bureau, Songhu war, but was not destroyed, the prison operation has not been affected by too much.

Inside the meeting room, Cheng Mo took out his identity as a special investigator and asked to see Wang Zongnan alone.

This request was not agreed to by the prison authorities.

However, Cheng Mo would not spoil them and directly asked them to ask the Bureau of Public Works side that if he was not allowed to meet with him alone, then the prison side would be responsible for all the consequences.

Seeing this, the American assistant warden who received Cheng Mo didn’t dare to be pushy, so he had to go up and ask the warden, and only agreed to Cheng Mo’s request after receiving a positive reply.

Moreover, Cheng Mo’s authority did not stop there, he had the right to meet with all Chinese inmates in the prison, and could ask for a private meeting.

This kind of authority is usually only given to the top management of the Police Department of the Ministry of Public Works of the United States and the United Kingdom, and it’s really rare that a British Chinese detective was given this kind of authority.

Rare as it may be, what can’t happen under the current political situation?

When Wang Zongnan was imprisoned, he was detained on suspicion of committing a riot crime, so when he was locked up, he was treated as a felon.

Two prison guards escorted a withered middle-aged man walked the reception room, handcuffs and shackles are all available, a dirty prison uniform.

In the middle of summer, an acrid smell hit his face, Cheng Mo frowned slightly, one could imagine how bad the conditions in this prison were.

The prison guards had long been instructed to bring the person in and were ready to exit, but were stopped by Cheng Mo: “Open the handcuffs, shackles.”

The prison guard froze for a moment and glanced at the assistant warden.

“It’s all like this, are you still afraid that he’ll run away?” Cheng Mo asked rhetorically.

The assistant warden nodded and ordered, “Open it.”

The prison guard came forward to open Wang Zongnan’s handcuffs and shackles, then went out, Cheng Mo invited the processing warden out again, while having someone pour a cup of water in.

Wang Zongnan was a bit confused, how come there was a different person to interrogate him, what kind of trick is this again? “Drink some water first.” Cheng Mo sent the cup of water to Wang Zongnan.

Wang Zongnan hesitated for a moment, but still reached out and cupped the cup of water, then tilted his head and drank a cup of water in three gulps.

“Do you want another cup?”

Wang Zongnan shook his head.

It was cold and damp inside the prison, so apart from the sweltering heat and the environment being too poor, it was actually not very thirsty. “Introduce myself, Cheng Mo, Special Investigator of the Political Unit of the Police Department of the Ministry of Public Works Bureau, you can call me Investigator Cheng, or Cheng Tune.” Cheng Mo said, “Your case is now under my responsibility, regarding the case of ‘Zhou Fengqi’s assassination’, although you have never admitted that you are the mastermind, but the many evidences still prove that you have a huge connection with this case, you don’t deny this, right?”

“Old boss, I am just an honest trader, this assassination of Zhou Fengqi that you are talking about, really has nothing to do with me.”

It was true that Wang Zongnan’s cover identity was that of a small businessman before he was captured.

“Alright, we know very well what kind of person you are, if you don’t say it, we can’t do anything with you even if we use torture again.” Cheng Mo said, “Now there is a way to let you regain your freedom, it’s up to you whether you are willing or not.”

“I was originally wrongly accused ……”

“Don’t fool me with this kind of words to fool children, your bottom line, I can still be clear about it, you are a member of the Blue Coat Society, and you are also an important person in your so-called Shanghai Special Zone, right?”

Wang Zongnan said with a calm expression, “No, old boss, you’ve got it wrong, I’m just a tea seller, I don’t know anything about fabrics or anything else.”

“The more calm you are, the more it shows that there are ghosts in your heart, Wang Zongnan, you might have received the message that someone will save you from going out, but as long as I don’t agree, you won’t be able to walk out from here!” Cheng Mo hemmed and hawed and just looked at the other party.

Wang Zongnan sat there motionless, he did know that he was being rescued from outside, and that the conditions were basically negotiated, the sudden crossroads made him feel a little overwhelmed.

He was just one step away from the door, but he was actually about to lose his freedom? He was a little reluctant, but also knew that he could not show his cowardice, once he showed his cowardice, then everything would be over, this person called Cheng Mo in front of him, he seemed to have some impression, and for a while he could not remember ……

“Investigator Cheng, I really am wrongly accused.”

“Then I’m sorry.” Cheng Mo gave a faint cry, “You’ll just continue to stay here.”

Dai Yunong actually wanted to let himself test Wang Zongnan to see if he had betrayed the interests of the Junta in prison or not.

Cheng Mo was also helpless and could only do as he was told, however, this did give an opportunity for the other party to come over and take the initiative to find himself.

Of course, this is all an act, a play to make the British believe that Cheng Mo is dead set on working for them.

Sixteen Mile Shop, Fenglin Bridge, Zhou Mansion.

“Brother Velon, there’s a bit of a problem.” Cheng Yiming came to see Zhou Weilong in a hurry and spoke in a frenzy.

“What is it?” Zhou Weilong was still calm, he was the district governor of Shanghai Special Administrative Region, how could he also panic and lose control.

“The matter of rescuing Wang Zongnan, originally the Ministry of Public Works Bureau side have promised, twenty gold bars to ransom the person, today Lu Jingshi went to pay the money, the other side changed their mind.”

“Why, is it to increase the money?” Zhou Weilong asked.

“It’s not so much the price, it’s that the case of ‘Wang Zongnan’ has been handed over by the British to a British Deputy Inspector who has just returned from training in Hong Kong to take charge of it, and now, he must nod his head in order to release the man.” Cheng Yiming said.

“Wasn’t it always Liu Shao Kui who was in charge before, why the sudden change?” Zhou Weilong asked in disbelief.

“I don’t know, I asked around from the side, this British detective is called Jerry, he is said to be very young, should we try to contact him?” Cheng Yiming asked.

“Contact, who is going to contact, you or choose another reliable person?”

“You can let Liu Shao Kui try to find out more about this Jerry before making a decision?” Cheng Yiming suggested.

“It can be done, just like that.”

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