He Daqing is counting the spoils.

But the Japanese were in complete chaos.

Nobuo Tanaka was a major general and the captain of the gendarmerie in Peiping.

When the Commander-in-Chief of the North China Gendarmerie, Kato Tokujiro, heard the news, his head buzzed.

I almost fell to the ground.

So many devils and Japanese civilians had died before, and although he was angry, he did not feel that it was a big loss.

Now that a major general has died, the matter will be reported to the Army Headquarters.

He can't escape responsibility for this matter anyway.

After all, he is the overall person in charge of public security in North China.

If Nobuo Tanaka were still alive, then everything that happened in Peiping could be blamed on him.

Now that Tanaka is dead, I am the one left in charge.

Moreover, during this period, even ordinary soldiers suffered casualties one after another.

The gendarmerie, which was already short of manpower, was even more stretched.

He led the team directly to Tanaka's home.

When he saw that there was not a single piece of healthy skin on Tanaka's body and his head was separated, he gasped.

When they tortured the Chinese, they were much more cruel than this. But they didn't care at all and had no regrets in their hearts.

However, when they saw their compatriots die miserably, they felt that the Chinese were cruel and at the same time a little afraid.

“Who is the person in charge on site?”

Miyauchi stood up trembling.

"Sir, it's me."

Seeing Miyauchi's behavior, Kato subconsciously felt disgusted.

"What's the situation at the scene? Do you know who the murderer is?"

Miyauchi was trembling not because he was afraid of Tanaka's body.

He was just afraid that Kato would ask him questions.

Because he found almost no valuable clues.

"Your Excellency, apart from one eyewitness, we have not obtained any other useful clues."

"Huh? Apart from the witnesses, you didn't find anything yourself?"

When Miyauchi saw that Kato was angry, he did not dare to hide anything and told him everything he knew.

It doesn't matter whether these things can be considered valid clues.

“The murderer jumped in from the outer wall, killed the person, and then jumped over the wall again to escape.

And except for Captain Tanaka who was dead, everyone else in the courtyard was missing.

Combined with the murderer's footprints, we concluded that the murderer should be the same person who killed the imperial army in the street before."

Having said that, he had finished talking about all the clues he could collect, and then he didn't wait for Kato to say anything.

Then immediately continue

"I brought you the witness, whom we haven't had a chance to question yet."

A Japanese woman was half pushed and half pushed by Xiaoquan to the front of Kato.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

"I am Hasegawa Teruko, and I am here to visit a friend in Peking."

Kato first asked Hasegawa Teruko about her identity in detail, and then questioned her purpose of coming to Peiping.

Finally, he asked about her relationship with Tanaka.

"So Tanaka Nobuo is your friend?"

"No, I didn't even know him before."

Kato took a step forward and looked at Teruko Hasegawa

"Then why are you here?"

"How would I know? His people arrested me and I still don't know what happened.

If you want to ask, go ask the person who arrested me. I am the victim."

Kato thought about it and did not rule out the possibility that Tanaka Nobuo wanted to possess beautiful women when he saw them.

It's just that although Hasegawa Teruko is pretty,

But he is obviously not young anymore, he looks almost 30 years old.

Well, but compared to Nobuo Tanaka who is in his forties, he is still very young.

It seems normal for a man in his forties to like a beautiful woman in her thirties.

Kato asked again

"Tanaka Nobuo was the captain of the Peking Military Police and was assassinated last night.

You are the only survivor in the entire compound. Tell me, why did the murderer let you go alone? "

Only then did Hasegawa Teruko understand what the person she met last night did.

She thought about the situation.

She took the initiative to ask, "Are you here to save me?"

It was probably this sentence that made the other party hesitate for a moment and just tie me up instead of killing me.

She didn't know the other party's specific purpose at the time, but now it seems that the other party came to assassinate Tanaka.

"Maybe they saw that I was tied up and knew that Tanaka and I were not in the same group, so they let me go."

"Hmm? Did you see what that person looked like?"

Hasegawa pretended to be trying hard to recall the past, and did so for a while.

"It was too late at night to see clearly, but I had a vague impression that the man was at least 185cm tall and extremely muscular.

The kind that you can tell at a glance when you walk down the street. Oh, and his eyes. The moment he opened the door and came in, I saw his eyes. His eyes are very special, the colors of his two eyes are slightly different, one is black and the other is brown.

Well, these two colors are very close, and you can't tell the difference unless you look carefully.

It is also possible that the color difference is caused by the lighting.

Single eyelids, slightly triangular eyes, and a rough voice. I estimate that he is about 45 to 50 years old. "

After listening to Hasegawa's description, both Kato and Miyauchi were particularly excited.

After so long, they still have no clue.

Now that they have such an obvious clue, they feel that with such an obvious clue, they will definitely be able to catch the murderer.

"Yes, that's right, Miss Teruko. Do you have a place to live in Peking? If not, I can provide it for you.

I hope you can stay in Beijing for a while. When we catch the murderer, we will need you to come forward to identify him."

Kato did not doubt Hasegawa Teruko's testimony.

Because he felt that Hasegawa Teruko was Japanese and should stand with him.

"No need, I'll just go find my friend. I'm staying at her place."

"Who is your friend then? Do I know him?"

"Guan Xue, wife of Zhang Qingyu, the commander of the 9th Regiment of the 4th Army of the Pacification Army."

When Kato heard that they were the wives of the pacification army, he did not ask any further questions.

"Okay, Miyano, send a car to take Miss Teruko over."

After Hasegawa Teruko left, Kato asked Miyauchi to start a search according to Hasegawa Teruko's description.

After giving the order, he transferred another 100 Japanese soldiers from the army to join the gendarmerie.

And he doubled the number of his guards.

"Brother-in-law, Tanaka is dead, so does that mean his place will be yours from now on?"

After Kato left, the little dog Chutaro said to Miyauchi with some anticipation.

"That's not going to happen. If Kato doesn't have anyone to send, he might promote me.

But there will basically be no such opportunity, Kato will definitely promote from among his own confidants.

Let’s not even think about this.”

Miyauchi also knew that for children like himself and Koinou who came from ordinary families, achieving his current position was almost the limit.

Unless one has exceptional abilities, there is basically no room for advancement.

As for the samurai lords, daimyo, and people of noble origin, they basically started as sergeants when they entered the army.

Just one or two years of hard work will be enough to surpass his lifetime efforts.

"Alas, then Tanaka's death was in vain. We didn't get any benefit at all, and we got into a lot of trouble."

After the puppy finished complaining, his eyes suddenly lit up and he remembered something.

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