Traveling through the Republic of China to become a special agent, the system is very easy for me

Li Qunshi thought, how could Wu Shibao come to No. 76 when he was interrogating Higgins, the owner of Huamei Pastry Shop, and his employees in that remote house in Huajie?

I don’t know how his interrogation went. Are there any of these people who have connections with the Military Control Commission?

In addition to calling him in the morning to tell him that he had successfully kidnapped Higgins and his shop assistant and held them in that house.

There has been no phone call until now, so I guess the interrogation is not over yet.

It seems I need to give him a call this afternoon to ask about the situation and to urge him to make progress.

This matter cannot be dragged on too long. We must quickly complete the interrogation and then demand a ransom of fifty gold bars from the family. After receiving the ransom, we must get rid of the person to avoid any further complications.

Of course Li Qunshi would not tell Yuan Ye the real reason why Wu Shibao did not come. He smiled and said:

“I sent him on a business trip to Hangzhou. If he were here, why wouldn’t he come?

He was knocked down by you last time, and he was still a little unconvinced. He said that he would have a good drink with you again next time you come.

Special Envoy, don't worry, we'll have a drink together when he comes back after finishing his work.

But considering the Special Envoy's drinking capacity, I don't think he can drink as much as you."

After Li Qunshi finished speaking, he burst into laughter, and everyone at the table started laughing too.

Yuan Ye also laughed and said:

“That’s not necessarily true. Captain Wu can drink a lot, and the last time he got drunk he might have been in a bad state.

Drinking also requires a certain state of mind. When I’m not in a good state, I tend to get drunk easily.”

Although Yuan Ye had a smile on his face, he was shocked in his heart!

It turned out that the real reason why Wu Shibao didn't come was that he kidnapped Higgins, the French owner of Huamei Pastry Shop, and his guys. It was probably done by Wang Jingwei at the instigation of Li Qunshi, who was suspected of being related to the poisoned cake incident.

Yuan Ye really didn't expect that they were so bold as to kidnap French people in the French Concession, demand ransom after interrogation, and then kill them.

This also shows that they still had some concerns, so they disguised the whole incident as a kidnapping and ransom case to mislead the French.

I have to say that their planning was very thorough.

This incident was caused by him. These people were completely unaware and innocent. He could not accept it if they lost their lives because of him.

He had to find a way to rescue these people, who were being held in a remote house in the Chinese area. It was not difficult to rescue them, but the difficulty lay in not knowing the exact place of detention.

How do you know this place?

Yuan Ye thought about it and quickly came up with a solution.

Wasn't Li Qunshi going to call Wu Shibao this afternoon? This was an opportunity. As long as Li Qunshi made the call, he could eavesdrop on the number, find the location of the prison through the number, and then take rescue action.

Of course, he could also tell the French Concession Police Station the location, but there is a possibility of leaks. Who can guarantee that No. 76 does not have spies in the police station?

Once the information is leaked and No. 76 gets the news, he will immediately transfer the detainees. It will then be difficult to find the place where they are being held. It will take a lot of effort and may not be found.

Even if it is found, those detained may have already been dealt with.

Even if there was no leak, if the police sent people to raid the location, it would be questionable whether they could rescue the hostages safely given their operational capabilities.

If these people died during the rescue operation, his conscience would be troubled, which he did not want to see.

Therefore, it would be safer to rescue them himself. With his current abilities, there shouldn't be any problem in rescuing them safely.

Yuan Ye had made up his mind and felt relieved. He drank with everyone as if nothing had happened.

The atmosphere at the table was harmonious, and both the guests and hosts were having a great time. They kept drinking until after one o'clock. Yuan Ye saw that it was almost time, so he said that everyone still had work to do in the afternoon, and suggested that they have a round-table drink to end the drinking.

Li Qunshi saw that the special envoy was enjoying the drink and that he did have things to do in the afternoon, so he readily agreed and even toasted Yuan Ye with a glass of wine at the round table.

After dinner, Tokugawa Mitsuko took Nanyun Masako's car back to the Special High Technology Department. Nanyun Masako went back to get the two doses of the new medicine. If Lei Dian did not confess in the afternoon, she would prepare to use the new medicine.

Li Qunshi arranged for Yuan Ye to rest in the VIP room and then returned to the office.

Yuan Ye lay on the bed in the VIP room and began to listen attentively. He heard Li Qunshi walk into the office, sit down at the desk, pick up the phone receiver and start making a call.

As Li Qunshi turned the dial on the phone again and again, Yuan Ye silently wrote down the numbers one by one.

Soon the call was connected, and Li Qunshi asked:

"How is the situation now?"

Wu Shibao's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Director, I've reviewed it and found nothing of value.

The Frenchman said that he knew nothing, but according to the clerk in the store, Villa No. 5 called at 9:00 a.m. that day to order a cake and asked it to be delivered to Villa No. 5 before 10:00 a.m.

The store was very busy at the time and was preparing to send someone to deliver the cake shortly. Unexpectedly, a few minutes later, Villa No. 5 called again and said that the cake was not needed to be delivered and that someone had been sent to pick it up.

A few minutes later, a middle-aged man came into the store and said he was from Villa No. 5 and came to pick up the cake, so the waiter let the man take the cake away.

So I called Villa No. 5 and asked if this was true. The people at Villa No. 5 said that they did not make a second call and did not send anyone to pick it up. It was the guy from the store who delivered it to the door.

So I thought there was a chance that the guy was lying, and I planned to intensify the interrogation and conduct another trial this afternoon.

But I think the Frenchman may not have been involved.”

“Whether he was involved in this or not, it has to be dealt with in the end.

Those guys must hurry up and interrogate them. They must find out if there are any members of the Military Control Commission among them. Otherwise, I will not be able to explain to Mr. Wang.

This matter must be done quickly, otherwise it might cause trouble if it takes too long.

Also, how is the ransom arrangement going?"

Li Qunshi asked.

"Director, don't worry, the ransom has been arranged.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, I went to the French Concession, found a telephone booth, and called Higgins's home.

His wife answered the phone and I told her that her husband was in my hands and that if she wanted her husband to return safely, she had to pay 50 gold bars to redeem him.

I told her that she must not tell the police about this, otherwise she would never see her husband again.

She promised not to tell the police station and to do everything we said as long as her husband returned safely.

And he didn't even haggle over the ransom, so it seems he's really rich."

Wu Shibao smiled triumphantly.