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

Wu Shibao and Li Qunshi waited in the office for about an hour, but they didn't see their men coming with the ransom, which made them feel something was wrong.

Logically, he should have returned by now. Even if he didn't get the ransom, at least he should have returned to report the situation.

Then there are only two possibilities, either they were caught at the transaction location, or these four guys absconded with the ransom.

However, Wu Shibao felt that the second possibility was not very likely. He knew these four people well and they were relatively loyal and reliable. That was why he asked them to collect the ransom.

Then there is a high possibility that they were caught at the transaction location. If this is the case, it would be terrible because their kidnapping operation would be exposed.

Wu Shibao told Li Qunshi about his worries. Li Qunshi had actually thought about it, and with a gloomy face, he made a phone call to an insider he had planted in the police station, asking him to find out the situation, whether the police station had any major operations, and whether they had arrested four people.

Soon the insider called back and told Li Qunshi that the police did not take any major action this afternoon, nor did they hear that four people had been arrested.

Li Qunshi then felt a little relieved. Since the police station did not arrest anyone, could it be that the four guys really absconded with the money?

No matter what the situation is, the Frenchman and his four companions cannot be kept and must be dealt with as soon as possible.

He asked Wu Shiba to immediately call the location where the hostages were held and inform them to take action.

But Wu Shibao made two calls in a row and no one answered. This was very abnormal. There were clearly five people left there, so why didn't anyone answer the phone?

Needless to say, something must have gone wrong.

Li Qunshi immediately asked Wu Shibao to take people to the place where the hostages were held to check the situation.

Wu Shiba immediately led his men to the scene in a hurry, and was stunned by the situation on the scene.

All five of his men died in the main room, all shot to death!

Apparently someone attacked here.

He had a hunch that the hostage should have been rescued as well, so he immediately took people to check the room. Sure enough, there was no one in sight, except for the rope discarded on the ground.

He immediately called Li Qunshi to tell him the situation. Although Li Qunshi had a premonition, he was still quite shocked after hearing it.

There is no doubt that someone knew where the hostages were being held, raided the place and rescued them.

Who were these people and how did they know where the hostages were being held?

The whole thing was kept strictly confidential, so how did they know?

Li Qunshi was puzzled. The only thing he was sure of was that this was not done by the police.

He immediately ordered Wu Shibao to take the body away, clean up the scene, and remove the phone, leaving no trace, and then rushed to the place where the ransom transaction took place.

Li Qunshi knew that this was all he could do now. He must not leave any clues that would make the French suspect No. 76.

Even if we suspect that No. 76 did it, there is no evidence and he doesn't admit it, so we can't do anything to him.

After Wu Shibao cleaned up the scene, he immediately led his men to the coal dock of the International Settlement. About 50 meters away from the dirt road, they found the bodies of four of his men.

Wu Shibao almost passed away. Nine of his men died in just one afternoon. He was depressed and full of questions.

Who did this?

Why do you know so much about his actions?

Which link is the problem?

Like Li Qunshi, he was also puzzled, so he had to bring the body back and report to Li Qunshi.

After listening to Wu Shibao's report, Li Qunshi's face turned pale and he said nothing, but he was silently calculating in his heart.

This thing is full of weirdness.

In addition to Wu Shibao and his men, a total of 10 people knew about this matter. Although Nanyun Masako also knew about it, she was not clear about the specific details. No one else knew about it.

But the strange thing is that there are other people who know this matter clearly.

The location where the hostages were held, the time and place of the ransom transaction, were all known.

If someone hadn't leaked it, he would never believe it, unless that person was a god who could predict the future, but that was impossible.

There is no doubt that the person who leaked the information must be among the ten people who carried out this operation, of course including Wu Shibao.

Unfortunately, the other nine people are all dead. There is no evidence to prove whether they were the ones who leaked the information. Only Wu Shibao is still alive.

Four people were killed at the transaction site, and five people were killed at the location where the hostages were held. Wu Shibao neither went to the transaction site nor stayed at the location where the hostages were held. Instead, he waited in his office for the ransom to be delivered.

Why did I wait for the ransom here instead of going to collect it in person or waiting for it at the place where the hostages were held? I didn't think much about it at the time. Did he have other intentions?

Is it possible that he hired someone to kill those nine people and took the ransom?

This guy is greedy by nature, it is entirely possible that he would do this.

Wu Shibao saw Li Qunshi staring at him without saying a word, with a changeable look on his face and eyes full of suspicion.

He felt a little uneasy and guessed what Li Qunshi meant. He must have suspected that he did it.

Isn't this unfair to him?

Hastily said:

"Director, I'm a little scared when you look at me like this. Are you thinking that I did this?"

Li Qunshi said with a gloomy face:

"I haven't even said you did it, but you said it first. Are you feeling guilty?"

Wu Shibao was so cold that he almost came down, and said with a sad face:

"I am loyal to you, how could I do something that would let you down?

Director, you have to believe me."

Li Qunshi said coldly:

"It's not that I don't believe you, think about it carefully. No one else knows about this except the ten of you. Now the other nine are dead, and you are the only one alive. Do you think you are not a suspect?"

When Wu Shibao heard this, he felt that what Li Qunshi said made sense. If he thought normally, he was indeed a suspect. If he were Li Qunshi, he would have the same suspicion.

He argued:

"But I didn't do it. Could it be that one of these nine people leaked it?"

"Of course there is such a possibility, but unfortunately they are already dead and there is no evidence.

I wish they had leaked it.”

Li Qunshi said expressionlessly.

The implication is that Wu Shibao is still a major suspect.

How could Wu Shibao not know this? He knelt on the ground with a plop, looking miserable, and said:

"Director, they must have leaked it. I swear to God, if I did it, I will be struck by lightning and die miserably."

Li Qunshi looked at Wu Shibao's expression and didn't think he was lying.

However, he would not easily dispel his suspicions. There was no evidence at present, and it was not easy to convict him casually. After all, he had been following him around, and even if he had no merits, he had worked hard. So he should let him go for the time being.

Wait until the limelight of this incident has died down, and then find a chance to investigate. If he really did it, I will definitely not let him off.

Li Qunshi thought of this and his expression eased a little. He pulled Wu Shibao up and said with a smile:

"You are swearing and swearing, do you think I really don't believe you?

Okay, let’s not mention it again this time.”

"Thank you for your trust, Director."

Wu Shibao felt relieved.

But he still felt a little uneasy. Did Li Qunshi really let him go?

Li Qunshi asked again:

"Has the scene been cleaned up? There won't be any mess left behind, right?"

"Don't worry, Director. We have cleaned it up as you instructed.

I know that the Frenchman will report the case to the police station when he returns.

The police station would also know about our interrogation of him and would guess that this was a political case, but they would not know who specifically did it. Of course, they had suspects, but they had no evidence.

Higgins will definitely lead the police to find the house where he is being held. Even if they find it, what can they do? They won’t be able to find anything.”

After hearing what Wu Shibao said, Li Qunshi finally felt relieved.

……

When Higgins returned home and entered the living room, Mrs. Higgins, who had been anxiously waiting for him, was overjoyed. She rushed up to him and hugged him, crying with joy.

After she had calmed down a little, Mrs. Higgins said:

"Fortunately, the kidnappers are trustworthy. I was worried before. What if they didn't release you after I gave them 50 gold bars?"

"What? You gave them 50 gold bars?"

Higgins was shocked. While he was imprisoned there, he had never heard from his kidnappers, and he was not released by them. He was rescued by a young man who killed the kidnappers.

"what is going on?"

Mrs. Higgins then told her the whole story in detail.

After Higgins disappeared, she asked Jacques Dumont for help in finding her. Jacques Dumont believed that Higgins was kidnapped and asked her to wait for the kidnapper's call at home. Not long after, the kidnapper called and demanded 50 gold bars. He asked her to drive to the transaction location and leave, and told her not to tell anyone.

For Higgins' safety, she did as the kidnappers said and did not dare to tell Jacques Dumont. Then she delivered the ransom at the agreed time.

Higgins was heartbroken when he heard this, as 50 gold bars were lost in vain.

Moreover, this incident didn't seem like a kidnapping at all. The kidnappers kept interrogating him, asking him to explain whether he had any connection with the Military Control Commission and whether he had someone poison the cake sent to Villa No. 5?

He guessed that he might be involved in a political assassination and those people were not kidnappers at all, but he didn't know who they were.

Of course he denied it flatly and was beaten up for it. He thought his buddies must have suffered the same fate.

Higgins said anxiously:

“I was not released by them at all, I was rescued by someone else.

You are so foolish that you fell for their trick."

Higgins recounted his interrogation at the place of detention and his rescue by a young man.

Mrs. Higgins then realized what was going on.

"You mean they won't release you at all after they get the ransom?"

"That's for sure. They don't look like kidnappers at all. Jacques Dumont must be told about this."

After Higgins finished speaking, he immediately called Jacques Dumont. When Jacques Dumont heard that he was back, he hung up the phone and went to Higgins's house.

Higgins and his wife told Jacques Dumont everything.

Jacques Dumont understood as soon as he heard it that this was not a kidnapping case at all, but a political case.

It was obvious that Huamei Pastry Shop was involved in a political assassination. The Military Control Commission tampered with the cake ordered from Villa No. 5 with the intention of assassinating the owner of Villa No. 5. He knew that the owner of Villa No. 5 was Wang Jingwei, who had recently come to Shanghai to join the Japanese.

The assassination attempt did not succeed, and Wang Jingwei was not poisoned to death. Instead, by accident, a team of Japanese military police who were protecting Wang Jingwei were poisoned to death. He had heard about this.

So the people who arrested Higgins and his men were either Japanese or Wang Jingwei's subordinates. It is hard to say which department they were from because there is no evidence to confirm it at present.

They arrested Higgins and his companions because they wanted to investigate the case secretly. After all, Higgins had a special identity and was a Frenchman. If they arrested him openly without any evidence, the French government would inevitably interfere, causing an international dispute, and they did not want to get into this trouble.

The reason why it was disguised as a kidnapping case is that they had no intention of releasing Higgins. After getting the ransom, they would kill him to silence him.

The police station would think that a group of dishonest kidnappers had kidnapped Higgins and would kill him after taking the ransom.

Fortunately, Higgins was rescued, otherwise even his body might not be found now.

But who was the person who saved him?

But Higgins said that he didn't know him. He said that this man was very powerful and killed five people by himself. Moreover, this man was very strange and didn't like to talk. He didn't even need his repayment and was not interested in his thanks and ignored him.

Jacques Dumont immediately imagined an image of a well-trained killer with superb marksmanship, stern expression, and cold-blooded ruthlessness!

This person is most likely a member of an anti-Japanese group, and is very likely a member of the Military Control Commission.

Recently, the Military Intelligence Bureau has been fighting the Japanese and their minions fiercely, with blood and gore everywhere. The police station has always maintained a neutral attitude.

But unexpectedly, the Japanese and Wang Jingwei's men were so bold. No matter which one of them kidnapped a Frenchman in the French Concession and wanted to harm him, there must be an explanation for this.

But first he had to find evidence, so he asked Higgins to recall the place where he was imprisoned, because five people had died there, and perhaps something to prove their identities could be found on the bodies. In addition, perhaps other evidence could be found in the house.

Higgins had a good memory and not much time had passed. Although he was blindfolded when he went there, when he was rescued, he paid special attention and observed the house where he was imprisoned and the route he took back by bus, so that he could find this place easily after returning.

So of course he remembered, and remembered it clearly, this was the moment he had been waiting for.

Jacques Dumont was overjoyed and immediately called a few people from the police station. As he instructed, they all wore plain clothes and let Higgins lead the way to find the place where he was imprisoned.

Because Jacques Dumont knew that the place of detention was in the Chinese area, and the French Concession Police Station could not enforce the law across the border.

That place was the Japanese sphere of influence, so it was not easy to go there in a high-profile manner. We could only go there in plain clothes and quietly.

Relying on his memory, Higgins quickly found the two-story building where he was imprisoned, but they were greatly disappointed. The body in the main room had disappeared, and all the rooms had been cleaned so that there were no clues left.

Apparently someone had disposed of the body and cleared all clues from the house before they arrived.

Jacques Dumont knew that if he could not find evidence, he could not accuse someone even if he suspected that the person did it, and they would not admit it. This was the only way to deal with it for the time being, and he would wait until he found evidence.