He had gone to the bathroom before and had taken out the palm grenade from the interlayer of his felt hat and secretly hid it in his clothes pocket so that he could take it out and shoot at any time.

This palm bomb is the pistol he used to shoot the traitor Wu Juzhi. What he needs now is an opportunity to fish in troubled waters. He can do the same thing and shoot Wang Yitang. People will not realize that Wang Yitang is dead so quickly. He can retreat calmly, and the enemy will not be able to find out who did it.

The opportunity finally came, and another group of people came to Wang Yitang to toast him. This time there were more people, about seven or eight people, and two or three of them stood behind Wang Yitang.

The table became lively again, with voices, the clinking of glasses, and music, it was absolutely chaotic.

Wang Yitang's face was red and he had drunk a lot of wine.

Feng Yuanxiu felt that if he fired at this moment, the noisy sound would completely cover up the faint sound of the palm thunder.

If we don’t act now, when will we act?

He stood up slowly. At this time, the people at his table were drinking happily and no one noticed him.

He walked behind Wang Yitang, took out a palm grenade from his pocket, and fired two shots at the back of Wang Yitang's head through the crowd.

Wang Yitang leaned sideways in the chair. Feng Yuanxiu knew that Wang Yitang was doomed to die.

He did not stop, but quickly put the palm thunder into his pocket as he walked.

He left the banquet hall amidst the noise, and after exiting the Shikoku Hotel, he rode his bike back to school.

At first, the people at the table saw Wang Yitang leaning on the chair and thought he was drunk. They didn't care, continued drinking, and didn't look for him to drink.

But after a while, everyone felt something was wrong. Wang Yitang had been staying in this position motionless for too long.

Even if he was drunk, he would at least move.

The first person to notice something was wrong was Qi Zhiyuan, who was sitting next to Wang Yitang. He pushed Wang Yitang and said:

"Brother Yi Tang, wake up."

Unexpectedly, Wang Yitang did not respond, and his body fell to the ground after being pushed.

Everyone at the table was shocked and stood up, not understanding what was going on.

Qi Zhiyuan knew something was wrong, so he leaned over to feel Wang Yitang's breath, only to find that his body was ice-cold and he was dead.

At this time, he noticed blood on the back of Wang Yitang's neck. He immediately turned over and saw two small bullet holes on the back of his head. He immediately understood what was going on.

He could not help but be shocked and said:

"Brother Yitang was shot and killed by an assassin!"

Hearing Qi Zhiyuan's words, everyone was shocked. Who dared to shoot and kill Wang Yitang in public?

It’s incredible!

What’s even stranger is that no one heard any gunshots!

This made them even more panicked!

Qi Zhiyuan discussed with Colonel Kawasaki of the Japanese gendarmerie at the table and immediately ordered that no one in the banquet hall was allowed to leave.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of police and Japanese military police rushed into the banquet hall with live ammunition, and the music stopped abruptly.

When the people in the banquet hall saw this, they were immediately thrown into chaos. By then they already knew that Wang Yitang had been killed, and looks of panic appeared on their faces.

After the police and Japanese military police came in, they began to search, searching everyone and carefully checking every corner of the banquet hall, but they found nothing, including the gun used in the crime.

This is very strange. Was it because the inspection was not thorough enough?

Kawasaki ordered another search, but still found nothing.

Soon, the chief of the Peking Special High Section, Yuta Yamamoto, also arrived with his men and brought a military doctor. After examining Wang Yitang's body on the spot, he confirmed that Wang Yitang died of being shot. Two bullets entered from the back of the head. The bullet heads were still in the head, and the amount of bleeding was very small.

And it was obviously shot at close range.

Since the deceased was Wang Yitang, the second-in-command of the puppet government, the case is serious and there are many doubts. What was the motive for the murder?

If it was done by anti-Japanese elements, why was Wang Yitang killed and not others? There were many important people at the scene.

So it is also possible that it was an internal struggle among high-ranking officials of the puppet government, and Wang Yitang was killed by his political enemies.

Of course, the strangest thing is that no murder weapon was found, no one saw anyone shooting Wang Yitang, and no gunshots were heard.

Yuta Yamamoto immediately called the general manager Kenji Doi to report the situation. Kenji Doi had been waiting for his call. Yuta Yamamoto was sent by Doi after he heard that Wang Yitang had been killed.

Wang Yitang's death was not timely, because Wang Jingwei was going to Peiping today and would go to Wu Peifu's house tomorrow to persuade him to come out of retirement. Wang Yitang's death undoubtedly cast a shadow on this matter. Moreover, the anti-Japanese elements were so rampant that shooting Wang Yitang in public was undoubtedly a warning to Wang Jingwei and made people worry about Wang Jingwei's safety in Peiping.

Therefore, he attached great importance to this matter and was determined to catch the murderer as soon as possible and deal a heavy blow to the anti-Japanese elements, so he immediately asked Yamamoto Yuta to rush to the Shikoku Hotel.

After listening to Yamamoto Yuta's report, Doi Kenji was a little surprised. Things were more complicated than he had imagined, and there were so many doubts.

He decided to let the Special High Technology Department and the Military Police jointly investigate the matter, instead of letting the Chinese take the lead but only cooperate.

Yamamoto Yuta further asked what to do with the people who remained in the banquet hall, should they be released?

Kenji Doi thought about it and realized that these people were all serving the Japanese and were all prominent Chinese. It was unrealistic and unnecessary for them to stay.

He asked Yamamoto Yuta to detain anyone he thought was a suspect, and if after questioning he was sure that they were not involved in the incident, he would release them.

He ordered Yamamoto Yuta to find the murderer as soon as possible, no matter what this person's background was, as long as he was a serious suspect, he should be captured first.

After Yamashita Yuta put down the phone, he discussed with Colonel Kawasaki and decided that the suspects were the eight people who came to toast Wang Yitang, because after preliminary investigation, he found that Wang Yitang's death occurred after they came to toast him.

According to Kenji Doi's orders, they kept these eight people and released the rest.

Yamashita Yuta began to interrogate each person individually. These eight people were at the same table, and they did not expect that after they toasted, Wang Yitang was killed.

Now that everyone else had been released, only eight of them were left behind by the Japanese, and they were all in a state of panic.

After a round of interrogation, Yamashita Yuta believed that the most suspicious people were the two people standing behind Wang Yitang. One of them was named Wei Wenyi and the other was named Zhao Zhilu. Only these two people had the opportunity to assassinate Wang Yitang.

He focused the interrogation on these two people, asking them who sent them to assassinate Wang Yitang, whether it was the Military Control Commission or a senior official in the government.

Naturally, these two people refused to admit it and cried out that they were innocent.

Yuta Yamashita naturally wouldn't believe it. If it wasn't one of them who killed him, that would be a real weird thing.

However, no weapons were found on the two men, and the banquet hall was turned upside down, but no weapons were found anywhere hidden.

This puzzled him a lot, and he suddenly thought, could the murderer have an accomplice?

After he killed someone, did he give the weapon to his accomplice and let him leave early?

So he decided to intensify the interrogation and tortured the two men severely. Unexpectedly, before Zhao Zhilu reached his turn, Wei Wenyi, who was tortured first, confessed.

This guy was used to a life of luxury and comfort, so he had no idea how badly he would be beaten like this. He confessed within a few minutes.

Of course he knew the consequences of admitting it, which would be certain death, but if he didn't admit it, he would probably be beaten to death on the spot.

It would be better to admit it temporarily, and then use your connections to help him overturn the case so that he can still survive.

This made Zhao Lu, who was standing aside and trembling all over, breathe a sigh of relief, and he couldn't help but feel like he had survived a lifetime.

It turned out that it was Wei Wenyi who did it. Although he didn't really believe it in his heart, no matter whether he did it or not, it was better than himself doing it. At last, he cleared himself of suspicion.

Qi Zhiyuan, who was sitting nearby, was also a little skeptical and wondered if he had confessed under torture.

But since it was led by the Japanese, he couldn't say anything.

When Yamashita Yuta saw that Wei Wenyi admitted that he was the one who killed Wang Yitang, he thought that the interrogation had been effective and he was very happy that he had finally found the murderer.

he asked:

"Who is the mastermind behind you? Did the Military Control Commission send you here?"

Wei Wenyi said tremblingly

"Yes."

Yamamoto Yuta thought, it was indeed the Military Control Commission who did it.

"Do you have an accomplice? After killing someone, did you give the gun to your accomplice and let him leave early?"

"Yes."

Wei Wenyi said against his will that he couldn't care less now and just admitted it first.

When Yamashita Yuta heard this, he realized what he had expected. He immediately sent someone to call Deputy Director Hu, who was in charge of security at the hotel entrance.

asked:

"During the banquet, did anyone leave early and go out through the main door?"

Deputy Director Hu knew that there was only one person who left halfway, and that was Qi Zhiyuan's nephew Feng Yuanxiu.

I thought, is this Mr. Feng a suspect of murder?

He glanced at Qi Zhiyuan beside him, wondering whether to tell the Japanese.

He originally planned not to tell anyone, fearing that he might offend Qi Zhiyuan, but then he thought, what if the Japanese eventually found out?

There are also Japanese military police standing guard at the door. They will definitely go to verify it. They will find out sooner or later. By then, the Japanese will know that he lied and will not let him go.

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