The Spy

Chapter 18 Case Closure and Promotion
After receiving the call, Xu Qingshi laughed out loud.

After hanging up the phone, he returned to the interrogation room. The person he was interrogating had not yet spoken.

"Ishiguro Masao, you are a good man, but your brother is not and sold you out."

Xu Qingshi's words made Ishiguro Masao's heart tremble. Was it Takamoto Hideyoshi who was arrested and betrayed him?

No, if something happened to Takamoto Hideyoshi first, the Chinese would not have said this now. The most likely possibility is that both of them were exposed at the same time, and Takamoto Hideyoshi could not hold it anymore and confessed.

"It doesn't matter whether you tell me or not. Gao Benyingyi knows all your shit. But if you don't tell me, I will torture you with various punishments every day. Think about it yourself."

Xu Qingshi is really not a threat. There are only three of them, one of whom has been transferred. Takamoto Hideyoshi does know a lot about Ishiguro Masao.

One of them has given up, which means they know the general idea, but it would be best if Masao Ishiguro could speak up.

Ishiguro Masao remained silent, and Xu Qingshi walked away.

"Qingyun, did you get the confession?"

Xu Qingshi drove to Xu Qingyun's side. Xu Qingyun had already returned to the office. Gao Benyi had been tortured severely and kept his legs tucked in when he was sent to the cell.

"got it."

Xu Qingyun handed over the confession, and Xu Qingshi just flipped through it a few times, then smiled and said, "Let's go see the director."

According to Takamoto Hideyoshi's confession, there are no longer any of their people in Tianjin and the case can be closed.

After the case is closed, it is natural to reward people according to their merits.

In recognition of Xu Qingyun's contribution, Xu Qingshi even wrote a promotion report in advance, waiting for the final conclusion.

At the Police General Headquarters, Wang Jiansheng listened carefully to Xu Qingyun's report.

Although there were not many Manchurian Railway personnel in Tianjin, they collected a lot of intelligence.

From astronomy to geography, even the thoughts of the people of Tianjin and their attitude towards the Japanese, etc., everything is included.

From this we can see that they have never stopped coveting China.

In addition to Wang Jiansheng, they also wanted to assassinate several other people who had firm anti-Japanese attitudes.

"The Japanese have evil ambitions, we must not be careless."

After listening to the report, Wang Jiansheng snorted coldly, and the two brothers immediately nodded.

"Director, Ishiguro Masao has not confessed yet, but he won't be able to hold out for much longer. This is the case closing report written by Qingyun, please take a look."

Xu Qingshi took out the case closing report and handed it to Wang Jiansheng with both hands.

"Put the report here. I'll take a look at it when I have time. You've worked hard this time. Submit everyone's performance report. I'll arrange for the briefing."

Wang Jiansheng shook his head. The case closing report was the entire process of the case. He had known it from the beginning and there was no need to read it.

The case is closed, and it should be reported and notified as needed. He has a principle that those who have made contributions should be rewarded.

"Yes, there is."

Xu Qingshi smiled and handed over another document. It was not just Xu Qingyun alone, but also Xu Qingshi's entire class, as well as his meritorious subordinates.

This is a big piece of fat meat, enough to feed a group of people.

"Very well, you go back first."

Wang Jiansheng smiled and nodded. Soon he personally sent a telegram to Nanjing to report the matter and informed the entire system at the same time.

It was not until this time that people at the police station realized that the First Brigade had handled such a major case without saying a word.

They didn't catch a murderer or a bandit, but a Japanese spy.

There were five of them, all spies disguised as Chinese who were gathering intelligence and causing sabotage on their side, and they even wanted to assassinate their director.

Wang Jiansheng would definitely not go to the banquet in the evening. Fortunately, it was not Chairman Gao who betrayed Wang Jiansheng, but someone around him who instigated him to invite Wang Jiansheng to dinner and then create an opportunity for the Japanese.

Wang Jiansheng will deal with this person personally.

In Nanjing, the police department received the report and was shocked.

The Tianjin Police Department arrested five Japanese spies, the kind disguised as Chinese?

This was a big deal. The police department had never caught a spy, let alone them. Even the military intelligence department, which was responsible for counter-espionage, had never caught a few Japanese agents.

The director called back and found Wang Jiansheng to confirm the matter.

After getting the confirmation, the director was very happy and immediately informed the whole country that this was an honor for their police system and there was no need to hide it.

Military Intelligence Service, Headquarters.

Director Dai Yunong sat on a chair, and secretary Qi Wu stood carefully beside him.

Intelligence Chief Xu Zhanjie stood opposite with his head down.

Tianjin Station has spies in the police station, and the same is true at the headquarters. Not to mention that this time the whole country is being informed, so even if there are no spies, they will know about it.

"Zhan Jie, you go to Tianjin immediately by plane and verify this matter to make sure whether the person they arrested is really a Japanese spy. If so, send me the details of their investigation."

"Yes, Sir, I'll go right away."

Xu Zhanjie responded immediately. Although you couldn't tell from his tone whether he was in a good mood or a bad mood, the more it was like this, the angrier he was.

Wu Shaoshu was in big trouble, but his troubles were equally big.

Recently, their work focus has shifted from various warlords to Japan. Japan's ambitions towards China are well known to everyone. The Chairman attaches great importance to intelligence work and requires them to collect more intelligence about Japan while cracking down on and clearing out Japanese spies in various places.

A large sum of funds was applied for this purpose.

As a result, after a few months, they didn't make any moves, and only caught a few crooked people. The police station caught five at a time.

Doesn’t this mean that they are not even as good as ordinary police officers?
In Tianjin, Wu Shaoshu received the news.

It wasn't a tip from an informant, but a friend told him right after the police station reported it.

Wu Shaoshu sat in the office in a daze. He had already planned how to negotiate with Wang Jiansheng, what to give up and how many benefits to give.

But he overlooked one thing, which was the progress of the case.

He subconsciously believed that this kind of espionage case would take a long time, but he didn't expect that the case would be closed today and the entire case process took only a few days.

The case has been closed and even reported to Nanjing. It won’t be long before the whole country knows about it.

He took a step slower.

He couldn't even report to the headquarters now. He was afraid that he didn't know as much as the headquarters did. He didn't know the details of the case, the identity of the Japanese spy, or the process of solving the case. Reporting at this time would only result in being scolded.

"Wang Jiansheng, Wang Jiansheng, why are you so anxious?"

Wu Shaoshu smiled bitterly to himself. He understood that such complaints were meaningless. Others had no idea that he knew about it. Even if they did, what did it have to do with them?
At the headquarters of the Second Company of the First Battalion, Xu Qingyun had just returned and their rewards were issued.

The speed is beyond many people's imagination.

First, their class was rewarded. Everyone was commended and each was rewarded thirty dollars.

The next one was Xu Qingyun. His agency position had been removed before, and this time he was rewarded with fifty dollars and promoted to deputy squadron leader. Xu Qingshi thought he might as well try it twice, and didn't expect it to work in one go.

How could he know that even without his promotion report, Wang Jiansheng would still promote Xu Qingyun to protect him.

His promotion report happened to be in line with Wang Jiansheng's ideas, so he approved it.

(End of this chapter)