The assassination of Tang Shaoyi not only shocked the public concession, but even the whole country.

His influence is simply too great.

His old friends, disciples and former officials all complained about his injustice and demanded that the public concession immediately arrest the murderer.

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce was under heavy pressure.

But it is too difficult to actually solve this case.

And the petitions are still heard.

Someone even called Dai Li directly and asked the Shanghai Navy Commander to launch a comprehensive investigation:

Was Tang Shaoyi killed by the Japanese or by his own people?

All in all, there are endless requests.

Meng Shaoyuan never quite understood.

Now, and in the next few decades, why do people continue to defend Tang Shaoyi?

Just because he is a veteran of the Republic of China and has done many good things in the past?

The reputation of those Beiyang warlords was not as good as his, but they were not as vacillating in matters of right and wrong and national integrity as the Tang Premier, who played both sides. Instead, they stood firm and would rather eat porridge than be conciliatory to the Japanese.

Reputation? Past?

That Wang Jingwei used to be a passionate revolutionary young man, but this did not prevent him from rebelling and surrendering to the enemy.

What's even more ridiculous is that in Meng Shaoyuan's time, there were still people trying to overturn Wang Jingwei's case.

What do you mean by saying that Wang Jingwei became a traitor and played a big game? No matter whether China wins or loses in the Sino-Japanese war, the Chinese government will still exist, and China will still benefit in the end?

This is like a wife cuckolding her man, and comforting her man that if you die in the future, your child will still have a father.

What kind of bullshit logic is this?

Tang Shaoyi repeatedly refused invitations from the government and the persuasion of civil society groups. Whether it was the tearful pleas to persuade him not to be infamous for thousands of years, or the painstaking efforts to plead with him to return south and even directly send 20,000 yuan in travel expenses, they were all ignored.

Before being assassinated, he had a secret meeting with Japan's top spy chief Kenji Doihara.

Add these together, what evidence do you need?

Do we have to wait until he actually surrenders to the enemy before we can assassinate him?

absurd.

You have your logic and I have mine.

Kill or kill, so what?

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce doesn't think that much.

The first thing they need to do now is to quickly calm down the pressure of public opinion.

In this situation, there is only one person they can rely on now:

Meng Shaoyuan!

Moyes, the president of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and Sinclair, the police commissioner, quickly made an appointment with Meng Shaoyuan.

This is a bit strange. Was Tang Shaoyi killed by the military commander or the Japanese? There is no clear target.

Moreover, the first person in charge of Shanghai's naval command was Zhou Weilong.

But these foreigners still found Meng Shaoyuan directly.

In Shanghai, especially in the public concessions, if you want to solve a problem, most of the time you can't get around this "King of Shanghai"!

"It has nothing to do with me."

As soon as he sat down, Meng Shaoyuan said directly without asking the other party to speak: "I am very sad that Premier Tang was assassinated, but this was not done by us, at least it was not done by my people."

"Meng, I know you are very powerful in the public concession." Facing this arrogant young man, Moyes maintained great patience: "So, today we are here to ask for your help."

So today we are here to ask for your help!

Moyes is very smart and knows not to be aggressive with this young man, otherwise he will deal with you in an even more aggressive way.

"Tell me, how can I help you?" Meng Shaoyuan took out his cigarette case and lit a cigarette for himself as if no one else was watching.

"Although several clues provided by people at Tang Mansion have been broken, we are still actively investigating and have also discovered some new evidence."

Sinclair is an old friend of Meng Shaoyuan. There, he vaguely reminded Meng Shaoyuan that the police department had new clues:

"The reason why we invited you here is because we don't want any more accidents to happen in the public concession. The concession needs to remain peaceful, even though it sounds ridiculous. The impact of Tang's assassination is huge, and we can't do nothing."

"Tell me, what clues do you have?" Meng Shaoyuan asked calmly.

"Military commander, Zhou Weilong!" Sinclair said the name directly.

Meng Shaoyuan smiled, but he still realized in his heart that Sinclair and those in the patrol room were not freeloaders. After the assassination was completed, Zhou Weilong quickly ordered the destruction of evidence and the evacuation of the members of the operation, but he was still exposed so quickly.

Sinclair continued: "The killer was riding in a rented car with the license plate number 6312, but the identity of the renter was unknown. Then, we went straight to Xie Zhipan's house, but Xie Zhipan ran away, but there was one thing the killers neglected.

, Xie Zhipan is a playboy, he has a lover, and this lover knows a lot of things."

Xie Zhipan was bribed by the military commander and received a large sum of money from the military commander. He showed off to his lover that he was also an agent. Under questioning by his lover, he actually told him the plan to assassinate Tang Shaoyi.

lover.

The patrol room found this woman, and under coercion and inducement, she quickly confessed everything.

After hearing this, Meng Shaoyuan finally understood why the public concession patrol room solved the case not long after the Tang assassination case was so carefully deployed, evacuated so quickly, and almost all evidence was destroyed.

Zhou Weilong lost indirectly at the hands of a woman.

Meng Shaoyuan had long been prepared to use the assassination case to deal with Zhou Weilong, but he definitely did not use the method of betraying his comrades. Zhou Weilong suffered private losses and made contributions to the country.

Those who have made meritorious service to the country should be protected first, and then settle personal grudges!

Sinclair didn't know what Meng Shaoyuan was thinking: "Xie Zhipan was bribed by a man named Zhao Lijun, and according to our investigation, Zhao Lijun is Zhou Weilong's subordinate. Am I right about this? Meng, you know, we can immediately

Arresting Zhou Weilong may lead to retaliation from the military commanders, especially from you."

This will make the already chaotic public settlement even more chaotic.

The one who can stabilize the situation is Meng Shaoyuan!

"Meng, we summoned you today to have a friendly discussion with you." Moyes said: "Please restrain your men and prevent bloodshed. However, we must arrest Zhou Weilong, and we must have an explanation.

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"First of all, I don't know who did this." Meng Shaoyuan said slowly: "Assuming it is really Zhou Weilong who did it, and you have conclusive evidence, Zhou Weilong can be arrested, but I have a few conditions."

"Please say."

"First, after the case is solved, it cannot be publicly announced that the military commander has anything to do with the matter."

"I'm afraid this is a little difficult."

"It must be done." Meng Shaoyuan said in a tough tone: "The military commander did not kill Tang Shaoyi, and the National Government had nothing to do with the assassination of Tang. What you want is an explanation. Externally, you can say that Zhou Weilong secretly concealed weapons and violated the laws of the public concession.

This is tantamount to telling the National Government that you already know the truth about the assassination of Tang Dynasty, but in order to protect the face of the National Government, you deliberately did not announce the truth. This has two benefits.

One advantage is that you have actually solved the case internally, and everyone understands it tacitly, and you can explain it to the higher ups. Another advantage is that the Nationalist Government owes the Ministry of Industry and Industry a huge favor. As for the murderer? It's easy to handle, I'll leave it to the Bureau.

You two, when they were trading antiques with Premier Tang, they got rich and murdered Premier Tang."

Moyes and Sinclair discussed in a low voice for a while: "Okay, Meng, we can agree to this request, but you must explain the murderer well, and we will hold a press conference."

"You can rest assured on this."

Meng Shaoyuan immediately said: "The second request is that Zhou Weilong is not allowed to be tortured. During his imprisonment, his diet and daily life must be ensured to meet high standards."

"We can definitely do this."

Meng Shaoyuan suddenly asked: "But, have you thought of how to deal with Zhou Weilong?"

Moyes and Sinclair were both stunned.

How to deal with it?

This is a hot potato.

It's impossible to kill him, otherwise it will cause chaos.

But it can’t be closed all the time, right?

"I've figured it out for you." Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "Expell him from the public concession. In this way, he will continue to be reused after he returns, and you have done a big favor to Juntong. I owe you a favor.

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"Good idea." Moyes nodded: "But he can no longer enter the public concession from now on."

"The last request." Meng Shaoyuan said coldly: "When Zhou Weilong leaves the public concession, he must take someone with him."

"who?"

"Xie Zhipan's lover."

"This is no longer a problem."

Xie Zhipan's lover indirectly betrayed Zhou Weilong. How to deal with this person is Zhou Weilong's business.
To be continued...