Chapter 731 Heartfelt words

Cheng Qianfan looked at Hiroyuki Taniguchi lying on the 'morgue'. The expression on his face was sad and a bit sighing.

Hiroyuki Taniguchi was shot in the neck and chest. The appearance after being shot at close range was terrifying.

“I’m looking for a highly skilled makeup artist.” Cheng Qianfan said in a low voice, “The teacher always attaches great importance to appearance.”

Araki Harima nodded and said nothing.

 He was a little tired.

After Kentaro Miyazaki saluted the body of the deceased, Araki Harima also respectfully stepped forward to bid farewell.

“Araki-kun, thank you very much.” Cheng Qianfan expressed his gratitude to Araki Harima as a relative of the deceased.

The two left the morgue, probably out of fear. There were no other people near the morgue, so the two of them naturally had no inhibitions and talked while walking.

“I respect and respect the teacher. He is a very knowledgeable and charming elder.” Cheng Qianfan said.

“However, he has always been extremely strict with students.” Cheng Qianfan gave Araki a cigarette, and he lit a cigarette himself and took a puff.

“To be honest, beating, scolding and scolding have become a part of my life when I am around the teacher.”

“No matter how well I do, I am very satisfied with myself, but from the teacher, I rarely receive praise. He will still scold me and belittle the achievements I think I am proud of as worthless.”

“Maybe it’s for this reason that I’m not actually that close to my teacher.”

As he said that, he glanced at Araki Harima with a wry smile, "I also know in my heart that the teacher's severity is good for me, but after being beaten and scolded all day long, it is inevitable that I still have resentment in my heart."

"When Ying Zuojun invited me to stay in Shanghai and join the special higher education course, I refused at first, but later I accepted the invitation. Maybe I also subconsciously felt that I didn't want to return to Tianjin. I wanted to Stay away from the teacher’s thoughts.”

Araki Harima glanced at his friend and smiled secretly in his heart. He thought to himself, my friend, I still understand you:

Isn’t it because of the salary offered by Yingzuo Yingyi and the good life that pretending to be Cheng Qianfan can bring?

Of course, Miyazaki-kun’s words should also be “spoken from the bottom of his heart” with emotion.

 …

"I learned the news about the teacher's death from the head of the class. I was shocked, and then I couldn't believe it." Cheng Qianfan flicked the cigarette ashes, "Even before I fully accepted the shock of the news, , I actually felt a sense of relief that 'the teacher is gone, no one will beat and scold me so fiercely'."

As he spoke, there was a complicated expression on his face, "Then, when I confirmed the news of the teacher's death from the head teacher, I really realized what had happened."

As he spoke, he took a puff of cigarette and looked up at the street light.

Under the light, the eyes of the young and handsome Kentaro Miyazaki shone with complicated light, including sadness, regret, relief, and confusion.

"I just saw the teacher's body, this is the most intuitive visual impact." Cheng Qianfan shook his head, "I really realized that no one would beat me, scold me, check my studies, and ask about my current situation like him. ”

 He looked at Araki Harima, "After my mother passed away, the teacher is the person closest to me."

As he spoke, he threw the cigarette **** on the ground without stepping on it with the toes of his shoes. His eyes were red, he was a little choked, and he was speechless.

Araki Harima noticed this detail, and he knew that his friend was really very sad.

　Only when you lose something can you understand what it means to cherish.

 Listen to Miyazaki-kun’s heartfelt words in grief.

 Understood the complex teacher-student relationship between Miyazaki-kun and Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi, which is very normal in Japan.

 He can understand and can truly feel Miyazaki-kun's conflicted and sad psychology regarding the death of Hiroyuki Taniguchi.

At this time, he thought of Naito Tsubasa's suspicion of Kentaro Miyazaki, and he felt a little more disgusted with the Counselor of the Consulate General.

 …

“Miyazaki-kun, do you know Assistant Naito of the Consulate General?” Araki Harima asked after hesitating for a moment.

“Is it Mr. Imamura’s assistant Naito-kun?” Cheng Qianfan asked.

 “Exactly.” Araki Harima nodded.

"Of course we know each other." Cheng Qianfan nodded, "Naito-kun and I have known each other for more than a year, and we are good friends."

 Hearing Kentaro Miyazaki say that he and Tsubasa Naito are "good friends", Araki Harima shook his head and sighed in his heart.

Although Miyazaki-kun is greedy for money, there is nothing to say about his treatment of his friends. He is sincere and heart-warming.

“Miyazaki-kun,” Araki Harima said, “Assistant Naito found me today because he suspected a person.”

"What clues did Mr. Naito find?" Cheng Qianfan asked eagerly with a look of surprise in his eyes.

 Then he saw Araki Harima pointing at him.

Cheng Qianfan showed an expression of disbelief and pointed at himself, "Me?"

 Seeing Araki Harima nod, Cheng Qianfan's eyes were filled with shock, "Naito-kun doubts me?"

Araki Harima had a serious expression. He briefly told Kentaro Miyazaki why Naito Kotsubo suspected him.

 “Is Naito-kun crazy?” Cheng Qianfan showed a very angry and incomprehensible expression.

"What? Miyazaki-kun, why don't you respond to Assistant Naito's suspicion? This is the information that Assistant Naito specially fed back to me." Araki Harima smiled half-heartedly.

"Stupid Naito!" Cheng Qianfan showed a mixture of anger and sadness, and then cursed through gritted teeth, "I'm a fool to explain! If Mr. Araki, you believe such stupid words and don't believe me, then I am blind." Friends."

Araki Harima laughed loudly, and handed Kentaro Miyazaki a cigarette, "Miyazaki-kun, you have always been sincere to your friends, but some people really don't deserve your friendship."

As he spoke, he patted Kentaro Miyazaki on the shoulder, "It's not worth being angry with this kind of person."

 …

 At midnight, Araki Harima returned to the super high school station.

As soon as he was about to go back to his dormitory to rest, he received a call from the section chief's office. It was from Jiro Sanmoto himself, asking him to go over and report on his work.

 “Chief, why are you so late and you haven’t rested yet?” Araki Harima asked with concern.

“Your Excellency, General Yamada Otsuzo, Commander of the Third Army, called to inquire about the investigation of Professor Taniguchi’s assassination.” Mimotojiro frowned and pointed to a telegram on his desk.

“General Yamada personally called?” Araki Harima was shocked when he heard this.

 He looked at Sanbonjiro cautiously, "Section Chief, Professor Taniguchi and General Yamada have an old relationship?"

 Mihonjiro did not answer. In fact, he did not find out what the relationship between Yamada Otsuzo and Taniguchi Hiroyuki was.

 He had just been thinking about the resume of the commander of the Imperial Army's Third Army.

 General Yamada was a native of Nagano Prefecture in the Empire. He graduated from the Army Military Academy and the Army University.

 General Yamada participated in the Russo-Japanese War, and his great victory over Tsarist Russia made Yamada Otsuzo very interested in expanding territory for the empire.

 After the "Wake Lake Incident", Yamada Otsuzo personally led the 4th Cavalry Brigade to conquer Manchuria and made great achievements.

In October of the 10th year of the Showa era, Yamada Otsuzo was transferred from the General Staff Headquarters to serve as the principal of the Army Sergeant School.

However, after the full-scale war broke out last year, Yamada Otsuzo was transferred to China and successively served as the commander of the 12th Division of the Kwantung Army and the commander of the Third Army.

 Sanbonjiro frowned. General Yamada Otosan's resume was basically in the Manchurian Kwantung Army.

Hiroyuki Taniguchi had some involvement with the Kwantung Army.

In addition, Yamada Otsuzo was once the principal of the Army Military Academy. According to Sanmoto Jiro’s knowledge, many universities in the empire, including Kobe University, have long-term cooperation with the Army Military Academy and the Imperial Army University.

Sanbonjiro snorted dully.

It was the Consulate General who failed to protect Hiroyuki Taniguchi. The Special Higher Education Section was only responsible for investigating the case. If we want to hold people accountable, the Consulate General is the one who should be most responsible for Hiroyuki Taniguchi’s death.

 Originally, Sanbonjiro did not have much pressure on this case, but this telegram from Yamada Otsuzo changed everything.

 …

“Professor Taniguchi is a famous scholar in the empire. We must get to the bottom of his unfortunate assassination.” Sanbonjiro did not answer Araki Harima’s question, but said with a serious expression.

 “Hai.”

“Tell me about the progress of the investigation.” Sanbonjiro said in a deep voice.

“My subordinates first interrogated Professor Taniguchi’s entourage and Sakamoto Yoshino, a staff member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who was responsible for receiving Professor Taniguchi and his entourage...” Araki Harima described his interrogation process in detail.

  Mihonjiro would occasionally interrupt Araki Harima’s report to ask questions about certain details.

“Later, Miyazaki-kun came to the guest house, and he also participated in the investigation and cross-examination.” Araki Harima said.

He briefly described the relevant situation. Then, Araki Harima glanced at Sanbonjiro and said, "For the sake of protecting Professor Taniguchi's face, Mr. Miyazaki requested to interrogate Shoji Yamame alone."

 “You agree?”

"Yes." Araki Harima said, and then took out the confession he had obtained by arranging his subordinates to interrogate Yamame Shoji and handed it to Sanbonjiro, "Section Chief, according to Yamame Shoji's explanation, and Miyazaki-kun later told me The situation is basically the same.”

“So, you suspect that the murder of Hiroyuki Taniguchi was probably due to emotional entanglements?” Sanbonjiro asked while reading the confession.

"This is just a direction of suspicion." Araki Harima said, "Miyazaki-kun and I have similar views. This possibility cannot be ruled out. At least there are some doubts about Yamame Shoji and Nakataniuchi Goichi."

"Miyazaki knows Hiroyuki Taniguchi." Sanbonjiro nodded, "According to what he said, this strange habit of Professor Taniguchi is not the first time, and it may indeed bring some hidden dangers."

As he spoke, he looked at Araki Harima, "Araki, based on your trust in Miyazaki, you may have asked Miyazaki to question Yamame Shoji alone out of disciplinary requirements, and then took the time to question Yamame Shoji. Not so immediately and secretly, I secretly and carefully interrogated Yamame Shoji, and even recorded his confession."

Jiro Sanmoto looked serious, "What happened? Or are you suspicious of Kentaro Miyazaki?"

 …

“What do you think about why Tsubasa Naito suspected Miyazaki?” Sanbonjiro asked after hearing Araki Harima’s report about Tsubasa Naito secretly finding him to report the problem.

"Naito Tsubasa is Mr. Nagatomo's nephew." Araki Harima said, "Mr. Nagatomo was with Miyazaki-kun when he was assassinated. Mr. Nagatomo was killed, but Miyazaki-kun survived."

He looked at Sanbonjiro and concluded, "My subordinates believe that Naito Tsubasa took his anger out on Miyazaki-kun because of the death of Mr. Nagatomo Sugao."

"What I need is not your subjective conjecture." Sanbonjiro shook his head, "Tell me your specific analysis and maintain an objective attitude."

 “Hai.” Araki Harima said.

 He ​​did not speak immediately, but thought for a while, carefully considered his words before continuing, "When Mr. Nagatomo was assassinated, Mr. Miyazaki was also shot."

“Lu Fei was the commander of this assassination operation. After joining the empire, Lu Fei also took charge of this operation.”

“According to what Lu Fei said, their target is Mr. Nagatomo Cunnan. As for ‘Cheng Qianfan’, they regard him as their second target just because in the eyes of Chongqing, Cheng Qianfan is close to the empire.”

“It was Lu Fei’s temporary decision to shoot at Cheng Qianfan,” Sanbonjiro said. He had read the relevant files carefully.

"Yes, Section Chief." Araki Harima nodded, "But this at least shows the attitude towards Cheng Qianfan within Shanghai Station. They want to kill him."

After a pause, Araki Harima continued, "Of course, it is of little significance to discuss Shanghai Station's motives for attacking Cheng Qianfan, because they don't know that Cheng Qianfan is actually Miyazaki-kun pretending to be one."

He said with a serious expression, "Section Chief, the reason why I think that Naito Tsubasa's suspicion of Miyazaki-kun has no evidence, and is more like venting his anger, is based on one fact."

 “Continue.” Sanbonjiro nodded.

“Before I suddenly took Miyazaki-kun from Yandeli to the extra-high school class that day, he had no idea that Mr. Nagatomo had come to Shanghai. It was the first time the two of them met.”

“Then, after their master and apprentice reunited after a long separation, Miyazaki-kun sent Mr. Nagatomo back to the police hospital. They were shot at the door of the hospital.”

“According to our investigation at the time, Miyazaki-kun and Mr. Nagatomo left in a car together. The two were always together. Even if Miyazaki-kun wanted to murder Mr. Nagatomo, he had no time or opportunity to instigate an assassination.”

“Objectively speaking, Mr. Miyazaki was shot in this attack, and he should be considered implicated by Mr. Nagatomo.” Araki Harima said with a frown.

 …

 Cheng Qianfan did not go home. He arrived at Hyotarō Imamura's residence late at night.

Hyoutaro Imamura first asked about Kentaro Miyazaki's physical condition with concern, and expressed concern about the attack on his beloved disciple.

Subsequently, Hyōtaro Imamura expressed condolences and condolences to Kentaro Miyazaki regarding the assassination of Hiroyuki Taniguchi.

 Following this, Hyōtaro Imamura inquired in detail about the progress of the investigation into the assassination of Hiroyuki Taniguchi.

Watching Kentaro Miyazaki describe the confusing emotional entanglement between Hiroyuki Taniguchi, the female student Haruko, and his fiancé with a sad and slightly embarrassed expression, Imamura Hyōtaro also shook his head.

At this moment, the phone on the desk in Hyōtaro Imamura’s study rang.

 “I am Hyotaro Imamura.”

 “Your Excellency, Consul General.” Hyoutaro Imamura stood up and said respectfully.

 “Hai.”

 “Hai.”

Hang up the phone, Imamura Hyōtaro frowned, and then looked at Miyazaki Kentaro with a complicated expression.

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