readsfreenovel Chapter 232 The truth is what you said
Chapter 232 The truth is what you said
Kitahara Ransuke took Lin Ze to the press station.
Gao Shengping had been searching there for a long time.
The dead reporter was named Xilin Guang. He had been working in China and was sent to Beijing a few months ago.
This is very strange. A Japanese had only been in Beijing for a few months. Could he have been instigated to rebel by people from the south?
This possibility is too low.
Kitahara Ransuke asked Gao Shengping, "Did you find anything?"
Gao Shengping shook his head regretfully. "I searched Xi Lingguang's dormitory first, and then went to his office. The dormitory was very simple, so simple that it was strange. There was nothing in it except a bed, a desk, a few magazines, and some newspapers. There was no extra furniture. Xi Lingguang did not leave any writing that was not related to work. As for his office, the stationmaster of this press station only allowed me to check Xi Lingguang's own desk, and not allow me to check other people's desks."
Kitahara Ransuke was furious and looked at the station chief of the press station standing aside. The man was in his fifties, with gray hair and a thin face. He looked like someone who was not someone he was going to deal with.
"Do you know that an important person was nearly assassinated today, and the murderer was your reporter, Hikaru Nishilin! Colonel Matsuzaki was also at the scene at the time. You are now obstructing our investigation. Can you bear the responsibility?"
The old man looked disdainful and said, "I have allowed you to conduct the search, but the one who made the mistake was Xilin. Why search other people's desks? Let me tell you, our newspaper has..."
Kitahara Ransuke was slapped twice by Matsuzaki, but he was still furious. He pulled out his gun and pointed it at the old man's head, "I know! I know! There are many big shots behind your newspaper. Now let me ask you, if I kill you, can those big shots bring you back to life? Will they let a major officer like me pay for your life?"
The two men glared at each other. After a while, the old stationmaster finally compromised and let out a long sigh. "Okay, you can search this place thoroughly, but you are not allowed to mess up our things, especially the various manuscripts. Everything that has been moved must be put back to its original place."
Kitahara Ransuke snorted coldly, put down his gun, waved his hand, and the military police and detectives rushed in to search.
He took Lin Ze to the dormitory at the back.
Lin Ze had been to this place once before, when he was trying to catch the reporter named Omi Hideo from the Schaeffer gang. He had come here to conduct a secret search.
As soon as he entered Xilingguang’s dormitory, Lin Ze saw the neatly folded bedding at a glance.
He couldn't help but frown.
The same was true for Hideo Omi's house at the time, but Hikaru Nishilin's room was even more tidy and clean.
Do all Japanese men love to clean the house?
Kitahara Ransuke also grumbled, "This guy, a bachelor, is quite good at cleaning the house."
Lin Ze thought this was very strange. Japanese men were not good at housework and it was women who did this kind of thing. But why did Xilin Guang keep his room spotless like a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Kitahara Ransuke picked up some manuscripts on the desk. Just as Gao Shengping said, they had been looked at by the Japanese military police. There was nothing useful on them. They were just drafts of news or comments.
Lin Ze closed his eyes.
Hideo Omi also loves cleanliness, but there is Hikaru Nishilin who is even more excessive than Hideo Omi.
It was like Schaeffer had come to you on his own accord.
I always feel that there is someone who connects them all together, but who is this person?
"Hey, Lin-san, have you thought of anything?"
Lin Ze opened his eyes and smiled bitterly, "To be honest, Kitahara-kun, I am sleepy. I haven't had a good sleep in a long time."
Kitahara Ransuke nodded sympathetically, "Yes, you've been too busy lately. No matter whether you can find out anything today, you should go back and have a good rest tonight. After all, compared to what Wu Ziyu said, this guy's unsuccessful assassination is nothing. We have experienced too many assassination cases and are no longer surprised."
From the dormitory to the office in front, the military police and detectives searched for half a day but still found nothing.
Damn!
Kitahara Ransuke talked to several reporters, and they all said that Xilin-kun was not very sociable and would not go to the bar to drink with everyone after work.
However, he was quite polite to his seniors and sometimes gave them gifts. Everyone just thought he was an introvert and not very good at socializing, so they didn't take it too seriously.
As for the time after get off work, Xilingguang always stays in the dormitory alone, and no one knows what he does.
One of the colleagues mentioned: "By the way, Xilinjun's teeth have not been in good condition recently. They are always bleeding and he often has headaches. We advised him to go to the hospital. He went to the hospital two days ago and bought some medicine. Look, it's in the small bottle on his desk."
Lin Ze picked up the medicine bottle, which had a trademark on it: Manchuria Xiaoshan Shuanglong brand mint tablets.
This medicine is indeed correct. Mint tablets have the function of dispersing wind and relieving heat. Peking is very dry. It may be that she was not used to the Xilinguang and got a sore throat.
But the problem is that this medicine is produced in Manchuria and cannot be bought casually.
There were several hospitals and clinics run by Japanese in Peiping. The largest was Kawada Hospital, and the smallest was Daoshan Clinic, which had only one doctor.
I heard from Xilingguang’s colleagues that Xilingguang went to buy medicine two days ago. Could it be that he came into contact with someone in the process of buying the medicine and was given an assassination mission?
Before I had the chance to tell Kitahara Ransuke about this, Kitahara Ransuke made a guess.
"Qiaodou Madai! Mr. Lin, I have an idea. Could it be that Xilingguang was bribed by Wu Ziyu? Wu Ziyu seems to be very unfriendly to Qi Ying. Qi Ying has been our representative many times to persuade Wu Ziyu. Does he hate Qi Ying very much and want to disrupt our press conference, but he doesn't dare to take action against Colonel Matsuzaki, so he bribed this reporter and wanted to kill Qi Ying?"
The more Kitahara Ransuke spoke, the brighter his eyes became.
"This explains everything. We searched so thoroughly, why did Xilin Guang still get a pistol? It must have been hidden by Wu Ziyu in his home in advance. It also explains why Xilin Guang did not shoot Wu Ziyu, but chose to shoot Qi Ying after shouting that sentence."
This statement may sound reasonable at first glance, but it is actually completely untrue.
First of all, Wu Ziyu's last words were enough to disrupt the entire reception. Why bother to add fuel to the fire and have someone assassinate Qi Ying? If he really wanted to kill him, this grandson would have gone to the Wu Mansion every few days. Why kill him at this time when he could have been killed at any other time?
Moreover, Xilingguang had only been in Peiping for a few months. How did he get in touch with Wu Ziyu? What did Wu Ziyu use to bribe him, money or women?
There is no way to explain it.
Kitahara Ransuke is not a fool. There is only one reason why he made such a guess.
He lay down and didn't want to check anymore.
It was a failed assassination, in which no one died except the murderer, no superiors paid attention to it, and a powerful news organization was involved.
What’s the point of investigating further?
Lin Ze put down the small medicine bottle, "Ah, why didn't I think of that! Kitahara-kun, I think the truth is just what you said!"
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