kingnovel Chapter 647: Hu Deping's Poisoning
Chapter 647: Hu Deping's Poisoning
Xiang Shoushi saw the two of them coming, stood up and walked to the sofa, asked them to sit down, and said kindly:
"Xiangming, Deping, I'm here to discuss something with you. Please sit down for a moment. I'll pour you some tea."
After saying this, he walked towards the table with tea sets in the corner. Hu Deping immediately stood up, walked quickly to Xiang Shoushi, and said attentively:
"You go sit down, Director, and let me take your place."
Xiang Shoushi did not refuse and walked back to the sofa with a smile. Hu Deping poured some tea leaves from the tea box into two teacups, glanced at Xiang Shoushi's own teacup on the desk, walked over, picked up the teacup lid, took a look, and said:
"Dean, the tea in your cup has gone cold. Let me make you a new cup."
I thought, if Xiang Shoushi agreed, I would pour the poisonous insect into the tea while making it for him. This would be a rare opportunity, but I didn't know if he would give me this chance.
It was only natural for him to do so. Xiang Shoushi had no idea what he was thinking and nodded.
"Okay, let's make a cup."
Hu Deping was delighted. He picked up Xiang Shoushi's teacup and walked to the table in the corner. Then he turned his back to the two of them and started making tea.
While he was still making tea, Xiang Shoushi said to Meng Xiangming:
"I went to Director Li's office this morning and held a small meeting with Director Li, Section Chief Nan Yun, and Special Commissioner Yuan to discuss how to crack the Military Control Commission's Shanghai station. I shared my ideas, and they all took them very seriously."
At this time, Hu Deping came over and placed Xiang Shoushi's teacup on the coffee table in front of him. When he was making tea just now, he had secretly poured the powder in the porcelain bottle into his teacup. Then he went back and brought two more teacups, one in front of Meng Xiangming and one in front of himself, and then sat on the sofa.
He was a little nervous when he was making tea just now, but it was obvious that his actions were perfect. Neither Xiang Shoushi nor Meng Xiangming noticed it, which made him relieved. He was now more looking forward to Xiang Shoushi drinking this cup of tea without any unexpected situations.
Gu Fan also told him on the note that drinking the tea containing the poisonous insect would cause Xiang Shoushi to become insane in a day, or two or three days, becoming a crippled man, no longer a threat to the Shanghai station. Although he could still survive, it would be worse than death, and this was also the punishment for traitors.
Gu Fan also told him that there was no way to find out what caused Xiang Shoushi's disease, so there was no suspicion that he had done anything wrong, and it would not affect his safety.
Xiang Shoushi waited for Hu Deping to sit down and continued:
"Zhang Mingchu, the head of the Shanghai station's personnel department, you all know him, right?"
Meng Xiangming and Hu Deping both nodded. They knew that Zhang Mingchu was a key figure in the Shanghai station, so they immediately understood what Xiang Shoushi meant by this. He probably wanted to capture Zhang Mingchu. If he was captured, the Shanghai station would basically be secured.
"My idea is to send you two with people to look for him in the French Concession and the International Settlement where he often hangs out. The leaders all agreed.
I know it's not easy and it depends entirely on luck. It would be a great achievement if I found it.
Of course, this action also has risks. In order to ensure your safety, it must be kept confidential. Apart from a few leaders, only the two of you know about it. You cannot tell anyone else, and you cannot tell the people you bring who you are looking for.
In addition, the operation must be covert, so we must carefully discuss the specific action plan."
The three of them began to discuss while drinking tea, including the search route, the key search areas, the number of people and vehicles to take, what to do after finding the people, and things that need attention, etc. After discussing for more than an hour, they finally formed a specific action plan.
When Meng Xiangming and Hu Deping got up and left to carry out the action, Hu Deping saw that the tea in Xiang Shoushi's cup was almost finished. He was secretly happy in his heart that his action had been successfully completed. The only thing he was worried about now was whether the insect would be effective.
Another person who was secretly happy was Yuan Ye, who was sitting in Li Qunshi's office. He heard clearly what happened in Xiang Shoushi's office.
Hu Deping seized the opportunity and successfully completed the task assigned to him. He was right in choosing the right person.
Yuan Ye knew that with the previous experience of Zhang Chengxian, within three days, Xiang Shoushi would also be like Zhang Chengxian, with the poison in his brain and become mentally disturbed. Not only would this traitor receive the punishment he deserved, but a major threat to Shanghai Station would also be eliminated.
After having lunch at No. 76 at noon, Yuan Ye went to Hengyuan Trading Company and sent a telegram to Wang Tianwang, telling him that No. 76 might send people to the French Concession and the International Settlement to look for Zhang Mingchu, and asked him to remind Zhang Mingchu to try not to go out during this period to avoid being recognized by people from No. 76.
He went to the Iwai Mansion again in the afternoon. Ichiro Ogasa took him to see his office and brought him a stack of foreign-language materials from the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Russia. Yuan Ye flipped through them casually. They were mainly some foreign-language newspapers and some intercepted telegrams between the consulates of the concession countries and his own country.
Ichiro Ogasa asked him to start working tomorrow. Yuan Ye was not in a hurry, so he chatted with him for a while. He learned from Ichiro Ogasa that the real purpose of Iwai Yuichi's return to Japan was to attend a meeting to determine the national policy of moving south. Japan has already started the plan to move south, targeting Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. This will definitely infringe on the interests of the great powers. No wonder Iwai Yuichi asked him to help translate and summarize the information of the great powers. He wanted to analyze and understand the future reactions and countermeasures of the great powers.
In the evening, Iwai Yuichi invited him to have dinner at the Iwai Mansion, and invited Yuan Ye to his study to give him some guidance on calligraphy and Go. Yuan Ye returned home very late and sent a telegram to Chu Yuntian, telling him that Japan had confirmed its plan to move south.
Yuan Ye was not worried that this would affect his own safety. Many people in Japan knew about this plan and it was impossible for them to suspect him.
Chu Yuntian reported this information to Dai Yunong. Dai Yunong had actually just received this news from another channel, which confirmed the accuracy of this news. Of course, this news was not good news. The Japanese not only wanted to occupy the resources of Southeast Asia, but also attempted to cut off the external material aid channels to China. This would be very detrimental to the war of resistance, and the future situation would be very grim.