flstandardbreds Chapter 173 Why is there no hint?
Chapter 173 Why is there no hint?
It was almost six o'clock and guests were being brought in one after another.
Kitahara Ransuke, Gao Shengping and Lin Ze were at the door, directing the military police to search people. Everyone was very dissatisfied with them for going to so much trouble, but they had to follow their instructions.
In the crowd, Lin Ze actually saw the military doctor from last time, Shunsuke Aburatsu.
Logically speaking, with his military rank, how could he become a guest at this banquet?
Lin Ze nudged Kitahara Ransuke, "Kitahara-kun, look, isn't that Aburatsu Shunsuke? Why is he here too?"
Kitahara Ransuke looked over, tightened his gloves unnaturally, and snorted, "His father works at the General Staff Headquarters."
After the Meiji era, the Japanese military command power was separated. In name, it was decided by the emperor, but in reality it was rarely restricted. Later, it even ignored the cabinet.
Senior officials of the Army General Staff and the Naval General Staff are often extremely powerful and not only control the armed forces but also a large amount of wealth.
Lin Ze nodded. It turned out that this Shunsuke Aburatsu was a second-generation. No wonder Colonel Matsuzaki was so polite to him.
Kitahara Ransuke felt very uncomfortable.
A captain like Shunsuke Aburatsu was actually invited to the banquet, while he could only "guard the gate" here.
At around six o'clock, the guests began to come in, and as expected, Ma Liang was nowhere to be seen.
Lin Ze was a little confused. Why didn’t the system give him any reminders?
Logically speaking, since I provided his whereabouts, I should give him some reward after he was killed.
The dog system wouldn’t want to steal its own rewards, would it?
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Dashamao Hutong.
A car stopped in front of the Ma residence.
There was a driver in the car and a military policeman in the passenger seat.
They politely invited Ma Liang to get in the car. Ma Liang mumbled something and the military police shook his head.
Ma Liang had no choice but to ask his guards to wait for him at home while he squeezed into the car with difficulty.
The Military Police Headquarters is so stingy!
Getting a Ford car to pick me up is really unfriendly for a person weighing more than 200 pounds.
The driver started the car, drove east from Dashamao Hutong, and prepared to turn into Wangfujing Street.
Just as we turned the corner, several people, all wearing coats, rushed out from a shop on the east side of the street.
When he saw the car, he took out a pistol from his coat and started shooting without saying a word!
Because the car was turning, the front of the car was facing the killers. Within a few seconds, the windshield was full of holes. The driver and the military police sitting in the passenger seat had several holes on their faces and lay there motionless.
But the driver did not take his foot off the accelerator and the car continued to move. Because the steering wheel did not return to the straight position, the car turned in a circle, exposing its side to the killer.
With a bang, the car hit the wall.
Ma Liang's adrenaline surged, and he displayed skills that were not commensurate with his age.
He forced himself to calm down. The car had just driven a short distance. If he could just run back to Dashamao Hutong, he would survive!
He opened the left door, got out quickly, and then ran into the alley with his back bent.
But the killer did not give him a chance. He chased him two steps and shot left and right. After a few gunshots, Ma Liang fell to the ground, motionless.
To be on the safe side, the gunman took two steps forward, shot him twice in the back, and then told his companions to evacuate.
A sharp whistle sounded. This place was not far from the Pinghan Railway Bureau. Further south were the consulates and offices of various countries, so there were not only many patrol police but also many military police.
After hearing the gunshots, these people rushed over here.
Inside the alley, Ma Liang's guards and servants heard the gunshots, realized something was wrong, and rushed to the alley entrance.
They were all horrified to see Ma Liang lying on the ground with a pool of blood beside him and the car had been shot into pieces.
"Master! Master!"
The leader stepped forward and touched Ma Liang's neck, "Quick, quick! Send him to the hospital!"
As luck would have it, about one kilometer south and east of Dashamao Hutong is the Kawada Hospital opened by the Japanese.
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Oriental Hotel.
Wait until all guests have been checked before entering the hotel.
About a quarter of an hour later, a dozen cars drove to the hotel entrance, with military trucks as escorts on both sides. Teams of Japanese soldiers ran forward behind them, then divided into four groups and, led by officers, surrounded the Oriental Hotel in three layers inside and outside.
A luxury car in the middle slowly stopped and the gendarmes quickly moved the barricades away.
An aide-de-camp got out of the car, opened the back door, and shouted in Japanese: "Your Excellency, the commander of the Second Army of the Front, His Royal Highness Prince Toshihiko Higashikuni has arrived!"
Soon after, many military officers came down, including General Terauchi Hisaichi, and they surrounded the pro-Dynasty official and walked towards the hotel.
Gao Shengping opened his mouth and said, "My goodness, I said it was a joke that an emperor came, but I didn't expect that a prince would come!"
Many people are not familiar with Toshihiko Higashikuni, and generally speaking, they know more about the beast Higashikuni Naruhiko.
Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko is the half-brother of Prince Higashikuni Toshihiko.
In fact, at this time, Toshihiko Azuma was more popular in the army than his brother. Compared with the silent and gloomy Prince Asaka Naruhiko, although Toshihiko Azuma had a bad temper since childhood, he was more approachable and was deeply loved by middle and lower-level officers.
I saw Tokyuu Toshihiko saluted and shook hands with the gendarmes standing guard at the door in a friendly manner, and some of the gendarmes even shed tears.
Lin Ze’s first thought was whether or not to kill this guy.
But there are always four or five people following Tokugawa Minoru at all times, so it should be very difficult to get rid of him without anyone noticing.
As soon as Tokugawa Minoruhiko walked into the banquet hall, the hotel door was immediately blocked. Lin Ze and others also entered the hotel and stood guard at the door of the banquet hall.
General Terauchi Juichi gave a speech first, then Toshihiko Higashikuni read out some words of encouragement and thanks to everyone, and then the banquet began.
Tokugawa Toshihiko has lived in Gaul for a long time and his lifestyle is more Westernized, so this banquet will also be held in the form of a buffet.
It's winter now and it's hard for these people.
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Kawada Hospital.
Ersong Dacheng has already rushed over. The assassination of a senior member of the Maintenance Association and the North China Administrative Committee can definitely be considered a big deal, but the gendarmerie headquarters is almost empty today, so he can only come here with two or three gendarmes.
Although he was quite bewildered, Ersong Dacheng was not stupid. Seeing that it was getting dark, he did not dare to go to the shooting scene at all. He just asked the detective team to send people to protect the scene, and he went directly to the hospital.
Ma Liang was still being rescued inside, and a doctor came out to communicate with Ersong Dacheng and others.
"This gentleman is lucky. He was wearing a bulletproof vest. After these bullets passed through the armor, the impact force was greatly weakened. But this is also bad news. This means that these bullets cannot pass through his body. It would be difficult to remove them, and there is a possibility of damaging his internal organs."