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Chapter 42 Chu Ming'an is dead

"What happened?" Chen Yang asked in a deep voice.

The man looked at Li Ningyu, then bowed slightly to Chen Yang and said, "Director Chen, we just received a call from the Public Concession Police Station. Chu Ming'an, the director of the Tongji Office, was attacked by unidentified individuals on Silin Road."

He was stabbed more than ten times and is now dying.

"What?" Chen Yang was shocked. On his first official day of work as the director of the Economic Department, the Tongji Office Director was murdered.
What a misfortune for the family! Ugh, what an inauspicious start!
"Secretary Li, the 8:40 morning meeting is temporarily canceled. Go down and inform the heads of each department to get back to work."

"By the way, what's your name?"

The man, looking flustered, said, "Sir, I am a staff member in the Tongji Office. My name is Feng Jian."

"It's my turn to be on duty today, so..."

Before he could continue, Chen Yang raised his hand and said, "Take me to the scene."

Li Ningyu reminded him, "Director Chen, the murder case is being followed up by the police station and the Joint Special Higher Police. Besides meeting with your colleagues, you also have a very important meeting."

Chen Yang waved his hand and said, "No meeting is more important than the lives of my subordinates. After such an incident, as the superior official, I naturally have to comfort the family members and seek justice for my subordinates."

"Secretary Li, let me tell you, work is important, but we can't just focus on work and ignore personal relationships."

Li Ningyu hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I will convey your decision to the heads of each department. Do you think it would be alright to change the meeting to 3 pm?"

Chen Yang didn't have time to argue with her, picked up his briefcase and said, "Whatever."

Intersection of Silin Road, Shanghai.

When Chen Yang and Feng Jian drove to Silin Road, the area had already been cordoned off with ropes by the police from the concession.

In addition to the police, the Joint Special Higher Police also sent people to the scene.

The person involved was the newly established Director of the Economic Affairs Office, an official appointed by the Japanese. They obviously needed to confirm whether this matter was related to them.

Feng Jian forcefully pushed through the crowd to clear a path for Chen Yang. As the two squeezed to the very back, police officers from the police station immediately came up and reprimanded them, telling them not to wander around and to avoid disturbing the scene.

Feng Jian took out his official document from the city hall and introduced Chen Yang's identity to the man. Only then did the man reluctantly lift the rope and let the two of them in.

Approaching the crime scene, the first thing Chen Yang saw was a black Dodge sedan.

The car owner, Chu Ming'an, lay beside the car covered in blood, with a Shanghai-plated bicycle wedged into the front of the car.

Based on the scene analysis, it appears that someone deliberately bumped into the other party with a bicycle, and then unexpectedly killed them while the other party was getting off the bicycle to argue.

This tactic is very familiar; it's clearly a method commonly used by those old hands in the Fuxing Society.

"Chen Sang, what are you doing here?" Just then, a surprised voice came from behind Chen Yang.

Chen Yang turned around and saw that it was Shinichi Ando from the Joint Special Higher Police.

With him was a short Japanese man, no more than 1.6 meters tall, with triangular eyes and a hooked nose.

Even if they had never met this person before, everyone who saw him could sense an extremely sinister aura about him at first glance.

As the saying goes, one's appearance reflects one's heart. This kind of person looks like a ruthless and heartless villain.

"Ando-kun, what a coincidence," Chen Yang bowed slightly to Ando Shinichi, then pointed to Chu Ming'an's body not far away and said, "The person who died was the director of the Tongji Office of the Economic Department, who was my subordinate. Today was my first day at work, and my subordinate suffered this misfortune for no reason."

"Sigh, of course I had to come and take a look, lest people say I'm insensitive."

Shinichi Ando nodded slightly in understanding, then turned to Chen Yang and introduced him, "Mr. Chen, let me introduce you. This is Yokoji Matsui, Section Chief of the Special Higher Police Investigation Division." "Mr. Matsui, this is Chen Yang, the newly appointed Director of the Economic Affairs Department."

Not everyone in the Joint Special Higher Police has a military rank; more than half of them are police officers, and only a small portion are officers from the Military Police Command requisitioned to assist in operations.

This Matsui Yokoji is a legitimate policeman, unlike Ando Shinichi, who also holds the rank of major and has the authority to mobilize and command troops.

"Director Chen, hello." Matsui Yokoji bowed slightly to Chen Yang, and Chen Yang quickly returned the bow, saying, "Section Chief Matsui, it's a pleasure to meet you. Please take care of me."

Seeing Chen Yang's politeness, Matsui Yokoji's gloomy expression softened considerably. Before he could speak, a woman's wailing rang out from the crowd.

The visitor spoke in the Shanghai dialect, mumbling a lot of things, which Chen Yang could understand, but Matsui Yokoji and Ando Shinichi were completely confused.

The group looked in the direction of the wailing and saw a woman in a cheongsam trying to push her way through the crowd.

Feng Jian, who was standing next to Chen Yang, quickly moved closer to Chen Yang and said, "Commander Chen, this is Director Chu's wife, what do you think?"

Chen Yang nodded slightly: "Bring her in. Her husband is in trouble, so the victim should be allowed to see him one last time."

Feng Jian responded and quickly brought the person in.

Then Chen Yang turned to the two men and said, "Ando-kun, Matsui-kun, I'm going to take a look. Please don't hesitate to help if I need anything later."

Shinichi Ando quickly replied, "Please go ahead, Mr. Chen."

As they watched Chen Yang comfort the other family members, Ando Shinichi suddenly asked, "Matsui-kun, what do you think of Director Chen?"

After a moment's hesitation, Matsui Yokoji slowly said, "I think this person is not simple."

"He was able to take the time to visit a subordinate he had never met in a single day who was attacked and killed. This shows that he has some understanding of interpersonal relationships."

"This guy wants to be Liu Bei's son, Liu Bei."

Ando Shinichi was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "Matsui-kun is indeed discerning. This guy is not old, but he knows all these ins and outs by heart. Even Lord Iwai thinks highly of him."

"Otherwise, how could someone of his age be appointed as the Director of the Economic Affairs Department?"

As the two talked, Madam Chu, who had been wailing, gradually calmed down with the comfort of Chen Yang and the others.

Chen Yang instructed Feng Jian to help Madam Chu with the arrangements for Chu Ming'an's funeral, and then told Madam Chu that she could come to the city hall to find him if she needed anything.

After finishing everything, Chen Yang took a car back to the city hall.

Back in his office, Chen Yang immediately called Iwai Hiroichi at the consulate to report on Chu Ming'an's murder.

Hiroichi Iwai had already received intelligence about Chu Ming'an's murder.

Chu Ming'an is the director of the Tongji Office and is also in charge of freight transportation.

Now that the person is dead, someone else needs to be found to handle the freight transportation.

But such professionals are hard to find. The Tongji Office is a subordinate unit of the Economic Department, and they can't just put a Japanese person in there.

Therefore, Hiroshi Iwai could only let Chen Yang fill in for now, and they would take over the position once they found a professional.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yang smiled. After working hard for most of the day, he had finally gotten what he wanted.
What he wanted was exactly what Hiroichi Iwai said: to take control of the Tongji Office.

(End of this chapter)