Spy Wars: I am the Captain of the Military Police

Zhou Zhengqing avoided Yingzi's burning gaze and said, "Itai, tell me what's going on!"

Leaving Sakurako giggling alone, Zhou Zhengqing looked at Banjing Yudashi again.

"Hey! General, this is what happened." Itai Yudai stood at attention and bowed, then took two steps closer and began to speak.

"A few days ago, Major General Okabe Naosaburo came down and secretly dealt with all the officers of the garrison army that we captured, but he found me privately and told me something.

Ask me to help pry open Takeda's mouth after his injuries stabilize!" He raised his head suddenly, greed burning in his eyes: "Try to force him to tell you the whereabouts of a batch of 'banned goods'!"

"Banned items?" Zhou Zhengqing interrupted.

"The whereabouts of a batch of cultural relics looted from Peking and Tianjin!" said Itai Yudai, looking at Zhou Zhengqing with his bright eyes.

Being stared at by Itai Yudai with burning eyes, Zhou Zhengqing subconsciously asked: "Cultural relics? Very valuable?"

"Hey, it's very valuable! They were looted from the people after the occupation of Peking and Tianjin, and there are also precious cultural relics that the Peking museum didn't have time to transport away.

The total number is very large, and most of it has been shipped back to the mainland.

However, one hundred and thirty-six of the most precious items, including bronze sacrificial vessels from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, celadon glaze from the Ru kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Tianhuang triple seal of the Chinese imperial family, were seized by the garrison troops and later disappeared from everyone's sight. . .

"Katsuki Seiji reported that it was lost during the war," Itai's voice trembled with excitement. "But a domestic investigation revealed that Katsuki Seiji bribed a cabinet minister with a Tang Dynasty gilded Buddha head."

The cold interrogation room exuded a pungent smell of rust mixed with a hint of disinfectant. The flickering light cast by the single chandelier illuminated Zhou Zhengqing's uncertain expression. "The thing must still be in Xiangyue Qingji's hands!"

Itai Yudai bowed slightly and said, "The general is right, and the military thinks so too, which is why they sent Okabe Naosaburo to secretly interrogate the senior officers of the garrison headquarters who were captured by us.

He tried to find out from other officers who were close to Kozuki Seiji, but with little success. These people either really didn't know, or were extremely stubborn and refused to say anything.

In the end, those people were tortured to death by Okabe Naosaburo, but there was still no useful clue."

He paused, as if choosing his words: "Finally, the only one left is Takeda Koichi who has not been interrogated.

However, Okabe Naosaburo no longer had any hope, and the North China Front Army Headquarters had just been established, and official duties piled up like a mountain, making it impossible for him to handle them all.

Originally, Okabe Naosaburo planned to directly order the secret disposal of Takeda Koichi.

When I went to the hospital to take Takeda Hiroichi, I happened to be visiting Nakamura Shunsuke.

At that time, Okabe Naosaburo had no hope for Takeda's value, and thought that he could not squeeze any clues out of him, so he did not keep the matter of the cultural relics a secret anymore. During a casual chat, he casually let me know about it.

"Then you took the opportunity to take Takeda away?" Zhou Zhengqing narrowed his eyes and stared at Itai Yudai.

"Yes." Itai nodded calmly, as if this was a natural move: "I immediately suggested to Okabe Naosaburo that we hand Takeda over to me for a retrial.

He didn't object, only saying that if you found any clues, you must let him know. Then he left the person to his subordinates and left with his men.

Zhou Zhengqing leaned forward slightly, his tone carrying a hint of playful inquiry: "Then why do you insist on keeping this Takeda Koichi?

Don’t we have someone who is ‘more suitable’ to receive in-depth care? ” Zhou Zhengqing deliberately emphasized the word “more suitable”.

A sly, knowing smile instantly spread across Itai Yudai's face. He took a half-step closer, lowering his voice, his eyes gleaming with a shrewd and eagerness. "General, you're brilliant! I'd venture a guess. You mean Kazuki Seiji is in our hands? Why bother prying him open directly?"

Itai Yudai raised his eyebrows proudly, and when Zhou Zhengqing nodded slightly, he restrained his expression and changed to a more serious tone: "It is precisely because he fell into our hands that Takeda must stay!

Now that we know about the cultural relics!

Then I will be confident that I can pry open Xiangyue's mouth and get the whereabouts of the cultural relics.

But, General, please think about it, once those cultural relics come into the world, no matter how we deal with them later, whether we sell them off secretly or keep them privately for enjoyment, the news of such precious treasures will leak out sooner or later.

Of course, with your great reputation and status, no one would dare covet even a little bit."

At this point, Itai Yudai suddenly changed the subject, his tone filled with worry about potential risks: "I'm afraid someone will link these cultural relics to the unexplained disappearance of Kozuki Seiji!

There was such a big commotion on the side of Naozaburo Okabe, and we interrogated all the officers directly under Katsuki but still found no clues. But we got the things "for no reason"?

This coincidence is too suspicious, isn't it? "

Ban Jing took a deep breath, his eyes becoming extremely solemn: "General, the matter of Xiangyue Qingji involves a big trouble for two divisions!

Never leave any loopholes that can give others a handle!

This arrangement made by my subordinates is to prevent any trouble before it happens.

Let's hold the Takeda brand in our hands first. If the cultural relics are ever unearthed in the future and are targeted by people with ulterior motives, we can proudly say that the whereabouts of the items were discovered from Takeda Hirokazu's mouth!

With Takeda Koichi around, who would have thought of this and dared to speculate on the truth behind Kazuki Seiji's disappearance?"

After hearing what Ban Jing Yuda said, Zhou Zhengqing seemed to have gotten to know him all over again. He looked Ban Jing Yuda up and down, and after confirming that he had not been replaced, he said, "Ban Jing, you have finally figured it out!

You can actually think so far ahead! That’s great.”

"It's all thanks to following you, General, that I've benefited a lot from your words and deeds." Itai Yudai smiled reservedly, looking like a lackey who had been praised by his master.

Zhou Zhengqing smiled and shook his head. After a moment of careful consideration, he asked, "How dare Xiangyue Qingsi secretly seize such an item?! Has the interrogation yielded any results?"

Itai Yudai bent even lower, reporting with a barely perceptible hint of caution, "We've managed to pry open Takeda Koichi's lips a little. Although he doesn't know much core information... it's not useless."

He glanced towards the white curtain, as if he could see the half-dead Takeda Koichi inside: “The unconventional methods we used on Takeda, and the tragic process, were properly displayed to Kazuki Seiji in the cell.

Constant fear is the best torture, and it can break down a person's defenses far more effectively than physical pain."

Zhou Zhengqing stared at Banjing closely: "I found out! Where are those cultural relics now?!"