Chapter 68 (1/2)
The Tianchang Festival to celebrate the birthday of the Emperor of Japan was held in Shanghai Hongkou Park in the Japanese Concession. Except for a few invited senior government officials, the entire Hongkou Park was blocked that day, and only Japanese and North Koreans were allowed in and out.
Lin Ruomeng attended the meeting with his father, Lin Daoshan, and when he reached the door, all the attendants were asked to wait outside the park. Qi Fei couldn’t follow. “Our master is the Minister of Economy. How can his personal safety be protected?”
“This gentleman joked. Minister Lin is my Japanese guest, how can no one protect his safety.” Limoto was notified in the future and came out to receive Lin Ruomeng and his party in person. Luo Fusheng followed behind her, and did not make any eye contact with Lin Ruomeng.
Instead, Lin Daoshan took a deep look at him. He had long heard that Luo Fusheng was approaching the Japanese princess. Not seeing it with his own eyes, he will not believe it.
“Come on, follow Minister Lin and Miss Lin. Stay true to each other. Be sure to ensure their safety.” In the future, Limoto will bite the words very seriously, and four Japanese soldiers immediately surrounded him and stood behind Lin Daoshan. .
Qi Fei was furious and wanted to argue, but was stopped by Lin Daoshan. “Qi Fei! Wait here. His Royal Highness Liben’s site is the safest place in Shanghai. What should we worry about?”
“Director Lin has a good reputation.” Limoto smiled and led them inside.
In addition to the main podium, there are two seats with canvas canopies on the left and right sides. A large open space in the middle is the playground for the military parade. Asian culture respects the left, and today all Japanese officers in China will come to participate in the Tianchang Festival. Lin Daoshan acquiesced that they would assign the seat on the left to the Japanese officer and walked to the right on their own, but was stopped by Miku Riya.
“Director Lin, this way.” She made a please gesture and pointed to the seat on the left.
Although Lin Daoshan was a little surprised, he didn’t say anything, and followed Limoto to sit on the left seat.
Shirakawa Yoshihide attended the meeting with many Japanese military and political officials. They sat on the seat on the right opposite to Lindau Mountain. Nashimoto Miku also went to talk to them. Among them, Lin Daoshan knew only the Japanese Foreign Minister Shige Mitsu, as well as the commander of the Third Fleet of the Navy Nomura Saburo and the commander of the Ninth Division Ueda Matsuyoshi. They were all opponents who killed countless Chinese compatriots in the previous battle of Songhu.
It is reasonable that Lin Daoshan shouldn’t attend such an occasion, but the officer in Nanjing now only seeks to maintain stability to clear the internal troubles, and does not care about the anger of the people.
The ceremony had not yet begun, when Lin Daoshan saw Luo Fusheng got up and left the seat. Turned his head and said to Lin Ruomeng. “Ruomeng, Dad, go to Xijian. You are waiting for me here, don’t run around .”
“Okay. Dad, I’m not a kid anymore.” Lin Ruomeng laughed at him too nervously.
As soon as Lin Daoshan moved, the two Japanese soldiers followed. He let them follow, and when they reached the gate of Xijian, he stopped. “I’m going to clean my hands, so you don’t want to follow.”
The two Japanese soldiers could understand Chinese, responded and stood by the door.
As soon as Lin Daoshan went in and saw Luo Fusheng going out, he blocked his way. Confirm that no one has spoken in the compartment. “Luo Fusheng, what can’t you do to get involved with the Japanese?”
“Uncle, this is not a place to talk. I’ll talk about something later.” Luo Fusheng tried to push him away, but he was caught.
“Before, because of Ruomeng’s mother, I didn’t bother to care too much. But now the truth is clear, I owe your father my life. I can’t watch his son fall like this. Son, look back.”
“Uncle, everyone has his own life. I don’t care about the family and the world, Limoto saved my life and took me in when I was most difficult. Otherwise, I would have died on the street.”
“You are confused! Don’t care about what is family, country, and the world, living in this chaotic world, who of us can live without these four words? I don’t ask you to kill the enemy and Yuguo, at least don’t help you. I can see Ruomeng likes you very much. If you want, I can even host your wedding for you. Even if you don’t go back to Hongbang, you can still get a good job in Lin’s business.”
Luo Fusheng ran into the West Room and retched because he was extremely unwell. Before he got over, he was caught by Lin Daoshan and said something. There was a cold sweat behind him, and his face became impatient. There was a slight footstep outside, and he threw away Lin Daoshan’s hand in time.
“Uncle, sorry. I have no interest in Miss Lin.” After speaking, he hurried out. Before he went far, he hit the Miku Rashimoto.
“Why are you leaving in such a hurry?” Liben held onto Luo Fusheng’s vain footsteps in the future, seeing him in a cold sweat. “Did it happen?”
Luo Fusheng nodded, and had no strength to speak.
Nashimoto held him on the bench to one side and took out the syringe from his handbag. As the needle pierced into the arm, the intense pain immediately disappeared without a trace. “What is my disease?”
“Don’t worry. It’s just that the drugs used in the last operation showed drug dependence.” In the future, Limoto took out a handkerchief and wiped off the sweat from his forehead. Lin Daoshan passed by and saw their faces pale.
He didn’t look so good until he returned to the seat. He saw Xu Xingcheng also coming, and sat next to his daughter to talk. His face is even more ugly.
“Father, what’s the matter? Is the sun too uncomfortable?”
“It’s okay.” Lin Daoshan patted the back of her hand, feeling distressed for her daughter.
At ten o’clock, the ceremony began. First is the military parade. Although they lost the war, when the armistice agreement was signed, the Japanese side took advantage. So now I am still triumphant and show off in China.
Next, Matsuyoshi Ueda and Shige Mitsuho came to the stage to deliver speeches. The speeches had the same general meaning, that is, Japan’s aggressive plan is imperative, is the only way for human evolution, and is a legitimate need for reasonable expansion.
The Chinese officials in the audience felt uncomfortable. Only when Xu Xingcheng gave a speech on behalf of the Nineteenth Army, he happily expressed the Nanjing Chief’s congratulations on the birthday of the Emperor of Japan. As a sign of sincerity, even promised that the 19th Army would withdraw from Shanghai and that there would no longer be any regular government troops stationed in the Shanghai area.
Commander-in-chief Shirakawa Yoshihide listened to Dayue and became brothers with Xu Xingcheng.
When it was Lin Daoshan’s turn to take the stage, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became tense. Lin Ruomeng followed him to get up.
Limoto sat up straight and stared at Luo Fusheng beside him. Seeing that he did not respond, there was a hint of joy in my heart.
According to a report brought back by Xu Xingcheng’s eyeliner, the Communist Party planted a bomb under the seat on the left. But their real arrangement was for Shirakawa Yoshi and other officers to sit on the right. The same goes for the information in the letter to Luo Fusheng. Just to test his loyalty with this information. He passed the test, and the intelligence obtained by the Communist Party was not revealed from Luo Fusheng.
The Communist Party will contact Luo Fusheng to win him, and Liben is not surprised. However, according to Eyeliner’s return, Luo Fusheng refused to participate in the Communist Party’s actions because of his disobedience. This is in line with his character.
Before the ceremony, they checked all the seats and only found a small amount of gunpowder under the left seat. Uncle said it was going to be demolished, but Limoto advocated keeping it. This will not only prevent them from getting rid of the trouble, but also allow them to suffer. They kept the Chinese and North Korean officials on the left side.
Lin Daoshan simply said a few words hoping for peace between China and Japan and stepped down. Nothing happened during that period. Nashimoto frowned. This is not the same as planned.