Chapter 292: First Encounter with Gao Tian

It's over there!

Fujiwara Jintai felt a surge of joy.

Chen Yongren stepped forward quickly, not waiting for him to react, and delivered a swift hand chop, knocking him unconscious to the ground.

"Chen Sang!" Fujiwara Jintai exclaimed in surprise: "Did you kill him?"

"Don't worry, Uncle Fujiwara, he's just unconscious." Chen Yongren pulled a film canister and a miniature camera from his pocket.

Seeing the film, Fujiwara Jintai's face darkened.

"Uncle Fujiwara, what should we do with him?" Chen Yongren pointed at the Japanese soldier beside him.

Fujiwara Jintai thought for a moment: "How long until Gao Tian Longyi arrives?"

Chen Yongren glanced at the time: "Less than an hour."

"Give him alcohol and throw him into the Huangpu River!" Fujiwara Jintai said harshly, glancing at the time.

They've even traced it to my head—do you think you can still save your life?

I gave you a chance, but you didn't know how to use it.

"Make sure to change his clothes and say he slacked off, snuck out for a drink, got drunk, and accidentally fell into the river and drowned." Fujiwara Jintai had already planned his death.

"Yes!" Chen Yongren didn't hesitate either.

For such matters, Chen Yongren could handle them with ease and finished quickly.

When he returned, Fujiwara Jintai had already developed the film.

The photos show Fujiwara Jintai dividing money, counting gold, and going to the bank; from the angles, they're all covert shots.

Fujiwara Jintai also quickly burned the photos to ashes and flushed them down the toilet.

"You still want to investigate me? Dream on!"

Fujiwara Jintai straightened his uniform, glanced at the time, and told Chen Sang: "It's about time—we can head to headquarters."

"Let me see my old friend!"

The two sat in the back seat of the car and began to chat idly.

"Uncle Fujiwara, what did he do to offend you before? I hear you really dislike him," Chen Yongren said, feigning curiosity.

"Not only do I dislike him; few in the military like him!" Fujiwara Jintai waved his hand in disgust: "Just mentioning his name makes the air feel dirty."

"Oh?" Chen Yongren's face lit up with curiosity.

"Never mind; to keep you from suffering later, I'll satisfy your curiosity," Fujiwara Jintai muttered.

"I once served at the Army Ministry, and a subordinate wanted a promotion," Fujiwara Jintai said helplessly: "So he sent me some gifts…"

"He's my direct descendant, and I had planned to promote him; since he's so conscientious, I simply did him a favor and prepared to establish him properly."

"As a result, Gao Tian Longyi heard about this from somewhere and launched an investigation."

"Soon they found out that not only had my subordinate not been promoted, he had actually been demoted a rank."

"Because my family background is deep, he can't shake my position, but out of jealousy and resentment he keeps looking for trouble with me."

"The main reason is that the Fujiwara family has a long lineage, I'm the direct heir and head of the family; if he could topple me, it would add great luster to his résumé."

"This bastard, just to pad his résumé, actually dares to shake an ancient clan—if you gave him a bit more status, he'd even dare to investigate an imperial prince!"

When mentioning this, Fujiwara Jintai gritted his teeth, clearly loathing Gao Tian Longyi.

"Not only me—he's indirectly and directly offended many colleagues, but hiding behind his status as military police, he claims everything is for supervising us." Fujiwara Jintai said through gritted teeth.

"That fool doesn't realize his actions are the utmost absurdity."

"Is nobody reining him in?" Chen Yongren asked deliberately.

"This is a kind of checks and balances." Fujiwara Jintai knew this well.

"Checks and balances?" Chen Yongren pretended not to understand.

Since this old thing is interested, let him put on a good show—it'll also make him look knowledgeable.

"Some old diehards worry that no one can suppress us, so they want to prop up someone to keep us in check—do you understand?" Fujiwara Jintai said helplessly.

Chen Yongren nodded, half‑understanding: "Just like you assigning me to No. 76—it's a restraint, but also a kind of development and warning."

"That's the idea." Fujiwara Jintai continued: "Those old diehards, seeing his achievements, like him even more, and Gao Tian Longyi, relying on his authority, has become ever more arrogant."

"In short, with him around we must be careful in our actions and absolutely cannot let him catch us in a mistake."

"Since the telegram mentioned your name…"

"I think he might try to get at you through you; your identity is special, so be extra careful—don't let him catch you with a pigtail."

"Otherwise he'll surely use this chance to attack me!"

"Yes, Uncle Fujiwara, I'll certainly be careful from now on." Chen Yongren replied.

As they spoke, they had already arrived at the Songhu Headquarters.

The two quickly walked into the conference room, where a lieutenant general sat in the chief seat.

Beside him sat a young man in a major's uniform, sturdy and tall; even seated, he was half a head taller than the Japanese general next to him.

"That's Gao Tian Longyi." Fujiwara Jintai gestured for Chen Yongren to look.

Chen Yongren looked toward Gao Tian Longyi's position.

A string of data appeared before his eyes.

Name: Gao Tian Longyi.

Age: 32 years old.

Gender: Male.

Rank: Major.

Nationality: Japanese, Hiroshima.

Skills: marksmanship, analysis, long-distance running.

Likes: rectifying military discipline, cleaning out internal pests.

Dislikes: anything that would contaminate the army and internal bad elements.

Current position: Special Investigation Group Leader.

Recent situation: After the Manchuria corruption case ended, Gao Tian Longyi immediately went to Songhu to investigate the Case 76 corruption case.

With the information provided by the informant, he absolutely does not believe that Songhu only has Zeng Qiru as a corrupt smuggler, and that he only embezzled a mere 500,000.

Wanting to take this opportunity, purge some corrupt elements in the army and restore military discipline.

Zeng Qiru was also killed by Chen Yongren.

He suspects that Zeng Qiru was just pushed out to take the blame, with more people involved behind the scenes, which makes Gao Tian Longyi very excited.

Because Zeng Qiru was killed by Chen Yongren, Gao Tian Longyi immediately investigated Chen Yongren's file and found his background simply too clean to be believable.

Gao Tian Longyi grew increasingly suspicious of Chen Yongren's identity.

Seeing this,

Chen Yongren wore a grin on his face, but in his heart he thought 'grass‑mud horse'.

Gao Tian Longyi also noticed Tengyuan Jintai and the others, stood up, walked over to them, and saluted, saying: "Chief Tengyuan, long time no see."

"This time, it might be a permanent farewell."

"Once I get this evidence, you're completely done for!"

"By then, your name will be forever nailed to the pillar of shame!"

Tengyuan Jintai gave a light snort, which counted as a greeting.

Immediately afterward, Gao Tian Longyi turned his gaze toward Chen Yongren.

"Are you Chen Yongren?"

"I didn't expect Chief Gao Tian to know my name; truly makes this humble servant feel honored." Chen Yongren stood at attention and saluted.

"I will certainly remember your name." Gao Tian Longyi laughed and said: "You know, before you came, what did I say to the commander?"