Chapter 84: Throw Him to the Dogs

"If they die, this play can't go on." Chen Yongren laughed.

Zhang Haifeng didn't understand: "Play?"

"Do you think the little devils will let him go after Hu Xingrui returns this time?" Chen Yongren said.

Zhang Haifeng thought for a moment, then suddenly understood.

Teng Yuan Jintai had long suspected there was a mole inside the police station, but now they fell into an ambush under Hu Xingrui's leadership, almost the entire army was wiped out.

The little devils will surely suspect that Hu Xingrui betrayed them.

On the contrary, if Hu Xingrui died here, it would instead confirm his identity as a loyal subject and good citizen.

Only if Hu Xingrui returns alive will the Japanese blame all suspicions and guesses on him.

Treat him as the Chinese agent hiding in the police station.

"Our station chief really isn't simple; this time Hu Xingrui is definitely done for." Zhang Haifeng sighed from the heart, his eyes filled with a hint of longing.

"It's a pity the station chief has always been mysterious; I don't know when I'll get to see him."

"You've seen him now," Chen Yongren said. "The mission is complete; we should withdraw quickly, otherwise once the Japanese reinforcements arrive, it'll be hard to retreat."

Zhang Haifeng nodded in deep agreement.

The two each walked toward their own directions.

When his subordinates killed Japanese spies, they earned many rewards from a lottery, and Chen Yongren also wanted to hurry home to see what goodies the system had given.

……

Police station.

Japanese military police had already imposed martial law in the police station.

Teng Yuan Jintai sat in a chair, patiently waiting for Gao Liu Xiuji to bring back the good news of victory.

Suddenly.

Teng Yuan Jintai heard some movement coming from outside the door.

He looked up.

He saw Gao Liu Xiuji holding a pistol in one hand and Hu Xingrui in the other, striding quickly into the police station.

"Kneel!" Gao Liu Xiuji kicked Hu Xingrui to the ground with a kick.

Hu Xingrui groaned, lying on the ground trembling.

"Mr. Gao, what's going on!" Teng Yuan Jintai stood up and asked.

"Major His Excellency, No. 5, North Jinzhou Road is a trap; we were ambushed there by the enemy, and only I managed to withdraw!" Gao Liu Xiuji said with a sorrowful face, recounting the whole story.

He then pointed at Hu Xingrui and shouted angrily.

"Major His Excellency, Hu Xingrui definitely betrayed us!"

"He colluded with agents from the Military Intelligence Bureau, deliberately luring us into the courtyard of North Jinzhou Road!"

"What?" Teng Yuan Jintai was startled in his heart.

"Sir, I am loyal to the locust army; how could I betray you? You must believe me!" Hu Xingrui trembled with fear.

"Really, someone forced me to cooperate at gunpoint; I pretended to surrender, and as soon as I got the news I immediately came to report to you."

"Then why did they pick on nobody else but you!" Gao Liu Xiuji kicked him hard, as if recalling something.

He took out several letters from his pocket and respectfully handed them to Teng Yuan Jintai: "Major His Excellency, I also found a few letters inside the No. 5 Courtyard; please have a look!"

"Letters?"

Teng Yuan Jintai looked doubtful, took the letters, and casually opened one.

The envelope contained two sheets of paper.

Among them was also a map of the Songhu Railway Station, along with detailed information about the station.

Teng Yuan Jintai's old face darkened, and he hurriedly opened another letter.

The gist of the letter's content was: "Brother, I obtained this intelligence with great difficulty."

"Please ask Boss Dai for more bonuses!"

The handwriting on this letter is exactly the same as the documents Hu Xingrui wrote on the desk.

Teng Yuan Jintai's face changed drastically, and he opened several more letters in succession, discovering they were all intelligence about the Songhu battlefield.

Every letter ended with a demand for money, completely matching Hu Xingrui's greedy-for-money character setting.

Especially the most recent one.

Hu Xingrui said he had important intelligence to report, requesting a meeting at No. 5, North Jinzhou Road, which coincidentally matched today's events.

"You idiot!"

Teng Yuan Jintai snapped his head up, glaring fiercely at Hu Xingrui.

The mole in the police station turned out to be Hu Xingrui?

Meeting Teng Yuan Jintai's gaze, Hu Xingrui felt a bit fearful: "Sir, you must believe me; this really has nothing to do with me..."

"Nothing to do with me?" Teng Yuan Jintai threw the letter at his face, snarling: "Do you mean to say these letters also have nothing to do with you?"

Hu Xingrui hurriedly picked up the letters from the ground; upon seeing the contents, his face instantly turned deathly pale.

"Sir, I never wrote these letters!" Hu Xingrui trembled with fear.

"The handwriting on the letter looks like chicken scratch—who else could write it but you!" Teng Yuan Jintai kicked him hard, saying to Gao Liu Xiuji.

"This is a setup, sir—someone is trying to frame me!" Hu Xingrui wanted to cry but had no tears, about to defend himself.

A shout rang out from outside the police station.

"Where are the police? You chiefs have killed someone!"

Next, a plump figure ran in from outside the police station; seeing a bunch of Japanese soldiers, the person froze, frightened into standing frozen without daring to speak.

"'Madam, why did you come here?' Hu Xingrui looked toward the voice and froze.

The person who came was no one else, but the madam of the Beautiful Autumn Courtyard.

"You still have the nerve to speak!" the madam pointed at Hu Xingrui and cursed.

"Hu Xingrui, you bastard, how good Xiao Cui was to you!"

"Why did you kill her!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Xingrui was completely dazed.

"When did I kill her?"

"Immediately tie up Hu Xingrui, interrogate him under torture, send someone to interrogate that woman, and find out everything related to Xiao Cui!"

"Also send people to search his residence thoroughly, leaving no corner unchecked!" Fujiwara Chikata ordered with a dark face.

"Hai!" two Japanese military police responded, and directly dragged Hu Xingrui into the prison cell.

Takayasu Hideyoshi also brought people to search Hu Xingrui's residence.

As expected, he soon found in a hidden compartment of Hu Xingrui's residence the commendation letter and gold bars meticulously prepared by Chen Yongren.

Takayasu Hideyoshi immediately brought these pieces of evidence back to the police station and presented them to Fujiwara Chikata, speaking harshly.

"Major His Excellency, Hu Xingrui is indeed a spy of the Military Intelligence Bureau!"

"We found in his residence the Military Intelligence Bureau's commendation letter and reward for him!"

Fujiwara Chikata flipped through these pieces of evidence, his face growing darker.

Originally he had been doubtful whether the letter discovered in the Fifth Courtyard had appeared too coincidentally.

Now upon looking, everything became clear.

Hu Xingrui was a senior spy left in Songhu by the Military Intelligence Bureau; his main task was to pretend to surrender to the Japanese in order to gather various intelligence.

Fujiwara Chikata hurried into the prison cell, clutching the letter and gold bars.

"My lord, I…" Seeing the two enter, the battered Hu Xingrui, barely recognizable as human, was about to speak.

Fujiwara Chikata then rudely interrupted him: "You and the Military Intelligence Bureau's contact letter and the reward they gave you, we have found them both; what else do you have to say!"

Hu Xingrui still tried to defend himself: "My lord, if I really had a problem, why would I have come back? I would have already found a way to escape."

"Now that it's come to this, you're still making excuses; if I hadn't caught you in time, you would have already fled!" Takayasu Hideyoshi pointed at Hu Xingrui and shouted angrily.

"My lord, I'm being wronged; if I had framed you, how would the other side have shot at me?"

Takayasu Hideyoshi said: "Hmph! This must be your bitter ploy!"

Saying this, he raised his head to Fujiwara Chikata and said: "Officer, imagine if I and my fellow colleagues all failed to return."

"At that point, with no dead to testify against, Hu Xingrui could distort the truth and continue hiding."

Fujiwara Chikata remained silent with a dark face; this analysis was not without reason.

Especially the prostitute who overheard their conversation.

It must be that Hu Xingrui killed her because he feared she would leak the contents of their talk.

"Once this woman is dead, what the two discussed will be whatever Hu Xingrui makes up."

The evidence was solid; Fujiwara Chikata no longer wanted to waste time, drew his pistol, and walked into the prison cell.

"My lord, I, I didn't really…" the battered, barely recognizable Hu Xingrui still tried to make excuses.

But Fujiwara Chikata had already raised his gun and was pulling the trigger.

"Bang bang bang~"

The rapid gunfire suddenly rang out; Hu Xingrui was shot full of holes, his head lolled to the side, and he fell completely still.

"Take his corpse to feed the dogs!" Fujiwara Chikata roared.

"Right away!"