Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 38 I doubt your identity

When Doien's secret investigation on Aoki Takashi reached June, Kawamoto Daisaku disappeared inexplicably after that incident!
Before Kawamoto Daisaku disappeared, he left Aoki's house and rushed out of the headquarters compound alone at night! Why was it Aoki again?
The agents sent back to Japan to investigate reported back three important pieces of information:
(1) During his time at the Army Academy, Aoki had a conflict with a Chinese classmate, Chen Jiehua, who looked almost identical to him. This conflict led to the disappearance of that classmate! He disappeared inexplicably! However, another incident occurred at the Army Academy graduation ceremony. After questioning those present at the time, the words of Zhao Yiyue and Aoki Qingxuan were also included in the investigation file!
(2) General Aoki Nobuzumi met Aoki Takashi on the train on his way home. His name at the time was Aoki Aoki. General Aoki Nobuzumi died of a sudden heart attack! The autopsy report also pointed to a heart attack as the cause of his death.
(3) Aoki Seigen left his grandfather's funeral in his hometown early, and soon after returning to school, he suddenly dropped out and went to America! He came back rich! The key is that according to the description of Nagatomo Jiro, the former head of the Army Military Law Department, Aoki Seigen was a solitary person!

"Yo! We've searched the temple!"

Tu Feiyuan is rational, cunning, suspicious, and never believes in coincidences! In his eyes, coincidences are all deliberate arrangements.

The disappearance of classmate Chen Jiehua, the sudden death of General Aoki, and the disappearance of Kawamoto, all of these are related to Aoki Qiao!
Are you a loner? How can you tell you're a loner from your behavior in Northeast China? If you were a loner, I'd be depressed!

Starting from July, Doiyuan's top priority was to find ways to encourage the young marshal to become independent and become a puppet emperor of Manchuria controlled by the Japanese Kwantung Army.

When he was rejected by the Young Marshal and forbidden to enter the Young Marshal's Mansion, Doihara established the Fengtian Secret Service in August.

(A certain library wrote that Doi-hōbō established the Tianjin Secret Service in 1928, the Fengtian Secret Service in 1930, and the Harbin Secret Service in 1932. However, based on multiple sources, the author judged that the Aoki Agency was already in Tianjin. Even if Aoki Nobuzumi died, the Aoki Agency was still there, and the Sakanishi Agency was also in Tianjin. Therefore, it made no sense for Doi-hōbō to establish an independent agency in Tianjin. If there is confirmed historical evidence that Doi-hōbō established the Fengtian Secret Service in 1930, the author can correct it here.)
Doiyuan listed the investigation of Aoki Takashi's case as the second most important task of the agency, and specially arranged for spies to follow the entry records of the cargo ship to investigate Aoki Takashi's industries, economic sources and activities in the United States!

The spy Yoshio Muto tracked all the way to the cargo port terminal in San Francisco, USA. Since Chen Jiehua was under the guidance of the system when he first entered the United States, Yoshio Muto did not find any trace of Aoki Qingxuan's activities. By the time he tracked him to the pharmaceutical factory, it was already October.

Chen Jiehua himself hadn't expected that he'd already exposed so many flaws! And they were huge flaws that couldn't be covered up! This wasn't just a matter of taking too big a step and pulling at his balls, it was even pulling at his pubic bone!

But at present, Yoshio Muto has not returned, and the key phone calls and telegrams have not come back. Doiyuan has not found any evidence against Zhou Yongsu and Liu Junze in Fengtian and Lushun!
So, after monitoring the conversation, the fat man analyzed it briefly and realized that something bad was going to happen!

First, something must have happened to Muto Yoshio, otherwise Aoki Qiao wouldn't have noticed someone was investigating him! It's just that Muto hasn't confessed yet, or he's dead, so Aoki Qiao doesn't know who's investigating him yet!
Second, something happened at his pharmaceutical factory. It had nothing to do with me, but Aoki Qiao clearly wanted to shift the blame for the incident onto the investigators! That means Aoki Qiao has someone behind him! He was speaking to that person! Besides me, who else could have tapped the phone? Kwantung Army Headquarters! Main Headquarters!

The suspicious and thoughtful Doihara thought too much. Based on the information he had investigated about Aoki Takashi, he made up a lot of details in his mind and preliminarily concluded that Aoki Takashi was the white glove of a noble in the headquarters, or directly the emperor's little glove!

However, the death of General Aoki, the disappearance of the Chinese Chen Jiehua, and the disappearance of Colonel Kawamoto still cannot be explained! Unless there is someone behind him helping him, but no matter how you reason, Aoki Qiao's identity is very suspicious!
It's possible that he's Chen Jiehua, as his former classmate Zhao Yiyue from the Army Officer Academy said he was! He killed Qingmu Qingxuan and took his place! The truth is often hidden in the smallest details!
After reasoning to this point, Doiyuan, considering the possible wrath of the big shot who might arrive, could only seek help from his master in advance - Sakanishi Rihachiro, who had been recalled to the headquarters and selected by the Emperor as a member of the House of Peers.

Rihachiro Sakanishi was a genuine disciple of the Aoki school and a rare China expert in Japan. After the emperor ascended the throne, he urgently needed to consolidate his power, strengthen his subordinates and formulate policies toward China. Ningji Okamura recommended his "senior brother".

I couldn't talk about this over the phone. I was monitoring other people's calls, so how could I guarantee that they wouldn't be monitored? On October 1928, 17 (the 10th year of the Republic of China), Doiyuan returned to China under the pretext of reporting on his work and personally visited his master.

(If you have any problems, ask the master to solve them. This is also the case in the country. There is nothing wrong with that.)
November 1928, 3 (Showa 11), Tokyo, at Rihachiro Sakanishi's home.

"As for how to confirm the authenticity of Aoki Qingxuan's identity, I heard Senior Aoki mention it in Peking before. His family has a special identification mark, and only the head of each generation knows it. So, you need to go to Miyazaki Prefecture and find Aoki Ichiro, the head of the Aoki family, to ask."

"Aoki Saburo's wife, Aoki Seigen's mother, Shimazu Kanako, and the Queen's mother, Shimazu Naeko, are sisters. Therefore, Aoki Seigen is the Queen's cousin! Doihara-kun, you need to be cautious!"

"Ha Yi! I understand! Please rest assured, Master!"

After leaving Sakanishi Rihachiro's house, Doi Maru returned to the General Staff Headquarters to report on his work.

On November 11, Doi Yuan took a train to Miyazaki Prefecture and started his journey to track down Aoki Takashi's identity again!
Why is Doiyuan so obsessed with confirming Aoki Qiao's identity? Because Doiyuan believes that Aoki Qiao is 100% an agent!
His background is too powerful, and his fighting power is off the charts, but his identity is questionable. If I don’t figure it out, I will be unable to sleep or eat!
If it is confirmed that the current Qing Mu Qiao is the imposter Chen Jiehua, we must find a way to arrest and interrogate him to find out who he works for! Trace back his entire experience!

If it is confirmed that the current Qingmu Qiao is the real Qingmu Qingxuan, we must also find out who he is working for behind the scenes to avoid accidental injury.

Doizo, who found the Aoki family, did not receive the full support of Saburo Aoki.

"According to the Qingmu family's ancestral precepts, only the clan leader can know the identity of family members. Even if confirmation is required, it must be done by the clan leader himself!"

"Can Mr. Aoki recall Aoki Seigen to confirm his identity? This is very important for the security of the Empire of Japan!"

"Since Lord Doihara has questioned Aoki Seigen's identity, the Aoki family has an obligation to confirm his identity. However, we are unable to contact Aoki Seigen at the moment. We can only take a letter to the Kwantung Army or the port. When you see him, give him the letter from home and ask him to come back."

"Thank you for your support, Aoki-kun!"

(End of this chapter)