As Zhang Xu tearfully told his story, Zhou Ke gradually understood the general context of the matter.

Zhang Xu's sister and seven other colleagues from the Manchuria Railway were recently on business in Shanghai. As a brother who is doing quite well now, Zhang Xu naturally planned to play the role of host and treat his sister to a meal.

But who would have thought that at the appointed time, his sister and her colleagues did not show up. Finally, Zhang Xu felt that something was not right and contacted the Special High Technology Department, only to find out that his sister was captured by No. 76.

It was no secret that Zhou Ke was the special military adviser of No. 76, so Zhang Xu came to Zhou Ke for help.

"Ms. Yunko, I'm Jinpei Matsuda. Did our No. 76 unit catch any of the Mantetsu people today?" Seeing that the sun was setting, Zhou Ke did not set out immediately, but instead called Nanzō Yunko directly.

"Mr. Matsuda, this is true. It was Director Zhang from your bureau who contacted you, right? Mr. Matsuda, if it's convenient for you, please come to Room 76 with Director Zhang. I need your help with something. We also need Director Zhang's cooperation here. I won't ask anyone to notify him." Nanzō Yunko didn't say much on the phone, but just asked Zhou Ke to take people over.

"Well, I'm just asking for him. I'm very hungry now and I'm going to have dinner first!" Zhou Ke complained. He didn't want to get too involved in Zhang Xu's sister's affairs. He originally just wanted to make a phone call to ask about the situation, but it seemed that he was dragged into it.

"Mr. Matsuda, if you're free, come over quickly. I'm short of staff here. The new chef in the cafeteria at No. 76 makes delicious noodles. If you're hungry later, I'll ask him to cook it for you." After saying this, Nanzō Yunko hung up the phone without waiting for Zhou Ke's reply.

"Let's go, No. 76 needs you to go over there, and now I have a job to do!" Zhou Ke put on his military cap helplessly and prepared to take Zhang Xu out.

"Sir, I have something to report!" As soon as Zhou Ke opened the door, he saw No. 3, who was panting, just coming to the door.

"Go wait for me downstairs first. I'll take care of some things and then we'll leave." Zhou Ke gave Zhang Xu an instruction and let No. 3 into the house.

"What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?" After making sure that Zhang Xu had gone far away, Zhou Ke asked in a low voice.

"Master, look at this." No. 3 took out a wrinkled photo from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Ke.

It was a photo of a beautiful girl in fashionable clothes. Judging from the photo, the girl should not be very old. After Zhou Ke opened the photo, he found a message from Lao Sun on the back: Zhang Xue, a clerk of the Manchurian Railway Company, has disappeared today. Please find out her whereabouts as soon as possible.

The girl in the photo was the one Zhang Xu had just shown Zhou Ke. Although she was dressed differently and was a different age, she could still be vaguely recognized as the same person.

Zhou Ke whispered a few words to No. 76, burned the photos in the brazier used in the office to destroy documents, and crushed them into ashes before going downstairs to No. with Zhang Xu.

As soon as the car stopped in the yard, Nan Zao Yunzi came over with a middle-aged man whom Zhou Ke had never seen before. The middle-aged man was very thin, shorter than Yokoyama Yong, and had a flat beard that looked very wretched.

"You are Zhang Xue's brother Zhang Xu, right? I'm Bonegawa Suneo from the Manchurian Railway Investigation Department. I need your cooperation with something!" The wretched middle-aged man automatically glanced past Zhou Ke who was wearing a military uniform, and went straight to the point and spoke to Zhang Xu who was beside Zhou Ke.

"What exactly happened?" Zhou Ke asked Nan Zao Yunzi in front of him without waiting for Zhang Xu to respond.

"Recently, a lot of machine tools and equipment have been hijacked by rebel forces outside the city. In particular, the batch of goods lost by the Manchurian Railway Company is very valuable. We have been ordered to help our colleagues at the Manchurian Railway Company thoroughly investigate the suspects involved in this incident."

After Nanzao Yunzi finished explaining, Zhou Ke found that this was similar to what he had guessed before. It was obvious that these Mantetsu people took the blame for him. But what Zhou Ke wanted to know most at this time was whether that comrade had actually passed on information during his official trip to Shanghai! He had already arranged for No. 3 to ask about this.

"Of course it's our duty to cooperate, but let me make it clear first, just investigate the suspect, and don't bring the matter to the anti-corruption department like before! Especially the people from our Third Branch!" Although Zhou Ke was talking to Nanzō Yunko, Bonekawa Suneo also tactfully agreed.

Seeing that Zhou Ke had made things clear, Zhang Xu had nothing to hide so he asked Zhou Ke to help check on his sister and then followed Bonekawa Suneo to the interrogation room without hesitation.

"We don't actually suspect your Chief Zhang, but he recently met with his suspicious sister, so routine questioning is a must." Nan Zao Yunzi said as she took Zhou Ke to the single cell.

"Ms. Yunzi, what's the matter that you want me to come over? If nothing, I'll leave after seeing the person!" Zhou Ke still looked a little impatient on the surface, but at this moment he really wanted to know what happened to the comrade who was implicated by him.

"Mr. Matsuda, I will be responsible for following up on the Manchuria Railway matter, but there is still a case that is not convenient for Chinese to investigate, so I plan to let your three detective teams investigate it!" Nanzō Yunko's words successfully aroused Zhou Ke's curiosity.

"Ms. Yunzi, what is it that has to be investigated by our own people? Also, Mr. Maori is not one of ours, so it might not be appropriate to ask him to investigate the case?" Zhou Ke thought about what had happened recently, but didn't find any special cases.

"According to our investigation, a batch of machine tools smuggled into Guxi Corporation were also robbed. Our investigation of Guxi's family found that many of these machine tools can be used to produce military equipment..." Nanzō Yunko briefly told Zhou Ke the information she got from the investigation.

The more Nanzao Yunzi talked, the more Zhou Ke thought the matter was a little ridiculous. He even wanted to handcuff himself and tell Nanzao Yunzi that the culprit of the two incidents had been arrested to see how Nanzao Yunzi would react.

"Since Gu Xi's family intends to give this batch of goods to the highest bidder, is it possible that he and the buyer staged this to avoid trouble?" As the murderer, Zhou Ke began to suspect the victim.

"The probability is not high. The eldest son of the head of the Guxi family also died in this robbery. They are unlikely to exchange the life of the future head of the family for that little money! But after hearing what you said, Mr. Matsuda, it seems that it is not completely impossible!" After listening to Zhou Ke's words, Nanzō Yunko thought about it and put the victim, who had been cleared of suspicion, back on the list of suspects.

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