On September 28, 1938, Doihara Kenji, accompanied by Cen Deguang, visited Tang Shaoyi.

The two talked secretly for an hour.

After learning the news, Zhou Weilong, the head of the Shanghai latent zone of the military command, quickly reported it to Chongqing.

After learning about this, the Chairman personally ordered Zhou Weilong:

Get rid of Tang Shaoyi.

Dai Li immediately gave this instruction to the Shanghai District of Military Command.

Zhou Weilong personally deployed the assassination operation of the Tang Dynasty, and the military command assassin, Dai Liai general Zhao Lijun, carried out the concrete execution.

Near Tang Shaoyi's villa, the public concession police took special security measures, sending out many Annan policemen to patrol, and setting up guards at the door to prevent anyone from entering or exiting at will.

In this case, he was happy to be at ease, living in seclusion, staying in an apartment at sea for the time being, and waiting to be revived.

Every morning, he first went to the Xinghua House on Sima Road to have morning tea. In addition to the exquisite Guangbang pastries, he also drank some ginseng soup, deer antler soup and the like to replenish his vitality.

When he is at home, he entertains himself by appreciating antiques. He is especially interested in porcelain. He is a connoisseur. He often touches and plays with treasures from past dynasties and cannot put them down.

And this also gave Zhao Lijun an excellent opportunity to assassinate!

September 29, 1938.

Xie Zhipan, an insider arranged by the military commander, led military commanders in civilian clothes, posing as antique dealers, and drove straight to the Tang residence.

Xie Zhipan was a disciple of an old friend of Tang Shaoyi, and he often visited Tang Shaoyi's place. This time, he was also bribed by the military commander.

When they arrived at the house, Annan's guards searched him carefully, but except for a few antiques, there were no flaws.

After the housekeeper led the group of them to the reception room and sat down, Tang Shaoyi slowly came down from upstairs.

Xie Zhipan hurried forward with a smile on his face: "Sir, many of the refugees in the public concession have valuable antiques, and they are willing to sell them at a low price."

Then he pointed at these "antique dealers" and said: "They know that the master likes them, so they specially selected a few to send them. I respectfully invite the master to take a look."

After saying that, he handed over several splendid boxes containing antiques.

Tang Shaoyi held a magnifying glass in her hand and carefully looked at several antiques one by one. She repeatedly praised: "Good things, good things! Please give me a price."

Xie Zhipan casually quoted the price, and the sale was concluded, and several mysterious antique dealers walked away.

It turns out that this is just an exercise for military command personnel to ensure that their attack tomorrow will be foolproof.

They discovered that Tang Shaoyi was obsessed with antiques. She always received visiting antique dealers in person. For particularly precious goods, she would send off the servants and close the door tightly to prevent outsiders from peeking. This was the perfect opportunity to take action.

A careful assassination plan was planned.

On the morning of September 30th, there was a drizzle of autumn wind and heavy gloom.

A blue car drove straight to the gate of Tangzhai.

Xie Zhipan and three other people got out of the car. Seeing that they were regular customers, the Annan guard opened the iron door and let them through.

Xie Zhipan was wearing a blue suit, and Zhao Lijun, the military special agent who personally carried out the operation, was dressed as an antique dealer and wore a light gray serge gown. The two walked side by side.

Following behind were the military killers Wang Xingguo and Li Ada, dressed as clerks and carrying a large suitcase containing antiques.

There is indeed good stuff in the box,

A large vase made by the Southern Song Dynasty, a sword said to be worn by Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, and several antiques.

Of course, there is also a sharp small steel ax hidden in the large Southern Song Dynasty vase.

A group of four people came to the living room. The housekeeper had already gone upstairs to report to Tang Shaoyi, thanking the young master for bringing someone to sell antiques again, and asked the master to come downstairs to take a look. After a while, Tang Shaoyi went downstairs to chat with the visitor.

After the guests and hosts were seated, Zhao Lijun took out the sword first, walked up to Tang Shaoyi, and said: "This sword was used by Qi Jiguang when he fought against the Japanese. It is priceless. Please take a look at it, Prime Minister Tang."

Tang Shaoyi took the sword and played with it for a while, frowning slightly.

He then said in the tone of an expert connoisseur: "I'm afraid it's not the real thing. Soldiers in the Ming Dynasty wore more swords than swords. The famous Japanese sword that General Qi used to confront the Japanese pirate Feng Dy."

The two bargained and argued over the price.

At this time, in order to lighten the atmosphere, Tang Shaoyi said to the servant standing aside: "Light the cigarette for the guest."

But there were no matches in the room, so the servant went out to get them.

Seeing that the time had come, Zhao Lijun signaled Li Ada to take action with his eyes.

When Tang Shaoyi turned around and stared down at other antiques, Li Ada quickly took out the small steel ax from the Southern Song Dynasty vase.

He walked around behind Tang Shaoyi and chopped off his head suddenly.

Before Tang Shaoyi could even hum, he collapsed, his brains flying and blood gushing out.

Seeing that the work was done, Zhao Lijun asked everyone to go out and get in the car quickly.

When they arrived at the door of the room, Xie Zhipan and Zhao Lijun spoke eloquently, saying: "There is no need to see Prime Minister Tang off, stay here, stay here."

After closing the door and coming out, the four of them bowed to the door again, appearing extremely respectful.

The bodyguards and servants outside the door had no doubts when they saw this situation.

They walked out of the door slowly and hurriedly, got into the blue car that had not been turned off, and drove away at lightning speed.

Several servants vaguely remembered that the license plate number was 6312.

Tang Shaoyi was the founding father of the Republic of China and had a distinguished reputation.

His murder instantly shocked the public settlement.

After the patrol room learned that Tang Shaoyi had been assassinated, it immediately dispatched a large number of armed patrol officers to the scene and sent an armored vehicle to guard the intersection.

At the same time, use phone calls to notify patrol offices in various places to be on the lookout for blue car No. 6312.

At noon, an armored vehicle found the empty blue car at the intersection of Maggie Road and Bishop Yao.

After investigation, it was found that the car number was 6312, which was owned by a taxi company and was rented by an unknown person a few days ago.

The murderer was obviously well prepared, and this clue was cut off.

Another patrol, based on the address of Xie Zhipan's home provided by the Tang family, went straight to No. 275 Ladu Road in the public concession to search, but the building was already empty.

Tang Shaoyi was seriously injured after being stabbed and was rushed to the nearby Guangci Hospital for emergency treatment. She was already dying when she arrived at the hospital.

The doctor gave him a cardiac injection and a blood transfusion of 2000cc, but it still didn't work and he remained in a coma.

At 4 p.m. that day, Tang Shaoyi finally died.

Shanghai newspapers published the news one after another:

"Tang Shaoyi was assassinated and killed".

After the autopsy was carried out in the French Concession, the body was taken away by relatives and children of the Tang family, and a memorial hall was set up at the Wanguo Funeral Home on Jiaozhou Road. It was not a lonely thing after his death.

After several assassins escaped, they went straight to Dai Li's family in Chongqing to seek rewards.

Zhao Lijun's military rank was promoted to colonel.

Wang Xingguo and Li Ada also had their own uses.

However, Xie Zhipan, who was bribed, was not experienced enough and was always in panic afterwards. Because of his special relationship with Tang Shaoyi, he became a little mentally disturbed after escaping to Chongqing. He often said to himself: "I'm sorry for Uncle Tang!"

As a result, it was impossible to arrange for him to work, so he was temporarily accommodated in a hotel. Soon, it was said that he had schizophrenia, and he was sent to a hospital for treatment and was locked up in a special intensive care unit.

Zhou Weilong, who successfully directed this major assassination of the Tang Dynasty, was truly glorious.
Chapter completed!