Chapter Five: The Case Occurs

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  Hao Lieguang slowly picked up the water cup from his desk and handed it to the young officer, without any sign of urgency. He said: "Zhiming, don't be so anxious, the French concession has had incidents many times before. Come on, let me introduce you first. This is Xu Wen yuan, a lieutenant who just reported for duty today, also the deputy officer sent by the Central Committee that I told you about earlier." After finishing speaking, he turned to Xu Shao Wen: "Wen Yuan, this is Zheng Zhiming, my formal deputy officer."

  Zheng Zhiming looked like a honest and down-to-earth young man, he immediately changed his urgent appearance earlier, with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand to shake hands with Xu Shaowen, saying: "Welcome, Wen Yuan."

  "Thank you, since Brother Zhiming is the formal deputy officer, there will be many places where I need to learn from you in the future." Xu Shaowen said politely to Zheng Zhiming.

  "Alright, it's best for brothers to unite," Hao Lieguang smiled and turned to ask Zheng Zhiming, "What's wrong, is there another disturbance in the French Concession?"

  Zheng Zhiming has calmed down a bit, and he said: "Just now, an incident occurred at the Weston Club on Luban Huangpu Road. It was Yu Mengqing's second son, Yu Shaojie, who got into a fight with a dancer at the club and smashed two tables."

  "What's so urgent that you have to rush back for such a trivial matter? Are there people going to the police station?" Hao Lieguang asked.

  "The police have gone, and Captain Zhang came to inform us because he couldn't resolve the matter." Zheng Zhiming nodded and replied.

  "Old Zhang said we should arrest Yu Er Gongzi or the dancer from our side? Or bring both back?"

  "It's not that simple," Zheng Zhi Ming sighed, taking the water cup handed to him by Hao Jiguang and drinking a mouthful of water. "The Weston Club is owned by Boss but it was opened in partnership with Yan Wuyi and foreigners."

  "I know this, Yan Wuya is still the major shareholder." Hao Jiguang said.

  "But Yan Wuya and Yu Mengqing are old friends, he will definitely help Yu Er Gongzi." Zheng Zhiming continued.

  "That's easy too, just have the police station send someone to fetch the dancing girl back and it'll be settled." Hao Lieguang said lightly.

  Zheng Zhiming shook his head, and his face turned urgent. "If Yan Wuya and Yu Er Gongzi agree to arrest someone, then this matter wouldn't be so troublesome," he said. "But Yu Er Gongzi is clearly trying to make things difficult for the dancer. He knows that the police station will handle such a small matter perfunctorily, and even if they catch someone today, they might let them go tomorrow. So no matter what the police say, Yu Er Gongzi wants the dancer to compensate Weston's club for their losses first."

  "Hmph," Hao Lieguang sneered, "If I'm not mistaken, Yu Er Gongzi must have asked for a high compensation. That dancer can't afford it."

  Zheng Zhiming nodded and said, "Indeed, the Weston Club at Huangpu Road is now very lively, and the police are also helpless. This kind of trouble can only be handled by us."

  Xu Shaowen, who was standing beside him, furrowed his brow after hearing the whole story and said sternly, "These rich people are really idle and have nothing better to do."

  Hao Lieguang heard Xu Shaowen's words, turned around and smiled at him, saying: "Wenyuan, your words also resonate deeply with me. However, there's no way around it, we know it's a trivial matter, but we can't be careless in handling it, or else it will be difficult for both parties to save face." He paused for a moment, then continued, "Wenyuan, go change into your uniform in the back room first, and let's go together. It's also good for you to get familiar with our way of doing things since it's your first time here."

  Xu Shaowen nodded, then took the distributed military uniform and went to the room behind the office. After a while, he changed into the sky blue uniform of the Shanghai Garrison Command, wearing a big brimmed hat and walked out.

  "Zhiming, go to the dormitory with a few brothers, and there will be more people and momentum." Hao Liangguang said to Zheng Zhiming.

  "No need for such trouble, Lord Hao. There are already eight brothers waiting at Luwan." Zheng Zhiming said.

  "That's it, then let's just forget about it now."

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  The third battalion had less than 200 men, so not even a bus was allocated. Xu Shaowen followed Hao Zhaoguang and Zheng Zhiming on foot to the French concession in Luwan district, where they met up with eight soldiers who were already waiting there, before entering the concession. When crossing the concession line, the French police guarding the border did not obstruct them much, as these military and police personnel had been going in and out of the concession many times before, assisting the police with their work, and as long as they were not too many in number, they were basically not checked.

  When they arrived at the entrance of Weston's club on Huangpu Road, there were still many people gathered outside the gate to watch the excitement. Two men in yellow uniforms stood there, looking very helpless. When the two men saw the arrival of the military police, they let out a sigh of relief, at least this mess could be left for others to clean up.

  "Hao Guandai, you've finally arrived. If we'd kept waiting for this matter to be resolved, my fellow brothers and I would have had to stand at the gate all day," a patrol officer came forward, complaining to Hao Zhaoguang.

  "Where is Zhang Tanlang?" asked Hao Lieguang.

  "In the clubhouse," replied the patrolman.

  Hao Jiguang signaled for eight soldiers to stay outside, then led Xu Shaowen and Zheng Ziming into the Weston Club. The Weston Club was a typical Western-style cabaret, with all decorations and attire of the waiters completely Westernized, and it seemed quite large in scale. However, due to the unexpected incident, the hall was now empty and deserted, with only a few club bouncers, a police inspector from the detective agency, and the two perpetrators of this disturbance present.

  Yu Er Gongzi Yu Shao Yan was wearing a Western-style suit and vest, with a strong smell of alcohol all over his body. He was sitting upright in a plush armchair at the club. Just in front of him, not far away, a young woman had fallen to the ground. The woman was originally wearing a sexy dance dress, but it seemed that after struggling and wrestling, the dress had been torn apart in many places. Her white shoulders were exposed, and if she hadn't covered her chest with both hands, the thin dress would have slipped down long ago.

  The dancer looked quite attractive, but now she was shivering all over, looking pitiful.