The First Volume: The Hollow Spirit Chapter 30: Everyone Contributes Money

  The matter has become so big that all the major newspapers naturally want to follow up on it. The Chinese people in Shanghai also want to see what will happen next? Whether they are Easterners or Westerners, Japanese or French, they are not good things! Many people want to see dogs biting each other, and the more of those foreigners who bully Chinese people die, the better.

  But to everyone's surprise, Anthony, the consul of the French concession who was originally tough, suddenly disappeared. The French concession also suddenly calmed down, and whether it was reporters from various newspapers or Japanese spies, they only saw that everything in the French consulate had returned to normal, eerily calm.

  Wang Yaoyu went to work on time as usual, and the deadline set by Shi Ankang was only half a month away. The people in the stock were getting anxious, they really didn't have any clues, if it was that easy to catch, those useless police would be enough, there was no need for the investigation team at all.

  At noon, Wang Yaozu went out to eat. It was rare that Tie Tou and Mao Zi sat at the same table for a meal. There were only three people at the table, but there were seven dishes. Of course, the other person was Wang Yaozu.

  A table of good dishes, unfortunately Tie Tou and Mao Zi didn't have much appetite, but before Wang Yaozu finished eating, the two temporarily stopped talking. Wang Yaozu looked at the table of good dishes and really didn't want to waste them, so he only ate half a bowl of plain rice and treated the dishes as his main course.

  It wasn't easy for Wang Yaowu to finish eating, Tie Tou and Mao Zi temporarily didn't call the partners over to clean up, and Mao Zi even personally helped Wang Yaowu pour a cup of tea, letting Wang Yaowu drink tea to help with digestion. Unfortunately, Wang Yaowu doesn't smoke, otherwise Tie Tou would have definitely helped Wang Yaowu light a cigarette.

  "Vice Captain Wang, it's been half a month since this happened, but no matter how hard the brothers work, there's still no result. If things keep going like this, we'll all be out of luck, especially you, Vice Captain Wang - you're the one who will be held responsible! If all else fails, I'll go buy some heads to bring back. Twenty silver dollars for a life!"

  When he heard that a life was worth twenty silver coins, Wang Yaozu involuntarily let out a cold laugh. Sometimes human lives are really worthless, just like Tie Tou and Mao Zi, who spent at least two hundred silver coins per month, not counting the money they saved to buy land and luxury goods. Now, for them to eat this table of dishes would cost just over one silver coin, but outside, there were people who couldn't even afford a bowl of plain rice. In order to let their families survive, some people didn't hesitate to sell their lives for twenty silver coins.

  "If you think you can fool Old Stone, then go ahead. Unfortunately, Old Stone is not that easy to fool. And things are not that simple, Old Stone wants the living. The people caught and their accomplices, truly put to death are not many, the key is to get a confession. As long as they are willing to confess, lock them up for a few years to reflect, everything will be fine. In order to get a confession, you all saw the torture methods used on those people, those people may not fear death, but who can guarantee they won't fear suffering, when the time comes and they can't bear it, they'll say everything, and we three will lose our official positions."

  Wang Yaoyu judged that in the worst case, Lao Shitou would not kick them out of the Central Investigation Department, but at that time, all three of them would become ordinary members, and they wouldn't even be as good as that guy who ran errands every day.

  Mao didn't say a word. Let him go alone to fight with the real desperate, he may not die yet. But if he is no longer the head of Shanghai Investigation Team, then he will really die. In less than three years, Mao relied on his identity as the team leader and mixed well in Shanghai, but also offended many people, and there were a group of people eyeing his position. Once a person loses power, they will only be pushed down by everyone, and some people want to get rid of him.

  "Deputy Commander Wang, I'm a rough man, only knowing how to practice martial arts and shoot people. I don't have many fancy ideas, can't think of any clever tricks. Deputy Commander Wang, you've studied abroad, your vision is broader than ours, your brain is smarter than ours, so this time you must have a good plan, right?"

  When he saw Mao, he didn't say a word. It was hard to get the chance to strike at Mao, and Tie Xuan certainly wouldn't let it go. However, Tie Xuan really wasn't very good at speaking, and the two words "flower intestine" and "rotten idea" actually implicated Wang Yaowu as well.

  "Everyone prepare your money, at least three hundred silver dollars. With money, things can be done easily. Since we can't find any clues, let's just buy some clues with money. In this Shanghai, it's not just our family who wants to catch **."

  "Three hundred silver dollars for information?" Tie Tou and Mao Zi looked at each other, neither of them quite understanding what Wang Ya Zu meant. However, in this Shanghai beach, there were indeed many people who wanted to catch ***, and both the black and white ways were everywhere.

  "Vice Captain Wang, who are we going to buy information from? This three hundred taels of silver is a lot, no matter how you say it. It's not easy for the brothers to take out so much money at once." The money spent on food and drink is different from the money spent on other things, the feeling is very different. Wang Ya Zu opened his mouth and said three hundred taels of silver this time, averaging fifteen taels per person. If you go to a brothel to drink flower wine, even the best prostitute won't use up ten taels of silver. If it's buying someone's head, two or three people's money will also be split evenly.

  "You can't get information from the Garrison Command without paying a high price. Besides, it's just taking out some of the gold bars we got at first. You all know what kind of person Vice Officer Yan is. With his temper, he'd lose millions in wealth. Moreover, they have more people than us and their information is more timely. Commander Xiong always wants to compete with us to see who can catch more, just to save face for our Investigation Department. Last time we took the lead, half of the Garrison Command has been busy finding clues to catch the big fish."

  Wang Yaizu lowered his voice, but Tie Tou and Mao Zi were listening intently, they also wanted to analyze it in their hearts. The result of the analysis was that it was feasible, Yan Deputy Officer's gambling habit and that temper not only the people in the Guard Command Department knew, but also the people in the Investigation Division knew. At the same time, they also knew that Yan Deputy Officer was not very popular in the Guard Command Department, his heart must have grievances.

  "Just do it, go back and tell your brothers immediately, everyone contributes a little bit, no problem!"

  "It's all up to Vice Director Wang from now on. Only Vice Director Wang can persuade Deputy Officer Yan, so our future is entirely in the hands of Vice Director Wang."

  As a result, after one meal, the responsibility was pushed to Wang Yaozu's side again. However, for such a sure thing like this, Wang Yaozu is not afraid to take any responsibility. As long as things are done well, he will have more prestige in the stock and be more awe-inspiring to his subordinates.

  To aid digestion, Wang Ya-zu walked slowly back to the small building, a group of people beside him trying to control their pace. Having eaten too much, how could Wang Ya-zu walk quickly? By the time they returned to the office, it was already two o'clock.

  "King Ya Zu, come in!" Just as King Ya Zu entered the office, he saw Le Yun Xin meditating with his eyes closed and was about to go wake him up. Suddenly, he heard Shi An Guo's loud voice calling out from inside the office, which startled Le Yun Xin awake.

  Wang Yaozu felt that he was very unlucky. He had just managed to deal with two small troubles during dinner, and now he had to deal with the big trouble in the room. But this big trouble really wasn't delayed at all, Wang Yaozu opened the door and went straight in.

  Shi Ankou seemed to have just rested and was wiping his face with a towel, with sweat stains still on the desk. On such a hot day, Shi Ankou spent most of his time in this sweltering office, yet he never took off his shirt. Wang Yaowu really admired him for that. If it were Wang Yaowu, he would have stripped down to just his underwear if he had to stay here for an hour.

  After washing his face, Shi Ankou became much more alert. But this was not good news for Wang Yaoyu. At this time, Wang Yaoyu hoped that Shi Ankou would be as confused as possible, or even better, not wake up at all.

  "Wang Ya Zu, I heard that you know Antoine from the French Consulate in the French Concession. You must have met him when you were studying in France?" Shi An Guo's so-called "hearing" and "asking" was actually a confirmation from the start. But Shi An Guo generally liked to ask anyway, if someone denied it, then there would be a problem!

  "We are still friends now, and not long ago I even went to the French Consulate to have tea with him together. What's wrong, old stone?" Wang Yaoyu replied very directly, then asked back.

  "Is the problem big?! This has something to do with that French soldier who died in the concession!" Shi An Guo's expression turned serious immediately after confirming, and he reached out to pull open the drawer of his office desk! Gunsmoke Silent Volume 1 Empty Spirit Chapter 30 Everyone Contributes Money