The First Volume: The Hollow Spirit Chapter 21: Splitting the Gold Bar

  The five deceased each received a consolation payment of 200 silver dollars and half a gold bar. Shi Ankou no longer cared about the dead, he had to take care of the living. The three injured people each received a consolation payment of 100 silver dollars plus a reward of half a gold bar, so Wang Yaoyu also got an extra 100 silver dollars and half a gold bar. Next was how much each shareholder could get.

  Each member of the two squads received one gold bar. The two squad leaders each received two gold bars. The two deputy squad leaders each received three gold bars. In the end, there were only two left, which Shi An Guo didn't use. He handed them over to Mao Zi, telling him to use those two gold bars to buy British-style submachine gun bullets. The two British-style submachine guns they had captured last time could still be used, but there were only thirty bullets left, the rest having been shot out during the firefight.

  Everyone was delighted to have received the gold bars they wanted. Only Leyu calmly put the gold bar into his arms. At this time, Wang Yaoyu also smiled, he had to follow everyone's laughter, so as not to make himself out of place with others.

  "I'm telling you again, reminding you all. You only have one month's time and must achieve results. If you take the gold bars to indulge in pleasures and forget about the time, doing nothing at all, then don't blame Shi An Guo for being impolite. Dismissed!"

  Before Shi An Guo left, he had been staring at Wang Yao Zu, which was absolutely a threat. Wang Yao Zu understood this in his heart. Shi An Guo wanted to make himself the supervisor, and if he failed in the end and did not meet Shi An Guo's requirements, then Shi An Guo would be the first to severely punish Wang Yao Zu.

  "Deputy Director Wang, can we catch the person we want to catch within this month?" As soon as Shi Ankou left, Tie Tou started to worry. Now is the time when everyone should work together in harmony. If things go wrong, Wang Yaoyu will be out of luck, and the two team leaders will also be out of luck.

  "Why don't I go find some of the Green Gang brothers? I bet you can't. There are so many Green Gang members in Shanghai, and yet you can't even catch one. Even if we can't catch the person we want to catch, at least we can catch a bunch of suspected Communist Party members!"

  Wang Ya Zu knew what Maozi meant, this was something the Shanghai police often did. If the police couldn't crack a case, they would find someone from the Green Gang to take the fall. They could immediately find someone to come out and confess. In Shanghai, as long as you had money, you could buy a life. To find some scapegoats, one gold bar could get ten people.

  "A month's time, it's long if you say it's long, and short if you say it's short. As long as everyone cheers up, it's not a big deal to catch some real communist suspects in a month. In short, do a good job, don't take any crooked paths, old Stone isn't that easy to fool. If we do well, we'll also get more benefits."

  Wang Ya Zu's concern at this time was not whether he could catch the Communist Party suspects, but rather that increasingly close deal, which was the big head! However, the small head also had to be taken care of. Wang Ya Zu, an outsider, was able to establish such a large network in Shanghai in such a short period of time because of his identity as a stock investigator in Shanghai. An hour later, it was noon again. According to regulations, everyone had to eat the pig food sent by the Garrison Command. However, this time Shi An Gu seemed to have come up with an idea. He no longer called the Garrison Command to order meals, but instead told everyone that they could let one person go outside to find a restaurant and place orders for meals.

  Everyone was overjoyed, although everyone's tastes were different. At least they didn't have to eat the swill from the Garrison Command anymore. The person in the dorm who was most often ordered around to run errands was immediately called out, and everyone told the person who could write to take note of what dishes they wanted to eat on a piece of paper, and gave them money to go order takeout outside.

  "Everyone is busy! It's time for dinner, our commander saw that none of you called to ask about the food, so he asked me to help deliver the cooked meals. Am I not being considerate enough, brother?"

  The person who went to order food had not returned yet, when Vice Officer Yan came in with two big soldiers. The two soldiers put the lunch boxes on the ground. Nobody in the hall paid attention to him, so only Wang Ya-zu went to receive Yan Song.

  "Sorry to trouble you, Deputy Director Yan. These days, the brothers are really too exhausted. For catching Communist Party members, for the party and country, for the people of Shanghai, the brothers have all been worn out. Please don't mind, Deputy Director Yan."

  Wang Yaoyu spoke in a formal tone, to put it nicely. Yan Song didn't dare make a scene here. He didn't even dare say anything bad about him, and he knew very well that he was the least valued among Commander Xiong's several deputy officers, which is why he had been assigned to be in charge of contacting the Shanghai Investigation Unit.

  "For the sake of the party and country, I can totally understand this. The food is still hot, everyone come and eat quickly. It's time for dinner and everyone must be hungry, this is also one of Commander Xiong's considerations."

  Yan Deputy didn't mention Commander Xiong, that's fine. As soon as he mentioned Commander Xiong, a group of people got angry. Not one person didn't think about how bad the food was that Commander Xiong made them eat. After eating, their throats were very uncomfortable. A group of people stared at Deputy Yan with angry eyes.

  "Come on, hurry up and follow me!" Wang Yaoyu temporarily didn't want to cut off Yan Song's line. With Yan Song's help, Wang Yaoyu could also utilize his connections in the Public Security Command Center.

  Wang Yaoyu didn't care about the food and the two soldiers anymore. He first pulled Yan Song into the conference room next door, closed the door and asked: "Deputy Yan, are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid?! Commander Xiong's relationship with our investigation department is not unknown to you. Talking about those dishes, even I got angry. Aren't you looking for trouble? Today Old Stone was lenient and let us order takeout outside. If you have anything to ask, can't you just ask me directly?"

  Wang Yaozu is now very close to Yan Song, and Yan Song is also very moved. Yan Song is not a fool, but he was forced by his superiors to come here to be scolded, or even beaten.

  "Still, you're a good friend and brother! I'll tell you the truth. The other day, your people made such a big fuss, five people even died. But in the end, no one informed our Garrison Command according to regulations. This made Commander Xiong very angry, and the other deputy officers also became suspicious, so they sent me, this unlucky guy, to come and test the waters."

  "You're really unlucky. But let's not lie to each other either. Did your military also participate in the arms deal at the police station? Otherwise, how could those useless people from the police station get their hands on British-made submachine guns and hand grenades? That night, we were clearly set up, Old Stone's intelligence had some problems. I think no matter who it is, nobody wants to make a big deal out of this, right?"

  I didn't expect to be guessed by Wang Yaowu so quickly, and Yan Song could only nod his head in force. Shi Anguo's action this time was quite fast, by the time Commander Xiong wanted to intervene, the matter had already been reported to Nanjing.

  "I'll be straightforward with you, brother. I'm really unlucky, this matter has nothing to do with me at all. It's entirely the doing of Commander Xiong's two most trusted deputies. They've benefited a lot from this, but they never gave me a single silver coin. Now that something's happened, they're pushing me out instead. Who did I provoke? Why do I always encounter such unlucky things? Brother, you have to help me come up with a plan."

  In the officialdom, one can only believe seven parts. Wang Yaowu would rather die than believe that Yan Song didn't gain any benefits from this matter. The biggest taboo in officialdom is to eat alone, whoever eats alone will eventually suffer a great calamity.

  "You go back and tell Commander Xiong, say that Old Stone received a message, there are Communist suspects attempting to conduct arms transactions on that night. Because there is news that this is related to people in the Garrison Command, that's why we didn't notify the Garrison Command. This matter has also been noticed by Nanjing, with submachine guns and hand grenades, the officials in Nanjing are very concerned. It's best to just let this matter drop."

  Yan Song got the message he wanted, and Wang Yaozu also gained some intelligence. Both of them had something to gain, so there was no need to waste any more time. Yan Song nodded his head and was about to leave when he suddenly asked a question that made Wang Yaozu somewhat angry.

  "What about these dishes? These are the hard work of our garrison's kitchen staff. How can we just waste food like this?"

  Wang Yaoyu couldn't bear it anymore, sometimes Yan Song was really like a fool. Wang Yaoyu loudly shouted on behalf of everyone: "If you're afraid of wasting food, take it back and eat it yourself! Every time the dishes are either too salty or too spicy, half of them are overcooked. Tell your cook not to be so excessive! It's too easy to deal with a few ordinary soldiers! Take this meal away and throw it out yourself, Deputy Yan!"

  "I'm afraid I can't do that, it's really a waste of food. Besides, this is also what Commander Xiong ordered me to bring over, and I really have no way to do it that way. In short, the meal is here, you decide how to deal with it yourself. I'll take the message back, goodbye."

  Yan Song left like this, both lunch boxes were placed on the ground, Wang Yaozu found some tea to soothe his throat. Gunsmoke Silent Volume 1 Empty Spirit Chapter 21 Divide the Gold Bar