Chapter 55: The True Face of Wang Weiye

  Zhang Tao didn't argue, but instead went to Wang Weiye and asked: "Comrade, it seems we have some misunderstanding. We are indeed criminal police from the Public Security Bureau. I just want to ask, what kind of people are you? Which national law did we break that you dared to handcuff a policeman and shoot my colleague dead?"

  Wang Weiye didn't answer Zhang Tao's question, but instead said to Tan Yingchang who was standing beside him: "Unlock their handcuffs. If anyone can escape from my hands, he hasn't been born yet."

  Wang Weiye is now very angry, but he doesn't know how to deal with this matter, after all, Tang Yinglong has already shot and killed someone.

  Wang Weiye lit a cigarette, took a puff, and then very rudely said to Zhang Tao: "Damn it, I believe what you're saying. Since you're a cop, but I've never dealt with cops all these years, we can say that we don't mix water from different wells. Especially today's matter, you guys came to me on your own initiative. And today, you're not wearing uniforms, but dressed like thugs, so I can only handle you according to the underworld rules. I'll give you two options: one is that I'll give you 4 hours, and you take your whole family and run away as far as you can, don't let my men find you, or it's game over for your whole family. The other option is to let them take you away, and I won't interfere with this matter at all. Whether you can get out alive or not, that's not my problem. Now, choose for yourselves."

  When Wang Weiye called himself San Ye, Zhang Tao and the others immediately knew that the person standing in front of them was the notorious underworld boss of the three northeastern provinces, who the police had been trying to catch but couldn't due to lack of evidence, San Ge.

  Now Zhang Tao and his friends are secretly cursing their bad luck, what's wrong with today, they coincidentally found this devil. They now know that the brothers have made a big mistake today. For those who mix in the underworld, they don't take the law seriously at all. Especially for underground black forces with strict organization, even if the public security bureau wants to catch them, it can't find a breakthrough. And people like San Ge, in China's underground black forces, are figures of great importance. Today they openly beat him, which is equivalent to declaring war on the Northeast Three Provinces' underworld. They may not care about their own deaths, but their families will likely suffer.

  Zhang Tao was a bit skeptical. This big shot of the Northeast's underworld, how could he be so young? He asked very cautiously: "Are you really Third Brother?"

  "Hmph" Wang Weiye snorted through his nose, cursing: "Is there still someone in China who dares to impersonate me, San Ye? Screw him, unless he's tired of living and looking for death. Yes, I am the San Ge you're talking about. My name must not be unfamiliar to you cops, and I'm sure you know a lot about me too. Speak up, what do you want to do? In this day and age, those who dare to provoke San Ye are already dead. Don't blame San Ye for being ruthless if you lay hands on me now."

  Wang Weiye's words made people break out in cold sweat. Standing beside Wang Weiye, Sima Youlan was now really afraid, knowing that Wang Weiye had already made up his mind to kill. She grabbed Wang Weiye's arm and whispered: "Wei Ye, it was just a misunderstanding earlier, they didn't do anything to you. Don't forget that you're not a hoodlum anymore, but an organized person. Please don't kill them. If something happens to you, what about me and my sister, Ping? Calm down for now, aren't there still Brother Tan and the others?"

  Zhang Tao and his colleagues saw Wang Weiye's woman pleading for them, but they understood in their hearts that if things didn't go well, they would really be finished. However, after all, they were police officers, catching thugs and maintaining law and order was their fundamental work. Today it wasn't their fault, but now that such a big thing had happened with someone dead, it was already beyond what these few small-time cops could handle.

  Zhang Tao was really helpless, he said to Wang Weiye: "Alright. Although I am a police officer, I will follow the rules of the underworld and call you Third Brother. If Third Brother can spare the lives of our families, our lives are yours, whenever you want to take them, just let us know, no need for you to trouble yourself, we will end it ourselves."

  Just as Wang Weiye was about to say something, the sound of a police siren came from outside. Wang Weiye slightly furrowed his brow and walked over to the window to take a look down, only to see a sea of black heads blocking Central Avenue, making it impossible to pass through.

  King Weiye, who was extremely helpless, walked back and said to Zhang Tao: "You go down now and invite Director Yao up. Just tell him that Xiaosan is here, don't say anything else."

  As Zhang Tao walked out of the Huamei Western Restaurant, he saw Zhao Guoqing, the director of the Municipal Bureau's Criminal Police Brigade, directing municipal police personnel to disperse the onlookers while asking officers to be prepared for any unexpected events.

  When Zhao Guoqing saw Zhang Tao, the criminal police team of the branch bureau, walking out of the restaurant, he hurried over and pulled Zhang Tao to his side and asked: "Zhang Tao, what exactly happened inside? Who fired the shot and killed someone?"

  What Zhao Guoqiang is most worried about now is that the shooting and killing incident at the Hua Mei Western Restaurant was done by their own police, which would be a big problem. Firing warning shots is one thing, but opening fire to kill people is of a completely different nature.

  Zhang Tao smiled wryly at Zhao Guoqing, and whispered in his ear: "Captain, don't ask now, I don't know what to say to you either. Just tell me, which director from the Municipal Bureau has arrived?"

  Zhao Guoqing looked at Zhang Tao with a strange expression, seeing his current listless appearance was like a completely different person from how he normally acted. Since Zhang Tao didn't want to talk now, Zhao Guoqing didn't ask again and patted Zhang Tao's shoulder saying: "I'll take you there, such a big shooting incident has already alarmed the provincial and municipal leaders, basically all the heads of the bureau have arrived."

  When they came in front of a jeep, several leading cadres of the Municipal Public Security Bureau were all standing there waiting for news so that they could report to the provincial and municipal leaders immediately.

  Zhao Guoqing led Zhang Tao to the front of the bureau leaders, he immediately introduced to the leader: "Director Yao, his name is Zhang Tao, a detective from the Road Division Bureau, he just came out of the cafeteria and said he had important things to report to the leaders."

  Yao Xinsheng and several other bureau leaders were most afraid that their public security personnel could not follow the rules in handling cases. From the alarm call just now, it seems that the case-handling police officer shot and killed someone. Now seeing the person involved, Yao Xinsheng hastily asked: "Little Zhang, quickly tell us, was it our people who opened fire and killed someone in the restaurant?"

  Zhang Tao came to see the municipal bureau leaders with a stiff upper lip. Today was originally a joyful event, but Liang Junjie had already arranged for it without saying anything, and also implicated Liu Xiaolei's life. Now that the director has asked, Zhang Tao immediately said: "Director Yao, we didn't fire the shot, but the person who was killed is indeed my colleague Liu Xiaolei."

  "What did you say? Weren't you the ones who shot and killed people? Is the gunman still in the restaurant now? Has he escaped?"

  They heard that it wasn't the public security personnel who fired the shot, and their hearts, which had been hanging in mid-air, finally fell to the ground. But then they heard that the person killed by the gunshot was someone from their own bureau, and they began to worry again.

  Director Zhang said helplessly, "Director, I still haven't figured out which of those people are bandits. However, there is one person I have figured out - he's San Ge, the big shot of the Northeastern underworld, and he's right inside the restaurant."

  When they heard that the notorious underworld boss of the three northeastern provinces, known as "Third Brother", was inside, everyone's heart skipped a beat. How could this elusive and cunning gang leader be caught? But then they thought again, what a great achievement this would be - their superiors had always wanted to catch him with evidence of his crimes, and now that he had dared to openly fire a gun and kill someone, he would certainly not escape the people's trial.

  To confirm whether it was the underworld boss who killed the person, Yao Xinmin asked urgently: "So, the one who fired the shot and killed the person is that bastard hooligan San Ge?"

  Zhang Tao didn't know what the leaders were thinking, but when he heard Director Yao's question, he really couldn't say anything. His own life might not make it to tomorrow. Zhang Tao sighed and said: "Director, Liu Xiaolei wasn't the one who fired the shot, but the person who did has a huge connection with him. Director, before I die, can I ask you leaders a question?"

  Director Yao and the other leaders looked at Zhang Tao in surprise, not knowing what he was talking about. What's this about asking a question before death? But since this criminal police officer named Zhang Tao asked, Yao Xingsheng nodded his head in agreement to let Zhang Tao ask the question.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, it's not that I'm being arrogant, but I still don't understand why the person called San Ge, who is obviously a ruthless thug, has people from the Central Guard Unit protecting him and addressing him as 'Shou Zhang' (meaning 'leader'). Moreover, according to what they said, we will be taken away and tried in a military court for assaulting an important central leader, and the sentence will be death."

  "What did you say? Important central leader? Zhang Tao, say it again, the bureau didn't receive any notification of a central leader coming to our city. Those people from the Central Guard Regiment, did they really tell you that?" Now Yao Xinsheng was getting anxious, if what Zhang Tao said was true, then it wouldn't be something he could handle, and those leaders in their bureau might end up going home to take care of their kids.

  Zhang Tao is now nothing, being sent to that side, he is also a dead man. He nodded at Director Yao and said: "Director, even if I say it a thousand times, it's still the same words. According to what those guards said, I'm already a dead prisoner, there's no need to hide anything from you leaders. It's just that I don't understand in my heart why it's like this. Ah, right, Director, I almost forgot about the important thing, that person called San Ge told me to bring a message to you, he said Xiao San is waiting for you inside, please go see him alone."

  "What? You... you're saying there are hostages inside? And the hostage is Xiaosan?" Yao Xingsheng was startled by Zhang Tao's words. This Xiaosan was the precious daughter of the leader's family, if anything happened to that little ancestor, he would have no way to explain it to the leader and his sister-in-law.

  Zhang Tao was confused by Director Yao's questioning, and hastily said: "Director, there are no hostages inside. Apart from our people, it's just the Central Guard Unit's people, and then there's your thug and his woman."