Just when Tan Ruiqi was about to continue talking about his friendship with Chen Jiaju, Hu Li suddenly pulled out a pistol and shouted.
Bang--
The next second, gunfire rang out. Before Tan Ruiqi could finish talking about his close relationship with Chen Jiaju's father, he reached out and covered his chest.
"I" Tan Ruiqi looked at his blood-covered palms and turned to look at Hu Li in disbelief.
But at this time, after Hu Li fired the shot, she turned around and left without looking back.
"stop!"
No one was obviously prepared for Hu Li's sudden shooting, but Carter was the first to react. He was a Luojishan policeman, so naturally he wanted to catch the murderer, so he chased after him.
"Get rid of them!" Hu Li also noticed Carter's pursuit, so she left a word and started running.
"Richie Encore, what's wrong with you?"
When Chen Jiaju saw Tan Ruiqi being shot, he was obviously a little surprised. He hesitated for a moment, but before Tan Ruiqi fell down, he reached out to support him.
"Jiaju. Go. Leave America. This matter is not something you can do."
Tan Ruiqi lay in Chen Jiaju's arms and spoke intermittently. As he spoke, blood continued to well up from his throat.
But in the end, before he could finish his words, his eyes lost their luster and he died in Chen Jiaju's arms.
"Encore, Ricky Encore, wake up, wake up!"
Before Tan Ruiqi died, Chen Jiaju actually recognized Tan Ruiqi as his enemy in his heart, so he never gave him a good attitude after meeting him.
But now that he saw Tan Ruiqi's death, he felt inexplicably sad.
In any case, since he was orphaned early and had few relatives around him, Tan Ruiqi was quite good to him when he was a child.
"Damn it, are you sure he is Tan Ruiqi himself?"
Zhang Pin also came over at this time. He touched Tan Ruiqi's neck to make sure that the other person's heart had stopped. He curiously took off his clothes and took a look to confirm that the bullet had indeed penetrated the other person's heart. There was no blood at the moment.
Stop flowing out.
But seeing this scene, Sir Zhang felt something was wrong.
"Kick them out?"
Just as Zhang Pin and Chen Jiaju were surrounding Tan Ruiqi's body, they were also surrounded by Tan Ruiqi's original men.
However, these subordinates obviously didn't know what to do with the two of them because of the death of their boss.
Although Hu Li asked them to get rid of Chen Jiaju and others before escaping, although they are in the same club, their relationship is not that close.
So these people are obviously not sure how to treat them.
"The investigation bureau is handling the case. Can any of you help call an ambulance?"
After confirming that Tan Ruiqi was dead, Sir Zhang naturally had no intention of continuing to play, so he directly took out his ID as a consultant of the Investigation Bureau.
"Run!"
The next second, the thugs who were surrounding them turned into birds and beasts and dispersed.
After all, they are just a group of thugs.
When I heard the identity of Zhang Pin Investigation Bureau, it was not like a mouse meeting a cat.
"ah--"
At this time, as the thugs escaped, the entire bathing city was instantly in chaos.
As an industry run by a society, the staff here are naturally somewhat immune to fights and the like, even if they hear gunshots for the first time.
But the confidence of these staff members naturally relies on the number of their own thugs in the VIP room.
Now the thugs suddenly chose to escape. Without their protection, the remaining staff immediately panicked.
"Don't run away. The Investigation Bureau is handling the case. Don't worry, it has nothing to do with you."
Seeing that chaos was about to break out in the bathing city, Zhang Pin could only stand up and shout to stop these people.
Then he looked at Qiqi, who had just come up with a fruit plate: "Go and find your manager."
"Ah, oh oh oh, okay, okay."
Qiqi didn't come over when Hu Li shot and killed someone. Instead, she came over when Sir Zhang reported his identity to the Bureau of Investigation.
Because she had communicated with Zhang Pin before, Qiqi actually had a good idea of the current situation. In addition, the nature of her work was different and she was not worried about being affected, so she did not run away with the others.
When she heard Zhang Pin's arrangement, she became excited after being panicked.
Then he followed Zhang Pin's arrangement and went upstairs to find the manager.
Although Tan Ruiqi is the owner of the bathing city, he obviously cannot be here all the time. Naturally, there are other managers in the bathing city.
"Sir, what can I do for you? We know Investigator James from the Bureau of Investigation."
After the manager arrived, he was not as afraid of Zhang Pin as others. On the contrary, the other party even vaguely mentioned his backstage.
This bathhouse is considered to be the best shop in Chinatown. It is not surprising that it can do such a big business and has connections with the Bureau of Investigation.
"You know people, right? Well, now let the investigator you know come over and tell him that a person died here and a shooting occurred. Then I will also call people from the police station. Do you want to
The business has been closed for rectification.”
Sir Zhang is no stranger to people like bathing city managers. In fact, all those who can reach the management level in this industry are cut throats.
In fact, without two brushes, it would be impossible to stand firm in such a place.
After all, due to the special nature of the bathing city, it is naturally prone to all kinds of troubles.
However, no matter how hard the opponent is, Sir Zhang happens to be the best at dealing with this kind of guy.
After all, the criminals he deals with on a daily basis happen to be more meat than meat.
No, after hearing Sir Zhang's threat, the manager's expression suddenly changed.
"As a manager, you are so calm about today's matter. Could it be that you have known the inside story for a long time? It seems that we must take you all back for a thorough review."
Sir Zhang first threatened the manager to close down the bathing city for rectification. This move directly cut off the other party's financial resources.
Of course, since the other party is just a manager and gets a salary, and the great thing is that he still gets a few points of dividends, Sir Zhang's move may be a deterrent to the other party, but the actual harm is not great.
This trick is actually mainly aimed at the boss behind the bathing city. After all, to the boss behind the bathing city, this bathing city is a cash flow hen that lays golden eggs.
The next move, taking everyone back for interrogation, was the real killer move against the manager and other staff members.
Although Hu Li appeared too suddenly before and ran away without stopping after the murder.
But Sir Zhang is also very familiar with this kind of thing.
No matter what, Tan Ruiqi is the nominal boss of the bathing city.
Judging from Tan Ruiqi's almost scolding Hu Li before, both parties are obviously from the same club, and there is even a high probability that Hu Li was brought out by Tan Ruiqi.
From Hu Li's ability to decisively shoot and kill Tan Ruiqi, we can see that the other party's action was definitely not a temporary move, but was probably planned for a long time.
As for the reason, Zhang Pin naturally guessed that it was probably because of the murder of two US Secret Service agents.
After all, although many of America's internal organizations always do not treat their own people as human beings, when others take action against them, their revenge is never in vain.
Since it was a planned murder and silence, and it was still inside the bathing city, as the manager of the bathing city, the other party was definitely an insider.
After all, no matter what, a person died here, and in front of so many people. Without the cooperation of the manager afterwards, it was obviously impossible to cover up the past.
So when Sir Zhang said this, the manager, who had not taken it seriously at first, immediately changed his expression.
"Sir, are you kidding me? I am the manager here. How could I let someone kill someone in our store? I heard what happened just now. The one who died was my boss. The one who killed him was
The people are his subordinates, and they may have some personal reasons that have nothing to do with our store."
When the manager heard that Zhang Pin was going to call the police to take them all back, he immediately became anxious.
Then he took the initiative to reveal the inside story of the assassination to Sir Zhang.
Of course, what this guy said cannot be the truth.
However, Sir Zhang is actually not interested in finding out the truth about the murder case.
Tan Ruiqi himself is a member of the club. It is completely unsurprising for a gangster like him to be shot and killed no matter where he is.
It can be said that the fate of being in this profession is to be killed.
If we really want to investigate the death of such a scumbag, it will be a waste of the police's manpower and material resources.
However, Sir Zhang didn't want to worry too much about Tan Ruiqi's death, but the case they were handling now couldn't just be ignored.
Originally, Tan Ruiqi was considered their target because they needed to get clues from Tan Ruiqi about the counterfeit money case that Secret Service agents were following.
But now that Tan Ruiqi is dead, even though Sir Zhang has cheated, it is impossible to get the information from private sources.
In this case, this clue needs to be obtained from other insiders.
"Tell me, who is the real boss behind your store?"
Zhang Pin stared at the manager and asked straight to the point.
Judging from the fact that when the manager heard that he was going to take all the people back for interrogation, everyone panicked, it seemed that the other party was definitely one of the insiders.
Not to mention that Sir Zhang thought that the daily cash flow of a bathing city like this would definitely be a huge amount.
And due to the nature of the business, most customers who come to make purchases will not choose direct bank transfer, but will choose the cash mode.
In this way, it is a very suitable place for money laundering.
Since Tan Ruiqi is the apparent owner of this store and happens to be related to the counterfeit banknote case, will the other party use this store for money laundering?
Based on Sir Zhang's understanding of criminals, this is a matter of course.
The nature of the bathing city itself is a place where filth and evil practices are hidden. The guests here usually come here to feel happy. As long as they are happy, these people will often not come back to cause trouble even if they receive fake money, as long as it is not much.
, will only suffer this dumb loss.
Even as long as the quality of the technicians here is high enough, they will continue to come and spend money next time.
Of course, this kind of thing cannot be foolproof. As long as you do it for a long time, you will encounter some serious customers sooner or later.
At this time, the manager naturally needs to step in to smooth things over.
So Zhang Pin knew that although Tan Ruiqi was dead, the manager must also be one of the insiders.
"What are you talking about? The owner of this store is Tan Ruiqi. There is no boss behind the scenes."
Of course, it is impossible for the manager to confess everything just because of one word from Sir Zhang. On the contrary, judging from his appearance, he is obviously a tough-talking guy.
"Very good. I like your personality and I hope you can continue to maintain it. When you go to the interrogation room of the Bureau of Investigation, you'd better be so tough, so that the colleagues in charge of the interrogation can have room to express themselves."
Naturally, Sir Zhang had enough expectations for the manager's harsh words.
The reason why he went straight to the confessional and asked the manager direct questions was actually more to evaluate whether the other party was a true insider.
After all, these things are all Sir Zhang's own guesses. Maybe the boss behind the scenes deliberately found a professional manager in the bathing city for safety and convenience.
If the manager of this bathing city is also a professional manager and does not know the inside story of money laundering, then if he takes the person back, not only will he not be able to get a confession, but he will be able to give him the truth.
But now seeing the manager's reaction, Sir Zhang can guess that whether the manager knows about money laundering or not, at least he himself is not clean.
In this case, it is enough for Sir Zhang.
So he didn't continue talking to the other party, but instead prepared to call someone.
Then he turned around and looked: "Why hasn't Carter come back yet?"
Sir Zhang suddenly discovered that Carter, who had chased Hu Li out before, had not come back yet, so he looked at Chen Jiaju and motioned for him to go out and take a look.
"Catch them all."
At this moment, the manager, who had turned pale after being spoken to by Zhang Pin, suddenly shouted to some thugs who had not yet left.
"You are so courageous, you actually dare to attack people from the Investigation Bureau."
Zhang Pin looked a little surprised when he heard the manager's words.
You know, the Bureau of Investigation, as America's law enforcement agency, has always been the only one who bullies people, but no one dares to mess with them.
Except for a very small number of desperadoes, normal people, even local gangsters, tend to avoid people from the Bureau of Investigation.
As a low-level manager, this manager dared to give such an order to his subordinates. Sir Zhang did not expect this at all.
However, in this way, Sir Zhang became more certain that there must be a big problem with this manager.
After all, if the other party is really innocent, attacking people from the Investigation Bureau now is simply asking for death.
Unless the other party knows that if he is caught, he will definitely be dead, and now he is breaking the pot, so this is considered normal.
"Do it, I'll be responsible if something happens."
The manager's face was full of madness, and he was completely unswayed by Sir Zhang's reminder.
"ah--"
Under this situation, one of the thugs was actually persuaded and shouted directly, then rushed towards Chen Jiaju who was about to go outside to see the situation.