Just as I was talking about picking lotus, I heard a familiar voice coming from outside.
"What? Inspector Zhang is here too? Where is he?" It was indeed Cai Lian talking to the tavern owner.
When Lu Ming heard this, he was surprised and said: "You are really talking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here soon."
Then he opened the door of the private room and shouted: "Detective Zhang's eldest son Yang is here!"
"Haha, that's unfair. Why is he here? Is he drinking with you?" As the voice came, a graceful young woman appeared at the door. She was wearing a cheongsam that wrapped her body, revealing her curves. She had an oval face and a straight face.
Red nose and lips.
"Sister Cai Lian, come in quickly." Yuan Mingzhu ran to the door, held Cai Lian's hand and said with a smile.
"No, I have something to do outside. You drink yours and don't stop." Cai Lian said with a smile.
"Why are you here? You're not here to look for me, are you?" Zhang Ziyang walked to the door and asked.
"How did I know you were here? Today is Mr. Gu's birthday. We are here to celebrate. Didn't he send you an invitation?" Cai Lian asked.
"Oh, look at my memory, how could I have completely forgotten this matter." Zhang Ziyang slapped his forehead hard.
"Sister Cailian, you saw your old sweetheart and left us sisters aside." At this time, several beauties appeared at the door, all of them girls from Changsan Apartment.
"What are you..." Lu Ming was puzzled when he saw this scene.
The girls from Changsan Apartment went out together. No need to ask, there must be someone important and a scene. He didn't know which Mr. Gu Cai Lian was talking about.
"You, as soon as you see injustice, all the people in the world forget about it." Cai Lian tapped Zhang Ziyang's forehead with her long fingernails dyed with red cardamom.
"No, I did something big today and solved a big case that has never been heard of before." Zhang Ziyang said proudly.
Lu Ming quickly kicked him from behind. Zhang Ziyang was alert and quickly shut up.
Cai Lian didn't believe it and said with a smile: "You are doing something unprecedented and important, including drinking." After saying that, she covered her mouth and laughed.
"Brother-in-law, what kind of big case is this that has never been heard of before? Let's talk about it." A little sister from Cai Lian said with a smile.
"It would be strange to believe him. Even if he caught a thief on the side of the road, he would also have caught an unprecedented thief." Cai Lian covered her mouth and laughed.
Zhang Ziyang smiled honestly and wanted to open his mouth, but he didn't dare to say more. He and Lu Ming had made a rule that Lu Ming's reasoning could not be revealed to anyone, not even to his colleagues in the police station or even the chief.
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Lu Ming is afraid that his opponent is too powerful. Once the news leaks out, it will inevitably increase the difficulty of solving the case. In addition, he still has a glimmer of hope: Sheng Muyi is still alive. If the opponent knows that he is following him and is cornered, he may silence him.
Cai Lian and several other little sisters all laughed and teased Zhang Ziyang. Anyway, he was used to bragging and no one took his words seriously. However, these sisters all liked Zhang Ziyang because he was not only good at bragging but also good at making people laugh.
If he is present, there is no need to worry about the lack of laughter.
"Haha, brother, you came here early to celebrate my birthday, you don't dare to take it seriously."
At this time, another person came.
This man is in his early forties, wearing a purple robe and mandarin jacket, and skillfully spins a pair of iron balls in his hands.
"Senior Gu, I'm really sorry. I was so busy that I forgot about your big day. It was just a coincidence that we met here." Zhang Ziyang told the truth.
This gentleman is extremely shrewd, and he can't fool anyone without rubbing dirt in his eyes. He doesn't dare to make up lies.
"Haha, why do we brothers say such foreign words? You are very busy every day. I also know that I have been in this business. If I am not mistaken, this should be Master Lu, right?" The man nodded slightly,
Look at Lu Ming.
"Buping, this is Senior Gu, the rickshaw king of Shanghai." Zhang Ziyang introduced hurriedly.
"So it's Mr. Gu. I've admired him for a long time." Lu Ming stepped forward and saluted with his fists clasped.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. I have admired Mr. Lu for a long time. A hero comes from a young age. The sight of him today is even better than the rumors." The man said with a smile.
Speaking of the rickshaw king of Shanghai, Lu Ming knows who he is.
This man's surname was Gu and his given name was Zhuxuan. He was born into poverty and worked in various low-level jobs. Later, he entered the public concession and became a Chinese detective. He even worshiped a Qinggang boss as his old man, that is, his master.
Enter the Qinggang.
Although the Chinese detective in the public concession was a slave of the foreigners, he was the king of hell for ordinary people. It was common for him to collect illegal money. Gu Zhuxuan therefore made some money and bought a few rickshaws to hire people to do the work.
Gu Zhuxuan wandered around the world as a Chinese detective and a member of the Qinggang gang. He had his way from left to right and from east to west. There was no police or gang trouble for his rickshaw in Shanghai.
As time went by, after he had accumulated some connections and capital, he simply resigned from Huatan, bought dozens of rickshaws, and specialized in the rickshaw business.
There are many people willing to work for him, because no one has trouble pulling his rickshaw, which is a rare thing in Shanghai. It is not easy for poor people to make money to support their families, and they just want to keep safe.
Gu Zhuxuan's rickshaw business accumulated over time and became more and more prosperous. The snowball grew bigger and bigger. Within a few years, he became the number one rickshaw dealer in Shanghai. He was also known as the King of Rickshaws.
When the business was going well, he was generous with his dealings. Moreover, because of his seniority as a master, his status in the Shanghai Youth Gang was rising day by day. Later, even if big names like Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng, and Zhang Xiaolin came on stage, he would still have a seat at the table.
The ranking of Shanghai Youth Gang bosses is not fixed. As each person's strength increases or weakens, the ranking will change accordingly.
For example, Huang Huangrong was originally the undisputed leader of the Shanghai Youth Gang, but because he was too arrogant, he offended the son of the Nanjing garrison commander General Yang Hu. Later, he was deceived into Nanjing and imprisoned by General Yang Hu in the Purple Mountain.
In a cave, I had to be beaten severely every day. I really couldn't live or die.
Only then did he realize that in Shanghai he could control the sky with one hand and control the wind and rain, but once he arrived in Nanjing, in the eyes of some powerful people, he was not even as good as a reptile.
His brothers raised a huge ransom to get Huang Rong back from Nanjing, but since then his courage has lost, his behavior has also become more restrained, and his reputation and influence have inevitably weakened. As a result, a few years later, he was replaced by Du Yuesheng, a latecomer.
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Everyone recognizes that the Green Gang bosses are ranked first and second between Huang Huangrong and Du Yuesheng. The third one is Zhang Xiaolin. In terms of qualifications and strength, Zhang Xiaolin was originally above Du Yuesheng, but in terms of his way of dealing with people.
Far inferior to Du Yuesheng, he could only be ranked third.
The top three are basically these three, and the candidates for the fourth place change from time to time, and the rickshaw king Gu Zhuxuan is one of them. At this time, he was only in his early forties, and it was the highlight moment of his life, when his career and strength had reached their peak.
Today is Gu Zhuxuan's forty-second birthday, and many of his friends have already thought of various ways to celebrate his birthday.
At noon, some friends held a birthday banquet for him in a restaurant. After the banquet, some friends thought that the fun should continue, so they came here to have tea.
The so-called tea party means eating tea, drinking wine, and playing mahjong. This kind of thing requires the girls from Changsan Apartment to help.
His friend distributed game tickets and invited almost all the girls from Changsan Apartment. Naturally, the colorful lotus flags hanging high on the Shanghai beach would not be left behind.
This kind of tea party does not involve love affairs, it is purely for fun. Everyone drinks tea and plays mahjong together. The mission of the girls is to make these guests have fun and lose, and they can get paid and leave after an hour.
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At that time, the duration of a round in Shanghai was one hour. If you wanted to extend the time, you would have to increase the remuneration.
Various tea bureaus and wine bureaus are also the daily life of the girls in Changsan Apartment, and the remuneration they receive is enough to support their high living expenses. They not only participate in one guest's bureau a day, but usually visit many houses, which is called transfer in jargon.
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Of course, this kind of social occasion is also an advantageous place for these girls to catch their sweethearts and find their golden husbands.
At this time, there was a beautiful girl looking at Lu Ming with resentment in her eyes.
Lu Ming also felt her burning gaze, but he could only pretend not to see it and turned to talk to Cai Lian.
This girl's name is Du Juan. She is from Suzhou and is also a standard Suzhou beauty. Her soft and waxy Suzhou dialect can make people's hearts melt.
Not long after Lu Ming arrived in Shanghai to open a detective agency, he and Zhang Ziyang attended a wine party held by Cai Lian at his home. It was at this wine party that he met Du Juan.
Du Juan fell in love with him at first sight, and then she chased him madly. Of course, the method of chasing was very clever and artistic, but she also had a lot of perseverance.
Du Juan is seventeen years old, five years younger than Lu Ming.
How dare Lu Ming provoke such trouble, so he had to avoid her. As long as she appeared somewhere, Lu Ming would find an excuse to leave quickly. Although the falling flowers were intentional and the flowing water was ruthless, Du Juan still did not give up and was still waiting for Lu Ming.
Change of mind.
At that time, Du Juan was not the only one who was interested in Lu Ming. Several sisters in Cai Lian's circle were interested in Lu Ming, but Du Juan's attitude was more determined.
Lu Ming was young and rich, handsome and like a movie star. He came back from studying abroad and his temperament was even more extraordinary. He wore suits and leather shoes all day long, giving off the style of a foreign devil. This style was the most fashionable in Shanghai at the time.
Yeah, most people can't pretend.
However, when they saw Yuan Mingzhu, they all retreated.
As the saying goes, you have to throw away when comparing goods, and you have to die when comparing people. Although they are pretentious beauties, surrounded by a bunch of suitors, but when compared with Yuan Mingzhu, it is like putting the pearls and dead fish eyes together.
.What's more, this Miss Pearl has a fiery temper, and she doesn't dare to offend anyone.
The girl in Changsan Apartment finally understood why Lu Ming, a foreign-style devil, could "walk through thousands of flowers without touching a single leaf".
Lu Ming didn't like the idea of having flower wine and tea. He was forced to be kidnapped by Zhang Ziyang. At that time, Zhang Ziyang was pursuing lotus picking at the most critical moment and needed a helper. Lu Ming had no choice but to risk his life to accompany him.
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Only Du Juan still refused to give up after seeing the pearl, but the way she pursued Lu Ming became more secretive and subtle, but there was also a sense of resentment everywhere.
In fact, Du Juan has many suitors. Many tycoons in Shanghai hold tens of thousands of silver dollars in their hands, waiting for the chance to have sex with her, but she is always unable to take this step because she can't let go of Lu Ming.
She kept herself clean for Lu Ming, and she is still innocent to this day.
Lu Ming avoided Du Juan, but Mingzhu took the initiative to chat with Du Juan. The two of them chatted back and forth, as if they were familiar with each other. In fact, they had only met twice.