Feng Yong sat in front of the hospital bed, chewing an apple and gloating: "Not bad, he's still alive and kicking. It looks like he'll be discharged from the hospital in a few days."
Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly and said: "What a coincidence this time, the two gunmen actually bumped into each other."
"Yes, none of my follow-up arrangements are in use." Feng Yong said regretfully, he was just watching the excitement and didn't mind the big deal.
Zhou Hexuan asked: "How is the situation now?"
Feng Yong did not answer immediately, but said cheerfully: "Who do you think gave you the warning?"
"Who?" Zhou Hexuan wanted to know.
"Du Xiaoshan," Feng Yong said, "he also sent that killer."
Zhou Hexuan was speechless for a moment: "He must be sick. Give me a tip first, and then find someone to assassinate me."
Feng Yong said: "This kind of local snake is used to trying to please both sides. No matter what the outcome is, he has a favor. But he never expected that you would actually involve the British, so he hurried to the concession patrol house to surrender.
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Zhou Hexuan clarified the cause and effect and asked: "How does the consular court usually pronounce a verdict in this kind of case?"
Feng Yong said: "According to British law, the crime should be attempted murder."
British law is a strange combination of common law, equity and statutory law.
Common law refers to a set of rules created and developed by ordinary courts, characterized by "procedure before rights". Equity, commonly known as case law, mainly relies on the judge's conscience and justice, and has a great degree of freedom in sentencing. The formulation of rules is
The law enacted by Congress has the highest status and determines the upper and lower limits of sentencing, but it is rarely used in actual sentencing.
That is to say, although this is an attempted murder, if the judge thinks that the influence is bad and the methods are cruel, he may eventually be sentenced to death by hanging. Generally speaking, consular courts impose extremely severe sentences in cases where Chinese invade foreigners.
Ma Liu, who shot and stabbed, should have been sentenced to death, as no one would come out to protect him. As for Du Xiaoshan and Chu Yufeng, how they should be sentenced depends entirely on the judge's mood.
The Republic of China was such a coward, with the judicial power of the concessions in the hands of foreigners. Even third-rate countries such as Brazil, Denmark, Norway, and Belgium all had consular courts in China (Peru also enjoyed consular jurisdiction, but did not open one in China)
through the courts).
It's okay to say that it's a single concession, but the public concession case is even more ridiculous. Which country's law should be applied has to be discussed on an ad hoc basis.
Zhou Hexuan asked: "I'm afraid Chu Yufeng won't be sentenced?"
Feng Yong nodded and said: "The British doctor is not dead. The judge definitely doesn't want to dig deeper. After all, it is very troublesome to involve a warlord. This case can be traced to Du Xiaoshan at most."
Zhou Hexuan said with emotion: "No matter what, Chu Yufeng will definitely not dare to do anything again in a short time."
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As Feng Yong expected, the British did not want to cause trouble to Chu Yufeng at all. If Chu Yufeng is judged to be the real culprit behind the scenes, how to implement it? If it cannot be implemented, the majesty of British law will be damaged.
Du Xiaoshan had to take the blame even if he didn't want to.
But Du Xiaoshan insisted that he had nothing to do with the British doctor's injury. He only admitted that he sent someone to assassinate Zhou Hexuan, and that he was forced by Chu Yufeng.
The case became unclear at this point, because the assassin who used the rifle was not caught, so the patrol room had no choice but to imprison Du Xiaoshan and Ma Liu first.
Patrol room.
Chu Nanxiang walked in with a food box and said expressionlessly: "I have prepared good wine and food for you. You can settle it yourself."
Du Xiaoshan's eyes were sinister and he said: "You want me to plead guilty? No way!"
"Suicide out of fear of crime is your best choice," Chu Nanxiang advised. "The commander-in-chief promised to take good care of your wife and children, and your brother Du Baozhen will continue to serve as the chairman of Bashan Hall."
Du Xiaoshan sneered and said nothing, not even bothering to look at Chu Nanxiang again.
Chu Nanxiang continued: "Even if you are acquitted by the British Consular Court, you will not survive. Just the arms smuggling case and the slaughterhouse corruption case are enough to shoot you several times, let alone your long-term misappropriation of charity funds."
Du Xiaoshan used to be the general affairs section chief of the Tianjin Police Department. He was dismissed because of the arms smuggling case, and he only saved his life by relying on connections. The slaughterhouse is also a subsidiary of the police department. Du Xiaoshan used to treat the slaughterhouse as his own company and embezzled at least more than 100,000 yuan.
Silver dollar.
"Hahahaha," Du Xiaoshan laughed crazily, "Smuggling arms, can I smuggle it without Li Jinglin's cooperation? You should shoot Li Jinglin too. There are also public funds from the slaughterhouse. The former director and deputy director of the Police Department have not taken them.
The benefit? As for misappropriation of charity funds, none of the philanthropic gentry in Tianjin can get away with it! There is also Chu Yupu, who was extremely poor when he first arrived in Tianjin. Who helped him raise military expenses?"
Chu Nanxiang said with a cold face: "Do you dare to reveal these things? You don't dare, so you should just accept your fate."
Du Xiaoshan broke the pot and said: "Resign yourself to fate? I will stay in the concession and not go out. Anyway, the money is stored in the foreign bank, which is enough for me to spend my whole life. As for my wife and son, if they die, I can still remarry and live again."
"Where is your brother?" Chu Nanxiang asked.
Du Xiaoshan said: "I can't take care of myself, so how can I take care of him?"
"Well, it seems that you are determined and I won't persuade you anymore. Take care!" Chu Nanxiang turned and left after saying that.
"Alas!" Du Xiaoshan sighed longly.
From the moment Chu Yufeng asked him to send gunmen to carry out the assassination, Du Xiaoshan knew that he would definitely take the blame if something went wrong. After all calculations, the British were still missed. If foreigners were not involved, why would he need to surrender?
At midnight.
Du Xiaoshan suddenly woke up from his dream. He caught a glimpse of two black figures in front of him and shouted in horror: "What are you doing? Get out quickly and help!"
Two Chinese patrolmen held Du Xiaoshan up, put a rope around his neck, and pulled with all their strength.
A few minutes later, Du Xiaoshan completely stopped breathing.
The Chinese patrolman untied Du Xiaoshan's belt and tied it around his neck to the iron gate railing. Then he took out the ink pad and helped Du Xiaoshan put his fingerprints on a confession. The confession even had his "autograph" on it.
Du Xiaoshan, the former general affairs section chief of the Tianjin Police Department, the owner of Bashan Hall, Chu Yupu’s close brother, and a well-known philanthropist, committed suicide in the patrol room in fear of crime.
When Zhou Hexuan heard the news, he felt a chill in his vest. What a wonderful job!
The shooting in the concession came to an end. Du Xiaoshan "admitted" that he had a conflict with Zhou Hexuan, so he arranged for two gunmen to assassinate him. One of the gunmen, Ma Liu, has been arrested, and the other is still at large.
Ma Liu was temporarily detained in the patrol room, just waiting for the British Consular Court to convene and pronounce the verdict.
As for Chu Yufeng, nothing happened. However, he was severely warned by Chu Yupu and his behavior became much more restrained. He stayed at home for two or three months. This made the people of Tianjin breathe a sigh of relief. At least women no longer have to worry about going out.
