There are still three days before Prince Renzheng comes to Shanghai. Hideko Kawashima works night shifts every day, and Liu Da Da cannot figure out what she is doing.
After Wang Xin was eliminated, Liu Dacheng was finally able to sleep peacefully. However, the tasks assigned by Wu Wenkang made him feel that they were even more difficult to achieve.
Wang Xin's betrayal exposed the plan to steal Prince Nizheng's driving route map. Yoshida Masao was definitely not that stupid, maybe he was waiting for him to take the bait in some way.
Li Shiqun found Cao Dali, hoping to find out Wu Wenkang's whereabouts from him. Cao Dali looked troubled and told the truth, nine times out of ten, Wu Wenkang was no longer in the French Concession, and was most likely hiding in the British Concession or the Public Concession.
These places are not within their own sphere of influence.
Li Shiqun asked: "Is there any other way?"
Cao Dali took a strong sip of opium and closed his eyes to enjoy the ecstasy. Li Shiqun couldn't help but frown. If his men dared to be so presumptuous, he wouldn't mind killing him with his own hands. Cao Dali was the leader of the Green Gang and an important force.
The power he could use. So, he chose to endure.
After a long time, Cao Dali said leisurely: "There is no way to say that there is no way. Cao Kun, the leader of the Youth Gang in the public concession, is my cousin. However, this man is hard-boned and difficult to deal with. Li He from the British concession is my senior brother
.This man is a double-dealer, smiling, and he just takes money and doesn’t do any work.”
Li Shiqun was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. What Cao Dali said was true. The situation in the concession was like this, and the Japanese power was not yet reached. The Chinese in the patrol house also regarded themselves as human beings and did not buy the account No. 76 at all.
"Brother Cao, isn't it possible that you can't even explain your cousin?"
Li Shiqun was unwilling to give up! In this big Shanghai, the powerful are not omnipotent. The various forces are intricate and complex, and no one can cover the sky with one hand.
"Director Li, let me give it a try. I understand Cao Kun's character. He is very stubborn and hates the Japanese. I don't think he will do anything for the Japanese."
"Thank you Brother Dali."
After Li Shiqun left, Zhang Xin walked in. As Cao Dali's close disciple, he stood outside the door and eavesdropped on the conversation between Li Shiqun and Cao Dali.
Zhang Xin asked: "Master, are you really ready to help Li Shiqun?"
Cao Dali said in a lecturing tone: "Zhang Xin, you are still young and have seen too little. The world has changed since the late Qing Dynasty, and it has become like this. How many kings have gone through? What do we think of as ordinary people? Human life is as cheap as this.
Damn it! I have seen through it all. I will mess with whoever is in power. Justice and truth are all fucking bullshit! Now Shanghai is ruled by the Japanese. If we don’t follow the Japanese, will we be able to eat?
?You people are enjoying life all day long. It's not Li Shiqun who takes care of our business and lets us open opium dens, casinos, and brothels to make a little money. If he wants to deal with us, he doesn't need to use knives or guns. He just needs to attack us.
Imposing high taxes on our businesses will make us bankrupt in a short period of time."
"What the master teaches is that the apprentice has a piece of information. I wonder if it will be useful?"
Zhang Xin took half a step forward and whispered.
"explain."
"A few days ago, Cao Kun and Lou Tianren from Fengmao Automobile Dealer had a fight. Both sides suffered casualties. I heard that Lou Tianren pried Cao Kun's corner and broke into one of Cao Kun's outer rooms. Cao Kun led
Someone went to find Lou Tianren and started working with him, and Lou Tianren suffered a big loss."
"Is this news useful to Director Li?"
Zhang Xin smiled slightly and said calmly: "The news itself is of no use to Li Shiqun. At most it will be a gang fight. But as far as I know, the people who helped Cao Kun are very powerful, they are all professionally trained killers. Lou Tian
Ren's twenty-some bodyguards were all killed by Cao Kun's men in less than five minutes. If he hadn't escaped quickly, Lou Tianren's life would have been lost."
"Do you suspect that the person who helped Cao Kun is an agent of the military commander?"
Zhang Xin nodded: "The martial arts masters are at least not that well-trained. I guess Cao Kun may have been linked to the military commander. Maybe the military commander regarded his home as a stronghold. So, Li Shiqun asked you to find Cao Kun.
I guess there’s no chance.”
Cao Dali slammed the cigarette rod on the table and said angrily: "Cao Kun is such a fool! Can the Japanese afford to be offended by people like us? The national army of millions of people was beaten to pieces.
We are defeated, and even the country is almost gone. With Cao Kun, how can he be able to change the world? Prepare the car, I want to see this idiot!"
Cao Dali's men prepared four cars and took more than 20 bodyguards out. The group arrived at the Liyuan Garden in a public rental garden. They were stopped by Cao Kun's bodyguards at the door.
Cao Dali lost all his strength and shouted: "I am Cao Dali, please let Cao Kun come out to see me."
Bodyguard Zhao Changcheng not only knew Cao Dali, but was also very familiar with him.
"Gang Leader Cao, I know you and our master are brothers, but we still have to follow the rules, and it is also necessary for us to inform you."
"Okay. You go and report it. This guy's wings have become stiff and he doesn't even recognize his brother."
Cao Kun was playing Go with Heping Wusheng. When he received the notification from his subordinates, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed. This brother was many times stronger than himself, and it was not easy to invite him. He must have something to do when he came to visit today.
"Mr. Ping, please stay away for a while. I'm going to meet my brother for a while. He is a lackey raised by the Japanese."
According to the preliminary plan, Ping Wusheng and Huang Guizhi all evacuated to Cao Kun's house and became Cao Kun's distant relatives. They did not know that Cao Kun had such a brother.
Cao Kun came to the gate to greet Cao Dali.
Cao Dali brought so many bodyguards, obviously to show off his wealth. Rich people would feel embarrassed if they went out without bodyguards or servants.
"Dali, why are you here?"
"Brother, I rarely come to your place. I didn't expect that I almost got rejected."
Cao Kun glanced at Zhao Changcheng and knew that Cao Dali had something to say, so he smiled sarcastically and said: "My subordinates have offended you, please don't take offense."
"You can't write two characters Cao in one stroke. What's more, we have the same grandfather?"
"That's it, that's it, please come in."
Cao Dali was rich and powerful, and was ten years younger than Cao Kun. He acted like he was not a younger brother, but an elder. Cao Kun still endured it, not wanting to be in the same league as him.
When Cao Dali saw the Go game in the yard, he knew that Cao Kun's family had a guest. This guest must also like to play Go.
"Brother, why are you so excited that you even play Go? Are you a guest?"
Because he was in such a hurry, Cao Kun actually forgot this detail! Cao Dali's ability to make his business bigger is certainly not comparable to that of ordinary people. At a glance, it was obvious that Cao Kun was playing a game of chess with an outsider just now. More importantly, there were still things on the coffee table.
Two teacups.
"I've been bored alone for the past two days, so I was thinking about playing Go with the housekeeper just now."
The housekeeper, Uncle Quan, was in his early sixties and wore a melon-skin hat. He was a private school teacher when he was young. Cao Dali did not believe that he knew Go. He glanced at Uncle Quan with some suspicion and said, "Uncle Quan, please stay away. Our brothers have