Because of that sudden farewell, Hua Ting didn't have time to explore the origin and mystery of the red cheongsam worn by Zhao Yiran that day, let alone the 10s of the 21st century that she thought about day and night; Now that his dream has come to naught, the top priority at the moment is how to improve his status and trust in Bai Qihong's heart.

The huge opium industry in Bai Qihong's hands can't even be touched by a finger.

During the Republic of China period in the 30s, the Beiyang warlord government and the Kuomintang government connived at and sheltered all the five poisons, and carried out "anti-smoking activities" with great fanfare for opium.

Because Bai Qihong's opium industry is too large, the stakes are far more simple than what you see; In this gray land, there are not only illicit cigarette dealers, but also important officials of the "national government", diplomatic envoys, border officials, warlords and warlords, spy leaders, gang leaders, etc., and even the officials themselves sell cigarettes, let alone seriously ban smoking, but the anti-smoking slogan is fierce, but it is just a pretext to solicit bribes.

In order to raise salaries and collect taxes, local warlords and authorities supported tobacco houses, casinos, and brothels; Military and political officials sell cigarettes and gamble on their own, and solicit bribes in the name of banning smoking and gambling; The Kuomintang government regarded the gangs as its social foundation, encouraged them, and sheltered them.

The officialdom of the Republic of China deceived me and deceived me from top to bottom, and the whole Shanghai was shrouded in a miasma!

As soon as she arrived at the casino, there was a commotion outside the door.

The people in the casino all packed up their things and wanted to escape from the chaos, and the bold ones also took away a few high-quality porcelain items in the hall, and some even just stepped out of the casino gate, seeing Hua Ting standing there motionless, his legs were weak, so he knelt down, and the chips and jewels and jade bones hidden in his arms rolled to the ground.

The noise of shouting and shouting resounded throughout the Bund Street, and after glancing around, the footsteps around became more and more urgent, and someone shouted in a sharp voice: "It's water!" Walk the water! The north hall of the casino lit up with a sky-high red light, and the heat wave was higher and higher, and the fierce tongue of fire seemed to swallow the sky.

Hua Ting's face was like water, and she didn't even take half a point of her clothes, staring at the red light outside in a trance, the red and bright light and shadow danced on her danqing-like side face, but she seemed to be silent as if she didn't realize it.

The noise outside the casino was loud and loud, the tongues of fire in the wind jumped higher and higher, with a crackling explosion, the thick black smoke smoked half the sky, and the pungent smell of smoke drilled into the crowd; Hua Ting took a wet towel handed by Ah Yao, covered her nose slightly, her eyelashes finally trembled, and finally drooped, casting a shadow on her face that reflected the red light, and her voice was still flat: "Who did it?" ”

A Yao's forehead was already covered with a thin layer of sweat, and no matter how calm Rao was on weekdays, he couldn't help but tremble with excitement at this moment, "It's from the Dragon Gang!" ”

"The Dragons?" The sound of the flower listening is still plain, but it seems to be able to disperse at any time.

She turned her head, and the upside-down formation outside seemed to stop at Chen Shu's place—her thin but upright body, her burning eyes, her pursed white lips, and the noise around him were all silent, silently carved into an indifferent but resolute black and white painting.

"Well," Ah Yao continued, "Yesterday at midnight, a few people from the Dragon Gang lost nearly two million yuan in the casino, and they insisted that it was our casino internal fraud, and finally they were taught a lesson by the brothers, so they left with an IOU, but I didn't expect to ...... in the afternoon."

The blood-red flame was like a dancing demon, spitting out bright yellow letters, carrying a thick smoke upward, and the towering flames swallowed the buckets of water in one gulp, with a terrifying momentum, burning fiercely along the north wind, almost half of Shanghai Beach.

It was not until 7 p.m. that the fire was completely extinguished, and only a few weak flames remained, burning among the ashes and ruins, and after a while they were blown out by the wind, except for the occasional sparks that lit up in the ashes. The north hall of the casino was dilapidated and hidden in thick ashes, and occasionally the wind swept by, turning up the ashes on the ground, and you could also see a few pieces of heavy gold chips that were so smoked that they couldn't distinguish the color.

Unexpectedly, the Dragon Gang and Fire are really a good pair of perennial partners!

Scold!

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8 p.m., 2nd floor of Café Bremen.

Hua Ting and Bai Qihong sat at the end of the long table covered with snow-white tablecloths, and stalemate with the indifferent Chen Shu for almost half an hour.

Bai Qihong's face was as pale as frost, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say a word, straightened the wide cuffs of the robe on his body, and slowly picked up a cup of Longjing and put it to his mouth.

Hua Ting's red lips were knocking on a plate of melon seeds on the table, half a shoe was on her toes, habitually swinging, she gently spit out the melon seed shell on the table, and said quickly: "Gang Leader Chen, how should this case be tried?" ”

Chen Shu was silent for a long time, took a short knife from the waist of the henchman behind him, raised his head, and threw it in front of Hua Ting.

The knife quickly swayed on the table a few times, and then slowly stopped, reflecting the cold light of Sensen under the incandescent light overhead, Chen Shu said: "All the losses of the casino will be compensated by our Dragon Gang, as for the few ...... of them" paused, and knocked his fingers on the table, "I hope Miss Bai will deal with it according to Jiang rules." ”

The five perpetrators behind Chen Shu were unconvinced, and one of them was more daring and took the lead and said: "Boss, it is clear that they are the casino fraud, and they have caused our brothers to ......."

Chen Shu raised a hand in the air, and the person behind him obediently stopped talking and stopped talking.

Hua Ting's smiling eyes flickered, and she slowly raised her hand to pinch the hilt of the knife, and took a closer look.

Bai Qihong, who was beside him, raised his eyebrows, lowered his head and blew the tea foam in the cup, vaguely sneering: "What kind of master will teach what kind of subordinates, what else will your Dragon Gang do besides killing people and setting fires?" His pupils deepened, but there was a chuckle on his face, "If this account is really to be calculated, it's not as simple as more than one casino, right?" You tell me? Chen Gang Leader. ”

Bai Qihong had something to say, and every sentence hit the point, Chen Shu lowered his eyes and didn't speak.

Hua Ting gently threw it away with one hand holding the handle of the knife, shook his head and said: "It's too cheap to deal with it according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, you guys, I won't do such a loss-making transaction." ”

"So, Mr. Bai and Miss Bai, how do you think this matter should be handled?" Chen Shu's tone was flat, but several members of the Dragon Gang behind him began to be restless.

Bai Qihong was affectionate, hid his smile behind the raised teacup, his eyes narrowed slightly, he took a sip of tea slowly, put the teacup down again, turned the green jade wrench on his fingers, carefully looked at the young and vigorous face opposite, and said, "Hua Ting, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

Hua Tingting sighed lightly, her chin raised, and her eyebrows and eyes were full of arrogance, "Of course, I will repay it with my life." ”

As soon as a few words came out, Chen Shu was stunned for a moment, looking at the flower-like face opposite, he couldn't see the slightest murderous aura in her eyes.

"This matter is indeed the immorality of our Dragon Gang," Chen Shu's tone seemed to have dropped a notch, which did not match this arrogant face at all, "I hope Miss Bai can sell me a personal favor." ”

"Why should we sell you favors?" Hua Ting hooked her lips and smiled, her low voice was soft but her strength was more than a thousand catties, "It won't do us any good." ”

A Dragon Gang boss who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal will actually open his mouth to defend a few henchmen, which makes people laugh out of their big teeth!

Isn't that ironic, you say? (To be continued.) )