Chapter 15: A Funeral in the Motions
Because Wu Tengxiong'an's funeral was imminent, before dawn, Liu Wei got up to say goodbye, and returned to the rented apartment with the unfinished Mobei Wolf and Zhou Yulong. At this time, some of Nagissa's subordinates had already returned to Osaka and deployed a cordon around them, so there was no need to worry about Wu Tenglan jumping off the wall in a hurry.
While it was time for breakfast, Dian Bin rushed over.
Liu Wei asked Zhu Shou to adjust the perimeter guard and sent him out.
"What about Tsunashi Shinagawa?"
"He's in Tokyo after the aftermath, and there are still a few things that haven't been dealt with, so come over at night." Dian Bin has been busy all day, probably hasn't even eaten dinner, and is gobbling up a king-sized hamburger.
"Just in time, you will pick him up then."
Dian Bin nodded, just took a bite of the hamburger, and couldn't speak.
Liu Wei took out four checks and put them in front of Dian Bin. "This is the hard money that Wu Teng Yinan gave us, you wait to go to the bank to convert it into cash, don't leave a handle."
Glancing at the amount on the check, Dian Bin's eyes widened.
His surprised appearance attracted the attention of Mobei Wolf and Zhou Yulong. The two glanced at each other, and also cast a disbelieving look at Liu Wei.
"Did he give it, or did you ask for it?" Dian Bin swallowed the food in his mouth hard.
"Of course I want it, will someone like him take the initiative to give us hard money?" Liu Wei picked up the cigarette on the table and looked very proud.
"Why do you want so much money?" Dian Bin glanced at the four checks again, as if thinking that they were four time bombs.
"If all goes well, we'll leave tomorrow." Liu Wei lit a cigarette and took two puffs, "Although I don't know what will happen in the future, whether we will continue to act together, no matter what your plans are, you will definitely need money, you can't let me go to Yasutaro Hashimoto." ”
Dian Bin let out a long breath and said, "What if it doesn't go well? ”
Liu Wei didn't speak, because Dian Bin definitely had something to say.
"Before I came over, I received a call from Lao Li, Hua Ruyu and they will arrive tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Liu Wei frowned.
Dian Bin nodded and said: "Lao Li is also investigating Wu Teng Yinan, although he didn't find anything useful, but his judgment is completely contrary to ours, thinking that Wu Teng Yinan is just a small character who has been used by others, and has nothing to do with what happened in Afghanistan." ”
"That is, it's useless to catch him." Zhou Yulong asked Dian Bin.
"So to speak. Even if you can ask something from Wu Teng's mouth, it won't make much sense. In Lao Li's words, the only way to find out the relationship between the Mitsubishi consortium and the Afghanistan incident is to break into the Iwasaki family and start from within. ”
Liu Wei nodded thoughtfully and said, "In this case, we can't let Wu Teng live one more day." ”
Dian Bin frowned, waiting for Liu Wei to continue.
Mobei Wolf and Zhou Yulong lit cigarettes and were also waiting for Liu Wei's words.
"Lao Li definitely wants to use Iwasaki Fumiko, but she has no status in the Iwasaki family, otherwise she wouldn't be allowed to marry Muto Shunji's waste." Liu Wei paused a little and said, "She has a role, but she didn't decide on her surname." If we want to start from within the Iwasaki family, we have to establish some kind of relationship with the Iwasaki family, so that the Iwasaki family has to rely on us. At present, it seems that the only way is to destroy the shipyard and let the Brotherhood take control of the Hanshin region and control the shipwrights association. We must get rid of Wu Teng and one man in order to achieve our goal. ”
"In that case, let's hurry." Mobei Wolf put out the cigarette cleanly, "All the big people in the boat club will attend Wu Tengxiong'an's funeral and have a pot ......"
Liu Wei rolled his eyes, and Dian Bin also shook his head, even Zhou Yulong felt that it was not feasible.
"What better way do you have it?" Mobei Wolf was stunned for a moment, and took out another cigarette.
"Brute force will only be bad, and it will never be successful." Liu Wei sighed and said, "The Ogata family has existed in name only, relying on a few female generations, and it will not be able to become a climate in ten or eight years." The Wu Teng family is in turmoil, as long as the contradiction between Wu Tenglan and Wu Teng Kazuo is fully utilized, the ending will not be much better than that of the Ogata family. As long as the Kondo family can be eradicated, the boat company will never want to turn over. It's just that you can't do it brutely, you have to think of a good way. ”
"What's the solution?" Mobei Wolf asked.
Liu Wei pondered for a while and said, "Wu Teng Yinan has been suspicious of us and has not really cooperated with us. With his surname, even if he believes that we can come forward to bring down Wu Tenglan tonight, we will be prepared for the second hand. This guy is so brave and ruthless, and if he can't fight civilly, he will definitely engage in martial arts. ”
"Martial Arts...... Attack on Wu Tenglan? Zhou Yulong frowned.
Liu Wei nodded and said, "He brought back a lot of people from South Korea, and he controlled the shipping channel, so he must have gotten a batch of weapons and equipment." If you can let Kazuo Wu Teng and the Kondo family eat dog and lose both, not only can the Iwasaki family completely die to the ship company, but also let the brotherhood naturally enter the Hanshin area. ”
"Obviously impossible, at least for now, there is no reason for Kazuo Wu Teng to immediately attack the Kondo family."
"If he refuses to do it, we will do it for him." Liu Wei glanced at Dian Bin and said, "You have to find a way to find out where the personnel and equipment brought back by Wu Teng and a man are hiding as soon as possible." After tonight's affair is over, let's take a vote and settle this matter. ”
"Just a few of us?" Dian Bin was still a little incredulous.
"Of course not, didn't Nagisa bring a large number of people over?" Liu Wei smiled and said, "To help the Brotherhood fight the country, Zhu Shou must be very hard." ”
Dian Bin was stunned for a moment, and then said, "How do you deal with the police?" ”
"Then it depends on how beautiful the story our detective can make."
"Tsunagara Shinagawa?"
Liu Wei nodded and said, "When you go to pick him up, don't tell him where to go for the time being, wait for my call." This guy is an anomaly, his purpose is social stability and the well-being of the people, and he never cares about the means. As long as we promise to be more civilized than the shipyard company, he will not go against us. ”
"In that case, we're going to have to hurry up and re-engineer." Dian Bin no longer objected.
By this time, I can't think of a better way for a while.
After making adjustments to the action plan, Liu Wei called Zhu Shou and asked him to come back quickly.
When he heard that the Kondo family was going to be used to eradicate the Funaisha, Nagisa was more excited than anyone else, because he knew that after the Funai's end, the Brotherhood that was the first to take action would definitely come out on top, and even control most of the Hanshin area before the other societies took action.
For the Brotherhood, taking control of the Hanshin region was no less significant than the march into Tokyo.
After letting Zhu Shou arrange for his subordinates to take turns to guard and guard, and the others took turns to rest, Liu Wei returned to the bedroom to recuperate for the night's actions.
Kotone Takeuchi didn't sleep, he didn't stay in bed, but squatted alone on the edge of the window like a wild cat.
This little lady is very withdrawn, used to loneliness, I'm afraid that for more than ten years, she has never slept in a bed with others, and she is used to being alone in the world.
Liu Wei didn't bother to pay attention to her, as long as he didn't look for a short-term view.
At this time, Wu Teng Xiong'an's funeral had already begun.
As the patriarch of the Wu Teng family and the third generation of the boat society, Wu Teng Xiongan is a big man with a head and a face in the whole country, and the people who came to attend the funeral crowded the entire cemetery, not only all the members above the small head of the boat company, celebrities in the Hanshin area, but also many political dignitaries.
There is nothing surprising that Wu Tengxiongan is also the chairman of the shipwrights association and a well-known celebrity.
The funeral was held in strict accordance with the customs, and Wu Tenglan, Wu Teng Kazuo, Muto Shunji, and Wu Teng Xiongan's daughters lined up in order to express their gratitude to those who came to attend the funeral. Wu Teng Xiong'an stayed behind the human wall behind the human wall with the illegitimate sons and illegitimate daughters who had been made out with other women and were not recognized by the family, and they were eligible to attend the funeral, but they were not eligible to receive condolences as members of the Wu Teng family.
Because there were too many people who came to attend the funeral, Wu Tenglan and Wu Teng were in the cemetery all morning.
At noon, the Wu Teng family chartered all the nearby hotel restaurants and held a banquet to entertain the guests. Wu Tenglan and Wu Teng also went to thank the guests with red envelopes in accordance with the custom.
This is the biggest feature of the funeral customs.
After accepting the gift money from the guest, the host family must return one-third of the gift money to the guest as a token of gratitude for the guest's attendance at the funeral.
It was busy until the early afternoon before the funeral officially began.
Although cremation and sea burial have been very popular in Yueben, in order to save the cost of buying a cemetery, many people have chosen sea burial, but the Wuteng family still chose the burial for Wuteng Xiongan, the location is in the Wuteng family cemetery, which also buries Wuteng Xiongan's father Wuteng Intaro, and Wuteng Haigoro, who pushed the Wuteng family and the ship company to the top and is known as the "Hanshin Shoujie".
The cemetery was too small to accommodate all the guests, only the main members of the boat club and the guests of high status.
When Wu Tengxiong'an's coffin was put into the ground, there was a little friction, that is, who should scatter the first handful of soil.
Every family member has the opportunity to scatter soil, but not everyone is qualified to be the first to scatter soil. According to the funeral customs, only the heirs of Wu Teng Xiong'an have this qualification. In ordinary families, the first person to spread the soil must be the eldest son, if there is no heir, it is the eldest daughter, and finally the widow.
This is also understandable, it is said that it is extremely patriarchal.
The problem is that it is not Wu Teng Xiongan's eldest son Wu Teng Yinan who holds the power of the family, but his widow Wu Tenglan. Because Wu Tenglan has inherited the power and replaced Wu Teng, it is up to her to spread the first handful of soil. But according to custom, Wu Teng and a man have to be the first to hold the soil.
This little friction almost caused the two sides to turn their faces on the spot.
In the end, Takayo Kondo had to mediate and let the two sides sprinkle the first handful of soil together.
In order to show justice, and to show the big people present, Wu Tenglan and Wu Teng also crossed their hands to make this symbolic action.
By this time, the sun had set and it was getting dark.
Wu Tengxiong'an's funeral has only completed the first step, and there are still many ceremonies that have not been held.
A storm has formed and is about to sweep across the entire Hanshin area!
(To be continued)