The news from the Intelligence Bureau was delivered in a timely manner, and Ning Zhiheng informed Yi Hua'an, and his order reached Mu Yu's hands two hours later.

Luo Xingchao, who hurried back to the No. 76 agent headquarters, immediately called Cui Yuanfeng and Bi Wenxiang over as soon as he returned to the office.

He first asked Cui Yuanfeng, "What has Wu Shicai been doing in the past two days?" ”

Cui Yuanfeng has been responsible for the development of eyeliner within the secret service headquarters, under the banner of the Japanese, relying on Luo Xingchao's current identity, this work is going very smoothly, almost around the powerful cadres in No. 76, there are eyeliner that he bought and arranged, Wu Shicai, as the captain of the action team, Li Zhiqun's henchman, naturally cannot be an exception.

And these days, Luo Xingchao has specially confessed, and he must have kept an eye on Wu Shicai's movements, so as soon as he heard Luo Xingchao's inquiry, he immediately replied: "This guy has made a lot of moves during this time, he has swallowed Sheng Zhiyuan's industry, and is looking for someone to take over the cash, Sheng Zhiyuan's family members have also been arrested, locked up in the casino in Huxi and tortured, it seems that Sheng Shiyuan has done something in the middle and hidden most of the assets, Wu Shicai wants to get the money back."

Also, his subordinates are fighting the autumn wind everywhere, arresting a few businessmen from Huxi, and are extorting money, I think he is forced by this money, but his deficit this time is big, and it is not so easy to make up for it. ”

When Luo Xingchao heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Do you know that you have arrested those merchants?" ”

"There are three in total, Wang Hongyun of An Fengyuan Trading Bank, Pang Xingwen of Shunjia Department Store, and Wang Chang, the owner of Huajin Township Cotton Spinning Factory, are all merchants with some family backgrounds in western Huxi, and now the businessmen in western Huxi are scared of everyone's danger, for fear that Wu Shicai will come to the door."

Luo Xingchao couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he heard this, Cui Yuanfeng's surveillance of Wu Shicai was already in place, but there was no Wei Hongde's name in it, he asked again: "Only these three people were arrested?" Did that eyeliner Chang Shan mention the name Wei Hongde? ”

Chang Shan is Cui Yuanfeng's eyeliner, this person is a follower of Wu Shicai's side, although he is not a cronie, but many things can't be hidden from him.

"Wei Hongde?" Cui Yuanfeng and Bi Wenxiang glanced at each other, they have worked in Shanghai for so many years, and they are naturally familiar with this famous real estate tycoon in Shanghai.

Luo Xingchao then introduced the situation and said in a low voice: "The intelligence department has already sent news that Wei Hongde, a real estate tycoon in the concession, was kidnapped at noon the day before yesterday, and the kidnappers asked for a sky-high price of 300,000 US dollars as soon as they opened their mouths. ”

Bi Wenxiang asked suspiciously: "Wei Hongde has a connection with the Intelligence Bureau?" ”

Luo Xingchao nodded: "It's hard to say, the intelligence department has been operating in Shanghai for so long, and there must be a lot of connections in the concession, maybe it has something to do with Wei Hongde." ”

"Wei Hongde is the richest man on the beach in Shanghai, Hua Dong of the Ministry of Industry of the Public Concession, rich and powerful, it is said that he has the background of the British consul behind him, Wu Shicai dares to do something to him, is he really so unscrupulous?"

Luo Xingchao said: "He now dares to do anything in order to make up for the shortfall, I estimate that he has lost too much this time, no matter how thick the family background of these businessmen in Huxi is, they can't take out this money for a while, so it is very possible to choose a rich man like Wei Hongde." ”

Bi Wenxiang couldn't help but be a little stunned: "300,000 US dollars!" Wu Shicai is really a lion's mouth, I think he is not only making up for the shortfall, but also making a lot of money. ”

Cui Yuanfeng said: "Chang Shan didn't mention Wei Hongde, but he is not Wu Shicai's cronies, and he may not know some things, so I'll go to him and ask him about it." ”

Luo Xingchao immediately said: "Without further ado, before tomorrow night, there must be a result, by the way, there is another detail, when Wei Hongde was kidnapped, the kidnappers dispatched two cars, and finally drove Wei Hongde's car back to the city together, this is a pure white American Buick brand latest, valuable, there are not a few in Shanghai, you can also start from this aspect, see if you can find out Wei Hongde's whereabouts." ”

That's an important clue!

Cui Yuanfeng hurriedly nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, a living person is easy to hide, but the characteristics of this car are obvious, and the target is also big, I will definitely be able to find out." ”

"Bailey's Car Repair Company!" Bi Wenxiang also seemed to remember something, and couldn't help but say out loud.

Seeing that the other two people were looking at him, Bi Wenxiang hurriedly explained.

It turns out that there have been repeated cases of lost cars in Shanghai recently, and many car owners have reported to the police station, because these car owners are all wealthy businessmen, or prominent political dignitaries, they continue to put pressure on the police station, and the police station is forced to do so, so they have to make great efforts to investigate carefully.

They found that the loss of these cars was done by the local Green Gang, and even identified some suspicious people, all of whom were experts in picking locks on the usual doors, but these people also had a special identity, that is, the operations personnel of the No. 76 Agent Headquarters, in fact, Wu Shicai's subordinates.

They also found out that Wu Shicai opened a car repair shop in western Shanghai, called Baili Car Repair Shop, which was in the business of repairing cars on the surface, but in fact it was specially designed to remodel these stolen cars, wear off the codes on the engines, remodify and paint them, and finally send them to the surrounding areas of Shanghai to sell.

Although the police station has investigated some of the circumstances, but now in Shanghai, the power of the No. 76 Secret Service Headquarters is dominant, especially Wu Shicai and his gang are engaged in reckless behavior, and their arrogance is very arrogant; it can be said that except for the eastern urban area controlled by the Japanese, the police in other areas are unwilling to offend the No. 76 people, and now the head of the police department of the Nanjing puppet government is Li Zhiqun, the director of the No. 76 Secret Service Headquarters, so the police station naturally does not dare to pursue any further, and these cases have dragged on, and finally they have not been resolved.

But these rumors still came out after all, Wu Shicai's subordinates are all disciples of the Green Gang, these people have been in the market all the year round, and they have more or less this and that problem, so that it is difficult to guarantee the confidentiality work, and the news finally reached Bi Wenxiang.

At first, Bi Wenxiang didn't care, Wu Shicai did anything to make money, he was also clear, and it was expected that he would steal rats and dogs, and now he heard about Wei Hongde's car, which reminded him of this matter all of a sudden.

"This guy has a good way of making money, and he really doesn't miss any opportunity to make money." Luo Xingchao couldn't help but sigh, Wu Shicai really lived up to his name, he was obsessed with money all his life, and his greedy nature seeped into the cracks of his bones.

Cui Yuanfeng was also very happy, in this way, his investigation would have a direction and a target, it would save a lot of time, and the possibility of finding Wei Hongde before tomorrow night was greatly increased.

But Bi Wenxiang was not finished yet, he continued to report to Luo Xingchao: "There is one more thing, Inspector Zha Yutang of the Public Concession is missing, and several of his subordinates are missing.

However, Zha Yutang's disappearance is a bit strange, the British and American consulates have suppressed the news, and the major newspapers and newspapers have not published any news in this regard, and the new Inspector Zonghua has also taken office, coincidentally, he also disappeared the day before yesterday, and it happened to be the same day as Wei Hongde's kidnapping, you say, will there be any connection between the two? ”

"No!" Luo Xingchao said categorically that he had just received an exact reply from Yi Hua'an, so he naturally knew the inside story.

So he carefully recounted some of the circumstances of the incident to the two assistants, and then said: "This time the situation is very dangerous, Cha Yutang does have some secret materials in his hands, which is a great threat to the intelligence department, fortunately, we found out Feng Sinian's identity in time, the intelligence department warned Phillips, and finally the intelligence department took action, Phillips cooperated, and solved the crisis, we have a lot of credit for this matter, and Shangfeng is very satisfied with our performance!" ”

"Great, all the hard work has not been in vain!" Cui Yuanfeng and Bi Wenxiang were overjoyed, they had been investigating this matter for more than two months, and now they were naturally encouraged and excited to have such a successful result.

"Okay, everything is clear, time is pressing, you guys should act separately!"

In the Gu Mansion in the French Concession of Shanghai, Ji Hongyi sat under Gu Xuan, and across from him sat Wei Hongde's wife and his eldest son Wei Xilin.

Wei Hongde is old, and now most of the family's business is handed over to the eldest son Wei Xilin to take care of, this time his father had an accident, Wei Xilin, as the eldest man in the family, naturally took on the responsibility of saving his father, and he has been running around to raise funds for the past two days, and today he received a call from Ji Hongyi and hurried to the Gu Mansion.

As soon as Wei Xilin sat down, he couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Ji, you still have a way, you have a way to exchange such a large amount of dollars so quickly, I really don't know how to thank you!" ”

Ji Hongyi waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Wei is polite, Mr. Wei and my master have been close friends for many years, if something happens to him, we are naturally obliged, the money is here, you count it!" ”

After speaking, he lifted a leather case from under his feet, put it on the table, gently unbuttoned the leather button, opened the lid of the box, pushed it in front of Wei's mother and son, and said, "Mrs. Wei, Master Wei, you check it, a total of 150,000 US dollars." ”

The Wei family had already remitted fiat currency and Japanese currency worth 150,000 US dollars to the company's account in Ji Hongyi's name, and this currency exchange was successfully completed.

Of course, Wei's mother and son will not really check, Wei Xilin directly covered the lid of the suitcase, and said with gratitude: "Great, I have long heard that Mr. Ji's reputation is not only Mr. Gu's right-hand man, but also a leader in Shanghai's business community, today I have your help, by the way, I don't know how your investigation has been going in the past few days, who is the kidnapper?" Will I be able to bring my father back safely? ”

When Gu Xuan heard this, he was also worried that the kidnappers would ignore the rules of the rivers and lakes and tear up the ticket after taking the money, so he also asked out loud: "Yes, Hongyi, what have you found in the past two days?" ”

Of course, Ji Hongyi wouldn't say much, although he and Ning Zhiheng had already judged that it was Wu Shicai, the hooligan leader of the seventy-sixth, but after all, it had not been verified, and Ji Hongyi didn't want the Wei family to know too much, otherwise it would be difficult for him to get involved.

So he said: "There are not many clues left by the other party, and the time is too short, I haven't investigated any substantive situation, so I can only judge that it is not the forces in the concession, I estimate that most of them are the underworld forces in the city." ”

Wei Xilin immediately nodded, agreeing with Ji Hongyi's opinion, he is also a shrewd person, and he also has his own judgment on this matter, and said: "Yes, Mr. Ji is right, my father has been operating in the concession for many years, and the people in the concession have given some face, and the place where they ask for payment is in Lanjiaqiao in western Shanghai, I think it should be done by the Qinggang disciples in the city." ”

Mrs. Wei took the opportunity to hurriedly say: "Mr. Gu, this time the kidnappers specially asked to let Xi Lin pay the money by himself, I am really a little worried, Huxi is a famous 'bad land', bandits are rampant, the public security situation is chaotic, there are all kinds of villains, if the kidnappers take the money and don't let go, and even detain Xi Lin again, in that case, our Wei family will be finished." ”

When Gu Xuan heard this, he also felt that there was some truth, if he really encountered a kidnapper who did not pay attention to the morality of the rivers and lakes, the so-called money was charming, such a large amount of money was easy to start, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not have the intention of wanting to be long, if he attacked Wei Xilin again, and then extorted money, then the Wei family would be even worse, and they would never be able to turn over again.

Wei Xilin himself was also quite worried, there was another important reason why their mother and son came over this time, that is, to ask Gu Xuan to take action, which could not only ensure Wei Xilin's safety, but also successfully redeem Wei Hongde.

Gu Xuan looked at Ji Hongyi, although the Northern Jiangsu Gang is now in his final hand, but in fact, the power in his hands is no longer as good as the gang controlled by Ji Hongyi, and he knows that Ji Hongyi has a group of cronies and disciples who can fight and kill, and this matter still has to fall on this disciple.

He said loudly: "Hongyi, I think it is better for you to take someone to secretly protect Wei Gongzi and go to Huxi to pay the money." ”

"Don't worry, I'll leave this matter to me." Ji Hongyi saw that the master had spoken, and quickly nodded in agreement.

Then he looked at Wei Xilin again, looked up and down carefully, and said: "After all, the urban area is not our territory, especially in the western part of Shanghai, it is indeed too risky, and any accident may happen, I mean, for the sake of safety, Wei Gongzi should not come forward, I am similar to you, if Mrs. Wei and Wei Gongzi can trust me, then I will pay instead of Wei Gongzi, what do you think?" ”

Wei's mother and son were overjoyed when they heard this, they didn't expect that Ji Hongyi was willing to go out in person, in this way, things couldn't be safer, Wei Xilin hurriedly got up and gave Ji Hongyi a deep salute: "Thank you so much Mr. Ji, then everything is please, it's not that I'm greedy for life and afraid of death and don't dare to go to Huxi, it's just that I can only hold a pen and a stick, and I can't hold a chicken. ”

Gu Xuan looked at Ji Hongyi and agreed, knowing that he had always done things safely and thoughtfully, so he would naturally have his own arrangements, and he didn't have to worry about safety, so he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, that's it, Ji Hongyi, everything should be more careful and make more arrangements." ”

"Yes, don't worry!" Ji Hongyi nodded in agreement.