The warehouse explosion along the Suzhou Creek gradually died down with the release of Feng Haiquan's closing report, since it was a natural disaster, it could only consider itself unlucky, and the British consulate secretly sent Kato the so-called compensation money, and the Japanese did not pursue it more, and those broken underground pipes were also rebuilt at the expense of the British, and the repair of the buildings on the ground was repaired by the Japanese, which is called humanitarian aid.

The appointment of the Huajie police chief Li Dongping is coming to an end, and the new police chief is about to be appointed, and the appointment of the Huajie police chief is not just the final say of the Chinese family, but must be recognized by all forces in Shanghai before it can be effective, including consuls of various countries, chief inspectors of patrol houses in various concessions, and others.

And Feng Haiquan is the best among the candidates in terms of ability and influence, and can even be said to be the first. At the beginning, the treasure map case made Feng Haiquan famous, and he won the support of the people because of the eradication of the first tyrant in Shanghai, Liu Dahu, so the call for winning the championship was very high, and all aspects, including the French Concession, the Public Concession, the Japanese Concession, etc., were very optimistic about him.

However, after the explosion of warehouses along the Suzhou Creek, both the British and the Japanese, who had supported him, were dissatisfied with him. The reason is that Feng Haiquan's closing report stated that the gas pipeline was severely aging and in disrepair, which caused it to be cracked in the earthquake, which caused the explosion. Of course, they were very dissatisfied with Feng Haiquan's closing report, but they couldn't find a handle, so they could only swallow their anger, but this bad breath was really uncomfortable in their hearts, so when they voted for the candidate for the post of police chief of the Chinese community, the British kicked Feng Haiquan out.

The Japanese believed that the Japanese suffered the most serious losses in this explosion, and they originally hoped that the closing report could find out the responsible party, so that they could make up for their losses, but Feng Haiquan's closing report stated that the explosion was caused by a natural disaster, so the culprit was God, and the most strange thing is that in this explosion, the dead were all Japanese, so all kinds of rumors spread around, saying that the Japanese had done too much evil, and the heavens were angry and resentful, and God couldn't see it, so he stomped his feet, causing an earthquake, and the Japanese were all dead. This is Heaven punishing the Japanese. Moreover, in Chinese newspapers, the most frequent sentence is: If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself.

When the Japanese saw such reports, of course, they gritted their teeth and were filled with righteous indignation, and they closed down several newspapers and arrested a few editors and reporters, but how could they stop it, and this act of the Japanese triggered a backlash among the citizens of Shanghai, and the anti-Japanese sentiment became even higher. Therefore, the Japanese became angry with Feng Haiquan, although they could not catch Feng Haiquan's pigtails, but they believed that his closing report was the culprit of this series of incidents, so in this draft of opinions on the appointment of the chief of the police in the Chinese realm, the Japanese directly crossed out Feng Haiquan's name.

And for the Shanghai Municipal Government, Feng Haiquan is not their first choice, Li Dongping has already woven a network of interests when he was in office, over the years, they have received a steady stream of benefits from Li Dongping, the money bags are bulging, and now Li Dongping is about to step down, if he is replaced with a Feng Haiquan who can only solve cases, does not know how to deal with points, does not know how to engage in interpersonal relationships, and disdains the same dust as light, then this interest network will be torn apart, so although Feng Haiquan has a high voice, it is not a dish on the top, They don't care how high the level of the new police chief is, how capable they are, what they care about is whether this person is obedient, whether he is good at control, whether he understands the rules of officialdom, whether he will be sent to him, obviously, Feng Haiquan, who regards himself as high, is not far away from their ideal candidate, so the above just took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the British and Japanese with Feng Haiquan to block Feng Haiquan's career.

On the day when the appointment of the police chief was announced, Feng Haiquan was in a suit and leather shoes, full of spring breeze, full of ambition, and sat down with the victory in his hand, just waiting to receive the appointment letter from the mayor.

When the mayor announced that the final candidate for the Huajie police chief was Ding Yibang, Feng Haiquan seemed to have fallen into an ice hole, and his heart was cold from head to toe, he never expected that he was far ahead of his opponent, but he finally lost the election. His mind went blank, and he stood up silently and walked out of the auditorium alone.

Three days later, Feng Haiquan submitted his resignation to the new police chief, Ding Yibang.

Ding Yibang looked at it and tore up Feng Haiquan's resignation letter: "Brother Haiquan, as soon as I took office, you submitted your resignation, which really embarrassed me!" People who don't know still think that I can't tolerate you and squeeze you away, but you are our Huajie detective, you can't pick a son and leave! Whatever you need, just say, as long as my brother and I can do it, I will do it. ”

Ding Yibang put his hand on Haiquan's shoulder, looking like a brother.

"Director Ding, you misunderstood, I haven't been home to see my father for almost ten years, I always dream of his old man these days, so I want to go back to my hometown, do my filial piety in front of my father's bed, and do my duty as a son, don't misunderstand." Feng Haiquan smiled faintly.

"Brother Haiquan, I don't object to you if you want to be filial, filial piety comes first, but filial piety doesn't have to resign, so let's do it, I'll give you leave, over the years, you have worked hard in the police station, almost all year round, I'll approve your vacation now, you can take as long as you want, you see this, okay?" Ding Yibang was almost pleading with Feng Haiquan.

Ding Yibang's retention of Feng Haiquan is not a coy gesture, he knows that if he wants to sit firmly on the throne of this director, he must be inseparable from Feng Haiquan's assistance, he is not from a police school, and he knows nothing about investigating and solving cases, he is just a secretary of the city government, the reason why he was appointed as the police chief was decided by the above in order to maintain this interest network, over the years, he and Li Dongping have the most docking, and they also know the relationship involved in this interest network the most. So his election means that this network will continue to be effectively maintained.

Although the police chief can fish a lot of oil and water, but solving the case is always the main business of the police department, if there is no effective master of solving the case, then even the people of the city government value him no longer use, in the end, he, the police chief, must be recognized by foreign adults from all over the world to sit firmly and sit for a long time, and those foreign adults will definitely kick you away if they think that you are a wine bag and rice bag, and cannot manage the Chinese for them. Therefore, for Ding Yibang, Feng Haiquan is the guarantee for him to sit firmly and sit on the throne of the police chief for a long time, so he tries his best to keep him.

Of course, Feng Haiquan understood Ding Yibang's intentions, and he sighed helplessly: "Okay, then I'll take a vacation first, but the ugly words are said first, Director Ding, I don't know how long my vacation will be this time, please take care of the director." ”

"Well said, well said. You can rest assured that you can take a vacation first, Brother Haiquan, this way, when you go back to your hometown, I will ask the driver to send you back. ”

"Don't bother, Director, I'll drive back by myself." After Feng Haiquan finished speaking, he left the director's office.

On the same day, Feng Haiquan drove back to his hometown, Penglai Village.

When Feng Degui, the richest man in Penglai Village, heard that the housekeeper had come to report that the second young master had returned, Feng Degui immediately bounced up from the Taishi's chair and ran out of the door excitedly.

When Feng Degui saw his youngest son who he hadn't seen for more than ten years standing in the courtyard, his heart was ecstatic, but his face sank: "Do you still know to come back?" ”