The Huage Zhen Road where the Zhang Mansion is located used to be the righteous mound at the north gate of the French Concession, and the surrounding area is full of broken coffins, wild corpses exposed, piles of dry bones, barren grass without chest, fox and snake edge holes, extremely desolate.

Du Yuesheng and Huang Jinrong, Zhang Xiaolin partnered to set up Sanxin Company, by smuggling and selling opium to make a lot of money, in order to repay Huang Jinrong's kindness, Du Yuesheng spent money to buy this land to build three beautiful, unique villas, surrounded by high walls on all sides, strict guards, pedestrians are not allowed to pass at night.

After the villa was completed, Du Yuesheng was ready to invite Huang Jinrong and Zhang Xiaolin to live with the three of them, "one incense burner and three incense sticks, and they should be enjoyed together", but Zhang Xiaolin could live in a ready-made exquisite villa without spending a penny.

Although Huang Jinrong knew that Du Yuesheng had good intentions to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to build a villa, he thought that this foundation was a cemetery, and if he lived in it, he would get along with lonely ghosts and wild ghosts day and night, and he would not be at peace, so he politely declined.

In this way, Zhang Xiaolin and Du Yuesheng lived next to each other, and in the following years, the sons of both sides worshiped each other as their fathers, and the relationship was extremely close

But with the passage of time, Du Yuesheng is good at dancing with long sleeves, eating up and down, and the business is getting bigger and bigger, and when the "Hengshe" is established, Du Yuesheng has woven a huge network of relationships in Shanghai that is enough to manipulate the political, industrial and commercial, and financial circles.

And Zhang Xiaolin saw the money openly, saw the profit and forgot the righteousness, coupled with his conservative ways, sticking to pornography, gambling, drugs, fraud and other industries and not letting go, although the business is thriving, but the influence is much smaller than Du Yuesheng. Zhang Xiaolin was jealous of Du Yuesheng's achievements, and suspected that Du Yuesheng did not recommend his eldest son Zhang Fayao to Chiang Kai-shek, so that he had achieved nothing so far, and he was not satisfied with Du Yuesheng, and his heart was full of resentment.

In this way, although the two mansions are only separated by a wall, they are separated from each other, and they can no longer be as close and talk about things as before

"Bang-"

With a dull loud sound, Zhang Xiaolin's right hand had sunk deep into the Eight Immortals table made of sandalwood beside him, and splinters of wood were splattered everywhere. Zhang Xiaolin was able to break into a huge foundation in Shanghai Tang, which is full of heroes, but it is not in vain.

"Who the hell wants to kill me?"

Zhang Xiaolin raised his eyebrows, his eyes were full of bloodshots, and his mouth let out a loud roar, like a hungry lion who had been teased into rage. Bad news has been going on for several days, especially now that the members of the Green Gang have been involved in the murder of members of the Japanese imperial family, and the situation has become almost incomprehensible.

As the top boss in Shanghai, Zhang Xiaolin can clearly see the current international and domestic situation, after Japan annexed the three eastern provinces and Rehe, it has gradually extended its claws to Guannai, once it succeeds in instigating the autonomy of North China, then China's great country is very likely to change hands, and it is the right time to take effect at this time

If this were not the case, Zhang Xiaolin would not have chosen to secretly communicate with the Japanese while befriending the military and political officials of the Nanjing government

However, everything that is happening now has directly led to the hard work of the past two years in vain. What it means to kill a member of the Japanese imperial family, Zhang Xiaolin understands better than anyone else.

Hearing this loud noise, coupled with a stinging pain in his face from the flying sawdust, Wu Jingguan's legs trembled suddenly, and he couldn't help but bury his head lower. Thinking about it, the eldest son Zhang Fayao was seriously injured, this account has not been calculated, and now even Zhang Xiaolin himself is in danger, and he can't complain that the boss is so angry.

It's just that Wu Jingguan is still very confused, who can lay out such a big net in Shanghai, a place where three religions and nine streams are mixed, without revealing any traces?

"Could it be those two? In Shanghai, it's almost impossible to hide from them......" Zhang Xiaolin said this, and suddenly looked back at Wu Jingguan.

Wu Jingguan naturally knew who Zhang Xiaolin was referring to, he shook his head with a wry smile, stroked the gold-rimmed glasses that were about to fall off the bridge of his nose, and said softly:

"It's not very likely...... Now that the three-legged situation of Shanghai Tang has been completed, and not long after the Xi'an Zhangyang incident, Nanjing urgently needs a stable and harmonious situation.

"Du and Huang have been on the beach for many years, and they still have this vision, and they will never find trouble for themselves. Besides, Da Shuai has shares in the companies of the two uncles, and they have common interests with each other, if Da Shuai falls, their lives will not be easy. ”

"Besides, if you anger the Japanese because of this, do you want to do business in the north in the future? At least three timber companies that operate together will not be able to sustain themselves."

Zhang Xiaolin sat down heavily on the Taishi's chair, like a wounded beast, looking around with cold eyes, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour.

"Who the hell is that, could it be that there is no trace left?" Zhang Xiaolin hated the people who calculated him at this time, but he couldn't fight back, and he felt uncomfortable.

After thinking for a while, Wu Jingguan shook his head and expressed his opinion: "The person who started is very professional, he is as quick as a dragon when he comes, and he is like a cunning rabbit when he goes, leaving no trace at all...... Organized and purposeful, the first blow to evacuate immediately seems to be more like the tactics of people in the military......"

If Wu Ming was here, he would definitely appreciate Wu Jingguan's keen observation, just went to Hongkou once, and without even witnessing the situation at that time, he was able to make a judgment close to the truth based on the clues, this vision is indeed extraordinary.

Wu Jingguan's words suddenly silenced Zhang Xiaolin, and after a while, he asked with great difficulty: "You mean, I have been getting too close to the Japanese recently, so Nanjing is going to attack me?" ”

"I don't understand that either...... After all, Chairman Chiang had only visited the marshal in Shanghai in the middle of last month, and it stands to reason that he should not have acted in this way because of the good cooperative relations between the marshal and the central government for many years, and as long as they did not openly defect to the Japanese, they had no reason to do so...... After all, Nanjing also hopes to communicate with the Japanese through multiple channels. ”

"At present, Chairman Chiang is reorganizing the troops, and it is said that 60 integrated divisions will be organized within three years, and it is very necessary to maintain a relatively stable situation, and no one dares to overstimulate the Japanese. Even if the slogan of the central government's resistance against Japan is now loud and loud, but fighting a war will kill people, and if it fails, there will be nothing, and who doesn't want to be peaceful forever? ”

Zhang Xiaolin nodded, deeply convinced. However, according to Wu Jingguan's analysis, Zhang Xiaolin was even more clueless, and he had a headache for a while.

Subsequently, on both sides of the lobby, Shi Shaotang, Cheng Xiaoxin, "Impermanence" Amin, "Rotten Feet" Debao and others who were summoned by Zhang Xiaolin to come up with ideas also put forward their own opinions, analyzing whether there was a new force to make trouble in Shanghai and take the opportunity to get ahead, and some people even speculated whether they had inadvertently angered military bigwigs like He Yingqin and Chen Cheng, so they deliberately sent people to find awkwardness, but no one had any evidence.

Hearing all kinds of messy analysis, Zhang Xiaolin's face gradually showed a tired look, and he waved his hand impatiently and said loudly:

"All right, all right, let everyone disperse, and tell the brethren to keep an eye on any new and strange faces...... Niang Xipi, even if I am in trouble, I will never let these sons be stable."

Waiting for Shi Shaotang, Cheng Xiaoxin, "Impermanence" Ah Ming, "Rotten Feet" Debao and others to leave, Zhang Xiaolin called Wu Jingguan, who was left behind: "Self-satisfaction, Mrs. Xu is in Shanghai?" ”

Wu Jingguan was stunned for a moment, and then thought that Zhang Xiaolin might be referring to Xu Enzeng's mother.

"That's right, she lives near the Tianhou Temple in the American Concession...... What do you mean? ”

"Back up the gifts, tomorrow I will personally go to Xu's Mansion for a trip." Zhang Xiaolin's eyebrows showed a terrifying light, things have come to this point, even if there is a glimmer of hope, Zhang Xiaolin will not give up, it is not his character to sit still and wait for death.

With Zhang Xiaolin's methods in Shanghai, it is natural to know that Xu En is now hot in the Central Committee, Chiang Kai-shek is planning to merge the Special Service Office of the Lixing Society with the Party Affairs Investigation Office, Chen Guofu and Chen Lifu's vacillating performance in the Xi'an Incident disappointed Chiang Kai-shek, and Xu En was expected to replace Er Chen as the first director of the bureau, which made Zhang Xiaolin have a trace of expectations.

Zhang Xiaolin and Dai Li's relationship is not good.

At the beginning, Dai Li, Wang Yaqiao, Hu Zongnan, and Jin Lan had a grudge with Zhang Xiaolin when they were messing around in Shanghai, and it was not until Dai Li's secret service office in Shanghai that he was supported by Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin, and Dai Li's attitude towards Zhang Xiaolin changed.

Zhang Xiaolin is quite taboo about the two major secret agencies of the National Government, but Zhang Xiaolin knows very much about their huge energy.

Zhang Xiaolin knew in his heart that at present, he could only use this huge force to clear his name, even if he paid a big price, as long as he could solve the matter satisfactorily, he was willing.

Wu Jingguan nodded, and walked out of the main hall of Zhang's mansion with a sense of relief, but when he came to the patio outside and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his head, he looked up at the dark night sky above his head, but he inevitably had a different idea in his heart.

Zhang Xiaolin acts domineeringly, is brave and ruthless, but he is not generous to his subordinates, Zhang Xiaolin has a strong position, there has always been no shortage of people in this world, but if it is decadent, there are few quasi-guarantees who send charcoal in the snow, but there are not a few people who fall into the ground.

The only thing that needs to be feared is that Du Yuesheng and Huang Jinrong, who are close to Zhang Xiaolin, will help at a critical moment, once Zhang Xiaolin is allowed to breathe, with his character of retribution, I am afraid that those who betray him will not end well.

Wu Jingguan, who was unwilling to go to the end of the road with Zhang Xiaolin, had already retreated at this time, this time Zhang Dashuai faced a very tricky difficulty, and the person who was secretly haunting him was very ingenious, Wu Jingguan expected that it was probably not the most difficult time for Zhang Xiaolin at the moment, and the other party would definitely have a back move.

If Zhang Xiaolin can't bear it, with his meanness to his subordinates, it will definitely be a situation of collapse. Instead of accompanying Zhang Xiaolin to the funeral, it is better to think of a way to protect himself earlier.

In this troubled world, self-preservation is the supreme way to live a long life