The next morning, sweeping away the gloom of the past, the rising sun jumped out of the sea level, sending light and warmth to the earth. However, the fine weather could not drive away the dark clouds that hung over the minds of the people of Shanghai.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Zhang Xiaolin and his people went out early, and he first went to the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on North Sichuan Road, North District of the Public Concession, hoping to meet his old friend, the Japanese Consul General in Shanghai, Ibataro Ishi, to see if he could resolve the uproar caused by the incident with his old friendship.

It's a pity that Igetaro was too busy explaining to the country that he didn't dare to rashly contact the suspect who killed the members of the imperial family until the will of Emperor Hirohito was issued, and refused to meet with Zhang Xiaolin under the pretext that he was busy with affairs.

After waiting outside the gate of the consulate to no avail, Zhang Xiaolin returned to the car with a gloomy expression, the Japanese admiral Nagano Shusei who had been close to him had returned to China last year to serve as the commander of the Combined Fleet, and was now in Europe to attend the coronation of King George VI.

Xu Enzeng's elderly mother and her family currently live in an alley near the intersection of Beihe South Road and Qipu Road, not far from North Sichuan Road.

Xu Mansion is an old-fashioned Shanghai-style two-storey Shikumen mansion, with a construction area of about 400 square meters and a two-storey building, including a living room, dining room, guest room on the ground floor and a master bedroom, auxiliary bedroom and study on the second floor, and wings on both sides of the main body. Between the wings, directly in front of the living room, is a walled tiled patio for outdoor activities, and at the back of the building is a row of bungalows where the kitchen, maid's room, and other rooms are located.

The Xu Mansion occupies almost the entire alley, but it is usually very quiet here, and there is no scenery of ordinary powerful people. Although Xu Enzeng is now in power, the Xu family has not become arrogant and arrogant because of Xu Enzeng's high position, and they are still very low-key. Mrs. Xu is even more cautious and doesn't like to show up.

In Wu Jing's view, Zhang Xiaolin came to Xu Mansion this time, I am afraid it was also a helpless move, it depends on whether the other party is willing to help.

Before arriving at the alley where the Xu Mansion was located, Zhang Xiaolin asked his entourage to wait outside, and only took Wu Jingguan and a few henchmen into the Xu Mansion. Delivering the sumptuous gifts to the housekeeper and servants of the Xu Mansion, Zhang Xiaolin waved his hand to retreat, and Wu Jingguan, who originally wanted to stay, had to take people back to the car outside.

Half a day passed, Zhang Xiaolin walked out of Xu's mansion easily, although I don't know what agreement he reached with Mrs. Xu, but judging from his happy expression, everyone knows that Zhang Xiaolin's trip should have something to gain.

Back in the car, Zhang Xiaolin said to Wu Jingguan, who was sitting in the passenger seat and was about to instruct the driver to drive: "Where is Fang Zhibin now?"

With a sudden jump in his heart, Wu Jingguan realized that he had still underestimated Zhang Xiaolin over the years. The three tycoons in Shanghai are by no means in vain, they have been operating in Shanghai for many years, Zhang Xiaolin has more or less formed some good fate, this time it is estimated that he has reached an agreement with Mrs. Xu, and now when he asks Fang Zhibin, he should still want to open up the joints of the secret service.

Wu Jingguan secretly calculated that if Zhang Xiaolin could get Dai Li and Xu Enzeng to help at the same time, this crisis might not be as difficult to overcome as imagined.

Xu Enzeng and Dai Li have a lot of resources in their hands, and it is not difficult to thoroughly investigate the whole incident, even if they can't find out who is ugly, as long as Xu Enzeng and Dai Li can launch a few substitutes for the dead, and the Nanjing government comes forward as a guarantee, the Japanese who are not ready for a full-scale war of aggression against China will never trouble Zhang Xiaolin again

Thinking of this, Wu Jingguan said without hesitation: "Fang Zhibin is currently a guest at his home. ”

"Bring him here, I'm going to have a good talk with him." After Zhang Xiaolin finished speaking, he closed his eyes and recuperated, and the performance of the old god made Wu Jingguan feel a lot more relaxed.

Just when Zhang Xiaolin was running around in order to settle the series of troubles that Wu Ming had caused him, that afternoon, in the eastern and northern districts of the Shanghai Public Concession, at some point, many Japanese wearing loose kimonos and samurai uniforms, with their hair combed on their heads, and long knives on their waists, appeared on the streets.

Located at the junction of Yulin Road and McLick Road in the eastern area of the Public Concession, the Hongying Pavilion is adjacent to the Huishan Wharf on the Huangpu River, and there are factories and enterprises such as Jardine Yarn Factory, Yangshupu Yarn Factory, Hengfeng Yarn Factory, South Manchuria Railway Company, Osaka Merchant Marine Company, Nippon Shipbuilding Company, and Pinghe Company.

The Red Tassel Pavilion is six floors high, plus a flat-roofed house, with an elevator for tourists to go up and down, which has a hotel, a jewelry store, an antique shop, a money village, a free hall, a donkey run, a cinema, a large theater, a garden, a restaurant, a sports field, a photo studio, a shopping mall, a theater, a bookstore, a pachinko room, a song and dance hall and other facilities, a garden café on the roof, it can be said that as long as you step into the Red Tassel Pavilion, your food, clothing, housing and transportation are all inclusive, as long as you have money in your pocket, you can enjoy the service of the emperor.

Hongyingguan is the largest gold cave in the east of Suzhou Creek, due to the large number of enterprises near and far, the flow of people is like weaving, the daily cash flow is at least more than 500,000 oceans, it is Zhang Xiaolin's name and Fuxing Night Garden, Yangtze Hotel, Oriental Lottery Company, Yuyuan Dog Running Ground top quality industry.

After three o'clock in the afternoon, more than 100 Japanese ronins gathered in front of the Hongyingkan building, first chattered and made a big call in Japanese, and then began to prevent guests from entering the building.

After hearing the news, Shi Cheng, the manager of the Red Tassel Pavilion and the "hot hand" of the Qinggang Wuzi generation, immediately ran out with a few subordinates. Zhang Xiaolin usually had close contacts with the Japanese, so although the Red Ribbon Pavilion was located in the eastern area of the public concession where the Japanese lived, few Japanese people came to make trouble.

But Shi Cheng has also heard about the turmoil in the past few days, and he can't help but beat a drum in his heart - the person who came is not good

Shi Cheng nodded and laughed with him, came to the tall Japanese ronin at the head, and diligently handed over the cigarette, full of sycophants, but these Japanese ronins didn't seem to appreciate it, and when Shi Cheng didn't react, the leading Japanese kicked out of the straight center socket, kicked Shi Cheng out of the center and hit the wall behind him before falling, and the blood at the corner of his mouth flowed straight down.

Then, a large group of Japanese ronins brandished long knives and howled and rushed directly into the Red Tassel Pavilion.

In a terrible scream, the guests who were spending money in various parts of the venue were driven out, those Japanese ronins smashed things when they saw them, and robbed them when they saw cash, gold, silver and jewelry, and the nearby patrol room heard that a large number of Japanese people were making trouble, and they did not dare to come forward, and the green gang that stopped them was not the opponent of the Japanese ronin who had no scruples, and they were knocked to the ground in three or two strokes, and in just over an hour, the Red Tassel Hall was looted.

Seeing the compatriots in the Red Tassel Pavilion harvested a lot, the nearby Japanese were moved, one to ten, ten to hundred, the most unfortunate did not know who was the first to move, and soon the entire East District Japanese took action, all the industries under Zhang Xiaolin's name were almost patronized by the Japanese who shouted "revenge for the compatriots", all that could be taken away, and what could not be taken away were all smashed and smashed, and then the smiling Japanese left with a happy harvest.