Gu Qingzhou sent Si Qiongzhi away, and picked up the newspaper again and looked at it.

She was going to go to Pei's house.

Hu Qiao'er died tragically, and her body is still in the police station, and she has not been buried in the ground. Going to Pei's house today is nothing more than to comfort the family.

The Pei family arrived in Singapore earlier than the Si family.

When the war was a little bit on the horizon, the Pei family gave up all business in the country. They seem to have the inside story, and they can't believe that the war will end easily.

When the Si family moved over, the Pei family helped a lot.

For example, the house where Gu Qingzhou lives now used to be three old Chinese houses, and Gu Qingzhou bought them all, renovated and opened them up, and it took several months.

This old house was bought with the help of the Pei family.

Although they couldn't get married, the Pei family still tried their best to have a good relationship with the Si family, and the two families had close contacts.

Gu Qingzhou changed his clothes and was about to go out, but the servant said, "Madam, Chief Bai is here." ”

Chief Bai's name is Bai Yuanye, and he is the highest chief of the Huamin Security Department.

He was elected by the Chinese representatives and recognized by the British colonial governor's office, and was considered one of the most prestigious people in the area.

Gu Qingzhou said: "Please." ”

Bai Yuanye was wearing a white shirt, his sideburns were full of sweat, and he came in from outside and was wrapped in a heavy hot wind, as if he was about to melt by the scorching sun.

It's not cool in the house.

Gu Qingzhou was already waiting and prepared herbal tea.

Bai Yuanye was very thirsty, but he maintained his bearing, drank two sips in an orderly manner, and explained his intention straight to the point: "Mrs. Si, have you heard?" The body of the second young grandmother of the Pei family is now in the Department of Protection. ”

Gu Qingzhou was surprised.

She comforted Qiongzhi in the morning, took care of the children, and just took time to go out, but she hadn't called to inquire yet.

The Department of Guards is a well-established self-governing body of the Chinese people, with its own courts and police stations. If the Chinese themselves do not want to make a big fuss, they can fully accept the punishment and control of the Guards Department, and the Colonial Governor's Office recognizes the legal effect of the Guards Department.

The reason for this situation is not that the Chinese people are powerful and have face, but that the colonial governor is lazy.

Singapore had been a British colony for many years, and the shortcomings of the policy were gradually exposed.

Almost all of the officials sent over every year accept bribes from the locals, and even a bit like the Chinese proverb that "a strong dragon does not overwhelm the head of the snake", and their minds are not on how to govern Singapore, but on deprivation.

Wealthy Chinese are willing to delegate power if they can pay taxes and bribe themselves, and do not increase the work of the officials and petty clerks of the Governor's Palace.

Besides, the entire colonial governor's office is not only controlled by these Chinese people in Singapore, but also other races, as well as Malacca and Penang.

If something happens to the young grandmother of the Pei family, will the British in the colonial governor's palace make decisions for them?

The British talent does not care who they are.

The smart and perceptive Pei family reported the case to the Huamin Security Department.

This is their own territory, and according to the relationship between the Pei family and the Department of Guards, they believe that the Department of Guards will be able to give them more justice.

"I don't know." Gu Qingzhou also picked up the teacup, glanced at Bai Yuanye, and asked, "Does Chief Bai have anything to ask?" ”

Bai Yuanye shook his head.

"Mrs. Si, I came to the door today to ask for an assistant." Bai Yuanye said.

Gu Qingzhou knew that Qiong Zhi could not be one of the suspects, and if that was the case, the people from the Security Department would also go to Qiong Zhi first.

She had a lot of speculations about Bai Yuanye's arrival, but she didn't expect it to be this, and the surprise for a while was genuine.

"Assistant?"

"Yes, there should have been two deputy security divisions in the Department of Guards, but there has been no suitable candidate. Now, I formally invite you, Mrs. Si, and I don't know if you have a face. Bai Yuanye said.

Bai Yuanye had heard of Gu Qingzhou's reputation.

Gu Qingzhou, who has a reputation all over the world, is a legend in China, and even Bai Yuanye has heard of it.

This legend, the most famous is in the past few years.

Wang Ke, who was far away in Taiyuan Mansion, began to run to the newspaper office frequently after his aunt Wang Chen took over his newspaper, and he planned to write a legendary story.

The protagonist of his story is Gu Qingzhou.

For such a story, other newspapers of the Wang family have to consider sales and influence, only Wang Chen doesn't care about these, and accepts Wang Ke's legendary story with a feeling of repaying Gu Qingzhou's kindness.

Wang Ke is a brilliant young man, and he admires Gu Qingzhou's past very much, he also went to Yuecheng, visited the Yan family, and with the assistance of Ye Wei, compiled Gu Qingzhou's deeds into a book.

In the beginning, those stories were only serialized in Wang Chen's newspaper.

In half a month, Wang Chen's newspaper sales have increased significantly, and he is almost among the top three newspapers in Taiyuan Prefecture.

Later, the publisher took a fancy to it, and the book was published, and it sold very well.

Even though it was blocked by artillery fire, the book was sold all over the country, including Hong Kong and Singapore.

Gu Qingzhou has also become a legend.

Bai Yuanye also read it, and talked about it with the Chinese who came from China, and they all said: Except for the matter of the two brothers of the Si family who were vaguely brought over, Gu Qingzhou's deeds are true.

Since then, Bai Yuanye has known that Gu Qingzhou is very powerful, and she is a shrewd and wise woman.

Many of the Chinese who come from the mainland are big families, and they have their own networks.

The Huamin Security Department, as you hear it, is an organization that can only manage civilians, and if the big families and wealthy businessmen don't take it seriously, it will exist in name only.

It's like a lock, which can only prevent a gentleman and not a villain.

In the long run, even those ordinary people will not obey its control.

Once the Chinese themselves loosen their chains of control, and they need to be dealt with by the colonial governor's palace, then the governor's palace will put more pressure on them, and everyone will have no dignity. Many far-sighted elders of big families contacted Bai Yuanye and encouraged him to find another deputy security secretary, first, to be able to convince the public, preferably from a prominent background, to suppress the arrogance of those big families, second, to be smart enough and morally convincing, and third, to have a close relationship with Singapore's local snakes.

When Gu Qingzhou first arrived in Singapore, it was the Yan family who received them.

The Yan family is a well-known local arms dealer and came to take root very early.

When Gu Qingzhou's house was not renovated, they lived in the Yan family.

Moreover, someone inquired that when Gu Qingzhou married Si Xingpei, in order not to embarrass Si Mu, she used the name of Miss Yan, a wealthy businessman in Singapore.

There is also a legendary figure in Singapore, Shenlong sees the head but does not see the end, but some people say that he is Si Xingpei's uncle.

With such a relationship, if the Department of Guards wants prestige and decency, it is best to get involved with Gu Qingzhou.

As soon as the murder case of the Pei family came out, Bai Yuanye thought that it would be thankless to enter and exit the Pei family like this, but Gu Qingzhou would be courteous.

Besides, Gu Qingzhou is also in danger, and it is not easy to shirk.

Bai Yuanye has been making this calculation for two months.

Since Gu Qingzhou was out of confinement, he was thinking about letting her go to the Department of Security to occupy a position before she did other careers.

"Mrs. Si, if you are not available, when the Pei family's case is over, it will not be too late for you to resign." Bai Yuanye said, "This time, please help me no matter what." ”

Gu Qingzhou said: "I'm sorry, Chief Bai, I'm afraid it is."

"I heard that the last person the second young grandmother of the Pei family saw was Miss Qiongzhi. Mrs. Si, if you don't help, I invited other people, and they used the topic to play" Bai Yuanye means something.

Gu Qingzhou knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to shirk it.

If Bai Yuanye wasn't sure, he wouldn't have come to the door, he had already calculated it. Just, why?