Late at night.

The theater is quiet and empty, many of the guests have long since left, and only the backstage lights are bright.

There, Shang Xirui, the head of the merchant class, had not taken off his costume and heavy makeup, and was singing a stage drama for Lu Yuesheng and Jingui and others with hatred in his eyes.

Opposite him, all the members of the merchant class were squatting in the corner and being pointed at gunpoint, if he didn't sing this scene, none of the merchant class would survive tonight.

In this eerie atmosphere, his singing voice is sometimes high-pitched and passionate, sometimes low-pitched and tactful.

"Yuesheng, I always felt that something was wrong with Zheng Jirong just now"

At this time, Huang Jingui couldn't care about admiring Shang Xirui, who was in his heart, and he whispered to the man next to him: "In the past, those tycoons on the beach, even Zhang Wanlin spoke in a good voice when he saw us, but after this guy knew our identity, he behaved so presumptuously and didn't take us seriously at all. ”

Speaking of this, after thinking about it, he frowned and said, "I have paid attention to it, that kid doesn't look like he is pretending, and there may really be some backer that we can't afford to provoke." ”

Lu Yuesheng rubbed the pocket watch in his hand, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said: "According to his words, even if this guy really has any identity that we don't know, it is nothing more than Hongmen, and now the Hongmen base camp of Wuzhou is in San Francisco and Laoguang, even if he is really a local incense master, is it possible to call Situ Meitang to Shanghai Tang?!" ”

"Well, what about the woman?" Huang Jingui then asked: "It seems that his fiancée also seems to have some background. ”

"Hehe", Lu Yuesheng sneered: "It's nothing more than the daughter of a rich family, don't worry about him anymore, I will investigate the details of these people when I go back, Hongmen!" ”

After shaking his head disdainfully, he opened his pocket watch and glanced at it, then got up directly and said, "Let's go, it's not too early." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand at Shang Xirui, who was still singing to himself, "Take him back too!" ”

Hearing this, the surrounding Qinggang brothers immediately rushed to Shang Xirui, grabbed his arm and forcibly pulled him away.

Seeing this scene, the members of the merchant class each stared at Lu Yuesheng and Huang Jingui with hatred, and they wanted to rush up to save people with resentment in their hearts, but they were forced back by the muzzle of the gun against their heads after they took a few steps.

"The one. Mr. Huang", the theater manager wiped the cold sweat on his forehead at this time, leaned over and bowed and said with a smile: "It's not easy for Boss Shang to come all the way from the north, can you let him rest for a few days before going to your mansion." ”

As he spoke, he took out a check from his arms, "This money should be regarded as an apology from the merchant class, and I promise to personally send the merchant boss to the Huang Mansion in three days." ”

"Three days."

After Huang Jingui pulled up the check and looked at it, he threw it directly on the ground with disdain, "I'm afraid that after tonight, you will send someone to send him away overnight, who will I ask for someone at that time, with you?!" Get out of the way! ”

He kicked the theater manager over, put his palm on Shang Xirui's shoulder, and swaggered out of the backstage.

Looking at the arrogant backs of these people, the manager sighed helplessly, the life of the ordinary people in Shanghai has really become more and more sad this year.

A moment later, at the gate of the theater.

There was not a single passerby on the empty streets, except for the dappled street lamps on both sides of the street, only the sound of the wind whistling by.

Lu Yuesheng leisurely lit a cigarette, looked at the dark and empty movie theater across the street, and couldn't help laughing and scolding: "I won't do any business in the future, and there is no one in the movie theater at night, so I will kill these foreign devils!" ”

Huang Jingui also patted his stomach and laughed: "The poor ghosts can't eat, how can they have money to watch movies, if you want me to say, no business can compare to our tobacco and soil trading." ”

The two of them were talking and laughing as they walked towards the car on the other side of the road, but just after taking a few steps, Lu Yuesheng's footsteps suddenly stagnated!

On both sides of the originally empty and lonely street, there was a sudden sound of "da-da" horses' hooves hitting the ground, like a rapid drum beat, and then, the roar of many car engines was heard in the distance, instantly breaking the silence of the night!

"Something is wrong"

Lu Yuesheng glanced at both sides of the road with solemn eyes, and the cigarette butts in his hands flickered faintly in the night.

Suddenly, as if he realized something, he threw out the cigarette butt in his hand and shouted, "Go back!" ”

After saying that, he immediately turned around and wanted to return to the theater, but the people in the theater seemed to have guessed what was going to happen next.

The moment he turned around, the door of the theater slammed shut, and not only that, but all the windows upstairs and downstairs were also tightly closed, leaving only a dark silence!

Lu Yue angrily kicked the door, and at this time, the sound of wheels and horses' hooves became closer and closer, he turned his head and glanced at it, and his heart sank instantly.

Soldier! It's all military!!

The streets that were once empty have become extremely congested by this time, with military trucks, jeeps and even tanks!

The body of the truck was filled with soldiers in uniform and steel helmets with long guns in their hands, and the dozen or so jeeps stood out, each with a machine gun mounted on the back.

"Quack."

Before Lu Yuesheng and the others could recover from this scene, they only heard a harsh sound of metal rubbing, and then the tank turret suddenly began to turn.

"Rack a gun!"

With a muffled command, all the muzzles of the guns on the car, whether it was the soldiers' spears or the machine guns in the jeep, the tank batteries were turned around.

In the next second, it was all aimed at them!

"What the hell"

Lu Yuesheng and the others didn't dare to move in the slightest, and could only look at this scene with frightened eyes.

"Hahahaha."

Just as they panicked, a familiar laugh erupted from behind the crowd.

Zheng Jirong jumped off a jeep, passed through the muzzle of hundreds of guns, and strode in front of Lu Yuesheng.

"I didn't expect to meet Boss Lu again so soon", Zheng Jirong looked at him and chuckled: "Now you know who I am, right?" ”

"You"

Lu Yuesheng took a deep breath, trying to keep himself calm, looking at the turrets and machine guns aimed at him, he gritted his teeth and said, "You dare to lead troops into the concession without authorization, if."

Syllable!

Before this guy finished speaking, a sharp wind suddenly sounded, followed by a horsewhip slammed out from the opposite side and slapped him in the face fiercely!

He was immediately beaten, staggered back a few steps, and fell heavily to the ground!

Adjutant Shen glared at him with cold eyes and scolded: "The entire Songhu is in charge of Commander Bai, Lao Tzu can lead the troops wherever he wants, what kind of thing are you, dare to question me?!" ”

"You"

Feeling the tearing pain on his face, Lu Yuesheng forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, pulled up an ugly smile and asked him respectfully, "Dare to ask who this chief is?" ”

"Huangpu Phase VI, Deputy Major of the Songhu Garrison Command - Shen Drunk!"

After finishing speaking, he pulled out another whip, and then stepped on Lu Yuesheng's chest, and the horse whip pointed at this guy and said in a deep voice: "Brother Zheng is our Commander Bai's niece and son-in-law, you dare to provoke our Northern Expeditionary Army, how many divisions do you have in Lu Yuesheng?!" ”

"Misunderstanding, Chief Shen!"

Huang Jingui hurriedly ran over and smiled at Shen Zui: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, speaking of which, everyone is their own people, when the Northern Expeditionary Army was stationed on the beach, our Qing Gang also specially raised 100,000 oceans to give to Commander Bai as military expenses, and we have been to your army."

Syllable!

Like Lu Yuesheng before, Huang Jingui's words were just halfway through, Shen's drunken face was already gloomy, he waved his arm violently, and another fierce whip was drawn!

"What kind of thing is going to NM, dare to have a relationship with Lao Tzu?"

This whip didn't seem to relieve him, Shen Zui raised the whip again, whipped and scolded constantly, and every time the whip fell, it was accompanied by the mournful wail of Huang Jingui, which made people shudder.

After smoking more than a dozen times in a row, he looked at the rolling and wailing on the ground, his clothes were already in tatters, and the gold was expensive with blood marks, he spat on the ground drunk, and waved his hand to Zheng Jirong, who had been biting a cigar and watching the play, and said:

"Brother Zheng, you say, how are these bastards going to clean up, should they be shot directly, or will they be dragged to the barracks and hung up for a night?"

"Oh"

Zheng Jirong took down the cigar from the corner of his mouth, looked at the miserable situation of the two people on the ground, he slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, and smiled: "If you really hang it up and smoke it all night, I'm afraid that their body won't be able to withstand it."

"Okay, then I'll kill them now!"

After saying that, Shen Zui directly took out the matching gun on his waist and aimed it at them, looking at the muzzle of the black hole, a trace of despair flashed in Lu Yuesheng's eyes.

He really didn't expect Zheng Jirong to call the people of the Northern Expeditionary Army to come over.

Seeing that Shen Zui was about to pull the trigger, Zheng Jirong suddenly reached out and pressed it on his gun, and then leaned into Shen Zui's ear and whispered a few words.

After listening to his words, Shen Zui first glanced at him in surprise, then nodded slightly and withdrew the gun in his hand, "Since it is what Brother Zheng meant, then spare your lives first, come here, tie them all up and bring them back to the barracks!" ”

When the surrounding soldiers heard his words, they all surrounded him, including Lu Yuesheng and others, and even the little brothers they brought with them did not let go, and they all unloaded their weapons one by one and put them on the truck.

"Boss Shang", Zheng Jirong walked up to Shang Xirui at this time, and smiled at him: "I'm sorry, it was a little inconvenient before, and you will be wronged a lot." ”

"Mr. Zheng's words are serious", Shang Xirui, who had survived the catastrophe, excitedly pulled Zheng Jirong's arm and said gratefully: "This time thanks to you, Mr. Zheng, otherwise I really don't dare to imagine what the consequences will be." ”

"Boss Shang is Xiuzhu's friend, so naturally I can't watch you being bullied."

Hearing Bai Xiuzhu's name, Shang Xirui said with a smile on her face: "I had contact with Xiuzhu in Beiping before, and at that time I wondered why she hadn't come back for so long, it turned out that I found Mr. Zheng in Shanghai and you are a wishful man, which is really gratifying." ”

"Hahaha"

Zheng Jirong smiled, pointed to the theater and said, "Boss Shang go back first, I think the people in the merchant class must be in a hurry." ”

"Uh-huh", Shang Xirui nodded, turned around and walked towards the theater, at this time, the managers in the theater who had been observing the situation outside also secretly opened the door to let him in.

It's just that he just walked a few steps, and then suddenly turned back to Zheng Jirong and asked, "That. Mr. Zheng. ”

"What's wrong?"

He pointed to Lu Yuesheng and the others, who were escorted to the car body and guarded by multiple soldiers, and asked cautiously, "Won't they come back to our merchant class then?" ”

"Boss Shang is too worried", Zheng Jirong shook his head and replied: "It's hard to say whether these miscellaneous people can get out of the barracks alive, how can they have the courage to trouble you again, Boss Shang can rest assured." ”

After listening to his words, Shang Xirui breathed a sigh of relief, now the business of Liyuan is not good, the north is divided by warlords, and the south is full of scum of the Hi Gang, there is no reliable backstage, it is not easy to mix anywhere, fortunately, this time there is Xiuzhu and this Mr. Zheng to help.

Thinking of this, he took a deep look at the man opposite, and then turned his head and entered the theater.

“.”

Feeling the style of Shang Xirui's glimpse, Zheng Jirong couldn't help but smash his mouth twice, this gang of artists always gave him a feeling that both men and women were good, and it was really a bit crazy to look at.

Stepping on the cigar under his feet, Zheng Jirong pulled his neckline, strode into the jeep, and when the convoy was about to leave the concession, he turned his head to look at the ten-mile ocean field with neon lights flashing in the night.

Starting tomorrow, after twelve o'clock, here is his final say!

Longhua Town, Songhu Garrison Headquarters.

In the interrogation room, Zheng Jirong took the tea cup handed over by Shen Zui, rinsed his mouth, and sprayed it on the face of Lu Yuesheng, who was hanging upside down!

Lu Yuesheng, who had been tortured for several hours, opened his eyes with difficulty, looked at the expressionless man in front of him, and begged for mercy in a weak voice: "Boss Zheng Zheng, it's just for a show, why make such a big fuss, let me go, I can buy my life with money, and in the future, our well water will not interfere with river water."

Huang Jingui, who was hanging next to him, also looked at Zheng Jirong with begging eyes, in the past few hours, they have endured all the torture they can endure in their lives, and they can survive, purely because the man opposite is merciful, and specially told the guy in Xingxing to keep them breathing, otherwise they would have died of pain.

"Hahaha", Zheng Jirong shook his head with a smile, he patted Lu Yuesheng's blood-stained cheeks, and said lightly: "Look at you, how incredible you were in the theater before, you are a tycoon of the Green Gang, how can you be cowardly as soon as you see a soldier?" ”

“.”

Lu Yuesheng was silent for a while, and then said: "I admit it, if you have any conditions, just mention it, there is no need to scare me, if you really want my life, I won't be able to live now." ”

"Huh."

Zheng Jirong smiled and asked Shen Zui, who was drinking tea in the corner, "Brother Shen, he said that let's put forward conditions, how much do you think their lives are worth?" ”

Shen Zui frowned and replied after hearing this: "How can it be worth millions of oceans, right?" ”

"Good! You can say as much as you want! ”

Lu Yuesheng seemed to be afraid that they would regret it, so he immediately agreed, and he promised: "As long as you let me go today, three million oceans, I will send it early tomorrow morning!" ”

"Tsk"

Zheng Jirong said with emotion: "It's really a murder and arson gold belt, you, the SH opium king, are really rich!" ”

"It's just"

Immediately afterwards, he shook his head slightly and said, "In addition to money, I still want something else, but I don't know if Boss Lu can bear to give it up."

“.”

(End of chapter)