Chapter 365 “I, Zheng Jirong, cherish food the most in my life.”

Chapter 365 “I, Zheng Jirong, cherish food the most in my life.”

As night falls, Shiliupu seems to be shrouded in a layer of mysterious silence.

Compared with the bustling lights of the concession at night, the streets here seem particularly deserted as soon as it gets dark.

There were almost no pedestrians on the road, and only a few colorfully dressed orioles were soliciting customers on the roadside. Their figures looked particularly enchanting under the dim street lights.

Occasionally, bursts of wild shouts and laughter can be heard from nearby opium dens and gambling dens, which further accentuates the loneliness of Shiliupu at night.

In this silence, a luxurious garden villa stands out. Its luxurious and high-end style forms a sharp contrast with the surrounding old buildings.

In the villa, Wei Tingyan was wearing silk pajamas, lying lazily on the sofa, holding a glass of red wine in his hand, his eyes were deep, as if he was thinking about something important.

"Are you still worried about that Ax Gang?"

At this moment, a graceful figure in a nightgown walked over. The woman bowed behind him, gently caressed Wei Tingyan's shoulders with her slender fingers, and then slowly moved to his temples to help him relieve pain. pressure.

The woman's name is Nancy, a famous socialite and singer in Shanghai, and one of Wei Tingyan's lovers.

Wei Tingyan shook his head slightly, closed his eyes slightly and said: "There is nothing to worry about an Ax Gang. I have already asked on the phone. No one, whether it is foreigners or the city government, knows this Zheng Jirong. He is the only one who has come to Shanghai to participate in this event." He was also brought in as a follower to a social reception by Ding Li."

Speaking of this, he said with a somewhat puzzled tone: "I just don't understand how a guy like him with no background or background could have such courage to kill Chen Chen first and then Lei Gong. Could it be that there is someone I don't know about? Support him?"

"Stop thinking nonsense," Nancy said softly, "I see no difference between him and Huang Dagang. They only know how to use force to solve problems, which is far inferior to you, Brother Yan."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Wei Tingyan smiled proudly and said: "Although this guy is a little arrogant, he is not without merit. His idea of ​​setting up a company in Shiliupu as a community of interests for all gangs is a good idea, and it suits me very well."

Nancy smiled slightly when she heard this and boasted: "It's a pity that the idea is good, but she doesn't know who is really in charge of Shiliupu. If he knows your status, Brother Yan, he won't have the slightest idea of ​​being a director." idea."

"Hmph, the young man is arrogant. Let's think of what happened tonight as a lesson to him." A cold light flashed in Wei Tingyan's eyes. "If you still don't know how to show appreciation, then I will have to be rude."

After saying that, he raised his hand to take Nancy who was behind him into his arms. While raising and lowering his hand, he gently sniffed her neck: "Have you taken a bath?"

"Um"

When Wei Tingyan heard this, his desire became even more intense. He was about to take a step forward when a sudden burst of barking came from outside the hall. He jerked his hand and frowned: "Is someone coming in?"

"Um?"

Nancy looked outside with the same confusion. She usually took care of the several guard dogs raised in the yard, and they would not bark for no reason. However, when she turned around to look, the barking of the dogs suddenly calmed down. Come down.

"They must be passers-by," Nancy said nonchalantly: "In Shiliupu, there are either poor people or thieves on the street at night. We should really move to the concession as soon as possible."

Seeing that the dogs outside were no longer barking, Wei Tingyan was relieved. He kneaded the plump ball in his hand and said with a relaxed expression: "We'll go to the concession after all the money from these poor guys is gone. Just wait, no." It’ll be too long.”

"Hmm"

Just when the two of them were tender, an angry roar broke the sweet and ambiguous atmosphere like thunder.

"I'm afraid General Manager Wei can't wait until that time!"

Wei Tingyan came to his senses in an instant. He quickly pushed Nancy away from him. Before he could see who it was, two bloody dog ​​heads were thrown in without warning and rolled to the floor with a dull sound.

"ah!!!"

Nancy was frightened and screamed, hiding behind the man. Wei Tingyan also took a few steps back and stared at the door warily.

At this time, a young man with long hair walked in. He looked very handsome, but he had a weird smile on his face and an indescribable excitement in his eyes.

Behind him were dozens of burly men in short coats. Their muscles were tight and their faces were full of fierceness, as if they were a group of evil ghosts coming out of hell. They were staring at him with cold eyes. .

"Do you know where this place is?"

Although Wei Tingyan was a little panicked, he did not intend to surrender. He took a deep breath and shouted coldly at the people in front of him: "Do you know who I am! If you dare to act recklessly here, you don't want to live anymore, do you?!"

Hearing this, Ma Yongzhen raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Is there anyone who doesn't know the name of Wei Gongguan's Shiliupu? Thanks to you, our fellow workers are really unhappy."

Then, he walked up to Wei Tingyan, raised his hand and slapped him down!

Caught off guard, Wei Tingyan was knocked over by this blow and fell heavily to the ground. Before he could get up, Ma Yongzhen stepped on his face again, stared at him condescendingly and cursed:

"Since you started working for foreigners, you bastard, you not only increased the taxes on the docks, but also added new taxes with clever names. We workers, who work hard to earn money, can't even support our families, so we have to pay you an extra tax! "

Snapped!

With another heavy slap, he pointed at the confused Wei Tingyan and cursed: "If that's the case, forget it, but you son of a bitch actually set up some 'handling fees' and 'management fees'! We If workers want to work, they have to pay you in advance. Are you a human being, you bastard?"

"Do you know how many of our brothers have died from exhaustion and starvation because of you, you bastard?!"

Snapped--! Bang bang bang bang! ! !

After Ma Yongzhen slapped him, she still felt upset. She slapped Wei Tingyan's face back and forth with both hands. Wei Tingyan's face, which was originally handsome, swelled into a pig's head.

"Old man." Wei Tingyan opened his eyes with difficulty and begged him for mercy: "You also know that I work for foreigners. The dock itself was leased to foreigners by the government. They said how to collect taxes and manage it. Forget it, I’m just a mouthpiece, you can’t change anything even if you kill me!”

After that, he pointed to the room and said: "If you are short of money, I have tens of thousands of francs in checks in my room. Just consider it as compensation for everyone. Wait a few days, no! Tomorrow! At dawn I will go to the [Public Management Bureau] to persuade those foreign devils to change their tax collection plan and make decisions for the workers brothers!"

"What do you think? I, Wei Tingyan, will do what I say and will never deceive anyone!"

After saying these words, he cautiously raised his head and glanced at Ma Yongzhen, who was still angry, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

As long as he survives tonight, tomorrow he will go to the concession to summon the people from the patrol room and take all these mud-legged people to prison!

Thinking of this, he felt secretly resentful. He thought that with his status in Shiliupu, no one would dare to trouble him, so he didn't arrange any bodyguards at home, but he didn't expect that someone would risk his life.

"Brother," Wei Tingyan then earnestly advised, "I was wrong in everything I did in the past. Give me a chance and I will change my mind and become a good official who makes decisions for the people!"

"And if you kill me now, you won't be able to escape."

He pointed at his chest and secretly threatened: "I am the general manager of Shiliupu specially assigned by the foreigners. If I die, the foreigners will definitely investigate thoroughly. The people in the patrol house of the concession have much higher means and power than the police department. Could it be that Do any of you here want to be a fugitive for the rest of your life?"

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Seeing that everyone was silent, Wei Tingyan felt happy. Just when he was about to persuade them to let him go, Ma Yongzhen in front of him suddenly laughed loudly and said:

"Hahahaha, you bastard is too stingy. You stole hundreds of thousands at Shiliupu. Do you want to send us away with tens of thousands of francs?"

Wei Tingyan's face froze after hearing this. Unlike outright gangsters like Thunder God and Huang Dagang, every penny he made was legal and was deposited in the bank.

"Although I have earned a lot of money over the years, you also know that it is all for foreigners. It would be great if I can share one thousand of the ten thousand oceans. In addition to these tens of thousands of francs, there are also some dollars and pounds." It’s in the bank, but you can’t withdraw the money.”

Seeing this guy chattering endlessly and wanting to say something else, Ma Yongzhen blocked his mouth with a kick and said with a smile: "Don't bother Mr. Wei, brothers are not here just for money this time."

"I understand." Wei Tingyan pointed directly at Nancy who was hiding behind the sofa, and smiled at them: "As long as you let me go, not only will the money be yours, but this woman will also be yours!"

Nancy was stunned when she heard this, her eyes were shocked and she said: "Brother Yan."

"Shut up!"

After Wei Tingyan shouted angrily at her, he then smiled at Ma Yongzhen and said, "As long as you like it, brother, feel free to do whatever you want."

After Ma Yongzhen glanced at Nancy, who was pale, she raised the corner of her mouth and said, "I have heard of Miss Nancy's name before. She is a famous socialite in Shanghai. I didn't expect General Manager Wei to be so grand."

"Alas," Wei Tingyan sighed softly, "Brothers are like brothers and sisters, and women are like clothes. I owe so much to my fellow workers, and I should compensate with money and women."

"Then we would like to thank you for your kindness first, but we want money and women, and we want your life even more."

Ma Yongzhen pulled out a short blade from her waist and said to him with cold eyes: "It's only your fault that you offended someone you shouldn't have offended, and you also blocked the way of the brothers."

"Someone who shouldn't be offended?"

Wei Tingyan originally thought that these guys were just here for revenge, but after hearing Ma Yongzhen's words, he understood instantly, "Did someone named Zheng send you here?!"

"Hahahaha, who else could it be besides me?"

Suddenly there was a burst of unbridled laughter from outside the hall, and a tall man wearing a windbreaker and a cigar biting at the corner of his mouth strode into the living room.

"Zheng Jirong!!!" Wei Tingyan stared at the man in front of him. He knew that the only one who dared to be so unruly was this foreigner who had just returned from abroad.

"Why are you shouting so loudly?" Zheng Jirong raised a finger to his mouth, looked at him playfully and said: "The neighbors are still sleeping, let's hurry up and get things done to avoid being sued for disturbing the residents. "

"Boss," Ma Yongzhen came over and said, "That bastard lives in a large single-family villa with no neighbors around."

"Oh?" Zheng Jirong pretended to be surprised and said: "Wouldn't it be better? Come on, use all your torture methods on me. This kind of worm that lies on the people and sucks blood cannot let him die too easily. .”

"Hahaha, don't worry, boss. We hate this guy to the core. How could we let him die so cheaply?"

After saying that, Ma Yongzhen asked him cautiously: "Speaking of which, boss, why didn't you inform us in advance before you came, so that we could be mentally prepared."

"Don't worry, no one saw me coming." Zheng Jirong glanced at him and said calmly: "I'm not worried that your boy will not do things well."

"I wasted no time talking for a long time when I came in, but in the end I didn't cut a single knife, but just slapped dozens of times. Is this how you do things?"

"I'll cut it now!"

After hearing this, Ma Yongzhen quickly raised the knife again. Looking at the cold light on the blade, Wei Tingyan shuddered and shouted to Zheng Jirong: "Zheng, are you sure you want to kill me?"

He scratched his head and said anxiously: "Forget it if they don't know, don't you know what the consequences will be if you kill me?!"

"I am the general office of the Sixteenth Shop assigned by Consul Sanchez in the French Concession. I represent the face of foreigners. Even if you don't give me face, aren't you afraid of foreigners?!"

"If I die here today, all of you will have to be buried with me!"

Zheng Jirong was stunned when he heard this, and then he laughed as if he had heard a joke, "Look at you, you are not afraid to scare me with foreign devils even when you are about to die."

He leaned over and patted the guy's red and swollen cheek, and said seriously: "You and I are different. I am born with hard bones. It is useless to scare me into moving out foreigners. You have to bring out something else."

"I"

Wei Tingyan suddenly became incoherent when he heard this, and his eyes looked desperately at the knife edge that was getting closer and closer to him.

At this moment, he didn't know who he thought of, and suddenly shouted: "I also know someone!"

"Oh?" Zheng Jirong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. This guy doesn't really know people from our party, does he?

"I have a deep friendship with the military advisor of the Beiyang warlord Sun Chuanfang." Wei Tingyan looked at them with a stern look and said, "If you kill me, he will never let you go."

"Really? What's that person's name?"

"He is a Japanese military officer, and his name is Okamura Neiji!"

".Hold!"

Zheng Jirong's face instantly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice to Ma Yongzhen and others: "Kill this guy alive!"

"ah?"

This time, Zheng Jirong didn't give him another chance to talk nonsense, and bursts of screams rang out in the hall.

Seeing the miserable condition of this guy, Zheng Jirong didn't have any sympathy. Even if this bastard didn't die now, he would be a man and a woman sooner or later in a few years. He should die early and be born again.

After snorting coldly, he stamped out his cigar and prepared to go back, but he was stopped by Ma Yongzhen after just a few steps.

"Boss," Ma Yongzhen pointed at Nancy behind the sofa and said, "What should this woman do? Do you want her?"

As he spoke, he made a gesture of wiping his neck towards Zheng Jirong.

Zheng Jirong looked at Nancy, whose face was frightened and turned pale. After thinking about it, he waved to her.

Although Nancy was frightened when she saw this, she still held on to the wall and stumbled up to him.

Zheng Jirong smiled and raised his hand to touch the woman's face, and said casually: "I, Zheng Jirong, usually cherish food the most. I often eat every grain of rice in the bowl, but I had just eaten before I came here. "

After saying that, he pushed the woman to the ground, smiled at Ma Yongzhen and others: "I'll leave her to you to eat!"

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