1928: The rise of giant merchants

Private room on the second floor of Fengming Building.

The orioles sing and the swallows dance, and the cups are changed.

Ye Luo asked the four romantic girls to entertain Shi Zhongcheng and Shi Jinggong with a banquet of the highest standard. They were also members of the same profession and soon became familiar with Ye Luo.

When they were full of wine and food, Shi Zhongcheng held the beautiful girl in his arms, but his expression was not very good: "Second Young Master, to be honest, my cousin wrote a long letter to me before coming to Shanghai, accusing me of being ungrateful. If you succeed, you must sever ties with me and never interact with me again! She is my uncle's only daughter. If you really can't get over it and go to the three eastern provinces to assassinate Sun Chuanfang alone, what should you do?"

"That day in front of Shi Gong's grave, I promised Jian Qiao to help her avenge her, and she was willing to give her life to repay this favor. At that time, I just wanted to let Jian Qiao calm down first and didn't think too much about it, but she agreed. He respects me as his fiancé and has repeatedly wanted me to go to the three eastern provinces to assassinate Sun Chuanfang!"

Shi Jinggong just saw the color and got interested. After all, it was the prototype of Gong Er. Just now Shi Zhongcheng took out a small photo and showed it to Ye Luo. He did look like Ziyi. No wonder the chief of the intelligence unit was so fond of her.

However, Shi Jinggong soon discovered that Shi Jianqiao was not an easy woman to manipulate at all. Her whole life was shrouded in the hatred of her father. She practiced martial arts and became a demon. She found people to spar and fight with each other every day. She was not at all the type of woman he wanted from Xiaojiabiyu.

At this point, Ye Luo had already understood that this guy was going to find a reason to start chaos and finally give up!

"I heard that the Second Young Master has just been assassinated. Nowadays, there is unrest in all parts of the country. There are turbulent storms on the beach in Shanghai. It is difficult to defend against open guns and hidden arrows. The Second Young Master needs to hire some capable bodyguards." Shi Jinggong came over and whispered, "My The fiancée only wants to assassinate Sun Chuanfang, but now that Sun Chuanfang is assisting the young marshal in the three eastern provinces, he may have to turn enemies into friends with Jinling Fang. He is a general, how can he kill him on the spur of the moment?"

"Since Marshal Zhang was assassinated by the Japanese invaders, the security force in the Marshal's Mansion has been extremely tight. Sun Chuanfang is one of the Marshal's staff. I'm afraid Miss Shi will not be able to succeed so easily." Ye Luo nodded. In fact, it would not take half a year. The Marshal agreed. After changing flags, Sun Chuanfang and others still thought about joining the Japanese invaders, and wanted to separatize the North and South with the principal, dreaming of continuing to be warlords. Later, they were forced to run to Tianjin and live in their apartment.

Without the protection of the young marshal, it would not be difficult to kill him.

But now is not the time.

"Yes, regardless of success or not, she is my fiancée in name only, and she is Brother Shi's cousin. If something happens, we won't be able to explain it to the military." Shi Jinggong drank a glass of wine and sighed, " Will the second young master help us with this?"

"It's easy to say, Zhongcheng, Mr. Jing, how do you want to arrange Miss Shi? She has a bad temper, I'm afraid it won't be easy to handle." Ye Luo saw that these two soldiers were very secretive when talking about Shi Jianqiao, and he began to be curious about this. How fierce is the "Second Lady of the Palace"?

He didn't really want to take the hot potato, but Zhang Dingyao's words were still echoing in his ears. The two of them came here through the connections of Commander Qian Dajun. If they refused casually, they would cause trouble in the future.

"Second Young Master Gao Yi! We don't have many good ideas. We just think that after the Shanghai Bund incident is over, we have to return to Lu Province to resume our duties. My cousin cannot follow the army, so we have to find a reliable family to settle him. I heard that Er The young master is short of manpower and bodyguards. If the second young master doesn't dislike it, he can take his cousin by his side to work!" Shi Zhongcheng clasped his fists and smiled.

Ye Luo looked at Shi Jinggong, his eyes full of "That's your fiancée, isn't that inappropriate?" However, Shi Jinggong hugged the beauty and nodded repeatedly: "Jianqiao is entrusted to the second young master, so I feel relieved!" She had previously competed with the hero Huo Tingen of the Jingwu Sports Association and learned a lot about the second young master's deeds, and she yearned for him. If the second young master took care of him, she would not refuse."

"This, you still have to listen to Miss Shi, right?"

"I agree!"

A pair of delicate hands pushed open the door and entered.

The girl in black outfit, short hair, and handsome face had a cold face. She glanced at the three people on the wine table, and finally fixed her gaze on Ye Luo.

"Jianqiao, why are you here?!" Shi Jinggong was so frightened that he almost threw the beauty in his arms. Shi Zhongcheng on the other side was also very embarrassed.

"Cousin, didn't you go to the Jingwu Sports Association to compete?" Shi Zhongcheng smiled horribly and drank to cover up his embarrassment.

Ye Luo felt even more miserable.

Okay, three grown men were discussing how to deal with a little pepper, but to their surprise, the little pepper listened to them all.

"After the beating, I'll come and see you." Shi Jian raised his eyebrows and sat down next to Ye Luo generously, "Cousin, Mr. Jing, when will you return to Lu Province?"

"Well, let's give it another week." When Shi Jinggong first met Shi Jianqiao, her name was Shi Gulan. She did have the beauty of an orchid in an empty valley, but after getting along with her for a while, he was completely tired of her.

No matter how beautiful a woman is, if she doesn't understand taste, she is not as pleasing as the woman in the brothel here.

Now Shi Jinggong is expected to follow Yan Xishan in his promotion, and he will have money, power, and women. It would be harmful rather than beneficial for such a woman to be his fiancée.

If it weren't for the fact that divorcing his wife or breaking off the engagement was against good morals and moral customs, and would be easily cast aside by others like Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman, he would have ended his relationship with Shi Jianqiao long ago.

This visit to Shanghai happened to coincide with the assassination of Ye Luo. In addition, the second young master had a very good reputation for being romantic. He was also a well-known patriotic businessman at the time. I threw Shi Jianqiao at him. A year or two later, he could find someone " You've been slept with a long time ago" and other excuses, you can get rid of it completely.

After all, you have been following Fengliu Second Young Master for so long, and you haven’t ordered anything. No one will believe you if you tell me.

The biggest problem is how to get Shi Jianqiao to agree.

Unexpectedly, she came to solve the most difficult problem for him!

"Well, then I will stay in Shanghai to protect the second young master." Shi Jianqiao sat there like a sword, unsheathed, but it made the two of them look at each other.

This woman's aura is so strong and her temperament is so good.

Ye Luo was content and continued to drink and eat, not at all intimidated by the heroic girl beside him.

"What about uncle's blood feud?" Shi Zhongcheng asked tentatively.

"Retribution will be inevitable." Shi Jianqiao's sharp eyes pierced him, "But relying on you, it won't work."

This is a bit embarrassing to say.

Shi Zhongcheng and Shi Jinggong laughed and had to change the topic.

"Second Young Master, this time we were ordered to come to Shanghai to do a big thing." Shi Zhongcheng let go of the beautiful girl in his arms and asked Shi Jianqiao to leave the private room with all the unrelated women, leaving only the three of them. , and then he slowly said his purpose.

He was going to reciprocate the favor.

Ye Luo straightened up and looked at him with a smile: "Don't tell me any big things or military secrets. I'm afraid of death."

"Haha, the second young master is joking. This matter is not a big secret, and it has nothing to do with you. It doesn't matter if you tell me." Shi Jinggong added, with a proud look on his face, "The foreigner Galt was killed. The case shocked China and foreign countries, and the political headquarters of the Jinling National Government ordered a strict investigation of the major gangs in Shanghai. Now is the peaceful era, and during the rule of the National Government, the kind of corporate behavior like sworn brothers, opening up gangs to accept people, etc., as in the old society, are all We should crack down hard!”

"Gangs, old-school businessmen, Manchu relics and other remnants of the old era colluded with each other and even infiltrated into the special city government, police department and security headquarters. Even the Ministry of Industry Bureau, Public Directors Bureau, Patrol Room and other agencies in the concession were not immune to the disaster. ! Our military commander said that these scum have also colluded with the remnants of the Beiyang Party and are plotters of rebellion, and we must catch them all!"

Shi Zhongcheng sneered a few times and slammed the pistol on his waist on the table.

"In order to prevent these scum from being liaised with within Shanghai Beach, several of us from the Shandong Province Army were specially sent to lead a team to help clean them up."

"Once convicted, they will all be shot without mercy!" Shi Jinggong made a killing gesture, with a murderous look in his eyes.

After all, they are professional soldiers who have been on the battlefield and fought with live ammunition, but they are not comparable to those gangsters.

Ye Luo was stunned. It turned out that there was no news because Jinling was planning to commit suicide with a borrowed knife.

Even if Fu Xiao'an and others are dissatisfied and protest, after killing here, they have all returned to Lu Province, do you still dare to go to their base camp and demand justice?

"But don't worry, Second Young Master, the Ye family is not within the scope of our cleaning. You are the victims and must be protected." Shi Jinggong smiled and patted Ye Luo on the shoulder, "Of course, this week has been quite chaotic, Second Young Master. Just tell your people not to wander around."

"Definitely." Ye Luo nodded, realizing that this round of purging might be more serious than he thought. He looked solemn and put Shi Jianqiao's matter aside.

Accepting a woman and gaining the friendship of two dragons crossing the river is not bad.