Chapter 114: Every Word Out Of Your Mouth Is About Brotherly Bonds, But The Bureau’s Records Are Full Of Brothers’ Names
“Master Cao, you’re too polite. I’m Bao Erliang.” Bao Erliang happily took the cigarette, sniffed it under his nose, and after fully enjoying it, lit it up and began to speak freely:
“This Louzi lives just two hutongs away from me. He used to be just a street punk, not even worth mentioning.”
“But who let him have a good sister? She caught the eye of Scarface from Cannon Bureau Hutong, so he latched onto Scarface’s connections. Ever since then, he’s been arrogant, never doing any proper work, and he’s bullied all the neighbors around.”
“Wait a minute, where did this Scarface come from?”
“Scarface isn’t from around here; he’s from the Outer Third District, but bordering the Second District, next to your jurisdiction. He doesn’t usually come around here looking for trouble.”
“Well, I don’t know who Western Hegemon Fu Decheng offended, but his whole family got wiped out. I reckon that’s why Scarface got ideas.”
Cao Weida suddenly understood after hearing this. So it was the butterfly effect from his own actions.
That made sense. Previously, this area was dominated by that utterly heartless Fu Decheng. Now that Fu Decheng was wiped out, a huge chunk of underground gang territory was left vacant. Anyone with a bit of ambition would naturally eye this fat piece of meat.
Parading so openly through the street naturally drew attention from the people on the street. Whether it was the heat or shame, anyway, all the way here, these gangsters kept their heads buried in their chests, their faces red like monkey butts.
Having his slacking interrupted and losing slacking points put Cao Weida in a foul mood. All the way, he scolded: “Disperse, all disperse, nothing to see here. Love the spectacle so much? Disperse now!”
Unfamiliar pedestrians retreated in fear like tigers, while those who knew Cao Weida grinned and greeted him.
They arrived at the police station all the way, and the commotion quickly alerted the people inside.
Little Ear rushed out with his younger brothers. “Big Brother Cao, who are these guys? How do we handle them?”
“Lock them all up. Keep this Louzi in solitary.” Cao Weida explained the general situation. Little Ear didn’t care about anything else and immediately called his brothers to viciously drag these people inside.
“In you go!” Little Ear kicked Louzi hard in the butt. The latter stumbled in, fell to the ground, and let out a wail.
“Big Brother Cao, how do you plan to handle this kid? If it’s really Old Sun’s son who owes them money, we’re not in the right here.” After locking them up, Little Ear said hesitantly.
The law in this era was not well-developed. Often, emotion and reason balanced with legal reason, but more often, emotion took the dominant position.
Louzi and his gang definitely had to take responsibility for beating Old Sun to death, but in the end, they were in the right on this matter.
If Old Sun’s son didn’t pursue it, the patrolmen really couldn’t interfere.
“Old Sun’s son doesn’t pursue it, does that mean no one else will?” Cao Weida lit a cigarette and smoked, his expression cold: “Go investigate for me. Dig up every single detail on this bastard! For a rotten person like this, I don’t believe he doesn’t have other cases on him!”
“Besides, this is a murder case. Can Old Sun’s son just say he won’t pursue it and that’s that?”
What a joke. It wasted a bit of my slacking points. If I don’t deal with him properly, wouldn’t that be a loss of a billion?!
“Got it.” Little Ear nodded. Since Big Brother Cao had decided, he naturally wouldn’t say more.
Just as Little Ear was about to leave, the locked-up Louzi suddenly toughened up. “You wait for me. My big brother is good buddies with your bureau chief. However you locked us up, that’s how you’ll have to let us out later!”
He pointed at Cao Weida and shouted: “You, surnamed Cao, don’t ever let me out, or else I’ll make sure to repay you properly!”
Hearing this, Cao Weida couldn’t help laughing. Yo, pretty cocky.
Little Ear also couldn’t help laughing, a dangerous laugh. “Someone come, open the door. I’m going in to chat with him.”
Damn it, daring to threaten my big brother right in front of me? Does he think I don’t exist?!
On the other side, Bureau Chief Xu Hancheng lay in his chair, feet propped on the desk, humming a tune.
Ever since he learned Ono Shiota’s intentions, the big stone in his heart had dropped, and he was in a great mood.
At that moment, the office door was suddenly pushed open.
“Bureau Chief, bad news!” San’er rushed in frantically.
“You’re the one with bad news!” Xu Hancheng angrily dropped his feet from the desk. He searched for a while but found nothing handy and cheap on the desk, so he gave up.
Then, irritably: “Speak. What happened? Why so panicked?”
“Bureau Chief, Dongsi Gang people got grabbed by us and locked up!” Seeing the bureau chief in a bad mood, San’er quickly explained.
“Dongsi Gang’s?” Xu Hancheng jumped in fright and shot to his feet. “Who grabbed them? Damn it, this is just asking for trouble for me!”
To become bureau chief, connections were more important than ability.
Xu Hancheng had been bureau chief for so many years and had some network of connections.
Just the day before yesterday, he received a call from the head bureau, vaguely mentioning the Dongsi Gang. It seemed they had connected with the chief consultant.
He hadn’t paid it much mind at the time. After all, in these times, which big gang didn’t have backing?
Even the day after the call, Dongsi Gang’s protection fee was delivered right to him.
Just the day before yesterday, he had taken the collected protection fee to Overflow Fragrance Garden for some fun. That taste was endlessly memorable.
But who would have thought, just one day later, the people got grabbed back.
Offending Dongsi Gang didn’t bother him. If offended, so be it. Though he groveled before the little devils, he was still the bureau chief of the Outer Fifth District. Dealing with a small gang was a piece of cake.
But Dongsi Gang’s little devil chief consultant behind them made him very wary!
If blamed, his small arms and legs couldn’t withstand it!
“It was Master Cao. Master Cao grabbed them. He’s Scarface’s brother-in-law, called Louzi.”
“Ever since being locked up, he’s been yelling for you to see justice, saying his big brother Scarface is one of your own!”
“Holy shit!” Xu Hancheng yelled in anger. “Who the hell is one of my own! They’re in the station and not confessing honestly, but daring to slander wildly! Outrageously arrogant!”
The instant he heard it was Cao Weida, Xu Hancheng immediately decided: he’d stand fully with Cao Weida on this!
Not out of much loyalty, but mainly because behind Cao Weida stood more than just one little devil, while that Louzi was just a stinking punk.
He didn’t think Scarface would go up against Cao Weida for him. Even if Scarface wanted to, would Tada Naoyoshi flip faces with Ono Shiota and them for Scarface?
No way!
He knew how good Cao Weida’s relationship was with Ono Shiota and them. They often went in and out of various places of pleasure together. Their bond was so tight it was like sharing one pair of trousers.
“A stinking punk commits a crime, gets locked up, and doesn’t know to restrain himself, but dares to blabber nonsense. Looks like he doesn’t want to live!”
Even though he took Dongsi Gang’s protection fee, anyone coming to his turf had to pay!
If thinking those protection fees meant a connection with him, that would be a huge mistake.
Not to mention it involved Cao Weida, even without that, just based on Louzi yelling about his relationship with Scarface, he absolutely wouldn’t be spared!
Some things, everyone knows in their hearts is fine, but never say them out loud. Once said, no one looks good!
This brainless Louzi dared to publicize it like this; his days were numbered!
Not only would Xu Hancheng not spare him, Scarface absolutely couldn’t tolerate him either!
San’er was timid, but after all, he was Xu Hancheng’s confidant. Hearing this, he hesitated: “Then this matter…”
“Go pass a message to Cao Weida. I’m not familiar with Scarface, and I don’t know this Louzi or whatever. Let him handle it however he sees fit!”
Soon, San’er ran up to Cao Weida.
“Master Cao.”
“Yo, San’er. What instructions from the bureau chief?”
“Master Cao, you’re joking. No instructions. The bureau chief told me to tell you he’s not familiar with Scarface, and doesn’t know this Louzi or whatever at all. You handle it as you see fit. The bureau chief’s power supports you!”
Cao Weida smiled faintly, not surprised by the result at all.
He glanced at Louzi in the room, beaten soft and lying on the ground, and shook his head slightly. Really no brain. Daring to say anything. Isn’t this just asking to die?
Look, before dying, he took an extra beating for nothing. Why bother?
“Little Ear.”
“Big Brother Cao, your orders.”
“Collect evidence however it needs to be collected. Of course, don’t skip the interrogation part. He’s pretty tough, right? Use all the tools in the interrogation room. They’re just sitting there anyway; don’t waste them.”
Little Ear grinned ferociously. “Got it, Big Brother Cao. Just watch; I’ll get him to confess everything, like when he wet the bed at age five or peeking at who bathing!”
Unfortunately, Louzi’s bones weren’t as tough as imagined. In just twenty minutes, an interrogation report was placed on Cao Weida’s desk.
Cao Weida picked it up and looked, nearly bursting out laughing.
“Whoa, trafficking opium, running whorehouses and gambling dens. Dragging him to the street for peanuts would be no problem.”
“Truly, every sentence opens with brotherly love; the station records are full of brother names.”
Looking at the interrogation record densely packed with Scarface’s name, Cao Weida’s mouth twitched.
He’d only seen teasing about it on videos before. Now seeing it in person, he couldn’t help but want to laugh.
“Too bad Scarface isn’t in my jurisdiction. Otherwise, I’d bring people to raid him directly!”
He handed the interrogation record to Little Ear: “Collect all the evidence fully, then send the person along with it to Jingshi Prison.”
