My spy diary

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The Qing Gang was founded in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. Like the Hong Gang's predecessor, the Tiandihui, it was established for the purpose of "overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty", so its early name was the "Anti-Qing Gang".

But as Western powers entered China, faced with domestic conflicts and national justice, the leader of the "Anti-Qing Gang" chose the latter and changed the name of the gang to "Green Gang".

After the name change, the revolutionary purpose of the Green Gang changed from "overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty" to "supporting the Qing Dynasty and eliminating the foreigners."

However, no matter how good the idea was, the Qing government did not recognize it. In desperation, they had to change their name to "Anqing Gang", choose to believe in Taoism, and call themselves "Anqing Taoist Association" to the outside world.

This time, it finally got the support of the Qing rulers.

With the government's tacit approval, they quickly and successfully unified all members of the grain transport, grain gangs, and foot trades, and began to open temples and recruit disciples.

Since their members were active in the north and south all year round, their disciples quickly spread across the country.

Later, for the convenience of writing and naming, the "Anqing Gang" returned to its original name: Qing Gang.

During its heyday, the Green Gang was extremely powerful, with 128 Centaurs and monopolizing the country's water transport terminals.

Such an underground army was so powerful that it naturally aroused the fear of the Qing rulers, and suppression followed.

The Green Gang split up, and by the Republic of China period, its forces were reduced to just six major gangs: Jianghuai Si, Xingwu Si, Xingwu Liu, Jiabai, Jiahaiwei and Sanhang.

Even so, it still monopolizes the water transport terminals on both sides of the Yangtze River and Huai River. No matter which government is in power, it cannot ignore its existence.

The Qing Gang respects its name within the gang, and has a total of 24 generations from its founding to the Republic of China.

They are: purity, tranquility, Tao, virtue, literature, achievement, Buddha, Dharma, benevolence, ethics, wisdom, origin, coming, self, faith, origin, brightness, prosperity, courtesy, great, communication, enlightenment, and learning.

Ji Yunqing is the leader of the Qing Gang with the surname "Tong".

This man was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. After failing in business in his early years, he began to think about going to Shanghai to make a living.

After joining the Green Gang, his status rose rapidly thanks to the skills of observing people's words and expressions that he developed as a businessman.

Later, he became a disciple of Cao Youshan, a big boss of the "Da" generation, and quickly became an influential figure in the Shanghai Green Gang.

Soon after, he set up his own school, opened a large incense hall, recruited many disciples, and advocated teaching without fostering them.

The Kuomintang accepts all kinds of people, including politicians, gentry, soldiers, and hooligans, and commits all kinds of evil, including assassination, robbery, drug trafficking, kidnapping, and extortion.

There is a saying that goes, when scumbags get rich, they will try to get close to people as much as possible.

He has money, power and status, and if he also finds some literati to package and promote him, who would dare to call him a scum?
Wouldn't that make him a legendary and successful businessman?
Ji Yunqing naturally thought so too. He wanted himself, a "famous person", to become an "official" one day.

But the reality is not like that.

He is the leader of the Green Gang of the Tong generation. Although Huang Jinrong of the eldest generation is a generation younger than him, they are sworn brothers.

Chang was Huang Jinrong's disciple, but even though this disciple, who was of the same generation as Huang Jinrong, was now the chairman of the committee, he could not get a penny from him.

That would have been fine, but Du Yuesheng, who was also of the same generation as Huang and Du, was able to become brothers with Chang. Not only was he a senator of the Guo Party, he also had the rank of major general. It seemed as if the world had abandoned only him and Zhang Xiaohu, who were of the same generation as Huang and Du.

Seeing that Huang, Du and Zhang controlled the entire underworld in Shanghai, Ji Yunqing was unwilling to accept the fact that his limelight was completely snatched away and his power was further eroded, but he could do nothing about it.

But after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, with the fall of Shanghai, Huang Jinrong was old and dying, Du Yuesheng fled to Hong Kong for refuge, Zhang Xiaohu hit it off with the Japanese and became a traitor, and Ji Yunqing once again saw the hope and way to "re-emerge".

The natural way is to betray the country and become a traitor.

Just when Ji Yunqing was racking his brains to think of how to establish a relationship with the Japanese, the arrival of his good disciple Li Shijun was like someone sending him a pillow when he was sleepy.

After sending a large number of disciples such as Wu Sibao and Zhang Lu as gangsters, arms and money for support, Ji Yunqing suddenly became a guest of honor at the No. 76 pseudo-agent headquarters.

Through his relationship with Li Shijun, he quickly established contact with the Japanese and gained strong support for dominating Shanghai.

The Ji Mansion is an old house where nobles lived during the Qing Dynasty.

The pavilions and towers were very exquisitely renovated. The entrances and main passages were guarded by young disciples of the Green Gang. The maids and nannies in the mansion were busy coming and going.

It was just noon when the melodious sound of a erhu could be faintly heard from the back hall, followed by the soft singing of several women.

"Su San left Hongdong County and walked to the main street"

Following the sound, I saw three women standing side by side in a pavilion, with their fingers raised and singing opera in a very realistic manner.

In the hall opposite the pavilion, Qing Gang leader Ji Yunqing was leaning on the bed, covered with a blanket, looking sick.

At this time, the butler walked up quickly with the pipe, lit it and handed it to him.

With a burst of puffs of smoke, a few puffs of hibiscus smoke dissipated, and the face of Ji, who was originally dying, finally had a few traces of redness. He was full of energy and was completely different from the sickly person just now.

He had a head full of white hair and was wearing a long jacket. He was a little over 1.6 meters tall, thin, and looked quite frail.

But whether he opened his eyes or squinted, there was a fierce, cunning and sinister aura in him that made people shudder.

At this moment he opened his eyes, frowned and asked:
"What time is it?"

The housekeeper said, "It's noon, sir, time to eat."

"What are we eating today?"

"There are hairy crabs from Yangcheng Lake, eight-treasure duck, white-cut chicken, braised prawns, crystal shrimp, sweet and sour spareribs, and my disciples also sent us a wild deer."

Ji glanced at him and frowned:

"Why are they all greasy? I'm already seventy, and it's rare for a person to live to seventy. You guys are probably hoping that I'll die soon, right?"

The butler shuddered and said quickly:
"How can that be possible? Master Ji, what are you talking about? The disciples are still looking forward to it..."

"Okay, I won't eat lunch at home. Let's go directly to Qingfengtang. I can have something light there. You go and make the arrangements."

Qingfengtang is a bathhouse under the name of Ji Yunqing. He goes there every day to take a bath, rain or shine, to relieve fatigue and relax his body and mind over the years.

After a while, the butler had arranged everything. After washing and dressing up, Ji Yunqing, who was leaning on a walking stick, got into the car with a radiant look, surrounded by bodyguards and disciples.

At the same time, Zhang Yi and Monkey had disguised themselves and sneaked into an alley in the International Settlement.

A small courtyard at the end of the alley was secretly rented by the intelligence station for the purpose of monitoring Qingfengtang.

The two of them observed the surrounding terrain vigilantly along the way and soon arrived in front of the courtyard.

Zhang Yi was on guard, and Monkey went forward and knocked on the door.

After three heavy and three light knocks on the door, the door opened immediately. Qian Xiaosan stuck his head out and welcomed the two people in.

"How about it?"

"The stationmaster was right. This man really went to the bathhouse again."

Zhang Yi smiled and said, "Habits are rules, and some habits are difficult to change."

"How many people are there with him?"

"According to my observation, there are at least twenty of them, bodyguards and gang members, surrounding the target tightly." "It would be great if there was a sniper rifle." Monkey sighed and asked:
"Stationmaster, when do we start the operation?"

"Right now, let's go back to the bathhouse and catch him off guard when he comes out."

"Stationmaster, why don't you stay here to observe and coordinate, while Qian Xiaosan and I try to sneak into the bathhouse."

"I will naturally give the first gift to No. 76 personally. Otherwise, how can I be worthy of Li Shijun?"

Zhang Yi said without question, and then asked: "Is everything ready?"

Qian Xiaosan nodded and took out a package from under the bed. Inside were several Colt pistols, some grenades and some clothes of Green Gang disciples.

Zhang Yi nodded and said, "Change your clothes. After the shooting, go directly into the Qing Gang brothel and casino near the bathhouse and leave through the back door."

"Yes."

After changing their clothes and putting on their top hats, the three men cleared all traces in the house and immediately went their separate ways.

Zhang Yi came out of the yard and crossed an alley. Just as he was about to pass through, his ears suddenly pricked up and he saw a yawning, heavily made-up prostitute coming out of a secret door.

As soon as she saw that it was a young man, she immediately became interested and started flirting with him without any hesitation.

"Little brother, you look a little unfamiliar. Is this your first time here?"

Zhang Yi remained silent, stared at her coldly, and continued to walk forward, but he didn't expect the woman to keep pestering him:
"You paid me, touched me, and you still want to run away?"

It was the first time that Zhang Yi encountered forced buying and selling, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

But when he glanced at the corner of his eye, he saw two disciples who looked like they were from the Green Gang smoking at the other end of the alley.

I don’t know if it was the prostitute’s support, but I saw that the two of them almost turned their heads when they heard the argument.

He stopped immediately, quickly pulled the prostitute away and hid in the shadow of the secret door, avoiding the sight of the two men.

At this moment, he embraced the prostitute, pretending to be eager, suppressing the nausea in his heart, touching the prostitute's waist, and said with a smile:
"My dear sister, I miss you so much. Please obey me. I will bet my clothes and win the money, and I will redeem you."

"So you're a poor guy." The prostitute's face changed immediately when she heard this.

She has seen countless people, so naturally she doesn't believe in such empty talk.

After taking a closer look at Zhang Yi, he saw that although he was young, his face was full of pockmarks, which made him look disgusting. His clothes were also sweaty, so he immediately lost interest.

If it was a gigolo, she would grit her teeth and bear it. If it was a virgin, she might even give him a red envelope in return. But since he was poor and smelly.
"Get lost, you little bastard, you still want to take advantage of me, I won't do it at a loss."

Before she could finish her words, Zhang Yi suddenly grabbed her throat with one hand and slashed the back of her neck with a knife, causing her to faint instantly.

Zhang Yi gently dragged her into the secret door, left it ajar, carefully stuck his head out to glance at the two Green Gang-looking disciples at the entrance of the alley, then walked out from the other end.

As we exited the alley, the sign of Qingfengtang came into view from afar, and then we saw two Qing Gang disciples in charge of security walking towards us with vigilant looks on their faces.

"Stop! What are you doing?"

Zhang Yi glanced at the two of them, not panicking at all. He showed some of his dandy manners on his face, pointed at the brothel nearby, and sneered:
"What? You can't even go out and have some fun?"

The Qing Gang disciples were unmoved. The two looked at each other and reached for their revolvers at the same time. One of them stood on guard while the other stepped forward to look at Zhang Yi's clothes and asked:
"What's your guild leader? What's your name?"

This is naturally the way the Qing Gang disciples talk to each other.

If Zhang Yi wanted to assassinate Ji Yunqing, how could he not investigate the Qing Gang?

Besides, if you want to hide in Shanghai, the Green Gang is a hurdle that you cannot avoid.

So he, Monkey and Qian Xiaosan had already made up a set of fake identities.

He knew everything about the six major gangs, the three gangs and nine generations, the gang names, ships, and flags.

"Jiang Huai Si, ranked as Wu."

"How many are peaceful? How many are stopping the boat?"

"Six Taiping ships, two of which are at anchor, collect tickets at Songjiang Wharf and exchange for grain at Pier 16 outside the East Gate of Wuxi, Jiangsu."

The Qing Gang disciple who was asking the question saw Zhang Yi answering fluently, and thought to himself that a group of Jianghuai Si Gang members had indeed come to Songjiang Wharf to grab food recently. The news was confirmed to be correct. Seeing that Zhang Yi was also a senior of the Wu generation, his attitude immediately softened a lot:
"Brother, we are all one family in the Qing Gang. I apologize for offending you just now. Please forgive me."

Zhang Yi bowed and walked over calmly.

Across the street, Qingfengtang was right in front of us. The street was full of Qing Gang disciples, who had tightly controlled the cars and bathhouses.

After taking a few glances, Zhang Yi turned and entered the antique shop next door.

The boss wearing a melon-shaped hat was observing a piece of jade with a magnifying glass. When he saw Zhang Yi come in, he just nodded and continued to work.

Zhang Yi glanced at the counter, picked up a snuff bottle, and while playing with it, he looked through the window at the entrance of the bathhouse across the street.

Not long after that, there was a noise outside the bathhouse.

First, a Qing Gang disciple ran out and shouted, and then several disciples who were on guard immediately walked out and got on the car.

As soon as the car started, Ji, who had just finished taking a bath, walked out of the bathhouse surrounded by a group of bodyguards and gang members.

Opportunities are fleeting, so Zhang Yi immediately put down the snuff bottle in his hand, walked out of the antique shop and walked across the street.

Seeing Zhang Yi, the uninvited guest, the bodyguards and gang members naturally reached out to stop him and expel him.

But Zhang Yi remained calm, calmly pushed aside the bodyguards and gang members, and walked inside while saying:
"Master Ji, Master Meng from Jiang Huaisi asked me to bring you a letter."

Ji Yunqing frowned. Master Meng from Jiang Huaisi?

He couldn't help but stop and look sideways at Zhang Yi.

At that time!

Zhang Yi said "Here is the letter" while his hands kept moving. He smiled slightly, opened his clothes, pulled out the loaded pistol, and started shooting.

"boom"

The bullet suddenly flew into Ji Yunqing's chest, splashing a flower of blood.

The bodyguards and gang members were stunned. Before they could react, Zhang Yi kicked a bodyguard to the ground and fired two shots.

"bang bang"

A bullet hit Ji's chest again, and another bullet flew into his forehead.

Ji Yunqing fell down immediately.

At the same time, Monkey and Qian Xiaosan rushed out from both ends of the road. When two grenades were thrown, gunshots rang out.

There were two loud "booms" and the air was filled with smoke.

With the sounds of explosions and screams, the situation completely got out of control!
(End of this chapter)