The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 685: No King’s Law
"Forget it, shut up and stop talking about that!" Ruan Yan said gloomily.

"We will do whatever the higher-ups tell us to do."

In order to catch people, Ruan Yan ran around and went to the jail many times. In the end, the people just patted his butt and left, and he didn't get any benefit at all.

Now I hate it when people mention this.

When the other detectives saw Ruan Yan speaking, they all shut up.

Just then, a carriage stopped by the roadside, and several young men in gentlemen's suits got off the carriage and walked towards here.

"It's those people from during the day!" Several constables immediately put their hands on their knives and looked over coldly.

"I didn't expect to meet you here by chance. Ruan Dianshi, Lord Ruan, do you still remember me?" One of the young men with a sinister look stared at Ruan Yan.

"So what if you remember? So what if you don't remember?" Ruan Yan stood up with a knife in hand and looked over coldly.

He felt that the other person looked familiar, and considering the other person's dress, he could easily guess his identity.

They should be the people who were thrown into jail at that time.

"It's good that you remember. I'm afraid that Lord Ruan will forget things and forget about us brothers. I dare not forget you, my brother, all night long!" The young man had a ferocious look on his face.

"Hmph, it seems that you have recovered well. It doesn't hurt anymore." Ruan Yan sneered.

"My heart aches! But after tonight I won't feel any more pain!" The young man grinned, took out his hands from behind his back, and shot Ruan Yan in the chest with a revolver in his hand.

The other detectives were immediately shocked and drew their swords: "How dare you attack and kill an official of the imperial court!"

Several other young men also pulled out guns from their clothes and pulled the trigger at the constables with expressionless faces.

The people around suddenly screamed and fled away.

The young men shot several constables to death, looked around, and slowly swung the revolver away, and the empty shells fell to the ground.

He took out the loader from his waist and pushed it onto the revolver, and six bullets were loaded into it.

And the young man with a ferocious face continued to fire at Ruan Yan.

The bullets were all used up, only the hammer kept falling.

A young man nearby patted him on the shoulder and handed him his gun.

After he took the gun, he shot Ruan Yan in the head several more times, and she no longer looked like a human.

Only then did he stop.

He cursed angrily, "You bastard! This guy tortured us the most! I will never sleep well in my life unless he dies. Now I can finally sleep well."

Several young men around him smiled, patted his shoulders, and pulled him into the carriage.

……

The Thirteen Factories was the commercial center of Guangzhou, surrounded by a large number of merchants and craftsmen. It was also the area where gang activities were most frequent.

A fat man with a melon-shaped hat and gold teeth got off the carriage. The waiter of the restaurant saw him and rushed over to spread the towel on his shoulders on the ground: "Fourth Master, please be careful not to dirty your shoes!"

This fourth master is called Li Laosi, and he is the boss of the largest gang in Xiguan.

Everyone on the streets of Guangzhou calls him "Fourth Master". He has very close connections with the government and can be said to be all-powerful.

At this time, many men in short clothes were standing outside the restaurant. When they saw the other party coming, they bowed and said, "Fourth Master, you are here!"

"Fourth Master!"

Li Laosi nodded, ignored them, and went straight upstairs.

There were two tables upstairs, with five or six people sitting at one table and more than a dozen people sitting at the other. They were asking each other about the identities of the group of people who were going into the city in the afternoon.

When they saw him coming up, they all stood up quickly: "Fourth Master!"

"Please sit down!" Li Laosi said in a deep voice.

"I know you are all guessing why I called you all here." Li Laosi didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.

"Fourth Master, please speak!"

"Behave yourself these few days, keep a low profile, and don't hang around on the streets. If you really get into trouble, no one will take care of you."

"Fourth Master, what do you mean?" Others were surprised: "Could it be related to those people who came this afternoon?"

"Just stay away from them when you see them." Li Laosi said, admitting what he said.

"Fourth Master, where do they come from?" someone immediately asked curiously.

"It's a disaster!" Li Laosi said with a gloomy face.

He is the biggest human trafficker in Guangzhou, and several ships heading to San Francisco are related to him.

How could he not know Chen Zhengwei?

But the county magistrate is not as good as the county manager. This Qing official came to him, and was sent by the imperial envoy. How dare he say no?
He had already asked someone to inquire about these people entering the city this time.

Chen Zhengwei personally brought people here, and his heart was pounding when he heard about this.

He had heard a lot about this San Francisco Tiger Chen. Moreover, he came with 2,000 soldiers, all holding guns, and directly pressed down to the city of Guangzhou.

This is too arrogant.

He was now afraid that Chen Zhengwei would cause trouble for him, so he came here specially to explain things to these people.

For the next few days, he stayed at home and didn't go anywhere.

When Li Laosi entered the restaurant, the two young men in coarse cloth who had followed him all the way left one to continue watching while the other went back to report the news.

These are all men sent by Blind Zhong.

Twenty minutes later, three carriages came from the darkness, and the wheels made a series of friction and rolling sounds on the gravel.

Seeing the two carriages, the young man who stayed here and watched hurriedly trotted over, looked into the carriages, and then respectfully said to the people in the carriages: "It's in the restaurant in front, the people are still there, they haven't left yet!"

Then three carriages stopped beside the restaurant.

The thugs in short clothes outside the restaurant looked over immediately and saw a dozen young men in gentlemen's suits getting off the carriage and walking into the restaurant.

These people have fierce temperaments and don't look like good people.

"What can I do for you, everyone? The restaurant is full today! Please move aside!" Several thugs immediately stood in front and spoke politely.

After all, these people don't look easy to mess with.

Before they could finish their words, the people in the front pulled out two daggers from their waists and stabbed them.

Then he pushed them aside, and the thugs immediately became chaotic, shouting and cursing and pulling out axes from their waists.

However, several young men then pulled out their guns and pointed them at them. The rest of the people rushed directly into the restaurant, glanced at the first floor, and immediately went up to the second floor.

At the same time, a burst of chaotic gunfire was heard outside the restaurant.

When the people on the second floor heard the sound, their faces suddenly changed.

You should know that in Guangzhou, carrying a gun is a felony.

Especially there were messy footsteps coming from the stairs.

A few thugs rushed over directly, but as soon as they showed their heads, they heard gunshots.

Bang bang bang!
Several thugs were shot in the forehead and fell backwards.

The situation on the second floor was even more chaotic. Some people picked up stools and threw them towards the stairs.

However, there was no time to stop them as six or seven young men rushed up with guns.

Seeing these people, Li Laosi's face turned pale, without a trace of blood.

When the others saw this scene and thought of what Li Laosi had just said, they immediately hid far away and retreated to the back.

"Li Laosi! It's good for you to stay here!" A young man looked at Li Laosi coldly.

Li Laosi's head was covered with sweat, and he knelt down with a plop: "Please help me tell Mr. Chen that it's not my fault, he is the imperial envoy, he came from heaven! If I don't tell them, they will kill my whole family! I can't do anything! He is the imperial envoy!"

"Mr. Chen, please let me go. From now on, if you have any instructions, I, Li Laosi, will obey them!"

"Don't worry, we will send your whole family down to accompany you!" The young man didn't waste any more time talking to him and shot him in the forehead.

Everyone else in the restaurant was shaking all over, looking at these aggressive young men with guns in their hands, their backs were covered with sweat.

Someone bravely said:
"Everyone, every wrong has its perpetrator and this has nothing to do with us..."

"This Fourth Master was killed by you, we dare not seek revenge, just treat us as shit and let us go!"

The young man looked up at them with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes:

"Don't leave any one alive, kill them all!"

Those people's faces suddenly changed, and someone shouted angrily: "I will fight you!"

Bang bang bang!
A moment later, the entire restaurant was filled with corpses, with only the boss and the waiter huddled in a corner, shivering.

There was a thumping sound on the stairs, and those people came down from upstairs. They took a look at the shopkeeper and the waiter who were huddled there. The shopkeeper said quickly, "Sir, we didn't see anything!"

"It's better if you didn't see it!" A young man smiled at them, and the group turned and left.

They hadn't intended to keep it a secret tonight.

The purpose is to make things bigger and let everyone know what the consequences of offending them are.

……

Henan District, which is across the river from Xiguan.

A dozen people arrived here by boat and disappeared into the darkness.

"Our target is Yu Zhuqi, others call him Yu the Hero!" The henchman leading the way spat on the ground and said, "Bah, what hero? He is most likely the one who kidnapped and trafficked women in Guangzhou!"

"Most of the human trafficking and opium here belong to him. It is said that he has more than 200 people under him!"

"But don't worry about the others, let's go straight to his house!"

The group groped their way towards a street in the dark. Occasionally, passers-by on the road saw them and were frightened and hid in their homes.

"The biggest one is on the street ahead. There are two stone lions at the door of his house."

"He is very brave. Isn't he afraid of being investigated by the government?" others said immediately.

"How could a gang that's become so big here not have connections with the government?" The young man who led the way smiled.

Others thought the same thing.

The group rushed directly to the gate of the mansion on the street. The door of the mansion was not closed, and there were some young men coming in and out.

Seeing them coming, he immediately became alert: "Who are you?"

Bang bang bang!

Suddenly there was a burst of gunfire.

A group of people rushed into the yard. A thug pulled a grenade from his waist and threw one into every house he saw.

boom!
The entire Henan region was shaken.

At the same time, the prefect of Guangzhou was awakened at home. He was resting in his concubine's room when someone whispered outside the door:

"master!"

"what's up?"

"There's trouble in the city."

"What's the trouble?" The prefect immediately got up from the bed, a bad thought arose in his mind.

"Someone in the city is using a gun and killing people everywhere!"

"Use guns?" Upon hearing this, the prefect's face changed and he quickly put on his clothes and walked out!

When he got outside, he saw the registrar who came to inform him of the news.

"In the end what happened?"

"Sir, Ruan Dianshi was beaten to death on the street, along with several constables! The enemy used guns, those guys in Western clothes who came into the city today!"

"There was also a restaurant in Xiguan District where more than 30 people were beaten to death!"

"The methods used by those people are simply outrageous! They have no regard for the law, sir!"

"It's indeed that group of people! Go and inform the governor!" the prefect said hurriedly.

He didn't dare to make the decision on this matter.

Soon the news reached the ears of Governor Zhang Zhaodong.

Zhang Zhaodong was also awakened while he was resting. He became furious when he heard the noise. However, after he sent a telegram to Li Hongzhang in the evening, Li Hongzhang replied and asked him to handle the matter properly.

Although it was not stated explicitly, he could tell that Li Hongzhang meant to try not to have conflict with the other party.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Notify the Green Camp soldiers! Surround the consulate first. No one is allowed to enter but not leave. But don't rush in yet. Wait until daybreak."

(End of this chapter)