Period drama: Old Cao's carefree life

Chapter 188 An Idiom: Tragic and Unbearable to Look At
Cao Weida rolled his eyes. "Alright, look at you, you coward. It's not like I'm going to hit you, what are you afraid of?"

"Put him in a sack and dump him in the woods outside the city."

People like human traffickers don't even deserve a proper burial!
Let nature help him digest it.

As soon as they stepped out of the interrogation room, several patrol officers rushed over.

"Master Cao, what happened? Why are there gunshots?"

"Dashan, it's nothing. I just executed a prisoner." Cao Weida said casually, and Zhao Dashan didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"That's good. I thought something had happened."

Cao Wei Da asked, "How many people have the police arrested so far?"

"I haven't counted, but besides the people here, there should be more than eighty. More people are being arrested one after another."

After hearing Zhao Dashan's answer, Cao Weida understood. You have to admit, these patrolmen were quite dedicated.

Don't be fooled by the fact that eighty people isn't a large number. In this one operation alone, they arrested more than thirty people, including human traffickers, which is close to half of the eighty. But that's not how it works.

They had gathered this many people by doing prior reconnaissance, catching all the human traffickers in one fell swoop, and also taking down Jiang Haichao's gang.

Other patrol officers don't have this advantage, and with those traitors and corrupt officials tipping them off, many will definitely slip through the net.

Moreover, this number is not the final figure.

However, the longer it drags on, the fewer people will be caught, and the final number will probably be around one hundred.

A hundred local thugs and bullies are nothing compared to the hooligans and bullies in the vast outer five districts.

Moreover, it's conceivable that among those arrested, there were probably no more than two truly big fish.

But it doesn't matter. This battle should greatly deter those restless guys.

Those heartless bastards can be dealt with later when there's time.

"Dashan, I have a task for you."

Since we're both in charge, we can't favor one over the other.

While it's impossible to be absolutely fair to everyone, it's also wrong to let Xiao Erduo and the others eat meat while Zhao Dashan isn't even allowed to drink the soup.
If this continues, it will lead to disunity and alienation.

So he handed over the 'mediation' to Zhao Dashan.

Zhao Dashan was overjoyed and quickly said gratefully, "Please rest assured, Master Cao, I will definitely handle things perfectly!"

Zhao Dashan knew that Cao Wei Da had previously acted as a 'middleman' for Ono Oda.

However, at that time he was not Cao Wei's subordinate, so although he was envious, he could only be envious.

But now that he has become Cao Wei's subordinate, watching Xiao Erduo eat meat, he naturally wants to drink some soup too.

But Cao Wei Da didn't say it, and he dared not bring it up.

He gave them a big wake-up call as soon as he took office, and directly dealt with Qiu Ziming.

Only one of the three fires has been lit; who knows if the remaining two will be lit?
He didn't want to be the second fire to be burned.

But it's impossible not to feel envious. There's always an emptiness in my heart. I can only keep comforting myself by thinking, "How long has Xiao Erduo followed Master Cao? How long has he followed him?"

It's only natural for people to have different levels of closeness and distance.

They had even prepared themselves for a long time before he would not receive any benefits.

But now, Cao Wei Da has taken the initiative to give him this lucrative job, and his disappointment has been instantly filled with joy.

"Do a good job." Cao Weida put his arm around his shoulder and walked forward. "From now on, we'll be brothers in the same trench. I can't let my brothers go hungry."

"But let me make this clear from the start: I've given you the benefits, so from now on you have to follow my rules. I don't want my brothers to be traitors."

Zhao Dashan's heart skipped a beat. "Don't worry, Master Cao. With a leader as good as you, if anyone dares to betray you, you don't even need to lift a finger; I'll be the first to not let them off the hook!"

Cao Weida patted him on the shoulder, believing that Zhao Dashan was a smart man who knew what he should and shouldn't do.

"Alright, I don't care what they say, I only care what they do. Go and coordinate, get the personnel list and everything ready. If you don't understand something, just ask Xiao Erduo, he won't be stingy."

Having completed all of today's KPIs and finished giving his instructions, Cao Wei Da was about to slip away when he was stopped by Xu Hancheng's confidant, San'er.

"Mr. Cao, the bureau chief wants to see you."

"I understand, let's go."

What does the bureau chief want with me?

With a sense of doubt, Cao Weida followed San'er to the director's office. Xu Hancheng quickly pulled him in, instructed San'er to guard the door and not allow anyone to enter, and then pulled him to sit on the sofa after closing the door.

"What's wrong, Director?" Cao Weida looked at him with a puzzled expression. What was he doing so mysteriously?

"Cao'er, I heard that you set up a torture chamber in our police station, specializing in the punishment of slow slicing?"

"Chief, you're very well-informed!" Cao Weida chuckled and gave a thumbs up. He hadn't deliberately hidden this matter, so it wasn't surprising that Xu Hancheng knew about it. Therefore, he didn't deny it. "That's right, I did set up a torture chamber. What's wrong, Chief? Is there a problem?"

What's the problem?
The problem is big!

Xu Hancheng, on the verge of tears, said, "I don't care if you use torture to interrogate people, but if the people find out that you used the method of slow slicing, our police station will be seen as a den of demons!"

“Brother, the method of slow slicing is too cruel. If outsiders find out, it will also affect your reputation. Why don’t we discuss it and just kill these people?”

"Chief, I, Cao Weida, am not exactly a good person, but I'm not cruel either. These beasts deserve to be treated like this!" Cao Weida said indignantly. "You didn't see how those damned human traffickers tortured the children!"

"Several of them will be left with lifelong disabilities! Their injuries are heartbreaking to see!"

"These are just what I've seen. Who knows how many more children have been tortured to death by them!"

"Shooting these beasts is far too lenient!"

"If you don't believe me, I'll take you to the hospital right now and show you how miserable those children are, and how cruelly those human traffickers treat them!"

"I believe that after you see this, you will feel the same way I do—you'll want to tear them to pieces!"

Xu Hancheng quickly waved his hand, "No need, no need. How could I not believe what you say?"

In fact, when he learned that Cao Wei had set up a private interrogation room for slow slicing, he investigated the matter immediately and naturally knew about the situation of those children.

The people he sent to investigate only used one idiom: "It was too horrible to look at!"

“But brother, no matter how much we talk, we can’t use such a cruel torture as slow slicing in the police station.”

"How about this? You set up a torture chamber outside, take the person out, and do whatever you want with them. Is that alright?"

Although he felt a little sorry for those children, it was only "a little"—they weren't his children, so what business was it of his?

He was a smart man and had already seen that the Japanese were still at the end of their rope. He had tried his best to maintain a reputation that was neither good nor bad. If he failed at the last moment and was purged after the victory against Japan, he would be devastated.

"Alright, since you've put it that way, I'll naturally give you face." Cao Weida nodded in agreement without even thinking. He was just afraid of being implicated, which is only human nature.

"Oh, thank you so much, brother! Come, have some tea."

After leaving the chief's office, Cao Weida walked towards the police station gate with a relaxed air, pondering where to choose a location.

Then, his mind involuntarily drifted to the abandoned factory where the human traffickers had been apprehended.

It seemed to be a good location; it was secluded and undisturbed, and transporting the body out of the city wouldn't be too difficult.

Just as he stepped out of the police station, he saw someone in the distance subtly greeting him and pointing in a direction.

He followed the directions and walked to a secluded alley.

Not long after he went inside, Zheng Chaoyang came around the corner.

"Cao Weida, are you insane?! You actually opened a private execution of the death by a thousand cuts?!" Zheng Chaoyang roared in a low voice.

"How come it's not even been a day, yet it seems like everyone already knows about this?" Cao Weida rubbed his nose.

Zheng Chaoyang laughed in anger, "The screams in the interrogation room are deaf, do you think everyone else is deaf?"

"Do you know that many patrol officers are saying behind your back that you're a ruthless killer?"

He grabbed Cao Weida's sleeve, exasperated, and said, "Do you know that the organization thinks highly of you and values ​​you highly? They even wanted you to join the Party at one point. How could you do something so utterly despicable?!"

"Or perhaps, after spending so much time with the Japanese, you've learned about their inhumane side too?!"

"Utterly devastating? Inhumane?" Cao Weida remained calm, neither denying nor explaining. Instead, he took out a cigarette, lit it, and offered another one to Cao Weida. "Want one?"

Zheng Chaoyang doesn't usually smoke, but he was in a very agitated mood, so he roughly took the cigarette, lit it, and took a deep drag.

"Cough cough cough~~"

"If you can't smoke, then smoke slowly. Aren't you afraid of choking to death?" Cao Weida patted him on the shoulder with a smug look, then his tone turned cold, as if there was ice in it:

"When it comes to utter cruelty, who can compare to those damned beasts?"

"Do you even know who those people are? Do you know what they've done?!"

Zheng Chaoyang, having recovered his composure, frowned. Could there be another hidden story behind this?

"Then tell me about it."

He wasn't a patrol officer on the streets, but a clerk in the confidential section. Although he had contact with patrol officers on a regular basis, they weren't from the same department.

He was an undercover agent, and the most important thing for an undercover agent is to remain hidden and not be too curious.

He only overheard snippets of conversation from the patrol officers and then subtly inquired about the situation, only learning that those people were local thugs and bullies.

As for the more detailed rules, he didn't dare to ask any more questions. After all, most lurking spies are discovered because of small details that are not usually noticed, and a strong sense of curiosity is one of them.

(End of this chapter)