Period drama: Old Cao's carefree life

Chapter 207: Preparing to hold a large-scale matchmaking event?
"Leave this matter to me to handle."

Cao Weida naturally wouldn't shirk responsibility since he had caused the trouble himself.

Xu Hancheng has already said that, so are we supposed to ask him to open his mouth and let Xu Hancheng negotiate?

It's just borrowing two prisons. If Jin Hai doesn't lend them, he can just ask Fujita Sosuke and the others.

Even if it were ten times more, let alone just forty more people, he could still settle them down.

How can a person live and die from holding in their pee?

"Alright, then I'll leave this matter to you." Since Cao Weida had taken the initiative to handle the matter, Xu Hancheng was naturally happy to see it done, and the rest was naturally no problem.

"But little brother, I still have to remind you, you have to be careful. You've offended quite a few people and taken away a lot of their interests lately."

"They might not dare to touch you openly, but there's always the possibility that someone might resort to underhanded tactics behind your back!"

Cao Weida's eyes darted around. "Director, did someone say something to you?"

"This..." Xu Hancheng hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Given our relationship, I won't hide it from you. Someone did contact me, but it wasn't targeting you. They wanted me to shut up those people who were arrested."

Xu Hancheng is really good at doing favors.

You clearly wanted to tell me a long time ago, but you had to pretend to be hesitant. You just wanted me to remember your favor.

Cao Weida secretly rolled his eyes, but said politely, "Thank you for the reminder, Director. Don't worry, I won't go too far. This matter ends with Shao Yongming and won't involve anything else."

Well, he didn't intend to make a big deal out of it anyway. If he did, it wouldn't do him any good. So I might as well do him a favor.

Seeing that Cao Wei Da understood the meaning of his words and agreed so kindly, Xu Hancheng's smile became much wider and his wrinkles increased.

“Brother, I’m entrusting this matter entirely to you. I didn’t want to get involved in the first place.”

After leaving the director's office, Cao Weida returned to his own office, leaned back in his chair, smoked a cigarette, and rubbed his head.

This period has been incredibly busy, with one thing after another happening.

His original wish was to be a lazy bum!

"No, after these things are over, I'll just live a quiet, unambitious life. I've been too high-profile lately, so I need to disappear for a while."

Just as he was contemplating his grand plan of becoming a salted fish, Duomen walked in looking dejected.

"Hey, Mr. Duo, why do you look so listless today?"

"Could it be that you've taken a fancy to some girl and overdid it last night?"

"Go away, you brat, you're never serious. I'm talking to you about serious matters," Duomen said sternly.

"Just this morning, another victim was discovered. When I went to the crime scene, I found that the modus operandi was exactly the same."

"Based on the map you provided me for investigating the case, we conducted a site visit and observation, and sure enough, we found the murderer!"

"That's a good thing! Why do you look so worried? Did something happen?"

Domon sighed, "We've found the person, but we don't have the authority to handle it! The murderer is Japanese!"

At this point, Duomen's mood became unbearable. The Japanese devils were running rampant in Beiping, exploiting the Chinese people as an inferior race, and the Chinese people had no way to stop them.

Now, the murderer has been found, but no one dares to arrest him; they feel both grief and helplessness.

Just as I guessed.

Cao Wei Da nodded thoughtfully.

Cao Weida visited the place once after the case occurred, and he had already become suspicious at that time.

Late at night, which Chinese person would dare to stroll on the street without fear of being caught by curfew officials?

After killing someone, he still had the leisure to arrange the corpse in that way.
Who else could it be but the Japanese devils!

Cao Wei Da asked, "There must be quite a few people who know you've sought him out, right?"

Duomen nodded: "Besides Xiao Pan who went with me, no one else knows."

“It was just me and Xiao Pan,” Duomen said. “When I tried to grab him, he shouted that he was Japanese and that we had no right to arrest him.”

"After learning that he was Japanese, I was afraid of getting into trouble, so I had no choice but to give up and turn back."

"I see." After a moment of contemplation, Cao Weida said, "Don't worry, leave this to me."

"What do you plan to do?" Domon hurriedly said, "I'm warning you, don't be impulsive. That's a Japanese soldier. If you kill him, Ono Oda and the others won't let you off the hook!"

"As long as no one knows it was us, that's fine," Cao Weida said with a smile. "What if he was eliminated by the Military Intelligence Bureau, Master Duo?" "Oh...you're trying to use someone else to do the dirty work?"

“That’s right, I’m going to use someone else to do my dirty work!” Cao Weida sneered. “He’s neither a soldier nor a government official, just an ordinary citizen. Do you think the Japanese really care whether he lives or dies?”

"As long as we kill him quietly and don't involve us, who will care?"

"More than one or two Japanese soldiers have died during this period, so what difference would one more make?"

"Then we'll set the house on fire and destroy the evidence."

After a moment of silence, Duomen nodded and said, "Alright, if you want, then let's do it your way. Leaving such a menace in Beiping, who knows how many more compatriots will be killed by him in the future!"

"However, let me remind you, you must do things cleanly and efficiently, and you must not leave any handles or implicate you. If you are not confident, it is better to give up!"

Duomen does have a sense of justice, but this sense of justice must be based on not involving the safety of his own people.

And it is clear that Cao Weida was someone he considered to be one of his own, or even half a family member!
He's not a saint; he wouldn't trade his own life for someone else's!

"Relax, Master Duo, don't you know me? I'll definitely do it cleanly and efficiently."

In the afternoon, Cao Weida sat in his office.

Si Jicai respectfully handed over a file.

"Mr. Cao, the list on the left is of people involved in trafficking women, and the list on the right is of staff members who were unaware of the situation."

"Everything is clearly recorded in the transcript. Please take a look."

Cao Weida nodded, opened the case file and looked at it. "How were those women taken care of? Were their families notified?"

"We have already notified them, but there are still many who are not local, and it will take some time to notify their families."

"Among them are thirteen homeless women who were lured and tricked by the criminal gang before being arrested. What do you think should be done with them?"

Looking at the list and records, Cao Weida rubbed his temples. Rescuing people was indeed exhilarating, but settling them in had become a major problem.

These people need to be supported, they need to eat, drink, relieve themselves, and sleep; everything requires money and food.
But since the people have been saved, if they are simply driven out like this, the final outcome for these women will probably not be good.

After a moment of contemplation, he said, "I have a courtyard in Er Tiao Hutong. Let's settle these homeless people there first."

"As for the rest, let's settle them in Straw Hat Alley, where I also have a courtyard."

As he spoke, he took two keys out of his pocket and tossed them over: "Here are the keys, go and get things done."

Si Jicai responded and was about to leave when Cao Weida called him back.

"Oh, by the way, tell Xiao Erduo to send some supplies to these people, and to treat the injured and sick."

After sending him away, Cao Weida sighed, took out a cigarette, lit it, and said with a melancholy expression, "Indeed, one shouldn't be too kind. Once you become too good, you'll only suffer losses."

"You rascal, saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda, how many pagodas have you built already?" Duomen walked in from outside, chuckling.
"You've helped so many people, you've done a truly meritorious deed!"

Cao Wei Da rolled his eyes: "If there really were a pagoda, how could there be so many evil people in the world?"

"As the saying goes, Heaven and Earth are ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs. No matter how much we do or how good we are, to the gods and Buddhas, it's just like an ant saving some other ants. Why would they care?"

Duomen was stunned for a moment, clearly not expecting Cao Weida to say such philosophical words.

After regaining his senses, he chuckled and said, "If those monks heard what you said, they would definitely argue with you."

"I can't be bothered with a bunch of bald monks, I'm busy to death every day." Cao Weida snorted twice and said, "Perfect timing, Master Duo, you've arrived. I have something to discuss with you."

He handed over the list of women: "There are thirteen homeless women here, none of them very old. I was thinking that none of our brothers are married. If you don't mind, how about we hold a large-scale matchmaking event?"

"If both sides are on good terms, it would solve both the problem of resettling these women and the problem of the brothers getting married, which would be a win-win solution."

Duomen's eyes lit up slightly upon hearing this. "You know what, this is actually a pretty good idea."

"Not to mention anything else, there are three single men under my command. They used to be from poor families and couldn't afford to get married or support their families. Now that they have subsidies, they can easily support their families."

Duomen is a loyal friend, and he treats his brothers exceptionally well, so they all trust and respect him.

Economic issues are no longer a big problem. Although they can't become rich, they can at least eat their fill and stay warm. If we can also help them with their marriage, wouldn't they be extremely grateful?
"Right? You think it's a good fit, don't you?" Seeing that Duomen agreed with the plan, Cao Weida said with a smile:

"In that case, let's try this method."

"Even if it doesn't work out, it's fine. It's just a try. If a few couples do get together, it'll be a wonderful story!"

(End of this chapter)