In the southern suburbs of Jiang City, an old house hidden among the bushes served as the headquarters of the Green Gang.
"Still no progress at the Gaoyang County market?" A slightly overweight man in his fifties, with neatly combed hair, wearing a black suit, had a cold and inscrutable expression, and spoke in a calm and unhurried tone.
On his left cheek was a deep scar running from the corner of his eye to the back of his ear. He looked dangerous without being angry, and his fierce, slanted eyes had a dark and menacing look.
The strong sense of江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the world of martial arts and chivalry) and the businessman's suit and tie attire were contradictory combinations.
Master Zhu, the leader of the Green Gang!
"Reporting to Master Zhu, not yet!" A trusted confidant in his forties, with an ordinary appearance, replied respectfully, not daring to look up, trying to minimize his presence.
"Fengzai, you're pretty good, but it's a pity you got caught red-handed!"
Find a way to get him out! He…”
Master Zhu spoke in a calm tone, expressing regret, but his expression remained unchanged. The unspoken meaning behind his words sent a chill down one's spine!
"Yes, Huang Feng is clever and capable of great things! I have also sent someone to visit him in prison."
Huang Feng said that it was the first time they arranged to meet there for the transaction, but the two men who arrested them seemed to have come prepared, lying in ambush beforehand and preparing two sacks to put over their heads. He and the drug addict both suspected that the other party had betrayed them!
The trusted male confidant dared not hide anything and answered cautiously.
His name is Cheng Dong. He has been following Master Zhu for almost thirty years and knows that Master Zhu is very unhappy right now. Huang Feng's identity is a bit special.
"Dongzi, tell me, why can't we penetrate Gaoyang County?"
We can develop our network and conduct business in the surrounding counties of Jiang City, but Gaoyang County, such a small place, is so difficult to deal with!
Master Zhu's face was gloomy, his eyes were slightly cold, and his voice was sinister!
"Master Zhu, I've investigated and found that in the last ten or twenty years, in Gaoyang County, either the county magistrate or the police chief, there has always been one who was transferred from Beijing."
He is upright and honest, adheres to principles, values the county's security and development, and is not threatened by anyone, nor will he accept any bribes!
Cheng Dong lowered his head even further and reported all the information he had gathered to Master Zhu.
"Oh, how interesting! Is there a big shot hiding in Gaoyang County?"
Or is it the former residence of one of the aforementioned individuals?
Master Zhu raised an eyebrow, a strange smile playing on his lips. He showed even greater interest.
"No, we investigated long ago and found no household or individual who received special treatment. But we can clearly see that the higher-ups want Gaoyang County to live and work in peace and contentment, but they haven't done anything to make it special!"
Cheng Dong had his doubts, but they weren't true. He recounted the information he had received in detail.
"Was the police chief there transferred from Beijing?" Zhu Ye suddenly asked.
"No, he was transferred last year. But the new captain of the special police team in Gaoyang County before the Lunar New Year is a retired special forces soldier. He's only 24 years old and was a deputy battalion commander before. I heard that the missions he was assigned to in the army were all in the southwestern border area, specifically to track down our goods!"
Grandpa Zhu rubbed his right index, middle, and thumb back and forth, but it didn't seem like he was snapping his fingers. He asked, "Name!"
“Zheng Dao, Zheng with the character for 'gate' and Dao with the character for 'rice', not the righteous path or the villainous path…righteous path! Logically speaking, the affairs of the military's special forces should not be so easily known to outsiders. Could this be a smokescreen?” Cheng Dong explained the person's name, and upon hearing it, he thought it was 'righteous path'.
"No, it's the real information. Tell outsiders clearly not to cause trouble there!"
Or perhaps they just want to 'stir up trouble,' like we are now, Dongzi, you've reacted, let's go and meet him!" At this moment, Master Zhu picked up a cigarette and fiddled with it in his hand.
"Master Zhu, you mustn't!" Cheng Dong exclaimed urgently, raising his head!
"It's alright, just testing the waters! Dongzi, you need to always remember that you're a good person, don't panic or feel guilty. Besides, no one knows that Fengzi is one of us. He joined the gang secretly back then. And besides, to catch a thief red-handed, he needs evidence!"
Zhu Ye twitched his nose, then lit the cigarette, calmly took a drag, and exhaled, creating a cloud of smoke. Cheng Dong couldn't quite make out Zhu Ye's expression, let alone guess what he was thinking!
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Gaoyang County, Special Police Team Office
Ring ring ring, the phone rang in the innermost left-hand office!
"Hello, this is Zheng Dao!"
The man was about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, sitting upright with short hair, a square face, and a calm and dignified demeanor. He stood up, picked up the telephone receiver with his right hand, and was about 1.88 meters tall. He had a distinct military bearing, and although his eyes were not very large, they were bright and piercing.
There was a large stack of files on his desk, containing case data from Gaoyang County over the past year, which he had been reviewing all morning.
It was Zheng Dao, the captain of the Gaoyang County Special Police Team!
"Young Zheng, it's me!" A middle-aged man's strong voice came from the phone.
"Hello, Lieutenant General! Please give me your instructions, and I will obey them without question!" Zheng Dao didn't even lift his eyelids, speaking in a very respectful and measured manner.
"You little brat, you're actually giving me that bureaucratic airs. Do you think it's a waste of your talents to send a top soldier like you to Jiang City, or even a small place like Gaoyang County?" The lieutenant general's voice on the phone chuckled and scolded.
Zheng Dao: "I wouldn't dare! I'm not a king of soldiers now. Isn't there a new king of soldiers in the team? He's only twenty years old and comes from the Lu family in Beijing, a big family."
But does his family really need him in our special forces? Is he just here for a training session or to make his presence felt?
"Nonsense! Lu is indeed quite good. He's only been with the team for three or four years, and he's already achieved such results. Are you still holding a grudge about being defeated by him in last year's competition?"
"He also has considerable strength, on par with you, and your family isn't small either, right? Little Dao from the island military region!" The lieutenant general's voice started seriously, but then he began to tease Zheng Dao.
"No! I just can't stand him!" Zheng Dao's answer was completely unashamed; he was just that direct.
That guy surnamed Lu is twenty years old. He was only seventeen when he first joined the army. He always has an icy expression. Who is he trying to impress? All he has is a high nose and deep eyes. Isn't he just an eye and a nose?
In his eyes, he was just a pretty boy! He just didn't understand why the female soldiers in the military's cultural troupe would swoon over someone surnamed Lu every time they saw him!
"Alright, stop talking nonsense! How's it going lately?" The serious voice returned on the phone.
Zheng Dao also asked seriously, "That Zhu Boss from the Jiang City Green Gang is clearly the local tyrant here, and also the biggest drug trafficking mastermind behind it. Why don't we just arrest him?"
"Of course we need to arrest him, but it's not the right time yet. You need to dismantle the networks of connections in other counties one by one, mainly to find out if the real mastermind is in the Jiang City area of Nan Province! Master Zhu is just a local 'distributor'; what we need to find is the manufacturer!"
The voice on the phone suddenly became heavy. Most of the old guys had been caught, but five years ago, a new gang suddenly emerged, the Black Hawk Gang.
It has now developed into the largest criminal gang in the country, with connections to the southwestern border and the Golden Triangle. In addition to drug trafficking, it is also involved in major economic crimes such as smuggling, gun violence, double-crossing, and money laundering.
Currently, they don't even know whether the person behind the scenes is male or female, old or young. It's not that they haven't sent people in to infiltrate, but the higher-ups in that gang don't know who their boss is!
"Understood. When will we close the net?" Zheng Dao also became serious!
"I didn't originally intend to take down the Green Gang so quickly. My plan was to first defeat them one by one from the other small counties, and then launch a siege."
But didn't we accidentally arrest Huang Feng before the New Year? Let's start in Gaoyang County, at the latest by next spring. Once we find out Huang Feng's relationship with Master Zhu, we'll arrest Master Zhu directly, without waiting any longer! A thorough search of Jiang City will also reveal whether the mastermind is in Nan Province.”
The order was given directly over the phone: there was no time to delay; things were getting chaotic up north.
"Received!" Zheng Dao's voice was loud and clear.
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