Just then, a commotion arose downstairs, followed by footsteps. Lei Daming frowned, went to the top of the stairs and looked down. He saw a young man carefully avoiding the corpses on the stairs as he walked up step by step.
"Ah Si, what are you doing here?"
The person who came up was Chai Liang. He and Wan Mulin were kept outside the cordon. Wan Mulin was eager to know what had happened at the Xinjiang Grand Hotel, especially Luo Zidong's situation, so he asked Chai Liang to come in and check.
Wan Mulin was a veteran member of the Green Gang. With him personally appearing, the police officers naturally dared not stop him, and Chai Liang was able to enter the Grand Hotel smoothly to confirm the situation.
Lei Daming was not only the chief Chinese detective of the French Concession Police Station, but also the senior disciple of Chen Ting, a bigwig in the Green Gang, and a powerful figure in the gang. Chai Liang was a small leader who had joined Chen Ting's gang, so Lei Daming was very familiar with Chai Liang.
Chai Liang quickly went up the stairs and replied, "Brother Ming, Uncle Wan asked me to come and inquire about the situation."
Lei Daming was taken aback. Of course, he knew who Uncle Wan was, as Chai Liang had mentioned. He was aware of Wan Mulin's return to Shanghai and had even accompanied his master, Chen Ting, to welcome Wan Mulin back a few days ago. Hearing Chai Liang's words, he couldn't help but ask, "What does Uncle Wan want to know?"
At this moment, Chai Liang was obviously quite frightened by the scene before him. After being questioned by Lei Daming, it took him a long time to recover. He then stammered out the story of how Luo Zidong was going to treat Wan Mulin to dinner today.
Lei Daming then pieced together the whole story. Pointing to the corpses in front of him, he said, "Look, Luo Zidong is right there. He's completely dead. I don't know if he was blown up or shot. All his men are gone too. Go back and tell Uncle Wan that he's too old to come up here!"
To his surprise, Chai Liang still held his nose, came up to Luo Zidong, examined him carefully, nodded in acknowledgment, waved goodbye to Lei Daming, and quickly went down the stairs.
Zhang Puhe, standing to the side, frowned. He watched Chai Liang's departing figure and couldn't help but feel suspicious. He didn't know Chai Liang's true identity, even though he was Ning Zhiheng's old subordinate from Nanjing and had followed Ning Zhiheng to Shanghai. He knew a lot about the people inside the Shanghai intelligence department.
However, the members of Chai Liang's special intelligence team were all introduced to him by Xu Yongchang. They were infiltrated into various branches of the Shanghai Green Gang and were led by Ji Hongyi alone. They had no contact with other intelligence teams, so the two were unaware of each other's identities.
At this moment, Zhang Puhe vaguely sensed that something was wrong with Chai Liang. He took a few steps to Lei Daming and asked in a low voice, "Detective, Chai A-Si seems to care a lot about Luo Zidong's life or death. He checked very carefully at the end, as if he was afraid that Luo Zidong might not be dead."
Lei Daming nodded and said, "Something is indeed not right, but I can guess the general situation. It seems that there is a lot of trouble involved. We don't need to worry about it. Just do our job and issue an investigation report based on the actual situation."
"Yes, I understand!" Zhang Puhe nodded in agreement, turned around and continued working, taking photos, collecting evidence, and then arranging for people to clean up the body, all procedures proceeding in an orderly manner.
After leaving the restaurant, Chai Liang rushed to the car parked by the roadside and reported the details to Wan Mulin, who had been waiting for him. Upon hearing that Luo Zidong had been killed, Wan Mulin was shocked. He looked at Chai Liang, nodded slightly, and waved for Chai Liang to get in the car. The car then drove towards Wan Mulin's villa.
In the vehicle, Wan Mulin remained silent. He closed his eyes slightly, leaned back in his seat, and pondered to himself. Finally, he suddenly spoke up, "It must have been the Military Intelligence Bureau that made their move. Sigh! I didn't even have time to tell Brother Yuesheng before they struck."
Upon hearing this, Chai Liang nodded and said, "Just now, Lei Daming also analyzed it this way. Chongqing retaliates very severely for such things. Luo Zidong was unlucky! If he had sought help from you, Uncle Wan, earlier, he wouldn't have lost his life in vain."
Wan Mulin sighed deeply, "Alas, this is his fate!"
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