The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 40 Killing the chicken to scare the monkey

"Brother, actually, changing our affiliation is not a bad thing for us."

Gao Wensheng said sharply, "None of us, including the fifth brother in Siping, belong to Commander Feng's original team."

"Isn't the incident with the previous batch of equipment the best proof?"

Jiang Cheng also nodded and added: "We were the ones who started it, and we were the ones who had to bear the reputation of looting, but they didn't even give us any bullets!"

"Is such a stingy boss who favors his friends over his own people still worthy of our loyalty?"

"Yes, in fact, Fei Lan, I have wanted to say this for a long time, but I never said it because of the relationship."

Facing the two people singing the same tune, Jiang Lanxuan's face became more gloomy: "How can I not understand what you are saying?"

"but……"

Jiang Cheng could clearly feel his father's pedantry, and he felt extremely angry.

Are you still planning to play the "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" game with Old Feng?
People no longer take you seriously!
What's more, there are villains like Cai Junheng and Rong Shihong in the middle, so how can you get any benefits?

I'm afraid that even Xinmin won't be able to hold on to his position in the future...

However, I cannot say these words to my dad for now. Of course, it would be useless to say them. My dad, who is somewhat of a bookworm, will not believe these words just because of my short-term changes.

"But anyway, it's too early to talk about these things now-"

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes and decided to deal with the matter at hand first.

He called Gao Wensheng out to get someone, and the latter smiled bitterly and said, "You want someone again, what are you going to do, little brat?"

"What are you doing?"

Jiang Cheng snorted three times and laughed, "Go find those damn Zongshe party members and cause trouble!"

"Ah!? What...Zongshe Party?"

He was stunned by what he said. Even Gao Wensheng, who was always calm and thoughtful, was a little confused. "What do you mean?"

Not wanting to explain further, Jiang Cheng ordered Gao Wensheng to take more than 20 fully armed soldiers and head straight to Laishun, the largest inn in Xinmin County.

As soon as these armed men arrived, the entire inn was thrown into silence.

"Hey, Master Jun, what are you doing?"

"We have always been law-abiding and have never done anything bad..."

The owner of Laishun Inn was a fat man in his early forties with a round face. When he saw that this handsome young man was the leader of the gang, he immediately rushed up to him in surprise and complained, "Soldier, if you want to scold me, I won't say anything!"

“But this business…”

Jiang Cheng pulled out three boxes from his waist and adjusted the brim of his hat. He raised his hand and rudely pushed his shoulder to let him make way. His temper immediately flared up: "Damn it, you still dare to say that you have always been law-abiding?"

"I'm asking you, who are the people living in this store?"

Seeing the gun pointed at him, the fat boss almost cried out: "General, General, please understand!"

"It's hard to run a small business these days. Those who come to our door with money are all customers. How can we interrogate them all?"

"Oh, if you don't ask, I'll go up and ask!"

Jiang Cheng turned around and shouted coldly to the people behind him with an icy expression, "Listen, brothers, drive everyone in this store to the backyard. I want to..."

But before he could finish his words, a gunshot was heard from the back door.

Fortunately, before coming, Jiang Cheng dispersed the people he brought with him and asked them to watch the front and back doors and corners where people could easily escape.
Otherwise, wouldn’t people be missed?

Regardless of Gao Wensheng's surprised look, Jiang Cheng picked up three boxes and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Watch this!" Then he and Gao Wensheng rushed to the backyard through the corner gate.

I saw a man in black lying on the ground, with a few brothers on his left and right holding two other men.

Looking back at Jiang Cheng and Gao Wensheng who were rushing over, several soldiers all looked smug: "Master, Staff Officer Gao, these three bastards jumped down from the second-floor window and tried to run away."

"Hold our brothers here!"

Jiang Cheng lowered his head and looked at the boy who was shot and was still alive. He gave him a thumbs up and said, "Well done, brothers! There will be a big reward when we get back!"

When they heard that there was a reward, they were all delighted. Jiang Cheng growled again:

"Alright, bring these three bastards and the shop owner back to me and interrogate them carefully!"

He took the men back without saying a word. In fact, he recognized these three guys at the first glance.

When he went to the bathhouse with Hai Rushong to inquire about the news, he took a quick glance at the large bathhouse that served as a "meeting room" and saw all three of them were there.

The people were not arrested by mistake, but the next thing to do is to find out their identities and their status in the Zongshe Party, so as to prescribe the right medicine to scare them!

After only two rounds of severe punishment, all three of them confessed.

The man who was shot and fell to the ground was a bodyguard along with one of the other two. The real owner was named Wan Yuanchang, an official sent by the Zongshe Party to handle specific matters with the Japanese.

As he was almost a core member, he explained the whole thing in no time.

It was similar to what Jiang Cheng thought. These Qing Dynasty veterans who were unwilling to step down tried to win over Babuzab and restore the monarchy in Fengtian, and they got involved with Xinmin's Black Dragon Society.

"You bastards, do you have any other members in the city?"

With his hands clasped together, Jiang Cheng half-raised his face and stared at the unlucky fellow who was hanging in the air and had been beaten beyond recognition, and asked, "Tell me where the others are hiding, and I will spare your life!"

"No, no, let's just give it a quick death."

Wan Yuanchang stammered painfully, "The provincial capital has mobilized troops, they, they all went to the provincial capital to support, and the only ones left are..."

Before he could finish his words, a large amount of yellow liquid suddenly oozed out from between the grandson's crotch and he completely lost consciousness.

"I know that the Qing court's braided men are the most vulnerable to being beaten."

Gao Wensheng shook his head sympathetically. "I say, I've asked almost all the questions. What are you going to do with that fat boss you brought back?"

"How can we deal with it? It just collapsed!"

Jiang Cheng winked, but when he saw his expression change slightly, he smiled again, "I was just joking—"

"His inn is well run, and it's considered the best inn in the city. How can you just kill him like that?"

Gao Wensheng was stunned: "So what you mean is..."

"Uncle, you need to step up and play the good cop role!"

Jiang Cheng chuckled, "This old fellow is taking in the Zongshe Party to stay in the hotel. He is going to cause trouble for us Xinmin. Shouldn't he be shot?"

"But it's okay to be ignorant of this matter, just give him a random punishment!"

"But even though he's been fined, if there's any disturbance in his store in the future, you must report it to me immediately, otherwise you'll be treated as a traitor!"

Gao Wensheng was so annoyed by his thick-skinnedness that he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Okay, I have to say this - this is already considered collaborating with the enemy."

"But Feilan, this act of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys is not over yet, right? What are you going to do next?"

(End of this chapter)