The next day, it suddenly rained heavily in Longcheng, which had been sunny for nearly half a month.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Wei Xiangzuo returned alone from Fukuoka District and entered Tianhong Port, preparing to find a place to eat.
Normally, Wei Xiangzuo is always accompanied by people, and no matter where he goes, he is always followed by a few brothers. But today he was a bit abnormal. As soon as he got up in the morning, he drove away alone.
After returning to the harbor, Wei Xiangzuo's cell phone rang before he even went to eat. He glanced at the number and pressed the answer button: "Hello!"
"Brother, there's something urgent, where are you?"
"I'm in the harbor, what's wrong?"
"Come over to Erdao Street," Xiao Feng whispered back, "Cheng Gang and I will be waiting for you."
"What's the matter?" Wei Xiangzuo asked.
"The gunman's business."
"Okay, I got it." Wei Xiangzuo responded and immediately drove to the Erdao Street in the harbor.
…
It was raining heavily, the roads were slippery and there were few pedestrians.
Wei Xiangzuo's car stopped in front of a snack shop on Erdao Street in Gangnei. A sturdy man, about thirty years old, immediately ran out to greet him, holding the store owner's umbrella.
Wei Xiangzuo got out of the car, crouched under the umbrella, and asked in a low voice: "Did you find out?"
"Well, let's talk inside when we find some clues." The man nodded and replied. This man was Cheng Gang, a road agent of the Zhannan Wharf Gang, who was mainly responsible for bulk cargo.
The two of them trotted into the restaurant and came to a private room on the first floor. There were six or seven people in the room, all of them were Wei Xiangzuo's brothers.
These people were all Wei Xiangzuo's confidants. When he ran away, he was not doing well, but this group of brothers followed him all the time. They wandered together for several years and had a very deep relationship.
In the box, Wei Xiangzuo wiped the water off his body, bent down and sat down, and asked, "What did you find out?!"
Cheng Gang poured a glass of water for Wei Xiangzuo and replied with a smile: "Wait for the second old ghost to come and let him tell you."
"Yeah." Wei Xiangzuo nodded.
A group of people sat in the room drinking tea and eating dried fruits. After waiting for less than five minutes, a thief-looking man walked in, bowed and shouted to Wei Xiangzuo, "Brother!"
"Hey, here I come." Wei Xiangzuo nodded with a smile.
Xiao Feng looked at the other person, smoking a cigarette and said, "Tell Big Brother about this."
The man pulled a chair, bent down and sat down, and immediately said, "It's like this, big brother. Isn't it time to pay interest today? I went to the hall to collect the dividends and happened to run into Er Tao. We played Texas Hold'em together before, and I owed him some money, so I gave it to him and treated him to a meal at noon."
"Ah, and then what?" Wei Xiangzuo nodded.
"We both drank quite a bit, and we finished more than a pound at noon." The man said a bit naggingly, "We were drunk and started talking about the murder of Mr. Gu... I said that the higher-ups seemed to have quarreled over this matter during the meeting in Longkou yesterday, and it was not necessarily the Yu family who did it... But I didn't expect Er Tao to agree with me and say that it was not the Yu family who did it, but the Code Gang who did it."
"He said it wasn't the Yu family who did it?" Wei Xiangzuo asked.
"Yes, I was curious too, so I asked him what was going on." The man nodded and replied, "Er Tao is a talkative person, so I asked him a few questions and he told me... Three days before Mr. Gu's accident, someone went to Yang Ming and took away guns, long and short, a whole two bags."
Wei Xiangzuo raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is it the Yangming who was with Xu Er?"
"Yes, that's him. Yangming also likes to play with money. Ertao often plays Texas Hold'em with him." The man whispered back, "Ertao said that they played until after 2 a.m. that day. He thought it was too late so he didn't go home and stayed in Warehouse No. 4. Yangming was also there at the time. Two people came and took the gun from the warehouse. Ertao also asked what he gave him. Yangming said it was illegal drugs bought by someone else, but Ertao saw it upstairs and Yangming was holding a gun."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Gang immediately asked, "Er Tao likes to brag when he drinks. Is what he says reliable?"
"Haven't we asked about those gunmen before? So I asked what the people who came to pick up the guns looked like and what their physical characteristics were." The man lowered his voice and replied, "Ertao told me that one of them had a short flat head and half of his left ear was missing."
Wei Xiangzuo was stunned when he heard this.
"When I heard this information, I thought it matched what we had found, so after Ertao and I finished our drinks, we called Xiaofeng," the man replied.
"If Er Tao saw that half ear, then this matter would really match up." Xiao Feng glanced at Wei Xiangzuo: "Yang Ming is Xu Er's man, damn, this matter is interesting."
Wei Xiangzuo put down his teacup, waved his hand and said to the two old ghosts: "Okay, I know, this is hard work for you."
"Haha, it's okay." The two old ghosts stood up immediately: "Then you guys talk, I'll leave first."
"Go find Xiaofeng to get the red envelope later, and don't tell anyone." Wei Xiangzuo warned.
"Okay, thank you, big brother!" The two old ghosts turned and left.
Wei Xiangzuo turned his head and looked at Xiaofeng: "Have you checked?"
"I asked around, and Yangming is now in warehouse No. 4." Xiaofeng naturally knew what his elder brother meant, so he replied immediately.
Wei Xiangzuo looked down at his watch and said softly to Xiaofeng, "There are many people in the No. 4 warehouse. Find someone to keep an eye on Yangming and move against him at night."
"I understand!" Xiaofeng replied.
…
The clues given by the two old ghosts were too obvious, so Wei Xiangzuo couldn't let them go.
Everyone gathered together and waited until around nine o'clock in the evening before Xiaofeng received a call from Ma Zai, who told him that Yangming had returned home.
After answering the phone, Wei Xiangzuo took his six brothers, drove a business car, and rushed to Bei'an Street on the rainy night.
Beian Street is located close to the outside of the harbor and adjacent to Tufang Street in Zhanan. The living environment there is not very good, and it is crowded and poor everywhere.
The car slowly entered Bei'an Street. Wei Xiangzuo sat at the rear of the car and closed his eyes to rest.
"Have your faces covered!" Xiao Feng, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, turned back and reminded, "After we catch Yang Ming, take him to the outer harbor and beat him up. If the gun was really given by him to the shooter, then we can basically identify Xu Hu; if not, don't show your faces, so as to avoid Xu Hu getting hold of us."
"Haha, okay!" Cheng Gang nodded.
The car continued to move forward, getting closer and closer to Yangming's residence.
“Buzz!”
At this moment, the cell phone in Wei Xiangzuo's pocket vibrated several times. He slowly opened his eyes, took out the phone and took a look.
It was a text message. After reading it, Wei Xiangzuo suddenly sat up straight and his eyes became much clearer.
Outside, heavy rain was pouring down. Wei Xiangzuo was holding the phone and suddenly shouted, "Xiaoxuan, don't open it!"
"Ah?!" The driver turned around: "What's wrong, brother?"
"Let's stop in an alley for a while. I'll smoke a cigarette." Wei Xiangzuo regained his lazy expression, took out a cigarette box and gave an order.
Although the driver didn't know what the boss was going to do, he still did as he was told. He parked the car in an alley, turned off the lights and turned off the engine.
"What's wrong, brother?" Xiaofeng also turned around and asked.
Wei Xiangzuo lit a cigarette and sat in the last row of seats in the van. In the extremely dark environment, he glanced at everyone in the car: "... Wait a minute, I'll send a few messages before leaving."
"Ah!" Xiaofeng nodded.
Inside the car, everyone was quiet. Wei Xiangzuo was fiddling with his phone with a calm expression.
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District 1, Huadu.
Yu Jinrong was lying on the hospital bed, and he also sent a text message on his mobile phone, which read: "Gu Tongshan is dead, but the Code Gang is very calm. What do you think?"
The other party replied: "No hurry, wait and see."