It’s Morse code, but it’s just Morse code with a layer of secrecy on top of it, and this is only readable by those of us inside the Snow Leopard.
Cai Xiaobing said that the men were ready and asked when I could arrest Xu Xiang.
I dialed Cai Xiaobing’s number directly.
The phone was picked up after three rings, but Cai Xiaobing did not dare to make a sound.
“Xiaobing, it’s me.”
“Captain, is Nim all right! We all thought something had happened! What’s going on? I was scared to death!”
Cai Xiaobing’s accent sounded surprisingly friendly to me now, and I laughed, “It’s a long story, how many people did you prepare there?”
“We have three teams from Snow Leopard and over fifty police officers from the provincial capital. They’re all in a small fishing village below Tong City now, just waiting to make their move tomorrow. We’ve made such a big fuss with Chen Yu Zhou today, so no one will think twice about us arresting Xu Xiang this time.”
I said, “Tomorrow they will definitely move in the middle of the night. We don’t know where and how they’re going to do the deal. Shi Sheng is just a small pawn in the chain.”
I was counting on Zhao Zichen to help me set it up, but now I didn’t know if Zhao Zichen was reliable, so I had to do it myself.
“Huh? What should I do then? We’re all still waiting, Captain, Nim can’t screw us over.”
“f*ck you, when have I ever cheated you? Let’s wait for the news. Everyone go into town tonight and take cover.”
Hanging up the phone, I deleted Cai Xiaobing’s call log as well before returning it to Ayu.
“Brother Zhang Chao, you special forces are so cla*sy, can you take me with you on this operation? I especially wanted to join the special forces back then.” Ah Yu asked excitedly.
I was also short of manpower. Baldy’s hands were good, but I needed helpers who could follow orders and listen to my command.
I smiled, “OK, you’re with me.”
Baldy said, “We’re going to the Night Incense now, now that the master is with Shi Sheng.”
“Zhao Zichen is still hanging out with Shi Sheng now? Shi Sheng is just an insignificant player in the Green Dragon Gang, does he need Zhao Zichen to be so concerned? Does he want to get involved in the illegal weapons business?”
The more I thought about it, the more wrong I became, because these triads, apart from collecting protection fees, had no other income.
There were no legal casinos in Tong City, there were some underground casinos, and most of them were in the hands of the Green Dragon Gang.
The reason why the Green Dragon Gang would give face to Chen Ruhai was also because Chen Ruhai’s brother-in-law was Xu Xiang, so the police would not investigate the illegal establishments of the Green Dragon Gang, while the Red Lantern Club would not be treated so well.
The main income of these triads is based on illegal income, and the three of yellow gambling and drugs are the fast way to get money. It is impossible for the Red Lantern Club to be involved in drugs, all their illegal income is from the Black Street, which has existed in Tong for many years and has a complex composition, so even if Xu Xiang wanted to take action against the Black Street, there is nothing he could do.
So although the Red Lantern Society is one of the two underground societies in Tong, Zhao Zichen is much poorer than Jiang Ming, and it’s understandable that he would want a piece of the illegal weapons pie.
Baldy said in a quiet voice, “I still believe in the Dangjia. I think he has to spend time with Shi Sheng every day because he still has to ask questions out of Shi Sheng’s mouth. Shi Sheng is a very careful man. Apart from the accountant, he usually only hangs out with prostitutes. One of these prostitutes must be his go-between to contact the top and bottom families, but I’m not sure which one, and I don’t dare to do anything rashly, in case it spooks the snake.”
I frowned, “Shi Sheng isn’t that clever, this could have been arranged by Gongsun’s accountant. We have too little time to find that informant. Cai Xiaobing has followed Shi Sheng for a long time and only knows that Shi Sheng is very good to a woman called Yanzi.”
“Could it be her?”
I shook my head, “Not like that, Gongsun the accountant is very cautious, I dao think this Yanzi is a front, once we move Yanzi, Shi Sheng will immediately be aware of it.”
Baldy said, “What do we do now, we still don’t have a clue.”
I said, “There’s only one move at a time like this, make it quick.” I laughed, “Ayu, haven’t you always wanted to know how we special forces work, here’s your chance to show it.”
I quickly told Ayu what he was going to do, Ayu listened in disbelief, even Baldy frowned, “You’ll alert Shi Sheng like that.”
I patted Ayu’s shoulder and asked him to give me his phone, texting Cai Xiaobing as I replied, “Shi Sheng can’t wake up. He’s facing the best special forces team in the country, and they’re too amateurish for us.”
Baldy, a man of few words, and Ayu, who worshipped me, were very excited to listen to my command.
I needed a mobile phone and had to commandeer Baldy’s first.
After dropping us off underneath the nightclub, Ayu didn’t stop and drove straight away.
With Baldy helping me to distract the security guards and block the cameras, we made it up to the eighth floor with ease.
Baldy asked me, “What exactly are you going to do?”
Seeing that no one was around, I said, “I took your phone and added the WeChat of our Snow Leopard Special Forces technical officer. He’ll send you a file in a few minutes, so don’t click on it and send it directly to Shi Sheng. This software can eavesdrop on the voice in his phone.”
Baldy said, “But how can you get Shi Sheng’s phone? I don’t know the kung fu of the thieving clan.”
I moved my body and said, “What else do you need the kung fu of the Stealing Gate, just watch our Snow Leopard’s kung fu.”
Baldy still didn’t know what I was going to do. I asked Baldy where the man was and Baldy said he was in the innermost private room.
There was very little security on this floor, for the privacy of the guests, no security would be present when there was no trouble, and the waiters half crouched at the door would leave me alone.
I rushed straight to the innermost room. Baldy felt that something was wrong and quickly chased after me, but by then it was too late, I had already pushed the door and rushed in.
Both Zhao Zichen and Shi Sheng were accompanied by a few women. Zhao Zichen saw me first and stood up with a brush.
Shi Sheng also followed Zhao Zichen and stood up, looking at him for a moment: “It’s you, how dare you f*cking come here.”
As soon as he finished speaking, I jumped over the coffee table in the middle, the women screamed in terror, I grabbed Shi Sheng’s collar and threw a punch directly at him.
Shi Sheng was completely unprepared and he was no match for me, so the punch almost broke half of his face, and blood spurted out of his nose.
Zhao Zichen roared, “Stop it! Baldy! Pull him off!”
I grabbed Shi Sheng’s shirt, “Did you tell the police to arrest me? Huh? How dare you mess with my Ji family’s people.”
I was actually making a random excuse, but by this time, Shi Sheng was so dazed by my beating that he couldn’t even think about the truth of this excuse.
Baldy wasn’t slow at all, and when Zhao Zichen said that, he lunged up and yanked me away from behind.
“What are you doing?!” Baldy asked angrily.
Just as he finished speaking, I grabbed Shi Sheng’s mobile phone that I had just felt and shoved it into his pocket.
Baldy was startled, and although I moved quickly, it was clear that he had sensed it.
I took the opportunity to give up my resistance and pretended to have been subdued by him, as Shi Sheng would soon find out that I had touched his phone and I had to put it back before then.
