When I returned to my office from the U.S. Consulate, it was already 3 p.m.
Master Meng was really exhausted.
After fighting Sophia all night last night, my energy was almost exhausted.
Just now, I had lunch with Bonanou again.
All this running around is just one word:
tired!
Wu Jingyi happened to be in his office.
When he thought of Sister Jingyi's ten dollars, Master Meng couldn't help but shudder.
Wu Jingyi was looking at a file there.
As soon as he saw Master Meng coming in, he first said hello.
How could she have imagined that Master Meng's mind at this time was all about how to get through the night:
"I just saw the report sent by my subordinates. There is a case that you may be interested in."
"What case?"
Meng Shaoyuan really had no interest at all.
In the past, that would have been fine, but now?
It's too late to deal with the huge pile of things in front of you.
"From Huamei Pharmacy."
"Huamei Pharmacy?"
Meng Shaoyuan was startled.
Huamei Pharmacy is located at the intersection of Fuzhou Road and Shanxi Road in Shanghai. It does not appear to be large in scale, but the store owner Xu Xiangru is the chairman of the New Drug Industry Association, one of the top giants in the Western medicine industry.
Xu Xiangru lives on Pushi Road and has two daughters and two sons.
The eldest daughter is more loyal and unmarried. She takes care of the housework for her father at home. The second daughter, Xu Jihua, studied medicine in Germany and received a doctorate. With the support of her father, she opened a Jihua Hospital on Julaida Road.
The eldest son, Xu Jiming, graduated from the Sino-French Pharmacy College. He is married and helps his father manage the business in the pharmacy. He is very capable of keeping the store business. The second son, Xu Jigao, is twenty years old and still studying at Nanyang Middle School.
Xu Xiangru, the drugstore owner, was known to Meng Shaoyuan.
When the Anti-Japanese War just broke out, he and the New Drug Industry Association donated medicines to the national army.
When Meng Shaoyuan heard that it was related to Xu Xiangru, he became somewhat interested: "What's going on?"
"For a murder caused by a woman."
"woman?"
"Yeah, isn't it your favorite?"
Well?
Master Meng couldn't say a word.
Xu Jigao was unmarried and had the dandy habits of a rich boy. He indulged in dancing and had a passionate relationship with Chen Ying, a dancer at the Xinhua Ballroom, and wanted to marry her for a happy life.
Chen Ying knew that Xu was the owner of Xu Jigao's Huamei Pharmacy and had a fortune of tens of millions. She bought this and that and made frequent demands from Xu Jigao.
Xu Jigao was still studying and had to rely on his family financially. However, in order to win Chen Ying's favor and fulfill his marriage contract, he had to repeatedly ask for money from his family.
Xu Xiangru was already in his sixties. Although he was still in charge of the pharmacy himself, all the money coming in and out was managed by his eldest son. When Xu Jigao wants money, he always reaches out to his eldest brother who manages the economy. For this reason, there are inevitable conflicts between the brothers.
On the evening of July 26, 1941, Xu Jigao asked his eldest brother for money again. Xu Jiming asked him about his use because he had been asking for money more and more frequently and in larger amounts recently.
Xu Jigao had no choice but to tell the truth, hoping to gain sympathy from his eldest brother. Unexpectedly, Xu Jiming was furious after hearing this, saying that even if he wanted to get married, he could not marry a dancer, which would be detrimental to the Xu family's dignity, so there was a big conflict between the brothers.
On a whim, Xu Jigao saw a small ax in the corner. Without thinking about the consequences, he picked it up and chopped off his elder brother's head.
Xu Jiming was injured and fell to the ground, bleeding profusely and unconscious. Seeing this, people from the Xu family rushed Xu Jiming to Jihua Hospital on Julaida Road.
Xu Jiming finally died.
Xu Jiming's body should have been sent to a funeral parlor, but his injuries were obvious. The funeral parlor is managed by the police station. If the corpse is found under suspicious circumstances, it must be reported, which will inevitably cause trouble.
Xu Jiajing discussed with relatives and friends and decided to send the body to the Tongren Fuyuantang Autopsy Institute in the French Concession.
It was a private charity group supervised by the French Concession authorities. It often collected beggars who died on the road and buried them in coffins. If something unexpected happened, it would be reported to the officials for inspection.
After the Xu family sent Xu Jiming's body, they were afraid that it would be found to be fatal due to injuries and the murderer would not be able to escape responsibility, so they bribed the staff of Tongren Fuyuantang to replace it with the body of a beggar who died of illness.
The result of the forensic examination was naturally that "the death was caused by illness and there was no other reason", and the body had been placed in a coffin by the family.
Although the Xu family kept this matter strictly confidential, no one except close relatives and friends knew that such a tragic change in ethics had occurred.
But there is no airtight wall in the world, and a cook of the Xu family revealed it to Sanguang Mazi, the inquisitive inquisitor who patrolled the French Concession.
Bao Wenting thought this was a good opportunity for extortion, and there was a lot of money to be made. In order to get evidence of the Xu family, he first took out Xu Jiming's coffin that was stored in the funeral home, and then arrested Xu Jigao and brought Xu Jihua in. .
Xu Xiangru was panicked and asked Geng Jiaqi, the former secretary of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government before the Anti-Japanese War, who was already a traitor, to ask him to go through the French Concession Patrol Office, General Office Qiao Shiban.
Geng Jiaji studied in France and was born in France. When Wu Tiecheng was the mayor of Shanghai, he often represented the municipal government in dealing with the French Concession Board of Directors.
But Qiao Shiban is an old fox, afraid that people's lives will be at stake and he will not be able to escape if things get serious in the future, so he only agrees to release Xu Jihua on bail, while the murderer Xu Jigao is still in custody.
Because Qiao Shiban did not want to take more responsibility, he sent Xu Jiming's coffin from the funeral home to the Terracotta Road Autopsy. After forensic examination, it was confirmed that he died of injuries.
So they sent the autopsy sheet and Xu Jigao to the Shanghai Second Special Administrative Region Court and let it go.
"Good guy, the younger brother killed the older brother."
Meng Shaoyuan shook his head after hearing this: "Just for a dancer? Huh? These Xu brothers are killing each other. What does it have to do with me? Do I have to do things for them? Give me money. If you give me enough money, anything can be done easily."
"You only have money in your eyes?" Wu Jingyi rolled her eyes at him: "Are Wang Jingwei and Li Shiqun involved in this case?"
"What?"
Meng Shaoyuan perked up as soon as he heard this: "Tell me quickly."
Xu Xiangru had to spend money desperately to save Xu Jigao and continue the Xu family's legacy, so he went to the Shanghai Second Special Zone Court.
At this moment, some newspaper reporters also intervened.
Xu Xiangru is a wealthy family in the Western medicine industry. Such troubles have occurred in his family and are related to his life's fate. For some reporters who specialize in taking advantage of opportunities to blackmail him, he is really a coveted target.
These reporters were usually on the same page as Bao Qidan from the patrol room and Sanguang Mazi, who was under Bao Qidan. Therefore, not only did more and more people go to Xu Xiangsu later, but their appetites also grew.
Even those who received less money in the past were asked to make up for it.
Xu Xiangru was so distracted by all these news reporters coming and going, big and small, how could she do anything else?
He entrusted a reporter from Shenbao to summarize the whole story and handle the matter.
Since this reporter dares to do everything, of course he has some background.
After he was entrusted, he would eat his fill first, and then break off the crab legs and divide the spoils one by one.
Obtaining people's money to eliminate disasters for others, at the beginning each reported not a single word.
But, immediately, things got serious.
As a result, the Judicial Yuan of the Wang Puppet Government, Li Shiqun, and Wang Jingwei were all involved.
At this point, no one can imagine the direction in which this matter will develop!
(Well, I haven’t had an explosion in a long time. Tomorrow is the last day of July. Well, at least three chapters are guaranteed, and I will try my best to break out in five chapters!)
