Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Chapter 153: Arrogant Fuso Lieutenant Colonel and Tough Su Zhengyang

At Fang Mansion, after receiving a call back from Su Zhengyang, Fang Jingyao prepared himself, put on decent clothes, and took a car with a few of his men to the Wang's Manor in Putuo District. In order to avoid embarrassment, Fang Jingyao made a special detour to invite Wang Jiahai to go with him.

The convoy of five cars had just arrived at the intersection not far from Wang's Manor when they encountered a black car blocking the middle of the road.

The motorcade slowly stopped, and a middle-aged young man in a black striped suit walked out of the car in front. He walked quickly to Fang Jingyao's car. Fang Jingyao lowered the window thoughtfully and slowly said, "You are Mr. Kato, the assistant of Lieutenant Colonel Takata, the captain of the military police in the Fuso Concession, right? I have seen you before."

Kato Cang said respectfully, "Inspector Fang, our superior heard that you were also entrusted by Mr. Soros to get someone from Councillor Su, so he wanted to go to Wang's Manor with you. After all, we have the same goal, so please don't refuse, Inspector Fang."

Fang Jingyao frowned. There was no need to say much about the relationship between the Fuso people and Goldman Sachs, but Su Zhengyang's attitude towards the Fuso people was obvious to all. After all, Su Yuting died at the hands of a Fuso assassin, and the two sides had an irreconcilable blood feud.

If I go to see Su Zhengyang with this Japanese devil, I might be misunderstood by the other party.

However, the reason why Soros came to him for help was because he had some friendship with Takahashi Hiroshi, the chairman of the Officers Association of the Fuso Concession. Now Takada Hiroichi, the captain of the gendarmerie of the Fuso Concession, was waiting for him here specially and wanted to meet Su Zhengyang with him. It would be difficult for him to refuse his face.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Jingyao responded, "Let your car follow me to the Wang Mansion, but I will explain this matter to Councillor Su in advance. Whether he will meet with Mr. Gao Tian is not up to me."

"Thank you, Inspector Fang. I believe that Councillor Su will not reject Lieutenant Colonel Takata."

Soon, the convoy arrived at the gate of the manor, and Secretary Zhang Luanyu, who had already received the news, personally greeted them at the gate on behalf of Su Zhengyang.

Fang Jingyao and Wang Jiahai got out of the car, greeted Zhang Luanyu warmly, and then told her that Fuso gendarmerie captain Hirokazu Takada wanted to see Su Zhengyang.

Zhang Luanyu calmly asked Fang Jingyao and others to wait for a moment, and then asked someone to inform Su Zhengyang of the matter as quickly as possible.

After Su Zhengyang heard the news, he hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Let them in. I want to see what tricks these Japanese can play."

"Inspector Fang, our governor said that Mr. Takada can go in with you, but according to the rules, you cannot bring any weapons into the manor."

Fang Jingyao nodded to show his understanding, then asked his guards to hand over the firearms they were carrying. After a thorough body search, he let them in.

Inside the manor, including the streets outside the manor, the guard regiment of the Skeleton Division had a guard post every three steps and a sentry every five steps, providing Su Zhengyang with strict all-round protection. The greasy hands and the shining guns made people feel intimidated.

In the living room of the manor, seeing Fang Jingyao and others coming in, Su Zhengyang stood up enthusiastically and greeted them.

"Inspector Fang, Boss Wang, I am honored that you have come all the way to see me."

After a few greetings, Su Zhengyang invited the two to sit down, but ignored Takada Hirokazu who was standing behind them.

Hirokazu Takada didn't care either. He sat on the sofa as if no one was around, observing Su Zhengyang's every move without saying a word.

"Councilman Su, I'm here for no reason. There's something that's hard to talk about, but I'm working in the French Concession now, so it's inevitable that some things will come to my head. I hope Councilman Su won't mind."

Su Zhengyang's eyes flashed with surprise, and he slowly said, "Inspector Fang, you can say whatever you want. The night before yesterday, you were able to rush to the Great World Ballroom and help me escape. We are friends. I, Su Zhengyang, always respond to friends' requests. If I can help, I will definitely not refuse."

Fang Jingyao was relieved at this point. After explaining the whole story, he looked at Su Zhengyang carefully and said, "Member Su, if this matter embarrasses you, just pretend I never mentioned it. We will still be close friends in the future."

Su Zhengyang was silent for a moment, then looked at Fang Jingyao and said, "I, Su Zhengyang, have always been clear about gratitude and resentment. You and Boss Wang have provided me with a lot of bosses. Logically, for your sake, I should agree to this matter, but you should also know that there is a feud between our Su family and Fuso. As a lackey of the Fuso people, Gao Sheng has done all kinds of evil in Shanghai and helped the tigers. The night before last, he even spoke nonsense in front of me. If I don't deal with him and the news gets out, others will think that I, Su Zhengyang, am a weak persimmon that can be bullied. I'm sorry that I can't agree to this matter. I'm sorry, Inspector Fang."

Su Zhengyang's attitude was very polite, and his words were well-reasoned, leaving Fang Jingyao speechless for a moment. He could only change the subject and said, "It's okay, I understand Councillor Su's difficulties. In that case, let's not talk about it. Let's have tea, have tea."

Just as the atmosphere between the two sides was becoming more and more harmonious, Takada Hirokazu started to act up.

"Councilor Su, do you know that Goldman Sachs is an important partner of Fuso in Shanghai? You didn't even say hello and directly led your troops to sweep the headquarters of the Small Swords Society. Don't you think too little of Fuso?"

Su Zhengyang put down the teacup and glanced at Takada Hirokazu coldly.

"This is a place for people to talk, not dogs. If you can't speak Chinese, just shut up. I feel sick when I hear your awkward Chinese accent."

Takada Hiroichi was slightly stunned and his face became visibly gloomy. He seemed not to have expected that Su Zhengyang would be so sharp in his words and had no intention of giving him any face at all. Among the current public concessions in Shanghai, the Hongkou District occupied by the Fuso Concession has developed the most prosperously. At the same time, because their concession has a 1,500-man guard gendarmerie and an officers' escort team, a total of more than 4,000 combat soldiers, plus several battleships docked at Wusong Port, the Fuso people are used to being arrogant in Shanghai.

From the chief administrative officers of the concessions of the major powers to the local gangs of Shanghai, no one had ever dared to be so direct and disrespectful to Fuso, which made Takada Hiroichi feel a little angry and ashamed.

"Councilor Su, please be careful with your words. This is Shanghai, not Linzhou! I demand that you release Gao Sheng from the Xiaodao Society immediately and return the jade intact to Zhao. Otherwise, I will make you pay for it!"

Su Zhengyang stood up and quickly pulled out his pistol. Amid the extremely surprised looks of everyone present, Su Zhengyang pulled the trigger at Takada Hirokazu's right leg without hesitation.

A puff of green smoke came out of the muzzle of the gun, and the bullet hit Takada Hirokazu's knee accurately, directly shattering his kneecap.

Blood was flowing out, Takada Hirokazu covered his right leg, sweating profusely, howling and cursing hysterically: "Su Zhengyang, you lunatic! You are a reckless man who does things without considering the consequences, you will definitely pay the price for your actions!"

The loud gunshots caused a large number of soldiers in the entire manor to rush into the living room. The leader Li Yunlong was slightly stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.

Su Zhengyang stared at Takada Hirokazu with a bone-chilling gaze, and said word by word: "In my life, I, Su Zhengyang, hate Fuso dogs the most. You dare to threaten me in front of me on my territory, Su Zhengyang. You are really daring! Li Yunlong, break the limbs of these Fuso dogs and throw them in front of the Fuso Consulate on Wusong Street!"

Li Yunlong agreed excitedly, and rushed forward with his soldiers. They crippled the limbs of Takada Hiroichi and others, then drove them to the gate of the consulate in the Fuso Concession. After throwing them onto the street in a very rough manner, they drove away.