1928: The Rise of Giants

Chapter 172 The murderer is her?

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

Lin Ruxian took the initiative to change the topic and apologized constantly, while Ye Luo promised to help find some well-known doctors to check Zhang Dingyao's condition, and several consuls general also patted their chests and made suggestions.

Near the end of the wedding banquet, the pastor performed the wedding vows for two devout Christians, Fan Erdi and Fan Juli. Ye Luo in the audience hugged Lin Ruxian, biting her ears and laughing: "Sister-in-law, I haven't seen you for a few days, your acting skills are getting better and better. ”

"I'm just thinking, with so many people being so affectionate, aren't you afraid of the wind blowing into Sister Xiuzhu's ears?" Lin Ruxian glared at him lightly, but enjoyed the feeling of their ears and temples rubbing together. The newlyweds on the stage exchanged rings, and she in the audience She could also be nestled in the arms of the person she loved. For many years, she had never imagined that such a day would come to her.

"That's true, then I won't hug you anymore." Ye Luo pretended to let go, which made Lin Rushian irritated and rolled her eyes at him.

While the two were chatting and laughing, Zhang Dingyao and Zhang Qun came nearby.

Zhang Dingyao always looked very ugly. After seeing Ye Luo and the others, he just smiled reluctantly, then raised his head to watch the ceremony, but he was absent-minded.

Looking at his expression, Ye Luo knew that sooner or later this seed of doubt would take root and sprout. He chuckled in his heart. After scanning the surroundings and realizing that they were all foreigners and women, he deliberately raised his voice slightly and pinched Lin Ruxian's buttocks. He smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I saved your life this time. How can you thank me tonight?"

"Yeah~ If you hadn't reacted quickly, Mayor Zhang would have been offended to death." When Lin Ruxian pinched him, he knew that Zhang Dingyao must be nearby, and agreed with a smile, "But I was also telling the truth. The look on his face It was exactly the same as Ruishan back then. I carried the medicine over there, fearing that one day he would suddenly disappear and other people’s gossip would fall on me.”

"Speaking of Brother Ruishan, they told me that he drank the medicine you gave him that day and suddenly vomited blood and died suddenly? I know you will definitely not poison. After arriving in Shanghai this year, I heard a lot of rumors about the French Concession. I specially sent someone to check it for you." Ye Luo lowered his voice and said in a volume that Zhang Dingyao could barely hear, "I didn't expect that something was actually found recently."

"How do you say it?" Lin Ruxian's nervousness and curiosity this time were half true and half false, more realistic.

"Brother Ruishan has been having problems with the medicine he drank, and his chronic diseases are getting worse and worse. The last bowl you sent that day was the primer, which detonated the poison that had been accumulated for a long time. Well, I heard it is the same as Huo Daxia." Ye Luo said lightly. , "There are only so many people who have the opportunity to poison. I checked them one by one, and it turns out that the one who did something was..."

When he said this, he bit his ear and confided softly, which made Lin Ruxian's eyes widen in disbelief, and she covered her mouth for a long time without regaining consciousness.

This was not because she was acting, but because she was shocked by the name Ye Luo said.

The two of them had an affair before coming, and they wanted to use this incident to plant seeds of doubt in Zhang Dingyao's heart, but Ye Luo didn't say how exactly.

At this time, he said that he had found the real murderer and whispered in his ear. Lin Ruxian was also confused.

"Is this true?" Lin Ruxian looked at him with wide eyes and asked again.

Ye Luo nodded slightly.

While the two were still chatting, there were rustling footsteps behind them. It seemed that Zhang Dingyao was leaving one step ahead.

They looked at each other and saw joy in their eyes.

On the way back to his villa in the French Concession, Zhang Dingyao was worried.

The words of Lin Ruxian and Ye Luo lingered in his ears. He had long since stopped trying to figure out whether they were intentional or unintentional. The cause and manner of Jing Ruishan's death were just echoing in his mind.

He was one of the first to know that Shanghai construction tycoon Jing Ruishan died suddenly of vomiting blood at his lover's home two years ago.

At that time, Zhang Dingyao served as the chief of staff of the Songhu Garrison Command and the commander of the No. 13 Army. Most of the army's expenses at that time came from these businessmen, so he took good care of the tycoons.

Jing Ruishan died on Lin Ruxian's bed, and that night he sent people to control the crime scene.

However, after searching for a period of time, no evidence could be found to confirm that Lin Ruxian was the murderer. In addition, with the intercession of the Ye family and other forces, the death of Ruishan was reduced to a major matter, a minor matter, and disappeared into thin air.

There was actually a hidden secret in this, and Ye Luo found out.

Regardless of whether it was a coincidence or not, Zhang Dingyao must know the truth.

"Xiao Zheng, you call Director Wang Hu and Commander Xiong Shihui later and ask them to retrieve the case files that passed through Ruishan two years ago, and then investigate those involved in the case in detail to see if there are any new breakthroughs."

After Zhang Dingyao finished speaking, he paused and added,
"There is no need to investigate the Ye family and Lin Ruxian."

"Yes, chief." The driver Xiao Zheng nodded.

When she went home that night, Zhang Dingyao felt that her coughing was getting worse and worse, as if she was about to cough up her lungs.

He didn't have a good night's rest. The next morning with dark circles under his eyes, he ran to the city government office. First, he reviewed the regulations on the dance industry and dancers, and then read the declarations and newspapers.

Black Cat Ballroom's sales of dance tickets have dominated the front page for days.

Ye Luozhen popularized an activity that only the upper class had participated in. Nowadays, citizens listen to Wang Ji's "Tuberose", men and women hug each other, and dance with the wind in the long night, a wave of ballroom dancing. Sweeping the entire Shanghai beach.

Even with the report, some advertising sections were specially allocated for the dance hall to advertise and recruit people.

“Chinese people who come from Europe and the United States would like to encourage dancing as a noble and graceful form of communication that can build friendships and promote social evolution.”

"Nowadays, you can see fashionable and beautiful 'modern girls' in the bustling Black Cat Ballroom. These modern girls are accessories of consumer culture. They usually wear heavy makeup and are well-dressed, wearing new cheongsams, high heels, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. , rings, and use cafes and dance halls as social stages. They come from all walks of life, and they are different from the black cat dancers."

"Since the Russian October Revolution, the contribution of Belarusian women in Shanghai to Shanghai people has been dancing. From now on, if we talk about the history of dance in Shanghai, Russians should occupy the first page. Before October, we set foot in the dance hall, and the dancers and the Japanese There are many Japanese and Russian dancers dancing together, but now the atmosphere has changed. When the music starts, every time the Japanese and Russian dancers sit down, black cat dancers take their place, becoming the largest and most famous dancer group in Shanghai. It is said that their wages are extremely high. High, ranging from a hundred yuan to hundreds! The increase in the number of Chinese dancers has reduced language communication barriers and is a sign of prosperity. Thanks to the construction of the Black Cat Dance Hall, the Yip's Dance Company authorities took the lead."

Similar to research on the development of the dance industry, there is endless praise for Yip's Dance Company and Black Cat Dance Hall.

Zhang Dingyao flipped through several pages and found articles about the dance industry published by literary talents from all walks of life. They all spared no effort to praise Ye Luo, but no one mentioned Paramount, the "No. [-] Yuefu in the Far East". This shows that Ye Luo is very popular and famous. He has already far surpassed Lu Yusheng.

Lu Yusheng started the dance club business with great fanfare and went against Ye Luo, but now he no longer even has the qualifications to become a laughing stock.

He became increasingly determined to promote Ye Luo as a new era business leader in Shanghai. This idea was also shared with other senior executives. Everyone agreed that Ye Luo had the ability to replace Yongxing Company and even Yu Qiaqing.Zhang Dingyao also took Knapetti's industrial cooperation into consideration last night.

Huade cooperation is the most important cooperation in Jinling besides foreign treaties. It involves a very wide range and has a large radiation range. If he can get a share of the pie, he really has a chance to break the curse of being unable to enter the central government because of his Gui family background.

Zhang Dingyao doesn't know that all the articles he sees now are actually Ye Luomai's "saucy army".

During the Republic of China, many literati were proud and proud. It was extremely difficult for you to buy their pens with money.

But if you are worthy of the praise, have a good personal relationship with them, and are driven by money, then the huge "water army" will exert a very terrifying power.

Because the quality of this group of "water soldiers" is extremely high, they themselves have a certain reputation and prestige in the literary world. They do not criticize others easily, nor praise others at will.

The effect of the "Navy Army" in later generations is getting worse and worse, and in the end it can only serve to cover up people's eyes. This is because their group has poor quality, poor ability, and poor reputation.

This group of "Republican naval forces" was different. Once they spoke out, they immediately reversed the previous smear campaign against Ye Luo by the 16 people.

While Zhang Dingyao was thinking, there was a knock on the door.

The guard entered with a secret document and said with a serious expression: "The investigation results you requested are out. They are documents personally approved by Director Wang Hu and Commander Xiong Shihui. Please take a look."

"Okay, bring it here quickly." Zhang Dingyao coughed a few times, took the document, and opened the first page, which was a name that he had not expected yet made sense.

Jing Ruishan's widow Wang Guozhen.

After last night's careful investigation, they originally did not expect immediate results, but they found clues from Wang Guozhen, who had lived in the county for a long time.

She was Jing Ruishan's widow, orphaned and widowed. She was forcibly kicked out by Lin Ruxian and the family property was taken away from her. Her life was very unhappy.

In addition, Jing Ruishan had a grudge against the three tycoons of the Yongxing Company. After she left the concession, she was arrested by the Qing Gang. It was said that she was driven to the Huo Mansion by train for three days and three nights.

In short, before Wang Guozhen returned to his hometown in the county with his son Xiaojun, it was said that his mental state was not very good.

Therefore, this woman has always been regarded as a victim, and no one bothered to investigate her.

However, the results this time were completely different from the first investigation.

Wang Guozhen was the mastermind behind the substitution of the traditional Chinese medicine that Bao Jing Ruishan usually took.

Lin Ruxian would not doubt that every time it was either she or Xiaojun who delivered medicine, after a long time, Jing Ruishan, who was seriously ill, finally drank the medicine for the last time and vomited blood and died.

The person who supported Wang Guozhen in doing this was Zhang Wanlin.

When Jing Ruishan was still alive, the two of them had an affair and planned to seize Ruishan Construction Company and other industries.

The plan, poisoning, seizure of pregnancy, etc. are clearly written in the investigation materials, all derived from Wang Guozhen's dictation.

It is also a false rumor that she was persecuted by people from Yongxing Company.

In the county area, she has been protected by Zhang Wanlin.

It's just that they didn't expect Lin Ruxian to be so bold and cruel. After Ruishan died, she moved faster, took over all the properties, and kicked out other women without mercy.

Therefore, Zhang Wanlin began to deal with Lin Ruxian again.

As for why Wang Guozhen suddenly relented and told the truth.

Nothing more than money.

After Zhang Wanlin's millions were taken away by Ye Luo, his capital turnover has been poor. In addition, he himself smoked cigarettes and spent a lot of money. After Wang Guozhen grew old and faded, he gradually stopped seeing her.

The latter held a grudge, and when faced with this wave of rigorous investigations, he simply confessed everything.

The case seems to be clear, but there are many doubts.

But Zhang Dingyao doesn't care about this at all now. He only sees one thing -

Zhang Wanlin poisoned Jing Ruishan to death.

If Wang Guozhen tells lies, there is no need to put herself on the line, right?

"Go find some famous doctors to test the ingredients of the poison Jing Ruishan took." Zhang Dingyao's chest became increasingly uncomfortable. "By the way, you also sent someone to check the ingredients of the medicine I took recently."

At this time, Zhang Dingyao was already frightened.

Before the guard could leave the office, he was stopped by him again.

"By the way, I'll go to the Songhu Police Department in the afternoon and interrogate Wang Guozhen personally."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)