Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

After Ma Wei finished speaking, Ye Yunfei stared at him and said, "You were alone at the train station, collecting hundreds of thousands of yuan in protection fees in a few months."

"Where did all the money go? Where is the money?"

Ma Wei said: "The money has been spent."

"Bullshit, hundreds of thousands of dollars, you spent it all by yourself, you are kidding me, tell me, where did the hundreds of thousands of dollars of protection money you collected go in the end."

"Is there someone protecting you inside Longmen? Otherwise, why did you collect protection fees at the train station for such a long time but no one cared about you?"

"Did you use this money to bribe the top management of Longmen?"

Ye Yunfei asked sternly.

He was sure that this was definitely not something that Ma Wei could do alone.

There is definitely someone behind Ma Wei.

Ma Wei may have spent some of the hundreds of thousands of yuan himself, but he definitely used a portion of it to bribe Longmen’s top management.

Otherwise, Longmen would not have ignored this matter.

You know, Longmen’s investigation system is very strict.

In Longmen, a special department was set up called the Law Enforcement Hall. The purpose of this Law Enforcement Hall is to investigate such violations of gang rules and misconduct.

The people in the Law Enforcement Hall are not there to eat and do nothing. Ma Wei has been collecting protection fees for such a long time, but no one in Longmen knows about it.

There must be someone who is protecting him, and this person may have a high status in Longmen.

He must find this person out.

After hearing Ye Yunfei's words, Ma Wei immediately said, "No, absolutely not."

"Master, I did this all by myself. I lost my mind and did such a stupid thing. Please punish me severely. No one else was involved in this."

Ye Yunfei said, "Whether other people are involved in this matter is not up to you. To tell you the truth, your immediate superior Gong Yicun has been captured by me and is now being interrogated in the next room. Even if you don't say it, he will tell it, understand?"

"What? Gong Yicun was also arrested."

When Ma Wei heard Ye Yunfei say that Gong Yicun had also been arrested, he was shocked and a look of fear appeared in his eyes.

Ye Yunfei said coldly: "I know that you can't be the only one who did this. There must be people protecting you."

"If you tell me now, maybe I can reduce your punishment. If you don't tell me and wait until Gong Yicun tells me first, then you know the consequences."

"I'll give you one minute to think about it. It's up to you whether you want to tell me or not."

After Ye Yunfei finished speaking, he sat on a chair, lit a cigarette, and stared at Ma Wei.

For these little thugs, all you need is a psychological offensive.

Ma Wei seems to be overbearing and rude, but in fact, he is just a cowardly person who is afraid of death. If you use a little trick, he will tell the truth.

Sure enough, after listening to Ye Yunfei's words, Ma Wei lowered his head, his body trembled, and he was extremely nervous all over, as if he was in great hesitation.

Ye Yunfei didn't say anything, just stared at him quietly.

A minute passed, Ye Yunfei put out the cigarette in his hand and said, "Speak or not, give me an answer."

"If you don't tell me, I'll go find Gong Yicun next door."

"He should be willing to talk to me."

Ma Wei swallowed his saliva and said, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you."

Ye Yunfei sneered and said, "Go ahead, I'm listening."

Ma Wei said: "Master, your guess is correct. I didn't do this alone. I have been collecting protection fees at the train station for the past few months, and I have collected about 160,000 yuan in total."

"I only took less than 40,000 yuan of it myself. The remaining 120,000 yuan was all given away. Among them, 50,000 yuan was given to my direct superior, Gong Yicun, to ask him to turn a blind eye and not cause trouble for me."

"When I gave money to Gong Yicun, Gong Yicun told me that just giving him money would not be enough. This matter mainly needs to be approved by the Law Enforcement Hall."

"Otherwise, if the Law Enforcement Hall finds out, everyone will be in trouble."

"But I don't know anyone in the Law Enforcement Hall, so I asked him what to do. He told me that he knew Shi Kun, the deputy head of the Law Enforcement Hall, and asked me to curry favor with Shi Kun. Shi Kun is the deputy head of the Law Enforcement Hall. As long as Shi Kun doesn't investigate this matter, there will be no problem."

"Besides, even if someone finds out, Shi Kun can suppress it."

“So, I gave all the remaining 70,000 to Shi Kun.”

"Although I was collecting protection fees, the two of them took more than me, so this matter can't be blamed entirely on me."

After Ma Wei finished speaking, Ding Li on the side was shocked and said, "Shi Kun, you are talking about Shi Kun, the deputy head of the Law Enforcement Hall. He is also involved in this matter."

Ding Li was really shocked, because he knew Shi Kun, and he was his man.

A long time ago, Shi Kun followed him and walked all the way out from Zhabei District.

It can be said that Shi Kun is one of his closest subordinates.

When he was in Shanghai, Shi Kun had always followed him and was loyal to him.

But later, Longmen's territory expanded, he traveled all over the country, while Shi Kun stayed in Shanghai, and he rarely saw Shi Kun.

When I came back this time, I wanted to meet this younger brother, but I didn’t expect to hear such a thing.

Ma Wei lowered his head and said, “Yes, Brother Li, Shi Kun was also involved, and, strictly speaking, he is our boss because he gets the most money, and it is because of his protection that I was able to collect protection fees at the train station for such a long time without anyone bothering me.”

"If it weren't for him, I would have been discovered long ago."

"Of course, there were Longmen disciples who discovered this before, and they reported it to the Law Enforcement Hall. However, Shi Kun was the deputy head of the Law Enforcement Hall, so he suppressed the matter. So far, nothing has happened."

"Every word I said above is true. I dare not deceive Brother Fei or Brother Li."

After Ma Wei finished speaking, Ding Li stood there in a daze, not saying anything for a long time.

His expression was very complicated and his face looked quite ugly.

Ye Yunfei also frowned and said, "Ali, if I remember correctly, this Shi Kun is from Zhabei District."

Ding Li nodded and said, "Yes, Shi Kun is from Zhabei District. He was one of the first people to join Longmen after its establishment. He is also my childhood friend. We knew each other when we were young, and I was the one who got him to join Longmen later."

"He has been following me all along. He is my man."

"Moreover, I was the one who promoted him to the position of deputy head of the Law Enforcement Hall."

Ding Li told Ye Yunfei everything.

After listening to Ding Li, Ye Yunfei sighed.

Anyone who came out of Zhabei District was the first batch of veterans to join Longmen.

Many of these people died in battle, and not many are still alive today...