1928: The rise of giant merchants

Several rickshaw pullers who were blasted into the arcade fell to the ground and vomited blood. They covered their hearts with their hands while moving inside. The frightened customers who were playing games, listening to storytelling, and watching operas were scared out of their wits and ran towards the security door. .

Several tall security guards looked displeased and formed a human wall, only to find that those who were beaten were all goons from Yongxing Company and the rickshaw pullers under Yu Likui who came here every day to cause trouble.

At this time, several security guards were a little confused.

With the recent end of the Second Northern Expedition, Yongxing Company has become more and more arrogant. From time to time, it sends gangsters to the New World Amusement Park to cause trouble. Every now and then, thugs will besiege customers at the door and extort money.

Suddenly, the already bleak business plummeted, giving Lin Ruxian a headache.

She understood what Huo Tianhong meant. As long as she turned her back and followed him, the New World Amusement Park could continue to flourish in the French Concession. But if she didn't, she would be like Jing Ruishan's widow Wang Guozhen who was kicked out of Shanghai. , became the plaything of a group of gangsters.

But Lin Ruxian didn't like Huo Tianhong at all.

In other words, there are only a few men in Shanghai who can catch her eye.

"Lady boss!" Several security guards stepped aside and waited for the graceful Lin Ruxian to come over and handle matters.

In late June, the weather was getting a bit hot. Lin Ruxian was wearing a bright red tight-fitting cheongsam, which is a very high slit style that is rare on the market. Her long, slender white legs appeared and disappeared while walking, and her waist and crotch were covered with slits. With a pink lace exposed, it is a thong that is very popular overseas at the moment.

She shook the round fan, and the heavy fruit on her chest swayed, creating a seductive vacuum. Her pert buttocks were tightly wrapped by the cheongsam as her waist twisted, revealing a beautiful arc.

"I came to cause trouble at night, you Youth Gang really take me seriously." Lin Rushian's charming tone suddenly stopped. She thought it was someone from Yongxing Company who came to interfere with the business, but when she lowered her head, she saw that the people lying on the ground were all enemies. I choked all of a sudden.

"Sister-in-law, today is the anniversary of my eldest brother's death. I haven't forgotten the last time you called me to pay homage." Ye Luo walked from the door with a smile, followed by Ma Yongzhen and several other elite thugs, "I just don't know Why are there so many rickshaw pullers blocked at the door? It’s really unlucky.”

"Little enemy~ I thought you had forgotten your sister-in-law." When Lin Ruxian saw it was Ye Luo, she pursed her lips with a round fan and smiled. She walked away from the crowd and gently took his arm, "Let's go, the mourning hall is set up In the bedroom on the second floor, for six years, my eldest brother has been thinking about you before he died."

"Yongzhen, my sister-in-law and I will go to the bedroom on the second floor to pay homage to my eldest brother. You guys stay here. No matter who comes, ask him to wait for me here." Ye Luo reached out and patted Ma Yongzhen on the shoulder, as if he was sure that tonight Someone will come to New World Playground to look for him.

Ma Yongzhen was actually not happy to leave Ye Luo, but after looking at the voluptuous beauty Lin Ruxian who was almost oozing with water, she nodded silently and asked people to guard wherever Ye Luo went, so as not to make the same fatal mistake a few days ago.

Lin Ruxian held Ye Luo's arm and went all the way to the second floor. The others were pushed away by her, leaving only the two of them in their world for easy conversation.

"Your eldest brother was poisoned to death." Lin Ruxian held Ye Luo in one hand and walked up the stairs slowly with the other. After checking that no one was around, she leaned against Ye Luo and bit his ear, "But he The bowl of poison he drank was brought to him by me myself."

"Who poisoned you?" Ye Luo was not surprised by this.

Although Jing Ruishan was older, he was about the same age as Ye Yuqiao, so he did not die suddenly. He was said to have died of illness three years ago, but there was no information on the cause of the disease, the process of death, or even his will. It was obviously a sudden death rather than a long-term illness. .

Poisoning has always been a favorite method used by various forces during the Republic of China.

Huo Yuanjia, the hero of Jinmen, was killed by chronic poison.

"I don't know." When she reached the second floor, the smile on Lin Ruxian's face gradually faded. She opened the door of a private room, which turned out to be a large bedroom with extremely Western and luxurious decoration. "But now the dirty woman is Water is poured on me, guess how many names I have on my head?"

Ye Luo shook his head, walked into the bedroom, and closed the door.

"Femme fatale, cruel and poisonous woman sounds good, but stealing bitch and slutty widow sound bad." Lin Ruxian sneered, put down the round fan, sat down on the sofa, crossed her legs, and ignored the cheongsam she was wearing. Sitting like this was tantamount to walking away in front of Ye Luo. She poured a cup of tea and pushed it to him, "I don't care about these things, but I can't live in Shanghai with the reputation of killing my husband and seizing my child."

The shadow of a person's famous tree hangs around in Shanghai. If his reputation becomes bad, that person will also die.

Lin Ruxian drove the orphaned and widowed Wang Guozhen mother and son out of Shanghai, kicked all Jing Ruishan's concubines out of their homes, bought the New World Amusement Park at a low price, and occupied all the properties of Ruishan Construction Company and Jing Ruishan. This behavior naturally further cemented her reputation for killing her husband and seizing her child.

And the reason why she did this was completely out of necessity.

"Three years ago today, I was sitting here as usual. Xiaojun came in with your elder brother's medicinal soup, and I brought the medicine into the small bedroom. He has been taking this medicine given by the Chinese and Western Pharmacy. The medicinal soup was brought by Xiaojun, I have no doubt at all."

Lin Ruxian picked up a pack of Fairy brand cigarettes on the table, took out one, lit it, exhaled the mist, then leaned on the sofa with her legs crossed, looking up at the ceiling, as if she had returned to that day.

"He finished drinking the medicinal soup as before, but suddenly he said it seemed to have an effect, so he started to take off his clothes, wanting to test the effect of the medicine to see if it could make him hard. I also took off my clothes, thinking that he could finally become a man. Once upon a time, I didn’t expect it.”

Ye Luo was stunned for a moment after hearing this. It was a bit strange how things were going.

"He just held the bed and vomited blood profusely, vomiting everywhere! I was so frightened that I covered my mouth tightly and didn't dare to say anything!"

Lin Ruxian glanced at the small bedroom in the big bedroom. The door was ajar, and she could vaguely see the spiritual tablets and offering tables on display.

"I don't know how long it has been. His vomited blood was all over the bed, the floor, and the walls. He held my hand tightly and wanted to say something, but unfortunately he couldn't say a word and he collapsed and died."

Xiaojun was the only son of Jing Ruishan and Wang Guozhen. It was normal for Lin Ruxian not to doubt the medicinal soup he brought.

"Medicine prescribed by a large Chinese and Western pharmacy?" Ye Luo frowned. It was a pharmacy opened by Huang Chujiu's boss. At this time, Huang Chujiu had just finished Ai Luo's brain supplement and made a lot of money, but his wealth was as much as that of a group of top tycoons in Shanghai. Compared to that, it still pales in comparison.

He also opened a World Day and Night Bank next to the New World Amusement Park, which was actually a bank that specialized in lending money to gamblers at high interest rates, thereby making a lot of money.

It can be said that Huang Chujiu made a fortune from Jing Ruishan's industry, and he had no motive to kill Jing Ruishan.

After all, if Jing Ruishan dies, it will not be his turn to take over, but it will affect a lot of his business.

"It's a folk prescription for aphrodisiac given by Huang Chujiu." Lin Rushian's pretty face turned slightly red, "Your eldest brother has been taking this medicine for many years, and it doesn't work well for him."

"It turns out it's this kind of medicine. The only people who know about it are Wang Guozhen, sister-in-law, you and those aunts, so you are usually responsible for decoction and ask Xiaojun to bring it. This is why you drive them all away as soon as possible. Reason for going out?"

Ye Luo suddenly realized.

He also thought about why Lin Ruxian was not the kind of cruel and ruthless woman who didn't care about old feelings at all, so why she wanted to kill them all.

It turned out that she was worried that there was a murderer hiding there, which would be detrimental to her.

"Yes. After what happened, I first deceived those women to cover up your eldest brother's death, and waited until everything was settled before the funeral. But the truth was still spread by those three old bastards in Yongxing. But it happened to me Shortly after driving them away.”

Lin Ruxian took another puff of cigarette. It could be seen that she was usually graceful and calm, but in fact her nerves were always tense and she was very tired both physically and mentally. She wanted to find a shoulder to lean on.

"The rumor that I poisoned my husband and seized the family property has spread like this. If you ask around in the French Concession, my reputation must be completely ruined."

"Sister-in-law, it's because of this that you deliberately reduce your contact with me. Even if you talk, you have to rush to this day of worship, right." Ye Luo felt warm in his heart. He learned a few days ago that his capital turnover was not working well. Lin Ruxian directly sent 50,000 yuan, but no one showed up.

She has been worried that her notoriety will affect Ye Luo.

"You are so beautiful, I don't care if you are okay or not." Lin Rushian rolled her eyes at him charmingly, then reached out and patted her side, "Why, after listening to this story, you don't even dare to sit down?"