The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

  Tianjin British Concession, Huishi Hospital.

   Feng Yong sat in front of the hospital bed and nibbled an apple, gloating over his misfortune: "Yes, he is still alive and kicking. It looks like he will be discharged from the hospital in a few days."

   Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly and said, "It's too coincidental this time, the two gunmen actually bumped into each other."

   "Yeah, my follow-up arrangements are useless." Feng Yong regretted that he was watching the fun and didn't think it was a big deal.

   Zhou Hexuan asked: "How is the situation now?"

   Feng Yong didn't answer immediately, but said happily: "Guess who sent you a warning letter?"

   "Who?" Zhou Hexuan wanted to know.

   "Du Xiaoshan," Feng Yong said, "that killer was also sent by him."

   Zhou Hexuan was speechless for a while: "He is ill, please give me a tip first, and then find someone to assassinate me."

Feng Yongdao: "This kind of local snake is used to pleasing both sides, no matter what the outcome is, he has favors in it. It's just that he never imagined that you would actually involve the British, so he rushed to the concession patrol room and surrendered himself. ."

   Zhou Hexuan sorted out the causes and consequences and asked, "How would the consular court usually pronounce the verdict in this kind of case?"

   Feng Yong said: "It must be determined by British law that the crime should be attempted murder."

  The law of England is odd, it is a fusion of common law, equity and statute.

  Common law refers to a set of rules created and developed by ordinary courts characterized by "procedure precedes rights". Equity law, commonly known as case law, is mainly based on the judge's conscience and justice, and has a great degree of freedom in sentencing. The law is the law enacted by Congress, which has the highest status and determines the upper and lower limits of sentencing, but it is rarely used in actual sentencing.

   In other words, although this is an attempted murder, if the judge thinks that the influence is bad and the means are brutal, then the final sentence of hanging is possible. Generally speaking, the consular courts have made extremely heavy sentences in the cases of Chinese infringing foreigners.

   That Ma Liu who shot and assassinated should be the death penalty if there is no accident, because no one will come out to protect him. As for Du Xiaoshan and Chu Yufeng, how to judge them depends on the judge's mood.

  In the Republic of China, it was so useless, and the judicial power of the concession was in the hands of foreigners. Even third-rate countries such as Brazil, Denmark, Norway, and Belgium have consular courts in China (Peru also enjoys consular jurisdiction, but has not opened a court in China).

  For a single concession, it is better to say that the public concession judgment is more amusing, and the law of which country is applicable has to be discussed on an ad hoc basis.

   Zhou Hexuan asked: "I'm afraid Chu Yufeng won't be sentenced?"

   Feng Yong nodded and said, "The British doctor is not dead. The judge definitely doesn't want to dig deeper. After all, it is very troublesome to involve warlords. In this case, Du Xiaoshan should be investigated at most."

   Zhou Hexuan said with emotion: "No matter what, Chu Yufeng will definitely not dare to do it again in a short time."

  …

   As Feng Yong expected, the British didn't want to trouble Chu Yufeng at all. If Chu Yufeng is judged to be the real murderer behind the scenes, how should it be executed? Once it cannot be enforced, it will hurt the majesty of British law.

   This black pot, Du Xiaoshan had to carry it if he didn't want to.

   But Du Xiaoshan insisted that the British doctor's injury had nothing to do with him, and only admitted that he sent someone to assassinate Zhou Hexuan, and was forced by Chu Yufeng.

   The case is not clear at this point, because the assassin who used the rifle was not caught, and the patrol room could only detain Du Xiaoshan and Malu first.

   patrol room.

  Chu Nanxiang walked in with a food box and said blankly, "I've prepared good wine and food for you, you can handle it yourself."

  Du Xiaoshan said grimly: "Want me to confess? No way!"

   "Fearing crime and committing suicide is your best choice," Chu Nanxiang advised. "The commander promised to take care of your wife and children, and your brother Du Baozhen will continue to take over as chairman of Bashantang."

  Du Xiaoshan sneered and didn't even bother to look at Chu Nanxiang again.

  Chu Nanxiang continued: "Even if you are acquitted by the British consular court, you will not survive. Only the arms smuggling case and the slaughterhouse corruption case are enough to shoot you several times, not to mention your long-term misappropriation of charity funds."

  Du Xiaoshan used to be the chief of the general affairs section of the Tianjin Police Department. He was dismissed because of the arms smuggling case, and he spent money on relationships to save his life. The slaughterhouse is also a subsidiary of the Police Department. Du Xiaoshan used to take the slaughterhouse as his own company and embezzled at least more than 100,000 silver dollars.

"Hahaha," Du Xiaoshan laughed frantically, "Can I smuggle arms without Li Jinglin's cooperation? You shot Li Jinglin together. There are also public funds from the slaughterhouse, which the former director and deputy director of the Police Department did not take. The benefits? As for embezzlement, none of the charitable gentry in Tianjin can get away with it! And Chu Yupu, who was so poor when he first arrived in Tianjin, who helped him raise military funds?"

  Chu Nanxiang said with a cold face: "Do you dare to reveal these things? You dare not, so let's be honest."

  Du Xiaoshan broke the jar and said: "I accept my fate? I will stay in the concession and not go out. Anyway, the money is in the foreign firm, enough for me to spend my whole life. As for my wife and son, I can marry again after they die."

   "Where's your brother?" Chu Nanxiang asked.

  Du Xiaoshan said: "I can't take care of myself, how can I take care of him?"

   "Okay, it seems that you are determined, and I won't advise you anymore. Take care!" After Chu Nanxiang finished speaking, he turned and left.

   "Alas!" Du Xiaoshan sighed.

   From the moment Chu Yufeng asked him to send a gunman to carry out the assassination, Du Xiaoshan knew that something had happened and he would definitely take the blame. After all the calculations, the British were left out. If the foreigners were not involved, why would he need to turn himself in?

   Midnight.

  Du Xiaoshan suddenly woke up from his dream. He caught a glimpse of two dark shadows in front of him and shouted in horror, "What are you doing? Get out, help!"

  The two Chinese patrolling held Du Xiaoshan, wrapped a rope around his neck, and pulled hard.

   After a few minutes, Du Xiaoshan was completely out of breath.

  The Chinese patrol and untied Du Xiaoshan's belt and tied him to the iron gate by his neck. Then he took out the ink pad and helped Du Xiaoshan put his fingerprints on a confession, which even had his "autograph" on it.

  The former chief of the general affairs section of the Tianjin Police Department, the owner of Bashan Hall, Chu Yupu's brother-in-law, and a well-known great benefactor, Du Xiaoshan, just "suicided in fear of crime" in the patrol room.

   When Zhou Hexuan heard the news, he only felt that his vest was chilled, this Nima has done enough!

  The shooting case in the concession area came to an end. Du Xiaoshan "admitted" that he had a conflict with Zhou Hexuan, so he arranged for two gunmen to assassinate. One of the shooters, Ma Liu, has been arrested, while the other is still at large.

  Ma Liu was temporarily detained in the patrol room, just waiting for the British Consular Court to pronounce the sentence.

   As for Chu Yufeng, there is nothing wrong. But he was sternly warned by Chu Yupu, and his actions became much more restrained. He stayed at home for two or three months, which made the people in Tianjin relieved, at least women no longer have to be afraid when they go out.