All of them are idiots, aren't we the ones in charge of military and political law enforcement in Beijing and Tianjin, all-knowing and all-pervasive? Where did that 100 million yuan go? Who killed Prince Qing's father and son? Lei Zhengchun was angrily pounding his desk in his office, scolding the group of people in front of him as dog-blooded.

  Lei Chengchun, these usually calm and collected subordinates of the old hundred surnames, looked at the furious Director Lei with anger soaring to the sky, were so frightened that they kept shrinking their necks, not even daring to take a deep breath, fearing that if they weren't careful, they would become Director Lei's punching bag.

  "Shut up! I've had enough of your nonsense!" Lei Zhenchun waved his hand in disgust. "I don't have anything else to say. All I can say is that I don't care what methods you useless trash use, but within a month, I will definitely eliminate the Iron Blood Salvation Society and get all of you out of here!"

  A similar scene was staged almost simultaneously at the Metropolitan Police Department, where Director Wu Binghu's pressure was no less than that of Lei Zhenchun. The fire was naturally not small either. After a burst of anger, the detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Detective Division frantically searched for information related to the Qingwangfu massacre case and the Tiexue Jiuguo Society.

  The first to be unlucky were the Kuomintang people and old Tongmenghui members who remained in Beijing. The law enforcement agencies or police departments didn't care if you were a member of parliament or had any other identity, they would arrest everyone and interrogate them before saying anything else. In their view, both the Iron-Blooded Salvation Society and the Iron-Blooded Comrades Society were from the same origin as Sun Wen's faction. Even ordinary people in Beijing spread rumors that Sun Dazhang was going to return and fight back. At that time, the entire Beijing-Tianjin area was thrown into chaos, with people and horses overturned and dogs and chickens flying everywhere.

  Wang Ya-qiao single-handedly brought in a full 100 million yuan for the Hunan-Guangxi region. Wang Zhen-yu was overjoyed, and this money quickly entered Shanghai through the secret channels of the Huabei Bank. The road ahead would be much smoother, and it would take no more than three months to reach western Hunan. As for the investigation into this sum of money, due to the concessions, it ultimately came to nothing, leaving Old Yuan very disheartened.

  Although the Military Government and Police Department made some money by catching the rioters, they did not dare to relax their vigilance. The person in charge of the Military Government was a captain named Luo Zu. He quickly questioned the police officer who was responsible for patrolling around the Prince Qing's mansion that day. This caused dissatisfaction from Yang Dequan, the deputy director of the Investigation Department of the Police Department. After a heated argument, they decided to form a joint investigation team to take charge of the interrogation work together.

  "Two adults, big and small, have already been invited. Please don't hit anymore. On that day, a flag person claimed to be a slave of the Qing royal family and said that some things needed to be brought into the mansion that night, but it was inconvenient for people to see. The little one thought that this wealthy household must have some inconvenient things for people to see, plus at the time they gave the little one 200 silver dollars, the little one's heart was blinded by greed and lost vigilance, so they followed the request and withdrew the night patrol. Please spare my life, adults! I won't dare again. I have an 80-year-old mother above me and a three-year-old child below me."

  "Shut up or I'll have you executed immediately, believe it or not!" Luo Zu was also a ruthless person, and with just one sentence, he made the leading police officer quiet down, then stared at Luo Zu with terrified eyes.

  Yang De smiled warmly and said, "Don't be afraid, I also guessed that with your courage, you can't play such a big trick. So we won't make it difficult for you and your brothers. As long as you think carefully and draw the appearance of the person who gave you 200 silver dollars, it's okay."

  The leader immediately nodded frantically like a chicken pecking at rice and then followed the expert in charge of drawing pictures from the investigation team downstairs.

  Wang Ya-qiao had long anticipated this move and had already arranged for the person in charge of bribing the police to go south via Shanghai to Xiangxi.

  Wang Yazuo is a contented person, and this time, the result of getting over 100 million at Qingqin Wang's place made him decide to settle down and no longer continue large-scale kidnapping activities, but instead focus on operating various intelligence networks in the north.

  However, the gap between ideals and reality is the largest. Wang Ya-qiao decided to dissolve the Military Police Department and the Beijing Municipal Police Department, but he didn't intend to let them go quietly. The two departments that made all of Beijing tremble with fear gave Wang Ya-qiao a severe slap in the face, and then they wouldn't let him off easy either.

  Only three days after the large-scale investigation, the joint investigation team determined that the person who bought the police had already left their control range. They immediately adjusted the direction of the investigation. In Yang De's words, they took a horse-drawn carriage from the Wangfu to leave. Such a big target must have gone out of the city gate, which is a breakthrough point. Moreover, after checking all the tax monitoring records during the day, there was no record of the Qingwangfu car team entering or leaving. From this, it can be inferred that the car team left the city at night, and the nine gates of Beijing would not open at night. They could only leave with one explanation: there must be someone inside the Gongwei Army responsible for defending the nine gates who was responding to them.

  Yang De Xian analyzed it here and secretly felt lucky that there was the Military and Political Law Enforcement Agency following along to supervise this case, otherwise, how would the Beijing Police Department dare to provoke the Imperial Guards?

  The predecessor of the Gongwei Army was originally the Beiyang First Division, which was mainly composed of banner people as soldiers. After the founding of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai established the Gongwei Army and appointed his trusted general Li Jincheng as its commander. Old Yuan did not dare to change the number, so he continued to use the banner people. Therefore, there is a problem with the organization here. Most of the Gongwei Army were recruited by Li Jincheng from his hometown in Xuzhou, using the method of occupying rations and taking over the original organizational structure and military pay of the First Division. The banner people officers and soldiers not only lost their number but also lost their organizational structure. Li Jincheng's attitude towards them was not as good as a dog in his own home, giving them guns but no bullets, clothes but no military pay, and even deducting half of their food. The banner army officers were largely replaced, and the soldiers were treated like pigs and dogs. The purpose was to force them to leave on their own.

  So the Gongwei Army during the Republic of China period can be described with just one word: chaotic. This situation also destined that Li Jincheng in the history of the Republic of China, apart from organizing so-called citizen petition teams to help Old Yuan become president, had no other brilliant achievements. And the Gongwei Army he led slowly sank into the long river of history.

  However, at that time in Beijing, Li Jincheng was also a number one figure. He and Lei Zhengchun and Wu Binghu were known as the "three dog legs" of Old Yuan because, apart from the Model Battalion and the Presidential Guard, there was only the Imperial Guard in all of Beijing. If he wasn't powerful, who was?

  Last time in the Eight Great Hutongs, this Commander Li, for a mere trifle, broke the leg of a deputy prince's son. After that, the deputy still had to bring gifts and come to Commander Li's door to apologize with a bow. What is called overbearing? This is what is called overbearing! Another time, Commander Li's own nephew was arrested by the police station for committing a crime. Unexpectedly, when Commander Li found out, he brought a whole company of soldiers in trucks, not only snatching the person away but also smashing the police station to pieces. What is called domineering? This is what is called domineering! And yet, such a person was deeply favored by Old Yuan and held in high esteem. In this entire city of Beijing, aside from some prominent figures, ordinary people really didn't dare to cross him.

  However, this military and political law enforcement agency was specifically established for the arrogant military personnel like Li Jincheng. At that time, a large number of Beiyang military officers heard about the reputation of the law enforcement agency and were so frightened that they foamed at the mouth and convulsed all over their bodies.

  This law enforcement agency also showed no ambiguity in its attitude towards killing Northern Warlord officers and killing revolutionaries, showing no mercy at all.

  So today Yang Desheng just saved a few points of watching the excitement and waited to see Li Jinchai being punished by the law enforcement agency.

  As expected, Li Jinchai saw the law enforcement agency's certificate and pretended to be nonchalant, saying: "Ah, it's Shen Chun's people, that's our own people, we'll definitely fully cooperate with the investigation."

  But it wasn't until they really investigated that Luo Zu and Yang De Sheng knew what a headache was.

  They soon found out the unit number of the troops guarding the nine gates that night, but it only went this far. Why? It was all because of personal gain. How many banner men had run away this year? Li Jincheng didn't know, but every time one left, it was a source of income for him. Because since last year, these banner men hadn't received any military pay, and all the pay had been withheld by Li Jincheng and his gang. And when these banner men couldn't bear their hardships and became deserters to make a living elsewhere, that was even better. Li Jincheng wouldn't order anyone to catch the deserters, but would instead report it to the Ministry of War in a logical manner and embezzle a sum of demobilization fees. As for whether the higher-ups would investigate or not, there was no problem - these deserters' files would be immediately destroyed. Firstly, file management was not strict in this era, and secondly, when people died, their accounts were closed, so they wouldn't be afraid of being investigated.

  It stands to reason that investigating the case to this extent is really helpless, and Luo Zu and Yang De Sheng should also return to report their duties. However, before they left the Prong Guard Army's garrison, someone came to report: "Something's wrong! Three princes have been kidnapped and blackmailed, and today they all arrived at the yamen gate to file a complaint."

  "Those rioters are really too arrogant and too damn it! If I, Luo Zu, don't dig them out, then I won't eat this bowl of rice anymore!"

  Yang Desheng also nodded in anger: "Indeed, it's too arrogant. This old Beijing city is still our territory, and they can't do whatever they want."

  In the Tokyo headquarters of the Black Dragon Society, Sun Yat-sen held a newspaper and asked Chen Qimei: "Yingshi, what is the relationship between this Iron-Blooded Salvation Association and the Iron-Blooded Comrades Association? This time they actually made such a big stir in Beijing. Are these people our comrades? If it's really our comrades who did it, then we won't have to worry about revolutionary funds from now on."