The three of them left Li Hong's mansion and were very happy because they had never thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would agree to them so easily. Who do they think the Crown Prince is, and he would receive their tribute and meet a person from the underworld? But now they realized that the Crown Prince is not an ordinary person, and the Crown Prince's behavior is beyond their imagination. No wonder it is the Crown Prince, and the pattern is different. If they were placed in such a position, they would never do this, because they were different in identities and they were unwilling to surrender.

Gao Xingyu and the three of them returned to the county government office, and then they arranged a banquet in the living room and started drinking.

This is their routine. As long as something is done, they will drink a drink no matter whether it is big or small.

After drinking until the county magistrate suddenly remembered that he had not informed Xu Wenqiang of the news that the prince was about to see Xu Wenqiang, so he hurriedly sent someone to send a letter to Xu Wenqiang, and they continued to drink.

Today, the prince agreed to their request, which was equivalent to pardoning them, because they believed that as long as Xu Wenqiang saw the prince, the prince would not care about Xu Wenqiang. They knew very well how powerful the Qing Gang was in Luoyang. If the prince got a great man like Xu Wenqiang, he would definitely establish a huge foundation in Luoyang. What is Luoyang? He is the accompanying capital of the Tang Dynasty. As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he established his huge foundation in Luoyang. This means that the three of them knew what the prince did not say.

After the three of them left, Li Hong pondered in the study.

He really didn't expect that the three of them would compromise with him in this way. Then there was only one problem, that is, Xu Wenqiang, Qing Gang, Ding Li, Du Yuesheng and Feng Jingyao. Thinking of these four people, Li Hong thought of several gangster leaders in Shanghai during the Republic of China, Du Yuesheng, Feng Jingyao and Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li.

Xu Wenqiang is a student at Yenching University. He was arrested and detained for three years because of his patriotic student movement and lost his like-minded girlfriend. After experiencing this heavy blow, he came to Shanghai alone, determined not to have any feelings for society and the people around him, and to pursue material enjoyment wholeheartedly.

He wanted to be a gangster, but his blood was flowing in his bones. His brother Ding Li, who values ​​love and righteousness, the pure and kind Feng Chengcheng, the gentle and virtuous Adi, and the grudges between the Jingwumen and Japanese spies shook his determination again and again. He wandered in love and hatred, mediated among all forces but was unable to turn the tide until his soul broke off in Shanghai.

Ding Li was born in a slum in Zhabei and made a living by selling duck pears. His biggest wish in his life was to leave the slums, go to the Seventh Heaven and Paramount, and shake hands with famous people such as Feng Jingyao! By chance, he met Xu Wenqiang (played by Chow Yun-fat), and with their efforts, he finally had his own world in Shanghai. However, Ding Li was impulsive and caused a disaster, and in the end the two had to surrender to Feng Jingyao.

Ding Li and Xu Wenqiang both fell in love with Feng Jingyao's daughter Feng Chengcheng, but Feng Chengcheng only fell in love with Xu Wenqiang. Soon Xu Wenqiang discovered that Feng Jingyao colluded with the Japanese, so he secretly destroyed Feng Jingyao's conspiracy. Feng Jingyao found out and ordered a chase!

Li Hong felt that among these two people, Ding Li was a person who was often misunderstood and difficult to figure out. He was different from his elder brother Xu Wenqiang. Xu Wenqiang was smart and capable, and had a long-term plan. Although Ding Li was smart and studious, he had a straightforward personality and could not see the inner level of others. He valued love and righteousness, and took the morality of the world as the criterion in his behavior and acted generously, but because of his poor background, he had a strong vanity.

Ding Li rarely lies in his life, and Feng Cheng liked him because he had never deceived her. Ding Li's ruthless and impatient side also caused great obstacles to him, and even Xu Wenqiang missed him. When Lu Qiubai died, Xu Wenqiang thought it was Ding Li's doing it, but it turned out to be Feng Jingyao; Ouyang Han was arrested, Feng Chengcheng thought it was Ding Li's doing it, but it turned out to be King Nie; when Xu Wenqiang pointed the gun at Feng Jingyao, Ding Li took out the gun, and Xu Wenqiang thought Ding Li betrayed him, but he thought it was wrong again; so when Xu Wenqiang died in the end, some viewers would think it was Ding Li...

Feng Jingyao is a character in the TV series "Shanghai Band". His prototype is Huang Jinrong, one of the "Three Hooligans", a boss of the old Shanghai Qing Gang, and has more than 1,000 disciples.

As for Du Yuesheng, this is the person Li Hong admires the most.

Why?

Because Du Yuesheng's history of making a fortune is very legendary.

Du Yuesheng was the most legendary figure on the beach in the first half of the 0th century. He was known as the "first person in the gang in three hundred years" and "God". He became the largest gang in Shanghai from a small slut into the old Shanghai beach field. He was a humble background but became a wealth tycoon involved in entertainment, culture, education, finance, and journalism. He was the most eye-catching figure in the gang of Shanghai beaches and had a legendary life.

His life is full of thrilling legendary stories, the huge gangster kingdom he established and the unique marks he has made in modern Chinese history are still talked about today.

In 1911, Du Yuesheng joined the Eight-Partner Party to drug trafficking and was appreciated by the head of the Inspector Hua from the French Concession in Shanghai (Shanghai Public Concession Police Station), the leader of the gang leader Huang Jinrong, the gang leader of the Qing Gang. In 195, he opened Sanxin Company with two other celebrities from the Qing Gang, Huang Xiaolin, to monopolize the drug transactions in the French Concession. Du and Huang Zhang were called the three tycoons in Shanghai. In the same year, he served as the chairman of the Federation of the French Concession Chamber of Commerce and the supervision of the Chinese Association of the French Concession Taxpayers.

In April 197, Du Yuesheng and Huang Jin and Zhang Lin organized a China Joint Conference. On the evening of April 1, he lured and killed Wang Hua, the leader of Shanghai workers, and the next day the Communist Party's armed forces were quickly suppressed, that is, the party was purged. The Communist Party also participated in assisting the surrounding security work.

In 199, he opened Zhonghui Bank. In 190, he served as Director Hua of the French Concession Public Directorate Bureau and obtained a high social status. In 2019, he established his own gang organization "Hengshe". Since 194, he has served as the president of Shanghai Local Association, vice president of Zhongshi, and chairman of China Trading Bank.

Speaking of the evaluation of Du Yuesheng [4], Wang Chaoguang, director of the History of the Republic of China, said: "Du Yuesheng is a complex historical figure. He started out as a gang and had a 'black' or 'evil' side, but he also supported the anti-Japanese war, so he had a 'white' or 'right' side. And historical evaluations should be realistic. If it should be denied, it should be denied, and if it should be affirmed, it should be affirmed. For Du Yuesheng, although there is a 'right' side, overall, the 'evil' side is more prominent and is not a person worthy of special recognition."

Therefore, when thinking of these four people from the Luoyang Qing Gang, Li Hong thought of these four fierce men he knew in his previous life.

In fact, Li Hong was also thinking that the reality of Du Yuesheng, Xu Wenqiang, Ding Li, and Feng Jingyao were still very young. If they really had the strength of the underworld brother they knew in their previous life, Li Hong would really want to conquer the four of them for their own use!

Li Hong is such a person. He likes people and thinks that talented people will find ways to get them, and will get them at all costs!

Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Li Hong's mouth.

...

Xu Wenqiang received the news from the county magistrate, and he was very nervous. To be honest, he, a gangster, could see the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the current crown prince Li Hong, what reason does he have not to be nervous?

And he still had to give gifts to the prince, which made Xu Wenqiang even more nervous. What would happen if the gifts were not satisfied and the prince was unhappy?

Besides, in his own identity, what kind of gift should the prince give to make him value?

These questions made Xu Wenqiang very nervous, so nervous that he could not do it.

After thinking about it, he called Du Yuesheng and Feng Jingyao to his study. He was about to discuss it with the two, because they were both scholars, and he felt that scholars could better understand how to give gifts to the prince and how to flatter His Highness the Prince.

Before, Xu Wenqiang had never let Feng Jingyao and Du Yuesheng meet, because one was his think tank and the other was the Qing Gang's think tank. The two had different identities and positions.

Now, when it comes to his future prospects, he doesn't consider doing so.

When Feng Jingyao came to the study, he was also surprised when he saw Xu Wenqiang and Du Yuesheng. When could he naturally participate in the conversation between Xu Wenqiang and Du Yuesheng? Also, why didn’t you see Ding Li today? Ding Li never was late for meetings. Today he was here. Ding Li has no reason to be late. Could it be...

Feng Jingyao no longer dared to think about it, because the more he thought about it, the more he became more afraid. He was too cruel and too fierce. Xu Wenqiang was too cruel. His brothers were willing to kill him. Du Yuesheng was too fierce. Ding Li dared to kill him, just for his own future...

"See the leader of the gang, meet the elder!" Feng Jingyao bowed and bowed.

"Mr. Feng, don't be too polite, come and sit down!" Xu Wenqiang said with a smile. Feng Jingyao walked to the lower position of Xu Wenqiang and Du Yuesheng, sitting down, silent. If Xu Wenqiang or Ding Li didn't take the initiative to ask him today, he would not be ready to speak on his own initiative. Before understanding what the two people discussed, Feng Jingyao didn't want to interrupt casually, because neither Xu Wenqiang nor Du Yuesheng could afford to offend him.

"Mr. Feng, I came to you today just to discuss how to give gifts to the prince." Du Yuesheng said with a smile, "I hope Mr. Feng will not be restrained and just speak freely."

Feng Jingyao was shocked. Du Yuesheng was too fierce. How could he know what he was thinking in his heart. He smiled and said, "The elder is joking. It is my duty to contribute to the Qing Gang. How can I restrain myself?"

"It's good if not!" Du Yuesheng said with a faint smile, "Brother, let me tell Mr. Feng the good news you know so that he can be happy."

Xu Wenqiang nodded slightly and told Feng Jingyao the news that the prince was willing to see him.

After hearing this, Feng Jingyao's face turned flushed, and it was obvious that he was very excited.

It would be strange if he was not excited. He was determined to be an official and to glorify his ancestors. He had no chance before. This time, as long as Xu Wenqiang was appreciated by the prince and introduced him to the prince, he would have the opportunity to be an official. With his talent, he could be glorious. How could he be unhappy?

"That's great, great." Feng Jingyao said happily, as if he had forgotten how restrained he was just now and how he told himself that he would remain silent for today's meeting and never talk nonsense.

"It's a pity that we have a big problem to solve. If we don't solve this problem, it will be useless even if we meet the prince." Xu Wenqiang said with a gloomy face.

"Yes!" Du Yuesheng said in agreement, "This is a big deal. If we cannot solve this problem well, let alone get the prince's value, we may be killed by the prince."

Feng Jingyao was shocked. What exactly made Xu Wenqiang and Du Yuesheng so nervous? Is it Ding Li's business? Ding Li's incident happened to him, so the prince knew about it?

...

In the Luoyang Imperial Palace, Empress Wu talked to Li Ji in the study. When Li Ji got three people from Luoyang County, he hurried into the palace to meet Empress Wu. He wanted to inform Empress Wu of the news as soon as possible.

In fact, there is a big secret in Li Ji's heart, that is, he hates Li Hong, and he also doesn't like Empress Wu. He thinks Empress Wu is very ruthless in some aspects, which is not in line with his loyalty. When he was the person he wanted to be loyal to, Emperor Gaozong was because Emperor Gaozong was not a ruthless person and nostalgic relationship. However, because of Li Hong's appearance, he was forced to the opposite of Emperor Gaozong step by step and went to Empress Wu's side.

Therefore, in Li Ji's heart, he felt pain in Li Hong and hated Li Hong very much.

Therefore, the secret in Li Ji's heart is that he likes Empress Wu and Li Hong to fight, and ask Empress Wu to kill Li Hong. When Empress Wu is both in trouble, he will support Li Xian, so that he will choose the right person to support him like before, stand in the right team, and he will maintain his unique position.

So here at Empress Wu, he would rather make some changes to make himself demented and make Empress Wu despise him. He felt that this was worth doing so, as long as his goal could be achieved.

"Li Qing, are you sure the three people from Luoyang County Government went to see the prince?" asked Empress Wu. Because she was surprised, the three people from Luoyang County Government recalled that Li Hong compromised. This was unscientific. It exceeded her expectations for this matter. If the three people compromised with Li Hong, wouldn't she have a miscarriage if she wanted to use Li Hong's hand to get rid of the three people?

"Yeah." Li Ji nodded, "and they stayed at the prince's residence for a long time. The three of them were very happy when they came out. When they returned to the county government, they started to hold a banquet and drink, as if they had overcome the difficulties."

"I didn't expect it!" Empress Wu whispered.

"Indeed, the old minister didn't expect them to do this." Li Ji said angrily.

"Li Qing, what are you going to do?" Empress Wu asked Li Ji.

"Empress, the old minister is going to use Ding Li's card." Li Ji said lightly.

"Ding Li?" Empress Wu asked in confusion.

"Ding Li is Xu Wenqiang's person. As long as you use the Ding Li card well, you can still destroy the prince's plan and make the plan develop in our direction." Li Ji said.

"How much chance does Li Qing have to win?" Empress Wu thought about it and asked.

"80%." Li Ji replied affirmatively.

"Then you go and do it!" said Empress Wu, as if she wanted to delegate power to Li Ji and let Li Ji do it. Li Ji was overjoyed and hurriedly took the order and left in a hurry. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!