Chapter 316: Beheading a Chicken, Drinking Blood Wine, and Signing an Oath of Alliance
Xiang Chu hurriedly walked into the inner room and changed into the outfit of "Thousand Faces Kui Ge".
Not long after, he walked out gracefully, waving a white jade folding fan.
"Don't wear leather shoes!"
Yu Xiaowan said anxiously.
She ran to the shoe cabinet and changed him into a pair of cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles.
Xiang Chu praised: "Well! These shoes fit very well. Where did you buy them?"
"I made it for you!"
Yu Xiaowan smiled.
Xiang Chu was surprised and said, "You can make shoes with the same hand that holds a scalpel?"
"I still deserve you!"
Yu Xiaowan said with great dominance.
"I advise you to keep a low profile!"
Xiang Chu threw down a sentence and hurried out the door.
Yu Xiaowan chased to the door, raised her fist and growled: "You want a fight..."
"Cough! Cough!"
Yi Huaan coughed hurriedly to remind him.
The banquet hall on the first floor was filled with Shanghai bigwigs.
Because of the reputation of Thousand-Faced Brother Kui, in today's Shanghai, perhaps only the Chuyue Hotel can accommodate the love, hatred and grudges between all kinds of people and major gangs.
Chuyue Hotel has long become the first choice for gangs to resolve disputes and negotiate.
Nowadays, it is rare for these people to get together. They call each other brothers and shout, making a lot of noise, and it seems very lively.
In order to promote the business card of the nearby Wanyi Ballroom, Bai Mei asked the graceful dancers to serve tea and water.
Yuesheng joked, "Miss Bai! If you can get some Western dancers someday, your business will be even better."
Bai Mei smiled and said, "How can I not have one? I can gather the Eight-Nation Alliance together, do you believe it?"
"Do not believe!"
All the big guys shouted in unison and laughed together.
“I still don’t believe it!”
Bai Mei sneered, clapped her hands and shouted in English,
"Music! Girls, please come on stage."
Then, soothing music started playing, and beauties from all over the world began to dance and entered the venue one after another.
The big guys exclaimed: "Oh my God! Which eight countries are they from?"
"Wow! There's another black woman. Where is Aisaebiya?"
Huang Rong teased, "Xiaotian! This black girl must be to your taste."
"That foreign beauty with one grape tooth is to your taste, haha!"
Xiaotian laughed loudly and pushed Huang Rong towards the Portuguese beauty.
Unexpectedly, the Portuguese beauty took the initiative and started dancing with Huang Rong in her arms.
Huang Rong shouted to Bai Mei, "Miss Bai! Push Hei Nu to Xiao Tian."
"okay!"
Bai Mei hurriedly did as he wished.
She waved her hand, and the black girl walked towards Xiaotian generously.
"Don't!"
Xiaotian hurriedly dodged backwards and bumped into Xiang Chu.
"How can you be so reckless?"
Xiang Chu shouted loudly, pointing at the scene and yelling,
"What's going on? Who did this?"
The scene was completely silent. Bai Mei raised her hand nervously and said bitterly:
"Boss! I know I was wrong."
Xiang Chu waved his hand and said coldly:
"You can come and help serve tea and water, but you still have to go to your dance hall to dance!"
"understand!"
Bai Mei nodded hurriedly.
She waved her hand and led the foreign woman back.
But not long after, the foreign woman came on stage very seriously and served tea and water to everyone.
Xiang Chu burned incense, bowed to Guan Gong, and sat in the first seat.
The Shanghai bigwigs burned incense and worshipped Guan Gong in turn, and then sat down according to their status and seniority.
Xiang Chu was not in a hurry to bring up the matter of establishing a gang spy force, but instead told an interesting story: "Everyone! I just came back from Sichuan and Chongqing after negotiating with the Pao Brothers Society. When I was in Chongqing, Minister He of the Military and Political Department invited me to attend the military reorganization meeting.
Because the reorganization of the army weakened the interests of the Sichuan Army, the Sichuan Army generals were very resistant and threatened to withdraw from the Nanjing government.
He paused, glanced at the silent banquet hall, and continued:
"But when the news of the July 7 Incident spread, all the Sichuan Army generals were filled with righteous indignation and stated that as long as they went north to fight against the Japanese, they would agree to any conditions from Nanjing! Even if all the Sichuan Army was killed, they would drive the Japanese invaders out!
One hundred thousand Sichuan troops, wearing straw sandals, sleeping in the open air, crossing mountains and rivers, were rushing to the front line.
"Everyone! The Japanese invaders were brutal and cruel. They killed only 36 people in Lushun, more than 2 people in Yilan, and more than people in Jinan. In the July Incident, they killed countless soldiers and civilians!"
Xiang Chu said this, and stood up, clenched his fist, and shouted loudly:
"Gangs gather together for loyalty and righteousness, so why hesitate to sacrifice our lives for it? Now that the Battle of Songhu is imminent, our country is in danger. The government hopes that our gangs will form an anti-Japanese special forces. Those who do not want to join can withdraw."
Quitting means never wanting to be in the entertainment industry again and being despised by the Chinese people.
All the gang leaders stood up, either actively or passively, and raised their arms and shouted:
"I am willing to sacrifice my life for justice! I will never quit!"
Xiang Chu nodded with satisfaction and ordered loudly:
"Li Shan of Yanmen! Cut off the chicken's head, drink blood wine, and sign the covenant!"
"Yes!"
Li Shan obeyed the order loudly.
On the altar, there was a jar of realgar wine, a large banner with the word "righteousness" on it, and a rooster.
Li Shan killed a chicken and dripped its blood into the wine, and his brothers came forward to set the bowls and pour the wine.
Xiang Chu took the lead and picked up a bowl of wine. After the gang leaders served the wine, he said loudly:
"I, Zhang Dagui, swear to fight. If I break this oath, I will accept the punishment."
Everyone followed Xiang Chu in reading aloud, and then signed on the big banner with the word "righteousness" and pressed their thumbs on their own names with chicken blood.
Bai Mei invited several reporters to the scene, who took photos excitedly, which was very touching.
After the oath-taking ceremony, firecrackers were set off outside the gate of Chuyue Hotel.
Xiang Chu took out the documents and appointment letter that he had prepared long ago and read aloud:
"The Military Commission's Jiangsu-Zhejiang Action Committee has been specially established. It will have columns and a general commander, and will have Yuesheng Detachment, Xiaolin Detachment, Huang Rong Detachment, Chen Shusheng Detachment... The Military Police Department and the Central Police Academy will send a thousand officers and instructors for training in the Shanghai Concession... Swear to fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!"
The oath-taking meeting ended successfully with the call to fight to the death.
Naming the detachment after this name would certainly not work without making any effort.
Xiang Chu urgently ordered Li Tong to lead the second group into the Shanghai Concession, and called Dainong to request the dispatch of capable instructors, the allocation of weapons and ammunition, and the comprehensive training of Taihu Lake bandits and Shanghai gang heroes.
Nanjing, Military Police Department meeting room.
Dai Nong looked at the telegram and smiled from ear to ear:
"Oh my! Xiang Chu is really amazing. In just 20 days, he recruited 2 Taihu pirates and 5 Shanghai gang members. It's unimaginable."
Lei Gang said unconvincedly: "With so many students unable to go to school and workers without jobs, what else can they do if not join the army?"
Dai Nong said angrily, "Chief Lei! Don't be impatient. I will let you go to Shanghai to set up a special forces team later."
Lei Gang said hurriedly: "Director! I'd better stay in Nanjing to collect intelligence on the Japanese spies."
Dai Nong rolled his eyes at him, feeling that this guy was a far cry from his sworn brother Xiang Chu.
Mao Feng said anxiously, "Director! Our superiors ordered Xiang Chu to stay in Shanghai to support the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' negotiations with Japan. He may not have time to take care of these two troops. I think we should send someone to Shanghai to keep them firmly in our hands."
I knew who Dai Nong was and I immediately understood that he wanted to grab the credit.
Whoever controls these two troops will make great contributions by killing a few Japanese devils.
Just as Dai Nong was about to refuse, female lieutenant colonel Jiang Ying walked into the meeting room, opened a folder and reported loudly:
"Director! According to the intelligence provided by Xiang Chu, the Battle of Songhu is about to break out. Sir, I order you to lead all the elites and backbones of our department to Shanghai immediately and command all the agents in Shanghai to cooperate with the army to fight a decisive battle against the Japanese invaders in order to defeat the fierce flames of the Japanese invaders' all-out war of aggression against China!"
Dai Nong was very relieved and looked at the officers present with a smile.
The officers cried in their hearts: "It's over! We are all going to die."