In the Shanghai public concession in the last century, there was a unique product called the patrol house, the so-called patrol was the police in the concession at that time, at first by Westerners, and later by the Chinese patrol. Jin Rong, the famous leader of the Qing Gang in old Shanghai, started in the patrol house in his early years, and later became known as the "Three Tycoons of Shanghai" together with Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin, and everyone avoided him, lest they provoke him.
But the famous rogue tycoon Jin Jinrong was also smashed by someone and then kidnapped in public, and Du Yuesheng was asked to kneel when he rushed to ransom, who has such courage?
The person who kidnapped Jin Rong was Lu Xiaojia, the son of Lu Yongxiang, the governor of Zhejiang, who was ruled by Anhui warlords during the Beiyang government, and relying on his father's military power, Lu Xiaojia seemed to be the most powerful official in the Shanghai area. He was also known as the Fourth Duke of the People together with Zhang Xueliang, Yuan Kewen and Zhang Boju, but he himself had nothing outstanding, that is, a playboy, and as the most "earth-shattering" thing he had done in his life, I am afraid that he was making a big fuss on the Stage of the Shanghai Communist Party and kidnapping Jin Rong.
The beginning of this story should start from a Peking Opera actress, Lu Lanchun. Who is Lu Lanchun? She was originally the adopted daughter of Jin Rong's protégé, but Jin Rong was a greedy and lustful lord, and he liked her young and beautiful, so he asked someone to teach her to sing, and spared no effort to praise her.
At the age of only 14, Lu Lanchun came to prominence as an old student, and after arriving in Shanghai in October 1912, she appeared in more than 30 plays in succession, which was well-known in Shanghai. In 1919, after the renovation of the Shanghai Gong Stage opened by Jin Jinrong, she served as a pillar and became the first red horn that was popular.
It just so happens that Lu Xiaojia has a hobby of listening to plays, at that time many newspaper headlines were promoting Lu Lanchun, and her name naturally reached Lu Xiaojia's ears, and this brother immediately couldn't hold back and planned to go to the theater garden to find out. So Lu Xiaojia deliberately went to the common stage of Jin Rong, and also asked someone to send a diamond ring to spend a good night with Lu Lanchun. Lu Lanchun was a delicate person, knowing that both sides were not good lords, and after weighing it up, she had to politely reject Lu Xiaojia.
Lu Xiaojia is also a veteran of the love scene, was rejected by a drama to make him think that he was disgraced, and this day he happened to hear Lu Lanchun sing the wrong word in the performance, arrogant as he was, and immediately drank the pouring color without face.
Who knew that Jin Jinrong was sitting offstage at this time, this green gang boss has always been very fond of Lu Lanchun, and this stage is built for her. Hearing this inverted color, he was unhappy in his heart, and he did not know the identity of the person who came, so he secretly sent someone to teach Lu Xiaojia a lesson.
Lu Xiaojia also did not know that Lu Lanchun had the patron of Jin Rong behind him, and even more thought that he was full of thugs inside and outside the theater. Moreover, he had never been treated like this since he was a child, who could swallow this breath, and when he returned, he found He Fenglin, the protector of Shanghai Songhu, and took people to the stage to make trouble, and also kidnapped Jin Rong in public.
After escorting Jin Rong back to the Marshal's Mansion, Lu Xiaojia imprisoned him in a dungeon and prepared to torture him to death. At this time, the Huang Mansion was in a mess, and Jin Rong's wife found Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin for help, and a few days later, Du Yuesheng contacted Lu Xiaojia after several turns, and rushed to the Marshal's Mansion with 3 million taels of silver to redeem people. Lu Xiaojia couldn't get over the face before he was beaten, so he asked Du Yuesheng to kneel on the spot.
In order to rescue Jin Rong, Du Yuesheng really knelt down to Lu Xiaojia, and Lu Xiaojia kept his promise, but when Jin Rong was released, he was tortured to almost half a life. After this incident, Du Yuesheng's reputation in the Dao rose sharply, once surpassing the eldest brother Jin Rong.
On the other hand, Lu Xiaojia did not last long, with the outbreak of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War in 1924, Lu Yongxiang began to lose his position, and Lu Xiaojia, who had no ability, could no longer use his father's prestige to make waves. In 1933, Lu Yongxiang died of illness, and Lu Xiaojia completely lost the pillar behind him, and also narrowed down his personality as sharp as when he was young.
After the War of Resistance Against Japan, fearing retaliation from Jin Rong, he simply avoided taiwan and started a business. To think that the brother who was once crazy finally bowed his head to reality, can't help but be amazed.