The Chief Detective Inspector is dead. I'm now the top police officer in Hong Kong!

Chapter 11 Buying Life with Gold
After closing the curtains, Pi Zhibang rubbed his cheeks and said with a sweet smile, "Young Master Sheng, calm down. If you report your success to the foreigners tomorrow, you'll definitely be rewarded."

Lin Tiansheng gave him a cold look: "You little rascal, what are you doing? You didn't tell me Da Dong was on the boat, are you trying to trick me!"

He initially thought that even Pi Chi-pong was unaware of the information, but upon seeing the Major Crimes Unit on standby late at night, he realized that the police had received information, and that Pi Chi-pong had deliberately kept it from them.

When I'm in a good mood, I respect the Shandong people and call them mantis shrimp. When I'm in a bad mood, they're just mantis shrimp from the market!

Pi Zhibang remained calm and unperturbed, offering a cigarette and saying ingratiatingly, "Young Master Sheng, if you're going to do a good job, you should at least finish the play. If you don't write a good script, Uncle Xian and I will get a beating."

"If you call your old buddies out of retirement, even the slightest hint of it will surely get through."

Lin Tiansheng, with a cigarette dangling from his lips and arms crossed, said irritably, "You can't even handle such a small thing, you might as well just kill me already?"

"No, no." Pi Zhibang apologized verbally, but his face showed an air of utter indifference. Brother Le's era was long gone, and Lin Tiansheng had no new backer, so why would they risk everything to help him? They would definitely take it one step at a time, adding to their bets little by little.

In the first round, Sheng Shao performed brilliantly, proving that he is still the same daring and courageous Five Poisons Detective he always was.

"I won't hold it against you. Just do what you're supposed to do. If you try to fool me again, we're not even friends anymore," Lin Tiansheng warned, opening the door and raising his voice, "I'm leaving, you bastard!"

Pi Zhibang rubbed his nostrils with his index finger and muttered under his breath, "Guarding the pond for three years, his temper only got worse. Oh, it's because there are no chickens to hang on to."

"However, he really is a formidable person."

Lin Tiansheng waved and led his men away. They waited for the minibus by the bus stop in front of the police station and asked, "Should we go back to my house to rest first, or go directly to Lantian to get the money?"

"It's still early, let's go get the money. The brothers won't sleep well until we see it," Zhang Jinrong said, his eyes bloodshot. Ma Delong added, "Let's go to Lantian first."

He Li and Liu Yida nodded in agreement.

Lin Tiansheng waved down a taxi and said, "Whoever has change in their pocket can sit in the passenger seat."

Ma Delong patted his pockets, climbed into the car without hesitation, and immediately went to get the millions of dollars worth of gold; no one cared about a few dozen dollars.

"To Detian Village."

The driver recognized the men, saluted, and whistled, saying, "Roger that, sir."

Throughout the journey, everyone maintained a serious expression, and no one spoke. The taxi radio was playing a midnight broadcast, and the hissing static made the atmosphere even more somber.

The five men looked out the car window at the billboards along the roadside, the neon lights of the bars, the women squatting at the entrance of the market building smoking, the thugs with dragon and phoenix tattoos on their bodies, and the parking spaces they were hogging.

A row of luxury cars, each decked out in designer brands and clutching a handbag, were parked. Money, the lifeblood of the city, fueled a decadent lifestyle and a world where right and wrong were indistinguishable.

Tsai Chin's melodious voice flowed through the soothing melody, and the song "The Forgotten Time" echoed in the car.

Who is knocking on my window?

"Who is plucking the strings?"

"That forgotten time is gradually rising back into my heart."

The driver parked the car at the bottom of Block A, Tak Tin Estate, slapped off the passenger license plate, and announced loudly, "Eighteen dollars and three jiao, eighteen dollars, officer."

Lin Tiansheng said, "Give me two extra mosquitoes, that's one extra person."

"Whatever makes you happy." The driver spread his hands, too lazy to argue with the police officer.

Old Ma took out his wallet, put two ten-dollar Hong Kong dollars into the armrest box, opened the car door, and cautiously scanned his surroundings. Zhang Jinrong sipped his wine, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't be afraid. As long as Snake B doesn't cheat me, no one will know about the secret vault." Ma Delong nodded: "It's not surprising to leave yourself an escape route when you're out and about. I'm just afraid that when I open the door, a dozen or so Big Circle Gang members will rush out."

Lin Tiansheng chuckled: "I'm not just one or two people, I have five of us. Even if we break into the Big Circle Gang's hideout, they won't dare to cause any trouble."

Unable to contain his excitement, He Li strode forward, taking three steps at a time, and rushed into the stairwell. The rest of the group followed suit, jogging up the stairs without even taking the elevator. They climbed five floors in the fire escape before some of them slowed down and began to catch their breath. When the group arrived at the door of room 803, all five of them were panting heavily. They looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Liu Yida raised an eyebrow at Zhang Jinrong: "Brother Rong, your health isn't good. Go buy some tiger penis to help you recover."

"Fuck your mother! Once you have the money, I'll hire two girls to play with you like a dragon and two phoenixes, and drain you dry." Zhang Jinrong was panting heavily, covered in sweat, holding a square wine pot, and his imposing manner was in no way inferior.

Lin Tiansheng touched the holster at his waist, where he found a .38 pistol, and immediately nodded: "Break down the door!"

"Bang bang bang, police checkpoint, open the door!" Zhang Jinrong slammed his fist on the security door. Ma Delong and He Li stood guard on either side, guns at the ready.

Liu Yida frowned: "Brother Sheng, we can't handle the Heaven and Earth Lock."

At this moment, Lin Tiansheng opened the fire extinguisher box in the stairwell, picked up a fire axe, and slammed it into the security door: "If you can't handle it, just do it by force!"

With a loud bang, the hollow steel pipe was sliced ​​in two. A tenant at the far end pushed open his door, and Ma Delong immediately yelled at him, "The Major Crimes Unit is doing this, don't cower!"

The tenant was startled and quickly closed the door.

Lin Tiansheng swung his axe again.

"Fuck you!"

After a few quick moves, the two doors, designed to protect against thieves but not the police, were broken open. The group entered the room, a rented room that had been vacant for a long time. Zhang Jinrong touched the countertop, his hand covered in a thick layer of dust, and nodded, saying, "Safe."

"Find the safe." The four men scattered and ran off, but Zhang Jinrong didn't move, staying by the door. Three minutes later, Lin Tiansheng found a key and a safe with a double-entry passcode in the wardrobe. Just as Lin Tiansheng picked up his axe again, intending to break the lock, Ma Delong brought him a key: "Brother Sheng, give it a try."

People in the underworld are always ready to flee, so the key is very likely kept with the safe. Lin Tiansheng took the key, squatted down to unlock it, and saw that the key and lock cylinder matched perfectly. He was delighted, turned it half a turn, and sure enough, click! The lock cylinder clicked open, and the safe door opened.

Unmarked, self-melting square gold bars were stacked in the cabinet. There were also several stacks of Hong Kong dollars, a Black Star pistol, and a fake legal passport.

Ma Delong, He Li, and Liu Yida all showed ecstatic joy. Zhang Jinrong entered the room, wearing motorcycle gloves, picked up a gold brick that was very heavy, smelled it, and said with a look of intoxication, "500 grams per piece, fifty pieces in total, twenty-five kilograms!"

"How much can it sell for?"

He Li swallowed hard, already unable to contain himself.

“I just passed a gold shop on the way here and glanced at the billboard. The market price for gold is 170 per gram. I’ll find an acquaintance to sell it to me. I can get half of it, around 2.1 million. I’ll divide it into six parts, 350,000 Hong Kong dollars per person,” Zhang Jinrong stated the amount.

Liu Yida couldn't help but say, "350,000 is enough to buy a new house on Prince Road."

"It's a large three-bedroom apartment!"

They were all police officers and knew that gold and watches were easy to sell on the black market, but the middlemen were ruthless and eager to sell fresh goods, so they could only get a maximum of 30% of the goods.

Snake B has had this batch of goods for a long time, so they're relatively clean and can be sold for an extra 10%. To get 50% of the market price, we need to add Zhang Jinrong's status as a double-flowered red stick at Dongyifu.

350,000 yuan per person is enough to buy their lives!
Without further hesitation, Ma Delong pledged his loyalty: "We'll divide it however Brother Sheng says."

(End of this chapter)