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Turning our attention back to Mr. Cao, after confirming that Nine-Dragon and the others were safe, we learned that Chen Xikang, the leader of the Heyi Society, along with Dadi Huoshan and five others, had been secretly captured by Cao Tai's own men and imprisoned in a remote fishing village in Saigon. We then made some simple arrangements for their future.

He has some talented men under his command; let them interrogate him for a couple of days to extract some profit. After all, this fight that Nine-Dragon is going to wage will conservatively cost several hundred thousand, because it's a real fight and there are no orders to back down.

Therefore, each of the underlings who participated received an appearance fee of 2000 yuan, those who were injured had to pay for medicine, and those who were injured received a settlement fee of 60,000 yuan. That's why it took 200 people to hold off the 600-plus people of the Heyi Society and the Prince. Cao Tai's 15 men were responsible for charging and opening the passage to capture the "King". In the battle at the teahouse gate, Nine-Dragon's less than 200 gangsters managed to withstand multiple attacks from more than 400 people. They only dispersed when the attackers captured the top members of the Heyi Society and went to work with the police.

Later, he needed money for the bail of the arrested underlings and the resettlement fee for the designated scapegoat underlings. Cao Tai himself was short of funds, so he could only ask the higher-ups of He Yi for help and see if he could squeeze any money out of them.

Cao Tai rushed back to his home in the "Aidu Building" around 3 a.m. Yes, they had moved a few days ago.

After a quick shower, I held her and fell asleep peacefully amidst Gang Sheng's grumbling.

The next morning, Gang Sheng said he had made plans to go shopping with his younger sister, so he went out early. Xiao Fu was sent to be a bodyguard; he hadn't gone on a mission the night before. Ning Wei and Wang Weiguo were still monitoring Yu Tou Biao. The "fish-blasting operation" to deal with Yu Tou Biao hadn't been launched yet; it would have to wait until things were basically settled on Jiu Wenlong's side before it could be launched there. In the meantime, the plan was changed again and again, and it felt like plans couldn't keep up with changes. Mr. Cao only regretted that he hadn't thoroughly studied the Thirty-Six Stratagems.

Around 10 a.m., Mr. Cao, having had a good night's sleep, woke up refreshed. After washing up, he put on a vest and flip-flops, munching on dry bread, and walked into the specially reserved study. He took out a notebook from his storage space, placed it on the walnut desk, and then plopped down in the large executive chair he had specially bought, humming comfortably.

He took a big gulp of the sweetened syrup, swallowed the dry bread that was making his throat feel a bit sore, and let out a long sigh of relief. Then his thoughts drifted: "I wonder if they've developed that sweetened syrup from Sanshui yet. Actually, I personally think it tastes pretty good too!"

Time to get to work. I opened my notebook on the desk and turned to the page with "Huang Zhicheng" written on it. I picked up my pen and forcefully crossed out the three characters "Huang Zhicheng". Then I made a note on the next line: 1. Suspected (crossed out) It is almost certain that this person is a spy released by the Political Department. 2. Before he died, he tried to persuade me to cooperate with him and accidentally revealed information about "Chiang Tin-sang, the leader of the Wo Luen Shing District 1". I contacted him and found out that he was working in Yau Tsim. The leader of the Wo Luen Shing District 1 is suspected to be Ah Lok from Jordan. Therefore, Ah Lok and Chiang Tin-sang are suspected to be supported by the Political Department behind the scenes. They need to be closely monitored. (Circle it and emphasize it twice) 3. Shen Sha, a subordinate of Hung Tai Wai Cheung, is an undercover police officer. (Note: Remember, even a piece of toilet paper has its use. Shen Sha's contact person is dead. If Huang Zhicheng did not keep his information, then you can consider pretending to be a new superior to contact him and get him to do things for you. ☚ This young man is quite smart. He even thought of this method.) 4. Huang Zhicheng is equipped with a .38 police pistol and 12 bullets (keep them for now, and if you ever see someone you don't like, secretly take their fingerprints and hide them in their house, then leak the information to the police, suggesting they might kill a police officer and steal a police gun. Let's see if he doesn't die this time, hehe).

"Hehehe...hehehe..." Cao Tai couldn't help but chuckle as he wrote this.

Having a notebook is really great; a bad pen is worse than a good memory! Write things down, and occasionally flipping through them might spark a sudden, unexpected inspiration. If anyone dares to offend you, just pull it out and jot it down immediately, so you can always hold the grudge accountable later.

Gang Sheng and the others didn't come back at noon, saying they wanted to continue shopping in the afternoon. Cao Tai was told to buy groceries in the afternoon and cook dinner for them when they came back.

Ever since Gang Sheng was amazed by Cao Tai's cooking on the day of the housewarming, although it was a self-taught method, in fact, every man in Haicheng has some cooking skills. It's just that they are usually too lazy to cook, but when it comes to holidays and big meals, the men of Haicheng will show off their skills.

Thinking that there was nothing important to do in the afternoon, Cao Tai changed his clothes, grabbed his keys, and went out to find something to eat, and would also buy the groceries for dinner on the way.

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At noon, Inspector Leung Siu-yau ate a private patient meal prepared by Ms. Chan On-nei: a bowl of bland white porridge with a side of pickled cucumber strips, and thankfully a small bowl of monk fruit and pear soup, which made Inspector Leung feel a bit more comfortable in her throat.

Although this period is not the peak season for the flu, for some reason, the temperature difference between day and night has been quite large in the past few days, and the number of people catching colds has surged. Dr. Chen Anni is very busy now. After serving her best friend food and drinks, she cleaned up the tableware, told her best friend to get some rest, and then left.

"Madam!" After seeing Dr. Chen leave, Shen Xiong and Ling Xinyi, who had been lingering in the corridor outside the door for a long time, opened the door and walked in with a bag of fruit.

After the two placed the fruit on the bedside table, Liang Xiaorou pointed to the chair next to the bed and told them to move it over and sit down.

Once the two were settled, he couldn't help but ask, "Tell me the details!" His voice was still a little hoarse, but it wasn't as unpleasant as when he first woke up in the morning, which sounded like a duck quacking. His throat wasn't as sore either.

"Madam, you don't know, after you fainted and were taken to the hospital last night, Madam Yu arrived at the scene not long after, and then Luk Kai-cheung, the anti-triad officer from Yau Tsim District, also came. In the end, do you know what? Even the Special Branch sent a car with three detectives, wanting to take over the case, but Madam Yu blocked them."

They even tried to talk to Superintendent Choi (Cho Yuen-ki, then commander of the West Kowloon Regional Crime Unit, a superintendent), but Madam Yu wouldn't even give Superintendent Choi face. The Special Branch officers could only slink away. However, our team didn't get the case either; it was taken over by Superintendent Lee's A Team from the Regional Crime Unit." Upon hearing Leung Siu-yau's question, Shen Xiong became even more impatient and recounted the tense confrontation of the previous night in one breath.

When Liang Xiaorou heard that the case had been transferred to another team, she was a little surprised at first, but then she remembered that Shen Xiong said that even the political department had come last night, and that Sister Suqiu had openly contradicted her direct superior Cai Yuanqi, so it was normal for the case to be transferred to another team.

But I couldn't help but ask again, "What about Inspector Wong Chi-shing?"

Shen Xiong turned his head to see that the ward door was closed, and only then did he seem relieved. He moved the chair closer to the bed, leaned closer and lowered his voice to say, "I heard that Inspector Huang's team had an operation on Wusong Street last night. The operation was registered beforehand, but no one knows why Inspector Huang fell to his death a few streets away during the operation."

Last night, Inspector Ko found only three sets of footprints and some friction marks on the rooftop, along with a crushed mobile phone. One set of footprints belonged to Inspector Wong, while the other two sets likely belonged to the suspect. However, unlike the rooftop, the stairwell was rarely used, and because it was frequently trampled on, the footprints there were almost all contaminated, making it impossible to extract any valid footprints.

The statements of the two guards were taken away by Team A, but I secretly read a few pages. The older guard's statement mentioned that Inspector Wong seemed to have visited their building to meet someone before. However, the two of them fell asleep last night because they were tired, so they did not notice anyone coming in or out. The younger guard only heard screams and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground in his drowsy state.

Oh, they said there were two sounds of something heavy falling to the ground, with a gap of several seconds between them.

After saying that, Shen Xiong sat up straight, pursed his lips, and said no more.

Liang Xiaorou frowned and thought for a moment, "That's fine then! Since the case has been transferred to Team A's Inspector Li, you don't need to ask any more questions. Go back and listen to Madam Yu's work arrangements. I need to rest for two more days before I can go back."

"Okay, Madam, you get some rest. Xinyi and I will head back now." She stood up, turned to Ling Xinyi beside her, and called out, "Xinyi!"

"Oh, okay! Xiaorou, you get some rest. We'll be going now." Ling Xinyi, who had been listening intently, hurriedly stood up and said goodbye to Liang Xiaorou.

The West Kowloon Regional Headquarters is located within the Yau Ma Tei Police Station, while the Anti-Triad Unit of the Yau Tsim Police District is located at the Tsim Sha Tsui Divisional Police Station. Therefore, the officers of the Regional Major Crimes Unit B stationed at the Yau Ma Tei Police Station did not know Wong Chi-shing, the anti-triad officer of the Yau Tsim District. This was because: firstly, the two units were located in different places; secondly, Wong Chi-shing rarely went to the Regional Headquarters unless necessary; and thirdly, Leung Siu-yau had only been transferred to the Regional Headquarters by Yu So-chau for less than two months, and her Unit B was almost a complete rebuild, with almost all of its members being her former subordinates from the Divisional Police Station, and the few recruited from the Regional Headquarters were almost all new officers.

In the West Kowloon Regional Crime Unit, only Commander Superintendent Choi Yuen-kei and Deputy Commander Chief Inspector Yu So-chau have their own independent offices, while the 11 squads under its command are distributed among three large offices.

Group A was located in Room 206 on the second floor of the Yau Ma Tei Police Station building. The large office, approximately 2000 square feet, was divided into four areas, with Group A located in the innermost, easternmost area.

Senior Inspector Li Wenbin's desk was located in the far corner of the entire area. The desk was spotless, and the documents were neatly arranged in categories, almost taking up the entire desk.

At this moment, on the table with only a small empty space in front of the chair, there was an autopsy report. The report had been turned to the last page, and in the forensic section was a cursive English signature: Sam Koo.

A large hand flipped the report two more pages: bruising on the abdomen, severe skin and soft tissue damage, and severe erosion of the liver, spleen, and gastrointestinal tract...

The cause of death has been confirmed as a fall from a height, but the abdominal injury was not caused by the fall. Forensic pathologist Gu Zechen didn't include this in the report, but privately told Li Wenbin, "Li Sir, with an abdominal injury like Huang Sir's, even without the fall, if he hadn't received immediate medical attention, he wouldn't have survived three hours. Furthermore, this injury wasn't caused by repeated blows, but rather the result of a single strike. It's like how a full-force blow with a police battering ram could cause this kind of injury, but the impact marks confirm it was a fist..."

That would truly kill someone with a single punch. A full-force strike from an active heavyweight boxing champion might be able to inflict that kind of damage, provided they weren't wearing gloves and were going all out. Although Hong Kong has many skilled fighters, there's no information available about anyone who can deliver a punch as powerful as a heavyweight champion.

With the direct route to identifying the suspect blocked, the only option left is to investigate why Huang Zhicheng went to the Industrial Building alone before the operation!

"Just how important is it that a front-line commander, who is about to launch an operation, has to leave his post and run several blocks away..." Leaning back in his chair, he tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

With a loud thud, Li Wenbin slammed his hand on the table, causing all the police officers who had been bent over looking at the documents to turn around and look at him.

"Guozheng, get ready. I'm going to find the big boss to apply for a warrant from the court. Later, you'll come with me to the telecommunications company to check Huang Sir's recent communication records. Tianwen, you lead the team to check which cases Huang Sir is currently handling and who he has met. Also, check those who were involved in the internal strife of the Heyi Society last night, but we can't focus all our energy on that. Zhuguo, you take a few men to the vicinity of the crime scene to conduct some questioning and see if there are any eyewitnesses. The security guard in that building said Huang Sir has appeared in that building several times, he must be meeting someone. Even if there are no eyewitnesses last night, it will be good if we can find someone who saw him a few times before." Li Wenbin quickly assigned the tasks, then picked up his coat and left with He Guozheng.

The other group members also hurriedly tidied up the materials on the table, then quickly assigned group members, and then filed out with the temporary group leader.

While the Regional Crime Unit was working, the Yau Tsim District Anti-Triad Unit was also working at the same time, and they were even more aggressive. The location where Wong Chi-shing fell to his death was on the edge of Hung Tai's territory, so Hung Tai's leader, Chan Mei, was in big trouble. Last night, Wong Chi-shing's team heard the bad news while carrying out a mission on Woo Chung Street (at the time, Inspector Cheung had a phone call with Wong Chi-shing and heard something unusual, but he didn't know Wong Chi-shing's exact location. In the end, he reported it to his superior, Luk Kai-cheung, while he himself continued to carry out the mission with his men).

Inspector Cheung led his men to arrest Hung Tai's two uncles, Leopard Wing and Fat Uncle, overnight. Even though Prince Hong had lost an arm in the infighting with the Righteous Society, he was only allowed a simple bandage before being taken back to the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station. After "beating" several of Hung Tai's core members, they finally found Prince Hong Tai drowning his sorrows in a nightclub. After a friendly greeting, they finally obtained Chen Mei's hiding place for the night. Of course, the core members who had been "real" beaten were sent to see a doctor for their injuries and might be unable to work for two or three months.

However, the bruised and battered Prince Hung Tai was locked up in the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station. A little over an hour later, at 4 a.m., Chen Mei and her four bodyguards were also locked up in the police station.

At this point, Hongtai's most important leader, his uncle, and his two heirs (the prince here is Chen Mei's illegitimate son born to his lover in Taiwan) were all taken down, and various gangs that received the news were desperately trying to find out more.

The police suddenly and without warning locked up the entire leadership of a triad, which could cause chaos within the triad and lead to a massive gang war, ultimately destroying it.

Around 8 a.m., the various triads finally received confirmation that Chen Mei's lawyer had been allowed to see him. Although they were ultimately unable to bail the individuals out, the news reached Hong Tai and temporarily stabilized the triads.

Meanwhile, the news spread, and those who had access to it basically knew that an inspector had died in Hung Tai's territory last night. He was said to be a rather important figure, so the police were now in a frenzy. Anyone who dared to show their face would be beaten. Everyone was secretly telling their underlings to behave themselves these next few days, lest they be dragged out and beaten, and used as an example.

Although he couldn't use any methods on the suspect, after several hours of intense questioning, Chen Mei was also seeing stars and his throat felt like it was on fire. Through his lawyer, he learned that a police inspector had died on his turf. If he hadn't known that the police wouldn't kill their own man and dump him on his territory to frame him, he would have really wondered whether he had killed the Commissioner of Police or kidnapped the Governor.

Then, he selectively told the police what he could say, and as an old fox, he wouldn't utter a single word about what he couldn't say.

Leopard Rong and Fat Uncle, who were being interrogated in the other two interrogation rooms, were similar, mainly saying: "I'm old, don't scare me, I don't know anything."

Chen Mei's illegitimate son, the prince, was involved in a fight and injured someone while being watched by hundreds of police officers. Normally, he might not get into trouble, but now that the police can't find the suspect who killed Huang Sir, the prince who is being targeted might be in some trouble. He could be in jail for a few months at the very least, or even three years at most.

Meanwhile, the police learned quite a bit about the prince. Because he wasn't as cunning as the other old foxes, he dropped a lot of information while being led around by the police. Unfortunately, none of it was related to Huang Zhicheng, and they were all minor matters that couldn't be prosecuted. This made the police suspect that he was also a cunning young fox, tight-lipped and quick-witted, and that he dropped information that would hardly harm him.

What the police didn't expect was that Chen Mei saw that her son was still immature and playful, so she hadn't let him get involved in the noodle business yet. As the heir to Hong Tai, he had almost no need to get involved in the fights and brawls in other gangs, so although he was a gang member from birth, his record was still very clean.