"I'm going to die. Master Yan rushes to the street, and we will be in trouble too!"
"Yes, when Mr. Yan was here, those gangsters respected me so much! They called me Brother Hua. Now when they see me, they call me Lai Pihua."
Yan Xiong's office was deserted, with Lai Pihua and Huo Qilin smoking cigarettes and leaning at the table with sad faces.
"Brother Hua, what should we do now?" a young detective said bravely, "Master Yan is imprisoned. Should we disband here or continue to stay?"
"You ask me, I ask someone else?" Lai Pihua said impatiently, "You can also see that there used to be a lot of people here and it was very lively. Now everyone is doing their own thing and asking to be transferred. Even if they are transferred to the New Territories to collect cow dung, It’s better than here!”
Lai Pihua, Huo Qilin and others fully understood what "people leaving with cool tea" meant.
As soon as Yan Xiong was locked up, the place began to change from "lively" to "desolate".
The plainclothes agents who used to fawn over Yan Xiong applied to be transferred from Yan Xiong's team, for fear of getting into trouble.
Yan Xiong's hundreds of subordinates turned into more than a dozen in the blink of an eye, and the superiors seemed to have forgotten about them, unable to even pay their salaries and monthly wages.
Without salary and monthly salary, I can’t even pay utility bills, let alone go to nightclubs to pick up girls or go to food stalls to eat and drink like before.
What's even more despicable is that now that the new year is approaching, they have run out of food rations, and their wives and children are still waiting for him to take the money home.
Now Lai Pihua and more than a dozen of them are struggling. They just hope that the trial of Yan Xiong's case will be completed quickly and they will not suffer the same fate.
"Made, what the hell! How could you be so unlucky?" Lai Pihua became more and more angry as he thought about it, and threw the cigarette on the ground.
Huo Qilin bent down and picked it up and said: "Don't waste it, maybe you won't even have to smoke cigarette butts in the future!" He took a puff and squinted: "Be sure to remember this taste! It's comfortable!"
Sudden--
Lai Pihua tugged at Huo Qilin's clothes: "Here he comes, he's here!"
"Here comes the guy? Are you disturbing my smoking!" Huo Qilin was stunned before he could finish his words.
Du Yongxiao came in from outside and glanced at the office, "It's very deserted."
Not caring much, Lai Pihua, Huo Qilin and others immediately raised their hands and saluted: "Hello, Inspector Du!"
Du Yongxiao smiled and said nothing, but continued to look at the office, as if recalling every tree and plant.
Lai Pihua and the others were worried, fearing Du Yongxiao's revenge.
A moment——
"The Chinese New Year is almost here, are you okay? All the police force benefits have been given out, where are you guys?" Du Yongxiao turned around and asked.
Huo Qilin and others looked bitter.
Lai Pihua coughed and said: "As you know, we are working with Mr. Yan. In the past, Mr. Yan collected the benefits during the New Year, and then distributed them to us, as well as monthly salary, monthly salary, etc. Now that his old man is not here, these Things are just..."
"I understand," Du Yongxiao nodded and said with his hands behind his back, "Actually, I heard some news that the superiors are planning to remove your department. You can choose to resign or go to guard the pond."
"What?" Lai Pihua was shocked.
"Guard the pond? You're dead!" Huo Qilin's expression faded.
Others looked sad, "I finally became a plainclothes officer, and then I was fired. What will I do when I go back?"
Lai Pihua suddenly seemed to remember something and came to Du Yongxiao suddenly, "Inspector Du, Brother Xiao! It was my fault in the past. I followed Yan Xiong to help the tiger, but it was a last resort!"
Huo Qilin also understood and hurried forward: "Brother Xiao, save us!"
Others came forward and begged one by one.
Du Yongxiao smiled, "We are all colleagues. I used to work here, so of course I will help if I can! If you don't give up, follow me in the future."
Lai Pihua and others were overjoyed.
"Really?"
"Brother Xiao, you are so good!"
Everyone was excited.
Du Yongxiao raised his fingers towards Lai Pihua.
Lai Pihua knew something was going on and hurriedly came over.
Fire Qilin also followed.
Du Yongxiao lowered his voice: "Master Yan is a good man. Now he is in jail. I want to rescue him, but I need money to do it... Do you understand?"
Lai Pihua and Huo Qilin looked at each other and nodded immediately: "Understood! It's all up to me!"
…
"Ma'am, you can no longer hesitate."
At Yan Xiong's mansion, Lai Pihua and Huo Qilin said to a bunch of Yan Xiong's wives, as well as Yan Xiong's mother.
"Master Yan is now behind bars and his life or death is uncertain. If you are worried about him, you should think about him."
"Yes, those ghost guys above are so greedy. As long as the money is in place, Master Yan will be saved!"
Mrs. Yan is in her seventies. When she heard that something happened to her son, she panicked and lost her mind.
Yan Xiong's eldest wife is also opinionated, and the same is true for the second and third bedrooms.
On the contrary, the little wife Chunxi said: "But what if we take the money and waste it?"
Lai Pihua took a step forward: "We need to find the right person!"
"Yes, giving gifts is very particular. If you can't find a middleman, your efforts will be in vain." Huo Qilin said, "So this time we are going to find someone to help."
"Aside?"
"Du Yongxiao."
"Why is it him?"
"Aren't he and the master a mortal enemy?"
"First Madam, Second Madam, you don't understand this." Huo Qilin said, "As the saying goes, the person who ties the bell needs to be tied to untie the bell. Although Inspector Du has a grudge against the master, one code is the same. After all, he comes from Yan Now he is under the jurisdiction of Kowloon, and he is very satisfied. Asking him to help can be regarded as repaying evil with kindness, not to mention, he can also get benefits——"
"You mean to bribe him with money?"
"Of course, otherwise who would be willing to take action?"
Old Madam Yan, First Madam, Second Madam, Chunxi and others remained silent.
Chunxi said after a while: "Then how much money do we need to pay?"
"Yes, how much money do we have to pay him before he is willing to help us?"
"At least, this number." Lai Pihua stretched out three fingers.
"Thirty thousand?"
"three million!"
"so much?"
"Compared with Master Yan's life, is it much?"
"Yes, if Master Yan is not here, what's the point of asking for so much money? Why don't you want your family to be broken up?"
Lai Pihua and Huo Qilin sang in harmony.
"What's more, three million is just the first course. If you want to open up the joints above, you will need several more three million!"
Chunxi rolled her eyes, "Several three million? Doesn't it mean that we're going to wipe out all our wealth?"
"The man is gone. What if we lose the money again?" Other concubines followed and complained.
Lai Pihua sneered: "You only care about money, but none of you really care about Master Yan's life and death!"
"Yeah, I mean, you only care about yourself and not Master Yan!"
"Okay! Don't say any more!" Old Mrs. Yan said angrily. She was leaning on a cane and looked very old. "My son's life is the most precious, no matter how much money I have to save, I have to save him!"
"Old lady, you are wise!"
Lai Pihua and Huo Qilin clasped their fists together.
(End of chapter)
