Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 936 0924 [Drawing a Life and Death Lot]

Hong Kong Island,
Police Headquarters -
"Director Du, the situation has been clarified. Lian Haolong was assassinated!"

Du Yongxiao sat upright on the director's throne, while Datou Wen and Zhuang Dingxian stood below and spoke.

Here, they all call Du Yongxiao "Director" instead of "Brother Xiao" as they do outside.

"Where is the murderer? Have you found out?"

"The murderer has not been identified yet." Datou Wen scratched his head awkwardly, "Stanley Prison is still investigating."

"Still investigating? Stanley Prison has always been known for its iron wall, but this time someone was killed openly, and they are still investigating? Tell me, how long will it take?" Du Yongxiao looked at Datou Wen and said.

Datouwen was speechless.

Zhuang Dingxian hurriedly said, "This incident happened suddenly, and Brother Wen was caught off guard. Please give us more time, Director."

Du Yongxiao nodded, "Okay, I can give you time. Now I just want a result..." Du Yongxiao tapped the table with his fingers, "Find out the murderer behind the scenes, and give Lian Haolong an explanation."

After all, Lian Haolong was a great hero, but he died in prison. This kind of death is inevitably a bit cowardly.

"Yes, Director!"

Datou Wen and Zhuang Dingxian nodded hurriedly.

……

That night——
Datou Wen ordered his men: "No matter what, I'll give you three days. You must find the murderer even if you have to dig deep!"

"yes sir!"

All the men shouted.

Datou Wen waved his hand, asking everyone to leave, then sat back in the seat of Chief Superintendent, rubbing his temples feeling the pain in his head.

At this time, someone knocked on the door and said, "Superintendent Chen, someone outside turned himself in..."

"Turn yourself in? Just let your subordinates handle this matter. Why are you looking for me?"

"The other party said they are looking for you, saying that they have a major case to report to you, and they hope you can be lenient with them in consideration of their surrender." The person outside was Datou Wen's personal secretary.

Da Tou Wen was stunned for a moment, "Who are they?"

"They said they were loyal and righteous men. One was called Little Ghost and the other was called Headless."

The secretary was also wondering what qualifications a small-time character like this had to bargain with a chief superintendent like Datou Wen.

"What did you say, loyalty, faith and righteousness?" Big-headed Wen Teng stood up from his chair and asked with wide eyes, "Where is the person?"

"Just outside."

"Let them in!"

"Yes!" The secretary was surprised. Why was Superintendent Chen so happy? Could it be that those two people were important people?
A moment——
Xigui and Wutou were brought before Datouwen.

Datou Wen leaned sideways in his chair, not getting up, and looked at the two of them with sidelong glances.

The two looked terrified and unsure what they were thinking.

"You two are both loyal and righteous people?" Datou Wen asked after taking a look at them. "Who do you usually hang out with? Lian Haolong or Lian Haodong?"

"We used to follow Brother Long, and now we follow Brother Dong." Xigui said nervously.

At this moment, the two of them were in mixed feelings and didn't know whether coming here was right or wrong.

"Yeah, no wonder you look familiar. You are all on the file. You are all serious criminals!" Datou Wen said arrogantly. He took out a cigarette box from his pocket and lit it himself: "Do you know what a serious criminal means? It means that the facts of the crime are serious and the crimes are extremely heinous. After being arrested, they will be severely punished!"

Datou Wen spoke in a stern tone, which frightened Xigui and the other two.

"Being imprisoned in Stanley Prison is already a light punishment. You might even be sentenced to hanging! With the condition of the two of you, I don't think you can last more than two minutes on the gallows!" Datou Wen said with contempt, pointing at the two men's noses with a cigarette between his fingers.

"We are innocent!"

“Yes, we are victims too!”

Xigui and Wutou could no longer hold on and cried out in grievance.

"Don't you think it's funny that you say you are innocent? How many gangsters are innocent? Did someone put a knife to your neck and force you to do bad things?" Datou Wen lit a cigarette and said to the two men with a sharp look, "So don't ever say you are innocent in front of me. If you really say you are innocent, then the civilians who have been hurt and oppressed by you are the innocent ones."

Xigui and Wutou looked at each other in silence.

There was silence for a while, and finally the ghost gave a bitter laugh: "Since you said so, Superintendent Chen, we have nothing to say, but we came here today to surrender ourselves, so please give us a chance."

"I know what Mr. Du said. Opportunities must be fought for by yourself. Now it depends on how you turn yourself in and to what extent you turn yourself in. Is it worthy of extrajudicial leniency?" Datou Wen blew a smoke ring and pointed at the two men's foreheads and said contemptuously: "Please let me believe that you are smart people. After all, you can turn yourself in, which shows that you are not stupid and know that there is no way out. Don't keep playing tricks on me and let me see that your brains are full of shit!"

Datou Wen's words left Xigui and Xiaogui stunned.

They did have other plans before coming here, which was to tell part of what they knew and hide part of it, so that it would be easier for them to bargain with the police in the future. But now it seems that Datou Wen has seen through them and left them with no choice but to tell everything.

"Ahem, of course. Since we are here, we have to surrender ourselves and seek leniency!"

"Yes, we will never hide anything, just ask if you have any questions."

When Xigui and the other two saw Datouwen's serious look, they were frightened and prepared to confess in order to get leniency.

Datouwen smiled, stood up with a cigarette between his teeth, walked up to Xigui and the other man, and patted Xigui on the shoulder: "Very good! The fact that you are willing to say so is enough to prove that you don't have shit in your heads! Now let me tell you, who burned Ming Pao? And who killed Lian Haolong?"

The ghost hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Although it would be very dangerous for us to tell this, we still ask Superintendent Chen to protect us!"

"Lian Haodong instructed us to burn Ming Pao! He wanted to put the blame on Mr. Du, saying that by burning Ming Pao, the outside world would think that Mr. Du was dissatisfied with Ming Pao and was secretly plotting something shady."

"As for who killed Lian Haolong, we don't know for sure, but Brother Long is very skilled in martial arts. He was able to kill him in such a short time in such a strict prison, so his skills must be very good!"

"Yeah, we don't know who killed Brother Long, but there is one thing we can be sure of..."

"Speak!" Datou Wen looked fierce.

"The reason why we, Zhong Xin Yi, dare to go against Mr. Du is because we have the support of the Li family, one of the four major families in Hong Kong!"

"Li family?" Datou Wen was stunned.

The Hong Kong Li family has a considerable background. It can be said to be the oldest of the four major families and also the most powerful one.

Before, Datouwen heard that Li Zhaoheng, the future head of the Li family, was going to compete with Du Yongxiao for the thousands of acres of land in Tsuen Wan. He thought it was just talk, but he didn't expect that this guy was really behind it.

"Yes, it's the Li family! The second son of the Li family, Li Zhaoheng, is the boss behind Brother Long! But Mr. Li rarely shows up. He always asks his subordinate Li Tiansheng to pass on his orders."

Xigui and Wutou didn't care about anything else and just told everything they knew.

Datou Wen was surprised in his heart but remained calm on the surface.

Seeing that Datou Wen remained silent, Xiaogui and the other two felt oppressed and had to continue to confess: "There is another important secret."

They hoped that Datou Wen would ask them what the secret was.

But Datou Wen just stared at them and remained silent.

Xigui and Wutou swallowed their saliva and said with gritted teeth: "The secret is that after Brother Long died, Lian Haodong went berserk! Now he is recruiting assassins to deal with Mr. Du!"

"Deal with Brother Xiao?" Datou Wen could no longer remain calm after hearing this and his face showed anger.

"These rats really don't know how to live or die!" Datou Wen broke the cigarette fiercely and threw it on the ground, with murderous intent in his eyes.

……

Tuen Mun, New Territories——
Loyalty and righteousness headquarters——
A huge horizontal plaque: Loyalty and righteousness will last forever!

The statue of Guan Erge stands in the center of the hall. He is stroking his beard with one hand, his eyes slightly closed, a Green Dragon Crescent Blade slung across his other hand, and he is wearing black shoes with white soles.

On both sides are five-colored flags flying in a row, with the wind blowing and the flags fluttering.

However, the entire hall was now shrouded in gloom, because apart from the decorations and layout just now, the entire hall had now become a mourning hall.

In the center, a black and white photo of the loyal and righteous leader Lian Haolong was placed in front, followed by incense and candles used for sacrifice, and funeral couplets on both sides.
A man of great righteousness and courage;
Died young and still smiles in heaven.

Boom boom boom!
Drums sounded. Five rows of loyal and righteous men wearing large trousers, bare-chested, revealing their bulging muscles, with red cloth wrapped around their heads and a big "death" written on their foreheads with a brush.

That’s right, they are the “death squad” selected by Zhong Xin Yi this time, twenty people in total.

Now they are preparing to hold a lottery event under the chairmanship of Lian Haodong, commonly known as drawing the "life and death lot".

Among the twenty people, four will draw the real death lot, and then Lian Haodong will give them enough "settlement money", prepare weapons, and let them directly assassinate Du Yongxiao at the Ming Pao press conference tomorrow.

Four people hid in the crowd and attacked suddenly. No matter how well prepared Du Yongxiao was, he couldn't escape this time.

"I know, who are you?"

Lian Haodong stood in front with his hands on his hips, his back against the statue of Guandi, his expression both angry and excited.

"We are loyal and righteous warriors!"

"Hoohoo!"

Twenty people said in unison.

The sound made the hall buzz.

"Very good! Zhong Xin Yi was founded by my eldest brother Lian Haolong. Now he is dead, and he was murdered by someone. Let me tell you, what should you do?"

"Revenge for him!"

"revenge!"

"revenge!"

The hall hummed again.

"Very good! You are all loyal and righteous men!" Lian Haodong stepped forward, patted one of them on the shoulder, and encouraged him: "But the enemy we are facing now is very powerful, are you afraid?"

"Not afraid!"

"To avenge Brother Long, we are willing to go through fire and water!"

"Hoohoo!"

The scene was buzzing again.

"He is Police Commissioner To Wing-hau. Are you afraid?"

"Not afraid!"

"He is Hong Kong tycoon Du Yongxiao. Are you afraid?"

"Not afraid!"

"He is the Bloody Hands Killer, the Street Cleaner Du Yongxiao, are you afraid of him?"

"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! Absolutely not afraid!"

"Hoohoo!"

The scene was full of excitement.

Lian Haodong felt comforted as he watched the scene before him.

He said loudly: "In that case, let's start drawing the life and death lot now! Anyone who draws the life and death lot, I will give enough resettlement money so that he will have no worries!"

"No need to draw, choose me!"

"Boss, choose me!"

Three assassins stood up and roared.

The other two assassins were talking in low voices.

Crooked-mouthed assassin: "Fuck off the street, are there really people who are not afraid of death?"

"Don't be afraid of a ghost! They are just pretending!"

"What do you mean?"

"It means everyone is the same! Who is Du Yongxiao? The Commissioner of Police, let alone killing him, he will be hanged even if he is hurt a little! For a person like this, no one is willing to go on a mission, but if you don't go on a mission, you will be killed by Brother Dong! Instead of being killed by Brother Dong now, you might as well draw a life and death lottery and take a chance!"

"So they still stand up?"

"Because they know that Brother Dong will not choose them directly. Since Brother Dong has set up this game, he will definitely draw the life and death lot. This is called leaving everything to fate!"

"You still know more."

"Learn something, kid! It's your fault that we have to be killed. Now we can only pray to God to protect us and not let us draw the death lottery."

"The odds are great, five to one!"

"So you must wash your hands after you pee, otherwise your hands will smell bad!"

"It's terrible!" The crooked-mouthed warrior was shocked.

"what happened?"

"I just peed and forgot to wash my hands!"

"Ah? Then you're dead!"

Boom boom boom!
The drums sounded again.

"Everyone, pay attention. Let's start drawing the life and death lot!" Lian Haodong stood in front of the Guandi statue, kowtowed and burned incense to Guan Erge, then turned around and shouted: "Zhuan Zhu assassinated Wang Liao, Jing Ke assassinated the King of Qin. Since ancient times, heroes have not been afraid of death. Those who are afraid of death are not true heroes! The life and death lot, the Yellow Spring Road; the Yin Yang River, the hero's tomb! Start drawing!"

Wow!
There was an iron stick stuck in an iron can the size of a beer bottle, which made a rattling sound when shaken.

A moment——
Snapped!
The iron can was put down, and twenty iron sticks were neatly inserted in it.

Lian Haodong glanced at the loyal and righteous warriors and shouted, "Start shooting!"

The twenty death warriors appeared strong and tough on the surface, but they were actually very scared.

Everyone came forward together--
"I'll come first!"

A death warrior stood up, walked to the front of the tin can with a swagger, stretched out his hand and pulled out a cigarette. He was scared to death, but he looked at it calmly. When he saw that there was no death sign, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Oh my, what bad luck! I really wanted to draw the death sign to avenge Brother Long, but the damn God didn't choose me! Pu Ni Amu, you are so unlucky!"

The second person stepped forward -
"Oh, I didn't win! Damn it, how could this happen? I was fully prepared. I even sharpened my machete and was ready to fight that Du guy to the death, but I didn't win! My luck is so bad, so bad!" The second man shook his head vigorously, looking annoyed.

The third person was the assassin with the crooked mouth.

He prayed to the heavens in his heart, please don’t win the bid, don’t win the bid. As long as he can escape this disaster, he will buy a roast suckling pig to offer to the heavens tomorrow.
Unfortunately, he doesn’t wash his hands after peeing, so his hands are really smelly!
When he pulled out the iron stick, he saw a big word "death" on it.

Crooked mouth was confused.

Damn, this is too weird!

"Wow, what good luck! I got it right!"

"Oh my god, Waizui got the death lottery, he's so damn lucky!"

"Tsk tsk, there are four death lots in total, and Crooked Mouth actually took one. I don't know if I will get a share of the remaining three!"

The scene exploded.

Waizui is about to cry.

You have to pretend to be very happy and excited on the surface and accept congratulations from everyone around you.

“Waizui, you’re damn lucky!” The first person who didn’t win stepped forward and patted Waizui on the shoulder, saying with a look of regret: “If it weren’t for Brother Dong’s rule that the rules can’t be changed, I really want to trade with you!”

"Haha, yes, yes, I'm so lucky! The rules cannot be changed, how can I change it? I finally drew the death lottery and got the chance to work for the club!" Waizui tried hard to force a smile, but he was about to cry in his heart.

(End of this chapter)