Hong Kong Comprehensive: Who said that those who practice martial arts have no money?

Chapter 125 Awkward, Lei Luo

"Otherwise, why do these errands all want to be detectives? If a young detective earns money for two years, he will have enough money for retirement. But the position of detective is also a carrot and a trap. It doesn't matter if you don't have money, it's just thinking about it. No need to think.

Asheng is also lucky. He has an uncle who treats him as his son-in-law. In just a few years, he has risen from an ordinary police officer to a senior detective. For him, Chen Qichang even retired early. Otherwise, how could Asheng be so young? Just take the position of detective. "

Sanjiang Shui spoke enthusiastically, and Li An secretly breathed a sigh of relief without showing it on his face.

He pulled his senior brother to the empty table aside and continued to ask:
"What about Li Zhengtao? I remember that there doesn't seem to be a detective at the Sheung Wan Police Station yet?"

"The former detective of the Sheung Wan Police Station was named Lu Yu. He retired just half a year ago, so there is still a vacancy. Li Zhengtao and Cheng Jian are senior detectives, and the next step is detectives. They are fighting openly and secretly for this vacant detective position. Competing with each other. As for the ghost guys, each one is greedy and raises the price, all to see which one gives more benefits to the ghost guy. "

Arriving at the table, Sanjiang Shui pulled out a chair and sat down.

A waiter carrying a tray passed by, and Li An grabbed two glasses of red wine.

Sanjiang Shui took the wine glass, took a sip of the dark red wine, looked up at Li An, and said with interest.

"I've already asked, now it's time to talk about your relationship with that beggar Huaman, right?"

He said with a smile on his face: "Speaking of which, I didn't expect you to like this style. But that's right. For ignorant people of your age, coquettish women are charming enough, and it's normal for them to be unable to control themselves."

At the end of the sentence, Sanjiang Shui's tone was teasing.

Li An spread his hands and looked innocent:
"Senior brother, don't think too much. What relationship can we have with her? Didn't we just meet her when we were watching the boxing match that day?"

"you sure?"

Sanjiang Shui glanced at Li An and smiled.

Li An opened his mouth to give an excuse, but was interrupted by Sanjiang Shui raising his hand.He said in the tone of someone who has experienced it before:
"Actually, senior brother cares about you so he wants to chat with you a few more words. You should take care of your own affairs, so you don't need to talk too much to me."

Li An looked confused. You asked this question too, and you finished speaking. At the end, you said, "Why don't you tell me too much?"Have a sense of proportion?Are you thinking too much?

However, Sanjiang Shui did not ask further questions, which was exactly what he wanted.Li An picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

But what he didn't expect was that the other person's next words almost made him spit out the drink in his mouth.

"I almost forgot to remind you that since you have found another woman outside, don't provoke Zhao Di again when you go back. You practice boxing with Zhao Di every day and night, so it's hard to guarantee that you won't have some thoughts. She has had a hard life since childhood and has a strong personality. When the time comes, If you cause trouble yourself, don’t look for me.”

Lin Zhaodi?
Li An's eyes widened. He was sure that if Sanjiangshui hadn't mentioned Lin Zhaodi today, he would never have thought of it.

When he was speechless, he muttered softly:
"It's not normal for senior sisters and junior brothers to practice boxing together while talking nonsense."

Sanjiang Shui's eyes widened: "What did you just say?"

"It's nothing."

Li An coughed and picked up the goblet with a normal expression.

"Brother, drink."

"Humph!"

Sanjiang Shui snorted coldly.

Pretending to be angry, he stared at Li An, but happened to see an acquaintance at the other wine table to Li An's right. He stopped joking and touched Li An's shoulder.

"Let's introduce you to a friend."

Sanjiang Shui pulled Li An and walked to the wine table nearby.

"This is Lan Jiang, Yau Ma Tei, Detective Lan. He is kind and easy to talk to, but he has a bad memory, so people in the world gave him the nickname of Headless."

Sanjiang Shui's tone was teasing.

The handsome-looking man didn't care and just smiled.He turned to look at Li An for a while, then stretched out his right hand.

"Blue River."

"Detective Lan, hello." Li An held Lan Jiang's hand and responded in a neither humble nor condescending manner.

"My junior brother, Li An." Sanjiang Shui said with a smile.

Lan Jiang seemed a little serious on his face, making it difficult for him to speak.But when he opens his mouth, as Sanjiang Shui said, he is obviously a 'very' talkative person.

"Wow, why didn't you introduce me earlier? Two days ago, Frankie was beaten to death in the boxing ring. Your junior brother is also a boxer in the boxing ring. There was a misunderstanding and my guy brought the embassy. It's better for Zhou Sheng to come over. He was guaranteed to be released. I happened to be away, and I didn’t hear about it until I came back.”

Li An was a little embarrassed, but he kept the matter of boxing from Sanjiang Shui.

Just as embarrassed as him was Zhang Yichuan who was following Lan Jiang, the one who took Li An to the mission station.

"Fighting?" San Jiangshui was startled and turned to glare at Li An.

"A'an, how many things are you hiding from me?"

"Didn't Inspector Lan just say that? Just this one thing, I just had itchy hands after watching the boxing match that day, so I went to the boxing ring and fought twice." Ang Lee responded a little embarrassed.

"That guy Ma Jingsheng knows you are my junior brother, so he still dares to let you come on stage?"

Sanjiang Shui cursed.

"Come on, sit down and talk."

As soon as Lan Jiang saw San Jiangshui's reaction, he knew that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly tried to smooth things over.

After the two people pulled out their chairs and sat down, Lan Jiang said to Li An:

"Your senior brother and I are old acquaintances. I joined the police force relatively late, and it was a coincidence that I met your senior brother. At that time, I was still a young detective. I thanked your senior brother for your help when I arrested a robber, otherwise it would have been inevitable. Injured. You are his junior brother, and we are one of our own. If you have time, you can have tea with me."

"I'll definitely bother you if you have time." Li An responded politely.

Sanjiang Shui asked curiously:
"Lan Jiang, you just said that Frankie was killed. Who did it?"

"Inspector Yan!"

"Officer Yan!"

There was a sudden noise in the hall!
Chen Qichang, who had gray temples, glanced at the voice, turned to Chen Xinyi and said:
"Xinyi, please accompany your friend first, while dad goes to receive the guests."

"Uncle Chen, you go and do your work first. I'll just have a chat with Sister Xinyi."

Audrey looked well-behaved.

Long Chenghu sat alone not far from her and looked at her.

"Ah."

Chen Qichang touched Zhou Sheng, who was talking to the guest, with his arm.

"You are the protagonist today. Didn't you see Yan Tong come? Come with me to greet him."

"Oh well."

Zhou Sheng responded.He rubbed his stiff cheeks, with a smile on his face, and walked quickly over with Chen Qichang.

As soon as they met, Chen Qichang spoke enthusiastically:
"Welcome, welcome!"

"Uncle Chang, if you retire, you will be able to enjoy two more years of peace and happiness. My life is so miserable that I can't even envy you!" "Where to start? Detective Yan is in his prime and can still go further. It's different for me. As I get older, it's no longer interesting to hang around any longer. It's time to quit and give young people more opportunities." Chen Qichang laughed.

"Uncle Chang, it's time to get stronger."

Yan Tong had a smile on his face.He was a fat man wearing a black suit and had short hair, which was no worse than a bald head.

Zhou Sheng stretched out his hand and signaled: "Inspector Yan, please come in!"

Yan Tong's eyes moved to Zhou Sheng, looked him up and down, and said with a smile:
"Are you Zhou Sheng? We will work together in the future. By the way, I heard that you are known as the Iron-faced Detective on Boundary Street?"

"How can Zhou Sheng compare with Inspector Yan? Inspector Yan had a reputation as a tricky detective many years ago." Chen Qichang quickly spoke up.

"Yes, Detective Chen is right. Detective Yan was able to arrest the group of robbers who robbed a gold shop in Tsim Sha Tsui in less than three days last week. He is even more powerful than Sherlock Holmes. "There were plainclothes people nearby who were flattering.

Yan Tong didn't say anything, but the smile on his face obviously got wider, and it was obvious that he was still benefiting from it.

"Let's go, you can't stand here. Detective Lan happened to be here, and Detective Han is also here. A few of us are recommending Pai Gow." Chen Qichang said.

Hearing the name Lan Jiang, Yan Tong's face darkened, but he still nodded with a smile:

"Okay, let's play for a while first."

Fatty Chao followed him and looked around the hall calmly. When he saw Huaman sitting alone in the corner, his eyes lit up.

"Inspector Zhou, this is a gift for you."

He handed the gift in his hand to Zhou Sheng and walked quickly to Huaman.He sat down next to Huaman, lowered his head and said something to Huaman.

Zhou Sheng frowned slightly.

"Asheng, go and invite Inspector Lan over."

Chen Qichang next to him patted his arm, whispered something, and walked in while talking and laughing with Yan Tong.

"Okay, uncle."

Zhou Sheng responded and looked away from Fat Zai Chao.

Sanjiang Shui listened with great interest. When Lan Jiang finished speaking, he smiled:

"The fellow villagers are quite brave. They dare to kill even the ghosts."

"Fortunately, Frankie is just an ordinary businessman, and he is engaged in a shady side business such as underground boxing. The ghost guys above were also worried that the matter would cause a big incident and hurt their face, so they hastily closed the case. .”

After a pause, Lan Jiang suppressed his anger: "However, these people from the hometown association are really bold. Since we have no law enforcement power in the walled city, every time we finish doing something, we can hide in the walled city and everything will be fine."

"No matter how you say it, the hometown association is just a society. How can you be so bold and arrogant?"

Sanjiangshui glanced at his mouth, pointing directly to the essence:

"After all, the dead ghost guy's status is not high enough, and Frankie is just a ghost guy businessman who makes money.

It doesn't matter how you conduct shady business in private, but it definitely won't work if you expose it to the public.Gui Lao also wants to lose face, not to mention that the citizens are already very resentful towards them. If things get serious, Gui Lao's first thought will only be to cover it up.If the dead ghost guy was a senior police superintendent, the ghost guy's army would have marched into the city and forcibly swept away the hometown association. "

"But they also have to take into account the influence over there." Lan Jiang finished.

Immediately he shook his head and said: "In short, this city and the hometown association are indeed troublesome."

two people chatting
Li An, like Sir Zhang, had no intention of expressing an opinion at all.While playing with the goblet in his hand, he listened quietly.

In fact, the Walled City that the two people talked about, this legendary Sanguan area, although chaotic, is not a must-win place for the community now.

After all, the people living in the walled city are some new immigrants who have just crossed the sea, and some miserable aboriginal people, which is a proper slum.

Anyway, those who exploit sideways can open their doors and do business openly.

How can a slum make money in oily areas such as Yau Tsim Mong and Wan Chai?

When there is real chaos, we have to wait until the Independent Commission Against Corruption is established, and side businesses cannot be put in the open, so that the advantages of the area can be reflected.

At this time, Zhou Sheng came over.

"Detective Lan, Yan Tong is here, and some detectives are interested again. Please go play Pai Gow."

Lan Jiang couldn't refuse, so he smiled heartily:
"Okay! Just for fun."

"Sanjiang Shui, you finally came to Kowloon. Don't be in a hurry to leave later."

"no problem."

"Let's go. If Yan Tong is interested, then let's play with him."

Lan Jiang stood up and Sir Zhang followed him.

Watching the two of them leave, Zhou Sheng let out a sigh of relief and rubbed his cheeks.

Li An smiled at him:
"very tired?"

Zhou Sheng nodded: "I have always disliked the things these people come to deliver."

"But being sober is an invisible rule in life. It involves all aspects of interaction and communication between people, and it is also a common sense in Chinese people's daily life. Your uncle came out to arrange this banquet for you, and almost all the detectives were invited. It’s also to show your face and transfer my interpersonal relationships to you.”

Seeing Zhou Sheng's face looking slightly tired, Li An took a glass of wine and placed it in front of him.

"Drink?"

"Ah."

Zhou Sheng took the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp, his face turned red from the alcohol.

Li An suddenly pointed to his right side and asked knowingly:
"Who is that?"

Zhou Sheng looked in the direction of Li An's finger.

It was a man with oily hair, wearing a blue jacket, a high nose, and a decent appearance.Next to him sat a fair, fat man wearing a blue striped short shirt, and the two of them were whispering something.

When he saw Zhou Sheng looking over, he nodded and smiled in return.

"His name is Lei Luo, Detective Inspector of Dustpan Bay. Just like me, he is just a young detective. When we are detectives, we also look at the jurisdiction. There is a lot of oil and water in the jurisdiction. If there are people who flatter both black and white, the reputation will naturally be bigger. I'm okay. At least it is close to Kai Tak Airport, there is not much oil and water, but there is not much, and you can dust Kei Wan.”

Tin Kei Wan is located east of Quarry Bay and west of Chai Wan.Because the water area is very round and shaped like a dustpan, it is named after it.

External transportation in the area of ​​Dust Kei Wan is very backward. In the early days, sampans were used to travel to and from Central with very few services.Even though trams have been laid for a long time, there is only one-way track from Causeway Bay to Dust Kei Bay.

When the tram arrives at Tin Kei Wan, if another train comes from Causeway Bay, the tram on the other side of Tin Kei Wan can only wait.

There is also a saying that a hero is trapped in Dust Kei Bay and does not know when he will arrive in Central!To describe the inconvenience of transportation in that area.Naturally, there is not much oil and water to be fished out.

"Brother Sheng, I see that the guests sitting around him seem to be deliberately alienating him."

Li An asked casually.

But Zhou Sheng clearly felt that Li An seemed to be quite interested in Lei Luo.He replied:
"On Yan Tong's birthday last month, Lei Luo hit a ghost guy named Henry at Yan Tong's birthday party. Yan Tong slapped him and kicked him out. Most of the guests here were police officers, and they were worried about Yan Tong. Naturally, I was very distant from him."

(End of this chapter)