Hong Kong Movies: I am Hongxing, what the hell is the intelligence king?

Chapter 168 The Most Brutal Revenge

Cheng Guobin came out of Director Guan's office and clenched his fists.

Director Guan told him that Richard wanted to investigate Cheng Guobin.

Cheng Guobin naturally knew the reason.

Aren't you investigating Richard? The other party is taking revenge.

It is actually very difficult to track down a senior superintendent of the Special Branch in a busy city.

No matter how poor Richard's professional ability is, he is still a policeman and he has the necessary qualities.

Tracking him without being detected is basically impossible.

In fact, Cheng Guobin was not afraid of being discovered by Richard. When the team members were exposed, Cheng Guobin didn't care.

Once the relationship is broken, there is nothing to hide.

I just want to investigate you!
I just want to keep an eye on you and prevent you from doing anything sneaky.

This is Cheng Guobin’s true inner thought.

However, Director Guan gave him a blow:
"I know you don't mind Zong Lun's death. In fact, I am also not at peace."

"We are classmates and friends."

"We all want Zong Lun to die in peace, and we all want to avenge him."

"But please, even if you want to investigate, be careful."

"Do you know you've crossed the line?"

"Our jurisdiction is in Tsim Sha Tsui, and you went to Wan Chai to follow us?"

"Why don't you call the local police station?"

"I know it's hard to talk about investigating Richard, but you have to tell him anyway, even if it means going there to find cats and dogs for a ridiculous reason."

"This is the way of the world."

"You are a police officer, you should know the consequences of crossing the line."

"Richard didn't use this reason to attack you. He was just playing cat and mouse with you. You better be careful!"

"He just called me and asked me to send him all the files of your team."

"You should know why."

Cheng Guobin gritted his teeth and said:

"This is just trying to find fault with something."

Director Guan glared at him:
"What's the point of finding faults? They're just looking for a random reason to interfere with your case."

"The Political Department doesn't have any fixed cases. It's their job to punish our own people."

"He's got you targeted."

Cheng Guobin clenched his fists tightly.

Director Guan softened his tone and pointed to his head:

"We are police officers, remember to learn how to use this."

"The Political Department is one level higher than us. We must learn to protect ourselves."

Police officers have to protect themselves in the police station...

Cheng Guobin's eyes were spitting fire.

But there is no way. The regulations stipulate that the Political Department can supervise cases of front-line detectives. What else is there to say?

The best strategy is to truly protect yourself.

Director Guan stepped forward and patted Cheng Guobin on the shoulder:

"Tell me if you have anything, I'll help you with it."

Cheng Guobin said expressionlessly:

"The only trouble is Richard from the Political Department."

Director Guan choked and pointed:
"go out!"

Cheng Guobin forced a smile and said:
"Thank you, sir."

Director Guan waved his hand unhappily.

Cheng Guobin came out of Director Guan's office with a gloomy face, and the air pressure around him was low.

None of the Organized Crime and Triad members dared to speak loudly, for fear of disturbing him.

Jingle Bell!
A rapid phone call broke the silence in the office.

Cheng Guobin frowned and picked up the phone, his pupils shrank slightly. Is it Kang Daoxing calling?

Generally speaking, even if the Criminal Intelligence Department is related to the Organized Crime and Triad Society cases, they will not be contacted unless there is a case.

The police are too busy.

One case may require several months of continuous work, and if there is a front-line surveillance mission, it means working around the clock.

Criminal police have no schedule.

This is true for the Organized Crime and the Criminal Intelligence Department.

Generally speaking, the small leaders of the two units will not contact each other.

Only when you reach the level of police superintendent and can take time off from front-line criminal investigation work can you have proper social interaction.

Police officers at the inspector level are in the lower-middle level in the police force.

"Sir Cheng, there is something going on. Come to the beach."

Cheng Guobin stood up immediately.

Kang Daoxing’s words left him confused. What was going on?
What beach?
Why did you suddenly look for me?

It doesn't seem right, right?

However, now is not the reason to ask this, Kang Daoxing is the head of the secret investigation team appointed by the boss.

Is there any progress in Zong Lun’s case?

Thinking of this, Cheng Guobin felt a surge of heat in his heart.

As long as there is progress in Luo Zonglun's case, he is willing to do anything, even if it means helping Kang Daoxing.

He thought that Kang Daoxing's appointment with him was a private matter, but to his surprise, not only Kang Daoxing was there, but also CEO Huang Bingyao, Superintendent Chan Yan-kin and Senior Inspector Luk Kei-chang were all there.

Not only them, there was also a team of plainclothes officers.

In addition, there are forensic pathologists.

This doesn't look like a meeting, it's more like a crime scene.

Cheng Guobin was confused, so why was he looking for me?
If a case happens here, the West Kowloon Police Station should be responsible for it, right?

Kang Daoxing waved his hand:

"Mr. Cheng, come and take a look."

Cheng Guobin was puzzled:
"what?"

Lu Qichang said in a deep voice:

"There's a man hanging on the beach. He's an acquaintance."

Cheng Guobin was startled and took two steps forward. With just one glance, his pupils suddenly dilated and he said in a lost voice:

"Richard?"

"he died?!"

Surrounded by a group of police officers was Senior Superintendent Richard of the Special Branch.

Cheng Guobin was greatly surprised:
"That's not right. I saw this guy at noon today."

"Just recently, Director Guan told me that Richard had targeted me and he asked Director Guan for all my case materials."

"How long has it been since he died?"

Forensic pathologist Gu Ze Shen said:
"I believe you have already seen that this is a forced killing, an execution-style shooting, a single shot to the head."

"The shooter's method was very professional. He has done this kind of thing many times before."

"What's surprising is the look in Richard's eyes..."

"I can't believe it, as if I'm dying with my eyes open."

Kang Daoxing asked quickly:
"Doctor Gu have any guesses?"

Furusawa Shin is a best-selling author of detective novels. Forensic medicine is a subject that requires a lot of logic.

There is a famous saying in forensic medicine: the corpse doesn't lie.

As the head of the Criminal Intelligence Department, Kang Daoxing has dealt with Gu Zeshen many times and understands deeply that although Dr. Gu is young, he has profound reasoning skills.

Gu Ze Shen shrugged:

"Looking at his eyes, it's clear that he's feeling frustrated and incredulous. Of course, this is mostly my subjective guess."

"What interests me is——"

"This guy was executed in an execution-style manner, which means someone thought he had committed a serious crime and deserved to be killed."

"But Richard is a senior superintendent of the Special Branch..."

"I really can't think of anyone he could betray?"

Kang Daoxing smiled:

"Thank you, Dr. Gu, for your hard work."

Gu Zeshen looked up at everyone and said:

"Although Richard's cause of death was an execution-style shooting, I still need to go back and perform an autopsy before I can draw a conclusion on the specific circumstances."

"Then I won't bother you guys with your investigation."

Watching Gu Zeshen and others leave, Lu Qichang smiled and said:
"This ancient doctor is a wise man."

Kang Daoxing said casually:

"He is a best-selling novelist and is very smart in dealing with people."

Cheng Guobin couldn't help but ask:

"what is going on?"

"How did Richard die?"

Kang Daoxing sighed:
"We received a call earlier saying that someone found a dead body of a foreigner on the beach."

"When we got here, we realized that things had gotten serious."

"The dead man is Richard."

"The forensic investigators have already been here and conducted a thorough search of the crime scene."

"The result..."

Cheng Guobin asked:
"what?"

Kang Daoxing folded his arms and said:

"It's strange, this guy seems to have everything he has."

"Car keys, guns, ID, wallet..."

"Only the phone was gone, but I asked a colleague to check, and this is where the signal last disappeared."

Lu Qichang looked at the sea in front of him:
"Obviously, it should be there."

"Maybe the murderer threw him into the sea."

Cheng Guobin subconsciously refuted:
"No, if that's the case, why would this happen?" "The murderer could have thrown Richard into the sea as well."

"Wouldn't this be a waste of effort?"

As they were all experienced detectives, they immediately noticed something was wrong.

Richard died in an execution-style manner. It was obvious that the murderer was not afraid of him being reported, so naturally, there was no need to throw away Richard's mobile phone alone.

Everyone has a precedent for this kind of thing - Ni Kun.

Mary hated Ni Kun to the core, so she sent Liu Jianming to execute him. From Mary's point of view, Ni Kun really deserved to die.

The more Ni Kun's death was reported, the greater the pleasure Mary got.

She wished everyone knew that Ni Kun was executed.

Where's Richard?

It was also an execution-style death, and not even a penny was lost. The murderer must have been eager for the media to report the case, so why did he throw away his cell phone alone?
It doesn't make sense at all.

"No!"

"Richard lost something."

After Cheng Guobin carefully checked Richard's personal belongings, he said something unexpected.

Everyone looked over at the same time.

Cheng Guobin said seriously:

"Richard lost his checkbook."

Kang Daoxing immediately came over, examined it carefully, and said in surprise,
"Richard's checkbook is really lost."

Lu Qichang was surprised:
"What happened to you two?"

"A checkbook... is it important?"

Cheng Guobin explained:

"Richard has more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars in several accounts."

"Do you think it's important?"

Everyone was shocked.

"I was thinking of taking this to the ICAC..."

Huang Bingyao suddenly interrupted everyone's conversation.
"We'll talk about this later."

"You guys get in my car."

Cheng Guobin shut up immediately.

There were many people at the crime scene, including many ordinary police officers, so it was obviously inappropriate to say this.

When they got in the car, Huang Bingyao said:

"Mr. Cheng, tell me what happened."

Cheng Guobin is quick to respond to good advice:
"The thing is, after Luo Zonglun was killed..."

He recounted the incident in detail, including how he fell into anxiety, how he obtained Richard's private account information from Lin Feng, how he watched Richard go to the ICAC, and how he watched him walk out like he was shopping...

He explained everything, no matter how big or small.

"A white senior superintendent actually has so much money in his bank account, and the ICAC still lets him go..."

"There's something fishy going on with the ICAC."

Lu Qichuang quickly came to a conclusion.

Huang Bingyao pondered for a moment and said:

"Richard's affairs are now in the hands of Kang Daoxing, Sir Kang. Sir Lu, you have to provide him with operational support when necessary."

Lu Qichuang was stunned. Isn’t it the responsibility of their Organized Crime and Triad Bureau to deal with such matters?
Why was it downgraded?
But it was Richard who died, and Lu Qichang was downgraded:
"receive."

Lu Qichuang got out of the car happily and left with his people. The Organized Crime and Triad Bureau was very busy, and whoever wanted to investigate the affairs of the foreigners could do so. He didn't want to investigate anyway.

Huang Bingyao then said:

"Sir Kang, what do you think?"

Kang Daoxing thought about it and made a conclusion:
"According to the intelligence I have, Richard is one of the senior henchmen of the Gold Club."

"He has a high status in the club."

"According to the information provided by the big shot, there are three leaders in the Gold Club... Unfortunately, those three are people that our police department cannot afford to offend."

Cheng Guobin felt very uncomfortable:

"We are the police. No matter who breaks the law, we have to investigate."

Kang Daoxing glanced at him and said nothing.

Cheng Guobin glared at him fiercely, not giving in at all.

Huang Bingyao sighed:

"Sir Kang, I asked Sir Cheng to stay here because I wanted him to participate in the investigation in a moderate way."

"You need a helper at a critical moment."

Kang Daoxing then said:

"The Golden Club has three big players, one of whom is the deputy commissioner of the ICAC..."

Cheng Guobin's pupils shrank.

"The other is the deputy director of the Security Bureau."

"These two are called deputies, but we all know that they are the bosses who actually do the work."

"In addition, the core of the Big Three is an old lord who has served in the Hong Kong government for twenty years."

Cheng Guobin's face turned pale.

Kang Daoxing then said:

“Not long after I received the case, I knew it was not a case that could be completed in a short period of time.”

"Even if we want to start an investigation, we will face a lot of resistance."

"If my investigation team is exposed..."

"You should know the pressure I will face."

Cheng Guobin took a deep breath and apologized to Kang Daoxing:
"I'm sorry, Kang sir."

Richard alone is enough to render the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station helpless, not to mention his immediate superiors in the Police Force.

To put it bluntly, as long as Kang Daoxing's investigation team is exposed, they might all disappear - disappear in the physical sense.

Kang Daoxing gave his own opinion:
"There's something fishy about this case. I think there must be something wrong with the Gold Club."

Huang Bingyao asked:

"Where do you think the problem lies?"

Kang Daoxing shrugged:

"Maybe we should check Richard's account information again."

Huang Bingyao was startled:
"Didn't Mr. Cheng just check it?"

"…Who are you to take his money?"

Kang Daoxing smiled and said:

“I think we should check it out.”

Cheng Guobin asked:
"Boss, should this case be kept confidential?"

Huang Bingyao shook his head:
"How can you keep it a secret?"

"They killed Richard in an execution-style manner, and they're eager for us to publicize it."

"Besides, Richard is a white police superintendent in the Special Branch after all. He is also related to the word police. We have to act in a proper manner."

"It's just right. While we're investigating the foreigners, we can ask our superiors for various passes..."

"Mr. Kang, I'll leave this matter to you. Let Mr. Chen go with you to the press conference and announce the matter to Hong Kong with great fanfare."

Kang Daoxing was helpless:
"Boss, actually I still hope to investigate secretly."

Huang Bingyao said seriously:
"When the fake becomes real, the real becomes fake, the real becomes fake, the fake becomes real, and the fake becomes real. This way, people will not be able to tell what you are doing."

"You should know how dangerous your investigation team is."

"You have such a large group of people around you. If I don't give you a reasonable excuse, how are you going to cover it up from the Political Department?"

"It's a good opportunity to investigate Richard's case. It will allow your investigation team to move from the dark to the light."

"Even if others see your group together, they will not associate you with the Golden Club and Luo Zonglun's case."

"Isn't this just killing two birds with one stone?"

Kang Daoxing is sincerely convinced:
"Big Sir is very thoughtful."

Huang Bingyao then said to Cheng Guobin:
"We are all very angry about Luo Zonglun's death."

"Now that Richard, the mastermind behind this, is dead, in a way, Luo Zonglun has been avenged."

"You have to calm down. Otherwise, you will not be qualified to participate in such a confidential group."

Cheng Guobin nodded heavily.

What Huang Bingyao said is the truth. The most frightening thing when doing anything is letting your emotions get the best of you, especially for police officers.

People in other industries might just mess things up, but if the police mess things up, someone might die.

Cheng Guobin took the initiative to extend his hand to Kang Daoxing:

"Sir Kang, please give me more advice in the future."

"I will obey whatever you command."

Kang Daoxing smiled and shook the other person's hand firmly.

A man's promise is simple, without any ceremony, but both parties know that the other is a man of his word.

Huang Bingyao clapped his hands:
"You two are elites, you must do your job well."

After saying that, Huang Bingyao drove the person out of the car.

Chen Xinjian said to the two:

"I can't help you too much. Yuan Haoyun is in big trouble. The entire O-Ji has to revolve around his group."

"You have to be careful."

"If you need anything, please speak up immediately. No matter how difficult it is, I will spare enough manpower for you."

Kang Daoxing and Cheng Guobin said:

"Thank you, sir."

After saying this, Chen Xinjian also got into the car.

Cheng Guobin was puzzled:

"Is there a big case over there, Yuan Sir?"

Kang Daoxing said softly:

"I heard it was an arms smuggling group."

Cheng Guobin was speechless for a moment.

This is indeed a big case, and it is possible that some of our colleagues may be sacrificed.

So that evening, the West Kowloon Serious Crime Unit held an unprecedented emergency press conference to announce to the media the news that Senior Superintendent Richard of the Political Department had been executed by firing squad, which caused an uproar in public opinion.

Jiang Tiansheng got the news first, and he had a strong intuition - could this be Lin Feng's revenge?
(End of this chapter)