"What?! So arrogant? I've never even seen my Dad use one." Chu Xiaoxin's eyes lit up after hearing Song Tianyao's words. He looked down and carefully examined his JP brooch. "Doesn't that mean I can say whatever I want about the whole thing, black or white?"
"Now you know why those triad bosses love to run errands for the big Chinese businessmen, right? With just a word from you, Likang, those triad members running errands for the company can fight other triads in the streets, and the cops will only arrest the opposing side, not the triad members you command. That's what a true Justice of the Peace of the Che Qi Shan is like. As for your uncles and elders, they were already in their forties when they got that title, so of course they wouldn't go out and meddle in other people's business. But if you look closely, which Justice of the Peace the Peace doesn't have a group of capable triad members under their command? Actually, they're not really triad members; they're clearly legal Hong Kong citizens allowed by the Hong Kong Government to cooperate with the Justice of the Peace in maintaining social order, living near the Justice of the Peace."
When Song Tianyao used Oxfam promote Chu Xiaoxin to Justice of the Peace, he consulted the information on Justice of the Peace. At that time, he discovered that the title of Justice of the Peace of the Peace was not just an honorary title like the one in his previous life. In the early 1950s World War II, the Hong Kong Colonial Government had not yet restricted or taken back the power of Justice of the Peace, and still allowed Justice of the Peace to cooperate with the Hong Kong Colonial Government police and the British Forces in Hong Kong to maintain social order in Hong Kong.
In reality, these powers were not granted to the China person by the Britain. The Justices of the Justice of the Peace were initially granted primarily to the heads of various Britain merchant houses who were armed and involved in the opium trade. At that time, piracy was rampant near Hong Kong, and to prevent their goods from being robbed, Britain opium merchants had no choice but to arm their ships and recruit armed sailors. To give these opium merchants a legitimate reason for armed opium trade, the Hong Kong Colonial Government established the so-called Public Order Committee and granted these opium merchants the title of Security Public Order Committee Member. When this was translated into Chinese, the clerk came up with the elegant title of Justice of the Justice of the Peace.
However, as the number of Chinese in Hong Kong gradually increased, some wealthy Chinese businessmen were willing to serve the Hong Kong Colonial Government and used their wealth to make connections, and they gradually became Justice of the Peace. Of course, they could not have their own guns and weapons, but it became standard practice for Chinese Justice of the Peace the Peace to employ a group of thugs responsible for surrounding the docks and seizing berths.
"Wouldn't that be awesome? Any bastard who tries to steal my woman, and our men fight each other, wow~ just thinking about it gets me excited~ Why don't we try it? Your Wanqing was taken away by Fuyixing's men, right? Let's use her to test it out. Bring a boat, I'm going to the shore to call Liu Fu. I hope Liu Fu ignores me and lets me arrange for someone to cause trouble on my own..." After Chu Xiaoxin Song Tianyao explained his current title of Justice of the Peace of the Peace, Chu Xiaoxin got up excitedly to call a sampan to the dock and call the Police Station to report the case.
It was as if the three cops at the table were invisible.
Upon hearing that Chu Xiaoxin was going to call Liu Fu, Cheung Wing-kam could no longer remain silent. As Detective Chief Inspector in Kowloon District, Liu Fu would not stand idly by receiving a call from Justice of the Peace; he would definitely contact Cheung Wing-kin, the Detective Chief Inspector in charge of Kowloon, immediately. Moreover, Cheung Wing-kin was very familiar with the Flower Arrangement Apartments owned by Fuyixing's Rat Xiang, as the Flower Arrangement Apartments were located next to the Kowloon City Police Station Cheung Wing-kin was based. The monthly fees were always paid on time. Cheung Wing-kin had met Rat Xiang several times; he was the grand-disciple of Fuyixing- hing's uncle, Tan Changshan, and a henchman of Fuyixing Red Pole, Ngo Keng Ho, who was in charge of managing a pawn shop, two Opium dens, and a Brothel under Tan Changshan's name on Argyle Street.
"Mr. Chu, is it really necessary for you and Secretary Song to personally inform Chief Liu about such a small matter? I happen to be in charge of Kowloon, and I'm also very familiar with the Flower Arrangement Apartment. How about I arrange to make a phone call and let them know? It's already this late, how can we let you two spoil your mood? I'll have someone bring Miss Wanqing over." Cheung Wing-kam said to Chu Xiaoxin and Song Tianyao.
Song Tianyao was too lazy to personally go out in the middle of the night for a Songstress. The Songstress was just a nominal excuse. He couldn't let Chu Xiaoxin, Justice of the Peace of the Peace, personally go and cause trouble for the triads. If the Second Young Master Chu really led people to cause trouble, it would be such a disgraceful thing that if word got out, the Government House might consider revoking his newly acquired title of Justice of the Peace.
Since Cheung Wing-kam was willing to do a small favor, Song Tianyao naturally didn't mind. He looked at Yan Hung, after all, he had tricked Yan Hung in the past, which made Song Tianyao himself successful. Today, Yan Hung was foolishly dragged here by Cheung Wing-kam to curry favor, and hadn't realized what was going on yet. It wouldn't hurt for him to help him out.
"Then I'll trouble Inspector Cheung to make a call and have the police take the woman back first, and then have Brother Hung go and bring her back from the Kowloon City Police Station, okay?" Chu Xiaoxin asked Song Tianyao to make the decision, and Song Tianyao spoke directly.
Cheung Wing-kam stood up and smiled at Chu Xiaoxin and Song Tianyao, saying, "It's nothing. I'll take my leave now. I'll make a phone call at the dock and have A-Hung bring the person over. I'll see Mr. Chu another day."
Yan Hung wanted to show his face to Chu Xiaoxin a little longer, but unexpectedly, Song Tianyao and Cheung Wing-kam both asked him to take charge of the matter. Seeing that Chu Xiaoxin did not try to stop him, Yan Hung reluctantly got up, said goodbye to Song Tianyao and Chu Xiaoxin, and followed Cheung Wing-kam downstairs.
As Cheung Wing-kam walked downstairs, he said to Yan Hung, "A-Hung, don't hold grudges about the past. I was planning to transfer you back to Kowloon anyway. Why don't you go back to plainclothes for now? As for the Detective Sergeant position, I'll arrange for you to take it over as soon as a suitable position becomes available."
Chapter 184 Hero Saves the Beauty
Meng Wanqing recognized the young man who barged into Rat Xiang's room with several plainclothes officers. He was Wong Wan-chiu, who had been a frequent customer of hers at Taibai Seafood Restaurant. Although he was frivolous and liked to take advantage of her when she was drinking with him, he was relatively well-behaved compared to Rat Xiang, who was now pressuring her. Moreover, this young man was Detective Sergeant from the Mong Kok Police Station, a genuine police officer.
"Officer Huang, save me." Seeing the police badge pinned to the collar of the man's suit and his smiling face, Meng Wanqing felt a sudden sense of relief. Before she could even correct herself whether the hatred she felt was directed at Wong Wan-chiu front of her, she hid behind him.
Wong Wan-chiu looked disdainfully at Rat Xiang, whose head was being pointed at by his plainclothes subordinate, and deliberately spoke in a sarcastic tone, "Brother Xiang, are you forcing a good woman into prostitution?"