From the moment he was shot to hearing the news of Lin Xiyuan's death, less than an hour and a half had passed. Some people are just too fast!
"Not only Lin Xiyuan, but Lin Xishen, who has been out of the public eye for many years, is also dead. The Macau Judiciary Police now suspect it was a revenge killing." Huang Liu said to Song Tianyao, a cigarette dangling from his lips. "Now there are rumors that Lin Xiyuan's men killed a Chamber of Commerce staff member in revenge, Mr. He. He had Lin Xiyuan killed. There's also something else. Mr. He's informant said that there were three gangsters from Hong Kong at the Black Sand Bay Pier who came by private boat. They introduced themselves to Chen Wuhei's men on the boat as members of the Hong Kong He-prefix gangs. The three men were named Handkerchief Qing, Shar Pei Dog, Chu Yau-chai. Chen Wuhei's men said that the three men were carrying short dogs, which they didn't hide very well, but rather openly concealed on their waists. They looked even more arrogant than Big Tin Yi."
Hearing the news brought by Huang Liu, Song Tianyao felt his head spinning. The Lin Family had arranged for gunmen to kill him, and he had just risked everything to lure out Lin Xiyuan, the mastermind behind it all, only to have Lin Xiyuan die so easily. This had already surprised Song Tianyao, and now, three more Hong Kong gangsters carrying firearms had come to Macau at this time?
"Find me a piece of blank paper and a pen," Song Tianyao said to Huang Liu, standing up from the sofa and stretching a bit.
Huang Liu turned and left Song Tianyao's bedroom. A short while later, he returned with a pen and paper in his hand. Song Tianyao took the pen and sat down at the desk in the bedroom. He used the pen to scribble on the paper, first writing down a series of names such as Lin Xiyuan, Jiang Mingcong, Big Tin Yi, Lin Xiaohe Lin Xiaoze, Lin Xiao qia, Lin Xiaokang Lin Xiaosen, Lam Kong Xiaosen, Pedro Lobo, Song Tianyao, Song Tianyao, and Handkerchief Qing, and then linking the names with events like branches.
The initial connection went smoothly, but when Song Tianyao deduced which of the two names, Lin Xiyuan and Lam Kong, should be linked to Lin Xiaohe, Lin Xiao qia, or Lin Xiaoze, he got stuck. He didn't know whether to link Lin Xiyuan to Lin Xiaohe or Lin Xiao qia, nor did he know which member of the Lin Family had contacted Lam Kong.
Song Tianyao's judgment that the Lin Family would be detrimental to him in Macau began after receiving a phone call from Lam Kong. Before that call, Song Tianyao had no idea that the Lin Family planned to kill him in Macau.
Putting himself in Lin Xiyuan's shoes, Song Tianyao realized that if he were the mastermind behind the Song Tianyao Lin Family's plan to completely eliminate him in Macau, he would never contact Lam Kong at this time, even if he had already made contact with Lin Xiyuan. He wouldn't even ask Lam Kong to take sides without telling him anything.
As it turned out, it was because Lam Kong was contacted by the Lin Family and then told Song Tianyao that Song Tianyao escaped death. If he hadn't been wearing a bulletproof vest, the bullet wound to his chest would have allowed his family in Hong Kong to be notified to bring his body back for the funeral.
Contact Lin Xiyuan, then contact Lam Kong.
These two points don't make sense. Lin Xiyuan's murder in Macau has absolutely no connection to Lam Kong, who works as a police officer in Hong Kong.
Putting those two relationships aside for the moment, Song Tianyao turned his attention to the names of the three Jianghu figures on the Handkerchief Qing. What possible connection could there be between these three men, who were currently in Macau, and Lin Xiyuan and Lam Kong?
Three people brought firearms to Macau? And they didn't bother to conceal them, just tucked them into their waistbands?
Are you afraid others won't know you brought weapons?
They came to Macau to show off that the three of them had guns, as if they thought they had lived too long and were planning to make a name for themselves in Macau?
Song Tianyao had heard of all three of them. He had some grudges against them. Handkerchief Qing was Double Red Pole with Wo Hung Shun, and he was almost shot in the head by Yan Hung at Sai Kung Pier. Shar Pei Dog and Chu Yau-chai were members of the Kowloon's Eighteen Tigers. Four of the Kowloon's Eighteen Tigers had already died because of Song Tianyao: Rat Xiang, Chai Fa Chiu, Scribe Tan, and Heizai Jie.
They learned I was in Macau, so they came Macau armed to seek revenge, to kill me to avenge their four sworn brothers? But if they came to seek revenge, they shouldn't have let anyone know they were carrying guns.
The question Lin Family's Lam Kong asked him on the phone was: what use is a lowly police officer like him, who knows nothing but how to extract confessions, commit perjury, and frame others?
Suddenly, a possibility popped into Song Tianyao, and he used a pen to link the names of Lam Kong, Handkerchief Qing, and the other person together.
Then he connected the three people of Han Jinqing to his own name, and then connected the name of Da Tian Er to his own name. Song Tianyao suddenly felt that he understood a little bit. These three gangsters crossed the sea to Macau, and they didn't really come to kill people. I am afraid that after he was killed by the gunmen, they took the initiative to admit that it was the three of them who shot him! Lan Gang was the young man who waited for them to admit and helped them to give false testimony!
If everyone can be convinced that Song Tianyao died in a gangland feud between three Hong Kong, it will clear the connection between Big Tin Yi and Lin Xiyuan's storyline.
These are two parallel storylines: Lin Xiyuan seeking to kill Big Tin Yi is one storyline, while the Hong Kong gangsters giving false testimony and surrendering themselves is another. These two storylines run parallel and do not intersect.
Song Tianyao put a question mark on Lin Xiaohe's name after linking Lin Xiyuan's name to Lin Xiyuan's name, and also put a question mark on Lin Xiaohe's name after linking Hanjin Qinglang's name to Hanjin Qinglang's name. Looking at the lines on the paper, he seemed to be able to see some of the situation, but something still felt wrong. So he crossed out the line connecting Hanjin Qinglang and others over Lin Xiaohe's name.
These two storylines shouldn't have been arranged by Lin Xiaohe alone. Lin Xiaohe clearly intended to take things by surprise, so there's no reason to add unnecessary complications by creating the Lam Kong and Handkerchief Qing storylines.
Is it possible that Lin Xiaohe, Lin Xiaoze, or Lin Xiaosen Lin Xiaoze instructed Lin Xiyuan to secretly resolve their own issues in Macau, but informed their brothers of this, while Lin Xiao qia or the other Lin Family brothers privately felt it was safer to avoid Lin Xiyuan being investigated, so they prepared to temporarily fabricate a feud to help Lin Xiyuan clear his name?
The person in the Lin Family who arranged for Lin Xiyuan to kill him was likely unaware that one of his brothers had unnecessarily fabricated a false ending.
The more Song Tianyao thought about it, the more likely it seemed!
The person who gave Lin Xiyuan the orders was ruthless and cunning. Considering that he couldn't borrow money in Hong Kong, it was highly likely that Lin Xiaohe had instructed him to deliberately force him to come to Macau to borrow money, and then kill him Macau.