Outside the door, Lai Man-yau, who had chased after them angrily, stood between Lin Xiaohe and Yan Hung. He glared at Yan Hung for a moment, then said to Lin Xiaohe, "Mr. Lin, why don't you Central Police Station with me to assist with the investigation? Superintendent Ge Enlei, who works there, is an old friend of yours. If this Detective Chief Inspector Yan also goes to the Central Police Station, hehe... Don't worry, even if this Detective Chief Inspector Yan has the guts to go to the Central Police Station, he won't have the energy to cause you trouble, Mr. Lin. All the brothers in the station are waiting to see him. Detective Li 'Lee Jusheng portrait is still hanging in the station. Let's see how he walks in."
What Lin Xiaohe needs now is to contact the outside world. In addition to contacting Lin Xiaosen, he has close ties with Britain officials of the Hong Kong Colonial Government. In the early stages of the incident, if he could maintain smooth contact with them, he could prevent the situation from deteriorating further through transactions or personal connections. However, this is not something that can be clearly explained by a lawyer. The other party may give him face, but they may not give face to his lawyer. Moreover, whether he can speak with them personally at this time is also a way to prove to those people that the Lin Family and he are temporarily safe.
"Very well," Lin Xiaohe said calmly. "Detective Chief Inspector Yan, this has nothing to do with me. It's the Central Police Station that needs my assistance in the investigation."
"Lai Man-yau... are you really going to oppose me?! Do you even know who's behind me?!" Yan Hung said to Lai Man-yau, his face ashen.
Lai Man-yau curled his lip. "That Justice of the Peace from the Chu Family, and that damned bastard surnamed Song! So what if you're right? You're going to shoot me dead here, just like you killed my godson Chai Fa Chiu back then? Come on? You don't dare? If you don't dare, either go back to your Yau Ma Tei, or come with me to the Central Police Station."
Yan Hung gripped his holster tightly with his right hand, veins bulging, looking at Lin Xiaohe, then at Lai Man-yau:
"Since I killed your godson, I'm not afraid of you, Lai Man-yau! Wherever Lin Xiaohe goes, I'll go too! Central Police Station, fine, let's go! I'm not afraid of Hunchback Dragon alive, and now that he's dead and a ghost, why would I be afraid of him coming after me?"
After learning from Lawyer Chen's phone call that Lin Xiaosen Lin Xiaohe had been taken away by the police under the pretext of assisting in the investigation, Lin Xiaosen couldn't sleep anymore. After contacting Lin Xiaohe's wife, he waited until dawn, without even having breakfast, and crossed the harbor to the Yau Ma Tei Police Station to meet Lin Xiaohe. However, when he arrived at the Yau Ma Tei Police Station, he found that Lin Xiaohe had already gone to Saint Immanuel Hospital on Hong Kong Island.
When they crossed the harbor back to Hong Kong Island and arrived at the hospital, they met Ronnie, who hadn't slept all night. Ronnie spread his hands and told Lin Xiaosen that Lin Xiaohe had gone to the Central Police Station.
When Lin Xiaosen tried to rush to the Central Police Station, it was already 9:00 a. m. Hundreds of workers carrying banners that read "Blood debts must be repaid in blood" and "Murder to silence witnesses" were marching along the Central Main Road toward the Labour Department, led by Mei Jiasheng, chairman of the Manufacturing Industry General Union.
One of the workers recognized Lin Xiaosen's car, which he had driven to the Labour Department to distribute overtime pay the day before. Suddenly, a crowd surged forward, trying to stop his car. Helpless, Lin Xiaosen had his driver turn around and, following the instructions his third brother had given him through Lawyer Chen, went to the Labour Department to quickly resolve the workers' demands.
When Lin Xiaosen arrived at the Labour Department, Sister Xiang, who had been threatened all night by Fuyixing's men, was carrying a handbag and walking timidly toward the Lin Family.
Sister Xiang felt like she had a nightmare last night. She was helping Lin Yujing and her daughter fold their clothes when suddenly she felt a pain in the back of her head, her vision went black, and she fainted. When she woke up, there were six or seven fierce-looking, bare-chested, tattooed men in front of her.
First, they gave Sister Xiang's hometown address in Shunde, and then they listed the names of Shunde parents, younger brother, nephew, niece, and so on. If Sister Xiang not do as they said, not only would she be sold to Brothel in Macau, but her whole family's lives would also be in danger.
In the past, even if she and Lin Yujing were trapped in the small building on Ngau Tau Shan, Sister Xiang wouldn't have been intimidated by these people. The Lin Family had a great reputation in Hong Kong. Not to mention the Lin Family members, even the Lin Family's servants, especially servants like Sister Xiang who had become live-in maids after turning 10, were not people that ordinary people in the underworld could mess with.
But what those burly men said last night terrified Sister Xiang. They said that the Lin Family's opium trafficking had finally come to an end. Lin Xiao qia had been arrested, Lin Xiaohe had been arrested, Lin Xiaoze was hospitalized, and even Lin Xiaosen was taken care of by dawn.
Whether these words were true or false, the other party used her family as a threat, so Sister Xiang had no choice but to comply. Fortunately, the other party did not torture her. They just told her to quietly return to the Lin Family after dawn and say a few words to Zheng Ruilian, the biological mother of Lin Xiaoze and Lin Xiao qia. As long as the message reached her, they would never cause her any trouble again.
Seeing the Lin Family's gardener open the door to trim the bushes outside, Sister Xiang forced a smile at him, then lowered her head and entered the Lin Family.
But what use were those few words from the other party, spoken to the weak and good-natured Madam Zheng?
Chapter 409 Class and Rules
Lin Xiao qia sat with a gloomy expression in an interrogation room at the Marine Police Headquarters, speaking to the two plainclothes officers interrogating him:
"I already said I was just out for a stroll and a chat at the dock. What contraband that ship carried is none of my business. The Lin Family never touches that kind of business. Also, if you have any questions, have your superiors come see me. And there's no lawyer present. I have nothing else to say."
A young man in a sharp suit sitting on the left smiled at Lin Xiao qia and put down his pen.
"I think you've misunderstood, Mr. Lin. We are indeed part of the Police Force, but we work in the Political Department, which is somewhat different from the duties of other detective officers. I wonder if you'd like to see the Police Department Chief or the Head of Security Branch?"
Lin Xiao qia wasn't intimidated by the title of the Political Department. He raised an eyebrow and said disdainfully, "So what if it's the Political Department? Just because I'm standing on the dock, does that mean they can pin the contraband on me for passing cargo ships? You have to catch someone in the act, young man."
"The Political Department is indeed nothing special, but Political Department can refuse your request to see a lawyer for certain reasonable reasons. Moreover, unlike other departments in the Hong Kong Police Force, the Political Department n't need conclusive evidence. It only needs to have some suspicions about you, Mr. Lin, and obtain some evidence to require your cooperation in the Political Department's investigation, and you can't refuse." Another Political Department officer closed the notebook on the table, looked up at Lin Xiao qia and said.