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Chapter 23 Here is the price of everything in Hong Kong.

On the way to Gou Luo Shita Building in Central, Sheng Jiashu and Howe also saw policemen carrying bodies from inside and outside a watch shop. A group of people nearby were talking, obviously, it was probably the watch shop that was robbed last night and the family was killed last night.

"Is this kind of thing common in Hong Kong?" Sheng Jiashu looked back at a body that was obviously a child being carried out by the police, and asked in time.

Huo Wei held the steering wheel and ignored the murder scene next to him: "Common, Mr. Sheng and I first came, you had the same reaction. It was too messy, it was even more messy than the Shanghai beach. It was not as big as the Shanghai Concession. There were dozens of robberies and murders in one night."

"Isn't Shanghai in chaos at that time?" Sheng Jiashu asked, lowering his head and taking out the cigarette and lit it.

"Selling children and daughters, robbery and murder. People in Huangpu River are thrown in every night, but they will not be so panic. On the beach, if someone dies, the neighbors will know that it is not their own business. If the dead people do something that should not be done, and if someone dies here, the neighbors will only worry whether they are the next one, because a watch boss can do something that should not be done. The murderer is just asking for money. On the beach, if you ask for money, you have to pay a visit to the dock. Following the arrangements, you dare to rob and kill people yourself. There is no need for the police to investigate the case. The old man on the ground has already asked someone to deal with them first." Huo Wei held the steering wheel with one hand, shook out a cigarette with the other hand and said, "So, whether it is rich or white-eyed person in Hong Kong, they are all rural guys, and they cannot be on the table. Bai Xiangren can't even shake his own land, so why can't people be afraid?"

Sheng Jiashu nodded without comment: "It makes sense, how did Shanghai Beach do it?"

"I don't know. If I knew, I would make a living by fighting, killing, and I would have helped Mr. Kuofa manage his business long ago. However, it seems like Mr. Du and Mr. Huang who are the first-class people in Shanghai, they are very sensible in their work. They kill people while living people. First, they tell outsiders that they are not allowed to kill people at will when they arrive in Shanghai, or they will die. Then they help them. When they are in trouble, they can always put them in a bowl of tea and rice." Huowei lit a cigarette, and a smoke came out of his mouth and said, "Mr. Kuofa also does this now. Many people from all over the country and the mountains and mountains go to Lichi and want to make some money. Mr. Kuofa told him that money can be given, two ways: one is to kill the other party, and the money is used to buy coffins. The other is to kneel down and call him uncle, and the money is used to hold his pockets. In the future, he is his own brother and is not allowed to go out to do murder and robbery."

Seeing that Sheng Jiashu did not speak again, Huo Wei continued to say: "The local gang in Hong Kong is not binding on people who are traversing in other places, ignore them, and only knows how to collect fees. If something happens, it really can't be covered... Mr. Sheng, I'm sorry, I don't mean to look down on Ling Zun and He Shengtang."

"You are right, why blame you? When my father was alive, he could only restrain his members of Shengtang and his subordinates, and could not establish the underground order of the entire Hong Kong world." Sheng Jiashu leaned against the backrest and vomited a mouthful of smoke: "The world is too chaotic, and it will make people dare not do business."

When he arrived at Guaratta Building in Central, there was no time for Sheng Jiashu to find the lawyer he wanted. A British ghost who was in his forties and had a fat body. Although he had his own lawyer's office, he had no business in his studio and could only play a guest role in other lawyers' businesses. This British ghost who named him Pan Qingtian and his real name David Butcher, learned that Sheng Jiashu could hire him to provide legal services to the other party for a period of time. Although his face was polite and arrogant, the red light from his fat face and the trembling shaking beard could make people see the excitement and pleasure of getting the job.

"The whole family was killed? Oh my God, it's so miserable, but what can I do for you?" Pan Qingtian asked quickly as he cut the steak in front of him.

Sheng Jiashu tasted corn soup with spoons: "Do you know a detective? Or anyone who really understands criminal investigation methods, as long as I am willing to play a guest appearance as a detective, I am willing to hire it, preferably a British."

Pan Qingtian raised his head and looked at Sheng Jiashu: "Detective? Investigate the case? Investigate the murderer?"

Sheng Jiashu nodded: "When you need to go to the police station to check information, I think the detective cannot go to the police station to check information and physical evidence directly. At this time, a lawyer needs to cooperate and help negotiate with the police station, right?"

"You know this process very well, sir." Pan Qingtian put a piece of beef into his mouth, chewed it for a few times before swallowing it, picked up the wine and sipped it: "You hired me because of this, right? There is indeed a family member in the UK who is dissatisfied with the speed of the case investigation, and he hired detectives to help investigate. However, this kind of thing is rare in Hong Kong. There are no detectives in Hong Kong. IMHO, sir, Hong Kong, no, detectives."

Sheng Jiashu stared at Pan Qingtian's eyes: "There is no detective? Then your job can be over here. I can consider finding a law firm run by an American and ask him to hire two detectives from Chicago to investigate."

"No, no, let the Americans go a little further, I haven't finished saying it yet... What I want to say is, sir, you are very lucky. When you met me, I was indeed a little embarrassed when you saw me, just like you saw, that can't blame me. Doing legal work in Hong Kong is just a few. As a judge, I couldn't let the Colonial Department choose my ability and be the head of the legal department of a large company. I don't have damn business connections, nor do I have a senior judge or a friend of a senior official. Then there is only the last one left. What does it take to be a lawyer and a lawyer? There are only some people who have bad experiences like me, and they take care of each other. I just happened to know a person with bad experiences, a real detective who came out of the Scottish police yard, an inspector of the Hong Kong Police Force, because he offended the Chief of Police, he was just transferred from the police force to a mysterious department... "

"Mr. David, the story doesn't take for so long. You want to say that you know a frustrated British man who is now a coolie in the Political Department. I only have a little doubt about your story. Why did he offend the Chief of Police?" Sheng Jiashu interrupted Pan Qingtian's nagging impatiently and asked directly.

Pan Qingtian was obviously a little dissatisfied with Sheng Jiashu interrupting him, but he barely suppressed him because the other party was the employer. He was silent for a moment and shrugged and said, "Because two months ago, the police chief's residence was robbed by thieves. I heard that the losses were heavy. The police chief had accumulated many years of wealth and was robbed."

Sheng Jiashu nodded in understanding: "Beautiful job, lawless."

"Yes, lawless, the police chief naturally had to solve the case within a time limit. Then, although the criminal was found, the losses were recovered, but it was actually fake. The criminal was a scapegoat found by the Chinese police, and they also found a way to collect the losses themselves. This was a happy situation. The robbers got wealth, and the director did not lose. The case was also solved as scheduled. No one was blamed for this. Except for the fool, he pointed out at the closing meeting that the case was not solved because the scapegoats could not even tell what they used to complete the robbery, knife, or gun. He made everyone in the police force lose face. So the director praised him, reiterated the others involved in the case, and wrote a sincere letter of recommendation, allowing him to join.

Political Department." Pan Qingtian was excited and even held a knife and fork and gestured, cooperating with his own language description: "That guy could have taken care of my legal aid business and recommended some families of the victims to be my clients, but now he can't do anything, or he introduced the business to me, and I couldn't take it. Last time I went to a bar with him to drink, I asked him if there was any business to take care of me. Now I have to eat only damn black bread and mayonnaise every day, and even be willing to order a soup for dinner every day. He said, I have a lot of businesses, are you willing to do it? For example, a general of the Kuomintang in China was assassinated, would you be a lawyer for the general's family, and then do something? I said no..."

"Speak the point, Mr. David, speak the point."

"Walter Hampden, 35 years old, with Chinese name Shaqi, a senior inspector of the Political Department. If you want to investigate the case, he may be the most suitable person for detectives in Hong Kong." Pan Qingtian took a deep breath, endured the employer to interrupt himself for the second time, and briefly introduced.

"How much do I have to pay him?" Sheng Jiashu looked at Pan Qingtian and asked.

Pan Qingtian's gray-blue eyes turned a few times: "He will be very expensive, maybe... two thousand pounds?"

Two thousand pounds are equivalent to nearly 40,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is definitely an astronomical figure, but Sheng Jiashu doesn't think the price is exaggerated. If the other party is really as outstanding as the fat man in front of him, the price is worth it. A ghost from the political department investigates this case, which can shorten the distance between himself and the truth a lot.

"I can pay two thousand pounds, and I can pay you some extra fees, but I need him to show whether he has the ability to detectives worth two thousand pounds. You must know that in the UK, you can have a detective firm around you for a few hundred pounds."

"This is Hong Kong, and the goods are very affordable, but please believe me, it will definitely be worth the money." Pan Qingtian excitedly patted his hands when he heard Sheng Jiashu agreeing to the offer.

"Will the Political Department let his staff come out to make extra money? Or, is he willing to make this money?" Sheng Jiashu said the last question.
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