"The Detective Lei you're talking about, is it Chief Detective Lei Luo of the Chinese Detective Agency?"
Yang Sheng sat up straight and looked at Zhuyouzai.
Piggy proudly tossed his head: "Of course!"
Yang Sheng rubbed his head and suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked something.
Yang Sheng had always believed that Fatty Wang had sent him to Hong Kong in the late 1970s.
Given the god-like abilities displayed by the other party, it's not impossible for them to send him back to that period of history.
Yang Sheng doesn't know much about Hong Kong in the 1970s, nor is he clear about what major events happened that year, but he always felt that some subtle details didn't match the historical record.
Now that Zhu Youzai mentioned it, Yang Sheng suddenly remembered that he had specifically looked up information about this Chief Detective when he watched old Hong Kong movies.
In normal historical circumstances, this Chief Detective Inspector's true peak of power should have been in the 1960s, and he should have retired by the end of the 1960s.
Now it's 1979, but the other side still wields immense power.
This world is not true history.
Yang Sheng was stunned for a moment, then gestured to Dilu to give Zhuyouzai a chair, and asked after he sat down, "I've heard of you, Zhuyouzai, Detective Lei's personal landlord."
"You're Detective Lei's trusted lieutenant, how come you came to Kowloon Walled City alone and got chased and hacked so badly without anyone protecting you?"
Historically, Lui Lok was the head of the four chief Chinese detectives, dominating both the underworld and legitimate society, and practically controlling everything.
In reality, the position of Chief Detective Inspector is not a very high rank; it is only a senior sergeant, and even lower in rank than that of Senior Inspector Chen Wenyao of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, who arrested Yang Sheng last time.
At that time, Hong Kong was still under British rule, and it was extremely difficult for Chinese people to occupy high positions in the police force; Chan Man-yiu was an exception.
However, the position of Chief Detective Inspector is low in rank but high in power. He commands all Chinese police officers in Hong Kong, and even the police's crime-solving rate is in Lui Lok's hands.
With just a word from Lui Lok, all the police officers in Hong Kong would immediately go on strike, and crime would surge.
The British police superintendents had no choice but to humbly ask for help from Raylor.
Most of these British men had also accepted bribes from Réiló, and they turned a blind eye to Réiló's arrogant style of doing things.
Moreover, all the tobacco stalls, gambling dens, and horse racing stalls in Hong Kong had to pay protection money to Lui Lok, otherwise the police would raid their premises the next day.
Although the young man in front of him may seem inconspicuous, like a street thug, he is actually Lei Luo's trusted henchman, a rent collector who is responsible for collecting protection fees from various gangs on Lei Luo's behalf.
The foreigners Wen and others didn't recognize him, but Uncle Chang, Huang Wen, and others did, and they treated him with great respect.
Piggy rubbed his face and muttered, "Damn it! A small gang leader owes me three months' worth of protection money. His underlings said that their big boss, Egg San, came to Kowloon Walled City to see his lover, so I brought my men in to follow him."
After finally finding the other person, my underlings all went after them, but I couldn't keep up and ended up getting lost.
I wanted to pay a local a few dollars to help me get out, but those anti-drug thugs went crazy and tried to attack me. Even when I showed them Brother Luo's name, they weren't afraid!
Piggy is still a little scared.
If I were to be hacked down by a ditch in Kowloon Walled City without any explanation, I would die with my eyes wide open in disbelief.
Yang Sheng smiled and said, "Kowloon Walled City is a lawless place; even the British can't handle it."
These drug addicts are living hand to mouth. Don't even mention bringing up Inspector Lei; even if you bring up Mak Lei Ho, it won't make a difference.
Your outfit practically screams "You're weak, you've got money, so rob me!" You'll be spotted within a hundred meters. I'll have Leopard Head take you out later.
Piggy rubbed his hands together and said, "Then thank you very much, big shot."
"Which gang does this big shot belong to? If you ever have to pay rent or offend anyone, just come find me, Piggy, and I'll take care of everything!"
Although Zhuyouzai may seem like someone who is neither good at academics nor martial arts, he is a very pleasant person to be around.
Although Yang Sheng and the others already knew his identity, he did not act arrogantly and still maintained a polite attitude towards his savior.
“No problem, Hong Shenglian, Yang Sheng.”
Piggy nodded, but didn't seem to remember anything.
All he knew was that the person in charge of Hong Shenglian was that old fellow He Wenchang.
Being stingy and calculating makes people very uncomfortable.
Although Piggy always interacts with people in the gang, he is not actually a member of the gang.
He knew that all the triads in Hong Kong were organizing the Dragon City Championship, but he didn't know that Yang Sheng was making a name for himself on the stage.
However, he also remembered the name.
In this world, you need to be loyal to others, but you also need to follow the rules.
If someone saves your life, you can't not express your gratitude, even if they have ulterior motives.
After Piggy left, Dilu asked from the side, "Brother Sheng, you don't mean you want to have some kind of contact with Lei Luo, do you?"
Lei Luo, as the Chief Inspector of the Chinese Police Force, treated the members of the triad like toilets: they used them when needed, stuffed their filth inside, and kicked them aside when not in use.
Yang Sheng didn't answer Dilu, but stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "At least the toilet is useful, it's better than those useless guys."
"Who do you think is older, Crippled Ho or Lui Lok?"
The foreigner scratched his head and said, "It should be Limpy Ho, the leader of Chao Yiyong, the underground emperor, whose word is law."
Lei Luo was also under the control of a group of foreigners, and he had to bribe them regularly.
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