Chapter 377: The Price of Dishonesty

Mai Jingtao took the letter and read it through carefully.

He suddenly raised his eyes and asked in confusion, "To hand over ten cases of Penicillin, why must we choose Henglan Island? Are they not aware that on an isolated island, once surrounded, there is simply no way to escape?"

Aili shrugged, unconcerned.

Ge Lianghong lit his pipe, "General Aili must be careful of them setting an ambush on the island; I hear those people are skilled at planting Landmines..."

Mai Jingtao asked with a hint of worry, "General Aili, tomorrow, how many men can you send to the island at most? A small number won't do. In case there is an ambush, our losses would be too great. Ten cases of Penicillin are valuable, but they are not worth more than human lives!"

"Is one thousand men enough?" Aili asked.

"One thousand men is enough!" Mai Jingtao said, "Last time, the Royal Marines suffered because of having too few men, which is why the operation failed."

"Last time was my fault. I didn't take those gang thugs seriously and wanted to take the opportunity to let the veterans train the new recruits... I didn't expect to run into a tough nut to crack," Aili said.

Ge Lianghong smiled, "Since the General is determined to fight this battle, I will have someone hang out the red flag."

Aili nodded, "I am going to mobilize the troops. I must also ask the Section Chief to arrange some ships."

Mai Jingtao also nodded.

Aiyuan Villa.

Pingping ran in from outside, her forehead covered in sweat, and said while panting, "The Governor's House has hung out the red flag! They have agreed to return the medicine to us!"

"You really are stupid! You actually thought they would have good intentions!" He Yuzhu said without even raising his head.

"You're the stupid one!"

"Those people just want to surround me after I get on the island..." He Yuzhu sneered.

Pingping was startled and asked, "You mean they won't keep their promise at all?"

Liu Rusi gently rubbed her stomach and said, "If you believe the British will keep their word on this matter, then even ghosts wouldn't believe it!"

"Then why did you set the location on the island!" Pingping asked.

He Yuzhu stood up, walked to the window, and said, "That place has good Feng Shui!"

"What do you plan to do?" Liu Rusi looked at him.

"It's a secret." He Yuzhu turned around and hugged Liu Rusi, "Don't worry, this play has no danger."

Liu Rusi nodded.

He Yuzhu let go of Liu Rusi, picked up his coat, and left.

"Stop!" Liu Rusi called out to him, "Are you really going by yourself?"

He Yuzhu nodded.

"Be careful, don't push yourself. At worst, we just won't take this batch of medicine."

"Don't worry." He Yuzhu pushed the door open and walked out.

Hong Kong Police Department, temporary office.

Chief Inspector Li Yong was holding a meeting for his ten Inspectors.

Just as he finished speaking, an officer pushed the door open, leaned into his ear, and whispered, "Chief Inspector, there is someone surnamed Jin outside looking for you."

"I'm not seeing him, don't you see I'm in a meeting?" Li Yong waved his hand.

The officer turned to leave, then came back, lowering his voice, "He said... Mr. Qian sent him."

Li Yong's expression changed, "Tell him to wait for me a few minutes, tell him I'll be there as soon as the meeting is over."

The officer nodded and exited the conference room.

Li Yong took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, and said, "But I will emphasize once more, all of you go back and instruct your subordinates well, be polite when performing official duties... The people from 14K aren't all dead, they've just gone into hiding. They are all holding back anger inside... We all have families to support, so if we can avoid provoking them, don't... If someone is truly out of line... report it to me... The British will stir up trouble, and in a few years, they'll just pack up and leave, but we have to live here for a lifetime. Harmony brings wealth... Harmony brings wealth!"

"Understood!" the ten Inspectors replied in unison.

Li Yong hurried out of the conference room, saw Jin Hai, had a vague impression of him, and asked, "Mr. Qian sent you to find me?"

Jin Hai took out that flattened Bullet Shell and handed it over, "Zhuzi is my brother. He said if I use this to find you, things can get done, right?"

Li Yong immediately put on a smile, "If you are a friend of Zhuzi, then you are my own brother, Li Yong. If there is anything, just say it."

Jin Hai grinned, "In Tsuen Wan, East Kowloon, and Tiu Keng Leng, the 14K people are all gone. The merchants there all want our Brotherhood to look after them. I'm just here to register this with the Chief Inspector to avoid any misunderstandings later. Chief Inspector, rest assured, I will never act like those 14K people..."

Li Yong forced a smile, "It's good that you came to tell me this. I will notify the Inspectors in those areas immediately. However, you must maintain the public order in those places as soon as possible... there cannot be any more scenes of gang fights..."

"Chief Inspector, rest assured, I was a model prison warden in Beiping... I have some experience in managing gangs..." Jin Hai patted his chest to guarantee.

"Then I can rest easy." Li Yong nodded.

Jin Hai handed over a deposit slip for 50,000 Hong Kong Dollars.

Li Yong hurriedly declined.

Jin Hai stuffed the deposit slip into his hand, "Brother Zhuzi said, the rules of the road remain the same."

Only then did Li Yong put the deposit slip into his pocket.

The next morning, He Yuzhu hid on the small hill that was the only way to access Henglan Island.

After nine o'clock, fifty cars loaded with soldiers drove past before his eyes.

He Yuzhu used his watch to time them and used his Camera to take pictures.

He then followed them all the way and saw the convoy drive to several piers opposite Henglan Island.

The soldiers boarded the ships one after another, and in the distance on the sea, three Warships were slowly patrolling.

He Yuzhu thought to himself, the commotion is really not small. Good thing I didn't go to the island.

Over a thousand people searched the island for nearly a day, and the person who claimed he would wait for them on the beach never appeared.

Near dusk, they finally realized they had been played and retreated, dejected.

He Yuzhu had long since buried fifty packs of High-explosive Explosives on the road they had to take and connected the fuses in parallel.

He then took the detonator and hid in a cave on the back mountain.

The lights of the fifty cars approached slowly like a long dragon.

When the convoy had completely entered the two-kilometer-long mountain road he had calculated, He Yuzhu pressed the detonator hard.

Boom—!

Fifty packs of Explosive detonated almost simultaneously; the deafening roar shook the earth and mountains, and even the place where He Yuzhu was hiding felt the ground trembling.

Every car was thrown into the air in that instant, tumbling through the sky—some smashed into the sea, others crashed into the cliffs, then rolled down into the sea.

He Yuzhu shook his head, which had been dizzied by the shock.

After a long while, he stood up to walk back, looking at the scene below the mountain that resembled an Asura hell, he shook his head and muttered to himself: "Used too much explosive."

Returning to Liu Rusi's home, He Yuzhu recounted what had happened.

After listening, there was no joy on Liu Rusi's face. She silently lit a stick of incense, bowed to the air, and muttered: "Great Merciful Guanyin Bodhisattva, protect our child from being entangled by those vengeful spirits..."

He Yuzhu laughed: "You're praying at the wrong temple; they aren't managed by the deities on our side..."

Governor's House, conference room.

Governor Ge Lianghong kept his head lowered, saying nothing.

General Aili roared in the conference room: "One thousand soldiers! Just like that, they're gone... I must slaughter this bunch of people with my own hands! They are simply butchers!"

Ge Lianghong picked up a few photos, handed them to him, and said: "They are even shifting the blame, saying... saying that we violated the rules first... and even saying that we were the ones who slaughtered these soldiers."

Aili grabbed the photos—they showed his military vehicles driving along that stretch of mountain road, as well as the soldiers boarding ships to head out to sea.

He slammed the photos onto the table fiercely: "Bastard logic! Sons of bitches!"

Ge Lianghong did not continue discussing how to handle this matter with Aili, because he was in a state of rage. He looked directly at Police Commissioner Mai Jingtao: "Those people continue to demand that batch of Penicillin from us, saying we are not keeping our word. If we don't hand it over... the next target will be the Governor's House. Commissioner, what is your view?"

Mai Jingtao turned to Chief Inspector Li Yong: "Let Inspector Li speak."

After Li Yong understood the sequence of events, his body trembled slightly; he knew clearly in his heart that this matter was done by Zhuzi and his group.

Li Yong swallowed his saliva and spoke: "Your Excellency the Governor, in my opinion... a gentleman takes his revenge, even ten years is not too late. It would be better to... give the items to them."

Aili bellowed: "Coward! I disagree!"

Mai Jingtao said not a word. He was blaming Aili for being brainless and stupid; he had long ago raised the question of why the enemy chose Henglan Island as the transaction location, but it had not received enough attention from Aili.

Governor Ge Lianghong looked at the beast-like, enraged Aili and asked: "General Aili, if we don't agree to that group's demands, what other methods do you have?"

"I want to invite Inspector Grant over! Let him help us dig out the lair of these people!" Aili said.

Li Yong shook his head: "But they said over there, if ten boxes of Penicillin are not handed over by tomorrow, they will bomb..."

Aili said dismissively: "Then I will declare martial law in Hong Kong and deploy two thousand men to guard the Governor's House!"