Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

"My head hurts so much! Ouch!"

A ray of sunlight shined on Du Yongxiao's eyelids through the window. He opened his eyes drowsily, feeling weak all over and having a splitting headache.

"I seemed to have had a dream last night. It was a very strange dream. I think about it carefully, but I can't remember what the content was." Du Yongxiao rubbed his temples and said distressedly.

He sat up and saw that he was naked, so he found a shirt and put it on. There was mineral water on the bedside. He didn't care much, just unscrewed it, and slurped it up.

His dry throat was moisturized and felt much better. Du Yongxiao took the mineral water, breathed a deep sigh of relief, leaned on the bed, closed his eyes and rested.

The scene last night unfolded in his mind like a quick tour, but he didn't know what exactly happened after he got to the guest room.

"Damn it, I drank too much and it broke!" Du Yongxiao knocked his head, "I don't know when Jiang Ling'er left. She even paid for the meal. I'm really embarrassed."

After thinking quietly for three to five minutes, Du Yongxiao opened his eyes, drank a few more sips of mineral water, then stood up, put on his clothes, and prepared to wash up.

The moment he lifted the quilt, he was stunned——

But I saw some plum blossom-like blood stains on the snow-white bed————

"Uh, how could this happen? Am I injured?" Du Yongxiao checked his body. There were no wounds or discomfort.

"Then why is there blood on the bed?" Du Yongxiao was stunned, looking at the blood stains, they were so delicate and moving, and there was an indescribable feeling.

"Is this -" Du Yongxiao thought carefully, "Jiang Ling'er and I -"

Du Yongxiao tried hard to think that Jiang Ling'er was indeed in the sweet dream he seemed to have.

"Isn't that a dream? Everything is real?" Du Yongxiao shuddered and jumped up.

At this moment, he was breathing heavily and was a little overwhelmed.

Who would have thought that the Hong Kong Emperor To Yong-xiao, a great hero who remained unchanged even after the collapse of Mount Tai, would panic at this moment?

"It can't be true, right? How is it possible?" Du Yongxiao pinched his chin and smiled bitterly, "If it is true, why did she leave? Since I made a mistake, I will admit it. I, Du Yongxiao, am not one of those scumbags who refuse to admit his mistakes! "

Du Yongxiao paced beside the bed, "How about calling her? Do you want to? What if she is embarrassed and refuses to answer? Do I have anything to do with her? Damn it, I have a headache!"

Du Yongxiao sat down on the bed again, scratched his hair hard, and couldn't make up his mind.

If Jiang Ling'er was the kind of woman who could do anything for anyone, Du Yongxiao wouldn't care about it like this. The problem is -——

Looking at the plum blossoms on the bed, Du Yongxiao couldn't help but feel guilty.

After thinking about it, Du Yongxiao finally picked up the phone and dialed the number, thinking about what to say later.

beep---

Toot——

Several long tones came from the phone————

Just when Du Yongxiao's hope was shattered and he thought Jiang Ling'er wouldn't answer, there was the sound of the phone being picked up.

"Hello, who are you?" Jiang Ling'er's voice sounded as clear and clear as an oriole's cry from the other end.

"I'm Du Yongxiao, um... nothing happened last night, right?"

"No."

"Huh?" Du Yongxiao was stunned, "Your tone seems wrong. Did something happen?"

"Really not!" Jiang Ling'er's choked voice came from over there.

Du Yongxiao was anxious: "Is it me and you, that..."

"You're drunk, very drunk."

"Yes, I know, but I--"

"You don't know what you did next?" Jiang Ling'er asked.

"I really don't know." Du Yongxiao rubbed his temples and said, "I am fragmented. I only remember that you helped me back to the guest room, and then..."

"Then you don't know anything?"

"Yes."

"Do you think this is a reason, or is it just an excuse?"

"No, I don't mean that...if it was, I wouldn't call you. I just want to know are you okay?"

"What do you think?"

"Ahem, that-" Du Yongxiao was mute again.

"What is that? You didn't mean it. You were drunk, so you didn't know everything. You pressed me down, bullied me severely, and ignored my screams, my struggles, and my pain. It’s not intentional, is it?”

Jiang Ling'er asked a series of questions, making Du Yongxiao not sure how to answer.

"I...I really don't know that I did any of this."

"So you know now."

"Huh? Yeah, I know."

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I--"

"Why, you don't know again? The dignified police chief, the future Viscount of the British Empire, bullied a girl, and now he doesn't know what to do!" Jiang Ling'er sounded contemptuous.

"I can make any compensation you want, but..."

"Just what?"

Du Yongxiao stopped talking.

Jiang Ling'er sneered: "Okay, I won't embarrass you, I know, I won't force you to marry me, and I don't want to marry into your Du family!"

Du Yongxiao breathed a sigh of relief.

He is not a scumbag, nor is he a heartless person. The most important thing is that he does not trust Jiang Ling'er. This feeling has been felt for a long time.

"How much do you want?" Du Yongxiao asked directly, "If possible, I can give you a bad check."

"I don't want money! As for what I want, I haven't figured it out yet. I'll tell you when I figure it out!"

"Huh?" Du Yongxiao was stunned. The more Jiang Ling'er behaved like this, the more Du Yongxiao felt that she was not simple, and even doubted whether everything last night was a trap.

"Okay then, I'll wait for your news."

Du Yongxiao chatted with Jiang Ling'er for a few more words, hung up the phone, hesitated a little, and dialed another number.

Yan Xiong is sleeping soundly over there. He is almost exhausted these days.

As the godson of Du Yongxiao and one of the people closest to the future Viscount, Yan Xiong was very busy. He kept attending banquets and various meetings, and his status continued to rise.

He was pretty drunk last night. He was too old to play with girls, and he lost interest in nightclubs, dance halls, clubs, and bars, so he went home early to rest.

I finally had a good sleep, and I was having a sweet dream while hugging the pillow, but I was awakened by the ringing of the phone.

Subconsciously, Yan Xiong asked his wife to answer the phone. There was no movement for a long time, and then he remembered that he had spent the night outside and his yellow-faced woman was not around.

Yan Xiong muttered: "It's better to be at home. The yellow-faced woman takes good care of her. At least she has tea to drink when she gets drunk."

Nagging in his heart, Yan Xiong picked up the phone, squinted his eyes, and yawned: "Who is it, so early -"

"Du Yongxiao."

"Huh?" Yan Xiong was startled and almost fell off the bed. At this moment, he was more than half drunk.

After coughing a few times, Yan Xiong hurriedly adjusted his tone and said respectfully: "Godfather, what's the matter?"

"Help me check someone..."

"who?"

"Jiang Ling'er."

"Ah, Miss Jiang?"

"Yes, please help me investigate her background. I always feel that she is not simple..."

"Yes, godfather!" Yan Xiong vowed, "If you allow me, I will use the FBI and MI6!"

Yan Xiong has been with Du Yongxiao for a long time, and he knows clearly that it will be difficult to find out the details of the person Du Yongxiao asks him to investigate.

Especially for people like Jiang Ling'er who have stayed with Du Yongxiao for so long, the fact that Du Yongxiao asked for the investigation shows that Jiang Ling'er usually has no flaws and it is difficult to investigate anything through ordinary means. That's why Yan Xiong asked Du Yongxiao for permission to use the FBI just to be on the safe side. and MI6 relations.

Du Yongxiao nodded: "You decide everything. In short, be quick!"

"Yes, godfather!"

…

Just when Du Yongxiao contacted Yan Xiong, Jiang Ling'er also hung up the phone.

"How is it? What did he say?" Jiang Shaolong asked from the side.

Jiang Ling'er frowned and said, "He seems to have noticed something is wrong."

"He doubts us?"

"Maybe." Jiang Ling'er walked to the sofa next to him and sat down, hugging his shoulders and thinking: "This Du Yongxiao has always been clever and cunning. Many people have been played by him. This time he was played by us. It would be strange not to doubt him."

After a pause, "If my guess is correct, he must be contacting his subordinates now and asking them to investigate my identity."

"Ah, he is so smart?" Jiang Shaolong couldn't help but asked in surprise.

He walked to Jiang Ling'er and sat down, poured a glass of water for Jiang Ling'er and handed it over: "Then what should we do?"

"We can no longer stay in Hong Kong." Jiang Ling'er made a decision. "As long as we stay here for one day, our details will be investigated by him sooner or later. And -"

"what else?"

"You can't go to the United Kingdom or the United States either. Those are his territory. In the United Kingdom, he is very familiar with people from MI6, and in the United States, he is friends with the top officials of the FBI——"

"Then what should we do? The world is so big, is there no place for us?" Jiang Shaolong asked distressedly.

"Let's go to Thailand."

"Well?"

"The situation in Thailand is very chaotic now. Neither the United Kingdom nor the United States can control it. It is the safest place there."

"Okay, I'm going to buy a ticket to Thailand right now!"

Jiang Shaolong was vaguely happy in his heart. He had long wanted to fly away with Jiang Ling'er, but Jiang Ling'er wanted to take revenge on Du Yongxiao and insisted on staying in Hong Kong. Now that he was fine, he could finally leave Hong Kong together.

Jiang Shaolong went out with a happy face. Jiang Ling'er bent over and held a tea cup to drink water, but she felt all kinds of things inside.

She could guess Du Yongxiao's next move, so Du Yongxiao might also guess her move.

If she wants to completely win over Du Yongxiao, the only thing she can rely on is luck.

Jiang Ling'er touched her belly again. If a little life could really be born here, then Du Yongxiao would definitely lose this time.

"Du Yongxiao, no matter how powerful you are, what's the use? No matter how much wealth you have, so what? In the end, your family property will fall into my hands!" Jiang Ling'er clenched her fists, her eyes blazing, "When the time comes, I will let you You know what it means to be alive!"

…

In the next few days, Du Yongxiao spent almost all his time preparing to go to the UK to be awarded the honor.

As the first Chinese Viscount in the history of the British Empire, the whole of Hong Kong was in an uproar, praising Du Yongxiao for bringing glory to the Chinese people.

Those Hong Kong ghost guys were extremely jealous and said that Du Yongxiao was just lucky.

"That's right, he's just lucky!"

"Our British Empire has always been very generous. The one named Du is just lucky this time!"

"For our British Empire, it's just a reward for a viscount, it's nothing special!"

Of course, eating grapes would make them sour.

The jealous faces of these ghosts make countless Chinese people happy.

The Chinese have always had a low status in Hong Kong. Although it is Chinese territory, it was colonized by the British. The Chinese were even classified as third-class people, even inferior to the Indians "covered" by the British.

Well now, Du Yongxiao was directly promoted to Viscount of the British Empire, slapping those ghost guys hard in the face and letting them know that there is nothing we Chinese can't do in this world.

Faced with the one-sided public opinion in Hong Kong, the British Hong Kong government is very calm.

In fact, since the nomination of To Yongxiao as "Viscount", the Hong Kong Governor's Office has anticipated that this "Chinese storm" will arise in Hong Kong.

The Chinese have been colonized by the British for too long, and they feel aggrieved and have too much accumulated resentment. Now it is good to take the opportunity to vent to them, lest these Chinese cause any trouble again.

In addition, for Hong Kong Governor MacLehose, To Yongxiao is now only nominated as a "Viscount of the British Empire". Before going to the UK and receiving the honors from Her Majesty the Queen, he was only a baron.

"We still have plenty of time."

In the VIP room of the Government House, Hong Kong Governor MacLehose held red wine and said to the judicial boss Sir Bailiqu, "As long as he does not go to England for a day, then he will only be a baron for a day."

Bailiqu also held a glass of red wine, looked at MacLehose with deep eyes, and said with a smile: "I understand what you mean. This is a delaying strategy to temporarily let the Chinese feel relieved. As for whether Du Yongxiao can successfully reach London, England, it is still unknown—— "

"Now, dear Sir, I didn't say it that way - it sounded evil."

"I'm sorry, I made a mistake. I heard that Du Yongxiao is going to England on a cruise this time. The sea is very windy and rough, and pirates occasionally appear...it's so dangerous!"

"Haha, that's right! Although the pirates on Pirate Island were wiped out by him, Hong Kong has always been a pirate paradise. In addition to the famous Cheung Po Tsai, there is also the pirate queen Zheng Yisao!"

Needless to say, Cheung Po Tsai, both Hong Kongers and British people know his legend. As for Mrs. Cheng, she is actually even sharper than Cheung Po Tsai, and there are many legends left in Hong Kong and other places.

Zheng Yisao's original surname was Shi, and her nickname was Xianggu. She was a daughter of the Dan family in Guangdong. She was born in 1775 and died in 1844. After marrying Zheng Yi, the pirate leader of the Red Flag Gang, she was called Zheng Yi's wife. After Zheng Yi's death, Zheng Yi's wife became the leader of the Hongqi Gang and led the Red Flag Gang to grow rapidly.

During the Qing Dynasty, due to the maritime ban policy, people's lives in coastal areas were difficult. Some people chose to become pirates who intercepted merchant ships in order to survive. However, this is not an easy profession, and pirates often face pursuit and encirclement by officers and soldiers. In this context, Zheng Yisao gradually emerged with her outstanding leadership skills and courage.

Under her leadership, the Red Flag Gang developed rapidly and conducted many joint operations with other pirate forces. These joint actions not only gave them an advantage against the Qing government, but also allowed them to achieve major victories against foreign fleets.

Under the leadership of Zheng Yisao, the pirate team of the Red Flag Gang is getting larger and larger. They use Lantau Island in Hong Kong as their main base and have between 500 and 600 ships and 30,000 to 40,000 members. These pirate ships were equipped with artillery, and their strength was enough to shock the British army.

However, as time passed, the Qing government united with the British invaders and tried to use the power of the great powers to eliminate the Red Flag Gang. Under such pressure, the Red Flag Gang gradually declined. Despite this, Zheng Yisao and her team still left a deep mark on history.

"Oh, by the way, I heard that Mrs. Zheng still has many remnants in the nearby waters, right?" MacLehose asked with a smile.

"Yes, and it's very powerful. I heard that after the destruction of the Pirate Island, they learned from it and are now equipped with long-range artillery!"

"Oh God, it's terrible!" MacLehose made a prayer gesture. "Where's Du Yongxiao, what's the name of the ship he took to London this time?"

"Call GOOD-LUCK!"

"Haha, isn't Chinese a lucky number?" MacLehose held up the red wine and invited: "Come, let's congratulate everyone with the surname Du on their luck!"

"Haha, GOOD-LUCK!"

The two looked at each other, smiled, and drank.