Chapter 19 The Tip-Off

　　Morning at the Dragon City General Bureau headquarters.

　　Gu Baishun was lying in the lounge, catching a quick nap.

　　"Knock, knock, knock!"

　　Just then, there was a gentle knock on the office door. Gu Baishun woke up with a start, opened his eyes, and saw Guo Zhengdao standing outside the glass door.

　　Gu Baishun rubbed his face, threw back the small blanket covering him, and said in a voice still raspy with sleep, "Come in."

　　"Creak!"

　　The glass door was pushed open, and Guo Zhengdao hurried in, reporting to Gu Baishun, "Someone talked. The information they provided is quite crucial."

　　Hearing this, Gu Baishun first rubbed his cheeks, then put on his coat, stood up, and said, "Let's go see."

　　"Okay!"

　　Guo Zhengdao responded, and the two immediately headed out.

　　In the corridor, Gu Baishun suddenly turned his head and asked, "Did you inform the An faction about this?"

　　Guo Zhengdao shook his head, "Not yet. I just got the news and rushed over to notify you first."

　　"I see." Gu Baishun waved his hand and said, "Go and inform the An faction immediately, and have them send someone over to listen to the interrogation."

　　"Okay, I'll take care of it right away." Guo Zhengdao nodded, took out his phone, and made a call to the An faction.

　　After giving his instructions and waiting for the other party for a while, the two headed towards the interrogation area.

　　The entire General Bureau was brightly lit, and the office area was full of people, all busy working on the assassination case.

　　When Gu Baishun walked in, the interrogators in the office area quickly stood up and saluted Gu Baishun, "Director Gu!"

　　"Mm." Gu Baishun nodded to them and asked, "Where is the person?"

　　"Interrogation Room 12. I'll take you there." An interrogator quickly walked over, leading Gu Baishun into a separate interrogation room.

　　In the interrogation room, a middle-aged police officer sat in a chair, drinking water from a cup.

　　His name was Yang Ye, an old police officer from the Police Department, and the one who reported the information this time. There was a hint of slyness in his eyes.

　　Liu Hongxu had already arrived with several people from the An faction, and was sitting behind the interrogation table.

　　The interrogator quickly helped Gu Baishun clean the table in front of him and pulled out a chair, "Director Gu, please have a seat."

　　Gu Baishun sat directly in the main seat and greeted Liu Hongxu, "Director Liu, thank you for your hard work."

　　"You too." Liu Hongxu was looking at the information about Yang Ye in his hand, "Is this person's information reliable?"

　　"Let's hear what he has to say first." Gu Baishun crossed his legs and ordered, "Let's begin."

　　Guo Zhengdao sat next to Gu Baishun, responsible for observing the interrogation. Hearing this, he immediately said to Yang Ye, "Officer Yang, please repeat what you just said."

　　"Okay, okay." Yang Ye nodded repeatedly, put down his water cup, and said softly, "It was the night before Foreign Minister Bai's incident. I, He Yan, Li Jun, and Chen Hongqiang were on duty, responsible for the security of the entire seventh floor. It's embarrassing to say, but we did violate the rules. It was around 12 o'clock at night, and we secretly drank some wine in the lounge. Alas, the job is really too boring, and there's nothing to do on the night shift…"

　　Gu Baishun frowned and waved his hand to interrupt him, "Get to the point."

　　"Sorry, sorry!" Yang Ye said embarrassedly, "I'm a chatterbox, and I love to ramble when I start talking. Officers, the thing is this. The four of us drank some wine, right? We drank a bit too much at the time, and we were a little dizzy. Plus, it was time to change shifts, so we were getting ready to go back to rest. But I vaguely remember, during the drinking, this Lao He… ah, that's He Yan, he went out twice. At the time, he said he was going to the bathroom, and we didn't pay attention. But later, when I thought about it, it was a little strange. He was gone for quite a while, and the bathroom he went to was the one where the gangsters got the guns…"

　　Yang Ye paused, then quickly added, "Oh, right, there's one more thing! When we were changing clothes in the locker room before going on duty, we forgot to bring cigarettes and wanted to get a pack from his locker, but Lao He stopped me. His attitude was a bit strange at the time, and his reaction was a bit excessive. I thought it was quite odd."

　　"Why didn't you report such important things to us on the day of the incident?" Liu Hongxu questioned.

　　"Hey!" Yang Ye scratched his head, "Didn't I drink too much at the time? I forgot a lot of details and didn't pay attention. But now that I think about it carefully, something was definitely wrong."

　　Hearing this, Liu Hongxu turned to Gu Baishun and asked, "Where is this He Yan now?"

　　"About He Yan, it's like this."

　　Gu Baishun didn't speak. Guo Zhengdao, who was next to him, explained, "Because the time is too short, it hasn't even been a day since the incident, and it involves a large number of police officers. Many people were off duty at the time and were not in the hotel or the Police Department. So we specifically communicated with Director Wang and asked him to send people to assist us in our work and notify these people one by one by phone. I remember that He Yan answered the phone and said that he was willing to cooperate and promised to report to the General Bureau within the specified time."

　　Liu Hongxu was silent for a moment, then said to Guo Zhengdao, "Then call Director Wang immediately and have him take people to find He Yan, but don't alarm him."

　　Just as he finished speaking, Gu Baishun waved his hand to stop him, "I think we should handle it this way. The problem itself lies within the Police Department, so we should try to investigate secretly and not notify them, to avoid alerting the enemy."

　　Liu Hongxu frowned and couldn't help but say, "If we investigate secretly, we won't have any direction. After all, we don't know much about the people in the Police Department. It's difficult to handle this without Director Wang."

　　Gu Baishun interjected, "It's okay, we can use our own channels to inquire. That way, we can find out the truth as soon as possible."

　　Liu Hongxu looked at him deeply, nodded, and said nothing more.

　　…

　　At the same time, a Qingyi Bureau car quietly parked next to a secluded apartment building.

　　Kang Dinghuang got out of the car, walked into the apartment alone, took the elevator upstairs, and arrived at a door.

　　"Knock, knock, knock…"

　　He knocked on the door rhythmically. After a while, the door creaked open, and a man with a cleanly shaved head stood inside.

　　The two looked at each other silently, without saying a word.

　　Kang Dinghuang stepped inside and closed the door.

　　The room was very simple, with almost no furniture, just a cot, a folding table, and a simple wardrobe, like a temporary dormitory.

　　With a creak, the bald man sat down on the bed, took out a cigarette, lit it, and looked at Kang Dinghuang.

　　After thinking for a while, Kang Dinghuang said to him, "I have to use you now. Pack your things and go to Bana City first."