Chapter 165 The Meeting

Inside the An faction's military conference room, after Kong ZhengHui finished speaking, he sat back down, remaining silent.

The meeting temporarily entered a discussion phase, with everyone whispering and conferring about the matter.

Although Kong ZhengHui's words were logical and his reasoning airtight at every point, they couldn't rely solely on his account, especially since he was accusing the deputy director of the Quan Tong Bureau.

The An faction immediately began to verify Zhang Yuan's information and the related evidence provided by Kong ZhengHui. Liu HongXu, Qiu Ge, and Wang DaoLin from the police department temporarily left the meeting room to begin the investigation.

In less than half an hour, the technical team successfully cracked Zhang Yuan's laptop, extracting some very important information.

The computer contained an electronic ledger recording Zhang Yuan's various financial transactions. Three large sums were identified, and instead of names, the ledger used three surnames to identify the remitters.

Guo!!

After seizing this information, the technical team began trying to crack Zhang Yuan's commonly used financial trading software and his multiple bank accounts.

Liu DongYu, brought back from the Second District, also underwent interrogation by Xu Nan. His statements were consistent with what Kong ZhengHui had said.

Soon, Liu HongXu returned to the conference room. Without saying much, he reported concisely, "Leaders, we have verified the information from multiple sources, and it's basically consistent with what Kong ZhengHui said."

As he spoke, he handed over the relevant investigation materials to An ZeCheng, Tan HengQiang, and Li MingSheng.

The three leaders sat there, reviewing the documents, and the entire conference room was extremely quiet.

After a while, the three finished reading the materials. Li MingSheng's expression was not good, and he frowned deeply, but he didn't speak.

Tan HengQiang lowered his head, pondering something, and remained silent.

An ZeCheng thought for a moment, then cautiously inquired, "Old Li, what do you think... should we take him into custody first?"

Li MingSheng pondered for a moment, then said very cautiously, "Gu BaiShun is different from the others. His position is very important... He has a great influence in the Hua Tong Association. After all, he's the one who set up the dock association. And the relationships he has within the Quan Tong Bureau, needless to say, after so many years of operation, his network is deeply rooted. We can't just take him into custody without preparation, or it will easily trigger a series of chain reactions."

After a pause, he continued, "Since the evidence points to him, let's conduct secret surveillance first and keep things and their impact within a controllable range."

An ZeCheng and Tan HengQiang looked at each other, nodded slightly, and agreed with Old Li's idea.

Tan HengQiang pondered for a long time, then asked, "So what do you plan to do?"

Li MingSheng interjected, "Let Su TianBei and Lu Feng handle this matter. No outsiders should get involved. It's best if the Quan Tong Bureau handles this internally. That would be more appropriate."

An ZeCheng followed up with a statement, "I agree."

Tan HengQiang didn't say anything, just nodded silently.

As far as the Quan Tong Bureau was concerned, neither Tan HengQiang nor An ZeCheng had any say, as it was a department under the Li faction.

So, after a short while, Su TianBei and Lu Feng were secretly called to the An faction's military conference room.

The two of them already knew about the attack on Yu MingYuan, and their expressions were not good when they entered the conference room.

After a brief greeting, Su TianBei sat down and asked anxiously, "Leaders, who did this? Have you found out?"

An ZeCheng reassured him, "Don't worry, we called you here to talk about this."

Su TianBei gritted his teeth, controlling his emotions, "Okay, please speak."

Da Bai and Xiao Yu being attacked one after another had already dealt a considerable blow to Su TianBei. Now it was Yu MingYuan's turn, and he was extremely angry. Although the two of them had a strained relationship for a while, their past grudges had been resolved since the Saint Paul City incident.

But now was not the time to vent his emotions. Su TianBei suppressed the anger in his heart, sat in his chair, and waited for the leaders to speak.

Lu Feng also silently twirled his prayer beads, not saying a word.

"Let me speak," Li MingSheng interjected, looking at the two of them and said in a calm voice, "Next, you need to do this..."

The two of them immediately sat up straight, listening carefully to every word.

Li MingSheng personally talked with the two of them for more than two hours, beginning to plan the surveillance.

That night, the An faction was very busy. In contrast, the Quan Tong Bureau was very quiet.

The An faction did not inform the Quan Tong Bureau about Zhang Yuan, so they naturally did not send anyone over.

...

The next morning, the Quan Tong Bureau compound.

In the deputy director's office, Gu BaiShun woke up early, simply washed his face and brushed his teeth, then sat at his desk and began maintaining his figurines.

Although these figurines were exquisite, they needed regular maintenance, otherwise, they would age and turn yellow.

Gu BaiShun was very patient, and his maintenance work was also very meticulous, not missing a single detail.

"Knock, knock, knock."

The office door was suddenly knocked on. Gu BaiShun said without looking up, "Come in."

"Creak—"

The door was pushed open, and Guo ZhengDao walked in, looking somewhat tired.

Seemingly because he hadn't slept all night, Guo ZhengDao's eyes were bloodshot. He quickly walked to Gu BaiShun and said in a low voice, "Director Gu... the three giants held a meeting all night at the An faction yesterday."

Gu BaiShun continued to wipe the dust off the figurine, nodding gently, "Mm."

Guo ZhengDao stood beside him, watching Gu BaiShun's indifferent expression, thinking for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask, "BaiShun, some roads, once you take them, you can't turn back... I think, you should still...!"

Gu BaiShun finally looked up at Guo ZhengDao, interrupting him, "Heh, why do you say that?"

The two looked at each other, Guo ZhengDao's heart extremely complicated. At that moment, he had many words brewing in his heart, but after hesitating again and again, he still didn't say them.

After a moment of silence, Guo ZhengDao sighed, "Forget it, it's nothing."

Gu BaiShun, however, had already understood his thoughts, slowly put down the figurine, and said casually, "This step will come sooner or later. Many times, the choice is not in the hands of the person involved."

Guo ZhengDao nodded gently, not saying anything more.

Gu BaiShun waved his hand, "Alright, go on, do what you need to do."

"Understood, then I'll go first."

"Mm."

Guo ZhengDao pushed open the office door and walked out with a somewhat complicated expression.

After he left, Gu BaiShun picked up the figurine on the desk and carefully placed it back on the shelf, gently closing the cabinet door.

Gu BaiShun quietly admired his rows of figurines for a while, then, after a long time, returned to his desk, opened the drawer, and took out a very old-fashioned small phone.

This model was sturdy and durable, but it was rarely circulated on the market.

Gu BaiShun skillfully opened the phone's back cover, found a new SIM card, and inserted it. Then he walked to the window and dialed a number.

The call was quickly answered, and a man's voice rang out, "Hello?"

Gu BaiShun pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "Still that matter..."

As he was speaking, Gu BaiShun saw several An faction military vehicles suddenly arriving downstairs through the window.