Chapter 1 The Night

Ten thirty at night, outside Dragon City, in front of a residential building in Hongshan Town.

Many residents had already opened their windows and were curiously looking down. In the distance, the sound of police sirens could be faintly heard, indicating that residents had called the police after hearing the gunshots.

Da Liang, with several of his men, guarded downstairs. At the same time, he held his phone and shouted loudly, "Yes, call as many people as you can, and come over here quickly. I'll give you the address... Don't ask why, just come! Also, collect all the brothers' phones first. This operation must be kept secret, understand?"

While Da Liang was busy calling for reinforcements, in the room upstairs, Kong ZhengHui looked at the corpse in front of him, still worried.

Apart from some of Zhang Yuan's personal belongings that had been put away, everything else remained in its original place, especially the crime scene, which was well-preserved.

Just as Kong ZhengHui was feeling a little distraught, he suddenly noticed something was wrong with the corpse.

Zhang Yuan was lying on the ground, eyes wide open, body very straight, and one arm fully extended forward.

Kong ZhengHui frowned, observing the corpse, and after pondering for a long time, he turned to look in the direction his arm was pointing, which was a sofa.

Kong ZhengHui immediately stepped forward and searched around the sofa, but found nothing unusual.

After considering for a while, Kong ZhengHui looked at the window behind the sofa, where the bedroom curtains were hanging.

Walking over, Kong ZhengHui pulled open the thick curtains in the corner and vaguely saw something propped up behind the heater, hidden very discreetly, with only a corner visible.

Kong ZhengHui's heart pounded as he reached into his pocket, took out a tissue, and carefully used it to hold the thing behind the heater. He discovered it was a box and a laptop wrapped in a leather case.

He picked up these items and placed them on the table next to him.

"Brother Hui, what's this?" The young man next to him scratched his head and walked over, examining the two items together.

Kong ZhengHui said with a solemn expression, "I'm not sure, but the things inside should be very important."

The laptop required a password to boot up, and the combination lock on the metal box was also impossible to open.

Kong ZhengHui stared at the two passwords, his brows furrowed, as he pondered...

"Bang!"

Just as Kong ZhengHui was thinking, the young man next to him took the gun handle and smashed it hard against the lock of the combination box twice.

"Crack!"

The lock was broken, and the combination box opened in response.

Kong ZhengHui looked at the young man with astonishment.

The young man smiled naively: "It's quite simple, doesn't need a password."

Kong ZhengHui said speechlessly, "Are you an idiot! This is evidence, what are you going to do if you break it?"

"Oh..."

The young man scratched his head again.

Kong ZhengHui knew that this kid was a simpleton. Although he was good at fighting, his brain wasn't very useful, so he didn't scold him too much.

Moreover, the box had indeed been opened...

Kong ZhengHui shook his head and looked into the box.

...

At the same time, on a highway leading out of Dragon City.

Several military vehicles were speeding along the highway, and Yu Mingyuan sat in one of them, his mind in a state of chaos.

Recalling the words Kong ZhengHui had said before, the other party insisted that the clues pointed to Gu Baisun. Yu Mingyuan couldn't tell whether he had really found something or was just taking revenge.

But Yu Mingyuan also knew in his heart that Gu Baisun's position was very important. With Xiao Yu not around, the entire General Administration was almost under his control, and his influence in the association was also very strong. If something went wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Moreover, after so many years, Yu Mingyuan didn't know what kind of trump cards Gu Baisun held in his hands, and his threat was great. After all, this person was not truly one of their own, and at such an important moment, Yu Mingyuan dared not gamble.

After thinking it over, Yu Mingyuan took out his phone, ready to call An Zecheng.

"Ring, ring, ring!"

Just then, the phone rang first. Yu Mingyuan glanced at it, his expression softened a little, and answered the phone gently, "Hello?"

In the phone, Wen Xiaorou asked with some concern, "Mingyuan, I went downstairs just now and saw that you weren't there. I heard from Little Doll that you went out with Mingchao's guards?"

Yu Mingyuan explained, "Yes, it's not a big deal. I'm going to the hospital to see Da Bai. I saw you were busy, so I didn't bother you."

Wen Xiaorou hesitated, and after a long silence, she couldn't help but say, "Mingyuan, there are a lot of things going on recently, don't worry me too much... I've been feeling a little weak lately, and I keep having nightmares..."

Yu Mingyuan comforted her softly, "Don't worry, I'm really just going to see Da Bai. Mingchao insisted on arranging guards to follow me when he knew I was going out. I won't be gone for long, I'll be back in a while."

As he was speaking, Yu Mingyuan saw several cars parked on the side of the road.

The cars were printed with police emblems, and several men in uniforms were standing at the intersection, waving slowly at their cars, as if signaling them to pull over.

Recently, the situation in Dragon City was tense, and inspections were more frequent. Yu Mingyuan immediately said to Wen Xiaorou, "I won't talk anymore, I'll chat with you when I get home."

Wen Xiaorou urged again and again, "Okay, come back early, and be sure to be safe."

Yu Mingyuan smiled, "Don't worry, I'm hanging up now."

The two hung up the phone, and Wen Xiaorou sat blankly on the sofa in the living room, her expression a little worried and a little lost.

At the same time, Yu Mingyuan also put down his phone, glanced at the front of the car, looked at the cars with police emblems, and asked, "What's the situation ahead?"

...

Hongshan Town, in a residential building.

Kong ZhengHui opened the box and found two notebooks on top. He picked up the top one with a tissue, flipped through it, and found that the things inside were written in a very messy way, with bits and pieces scattered everywhere, but it seemed to be related to Zhang Yuan's work.

For a moment, he couldn't identify any useful information.

Kong ZhengHui put the notebook aside and picked up the other notebook, carefully opening it.

In this notebook, there were several maps drawn, with some related key information marked on them.

These maps caught Kong ZhengHui's attention, and he immediately looked at them carefully.

One of the simple hand-drawn maps caught his eye, especially the marked keywords: garrison courtyard guard count, Activity Location No. 1, villa, surrounding streets...

Kong ZhengHui stared at this information, the more he looked, the stranger he felt, and he couldn't help but mutter in his heart, did these people have other plans?

Suddenly, a bad feeling surged into his heart, and Kong ZhengHui suddenly woke up, exclaiming, "Something's wrong!"

Saying that, Kong ZhengHui hurriedly took out his phone, ready to call Yu Mingyuan.