Chapter 26 The Most Important Link

"Dilingling!"

Just as Wang Daolin finished speaking, Su Tianyu's cell phone rang.

"Hello, Chief!" Su Tianyu immediately pressed the answer button.

"Su Tianyu! What the hell are you doing?!" Old Li's angry voice came through the phone. "Who is Wei Xiangzuo? I'm asking you, who is he?!"

Su Tianyu gritted his teeth. "He is the leverage to pry open the Maco Association, the most important link."

"You know he's the most important link? Then how could you lose him?!" Old Li said, hands on his hips, "The chariot and cannon just engaged, and you're telling me the general is gone? How the hell are we supposed to fight after that?"

Su Tianyu was silent.

"You wanted resources, I gave you resources; you wanted money, I threw my face away and scraped it together for you. And this is the kind of answer sheet you give me?!" Old Li had never lost his temper with Gou Liuzi before. This was the first time. "Are you worthy of my nurturing?!"

"Yes, I made a mistake. I put all my energy into investigating the case, wanting to solve the problem as soon as possible..." Su Tianyu didn't argue.

"If Wei Xiangzuo can't be found, those fence-sitters in the Maco Association will definitely wear the same pants as Zhang Ming. Once they stabilize, nearly 100,000 members will take to the streets to force me to step down, and not even a god can reverse the decline!" Li Mingsheng pointed at the desk and roared, "Whether I step down or not doesn't matter. I thought about that day when I dared to do this! But people like Jin Maohui and Old Liu, who followed us and supported us, will also die without a burial place!"

"Chief, I will definitely get Brother Wei back!"

"I'm waiting for your news!" Old Li threw down the sentence and hung up the phone.

Su Tianyu stood next to the car, not feeling negative emotions due to Old Li's scolding. He knew he couldn't panic now; the more he panicked, the more disoriented he would become.

Beside him, Wang Daolin thought carefully for a moment, then suddenly turned and asked Su Tianyu, "Could it be the garrison that did it? Just now, a police officer said that the other party was carrying long guns. There aren't many people in the district who can get so many long weapons. Zhou Peng is dead, Tan Hengqiang has a reason to support Zhang Ming in doing this."

Su Tianyu waved his hand. "Don't be noisy! Don't be noisy!"

"What are you thinking?!" Wang Daolin was a little anxious. "We have to figure out the direction first, who has the most motivation to kidnap Wei Xiangzuo!"

"I said don't be noisy!" Su Tianyu looked up and replied, "It's definitely not just the garrison!"

Wang Daolin was stunned.

"What did the eyewitnesses say? The firefight at the scene lasted less than a minute, there were no casualties around, no corpses, and even the bullet casings were picked up. This shows that the people who came might not have even done anything before Brother Wei reacted. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been like this." Su Tianyu frowned and said, "Obviously, Brother Wei wasn't blocked here, but why didn't he even have time to call me? Even if he was being chased by someone with a gun, it's impossible not to have time to dial a number!"

Wang Daolin, who had worked at the grassroots level for many years, immediately replied when he heard this, "Unless Old Wei was schemed against by his own people when he ran, then he wouldn't have time to make a call."

Su Tianyu looked up at Wang Daolin for two seconds, then suddenly turned and yanked open the car door. "Go! Go back to the police station first, call your people and have them sort out the hotel's statements."

"Okay!" Wang Daolin replied.

...

Twenty minutes later.

Su Tianyu ran into the Zhan Nan District Police Station, barged into the case handling area, and shouted at the police chief under Wang Daolin, "Where are the statements?!"

"They're sorted out, here!" The police chief walked over with the information, speaking quickly, "The hotel manager's, the waiters', the liquor room's, and the kitchen's, all the statements are in here."

Su Tianyu looked down at the statement book, only picking out the most useful parts to read.

After about two minutes, Su Tianyu looked up and asked, "Are you sure that all the hotel staff on duty that day came to record their statements?"

"Sure!" The police chief replied, hands on his hips, "It's a commercial hotel, and it has nothing to do with the garrison or the association. They wouldn't dare to lie."

Su Tianyu looked up at Wang Daolin. "We've checked so many times, your police station is fine, and the hotel is fine, so where could the problem be?"

Wang Daolin circled in place, then slowly looked up and replied, "On the table!"

"Zhou Peng died, and Brother Wei immediately had an accident. It's like it was designed." Su Tianyu said with red eyes, "Someone is fanning the flames!"

Wang Daolin stood there in shock and instinctively took out his phone. "I...I'll give him a call."

"What about Brother Wei's own people? Is it possible that they betrayed him?" Su Tianyu asked quickly.

"Not likely, right? The bureau wasn't built by lackeys. How would the lackeys know which room everyone is sitting in, who is next to whom?" Wang Daolin followed Su Tianyu's train of thought and deduced, "He's the only one who has contact with both groups, big brother!"

"Don't rush, don't startle him." Su Tianyu immediately waved his hand at Wang Daolin. "I'll make a call first to confirm."

"Who are you calling?!" Wang Daolin asked, puzzled.

Su Tianyu glanced at him. "I remembered something very important. Wait for me to confirm."

"Okay!"

After the two finished speaking, Su Tianyu immediately walked to the side and pointed to the police chief, instructing, "Check Gu Baishun's mother's family relationships, including household registration change records."

"Okay!" The police chief nodded.

Su Tianyu dialed Director Liu's phone, speaking urgently, "It's like this, Director Liu, there's an emergency, and I need you to help me with something. Can you find a relationship in the Second District to help me check an address?"

"Sure, what city?"

"Wait a moment." Su Tianyu held the phone and walked back.

After a short while, the police chief looked up and said, "Gu Baishun's mother is called Xu Jinglan. Her parents are dead, her elder brother Xu Jiang is also dead, and there is one sister left, called Xu Jingxiang."

"Is there any information?" Su Tianyu asked.

"No, her household registration isn't here," the police chief shook his head. "There are only family member records."

"How old is she?!"

"58 years old."

"She's from the Second District. Does she have any entry and exit records in Dragon City?" Su Tianyu asked again.

"Yes, she came to Dragon City more than two years ago, probably to attend Gu Tongshan's funeral." The police chief paused and said, "The person who accompanied her was called Fang Gang. No relationship can be found at present."

Su Tianyu immediately picked up the phone and said, "Director Liu, I'll send you Fang Gang and Xu Jingxiang's entry information. Their passports have identification numbers on them. Have someone check in the Second District, I need to determine their home address and phone number."

"No problem!"

The two ended the call.

Su Tianyu walked around the room with a solemn face.

"What exactly did you remember?" Wang Daolin asked.

"Dong Pengyu mentioned to me before that Kang Dinghuang and Zhang Ming might target Gu Baishun's family." Su Tianyu frowned and replied, "I told Gu Baishun at the time, and he made a special trip to the Second District and came back and told me that his mother was fine. Now that I think about it, this matter is suspicious. Like you said, he's the only link between the two groups!"

"Assuming Gu Baishun was coerced, it wasn't done by Zhang Ming, who would have done it? Kang Dinghuang, or the garrison?" Wang Daolin immediately realized his slip of the tongue when he said this. "Impossible! It's no problem for them to mess with Wei Xiangzuo, but there's no reason for them to kill Zhou Peng. Wouldn't that be like setting a trap for themselves?"

Su Tianyu looked up at him. "It wasn't them."

The two looked at each other, each lost in thought.

After a while, the phone rang, and Su Tianyu pressed the answer button. "Hello?!"

"Found it!"

"What's the phone number?"

"You don't need to call. Fang Gang and Xu Jingxiang left the Second District a day ago, with tourist visas." Director Liu replied.

Hearing this, Su Tianyu suddenly understood. "Okay, I got it. I need a plane now, a direct flight to Washington D.C. in the First District."

"I'll arrange it for you."

"That's it."

...

Late at night, around 11 PM, Su Tianyu, with only Hou Guoyu and Fei Pingsheng and others who had just rushed over, walked towards the anti-terrorism team's helicopter waiting area.

"Should I go with you?" Wang Daolin said, following behind.

"You'll have to use guns if you go, people from the police system can't be used." Su Tianyu said as he walked, cursing with a gloomy face, "Cnm's! You wouldn't stay in the damn prison honestly, you had to come out and stir things up. This time, I'll send you to total ascension...!"

...

Early in the morning, around 1 AM.

Washington D.C., First District, a burly young man walked out of the martial arts gym and bent over to get into the car. "Brother, I didn't tell the Zhou family's Bei...Beitang branch people. I'll pick you up myself."

"You just need to get me a car."

"I'll... I'll get the car, but this time... I'll join the fight too, I can help you!" The burly young man replied without hesitation.