In the dim interrogation room, Kong Zhengqi's injured calf trembled slightly, his face was a little pale, and there was uncontrollable panic in his expression.
After a long silence, Kong Zhengqi suddenly sighed, looked at Gu Baishun slowly and said, "Give... give me a cigarette!"
Gu Baishun thought about it, reached out from his arms, took out cigarettes and lighters, and threw them on the table.
“Crash!”
Kong Zhengqi stretched out his shackled hands tremblingly, picked up a cigarette, lit one, and started smoking while sitting there.
The smoke slowly floated up to the ceiling and then slowly dissipated.
At the same time, in the interrogation room, Li Mingsheng folded his arms, looked at Kong Zhengqi who was smoking, frowned, but said nothing.
After a while, Kong Zhengqi had already smoked half of a cigarette and his eyes gradually calmed down.
Gu Baishun intervened and looked at him, saying, "That's enough. Tell me, what is your relationship with He Yan? Explain your problems directly."
"I really don't know who will pick him up."
Kong Zhengqi took another long drag on his cigarette, then slowly said, "He Yan and I have known each other for a long time, and we have always had a good relationship. When he was still the police chief of Daokou District, we had some financial dealings. He and I can get along well, and over time we became friends. We often drink together, but the matter of the Foreign Affairs Hotel really has nothing to do with me. This time, the reason why I want to help him and give him money is mainly because he has some leverage over me... I really have no choice."
Gu Baishun raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and finally asked, "Handle? What handle does he have on you?"
Kong Zhengqi flicked away his cigarette butt and continued, "To be honest, I've wanted to leave Longcheng for a long time. But because of my identity and some gray assets, it's definitely not that easy for me to leave. Once I'm discovered, I'll be isolated for a long time, or even unable to leave in the end, and it might... bring trouble to my family. I'm telling the truth about this matter. Didn't you investigate it before?"
Gu Baishun didn't want to talk about this topic, so he waved his hand and said, "Go on."
Kong Zhengqi sighed, "He Yan actually wanted to leave, because he has made a lot of money over the years and has overseas assets. Because we are very close, we have privately talked about leaving a few times. He told me that he knows several overseas immigration companies with connections, and they have certain power in asset transfer and political relations. So, I discussed the details with him, and it felt good, so we got in touch. He did introduce me to three senior executives of such companies. You should have checked them out before!"
Gu Baishun didn't believe what he said, and asked directly: "Haha, you call this a handle?"
Kong Zhengqi frowned and responded, "Because you investigated me. It just so happened that Bai Hongbo got into trouble again at this time, and He Yan became the main culprit again, which made me a little scared, because I have a lot of under-the-table dealings! Today, He Yan also called me. He said that his money was deposited overseas and could not be withdrawn for the time being, so he asked me to give him two million. My first reaction was definitely to report him, but this guy threatened me that he was going to be arrested, and he would insist that this matter was related to me. In addition, we have been in close contact during this period of time, and maybe... I can't explain it clearly. And... when he was helping me with the asset transfer, he also knew the source of many of my gray assets... To be honest, no one wants to be implicated because of this matter. Just like the previous Sanguanghui case, a cup of exposure, no background is useful, and it will definitely be sentenced in the end. So, I thought about it. Our Kong family was originally targeted by you, and I don’t want to let the family be implicated because of this matter. In addition, it’s only two million, not much, just give it to him. This is what I think."
Gu Baishun looked at him expressionlessly: "Think about it, who would believe what you said? Just because of the transfer of assets, you are going to help a fugitive who is suspected of assassinating the foreign minister. Which one is big and which one is small, don't you know it yourself? Kong Zhengqi, do you take us for fools?!"
Kong Zhengqi panted and said, "What I said are all facts. You can investigate. But I can't make up stories about things that didn't happen. Don't try to frame me."
…
Meanwhile, in the interrogation room at the back.
Hearing Kong Zhengqi's words through the loudspeaker, Li Mingsheng turned his head to look at An Zecheng and said calmly, "When he was smoking, he was thinking about what to say. This confession is not very authentic."
An Zecheng nodded, and after thinking for a while, he directly ordered: "Don't give face to anyone, just punish him."
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Longcheng, outside the gate of the Kong family compound.
Kong Zhenghui stood at the intersection with an anxious look on his face, smoking a cigarette and looking to both sides of the street from time to time.
A few minutes later, a familiar black SUV appeared in his sight, and Kong Zhenghui immediately waved at the car.
“Squeak!”
The car stopped in front of him. Kong Zhenghui threw away his cigarette butt, reached out to open the passenger door, and hurriedly got in the car.
Yu Mingyuan sat next to him, looking at him with a frown.
"Bang!"
After Kong Zhenghui closed the car door, he spoke first, explaining in an excited tone: "Mingyuan, you have to believe me, Xiaoqi can't be a traitor! Gu Baishun is definitely doing this to deliberately suppress us!"
"Suppress you?" Yu Mingyuan was furious when he heard this, and couldn't help asking, "He was caught at the scene! He was caught red-handed, understand? Did Gu Baishun force him to do it? Tell me yourself, if Kong Zhengqi was fine, would he have gone to see He Yan?!"
"Meeting He Yan doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the assassination of Bai Hongbo!!" Kong Zhenghui glared and shouted, "Could it be that someone else set him up? Huh?!"
Yu Mingyuan stared and asked, "Are all the traps set on your Kong family?! Are all people targeting you?! Don't you have any problems at all? OK, I won't argue with you. If you want to talk to me, you can't hide anything from me! You have to tell me the truth!!"
"..." Kong Zhenghui stared at him, took two deep breaths, and said firmly: "I'm not hiding anything from you! I just want to leave, so I prepared to transfer assets in advance and let Xiaoqi do these things! It's that simple!"
Yu Mingyuan sat in the car, looking at the old friend who had been with him for more than ten years and had gone through countless hardships together. For the first time, there was a hint of disappointment and distrust in his eyes.
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Hua District, Southern Theater Command Hospital.
After Su Tianyu was seriously injured, he lay in the high-risk ward and never woke up.
Jiangzhou sat outside, thinking for a long time, and then said to Wu Han: "Xiao Yu won't be able to recover for a while, I'm always worried that something bad will happen in Longcheng!! Otherwise, who among us will go?!"