Late at night, on a highway in Longcheng.
The street lights were dim, and several cars were driving quickly along the road, heading out of the city.
Kong Zhenghui sat in the car, resting his chin on his hand, looking out the window, not knowing what he was thinking about.
When we were halfway through the journey, the young man driving in front turned around and said, "Brother, there's someone blocking the road ahead."
"Um?"
Kong Zhenghui turned his head and looked forward.
I saw several private cars with mixed license plates parked at the intersection ahead, blocking the way.
Some men in plain clothes stood on the roadside with serious attitudes. One of the leaders gestured towards their car.
"Pull over." Kong Zhenghui gave the order without much surprise.
"good."
The young man steered the car and slowly pulled it to the side of the road. The cars following behind also stopped.
“Dangdangdang!”
The men in front walked over and knocked on the car window politely.
"brush!"
Kong Zhenghui rolled down the car window and looked at him expressionlessly.
A middle-aged man said politely: "Mr. Kong, we are from the General Administration Bureau. We are very sorry that you cannot leave Longcheng now."
Kong Zhenghui didn't say much to him. He just took out his cell phone and made a call.
The phone was quickly picked up, and Yu Mingyuan's voice rang out: "Hello?"
Kong Zhenghui spoke in a steady voice and said straight to the point: "I wanted to leave, but was stopped by the Quantong Bureau."
Yu Mingyuan sighed: "What on earth are you going to do? Do you have any clues?!"
"I don't know what you're thinking, but you're getting remarried, and I don't want you to get involved, so don't ask." Kong Zhenghui told him straightforwardly, "Besides, there aren't any secrets in Longcheng right now. I told you, this clue might be gone tomorrow."
“…” Hearing this, Yu Mingyuan fell silent.
Kong Zhenghui's tone calmed down a bit, and he continued, "You don't have to worry about me. If you want to help me, just let me leave the city."
The two were silent for a while, and Yu Mingyuan didn't say anything either, just hung up the phone.
…
At the same time, in a lounge in the Bureau of General Affairs.
Yu Mingyuan sat on the chair, frowning, holding the phone and thinking for a long time, and finally dialed An Zecheng's number: "Hello, uncle, are you busy now?"
An Zecheng asked: "Not busy, what's up?"
Yu Mingyuan lowered his voice: "It's like this..."
He quickly explained everything and finally expressed Kong Zhenghui's request to leave the city.
"..." On the other end of the phone, An Zecheng pondered for a while and asked, "Do you think he is still trustworthy now?"
Yu Mingyuan thought for a moment and expressed his considerations: "He gambled his entire family and went out alone. From a personal perspective, I am willing to believe him. From an objective point of view, with his family here, he will not flee. Although Kong Zhenghui has some minor problems, he is really filial to his family. I can guarantee this. In addition, from my observations during this period, he does not seem to know about Kong Zhengqi's affairs."
An Zecheng thought for a moment and said calmly, "This won't happen again."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Yu Mingyuan put down his phone, sighed softly, and dialed a familiar number.
…
Five minutes later, on a street in Longcheng.
Several cars were parked on the side of the road, and more than a dozen people from the National Bureau of Statistics were standing guard, staring at Kong Zhenghui and the others.
The road is still temporarily closed and other vehicles can only take a detour temporarily.
In the car in front, Kong Zhenghui sat in the back seat, silent and with a gloomy face.
"Ding Ling Ling!"
The phone in his pocket suddenly rang, Kong Zhenghui picked it up and saw that it was Yu Mingyuan calling. He thought about it and did not answer the call.
After a while, the ringing stopped.
The cars of the National Bureau of Statistics at the intersection suddenly started and moved to both sides.
The staff member who had stopped them earlier walked over, stood in front of the car, and said politely to Kong Zhenghui: "Mr. Kong, you can go now."
"brush!"
Kong Zhenghui ignored him, rolled up the car window, and waved to the young man driving, "Let's go."
"good!"
Several cars started moving again and headed out of the city.
When leaving, Kong Zhenghui was very cautious and changed four or five cars along the way to hide his whereabouts.
At the same time, he used the connections he had accumulated in Longcheng over the years to get to the dock and leave by speedboat overnight.
In less than fifteen hours, Kong Zhenghui arrived in District 2.
Another hour passed and it became dark again.
…
Near an apartment in Li City, three black commercial vehicles were parked in a remote alley.
The alley was very quiet, with gaudy graffiti on the walls on both sides and some messy garbage on the ground.
Kong Zhenghui was wearing a black sportswear, sitting in the car, smoking a cigarette, and looking at the information that Zhou Tonghui had sent to him before.
The Kong brothers who came with him were also sitting in the car, each of them was in high spirits and remained alert.
After a while, a young man warned: "Brother, someone is coming."
Kong Zhenghui put down his phone and looked out the window. He saw three or four black men with dreadlocks and hip-hop outfits walking in the alley.
The men glanced at the car's license plate and quickened their pace.
“Bang!”
When passing by the car, one of the black men suddenly reached out and threw a waterproof canvas bag into the car through the window.
After doing all this, the other party continued to walk away as if nothing had happened.
"brush!"
A young man bent down and opened the bag, which contained a lot of pistols, automatic rifles, and grenades. He quickly checked and nodded to Kong Zhenghui: "The quantity is correct."
Kong Zhenghui glanced at the gun bag, took a puff of cigarette, and ordered: "Distribute them all and get ready to work."
"good."
The young man picked up the guns and quickly distributed them to other people in the car.
…
At the same time, somewhere in the suburbs of Longcheng.
In a dim room, He Yan was lying on a worn-out sofa, sleeping with his eyes closed.
The room was very clean and empty except for this worn-out sofa that had been there for who knows how many years, and a large iron shelf for placing some daily necessities.
There was green mold growing in the corners, and no one had cleaned it. There were no windows, only a closed door.
The whole room was shabby and damp, like a basement.
"Ding Ling Ling!"
A shrill telephone ring rang, and He Yan was suddenly awakened. He turned over and sat up in bed.
The room was dark, with only the light from the cell phone.
He Yan breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the phone, glanced at the caller ID, and answered the call: "Hello?"
A deep male voice came from the phone: "I'm back from Bana City. I'm coming to see you now."
He Yan thought for a moment and said to him, "Let's go later. I can't go out now."
… …