In a hospital in Longcheng.
Gu Baishun walked out of the emergency room stiffly with a dull look in his eyes.
The members of the action team waiting outside stood up silently and looked at Gu Baishun. Brother Qiu also walked closer and asked hesitantly, "Old Guo..."
Gu Baishun was silent for a long time, his eyes moved, fell on Brother Qiu, and waved his hand gently.
Brother Qiu looked at him, his lips moving, but he said nothing more.
Gu Baishun's eyes were blank, his expression barely changing. He swept his eyes across the crowd and ordered in a hoarse voice, "Notify the hospital and do their best to rescue our wounded and those who have been arrested. At the same time, take Shang Shixun to the General Affairs Bureau for interrogation. Xiaoqiu, ask the guards to go to the prison and hold Shang Yao down to prevent him from jumping off the wall."
After explaining all these things in an orderly manner, Gu Baishun turned his head and looked at Xiao Zhang, the head of the Intelligence Department: "You will be in charge of the interrogation yourself. No matter what method you use, you must get all the confessions out of Shang Shixun's mouth before tomorrow morning!"
After finishing speaking, Gu Baishun took a step forward and walked out of the hospital.
Everyone was silent. Xiao Zhang looked at Gu Baishun's back and wanted to persuade him, so he called out softly, "Director Gu..."
Gu Baishun didn't even turn his head and waved his hand: "Let me be quiet for a while."
"..." Xiao Zhang closed his mouth and said nothing more. He watched Gu Baishun and the guards walk towards the elevator.
“Bang!”
At this moment, the lights in the operating room behind him went out, and the medical staff came out, pushing Guo Zhengdao's body. A white sheet covered his body, and it seemed that at this moment, this fierce general who came from a humble background could finally take a break.
The members of the action team followed silently and accompanied Guo Zhengdao all the way.
Brother Qiu watched Guo Zhengdao being pushed away with a dull look until he got into the elevator. He suddenly lost all his strength and sat down on the bench in the corridor.
At this moment, Brother Qiu felt extremely uncomfortable and sad. He sat there as quiet as a statue.
Although he and Guo Zhengdao were not from the same faction and had no contact before, due to the recent internal incident, he and Guo Zhengdao had frequent contact, almost eating and living together, and had been through life and death together many times, which made the relationship between the two of them different.
Perhaps, it is not just the two of them that have become different, but the sharing of life and death during this period of time has given rise to a special feeling between these brothers.
So when he knew that Guo Zhengdao had left, Brother Qiu felt even more upset than he had imagined. He knew that in such a dangerous mission, someone would definitely die, but when death really came to these companions, he couldn't suppress the sadness in his heart.
Brother Qiu sat alone on the bench, unable to calm down for a long time.
…
Half an hour later, at the Quantong Bureau compound.
Gu Baishun returned to his office alone, not wanting anyone to disturb him. The secretary and guards all stayed outside and did not come in.
There was no light on in the room, it was dark. Gu Baishun sat motionless on the chair. The only sound in the whole room was the ticking of the wall clock.
At this moment, Gu Baishun was still a little confused. In his mind, the words that Guo Zhengdao said to him before his death kept echoing.
"People have feelings. Intellectually, you think they are enemies, but subconsciously, they have become your comrades. There is no way to give up this... Xiao Gu, I hope you and those old people are doing well..."
I don’t know why, but this sentence seems to have some kind of magical power. It has been lingering in Gu Baishun’s mind, as if someone has pressed the repeat button and is repeating it again and again.
He didn't know how long he repeated this. Gu Baishun shook his dizzy head, slowly lit a cigarette, and started smoking.
In recent years, the only people he could trust were the few people his father left him: Lao Guo and Brother Niu.
These two people were not military men, and they were even big bandits in the past. The reason why they were willing to help him was to repay his kindness and out of loyalty to their father.
They had been in jail, had no home, and no roots, but they just followed me and never complained about anything. Every time I needed support and help, they were the ones who stood up for me silently.
Gu Baishun felt that the original purpose of Brother Niu and Lao Guo was very simple, which was to avenge his father. But today, when Lao Guo was dying, he said these words to him.
Can we really let go of some things
“Squeak—”
The chair was knocked away, Gu Baishun stood up, walked to the window, reached out and pushed it open.
"Huff..."
A gust of cold wind blew directly into the room and blew on his head, which seemed to make him sober up a little.
Outside the window, the flames of war were burning in the distant Dragon City, and the sound of gunfire from the periphery could still be heard clearly in the city.
Too many people died in this city tonight.
Gu Baishun looked at the raging fire in the distance, trying again and again to stir up the hatred that had been hidden in his heart for a long time, but no matter how hard he tried, what emerged in his heart at this moment was more of a feeling of powerlessness and sadness.
“Sizzle…”
The cigarette burned his fingers, and Gu Baishun felt as if he was pricked. He hurriedly threw away the cigarette and stared blankly at the cigarette butt on the ground.
He lowered his head, thinking back to the past with Guo Zhengdao, from the time they met to the time they supported each other. Scene after scene flashed through his mind like a movie, froze, and then faded away.
After a long time, Gu Baishun's eyes were filled with tears and his body trembled uncontrollably.
Outside the window, the moonlight shone on him, casting a lonely shadow in the room.
Gu Baishun wiped his tears, took out his cell phone, looked up the phone book, hesitated for a while, and dialed a number. Reason told him that he shouldn't call this number at this time, but he couldn't help it.
“Beep…”
The phone rang twice and was quickly connected. A man's steady voice came from the receiver: "What's the matter? What's the emergency?"
When Gu Baishun heard this voice, his emotions instantly collapsed, and tears flowed uncontrollably. He calmed himself down and said in a slightly trembling voice: "Brother Guo is gone..."
"… "
The other party was silent for a long time, then sighed: "Alas... This is fate..."
The two of them fell silent again and stopped talking into the microphone.
The dark office fell into silence again.
…
At the same time, in Hua District, Yanbei’s military hospital.
Wang Dingyuan pushed open the door of the ward and saw Su Tianyu sitting inside. The first thing he said after seeing him was: "I'm leaving!"