At the garrison headquarters, Tan Hengqiang found An Zecheng and expressed his extreme dissatisfaction with Gu Baishun's "iron-blooded cleansing" policy.
There was a reason for Lao Tan's anger. From the moment the gun went off, this battle was no longer just a problem for Lao Li's team. He was no longer a bystander, but a player in the game. If he lost, he would lose everything and his entire family's lives.
Tan Hengqiang also knew that internal audits must be conducted, but how to do it, when to do it, and how much effort to use were all issues that required great timing and skills.
He knew that there were problems with the garrison. Because of the money offensive from District 1 and the fact that many people inside were not optimistic about the war, there were definitely some dissenting voices.
But now Gu Baishun took a one-size-fits-all approach. Not only did he suppress the Inspection Department by force, but he also almost paralyzed the entire logistics regiment. This caused a lot of opposition within the organization, and many people expressed their protest and dissatisfaction.
With so many things coming at him, it's impossible for Old Tan not to get angry.
An Zecheng looked at the angry Old Tan and understood his difficulties, so he communicated with him for a long time about the matter.
The two chatted for half an hour. Tan Hengqiang stopped dwelling on the issue and only replied: "Gu Baishun can be your man, but if he is not your man, he can completely destroy the interior of Longcheng. He has too much power, Lao An!"
…
At the same time, in the Longcheng Administrative Building.
In the mayor's office, Li Yuan sat opposite Li Mingsheng and whispered, "Leader, let me report to you..."
Li Yuan reported to him the progress of Gu Baishun's work, and talked for about half an hour.
Li Mingsheng couldn't help but feel frightened when he heard about the actions of the National Bureau of Investigation last night and the number of people involved in the case who could no longer be locked up in the interrogation room.
Seeing that his leader looked unhappy, Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, but still added softly: "Five to six hundred people, including direct relatives and senior officials involved in the case, have been arrested. The National Bureau of Investigation and Statistics will continue to screen and interrogate them. At the same time, they will continue to expand the area and increase the intensity of the interrogation... I feel that Director Gu has no intention of stopping."
Li Mingsheng frowned, thought for a long time, picked up the phone, and prepared to call Gu Baishun in person.
“Ding ding ding…”
But after pressing only a few keys, Li Mingsheng paused with a slightly conflicted expression.
In fact, he knew in his heart that these five or six hundred people were not the same as the five or six hundred people in the Fukuoka District. These people were not necessarily rebels, otherwise they would not be screened and interrogated.
The most important thing is that these people are some of the core backbone forces within the administrative faction. Although there are only five or six hundred people, they represent many forces and many families, and are inextricably linked to the administrative agencies of Dragon City.
Gu Baishun had told me before that if I let him do this, the process would be bloody... But I didn't expect it to be so bloody.
Li Mingsheng pondered for a long time, sighed, and finally put the microphone back gently.
Seeing his leader's hesitation, Li Yuan did not dare to persuade him and could only stand by and wait silently.
Li Mingsheng sat there thinking for a long time with his hands folded, and finally turned to him and said, "Forget it, let's wait and see. In the next two days, stop all the people who come to the administrative hall to look for me. Tell them clearly that you can talk about work, but don't ask for mercy."
After listening to this, Li Yuan nodded: "Okay, I understand."
…
The next morning at around eight o'clock, in the National Bureau of Statistics building.
The entire Bureau of Statistics worked overtime all night, and everyone was busy and exhausted. Gu Baishun himself had not returned home recently, and his food and accommodation were all provided by the company.
At this time, Gu Baishun was sitting in the office, drinking coffee, looking at a pile of sorted documents, when he heard someone knocking on the door.
“Boom boom boom!”
Gu Baishun shouted without even looking up: "Come in!"
“Squeak—”
The door was pushed open, and Xiao Zhang from the Intelligence Department stepped in and said hesitantly, "Director Gu, there's something..."
Gu Baishun then raised his head, glanced at him and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Zhang paused for a moment and said softly, "Your house... was smashed two or three times... and someone set it on fire, setting the houses next door on fire."
"What did you say?!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Baishun stood up and clenched his fists.
Xiao Zhang hurriedly said: "The fire has been put out now, but the perpetrators have not been caught yet. We are checking the surveillance video. According to the preliminary results, it was done in the early morning."
When Gu Baishun heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then he reacted immediately.
He gritted his teeth, turned his head and said to Xiao Zhang: "Pick out a few members from our own action team, field service members will do, to help me with something."
Xiao Zhang asked, "What's the matter?"
Gu Baishun replied carefully: "Let them stay in my cemetery for a while, and I will give them bonuses separately."
Xiao Zhang understood immediately and nodded, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away."
Having said that, Xiao Zhang quickly left the office.
This is not something that everyone can do. The internal pressure is so huge that even Xiao Gu, who is not afraid of ghosts and gods, starts to worry about whether his ancestral grave will be dug up.
Sitting back in the chair, Gu Baishun gently rubbed his eyebrows, with an indescribable sense of fatigue on his face.
Just then, a loud shouting suddenly came from outside the window.
"Dragon City traitor! Severely punish Gu Baishun!"
"Take this opportunity to clean up other factions! Gu Baishun is using a knife to kill someone!"
"Bloody executioner, heinous crimes!"
Gu Baishun frowned, stood up and walked to the window, reached out and gently pulled aside the curtains, and looked down.
There were many valuable cars parked downstairs of the Bureau of General Affairs. At the same time, there were about one or two hundred people gathered downstairs, shouting and cursing loudly.
More and more people gathered, and their shouting became louder and louder.
Gu Baishun found some of the faces familiar and recognized them as family members of those involved in the case.
They were aggressive and unyielding, and the guards at the door had already started pushing and shoving each other.
Gu Baishun paused, turned around and went back to his desk to continue working.
Around noon, more and more people gathered outside, and there were already about 400 to 500 people. Every once in a while, there would be fierce shouting, causing some people around to stop and watch.
…
Dragon City border, District 1 frontline suppression base.
Kang Dinghuang sat in the office that was temporarily prepared for him, watching a video sent back from Longcheng, thinking about something.
After a while, the office door was gently pushed open and Lu Zhen walked in.
"Look at this."
Kang Dinghuang saw him and turned the computer around to play the video. The video showed a crowd of protesters in front of the National Bureau of Statistics, with noisy shouts filling the entire office.
Lu Zhen took a quick look and couldn't help but smile: "This Gu Baishun has really aroused public anger."