At around 12 o'clock at noon, Gu Baishun took Guo Zhengdao's car and drove to a remote teahouse with only a few personal guards.
The teahouse is located in a new area of Longcheng. It has just been built and there are very few people there. Moreover, the quality of the teahouse is not low, and most people will not go to this kind of place to spend money.
The car stopped on the side of the road, and Gu Baishun and Guo Zhengdao were led by the manager, quickly went upstairs and walked into the innermost box.
Guo Zhengdao ordered tea, and the two of them sat at the Eight Immortals table and drank tea.
After thinking for a while, Gu Baishun put down his teacup and asked cautiously, "Is this person reliable?"
"Reliable!" Guo Zhengdao gave him a reassuring look: "It's the person from Group Three."
Gu Baishun nodded lightly and said nothing more.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, a guard answered the phone and whispered in Gu Baishun's ear: "Gu Bureau, the person is here."
Gu Baishun hummed: "Let him come in."
"Creak-" The private room door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance and wearing gray sportswear walked in.
Gu Baishun pointed to the chair in front of him: "Sit down."
The middle-aged man nodded, pulled out a chair and sat in front of the two of them.
The two sides were silent for a while, and the middle-aged man spoke first: "There's news from over there..."
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At the same time, the Kong family in Longcheng.
In order to take care of the old man's funeral, Kong Zhenghui returned home.
At this time, the Kong family was enveloped in a sad atmosphere. All the children in the family looked sad, and Mrs. Kong's eyes were red from crying.
Everyone is preparing for the funeral, ordering coffins for those who want them, and asking for gentlemen for others. After that, they have to contact the crematorium and purchase a cemetery.
People are very busy when they are alive, and when they die, they also have a lot of things to worry about.
At this time, there were several cars parked in the courtyard of the Kong family.
Uncle Su, the old man of the Bai family, and their wives also came, plus some old people from the Kong family, chatting with Mrs. Kong and comforting her.
Not only that, Yu Mingyuan, Zhou Tonghui and others also arrived. Although Su Tianbei had conflicts with Kong Zhenghui before, after all, after all these years, death is the most important thing, so he is here too.
There could be more than twenty people inside and outside, all gathered in the living room.
Several women from the Kong family sat aside and were busy folding gold ingots.
Because Mrs. Kong believed in Buddhism, a machine was used to play the sound of chanting sutras over and over again in the house to pray for Mr. Kong’s salvation.
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After a while, the National Bureau of Statistics' convoy also arrived.
Dabai sat in the car and said to the person in charge of reception: "There is no need to follow so many people in. You can wait outside."
"Okay." The other party nodded, took out the walkie-talkie and said: "As a group, you accompany Mr. Bai in."
"yes!"
Soon, the car door opened, and Dabai walked into the villa with only five personal guards.
As soon as Dabai entered the house, he saw everyone had arrived and were talking to the Kong family.
When Uncle Su heard the noise, he turned around first and waved his hand to say hello: "Dabai is back."
Dabai nodded: "Well, we just arrived."
With that said, he walked over, gently bent to Kong Zhenghui's mother and said, "Auntie, my condolences."
"My child, I have tormented you..." The old lady wiped the red circles under her eyes, still immersed in sadness: "This old man in my family is just unlucky. When life gets better, this person is gone."
As she spoke, the old lady's tears started to fall again. Uncle Su, the others, and several elderly people from the Kong family hurriedly came forward to comfort her.
Dabai also gave some advice, and his father turned to him and said, "Okay, as long as we are here, you can go find Mingyuan and the others."
"good."
After greeting a few old people, Dabai stopped disturbing them and turned to look at the other side of the living room.
Yu Mingyuan, Su Tianbei, and Zhou Tonghui were sitting on the chairs over there, chatting.
"Come, sit here!" Su Tianbei waved to him.
Dabai quickly walked over, sat down on the chair, and asked softly: "Where is Lao Kong?"
Yu Mingyuan pointed out: "I'm upstairs, busy contacting the crematorium."
"Oh, I'm going to be busy for a while." Dabai sighed.
Yu Mingyuan handed him a cigarette: "You haven't returned to the hotel yet, have you?"
Dabai waved his hand and did not answer the cigarette: "I haven't answered yet. I just got off the plane and got a call from my second brother, so I came over right away."
As he spoke, he asked: "When did Mr. Kong disappear?"
Yu Mingyuan took back the cigarette: "It's just about this morning."
Dabai nodded: "Oh, you don't have to suffer anymore."
"That's what I say..." Zhou Tonghui, who had the best relationship with Kong Zhenghui, couldn't help but say: "But if the old man doesn't do this, I'm afraid it will be a bit of a blow to Lao Kong."
"Lao Kong has been struggling a lot for me over the years." Yu Mingyuan patted his shoulder lightly: "Now, I can feel relieved."
Everyone nodded.
In everyone's mind, they have actually expected this for a long time. After all, Mr. Kong's illness has not been going away for a year or two.
If the Kong family hadn't had some financial resources, I'm afraid this man would have died long ago. Passing away at such an old age can be considered a happy mourning.
Zhou Tonghui sighed: "I feel now that the health of our parents is the greatest wealth for us children. In two days, I have to go home and take a look..."
"Yes." Dabai also agreed: "I haven't seen my father very often this year..."
Yu Mingyuan looked at him and asked, "Why don't you take your old man to Bana City?"
Dabai shook his head: "He is stubborn and doesn't want to go anywhere else. He just likes Dragon City. He says this is the root of it."
Yu Mingyuan nodded and said nothing more.
Everyone was chatting, and after a while, Kong Zhenghui came down from upstairs.
He looked haggard and his face was ugly. It seemed that he had just finished crying, and his eyes were a little red.
Everyone hurriedly stood up and walked over. Yu Mingyuan first spoke to comfort him: "Old Kong, please be patient... I have been ill for so many years, and now I am relieved."
Kong Zhenghui nodded slightly, braced himself, looked at Dabai and asked, "You just arrived too?"
"Yeah." Dabai also patted his arm: "My condolences..."
"Thanks……"
Everyone gathered around Kong Zhenghui, chatted for a few words, and comforted him.
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Soon, it was two or three o'clock in the afternoon. Kong Zhenghui raised his head, glanced at the clock on the wall, turned to everyone and said: "You all go back first, everyone will be here soon, and there will be more people. Wait until evening
You guys come over again and we can get together again then."
"Okay." Yu Mingyuan nodded and said, "Dabai still has something to do here, and we can't let him waste time here. If anything happens, just call us."
"good."
Kong Zhenghui led them and walked outside the villa.
As soon as everyone arrived at the compound, a car suddenly stopped at the gate.
A young man got out of the car in a panic and ran quickly to the villa.
The two sides happened to have a fight. The young man grabbed Kong Zhenghui and said in a hurry: "Brother, it's bad, Zhengqi has been taken away!"
Kong Zhenghui was stunned for a moment and asked: "Who was kidnapped? What happened?"
The young man hurriedly explained: "He is... from the General Bureau."
After hearing this, everyone was stunned.
"General Bureau?" Su Tianbei came back to his senses and immediately asked: "Who asked to arrest him? Why arrest him?"