The Dragon City Rises

Night, Hua Mansion.

After finishing his conversation with the old man, Qian Zhiyang quickly left the prison and returned via the same waterway, arriving at Pier Seven.

He lowered his hat, shielding his face as he walked toward the roadside. At that moment, a silver SUV happened to drive over. Qian Zhiyang waved his hand, and the silver SUV slowly decelerated and stopped in front of him.

Qian Zhiyang opened the car door and got into the back seat.

"Where to?" A man wearing a wool cap looked at Qian Zhiyang in the rearview mirror and asked.

"Out of the city," Qian Zhiyang simply replied, then leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes to rest. After so much continuous running around, even he felt somewhat exhausted.

The driver wearing the wool cap didn't say much, and drove away from the shore.

After driving for about five or six minutes, the driver glanced at the rearview mirror, his expression turning serious. He spoke to Qian Zhiyang, "There's a tail behind us."

Qian Zhiyang opened his eyes, turned his head, and glanced back. A black sedan was following them unhurriedly, and it looked like there were two people inside.

"How long have they been following?" Qian Zhiyang asked.

"Since you left the pier, until now," the driver replied.

Qian Zhiyang pondered for a moment, then pointed to the slums ahead, "Let's not leave the city yet, stop up ahead."

"Okay." The driver nodded and steered the car toward the slums. He was a man Qian Zhiyang had arranged, specifically to pick him up here.

Soon, the car pulled over to the side of the road. Qian Zhiyang and the driver got out of the car together, walked into the alley beside them, and quickly disappeared into the alley's forks.

The black car behind them also pulled over and stopped. Two Chinese men immediately got out of the car and chased into the alley. The alley was dirty and messy, and the two men stepped on the garbage on the ground, hurriedly following.

They had just reached the bend when they ran into Qian Zhiyang and the driver. Qian Zhiyang held a pistol in his hand, while the driver held a machine gun, directly pulling the trigger at them.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

"Da-da-da!"

A burst of gunfire rang out, and blood mists erupted from the two men, who fell into a pool of blood.

Although the gunfire was intense, violent incidents happened almost every day in this chaotic slum, so it didn't attract anyone's attention.

Qian Zhiyang tucked the pistol into his waist, walked to the corpses, rummaged through their pockets, and pulled out a car key.

"I'll go first, you stay and clean up." Qian Zhiyang instructed, then left directly.

He quickly walked out of the alley, used the car key to open the black sedan's door, then got in and started the car.

After the car started, Qian Zhiyang held the steering wheel with one hand, and took out his cell phone with the other, calling Yu Mingyuan.

"Hello?" Yu Mingyuan's voice came from the phone, "How's it going on your end?"

"I've met the person," Qian Zhiyang said softly, "Two dogs were tailing me on the way back, but I've already taken care of them. Looks like they took the bait."

"Good, disappear for now, don't contact anyone, wait for me to call you," Yu Mingyuan replied in a serious tone.

"Understood."

The two hung up the phone, and the black sedan gradually disappeared into the night.

An hour later, the black sedan's accelerator was stuck, and it drove itself into a fast-flowing river.

...

Four in the morning, Saint Paul City.

Huang Peishan looked somewhat anxious. He hurriedly left the Chinese Workers' Association's intelligence agency and went directly to Huo Dongsheng's villa by car.

Ten minutes later, he pushed open the door to Huo Dongsheng's villa's study. Huo Dongsheng wasn't asleep either, and was sitting on the sofa in the study, drinking cup after cup of tea. At this time, Huo Dongsheng's brow was furrowed, and he also looked somewhat anxious. In short, his face was very ugly.

Seeing Huang Peishan come in, before the other party could speak, Huo Dongsheng directly asked, "Did you follow him?"

"Didn't follow..." Huang Peishan shook his head, "Time was tight, I could only temporarily transfer two lackeys from nearby. But that kid Qian Zhiyang was very alert, he discovered we were following him, and he took care of my people. By the time the others got there, he had already run away, and only two corpses were found at the scene..."

Huo Dongsheng frowned even more tightly. He picked up the teacup, then slowly put it down, and then asked, "What about the prison? Who did Qian Zhiyang meet inside?"

"It's Lao Wang..." Huang Peishan said in a hoarse voice.

Hearing this name, Huo Dongsheng suddenly stood up and asked nervously, "Have you figured it out?!"

"Absolutely accurate," Huang Peishan nodded, "That's what our informant who was sent to watch Lao Wang said. As soon as Qian Zhiyang arrived, Lao Wang was taken out to meet him. However... there were no surveillance cameras where they met, and we can't find out what the two of them talked about."

Hearing these words, Huo Dongsheng couldn't sit still at all. He walked back and forth in the study with his head down, his expression becoming even more anxious. He thought for a long time, and also figured out some key issues, and his palms were also sweating.

Huo Dongsheng looked at Huang Peishan, frowned and said, "Then this Qian Zhiyang, he shouldn't be from the Qingyi Bureau, we might be thinking too much. A year ago, he left the Qingyi Bureau, it's very likely he was fired, or he left on his own initiative. He's very likely Lao Wang's man, pretending to be from the Qingyi Bureau to mess with us, deliberately revealing his face, giving us clues. I said, even if the Qingyi Bureau and the Central Bureau are fighting internally, Kang Dinghuang wouldn't want to kill me! We haven't even stated our attitude yet, they should be trying to win us over...!"

"Is that possible?" Huang Peishan looked shocked, "What's the point of Lao Wang doing this? We haven't mistreated the people of their lineage either?!"

Huo Dongsheng's face was gloomy, "Lao Wang may have noticed that we met with Zhao Yan long ago... We haven't mistreated Lao Wang, but those people behind Lao Wang may think we've touched their interests..."

Huang Peishan thought for a long time, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and a layer of cold sweat gradually appeared on his forehead.

"That makes a lot of sense..." Huang Peishan also suddenly stood up and asked, "Then what should we do next...?!"

Huo Dongsheng fell into deep thought. After five or six minutes, he looked up and said, "How about this, call Lao Dong, Lao Liu, and the others over first, let's discuss it."

"Okay!"

Huang Peishan took out his cell phone and called the other two advisors.

After that, the study fell silent. The two chairmen, both first and second in command, were thinking about what had happened recently.

About an hour later, the sky began to dawn, and the study door was finally pushed open.

Two men of extraordinary bearing appeared.

Dong Ke walked in with saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth, supporting Liu Tao, who was limping, walking with his legs apart, and covering his balls with his hand.

"..."

Huo Dongsheng looked at his two good brothers, was silent for two seconds, before hurriedly instructing Huang Peishan, "Quick, help them move some chairs."

Dong Ke slurred his words, drooling, and shouted at Huang Peishan again, "That... also get me a towel... there's a lot of secretions in my mouth...!"

Two minutes later, Huo Dongsheng and his three carriages began an emergency secret meeting...