Chapter 169 Before the Storm

In front of the General Administration compound, several An-affiliated military vehicles were parked.

"Hua la!"

The car doors opened one after another, and a large number of soldiers got out.

Su Tianbei and Lu Feng also got out of the car, leading a group of people into the interior of the building.

With a burst of dense footsteps, the group quickly arrived on the fourth floor, surrounding Gu Baisun's office door.

"Pa!"

The office door was pushed open, and Su Tianbei and Lu Feng stepped inside, without bringing any guards.

Gu Baisun sat behind his desk. Seeing them walk in, he asked with a smile, "Hehe, why are you two so free today?"

Su Tianbei looked at him with a complicated expression, while Lu Feng, standing beside him, was also solemn and silent.

Studying Gu Baisun's expression, Su Tianbei said, "A lot of things happened last night. The higher-ups need to understand the situation from you. Come with us to the An military department."

Gu Baisun agreed very simply, "Alright."

As soon as he finished speaking, the office door was pushed open again.

Guo Zhengdao led twenty or so members of the action team, swarming into the office. These people didn't speak, just silently looked around the room.

Lu Feng turned his head to look at them, his brows furrowed.

The atmosphere became very stiff and quiet for a moment.

Gu Baisun said to those who had just entered, "What are you doing here? Everyone out."

The group looked at Gu Baisun's face before leaving the office.

Gu Baisun crossed his arms and, with his legs crossed, turned to look at Su Tianbei and asked, "Besides me, who else?"

Su Tianbei stared at Gu Baisun, sizing him up for a long time, and finally said, "Also Lao Guo."

"Alright, let's go."

Gu Baisun stood up. As if he was normally getting off work, he casually picked up his coat from the coat rack and put it on.

Su Tianbei didn't make things difficult for Gu Baisun, and just left the office with him.

In the corridor, the group walked towards the elevator. But the further they went, the more people there were in the corridor.

These were all staff members of the General Administration. None of them spoke, just staring at Su Tianbei and the others expressionlessly.

Although they remained silent, they brought an invisible sense of oppression.

Gu Baisun looked left and right and waved to them gently. Only then did these people disperse, returning to their respective offices, but they were still staring at them through the windows on the doors.

The group arrived at the elevator. While waiting, Su Tianbei, who had been enduring, finally turned his head to look at Gu Baisun and slowly asked, "Was it you?"

Gu Baisun smiled and asked back, "What do you mean, was it me?"

Su Tianbei lowered his head and thought for a long time.

"Ding!"

Just then, the elevator arrived. With a crisp chime, the metal doors slowly opened.

Su Tianbei finally raised his head and said to Gu Baisun, "I really hope it wasn't you... Xiao Yu too."

Hearing this, Gu Baisun was visibly stunned, a trace of surprise flowing through his eyes.

The group entered the elevator, went downstairs, left the General Administration, and got into the military vehicles parked outside.

After a while, Guo Zhengdao was also brought down and sent into the car.

Su Tianbei led them away from the General Administration, while Lu Feng stayed behind, temporarily presiding over the work within the bureau in Gu Baisun's place.

...

An hour later, Wei Xiangzuo heard the news that Gu Baisun had been taken away from the General Administration and immediately took a car to the An military department.

Sitting in the car, Wei Xiangzuo's face was a little gloomy, and he felt uneasy.

"Di Ling Ling!"

Just as he was worried, the phone rang. Wei Xiangzuo picked up the phone, glanced at it, and found that it was Zhang Taotao calling, so he answered the call, "Hello?"

Zhang Taotao said politely, "President Wei, are you busy right now?"

Wei Xiangzuo thought for a moment and said, "I'm not busy right now, what's the matter?"

Zhang Taotao explained, "It's like this, the municipal government is going to make a tax rate adjustment for the related industries under our Huatong Association, and there will be a meeting in the next few days to discuss it. Do you have time? Would it be convenient for you to come over?"

"..." Wei Xiangzuo was silent for a long time, and finally nodded, "Okay, I'll go find you now. Where are you?"

Zhang Taotao smiled and said, "Then we'll meet at the association headquarters in a while. Sorry to trouble you, President Wei."

"You're welcome, it's my duty." Wei Xiangzuo didn't say much and hung up the phone.

After putting down the phone, Wei Xiangzuo frowned, pondering something.

Immediately afterward, the urgent phone rang again.

"Di Ling Ling!"

This time it was Li Yuan calling. Wei Xiangzuo hesitated for a moment, but still answered the phone, "Hello, Secretary Li?"

Li Yuan said gently, "President Wei, did President Zhang talk to you about the tax rate adjustment just now?"

Wei Xiangzuo paused and said, "Yes, I'm just about to go find her."

Li Yuan continued, "That's good. The leader's intention is also to let you take over, so it's more convenient. If you have any questions, please communicate with me in time, and we can work together to handle this matter well, so that we can give the leader an explanation."

"Okay, I understand, thank you, Secretary Li."

"You're welcome, then you go ahead and I won't disturb you."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Xiangzuo sighed helplessly.

The driver in the front turned his head and asked, "Brother Zuo, are we still going to the An military department?"

Wei Xiangzuo waved his hand, "Forget it, let's go to the association."

The driver nodded and steered the car onto another road.

At this time, Wei Xiangzuo's mood was very complicated.

He originally thought that the higher-ups were looking for Gu Baisun just to ask some questions. But he didn't expect that things would be so serious.

As soon as something happened to Gu Baisun, he was also restricted. The intention was obvious, which was to prevent him from getting involved in the General Administration and the association's affairs.

Wei Xiangzuo turned his head to look out the window, his heart full of worry and entanglement. He understood that Gu Baisun's trip was likely to be dangerous.

...

Two hours later, the General Administration.

Lu Feng was sitting in the office, taking over from Gu Baisun and handling work.

Originally, Lu Feng was a member of the General Administration, so there was not much resistance to him taking over here. He also urgently transferred a group of his own people to jointly preside over internal work.

At this time, Lu Feng received a call from An Zecheng while talking to several trusted department leaders.

In the phone call, An Zecheng ordered Lu Feng to use the General Administration's intelligence system to conduct a new round of investigation on the relevant clues on the chain of evidence provided by Kong Zhenghui.

Lu Feng had no choice. Although he was very conflicted, this was the intention of the higher-ups and had to be done.

An hour later, within the General Administration, those who were close to Gu Baisun and Guo Zhengdao were all temporarily placed under control.

There were about thirty people in total, who were sent to the An military department. These people were all members of Guo Zhengdao's action team, as well as several leaders of the intelligence department.

After dealing with these matters, Lu Feng walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looked at the gloomy sky outside, and couldn't help but sigh.

The weather is about to change.