Tang Feng's investigation into Zhang Hong did not lead to any substantial progress. Zhang Hong's story was like a boring comic strip, with the same story repeated over and over again.
After he finished his talk, Zhang Hong asked Tang Feng with some confusion: "Hasn't Jiang Yitian already asked all the questions he should have asked? Why are you asking me to repeat them again today?"
Tang Feng smiled and said, "This is all procedural stuff. The incident at Heimuguan this time is very serious. The Intelligence Department requires us to have different people ask any person twice when we interrogate them."
Zhang Hong pointed at Catalina beside him and asked, "Is she one of yours too?"
Tang Feng said: "Katerina, one of our best field agents. Now due to work needs, she has been appointed as my assistant."
Zhang Hong stood up and walked around Katarina and said, "I think her position may be a bit problematic. As far as I know, she has a special relationship with Xiao Chen. She seems to be Xiao Chen's admirer. I heard that she has been feeding Xiao Chen these past two days? Will such a person be biased in the investigation?"
"You are talking nonsense, I am not an admirer." Catalina's face turned red with anxiety, and she stood up to argue. Tang Feng held her back and said to Zhang Hong: "They are not married, and they are not dating. Your random words are not tenable, right
There are so many people taking care of their comrades these days. What? If feeding someone a meal is considered a relationship, how many more gay couples will there be in our hospital
So what if there are emotional likes and dislikes? Take Zhang Hong for example, do you also have dissatisfaction with Xiao Chen? According to my judgment, the emotions you revealed, does it mean that your testimony and opinions on Xiao Chen should be invalidated?"
Zhang Hong sneered and did not continue to argue. He just said, "Sharp-tongued!"
Tang Feng took Catalina out of Zhang Hong's room and saw that the blush on Catalina's face had not faded yet.
"Is it weird that I behave like that?" she said.
"Not really, but there are many people who envy Xiao Chen."
"Huh? I just did it unconsciously. I don't want him to be misunderstood by others."
Tang Feng scratched his head and said, "As long as Luo Ling doesn't misunderstand me, that's fine."
"Even you will side with her." Catalina looked up at him. That look made Tang Feng sweat on his forehead, and he lowered his head again.
"Let's... continue investigating." Tang Feng took out a notebook, wrote a few names on it, and then tore it off and stuffed it into Catalina's hand. "I'll investigate those who organized the defense with Zhang Hong during the retreat, and find out what the situation was like during the retreat. You go and investigate what Zhang Hong was doing when Heimuguan was attacked. These people are all related personnel, you go and ask them."
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According to Zhang Hong himself, he took the initiative to go to the communication and transmission room and report the situation in Hei Mu Pass to Suero. The first thing Catalina did was to find the relevant personnel in charge of communications to inquire.
The communication array and teleportation array of Heimu Pass are placed in two adjacent houses, and there is a wizard on duty in each room every day.
The two mid-level mages Wu Qi and Shen Yuan from the independent battalion were on duty at Heimuguan that day. After occupying Heimuguan, Huang Zheng arranged Wu Qi and Shen Yuan, who belonged to the same mage class, to work in the communication room and the transmission room, which was also a kind of care for the female mages.
Catalina found Wu Qi at a sentry post in Suero that was used to detect magic fluctuations. After Huang Zheng's independent battalion was defeated at Heimuguan, it was expanded and reorganized into the Fourth Regiment by Wang Jiyuan, because Wang Jiyuan knew that it was impossible to counterattack Heimuguan according to the current military organization. Although the Fourth Regiment was not fully staffed, it had set up a new framework. As long as the guards who were recruited later completed the training, it could be supported. Wu Qi and three other mages formed the direct mage class of the First Battalion of the Fourth Regiment. They did not have enough combat power for the time being, so they were assigned to be in charge of a sentry post.
"Has someone finally come to investigate what happened that day?" The first sentence Wu Qi heard when she saw Catalina made her feel that there was something wrong.
Wu Qi handed the investigation to a mage under his command, took Catalina to the lounge nearby, and said behind closed doors, "I made a report when I arrived in Suero, and later I also told Captain Huang privately. The situation that day was very strange."
Catalina said, "Tell me in detail. I heard from Captain Huang that there might be something hidden in this link."
Wu Qi said: "The reason why the battle at Hei Mu Guan ended that day was that we didn't get Suero's support in time. But in my opinion, this is unjustifiable, because we obviously had enough time to contact Suero, but by the time we actually contacted Suero, it was too late."
"Why do you say that?"
Wu Qi said, "I was in charge of the communication array that day, and Shen Yuan was in charge of the teleportation array. We were all in the same house, separated by a door. When the battle at the north gate broke out, we all heard the sound coming from over there. Even people like us who had little experience in the battlefield could immediately recognize that it was the sound of an explosion. According to the procedure, Captain Shi or Captain Huang should have sent someone to inform me to contact Suero through the communication array, or directly activate the teleportation array. But in fact, I waited for a long time that day, but there was no news. It was about twenty minutes after the first explosion that Zhang Hong notified me. By the time I contacted Suero, the enemy had already attacked, and the teleportation array had malfunctioned, which resulted in no reinforcements coming at all."
Catalina asked, "Wait, you found a battle going on in the city, but Shi Hao didn't make any movement. Didn't you send anyone to look for Shi Hao?"
"Yes, Shen Yuan went there by herself, and she brought two soldiers with her. But they never came back."
"When did she go?" asked Katerina.
"About ten minutes after the battle began. I suspect she was attacked by a master on the way. But that day was too chaotic and no one saw her or her body." Wu Qi said solemnly, "Ten minutes later Zhang Hong arrived. We contacted Suero first and told Commander Wang the news of the sneak attack on Hei Mu Pass."
"What about the malfunction of the teleportation array you mentioned just now?" asked Katarina.
"Because Shen Yuan was not there, the substitute wizard that the guards went to find did not come in time, so I could only try to open the teleportation array with Zhang Hong, but the teleportation array could not connect to the other side normally. I don't know much about space magic, and I don't have the ability to fix it. Zhang Hong can't do it either. Later, a soldier from the guard army came to report the battle situation. The outsiders couldn't hold on any longer, so Zhang Hong took the opportunity to tell Suero to prepare for retreat, which led to his organization of the retreat later." (To be continued)