Before he even stepped out, a gentle push from behind caused Powers to lose his center of gravity at the edge of the steps. His upper body leaned forward irreversibly and fell.
He waved his arms to grab something, but there was no place to lean on, and he was still some distance away from the handrail.
He fell forward in despair, looking at the steps getting closer and closer, he felt that his whole body was surrounded by fear.
peng!
The close contact between his forehead and the edge of the steps made him almost cry out in pain. He could no longer feel his forehead, and had no other sensation except pain.
He was still rolling forward and downward. During the roll, he saw Du Lin standing on the steps lighting a cigarette, and saw the secretary outside the office door who was so frightened that his features were distorted. He opened his mouth and wanted to curse. But the severe pain that followed made him close his mouth.
Not only is it painful, but if he is not careful, he will bite off his tongue under the influence of external force, such as an impact on his jaw.
He had to close his mouth and clench his teeth, even if the pain and fear made him tremble and make him whine.
Every rotation made the pain more intense and made his thinking slower. Before landing, Powers was thinking about a question. Why did Dulin dare to push him down? Didn't he know that he What are you doing
On the third floor, Powers stopped. Because he lacked the protection of the thick carpet, every time he rolled, he would hit the corners of the steps. Several bloody edges were pulled out on his head, and he also died early. Just lost consciousness.
This short staircase, less than fifteen meters long, is enough to knock an old man into coma, and even young people may not be able to bear it.
On the steps, Du Lin smoked a cigarette and walked to the desk of Powers Secret Technique. The little secretary looked at Du Lin tremblingly, and he could clearly hear the clicking sound of her teeth.
She had just noticed everything, witnessed Dulin going to the bathroom, witnessed Dulin stretching out his hand to push Powers down the stairs, and witnessed him lighting up a cigarette afterwards as if he had done something trivial. cigarette!
"You didn't scream..." Du Lin reminded him, but the secretary didn't know whether Du Lin was serious or sarcastic. She didn't dare to speak, let alone scream.
The young man in front of me would dare even a new party leader like Powers push him down the stairs. An inconspicuous little secretary like her would probably have no scruples in cleaning up.
She suddenly felt her lower abdomen begin to swell and experience severe pain quickly, and then the urge to urinate surged to the top of her head, but Du Lin was standing in front of her, and she did not dare to speak or leave.
"Madam, you should scream. You saw Mr. Powers slip and fall. You should scream to remind everyone what happened..." Dulin's hands turned and made the gesture of what happened. The little secretary was stunned. Two seconds later, some hysterical screams started.
The penetrating soprano instantly shattered the peace in the New Party office building. Du Lin walked behind the desk in one step, held her waist in the little secretary's frightened eyes, and led her quickly to the fifth floor. At the guardrail at the edge of the platform, let her upper body slightly stick out of the guardrail, and then said from behind her, "Tell them what happened just now, use your brain!"
Even if the girl who can be selected as the secret technique of the new party leader's office is a fool, she is also a fool with a basic IQ. She is almost calm at this time. Under the double threat, she shouted Dulin Hope without thinking about it. What she did was, "Come here, Mr. Powers slipped and fell down the stairs!"
Du Lin pulled the little secretary back with force, then dragged her quickly to the table. After picking up the phone and dialing the emergency number, he put the phone in the girl's hand and said, "Call an ambulance." …”
The girl was manipulated by Dulin like a puppet on strings. At this time, her brain was completely separated from her body. Her brain told herself clearly that she had witnessed a terrible political frame-up, and she also It was dangerous because she was the only witness.
Given Dulin's reputation, it is very likely that she will disappear or be involved in various accidents.
She is still very young, only twenty-seven years old this year. She does not want to leave this world so early, and she is racking her brains to think of a way.
But her body was very cooperative with Du Lin's orders. As soon as the call was answered, she methodically requested rescue.
After hanging up the phone, she looked up at Du Lin, with an... indescribable look in her eyes, maybe it was hope.
She was now hot all over, as if she had been running for a long time, and had an abnormal coolness, as if her whole body was covered in sweat and blown by the wind.
Du Lin released his hand on the girl's waist, helped the girl tidy up her somewhat messy hair, and showed a dazzling smile, "I like your freckles, they are very cute..."
These words made the little secretary turn as red as steamed seafood. She lowered her head in fear and adjusted her glasses to hide her panic.
Du Lin looked at the slightly yellow water stains on the ground and said with a smile, "Eating more vegetables will be very helpful to your health. Next, someone will ask you some very simple questions, and tell them things like just now It really goes through, and then you have a week off, paid, to take a break and relax, or go out and have some fun.”
After fiddling with the girl's hair again and touching her face, Du Lin waved and walked towards the stairs.
It is necessary to keep the little secretary or even let her witness all this, but it can also be said that it is not necessary.
If the little secretary didn't see all this happen, and she couldn't give a first-party witness statement, Du Lin would be highly suspicious.
Seeing that Powers was not hiding anything from anyone, he went upstairs openly and openly. However, Powers fell down the stairs in the process. Even if no one saw it, someone would point out this doubt and accuse Dulin. Possible suspicion of intentional injury.
Those who have little interest in Dulin will not do this, but those who have core interests in conflict with Dulin will never let this go. For example, Holmes, some people within the party and even outside the party will never let it go. people.
They raised doubts. As a political incident with great influence, the Procuratorate will definitely intervene in the investigation. No matter what the outcome is, Dulin will never be able to take off the label of persecuting Powers because he is too suspicious. Well, even if the Procuratorate and the Supreme Court prove that he is not guilty, some people will still think that he is guilty and bribe the Supreme Court and the Procuratorate.
But if the little secretary witnesses all this, she will play a very special role in this matter. As a person Powers can trust, her words will be more authoritative. If she admits it in person, or even swears To ensure that Powers indeed slipped and fell, even if others saw Dulin doing good things, it would not be of any value.
With front-line eyewitness testimony and someone whom Powers trusts, people may consider whether Dulin did it, but they will never subconsciously conclude that it was Dulin who did it, leaving an appropriate amount of room for doubt.
As for whether the little secretary will really tell the truth... Dulin is not too worried about this, because the core character of human beings is selfishness.
In order to protect herself, she will choose the answer that is most powerful for herself, just like Alyssa answered when faced with Anpu's question.
This achieved Dulin's goal - to let people know that this matter had something to do with him, but there was lack of enough key evidence to accuse him, so they could only make suspicious and random guesses.
Not to mention the little secretary who was panicking to clean up the water stains on the floor, Dulin walked down the stairs while smoking a cigarette, standing on the edge and watching with others the unconscious Powers lying on the ground.
On the steps of another staircase, His Excellency the Chairman looked at Du Lin with a half-smile. Their eyes met in the air for a moment and then quickly separated.
The President turned to this step through the corridor on the third floor, allowing people to spread out and give Powers more space.
The ambulance arrived at the scene in about two minutes. The reason it was so fast was because it was close to Empire Avenue, also known as First Avenue.
In order to ensure that dignitaries and celebrities living in the first half of First Avenue can receive effective assistance when they need help, two to three ambulances and firetrucks are stationed in the middle section of Empire Avenue all year round, ready to be dispatched anytime and anywhere.
After a simple confirmation, the doctors and nurses believed that on-site rescue was not necessary. This was a very obvious fall injury and possible coma caused by craniocerebral injury. If further diagnosis and treatment was required, the patient would have to return to the hospital and use professional equipment to finally be able to do so. confirm.
People watched Powers being carried into the ambulance amidst discussions, and some people's eyes occasionally drifted over Dulin. Apparently some people had begun to doubt Dulin.
"You and I...", the Chairman called Du Lin's name, and the two of them returned to the Chairman's office one after another. After closing the door, the Chairman poured two glasses of wine, one for himself and one for himself. Dulin said with a sad look on his face, "Powers has a very special position as the leader of the new party. If the hospital thinks that he needs to be hospitalized for a long time, it may affect the normal development of our work."
Du Lin took it, frowned and nodded, "That's true. Now we can only hope that the leader is not seriously injured and can return to work as soon as possible."
The two of them seemed really worried about Powers' accident. After waiting for about seven or eight minutes, the phone on the desk suddenly rang.
The Chairman apologized, walked to the desk and picked up the phone. He was stunned for a moment, then looked at Du Lin in confusion, hesitated a few times and hung up the phone.
He stood there, looked at Du Lin, and said with a complicated expression, "The hospital called, they told me that the ambulance used to transport Powers had an accident when it ran a red light..."
Doolin expressed his disbelieving shock very vividly, "This is really terrible!"
The Chairman couldn't help laughing twice, shaking his head while laughing, "Yes, this is really bad. It seems that we should prepare in advance."
The news that Powers lost his footing and fell down the stairs spread throughout the streets and alleys of the imperial capital in less than twenty minutes, and spread to the entire empire at an even more terrifying speed.
No matter how people evaluate Powers, as the leader of the new party, he is the specific representative of the new party. If anything happens to him, it will inevitably remind people of the recent situation of the new party.
If there are some superstitious people, they may even think that this is a punishment from God.
At night, the little secretary returned to the apartment in shock. Everything she encountered during the day made her feel breathless and suffocating. Even on the way back, she felt that someone was following her and she felt that someone was going to harm her.
After the initial fear faded, she realized that she had been passively involved in a political conspiracy. Unknowingly, she had become an accomplice of the murderer. She felt guilty for a moment when she thought that Powers had treated her relatively well. And uneasiness occupied her entire heart.
Just when she was enduring the torture, the doorbell rang suddenly and made her shiver. She looked at the door in horror. The constant ringing of the doorbell made her feel scared.
For about ten minutes, no one outside the door left. The doorbell rang every two minutes or so, as if people outside knew she was at home.
She walked into the door quietly, slowly moved closer to the peephole and looked out through the peephole. When the light outside appeared in her eyes, she suddenly covered her mouth and took a step back.
The person outside was also looking in through the peephole, and she saw a huge eye that occupied her entire sight.
"Madam, I have something for you. Please open the door and sign for it." The voice of the person outside the door became more clear. The little secretary was very sure that the people outside must have seen her just now.
She walked to the window and looked out. It was on the sixth floor... She would die if she jumped, right
She walked to the kitchen again. There was no trace of oil smoke in the clean and tidy kitchen. Not to mention sharp kitchen knives, there were not even knives and forks. She did not cook here, let alone dine here.
The man outside the door was no longer satisfied with ringing the doorbell. He slapped the door hard. The door banged and shook, as if he didn't know when it would be hammered open. "Madam, I see you, please open the door and sign for it." thing."
The little secretary was about to cry. She suddenly thought of something, ran into the living room, picked up the phone, dialed the police number, and at the same time shouted outside, "I have called the police. If I were you , I will leave now!”
The sound outside the door seemed to disappear. There was no doorbell or slapping sound. The siren in the distance made her feel safe. About two minutes later, the doorbell rang again outside the door, "Madam, someone called the police just now." ,Yeah?"
Through the peephole, she saw two men in police uniforms standing outside the door. One of them was holding a writing pad and recording something.
She was just about to open the door and paused when her hand had already touched the safety.
Through the peephole, she saw another person, standing at the edge of her vision. That person was obviously not a policeman, but more like a courier.
They... are a group, these are fake police!
(End of chapter)