Military vehicles parked unimpeded at the edge of the square in the city center. After the military control, the military requisitioned two commercial buildings around the square as temporary headquarters to facilitate control of the entire city.
Memnon followed the two soldiers to a room on the second floor. He frowned and did not go in.
"Your Excellency, why don't you come in?" Lieutenant Mary stood in the room and looked at him. On the way, Memnon already knew the name of the female officer. Her name was Mary.
"Are you going to interrogate me? Or do you want me to cooperate?" Memnon chuckled a few times, and the laughter was full of ridicule. In the room in front of him, there were no sofas, no coffee tables, no furnishings and no green potted plants. There were only a table, three chairs, and some recording equipment. He regarded these people as prisoners. He was extremely angry, but at the same time he was also very curious. What happened that made the military dare to interrogate him like a prisoner? Was there something wrong in some link
At his position, he already knew that the impact of the information gap was definitely not as simple as a few words. He stared at Lieutenant Mary. Lieutenant Mary really smiled this time, and she smiled generously.
"You misunderstood, Your Excellency. Because we have just arrived here, we did not pay attention to the layout of the room. If you think this room is not suitable for your status, you can go and look at other rooms, or directly choose One room, I can guarantee that all rooms are similar." These words were very good, explaining the reason for "waiting slowly" and giving Memnon a ladder.
Memnon showed a look of surprise, and then stepped into the room. He won't really check to see if other rooms have one table and three chairs, that will only embarrass himself.
After the three of them sat down, Lieutenant Mary took out several transcripts and placed them on the table next to Memnon. "We rushed to the scene immediately after learning that Matthew was assassinated last night and took certain evidence and photos. ..." She pushed the photo of Matthew's death in front of Memnon. The photo was taken at the scene of Matthew's death. Matthew was leaning on a chair, his throat was cut, and part of his Adam's apple could even be seen. . At the same time, a knife was inserted into his left eye socket, which was very scary.
There are also several photos of Matthew lying on the autopsy table. At this time, the dagger inserted in his eye socket has been taken out. After comparing the traces, the military believes that this dagger is the dagger that cut Matthew's throat.
"The only two pieces of evidence we found at the scene were half a very shallow shoe print and a finished cigarette butt. Other than that, there were no other obvious findings." Then Lieutenant Mary took out the file. "We then investigated the records of the telegraph office and found that about five minutes before Matthew was killed, he was talking to Mr. Dulin. We also asked Mr. Dulin and he gave an affirmative answer. , and told us that Matthew asked him for something.”
Lieutenant Mary smiled a little strangely when she said this, "Mr. Mayor, do you want to know what they said?"
Memnon frowned and leaned back, resting his elbows on the armrests of the chair, holding his chin with his fingers. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Lieutenant Mary, hesitating for a moment, "What did they say?"
"What did they say? Let's talk about it later." Lieutenant Mary directly changed the topic, which made Memnon feel a touch of uneasiness in his heart. He felt that Lieutenant Mary or the military was sure of him. It made his breathing become slightly faster than before.
Lieutenant Mary asked again: "According to our understanding and the information provided by some witnesses, Mr. Matthew went to your office yesterday morning?"
"Yes, I asked him to come."
Lieutenant Mary nodded, "Did you have any quarrels? Or fierce conflicts?"
Memnon shook his head and said, "No, the atmosphere when we talked has always been very good and peaceful."
"Then can you tell me why Mr. Mathieu walked away cursing you and Mr. Duhring?"
Memnon was stunned for a moment. At that time, he felt that the atmosphere between him and Matthew was indeed as peaceful as he said. There were no quarrels, no conflicts, and not even a slightly more intense tone or action. Why would Matthew scold him? , and brought Dulin with him? He quickly reacted, "Because I told Mr. Matthew that Dulin hopes to resolve the dispute between him and the West Mining Association in two ways, one good and one bad. Maybe Mr. Matthew misunderstood me." It means, so there is some dissatisfaction with me.”
The soldiers beside Lieutenant Mary were taking notes quickly, and there were cameras and tape recorders running around them. The Imperial Cabinet and the Ministry of Defense are very concerned about the turmoil in the west. It has always been a "lawless place", with smuggling, murder, human trade, gang fighting, collusion between government and businessmen... almost all the bad things that can be found are here. Once the turmoil in the west intensifies, the west will quickly enter a state of "anarchy."
At that time, it is very likely that due to the interference of external forces, something unacceptable to people will happen.
The war between the Empire and the Federation ended twenty-two years ago. What ended was only the war on the surface, but the war continued where people could not see it. For example, last year, an extremist religious organization caused a shocking suicide incident. One hundred and ninety-four people died due to the ideological brainwashing of this extremist religious organization. After taking poison, they shouted "The end of the empire is coming" on the street. Arrival” and then died in a row.
Later, when the Military Intelligence Agency and the Security Committee investigated the tragedy, they found that the top leaders of the extremist religious organization had fled the empire. They also found out that behind this organization, there were some federal consortiums that had been supporting their activities.
There are many similar things. Some large foreign consortiums use funds or materials to support extremist organizations within the empire to carry out activities such as sabotage, incitement, and riots in an attempt to break the peace of the empire and create turmoil. Once uncontrollable unrest occurs in the west, these external forces will take advantage of the opportunity to move in. They may not be able to declare war on the empire head-on, but they can achieve the goal of separatist rule or even splitting the empire through financial, material and even human assistance.
Therefore, the entire empire's top management is very concerned about these current affairs in the west, especially those involving almost all the major forces in the west.
Mary pursed her lips and smiled, "What about the afternoon? We have more than one testimony and eyewitness here to prove that Mr. Matthew went to your office again in the afternoon. He was still cursing when he came out, and there was not much after he returned home. He was assassinated. Do you think Matthew's death..." Lieutenant Mary smiled meaningfully, "Does it have anything to do with you?"
"You should save these words for Mr. Dühring, who had the last phone call with him, not me!" Memnon sneered and retorted.
"Our people are also asking about Dulin-related matters!", but for some reason, Lieutenant Mary's eyes looked helpless.
On the other side, military people stood in the hospital ward asking similar questions. Their initial plan was to bring Dulin back to the headquarters, where Dulin might "seriously" answer their questions. . But what they didn't expect was that the appearance of a person left them completely helpless!
Just when they were about to do that, a man walked into the room. His name was Thomas.
Thomas is no longer Colonel Thomas of the Ilian Naval Base in the past, he is now Major General Thomas!
The old commander felt that it was too greedy to insist on waiting for the formal adjustment for two more months before relinquishing the position. It was better to retire early and write a report to the Navy Headquarters. The Navy Headquarters naturally agreed to the little old man's application and request. Not only did they approve the little old man's retirement, but they also allowed Colonel Thomas, the "gold medal salesman" in the Navy, to cross a threshold that he could never cross in his life and become a Navy captain. Major General.
As soon as Du Lin called, he came and was peeling apples for Du Lin at this moment.
With such a "military boss" vouching for Du Lin here, how could these big soldiers in the Western Army Military Region dare to take Du Lin away by force? Unless they wanted to be court-martialed for inciting hostility among the navy.
Today's navy is a piece of rotten meat, smelly and dripping with black water. It has become a tool for the navy's top brass to make money. But let’s give up. After all, the coastal defense treaty just signed has not yet been removed from people’s shallow memories. But let’s say don’t give up. The performance of the Navy is giving the Ministry of National Defense a real headache.
The Ministry of National Defense no longer allocates funds for the navy, and the navy has found a way to make money on its own. Now that the navy is the navy of the empire, it is better to say that the navy is the navy of the admirals. The entire naval system from top to bottom is taking money from the admirals. , it is these people who pay to support the entire navy. Of course, no matter how they got the money and whether it was legal or not, everyone must admit that it was precisely because of these people that the navy was not completely dispersed.
Recently, the cabinet has the idea of reconciling with the navy. The importance of coastal defense is becoming more and more obvious day by day. If the empire cannot firmly hold the navy in its own hands, if war really breaks out one day in the future, maybe the navy will become Destroy the Empire's sharpest knife.
"Mr. Dulin...", the officer just started, but was interrupted by Thomas.
"Soldier, didn't you see that I was talking to my friend? Is this what your superiors taught you? Go out and stand until I let you in, then come in again!" Thomas raised his eyebrows and said He really looks like a general!
He withdrew his gaze, put the polygonal apple in his hand on the plate, and handed it to Du Lin.
(End of chapter)