On the north side of the camp, there is a row of tin houses with red asbestos roofs, and the lights are on in one of them.
This is the office of the highest commander of the camp.
At this time, the office was filled with smoke, and several people were sitting or standing in front of the colonel's desk.
In addition to the colonel sitting across the table, there were Sheriff Bigg who had driven over from Makuyuni that day, police officers Atugo and Kumi who were on duty the night Gu Lang broke through, a leader of the Ngoro Conservation Area, and Karatu's Sheriff Black.
Of course, these groups of people came for different purposes. The people from Makuyuni came for Gu Lao San, but after arriving, they found that things were not as simple as they thought.
The colonel originally detained Gu Lang out of a sense of responsibility, but when the police arrived, he directly rejected their request to hand over the case. After all, Zhang Jianming had been reminding them openly and covertly about this matter because he knew that these local police were very ruthless and he didn't want it to become a diplomatic incident.
Unlike China, in Africa, the profession of police is more of a tool to make money. In some places, policemen have been embezzling and accepting bribes under the guise of law enforcement, almost to the point of being blatant. The most exaggerated is Gabon, where police can arbitrarily reverse right and wrong. This profoundly explains what it means to "one person becomes a policeman, and the whole family makes a fortune."
However, in TSNY, due to institutional reasons, another method is adopted, which is fine.
The police in TSNY have a hardworking quality that runs counter to the African people. Of course, this hard work is not used to fight crime, but is busy collecting fines on the streets every day to generate income. They especially prefer yellow-skinned Chinese people, because Chinese people in Africa are often richer and don't want to cause trouble. Even if the police make things difficult for them, no one wants to make a big fuss as long as they pay some money.
So in Africa, if a policeman stops your car and accuses you of speeding when you clearly are not, it is obvious that he is asking you for money.
Based on this social environment, Zhang Jianming specifically reminded the colonel. The intention is obvious, don't play this game with me! If you really want to play it, you can't afford it!
So at this time, both Bigger and the others were a bit troubled. I thought I had met a money-giving boy. I rushed all the way from Makuyuni, but he told me that this Chinese man could not be touched
The people from Karatu came with a clear purpose, which was to verify the identities of the three poachers who were escorted back, and to jail those who should be jailed and kill those who should be killed.
However, because Edith took the initiative to confess that these guys wanted to kill Gu Lang, and it involved this annoying "foreign friend", the two parties simply got together to discuss how to interrogate Gu Lang.
At this time, a soldier knocked on the door, walked in at the colonel's signal, saluted the colonel, and then said, "Sir, the Chinese man is clamoring for food."
"Um?"
Not only the colonel, but everyone in the room turned their eyes and looked at the soldier who came to report in surprise.
The colonel's face had darkened, and even though he was black, one could clearly feel the anger building up in him.
"Who didn't give him food? Didn't I give instructions to deliver meals to him on time?" the colonel asked angrily.
"Well… "
The soldier was confused and thought to himself, I'm just a messenger, who should I ask if you ask me
"Go and repeat my words! Tell the guards that as long as they don't leave the room, the Chinese man can do whatever he wants! Ignore him! Besides making phone calls, try to satisfy his other requests! Go!"
Although he knew he shouldn't take his anger out on the soldier, the colonel still scolded him angrily before waving his hand and letting him leave.
Several policemen in the room looked at each other, with weird expressions in their eyes.
Son of a bitch! He's scolding the soldier on the surface, but he's actually talking to us, right
You're still bringing up the Chinese Embassy. Are you sure it's not because you took their money first
Gu Lang waited for a while before he saw a black uncle wearing a dirty yellow white apron tied around his waist and a camouflage uniform. He was carrying a large food box and followed a soldier towards him, cursing all the way.
"That's more like it! How can you not give people food and give them an empty lunch box to provoke them?" Gu Lang proudly raised his chin towards the soldier who was guarding him. The guard turned his head and pretended not to see him.
When he got closer, the chef, who had been scolded by the soldier who had passed the message, angrily stuffed the lunch box into Gu Lang's hand, mumbling something in his mouth, which Gu Lang did not understand. However, judging from his tone, it was probably not a good thing.
"Hey, wait a minute! Take this empty one away!"
Gu Lang stopped Uncle Hei who was about to leave after the conversation, took out the empty lunch box that Wang Ping had finished eating with a look on his face, and taunted him in English in a sarcastic tone: "I won't bother with you about what happened before, remember to bring me lunch on time next time!"
"!"
The black uncle who was originally accused of not delivering food to Gu Lang was about to pop his eyes out of his sockets. The soldier who came with him also had a strange expression on his face and subconsciously glanced at the guard. The guard shrugged, indicating that it had nothing to do with him.
The chef who delivered the meal didn't understand English, but he recognized the lunch box. He packed the meal for Gu Lang himself and even added a few more slices of meat to the soup. But this bastard not only ate it all, but also accused him of not delivering the meal to him
With the colonel's warning in front of him, no matter the chef or the guard, they dared not do anything to Gu Lang at this time. Uncle Hei was so angry that he was shaking, and suddenly he burst into inspiration for all kinds of swearing rap.
After panting for a long time, the chef took the empty lunch box from Gu Lang angrily and turned to leave. However, after a few steps, he was probably still unwilling to give up, so he turned around and cursed Gu Lang in a stiff tone: "Knock on the Mader!"
"What?"
Gu Lang was carrying his lunch box and preparing to go back to his room to eat when he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him and was stunned.
After cursing, Uncle Hei seemed to feel much better, and he didn't care about Gu Lang's reaction and walked away quickly. He didn't want to stay in this place any longer.
"What?"
Gu Lang shook his head, muttered in confusion, and went back to his room. He locked the door again, blocked it with the table, and then picked up the heavy lunch box and prepared to eat.
But just as he put his hand on the lunch box and was about to open it, Gu Lang suddenly realized that the sentence just now, when he thought about it carefully, how come it sounded so much like the classic Chinese curse
"Fuck! That black guy actually cursed me in Chinese?" Gu Laosan opened his mouth wide, and he couldn't tell whether he was depressed or proud. At the same time, his curiosity was also aroused. Where did this guy learn this sentence
"when!"
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the bed behind, which scared someone.
"What's going on? Didn't we agree on a single room? Why is there someone there?"
Without caring about eating, Gu Lang looked around, and finally took off the lunch box lid, held it in his hand, and slowly walked towards the bed.
Standing in the room, the lower bunk was clearly visible, with nothing on it except a thin military blanket. The upper bunk was also empty except for the guardrail, and it didn't look like anyone was on it.
Coming to the bed, Gu Lang lifted the lunch box lid, stood on tiptoe, and looked at it from the head of the bed.
It didn't matter what he saw, as someone loosened his grip and the lunch box lid fell directly to the ground with a clang.
In Gu Lang's sight, Wang Ping was lying on his back in the middle of the upper bunk in a "木" shape, with his mouth slightly open and his belly bulging, sleeping soundly.
The reason why it is "木" instead of "大" is because this thing has a tail standing upright between its legs. As Wang Ping breathes, his body shakes from time to time. The sound Gu Lang heard just now was the sound made by Wang Ping's claws hitting the iron guardrail beside the bed when he turned over.
Hearing the sound of the lunch box lid falling to the ground, Wang Ping's little ears hidden under the hair trembled, then he opened his eyes and looked at Gu Lang.
The guard outside the door heard the noise in the room and subconsciously wanted to go over to check. However, when he thought of the colonel's instructions, he rolled his eyes and continued to pretend that he heard nothing no matter what the guy did.