In Davis' old house, the bodies and bloodstains were cleaned up. Lu Ming sat on the lawn in front of the back door, looking at the pages of paper in his hand. The pages were densely written with the confessions of Davis and one of his most trusted men.
This Davis, who appears to be a righteous person on the surface, is actually a human trafficker, especially kidnapping and selling the organs of Anshan people to the south.
Many Western men in the community got involved and were hired militants by him.
The dungeon was where he kept his prey.
His family had been secretly slave traders for generations, and when it came to him, they went a step further and became human organ traffickers.
Trapped in Ping An Lane, Davis may have felt that the end was near, and his true colors gradually revealed.
Especially after a few days, due to water and power outages, the community began to run short of drinking water. Davis distributed drinking water, and the community gradually became a place where the strong preyed on the weak.
Even rapes began to occur.
The day before yesterday, Davis felt that he could not hold on any longer, and in his final act of madness, his vicious men no longer needed to pretend in this situation. They began to select beautiful women in the community and those who had taken refuge from outside to spend the night with them.
The people imprisoned in the dungeon now are the women who refuse to submit and whom Davis is temporarily worried about not violating, or some wealthy people in the community. Davis wants to force them to confess some secret property and see if there is a chance to escape and embezzle the property.
The bodies were those of several bodyguards of the noble lady from outside. They were tortured to death by Davis' men in front of the noble lady.
Inside the room, the prisoners were released, registered, and given clean water.
If there are those who are extremely hungry, the special forces will also distribute chocolate bars.
The chocolate bars specially customized by the Montenegrin Legion are high in calories and lightweight, but the taste is extremely bad and they are so hard that they cannot be chewed at all. They were originally issued as life-saving rations to be carried on-board, and no one would want to eat them unless they are absolutely desperate and are almost starving to death, so as to avoid the life-saving rations being eaten as snacks.
There were constant shouts of "thank you", but most of these prisoners were terrified and didn't know what they would face next.
In the past ten days, many things that happened in the community have overturned their cognition. It is dark and terrifying. Civilized society and a group of wild beasts are sometimes only separated by a fine line.
"Huh?" Lu Ming was suddenly stunned.
There were a few women who stood out in the crowd. They were wearing gorgeous aristocratic skirts and were tall and in good shape. However, their aristocratic puffy skirts were dirty and in a mess. I don't know how many days it hadn't been changed.
One of the women happened to look over here, and was stunned when she saw Lu Ming.
The tall girl was none other than Mrs. Audrey. She was wearing the same skirt that she had worn that day in the Red Rose Casino, but unlike that day when the bright and eye-catching colors were in stark contrast, her clothes were now as dirty as a beggar's, her face was also dirty, and her hair was as messy as a thatched stack.
"Commissioner Zhang..." Mrs. Audrey's blue eyes suddenly burst into great surprise, and she hurried over here, but was quickly stopped by the soldiers with guns. She pointed at Lu Ming anxiously, "I, I know him..." and shouted again: "Commissioner Zhang, I, Debbie! Commissioner Zhang..."
Lu Ming waved his hand and the soldiers made way. Mrs. Audrey came over hurriedly, but her companions were still stopped.
"Are you the commander here now?" Audrey looked at Lu Ming with hope. Seeing Lu Ming nod, she immediately said, "Please, save me, save us, okay?"
Lu Ming coughed and said, "Don't worry, as long as they are not thugs, everything will be fine."
Audrey shuddered suddenly, and it turned out that Davis was being led across the lawn by a special forces soldier.
Subconsciously, she hid behind Lu Ming.
Seeing her pale face full of fear, Lu Ming knew that the bodyguard of the so-called noble lady who was tortured and killed by Davis should be Audrey and her companions. That night, Audrey and her companions left the hotel and must have been attacked on the way. By chance, they hid in Ping An Lane. As a result, they encountered a hellish journey that would haunt them forever.
If it weren't for their extremely special identities, Davis would still have some concerns, but he didn't know what they would encounter.
Davis was taken far away and disappeared on the boulevard. Lu Ming looked back at Mrs. Audrey and said, "Mr. Rodson is now detained in the Japanese military police, waiting to be tried by the Anshan court."
Mrs. Audrey's face turned pale. She had been living in hell recently, in fear all day long. She probably didn't even have time to think about the outside world.
Only then did she remember her identity, and there was suddenly some shame in her emerald eyes.
I remembered how I had expelled the man in front of me at the birthday party, and how I had acted arrogantly in front of him. But when I saw him today, it was like seeing a savior, because when I saw him, I at least felt that I had finally met a member of the civilized world, and saw a ray of light in the desperate situation. I didn't care about anything else.
Now when I think back on my behavior just now, it was simply the greatest humiliation I had ever brought upon myself.
While I was distracted, I saw another person coming and reporting something. The man walked towards the helicopter that was slowly landing.
Immediately, the inexplicable fear that had been lingering in her heart for days surged up in her mind again. She even wanted to chase after it and rush onto the aircraft, getting as far away from here as possible. However, her legs were so weak and her whole body was powerless that she could not move at all.
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The Municipal Council has only three floors and looks gray, but it has always been the highest administrative body in Shengjing. Today, outside the three-story building, Japanese soldiers with shining bayonets are stationed every three steps and every five steps.
Public boardroom on the third floor.
Kawamoto Masayoshi sat in the first seat, and there were representatives from Haixi, Jin Shengzhu and Liu Kui; representatives from Beijiang, Zhang Jingsheng and Zhu Sangao; representatives from Longbei, Li Dan and Sun Chonggu; representatives from Anshan, An Laoxi and An Zhenghong; in addition, there was Lu Ming's old friend, the Japanese businessman Asaba Nagamasa, and a Japanese colonel with a gloomy face, named Yoshiko Ichiro, who was the team leader of the Peace Corps of the Shengdong Jingying garrison.
Lu Ming sat in the corner, sipping tea slowly, while Wang Ding, chairman of the Concession Public Affairs Management Committee, sat beside him.
What Lu Ming could not have imagined was that the opium king James was also sitting in the conference room.
This is the structure of the new Municipal Council that is about to be established.
The three representatives from Japan are Masayoshi Kawamoto, Nagamasa Asaba and Ichiro Yoshiko.
The remaining five companies each have two representatives.
In fact, the area of the Montenegro Concession is only one-tenth of the Shengjing administrative area, but like the four provinces, it got two places.
It is also because when the property of Westerners was confiscated and divided, the Montenegrins did not take advantage of the situation to fight with them.
So let’s make up for it from here.
Except for Haixi Province, the other three provinces have the same meaning. In fact, aren’t they also hoping to use the Eastern Economic Alliance behind Montenegro to balance the Japanese voice in Shengjing
All the property of Westerners in Shengjing was divided up, but the Japanese became the only dominant force. I am afraid that even the people of Haixi may not be willing to see this situation, let alone the other three provinces.
According to a press release to be issued soon, a conflict broke out in Shengjing between Westerners and the lower-class people. Radicals on both sides turned into thugs and killed crazily. Finally, the four provinces and the Kingdom of Japan intervened and quelled the riot.
At the same time, the numerous crimes committed by Western leaders such as Rodson and Paley in Shengjing over the years also surfaced.
In addition to those who are missing in the riots, more than 20 Western dignitaries who committed crimes will be charged.
Mr. James, the former director of the Municipal Council, was one of the heroes who exposed their crimes. He had a high prestige and would also enter the Municipal Council as a new representative of Westerners. After all, there were still tens of thousands of Westerners who would continue to live in Shengjing.
"Commissioner Zhang, how many outsiders are hiding in the concession area now?" James asked Lu Ming with a smile.
Most of those who took refuge in the concessions were Westerners.
The Montenegro Concession became their refuge.
Lu Ming sipped his tea, pretending he didn't hear anything and didn't bother to pay attention to him. As Commissioner Zhang, he could be more clear about what he likes and dislikes and not care about many situations.
James waited for a while, and seeing Lu Ming sipping his tea by himself, feeling a little awkward, he turned around and laughed at An Zhenghong on the other side.
An Dashun, the commander of Anshan Tangyang Brigade, is indeed a chamber pot. He was highly valued during military operations, but was discarded when it came to rewarding people for their merits. An Zhenghong is a fat woman in her thirties who looks fierce. She is the chairman of Anshan Trading Company and is said to be the illegitimate daughter of An Laoxi.
If the rumors are true, it also shows how greedy An Laoxi is. Only he can arrange his daughter to take up another quota. However, it can also be seen that An Laoxi is very much trusted by Anshan Governor An Laoheng, or in other words, he is very much favored by An Laoheng.
"Commissioner Zhang, regarding the accident in Ping'an Lane, have our missing personnel been found?" asked Asaba Nagamasa on the other side of Lu Ming.
A Japanese armed personnel went missing in Ping'an Lane after being shot by thugs. Subsequently, Montenegrin military personnel took over the area.
Lu Ming nodded: "Yes, there will be a notice sent over in the afternoon."
Asaba Nagamasa nodded silently.