The official lost his patience, or rather, for this woman who had no background, and who was now being looked at in a strange way by everyone around him, he didn't bother to invest any patience at all, and slapped her with a slap in the face with his right arm.
A crisp sound! Ruth covered her flushed cheeks and cried bitterly: "Please let me go, I really don't know anything, my daughter is still very young, she is waiting for me at home alone, she will be afraid of."
"Imperial cubs, even if they starve to death at home, probably no neighbors will call the police, and no one will kindly look through the window."
The official raised his eyebrows slowly, expressing his sympathy with a sigh. With his sigh, it seemed like a scene appeared, a sickly little girl lay dying in the damp quilt, and finally turned into a dry corpse with deep eyes. Deep down, some unknown bug was crawling in and out.
Roose clearly knew that this scene was impossible, but she was still stimulated by the other party's seemingly sympathetic but in fact extremely vicious words to the point of going crazy, and murmured in a trembling voice: "Impossible, impossible, she will find food by herself when she is seven years old. "
A long period of silence allows fear to ferment. This is a very common and effective interrogation technique. The officer calmly looked at the woman who had lost control of her mind, slowly lowered her head, and said softly beside her ear like a devil: "I want to see myself Lovely daughter? Want to go home to take care of your sick daughter? Want to cook her a hot bowl of food? You need to seriously recall whether your husband He Youyou met this person a few years ago."
The printed photo was placed on the table in front of the waitress Rose. The photo was obviously taken by a surveillance device. The picture was a bit blurry, but it could still be seen that it was a dinner party scene, with the exact date and time written in the lower right corner.
In the photo, an officer with a gloomy smell all over his body and He Youyou in a captain's uniform are rubbing shoulders. Their heads are slightly tilted down, which may be unintentional, but it can also be interpreted as whispering something.
Waitress Rose stared at the man in the photo, trying hard to identify him, noting that although he was wearing a military uniform, he had no epaulets.
"I... I really don't know this man."
"Think again."
The officer put his arm around her trembling shoulder, smiled slightly, and whispered slowly, "It was the autumn of the sixty-seventh year of the constitutional calendar, at the inaugural dinner of the director of the Electronic Branch of the First Military Region, this man was talking to your husband. At that time, I was on a temporary post at the branch office, and I visited your house after the dinner party, and gave a precious pearl necklace as your wedding gift, remember?"
The waitress Rose vaguely guessed what the government officials wanted to do. She was a kind woman, and she felt very cold. She really didn't want to frame the man she didn't know as the officials told her, but the interrogation all night long Her mind was on the verge of collapse, her thoughts about her daughter and her greatest fear made her unable to say anything against it, only Chi Chi nodded and asked in a trembling voice, "There are no pearl necklaces at home."
"This can naturally be found from your home."
"But... what's this man's name?"
"His name is Li Xiaotong."
The official silently watched the woman nervously repeat the name that was so unfamiliar just now. Knowing that this matter was finally done, he felt relieved. He smiled and rubbed his eyebrows, and instructed his subordinate: "Arrange the witness to take a bath and put on some light makeup. , and then make an official transcript."
In the eyes of many colleagues and students, Qian Chengtong is a very good person. He was admitted to Ewha University with the seventh highest score in the Limingzhou Joint Entrance Examination, and then he became a professional researcher in the master and doctoral program. From the president's special recruitment to associate professor, the future is bright.
However, with the appearance of a post on the Ewha University forum, the excellent sign on his body was covered with a thick layer of dust, whether he was checking materials in the H area of the campus library or downstairs in the Meiyuan girls' dormitory. When eating at the porridge shop, or even in a daze on the banks of the Rose River, you can feel the strange eyes behind you, and you can hear those sarcastic comments and even vicious curses.
Because of that pinned post, which exposed him with unquestionable evidence when he was in high school, he began to receive funding from the Shushu Foundation.
In the past, the Xiu Shu Foundation was a well-respected large-scale fund organization. However, as the federal government began to liquidate the Seven Families, under the deliberate instigation of countless news media, everyone knew that the Xiu Shu Foundation’s Tai His background confirms that this foundation is waving cheques, bribing outstanding talents from all walks of life, and infiltrating into the government, large enterprises and even the military. It is a complete conspiracy organization.
Even Zhou Yu, whom Du Shaoqing admired immensely, was almost at risk of being quarantined and censored by the government because he had received funding from the Xiu Shu Foundation. Moreover, Qian Chengtong was just an ordinary associate professor on the Ewha campus. He never knew that the principal could help him deal with government departments. Censorship, but could not prevent many people on campus from treating him as a lackey of the Seven Families.
He listened to a lot of foul language, and saw a lot of provocations. Qian Chengtong has been silent and lonely, occasionally pushing up the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose with his fingertips, giving him a dull look, and then hunched over. leave.
Just after class ended today, Associate Professor Qian Chengtong was surrounded by more than a dozen excited students. One of the male students, who seemed to be weak, rudely pushed him to the wall and stood up, and said viciously, "Qian Chengtong, what is your attitude? Very dishonest, thinking that keeping silent will make us forget the dirt on you? Don't forget that you spent the money of the Seven Great Families, which they exploited from the poor people at the bottom of the Federation! Your degree is yours The associate professorship and even this dress on your body is stained with blood!"
Qian Chengtong pushed his glasses, stood silently against the wall, did not speak in defense, and did not admit that he had any unforgivable sin.
A more moderate student advised: "Professor Qian, as long as you are willing to attend tonight's meeting, expose the shady secrets of the Shushu Foundation with your own experience, and tell the public classmates who are still deceived what kind of sinister intentions those big families have. , we would like to accept you back in the right life and recognize you as an excellent teacher."
Qian Chengtong looked at the honest-faced male student outside the crowd, recognized that he had taken his engineering principles class, smiled slightly to express his gratitude and trust, but still did not open his mouth to agree to the students' request.
The silence angered the students, especially the female student at the front who stared at him with thin lips and stubbornly, she reprimanded in a high-pitched voice: "Qian Chengtong, don't you know what kind of bastards those big families are? They have secretly controlled the Federation for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, and they still want to control the free you and me, like the devil in the dark night."
"You must be honest about what the Xiu Shu Foundation is funding you for!"
"The backstage boss of this evil foundation is the bloody empress of the Tai family. Do you know how many wild horses she raises in Mochou's back mountain? How much beef does she eat every day? How many accomplices she raises in the government, How many Justice Attorneys have been secretly persecuted by her?"
"That woman dared to threaten the government with crystal mines, and even wanted to interfere in this just war!"
The excited female student spoke with a hoarse voice, her blue veins were exposed, and she even put on an inexplicable cry.
Qian Chengtong looked at this distorted face due to excitement, grief and anger, pushed his black-rimmed glasses and smiled.
The excited female student is named Lin Chaier, a famous campus movement leader on the Rose River and a fanatical supporter of President Pabble. She is quite handsome and wrote a love letter to him two years ago.
But Qian Chengtong didn't like her.
It has nothing to do with the relationship between teachers and students and whether she is beautiful or not. He doesn't like the too fiery emotions in her love letter, the breath between her eyebrows, the narcissistic smile she has from time to time, and in short, he doesn't like it.
So he rejected her.
After that, Lin Chai'er failed to participate in the election of the student council president, and she still failed to participate in the election of the student council president of the department. Until the last year, the various gatherings on campus became more and more exciting, and she seemed to suddenly find a stage where she shined. Instantly become a so-called man of the year.
Qian Chengtong watched her fanatical performance quietly, remembering the same fanatical words in the love letter, he couldn't help smiling and said, "I don't admit it."
The students who besieged him became quieter when they heard him speak.
Qian Chengtong pushed on his black-rimmed glasses, looked at the students, and said softly, "I don't know who the bloody queen Lin is talking about. As for those accusations, it should be done by the judiciary, not by newspaper reporters."
After a short pause, he continued calmly and said: "If classmate Lin is referring to Mrs. Tai, I must say that I have never met such a big person as Mrs. Tai. Yes, I did receive funding from the Shushu Foundation and signed a contract. The agreement promises to give priority to working for the foundation under the same conditions after graduation.”
The students started to get restless.
Associate Professor Qian Chengtong laughed at himself and said, "Why do you want to accept funding from the Xiu Shu Foundation? Of course, it doesn't make any sense to say that I don't know its background, but even if I knew it was the Tai family's foundation when I was in my third year of high school. , I will accept it as well."
"Because I'm poor."
"I can't get into the free First Military Academy. The Second and Third Academy are not in S1. I can't even afford the travel expenses. I can only apply for Ewha University."
"The federal government is very strict on the financial aid conditions for poor students in private colleges and universities. The professional courses I am studying are too heavy, and there is no time for me to work to earn money, student loans and scholarships? I started to apply when I was a freshman in high school, and the result was a loan. It never came down, and the scholarship was taken away by my classmates who were not as good as me because of reasons I didn’t understand.”
Qian Chengtong looked at the snow hanging like pear blossoms on the branches, and calmly recounted: "I want to read, I have the ability to read good books, and at that time, only the Shushu Foundation did not ask any reason and only looked at my transcripts. , and agreed to provide me with a long-term interest-free loan, so that I would dare to walk into Lihua."
He looked back, looked at the students around him and asked, "If it were you, what would you choose?"
Lin Chai'er sensitively saw pity and ridicule in his eyes. For some reason, he could no longer restrain the anger in his chest and abdomen, and screamed, "This is all an excuse!"
With a snap, she slapped Qian Cheng with the same slap in the face.
The sound was like a drum of war, and some overwhelmed students turned their dumbfoundedness into embarrassment, and angrily pushed Qian Chengtong to the ground. I don't know who took out a pot of dye from the classroom and poured it on him.
"Kill this unrepentant seven lackeys to death!"
The snow-covered ground in the late winter, the quiet and beautiful campus of Ewha University was occupied by noise and frenzy, and the slogans of the students echoed between the corridors.
"Down with the Seven!"
"Long live President Pabble!"
On the last day of the seventy-fifth year of the constitutional calendar, the northern hemisphere was shrouded in snow.
On this day, the Federal Post revealed the text of the New Year's speech at the official residence tomorrow in advance as usual. Mr. Pabble, who completed the second year of his term, did not seem to be affected by the silent marching movement. He wrote calmly, mildly and powerfully. Just one article, again using a lot of parallel sentences, successfully aroused the excitement of many federal people.
On this day, the silent marching team led by Tai Zhiyuan was forced to temporarily rest in a gymnasium somewhere. The thin young congressman, standing in the warm office, looked at the road blocked by snow in the distance, thinking about the The shocking news that arrived, her delicate eyebrows were extremely tight, as if she wanted to see what the Federation would look like next year.
In his New Year's speech, President Pabble asked all the people of the Commonwealth to reduce the government budget with unprecedented intensity in order to survive this period of economic depression in the cosmic war that has lasted for several years.
All must make their contribution and work together to overcome the difficulties, and for the ultimate victory of the Federation, no one is entitled to the privilege.
The Federal Food and Drug Administration is a co-administered department of the government and the Charter Bureau. It is not very well-known in the federal government, but it actually holds a lot of power. All food supervision and drug supervision, including synthetic meat, must be approved by this department.
The former director of the Food and Drug Administration was indifferently deprived of his post by the presidential residence after struggling for two and a half years because of his close relationship with the Nan Xiang family.
The new director is Dr. Webb. This doctor is trusted by President Pabble because he is in charge of treating Miss Padre, and he has provided a lot of wisdom in medical reform. Therefore, when he took over as director of the Food and Drug Administration, he was revered by his subordinates. , did not encounter any resistance at all.
On the last day of the seventy-fifth year of the constitutional calendar, Wei Lai Chang went to Hong Kong to attend an important joint meeting with the wind and snow. It seems that his New Year is destined to be unable to spend in a warm home. However, on his face in the back seat of the bulletproof car, There is no unpleasant emotion to be found, and there is a very subtle smugness hidden in the calm wrinkles.
The phone rang, and he didn't speak after connecting, just smiled.
"Brother, I have entered the board of directors of United Medicine."
In terms of food, because of the existence of the Charter Bureau, our Chief Wei layout cannot intervene too deeply, but the pharmaceutical industry, which has an annual output value of several trillions, will provide him with continuous remuneration from today.
When President Pabble was at its worst, the law firm had only three staff members. In addition to the president and his wife, the other was Descartes, who was expelled from the Law Department of Capital University.
Twenty years later, the young student in charge of chores was finally the most powerful official in the federal Commerce Department.
On this day, Descartes, the chief assistant of the Federal Ministry of Commerce, secretly flew to Bermuda. However, the ceremony at Bermuda Airport was so grand, with beautiful women and flowers lined up to welcome them, I believe that no real secret could be kept.
But Descartes didn't mind, the real secrets of officials were always out of sight of the public.
For example, at dinner that day, he received a huge cheque, so he forgot that the cheque was drawn by Bermuda's most notorious arms smuggler.
For example, in the early morning of the next day, he pushed away the naked woman in his arms, opened the window, and saw that beautiful manor that belonged to him. corpse.
Because of the war, the federal economy has been stagnant and even has a taste of depression. Before the war, the experts who claimed that the war would definitely drive the federal technology and economy to rush forward have all been silent.
A worker in S2 Oak State looked at the meager salary in the salary card and couldn't help sighing softly. He joined the three major industrial unions, but did not participate in the silent marching movement, nor did he join another faction to support Pabble The president, he just wants to work honestly and diligently, earn some well-earned remuneration, and live a warm and fulfilling life when he is not rich.
However, prices have risen so much, it seems that there is no way to live a small life.
The orphans on Drum Tower Street in East Linnaxi have long felt that their lives cannot go on.
With the shortage of crystal mines and no new mining disasters, most orphans grew up, and the youngest orphans were very few, so the government simply and directly reduced welfare subsidies, but even if the number of orphans was small, those orphans still wanted to live and needed to Live better.
Two thirteen-year-olds stared at the black market beef on the dark stall, swallowing their saliva. They wanted to steal it, but the scars on their wrists kept reminding them that black market dealers were not much cuter than government officials. .
Somewhere in S3, in a mechanical farm settlement, a gray-haired mother looked at expensive high-quality apples, hesitated for a long time, bought a few, and then stooped back home.
There is a black-and-white photo on the wall of the home of a young Union soldier with a solemn expression, as if carrying a gun to protect his hometown and his elderly mother.
The mother placed three beautiful crystal-like apples in front of her son's portrait, then stood on tiptoe tremblingly, kissed the portrait gently, and sat back on the shabby sofa, weeping silently.
In his New Year's speech, President Pabble said that the biggest enemies of the Federation are the savage and murderous imperial people and the families hidden in the shadows. decadent aristocratic hedonism.
In order to defeat those seemingly formidable enemies and achieve true democratic freedom and peace in the Commonwealth, the people must fundamentally and consciously prevent the invasion of these sinister thoughts.
Mr. Wei, who had just ended the meeting in Hong Kong, sat wearily on the expensive imitation leather sofa in the luxury suite, making sure that all the entourages had left. He took a Cinafil tablet from his pocket and swallowed it in his stomach.
Turning on the phone, the director changed into a silk pajamas smuggled from the empire. When the effect of the drug kicked in, he put his hand under the pajamas, and through the silky silk, he began to sway intoxicatedly, his breath getting thicker and thicker.
As Mr. President's most trusted subordinate, Mr. Wei layout has always acted very cautiously, and he will never let anyone grab any handle on the issue of men and women.
Exciting female slave bestiality films were playing on the wall-mounted light curtain, which was enough for him to be excited, because this was something that the Federation absolutely did not have.
Fortunately, the empire has.
After dozens of seconds, the director sighed contentedly and turned off the TV reluctantly. He couldn't help but envy the life of the imperial aristocrats. Besides silk, they also own a lot. Trying to be a special consul
Descartes, the chief commercial assistant, was enjoying the medium-rare steak on the plate at this time, and the Bermuda smuggler beside him flattered and said, "This is specially cooked according to Lin Yuan's taste, and the sauce is very good."
Descartes pulled the white napkin, gently wiped the corners of his lips gracefully, and said with a smile, "Although our common goal is to destroy the forest, but this kind of artistic enjoyment must be preserved."
Everything is for the Federation, so sacrifice is required. However, whenever a major event happens, it is always the most common people who have no voice to be sacrificed. What are they sacrificed for? Why sacrifice
Everything is for the Federation, so there are no privileges. However, the Seven Families have not been overthrown, and a new privileged class has emerged in the federal government.
Everything is for the Federation, so it needs to resist erosion. But the federal government under President Pabble no longer needs to erode, and the officials he trusts or has to trust has rotted.
Relying on the authority granted by the Charter Bureau and the Patriot Act forcibly passed by Parliament Hill, the secret investigation department has overstepped the shackles of the judicial system and arrested all kinds of suspects in various states with their own will, and conducted brutal interrogations in the most effective way they thought.
The building in the Capital Territory is always brightly lit, and the interrogation does not stop every night. The small red eyes painted on the outside of the iron gate for three years seem to be shedding blood and tears because of exhaustion or unbearable.
They are professional and diligent, but also cruel.
In the military camp in the southern suburbs of the Capital Region, the 7th Iron Division and the three quick response brigades in the garrison area, which were transferred from the front line, canceled their New Year's vacation, and were training hard between severe cold weather and snowflakes.
Riot shields, rubber bullets, and the steel mecha standing silently in the distance, the officers and soldiers, naked to the top, snorted in the scorching white mist, beat and climbed up in the icy snow, silent.
They are serious and brave, and they can also be cruel.
With the coming of the New Year, hundreds of thousands of Pabul supporters held grand rallies in various places to express their support for the New Year's speech. The rally people in the south jumped into the sea happily, swaying their enthusiastic waists and hips, and young students in the north were on campus. They giggled and chased each other, had snowball fights, and from time to time round snowballs bloomed on their bodies and walls, like fireworks in the New Year.
They are innocent and cute, and they can also be cruel.
This is Pabulism, this is the fast knife that Chen Yijiang respects and supports, but who is holding this knife and where will it be chopped
Chasing that bleak shadow in the name of democracy is today's Commonwealth, a painfully unsettling Commonwealth quite different from President Pabble's New Year's address.