The interrogation room was extremely silent. Wawa supported Kong Zhenghui, her body trembling with anger, and glared at Jiang Zheng.
Tan Mingchao turned his head to look at the baby and said softly, "Calm down first and don't talk."
Wawa glanced at him, bit her lip, supported the weak Kong Zhenghui with both hands, and said nothing more.
After explaining, Tan Mingchao turned his head and looked at the drunk Jiang Zheng: "Come out."
Jiang Zheng thought for a moment, then followed the other person out of the room and stood in the empty corridor.
"Bang!"
The door closed and the entire corridor fell into an eerie silence. Both of them were silent for a while.
Tan Mingchao looked at the boy he had grown up with and felt a little strange for a moment. After a long while, he spoke first: "Xiao Zheng, I don't want to tell you anything else now, let him go."
Jiang Zheng reeked of alcohol. He looked up at Tan Mingchao and asked, "You have always been our big brother. I want to ask you one question! Are you closer to the administrative faction or to the brothers in our garrison compound?"
Tan Mingchao frowned: "These are two different things!"
"This is the same thing!" Jiang Zheng raised his voice a lot, and responded a little excitedly: "Brother! They are shitting on my neck now, and they want to kill my family! You know, Xiaowei has been with me since he was a child. Although we don't have the same surname, he is like my own brother! If I let Kong Zhenghui go, what will happen to him? Do you want me to watch him being shot?"
This was the first time that Jiang Zheng confronted Tan Mingchao head-on. He expressed his doubts and dissatisfaction with the garrison prince in a way that was almost venting.
Tan Mingchao suppressed his anger and tried to maintain a calm tone: "Come on, let's talk it out! Lu Guangwei's matter has been pushed to the forefront, it has been thoroughly fermented, and the charges have been confirmed! Even if you arrest Kong Zhenghui, you can't save him, it will only further intensify the conflict. Do you understand? If you continue to do this, it will cause a fierce confrontation between the garrison and the administrative faction. By then, the soldiers of the entire corps, as well as their families, hundreds of thousands of people, will be in danger because of Lu Guangwei! Because the result of confrontation must be war! Xiaozheng, you only consider your brother, have you considered their families? Moreover, once we are in opposition to the administrative faction, we will lose the room for choice, and will we be used as a knife by District 1?! Do you understand!"
"Don't preach these big truths to me! I don't believe it. Just because of one Lu Guangwei, can the lives of hundreds of thousands of people be affected? That's too soft! As long as you fight for it, I don't believe Su Tianyu dares to open fire! The biggest reason you chose to retreat is because the fire didn't burn you!" Jiang Zheng clenched his fists and roared, "I haven't thought about it so much, and I can't represent the garrison! I have only one attitude now. If Su Tianyu lets them go, I will! Otherwise, Kong Zhenghui won't be able to leave this door alive!"
The other party's shouting kept echoing in Tan Mingchao's head. He looked at the other party in silence for a long time, then stepped forward and said word by word: "Xiao Zheng! You know the right and wrong of the matter. What I want to say is... if it's just because of Xiao Wei, you can do whatever you want, but if it's because of other things... don't let it end up wearing out our brotherhood."
Jiang Zheng stood there in a daze, without responding.
After saying that, Tan Mingchao stopped persuading and turned to walk into the interrogation room.
He knew in his heart that Jiang Zheng's mentality had become unbalanced and he had lost his proper judgment in this matter, and there must be someone behind the scenes giving him advice.
The key to solving the problem is no longer with him, so there is no point in saying more.
“Click!”
Tan Mingchao opened the door and shouted inside: "Wa, let's go."
Wawa hesitated: "He is still here..."
Tan Mingchao frowned and urged again: "Listen to me, go!"
Wawa bit her lip and thought for a long time, then turned to Kong Zhenghui and said, "I'll call my brother right away and ask him to find a way to get you out."
Although Kong Zhenghui was a little fuzzy, he still had a trace of rationality left, and said softly: "Listen to him... Go first..."
Wawa had no choice but to let go of Kong Zhenghui and left the interrogation room. Jiang Zheng stared at their backs expressionlessly, wondering what was going on in his mind.
"Buzz..."
Just as they left the regiment headquarters building, Tan Mingchao's phone in his pocket vibrated again. He glanced around, took out the phone and put it to his ear: "Hello?"
"It's me, Su Tianyu." A familiar voice came from the phone.
Tan Mingchao nodded gently: "I know."
Su Tianyu's voice was surprisingly calm: "Can you handle this?"
Tan Mingchao responded immediately: "Don't worry, I will do it now. Please don't act rashly, give me some time. Don't escalate the conflict like last time... Do you understand what I mean?"
Su Tianyu was silent for a moment and then said, "Okay, I won't do anything now. I'll just wait for your call."
The two reached a tacit understanding and ended the call.
…
After pondering for a long time, Tan Mingchao took out his cell phone and called An Qiqi first.
As soon as the call was connected, the person on the other end asked, "Ming Chao, why didn't you answer the phone just now? I heard that Kong Zhenghui..."
"I know what you are talking about. I am dealing with it now." Tan Mingchao interrupted An Qiqi and reminded her again: "I called you for one purpose. You must tell Su Tianyu not to do anything during this period and not to intensify the conflict. I have already told him, but you know his temper best. I am afraid he will still take action!"
An Qiqi thought for a moment and said, "Okay... By the way, is Wawa with you?"
Tan Mingchao nodded: "Yes."
An Qiqi immediately said: "How about this, I'll go find you too, and we can talk face to face!"
Tan Mingchao agreed: "Okay, I'm going to the First Army headquarters now to find General Jiang Yuanzhen, let's meet at the gate over there."
"Okay, no problem!" The two agreed and then ended the call.
…
Tan Mingchao loosened his collar and immediately made a second call.
“Beep…”
After the phone rang twice, a familiar and steady voice slowly sounded: "Hello?"
This voice was like a stabilizing force, calming Tan Mingchao's emotions. "Dad, I just came back from the 152nd Regiment. The situation is not good. The conflict between the First Army and the administrative faction has become very intensified."
"Yeah." Tan Hengqiang said calmly, "I heard it all just now."
"I talked to Jiang Yuanzhen last time, and his attitude..."
"I know you can't control him." Tan Hengqiang interrupted his son and asked softly, "Then what do you want me to do?"
Tan Mingchao immediately said, "Ask Chief of Staff Zhang to go with me to the First Army Headquarters."
"No." Tan Hengqiang refused without thinking: "Chief of Staff Zhang will not go, you have to handle the matter yourself. If you can't reach an agreement with him, it means you are not capable enough. However, you are going there on behalf of the garrison headquarters this time."
Tan Mingchao was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "I understand."
"Um."
…
Longcheng garrison headquarters.
Tan Hengqiang sat on the sofa in the office, drinking tea slowly.
Zhang Xunchen, who was standing by, looked a little worried and couldn't help but ask softly, "Why don't I go with him?"
Tan Hengqiang waved his hand gently: "If you go and Lao Jiang disagrees, it's like directly challenging the headquarters. What will you do?"
Zhang Xunchen put his hands in front of him, frowning: "Kang Dinghuang's trick is very vicious, killing several birds with one stone!"
Tan Hengqiang put down the teacup and said calmly, "There's no point in being anxious. Let's wait and see."