In Longcheng City, in the patrol department of the garrison corps, a major was hung naked on iron chains, his body covered in blood.
"Tell me or not? Are you an insider?" A colonel-level officer from the patrol department grabbed the regiment commander's hair and shouted.
"I... I said... I'm not an insider." The captain's cheek was bleeding. He shook his head slowly and replied, "I'm a regular legion commander... Why... Why would I want to be an insider?"
"You are not an insider, so why didn't you intercept the bandits? There were one or two thousand people on the other side, and they escaped from your defense zone. How do you explain it?" The colonel-level officer asked gloomily, "Do they have wings? With so many goods and so many people, did they fly out of the border? Huh?!"
"I didn't encounter them at all! They slipped through the gap between the two regiments." The regiment commander shouted in grievance, "We received the interception order and rushed to the scene immediately!"
"Fuck, isn't there a helicopter formation between the two regiments? Isn't there a military radar? Isn't there a heat map? Don't you have a direction for interception? There are so many people, and you can just infiltrate them as you say. Are you kidding me? And you're still arguing with me?!" The school-level officer was anxious, waved his hands and shouted, "Get him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, four strong men from the patrol department rolled up their sleeves and stepped forward with torture instruments in hand.
The leader was incontinent and could not bear the pain and fear. He looked at the four strong men and shouted, "I... I will tell you!"
"say what?!"
"I... I drank alcohol that day. I was entertaining friends." The regiment commander panted and replied, "I... I didn't expect anyone to dare to haul goods in the area. I drank too much... I didn't participate in the command and escort at the beginning. I asked the deputy regiment commander to lead the troops. As soon as the guns were fired, the troops were in chaos. Without my command, they couldn't make up their minds and had no direction. I arrived at the scene later."
"Bullshit, you are avoiding the main point!"
"What I said is true. I have some business in District 3, and two friends came... I entertained them." The head of the regiment immediately replied: "If you don't believe me... If you don't believe me, ask the regiment's staff officer. He is with me."
"You're really being tough! Okay, let me see how tough you are." The colonel-level officer waved his hand, and four sturdy men stepped forward.
Within three seconds, a heart-wrenching howl was heard in the interrogation room.
…
Half an hour later.
Inside the garrison corps headquarters, Tan Hengqiang stood at the window, with his hands behind his back, and asked, "What did the corps commander say?"
"We went through all the procedures," his son Tan Mingchao said with a frown, "but he insisted that he was drunk and messed up. We also indirectly confirmed that he was not lying."
"What do you think?" Tan Hengqiang asked.
"Based on previous interrogation experience, most people would not be able to withstand the inspection process. It is a crime that no human being should suffer. And our interrogators also said that he did not seem to be lying." Tan Mingchao paused and replied: "But it is hard to say. The military equipment being hijacked is a matter of life and death. It is possible that he would refuse to spit it out even if he died."
Tan Hengqiang was silent for a moment: "He said he went to drink with someone else. Did you find the person who was drinking?"
"No, he left. I guess he was afraid of trouble, or there could be other reasons." Tan Mingchao replied.
"This case is different from the previous ones. The investigation team sent by the Governor's Office has already arrived at Kang Dinghuang's place, and they will probably come to Longcheng this afternoon." Tan Hengqiang frowned, "Try to settle the matter before they arrive, and don't let them investigate. What is there for my troops to investigate!"
Tan Mingchao was stunned for a moment: "I understand."
"Hurry up and get a result, so that everyone can have peace of mind." Tan Hengqiang sighed and replied: "This spring is a troubled spring."
"Then...what about Xin Chaojie?" asked Tan Mingchao.
"Let him keep sticking his head out." Tan Hengqiang replied: "This happened on his territory, there's nothing I can do."
"I understand!" Tan Mingchao nodded.
…
Xin Chaojie rushed to the headquarters for a meeting last night, but after arriving, he never left again.
Tan Hengqiang's original words were, you should recall carefully at the headquarters how the bandits infiltrated.
This recollection made Xin Chaojie feel at a loss. Although he was a division commander, he was no different from a private in front of Tan Hengqiang. A word from his superiors might have him skinned and thrown into prison.
The military equipment was robbed in his own defense zone, and Xin Chaojie knew the seriousness of the matter. He tried to explain to Tan Hengqiang several times, but the other party ignored him.
In the headquarters' guesthouse, Xin Chaojie kept drinking iced mineral water to relieve his inner anxiety.
“Boom boom!”
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Xin Chaojie shouted.
The door opened and a middle-aged man walked in. He was Xin Chaojie's deputy commander and his comrade-in-arms for many years.
"Commander Xin is not feeling well. Just stay for a while. Don't stay too long." The guard at the door reminded the deputy commander.
"I understand!" The deputy division commander smiled and nodded at the other party.
After the door closed, Xin Chaojie immediately stepped forward and held the deputy division commander's wrist. "What's the situation outside?"
"… The investigation team from the regional council will be here soon." The deputy division chief frowned and replied, "This investigation team was personally appointed by the Governor's Office. The higher-ups are taking this matter very seriously."
Xin Chaojie's head buzzed when he heard this: "Aren't they from the regional security bureau here to investigate?"
"No!" The deputy division commander shook his head: "The higher-ups have determined that there is a traitor in the Longcheng garrison, so they asked a third party to investigate the case."
"Fuck! Who is the traitor? Who did you point to?!" Xin Chaojie cursed urgently, "This is just an escort mistake!"
"It's quite difficult this time." The deputy division commander lowered his voice and said, "Your nephew Xiao Yang has been taken away by the patrol department. He was beaten so badly that he lost control of his bowels and bladder..."
Xin Chaojie was stunned.
"I'm not afraid of the investigation team coming to investigate now." The deputy division chief had a serious expression. "I'm very afraid... if there is no ghost, the upper echelons will make one up and take the blame as soon as possible to settle the matter as soon as possible. Don't you know the situation here? An investigation of arms cargo can lead to a hundred cases."
"I... I!" Xin Chaojie was not a fool. He understood what the other party meant. He took two steps back with a pale face. Suddenly, he felt dizzy and his chest was stuffy.
Due to the sudden incident, Xin Chaojie was caught in the crossfire and suddenly suffered a heart attack while he was anxious and angry.
“I… I…!” Xin Chaojie covered his heart, sweat on his forehead, and called out in a very soft voice: “I can’t breathe… send… send me to the hospital!”
"good!"
…
On the boat back to Longcheng, Su Tianyu was holding a new phone with a sinister smile on his face.
"What are you laughing at?" asked Lao Hei.
"Stop making noise!" Su Tianyu waved his hand and dialed the number.
Ten seconds later, the call was connected: "Hello, this is Zhang Zhengchen, who are you?!"
"… Hello, this is the 415 son search hotline, which is available worldwide. Do you need any help?" Su Tianyu asked politely.