In the political arena, human relationships are as thin as paper.
After Chief of Staff Zhang left the house arrest room, Xin Chaojie already knew that the headquarters' decision could not be changed, and their Xin family must stand up to take the blame.
For Lao Xin, he no longer has any bargaining capital. Using emotions to touch Tan Hengqiang is his last struggle, but it is useless.
If you don't agree, the whole family will be finished: if you agree, only the direct relatives working in the army will suffer and be sentenced, while the direct descendants and relatives outside the army will escape.
Tan Hengqiang gave Xin Chaojie a multiple-choice question and filled in the answers for him.
Inside the house arrest room, a major officer walked in, looked down at Xin Chaojie who was sitting on the ground, took out his cell phone and said calmly, "Call!"
Xin Chaojie looked at him with red eyes and slowly took the phone.
…
Dragon City.
After the case of Yang Gang's murder was over, the regional council transferred two regiments from the expeditionary corps to protect the safety of Zhou Xian's investigation team. Currently, these two regiments are entrenched in the military training base in Daokou District and have no contact with the outside world.
After Zhou Xian returned to Longcheng, he secretly brought Xin Xiaoming back by land and took him to the garrison base for interrogation.
It was around six in the evening.
Zhou Xian didn't have time to eat, so he walked into the inquiry room alone and said to the guards, "Turn off the surveillance."
"Yes!" The guard nodded, pushed the door and left.
Inside the room, Xin Xiaoming sat in an iron chair with a dull look in his eyes, looking distraught.
Zhou Xian walked to Xin Xiaoming with his hands behind his back and asked, "Do you want to talk to me?"
Xin Xiaoming looked at Zhou Xian with bloodshot eyes, clenched his fists, and said nothing.
Things had come to a point where conventional interrogations, torture, and drugging were no longer effective, because Xin Xiaoming knew that he was doomed to fail, and the case involved a large number of his immediate family members. So, if Zhou Xian wanted to get something from him, he had to break down his psychological defenses.
"You can't survive, do you know that?" Zhou Xian asked.
"I can't live anymore, what else do you want to ask me? Haha, you want me to betray my elder brother?" Xin Xiaoming asked with a sneer.
Zhou Xian placed his hands on the iron table, slowly bent over and stared at Xin Xiaoming and asked, "Do you know who is trying to kill you in Ba City and outside the airport?"
Xin Xiaoming was silent.
"It's the garrison headquarters, your beloved Commander Tan Hengqiang!" Zhou Xian looked at him and asked, "Am I right?"
“…Haha!” Xin Xiaoming lowered his head and smiled, avoiding Zhou Xian’s gaze.
"If you were Tan Hengqiang and your attempt to silence someone failed, what would you do next?" Zhou Xian asked.
When Xin Xiaoming heard this, he clenched his fists even tighter, and there was obvious panic in his eyes. It was not that he was cowardly or timid, but that he was under too much mental pressure.
Every word Xin Xiaoming says now may determine the life and death of his immediate family members, including his father, elder brother, and brother-in-law.
"Tan Hengqiang will let your family take the blame, right? But I can tell you clearly that this is not my ultimate goal." Zhou Xian pointed at Xin Xiaoming: "What you and your father did is too big, and the evidence is solid. I can't guarantee this. You two will definitely die! But!! Your eldest brother, your brother-in-law, and your father's direct military officers, as long as I am willing, they may still have a chance of survival!"
Xin Xiaoming's mouth twitched when he heard this.
"If you can make it clear about the relationship between the Xin family and the Red Group, I will stop." Zhou Xian pressed on, "For the rest, I want to hear about the garrison headquarters! How did you report to Tan Hengqiang? You secretly ran those businesses for him! What illegal and disciplinary violations did the senior officers at the brigade level commit? Tell me the truth, bite a big fish, and I will save your family's life! What do you think?"
Xin Xiaoming looked at him cautiously and said excitedly, "You think I'm a fool, don't you? You want to sow discord between the garrison and our family? You want our whole family to be hated by everyone? I'm going to bite everyone out. Can my mother survive? Can anyone with the surname Xin survive? They're out there. They should be killed immediately, right?"
"I'll protect them!" Zhou Xian pointed at the other party and said, "How about I bring them to the regiment headquarters? Or we can send them directly to District 1 and apply for judicial protection!!"
"Who are you? Why should I trust you?" Although Xin Xiaoming was young, he was not so stupid as to get angry. He knew too little information and it was impossible for him to trust Zhou Xian completely.
The two sides looked at each other and fell into silence.
…
Xin family mansion.
After answering Xin Chaojie's call, Chief of Staff Wu of the Third Division looked at the ceiling with a dazed look.
"Damn it, Tan Hengqiang!! He is forcing all of us to die!" Xin Chaojie's eldest son, Xin Xiaodong, walked anxiously in the living room, yelling and cursing in extreme anger.
The eldest son-in-law sat on the sofa, his forehead covered with sweat and his eyes wandering.
"Go to hell! If you don't let us be well, then no one else will be well! Sort out the garrison's account books, the records of Tan Hengqiang's confessions over the years, and the information on other generals in the headquarters who took the lead in smuggling and selling arms!" Xin Xiaodong said with a gloomy look, "After I surrender, I will immediately apply for judicial protection for my family. After making sure everyone goes to District 1, I will blow myself up! I will drag Tan Hengqiang and his direct line down with me! We're all done for!"
When the eldest son-in-law heard this, he slowly stood up and asked in disbelief: "Do you really want to listen to Tan Hengqiang? Turn yourself in?!"
"What else? What can I do?"
"I don't want to turn myself in! If I turn myself in, what will happen to my parents? And you can't report Tan Hengqiang or other officers in the garrison headquarters, otherwise, if they get angry, what will happen to our family members outside?!" The eldest son-in-law said in a trembling voice: "Brother... I... let's run away together?"
"What are you talking about?! My dad and Xiaoming are still in there, and if you run away, won't our family members be in trouble?!"
"They are both doomed!"
"Oh my god! Something happened at home, you want to run away, right? You ungrateful bastard!!"
The two of them were arguing with each other, and Xin Xiaodong even wanted to attack his own brother-in-law!
"Alright, stop arguing! Don't let others laugh at you!" Chief of Staff Wu shouted.
The room is quiet, but disaster is imminent. Blood is thicker than water, and relationships are not completely reliable. Everyone has restless hearts, fear, and repressed emotions.
"Ding Ling Ling!"
Just then, the phone rang.
Chief of Staff Wu stood up and picked up the phone, lowered his head and pressed the answer button: "Hello, who is this?"
There was a response from the other end of the phone. Chief of Staff Wu's expression turned strange. He turned his head and glanced at everyone, then walked straight outside.
Three minutes later, Chief of Staff Wu walked back and said softly, "Xiaodong, come with me, hurry up...!"
…
Longcheng, inside the office of the municipal building.
Su Tianyu said to Li Mingsheng: "All the details have been laid out, but the last link is indeed a bit difficult! We can't move ourselves, and there are not many people we can use on the periphery...!"