Lao Lu kept listening, and the more he listened, the more he felt that this matter was different from the past.
He approached the cannon and asked seriously: "They all followed He Chao before. Is He Chao really okay?"
"He Chao..."
Cannon hesitated for a few seconds and then said:
"Tiezi and I checked yesterday, but there were no problems. Today's interrogation of these people did not mention He Chao. It seems that they are doing this without telling He Chao."
"He Chao must have been kept in the dark too."
"The people that He Chao brought in at the beginning were basically brought from Jie Fang City. The group of people is now divided into two major factions. One faction is led by Xu Zhen and several others. They are more closely related to He Chao and did not appear.
What's the problem?"
"This faction consists of Jia Tan and Zhang Shunzi. After they had a falling out with Xu Zhen's gang, they rarely interacted with each other."
Lao Lu nodded, "So that's it."
If you go by what Da Pao said, there is a high probability that He Chao did not know what Zhang Shunzi and the others were doing, and he should not have been involved in this matter.
"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. Since you have sent the person here, I will continue the interrogation." Cannon looked at the various tools on the work table and selected a sharp scalpel.
"Look up to the sky and help me hang Jia Tan on the cross."
Jia Tan struggled hard, with a look of horror on his face.
He had long heard about the brutal cannon interrogation methods. Looking at Zhang Shunzi and others on the cross, he became nervous and peed.
Dingtian felt disgusted and hung him up and tied him to the cross.
Li Tie and Lao Lu next to them looked at each other, each feeling somewhat confused.
"I'm going to find the city lord, will you go?" Li Tie asked Lao Lu.
"Let's go, that's what I meant."
.......
The second outer city.
In the ultraviolet lamp factory, He Chao is directing the transportation of ultraviolet lamps into the temporary warehouse.
"Director He, the city lord is outside the factory and wants you to go out for a moment." A worker hurried in and stood next to He Chao and said.
"The city lord is looking for me? OK, I'll be there right away."
He Chao put down the speaker and hurriedly ran out of the factory.
He is busy every day without touching the ground, and until now he doesn't know what happened in the First Outer City.
If the city lord comes to him, he must have something important to arrange for him.
After thinking, he walked to the door of the factory and saw the majestic figure of the city lord.
He walked quickly in small steps and walked to Li Yu's side.
"City Lord, are you looking for me?"
Li Yuzheng raised his head and looked at a tree not far away. There was a bird on the tree feeding the young in the nest.
"coming."
"He Chao, you've been quite busy recently, haven't you?"
"It's okay. City Lord, do you have anything to explain?" He Chao asked with his hands clasped in front of him and his head slightly lowered.
"The northern border lacks individuals to manage and direct all affairs. Go ahead and take up the burden there."
"ah?"
He Chao was a little surprised when he heard this. It was too sudden and there was no warning at all.
To be honest, he was not willing to let him go to a place so far north.
After all, if he wanted to go to the north, he definitely couldn't bring his daughter with him, because he knew the situation in the north to some extent, and it was definitely not as safe as the Da Zhangshu Base.
If you take your daughter there, you can indeed see her every day.
But who will teach my daughter to study? You can't just take her to a place where the conditions are worse than those at the headquarters base just because you miss your daughter.
That's not love, that's selfishness.
"The northern border is currently developing an agricultural planting area. Lao Yi and the others can do a good job in fighting, but the internal affairs management is not good, and the minister cannot stay there forever. He will have to come back after a few days when things are stable."
"Aren't you willing to go to the North?"
Li Yu glanced at him indifferently, and his tone could not tell the change in his mood.
"No, no, I will do whatever the city lord asks me to do." He Chao quickly explained.
"Just, when do you want to go?"
Li Yu didn't answer him immediately and walked forward.
In the second outer city, in addition to greenhouses and some buildings, there are also some fruit trees. A lot of pasture is planted under the fruit trees. These pastures are used to raise cattle and sheep, so no space is wasted.
A few meters away from the fruit trees, there is an open-air stone bench.
Li Yu sat on the seat and put his hands behind the back of his head.
He Chao followed Li Yu here and stood next to Li Yu, not daring to sit down.
"sit."
Li Yu said softly.
"No."
"sit."
"Thank you City Lord." When He Chao heard the City Lord say this for the second time, he didn't dare to say anything else and hurriedly sat down.
He sat upright, with his butt only reaching one-third of the way up the stone chair.
His mind kept thinking about why the city lord suddenly asked him to go to the north.
Quiet, silent.
The cool summer breeze blew by, and a few fallen leaves fell from the big tree not far away.
The grass rustled and joined together, looking like green waves.
It makes people feel relaxed and happy after seeing it.
He Chao knew that the city lord had his own reasons for asking him to go to the north, and now it seemed that he was really going.
It is estimated that the beautiful scenery in this headquarters base will not be seen in the future.
There are some things that are not there in my mind.
"Tell you something."
"City Lord, please tell me." He Chao knew that Li Yu should tell him why he did this.
"A few days ago, someone reported that Jia Tan used his position to deduct food from his collaborators in order to collect benefits."
"Zhang Shunzi and Yan Chan complained that the base did not promote them to inner-city personnel, which is confusing people."
Whoosh!
When He Chao heard this, his expression changed drastically and he stood up immediately.
"City Lord, I don't know about this."
Li Yu glanced at him and pointed to the stone seat, "Sit."
"Oh, okay... City Lord, I really don't know about this. I usually don't communicate with them at all. After accepting various affairs in the outer city, I am too busy every day to think about other things...
..”
Sitting on the stone seat, he felt uncomfortable no matter how he sat, especially when the city lord was sitting in the same row next to him, which made him even more uneasy.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Yu, who was sitting next to him, pulled out a piece of grass nearby and broke it in half.
Said softly:
"You should also know about yesterday's review. We started a thorough investigation from the inner city personnel, but no problems were found."
"but."
Li Yu's tone suddenly changed and became a little weird.
"Today, the officers from the outer city were investigating Zhang Shunzi and Jia Tan. Cannon found guns in Zhang Shunzi's room! They had hidden guns! After being examined and tortured by Cannon, he found out that they had the intention of treason and even formulated a plan.
"
"Ah???" He Chao stood up again after hearing this.
He looked horrified, and lost his voice in shock and anger:
"How dare they! How dare they do this!!? City Lord, I don't know about this, you must believe me."
He Chao knew what kind of person the city lord was. The city lord was always thoughtful and careful in doing things. If he said that, it must be true.
Moreover, he also knew something about Cannon's interrogation. Under such cruel interrogation techniques, no one dared to tell the truth.
Li Yu ignored him and continued talking to himself.
"The reason why Zhang Shunzi and others did this was because they had objections to the Da Zhangshu base system. They were not satisfied with being just members of the outer city. They felt that there was no hope of becoming members of the inner city, so they planned to overthrow the inner city.
They secretly prepared guns and at the same time tentatively recruited people to join them to build up strength.
It's just... this plan was discovered just after it started. Zhang Shunzi originally wanted to win over Wang Cheng, but Wang Cheng reported it."
After Li Yu finished speaking, he glanced at He Chao.
"Sit down."
The expression on He Chao's face was extremely complicated, and the emotions in his heart were extremely complicated.
Guilt, anxiety, grievance, sadness, and most of all, anger.
After all, Zhang Shunzi and the others were also people from the outer city. They followed him before joining the Zhangshu Base, but he couldn't find out that they had any rebellious intentions. They were even operating secretly, but he didn't know it at all! Dereliction of duty!
The anxiety was because he was worried that the city lord would not believe him. Combined with the fact that the city lord just asked him to go to the north,
Isn't that just being an expatriate? In his opinion, it was obvious that he didn't believe in his performance.
What makes him sad and aggrieved is that he has no rebellious intentions at all. On the contrary, he is extremely loyal to Li Yu. What could be more painful than a person who is loyal to him but does not believe in himself.
And the anger is because of what Zhang Shunzi and others did!
"City Lord, I...can't sit down, can you please let me stand? I feel better standing."
He Chao was crying and laughing at the same time, and begged Li Yu.
Li Yu saw that he could not sit still, he was so excited.
"City Lord, you must believe me, I...I, He Chao, have no other thoughts. I told you that when you saved me and my daughter, my life was yours.
"
He Chao continued excitedly: "If I have second thoughts, I would be..."
"If you don't believe it, I can prove it to you and dig out my heart..."
"Hahahahaha."
Li Yu was suddenly amused by his behavior.
"You are so old, and you have managed the outer city for so long, but you still manage it well. If you say such childish and ridiculous things, keep your voice down, others will laugh at you later."
No matter how experienced a person is, no matter how steady he is in dealing with things, if his emotions reach an extreme, all experience and experience will disappear, and he will speak like a child.
He Chao's nervousness suddenly relaxed a lot when he heard Li Yu talking with a smile.
He also realized how ridiculous what he just said was, and restrained his emotions.
A scholar dies for his confidant. The feeling of being misunderstood and not understood is extremely painful.
"I don't care about other people's opinions, I care about what you think, City Lord."
"Ahem."
Li Yu waved his hand, feeling a little strange after hearing this sentence.
Weirdly disgusting.
"I believe you, that's why I let you go to the north."
"After all, people like Zhang Shunzi, Jia Tan and others used to follow you, but now they have made such mistakes, which will easily make others think of you. In short, it is you who have been dragged down by them.
Everyone will definitely have opinions about you, talk about you, and even target you."
"You, the manager of the outer city, can't sit still. I know you don't care, but I think... it would be more advantageous for you to go to the north."
"Avoid the limelight and stay in the north for a year or two. Once the limelight has passed, I will let you back at that time."
Li Yu's words made He Chao feel like he was struck by lightning.
He originally thought that the city lord no longer trusted him, so he let him go to the north, but in fact it was to protect him.
If ordinary people were sitting in Li Yu's position, they would definitely be suspicious.
There is something wrong with all my subordinates, and I would rather kill them than let them go.
It is very likely that he will be completely dragged into the water, and death is also possible.
But Li Yu was thinking about how to protect himself at this time.
thump!
He Chao fell to his knees on the ground, crying, feeling extremely guilty.
He shouldn't doubt that the city lord doesn't believe him, he can always trust the city lord.
"City Lord, I was thinking about you just now...I shouldn't disbelieve you, City Lord, but I didn't expect you, City Lord, to think so far."
"I'm the supervisor of the outer city. It's okay if I don't manage them well. City Lord, you not only don't punish me, but you also think about me so much. I, He Chao, am in danger of dying..."
Li Yu saw him kneeling on the ground and looked at the factory again.
There were already two or three people at the factory gate looking around curiously. When Li Yu looked over, they immediately ran into the factory.
"Shame on you, get up quickly, He Chao!"
Li Yu was so angry and funny, what the hell is this?
Just messing around.
He Chao wiped away his tears and snot, stood up, looked at Li Yu with red eyes and said:
"Thank you City Lord, I will listen to you."
"Who do you think can take your place?" Li Yu asked.
He Chao is gone, but there must always be someone in the outer city to coordinate these things.
Otherwise it will be a mess.
He Chao heard that Li Yu asked him to recommend candidates, and after thinking for a while, he said:
"Lao Zhou is more suitable, and so is Lao Yi. Lao Yi has a softer personality and can manage with balance.
In addition, there are many combatants in the outer city, and the two of them have relatively high prestige among combatants, so they should be able to suppress them."
"In addition, Song Min is also very suitable. She has management experience and a very straightforward style of work. She is also an old man at the base, so everyone is familiar with her."
Li Yu nodded. The candidates recommended by He Chao made sense.
"Yeah. I understand."
"Let me think about it again. You have been preparing for the handover recently. Once you have decided on the candidate, you can hand over the job to them."
"Okay, City Lord." He Chao rubbed his itchy eyes.
The conversation was almost over, and Li Yu had nothing to say, so he stood up and left.
He Chao rushed behind Li Yu and walked toward the inner city.
.....
.....
Twenty kilometers away from the Da Zhangshu Base, Li Gang and the commandos from the Da Zhangshu Base drove past in an off-road vehicle on National Highway 319.
After several days of repairs, National Highway 319 has become much smoother.
Although it cannot be compared with before the end of the world, compared with before the repair, the difference is still very big.
At least you don't have to drive and it won't be like riding a roller coaster, with your butt almost split in two.
Soon, they met the road construction team.
Wang Cheng of the road construction team saw Li Gang and his convoy, glanced at Lu Liping beside him, and quickly shouted to the road construction workers: "Stop road construction."
Then he said to Lu Liping: "Someone is coming from the base, let's go over and say hello."
"What's there to say hello to? They won't stop." Lu Liping curled his lips and said.
I thought to myself: It's really difficult to communicate in this royal city. If you can't get in, you have to find another target to win over.
Li Gang saw Wang Cheng and Lu Liping in front of him through the car window, and said to the people behind him: "Listen to my orders later and move more quickly. He has a gun in his hand."
When Lu Liping goes out to perform missions as an outsider, he can be equipped with a submachine gun in his hand.
The road construction team all stopped and retreated to both sides to wait for Li Gang and his convoy to pass.
Recently, the number of transportation vehicles has increased, and Wangcheng plans to modify it into odd and even dual roads, so that road construction will not be delayed and the normal passage of transportation vehicles will not be delayed.
Looking at the two cars approaching slowly, Lu Li-ping looked at the vehicles with a smile.
He could recognize that this was a combat vehicle from the base, which was different from the vehicle used by collaborators.
soon.
The vehicle drove to Wangcheng and Lu Liping.
Crunch!
The car stopped immediately and happened to park next to Lu Liping.
Lu Liping looked at Li Gang in the car with confusion on his face.
Crash--
The car door was suddenly opened, and a dozen commandos walked out.
Lu Liping was quickly surrounded, and Li Gang got out of the car.
Lu Liping looked confused and nervously clenched the gun hanging on his chest.
Li Gang saw him putting his hand on the gunshot wound and said coldly:
"If I were you, I would take my hands off the gun."
Whoosh!
More than a dozen combatants acted in unison and aimed at Lu Liping. Once Lu Liping made a move, they could shoot him into a sieve.
Wang Cheng next to him saw this and quickly moved away from here.
"Wangcheng...you..."
"Captain Li Gang, what do you mean? I didn't do anything. It's not good for you to have someone point a gun at me..." Lu Liping said, and under the threat of gunpoint, he
He raised his hands high, not daring to touch the gun in his arms.
"Give me his gun!" Li Gang is different from Li Tie. Relatively speaking, he talks much less. If he can solve the problem with his fists, he doesn't use his mouth.
As the three combatants approached, Lu Liping swallowed nervously, his brain spinning rapidly.
Did the shoe fall off and something leaked happen?
what to do?
run?
How to run? Where can I run!
Resistance? He was sure that if he dared to put his hands down, the combatants on the opposite side would definitely shoot him.
I can't resist at all!
It's better to lower your head temporarily, see what's going on, and find a way to escape on the way.
The main reason was that Li Gang and the others got out of the car too suddenly, and he didn't have any precautions, so he suddenly fell into an extremely passive situation.
Two combatants stepped forward and quickly controlled Lu Liping, while the other combatant took off his gun, magazine, and even body armor.
He was also tied up with a rope.
Lu Liping struggled hard and said: "Don't be like this, we are all our own people, you have to tell me why, right? Why are you arresting me?"
"Don't move and be honest!" The combatants would not tolerate him and tightened the rope.
"Hold his mouth shut." Li Gang saw him forcing himself to do so, and waved his hand impatiently.
Zhila!
The combatants sealed his mouth with tape and put a black hood on him.
Lu Liping was extremely frustrated and didn't know anything about the situation. He couldn't help but think of the possibility. Was their rebellion plan known to others?
It's impossible, they're hiding so secretly, and they've just begun!
The combatants escorted him to the car. Li Gang glanced at Wangcheng and nodded before getting on the car.
Boom boom boom!
The vehicle started and drove towards the Da Zhangshu base.
After they left, the collaborators who had just stood next to them started talking about it.
"Old Zhang, what kind of drama is this? Just now, people from our Dazhangshu base captured Lu Liping? Are you trying to deal with your own people?"
"Didn't you see it? I would say that Lu Liping should be punished. He looks down on us collaborators all day long. He is just like that Zhang Shunzi."
"It feels like something big is about to happen."
"Whatever...what does it have to do with me, a road builder?"
.....
Wang Cheng saw these collaborators chatting, so he shouted to them:
"Stop talking about it and build the road quickly."
Many cooperators carried tools and drove the road roller back to the center, and the sound of machinery sounded again.
Wang Cheng looked at the cars going away and felt relieved.
These ungrateful people need to be dealt with.
...
...
Big camphor tree base.
Li Yu took He Chao to the interrogation room in the inner city.
The temperature outside at noon was nearly 40 degrees, but I don’t know whether it was because the interrogation room was underground or because too many people died here. After Li Yu entered the interrogation room, he could clearly feel that the temperature inside was lower than outside.
many.
"Brother, I just looked for you but couldn't find you. Where have you been?" Li Tie asked when he saw Li Yu coming in.
The next second, he saw He Chao behind Li Yu.
"Director He, you are here too..." Li Tie's tone was a little strange.
After hearing Li Tie's words, Cannon, who was holding a scalpel, stopped, wiped the blood from his face, and looked at He Chao.
Lao Lu and other people in the interrogation room also looked at He Chao.
The expressions have some indescribable meaning.
He Supernatural also felt this look and pinched the corners of his clothes in embarrassment.
Maybe Cannon and the others looked at him like this yesterday, but He Chao couldn't feel it yesterday.
After He Chao learned about the situation today, he could feel it instantly.
No wonder the city lord said that it would be best for him to go to the north.
If they had stayed at the Da Zhangshu base, it would be inevitable for Jia Tan and the others to make the mistake that they would bring with them, and they could not explain it clearly.