son-in-law

Chapter 1054 Children and the Elderly

At dawn, the bustling city was running as usual.

The policemen and soldiers who were in charge of night patrols and garrison handed over their shifts to their companions during the day, gathered near the Maha Pond, had a breakfast, gathered again after that, made a summary of the entire work of last night, and then proceeded dissolve.

Some people went home to sleep, while others rushed to see their injured companions last night.

On the City Patrolling Division's side, the statistics and interrogation of the arrested gangsters are still in full swing.Once a lot of news is finalized, in the next few days, there will be a new round of arrests or simple interviews over tea in the city.

Near several city gates, the roads were almost blocked by the flow of people who wanted to leave the city, but the announcement from above had already been issued: Due to the disturbance of the bandits last night, the opening time of the city in Chengdu was postponed by three hours today.Some members of Zhuji recorded the names of prominent people on the wooden building near the city gate.

After breakfast, the staged summary information has been reviewed in the temporary headquarters near the City Patrol Division, and the first batch of lists to be arrested has also been decided.Not long after, Ning Yi and others arrived here, and everyone listened to the report of the entire chaos last night.

"...The basic situation of the chaos that erupted last night has now been investigated clearly. From the moment of Xushi, the explosion in the No. 450 Courtyard of Yumo Square, north of the city, the number of people who participated in the chaos throughout the night and directly clashed with us is currently counted at 450. Of the 130 people, 230 died on the spot or died of serious injuries. [-] five people were arrested, some of them are currently being interrogated, and a group of main messengers have been confessed. We have already begun to invite people... "

Ning Xi is doing the summary report.Although he stayed up all night last night, the young man basically did not see many traces of fatigue. He was quite excited about the decision of Fang Shuchang and others to arrange for him to give a report, because his father usually regards him as a If you use it as a follower, you can only get some sweetness for important things when it is played outside.

"There are more than 400 people..." Ning Yi said.

"The main focus is on the two times when the chaos suddenly broke out in Xushi and Zishi." Ning Xi said, "There was a sudden commotion in the city around Xushi, and many people came out to watch the excitement. Some of them had conflicts with us, and some because of The prior arrangement was dissuaded. The number of actual conflicts during this period is estimated to be close to 100. Because of Ren Jingzhu's instigation, there were more than [-] people who tried to cause trouble. The investigation has been clear, mainly from related The two groups of Shanhai and Huang Nanzhong... the rest of the time there are more than [-] scattered people, of course, the numbers reported by the patrol team may overlap."

"...In addition, we have already investigated the explosion in Yumofang at the moment of Xu Shi." Ning Xi laughed when she said this, "It is said that the renter of this yard is a gangster named Shi Yuanmeng."

He stared at his father on the other side of the table. Ning Yi waited for a moment and frowned: "Say, is this an important person?"

Ning Xi looked at the dossier with a smile: "Well, this man named Shi Yuanmeng, he would tell everyone what happened when his father killed the king, saying that you entered the Golden Temple together, and his seat was next to you, so he knelt down. Not long after, you shot...he remembered it for the rest of his life."

"... Oh, him." Ning Yi remembered, and smiled at this moment, "I remember, the popular man under Tan Zhen back then...continue."

"He wanted revenge, so he went to the city to get two large barrels of gunpowder, ready to transport them to the foot of the Lushui Bridge, and light them when your carriage passed by. He has seventeen trustworthy brothers under him, one of whom is Zhu Ji. Because of the urgent situation at that time, the insider line was placed outside, and the news could not be delivered for a while. Our insider comrade made an expedient treatment. He took advantage of these people's gathering and lit gunpowder. Shi Yuanmeng was seriously injured... Due to the riots that were caused throughout the city, this comrade is currently very guilty and is awaiting punishment. This is his information."

Since he was doing espionage work, it was not appropriate to reveal his name in public, so Ning Xi handed a sealed document to his father.Ning Yi took it and put it down, not intending to watch it.

"He was just performing the mission, there was nothing wrong with it, and the explosion was just right. These guys are thundering and raining, and if they don't start again, I want to help them." Ning Yi said with a smile, "Go on."

"Well, there were also casualties on our side in the chaos last night...according to the current statistics, four soldiers died and more than [-] people were seriously injured. The situation mainly occurred when dealing with some green forest people who were good at special kung fu. Be prepared...the list of sacrifices is here...in addition..."

Ning Xi roughly finished the report.Ning Yi nodded: "According to the scheduled plan, the matter is not over yet. In the next few days, those who should be caught, the appointment should be made, and the sentence should be sentenced, but the trial must be rigorous. If the evidence is conclusive, it can be convicted, and the evidence is not enough. Yes, let’s let it go... I won’t say more for the time being. Everyone has been busy all night. There is no need to hold the meeting for too long. If there is nothing more to do, let’s go and have a good rest...Old Hou, I still have a little I'll tell you something."

Everyone started to break up the meeting. Ning Yi summoned Hou Wu and walked outside together. He said with a smile: "Go to rest first in the morning, and I will ask shopkeeper Tan to contact you in the afternoon. Regarding the arrest and release of people, he There are some articles to be written, you can add them up.”

Hou Wu nodded. Tan Ping is currently in charge of Zhuji's management of Chengdu's propaganda, but unlike Yong Jinnian and others in the official propaganda on the surface, Tan Ping manages hidden lines, such as the guidance of public opinion in newspapers and the information on espionage online. news dissemination, etc.If the cultural propaganda headed by Yong Jinnian, Li Shishi and others is to moisten things and influence people's hearts silently, then Tan Ping uses paper as a knife and words to kill people.It is also his credit that the recent period of public opinion guidance in the city has been so successful.

Regarding what kind of article Tan Ping was going to write, Ning Yi didn't say it directly, and Hou Wu didn't ask, but he could roughly guess some clues.After leaving here, Ning Xicai and Min Chuyi came up from behind. Ning Yi looked at him suspiciously. Ning Xi smiled: "Father, it's a small matter. Uncle Fang and the others don't know how to say it directly, so I let you I'll come and report in private."

"……What's up?"

"Hey." Ning Xi scratched the back of her head, "... about the second brother."

"... What did he do again?"

"Second brother is injured." Ning Xi whispered.

Ning Yi gave him a white look: "It's not a big deal if he doesn't die, you can finish it once."

"...Last night, after Ren Jingzhu made trouble, Huang Nanzhong and Guan Shanhai's subordinate Yan Ying ran around the city with people, and then went to the second brother's yard, and took the second brother hostage..."

"Holding?"

"It's kidnapping. There are 20 people in total, including the injured Chen Wei and Chen Wei's younger brother Qin Gang. They are the second younger brother who met at the martial arts competition, so they used to force the second younger brother to treat injuries... These [-] people Two people left on the way, looking for someone to find a way to escape from Chengdu, so there were eighteen people in total, and they had a conflict with the second brother around dawn in the early morning..."

Ning Xi's words were calm, trying to brush off the twists and turns in the middle, Ning Yi was silent for a moment: "Since your second brother is only injured, how are these eighteen people...how?"

"One got away."

"One got away?"

"Father, don't be like this. The second brother is not a bad person. He was surrounded by [-] people and beat him. It's normal for him to be unable to keep his hands. Putting this in court is also what you call 'justifiable self-defense', and he ran away. One was lost, but the rest were not dead, some were injured, and two were still alive when the patrol passed by, but the bleeding couldn't stop... Chen Wei and Qin Gang, a few seriously wounded in the room, died Yes, because the second brother threw a grenade..."

The shade of the tree was swaying, and the morning sun was very good. The father and son stood under the eaves for a while, and Min Chuyi stood beside him with a solemn expression.

"It's still a one-off...he has meritorious service in killing the enemy. Isn't the third-class merit promised before not enough?"

"Father, this matter is not the most important thing." Ning Xi thought about it, "The most interesting thing is that there was a woman among them who was slashed twice during the fight. The second brother rescued her, and later returned it to this woman. The woman made a guarantee, saying that she is not a bad person... Father, it is like this, this woman is called Qu Longjun, after the confession of the second brother, this woman came to the city with a scholar named Wen Shoubin to make trouble Yes, the main reason is to introduce her to... me. Then come to our Huaxia Army as a spy."

Ning Xi was talking about this, and looked at Min Chuyi in embarrassment. Min Chuyi didn't have any anger on his face, and Ning Yi looked at the stool under the tree beside the yard, and said at this time: "Your situation It's a bit complicated, I can't understand it, let's go to the side, and you explain it to me carefully."

"The situation is very complicated. After I went to see the second brother, I was a little confused." Under the autumn sunshine, Ning Xi talked about the situation between the second brother and Naqu Longjun helplessly in the shade of the tree: "It is said that the second brother came back. Later, I became a military doctor in a martial arts competition...One day I heard someone speak ill of us on the street, and this person was Wen Shoubin...The second brother followed me to monitor...for more than a month...the one named Qu Longjun As for the little girl, her father’s name is Qu Rui, who led troops to fight against our Xiao Cang River, and died in a daze... Qu Longjun @#￥#@%... Wen Shoubin @###￥%&... and then Then the second brother&&&&%￥￥￥%##...and last night..."

After he described it, Ning Yi rubbed his forehead, quite helpless.Ning Xi was also helpless, why did the second brother get involved in such things: "So the current situation is that the one who wants to make trouble is mainly Wen Shoubin, and the second brother has been monitoring there for more than a month, and found that the little girl , didn’t have the subjective will to find trouble, and committed suicide once in the middle. Now Wen Shoubin is also dead, the little girl is seriously injured, and the second brother intends to save her life. This matter..."

The young man gestured with his eyes, and Ning Yi looked at him.

"..."

After a while, Ning Yi sighed: "So about this matter, you are thinking...does your second brother fall in love with him?"

"Hey, Dad, that's the thing." The news finally reached his father's mind accurately, and Ning Xi's expression suddenly became gossip, "You said... If this is true, the second brother and this girl Qu are also It's really evil, the girl's father was killed by us, if she really likes her, mother won't let her in..."

"It's more than just this evil fate." Ning Yi said, "And this girl Qu was trained to seduce you from the beginning. If you brothers turn against each other because of this..."

"Father, I've never seen that girl Qu. I'm innocent, I just heard that she's pretty and talented."

"You heard it at the beginning, and after hearing it, according to your personality, can you just take a look? Did you follow him this morning on the first day of junior high school?"

Min Chuyi looked at Ning Xi, frowned and thought for a while: "After going to see my second younger brother, for a while..."

"I went out to check on the bodies of Chen Wei and Qin Gang..." Ning Xi opened her hands to her fiancée with her eyes wide open.

"..."

"I can't help you now." Ning Yi took out the information about Qu Longjun's life experience from his son, sat there and looked at it, and after a while, he handed it to Min Chuyi, "Okay, Ning Ji’s matter with this Miss Qu, you will handle it on the first day of the junior high school.”

"Ah?" Min Chuyi blinked, "Then... how should I deal with it..."

"You can deal with it as you want, and I support you."

"Father, it's about the second brother's lifelong event, so you can't play around like this."

"He's only 14 years old. He's full of knives and guns. He knows about life-long events. You can talk to your second brother a few more times before we talk about it."

Ning Yi sneered at the eldest son's mother-in-law, shook his hands and walked away, hearing Ning Xi and Chuyi fighting in the back.Not long after, he met Chen Fan outside the door, and told Chen Fan about Ning Ji's feat in the early hours of this morning.

"...I waited all night, but I didn't see anyone who could get in. This guy, Xiao Ji, killed seventeen in one go."

He sighed: "It seems that it should be sent back to school early..."

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The sun has risen to the sky, and the city is as noisy as ever.

In the clear sky, Ning Yi walked into the small yard where the second son was still resting after being injured. He sat by the hospital bed for a while, and the young man who was not mentally damaged woke up. He was on the bed with his father. He confessed what had happened in the recent period, the confusion in his heart and the subsequent answers. Regarding the deaths of Chen Wei, Qin Gang and others, he frankly confessed that he wanted to prevent the other party from seeking revenge after recovering from injury.

When Ning Ji talked about the theory that it wasn't a dinner party, Ning Yi reached out and touched Ning Ji's head: "There are people who can persuade, and there are people who are not convinced. There is a difference in methodology."

He then asked about Ning Ji's contact with Huang Nanzhong's gang. Ning Ji confessed to the trivial matter of selling drugs during the martial arts competition. He originally hoped to use the drugs to find out where the other party was, so that he could respond when they did something.Who knew that they didn't do anything for a month, but in the end they used the small yard of their own house as a shelter on their way to escape.This is really a fate to meet thousands of miles away.

Destined for thousands of miles... Ning Yi covered his forehead and sighed.

Compared with the eldest son who has been cultivating and doing things, Ning Yi has never had much to do with this honest and pure second son who doesn't even hide his thoughts in front of his family.They then chatted frankly with each other in the ward for a while, and when Ning Yi left, Ning Ji confessed his mental journey and fell asleep on the bed without worrying about it.His sleeping face was as delicate and pure as his mother Chan'er.

……

In cities, deeper changes are taking place.

Yan Daolun walked out of the inn, went to the Huaxia Army to care about the progress of the negotiations and discussions, and at the same time inquired about what happened yesterday.On the streets of the city, members of the Huaxia Army can occasionally be seen walking around. Most of the places have restored order, and only some of the courtyards that were burned by the flames left traces of yesterday's chaos.

Yu Hezhong in the yard heard about the development of the incident from his companion's vivid description.The first round of the situation has been quickly reported by the news papers. The whole chaos last night started with a stupid accident: a Wu Dynasty gangster named Shi Yuanmeng hoarded gunpowder and tried to assassinate Ning Yi. He caught fire and ignited the gunpowder barrel. Killed and wounded himself and sixteen companions.

"This is the Huaxia Army's response, this is the Huaxia Army's response!" Guan Shanhai ran in the yard with a newspaper, and now he clearly knew that this stupid start and the Huaxia Army's calm response in the chaos were destined to be The whole thing turned into a joke that will be remembered for years - the Huaxia Army's public opinion offensive will ensure that this joke will always be funny.

Compared with the gaffe on the surface, he was more worried about the Huaxia Army troops who might come to the door at any time.The loss of Yan Ying and a large number of his subordinates made it not difficult for things to come to him.But under such circumstances, he knew he couldn't go.

Sure enough, before noon, someone knocked on the door and politely invited him to go to the City Patrol Secretary for a cup of strong tea.

Small-scale arrests are being carried out, and people gradually know who is involved and who is not.In the afternoon, more details were revealed. All night yesterday, none of the assassins had seen Ning Yi at all. Many green forest people who damaged houses and objects in the city even It has been counted by the Huaxia Army, and the first round of verbal criticism has begun in the newspapers.

Later, some great Confucian scholars including Guan Shanhai were released by the city inspector.Since the evidence was not very sufficient, the inspector of the city was not even interested in detaining them for one night to give them a little more fame.And in private, some Confucian scholars have secretly made deals with the Huaxia Army, and news of selling martial arts for glory has also begun to spread-this is not difficult to understand.

Yang Tiehuai, the "Gong Huai" who appeared to be the most active in the process of gathering and lobbying all parties, did not let his subordinates participate in the chaos in the end.No one knows whether he didn't intend to do it from the beginning, or if he procrastinated until the end and found that there was no chance to do it.On the 22nd day, a wounded green forest man stopped Yang Tiehuai's car on the road and tried to assassinate him. When he was stopped, he shouted: "You are the one who encouraged our brothers to do it, you old dog!" Stay back, you shriveled dog thief, I will kill you to avenge my brother—"

The green forest man was caught by the soldiers of the Huaxia Army who rushed over and thrown into prison. Yang Tiehuai, who was still wearing gauze on his forehead, stood on the carriage with his fists clenched and his face as solemn as iron.This is also what he looked like when he was arguing with a group of foolish men and women and was smashed in the head by a stone.

Newspapers in the city followed up and reported on this little chaos: Someone broke out that Yang Tiehuai was one of the lobbyists and organizers of the [-]-night assassination. With the spread of such rumors, some murderers tried to retaliate against Yang Tiehuai and Mr. Huai. The attack was fortunately discovered by nearby patrol officers and stopped. Afterwards, the patrol department conducted an investigation. It is true that this statement is groundless. Bad deeds, the Huaxia Army condemned the rumors and cold-blooded actions that hurt these pillars of Confucianism...

The autumn wind is comfortable, and the sunset that seeps into the autumn wind is red.This early autumn, people from all over the world who came to Chengdu greeted the Huaxia Army, and the Huaxia Army responded. Then people heard the sound of the mountain disintegrating in their hearts. They thought they were very powerful, they thought they had united .However, the Huaxia Army stood still.

And they themselves, after this collision, fell apart.

Some people began to question the integrity of the great Confucianists in the debate, some people began to publicly state that they would take the exam for the Huaxia Army, and people who used to secretly buy books and go to cram schools began to become more upright.Some old Confucian scholars in Chengdu are still publishing articles on the newsprint, some exposing the sinister arrangements of the Huaxia Army, some criticizing a group of mobs for being untrustworthy, and some great Confucian scholars cutting their robes and judging each other, publishing news in newspapers, and even There are articles praising the sacrifice of heroes in this chaos, but they are more or less warned.

The waves of public opinion are gradually expanding, penetrating deep into people's hearts.The situation in the city became quieter and more complicated in such an atmosphere.

Of course, such complexity is only the feeling of some people in it.

23 In the evening of this day, the hospital room smelled like medicine, and sunlight came in from one side of the window.Qu Longjun was lying on the bed in some discomfort, feeling the pain that was still going on in his back, and then someone came in from the door.

She thought it was the female doctor she had seen in the past two days or the female nurse who fed her, and she turned her head to say hello, but then her eyes froze, and the coolness spread, and her whole body tensed up.

The man who came in from the door under the setting sun was the murderous young doctor in a white coat, although his features were handsome, but his mood was obviously a little bit bad——

Long Aotian.

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At the same moment, on the post road in the eastern suburbs of Chengdu, a convoy was heading towards the city.The convoy was protected by soldiers of the Huaxia Army.On the second big car, someone was staring deeply at this vibrant dusk from the curtain of the car. This was Chen Shanjun, who had been in Lao Niutou for two years and had already turned gray.Beside him, sat Li Ximing who was threatened by Ning Yi and followed Chen Shanjun to carry out reforms in Lao Niutou.

"...We paid a lot of money, but we put the golden dog in front of Zizhou. You can see that in Chengdu, the rice is about to ripen. This autumn, there will be a good harvest."

The members of the Huaxia Army who were driving subconsciously talked about these things with the people inside. Chen Shanjun watched quietly, and tears gradually flowed from his old eyes.Originally, they were also soldiers of the Huaxia Army—the more than 1000 people who split from the old bull head were originally the most determined group of fighters. They missed the battle of the Southwest...

After dinner that day, they met Ning Yi.

(End of this chapter)