18. White Market – Behind the scenes
Sergeant Wong returned to the police headquarters and convened a leadership meeting to discuss how to address the high mood of the people and release the accumulated public opinion in the best way without affecting the safety of the city. They discussed for about three hours, and everyone unanimously agreed to take the "Dongfang Ming" under the knife. Sergeant Huang made a detailed report to the mayor. The mayor gave instructions to the various judicial departments and approved the request of the police.
The first rays of the morning sun were falling, and the streets were already crowded with people who wanted to see the murderer of their most admired mayor.
Dongfang Ming was tied to a steel bar and placed in the cargo compartment of a pickup truck. He was guarded by two armed policemen in full armor. With flashing lights, the police car slowly drove out of the gate and drove down the avenue.
When the police car carrying Dongfang Ming appeared at the entrance of the avenue, the crowd who had been waiting for a long time issued a denunciation of the flash flood. They raised their arms and shouted, screaming, roaring, heart-rending expressions of their dull emotions for days.
"Murderer...... Murderer...... Murderer ......"
"Shamelessly assassinated...... Shameless Assassin ...... Shameless Assassin ......"
"Lackey...... Minion...... Lackeys ......"
"Conscience-destroying bastard...... Conscience-destroying bastards...... Conscience-destroying bastards ......"
"If you want to take away our freedom, you can dream of it...... Go in your dreams......"
"We're going to crush your plots, crush your plots."
……
All kinds of languages, all kinds of sounds, resounded over the city.
The more the people shouted, the more excited they became, and they smashed the things in their hands at Dongfang Ming. In less than a minute, Dongfang Ming's newly recovered wounds flowed out of his body under the blows of various objects, covering his body. Under the dazzling sunlight, his whole body looked even more bloody.
The people, no matter how bad he was, had lost their minds, shouting and throwing things incessantly.
As the police car passed through a narrow stretch of road, a young man who had just regained his freedom jumped into the car and buckled a bucket of stinking and urine on his head. Instantly, the stench was overwhelming. Two police officers on guard threw the young man out of the car.
The fire truck that followed closely behind the escort car opened the water pipe, flushed out the feces and urine on the cargo compartment and people, sprinkled a layer of powder, and the vehicles and people were immediately clean.
The vehicle continued to move forward. Sentiment is still high.
"Kill him...... Kill him...... Kill him......"
"Murder pays for life...... Murder pays for life...... Murder pays for ......"
"It is impossible for the authorities to sentence him to death, we will kill him, we will kill him."
"For our freedom, for our city, kill him...... Kill him...... Kill him ......"
The sound is incessant, and the whole ear is deafening.
Dongfang Ming couldn't open his eyes anymore, and he couldn't hear their roars clearly. He was in a state of death, and only the warm sun cared for him, and everything else wanted to kill him. He waited for the coming of death and the guidance of Lord Hades.
A dose of needle water was injected into his body, and Dongfang woke up groggily. In fact, it was his head that woke up, his body was still turbulent, and his eyelids were very heavy. Slowly, he felt the softness of the bed, no more noisy human voices, no more things hitting his body, no more sun roasting his body.
"Doctor! This man can't die! ”
"Sergeant Huang! He won't die, and we'll make sure he's alive. ”
"Good!"
Sergeant Huang smiled and walked out of the cell.
When the street was in full swing, Mayor Bai Hong, reminded by his secretary, saw the press conference of Qingfeng City. He read the report word for word. This report seemed to others to be a happy ending, but Bai Hong thought further.
He Xiao is his own secret agent, and no one else knows about this matter except for the two of them.
Now, the news says that He Xiao is the person behind the scenes, and the information in this is too big.
He Xiao betrayed himself, and Bai Hong thought that this probability was very low. The people who can move He Xiao have no one else in Qingfeng City except He Chong. In recent years, He Chong's strength has continued to grow. If it was He Chong, the difficulties he faced would be even greater. Bai Hong knows He Chong well, he is too ambitious, and there are already signs of competing for the position of co-chairman.
Bai Hong was thinking about it, and the secretary led the intelligence agent sent to Qingfeng City to the office.
"Report! Mayor! The intelligence officer said as he handed over the report, "This is the information gathered. ”
"When was He Xiao taken to the coalition government?"
"He was sent to Taiping City overnight last night!"
"The city government did not hold a meeting and directly detained He Xiao?"
"Yes! Security captain Xu Jia raided his mansion and his family was placed under house arrest. ”
"Got it. Go down! ”
"Yes!"
Bai Hong affirmed that He Chong was the person behind this assassination, and He Xiao was just a scapegoat. He Chong, the old fox, is too cunning. personally sent his adopted son to the guillotine. Thinking of this, Bai Hong couldn't help but slap a chill, if He Chong knew that He Xiao was his secret agent, He Xiao's family would definitely be poisoned.
"How's that going to work?"
Bai Hong fell into deep thought.
At 4:50 p.m., the secretary sent a document from the coalition government to the mayor of White and Red:
Mayors! The person behind the assassination of Mayor Baihong has been identified as He Xiao of Qingfeng City. Here, the coalition government deals with the following:
First, He Xiao, as the person in charge of the incident, is now imprisoned in the police station of the coalition government. The judiciary has intervened in the investigation and, after obtaining evidence of the crime, has brought him to trial.
Second, as the Thai Security Company, which is directly responsible for the action, has ordered the Qingfeng City government to supervise the rectification of the company.
Third, He Chong, the mayor of Qingfeng City, must make a written review to ensure that similar incidents do not occur in Qingfeng City again.
Fourth, the White Market has a high degree of autonomy, and the Coalition Government will no longer intervene in dealing with the captured assassins.
Fifth, other cities should take this as a warning that such assassinations may not occur. The coalition government had already approved the abolition of slavery in the White Market, a city of freedom, and no further assassinations of the chief executive would be tolerated.
Each mayor is requested to comply with the above results, otherwise, the joint government will intervene in the investigation and deal with it impartially.
So far!
Bai Hong smiled bitterly. It's a useless document, useless, like toilet paper, ready to tear up.
The coalition government handled it too haphazardly, and I don't know whether it was deliberate, or it didn't want to take care of it, or it couldn't do it effectively. From any point of view, the coalition government's issuance is a response, at least not fulfilling its responsibilities.
However, none of this matters. After this assassination, the white market is not as perfect as it seems, the foundation is not solid, and preventive measures need to be strengthened.
Perhaps, the city is a "mirage" in the eyes of everyone, coming and going casually.
"I must build a strong city, as it grew in ancient times, and never fall."