Chapter 16: The scum of the army
Huang Hai's four personal guards followed behind him, and they also heard the voice just now, with their experience, they naturally understood what was going on, and they were all filled with righteous indignation, if it weren't for the fact that Huang Hai was beside him, they were afraid that they would have rushed into the door a long time ago, pulled out the guy who corrupted the military discipline of the "Flying Dragon Army" and beat him violently, and then sent him to the Military Justice Department for punishment. Therefore, as soon as they saw the Yellow Sea giving them a look, the four guards immediately understood and slung the rifle they had originally carried on one shoulder on their shoulders.
Then, two of the guards touched the dozing sentry behind him, one twisted his arm and shot him, and the other choked his neck and mouth, and restrained him without even making a sound. The poor soldier who had been on guard before he could wake up from his slumber had already been strangled by the guards behind him.
At the same time that the sentry was restrained, the other two guards had already drawn their knives in their hands, kicked the door open, and rushed into the house one after the other, and the sound of men's shouting, women's screams, guards' angry reprimands, and a brief fight were heard in the room. After all the sounds stopped, Huang Hai walked into the room with the other two guards.
Entering the room, you can smell the obvious smell of alcohol, through the light on the table, Huang Hai saw that the furnishings in the room were not staggered because of the fight just now, presumably the two guards moved quickly, and the man who was arrested did not have time to make too many resistance actions. On the bed against the wall of the room, a young woman with tear-stained face, disheveled hair, and disheveled clothes was pulling up the quilt from the bed in a panic to cover herself. Next to the bed, Xiang Boyuan, the platoon commander of the second platoon of the Eighth Company, was wearing only a pair of calf nose pants, although the two guards who had rushed into the house twisted their arms and knelt on the ground, they still kept struggling, as if they were very unconvinced. And not far from him, there was a horizontal knife that had not yet had time to be drawn.
The scene in the room made Huang Hai, who was already very dissatisfied, furious, he walked up to Xiang Boyuan, first waved his hand to open the bow left and right, and slapped this guy with more than a dozen big mouths in one go, and then turned around and pulled out a horizontal knife from the waist of a personal guard and put it on Xiang Boyuan's neck.
Huang Hai's series of actions completely frightened Xiang Boyuan, who was still a little unconvinced. When the two guards just rushed into the house to interrupt his good deeds, Xiang Boming thought it was a pirate who had slipped through the net to take revenge, and he immediately subconsciously reached out to grab the horizontal knife placed at the head of the bed, wanting to fight to the death with the comer. As a result, to his surprise, he didn't wait for him to pull out the knife without waiting for him to pride himself on his bravery, and he was slashed on the wrist by the other party with a knife on the back, and the horizontal knife was immediately taken off. Immediately afterwards, he was dragged off the bed by the opponent's punches and kicks, and was pressed to his knees by the two arms of the backcut. It was only at this time that Xiang Boyuan noticed that the other party was not dressed as a pirate, but a personal guard uniform who was responsible for guarding the masters.
Seeing the identity of the other party clearly, Xiang Boyuan confirmed that his life would not be in danger for the time being, but also understood that his current situation might not be good. Since the establishment of the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion", the predecessor of the "Flying Dragon Army", the crossing team has promulgated strict discipline and has been strictly enforcing it. According to the military discipline of the "Flying Dragon Army", even if it is only verbally harassed and molested by women, they will be fined 20 military sticks, but for the officers and soldiers of ** women, there is only one result, that is, to correct the law on the spot and set an example. Although judging from the situation in the house, this Xiang Boyuan seems to have just begun to use force, and he has not really hurt the girl, but even so, he can't escape the charge of this ** attempt, according to military regulations, he will be beaten with at least eighty military sticks, and then dismissed from the military and sent to a hard labor camp to serve five years of hard labor. If he was sentenced according to the upper limit, it would be possible to cut off his head - after all, the Eighth Company is now in a state of wartime, and it is natural that it will be executed according to the upper limit of military regulations.
As the platoon commander of the "Flying Dragon Army", Xiang Boyuan naturally knows this military discipline. However, when he found out that it was the personal guard who restrained him, he still had a fluke mentality. At first, he thought that this was just the nosy affairs of the patrolling guards, and that these guards, who had always regarded themselves as the elite of the "Flying Dragon Army", deliberately rushed into the house to ruin his good deeds in order to flaunt their righteous and awe-inspiring image, so as to show their difference in front of the ordinary soldiers of the "Flying Dragon Army". After these guards show off their liliang, as their platoon commander and their brother and company commander, as well as their backer in the army and their old boss noble battalion commander, they will give a generous gift, so that these guards will gain fame and fortune, and the other party will definitely "open one eye and close one eye" and let themselves go. ,
I never thought that it was the Twelve Masters of the Yellow Sea who came in after the guards. In front of this master, he said that he was his brother or a noble battalion commander, but I was afraid that even his direct regiment commander Tang Chao Tang Twenty-fourth Master interceded may not be effective - not to mention that the twenty-fourth master is an iron-faced and selfless master, treating a person like himself who has committed a ** crime - even if it is an attempt - can order a knife to cut it is already merciful, how can he intercede for himself. Now the only thing that can still win a glimmer of life for himself is to find a way to convince this twelfth master that the woman was not forcibly taken by himself, but deliberately seduced herself, and wanted to take the opportunity to assassinate herself.
As soon as he thought of this, Xiang Boyuan dared to struggle again, and after suffering from Huang Hai's big mouth without hiding, he wanted to defend himself. As a result, before he could open his mouth, Huang Hai had already put the knife on his neck. This time, but Xiang Boyuan was really scared, he immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic, kept begging for mercy from the Yellow Sea, and repeatedly said that the woman was not taken by himself, but the other party took the initiative to seduce him, and he was completely wronged.
Although Huang Hai is as vicious as hatred, he is also a person who talks about rules. He can slap Xiang Boyuan in the mouth because of a moment of righteous indignation, and he can put a knife on the other party's neck because of anger, but he will not really cut off Xiang Boyuan's head right now. Because according to the military regulations of the "Flying Dragon Army", even a villain like Xiang Boyuan who has committed the most heinous crime must be interrogated by the Military Justice Department, and the evidence can only be confirmed before the canonical punishment can be determined. As Huang Hai, who has just been transferred from the Ministry of Security to the Ministry of Military Affairs, naturally he will not break the rules of the "Flying Dragon Army".
Therefore, after calming down his mood a little, Huang Hai removed the horizontal knife from Xiang Boyuan's neck, handed it back to the guard, walked to the table, pulled a chair and sat down, pointed to Xiang Boyuan, who was kneeling there and kept shouting grievances, and asked the young woman who was still trembling under the quilt: "Girl, someone came to ask you, but this person forced you to come." ”
The young woman on the bed thought that she was frightened by the series of things just now, and she didn't answer Huang Hai's question for a long time, but just kept crying there. Seeing this, Huang Hai had no choice but to continue to enlighten: "Don't be afraid, girl, our army has always had strict military discipline, and we will never tolerate subordinates who dare to violate military discipline. A certain family is the official of this person, and if the girl has any grievances, just tell a certain family, and a certain family will definitely make decisions for you. ”
It is estimated that it was Huang Hai's statement, and Xiang Boyuan's fear of a tiger in front of Huang Hai, that made the young woman see hope, she quickly stopped crying, and complained to Huang Hai: "Back to the big leader, although the little woman grew up in a pirate family, and now she is a prisoner of your army, she still knows etiquette and shame. How could a little woman, an innocent girl, come to serve him voluntarily. It was clear that when he was inspecting the prisoner camp at night, he found that the little girl was a little beautiful, so he saw the lust and forcibly brought the little girl here with the strength of alcohol, in an attempt to ...... the little girl"
Although this young woman could see that the person in front of her was really willing to make decisions for herself, she was a yellow flower girl, and it was really unspeakable for her to tell her about the process of being almost forcibly raped in front of so many people. When she said this, she couldn't say any more, and began to cry again.
Although the young woman did not speak very completely, and did not tell what happened to her after she was brought here, what she said was true from her expressions and movements. Therefore, Huang Hai was no longer embarrassed for her, and did not continue to ask her what happened after she was brought, but changed the direction of the questioning and continued to ask: "Since you were forcibly brought from the prisoner camp, presumably the other captives in the camp should have seen the process of your being taken away?" ”
"This is nature," replied the young woman, wiping tears from her eyes, "at that time, the little woman's father had a quarrel with the beast, and made a great noise, and the captives around him must have heard it. Several uncles, who usually had a good relationship with the little woman's family, wanted to come over to help, but they were all forced back by the soldiers under the beast. The little woman's father and an uncle who knew him well were both injured, and I don't know what happened to them. ”
Perhaps remembering that her father had been injured to protect herself, and her life and death were uncertain, the young woman cried even more sadly, and her answer was interrupted again. However, the information provided by the young woman was sufficient, and Huang Hai didn't need to ask her any more questions, now what he had to do was to verify the truth of what the other party said, and the first step was to ask the other party to the matter, Xiang Boyuan. ,
In fact, even if there is no statement from the young woman, it is already possible to tell what is going on here just by what she saw when she first entered the house. But Huang Hai didn't listen to the young woman's words because of this, he turned his head to Xiang Boyuan and asked sharply, "Xiang Boyuan, what this girl said is the truth?" ”
In the face of Huang Hai's questioning, although Xiang Boyuan knew that what the young woman said was the truth, he still held a glimmer of hope and quibbled: "Twelfth Master Mingjian, the villain is wronged." Obviously, in order to avenge her brother who was killed by the villain on top of the battle array, the female thief deliberately seduced the villain when the villain was patrolling the camp, so that she could have a chance to get close to the villain, so as to take the opportunity to assassinate the villain. The villain was also confused, and forgot the military rules that women should not stay in the camp, so he promised to give her five yuan as compensation after the matter was completed, and brought her back.
When he returned, the villain sent all the sentries back to sleep, leaving only one henchman to guard the door, while he himself took the female thief into the house to do good deeds. Who would have thought that as soon as she got into bed, the female thief revealed her true nature, and took advantage of the villain's undressing to snatch the villain's matching knife, and she was going to cut the villain when she pulled out the knife. When the villain saw this, he wrestled with her. During the fight, the twelve masters, your personal guards, rushed into the room to restrain the villain. The female thief saw that the assassination could not succeed, so she framed the villain to forcibly occupy the captive daughter, in a vain attempt to get away with it, and made the villain be punished by military discipline to relieve her hatred. What the villain said is true, and I hope that twelve people will call the shots for the villain. ”
After speaking, in order to show that he was indeed wronged, Xiang Boyuan struggled to kowtow to the Yellow Sea despite the fact that he was still being twisted by the guards.
Xiang Boyuan's rhetoric was conclusive and reasonable, and in the blink of an eye, he turned such a serious violation of military regulations as the attempted seizure of a people's daughter into a conspiracy by the pirate's relatives to deliberately seduce him for revenge and attempt to take the opportunity to kill him. If they hadn't seen what had just happened in the room, those who heard his argument would have believed what he said.
Although Xiang Boyuan was wronged and behaved extremely aggrieved, Huang Hai was not confused by his words, but asked pointedly: "If it is really as you said, it was this girl who deliberately led you to the bait in order to avenge her dead brother, then I will send someone to the prisoner camp to investigate, presumably I will not find this girl's injured father and friends?" ”
"Twelfth Master Mingjian, these pirate families are all scheming people. Since this female thief dared to design an assassination of the villain, she would never act alone. The villain thought that since she dared to say this, she must have discussed it with her accomplices a long time ago, and if she couldn't succeed in the assassination, she would frame the villain. In this way, how could the Twelfth Master not find witnesses when he sent someone to investigate? Xiang Boyuan continued to quibble.
Although Xiang Boyuan rejected all the strong evidence of the young woman's human witness, and insisted that the other party did these things for personal revenge, trying to attract Huang Hai's attention to the pirate. But Huang Hai was not swayed by his words.
Of course, although he didn't believe what the other party said, Huang Hai did not use his identity to force the other party to admit his guilt. Because on the one hand, Huang Hai is a reasonable person, and it is not his habit to use power to subdue people. On the other hand, the other soldiers in the second platoon had already been woken up by this time. Although these soldiers did not dare to get too close, they just gathered near the door of Xiang Boyuan's house and looked at the door from a distance. But Huang Hai knew very well that these soldiers must have pricked up their ears at this time, listening carefully to the movement here - the door was not closed at this time, and it was still the dead of night, and the sound of the room could still be heard. If he can't refute Xiang Boyuan speechless with strong evidence, it is likely to arouse the dissatisfaction of the soldiers in the second platoon, which will lead to a more serious situation.
Therefore, Huang Hai continued: "In this way, Xiang Platoon Commander was wronged. It was this girl who deliberately approached you in order to avenge her dead brother, and took advantage of your unpreparedness to kill you. It's just that I happened to meet the master with his personal guards on patrol, and he heard the movement in the house and rushed in, so that she couldn't succeed for a while, so he framed you for wanting to forcibly occupy the captive daughter to the platoon commander, so as to change his revenge for her brother being killed by you. ”
"That's right, that's exactly it" Xiang Boyuan nodded like a good chicken pecking rice, "Twelve Masters Shengming, Twelve Masters Shengming." ”
Since Huang Hai's tone of voice was no longer as stern as just now, Xiang Boyuan thought that the other party had been moved by his rhetoric, and his chances of avoiding this catastrophe were getting bigger and bigger. Therefore, while he wanted to excuse himself, he did not forget to compliment Huang Hai. ,
Xiang Boyuan was secretly happy here, but the young woman over there was like falling into an ice cave at this time, and her body was cold. She had thought that the man who rushed in really wanted to help her and make decisions for herself, but judging from the conversation between him and the beastly guy, the other party seemed to be more and more inclined to believe the lies made up by that guy. In this way, not only will he not be able to get out of this fire pit, but he is afraid that even his father will be implicated. Thinking of this, the young woman was both afraid and anxious, and she didn't care about her disheveled clothes, so she threw the quilt to the side, and bowed to the Yellow Sea on the bed, intending to defend herself.
As a result, before she could say anything, Huang Hai was already furious, he slapped the table sharply, pointed at Xiang Boyuan and shouted: "What nonsense." Xiang Boyuan, do you think I am a three-year-old child? You said that this girl deliberately seduced you, and then grabbed the knife to kill you, and the horizontal knife on the ground was still in the sheath, and she didn't pull out half a point? You said that you fought to the death with this girl in self-defense, and the furniture in this house was neatly furnished, and there was no mess? ”
Huang Hai's questions to Boyuan naturally couldn't answer, and it wasn't until then that he understood that the other party was not deceived by his lies at all, and the ease of tone just now was just evidence that he was lying, and he couldn't get over this catastrophe no matter what.
Now, Zuihou's glimmer of hope has also been shattered, and Xiang Boyuan has returned to his brave nature. He no longer quibbled, nor did he beg for mercy in a low voice like just now, but tilted his head, knelt there and never spoke again, putting on a jiashi that wanted to kill and chop, and listened to the respectful jiashi.
Xiang Boyuan's situation made Huang Hai a little crying and laughing, he didn't expect that a guy who had violated military discipline would actually put on such a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance. However, no matter how "affordable and put down" Xiang Boyuan showed at this time, Huang Hai would not be moved by it. He waved his hand at Xiang Boyuan's two personal guards and said, "Xiang Boyuan forcibly robbed the captive daughter and deceived the officials, which seriously violated military regulations and should be severely punished according to the law." He will be held in solitary confinement for the rest of the matter, and then handed over to the Judge Advocate General's Department for punishment. ”
"Yes" The two guards agreed in unison, escorted to Boyuan and walked outside the house.