The city's sweeping restrictions on electricity have had a serious impact on evacuation shelters in the city, even the shelters themselves.

All excess electricity was restricted and eliminated except for the necessary electricity, and even when city officials were in meetings, lighting was only using emergency lights, not electric lights as before.

This is obviously a special experience for the officials, but at such times, no one will say superfluous words, ask for special treatment, turn on the lights or anything.

Although the restriction on electricity consumption has had a certain impact on the daily work of the city government, it is not insurmountable, and it is still possible to maintain daily work with emergency lighting.

However, although the immediate difficulties can be overcome, it does not mean that the problem has been solved.

The imminent shortage of coal remains a major problem for the city.

The relevant situation has been reported to the provincial government, and the provincial government has also urgently allocated materials to support the city, and the construction team of the railway department is also carrying out emergency repairs to the railway bridge.

But this will take time, and the situation is still not optimistic.

So right now, the atmosphere in the city government shelter is also extremely tense, and everyone is nervously dealing with the matter at hand.

Emotional comfort for survivors of the various shelters, distribution of supplies, distribution and use of existing coal......

All kinds of complicated work made everyone busy, no one mentioned any vacation and off-duty, they were all busy and tired to take a little rest, and then continue to work.

From high-level officials to low-level staff, there is no exception.

The entrance to the city hall is still heavily guarded, and even because of the previous bomb attacks and the explosion of the railway bridge, the inspection has become stricter, and it is not only necessary to check when you enter but also to go out.

As the secretary of the city office, Secretary Li does not enjoy any privileges, and even if he wants to leave the shelter to run errands, he still needs to go through a series of security procedures.

"I'm sorry, Secretary Li, your bag needs to be checked too." Of course, the staff in charge of the inspection knew Secretary Li, but at this time, he didn't dare to say anything about friendship, or give Secretary Li any preferential treatment.

Secretary Li didn't mind, just handed his briefcase to the other party, and while the other party checked it, he was also being searched.

The briefcase was full of documents, and the staff did not look at them carefully, as long as they were sure that they were not dangerous goods or confidential documents, and there were no strict restrictions on other things.

After the inspection, the staff returned the briefcase to Secretary Li: "I'm sorry, Secretary Li, I'm delaying your time." ”

"It's okay, you guys need it for work too." Secretary Li seemed to be very talkative, smiled and retrieved his briefcase, and then passed the checkpoint and left the shelter.

Just looking at the figure of Secretary Li leaving, the staff member muttered to the colleague next to him a little strangely: "Secretary Li, what are you going to do?" Why don't you take a car? ”

"It's so strange that you don't leave us in the car." The colleague next to me didn't find this strange.

If you are going to other shelters by car, now that the underground passage has been basically opened, you can take the car directly from the underground garage, and there is really no need to go up to the ground and go out through the gate.

The staff member thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong, so he didn't care about it, stopped the next person who was going out, and continued his inspection work.

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Secretary Li, who left the shelter, did not go far, he stepped on the snow about a street with one foot deep and one foot shallow, looked around vigilantly, and saw that there was no one around, so he pointed the flashlight in his hand at a building next to it that had not collapsed, and flashed the light a few times.

Soon there was a similar flash of light in the building.

Seeing this, Secretary Li looked around vigilantly again to make sure that no one was following him, and then walked towards the building.

Entering the building, in a closed room surrounded by walls, several people whose faces could not be seen were waiting for Secretary Li's arrival.

Seeing him come in, the person in charge of them hurriedly stood up and greeted him: "Second uncle, you are here!" ”

"Azu, what the hell do you want to do! Why blow up the railroad? However, Secretary Li did not have any politeness to the person who greeted him in front of him, took off the protective mask on his face, and questioned him very dissatisfied.

"Second uncle, what do you mean by this?" The person who greeted Secretary Li still had a gentle attitude when he heard his questioning, but he didn't seem to understand what Secretary Li meant.

Seeing this, Secretary Li's face was even more dissatisfied, so he said angrily to him: "We said okay at the beginning, I will pass on the news to you, just to help you avoid the arrest of the city government, not to let you bomb the railway and carry out a bomb attack at the gate of the city government!" You've blown up the railroad now, and the whole city will be affected by electricity and heating! A lot of people will die! ”

"So what does it matter? This is nothing more than a necessary sacrifice. This person didn't seem to care about this, the expression on his face was still gentle, but there was no trace of warmth in his eyes, and he looked very cold.

"Do you call this a necessary sacrifice? What do you think of human life? Secretary Li looked at the person in front of him and seemed a little incredulous: "What do you want to do?" Azu! ”

"All I want to do is to fulfill my ideals of freedom and happiness for all. The government is nothing more than a shackle that restricts freedom, and only by overthrowing the rulers can people be free! to be able to achieve true happiness! The person called Azu still had a gentle expression on his face, and there seemed to be some smiles, but his eyes changed from cold to fanatical, and his tone showed sincerity to look at Secretary Li: "This is my ideal!" Things I want to do! Second uncle, join us! As long as our plan is realized, then the city can be managed by you, Second Uncle, and you will be the mayor, isn't this what you have always dreamed of? ”

"I want to be mayor, but not this way!" Secretary Li wavered for a moment, but quickly shook his head and refused, and still questioned Azu: "How many people do you plan to kill for the freedom of your mouth?" ”

"Anyone who stands in the way of freedom, one counts as one." Perhaps it was Secretary Li's refusal that angered him, and the expression on Azu's face became cold, and his answer was also very cruel.

Secretary Li seemed to be shocked, took a few steps back, shook his head and said in disbelief: "Azu, how did you become like this?" That's human life! ”

"For the sake of freedom, sacrifice is always necessary." Azu didn't seem to want to bother with Secretary Li, so he said to him directly: "Second uncle, you better think about it, if you join us, then you are still my good second uncle, and when we occupy this city, second uncle, you are the mayor of this city, and this city will also be handed over to you to manage second uncle."

But if you are still so obsessed with your second uncle, then I can only express regret, even if you are my second uncle, my only relative, I can only ......"

Azu said, took out the pistol from his body, but did not aim at Secretary Li, just exited the magazine, then took out a bullet and put it in the pocket of his jacket: "I keep this bullet for you, second uncle." ”

Secretary Li watched Azu's movements and understood what he meant.

If Secretary Li is willing to join and become Azu's accomplice, he will use this bullet to kill a person as a vote.

But if Secretary Li is unwilling to join, then that bullet is the bullet that sent Secretary Li on the road.

After speaking, Azu glanced at his subordinates: "Send my second uncle out." ”

Secretary Li seemed to be frightened by Azu, and although he wanted to say something more, he could only be invited out by Azu's subordinates and stumbled away.

"Brother Zu, why are you so polite to him, even if we don't have his help, we can't do it." Azu's subordinate didn't seem to understand his approach, and asked Azu, but the subordinate spoke not Chinese, but Vietnamese.

"After all, he is my second uncle, after my parents died, it was my second uncle who raised me single-handedly, if it wasn't necessary, I didn't want to do anything to him." Azu also answered his subordinates' questions in Vietnamese, as if he was giving himself a reason not to kill Secretary Li: "And we are just mercenaries, we are good at fighting and killing people, but we manage the city...... Which of you understands? ”

Several of Azu's subordinates looked at each other, and they couldn't help but shake their heads, this group of people let them kill people and set fires, all of them are good hands, but managing the city? They will only rob money and women, and whoever makes trouble will collapse whom.

Seeing the appearance of his subordinates, Azu naturally knew that none of these people were qualified for the position of city manager, so he shook his head helplessly before saying: "So we need a professional official like my second uncle, only someone like him knows how to manage a city." ”

"I understand Brother Zu." Azu's subordinates nodded in understanding, but asked new worries: "But Brother Zu, will he tell the truth?" Even if he is your second uncle, he doesn't look like he's going to join us. ”

"Second uncle, he won't betray me, then he won't be able to escape himself." Azu seems to have a lot of trust in Secretary Li, but his next sentence shows that it is not because of family affection: "And Luu will spy on him, if he really wants to betray us, even if it is my second uncle, I will not be soft." ”

Luu is the only woman among Azu's men brought from Vietnam, and the only killer and intelligence agent in their entire team, so Azu puts her next to his second uncle, on the one hand, to protect Secretary Li and obtain information at the same time, and on the other hand, to spy on him.

After listening to Azu's words, Azu's subordinates looked at each other and seemed to think that there was no problem, so one of them asked, "Then what should we do next?" ”