As soon as Zhao Li's words came out, Song Yuanming's eyes, which were still slightly closed just now, suddenly opened. The light in his eyes was even more palpitating than when the headmaster deliberately showed it.

"No need to make such a fuss!" Of course, Zhao Li felt the changes in Song Yuanming, and said easily: "I'm not a politician, I'm just a soldier, and I think we should be the same in terms of views on certain things." ”

"Zhao Li, I don't want to sway your thoughts." Kang Hongyuan sat on the original Zhao Li's seat and looked at the two guys on the sofa who were exuding the same evil aura and could be said to be pure soldiers: "However, I hope you can think carefully about this matter." ”

"Involved in this, there are two retired former commanders of the military region, an active commander of the general district, four lieutenant generals, sixteen major generals, almost more than a dozen ministerial-level senior officials in the political axe department, and countless other junior officers, once you want to move them, you will be under unprecedented pressure." Kang Hongyuan disagreed with Zhao Li's choice very much: "Although your evidence is very sufficient, many of the methods of obtaining evidence are illegal, and these evidence will not be used in the verdict." Even if you act, you can only find some scapegoats, and you can't really shake the masterminds behind the scenes. ”

"I know." Zhao Li closed his eyes, put his head on the back of the sofa, and replied very simply.

"A lot of people are just involved, but even if the evidence is conclusive, they can't be put to death, and they will be imprisoned for a maximum of several years." At this time, Kang Hongyuan was indeed thinking about Zhao Li: "If you don't die if you fight a snake, you will have endless troubles." If all these people were directed at you, would you think about the consequences? ”

Zhao Li lay on the back of the sofa and didn't say a word. Kang Hongyuan also knew that Zhao Li must be listening, and he was thinking seriously, paused for a moment, giving Zhao Li a space to think, and then continued.

"The strength of these people, if you add the forces behind them, will add up to a terrifying force. Not only you, but even General Lucas and General Thomas combined may not dare to bear such a heavy pressure. Kang Hongyuan continued to agitate his incorruptible tongue and tried to persuade Zhao Li: "If you can use these evidence to turn them into your own people, no matter who you are, it will be a more acceptable thing." ”

"Will the coerced person show enough loyalty?" Zhao Li still hadn't opened his eyes, but he was still debating with Kang Hongyuan.

Song Liming didn't speak since Zhao Li said his decision just now, and he showed excitement before, and now Suo surnamed also learned from Zhao Li, leaning his head on the back of the sofa, with the same posture and expression of the two people.

"There is no such thing as loyalty." Kang Hongyuan lost no time in educating Zhao Li: "At any time, the dominant thing is interests, as long as there are enough interests and can pay the price that the other party wants, even if he is the commander of the military region, he can be bribed." You expect to have enough loyalty under duress, which is simply unrealistic. ”

"Isn't that how I can understand that?" Zhao Li was silent for a while, thought for a while, and then slowly spoke: "The prison I am in charge of was robbed by them by arms, not only robbed all the prisoners, but also killed all my colleagues, even myself, I almost died in Huangquan, and I had to bear the suspicion from above, and I was assigned to be assassinated." However, in order not to bear the pressure, in order to be able to take this power to my own use, I have to accept them very generously, and I also have to use the appropriate interests to win them over at the right time. Isn't that what it means? ”

"It's not that you don't understand this, it's just that you don't want to." Kang Hongyuan heard a trace of reluctance from Zhao Li's tone. After all, anyone who has experienced such an ordeal as Zhao Li will inevitably have an imbalance in his heart, but this is extremely naïve to a qualified politician, and the serious point is to ignore the overall situation, be short-sighted, and not be a man.

"Yes, I understand that." Zhao Li himself admitted it. In fact, in the first few years of Jin Wuxing, even when he was in prison, Zhao Li was taught these things very systematically by Kang Hongyuan, and his comprehension was not bad, but he was unwilling to make that choice.

"Take 10,000 steps back and say, all this they have done is directed against me. Robbing me out of prison is just giving me no chance to get out. Kang Hongyuan continued to bewitch Zhao Li to change his mind, "As a party concerned, I don't want to pursue it too much, you are just a pond fish that has been affected, and it shouldn't be so extreme, right?" ”

This is already a very euphemistic statement, although it is a little difficult to accept, but all this is true. Zhao Li is not a stupid person, and Song Yuanming is not a stupid person, so he naturally knows very well.

"Old Song, talk about it!" Zhao Li's body didn't move, maintaining the posture just now, but he just touched Song Yuanming beside him with his elbow and asked him to express his opinion.

"I'm a soldier, carry out orders, and for the rest, I don't want to say anything more." At this time, Song Yuanming never put a little pressure on Zhao Li, and also discouraged him, but just threw all the problems back on Zhao Li. Moreover, it is very clear that as long as Zhao Li's decision, he will implement it, just like executing an order.

However, Song Yuanming's words still reminded Zhao Li. Standing up from the sofa, Zhao Li sat up straight, thought for a while, and asked Song Yuanming: "Old Song, how many of these people involved are purely carrying out orders?" "The people involved in the operation are all soldiers, and if they don't know what they are going to do, but are just carrying out the orders of their superiors, it is a bit too much to say that they are plotting to rob the prison.

"At least 90 percent of the servicemen involved carried out orders." Song Yuanming seemed to have thought about this a long time ago, and when Zhao Li asked him, he didn't have any intention to think about it at all, so he answered directly. He was a soldier, and even when the prison was robbed, he thought that the professional qualities shown by those robbers in that prison robbery would never be an ordinary terrorist organization, but definitely real soldiers.

What's even more tragic is that these people probably don't know what they're trying to do, or they just received an order to forcibly break through the prison controlled by terrorists and rescue the hostages inside, and these terrorists are very cunning, all dressed up as prison guards, and so on.

After all, not everyone knows about that high-level prison, and even information about the name and location of the prison cannot be found in ordinary materials. It is more likely that in the intelligence inquiry system of the military department, that place should be a desert where there is nothing at all, and who can say for sure?

Strictly speaking, the most people who really understand the purpose of this mission are the politicians who are plotting and a few senior military officials who collude with the politicians. As soon as they gave the order, whether it was the dispatch of the warship or the relevant units to cover up the traces of these passes, to put it bluntly, they were just faithfully carrying out the order.

Song Yuanming's words reminded Zhao Li at the same time, but also reminded Kang Hongyuan: "That's right, the real mastermind behind the scenes, there are only those few people, you don't need to target everyone." ”

This seems to be a reason for Zhao Li to accept, but he still raised objections in some aspects: "Those who specifically acted, I mean, those who directly participated in the attack, there may be insiders inside." ”

"But we can't tell." Kang Hongyuan shook his head, he really didn't want Zhao Li to do too much and offend so many people, this was not only for Zhao Li, but also for Kang Hongyuan. The two of them are now grasshoppers on a rope, and neither of them can outrun anyone.

"Many of these suspects have anonymous accounts with ridiculously large sums of money that are relatively high for their income, and many of them retired at the same time." Zhao Li had already prepared, although these anonymous accounts could not enter the court as direct evidence, as long as Zhao Li knew that it was these people. He was a direct eyewitness, and that was more valid than any evidence.

"These people can't be spared!" As long as he does not offend a huge powerful group, Kang Hongyuan will try his best to calm Zhao Li's anger.

Song Yuanming didn't have too many opinions, he had already said what should be said, and the reports that should be investigated were also issued, combined with this information, Zhao Li asked Song Yuanming to come up with a more specific list. For this reason, Zhao Li even took out the information that Ban Yunchan found for him.

It is very convenient for people in the military to deal with it, after all, Zhao Li is now the head of the Special Investigation Division, and he has the authority to summon or detain certain suspects in the name of investigation, even if they have retired from the army, they cannot escape. But the problem now is that there are still more than a dozen bigwigs in the political circles, and now they are all influential figures in the political arena, and these people don't seem to be so active.

Kang Hongyuan is better at dealing with this kind of thing. Originally, with his plan, these people could be taken under his command, and there was conclusive evidence that several of their leaders planned the robbery, and their situation was already very passive, at this time, Kang Hongyuan could easily subdue them.

The combined energy of this group of people is even more impressive than those forces in the army, at least in Kang Hongyuan's eyes. It is far less cost-effective to destroy these people than to turn enemies into friends.

However, Zhao Li does not think so. Although Kang Hongyuan kept instilling in Zhao Li the relationship between political opponents and political opposition and unity, Zhao Li was always unmoved. In Zhao Li's view, even if a political opponent can grasp the shortcomings of the other party, attack the other party's illegal behavior, and even attack the other party's inappropriate performance in some public places, but after it rises to the point of using such illegal means, it is no longer a political struggle in the pure sense.

The embarrassment is that no matter how long Zhao Li's hand is, it is impossible to reach out from the military to the political arena, and matters in the political arena still need to be dealt with criminally. If Zhao Li insists on dealing with these people, then he must go through such a procedure.

"If you go through a criminal case, these people are likely to push it all out." Kang Hongyuan is really clear about the twists and turns in this. It is precisely because he knows too well that he understands the difficulty of this, and if he wants to really deal with these people, it is by no means something that Zhao Li can do by simply throwing out evidence: "A lot of evidence here is obtained illegally, and once the court does not accept it, then all the accusations will be rejected because of insufficient evidence." ”

"I understand!" Zhao Li nodded, paying special attention to Kang Hongyuan's warning.

Song Yuanming didn't let Zhao Li wait for a long time, and soon a list combining the investigation results of Song Yuanming and Ban Yunchan was sent to Zhao Li.

This list excludes most of the low-level officers and soldiers across several military regions who have handled these things, and in addition to a few high-ranking officers, only the group of guys who retired almost at the same time that Zhao Li suspects. And the list in the political arena is still listed. Whether these people will be on the list or not needs to be decided by Kang Hongyuan.

"Lao Kang, some of your previous performances were not too gentle?" Zhao Li was very dissatisfied with Kang Hongyuan's surgery on the list in the political arena: "If you have always been tough, I believe that few people will dare to take the risk of offending you and frame you like this." ”

"It's true that I'm not very tough." Kang Hongyuan also nodded in acknowledgment: "Are you worried that I will let these guys go easily?" It's not necessary at all, I'm just wondering which one can be completely pulled under my command. For Kang Hongyuan, being ruthless is not a problem, and when it comes to making decisions, he is not much softer than Zhao Li.

"Zhao Li, the list is easy to say, but you have to understand that once you start to do it, it will never be possible to turn back." Kang Hongyuan pinched the list and reminded Zhao Li again: "Completely offend the commanders of at least three military regions, you have to think about it." ”

"Even if I don't do it, will they have any affection for me?" Zhao Li stretched out his hand to take the list from Kang Hongyuan's hand and looked at Kang Hongyuan very seriously.

"Okay!" Kang Hongyuan sighed and nodded at Zhao Li, although he hadn't seen the factional struggle in the army, he could imagine it: "Since you want to do it, then don't let them have another chance to get back!" ”

"Don't worry, the two generals, Thomas and Lucas, will probably be very happy to see this list." Zhao Li also nodded and assured Kang Hongyuan.

"By the way, I have one more question." Kang Hongyuan seemed to suddenly think of something again, and turned back to ask Zhao Li: "Those high-ranking political officials, what will you do if the court pronounces insufficient evidence and dismisses the indictment?" ”

"It's better not to have something like this happen." Zhao Li also seemed to have thought about these seriously: "I will warn them that it is best to confess their guilt in court." ”

"What if they refuse to confess?" Kang Hongyuan became interested, stared at Zhao Li and asked him with interest.

"I'll admit, I'm not a law-abiding person." Zhao Li looked at Kang Hongyuan's eyes and looked at him: "If this kind of thing really happens, then, if something else happens to them in the future that has no evidence or insufficient evidence, they don't feel wronged!" ”

(To be continued)