The atmosphere in the car was unusually solemn.

"No, I'm going back," Tian Yuan cried.

"Don't be stupid, what can you do when you go back" Thomas bit his lips and held Tian Yuan's shoulders and shook him to calm down.

In this way, Tian Yuan didn't speak, just turned his head and looked at the disappearing scenery behind him, and he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

The two cars returned to the center of the city, the city government hurriedly activated the emergency plan, and immediately pushed the emergency reserve army to the earthen house group in the south of the city, Tian Yuan sat in the army's car and drove to the battlefield with the army, although he extremely hoped that the army here could defeat the government army, but the cold sweat still couldn't help but flow non-stop, maybe deep down, there was nothing in this world that could resist the formation of the government army.

But when the army arrived at the southern suburbs of the earthen house group, not to mention Tianyuan and them, even the soldiers of Degus, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, were dumbfounded by the scene in front of them, only a few hours, and the 3-meter-high earth houses that were intact before were all wiped out, and there was no trace of them, and there were all destroyed ruins and broken walls everywhere, and the ground was full of broken robots, and from time to time there would be a stabbing sound of electricity, creating an inexplicable sense of horror in the silence, and each sound could not help but make people's pores tighten. Hundreds of fallen government soldiers. Their blood had already stained the golden soil of the earthen houses. The wind blew in all directions against the remaining gaps between the corpses, and the hot air gradually cooled down, and people couldn't help but shiver, because they knew that the lineup of the fallen government army could take a small country. When everyone stood in place, discussing what was going on, Tian Yuan had already arrived at the place where the previous mayor had fallen.

The scene in front of him stunned Tian Yuan, there was nothing left on the ground except a pool of blood.

"I said,"

Tian Yuan hurriedly turned around.

"We'll meet again"

It's the red-haired uncle who met at the hotel before. The pair of black opaque sunglasses still looked extremely mysterious under the reflection of the sun.

"What about the mayor? What about the mayor?

"The bullet has been taken out, blood has also been transfused, and now it is resting. ”

When the mayor woke up, it was already noon on the third day. The mayor was about to sit up, but found that his stomach still hurt.

Bledsoe excitedly condoled, "Ah, Mayor, you're awake." Bledsoe hurriedly stepped forward to support the mayor and "don't move"

"I... Didn't you die?"

"Mayor, you're alive and well. It was Estrovsky, the commander of the revolutionary army, who saved you. ”

"What about others?"

"He?" Bledsoe looked out the window, "he's gone last night." ”

The mayor smiled, tilted his head to the window, looked at the clouds in the distance, and unconsciously remembered the picture of Brada and himself many days ago.

"Mayor, the situation is already very serious, and there are more and more people who oppose you, led by Penelope"

"There must be another way"

"Isn't your dream to build a clean city?"

"But what's the difference between such a method and a criminal, and I have no right to demand from you..."

"Went to the hospital last month, it was given by the hospital"

Joyce took the test sheet handed by Brada, and the list said that he had advanced liver cancer, and Joyce's hand trembled.

Mayor "Brada" spoke in a strangely heavy tone.

"I've already contacted the killer, and when the time comes, he will stop the van at the designated place and shoot me, all of this has been discussed with my wife, so the mayor, you don't have to worry about his feelings, she supports me, besides, mayor, when you appointed me as the deputy mayor, didn't you value that I had the same sense of justice as you,"

"But"

"Extraordinary times can only be used by extraordinary means"

Joyce froze and looked up at Brada. After thinking about it for a long time, a few words finally popped up

"I disagree!"

It wasn't until that day, when he saw Brada's body lying alone on the street in front of Korester's house, that he knew that the plan had been made, and that was how it began. Joyce held an umbrella and watched through the crowd, watching, the cold wind was biting, and every drop of rain tore his skin like winter rain. The raindrops, mixed with a little tears, "clicked" crisply, bloomed on the ground. Crowds came and went, but the mayor's feet seemed to be leaded, long, long.

Back the night before, on the steps in front of Mrs. Cristor's house.

"How did you know that Brada was suicidal" Wicks sat on the steps, bathed in the moonlight. Asked Tian Yuan.

"Do you remember any strange behavior Brada had before he died?"

"What's the move?" asked Wicks, confused.

Tian Yuan raised his hand and nodded. Then he put it under his neck and stopped.

"Look, what would have happened if he hadn't put it down" Tengen then slowly rolled his hand to his chest, then to his left shoulder.

"He's drawing a cross!"

"Well, if he stopped halfway for what"

Wicks thought for a moment, "Because he no longer believes in Christianity, there is no reason to take a cross before God"

"In other words, he was ready to commit suicide"

This also explains Madame Brada's strange expression. Wicks excitedly patted Tian Yuan's head, "Okay, why didn't you see it before, you have such a good head." ”

Tian Yuan smiled, "I also saw the mayor draw a cross in the car. ”

"It's a good thing that Pete wasn't killed," Wicks looked at the sky, and he came back alive. ”

Tian Yuan looked back at the door of Cristorf's house, "Yes, I heard Pete say that Mrs. Brada worked hard to save Pete's life, but fortunately, the Brada family is not rich and did not find those professional killers." I'm afraid that those professional killers will not do this, and they will not leave Pete behind, and maybe even Lady Brada will die. ”

Wicks asked Tian Yuan again, "Did Pete say what he saw at that time?"

Tian Yuan thought for a moment, "I remember when he said that he seemed to see Mrs. Brada's face in a group of masked people, I really can't understand why Mrs. Brada got into these two vans, let alone why she pulled off her mask, doesn't this increase the possibility of being exposed." ”

Wicks thought for a moment, smiled, and thought of the thousand paper cranes in his mind again.

Touched Tian Yuan's head, "Little ghost, when you have someone you like, you will understand"

Tian Yuan looked at Wicks suspiciously, pouting. Tian Yuan didn't know how much courage and effort Madame Brada mustered to board the van, just to see her husband for the last time, and also to let her husband take a last look at herself, and accompany the man she loved deeply through the last journey of her life.

"It's time to go," the red-haired uncle walked over.

"Don't you really need to say goodbye?" asked Wix.

Tian Yuan slowly stood up from the steps,

"No, I'm afraid to see it," he said, looking at the room behind him. The eyes are so gentle, "Their faces, I will be reluctant to go." The moonlight glittered in the corners of Tian Yuan's eyes.

"If you can meet her, bring my letter to her. ”

Tian Yuan checked that the letter that Wix had given him before was not there. "Got it!" Tian Yuan laughed, ran forward and slapped Weeks' palm hard, Weeks immediately took his hand back in pain, and the two looked at each other and smiled. The evening breeze was slight, with this laughter, drifting into the deep house, drifting into the alley, drifting into the endless air, "popping" scattered, sprinkled on the faces of the sleeping people.

"You have to think about it, it's very dangerous to enter the army. Every day is possible..."

"I've thought about this for a long time. As long as I can be like the commander in the future, I won't be afraid" Tian Yuan interrupted the commander's words.

"In order not to lose what I want to protect again, I have to get it," Tian Yuan gritted his teeth and secretly made up his mind. "Let's go," Tian Yuan took the commander's sleeve.

The night was like a thick inkstone, so deep that it could not be dissolved, just like that, the two of them slowly walked out of Degoos, Tian Yuan looked back at this beautiful city, the lights were brilliant, the singing and dancing were leveling, and the whole sky was reflected in prosperity and serenity, and it was impossible to see that there was such a big crisis here a few days ago. And Tian Yuan didn't realize that tears had already wet his clothes.

In the attic of the Corester house in the distance, there seemed to be an eye, obsidian that shimmered in the moonlight and disappeared.

A month later, Wicks was successfully promoted, and Penelope was released in court due to lack of evidence, but the accusations that followed also ended Penelope's political career forever. The mayor has long since recovered his health and is devoting himself to handling government affairs, and the problem of official corruption is also being rectified with greater efforts. Thomas and the others stayed at Mrs. Cristor's house like his children. Later, they were all sent to school, and Pete was reluctant to study at first, until he was whipped by Mrs. Cresterer with a tape measure, and he was not obedient, but in fact, his homework was still copied from Thomas, and he slept in class. For some reason, Edward was persuaded to quit the school and opened a bar. In addition to her homework, Alyssa will also learn some essential life skills from Andrea. Wicks would often come to Mrs. Crist's house to deliver things and have a meal with them when he had time. Everyone had a good time at the table, talking and laughing.

And the death of the deputy mayor of Brada has become a mystery to Degus. No one mentioned it again, and Pete and the others pretended not to know at all. As for the widow of the deputy mayor, she also received very good benefits, Pete and they often went to her house, and Mrs. Brada's family would often invite Mrs. Brada over if there was a party at Mrs. Crist's house, and of course the mayor, who was very busy, would still find time every Saturday to see Mrs. Brada and Pete. Everything is going in a little bit for the better, a little bit in the right direction. developing. Even if it's just a façade?