afterglow

Chapter 327 The game ends;

When a small car encounters a large car, the driver's instinctive reaction is to slow down and give way.The driver of the car in front lightly stepped on the brakes and turned the steering wheel slightly, causing the car to slow down and veer to the right side of the road.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, this ordinary red oil tanker continued to tilt its head and bumped straight into it.

The car driver's eyes widened instantly, and he slammed the steering wheel to death. The whole car almost passed the tank truck, and the entourage inside fell violently to the left due to inertia.

Although the passenger car behind had a little more reaction time, it was only a little bit.

In a blink of an eye, the driver stepped on the brakes to the bottom and turned the steering wheel to the right completely to death, but the two cars collided head-on in the next second!
"Squeak—boom!"

The screeching sound of brakes only appeared for a very short time, followed by the sound of crashing and crackling glass.

For safety reasons, Zhou Changfeng, Luo Fu, and Shen Yu's car followed the passenger car, and there was a truck full of paratroopers behind it.

Depend on!This is definitely not a coincidence!
Ordinary people are very cautious when seeing a government convoy, and they are even more afraid to avoid such a convoy with military escort.

Just now I wondered why the magistrates of Daming were so cowardly and calm, and cooperating with these guys would either not do it, or do it absolutely, right?

The joy of achieving the goal only existed in Zhou Changfeng's heart for a moment. He opened the door and rushed out of the car, shouting sharply: "I'm stupid! Fuck it, save people!"

The scene ahead was a mess - the fronts of tank trucks and buses were severely deformed, with metal fragments and glass shards everywhere.

Inevitably, it rolled over due to the force of the head-on collision and the driver of the tanker, who seemed to deliberately slam the steering wheel and apply the handbrake at the last moment.

The driver covered in blood climbed out of the cab, jumped to the ground and rolled, and was scarred by metal fragments and glass shards, but he ran to the distance regardless.

"Jump out of the car, don't push the door! It's deformed and can't be pushed!"

"Drill the windowpane! Hurry up!"

The smell of gasoline hits the face, and the smell that penetrates the nose makes people shudder - the overturned tank truck must have leaked!

Zhou Changfeng was directing the officials of the investigation team on the bus to escape, and in such a critical situation, it can be said that every second counts.

Noticing that the driver of the oil tank truck who "caused the accident" was running away, he pointed in that direction and shouted loudly: "Go and catch him!"

Several paratroopers who were helping to save people ran over immediately, urging him to stop while running.

At this moment, unknown sparks splashed onto the leaked gasoline, and a raging fire burst into flames.

The bus driver at the front can be said to be both unfortunate and lucky.

Unfortunately, the accident happened, and his legs were crushed and fractured by the deformation of the vehicle; fortunately, it was not completely stuck, and he narrowly escaped with help from being burned alive.

Someone pushed him to the side, and only a few steps away, the raging flames engulfed the oil tanker, and then spread to the front of the severely damaged passenger car...

Although the distance was about ten meters, the scorching heat wave that swept across the face was still so scorching that people couldn't open their eyes.

"Don't panic! Hold on tight!"

"Come one by one, in time!"

There are still six or seven people at the rear of the bus who have not been evacuated. Most of them were injured due to the previous violent impact and their mobility is limited.

But the incident happened suddenly, what can be done at this moment?
But what is dramatic is that a firetruck belonging to the inspection department of Houguan County "just happened" to pass by, and then slowed down and drove forward slowly.

Due to the traditional use of wooden buildings, the history of fire protection organizations in China is almost as long as the culture. It has been well developed in the Song Dynasty, forming a multiple combination of official organizations and non-governmental organizations.

Today, the Inspection Department of the Ming Dynasty is actually a multi-functional coordination agency responsible for local public security and fire protection, with jurisdiction over the police bureau and fire bureau.

However, compared with the well-established and formal former, the local fire stations in Daming are actually not very professional. In order to save local financial expenses, the fire stations usually only have a small number of professional staff to lead them, and the rest are part-time volunteers.

For example, in Houguan County, its fire department has two fire brigades of 30 people, seven fire brigades of ten people, and six disaster relief teams of ten people, of which there are only more than 30 professional personnel.

Only in large cities like Shuntianfu, Yingtianfu, Shanghai and Guangzhou can we see highly unified professional firefighting teams.

The same scene exists in Europe, and there are even many that are entirely composed of volunteers - because of the vast territory and sparse population, it is too expensive to maintain a professional firefighting team on a daily basis.

But the fire brigade does not patrol regularly like the police, usually they will not dispatch without answering the alarm, and now a fire truck happened to pass by as soon as the accident happened, no one would believe that it was just a coincidence.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
You want to take advantage of this accident to settle the case, right?And the firetruck is the second-hander. If it fails to destroy the group, then take advantage of the chaos and steal the investigation results?
At this time, Zhou Changfeng had roughly guessed the plans of those guys, but he was not completely sure.

He stared closely at the firefighters who jumped out of the car. He saw some of them getting water guns and others getting ladders.

The firetruck is essentially a light truck conversion—painted red, fitted with water tanks, pumps, and storage boxes for equipment.

However, water cannot extinguish the fuel fire, so the firefighters moved down the iron buckets filled with sand and soil like a solitaire.

They braved the raging fire and waved their shovels to shovel soil wherever the flames spread.

While suppressing the flames, with the help of a ladder, the remaining few officials in the passenger car seemed to be able to get out of trouble soon.

"This place is too dangerous! Back up, everyone!" The leader waved eagerly, "It might explode, and if it explodes, you will die!"

Apparently, Ming Dynasty also had a car chase movie, and because of the rapid development of the film industry technology in recent years, this type of movie is quite popular. Affected by this, people will naturally associate it with the exaggerated explosion fireball in the movie .

Luo Fu took a step back subconsciously, but seeing that Zhou Changfeng, Shen Yu and the others did not move, he also stopped.

A few "imperial envoys" remained as steady as a mountain and the rest of the paratroopers naturally did not move either. The scene fell into a brief embarrassment.

"Hey, the identities of your group are extraordinary, if there is an accident, we have to finish it!"

Zhou Changfeng ignored it, because he saw that when an official from the Ministry of Punishment climbed out of the car window with his purse in his hands, some of the firefighters below were reaching out to grab the purse.

Shen Yu on the side squinted his eyes slightly. He suddenly felt that the current situation was relatively stable, and he seemed to have time to take a snapshot?

He reached into his inner pocket and took out a small spy camera, less than half the size of a palm, and quickly snapped a picture.

Zhou Changfeng also thinks it's time for a showdown—the evidence is solid, so what are you waiting for?
With a wave of his hand, he ordered: "Take all these guys down, and retreat thirty meters away!"

"Yes!"

Following his order, the surrounding paratroopers immediately moved forward, and more than a dozen figures rushed forward.

Without any explanation, the captain's back shoulder was pressed hard, his arm was pulled back, and he was subdued in the blink of an eye.

Seeing the situation changed drastically, the two team members by the side of the car started to pull the leather bag desperately, and tore it apart with all their strength, and the rolls of files were scattered everywhere.

After a few seconds, they were thrown to the ground, unable to move.

"Quickly retreat, it's really too dangerous!" Shen Yu urged while stuffing the camera back into his pocket.

The driver of the tanker truck who had escaped was brought back, and all ten people belonging to the firetruck were captured.

Due to the sudden accident, the investigation team members were all tortured. They were all dusty and dirty, and their bodies were stained with the smell of gasoline, burnt, and blood.

So far, all the goals have been achieved, and the aftermath work has nothing to do with the investigation team.

An hour later, under the escort of hundreds of officers and soldiers of the first regiment of paratroopers who came to reinforce, they came to the hospital to treat their wounds.

"It's finally done! It took so much effort." Zhou Changfeng sat on a bench in the backyard of Houguan County Second Hospital, and said with emotion: "To tell the truth, I'm not exaggerating at all, this is worse than commanding a battle." Be bad."

"Is it easier to fight?" Shen Yu in the front walked back and forth with a cigarette in his mouth. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "As you wish, you will be able to do easy work in the next few years."

"You do this every day, and you can bear it?"

"Get used to it."

A total of 17 people were injured to varying degrees, but all were minor or moderate injuries, none of which were fatal, so it can be said that this incident had a relatively perfect ending.

At least from the standpoint of the emperor and the court, it is perfect and meets all requirements.

On the second day after the incident, the second team that had already been preparing to go in the capital set off—they would take over the subsequent arrest operations.

The drivers and firefighters who were captured on the spot were closely guarded so as not to be found by others to cause them accidents.

Two passenger planes took off from the capital and flew to Fuzhou to pick up the investigation team and the group back to Beijing.

As the sun sets, the bright red sunset glow is extremely beautiful.

Amidst the roar of the engine, the plane slowly left the ground, and the scenery outside became smaller and smaller.

Although there was a thrilling accident, everyone has recovered.After completing a task and doing nothing, everyone is in a good mood.

But...the perpetrators were not.

"You guys, you are wayward and arrogant, and you won't listen to even the slightest suggestion! Now it's over, it's all over! It's pathetic to be with you!"

Still in that Baroque-style mansion, Liu Subin, the officer in the Quartermaster Hall, was so angry that he almost lost his composure.

"Man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation. That's half a tank of oil, but... alas!" Cai Dun, the prefect, let out a long sigh, as if he had already been appointed.

"How can you say that?" Lei Yuwen said calmly: "I have already said that they must not be put to death. I can only say that this is really difficult. They are well guarded and want to make a big noise. Taking advantage of the chaos and taking away the files without causing too much harm is extremely difficult in itself."

"Cowardly, timid, cowardly." Liu Subin sneered.

"Don't hide your words. If you really have such extreme thoughts, can this matter end? Do you think the court will give in?!" Lei Yuwen asked.

"Stop arguing, it's like this every time. As we talk, we go back to the original disagreement." A very helpless Cai Dun asked: "The matter has come to this, we can only wait and see the outcome of the mediation. I hope the court can show some mercy." noodle."

The initial disagreement was whether to destroy the investigation results within a controllable range, or directly destroy the entire investigation team.

Liu Subin's original suggestion was to use a truck full of fireworks and firecrackers, replace some of the boxes with explosives, and send the investigation team directly to the west.

Moreover, winter has already entered, and the Chinese New Year will be here in a few months. A truck transporting fireworks and firecrackers happened to have an accident. It is possible to deceive the public by forcing an explanation.

However, others were not so bold and refused immediately, so they finally chose a more "mild" method.

In fact, they still pin their hopes on the negotiation and mediation in the officialdom, and trying to destroy the investigation results is more like a statement and a small demonstration——

We know we are wrong, and we are willing to pay a large sum of money to the imperial court, just hope that we can forgive... at least lightly.But if the imperial court doesn't accept this and insists on being tough, it will definitely make things worse in the end.

At least, that's what they thought.

The next day, early in the morning.

Since he arrived home in the middle of the night, Zhou Changfeng was worried about waking Xia Xiaoshi up again, so he simply lit the stove and slept in the living room of the main room for several hours.

After dawn, he just exchanged a few words with his wife, and after a hasty breakfast, he went straight to the palace.

Along the way, you can see that the servants of the Forbidden City are overhauling the street lights. It is hard to imagine how complicated the power lines used by the palace will be.

"Healed up? Go to the south to recuperate for a few days, how do you feel?" As always, Zhu Lingjing's words were still so unpleasant.

There is a thick book open in front of her, and anyone who has read Das Kapital can tell it from a few paragraphs at a glance.

"It's comfortable and warm, but it's really hard for me to fight those people. I feel... tsk, tired." The helpless Zhou Changfeng replied truthfully without hiding it.

"It's okay, as long as it's done, you won't have a chance in the future." The smiling Zhu Lingjing tilted her head slightly, "The French just called me, and they must be launching soon."

Compared with the UK, the French side is very disciplined, and even called the Emperor of Ming Dynasty before making a formal move - to communicate with each other before doing big things, which can be regarded as a tacit understanding between the great powers.

hateful!Then you have to hurry up!
Zhou Changfeng thought of the matter of the paratrooper's leg bag that was still to be resolved, and was about to open his mouth to complain, but he held back his words.

Don't bother the emperor with things within her power, lest she get impatient and say some unpleasant and annoying things.

No, why does this guy stop talking?
His hesitant look was keenly caught by Zhu Lingjing, so she glanced at him and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Uh..." Zhou Changfeng coughed dryly: "It's nothing, it's not a big deal. There are some key omissions in the equipment of the paratroopers. Fortunately, we found them, so we have to fix them quickly."

"Oh, go."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)