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Chapter 94 A Great Responsibility Will Be Bestowed by Heaven

On a whim, Nangong Qingye personally presided over the interrogation of Lin Zhouyun.

"Name."

"Lin Zhouyun".

"Position".

"Engineer of the Third Maintenance Team, Engineering Corps of the Ancient Bell".

Place of origin.

"Ancient Zhongzhou Fengyan County".

Why leak the map of the Old Bell transport ship's construction site to the enemy?

"Sir, I didn't."

"Lin Zhouyun, I advise you to confess honestly, or you may be able to save your wife, children, and elderly parents. If you don't cooperate, I will kill your whole family."

"I really didn't."

"The captured enemy soldiers have already implicated you, and you still dare to say you didn't?"

"Enemy, enemy forces? Sir, I don't know. A friend asked me about it, and I, to save face, I showed it to them."

"What do you mean, 'take a look'? Lin Zhouyun, behave yourself. The map is already in our hands. I'm asking you, is it just for the sake of saving face?"

"There's still money. I thought they just wanted to steal some construction materials. Yes, I was just helping them steal."

Nangong Qingye smiled and said, "Oh, I see. You sold the map to a group of thieves. You were an accomplice in the theft, not a traitor, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Lin Zhouyun readily agreed, saying that since things had come to this point, theft was better than colluding with the enemy.

Nangong Qingye looked at the recorder beside her: "Old Li, I remember Guzhong Heavy Industries is an imperial military-industrial enterprise, right?"

"Oh? Yes."

Who ultimately controls the Imperial military industry?

"Huangmen Temple".

"Is Huangmen Temple a government office within the palace?"

"nature."

"What's in the palace belongs to His Majesty! Stealing imperial military equipment is stealing His Majesty's property. How should this crime be punished?"

"According to the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty, anyone who steals ancestral temple items or imperial objects shall be executed in the marketplace."

"What if the perpetrator was a military officer?"

"The crime is compounded; the entire family shall be executed."

Nangong Qingye slammed his fist on the table: "Guards! Report to Gu Zhongzhou immediately and arrest all the direct relatives of the perpetrators. Confiscate all their property. There must be no delay."

Lin Zhouyun: "I colluded with the enemy! I confess! I can atone for my crimes through meritorious service!"

Lu Zhao watched the spectacle from behind the one-way glass in the interrogation room, feeling a pang of unease.

He believed that Lin Zhouyun was not truly a traitor, but rather that he had sold the intelligence to someone disguised as a thief out of greed.

The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Although Guzhongzhou is not remote, the emperor cannot see it. Such theft of construction materials is actually very common and has nothing to do with stealing the emperor's property.

If Lin Zhouyun hadn't been so unlucky as to encounter genuine business rebels, he probably wouldn't have been discovered. Even if his colleagues had found out, they could have just split the spoils, and everyone would have been fine.

Click.

Nangong Qingye walked out of the interrogation room and said with a smile, "Guess what? This guy sold the map for 5 yuan."

Lu Zhao was furious: "What?! He took 20 yuan from our family!"

Nangong was shocked: "You have business with this too?"

Lu Zhao then recounted how his family had used connections to pay 20 yuan to get him a temporary job as a construction worker.

Nangong Qingye shook her head and said disdainfully, "Although this person is an engineer, he's very marginal. He has no ability to transfer you to the engineering corps. He's just lying."

Lu Zhao actually knew this too.

Lin Zhouyun isn't some kind of "superhuman" with special abilities, and his mind is full of scheming and making money. He probably could focus on developing his skills in his early years, but he eventually gave up. He's definitely not a core figure, and in the fiercely competitive personnel field, he certainly has no say.

The fact that they never contacted us after we boarded the ship is further evidence.

Moreover, the motives behind this matter are probably even more sinister. Lin Zhouyun must think that Lu Zhao, a nobody who has never practiced martial arts and has no background, will most likely die on the battlefield. In that case, there will be no way to prove anything, the 20 will be earned for nothing, and the matter will be dropped.

Nangong Qingye nudged him with her elbow: "Hey? How about when we raid his house, we take 20 yuan and send it to your house?"

Lu Zhao rolled his eyes: "He's even dragged...collaboration with the enemy into it. This money's too hot to handle. I'm not getting involved."

He originally wanted to say "to bring up the Shang Dynasty's rebellion," but remembering Old Ji's instructions, he pretended not to know.

Nangong Qingye chuckled: "Let's go, where else do you want to go?"

Lu Zhao followed him out of the interrogation room and recalled everything that had happened since yesterday. He now had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on. He felt that he was definitely not being arrested. As for what they were going to do, he couldn't say for sure, but he was definitely required to keep it strictly confidential.

So no matter what he asked now, Nangong Qingye definitely wouldn't give a proper answer, so she simply didn't bring it up and just asked, "I'm afraid I'll be staying in this place for quite a while, won't I?"

"I don't know."

Nangong Qingye kept his hands in his pockets. "However, we definitely won't be able to get out anytime soon."

Lu Zhao said, "Then let's get some equipment to take back; I need to train."

"You're quite diligent. Is your injury healed?" Nangong Qingye asked him with concern.

"It's not a big problem."

Lu Zhao waved his hand and walked towards the temporary hut.

As I passed the central courtroom, I saw a stern-faced young man being led out of the military prison gate.

"Gongsun Ke?"

He pointed, "Why was he arrested?"

"How would I know? I didn't catch it," Nangong Qingye said. "Let's go back quickly. I need to take you back before I can adjust the equipment."

"Oh, no need to see me off, why are you being so polite?"

"I must deliver it; I must ensure you remain within my sight."

Are you gay?

"You fucking..."

The two bickered as they returned to their detached cottage.

"Wait a minute, I'll go find you some equipment."

Nangong Qingye left, and less than half an hour later, she returned with several people, each carrying some body-refining items and training tools.

He led Lu Zhao into the house and locked the door as a token gesture.

"I just asked, and I have some bad news for you."

Lu Zhao poured him a glass of water: "Go ahead and say it."

Nangong Qingye said, "You may be staying here longer than expected. I'm not sure exactly how long, but you definitely won't be setting off with your comrades."

Lu Zhao: "Oh."

"Aren't you in a hurry?"

"I'm in a hurry, please let me out."

"hehe."

Nangong Qingye left, locked the iron gate, and just as she turned around, she saw a man in military uniform staring at her from a dozen steps away.

He felt a chill run down his spine; when he locked the door, he hadn't even noticed the staring gaze directed at him from behind.

"I'm still a 'master' at the Overflowing Realm, after all. The Linglong Guard is truly awesome."

He walked over with neither arrogance nor servility, cupped his hands, and said, "Greetings, Lieutenant Ling."

The man in front of me was also wearing a black uniform, but the patterns on it were all light blue, and there was an abstract lotus pattern around the rank insignia on his chest.

The man's name was Ling Dongxun. He was the adjutant of the Linglong Guard Commander. Although his rank was lower than that of the deputy commander and several other important positions, his direct superior was the commander-in-chief, so his status was still not low.

He smiled gently, put his arm around Nangong Qingye's shoulder, and said as they walked, "Brother Nangong, what do you think of this person?"

Nangong Qingye knew that the other party didn't really treat her as a brother, so she just reported in a businesslike manner everything Lu Zhao had said and done since he came in, from yesterday to today.

Ling Dongxun seemed somewhat surprised after hearing this: "Did he say what I asked you to say earlier? He's not worried at all?"

""

He says he's in a hurry, but I don't think so.

"It's good that you can stay calm."

Ling Dongxun smiled and said, "Then let's observe him for another half month and see if his mindset changes."

Nangong Qingye hesitated for a moment, then finally thought: I'm not a Linglong Guard, they can't control me.

So he steeled himself and asked, "Lieutenant Ling, he is, after all, a man of merit. Isn't doing this too disheartening?"

Ling Dongxun said, "When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a person, it will first test their will, strain their muscles and bones, starve their body, leave them destitute, and thwart their endeavors, so as to strengthen their resolve, temper their character, and increase their abilities."

After reciting the text, he clapped his hands and exclaimed, "I'm helping him! This is for the mission, and it's for his own good, really!"

Nangong Qingye suddenly became alert.

Why did you tell me so clearly that you would have a great mission?

Ling Dongxun said with a smile, "How about I tell you in detail about this big thing we're going to do next?"

"No, no, no need. I'm just a stinking dog on the street. It's not appropriate for me to listen to such important matters." Nangong Qingye waved his hands repeatedly.

Just kidding. If someone as meritorious as Lu Zhao can be directly sidelined, then such a great responsibility must involve serious matters, and he doesn't want to get involved.

However, Ling Dongxun did not give him a chance, and pulled out a silver scroll from his pocket.

"General's Order."

Nangong Qingye jolted awake, quickly stood at attention, and opened her squinty eyes wide.

Holy crap? What kind of momentous mission is this that even the General's decree has been summoned?

Ling Dongxun said expressionlessly, "Nangong Qingye, the First-Class Military Supervisor of Wanxiang Prefecture, is promoted one rank and temporarily transferred to the Linglong Guard as a servant, directly under the command of Linglong Guard's Deputy Commander Ling Dongxun. I hope you will live up to my expectations, obey orders, and serve the country. Long live the Emperor."

The insignia on the military supervisor's hat was just for show; the real thing was in the general's hands. There was no problem with the procedure of temporarily transferring someone of his rank from the military supervisor's office.

"Long live the Emperor. Your humble servant...accepts the order."

Nangong Qingye cursed inwardly.

Damn it, I knew I'd get dragged into this sooner or later.

For something like this, you could just ask Lu Zhao, a capable and kind-hearted hero, why drag me into it?