"I had nothing to do in the cell, so I kept thinking about your wife. After thinking about it, I think your wife must have disguised herself. She must be very beautiful."
Li Donghai's voice was very mellow, and there was no hint of panic.
Seeing that Li Nanke didn't speak, he laughed and said, "I understand, that means that after you two got married, you haven't seen her true face yet, which is really interesting."
I have to say that Li Donghai is very smart.
smart.
However, such a person entered the cell by "voluntarily surrendering", which made Li Nanke have to be wary.
"Why did you put Hongyu in the box and let your wife be caught?"
Li Nanke looked into his eyes and returned to the question.
Li Donghai leaned against the cold and damp wall, the smile in his eyes gradually replaced by loneliness.
He casually picked up a piece of hay and put it in his mouth without feeling dirty. While chewing it, he said: "People always change. My wife was not like this before.
At that time, I was not in the night patrol department. I was just a small servant in the Yamen. I was still a temporary worker. I couldn't guarantee my next meal.
By chance, I fell in love with her, found a matchmaker, and finally got her to marry me.
After we got married, she cooked for me and mended my clothes... I remember one time when it snowed heavily and I was on night watch for a long time, she came to me alone in the heavy snow with a lunch box to deliver food to me. Shivering with cold..."
Li Donghai said, holding his forehead, and wiping the corners of his eyes with his thumb and middle finger.
What I wiped away might be tears, or it might be old feelings.
Through the other party's story, Li Nanke finally understood why that woman was so stupid that Li Donghai was still reluctant to break up. After all, feelings cannot be replaced.
It's just that Mrs. Li now has no feelings for her husband.
"Almost twenty years have passed. I have slept with her for twenty years, but we are becoming more and more strangers to each other."
Li Donghai sighed, "I don't understand what the problem is.
Maybe it's because they don't have children, and the life of a couple is too boring. Or maybe it was because of socializing in the past that I inevitably had affairs with some women in brothels. "
Li Nanke said: "You just didn't accompany her. You fawned over your boss all day long, managed your power, and secretly sold Hongyu to make money... You forgot who you were before, and you also forgot who she was before."
Li Donghai stared at the hay spat out on the ground and remained silent.
The sunlight that squeezed in through the window bars has disappeared. From the direction of Li Nanke's sight, he can see that the sky has been obscured by dark clouds, and it may rain at any time.
The dull smell in the cell became stronger.
The smell is depressing.
"So you think it's wrong for me to curry favor with my boss and to make money by selling 'Red Rain'?"
Li Donghai seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
Li Nanke said: "It's right to curry favor with your boss, but as a member of the Night Patrol Department, you make profits for yourself by selling 'Red Rain'. Do you think it's appropriate?"
In all your years in the Night Patrol Division, how many people have died for the Red Rain, but none of your subordinates have died? "
"Yes, I've seen a lot, but so what?"
Li Donghai's eyes were cold, "It is natural for water to go to lower places and for people to climb to higher places.
Do you think I have never thought about being a good night patrol officer who can protect the people?
I tried my best to fight, fought with the monsters, and did what I should do... But in the end, nothing happened!
"
Li Donghai gradually became excited and his face turned red.
He pointed at Li Nanke, "I'm telling you, Li Nanke, you're not clean either! In the entire Night Patrol Division, except for Leng Xinnan, no one is worthy of the title of Night Patrol Division!"
Li Nanke said calmly: "Yes, I am not clean either, but at least I will not harm those innocent people for profit or money."
"Money? Haha."
Li Donghai was amused, "If you want to live well in this world, you must have money. Moreover, a lot of my money has been secretly given to those who I flatter.
If you want to climb up, if you want to be the dog of those big officials, then you have to spend money.
Without spending money, you can't even be a watchdog. "
Li Nanke didn't want to talk nonsense to him. Seeing that the atmosphere was about to get better, he asked, "Your wife said that you usually buy Hongyu from the Night Patrol Department. Is it true?"
"you guess."
The corners of Li Donghai's lips rose.
Li Nanke said angrily: "I'm a child? I still guess?"
Li Donghai sighed, "If you choose the safest trading place, it's only the Night Watch Division. Do you understand? People always habitually ignore the places they think are the safest."
"It seems that you have broken the pot and directly admitted that you bought and sold 'Red Rain'."
Li Nanke took out the small notebook and pen he carried with him and said calmly, "Then tell me, is the person who came to the Night Patrol Department to meet you a person from the underworld? What is his name and where is he?"
However, this question was met with silence.
Li Donghai stretched out his legs and lay facelessly on the grass, and said indifferently: "If I tell you, will I survive?"
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"able."
"You are lying."
"You can really live." Li Nanke showed a serious expression, although this expression was full of deception.
Li Donghai put his left leg on his right leg and put his hands behind his head, "I think you are going in the wrong direction. What you want to interrogate me now should be which bosses have I given gifts to over the years? Who have I sold my money to?" rain?"
"These are not my business," Li Nanke said.
Li Donghai sneered and said sarcastically: "Li Nanke, you are no different from anyone else."
"So you're not going to say yes."
Li Nanke stood up.
Although his body was not very tall, because the light in the cell was already very dark, standing in front of Li Donghai was like a wall, shrouding him in shadow.
Li Donghai lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then asked:
"Li Nanke, have you noticed that in recent years, there have been more and more cases of Hong Yu, more monsters, more grave men and more dream demons? Why is this?"
"Hell."
Li Nanke gave the answer.
However, Li Donghai smiled and shook his head, "You are very smart, but you are too young and there are some things you don't understand.
Why was our night patrol department established in the first place? And why can it become the Dazhen Dynasty, an organization on par with the Shadow Guards? Why does it have such a high status? "
Without waiting for Li Nanke to answer, Li Donghai continued: "It's because of the 'red rain' falling from the sky!"
"I understand what you're trying to say, but—"
"You do not understand!"
Li Donghai's voice suddenly became louder, interrupting the other party's words, and his eyes seemed to be burning with a ghostly flame, staring at Li Nanke.
"These red rains can save people, but they can also harm people. As long as they harm people, they must be eradicated!"
Li Donghai said, "So, with 'Red Rain', our Night Patrol Division's status will be maintained and even get higher and higher.
When it was first established, all of us worked hard to check the eucalyptus and confiscated a lot of red rain. Later, the red rain became less and less, and the eucalyptus also became less and less.
There are fewer monsters, there are fewer incubus...
Those ministers no longer look up to us, and the common people no longer rely on us. The Supreme Emperor has already begun planning to withdraw the Night Patrol Department one day!
Do you think this is appropriate?
In recent years, fewer and fewer red rains have been collected, but there are more red rain gums. What do you think the reason is? Do you understand it now?
So, is it useful to check the underworld?
The real culprit is our Night Patrol Department! "
