Cao Mingliang stared at the fiery scene on the screen, with tears glistening in his eyes, and was speechless for a long time.
After a long time, he asked: "Peng Yong, why do you have these videos?"
"Also, where did the injury on your face come from?"
Peng Yong was silent for a few seconds, then pulled up the video of Lorraine hitting the girl with a wine bottle, pointed at the girl on the screen and said, "Her name is Peng Xiner, she is my niece."
"My eldest brother died early. This daughter has no one to take care of her. I usually provide her living expenses. Even when she was in her twenties and didn't work, I still paid her living expenses on time every month. I didn't know what she was doing before that. This, this kind of thing.”
"After the fire, one of her little sisters told me that she had gone to the hotel the night before."
"I rushed over there overnight, trying to rush in to save people, but... I failed."
"I was a police officer in Mingyue City at the time, and I collected these videos through various channels."
This time it was Cao Mingliang's turn to be silent.
He took out a newspaper from ten years ago and saw the description of the fire: accidental fire.
Peng Yong continued: "In the past ten years, I have tried various ways to reveal the hidden truth of the fire."
"However, Bai Chang, who was in charge of the security work at that expo, did not allow such bad things to happen within his jurisdiction, and he did not allow his career to be stained."
"He arranged for an intermediary to come to me with a sum of money, saying it was compensation from people from the Santa Group to keep me out of trouble."
"But I believe evil cannot prevail against good, so I didn't ask for his money."
"As a result, in less than a month, I changed from a regular police officer to a temporary auxiliary police officer. I also lost an arm and a leg. My wife was defrauded of a loan shark and had to sell her house to repay it."
"For more than half a year, I received a small beating every five days and a large beating every half month. The house I rented was bound to be visited by someone within a week."
"If my former colleagues hadn't taken care of me secretly, I might have died."
Cao Ming's expression changed slightly when he heard this.
He knew very well that in that era ten years ago, it was too easy for a person in power to deal with a small soldier under his command.
At that time, many people had not yet used smartphones, and online information channels were far less powerful than they are now.
"Have you never thought about hiding somewhere else for a while?"
Hearing Cao Mingliang ask this, Peng Yong smiled.
He lifted up his shirt to reveal a long scar and said, "I ran away, was found, and almost stabbed to death. My former colleagues here can still take care of me. Who cares about me when I go to other places?"
"Fortunately, I used to be a police officer and have some connections. If I were just an ordinary citizen, I would be reincarnated and studying in elementary school by now."
Cao Mingliang's eyes were slightly red, and he kept blinking and said: "Lao Peng, you have been really, really miserable these past ten years..."
Peng Yong smiled even more happily.
Half of his face was burned, and the scars like earthworms seemed to come alive, moving on his face.
"Captain Cao, is there a possibility that my life in the past ten years has been even worse than I said?"
Cao Mingliang: "..."
He put his hand on his forehead and asked, "Then why did you come to Cang'er?"
Peng Yong said solemnly: "Less than a year after that, Bai Chang was transferred from the provincial capital to Cang'er. He was afraid that I would cause trouble after he left, so he used his connections to transfer my wife in the name of work transfer. Arrive at Cang'er."
"I knew what he meant, threatening me with my wife, so I followed him and came to Cang'er."
"Fortunately, God is wise! He finally hit the road with his son of a bitch last month!"
The scene in front of Chongwen Temple reappeared in Cao Mingliang's mind. At this moment, he felt very complicated.
"You can rest assured now, Bai Chang is dead."
Peng Yong was silent for a moment and said, "But the people who set the fire have not yet paid the price for their actions."
Cao Mingliang turned back the video and watched it carefully.
Finally, he said very helplessly: "Lao Peng, your video is missing one of the most critical things."
Peng Yong laughed at himself, "I understand. The specific person who set the fire was not photographed, but there are more than 40 suspects. It will be difficult to convict."
"right."
Cao Mingliang added: "Moreover, they are celestial beings and foreign guests, so they will be very troublesome."
Peng Yong still had a smile on his face, but the smile was more of a bitter smile brought on by countless setbacks.
...
Zhongzhou.
That night, more than half of Santa's employees broke the rules of the game on the bus.
Originally, most of them could spend the day safely.
However, Boman's resurrection from the dead made everyone feel a very strong fear.
That night, heart-rending screams of pain echoed throughout the first floor of the Golden Eagle Hotel.
This exhausted the soul healer Zhang Qi.
I have been busy from dusk to dawn.
I almost exhausted myself to death.
On the third day, except for a few Santa employees who accidentally violated the rules of the game, everything was normal at the expo.
On the third night, several Santa employees broke the rules in the hotel and experienced the pain of a sharp knife.
At twelve o'clock in the evening on the third day, all Santa employees except Lorraine himself had been punished once.
Just after twelve o'clock, bang!
The door of the luxurious large room was opened from the outside, and Li Bai burst in with a wooden sword in hand, staring at the corner.
The man who was burned to death appeared again.
At the same time, all the more than 40 Shanta employees in the room woke up.
Looking at the burned ghost again, they were each more frightened than the other!
The Burnt Ghost politely took off his hat, bowed to everyone, and said in a hoarse voice: "Good evening, everyone!"
"Presumably in the past three days, most of you have experienced the pain of violating the rules of the game, right?"
"That's right, my boss is very kind."
"He felt this game was a little too cruel, so..."
The Burnt Ghost's charcoal-like face raised a smile and said: "So, from now on, the game has one more fundamental law."
Hearing what the Burning Ghost said, everyone in Shanta's heart was in their throats!
"This rule is—"
"Exit the Law!"
"Everyone, from now on, as long as you sincerely repent of the mistakes you have made in the past, write it down yourself, put your fingerprints on it, and hand it to Mr. Li Bai next to me, then you can exit this game and you will no longer be subject to the rules. punish."
Upon hearing what the Burning Ghost said, all Santa's employees were immediately shocked!
At this time, a voice sounded from the crowd: "Don't listen to his nonsense!"
Lorraine looked at the angry expressions on everyone's faces: "He is disintegrating us!"
"Think about what you did back then. Can you tell me?!"
"I told you, can you still go back to Tianxiang?!"
...
