Back To The 80s-Chapter 572 - 564: Calculation_1

Lu Zhanguo was brought into the military district’s interrogation room.

After Lu Zhanguo took a seat, two officers entered. One was close to fifty years old, named Wang Wenbing, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Provincial Military District, and the other one was a record keeper.

Wang Wenbing, who was thin and looked somewhat ill, walked in and glanced at Lu Zhanguo with a faint frown, "Lu Zhanguo, do you realize the severity of your actions? It was bad enough that you acquired firearms without authorization, but you went further by shooting innocent people." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Lu Zhanguo sat straight-backed, hands on his knees, and responded earnestly, "Reporting to Deputy Chief of Staff Wang, I did not shoot innocent people, the man was in cahoots with criminals."

Wang Wenbing hated it when people addressed him as Deputy Chief of Staff Wang. He had been wearing this ’deputy chief of staff’ hat for many years, whereas his former subordinates were already promoted. He smacked his hand on the table angrily and said, "Who allowed you to take arms and go up the mountain for a rescue? That’s a matter for the police. Why did you need to meddle in it?"

Lu Zhanguo answered calmly, "Reporting to Deputy Chief of Staff Wang, I fired the gun out of necessity to protect people’s lives. Our duty is to make quick judgments when the lives of the masses are threatened. Everything should prioritize the safety of the people!"

Every time Lu Zhanguo addressed him as ’Deputy Chief of Staff Wang’, Wang Wenbing’s anger grew. Wang instantly shot back, "Lu Zhanguo, stop making excuses! You were rescuing your own son. This action came from personal prejudice!"

Lu Zhanguo snorted inside, and said, "My son, he is first a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, and then my son."

Wang Wenbing chuckled coldly, "Lu Zhanguo, do you know whom you shot? A undercover cop planted by the police inside the drug gang. Didn’t you know?"

"I didn’t know!"

"You are a sniper, how could you not know how many people were present at the crime scene and who is friend or foe?" Wang Wenbing roared with anger.

Lu Zhanguo remained calm: "Reporting to Deputy Chief of Staff Wang, my assessment was that there were three individuals at the scene, two of whom were criminals."

Wang Wenbing was so agitated he felt like spitting blood.

Someone outside the door reported and beckoned to speak privately in Wang Wenbing’s ear."

Wang Wenbing’s face went gloomy. He watched Lu Zhanguo, squinting his eyes, and said, "I did not expect means, even Commander He comes plead for you. You can go home. Before this matter is clear, you must stay home and not leave the provincial city."

Lu Zhanguo knew that this had something to do with Liu Hongbing contacting He Qin’s father, He Zhuangzhi.

When Wang Wenbing left, Lu Zhanguo fixed his clothes and got up to leave.

Upon exiting the military district gate, he saw Liu Hongbing and Ji Xiangdong waiting there.

"Are you alright?" Liu Hongbing asked with concern.

Lu Zhanguo shook his head, "I’m fine. You guys go back first, I have to see Shen Heng."

Ji Xiangdong blocked Lu Zhanguo, "You can’t go now. It’ll get you in trouble."

Lu Zhanguo’s stubborn temper flared, "I’ll be careful. You guys go on ahead."

Ji Xiangdong thought for a moment and said, "I’ll go with you."

Without nodding, Lu Zhanguo asked Liu Hongbing to go back and greet Lu Songyuan and others and tell them he would return later.

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It was cold in the early hours of a winter morning. Shen Heng stood by his open office window, staring out. He had been standing there filled with guilt and self-reproach, ever since he heard that Lu Zhanguo had found Mo Wang.

Lu Zhanguo kicked open Shen Heng’s office door, followed by a few junior officers.

Shen Heng turned around and watched Lu Zhanguo, full of anger, wave his colleagues out.

Ji Xiangdong was the last to leave. He watched the officers leave, then gently closed the office door.

Lu Zhanguo took off his padded coat and then his army jacket, and like a nimble leopard pounced and unleashed a flurry of punches on Shen Heng.

Shen Heng only stepped back twice, standing still, allowing Lu Zhanguo to vent his anger.

Only after Lu Zhanguo had tired of hitting did he pull over a chair to sit down. Shen Heng felt pain all over his body, he slowly slid down against the wall to a sitting position.

Lu Zhanguo watched Shen Heng in silence.

Shen Heng used the back of his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, saying, "Lu Zhanguo, I know I failed you. Even if you beat me to death today, I have no complaints. But I never expected that the higher-ups would exploit your home and use Mo Wang and you in order to plant Xu Yanhong in Ye Tianbao’s trust. I honestly didn’t know about this."

Lu Zhanguo looked coldly at Shen Heng and said, "This higher-up was from the military, wasn’t he?"

Shen Heng nodded, "Yes. Because Ye Tianbao has in his possession a top-secret file that implicates a traitor from back in the day. This traitor apparently holds a high office now, and the military wants to retrieve the file and severely punish him."

Lu Zhanguo looked at Shen Heng with ice-cold eyes and urged him to keep going.

Shen Heng shook his head, "Because it involves matters of secrecy, I can’t say more. All I can tell you is that your suspicion was correct. Xu Yanhong is indeed undercover. She’s a sniper without a military record. There’s no trace of her in any file. This time, not only was she dispatched for this mission, there was another person involved too. I don’t know who that is."

Lu Zhanguo was reminded of the familiar call of a cuckoo in the pine forest — the Lone Wolf.

Seeing that Lu Zhanguo’s expression didn’t soften, Shen Heng said in a somewhat sorrowful tone, "I knew Xu Yanhong was a sniper, an undercover agent. But I couldn’t understand why she insisted on getting close to the family living quarters. It never crossed my mind that they would resort to such despicable tactics for a mission."

Lu Zhanguo felt a chill inside, some people really played their cards close to their chests. They must have intended to use this opportunity to both perform a heroic act and get rid of him at the same time.

Ever since he suspected that Xu Yanhong was a sniper, he had a hunch that she might be undercover. His worst fear was she might targeted Xiaopang and Mo Wang. He had been instilling survival knowledge into Mo Wang, hoping that his suspicions were just paranoia.

He didn’t share his suspicions with his family for fear of causing panic. But still, something had happened to his child.

While he was on the way to rescue Mo Wang today, he had been thinking nonstop about the strange occurrence. From the time Xu Yanhong told Mo Wang about Cangnan Mountain, it was a trap waiting for him to fall into.

Xu Yanhong could never have dreamed that he would fire two shots. However, to avoid being charged with intentional murder, he deliberately misfired the last shot by two centimeters. Now, Xu Yanhong, if not dead, would need a long time for recovery.

Seeing Lu Zhanguo lost deep in thought, Shen Heng said, "Xu Yanhong was rescued by a person disguised as a ranger, she is currently in the People’s Hospital undergoing emergency rescue."

Lu Zhanguo gave Shen Heng a glance, abruptly got up, kicked the chair away, and left with Ji Xiangdong.

Shen Heng sat there on the floor, smiling bitterly. The higher-ups had really made a big play of this, and also played him.

Shen Heng had originally thought Xu Yanhong was merely undercover, and they were working with the armed forces to crack a drug trafficking case and a defection incident from years ago.

He didn’t know why they suddenly want to thoroughly investigate something that happened so long ago. Shen Heng’s assigned task was to cooperate with the military and specialize in drug enforcement.

Xu Yanhong was undercover, but he could not divulge that.

Lu Zhanguo knew he wouldn’t reveal it, so he used this method to force him to talk.

Shen Heng shook his head with a bitter smile, Lu Zhanguo was not one to be trifled with.