Chapter 109 Strange Interrogation
Chapter 109 Strange Interrogation
"Are you that Leon?"
After hearing his name, Leon, who was fixed to the hospital bed with a lot of bandages wrapped around his hands and shoulders, turned his head with some effort and saw an old man with gray hair and the muscles between his eyebrows twisted into the shape of the Chinese character "川".
"you are?"
"You don't need to care who I am."
Without answering Leon's words, the old man with two guards had a stern face and said expressionlessly:
"You only need to know that you are now the primary suspect in the Ryan blood case and are under investigation."
So... this person is an interrogator from the Secret Investigation Bureau? But an interrogator should have assistants, right? Why does he have guards? And they don't seem to be ordinary guards?
Glancing at the two guards behind the old man, Leon roughly guessed their occupations from their upright posture and the gun calluses on their knuckles. He couldn't help but frowned and turned his head back.
"Ok?"
After noticing the subtle change in Leon's expression, the old man's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at Leon's profile like a hawk, and asked in a cold voice:
"Do you have any complaints about the military?"
After glancing at the old man, Leon racked his brains, desperately trying to guess his identity, and asked bluntly:
"Isn't it possible?"
"Watch what you say!"
As expected, like the common routine in countless classic film and television works, after Leon provoked the old man who seemed to be of high status, the two guards behind him who were full of respect suddenly became angry and shouted directly:
"do you know……"
"stop!"
He raised his hand and pointed behind him to stop the guard from introducing himself. The corners of the old man's mouth, which were tightly stretched, actually curled up. He then looked at Leon and said:
"You want to know my identity?"
"I already know."
Although the black goat was not around and could not observe the state of the old man's soul, looking at his expression and tone, Leon vaguely felt that the other party seemed to be very fond of the "capable troublemaker" trick, so he simply opened his mouth and revealed the truth:
"There are strange sunburn marks on the fabric on your chest, which look like some kind of medal. Although you are not wearing epaulettes, there are buckles for epaulettes on your clothes.
The two guards at the back had calluses on their palms. They were wearing the boots issued to non-commissioned officers, but they were thicker than the average non-commissioned officers' boots. They were probably lieutenants, and they looked to be no more than thirty years old.
There are only a few people in the entire military who have two thirty-year-old lieutenants as guards and are eligible to wear medals and honors regularly, and there is only one person who can be vaguely related to me. "
After glancing at the old man who looked quite satisfied despite his expressionless face, Leon couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and then said calmly:
"Secretary of Defense, right?"
……
"Look! What did I say?"
Seeing that Leon revealed his father's identity with just two glances, the female police officer who was stopped outside the ward couldn't help but feel relieved.
"I've always said he's very smart! You should just ask directly if you want to ask something. Why do you have to do this? Oh, really..."
After complaining to her mother a few words, she was about to rush into the ward, but someone pulled her back by the arm.
"Don't make trouble!"
After hurriedly stopping her reckless daughter, the middle-aged woman couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then frowned and pinched her waist hard.
"Ouch!"
The female police officer who was pinched felt a little unhappy. When she turned her head and was about to say something, she noticed the mother's angry eyes.
"Behave yourself! Do you think the trouble you've caused isn't big enough?"
Thinking of the scene yesterday when her daughter rushed into her bedroom, exhausted and told her that the suspect in Ryan's bloody night was innocent and only showed up at Ryan's house because he was helping her investigate the rebels, the middle-aged woman became furious and twisted the female police officer's thigh hard again!
"pain!"
"It hurts you so much, forget it!"
After dragging her troublesome daughter away from the ward door to prevent her from going in and causing trouble, the middle-aged woman pulled her and scolded her angrily:
"Do you know how much risk your father took this time to clean up your mess?"
“Very big…”
"You even asked your father to go find the princess, and said that you wanted to take this opportunity to suppress the old nobles. The princess would definitely agree... You can't just get involved in such a big thing? You're risking your life!"
"If you want to..."
"Also! What is your relationship with that guy? He is willing to take such a big risk to help you investigate, and he hasn't given you up yet?"
"Just a friend..."
"Nonsense! How can ordinary friends do this? And I asked someone to ask your department, how come so many people said they saw you two fighting?" "Maybe you were arguing..."
"So what was the fight about?"
"It's just a normal quarrel..."
“Is the stir-fry delicious?”
"It's okay, it's okay..."
"..."
Bullshit!
Seeing her daughter tiptoeing to peek into the ward while absent-mindedly making noises like "hmm" and "ah" in response to her question, the middle-aged woman couldn't help but get angry and pinched her troublesome daughter again.
"oops!"
The female police officer finally came to her senses, quickly covered her thighs and ran a few steps away, then complained:
"Mom! Why do you always pinch me?"
"you deserve it!"
……
Listening to the chattering of his wife and daughter outside the ward, and the suddenly tense breathing of the two officers behind him, and looking at Leon with a strange expression, the old man with an embarrassed look on his face took a deep breath and instructed the officer behind him:
"Go! Tell them to keep their voices down!"
"Yes!"
After responding in a clear voice, the young officer, whose expression was distorted due to holding back, trotted out of the ward. The noise outside finally died down, but from time to time one could still hear whispers and a muffled groan or two.
"Since you have guessed it yourself, I won't hide it."
After forcibly ignoring the noise outside the ward, the old man, who was slightly hunched but still had the upright posture of his youth, spoke with a serious face:
“I am indeed Isa’s father, and it was me who asked the princess for a warrant and brought you out.
But this was not because of Isa's pleading, but because of the need as the Minister of Defense... Tell me, what happened at Ryan's house that night?"
What happened that night?
Leon couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and then answered seriously:
“Something happened that should have happened a long time ago.”
"..."
"Before we discuss this good thing that happened too late, I also have something I want to ask you."
After glancing at the old man's frown, Leon asked seriously under the glares of the two young officers:
"At noon on the day when the incident happened to Ryan's family, your daughter and I took the same bus. She was escorting a gang member. Do you know what happened to the gang member and her husband?"
"Isa told me."
The old man's expression darkened when he heard this, and he nodded:
"I have invited the Secret Investigation Bureau to go to the military headquarters to investigate all those who were involved. Although it has been a long time and the investigation will take a long time, we will be able to give her an explanation in one or two months at most!"
"Very good, but her enemies should all be dead, so I guess you don't need to explain anymore."
After getting the answer he wanted, Leon nodded and continued to ask:
"You must have investigated me as well, right? What about the pension owed to my family?"
"Before you went to Ryan's house, Isa had already given me a list, and all the withheld pensions will be made up."
When he said this, the old man paused slightly, exhaled slowly, and his body hunched over a little more.
“As for those who committed serious misconduct in the process of disbursing pensions, they are also being questioned and investigated by the Secret Investigation Bureau, starting with me as the Minister of Defense.
Before coming to see you, I had just undergone relevant investigation. The reason why I was not wearing epaulettes and medals was not to conceal my identity, but because I took them off during the investigation.
After everyone has been examined, our punishment will be completed within two months. The minimum penalty is a deduction of one year's salary, and the maximum penalty is confiscation of all property and death penalty. The confiscated property will be used to compensate the martyrs' families whose pensions have been withheld..."
"Okay, I'm fine."
After hearing the results of the two incidents, looking at the old man's regretful eyes, Leon nodded slightly in surprise, and then confessed:
"The Sun's report is correct. I did kill Bobby Ryan."
(End of this chapter)