bookcurios Chapter 264: The Character of a Scholar
Chapter 264: The Character of a Scholar
Luo Yi's clothes were disheveled and he could barely stand when he came out of the office.
Lin Ruotang happened to see it, and she stepped forward to support Luo Yi.
"Secretary Luo, are you okay?"
When Luo Yi saw Lin Ruotang, he was not angry. He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.
"Help me up!"
Lin Ruotang sent her back to her office and brought her a cup of hot water.
Luo Yi took a sip and saw Lin Ruotang staring at her. She asked in confusion:
"what happened?"
Lin Ruotang asked in a low voice:
"How did Secretary Luo end up working under Director Zhou?"
Luo Yi was startled, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and he opened his lipstick again and smeared it on his lips.
"Director's Secretary, that's a position you can't get no matter how hard you try. It's only natural that I worked so hard to get it..."
Although she was smiling, Lin Ruotang could sense her sadness.
"Secretary Luo, you can come and play with me when you have time."
"You are interesting!"
Lin Ruotang pouted and muttered:
"Director Zhou is so uncouth!"
Luo Yi looked at Lin Ruotang carefully and whispered to her:
"Aren't you afraid that I'll complain?"
Lin Ruotang smiled and took out a candy from his pocket.
"Secretary Luo, this is for you."
After putting the candy on the table, Lin Ruotang went out. She was just testing Luo Yi to see if she was on the same page with Zhou Tuo.
If she was on the same page as Zhou Tuo, she wouldn't say anything, and even if Zhou Tuo knew, he wouldn't take it to heart.
But now it seems that Luo Yi may not be on the same page with Zhou Tuo.
It is better to conquer from the inside than to break from the outside.
Lin Ruotang returned to the office with a slight smile on his face and a gleam in his eyes.
Luo Yi put down the lipstick in her hand, picked up the candy on the table and looked at it carefully. She hadn't eaten candy in many years.
She gently peeled it and put it in her mouth, tears falling from the corners of her eyes.
Seeing that the first fire was unsuccessful, Zhou Tuo prepared to start a second fire.
He targeted several newspapers that published more radical articles.
Zhou Tuo was still ruthless this time and arrested many writers and newspaper presidents.
Zhou Tuo gathered a group of people around a conference table, Guan Hao sat below him, and Lin Ruotang stood behind Guan Hao.
"You are all famous and talented people, but there have always been writers who have suffered misfortune because of their writing. I think since you all write so well, you must be smarter than me and know what to write and what not to write."
Zhou Tuo looked around and said this with a forced smile, then a middle-aged man in a long gown stood up.
He was frail and looked pale, but his eyes were like sharp swords.
"If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door. What I wrote is the truth. Why are you feeling guilty?"
He stood up like a warrior.
"The Qing Dynasty has fallen, and you're still carrying out literary inquisitions!"
"What's the point of arresting us? We're not the only ones who can read and write!"
"That's right, if you have the ability, you can arrest all the literate people in the world."
"As long as I have breath left, I will write. I will write about the inhumane Japanese. I will write about how you, a traitor, will never have a good death!"
The frail gentleman walked up to Zhou Tuo and spat directly in his face.
"Pooh!"
Zhou Tuo's face was gloomy and he wiped the saliva from the corner of his eyes.
After Luo Ning handed over the handkerchief, he pushed the gentleman directly, and the gentleman fell to the ground and spit out a mouthful of blood.
The scholars who were sitting there were all fed up and stood up.
"Kill us all if you can!"
"Come on, I'm here, shoot your bullets here!"
One of them was a gentle man wearing glasses. He ripped open his shirt, revealing his thin chest.
"boom!"
A gunshot rang out and everyone froze.
"You heard it, he wanted to die, I just made it happen!"
After Zhou Tuo finished speaking, the gentleman who fell to the ground sneered,
"That's all you have, to attack us weak scholars..."
Seeing this, Zhou Tuo's gloomy expression turned into a strange smile.
"I have the ability to make you wish you were dead, but unable to live!"
Lin Ruotang's eyes flickered several times, he swallowed hard, and pinched his palms tightly to avoid showing any abnormality.
Xie Wuwei heard the gunshots and immediately came up with his men. He asked with a vigilant look on his face:
"What happened?"
He brought people to protect Zhou Tuo. Seeing this, Zhou Tuo said to Xie Wuwei:
"Take this man to the interrogation room. I want to interrogate him personally. I suspect he's a member of the Red Party!"
After he finished speaking, he looked around and saw those angry expressions. He snorted coldly.
"Lock up the others first!"
The thin man wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes filled with determination and sadness.
"This life has ended so hastily, I will devote myself to serving my country in the next life!"
The gentleman rushed to the corner of the marble table, and blood splattered all over the floor.
Lin Ruotang touched the blood splattered on the back of his hand; it was hot.
Xie Wuwei walked up and put his finger under his nose.
"I'm out of breath!"
Zhou Tuo was also stunned and said expressionlessly:
"You handle it, lock these people up first!"
He turned and left. Xie Wuwei looked at the blood on the ground with a deep look in his eyes and shouted to the others:
"Didn't you hear what Director Zhou said?"
"Hurry up and move!"
Guan Hao slowly stood up and said to the scholars:
"You've all read a lot of books and know more than I do. I won't say anything about the saying that a man who knows the current affairs is a hero. Don't you know that life is precious? You have to wait for your life to do anything. What's the big deal if you just bow your head first?"
He had a kind attitude, but some people didn't buy it, while others fell into deep thought.
"Director Zhou has just taken office, and you're just going to force your way into it. He won't be able to accept it, and you'll be the ones who suffer."
Guan Hao also left the office, his expression didn't change much. He looked up at Lin Ruotang who was pouring tea for him.
"What? Are you sad?"
"This is bloody, of course it makes me uncomfortable..."
Lin Ruotang misinterpreted his meaning and said with a pout.
Guan Hao gave her a meaningful look.
"is it?"
"Director Guan, this matter has become such a big deal, do you think we should..."
Lin Ruotang's eyes kept darting around, and it was obvious that he was planning something bad.
Guan Hao raised his hand to stop her from continuing, and he said softly:
"We don't need to intervene in this matter. Someone will take care of him naturally."
Lin Ruotang of course knew what Guan Hao was talking about, she whispered:
"You mean the Military Control Commission?"
Guan Hao picked up the teacup and took a sip.
“It’s not just the Military Control Commission…”
"How dare he do that?"
This was what Lin Ruotang didn't understand. Guan Hao lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before saying:
"I'm afraid he's already planned to flee, or maybe Japan has given him some benefits."
Xie Wuwei came to the place where the bodies were placed. There were not many people there, and only one person was guarding it.
He looked around and came to the tree opposite the watchman, took out a small mirror, flashed it in the sunlight, and placed a dollar between the branches.
The man guarding the corpse was dazzled by the dazzling light. He stretched his neck and looked around, and seemed to see an ocean in the tree.
He hurried over and took a closer look, it was Dayang.
Xie Wuwei also seized the opportunity and slipped in.