Chapter 1164 It’s ridiculous
Sun Zhen didn't understand the meaning of Jiang Sheng's words for a moment, and frowned and replied: "I have to meet with the chief tomorrow, why are you still out today? Is the place where Miss Ma is going far from Majiazhuang? Do I need to send someone here? Someone will pick him up?”
Jiang Sheng muttered: "I'm not going out to be a guest, but... it's..."
"What is it? If you have something to say, hurry up!" Sun Zhen also noticed that the other party's attitude was a little wrong and asked quickly.
Jiang Sheng responded: "Actually...my niece went out three days ago, but her whereabouts are unknown...Ma Daguan personally went out to find Dengzhou and came back from Dengzhou, but no one was found..."
"What did you say!" Sun Zhen stood up immediately, and his tone increased a lot: "Miss Ma is gone? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Jiang Sheng raised his hand and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and responded tremblingly: "Master Sun, you are not thinking that if you can get the person back, you won't delay the business. Who knows that the whole village has mobilized everyone?" I’ve been searching here and there for several days, but I still haven’t...”
"Stop it first!" Sun Zhen raised his hand to stop Jiang Sheng's defense: "Let me ask you, why did Miss Ma leave Majiazhuang? What is her destination? Have her entourage been found?"
"This... this..." Jiang Sheng opened his mouth wide, not knowing how to answer. If these three questions raised by Sun Zhen are answered truthfully, it is very likely that the other party will be offended. However, if one intentionally deceives the other party, it will be even more difficult to explain if the other party finds out the truth.
Sun Zhen saw his words flickering and knew that there must be something hidden in this matter, so he immediately ordered: "Come here, go and ask Ma Daguan to come over!"
After a while Ma Dongqiang appeared. As soon as he entered the room, he felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. He forced a smile and said, "Master Jun, you think the food is not to your liking?"
"It's not about the food. Lord Ma, let me ask you, how is your daughter doing now?" Sun Zhen didn't want to talk in circles with him and asked straight to the point.
As soon as Ma Dongqiang looked at the ashen-faced Jiang Sheng, he knew that he probably had not communicated this matter well with Sun Zhen. At that moment, he could only explain in a low voice: "Master Jun, my daughter lost her temper three days ago and only told her mother. She went to stay with her elder brother in Dengzhou for a few days, and then ran away from home quietly. After hearing the news, I rushed to Dengzhou and tried to stop her on the road, but I didn't know what went wrong, and her whereabouts were never found. . After arriving in Dengzhou, I couldn’t find anyone. I hurried back from Dengzhou yesterday. I have an appointment tomorrow and I can only apologize to Chief Chen in person!”
"Ma Daguanren can do this trick well! When things come to a close, you said that the person is gone?" Sun Zhen didn't quite believe the two people's words. How could it be such a coincidence that they met just after the two parties agreed to meet? Something happened after a while, and Sun Zhen would not believe it if there was nothing fishy going on.
Ma Dongqiang said with a grimace: "What I'm saying is all true. At noon today, people have been posting missing persons notices everywhere in the county."
Sun Zhen still didn't believe it, and stared at him: "Bring that notice and take a look!"
"Go get it now!" Jiang Sheng hurriedly went to get a notice and put it on the table in front of Sun Zhen: "Master Sun, please take a look, this is the missing person notice!"
After Sun Zhen joined the army in Haihan, he was arranged to attend a literacy class to learn literacy. Now he can basically recognize six to seven hundred common characters. It is not difficult to roughly understand the content of this notice. He took a quick look and found that what was written above was roughly consistent with what Jiang Sheng and Ma Dongqiang had just said. Ms. Ma had not returned from a visit, and a reward of 100 taels was offered for relevant clues. However, after reading the notice's description of Miss Ma's appearance, her clothes when she left home, etc., Sun Zhen felt a vague impression, but for a moment he couldn't remember where this impression came from.
Sun Zhen put down the notice and paced back and forth in the room, thinking about how to handle the matter. Ma Dongqiang and Jiang Sheng looked at each other, both worried. They wanted to explain a few more words, but they did not dare to disturb Sun Zhen.
Sun Zhen was thinking about something more political at this time. He had been in the army for more than two years and had received special political training to reach his current position as platoon leader. He also considered issues more than when he was a civilian. To be comprehensive and detailed. When something like this happened to the Ma family, the first thing he thought about was what impact it would have on his boss Chen Yixin and Hai Hanjun. Majiazhuang is considered a large family in Fushan County. If the news of Miss Ma's disappearance spreads, there may be some unfavorable remarks against Haihan. After all, between the Ma family and Haihan, the former is in a completely weak position. , and ordinary people tend to sympathize with the weak indiscriminately, and attribute all the faults to the stronger party. If something happens to Miss Ma, local public opinion will automatically blame Haihan.
If someone is willing to set the pace, the situation will deteriorate very quickly. At that time, it will be just a matter of spreading rumors and trying to refute them. The top priority is to find out the truth as soon as possible. It would be best if Miss Ma's family can be found. Even if she can't be found, we must nip it in the bud and try to control the situation.
However, Sun Zhen was only a low-level officer after all. Although he thought about the stakes, he could not come up with a specific and effective solution, and he was not qualified to advise Chen Yixin whether he would still honor his contract and come to Majiazhuang as a guest tomorrow. Fortunately, he knew that he was not capable enough and did not show off. He immediately called two soldiers into the room and ordered the two soldiers in front of Ma Dongqiang and Jiang Sheng: "You should return to the mine immediately overnight and inform the chief. Miss Ma is currently missing for no reason and is not in Majiazhuang. How to make a decision? Please give the chief an order. I will be on standby here and assist the Ma family in searching for clues.”
Sun Zhen picked up the missing person notice on the table, covered it up and handed it to the messenger: "Take this back and let the chief see it."
Ma Dongqiang said anxiously: "Master, if you do this, won't Chief Chen blame me for this?"
Sun Zhen sent the messenger away with a few words, then shook his head and said: "Now is not the time to hold people accountable. Let me tell you, the first thing is to find someone. If someone finds someone, they can talk about anything. Second, if you can't find someone, , or something unexpected happened to Miss Ma. You'd better think clearly about how to announce it to the outside world. Also, why did Miss Ma suddenly leave home? Is anyone with her? The two of you have been together. You went around and around and didn't answer me. What are you trying to hide from me?" "I don't dare!" Ma Dongqiang gritted his teeth and said bravely: "This matter is actually because I have no idea how to arrange this at home. She was dissatisfied with the marriage and ran away from home secretly when she objected. When she left, she only told her mother that she was going to Dengzhou, and there were no family servants accompanying her, so no one knew her whereabouts. "
Sun Zhen became even more angry when he heard this: "Since your daughter doesn't want to accept this marriage, why bother forcing her? Are you going to show your face to our chief every day after we get married? If this matter in your family is to be spread, then Could it be that I, Haihan, forced the marriage?”
Ma Dongqiang quickly accused him and said: "Sir, please calm down and I will explain what happened to the outside world, so that Chief Chen will not be wronged and humiliated."
Sun Zhen waved his hand and said: "Don't explain so much to me, it's useless! Go back and explain it to the chief yourself! Mr. Ma Daguan, you'd better pray that nothing happens to your daughter, otherwise your Ma family will not be able to do anything in the future." What a good life there will be!”
Sun Zhen's words were not false threats. If Chen Yixin's reputation was damaged because of this marriage, then Haihan would definitely completely remove the Ma family from the local cooperation list. In the future, most of the people in Fushan County would There is no room for a family that once "framed" Chief Haihan. Ma Dongqiang wanted to use his daughter in exchange for an opportunity for the family to take off, but what he may not have expected is that although this transaction would win excellent development opportunities for the Ma family, it might also involve the entire family in huge trouble. .
However, the person involved, Ma Yuling, did not know how her family was feeling at this time. She was preparing to go with a group of Haihan soldiers to listen to the propaganda officer read the "Haihan Times" that had just been delivered from Zhifu Island in the afternoon. Although this is the latest issue of the official newspaper available locally, it was actually published a month ago. Considering the timeliness between the incident and the writing and publication of the article, the news published in the newspaper can only be regarded as " Old news”.
Really important news, colonial offices far away from Sanya were informed by radio broadcasts. However, this information dissemination method was only used by high-level personnel, and the level of detail was relatively limited, often just one or two sentences of rough information. , far less detailed than what was written in the newspaper. And for the citizens of Haihan, including soldiers, who are thousands of miles away from the capital of Haihan, this newspaper is almost the only source of news, allowing them to learn about recent events in Haihan.
Therefore, every time the latest issue of the newspaper arrives, a collective propaganda event like this will be held, and the propaganda officer will read the news content in the newspaper in front of the public. When necessary, some important news will be interpreted to help the audience correctly interpret the major policies of high-level authorities such as the Executive Committee.
Ma Yuling had been living with the few female soldiers and female support staff in the camp for the past two days, so when this group of people was about to gather for a propaganda event, she also hitched a ride. In order to achieve the greatest publicity effect, in principle, Haihan will not deliberately avoid the local people who work for Haihan in such publicity activities. Those who are willing to listen can just sit on the side. Although Ma Yuling didn't know the significance of this kind of activity, seeing that everyone who lived with her wanted to participate, she asked if there were any taboos, so she followed.
The lecture activities were held in the canteen. Due to the limited space, they were held in batches. Ma Yuling was afraid that she would occupy someone else's seat, so she walked at the end. When she arrived at the door, she found the officer surnamed Chen sitting in the first row. Except for this dear man, there were empty seats around him, and the rest of the room was already full. , just when she was hesitating whether to turn back or not, the other party seemed to notice her embarrassment and waved her to sit next to her.
Ma Yuling's face turned red, but she slowly walked over and sat down. Chen Yixin didn't have anything else on his mind. He smiled at her and turned his attention to the publicity officer in front. When the newspaper was delivered in the afternoon, he was still busy at the construction site, so he hadn't read the contents of the newspaper yet, and planned to hear what news he didn't know before.
When the propaganda officer saw Chen Yixin nodding towards him, he picked up the tree and patted it twice on the table, and the room immediately became quiet. Many of the publicity officers recruited in the early days were storytellers, so the habit of using Xingmu gradually spread, and now it has almost become one of the standard belongings of grassroots publicity officers. .
Publicity activities always start with the headlines on the front page, and today is no exception. The propaganda officer cleared his throat and began to read aloud according to the script: "The headline of this issue of the Times is the commendation order jointly issued by the Executive Committee and the Ministry of National Defense. , to commend the troops stationed abroad and the main generals who have achieved military exploits this year. ”
The first among them were Morgan, Yu Yao and others who had made great achievements in commanding operations in the Miaoli area of Taiwan in the first half of the year. Their outstanding performance there cleared the way for Haihan to exploit the Shankeng oil field. Ma Yuling had no idea where Miaoli in Taiwan was mentioned in the commendation order, so she didn't feel anything when she heard it. She only understood that this was the Haihan court's affirmation and praise of the generals who fought abroad.
However, the next commendation personnel were related to her. The propaganda officer read: "...the task force stationed in North China fought bravely and performed outstandingly. The commendation is specially proposed. The garrison generals Wang Tom, Qian Tiandun, and Harugong , Chen Yixin..."
When the propaganda officer read the name, the audience below burst into applause. Ma Yuling didn't know what he meant, but when she saw the person next to her also applauding softly, she didn't react until she heard the words "Chen Yixin". Isn't this what she meant? The Haihan Army stationed in Fushan County? The people whose names were mentioned were all their superiors, so it was no wonder that these Haihan soldiers applauded desperately. It seems that this person is quite valued by the Haihan court. The elders in the family want to find him for marriage, so they are quite discerning. However, those high-ranking military commanders are inevitably rude and murderous people. How can they have this young man next to them? Officers are generally polite and considerate.
Chen Yixin didn't know what the man next to him was thinking about. After listening for a moment, someone came in from the door and walked quickly to Chen Yixin and whispered a few words.
Chen Yixin's expression changed slightly, and he stood up immediately. The propaganda officer thought he was going to speak, so he quickly stopped reading and looked at Chen Yixin, waiting for his instructions. Chen Yixin ordered: "You continue to read the newspaper, I will go out first."
When Chen Yixin walked outside the door, two soldiers hurriedly came forward. One of them took out a warm piece of paper from his clothes and handed it to him, and then reported to him what happened in Majiazhuang. Finally Said: "Platoon Leader Sun said he would stay in Majiazhuang to investigate what happened and ask the chief to decide how to handle the matter."
After Chen Yixin heard this, he took the missing person notice in his hand and read it carefully, then looked back thoughtfully at the seat where he had just been sitting, and said quietly: "There is such an operation..."
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