Red Moscow

"Who is it?" On the way back to the hospital, Sokov gritted his teeth and said, "Who wants to deal with me?"

Yakov did not speak, but remained silent, as if thinking about the answer to this question. The fact is already very clear, the so-called accidental car accident did not exist at all, this was a deliberate murder, otherwise the driver who caused the accident would not have been inexplicably frozen to death in the detention room of the traffic police station.

Seeing that Yakov did not answer, Sokov did not speak again, but looked out the window, staring at the forest flashing outside, wondering in his heart who wanted to deal with him, but let Asiya unfortunately become a victim.

After an unknown amount of time, Yakov suddenly asked, "Misha, what are you thinking about?"

Sokov stared out the window and said casually, "I'm thinking, other cities plant trees in the city, but Moscow is a city built in the forest." He turned his head and looked at Yakov, "Yasha, have you thought of something?"

Yakov stepped on the brakes, stopped the car on the side of the road, took out a cigarette box and handed it to Sokov, saying, "Misha! I think you may be implicated."

Sokov, who had just taken out a cigarette and was about to light it, stopped what he was doing immediately after hearing what Yakov said, and asked in confusion, "Yasha, I don't understand what you mean, Can you tell me more details? "

"It's just a guess. I'll just say it casually for your reference." Yakov said: "The important people who came to visit Asia today, whether it's Marshal Zhukov, Marshal Rokossovsky or Comrade Malenkov, they all have a good relationship with you. In addition, there is also Comrade Khrushchev. As far as I know, he returned to Kiev yesterday morning, otherwise he would definitely come to visit Asia when he learned that something happened to her. "

When Sokov heard Yakov mention these people he was familiar with, he began to think quickly in his mind, thinking that yesterday's car accident must be inextricably linked to what Yakov said.

When Yakov saw Sokov frowning and thinking, he stopped talking and looked at him quietly. Only after seeing Sokov let out a long sigh and his frown slowly relaxed did he speak again: "Misha, have you thought of the key to the problem?"

"I have thought of it." Sokov nodded slightly and said what he really thought in his heart: "The four people you mentioned are all from the same camp. The one who attacked me should be the camp that has a bad relationship with them."

"Yes, Misha, I think so too." Yakov agreed with Sokov's statement and continued to ask: "Then think about it again, why did they attack Asiya instead of you?"

Sokov sneered, pointed to his shoulder straps with his finger, and then said: "I think it was this shoulder strap that saved my life. If he really attacked me directly, then your father would definitely ask about it personally and let Comrade Beria thoroughly investigate who killed a senior general. But if he The nature of their action against Asia is different. As we have seen, they disguised this action as an accidental car accident. Whether Asia is alive or dead in the end, it will definitely have a certain degree of impact on me, so that I will not have the time to become a helper of Marshal Zhukov or Comrade Khrushchev in the following days, so that their chances of success will be greatly increased. "

After listening to Sokov's analysis, Yakov gave him a thumbs up: "Misha, our ideas are basically the same. If you want to avoid trouble, you must stay away from the vortex in a short time and stay in the hospital with Asia safely, so that the other party can relax their vigilance against you. "

Sokof couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking that after returning from the Far East, he stayed in the house all day writing novels, just to stay away from these right and wrong, but now it seems that he thought the problem was simple. The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. I want to live a peaceful life, but someone doesn't want to give me such an opportunity.

"Yasha, you are right." Sokov began to think. It was already January 1946, and there were still five months before Zhukov was demoted to Odessa as the commander of the military district. Even if he wanted to launch a counterattack at this time, it would be futile. With the loss of power of Zhukov and Malenkov, he had no backing and was no match for these people. The only thing he could do now was to endure and wait until Asia got better, and then find the right time to launch a counterattack. "What I have to do now is to stay in the hospital with Asia."

Yakov restarted the car and said to Sokov: "Misha, I will take you back to the hospital now. You stay there for a few days. After you start working, I will report this to Comrade Ustinov to see how he plans to arrange your future job."

"Okay, Yasha, thank you."

The car arrived at the hospital. Sokov got out of the car and waved to Yakov. When he was about to leave, Yakov suddenly called him: "Misha!"

Sokov turned back to the car and leaned over to look inside: "Yasha, is there anything else?"

"Didn't your car get hit?" Yakov reminded Sokov: "Give me the car keys, I'll arrange someone to help you fix it."

"Then trouble you." Sokov took the keys out of his pocket and handed them to Yakov.

When he returned to the ward, Sokov saw that there was only one nurse, so he asked with concern: "Comrade nurse, how is my wife, is she awake?"

"Not yet, Comrade General." The nurse said to Sokov: "While you were away, the doctor came to check the room. He told me that your wife's vital signs were normal. If you are lucky, it will be dark today. You’ll wake up soon.”

"What if I'm unlucky? How long will it take to wake up?"

"Then it's unclear." After the nurse said this, she kindly reminded Sokov: "Comrade General, we have your wife here to take care of you. You can go home first."

Regarding what the nurse said, Sokov asked puzzledly: "Don't I need to stay here with the bed?"

"There is no need at all, Comrade General." The nurse said: "All patients who are hospitalized are taken care of by nurses or caregivers. I have never heard of patients' family members staying with them in bed. So you'd better go back first and wait until the daily visiting hours. , it won’t be too late to visit your wife again.”

The nurse's words reminded Sokov of an incident that happened in later generations. A little girl who was renting a house with me at the time had an appendicitis attack in the middle of the night and was rolling on the bed in pain. Ding Rong quickly called 03 emergency number, and an ambulance soon arrived and took the little girl to a nearby hospital.

After entering the hospital, there will immediately be a dedicated nurse on duty to receive the patient. After some examinations, the nurse on duty told him that the little girl's condition was serious and needed immediate surgery, and then arranged for someone to send the little girl to the operating room. Sokov wanted to stay and take care of her, but the nurse told him that the hospital never mentioned bedside care, and asked him to go home first, and then come to the hospital to pick her up on the day the little girl was discharged.

I really didn’t expect that the rule of not requiring family members to accompany patients in the hospital existed as early as the 1940s. Since the nurse did not allow him to stay in the ward, Sokov did not force him to stay. Instead, after giving the nurse a few more words, he got up and left the hospital.

After leaving the inpatient building, Sokov found that Yakov's car had disappeared without a trace. He couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile, because there was no place to take a taxi here. If he wanted to go home, he had to find a ride-hailing car. car, or you can only walk back on your own two legs.

Fortunately, the worst case did not happen. A car was about to leave the hospital. The driver saw Sokov standing in a daze in the parking lot and quickly drove the car to his side and asked politely: "Comrade General." , where are you going?"

After Sokov told where he lived, he asked tentatively: "Comrade driver, can you go there?"

"Of course, Comrade General, of course you can go there." The driver replied readily.

"So, how much is the fare?"

"Look at what you said, Comrade General." The driver said with a smile: "I just took you home smoothly. How can I ask for your money? Just get in the car quickly."

Seeing how enthusiastic the driver was, Sokov didn't show any pretense. He opened the door of the passenger seat and got in directly.

The driver was a talkative person. As the vehicle was driving, he asked curiously: "Comrade General, what are you doing here, are you seeing a doctor or visiting a patient?"

"Patient visit."

The driver glanced at Sokov and said with some surprise: "Comrade General, please forgive me. For a senior commander like you, even if there are no guards with you when you go out, there will definitely be a special car for you, but Why didn’t I see your car?”

"Actually, I have a car." Sokov said with a wry smile: "I wanted to stay in the hospital with my wife, so I asked the friend who drove me back. Unexpectedly, soon after returning to the ward, he was responsible for the care work. But the nurse asked me to go home, saying that the hospital did not allow family members to stay with the patient in bed.”

"Comrade General!" the driver said with a smile: "The nurse is right. After the patient enters the hospital, there will naturally be medical staff or nursing staff in charge. The family members only need to visit the hospital during the prescribed visiting hours. Why, could it be Don’t you even know this rule?”

"I really don't know." Sokov said covertly: "Before the war, I had never been in a hospital; and during the war, I stayed on the front line. I really didn't know there was such a rule. This time It’s an eye-opener.”

"Comrade General, what disease does your wife have? Is it serious?" the driver continued to ask.

"It's not an illness, it's a car accident!" Sokov tilted his head back, leaned against the back of his chair and closed his eyes. "She was in a car accident yesterday. After more than ten hours of rescue, she was barely out of danger. But. So far, she still hasn’t woken up!”

"I'm sorry, Comrade General." The driver said apologetically after hearing this: "I didn't expect that your wife was in a car accident. Please forgive me for my recklessness."

How could Sokov blame the driver who helped him for a trivial matter? He waved his hand and said feebly: "After staying up all night, I can hardly open my eyes. I'll take a nap first and wait until I get there." Call me, thank you!”

Just when Sokov was drowsily sleeping, the car stopped and the driver gently shook Sokov's shoulders with his hand and kept shouting: "Comrade General, Comrade General!"

Sokov opened his eyes sleepily, glanced out the window, and found that the car had stopped at the entrance of the compound, and said casually: "I'm here!"

"Yes, Comrade General, you are here." The driver nodded and said, "I originally wanted to help you get in directly, but the guard at the door refused to open the door for me."

Sokov knew very well that the security here was very strong. Even if he was sitting in the car, the driver was a stranger, and the guard at the door would not let him in easily. He pushed open the car door, thanked the driver, and walked towards the gate.

The guard at the door saw Sokov approaching and quickly raised his hand to salute. When Sokov passed by him, he asked politely: "Comrade General, how is your wife?"

"Thank you for your concern," Sokov nodded to the guard: "She is out of danger."

As soon as he opened the door, the little black cat ran over, circling around Sokov, and kept calling. Hearing the cat's call, Sokov remembered that it should be hungry. It had been hungry for two days. When he went home yesterday, he fed it some dry bread and water. Then he learned that Asia had a car accident, and hurried out, leaving the cat at home hungry. He hurried into the kitchen, took out the sausage from the refrigerator, cut a small plate, and put it in front of the cat.

Just as Sokov was watching the cat eating, the phone on the table rang, and he hurried over to answer it.

The mother-in-law's voice came from the receiver, and she asked politely: "Misha, I plan to go back to your place tomorrow, can you come to pick me up?"

"Sorry!" Sokov was about to agree, but suddenly remembered that when he came back, he found that the damaged vehicle was gone. It should be that Yakov arranged for someone to send it to the repair shop for repair, so he hurriedly replied: "My car is broken and I can't pick you up."

Hearing what Sokov said, the mother-in-law was a little disappointed, but she didn't complain, but said helplessly: "Then I will find a way to go there myself. By the way, Asia is at home, let her answer the phone. I called your family more than a dozen times today, but no one answered. I was still worried that something happened to you."

"Your guess is right." Sokov was still hesitating about how to tell the other party about Asia's car accident, but he heard the other party say this Said, and quickly followed the trend and said: "Asia was in a car accident on the way back yesterday."

"What, what did you say? Repeat it again."

"I said that Asia was in a car accident on the way back yesterday."

"Asia, and the baby in her belly, are they all right?"

Originally, Sokov's mood had stabilized, but when he heard his mother-in-law asking about the baby in Asia's belly, his nose couldn't help but feel sour: "Asia was seriously injured in the car accident, and the baby couldn't be saved."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of a heavy object falling from the receiver, and then heard Bakanidze shouting loudly beside him: "Old woman, what's wrong with you? Old woman, what's wrong with you?"

Not long after, Sokov heard Bakanidze's voice coming from the receiver, and he asked sternly: "Misha, what did you say to my wife?"