Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 488 Public Opinion War (9)

  November 23rd

The search plan of the government army has undergone a major change. They are no longer obsessed with repeated searches, but have shrunk their troops. At the same time, they have issued a high reward for the International Equality Alliance, and they have covered up the members of the International Equality Alliance and concealed all their movements and information. Penalties for non-reporters.

  From the afternoon to the evening of the same day, a total of 17 citizens came to various government army camps, submitted the information they had, and received a lot of money. These news helped the government forces capture 31 members of the International Equality Alliance Action Team at the first time, and destroy seven secret sites of the International Equality Alliance Action Team.

  In addition, seventy-seven citizens who did not report were arrested.

  November 24th

  The 'public executions' that prevailed during François' presidency under Brecy were brought back.

  The place of execution was selected in the North District. The first batch of executions were the 40 members of the International Equality Alliance Action Team that the interim government claimed to have recently captured, and the ten civilians who sheltered the members of the International Equality Alliance Action Team.

  Because the action team stayed secretly in Laizein and did not disclose their identities to civilians, many people had to distance themselves from the people around them in order to ensure the safety of themselves and their families.

  —

  In an apartment in a block in Laizein, South District,

  Evans put away the telegraph, got up and opened the curtains, and stood by the window to read the message from the Action Team's General Liaison Office repeatedly.

  【To all liaison offices:

  Currently all liaison offices have normal communications, which means that the interim government arrested and destroyed all fake comrades and fake sites. Comrades, please pay attention to safety and do not engage in any dangerous activities until the next task is issued.

  General Liaison Office of the International Equality League Laizein Wartime Action Team]

   This telegram made him relieved, because the content of the telegram made it very clear that their comrades were not arrested and everyone was still safe.

  But there is one thing that makes him not easy.

  Since all the comrades in the action team are safe, who are the fifty people executed by the provisional government today?

  Government people? how is this possible!

   Only ordinary people.

   Their lives are the least valuable.

  Fifty? Five hundred, five thousand, fifty thousand, those people can also be executed without blinking an eye.

  So, this is just a drama directed and performed by the Provisional Government.

While hypocritically stating that they had received the so-called reports, they arrested many innocent people, designated them as members of the International Equality Alliance, and then arrested another group of people, saying that they did not report the knowledge and had to bear the responsibility Corresponding responsibility.

  In the end, the provisional government effortlessly created a good situation, but under this, countless innocent souls were covered up by lies and died inexplicably.

  Evans tore up the paper and threw it into the stove. Watching the stove suddenly flourish, his heart sank to the bottom.

  How many people will be killed next?

  Will there be deluded populace panicking and indiscriminately exposing those around them?

  The people themselves are falling apart, how can Laizeinli brew a powerful force that can compete with it?

   It's a pity that Evans doesn't know what he can do in the face of this situation.

  The main reason why he was selected as a member of the wartime action team was that he was old enough, familiar with Laizein's environment, and had a lot of advantages in investigating the situation.

   But the problem is that this strength, which is favored by the action team captain Veraker, does not give him the ability to change the current situation of Laizein.

   All that can be done now seems to be to wait until the General Liaison Office negotiates a feasible solution, and then implement it without hesitation.

  How long do I have to wait?

no one knows.

  The only known thing is that if you wait one more day, it means that dozens or hundreds of people will be executed innocently under the name of members of the International Equality League.

   "Boom—boom—boom—"

  The bell rang.

  It's already seven o'clock in the evening.

   When it was time to eat, Evans walked out of the rented room wrapped in a coat, pretending to have an old disease in his left leg, and limped downstairs to share dinner with the owner of the apartment.

   This series of performances was all arranged by Verac himself in advance.

   Lame, can reasonably stay at home for a long time, and is not easy to arouse suspicion.

  The experience of failing in business can reasonably make him afford to rent a house, or just a house.

  Pay an extra sum of money to the apartment owner and let the apartment owner be responsible for his daily diet, so that he can have more contact with some people, learn about the outside world through them, and further protect himself through them.

  The meticulous arrangement and Evans' good acting skills made the apartment owner and other tenants never suspect him, and they always feel a little pity and regret for him every time they deal with him.

   "Poor Evans, come and eat." The skinny man who paid an extra fee like Evans and was able to eat with the apartment owner's family waved to Evans.

   "Here we come." Evans didn't know whether he was regretting himself or gloating.

   A large group of people came and sat down at several tables one after another, enjoying cheap black bread and bland vegetable soup.

   Evans ate neither fast nor slow, listening carefully to the conversations of other tenants.

   Not surprisingly, no matter where the topic was before, it eventually fell on the government army and the International Equality Alliance Action Team.

"Today they killed forty people from the International Equality League and ten people who sheltered them. At that time, the blood was all pooled together. The smell made me almost vomit." A mustache who went to watch the execution in the afternoon The tenant shrugged his neck, held the soup bowl in his hands, and drank hot soup to keep warm, showing no sign of his appetite being affected.

"So many heads have been lost, I can't even think about it, let alone go to see it." Another timid tenant had already finished his bread and soup, but he was still reluctant to smell the aroma of the rice. , to chat with other people.

   "There's nothing to be afraid of from a human head, the main thing is the smell coming from your face, it's really disgusting."

   "Didn't you see that everyone was eating? Don't talk about it since it's disgusting." A tenant at the next table whose back was facing them didn't even look back.

  The tenants who watched the execution seemed a little afraid of that person, so they didn't describe the scene in detail, and naturally changed the subject: "Speaking of which, you probably don't know how much the people who exposed the International Equality League got paid?"

"How many?"

   "One hundred gold grams? I remember that when Francois was doing this, he offered so many rewards."

  People at the same table expressed their opinions one after another.

  After they finished speaking, the mustache tenant with a strong desire to chat shook his head, and then stretched out two fingers: "Now it has risen, it has risen to 200 gold grams."

   "It's quite a lot." Evans added a sentence.

   "It's quite a lot. Now that so many people are unemployed, if you have 200 gold grams, you will be a master immediately." The mustache tenant had envy in his eyes.

  The cowardly tenant grinned: "Aren't those who exposed the fear of being retaliated by the International Equality League? Two thousand gold grams are worthless if you spend your life if you don't."

The mustache tenant snorted, full of disdain: "Did you know? Those who reported were assigned to work internally by the government. In the future, they will not only receive stable and generous wages, but also receive special protection from soldiers. Now that the Equal Alliance has been beaten to the ground, is it capable of retaliating against others?"

"Too…"

   "Is it possible that you want to try it too?" Evans asked with a smile.

"If I know something about the members of the International Equality League, you don't have to guess. I will definitely tell the government as soon as possible, and then enjoy life with the money." The mustache tenant finished the last sip of soup in the bowl, smacking Mouth, lit a cigarette.

Another tenant who is close to him said: "When the International Equality League was here, it arranged a job for you, cured your cough for free, and finally sent you to the workers' night school to learn knowledge for free. Now you Is that how you treat people?"

  The mustache tenant glanced at the other party: "If you hadn't lent me some money, would you believe that I would have dared to expose you based on your words?"

   "Expose me? You pay back the money you owe me first."

   "Just kidding, the money will be returned to you after a while, don't worry." The mustache tenant's complexion changed, and he said cheerfully.

   "Heh." The tenant didn't bother anymore, he knew that his money would not come back, and he could only learn his wisdom from a pitfall, and he would no longer trust the other party easily in the future.

"Actually speaking, there are so many people living in our apartment. According to the ratio, there may still be people from the International Equality League?" His eyes subconsciously swept over everyone present.

  But the other tenants didn't take his words to heart. They either talked about other things or buried themselves in eating.

Only the boss patted him on the shoulder heavily after hearing his words, and encouraged him: "Very well, my apartment needs someone who is vigilant like you. If you really think anyone is suspicious, you can quietly notify me. "

   "No problem, boss." The mustache tenant readily agreed, but sneered at him in his heart.

   For those who really discovered the International Equality League, the bounty for uncovering can be given to the boss? Go dreaming!

  Evans heard something else from the words of the apartment owner. The owner may not be so direct to remind the tenants not to get involved with the International Equality League, so as not to drag him down in time.

  The performance of these people is the epitome of the Laizein people.

  The International Equality League helped countless people during the control of Laizein, but when faced with life and death crises and prosperity and wealth, it still cannot guarantee that some of them will not fall to the provisional government.

  Many people are sticking to the bottom line, caring for the seeds of equality, freedom, and unity planted by the International Equality League in their hearts, and some people have no hesitation in running towards the best choice for themselves.

   It's hard to accept.

   is also normal.

   But Evans is trying to make himself accept it.

  He believes that only when one can face everything calmly can one truly become strong.

After the meal, the tenants returned to their rooms in twos and threes, and Evans was no exception. He read Laizein's newspaper in his small room, and was so angry with the distorted and forged reports that he sometimes clenched his fists back and forth. pacing.

  The situation in the Martyrs Cemetery is not optimistic.

  The reputation of the International Equality League has plummeted.

  Hundreds, thousands of people were arrested.

  Seeing and hearing this, he wished he could figure out a way to change right away.

   Fortunately, this was realized very quickly.

  In the evening, the General Liaison Office sent a telegram, confirming that Evans became the second batch of people responsible for filming the forged evidence of the Provisional Government. When Duke Hall gets the camera, he needs to complete the docking as quickly as possible.

   Therefore, his first task right now is to formulate a docking plan according to his own situation, so as to ensure that no one will find his whereabouts and confirm his identity when he gets the camera—even though the other party is a partner of the action team.

  It was getting late, in order not to be suspicious, Evans turned off the lights, stood by the window, closed his eyes and constructed a topographic map of the neighborhood that he was very familiar with in his mind.

  The safest way is undoubtedly that he does not meet directly with the other party at all, so that the other party cannot know his whereabouts and identity. Even if the cooperation breaks down in the future and the other party joins the interim government, his own safety will not be affected.

   So how do you get the camera without showing your face?

  Wouldn’t it be safer to put the trading place in another block?

   Standing to dispel Evans' drowsiness, he was immersed in thinking.

   "Boom boom boom!"

   "Boom boom boom..."

  Suddenly, dense and heavy footsteps came from the corridor outside the house.

  Evans was puzzled, and at the same time as he opened his eyes, there was a "bang" kick on the door outside, and then a loud crackling sound.

What happened? !

  Evans, who realized that there was a change in the apartment, hid important items and materials such as the telegraph, and then quickly walked to the door and looked out through the door.

   A group of soldiers from the government army broke into the room diagonally opposite him, and dragged out the mustache tenant in worn-out pajamas.

   "You, what are you doing?! I didn't do anything! I support the government! I support the government!" The mustache tenant was controlled by a group of ferocious soldiers, and his legs trembled in fear.

"Listen up, tenants of the apartment! He is a member of the International Equality League action team! Some time ago, he was sheltered by the apartment owner and hid here under his name to steal information and plan to shake the stability of Laizein! If you know something extra If you have any information, you can report it to us at any time! After the information is confirmed, we will issue high rewards, and provide protection and arrange work for everyone!" The officer did not care whether the other tenants heard it, opened the door or not, and walked in the corridor Repeated three times, and then left the apartment with the mustache man and the apartment owner.

  Evans came to the window and saw the apartment owner and mustache tenant who were still discussing and exposing other people during dinner at night, being escorted away by the government forces, with mixed feelings in his heart.

  After the government troops left, the awakened tenants gathered in the corridor and discussed with lingering fear.

  In order not to appear abnormal, Evans changed into pajamas, opened the door sleepily, and came to the corridor to listen to other people's conversations.

   "How could they be taken away when they are fine?"

   "Didn't you hear what they said? One of them is a member of the International Equality League, and the other is responsible for providing asylum!"

   "Huh?! Then when they were eating at night, they all talked about exposing others, so they were just pretending!"

   "To be honest, I really didn't see it..."

   Everyone was surprised by this.

   Only one person looks unnatural.

   Evans glanced at the timid tenant at the dinner table intentionally or unintentionally, and noticed a sneer from the other party.

  (end of this chapter)