Chapter 54 K18
After Chen Ling woke up, she looked at the time and it was almost as expected.
He walked to the District 3 Enforcer Headquarters on foot, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a familiar figure walking over.
"Chen Ling? You're finally here." Jiang Qin counted the list, "Now we are all here..."
Chen Ling still has an impression of Jiang Qin, the law enforcer. On the night when the house was destroyed by the red paper monster, Jiang Qin asked him, and said that he could come to him at any time if there was anything in the future. He was one of the few One of the few law enforcers who made a good impression on Chen Ling.
Chen Ling glanced around. Apart from himself and Jiang Qin, there were only two people who were in the same group of preparation seats for the martial arts test together. They looked familiar.
"Sir Jiang Qin, are we the only ones going this time?"
Chen Ling and the other two reserve seats are the top three in this year's law enforcer examination. According to Han Meng's agreement, they are naturally qualified to go to the Military Art Museum, but it stands to reason that besides them, there will be other three who will take their turn. It's better for the veteran law enforcers to go...
"Yes, there are just a few of us." Jiang Qin shrugged, "Originally, there were five or six of my contemporaries together, but two days ago, their collusion with Ma Zhong was exposed, and they were all killed by Meng Ge..."
Chen Ling:......
"The situation in our third district is already good...Look at the law enforcers in the fifth and sixth districts, they are either dead or disabled, and the total number of people who can go there is less than five."
Jiang Qin was quite optimistic. He put away the personnel list and walked straight out with Chen Ling and the others.
"Sir Jiang Qin, how should we get to the Ancient Bingdao Zang?" asked a law enforcer who was at the same time as Chen Ling. Chen Ling remembered his name, which seemed to be Zhong Yaoguang.
"The Ancient Bing Dao Zang is in the frozen sea on the northern border of the Aurora Realm. If you want to get there, you can only take a boat from the port."
"Winter Harbor? It's so far away..."
"It's actually not bad to take the train there."
"train?"
Chen Ling was startled. He originally thought that there was no such thing as a train in this era, but after thinking about it carefully, if it was a steam train, it did not require high science and technology... But he had never heard of it in Hanshuang Street. There were people sitting around.
"That's right, Chen Ling, haven't you ever sat on it?" Zhong Yaoguang's eyes lit up, "If you see it for the first time, you will be surprised... That thing is amazing!"
"I haven't been on it either...the fare for this thing is not cheap." Another colleague who had been silent spoke up.
"Don't worry, Brother Meng will reimburse the ticket price this time."
Jiang Qin smiled slightly.
The three of them followed Jiang Qin all the way to the border of District Three. A straight railway track extended from the snow in the distance. In front of them, there was a short and dilapidated platform.
It is said to be a platform, but it is actually a large shed built on the ground, with a few stone steps and a small ticket booth standing next to it with a huge "3" written on it.
For the vast majority of residents in the Aurora Realm, especially those in the seven major districts, there is no need to take trains at all. They can spend their entire lives in the neighborhood, and they have no idea of "traveling" to other major districts... …
The development of the seven major regions is basically carved out of the same mold, and it is the same everywhere.
The laying of train tracks is mainly to facilitate the transportation of materials within Aurora City and the seven major districts, so it is natural that the platforms and other facilities should be simple.
Jiang Qin walked to the ticket booth. After a while, he came over with four tickets.
"Just wait, the car will be here in ten minutes."
"We're almost in time. This bus only leaves once a day. If we miss it, we'll be doomed."
The four of them walked to the platform. Apart from the ticket booth, they were the only four people in the empty wilderness, freezing in the cold wind.
The snow was beginning to disappear, and the platform was leaking from all sides. Everyone hunched their necks silently, looking eagerly at the end of the tracks, waiting for a train to save them.
"How are you, Chen Ling? Are you cold?" Jiang Qin's concerned voice sounded from the side, "I see you are wearing very little."
"It's not cold." Chen Ling shook her head.
"If it's cold, I can get you some clothes from the box. You'll have to go to Hōdō Kozo for training later, so don't catch a cold on the way."
Without waiting for Chen Ling to answer, Jiang Qin knelt down, opened the hard leather suitcase and started rummaging around.
"It's really not necessary." Chen Ling waved her hands quickly, "I have a good constitution and can withstand freezing..."
Before he could refuse, Jiang Qin took out a dark brown coat and wrapped it around Chen Ling without saying a word.
"I'm the leader of District 3 this time, so listen to me." Jiang Qin patted him on the shoulder, "But it's okay even if you catch a cold on the road. I brought four cold medicines before I went out, which should be enough."
"……Thanks."
Chen Ling was wrapped in a thick windproof coat and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"You're welcome." Jiang Qin stood beside him, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke,
"Chen Ling...some things are not what you think...Meng Ge is a very nice person, but he is tough-talking, and then he is very impersonal when working. He is too lazy to explain to others if there is any misunderstanding...
Brother Meng and I have long been aware of what Ma Zhong and the other law enforcement officers of District Three have done, but we have no evidence... What's more, Ma Zhong has a backend in Aurora City. Without evidence, Brother Meng can't move at all. he.
What happened to your brother...we are really, really sorry. "
Jiang Qin looked at him sincerely, with no impurities in his eyes. Chen Ling did not expect that he would suddenly say this, and fell into silence in the cold wind.
"……I got it."
If Ma Zhong had no backing, he would not be able to develop the black industry so unscrupulously in the second and third districts. And Han Meng is just a law enforcement officer who was squeezed out by Aurora City. It is not that easy for him to bring down the powerful Ma Zhong party. .
"This time, Ma Zhong took the initiative to seek death and tried to assassinate Meng Ge. Then he seized the reason and uprooted them... But even so, Meng Ge was punished by Aurora City."
Jiang Qin let out a long sigh, "Did you know? If Districts Five and Six had not encountered a large-scale gray world intersection, Brother Meng would have been in jail long ago... It is because Aurora City is extremely short of manpower that it has not dealt with him for the time being, but even if With that, he was also suspended."
"Jail?" Chen Ling frowned, "Isn't he the victim?"
"There are many people in Aurora City who are unhappy with Brother Meng... In this era, it is difficult for people who are too upright and too serious to end up well."
As soon as Jiang Qin finished speaking, a roar came from the distance.
"The car is here!" Zhong Yaoguang said immediately.
"...So fast?" Jiang Qin turned around and looked at the clock in the center of the platform, "Ten minutes early?"
As the thunderous rumble gradually approached, on the snowy railway track, a black steel behemoth spewed a large amount of steam and slowly drove towards the platform.
Zhong Yaoguang on the side arched Chen Ling with his elbow, winked and said, "How is it? Isn't it spectacular?"
Chen Ling raised her eyebrows but said nothing.
"K18... Yes, that's the one." Jiang Qin looked at the ticket, glanced at the number on the front of the train, and nodded slightly, "It seems that we are indeed early."
As the train gradually came to a stop, the conductor opened the door and walked out, placing a pavement between the stone steps and the door.
"If you're going to Winter Harbor, get in the car."
When the flight attendant shouted, everyone no longer hesitated and got on the bus one by one.
As the whistle buzzed again, the train slowly started along the railway track, and gradually disappeared at the end of the snow-white horizon amid a burst of clanging sound...
A few minutes later, a figure walked out of the ticket booth.
He glanced at the empty platform, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, then dragged out a blood-stained black cloth bag from the bottom of the counter of the pavilion and walked away.
哐——哐——哐……
A black steel train passed through the snow and slowly stopped at the platform.
A flight attendant poked his head out of the car, looked around, and then said: "There is no one here, let's go."
The buzz of steam sounded again, and the train gradually disappeared at the end of the track. On the top of the dark locomotive, three large characters painted in red paint were clearly visible.
——K18