Chapter 272 Saint or Fool?

"The chief." A knock on the door woke up the old man who had fallen asleep in the room.

The old man opened his eyes. In his seventies, he looked far better than his peers. He looked in his sixties. Although his hair was white, his face was red and the heavenly court was full, which showed that he was in good health.

"Come in..." The old man got up and put on a military coat. Although it is just a quite ordinary coat, far less than those modern clothes, the old man is still used to wearing this.

The door was opened, and a young man in his twenties in military uniform came in from the outside. Judging from the rank on the shoulder, he is a lieutenant.

"Xiao Zhao, what's the matter so late?" Seeing the old man smiling.

This is his guard. Although he is very young, his quality is quite good in all aspects. The old man trusts this young man very much. It is also one of the few people who can disturb his sleep so late.

"Sepzhu ren, there was a message from there just now that there were some problems in the experiment." The guard named Xiao Zhao has a trace of anxiety on his face, which is quite rare. As a guard, he has been following the old man since the age of 19. What has he never seen? Why are you so impatient?

"What?" The old man didn't care about it, but the next moment he suddenly reacted. He immediately got up from **, and then quickly walked to the door, "Let's go! Go and have a look! Didn't you say everything went well?"

Just three hours ago, the old man just received the news that everything was normal and smooth there, so he fell asleep at ease, but how did it suddenly become like this?

The old man hurriedly put on his clothes, and then, under the leadership of the guard Xiao Zhao, he went downstairs. On the way, he could see more than a dozen other guards in military uniforms. Then a group of people sat on three cars and walked towards a laboratory in the night.

A lot happened that night. There was an explosion in the laboratory. At the same time, the old man was forcibly evacuated by a group of guards. At the same time, a unit that had been controlled by the old man also directly left Yanjing, which had become hellish.

Dong Dong Dong, a knock on the door woke up the old man in his sleep. He woke up from the dream just now, and then got up from ** with a headache and looked at the time. It was more than three o'clock in the morning.

"Come in!" The old man shouted in a hoarse voice.

"The chief!" Outside was an officer with the rank of colonel. He was in his forties and looked quite capable. He looked at the old man with seriousness and respect.

"What's the matter at this time?" Recently, the old man often dreamed about what happened at the beginning, especially when he killed the guard who had been with him for many years, just because he was bitten.

For more than three months, he has actually been quite tired. If his recently separated granddaughter hadn't been brought back safely, he might not have been able to support it.

"Sir, there is something I don't know whether I should report to you or not." The officer looked a little hesitant.

"Ter, say! When did you become such a mother-in-law?" This officer is a confidant cultivated by the old man, so sometimes he doesn't have to care too much about the rules.

"The chief, I've been a little restless in the base recently. I don't feel right." The officer's surname is Zhao Mingzhongyi, just like his name. For so many years, he has been the most assured subordinates and absolute confidant of the old man.

He was also the father of Xiao Zhao, the security guard. Even if he watched his boss kill his son, he did not have any resentment, but tried his best to leave Yanjing, which was in chaos with the old man.

"Oh?" The old man was not surprised. In fact, he also felt that there was an uneasy atmosphere in the base recently.

I can't say specifically, but the old man has a dangerous feeling, as if something will happen.

However, after decades of ups and downs, the national turmoil, the literary and artistic revolution, and then the power purge after the death of his ancestor, he has survived. Even if the hellish Yanjing was more than three months ago, didn't he come out safe and sound?

So he is not afraid, and he has the most effective force in his hand. He is confident that nothing will go wrong.

"The chief, Governor Qi has been doing frequent activities recently. He has been with Lieutenant General Kai and General Chen of the Southern Military Region several times in the past week. I'm afraid..."

Governor Qi is now the nominal supreme leader of this base. He was once the governor of the Southern Province and an ambitious figure. Lieutenant General Kai and Major General Chen are the two largest real-power generals in the Southern Military Region today. One is the commander, and the other is the commander who controls the most powerful First Army.

The meetings between them are so frequent that there are indeed some problems.

"It's okay. Don't I know what those little guys are thinking? They think that I, an old man, is a little in the way here! Humph! It took a long time for them to forget the country and the party! Do they really think that the country is dead!"

The old man was a little angry, and then coughed loudly. Two days ago, he had just caught a cold, and he hasn't improved yet.

"But chief, since you know their little actions, why..." Zhao Zhongyi didn't understand what his boss thought.

Since you know that someone is restless, you should exclude it in advance! Are you waiting for the opposite side to come to the door?

"Zhongyi, how long have you been following me?" The old man coughed twice. It seemed that his body was getting worse day by day due to lack of rest, and there were more wrinkles on his face. His white hair changed from white to white in a few months.

"In retrosor, it has been 28 years since I was 17 years old." Zhao Zhongyi didn't know why the old man asked so, but he said it truthfully.

"You started with my guard, and then relied on your own efforts to get to this point. It's a pity that if this big crisis doesn't break out, I'm going to let you go to the military sub-district to replace Kailiang's seat, and then wait a few years for you to spend money.

Flowers on your shoulders! This is the rank of a general! The old man's words are obviously that if it weren't for the outbreak of this global crisis, he was ready to train the middle-aged officer in front of him.

Zhao Zhongyi doesn't know why the old man wants to say these words. Although these words are meaningless now, he is still grateful for the old man's promotion for so many years.

"This country has suffered too much damage. How many people are still alive today in the once great power? Zhongyi, I can't watch so many people die in front of me anymore!"

The old man's words made Zhao Zhongyi silent for a while. Of course, he knew what the old man wanted to express, but he wanted peace, but would others give him peace?

(To be continued)