Political circles: human feelings are as thin as paper.

After Chief of Staff Zhang left the confinement room, Xin Chaojie was clear that the headquarters' decision was unchangeable. The Xin family had to step forward and bear the brunt.

For Old Xin, he no longer had any bargaining chips. Trying to sway Tan Hengqiang with emotions was his last struggle, but it was useless.

If he didn't agree, his whole family would be finished. If he agreed, only the direct relatives working in the military would suffer and be sentenced. The peripheral direct descendants and relatives could escape this calamity.

Tan Hengqiang gave Xin Chaojie a multiple-choice question and filled in the answer for him.

Inside the confinement room, a major walked in, looked down at Xin Chaojie sitting on the ground, took out his phone, and said blandly, "Make a call!"

Xin Chaojie looked at him with bloodshot eyes and slowly took the phone.

...

The Dragon City Rises.

After the Yang Gang murder case, the Regional Council transferred two regiments from the Expeditionary Corps to protect the safety of Zhou Xian's investigation team. Currently, these two regiments are entrenched in the military training base in the Island Port District, with no contact with the outside world.

After Zhou Xian returned to The Dragon City Rises, he secretly brought Xin Xiaoming back by land and took him to the garrison base for interrogation.

Around six o'clock in the evening.

Zhou Xian, without even eating dinner, went directly into the interrogation room alone and said to the guards, "Turn off the monitoring."

"Yes!" The guard nodded and left the room.

Inside the room, Xin Xiaoming sat in the iron chair, his eyes vacant, and he looked dejected.

Zhou Xian walked behind Xin Xiaoming with his hands clasped behind his back: "Want to have a chat?"

Xin Xiaoming looked at Zhou Xian with his bloodshot eyes, his fists clenched, and he didn't say a word.

At this point, conventional interrogation methods such as torture and drugging were useless, because Xin Xiaoming knew that he was definitely doomed, and the case involved a large number of his direct relatives. Therefore, if Zhou Xian wanted to get something from him, he had to break down his psychological defenses.

"You can't live, you know that?" Zhou Xian asked.

"I can't live, what else do you want to ask me? Hehe, you want me to betray, betray my big brother?" Xin Xiaoming asked with a sneer.

Zhou Xian placed his hands on the iron table and slowly bent down, staring at Xin Xiaoming and asked, "Do you know who wanted to kill you in Ba City and outside the airport?"

Xin Xiaoming was silent.

"It's the garrison headquarters, it's your beloved Commander Tan Hengqiang!" Zhou Xian looked at him and asked, "Am I wrong?"

"...Hehe!" Xin Xiaoming lowered his head and smiled, avoiding Zhou Xian's gaze.

"If you were Tan Hengqiang, what would you do next if the extermination failed?" Zhou Xian asked.

When Xin Xiaoming heard this, his fists clenched even tighter, and there was obvious panic in his eyes. This wasn't because he was cowardly and timid, but because the mental pressure was too great.

Every word Xin Xiaoming said now could determine the life and death of his direct relatives, including his father, his older brother, and his brother-in-law.

"Tan Hengqiang will make your family come forward as scapegoats, right? But I can tell you clearly that this isn't my ultimate goal." Zhou Xian pointed at Xin Xiaoming: "What you and your father did is too big, and the evidence is solid, so I can't protect you. You two are definitely going to die! But!! Your older brother, your brother-in-law, those direct military officers of your father, as long as I'm willing, they may have a chance to live!"

Xin Xiaoming's mouth twitched when he heard this.

"If you explain the relationship between the Xin family and Hongfang Group's interest transfer clearly, I will stop there." Zhou Xian said, pressing closer, "The rest, I want to hear about the garrison headquarters!! How did you bribe Tan Hengqiang, what businesses did you secretly run for him! What illegal and disciplinary behaviors did senior military officers at the division and brigade level engage in? If you tell the truth and expose a big fish, I'll save one member of your family! How about that?"

Xin Xiaoming looked at him cautiously and said excitedly, "You think I'm a fool, right?! You want to sow discord between the garrison and our family? You want to put our whole family in a state where everyone is shouting to kill us? If I expose everyone, can my mother live? Can the people with the Xin surname live? They're outside, won't they be killed quickly?"

"I'll protect them!" Zhou Xian pointed at the other party and said, "I'll bring people to the regimental headquarters, how about that? Or send them directly to District One and apply for judicial protection!!"

"Who are you? Why should I believe you?" Although Xin Xiaoming was young, he wasn't so stupid as to be easily fooled. He knew too little information and couldn't completely believe Zhou Xian.

The two stared at each other, falling into silence.

...

The Xin family mansion.

After receiving Xin Chaojie's call, Wu, the chief of staff of the Third Division, stared at the ceiling blankly.

"Damn it, Tan Hengqiang!! He's forcing us all to die!" Xin Xiaodong, Xin Chaojie's eldest son, paced anxiously in the living room, roaring with extreme anger.

The eldest son-in-law sat on the sofa, his forehead covered in sweat, his eyes flitting around.

"To hell with it! If they don't let us live, then no one will! Get me all the garrison's account books, the records of Tan Hengqiang's bribes over the years, and the information about other senior officers of the headquarters leading smuggling and selling military equipment!" Xin Xiaodong said with a gloomy look, "After I turn myself in, I'll immediately apply for judicial protection for my family to ensure everyone goes to District One. Then I'll blow myself up!! I'll drag Tan Hengqiang and his direct subordinates to hell with me! We'll all be finished together!"

When the eldest son-in-law heard this, he slowly got up and asked in disbelief, "You really want to listen to Tan Hengqiang? Turn yourself in?!"

"What else can I do?"

"I don't want to turn myself in! What will happen to my parents if I turn myself in? And you can't report Tan Hengqiang or the other military officers of the garrison headquarters, otherwise, if they get anxious, what will they do to our family members outside?!" The eldest son-in-law's voice trembled. "Big brother... I... should we run away together?"

"What are you talking about?! My dad and Xiaoming are still inside, and even if you run, won't our family be targeted?!"

"They are already certain to die!"

"To hell with you! When something happens to the family, you want to run away? You ingrate!!"

The two argued back and forth, and Xin Xiaodong even wanted to hit his brother-in-law!

"Okay, stop arguing! Do you want people to laugh at us!!" Chief of Staff Wu shouted.

The room fell silent. When disaster struck, even blood ties weren't entirely reliable. Everyone was feeling restless, fearful, and suppressed.

"Ring ring ring!"

At this moment, a phone rang.

Chief of Staff Wu got up and picked up the phone, lowering his head and pressing the answer button: "Hello, who is this?"

A voice came from the phone, and Chief of Staff Wu's expression became strange. He turned his head and glanced at everyone, then walked straight outside.

After three minutes, Chief of Staff Wu walked back in and said softly, "Xiaodong, come out with me, quickly...!"

...

The Dragon City Rises, in the office of the Municipal Building.

Su Tianyu said to Li Mingsheng, "All the details have been laid out, but the last link is a bit difficult!! We can't move ourselves, and there aren't many people we can use on the outside...!"