Chapter Seven should let him fire another shot

  "I'm back." Feng Aijun's first words as he entered the door.

  Head of the T Army Field Hospital, Wang Xihong, came out to greet him. Every time her son returned home, he would call out first, and this had become a habit. This habit was formed by her husband Feng Jiefang, who said: "As a soldier, you must have the demeanor of a soldier, even at home. When entering the house, you must always salute first, otherwise I will know who has come, if a thief comes in, what if my old gun goes off?"

  Wang Xirong said, "Old man, don't turn our home into a military camp. You're not satisfied with giving orders in the army, and now you want to show off your authority at home too."

  Feng Jiefang glared at him with wide eyes: "What's wrong with you? If you're not satisfied, why don't you take off this military uniform?"

  This is Wang Xirong's weakness, he should have retired from the army a long time ago, but he couldn't bear to part with his military uniform, and clung to it so tightly that no one could take it off him.

  Feng Jiefang was an old Red Army soldier, originally named Feng Guifa. On the eve of national liberation, he thought his name sounded too unpleasant and decided to change it. As a general commanding thousands of soldiers, he didn't want to be known as General Long Guifa, which sounded awkward. So he changed his name to Feng Jiefang and entered the city with the new name amidst the drums and gongs celebrating the founding of New China. He had done a lot of work on Wang Xihong's transfer issue, so Wang Xihong told him that since their wedding day, he was the only one who had helped him gain face.

  Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, it also reveals that Commander Feng Jiefang, although strict, is also full of human touch. Feng Jiefang has one son and two daughters. His son, Feng Aijun, was clever since childhood and liked guns. When he grew up, he naturally became a soldier. Feng Jiefang was delighted, drank half a catty of wine, and shouted that this is my flesh and blood, I didn't raise him in vain.

  The eldest daughter joined the army, and Feng Jiefang just smiled it off. The eldest daughter, Feng Qiuyu, was born in autumn, coincidentally on a day with heavy rain. Feng Jiefang quickly came up with the name Qiuyu. Feng Qiuyu was unhappy and pouted at him, saying: "Dad, when my brother joined the army, you were so happy that you got drunk. Why didn't you even show any reaction when I joined?"

  Feng Jiefang replied: "Of course I'm happy, in my heart, men don't easily show their emotions."

  "You're cheating." Feng Qiuyu said unhappily.

  Xiao Mei, however, was not interested in joining the army and instead went to university to study liberal arts. She loved to dance and sing along to popular songs, and even maintained a blog on her computer where she published several influential posts. Feng Jiefang didn't even bother to read them, saying they were just petty bourgeois sentimentality, soft and weak.

  But speaking of which, Wang Xihong's doting on his younger daughter Fengmei is in no way inferior to that of Feng Jiefang.

  When Feng Aijun walked into the house, Wang Xihong had already brought up the mung bean soup and said, "Feng'er, drink the mung bean soup quickly. Look at you, sweating all over."

  Feng Jiefang spoiled Feng Meimei, Wang Xirong spoiled Feng Aijun, without any bias. Only Feng Qiuyu was unhappy, saying that she must have been picked up, and that her grandmother didn't love her and her mother didn't care about her. Feng Jiefang glared at her and said: "You're not lacking in food or clothes, I've even spoiled you."

  This is true, when Feng Qiuyu was young, she had a serious illness. Wang Xihong and Feng Jiefang took turns to care for her day and night, they were so exhausted that they both lost weight, but finally managed to snatch her back from the hands of death, Feng Qiuyu remembered it very clearly.

  Feng Aijun was indeed tired, both physically and mentally. As soon as he got off the plane, Tian Long took him away directly, without any explanation, escorted by several armed soldiers. Feng Aijun wanted to remind him of a few things, but someone blocked his hand: "Colonel Feng doesn't have your business now, you've worked hard too, please go back and rest."

  What's going on here? Reminding a few words is fine, but can't even say a word when parting with comrades?

  But this is in the army's big yard, can't show off, Laozi Feng hates to see children relying on their parents' power to bully others, so Feng Ai Jun doesn't dare to be arrogant, can only silently endure, watching as someone takes Ying Tian Long away.

  He had gas in his stomach and was feeling hot, so when he saw the mung bean soup, it hit the spot. He picked up a bowl and gulped it down with a loud "glug glug", then wiped his mouth and said "good wine". Wang Xirong laughed and scolded: "You're not serious at all, just like your father!"

  He doesn't smoke or drink tea, but he's a heavy drinker, with large bowls of wine and big chunks of meat. He slams his fist on the table and kicks over his stool, with an air of grandeur that touches the sky. As he would say it himself: "The wine soaks through my bones, I ride my horse to victory, I sing songs to the wine, I am a hero with great ambitions." In ancient times, there was the beautiful wine in the night, the cup shining brightly, urging me to drink on horseback. Don't laugh at me for being drunk and sleeping on the battlefield - how many heroes have returned from battle? Although we are now in peaceful times, a soldier's grandeur cannot be lost.

  Feng Aijun inherited his father's robust temperament and also inherited his fondness for drinking.

  Feng Ai Jun returned to his own room and fell onto the bed without even changing out of his clothes, soon falling into a deep sleep.

  At night, the whole family gathered together after dinner. Fang let his son into his study and asked: "Has that Tianlong brought back?"

  "Yes."

  "He's got a big nerve, daring to commit murder with a gun, he deserves the death penalty, and has disgraced the military." Feng Jiefang said.

  Feng Ai Jun was unwilling, and replied: "Dad, have you investigated the situation? What's called carrying a gun and committing murder is actually revenge. The bullet shot out is a vengeful one. This gunshot is great, it's relieving."

  Feng stood up and said, "Good, you're a Feng Ai Jun. It turns out that you were the mastermind behind this event all along. I'm asking you, was Tian Long really hiding in the mud pit? Did you really not see it?"

  Feng Aijun was dissatisfied: "What's the use of seeing it? What's the use of not seeing it?"

  "Seeing and not speaking out is your dereliction of duty, not seeing is also your dereliction of duty. Your own soldiers are hiding somewhere, you don't know where they are. You go up and pull them out, will they shoot at you?"

  Feng Aijun said: "I can't do that, I'll pull him out, he really will shoot me."

  Feng Jiefang sat down, looking at his son and said: "So you pretended not to notice anything, and then you even brought out that whatever dog fart town head, let Ying Tianlong fire this crucial shot, your coordination is very tacit."

  Feng Aijun had nothing to say.

  "As a soldier, the gun in your hand is aimed at the enemy, and when it fires, it means the end of a life. On the battlefield, it's kill or be killed, and death is normal under the hail of bullets. But in peacetime, you need to think carefully before aiming your weapon at someone, after all, a dead person can't come back to life. Before Ying Tianlong fired this shot, Li Nandou had not been convicted of any crime, and you only heard one side of the story from Ying Tianlong, yet you dared to take matters into your own hands. Where is the discipline of a soldier? Don't you really know?"

  "Ying Tianlong is a soldier I brought up myself, he's a good soldier, of course I believe in him."

  "Believe his lawsuit, believe that his father and sister died at the hands of Li Nan, what if it's not? Have you ever thought about what if? What if the situation described by Tian Long does not match the facts, what kind of responsibility are you prepared to take?" Commander Feng Jiefang asked solemnly.

  "Go with him to the military tribunal for trial."

  "Good, good, Feng Aijun, you've done well," Long Jiefang stood up again, walked to his son's side, raised his hand and slapped him, causing Feng Aijun to retreat several steps, standing straight and motionless.

  Feng Jiefang was still walking forward when Wang Xirong came in. Wang Xirong blocked her husband and said, "Old man, if you want to hit someone, hit me! You think hitting our son is a display of your prowess?"

  The station was liberated.

  Wang Xi looked at the red mark on her son's face with a heartache, and shouted loudly to Feng Jiefang: "Your heart is really cruel, you used such heavy hands, do you think he is an enemy or a sworn enemy?"

  Feng Jiefang said: "You're just a woman, what are you getting mixed up in? This is between me and my son."

  Wang Xirong said: "He is also my son, I gave birth to him after ten months of pregnancy. The son I gave birth to is not for you to vent your anger on."

  Feng was forced to say that he had no choice but to leave, and there was nothing more to discuss with him. He turned around and walked out, but suddenly turned back at the door and said to Feng Ai Jun: "You little brat, do you know why I beat you up today? First, you acted on your own without permission, almost causing a disaster; second, you should have let Ying Tian Long fire another shot, crippling him and making him spend the rest of his life in bed."

  After finishing speaking, the person walked out of the room door.

  Staring at his figure, Feng Aijun was stunned.

  Ying Tianlong's case had no result, and he couldn't be seen anywhere, which made Feng Aijun feel very strange.

  Longguan Town and the county government also sent people to the troops, reporting the entire situation truthfully. Former town head Li Nandou has already been suspended from duty and is still lying in the hospital. His life was saved, but he was left disabled after being castrated, effectively becoming a eunuch. Li Nandou had not yet started a family, also due to his own reasons, wanting to take advantage of his youth to have fun. The meaning of "having fun" is self-evident, with so many women, under the lustful power, they could not help but submit to him. After getting married, it wouldn't be so casual anymore.

  Now it's all good, the beautiful woman is out of his reach. Old Master Li sighed and said, "It serves him right, he brought this upon himself, I have nothing to say."

  Li Nandou's position as county magistrate was naturally cancelled, and he couldn't even serve as the head of a town. The county public security bureau's opinion on how to deal with him was that two lives were lost because of him, his guilt is inescapable, and after he recovers from his injuries, they will pursue the matter further.

  As for Ying Tianlong, the county public security bureau has also made a judgment. Carrying a gun and committing murder had a very bad influence, although there were reasons for the incident, it also violated the law. Since he was a soldier, local authorities did not have the right to handle the case, so it was transferred to a military court. The aftermath of Ying Tianlong's family has been handled, the county civil affairs bureau allocated a sum of condolence money, which was handed over to the troops, and then the troops would hand it over to Ying Tianlong at an appropriate time, calling it humanitarian assistance, but everyone knows that in fact it is compensation from government departments.

  The house and land of the Ying family were temporarily handed over to the Ying ancestral hall for safekeeping.

  Things have ended here, but the final treatment of Tianlong has not been concluded. Feng Aijun asked his father, and Feng Jiefang said: "Take care of your own business, ask what you should ask, and don't interfere with things that are none of your concern."

  Frustrated, Feng Aijun ran into an immovable object and was completely helpless.