Chapter 171 Headlines

Early morning.

Chen Ling pushed open the door, and a plum blossom fragrance came to his face. Several magpies on the eaves were startled and flew into the sky one after another.

At this moment, Chen Ling was still a little dazed. Maybe he had stayed in District 3 for too long. He subconsciously thought that after opening the door, he would see a street full of wind and snow... But now he suddenly realized that he could never go back to that familiar and leaky little broken house.

Chen Ling slept well this time, sweeping away the fatigue of running around in the past few days. After waking up for a while at the door, he just walked through the archway of the other courtyard and saw a figure sitting in front of the courtyard, holding a stack of newspapers and reading carefully.

Chu Muyun was still wearing the shirt and vest, wearing silver-rimmed glasses, and the way he read was exactly the same as when he was in District 3. This seemed to be his habit every morning.

"I thought you would sleep a little longer." Chu Muyun glanced at him.

"That's enough. I still have things to do." Chen Ling sat down on the stone chair opposite him and asked directly, "Aurora City, is there any place that is relatively chaotic?"

Hearing this, Chu Muyun's expression was a little strange. He closed the book, "What do you want to do again?"

"What do you mean again? I rarely do things."

Chu Muyun didn't say anything, but silently spread the newspaper in his hand on the table. On the most conspicuous and largest page of the newspaper, several huge black fonts instantly attracted Chen Ling's attention-

《Heretical or just? The first outsider to break the gate of Aurora City in a hundred years-Chen Ling》

《"I question Aurora City"-Three District Law Enforcement Officer Han Meng challenges the law enforcement system! 》

《Twilight members reappear in Aurora City! Disaster or salvation? 》

《Interview Record of Survivors in District Three - Decoding the Darkness of Law Enforcers at the Bottom and the Distortion of Human Nature》

"Eighty percent of the pages of the Aurora Daily today are yours. The whole city is arguing about your behavior yesterday... No one has ever been able to do this in the past hundred years." Chu Muyun looked at him deeply, "You are now a celebrity in Aurora City... And you said you rarely cause trouble?"

Chen Ling:...

Chen Ling picked up the newspaper and turned the pages one by one.

Chu Muyun was right. This newspaper was almost full of his photos yesterday, the train rushed out of the disaster wave, crashed through the gate of Aurora City, his calm face when talking in the city, and the elegant ending in the flames at the end... The text content was almost all about him.

The only content in this newspaper that had nothing to do with him was that the Star Chamber of Commerce suddenly sounded an alarm last night, and it seemed that something was lost, but this page was also squeezed in the corner, and it was impossible to turn it over without careful observation.

"What Chen Ling did has nothing to do with me." Chen Ling pushed the half-frame glasses and answered indifferently.

The corners of Chu Muyun's mouth twitched slightly.

Just then, Chen Ling's eyes swept across the article at the top, and a name suddenly caught his eye.

"Who is this Wen Shilin?" Chen Ling pointed to the small words next to the title and asked.

"Isn't it written above? Reporter." Chu Muyun paused for a moment and spoke again, "This reporter seems to be a bit famous. He has exposed several dark transactions behind the scenes of law enforcers and has caused a sensation... These days, there are not many reporters who have the courage to use the right to freedom of the media."

"Freedom of the media? What is that?"

"It was a bill established by the generation of senior officials at the beginning of the establishment of Aurora City in the process of creating the law enforcement system. The purpose was to use the freedom of the media to check and balance the absolute law enforcement power of law enforcers. It can be regarded as a kind of supervision and inspection to prevent the power of law enforcers or law enforcement officers from expanding too much..." Chu Muyun chuckled, "But the facts have proved that under the absolute power gap, the freedom of the media in the private sector is limited. After hundreds of years, how many reporters dare to use this right?

Let's not talk about the benefits of using this right to him What benefits do we bring? If we offend some law enforcers or law enforcement groups, they don’t even know how they died... People are creatures that seek benefits and avoid harm. Who would be willing to do such a thankless task. "

"Media freedom..."

Chen Ling nodded thoughtfully, "Let's talk about business first. Where is the most chaotic place in Aurora City?"

After going around in circles, Chen Ling asked the question again. After a while of speechlessness, Chu Muyun still answered helplessly:

"Aurora City is the core of the Aurora Realm after all. There are not many places that are too chaotic on the surface. You can go to the outer ring in the west of the city to have a look... There may be what you want there."

Chen Ling got the news he wanted and was about to leave. Chu Muyun hesitated for a moment and added:

"By the way... your people in District 3 are also settled there."

Chen Ling's footsteps paused slightly.

...

"What is your name?"

"Zhao Yi."

"Okay, Mr. Zhao Yi." In the cramped room, a reporter sat by the window with a pen and paper. "Let me introduce myself. I am Zhuo Shuqing, a reporter from Aurora Daily. I will ask you a few questions. I hope you will answer them."

Zhao Yi was wrapped in bandages and his face was full of fatigue. He frowned and asked, "Didn't you have a reporter here yesterday? Why are you here again?"

"My colleague may have misunderstood yesterday, so I'm here to confirm with you." Zhuo Shuqing's voice was as gentle as jade, and sounded very comfortable.

"You mentioned in the interview yesterday that the law enforcers in District 3 have been collecting large amounts of protection fees from residents, right?"

"Yes."

"How much is this fee?"

"At least three to five silver coins per month."

"This amount doesn't sound like a lot."

Hearing this, Zhao Yi frowned subconsciously, and before he could speak, Zhuo Shuqing continued,

"So, after collecting this fee, have there been large-scale criminal cases or man-made terrorist attacks in the neighborhood?"

"...That's not the case, but..."

"Can it be understood that after the law enforcers collected a small amount of subsidies from the people, they promptly expanded their manpower and updated their equipment, strengthened patrols, and thus avoided a series of The occurrence of a vicious incident?"

Zhao Yi was stunned. He immediately stood up and shook his head and said, "No, it's not like that... That's protection money! Not a subsidy..."

Zhuo Shuqing seemed to be deaf to Zhao Yi's voice, but just lowered his head and wrote quickly on the paper, "You also mentioned that when the third district was hit by a disaster, some law enforcement officers not only failed to perform their duties, but took the lead in fleeing, and even rushed into private homes to force people to hide... But in the end, the disaster in the neighborhood was cleared, wasn't it?"

"It was indeed cleared, but it had nothing to do with them, that was..."

"Is it possible that the escape and hiding in your eyes were just a trap set by law enforcement officers to fight back against the disaster, and as for the accidental injuries to the people during this period, it was unintentional in the process of fighting the disaster. "

Zhao Yi heard this and could no longer contain his anger. His fists slowly clenched!