Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 531: Impure Preaching

Every time when everyone thinks things are going to calm down, someone always comes up with something new.

Yes, that’s the Korean Peninsula.

There are always some weird people who bring fun to everyone.

When Zhu Mengyong saw this news in prison, he immediately called and asked his own media to do their best to create public opinion.

With Li You’s outstanding example, it would be abnormal for any company not to have a public opinion department.

On July 19, 2005, 19 church volunteers, led by a pastor, sneaked into a dangerous area in Afghanistan without telling the Korean diplomats and troops stationed in Afghanistan and disappeared.

"Pentang Spring Water Church members kidnapped by the Taliban!"

Is overseas missionary work the right path?

"The Loser Who Seeks Fame"

July 26, Kinmen Group Chairman’s Office.

"Really." Li You threw down the newspaper and looked at Pastor Li in front of him who was exhausted.

Pastor Li just returned from Afghanistan.

"Fortunately, Pastor Li came back quickly," Li You looked at him, "otherwise he would have been affected by this incident as well."

When things come to this point, not only the Pentang Spring Water Church, but even the domestic churches are bound to suffer further blows.

"President Nim," Pastor Li smiled bitterly, "No one knew that they dared to enter the area forbidden to enter by the coalition forces."

"Originally, the areas controlled by the coalition forces were free to preach."

Because of this incident, Pastor Li and his missionaries were sent back that same day, for fear that they would become another unstable factor.

"We need to stabilize people's hearts," Li You said, looking at the big question mark on the newspaper. "Now everyone is starting to build up public opinion weapons, especially as the Internet is becoming more and more developed. Once public opinion is stirred up, it can no longer be easily suppressed."

Li You calmly shook his head. "After this incident, many churches disguised as Christians will be exposed. You need to pay more attention."

He pointed to the different newspapers and said, "In addition to print media, more and more media on the Internet and television have begun to criticize the actions of the Spring Water Church for seeking attention.

So the more dangerous the place, the more they want to go there.”

Li You glanced at Pastor Li. In fact, preaching is like this. It seems to be with the spirit of "If I don't go to hell, who will?"
It is nothing more than an attempt to gain popularity and more followers amidst the numerous churches on the Korean Peninsula.

Then, make money.

The reasons are quite reasonable, saying that Afghanistan is a country that needs help both physically and mentally, and they have been called by God.

Since you have this ambition, if you go deep into a turbulent Muslim country like Afghanistan to shake other people's Islamic beliefs, you will have to bear the madness of the other party and your own risk of your life.

"President Nim," Pastor Li said with a bitter look on his face, "I will try my best."

Even an experienced pastor like him was not sure if he could stabilize the situation in his church.

"The Internet is something that can further enlighten people," Li You folded the newspaper and put it in Pastor Li's hand. "What is the specific motivation for taking such a risk? In fact, everyone has the answer in their hearts."

Pastor Li hurried downstairs clutching a newspaper, but was stared at with strange looks by many employees of the Kinmen Group.

He looked himself up and down, and then he realized that he had a priest's badge on his dusty suit.

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Pastor Li went to the restroom with a guilty conscience and quickly took off the badge and put it in his pocket.

"Spring Water Church." Pastor Li wanted to curse, but he restrained himself.

He is an upright pastor who has done nothing wrong, but now he is suffering along with the fools from another church.

Pastor Li washed his face to sober himself up, then took the newspaper with him before leaving the house.

After exiting the restroom and before reaching the entrance of the Golden Gate Building, Pastor Li was blocked again.

"Pastor Li," the Kinmen security officer said expressionlessly, "the president asked you to go to the underground parking lot."

Pastor Li opened his mouth, not knowing why he was called back just after he walked out, but he still obediently followed the instructions.

He stood in the parking lot for a while before he saw Li You walking out of the elevator.

"President Nim," Pastor Li was a little confused, "What are we doing..."

"It's my turn now," Li You glanced at him, "You have to come with me."

"We are going to the Blue House."

Pastor Li was a little frightened. He quickly patted his clothes, but found that he could not find any way to make himself cleaner.

"How much do you know about the people in the Pentang Spring Water Church?" Li You got into the car and opened the back seat window.

Pastor Li stood respectfully beside the car and leaned over to answer, "In the beginning, we all preached in the areas controlled by the coalition forces. I was quite familiar with their leader, Pastor Pei Henggui."

"That's enough," Li You waved his hand, "This is what I want."

Pastor Li got on the rear vehicle and the convoy began to drive towards the Blue House.

The matter fell on Li You's side, and Li Lianchang had no choice but to do so.

Kinmen Security has a large number of personnel in nearby Iraq, and Li Lianchang needs his help to rescue these missionaries who are seeking their own death.

As for the troops stationed in Afghanistan.
Just now, Yin Jijun also talked to Li You. They were forced to leave their posts under the order of the coalition headquarters.

This is mainly because the Korean Peninsula troops stationed in Afghanistan do not have many combat personnel, and many of them are medical and construction soldiers.

The combatants were a combination of ordinary army troops and a small number of members of the 707th Brigade.

In order to prevent the stationed base from being attacked, it is impossible to send a large number of personnel for search and rescue.

Now no one knows where the people are, and sending a small force to rescue them is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

After getting off the car, Pastor Li was a little dazed.

This was his first time at the Blue House.
nature?

Although the sunlight was evenly distributed on the building, Li You walked straight inside after getting out of the car, and Pastor Li quickly followed him.

"President Nim," Pastor Li coughed and asked softly, "Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"

The footsteps of the two people echoed in the corridor. Pastor Li followed behind Li You, looking a little uneasy.

"No."

The Blue House is not big, and the two of them quickly arrived at the conference room.

The secretary general at the door was already waiting for them. When he saw Li You and his men coming, he opened the door of the conference room for them.

As the door opened, the air in the conference room froze.

Li You walked in slowly, his eyes swept across the room, and finally met Li Lianchang's eyes. After a brief silence, Li You nodded slightly. This non-verbal communication already contained the message.

Li Lianchang is now sitting in the main seat of the conference room with the Taegeukgi hanging behind him. At this moment, his face looks serious and a little sad.

There were some other people in suits and ties standing around quietly.

"President Li is here," Li Lianchang spoke first in a low voice.

Li Lianchang and Li You hadn't seen each other for several months. He stood up and shook hands with Li You, pointing to Song Renwen who stood up with him, "I won't introduce you to Chief Song of the National Intelligence Service."

"Of course," Li You smiled and then exchanged greetings with Song Renwen.

Song Renwen is also an old acquaintance, and the National Intelligence Service will also have to cooperate with them in this operation.

"Let's just start," Li Lianchang sat back in his seat and rubbed his eyebrows. There were already a lot of things to deal with when he sat in this position, and now this kind of thing has happened.

Strictly speaking
This can be considered a serious diplomatic incident.

"This is the first meeting, and I hope it will be the last," Li Lianchang frowned.

He didn't want to be so concerned about the missionaries who had done it themselves, but.
The turmoil is getting more and more serious. Many open-minded young people have always been very opposed to the increasing number of churches on the Korean Peninsula. Now something like this has happened, with more than 20 people missing or kidnapped abroad. It is really difficult to handle.

In fact, there have been quite a few kidnapping and extortion cases there in the past two years, but this time the number of people involved was too large, and the people's distorted self-esteem was frustrated, which led to the situation becoming a big deal.

Criticisms of this matter have been rising one after another on the Internet, and Li Lianchang has also read some of the comments with the highest number of likes on the Internet.

such as
“Why should we ignore the local religious traditions and force them to believe in Christianity?”

"Taxpayers' money was spent to save you."

"Are there no poor people in the Korean Peninsula who need help? Why go to Afghanistan?"

I have to say, he felt it was right.

"Commander Song," Li Lianchang looked at Song Renwen, "How much intelligence does the National Intelligence Service have now?"

"Let him tell you the details of what happened," Song Renwen said helplessly. He pointed to a man in a suit standing at the edge of the room. "This is Park Dae-sik, a specialist at the National Intelligence Service. He just came back from Afghanistan. He investigated most of what happened there."

"Okay," Li Lianchang waved his hand without hesitation, "Park Dae-sik xi?"

Park Dae-sik looked a little haggard, obviously because he was so busy with this matter that he didn't even have time to close his eyes.

He pulled out the whiteboard in the conference room and began to write and draw on it, synchronizing information with Li Lianxing and Li You.

"The Pentang Spring Water Church initially consisted of 20 people, led by two pastors."

"Pastor Ryu Kyung-sik and Pastor Bae Hyung-gyu are leading the teams respectively."

Park Dae-sik wrote down the names of the two men. "The younger Pastor Bae Hyung-gyu had been to Afghanistan before and had preached there."

"They took 18 church members and departed from Incheon International Airport on June 13 this year. They transferred twice via Tokyo and Dubai and arrived in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, which is controlled by the coalition forces."

"After one month of missionary work," Park Dae-sik said, "we don't know the specific reason. If we follow our guess, it should be that the missionary work was not going well, which led them to have other ideas."

"They left Kabul secretly on a bus, and their first stop was the northern city of Afghanistan, Mazar-i-Sharif."

"When they set out, the station surveillance camera left a picture of their bus. Their team strictly followed the safety training and closed all the windows and drew the curtains."

"Even though it was the height of summer and the bus that came to pick them up had no air conditioning."

"About eleven hours later, the group from the Spring Water Church arrived in Mazar-i-Sharif late at night. After a simple rest overnight, they started their work in the area the next day."

At this point, Park Dae-sik was already somewhat helpless. He had indeed tried his best to investigate.

There were too few NIA attachés in Afghanistan, so there was nothing he could do.

"But it is a barren area with no water, no flowers or grass, and there are thousands of refugees returning from Iran living there."

Previously, missionaries from other churches had opened schools here, teaching English and sewing while spreading the gospel.

"From July 14 to July 18, they lived in the school and did daily volunteer work including..."

"Things like washing the kids' hair and cutting their hair."

Park Dae-sik briefly mentioned these things, "On the 18th, which was the last day in Mazar-i-Sharif, church members divided into different groups to visit local families."

"On July 19, they set out from Mazar-i-Sharif, taking three missionaries from Mazar-i-Sharif with them, and headed south through the capital Kabul, preparing to head to Kandahar."

"The bus made a brief stop in Ghazni, where some church members got off to use the bathroom."

"Local residents saw the bus pick up two passers-by," Park Dae-sik pursed his cracked lips.

"As they continued south towards Kandahar, the vehicle went missing."

"Based on the tip-off from Kandahar, we confirmed that the bus was not found in Kandahar," Park Dae-sik added, "so we confirmed it."

"They were taken to a mountain stronghold near the Taliban."

(route)
"The Taliban made a request today that we withdraw our troops from Afghanistan and that the Afghan government release the captured Taliban militiamen."

Li Lianchang looked grim, "It's a good thing that we withdraw our troops, but..."

He couldn't say it, he couldn't do it.

Not to mention that the more important problem now lies not with them, but with the provisional government.

The provisional government refused to release any of the arrested militiamen.

The plan to exchange hostages was stillborn.

Li Lianchang looked at Park Dae-sik, "Do you have a more specific estimated location?"

Park Dae-sik was about to continue when he saw the president's secretary walk in with a serious look on his face. Li Lianchang raised his hand to stop him, "What's wrong?"

"Something's happened, Mr. President."

Li You also looked at him.

The presidential secretary took a deep breath and looked at Li Lianchang who was sitting in the first seat. "The pastor who led the team, Pei Henggui, was shot dead."

"The Taliban filmed a video," the presidential secretary said, lowering his head. "It told us not to use force to rescue the hostages. They divided the hostages into six groups and held them in different places."

"."Everyone in the conference room fell silent.

Pastor Li, who was standing next to Li You, felt like he had come here in vain.

What use can he be?

What is he here to do?
Just as he was thinking about it, Pastor Li saw Li You looking at him.

"Then let's settle Pastor Li's matter first," Li You sighed, breaking the silence in the meeting room.

What surprised Pastor Li was that everyone seemed to have heard of his name and no one looked at him.

Li You called him here, of course not expecting him to play any role in the rescue situation.

Li You and Li Lianchang talked on the phone before coming. Although there are many voices criticizing those missionaries on the Korean Peninsula.

But they are Koreans after all, and everyone hopes that they can return safely. Many people think that it is not too late to scold them after they return safely.

There are also many Christian believers who firmly support them.

Just last night, many people spontaneously held a prayer rally in the newly restored Cheonggyecheon Square.

The photos and videos are still circulating on the Internet.

Last night, candlelight dotted the Cheonggyecheon Plaza like stars.

Some of those praying faces bear the traces of time, while others are full of youthful vigor. They are of almost all ages.

A young mother was holding her child in her arms and praying, while an old woman clasped her hands together and silently recited a prayer for peace.

This is just Seoul. There are countless people doing this in more remote rural areas of the Korean Peninsula.

Li You and Li Lianchang want to introduce a "church spokesperson" to stabilize the situation and prevent it from getting further out of control.

"I have already informed all departments about Pastor Li's matter," Li Lianchang sighed, and then looked at Pastor Li with great respect, "Pastor."

"I hope you can lead the people in praying for them during this difficult time for the people."

“This is my duty,” Pastor Li quickly returned the greeting.

Pastor Li was not qualified to listen to what happened afterwards. He was politely invited by the president's secretary to another tea room, where he sat in silence with a group of government officials.

"President Li," Li Lianchang looked at Li You with some expectation in his eyes, "Is there still a chance of rescue?"

Li You frowned. "If they really detained us in six different places as they said, then..."

“Sacrifice is inevitable.”

"Sacrifice is inevitable." Li Lianchang shook his head. "In the current situation, they can take the initiative to kill."

"At least we are cooperating. It is the interim government that is unwilling to make concessions."

"If there is a sacrifice led by us, it will definitely arouse public indignation."

Li Lianchang hesitated for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Send the negotiating representatives first."

Li You nodded and said, "The government had better prepare enough ransom money to see if they can use it to redeem some of the hostages."

"Besides, we cannot send a large number of personnel to search the detention center right now. Otherwise, the enemy will kill us at any time. We can only send a small number of elite troops to carry out the mission."

“But there won’t be enough manpower.”

"If we can successfully enter and locate some detention locations and provide information to the team, then perhaps the rescue operation can proceed normally."

Li You paused for a moment and added, "On my way here, I spoke to the Kinmen Security team stationed in Iraq. They can be transferred to Afghanistan for the rescue mission."

"But they still don't have enough people," Li You shook his head, "and they don't carry out many counter-terrorism missions."

It is true that the Che Qicheng team stationed in Iraq has strong combat effectiveness.

But the rescue mission.
It's really not very good.

They have always been responsible for killing but not burying, let alone saving.

"I think we can let the soldiers of the 707th Battalion in Afghanistan carry out the mission," Li You suggested with narrowed eyes, "They are all counter-terrorism elites. My team will cover them while they carry out the rescue mission."

Li Lianchang frowned and hesitated. After a few seconds, he nodded and said, "I need to talk to Lieutenant General Yin Jijun about this matter. If I remember correctly, these 707 special operations soldiers are about to return home."

When Li You left the Blue House, he turned his head to take a look, then leaned back in the car and shook his head. He thought it was impossible to get something for nothing.

He listened for a while and then called Yin Jijun who was far away in Afghanistan.

"Lieutenant General."

"How is it?" Yin Jijun was also upset. He was on standby in this remote place and could hardly go home twice a year. It was finally time for his rotation, but he encountered such a thing again.

"Not very optimistic," Li You said softly.

“Something happened again while you were in the meeting,” Yoon Ji-jun sighed on the other end of the phone, “It would be strange to be optimistic about this.”

Looking at Yoo Shi Jin standing in front of him, Yoon Ji Jun said with a serious expression, "Are you satisfied?"

I don’t know how Old Liu gave birth to a warlike son.

"I see," Liu Shizhen grinned, "We will carry out the rescue mission?"

“That’s not certain,” Yin Jijun waved his hand, “It’s not decided yet.”

Yin Jijun and Li You talked to each other, discussed their respective progress, and then hung up the phone.

The notification ring on the phone rang, Li You raised an eyebrow and opened the text message.

This was a message from Zhang Mingyi who was sent back to the Genetic Research Institute.

In the text message, Zhang Mingyi briefly reiterated what Captain Cui had said.

Including because the big shots used the first generation for transformation and survived in 1997.

Therefore, in the past two years, most of the main researchers of the Witch Project have been transferred to the UK to promote the project to make up for the shortcomings of the first generation of cyborgs.

"I see."

Li You understood.

Therefore, after those researchers were transferred from the British Research Institute, they set their sights on Dr. Daniel, the famous "killer gene expert".

Zhang Mingyi, who was far away in Los Angeles, sent the message in the toilet, then hurriedly washed his hands and went out.

He had also tried to find opportunities to communicate with Daniel these days, but he really couldn't find any.

In this building, class status is clearly divided.

As a rare researcher valued by Manager Bai, Dr. Daniel is undoubtedly one of the people who cannot be approached easily.

If he approached without permission, he would definitely be suspected, especially since he had just returned from the Korean Peninsula a few months ago, and he would probably defect.

“Opportunities are hard to come by.”

Genetic Research Institute, second basement floor.

Over the past few months, Daniel has gained enough trust from Manager Bai and has also been given greater authority.

Although this trust and authority is illusory and may even be fake from the beginning, at least
Daniel entered the second underground floor and saw the 'new humans' that Bai Jingen mentioned.

The place where they were was somewhat similar in structure to the central control room, but there were not so many control panels. It was more of an observation place.

In front of Daniel and Bai Jingen was a piece of one-way tempered glass, transparent and solid.

This one-way tempered glass did not block their perception of the interior.

On the other side of the tempered glass was an almost pure white room. The white light was particularly dazzling, refracting on the smooth walls, reflecting a cold light.

The 'witch' was standing in the middle of the experimental room, with short black hair, a round face and small-looking eyes.

Bai Jingen used the microphone to softly ask her to do some movements.

The 'witch' opened her hands slightly, palms facing up, summoning something.

The white disc in front of her slowly rose from the table like a light feather and hovered above her palm.

Her eyes seemed full of joy, and even the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.

Daniel was watching her every move closely, with a hint of anticipation and subtle worry in his eyes.

"Did I do well?" the little 'witch' whispered, and her voice was transmitted to the outside through the instrument.

A smile appeared on Bai Jingen's face, and she praised, "Well done, focus and be more stable."

The little 'witch' nodded slightly, trying to make the disc more stable and stop it from shaking in the air, but it didn't last long.
Her brows were furrowed, her cheeks turned red, and blood flowed from her nose like beads from a broken string.

Then her eyes narrowed and her body fell limply to the ground.

The disc fell to the ground with a thud.

"She's loaded," Daniel said urgently.

"I know," Bai Jingen's voice turned cold. She grabbed the microphone and used another channel to instruct the medical staff in another room to go in and help this 'witch'.

When the medical staff who entered saw the little witch like this, they immediately knew that their supervisor Bai was asking the little witch to overload her abilities again.

A woman who looked like a nurse quickly pulled out a needle from the tray and injected the little 'witch' with a dose of light blue brain repair fluid.

This is not the inferior version that was originally given to Zhang Mingyi and others.

The little 'witch's' body trembled slightly, then the pain on her face gradually faded, and her eyes slowly opened.

Bai Jingen glanced at Daniel, who was almost sticking to the glass, and suddenly smiled.

"Dr. Daniel?"

"Oh" Daniel came back to his senses and quickly turned to look at Bai Jingen.

"How about I leave her to you for now?"

"Leave it to me?" Daniel scratched his hair, not sure what Manager Bai was planning.

Compared to Dr. Bai who has always been immersed in scientific research, he is more afraid of this unfathomable Supervisor Bai.

Especially when he communicated with Manager Bai and found out that she knew everything.

"The doctor must know about the Witch Project," Bai Jingen's tone was gentle, but her words were cold, "This is also a good opportunity."

"She's very well behaved. You can communicate with her properly. It will help you further understand the Witch Plan."

Daniel turned his head and looked back, and saw that the only person in the room was the little 'witch' who was staring at the glass as if she could see them.

He hesitated for a moment, but nodded. "Then leave it to me first?"

Daniel was a little uncomfortable with saying such things. He didn't like such cold words that treated people as objects.

Manager Bai smiled at him and turned away without hesitation, which was completely different from the gentleness with which he had just induced the little 'witch' to use her abilities.

Daniel watched her leave and turned to look at the little 'witch' in the room.

The white light cast a cold glow, and the room was even quieter under the white light. She just sat there quietly.

"Alas," Daniel sighed, "He's only this old."

Daniel took a step forward, and when he opened the alloy door, he discovered that his palm prints, pupils, and face had been recorded on the door.

After verification, he pushed open the heavy alloy door and entered the room.

The little 'witch' looked at the new researcher, who was wearing a white coat with a name tag on his chest that read 'Daniel'.

She glanced at the surveillance camera in the corner without leaving a trace, her eyes narrowed slightly, and then she smiled innocently.

"Uncle." She smiled, "Are you new here?"

Looking at the girl who seemed to be very outgoing, Daniel nodded silently and suddenly didn't know what to say.

She tilted her head slightly, a smile appearing on her face.

Daniel always felt that this smile was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

"Uncle, do you want to see my ability?" The little witch opened her palm.

“No, no,” Daniel refused repeatedly, shaking his head, “You just overloaded yourself, so you should not use your ability again for a while.”

Daniel hesitated, "You"

He sighed and asked no more questions.

The little 'witch' looked at him with some surprise and astonishment, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes.

Finally one came.
kind.

(End of this chapter)