As far as the eye can see, the sea with blue waves and light waves stretches from the silver sandy beach to the distance, all the way to the horizon. The water on the beach swayed like a lover's hand gently caressing the white sand. People looking at this beautiful scene, perhaps should have some feelings in their hearts that the sea is vast and the sky is light and the wind is light.
There are two white lounge chairs under the umbrella. In the woods behind the beach, there are many bodyguards from Blackhawk Security Company, who are watching everything around them vigilantly. Butler Jin, who is already old, is standing calmly on the beach. Under the eaves of the water platform, sheltering from the still strong sunlight at dusk, it also avoided the conversation between the young people on the two white lounge chairs.
"In fact, I didn't think about your current mental state before I came here. I thought that the unfortunate death of that girl would make you depressed for many days." Tai Zhiyuan, wearing a light white linen shirt, calmly looked at Xu Xu beside him. Le, found that although the other party's eye sockets were slightly sunken and his face was not as rosy as before, at least his spirits were still lifted.
Zhang Xiaomeng did not die normally.
The spaceship's air-to-ground transfer module went out of control, fell to the ground, and turned into a ball of fireworks. Afterwards, there was no clue that any manipulation was done. The government's investigation results could only be judged as a crash, but Zhang Xiaomeng was on the list of dead passengers. Names, characters like Tai Zhiyuan, naturally immediately understood the reason behind the incident.
Various government departments have different directions for investigating the Linhaizhou Gymnasium assassination. Most of the officials have their eyes fixed on Yang Jinsong, the deputy minister of the Ministry of National Defense who has committed suicide. They dug up a spy network of the anti-government army... But Tai Zhiyuan knew that the last assassination against him could not have anything to do with the anti-government army, and it was impossible for Deputy Minister Yang to cooperate with those people in Qinglong Mountain. people.
The government needs to calm down and find a scapegoat for the Tai family to explain. On the surface, the Tai family could only accept the government's investigation results until there was no other evidence, but the affairs officials who could influence the lady had already started investigating the remaining clues.
When the investigation of the truth gradually approached the truth, the means to eliminate the evidence and the intermediate links followed. Zhang Xiaomeng's death undoubtedly belonged to a cruel split.
The afternoon sun in Jingzhou was still a bit blazing, and Tai Zhiyuan's usual slightly pale face showed two blushes. It should be because the temperature is too high, and it has nothing to do with health. Like Xu Le next to him, after asking a question, he became silent, squinting at the blue sea where seagulls occasionally flew over.
The girl in the little blue dress dies at the Bimonthly Ball. A trace of complicated emotions flashed in Tai Zhiyuan's eyes. If it wasn't for the fact that his family insisted on investigating secretly and gradually threatened the other side, Zhang Xiaomeng would not be very important, but the female student who played an important role in the assassination intelligence should still be Can you live
Tai Zhiyuan thought like this, but there was no guilt or heaviness in his heart. Although he was young, he already possessed a calmness that his peers did not have. The word calmness can also be called indifference in some environments. .
"Can the police find any clues?" Xu Le, who had been silent for a long time, finally opened his mouth and asked, "Although I know that politics is very dark, but a federal congressman did such a thing, Is there no one who can punish him? What is the use of the laws of the Commonwealth?"
Tai Zhiyuan's squinted eyes gradually opened, and he glanced at Xu Le in surprise. Regarding Zhang Xiaomeng's background and many details of the whole incident, he thought that Xu Le didn't know, so he didn't know why the other party knew that the matter was done by Congressman Medellin
"I know more things than you think." Xu Le looked at the fine sand in his toes and said, "So I know who did this."
"Federal law pays attention to evidence, and those politicians... never leave any direct evidence of possible charges." Tai Zhiyuan looked at Xu Le, and after a long silence, he said in a serious tone: "Check that article on the militants. The clues directly led to the suicide of seven officers in the Second Military Region. Even if the Federation can find some clues about the crash, I believe it will definitely not be enough to bring the other party to court."
"What I'm curious about is why you confirmed that the mastermind behind the scenes is the Medellin Congressman."
"Logic, intuition, who will benefit..." Xu Le squinted in the sun, squeezed the gravel with his toes, lowered his head and said, "He is already running for vice president, how can such a person become a federal candidate? leader?"
"Without evidence, it's hard to do anything." Tai Zhiyuan said calmly: "If I let people release this news, not many federal public will believe that his image has always been excellent... and maybe this will give a As an opportunity for him to build momentum, he will play himself as an innocent politician who was framed by the conspiracy of the Seven Great Families, and the Medellin MP must be very happy."
"I'm wondering if you will become this kind of politician in the future." Xu Le raised his head at this time and gave Tai Zhiyuan a serious look.
These eyes are very calm, very real, very thorough. Tai Zhiyuan's expression became more cautious, and after a while, he said seriously: "Necessary means or compromises are needed, but I have my bottom line."
"I also have my bottom line, but I'm a small person, and you are a big person. After the bottom line of a small person is penetrated, he can only be angry, but he can't do anything." Xu Le lowered his head and said, "I know you always remember , still owe me a life... If possible, I hope you will do your best not to let that congressman be elected successfully, in this case, we will be settled. "
Tai Zhiyuan quietly looked at Xu Le, the only friend in his life, the young man who stood in front of him without hesitation and saved his life in times of crisis. After a long silence, he said, "Our partner is Papa. Senator Bull, I believe Shi Qinghai has already told you. In this case, whether you ask for it or not, I will try my best not to let the other party succeed."
Xu Le raised his head, glanced at him, and said, "Thank you."
"What are your plans in the future?" Tai Zhiyuan suddenly asked, "Continue to go back to Ewha University?"
"No, although I haven't made up my mind yet, I don't want to go back to Lihua again." Xu Le dipped his feet into the slightly hot white sand and said after a moment of silence, "I met you in college, and I met Shi. Qinghai, I met Zhang Xiaomeng, but now that you are leaving, Shi Qinghai has already left, and Xiaomeng has left the most... I think, I should leave too."
There was no surprised expression on Tai Zhiyuan's face. Xu Le's choice had long been in his calculations. He looked at Xu Le and said, "If you don't mind, I can arrange it for you."
Among the seven families of the Federation, the Tai family is the most low-key, but also the most unfathomable. If you want to arrange a future for a person, the future will definitely be extremely bright and bright, and whoever changes it may not refuse. However, Xu Le didn't even think about it, and replied with a smile: "Thank you, no need."
This answer was also expected by Tai Zhiyuan. What he was more curious about was what reason Xu Le would use to reject him.
"I saw a director of the Black Hawk Security Company in that base. According to Shi Qinghai's analysis, he should be someone your Tai family has been interested in a long time ago." Xu Le looked into Tai Zhiyuan's eyes and said, "You are destined in the future. It is a person who wants to do great things, so now I have started to cultivate many capable assistants, if I accept your help, I will definitely become your subordinate in the future."
Tai Zhiyuan looked at him with a slight frown, and said, "When a person lives in this world, he must have his own goals and find the meaning of his existence. To achieve those goals, one must acquire more resources and be able to enter the world more quickly. A certain class. For you, there is no doubt that it is a better choice."
"The problem is, I don't know where my life goals are at all." Xu Le laughed at himself and said, "And what I don't like most about you is that you show an attitude that can determine other people's lives from time to time. "
Tai Zhiyuan touched his nose, and his face was a little unsightly, not only because of what Xu Le said at this time, but also because he found that Xu Le's attitude of rejecting him was firm.
"Don't refute me, it's a kind of pride from the bottom of my heart." Xu Le lay down on the beach chair, squinted at the waves, and said, "I'm a very silent person, but in fact I'm also very proud in my bones. I can talk to you like this now because I'm your friend. If I was destined to be your subordinate in the future, there would be no such conversation."
"If I follow in your footsteps, maybe I can quickly become a superior person in this society, but you should be clear that my life was not very pleasant since I was a child, the class I mentioned to you, and even the federation. , they didn't feel much favor."
"Just say these words in front of me." Tai Zhiyuan said after being silent for a long time: "I must remind you not to be influenced by the deaths of Shi Qinghai and Zhang Xiaomeng, and become that kind of fanatic."
"Only in front of you will I become more talkative." Xu Le said: "As for the anti-government army... I think you have made a mistake? I'm just a very ordinary young man, it's just luck Very good, or bad luck, I just met you."
"I sometimes wonder if it's good luck or bad luck to meet you." Tai Zhiyuan said with a smile, "If it wasn't for you, the officers of the Second Military Region would not have known that I would appear in the gym, but if Without you, I might have died several times."
Tai Zhiyuan raised his hand, stopped Xu Le from speaking, and said, "But you are not an ordinary person, it's just that you have been unwilling to admit it yourself, or have no such self-awareness."
Xu Le squinted his eyes and watched the sunset gradually falling towards the sea level. After hearing this sentence, his heart suddenly trembled. He clearly knew that Tai Zhiyuan could not know the secrets in his body, but he still thought of it in his mind. Those structural diagrams, the fake chip at the back of the neck, the back is a little stiff.
"Xue Naiyin, the director of the Black Eagle Security Company..." Tai Zhiyuan looked back at the woods behind the beach, which were as beautiful as they were burning under the twilight, "I have always missed you, although there is no video of the battle in the underground parking lot, But the ex-military special forces insisted that your past must be very difficult."
"And the national girl idol, if you are really a very ordinary guy, how could she have visited you twice?" Tai Zhiyuan said with a smile: "Earlier, think about how we met, you As you can definitely guess, H1 area has very high access rights, but you can enter...”
"There's something I haven't asked you." Tai Zhiyuan looked at Xu Le with a dignified expression, and felt a little better after being rejected, and asked cautiously, "How did you know Professor Jin?"
"Professor Jin?" Xu Le was confused.
However, Tai Zhiyuan thought that he was pretending to be confused, he forced a smile with some displeasure, and instead of asking, he said, "Everyone has their own secrets, since you won't tell me, I won't ask again, and I will help you. hide the secret."
"I really don't know any Professor Jin."
"This kid is still pretending."
Tai Zhiyuan was a little depressed and looked at him unhappily. Not long ago, the laboratory of the First Hospital sent back a second report. In that report, it was pointed out again that if the experimental data were not wrong, the reaction speed of the nerve bundles of the man who controlled the mecha was much different from that of ordinary people.
And Zhou Yu, the ace student of the first academy who once fought with Xu Le in the mecha battle room, is the target of the Tai family's focus and absorption. During the first contact between the other party and the Tai family's subordinate enterprises, he was also asked this question. , Zhou Yu gave the pilot who controlled the black M prototype mecha a very high evaluation. The outstanding student of the Department of Mobility of the First Military Academy did not hesitate to point out that the pilot who walked away with a belly should not have been in contact with mecha control training for a long time, but the potential is so great that it can even be called a real one. genius.
Tai Zhiyuan, who had eaten Xu Le's countless late-night snacks in the H1 area, naturally knew better than anyone when Xu Le started contacting mechas, and how quickly the opponent's progress was astonishing, so he had no doubts about these intelligence feedback.
If he was just a mecha genius, perhaps Tai Zhiyuan would not have paid so much attention to Xu Le. He has a good relationship with Xu Le, but it is a personal relationship. Once it comes to official business, the heir of the Tai family will reply absolutely. of calm. He just thinks that Xu Le has a lot of abilities and many secrets that have not been uncovered. Professor Jin has been missing for so many years, but he has thrown such a person back to Ewha University. To say that this person has no ability, no one will believe it. .
"I don't want to force you." Tai Zhiyuan looked at Xu Le and said, "If I tell my mother that you are Professor Jin's student... I think no matter how much you hate the so-called class I belong to, there is no way to leave, because she will definitely Fly over now."
Xu Le was stunned and didn't know how this matter would involve Tai Zhiyuan's mother, the lady who really controls the Tai family, why did she attach so much importance to that Professor Jin... But he really didn't know who Professor Jin was, so he had to be silent. Smile without saying a word. He knew that Tai Zhiyuan would never talk nonsense, so this Professor Jin must really exist, and what does it have to do with him, his brain started to run fast, and he kept thinking...
Silent and smiling, in Tai Zhiyuan's eyes, it became Xu Le's acquiescence and concession in attitude. He shook his head and sighed, "This world has never been fair, why are you so stubborn."
At this time, Xu Le was still thinking about things like Professor Jin, H1 area, and chip access rights. The past pictures in his mind were gradually connected together, making him guess a certain possibility, and his face could not help but become solemn. After being awakened by Tai Zhiyuan's words, he was silent for a moment, and then said: "You still don't believe me, I just don't want to be your subordinate, because my friends... There are very few now."
"What am I going to do next? I will enter a relatively large mobile company, hoping to be admitted to the R&D department and do the job I like." Xu Le looked at the sea level with a calm expression, watching the gradually sinking The sun and the red glow reflected in a straight line said, "Of course, if the Nutshell Motor Company can recruit me, an auditor without a diploma, it will be even better."
This is Xu Le's ideal in Donglin District, but at this moment, Xu Le thinks more, but it is the promise he made to Zhang Xiaomeng, join a big company, earn a good salary, buy a house, and then... Then quietly watch the presidential election to see if there is such a thing as law, justice and morality in this world.
"That's it?" Tai Zhiyuan, who was listening quietly on the side, suddenly laughed out loud, then shook his head and said, "I wanted to be able to help you with something, but now it seems that I can't do anything."
Xu Le also laughed and said, "If you, the eldest young master, don't want to owe favors, then you gave me that black car. It was in the underground parking lot that day, but I felt that the car was sturdy. I'm really curious. the structure inside."
"This is no problem." Tai Zhiyuan said.
"Then what is your ideal? Your family background is so good that it seems that someone has prepared everything for you... Could it be that you really want to be president in the future?" Xu Le turned his head and looked at Tai Zhiyuanlue curiously. Slim cheeks.
Tai Zhiyuan's eyebrows surfaced with a hint of melancholy, and said, "Everyone has an ideal. My ideal when I was a child was..."
Time passed, and the sun gradually sank. The sky over the sea was a deep blue and black, like a large piece of dark green jade. Just as two young people with completely different identities and status were talking about life and ideals, endless stars began to shine in the night sky.
"Everyone is in a different position, and their specific ideals are also different. I want to completely solve the rebels in Qinglong Mountain. No matter what method I use, I must make these traitors no longer delay the advance of the Federation. footsteps."
When Ideal entered this category from having a beautiful girlfriend and a little playmate who could play in the mud, Tai Zhiyuan's expression became serious. If it were said by another skinny young man under twenty years old, it would only make the audience laugh and fall on the beach. But Xu Le listened carefully and silently, because he knew that the young man beside him might really be able to do these things in the future.
"The threat of the empire must be eliminated, the social conflicts within the federation must be alleviated, and we must gain a chance for peace... And these are not my ideals, these steps are just the premise for my realization."
Tai Zhiyuan raised his head and looked at the sky, looking at the stars in the sky, his face suddenly flashed a very longing look, and slowly said: "Where should the federation go in the future? Today, when some specific energy sources are gradually depleted, the entire federation seems to be dead. For many years... Why do our ideals, our vision, always stay on things like power and wealth."
"That's because the vast majority of people don't have power and wealth."
Xu Le did not say these words, because he could see that what Tai Zhiyuan said at this time was extremely sincere. He followed Tai Zhiyuan's gaze towards the sky. At this time, except for the occasional bright light in the sea, there was not a trace of light around the beach, and the starry sky above his head became more and more clear.
"The future of the Federation should be in the starry sky." Tai Zhiyuan stared at the star screen in fascination. After a long time, he said in a very serious tone.
In the library of Hexi State University, Xu Le had also read many books on cosmic astronomy. He squinted at the sky and couldn't help but said softly: "The Federation has now discovered seventy-four planetary systems. It is said that There are sixteen planetary systems on the other side of the empire... The adjacent space has been explored, and going into the silver core cannot be supported by the current aerospace technology. Under the environment of heavy gravitational field, the human body always seems too fragile. ."
"If you don't go into the silver core, why don't you go outside? The universe outside is still very big. If the war between the Federation and the Empire is caused by resources, then why do we have to be in the corner of such a big world? They are fighting to the death for a fly." Tai Zhiyuan's lips curled into a sneer, "And these politicians, families, businessmen in the federation... Even if their desires are a bottomless pit, the universe is big enough to satisfy their ambitions."
"It's a beautiful idea, and it's naturally a whimsical idea." Xu Le said after a moment of silence: "To reach other galaxies, you have to pass through the dark sky. With the current battery life, you can actually do it a long time ago. The problem is Without the star map and the sign of the self-generated space gate, none of the exploration spaceships in the early days of the Xianli calendar would be able to return."
On the beach, in the night sky, among the countless stars, there is an area without a single star. That area is the outer edge of the galaxy where the Federation is located. If human beings want to go beyond the galaxy and enter the real outer space, then The road is the best choice, because no matter from any other direction, you will encounter the obstruction of countless stars... However, it is precisely because there are no signs in that area, I do not know how many spaceships have swallowed up the Federation for tens of thousands of years. , so it is called the dark sky.
Tai Zhiyuan looked at the darkness in the stars overhead, and said with great regret: "It is said that before... someone has truly left this galaxy, and there was once a star map of the world beyond the galaxy, but unfortunately no one has ever found it. But... Since If someone could do it before, why can't we do it?"
"That must be a legend." Xu Le shook his head, "The ideal based on legend is no better than me."
Having said that, he still had a little respect for Tai Zhiyuan, looking at the sky full of stars, subconsciously stroking the bracelet on his wrist, thinking of the words engraved on the bracelet.
"But after all, it's still an ideal. I don't want to sprinkle some salt on the ideal like most people in the federation, dry it, and drink it when I get old..." Tai Zhiyuan said.
Xu Le said with a smile: "Cured meat is indeed not as delicious as bacon."
"You slipped your tongue again." Tai Zhiyuan lowered his head, looked at him with a half-smile, and said, "Few people in the federation know what this old proverb means. In an era where only synthetic meat can be eaten, no one It's salted, and nobody makes bacon... unless he eats wild meat a lot."
"How can a guy who can often eat wild meat be an ordinary guy?"
Xu Le smiled and didn't defend anything, but his heart skipped a beat. He thought of the bison, uncle, Professor Jin, Mrs. Tai, H1 area, the chip on the back of the neck. What is the connection between these terms