The wind was surging outside the window, and the mood was calm. The Medellin Congressman stood by the window, looking at the supporters on the lawn, his slightly old face was extremely peaceful. His political life and even his life may end after this event, but he has no intention of retreating and cowardly.
Apart from himself, no one in the entire federation could understand the persistence in his heart. In the eyes of the federal politicians, the lady, and the head of the Li family, he did not hesitate to provoke confrontation in the federal society, and he was resolutely unwilling to back down. change.
A few months ago, the Medellin Congressman felt that something was wrong around him. It seemed that some dangerous person had discovered some gaps in his long-running subordinate network. The death of one of his capable subordinates made him directly sacrifice those young people who had been with him for a long time, including Secretary Helen, in the concert attack. However, even so, the matter was not over, because afterwards Another subordinate mysteriously disappeared and has not been found until today.
Congressman Medellin could not have known that the subordinate had already become a mummified corpse in the vast ocean, and he could not have imagined that only one person, a marginal person walking in the darkness of the Federation, had found such evidence of his own sin. But many years ago, he was mentally prepared for his ending. In fact, he never imagined that he would be able to confront the powerful Federation head-on with the strength he had discovered in the four states around the mountain and among the young people.
"I've been in a foreign land for 60 years, and there's never a moment when I don't miss my relatives. There are many wrong paths in the galaxy. I'll dedicate myself to the light." Medellin recited this ancient verse silently in his heart, thinking that this life is full of life. Carry on.
Outside the door, Inspector Xiao Wenjing said to a middle-aged man: "He answered a few calls just now, we didn't monitor it, but some forces are probably persuading him to leave the Ministry of Justice temporarily to calm the situation outside. , I don't know why, Medellin directly refused."
The middle-aged man is the independent prosecutor Bliosi, who was secretly established by the Ministry of Justice and was approved by Parliament Hill. He is a senior professor of the Law Department of the First Military Academy and is highly respected. However, this time he is responsible for investigating a vice president. The candidate, a politician who has won the support of the federal underclass, still feels endless pressure.
Mr. Bliosi looked at the crowd of demonstrators who had not slept all night at the window, smiled slightly, put these unforeseen difficulties behind him, and pushed open the door and walked in.
The Medellin Congressman turned his head and said with a gentle smile: "Hello, Mr. Prosecutor, this is actually our first meeting, but please don't persuade me to leave. The Ministry of Justice has not cleared me of my innocence. I won't leave until I apologize."
Inspector Bliosi looked at him quietly, and after a long time he said playfully: "Mr. Senator, you don't have to leave. In fact, there are still many opportunities for us to meet in the future. I am here to inform you, A special hearing will be held on Parliament Hill soon, and a key witness will be in front of the MPs and gentlemen to point out your role in the Assassination of the Linhai State Coliseum."
Medellin's eyes narrowed slowly, and it only took him a short time to think of the girl, the girl who liked to wear black-rimmed glasses, the girl he had personally trained and taught for a year , the girl who should have died.
At eight or nine o'clock in the morning, the sun shone over the Capital Territory, and the magnificent building of Parliament Hill was pulled out by a long shadow, extending to the green hill behind, shrouding the green trees and morning birds there.
The straight pool and lawn directly in front of the Houses of Parliament are extremely neat, with white pigeons walking among them, pecking at the grains thrown by the people. Medellin MPs are being questioned at the Ministry of Justice building, and marches have gathered in that direction. The sacred parliament of the Federation should usher in its own serenity and solemnity, but at this time, the long stone steps were already surrounded by reporters who came to hear the news.
The parliamentary hearing procedure is a very complicated matter, but the lady behind the scenes and the bigwigs of the Federation forcefully simplified the procedure to the extreme. The most sensitive member of parliament only learned the news in the middle of the night. More members canceled their trips temporarily and came to the parliament building. However, considering the seriousness and seriousness of the matter, no one raised any questions about the hearing. objection.
Those reporters who were on the move were only a few minutes late. The live broadcast vehicles of the major federal television stations are already on standby, and they are ready to broadcast live at any time, just to win the qualification to enter the parliament building for live broadcast. I don’t know how many rounds of requests and tossing have gone through.
When it was about half past eleven for lunch, the old congressman from South Carolina came back by special plane from out of town. The parliament building has gathered the necessary number of people, and a hearing on the charges against the Medellin MP has been officially opened.
The five huge round stone pillars on the Parliament Hill are extremely magnificent, and the space of the internal discussion hall is extremely wide. The dark-colored log decoration, and the giant lamp hanging dozens of meters high, form an arc-shaped queue of parliamentarians. The seats and the quiet atmosphere make the place of the highest federal legislative meeting full of solemnity and authority.
Zhang Xiaomeng, wearing black-rimmed glasses, walked in along the passage beside the parliament building under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Justice. Light-colored boots, simple dress, and ear-length short hair look extremely capable.
Seeing that the witness was a young lady, and there was an unpleasant feeling in her body, the congressmen in the seats who were leading the direction of the federal government began to talk softly after a slight start.
The solemn feeling in the air made Zhang Xiaomeng feel a little nervous when she entered the parliament building for the first time, but she took a deep breath and nodded to the nearest members with a calm expression. Greetings, and at the same time subconsciously glanced at the camera lens set on the fixed camera in the passage.
The three federal television stations have obtained the qualification to broadcast live, and everything that happens at the hearing will be transmitted to each television light screen through wireless signals. Zhang Xiaomeng clenched her fists gently, trying her best to make her steps more calm, but she thought silently in her heart that she had returned to S1 again, Linhai's parents should have seen him, and he should have seen himself.
The heels stepped on the precious mahogany floor, and there was a steady rhythm in the quiet and empty parliamentary hall. The Ministry of Justice official stayed below, and the parliamentary protocol officer took her to the table on the right side of the rostrum.
Zhang Xiaomeng stood behind the semi-circular stage, turned around, and faced the hundreds of members in the hall.
The seats of the members are like countless arcs, extending upwards, each seat is very far apart, and the countless seats are not full. Inside this magnificent building, everyone seems so insignificant. She also felt this way, especially when she saw that the most famous politicians in the federation were looking at her with falcon-like eyes, she felt a little flustered.
"Please put your hand on the Magna Carta and follow me to recite the oath." Standing under the mahogany stage, the parliamentary protocol officer said softly, a few heads shorter than her.
Zhang Xiaomeng took a few deep breaths and put his hand on the Magna Carta. This is a 50-centimeter-wide and one-meter-long book. It records the First Charter of the Federation and the most important amendments. It is a creed that every citizen of the Federation must abide by. After she put her hand on it, the first impression was that the book was very thick, and the cover of the book didn't know what material it was made of, so it was a little cold.
"The people under the aegis of the Charter enjoy liberty and equality..."
Zhang Xiaomeng read it softly, and continued: "I swear to the Magna Carta, I will tell the story to the best of my knowledge, and I will not hide anything."
At first, her voice was very low, and it was difficult to hear in the quiet parliamentary hall. Several members of the parliament sitting behind the stepped seats frowned, but then Zhang Xiaomeng's voice became louder and louder. The clearer and surer.
She had become accustomed to such a solemn and depressing environment, and wanted to understand that these high-ranking federal figures were in fact nothing more than federal worms that the comrades in the mountains wanted to eliminate. In this case, the dizzying congressmen in the magnificent building The seats, in fact, are no different from the dense holes dug by termites in the mound.
After conspiracy, betrayal, parting and abandonment, and seeing pain, poverty, sacrifice and corpses, today's Zhang Xiaomeng is no longer the innocent and kind girl she was a year ago. ask questions.
The moderator of today's special hearing is the chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Federal Governing Council, a senior member of parliament from S3, Zion. The old man glanced at the woman on the stage with cloudy eyes and asked indifferently, "Your name."
"Zhang Xiaomeng." She answered clearly.
"You were once a secret worker in the Medellin Congressman's office?"
"Yes."
"But according to reports, you should have died in a sailing accident in the S2 region in the first half of the year."
"It's a conspiracy. I'm still alive. I'm standing in front of the members at this time to expose this conspiracy to you."
This is not a court trial, but it is colder than a court trial. The parliamentarians had already obtained the specific questions and scope of the hearing at this time. As the anti-government soldier girl from Qinglong Mountain on the stage gave a very methodical answer, the solemn parliament building gradually fell into silence.
This is the first time in history that a member of the anti-government army stood in the highest federal parliamentary body in broad daylight. This incident itself is history.
In the Wangdu Apartment, 120 kilometers away from Parliament Hill, Xu Le was silently watching the live TV screen, watching the familiar and unfamiliar, calm and calm, no longer able to find the youthful appearance at the beginning, some It's just a girl with a strong temperament. She doesn't feel that there is one more historical event in the Federation, but only thinks that her two-year history is ridiculous.
Then he got up and left the apartment.