A year ago, Xu Le used a Taiping axe to split the fork in his life. At that time, he was detained in the military prison of the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry assigned him a legal officer named Xu Songzi as a lawyer.
So today, when he was in the reception room of Qingcheng Military Prison, when he saw this unfamiliar and beautiful face with a few traces of memory, he always felt like the time had turned back to a year ago, just like so many in this year. The stories of anger, sadness, depression, blood, and blood have never happened. The trees on both sides of the street heading to the local prosecutor's office are still whispering that spring is coming.
Xu Songzi, an officer of the Legal Department of the Ministry of National Defense's Internal Affairs Office, sat calmly and indifferently across the table. He took out a few documents from the thick document bag, pushed them to Xu Le along the smooth surface of the table, and said, "Xu Le, on behalf of the Ministry of National Defense, I will inform you that because of the suspected case of 680118A, you are in the final assembly base. All authority has been lifted, and the Department of Defense has appointed me as your legal counsel in response."
"My name is Xu Songzi." Xu Songzi looked at the handcuffs on Xu Le's wrist across the table, without extending his hand to shake hands, he frowned slightly and said, "I have met with you before. If you have no opinion, in these few laws Sign the document."
He was held in secret federal custody for nearly five months without an interrogation, but just these days, he was transferred from Fox Fortress to a military prison on the ground, and the Ministry of Defense sent a legal officer, and suddenly, everything seemed to be working. up. Xu Le couldn't react. He squinted at several legal documents on the table, did not speak, and read them carefully.
The alloy handcuffs slid across the white paper, making a rustling sound.
After carefully reading all the words on the legal document, Xu Le raised his head, looked at Xu Songzi and nodded, then took the pen handed over by the other party, moved his hands with some difficulty, and signed his name seriously .
Xu Zi looked at him calmly, until he signed his name, he breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said, "The case has entered the process, I will come back the day after tomorrow."
"Thank you." Xu Le replied seriously, "Can I ask a few questions?"
"Yes, but apart from legal procedures, I may not be able to help you." Xu Zi still maintained a professional and serious expression, but a strange color flashed in his eyes, as if he wanted to warn Xu Le about something .
Xu Le asked, "It's me and the person who was arrested by the federal government. Can I know where he is now?"
"No." Xu Songzi replied neatly, and then began to clean up the documents on the desktop.
Xu Le noticed that her eyes blinked quickly when she lowered her head, and she felt relieved. Under surveillance, Attorney Xu Songzi naturally couldn't tell Xu Le what he wanted to know. Where, but she can at least tell Xu Le whether someone is still alive, in fact, this is what he cares most about.
Watching the beautiful female officer walk out of the door of the interrogation room and looking at her back, Xu Le suddenly thought that half a year ago, the female officer had been transferred to the Medellin task force. After the task force was disbanded, several prosecutors who insisted on continuing the investigation were charged by the FBI and temporarily restricted their freedom. Including the prosecutor Xiao Wenjing, I don’t know how these people are now.
Walked out along the long and quiet corridor, and went through strict inspections along the way. The legal documents and personal belongings that were brought into the interrogation room before, and all the hard objects, such as pens and cards, were confirmed to be correct, Xu said. Matsuko was able to leave this military prison with extreme surveillance.
The military vehicle, which had been waiting at the main entrance of the prison, roared towards the desert military airport. Xu Songzi sat in the back row and did not speak to the soldier in front, but thought of the scene in the prison interrogation room before, feeling a little heavy. In the interrogation room, Xu Le, with dazzled hair, pale complexion and thin body, made her feel that life was really real. is not fair.
As a member of the Medellin task force, she knew better than anyone the crimes committed by the Medellin Congressman, when Xiao Wenjing and two other prosecutors who insisted on undercover investigations were charged by the FBI for that shameless crime. After the arrest, she felt disappointed for the first time with the federal government and even with the military.
However, the big figures at the top of the federation have reached a compromise with the Medellin Congressman. What can she do as a lower-level officer? So when she heard the explosive news of Medellin's assassination in January, she couldn't help but lament the cycle of heaven and the retribution...
After the death of Congressman Medellin, there is no need to mention the compromise of the investigation against him. The FBI released the prosecutors, the editor-in-chief of the Capital Daily Bob and the reporter Wood, and they are no longer under the high pressure of the federal government. Down.
Xu Songzi must admit that these pleasant changes are all due to the two "terrorists" who were eagerly torn to shreds by the marchers.
Regarding the assassination of the Foundation building that shocked the Federation in January, she didn't know until a few days ago that one of the murderers involved was actually Xu Le, who had dealt with her. She was very aware of Xu Le's background in the federation and the complicated relationship with Minister Zou Yingxing, so she didn't quite understand why he would do this.
Occasionally asking herself in the past two nights, she found that she wanted to thank Xu Le very much, and for what he did, she gave birth to a legal worker and a soldier who should never be appreciated.
Xu Songzi looked at the faintly visible airport building in front of the glass, thought of Mr. Minister who was waiting for his return in the Capital Special Administrative Region, calmed down a little, lowered his head and started to process the legal documents.
Xu Le is an active federal soldier, and the crimes he committed are so appalling. Whether it is from the perspective of confidentiality or from the procedural regulations, the trial of his case must be carried out by the military court secretly. She is very aware that she is a legal person. , even the federal law itself, had no effect on Xu Le's life or death.
The power that really decides the life and death of that pale, small-eyed man is in that white mansion in the Capital Territory or on Parliament Hill.
She came today just to send a signal to Xu Le, who had been isolated from news for a long time, to let him know that something was happening. Unfortunately, under the strict monitoring of Qingcheng Prison, she could not explain anything. She just hoped that Xu Le could understand her. The meaning of this time.
Returning to the solitary cell from the interrogation room, Xu Le sat on the edge of the bed, bowing his head and being silent for a long time. The information brought by the female legal officer is actually very simple, that is, the upper federal government has begun to reconsider the Medellin assassination case, and the trial is about to begin. This is not bad news, on the contrary, the dark seclusion of the past few months is really terrible.
It's just that he couldn't figure out one thing: if he killed Medellin, the Tai family would definitely give up on him, and the lady would crush her to death without mercy, even if the federal government still misunderstood the relationship between him and Minister Zou. relationship, but no matter from which point of view, the federal law and the will of the government will not allow him to live any longer...
What exactly went wrong
When he was arrested in the Foundation building, Xu Le thought he was about to die, but he didn't expect to live so long. He pondered the answer that he should not die, but could not find a reason why he should live.
This is because he never imagined that the Medellin Congressman, who had crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and was shot to death, had a terrifying identity that had been hidden for decades!
Regarding this point, the Federal Central Computer under the Charter Bureau strictly followed the Charter regulations and authority levels, and did not let him know the slightest.
It is precisely because of the true identity of the Medellin Congressman that Xu Le and Shi Qinghai's killing of Medellin can also be interpreted as two distinct meanings of light or darkness.
Or a terrorist who deserves to die, or a hero who saves the Federation, it just depends on what the big guys think.
Capital Territory, the presidential residence.
In the federal central combat command room below the official residence, two rows of ultra-thin extended light curtains glow with a faint blue light, and a solemn and solemn mood permeates them. The big figures at the conference table had solemn expressions, listened to the explanation carefully, and watched the constantly changing pictures on the light curtain.
The Minister of Defense and the Minister of Finance in the new federal government cabinet attended the meeting, as well as the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Federal Military. To start with, even Commander Zhong, who was preparing for the war on the Xilin frontline, and Hong Yuliang, Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Fleet, who had been stationed in the Wanscorpion Nebula for the past six months, also participated in this meeting through remote video connection.
The reason why so many important figures from the Federation gathered in the operational command room of the President's residence today is because they want to hear an investigation report on a case today.
With the powerful information collection capabilities of Charter Glory and the complex data archives in the central database, the Charter Bureau still took nearly five months to fully investigate this case.
In a sense, this case almost brought irreparable serious damage to the Federation, and the investigation report on this case, to a certain extent, will also determine the strategic attitude of the Federation towards the Empire.
Right in front of the long conference table, the dark-faced President Pabble was carefully reading the investigation report in his hand, listening to the narration that sounded from time to time.
An inconspicuous pen was placed in front of him. This pen was stored in a vacuum box made of superhard materials, and the blood stains that were stained at the beginning were long gone.
"The special operations team of the Second Military Region went deep into Qinglong Mountain and took the risk to obtain the biological markers on the bones of the Mai family."
A middle-aged man wearing glasses, operating a display terminal, zoomed in on a picture on the light curtain, and continued: "Check this mark with the Medellin biomarkers on file with the FBI, we confirm , they are not related by blood."
As an assistant to the Director of the Charter Bureau, Cui Judong often represented the old Director in secret meetings of the government, but this was the first time he met a big scene like today. "After the 680118A case, we took the specimens from Medellin's body, conducted a second check, and reconfirmed this judgment."
President Pabble didn't look up, just waved his hand to signal him to continue. Director Tai of the Charter Bureau, who had been sitting silently on the right hand side of Mr. President, slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Cui Judong, then released the old fingers on the crutches and tapped the smooth wood gently and silently.
Seeing this action, I don't know why, Cui Judong felt that his mood was much calmer, and changed the picture on the light screen to another, Shen Sheng explained: "Before the incident, the Charter Bureau had used its authority to send a military officer from the Xilin Military Region. A special operations team infiltrated the Hundred Curtain Starfield and tried to obtain some relevant information of the year. Although the time was a little late, the combat team still managed to obtain a list, confirming that the countdown will be on the thirty-sixth calendar. During the second year, the Bermuda human trafficking ring…”
With Cui Judong's voice, the atmosphere of the command room glowing with light blue light became more and more strange. Although the big figures in the Federation at the table had already received a communication from the Charter Bureau after the attack on the 38860118 Foundation Building, and had also seen the relevant top-secret dossier, in fact, they still had a certain idea in their hearts. Hopefully the Charter Bureau investigation is wrong.
Medellin is indeed dead, but the problems he caused continue.
"Everyone has seen the previous video of Medellin's private meeting with the Empire." Cui Judong glanced at the silent federation bigwigs and said seriously: "The basic context has been sorted out. Here, I would like to tell you all about it. Make a report."
"After the first raid between the Federation and the Empire, the Empire constructed a bizarre and extraordinarily whimsical plan in order to break through the glorious blockade of the Charter. They prepared a batch of newborn babies through the human trafficking syndicate in the Bermuda star field. , exploited a loophole in federal law in this regard, and sold it to parents in need in the Commonwealth."
"There is a baby among them, and we will name him No. 1 for the time being. Person No. 1 was brought up under the care of federal adoptive parents. According to the relevant protection regulations, the parents can easily apply for the infant who is less than half a year old. With the ID chip, from that moment on, the baby became a citizen of the Commonwealth."
"In the 23rd year of the constitutional calendar, target No. 1 enlisted in the army, participated in the expedition against the empire, and won the Purple Star Medal. We believe that, until this time, target No. 1 still did not know his true identity. The hatred of the people, while resisting the superior commander's order to retreat."
"In the twenty-seventh year of the Xianli calendar, the No. 1 target was at the most difficult stage of his life. He failed in business and his father died. That is, in this year, he unexpectedly received a grant from an unknown source and entered the School of History and Economics of Capital University. We now know that he received an odd invitation to travel to Bermuda to meet important figures in the Empire."
"It was this crucial meeting that fundamentally changed his life, and the Federation also ushered in the most sinister and terrifying enemy, because this enemy appeared within us."