There is a clear and insurmountable boundary between light and darkness, and the gray between black and white cannot be used as an excuse to relieve guilt. Even if the gray is so light that it is almost invisible, it must be thick or light black. Is it white
Back then, Du Shaoqing, who was brilliant, indifferent, proud, and full of cool energy, always thought so.
It's just that many years after graduating from the First Academy, he has struggled and remained silent in the military system. He has changed a lot and understands that no matter how beautiful and beautiful emerald landscape paintings are, they also need dirty natural pigments dug out of dark mines to paint. Federation or the glorious future of mankind, he is willing to sacrifice a part of his moral principles.
Especially when there is an exciting hidden trend of thought in the Commonwealth, and a trustworthy and excellent politician stands behind the trend, he is more and more sure that this sacrifice will be rewarded beautifully, so he put all his energy and effort into it. He invested in the construction of the army, and gave up the worldly happiness such as family. Under the strong suppression of Xilin Zhongshouhu, he still brought out the iron army of the Tieqi Division, and then made the entire Second Military Region branded with his personal profoundness. brand.
The target of the Jagged Force is of course the imperial people, but for the future of the Federation, Du Shaoqing would never mind using this force to escort the big man. He has some secret plans, and his most loyal subordinate, Ximen Jin, is an important contact person for the Seventh Tie Division to cooperate with relevant plans.
Just where is the bottom line of sacrifice? How many flowers of evil must be burned to restore the holy light to the world? How many innocent people need to die? only…
"Not including this."
Du Shaoqing looked blankly at Ximen Jin at the table, his tone was extraordinarily calm, "Mugu Manor's assassination of Zhong Fireworks, you said it was the action of the Secret Service, so I didn't continue to ask."
"As a matter of fact, both of you and I know that Chen Yinchuan secretly entered the Lin family from the first academy to carry out the government's secret mission to infiltrate the seventh family. Without my or your order, he would not risk revealing his identity. Dangerous, initiate this operation."
"And this time." Du Shaoyin was silent for a moment, then stood up from behind the table and said, "He shouldn't have died like this."
"This action has been approved by the superior." Ximen Jin explained with a low head and a hoarse voice: "Mr. Senator... I don't want you to be involved in these dirty things, so I keep the specific plan from you."
"The final time was when you left from 5460 last time?" Du Shaoqing raised his eyebrows slightly, and the chill was pressing, "Are you still my soldier?"
"I will always be the commander's soldier!" Ximen Jin suddenly raised his head, stood up straight, and answered loudly, "But I don't want the commander to deal with this kind of problem."
"Problem?" Du Shaoqing suddenly smiled slightly, with an indescribable astringency, "This is not a problem, he died like this, like a slap in the face, it will definitely hurt until I die. that day."
"The final decision is the day before Tiger returns to Xilin." Ximen Jin explained in a hoarse voice, "It is impossible for this warlord to give up the privileges of the aristocratic family and join our camp, and in order to protect the interests of the Zhong family, Xilin cannot completely become a federation. A part of this. To defeat the most vicious Imperial enemy, we must get rid of him."
"This is not a personal vendetta." He gritted his teeth and looked at the meditating teacher, and said in a hurried tone, "This is for the Federation."
Du Shaoqing's usually emotionless eyes suddenly flashed a trace of nostalgia, his thin lips slightly opened, and he said slowly: "For the Federation... This is a very familiar sentence. He liked to say this in the hospital back then. I felt at the time. It's absurd, after all, you will be a soil emperor of Xilin, what qualifications do you have to sully such warm-blooded words."
"Now he really died for the Federation."
"You are in charge of this investigation, then no one will know the truth of the matter." Ximen Jin noticed that the teacher's mood was a little different at this time, and said with a sad expression: "I'm not fighting for myself, but if I find out, Many people will suspect you."
For all the officers and soldiers of Tie Qi Division from top to bottom, their loyal object is the Federation, and a more specific, direct and firm description is their division commander Du Shaoqing. Even though Ximen Jin, who worked for some big figures in the government, concealed a lot of things about Du Shaoqing, in fact, he still worshipped him enthusiastically, and everything he did was aimed at creating an open and clear stage in the federation, under the leadership of the teachers. Go down to the depths of the universe, laying down a large star field...
"I don't plan to expose this matter, because there are too many people involved. Once the truth is exposed, Xilin will inevitably be in chaos, and the first civil war in the Federation may break out. By then, in a chaotic Federation, how can we defeat the Empire? "
Du Shaoqing said coldly: "I'm not a perfect moral person. Whether it's Mr. Senator or you, all want to put on a pair of white gloves for me, but my hands are already black, so I can't wash them again."
"I can't bear the responsibility of causing the federal civil war, and I'm no longer a young man who is tortured by conscience and can't sleep, and I don't like Tiger Zhong, so it seems that I don't have any reason to continue the investigation. ."
Du Shaoqing slowly opened the drawer and walked to the table. The sound of rain was ticking outside the window, the light in the room was dim, and the straight and smooth military uniform changed color as he walked.
"But he shouldn't have died like this."
Du Shaoqing's usually frosty face flashed a strange blush. He stared at Ximen Jin in front of him and roared in a low voice: "He is a federal soldier, a really excellent federal soldier! He should die on a real battlefield, He can also die in the raging federal civil war, but he should not die under the bullets fired from the back by his comrades because of the mistakes he has not made!"
With a crisp sound of the machine spring, Du Shaoqing raised the pistol against Ximen Jin's eyebrows, and said coldly: "Kill you today to pay him back, and later capture the emperor of the empire, I will pay him back again, then you and I will see you in the ground. "
Deep in the desk drawer behind him, the old-fashioned photo lay quietly, reverse side up, front side kissing the dust.
Ximen Jin, who was under the icy black barrel, was pale, but he was still standing very straight, without a trace of dodging, just breathing quickly.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Tuk tuk tuk, extremely stable.
Du Shaoqing stably held the right hand of the spear and stiffened slightly. This building is full of his soldiers. Who can come to his door quietly in the rain
The people outside the door did not wait for the people inside to respond, and pushed the door in naturally and normally. The slightly chubby body was half-wrapped in a raincoat, and the action of closing the door seemed a little laborious.
The man took off the wet raincoat and threw it on the ground, took off the mottled hat wet by the rain, hung it on the coat rack by the door, rubbed his hands lightly, and looked back at the two people in front of the table. Personally, he smiled and said, "It's said that it rains in autumn and cools, but now it's still summer, and it's terrifyingly cold when it rains. It's such a hellish weather."
Du Shaoqing still held the pistol between Ximen Jin's eyebrows at this time, just because of the arrival of this uninvited guest, he did not pull the trigger, but his slightly stiff right arm was still raised flat and did not put it down.
Taking off the wet cap, it was gray hair. The old man who entered Du Shaoqing's office as if he was going home seemed to be unable to see the tense situation in the field, let alone the gun in the air.
He looked at Du Shaoqing and said with a hint of exhortation: "It's not your luck to have such a subordinate who thinks about himself everywhere and does not hide from your muzzle, which proves your ability to lead troops? You should cherish such subordinates, instead of dying because of a momentary impulse and a rare lack of calmness, or you will definitely be as self-suspicious and dejected in the future as you are now."
Du Shaoqing lowered his eyes slightly, but still did not put down the gun in his hand.
The gray-haired old man ignored him and said calmly, "Let's have a meeting. Although I am very reluctant to take over this job, since His Excellency the President asked me to handle all the specific matters of this investigation, I should always be concerned."
Du Shaoqing's sword eyebrows twitched slightly, and the blue veins disappeared immediately, and finally put down the gun in his hand, and said in a heavy tone: "Yes, Your Excellency Vice President."
Federal Vice President Byron convened the first joint meeting of the joint investigation team for the attack on the ancient bell. Because it was an ad hoc meeting, the director of the FBI and the chiefs of the other two departments could not attend the meeting in time, but got it afterwards. A fact sheet.
Few people participated in this joint meeting, and few people could have imagined that the first meeting of the joint investigation team actually turned into a gathering of the culprits of this conspiracy, which was absurd and extremely chilling. fact.
"It's been many years since the Association has had a meeting," said Vice President Byron, who sat in the middle of the bench. "But I don't enjoy this kind of meeting, because the thought that the Charter Authority may know every word we say makes me I feel uneasy.”
In the dimly lit room, a voice sounded: "Although Cui Judong has issued a warning in advance, we still did not predict the occurrence of Xu Le's unexpected situation. I am really shocked that this person's sequence authority actually exceeds that of Cui Judong, To be able to get Charter Computer to restart the investigation."
Vice President Byron leaned forward slightly, light and shadow intertwined on the old face, and said in a deep voice: "Even if Xu Le has the first-sequence authority, but according to the Citizen's Privacy Protection Regulations, he cannot access certain content, How on earth did he get around the regulations?"
"Cui Judong tried to find out the reason before he was deported, but he didn't find out. In addition, according to the news from the interrogation room, he planned to commit suicide."
There was silence in the dimly lit room. He was about to become the head of the Federal Charter Office, and in a sense the most powerful man. When facing the interrogation, he did not hesitate to die. The people present were extremely shocked.
"I strongly disagree with that. His position in the Charter Bureau is very important to our plan, and while I applaud his courage, it is not the best solution to the problem."
"It seems that the phone call that Xu Le called back from the Night Scorpion Nebula did cause great harm to our career." Vice President Byron said with a blank expression: "Fortunately, this little guy should never return. coming."