I don't know if it's because the color spots on the face and the pale complexion are too terrifying to see people, or because the old people are afraid of the wind and light because of the years, there is only a dim soft-eye lamp in the quiet room on the second floor. Some cloudy and rainy days.
When the old man appeared in front of him, Xu Le was not too excited, but a little disappointed, even if the other party was Voss, the leader of the empire's underground resistance organization.
Because the other party may be the person he is looking for, but he is not the person he is looking for. This sentence sounds a bit complicated, but it is actually very simple. Now he needs the help of a force that can help him escape from the empire. The underground resistance organization is undoubtedly one of the best choices. However, the leader of the resistance organization with age spots... Not that person.
But when the old resistance leader in front of him said these words, Xu Le's expression did not change, but his heart was shaken violently.
until your presence.
This kind of sentence pattern often appears in mythological scripts. Human beings who have endured humiliation to resist evil forces have gone through countless disasters, and finally found a boy with clear bones next to a garbage dump.
The holy light descended from the sky, covering the fresh and refined yet radiant face of the young man, the graceful and sacred music sounded, the white doves danced in the sky, and the old man holding a cane shed tears, tremblingly said: I thought there was no hope for mankind until you appear before us mortal sinners...
Xu Le couldn't help coughing violently, and there was a throbbing pain in his unhealed abdomen.
What does the resistance cause of the tens of billions of people at the bottom of the empire to overthrow the rule of the dynasty have anything to do with them? He is very aware of his abilities. He is not Li Pif. Even if it is the federal army god Li Pif, I am afraid he can only smash the imperial dynasty, so he does not understand what the old leader wants to say, so he continues. Be silent and listen quietly.
"The imperial family used butchers like Caton to carry out bloody massacres and suppression, while pretending to make some improvements to buy people's hearts, such as the classless education plan on Liban..."
"I must admit that Emperor Fuchai is an excellent ruler. However, as an emperor, he represents the collective will of the royal family and the great nobles. Even if there will be some internal conflicts between them because of these improvements, this cannot be changed. objective facts."
"Improvement is charity, it is to reward the slaves with a few bowls of food, so that they can work more efficiently and actively for the slave owners... And the slaves are still slaves, the difference is only whether they can eat enough."
"I know that there is a sentence in the Federal Charter saying that all men are created equal... Although I have no sympathy for you aggressors, I must admit that this sentence is very powerful. Maybe this sentence seems to you to be common sense, but it is ours. goals to strive for.”
"I don't want to be a slave, and Mu En and the others don't want to be a slave either. No one wants to be born a slave..."
The expression of the leader of Vos became extremely solemn, and the mottled old face flashed with the blood of youth.
"When I was a child, I never understood why white skin should be a pariah, and why those beautiful girls with black eyes are nobles. This is the color that the Creator painted on us. Can this be used to determine nobleness?"
Xu Le listened in silence, feeling the strong resentment in the old man's words. Thinking of the Federation, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional. The Federation has never experienced such racial discrimination, even in the Tai Dynasty period, there has never been such an ugly phenomenon. Although most people in the federation are black-haired and black-eyed, people with brown hair and purple eyes are not uncommon, but they have never heard of discrimination. On the contrary, they are quite popular in daily life and love competition.
"No one wants to, so we want a revolution." Leader Vos continued to say with a strong voice: "Only a revolution can redraw the order and distribute resources fairly. But if real justice is to be achieved, Emperor Fuchai must let him and his His ministers spit out all the wealth, blood and sweat that has been exploited from the bottom of the population for countless years."
"For the dynasty, this is tantamount to suicide."
"The regime is like a living organism. It is natural to be greedy for life and fear of death. Who would commit suicide?"
"If the reforms are carried out to the end, the awakened people demand more fairness and touch the bottom line that the royal family can endure. I think our great Emperor Fuchai will definitely tear off the mask of hypocrisy and benevolence and reveal the hideous kiss of the beast."
"But this raging beast is now wearing an admirable gentle coat, many people are confused, and there are fewer and fewer companions who insist on walking on the road of revolution..."
The old man in the chair sighed deeply and sadly: "Over the years, I have been thinking about how the road of revolution should go and how long I can go, but I find that the future is getting more and more bleak, at least our generation has lost all Chance."
His eyes fell on Xu Le's body, and the old man's somewhat cloudy eyes suddenly had a very complicated emotion. There was a trace of hope in this emotion, two traces of shame, three parts hesitation, four parts guilt, even the old man on his face. Madara began to dim and light intertwined.
"I've only seen one Federalist in my life." The old man looked at Xu Le quietly and said with emotion: "You are the second one. It was your appearance that made me realize that there seems to be a vague road to revolution. With a new bifurcation, there seems to be a new possibility in the future of the Left Sky Star Region."
After listening in silence for so long, when the topic involved him, Xu Le finally broke the silence, thought for a while and said calmly: "This is the second time I have been mentioned... Maybe I can vaguely guess you and your resistance organization. You want to do something through me, but have you ever thought that for the imperial people, even for those low-level pariahs you want to protect, to cooperate with the Federation is betrayal."
Xu Le raised his head, looked at the old man's turbid eyes seriously, and said, "No matter how history develops, as long as you make this decision, in the history books of Zuotian Star Region, you will always be a... traitor."
"Although I hate the title of Empire, I must admit that I am an Imperial." Leader Voss suddenly laughed, the dim light reflected from his eyes, with a relaxed and determined expression, "A The decision of the Imperials to cooperate with the federal government is more difficult than you think."
The old man slowly raised his right arm and said lightly, "It is very difficult to convince the soldiers like the ones downstairs to cooperate with you, but the real difficulty is to convince yourself."
Xu Le often preaches to himself like a self-talk from the bottom of his heart to walk more firmly on this difficult life path, but he doesn't like listening to others preaching to him, but I don't know why, today in this dark room Inside, listening to the old man who had been in charge of the underground resistance organization for many years recalling the past and telling these words related to the political struggle, he was not too conflicted, but rather emotional.
Probably because the old man sitting in the chair, in a sense, is somewhat similar to him, in order to practice what is right for him, he will pay any price for it.
"Speak directly about your conditions." Xu Le said after a moment of silence.
With trembling hands, the old man took out a paper document from the drawer and slowly pushed it in front of him.
Xu Le took a quick glance at the dim light, frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "Weapon support, waterway protection... Mr. Voss, I don't know if these conditions are excessive, but it's definitely not me as a colonel who can make the decision. Yes, if you can send me back, I will forward this document to His Excellency President Pabble, and I reckon there will be a closed-door debate on Capitol Hill."
"No, you must agree to these conditions before we can discuss the details of the follow-up." In just a split second, the old and martyr-like, respectable resistance organization turned into a cold and sober businessman. Staring at Xu Le, he said indifferently: "I would not hesitate to become a traitor who was scolded by all the people. We brave soldiers endured humiliation and cooperated with you aggressors... If you refuse to show even this sincerity, what can I do? accept?"
"One, we are not invaders. Two, you can not cooperate with us." Xu Le replied: "Three, you said that you have only seen two federal people in your life, and you may not understand the operation mode of the federal government very well. , such an important cooperation agreement cannot be decided by a colonel of me."
"No no no." Elder Voss waved his hand to stop Xu Le's words, and said with a playful smile: "Although I have never lived under the rule of a democratically elected government, I know very well that human societies are always similar. Yes, any procedural democracy and procedural justice, as long as there is a big enough interest, can be cut off... And what we are sending to your federation now is a big enough interest."
"As for the validity of the documents you signed, Colonel Xu Le, I'm not worried." Voss stretched out his trembling fingers and said slowly: "As President Pabble's henchman, the successor of the military god Lipif, the federal Idols... As long as you sign this agreement, there will be few politicians who would dare to find procedural issues to overthrow it.”
Xu Le was silent for a moment and said, "I can completely sign the agreement, but after returning to the federation, I can also pretend that none of this happened."
Elder Wass looked at him with a smile, and after a while he said leisurely, "I know all your past files and those amazing stories. I know that you are not such a person."
Xu Le was speechless, wondering if the word "good person" was so clearly engraved on his forehead? He couldn't help sighing and said, "Put a secret agreement that may involve hundreds of millions of lives and deaths on my personal ethics, although I must admit that I am a little proud, but this... will it be too playful?"