The Outcast

Chapter 62: A man by the lake

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"In this S2 regional council election, the opposition members won 243 seats and successfully controlled the management committees of the four administrative states. Politicians in the Federal Capital Star Circle have accused these highly opposition members of parliament who are accustomed to communicating privately, thus rendering the second provision of the Federal Charter, which has maintained the political balance of the Federation for 600 years, a dead letter."

The courtyard full of green bamboos, against the backdrop of the natural scenery, the light screen hanging on the snow-white wall looks more like a picture, but at this time the famous female reporter of the fourth channel of the Federation has a serious face. It was very poignant to say something: "Thirty years ago, when the flag of George Carlin was raised, the rebels gave up fighting the Union by force and pursued the idea of non-violence and non-cooperation. However, since five years ago, The anti-government party began to change its attitude and participated in the federal political elections under the framework of negotiations with the federal government. The anti-government leader Medellin is a strong supporter and promoter of this great change. Medellin Lim was elected to the S2 administrative region four years ago, and according to sources, Medellín is preparing to run for federal council in this fall's federal governing council elections."

In the deep courtyard, a middle-aged man wearing glasses and a black double-breasted retro suit silently watched the screen and listened to the analysis of the female reporter.

"This anti-government..." The female reporter's face in the picture was slightly flustered, and she immediately regained her calm, "The reason why the opposition MPs were able to win the local elections in the S2 administrative district is that the S2 ringed mountains and the four prefectures are on the one hand. The actual shadow of the opposition, and the announcement of the results of the investigation of the strange explosion in the Donglin area in the 65th year of the constitutional calendar on the eve of the election gave the traditional federal parliamentarians a heavy blow. The opposition lawmakers produced evidence to prove that The Office of the President, the Secret Service, the Department of Defense, and the Governing Council were all involved in concealing the truth about the bombings, bringing a new level of public disillusionment with politicians on the table."

The middle-aged man frowned slightly, shook his head and sighed, listening to the female reporter on the screen and said with a hint of excitement: "Although the president immediately ordered an investigation into this matter, and announced to the public through the Charter Bureau, the sixty-sixth constitutional calendar In the spring of five years, it caused 300 casualties to soldiers in Hexi Prefecture, Donglin Region, and seriously damaged the surface of the living area, causing an explosion of irreversible ecological disasters. A secret operation by mechanic Yu Feng. But this explanation still cannot satisfy the public, because no one can understand why such an open and honest operation was hidden for a whole year, and all the news media did not know it The slightest news."

"In the face of the opposition MPs' accusations, the federation has made the most serious response. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense publicly accused the opposition of not abiding by the treaty and still having armed forces in the S2 administrative region. The Medellin MP's office issued a press release yesterday. , solemnly denied the accusation, and warned the federal government not to try to divert the public's attention, and demanded that the government must explain why the defection against mechanic Yu Feng was deliberately concealed for so long, and what was behind this matter? What a secret…”

"The following is the background information of the news: Yu Feng, a mechanic, was a mecha repair assistant at the Capital Star Second Military Academy. At the end of the third war between the Federation and the Empire, he was conscripted into the army..."

The middle-aged man pushed his glasses, shook his head and turned off the light-screen TV. He knew more about the mechanic Yu Feng than most people in the world, even better than the federal government and the leader of the opposition, Medellin. To be clear. He walked towards the green courtyard, passing several rice paddies and ponds of red carp water along the way, the heaviness in his heart gradually dissipated. Although his family is sparsely populated and far less powerful than the legendary Seven Families, the middle-aged man knows how much trust and confidence the federal people have placed in his family to own such a large-scale manor in Philadelphia. respect.

After walking for a few minutes, the middle-aged man came to the front of Fangping Lake, looked at the lake and lowered his head: "Father, uncle's news has been confirmed, as you expected, he should be gone, we checked from the Ministry of Defense. The information... is half a year behind."

Philadelphia, which is 1,300 kilometers away from the capital, is a tourist resort with warm winters and cool summers. To have such a large manor in such a place with such an inch of land is enough to show the status of the people living in it. This side of the lake is so long that I don't know the geometry of the circle and circle. The breeze is coming, and the water waves are not happy. It is like a mirror reflecting the reflection of the snow head on the top of the mountain in the distance, which makes people feel extremely beautiful. An old man was sitting on the bluestone by the lake, wearing a very simple but slightly retro long gown, with long gray hair scattered behind him, his back was extremely vicissitudes. However, the appearance of this old man did not affect the picturesque scenery. The slightly thin and old body seemed to have stayed by the lakeside for countless years and had already become one with the lake and the mountain.

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, the old man slowly lowered his head, looked at the clear lake in front of him, seemed a little sad, and seemed a little relieved, and said, "It's okay to die, he should have died forty years ago, fourteen years ago he Damn it, but he didn't die, never died... If I die sooner, I'll be freed, and I'd like to die sooner."

Listening to these ominous words, the middle-aged man was shocked, and some worried that his father would be too sad because of the news of his uncle's death. Although he had never been very familiar with the strange relationship between his father and his uncle, since childhood When he was old, he heard too much about his uncle, and he knew that his father had always cared about this younger brother. He walked behind the old man and said with concern: "Uncle was able to escape the federal wanted before, maybe this time."

"I don't want to care about this. A brother who has disappeared for decades is no different from being dead." The old man's back was desolate, but the middle-aged man's eyes were always respectful, although he and the other were father and son. But he always felt that his father was more like the image praised by the federal government, and he always had a sense of distance from his father since he was a child. The old man sighed, his voice full of extremely complicated emotions: "Your uncle is a genius, and he can achieve the ultimate in whatever he does in his life. He made great contributions to the development of the Federation back then... but he is a liberal Mole, I can't understand what's going on in my mind. I never think about other people's thoughts when I do things. There is an old saying that the evil cause of the seed will bear the evil result. Since he violated the federal law and killed so many people, After causing so much trouble, death may be some compensation for those innocents."

The middle-aged man knew that what his father was referring to was not the big explosion that happened when he attacked the empire. He didn't know much about those things in the long past. After a moment of silence, he said, "Your Excellency's personal letter arrived last night. Don't look at it?"

After a moment of silence, the old man said: "I respect the spirit of the Federation, and the representative of the Federation, Mr. President, but I don't want to read that letter, I don't want an outsider to tell me that they had taken my own brother a year ago. Killed, though I don't mind killing him with my own hands."

"... Only the woman in the Tai family knows about your uncle's relationship with me, and Mr. President may have only recently known about it. I'm just a statue of the Federation now, and of course he doesn't want me to have anything to do with that notorious mechanic. "

"Decades ago, I punched your uncle and knocked out 17 of his teeth. From that day on, I cut off our friendship with him, and we never communicated again." The old man slowly stood up from the stone. When I got up, looking at the restless blisters in the calm lake, I felt that my old heart was gradually empty, "Some people in the government have always wanted to get the star map in your uncle's hand, but some people have I don’t want that star map to flow out, so two powerful forces are together, no matter how your uncle can be separated into thousands, it is impossible to hide safely all the time.”

"I don't understand, my uncle is the most fun-loving person." Whenever a middle-aged man thinks of the least-known, but also the most talented uncle in his family, he will feel terrified, "It was the first time that the Charter Bureau issued After the arrest warrant, he still took risks to stay in the various colleges of Capital Star, why is he willing to stay in the Donglin area for more than ten years? Today, Donglin is very deserted."

"Before he was willing to stay in S1 and play different roles because he always had the wrong idea that he thought the glory of Charter 1 was a humiliation, so he was going to risk staying here and going to the most dangerous places. Challenging the eyes of the First Charter, his madness and courage are hidden under this nonsense... Why leave? Naturally because he thinks that the First Charter is no longer the shackles that imprison his freedom, and he naturally disdains to continue playing this game."

"The reason why he went to Donglin, probably only I can understand in the world... In the twilight, the disappearance of a piece of civilization is so breathtakingly beautiful." The old man said calmly: "This is what your uncle wants to see when you go to Donglin. The things, the things he is looking for in this universe, are in themselves incomprehensible to ordinary people, and it is only as I have grown older these years that I understand his choice back then... In a sense, I am still inferior to him after all."

The middle-aged man quietly looked at his father's back. There were two outstanding figures in the previous generation of the family, but one of them was very famous in the Federation and the Empire. During the first war, he successfully assassinated His Majesty the Empire's ambitious emperor. The contemporary era where individual heroism has long since declined, has become the number one hero in the Federation. The other one fought fiercely against the brilliance of the First Charter all his life, and finally died silently as a small person and a traitor in disguise. Now that my uncle is dead and my father is old, how will the future of the Lee family in Philadelphia continue

"He has been in Donglin for more than ten years, and he should always have some close people." At this time, the Federation's military god was just an old man who recalled the past. Youyou said: "He has always been ruthless and cold-blooded, so I'm afraid he won't take care of those after his death. People's life and death, you go to check, if there is anyone close to you, secretly help where you can help."

"I've checked, my uncle has an apprentice in Donglin, and the relationship is relatively close. It's just that the apprentice has unfortunately died in the federal operation." The middle-aged man replied respectfully.

The old man looked at the lake and thought in his heart that whether you died or escaped, you and I are two brothers, but they are only one pair of ears.