It was late at night. During the day, the crowded Charter Square and the Parliament Hill, where politicians poured in and out like crucian carps, have become extremely quiet. Only the antique bronze statue of the five-person group in the middle of the square is still looking at the newcomer. My companion, I don't understand why the war god looks so old.
Occasionally a gust of wind blows, pulling the green leaves on the ground to roll slowly, because it is late spring and there is no bleak feeling, but it is not very happy and warm.
The sudden rushing braking sound squeezed out from the bottoms of the specially made bulletproof tires of dozens of dark green military vehicles, piercing the silent night sky sharply, followed by the rumbling sound of armored vehicles mingling with this sound, which woke me up. It fulfilled the dreams of the wealthy and wealthy people around the square.
Someone walked to the window suspiciously, watching the armored vehicles and military vehicles scattered rapidly around the square, and watching those densely armed soldiers quickly rush into many important buildings, including the Ministry of Finance Building, they couldn't help being taken aback.
This is the Capital Territory, where shocking scenes are rare, what exactly happened? What exactly is this army that came from nowhere trying to do
In a short period of time, a large light curtain was drawn above a military vehicle in the middle of the unit, and the words of the exercise were silently displayed on it. At the same time, many soldiers began to enter the building to explain to the panicked people. .
It turned out that this was a special military exercise in response to the attack on Parliament Hill.
Of course this is not a military exercise.
The members of the seven groups scattered around the presidential residence, when they received the order from Xu Le in the communication system, knew that there was going to be a big problem today. Gu Xifeng frowned and combed his sweat-soaked hair with his round fingers. , do not know how to face the boss's orders.
After receiving this order, the other end of the communication system voluntarily shut down. They didn't know if Xu Le was still staying in the presidential residence or what happened to him.
"What should I do?" Xiong Linquan's humming sounded in the system, a particularly violent and manic voice: "Would you like to go into the official residence and have a look?"
"Is it too difficult for the twenty or so of us to storm the presidential residence?" Gu Xifeng sneered, then frowned and said, "Go away, this is the boss's order."
"Withdraw again?"
"Remove the hammer!"
The angry disobedience of the members of the seven groups sounded in the communication system, and I don't know who lowered his voice and said in a particularly depressing voice: "Every time he wants to fight a serious battle, the boss asks us to withdraw and take over the work himself. That time in 3320, that time when I entered the empire... I tick him, we guys are really useless shit sticks?"
Gu Xifeng understood the mood of the team members at the moment. Everyone knew that Xu Le threw away the team members and played the role of a lone hero at critical moments. Everyone knew that it was because he was worried that something would happen to the team members, but no one could accept that he couldn't help them. Xu Le.
"The boss doesn't like to play with us, what can we do?" Hiding in the toilet on the penultimate floor of the Ministry of Finance building, he was in charge of the system communication of the entire team. After a short pause, he finally returned to the role of the temporary commander. Shen Sheng said: "Everyone has it, quickly evacuate, repeat, quickly evacuate the existing position, remember this is an order."
The duty of a soldier is to obey orders, so the federal troops must obey Mr. President's orders, and for the seventh group, Xu Le and Bai Yulan's words are irresistible orders, so no matter how much anger and worry in their hearts, the team members Still use the fastest speed to organize the equipment, ready to evacuate their respective locations.
At this moment, Gu Xifeng, who was destroying twenty-four hours of electronic data, heard the harsh braking sound from far away on the ground. Across the bathroom window, looking at the steady stream of troops pouring in from all over the street, his pupils shrank sharply, and he finally understood why Xu Le ordered them to evacuate first.
This is of course not an exercise. This is a standard military operation. In the face of more than 2,000 elite federal troops, as well as those heavy-armored armored vehicles that are ready to go in the dark, no matter how powerful the seven groups are, it is just a big wave. How could the previous small wooden boat resist
Gu Xifeng stared at the federal soldiers rushing towards the Ministry of Finance building, and suddenly pointed at the metal button on the left sleeve and said in a deep voice, "Repeat the boss's order again, no resistance! No resistance!"
This is a secret military operation with a high level of secrecy. This military operation mobilized the elite loyal troops of the 7th Iron Division of the Third Military Region, the 2nd Police Division and the 1st Guard Regiment of the Capital Garrison Region. Before the operation started, only these three troops were Only then did the top military commander know the specifics of tonight's operation.
Even this covert military operation relied entirely on oral orders, no radio calls, and no electronic filing. The troops did not even activate the military command system, did not use the mecha, and even the remote control systems and chips in those armored vehicles and military vehicles were completely dismantled!
There was no command sound in the air, no electrical noise peculiar to the command system, only standard field gestures and manual light curtain adjustments. The more than a thousand federal troops, like black and silent ghosts, quickly controlled all the passages around the presidential residence.
There was a sporadic gunshot from the southwest corner, and then it quickly calmed down.
A staff officer in the army suppressed his strong incomprehension and doubts about the military operation, ran quickly to a military vehicle on the street, lowered his body and said: "The eight soldiers who were illegally armed with guns were captured, ten less than planned. The four of them are still being searched, and for some reason, none of the soldiers who were arrested resisted."
"In addition, the Metropolitan Police Department has sent police officers here, and the Ministry of National Defense's pointing center has questioned what we are doing."
The car window slowly descended, revealing Du Shaoqing's expressionless, extremely indifferent face. He looked at Charter Square in the dark, and did not care about the inquiries from the Capital Police Headquarters and the Ministry of National Defense, and lightly squeezed the legs of his sunglasses. , asked: "What happened to that gunshot just now?"
"A member of the seventh group tried to escape over the wall and was injured by a sniper from the first guard."
"Are people okay?"
"It's not a big problem."
"good."
Du Shaoqing opened the car door and walked out, saying: "I always insist that those guys are not real soldiers, but during the battle with the empire, those guys have proved their combat effectiveness, and the troops need them to live. Since they don't resist, pay attention. their personal safety."
"Yes, Master."
The staff officer looked at the division commander walking in the direction of the President's residence, and shook his head in confusion.
After smoking the cigarette, he lit another cigarette, watching the fire line gradually burn on the three seven characters, Xu Le's eyes narrowed, and he took it in front of him and looked at it carefully, as if he wanted to see something from it. Unexplainable secrets.
Time passed by ticking, and no one pushed open the door of the study by the corridor, only the sound of neat and heart-pounding heavy footsteps could be heard faintly. Sitting on the sofa, he stared at the burning Sanqi brand cigarette and shook his head. , scolded a few swear words about Didi.
No need for old things to help him see, Xu Le can also accurately judge that the soldiers outside the door must be fully armed, wearing full hard ceramic bulletproof vests, heavy transparent bulletproof helmets, and holding dangerous High-powered firearms.
The door between the study and the confidential room has never been opened, and the most powerful man in the Federation is behind the door.
Xu Le licked his dry lips, put the cigarette butt into his mouth, and took a deep breath, knowing that the door could not be rushed through. As for the door behind, outside the window on the left, on the lawn around the official residence , has been occupied by hundreds of the most elite special soldiers of the Federation. As long as he really dares to rush, he will be greeted by countless dense bullets.
Previously, he thought that these elite special forces in the official residence, which belonged to the security forces directly under the capital garrison, were special measures used by Mr. President to protect himself. At this time, he realized that it was a special measure used to arrest or kill himself. It's ridiculous, it's hilarious.
But Xu Le couldn't laugh. He felt as if he had returned to those abandoned mines in Donglin, looking at the huge stone that was piled into the waste water outlet by the excavator in front of him, feeling irritable and gloomy.
Because of this emotion, he just stared blankly at the firepower arrangement around the official residence that the Federal Central Computer kept showing in his left eye pupil, and the troops that had controlled all the streets and alleys on the precise electronic map. Didn't have any conversation with it.
"Arrived at one."
He put out the cigarette butts carefully, counted the number of people he would see, and then used the chip location provided by Charter Computer to confirm that the second one had arrived, so he said silently in his heart: Open the door.
The door between the study and the confidential room opened. To be precise, it should be the door, the large bookshelf full of books, and the wall behind it. It opened silently and disappeared into the thick wall.
A transparent glass wall appeared between the two rooms. Xu Le squinted and looked over there, knowing that of course it couldn't be a real glass wall, but a high-strength composite safety wall. Knowing that the security measures inside the presidential residence are very strong, I was reassured for the safety of Mr. President at that time, but at this time he trapped himself.
This transparent wall is thicker, more indestructible, and more infuriating than the wall that blocked Medellin in the four-state foundation building back then, blocking him and the people behind the wall into two worlds —At this time, anger and disappointment are a wall, he is on this end, and President Pabble is on the other end.
On the second day of the funeral of Li Piff, the god of war, Li Zaidao stood up straight and participated in a secret meeting of the Trinity Association. In that meeting, in the face of the members' proposal to let Zou Yingxing resign as Minister of Defense, the Federal Vice President Byron once showed extremely strong self-confidence and demanded that all actions should be based on the fundamental interests of the Federation. He smiled and said at the time: We are the Federation.
In the luxurious bathroom full of death and slaughter on the upper floor of Parliament Hill, Shi Qinghai once asked Ximen Jin, if that Mr. Senator was not Byron, who was he? The bleeding Ximen Jin looked at him and smiled nervously, and asked him mockingly: Do you and Xu Le really know who your enemy is? Do you know who we are
On the shining federal emblem of the Ministry of National Defense building, Xu Le once seriously and solemnly reminded Du Shaoqing that as a federal soldier, your duty is to obey orders. Du Shaoqing's expression at that time was very complicated and strange, and he said he knew it. Yes, he did know, and always did.
The answers were revealed, not pleasant and somewhat sad.
For a long time, the presidential residence was silent, no one spoke, only the suffocating heavy breathing of the soldiers passing through the walls could be vaguely heard.
President Pabble looked at Xu Le through the glass wall, and was silent for a long time. His generous palm slowly supported his forehead. It seemed that the decision he was about to make made him extremely difficult.
Li Zaidao stood behind him, his expression as gentle and calm as ever.
Du Shaoqing stood at the door farther away, don't know when he put on his sunglasses again, and couldn't see a trace of expression.
President Pabble's dark cheeks showed firmness, and he said slowly: "At the press conference in the afternoon, you said to the camera, you're back, ask... Are we ready?"
"I'm very worried about you." He shook his head and said with emotion, "I'm worried that you are not mentally prepared enough to face all this."
Xu Le looked at Pabur's face very seriously and thought it was very strange. Why at this time, he still couldn't see any insincere feeling on his face, so he still kept silent, wanting to hear what the other party thought. Say something.
"Over the years, you are the young man I admire most." President Pabble's voice passed through the transparent wall, still as strong and powerful, and seemed particularly sincere and firm.
He looked at Xu Le, his eyes did not waver, and he said in a deep voice: "At this time, we no longer need any deception between us, you can believe this without hesitation, no matter what hardships and pain you have experienced, you Deep in his bones, he still retains innocence and blood, and this kind of naked trust in beauty is very rare."
Xu Le suddenly spoke without warning, frowned, and looked at the people over the transparent wall, wondering if he was asking them or himself.
"Naive... is a synonym for stupid? I told a friend this afternoon that as long as I don't force myself to death, no one can catch or kill me now, and then I found out that I am afraid of you. to die, and as a result, it was really stupid to drive myself to death."
Xu Le's face didn't have a very clear expression, he gently rubbed the extinguished cigarette butt with his fingers, shook his head and said, "I can't understand why I suddenly became a big idiot and a big idiot. The reason why the idiot is so fucked up."
"Like those late Schiller novels, why does the most righteous old man always tear off his mask and proudly tell the world that he is the worst?"
His black eyebrows, which were as straight as knives, were furrowed so tightly that they were twisted into two question marks. Looking at Mr. President's still dark and steady face behind the wall, he shook his head and said, "This is not right, this is not beautiful, you Gotta make people feel that the world is still a little brighter, right?"
"Federal president, vice president, senior congressman, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, an invincible generation of famous generals... Yes, you are the federation, and you are the military."
Xu Le had a strong self-deprecating look on his face, and then suddenly stood up, his voice suddenly increased, and angrily shouted at the wall: "But what kind of shit is the Federation and the army!"
Chapter 164 Tavern, Drunkards and Geniuses Change the Face of History For Xu Le, his world has reached the most dangerous time. This danger has nothing to do with life and death, but with something He was forced to let out an angry roar, but this roar was definitely not the last moan.
Forcibly resisting the military's order to return from Xilin Sunset State, he went to Charter Square to watch the candlelight, went to the hospital to find a nurse to fulfill Shi Gongzi's last wish, he went to the tomb to be silent, he and Zou Yu ate at the barbecue stall on the street, always silent and soothing , to everyone's surprise and not crazy.
The reason for this is because he has great confidence in the world. When the charter shines on his shoulders, when the federal president echoes him in the official residence, no matter how evil and dark forces, to Xu Le, they are actually just a group of people. Just a clown.
It was not until the end that he discovered his own sadness, that he had been deceiving himself and others, that he was the saddest clown.
If the world can be simply distinguished by good and bad, he never thought that President Pabble would be a bad person. The reason why he has such a firm perception is probably because he never thought about it, or dared not go. Think, or don't want to imagine: The world he, Shi Qinghai and many others sincerely want to maintain is not that justice or light can always prevail and prevail—here we have to talk about if, if they Those things upheld are the words of justice and light.
This is the best era. The first civilian president finally appeared in the federation. The government and Qinglong Mountain finally achieved a great reconciliation. Tens of billions of people were high-spirited and united, and the front-line troops were victorious. But this is the worst of times, the most cold-blooded, ruthless and dirty political murder, the longest and most icy ambitious plan, guarding the western frontier for the Federation for many years, the hard-working military generals were ruthlessly betrayed to the imperial fleet, And the one who planned all this was actually the most important people in the federal government and the military, and the president who was infinitely loved by the people.
Xu Le silently looked at Mr. President's dignified face behind the transparent wall, and thought about a lot of things in a short period of time, vaguely thinking that the other party didn't kill him immediately, but took the risk and stayed with him. Face-to-face conversation, then what kind of conversation will come later.
What to hold on to? Probably should stick to it, will he say that what you think is justice is justice? Probably these issues can be analyzed in detail, and the debate has no end. But just as I did a self-psychological analysis of the princess in the white courtyard of the Empire last year: I am not a moralist, I am a selfish young man who seeks meaning and happiness in life, what I have maintained and will maintain, It's not things like moral justice, but what I think is right. Since this is the case, I naturally have to persevere and be strong and selfish. Only in this way can I be happy.
Oh, and Huai Cao Shi's analysis is not the case, I am selfish, what I maintain is only my own selfishness? Well, just be selfish, then let me be selfish, be strong and selfish, this is a very sad thing, like a clown.
The thoughts that danced at a high speed like the tangled grains erupting from the crystalline engine of a space battleship, flashed through Xu Le's mind extremely excitingly, making his brows feel a pain, and then he quickly calmed down miraculously. , there was no trace of anger on his wooden faces.
"Mr. President, just now the two of us were looking at the starry sky above our heads from the window and talking about Donglin's hometown."
With his right hand behind Xu Le's back, he gently stroked the bracelet on his left wrist, recalling the lines on the bracelet's surface that were signed Kant, and looked down at the suede of the carpet in front of his feet and asked, "You just believe me... Do you believe in you so much? You're not afraid that I'll find something and kill you right away?"
President Pabble laughed, his thick lips showing a sincere feeling in the light: "Although you have killed a lot of people, I never think you are a person who likes to kill indiscriminately, Xu Le, no matter what. My trust in you has never diminished."
"So there are 300 heavily armed soldiers outside waiting to shoot me into meat sauce." Xu Le laughed at himself, pointed behind the door, looked out the window and said, "Even the field army has been pulled into Charter Square, Mr. President. , I'm really flattered by your trust in me."
"I'm really surprised that your emotions can calm down so quickly at the moment." President Pabble frowned slightly and looked at him with a smile on his lips.
Xu Le was silent for a moment, but at such a dangerous moment of tension to death, he sat back on the leather cultural relic sofa and replied softly: "All the anger of human beings comes from his incompetence, in that case, why do I To be angry?"
"All the anger of mankind comes from his incompetence... This sentence is very interesting." President Pabble nodded, looked at Xu Le's face calmly, and said, "It seems that you still think you have enough ability to face it. All of this. Well, I'm non-committal about this, but since you're calm enough, I think you'd love to know the stories of all of us."
Xu Le did not answer.
"Even if you don't want to know the story, I'm still going to tell you, because I really want to convince you through this story."
President Pabble smiled slightly, stroking his generous palms slowly on the table, looking at the spring night outside the window thoughtfully and reminiscing.
At this moment, a spring rain fell without warning, hitting the floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor of the presidential residence, making a small crackling sound, and then being slowly pulled into traces by gravity, dragging the wetness along the way. The window building seeped in.
The beautiful rain seemed to know that it was not a good time. It quietly sneaked into the bottom of the cloud and came to the ground, kindly moisturizing the dry and cold air between the men in their arms in the room.
In the slight sound of rain, President Pabble was silent for a moment, pursed his thick lips, and said in a loud voice that was slightly tired and hoarse, and said: "How people should spend their whole life is a question that everyone must think about. When looking at the dim sky above my head from the slag pile of Donglin, the ideal I can hold is to get rid of this breathless planet, go to the capital star circle to study and work, and then get the immigration share."
Xu Le listened in silence, his right hand firmly grasped the right pillow edge of the sofa, remembering that his ideal was to become a warship mechanic or to work in the Capital Star Circle Motor Company. With the passage of time, the original ideal now looks like It was so quiet and humble.
The story told by Mr. President is very simple, and it answered Xu Le's biggest doubt from the beginning: if this terrorist organization that has been secretly planning for decades and finally gradually controlled the government and the army is the genius of the Trinity Association. The evil design of the characters, then President Pabur is from Donglin Region, and his life history seems to have nothing to do with the High School Affiliated to Capital University and the First Federal Military Academy. Why did he participate in this huge plan
Why are so many talented people in the Trinity Association willing to throw their heads and blood in the face of bullets and rumors for him, just for him to become the first person in the federation in the true sense
"That tavern is called Santa Fe. I heard that it is a religious brand from Bermuda. I only had more than 200 federal dollars in my hand at that time, but when I passed the tavern, I still couldn't help but go in and have a drink. "
Li Zaidao stood aside with a smile, and added slowly: "Santa Fe is most famous for the religious blood wine smuggled from Bermuda."
"That's right, that's what I drank at the time." President Pabble couldn't help laughing loudly when he talked about this past event. He waved his generous palm lightly in front of him and said, "As soon as I drank it, I drank too much. More than a hundred federal coins were spent."
"That was half a month's rent for you and your siblings at the time." Li Zaidao said.
"At that time, because of the pollution case of Xike Pharmaceutical Company, I was expelled from the law firm for the first time. I was displaced with my wife with a suitcase, and it was rare to borrow half a month's rent. Always think I'm continuing to do the right thing..."
Speaking of this, President Pabble's thick eyebrows wrinkled. This unpleasant memory has now become a kind of spiritual wealth, but he still hasn't forgotten the impulse when he stepped into the tavern. And the sadness and anger unique to youth.
He turned his head, stared into Xu Le's eyes silently, and said, "Since I'm doing the right thing, why can I only live in a small black house that rents four hundred federal dollars a month?"
"Inflation was severe in those two years, and the condition of the small black house rented for 400 federal dollars was indeed very poor."
Li Zaidao shook his head and smiled as he added, while Du Shaoqing, who was standing at the door, still looked indifferent and did not take off the pair of sunglasses.
President Pabble looked into Xu Le's eyes and said calmly: "Santa Fe is outside the west gate of Capital University, and across the street from the First Military Academy, a poor and poor public welfare lawyer, because he drank all the rent his wife needed most. I dare not go home, so I have to stay in the tavern looking for an opportunity to pick money on the ground."
"Of course, this is a joke." Li Zaidaowen laughed and said to Mr. President: "You are a little excited today, let me tell you."
He looked at Xu Le and said calmly: "At that time, the Trinity Association was having a meeting in a tavern. I, Byron, and a few middle-aged and even elderly people, the youth at that time, were caught in a debate about the political and economic history of the federal government. During the fierce quarrel. You know, the guys who are qualified to enter the Trinity Association are all proud enough to have their own views on the world, and no one can convince the other.”
"But we basically have a consensus that if the Federation is to continue to develop, the deformed existence of the Seven Great Families must be eliminated." Li Zaidao lowered his eyes slightly and said with a soft smile: "This is the fantasy of young people, but you always have to allow young people to The right to fantasies."
"But how to do it? We began to quarrel fiercely again. The so-called quarrels of geniuses often fall into a state of fantasy. At that time, we didn't have the courage to pick up guns and fight against those family politicians. We just like to quarrel, through Quarrel for some kind of courageous pleasure."
"At this moment, in the corner of the Santa Fe Tavern, an alcoholic suddenly stood up. He was dark-skinned and smelled of alcohol. He didn't know when he heard our discussion. He pushed open the door of the private room and looked at us. A bunch of proud people yelled at them."
"It only took half an hour for him to convince all the proud members of the association, including me, that if we want the Federation to go right and we want to eliminate the Seven Families, then we must do whatever it takes to grab politics and what's above politics. Power, that is... the power of violence."
"It all started in a tavern called Santa Fe, where a group of Trinity geniuses were directly persuaded by a drunken nigger to carry out some great or crazy project. "
President Pabble frowned slightly and recalled with emotion: "In the tavern, I didn't pick up the rent for the month, but picked a group of perverted geniuses whose average IQ is much higher than mine."
Li Zaidao raised his head, looked at Xu Le and said with a smile, "Look, that's how history has changed."