"As the hearer at the hearing on behalf of Salim United Bank, do you have anything to explain to these as many as sixty-nine charges?"
The magnificent space inside Parliament Hill is full of tense atmosphere, but because of the confrontation of those words and evidence, it is not cold, it is completely opposite to the coldness caused by the slowly falling snow outside the building.
"Forcibly convicted charges, the defense is meaningless, and I express my anger and disappointment on behalf of Samling United Bank at today's hearing."
Li Xiaotong, who was at the table, was wearing a black formal suit. He still had the cold smell of cold plums in the snow as he was three years ago. fine lines.
The appearance of fine lines is not because of old age, but because of exhaustion.
The federal government under the leadership of Pabble started this war with the Seven Great Families, and the area where the war started to burn was the traditional domain of the Li family.
Under the strong promotion of the Pabble government, the Parliament Hill successively passed a number of bills, and then the government launched a ferocious offensive against the iron and profit family by virtue of these bills. The representative enterprise in front of the federal stage, the Sanlin United Bank across the galaxy, suffered the most violent artillery fire.
"If you don't make excuses, it doesn't mean that today's questioning is over."
Congressman Ning Zekai, Chairman of the Financial Committee of the Federal Parliament, looked at Li Xiaotong in the audience coldly and said: "In the past hundreds or even thousands of years, the noble family, the sole shareholder of Sanlin United Bank, deceived the relevant regulatory authorities. , evading all anti-monopoly investigations by means of mutual shareholding and renaming of funds, it is really shameless and bold to the extreme!"
"The Charter's meticulous protection of citizens' privacy is based on the supply of rights to vulnerable groups, but it is definitely not a fig leaf for you financial oligarchs!"
"In the past, you could use the privacy regulations in the Charter Act to refuse government supervision and investigation, but now under the Patriot Act, you can no longer use this umbrella."
"If as of January 18, 1876 of the 76th year of the constitutional calendar, Samlin United Bank still fails to provide the relevant equity allocation report, the parliament will agree to the request of the federal government to authorize the Federal Audit Office to be stationed at the headquarters of Samlin United Bank."
Hearing this warning or threat, the originally calm Parliament Hill suddenly became lively. The members who supported the Lee family slapped the table angrily, expressing their indignation at the government's abuse of power, while the members who supported President Pable were He waved his arms excitedly in support.
"Patriot Act?"
Li Xiaotong raised his head gloomily, looked at the congressman above, and replied solemnly: "If my memory is not deviated, Mr. Bob, the senior editor of the Capital District Daily, has filed a petition with the Federal Supreme Court a few months ago, requesting The court declared the bill unconstitutional."
"Editor-in-chief Bob is now being held by the federal government. I would like to ask Mr. Congressman, when will he be released? If he cannot be released, the Supreme Court's unconstitutional argument cannot proceed, then can the Patriot Act be established? No one Know."
Li Xiaotong stared at the wrinkles on Congressman Ning's face, and said sarcastically: "The federal government and the parliament have simultaneously used a very likely unconstitutional bill to review the Sanlin United Bank, which has supported the federal financial system for thousands of years, don't you think this Is it ridiculous?"
Without waiting for the other party to answer, he turned to look at all the MPs, held up the documents in his hands and waved them angrily, and asked sharply: "The 69th charge alleges that Sanlin United Bank provided a large amount of financial assistance to the Fourth Military Region without the approval of the government. , Serious violation of relevant regulations, what does this mean!"
"For the soldiers on the front lines who fought bloody battles, I, Sanlin United Bank, donated a huge amount of money to support the troops to replace new equipment. What's the problem!"
Li Xiaotong angrily threw away the charge sheet in his hand, and the thick high-quality fiber paper flew like exaggerated snowflakes in the mountains of the parliament.
Parliament Hill once again made a fuss. The members who had just learned the specific content of the 69th accusation whispered and were speechless. Of course, they knew that the Lee family was actually supporting the remnants of the Xilin Zhong family. However, during the war, the Lee family wanted to. In the name of the military donation, who can say what
A middle-aged male congressman who supported the Lee family angrily took off his shoes, threw them on the rostrum, and scolded, "Donating to the military is also a crime! What kind of shit logic! A lot of war loans, do you want Ning Zekai to accuse Sanlin United Bank of buying off the federal government?"
Because of the distance, the congressman's shoes could not be thrown on the rostrum, and fell halfway, almost hitting the head of a female recorder, and the scene was chaotic.
Ning Zekai's expression on the rostrum did not change in the slightest. He whispered a few words with the chairman of the ethics committee next to him, and then gave up the speaking seat to the other party.
The old voice of the chairman of the ethics committee sounded from the amplifier, like the pale hair above his head, blindly pale and boring.
"There is a sudden matter, because it involves the empire, and it is of great importance, so please allow me to occupy the time of this hearing."
"This is the latest accusation against Mr. Li Xiaotong. In this regard, I would like to ask Mr. Li Xiaotong a few questions. The first is, what is the relationship between you and the imperial spy He Youyou?"
Li Xiaotong frowned and looked at the stage. If it weren't for the words "imperial spy", he couldn't remember who He Youyou was, and said, "I don't know."
"I guessed you would answer that."
The chairman of the ethics committee looked at him and sighed: "But the wife and colleagues of the imperial spy don't seem to think so."
A photo appeared on the huge light curtain on Parliament Hill.
Photos, pearl necklaces, confessions, Li Xiaotong listened silently, his brows were getting tighter and his face became more and more ugly, all the evidence pointed to his relationship with the imperial spy, and the imperial spy was Is the key person in the explosion of the ancient bell.
Under the current situation, this is a crime that no one can afford, even if he is the seventh young master of Tie Suanli's family.
The venue became dead silent, and no one spoke for a long time. All the members knew that the federal government accused Li Xiaotong of colluding with the imperial spy, and his intention was to point directly at the iron family behind him, such a terrible and irreversible crime. , indicating that this is a decisive battle with no way back.
Even the members who supported the Lee family fell into silence. The previous middle-aged male member, who was furious, took the shoes handed over by the staff, put them on his left foot silently, and then tied his shoelaces for five or six minutes. .
What broke the dead silence was a harsh phone ringing.
The Parliament Hill held a hearing requesting that all communication tools be turned off, but Li Xiaotong has not been turned off, and the phone rang from him.
After answering the call, he hung up after listening for a moment in silence. His face suddenly became extremely ugly, and it was so gloomy that it seemed like rain was about to drip with thick ink.
Under the gaze of countless pairs of angry or complicated eyes, Li Xiaotong turned around and stepped down without hesitation, and walked outside the Parliament Hill.
Congressman Ning Zekai stared gloomily at the back disappearing at the entrance of the Parliament Hill, and reprimanded in a deep voice, "No respect for the Parliament, what a bastard!"
Vice Speaker Zion, who was sitting at the top of the rostrum, was dozing all the time. Whether it was the hearing question or Li Xiaotong's arrogant departure, he didn't seem to see it at all.
Ever since Tai Zhiyuan decided to hand over the crystal-mine complex to all the people of the Federation, Mochou Houshan has been keeping a strange silence in this storm, so as Mrs. Tai's close political partner, he is naturally silent.
The gloomy expression on Li Xiaotong's face was not relieved in the slightest as he walked down the long stone steps of Parliament Hill despite the slowly flying snowflakes, and before he was about to enter the special car, several government officials in black formal suits blocked his way.
"Li Xiaotong, citizen number... You are suspected of He Youyou's espionage case. You must go back with us for investigation. We are the joint investigation department."
After reading this sentence, three officials indifferently stepped forward to surround him, with simple but extremely strong footsteps, giving people a feeling of being irresistible.
"I actually dispatched three elites from the small-eyed unit to arrest me."
Li Xiaotong looked at the official with a blank face and said, "I don't know if I should be flattered or ashamed. If I don't mind walking with you in normal times, because the evidence you forged is really good, but not today."
"We are enforcing the law, your wishes don't matter."
The official shook his head, then raised his hand and waved the snowflakes from his hair. The three small-eyed elite troops who were not wearing military uniforms had already roughly twisted Li Xiaotong's arm, ready to put handcuffs.
Li Xiaotong did not shake his head, but nodded.
A middle-aged man in an ordinary uniform always stood quietly beside the car, ready to open the car door for Li Xiaotong. No matter what happened, his face was expressionless, and he didn't make any movements, let alone anything. Dangerous place, like a trained driver.
Until Li Xiaotong nodded, the middle-aged man knew that this was a sign that he could do it, so he did it.
His name is Brother Zeng, and he is one of the few fierce people in the world who can make Xu Le feel jealous.
When he stood quietly in the corner, he was like a vintage long gun bound by coarse cloth for countless layers, without any glossy edge, extremely ordinary.
When he started, the coarse cloth wrapped around the gun body shattered into pieces, and at that moment, the uniform on his body that turned into a sky full of butterflies, appeared brilliant!
The three powerful small-eyed elite troops were stunned by a huge force without knowing what was going on, and sprayed blood and fell into the snow in the distance!
Brother Zeng's sleeve was also shattered, revealing a small but absolutely amazing pistol on his wrist, aimed at the official's eyebrow.
He didn't observe the horrified expression on the official's face at all, calmly opened the car door to escort Li Xiaotong into the car, and then sat in the driver's seat.
With the violent friction of squeaking tires, the special car disappeared in the wind and snow like smoke and dust, and disappeared in front of people's eyes.