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A few days later, Tai Zhiyuan came to the southwest of Jingzhou.

The endless blue sea stretches from the silver sand to the distance to the horizon. The water on the beach, like a lover's hand gently caressing the white sand, swings and swings. People who look at this beautiful scenery may have some feelings of the sea and the sky and the breeze and clouds in their hearts.

There are two white deck chairs under the parasols, and in the woods behind the beach, there are many bodyguards of the Black Eagle Security Company, who are vigilantly watching all the movements around them.

"Your current state of mind, in fact, I didn't think of it before I came, I thought that the unfortunate death of that girl would make you depressed for many days. Tai Zhiyuan, who was wearing a white light linen shirt, calmly looked at Xu Le beside him, and found that although the other party's eye sockets were slightly sunken and his complexion was not as ruddy as it was at the beginning, at least his spirits were still uplifted.

Zhang Xiaomeng naturally did not die a normal death.

The spaceship's air-to-ground transfer module lost control, fell to the ground, and turned into a ball of fireworks, and there was no clue to what happened afterwards, and the investigation results of the political axe could only be judged to be a wreck, but Zhang Xiaomeng's name was on the list of dead passengers, and a person like Tai Zhiyuan naturally immediately understood the reason behind this incident.

The vast majority of officials have their eyes on Yang Jinsong, Vice Minister of National Defense, who has committed suicide, and it is very strange to find out the director of the Linhai HTD Bureau, and Shi Qinghai, who inexplicably dug up a spy network of the [***] army...... But Tai Zhiyuan knew that the last assassination against himself could not be related to the [***] army, and Vice Minister Yang could not cooperate with those people in Qinglong Mountain, and there was someone else behind the scenes.

The political axe needs to calm things down, and it needs to find a scapegoat to come out and explain to the Tai family, and the Tai family can only accept the results of the political axe's investigation before there is no other evidence, but the officials who can influence the lady have already begun to investigate the rest of the clues.

When the investigation of the truth gradually approached the facts, the means of eliminating the evidence and the intermediate links appeared, and Zhang Xiaomeng's death undoubtedly belonged to a cold separation.

The afternoon sun in Jingzhou was still a little blazing, and two blush appeared on Tai Zhiyuan's usually slightly pale face, which should be due to the high temperature, and had nothing to do with health. Like Xu Le beside him, after asking a question, he began to be silent, squinting at the turquoise sea where the occasional seagull flew by.

At the Double Moon Festival ball, the girl in the little blue dress died. A trace of complicated emotions flashed in Tai Zhiyuan's eyes, if it weren't for his family's insistence on secretly investigating and gradually threatening there, Zhang Xiaomeng, a female student who was not very important, but played an important role in the intelligence of the assassination, should still be alive, right?

Tai Zhiyuan thought like this, but there was no regret or heaviness in his heart, although he was not very old, he already had a calmness that his peers did not have, and the word calm could also be called indifference in some environments.

"Can the police find any clues?" Xu Le, who had been silent, finally opened his mouth and asked: "Although I know that politics is very dark, but if a federal congressman does such a thing, no one can punish him? What is the use of federal laws?"

Tai Zhiyuan's squinted eyes gradually opened, he glanced at Xu Le in surprise, about Zhang Xiaomeng's background, and many details in this whole incident, he thought that Xu Le didn't know, so he didn't know why the other party knew that this matter was done by Councilor Medellin?

"I probably know more than you think. Xu Le looked at the fine sand in his toes and said, "So I know who did this." ”

"Federal law is all about evidence, and those politicians ...... There is never any direct evidence of possible accusations. Tai Zhiyuan looked at Xu Le, and after being silent for a long time, he said in a serious tone: "The clue to investigate the militants directly led to the suicide of seven officers of the Second Military Region, even if the Federation can find some clues about this wreck, I believe that it will definitely not be enough to send the other party to court." ”

"I'm curious as to why you've identified the person behind the scenes, which is the Medellín Councillor. ”

"Logic, intuition, who will benefit ......" Xu Le squinted his eyes in the sun, his toes gently squeezed the gravel, and he lowered his head and said: "He is already going to run for vice president, how can such a person become the leader of the Federation?"

"It's hard to do anything without evidence. Tai Zhiyuan said calmly: "If I let people release this news, not many federal members of the public will believe that his image has always been excellent...... And perhaps this will give him a chance to build momentum and portray himself as an innocent politician who has been framed by the conspiracy of the Seven Greats, and Congressman Medellín must be happy to do so. ”

"I'm wondering if you're going to be this kind of politician in the future. Xu Le raised his head at this time and glanced at Tai Zhiyuan seriously.

These eyes are very calm, very real, very thorough. Tai Zhiyuan's expression became cautious, and after a while, he said very seriously: "Necessary means or compromises are needed, but I have my bottom line." ”

"I also have my bottom line, but I am a small person, you are a big person, and after the bottom line of the little person is broken through, I can only be angry, but I can't do anything. Xu Le lowered his head and said, "I know you always remember that you still owe me a life...... If you can, I hope you will do your best not to let that councillor succeed in being elected, so that we can settle the matter. ”

Tai Zhiyuan quietly looked at Xu Le, the only friend in his life, the young man who did not hesitate to stand in front of him at the moment of crisis and saved his life, and said after a long silence: "Our family's partner is Councilor Pabul, I believe Shi Qinghai has already told you. In that case, whether you ask for it or not, I will try not to let the other person succeed. ”

Xu Le raised his head, glanced at him, and said, "Thank you." ”

"What are your plans in the future?" Tai Zhiyuan suddenly asked, "Continue to go back to Ewha University?"

"No, I haven't thought about it yet, but I don't want to go back to Ewha again. Xu Le put his feet into the slightly hot white sand, and after a moment of silence, he said: "I met you in college, I met Shi Qinghai, and I met Zhang Xiaomeng, but now that you are leaving, Shi Qinghai has left, and Xiaomeng has gone the most thoroughly...... I thought, I should go too. ”

Tai Zhiyuan's face did not have any expression of surprise, Xu Le's choice had already been in his calculations, he looked at Xu Le and said, "If you don't mind, I can arrange it for you." ”

The most low-key of the seven families of the Federation, but also the most unfathomable Tai family, if you want to arrange a future for a person, the future will be extremely bright, and whoever you change may not refuse. However, Xu Le didn't think about it, so he replied directly with a smile: "Thank you, no need." ”

This answer was also expected by Tai Zhiyuan, who was more curious about what kind of reason Xu Le would use to reject him.

"I saw a director of the Black Eagle Security Company in that base, according to Shi Qinghai's analysis, he should be the person your Tai family has taken a fancy to a long time ago. Xu Le looked at Tai Zhiyuan's eyes and said: "You are destined to be a person who will do great things in the future, so now you have begun to cultivate a lot of capable assistants, if I accept your help, I will definitely become your subordinate in the future." ”

Tai Zhiyuan looked at him with a slight frown, and said: "When a person lives in this world, he must have his own goals and find the meaning of his existence. To achieve those goals, you have to get more resources, and you have to be able to enter a certain tier faster, which is undoubtedly a better choice for you. ”

"The problem is, I don't know where my purpose in life is. Xu Le smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "And what I don't like the most about you is that from time to time you reveal an attitude that can determine the lives of others." ”

Tai Zhiyuan touched his nose, his face was a little unsightly, not only because of what Xu Le said at this time, but also because he found that Xu Le's attitude of rejecting him was very firm.

"Don't contradict me, it's a pride that comes from the bottom of my bones. Xu Le lay down on the beach chair, squinted at the waves, and said: "I am a very silent person, but in fact, I am also a very proud person in my bones." I can talk to you like this now because I'm your friend. If you are destined to be your subordinate in the future, it is impossible to have such a conversation. ”

"If I follow in your footsteps, maybe I can quickly become a superior person in this society, but you should know that my life has not been very happy since I was a child. I don't have much affection for the class you are talking about, or even toward this federation. ”

"Just say these words in front of me. Tai Zhiyuan was silent for a long time and then said, "I must remind you not to be affected by the deaths of Shi Qinghai and Zhang Xiaomeng and become that kind of fanatic. ”

"It is only in your presence that I become more talkative. Xu Le said: "As for the [***] army...... I wonder if you're making a mistake? I'm just a very ordinary young man, just lucky, or very unlucky, to know you. ”

"I sometimes wonder if it's good or bad luck to know you. Tai Zhiyuan smiled and said: "If it weren't for you, those officers of the Second Military Region wouldn't have known that I would appear in the gymnasium, but if it weren't for you, maybe I would have died several times." ”

Tai Zhiyuan raised his hand, stopped Xu Le's speech, and said, "But you are not an ordinary person, it's just that you yourself have always refused to admit it, or you don't have this kind of self-awareness. ”

Xu Le squinted his eyes, looking at the sunset that was gradually falling towards the sea level, after hearing this, his heart suddenly trembled a little, knowing that Tai Zhiyuan could not know the secrets in his body, but he still thought of the structural diagram in his mind, the fake chip on the back of his neck, and his back was a little stiff.

"Xue Naiyin, the director of the Black Eagle Security Company......" Tai Zhiyuan glanced back at the woods behind the beach, those woods were as gorgeous as if they were burning in the twilight, "I have always been thinking about you, although there is no video of the battle in the underground parking lot, but this former military special forces soldier insists that your past must be very not simple." ”

"And that national girl idol, if you are really a very ordinary guy, how could she go to see you twice?" Tai Zhiyuan smiled and said: "Earlier, think about how we met, you must be able to guess at this time, the access authority in the H1 area is very high, but you can go in ......"

"There's something I haven't asked you all along. Tai Zhiyuan looked at Xu Le, who had a solemn expression, and his mood was slightly better after being rejected, and he asked very carefully, "How did you know Professor Jin?"

"Professor Jin?" Xu Le was confused.

However, Tai Zhiyuan thought that he was pretending to be confused, and smiled a little unhappily, did not ask, and instead said: "Everyone has their own secret, since you don't want to tell it, I won't ask again, and I will help you hide this secret." ”

"I really don't know Professor Jin. ”

"This kid is still pretending. ”

Tai Zhiyuan's mood was a little depressed, and he looked at him unhappily. Not long ago, the laboratory of the First Academy sent back a second report, and it was pointed out again in that report that if it wasn't for the error in the experimental data, then the reaction speed of the nerve bundle of the person who controlled the mecha was much different from that of ordinary people.

And Zhou Yu, the ace student of the First Academy, who had a battle with Xu Le in the mecha battle room, was the object of the Tai family's attention and key absorption, and in the first contact between the other party and the Tai family's subordinate enterprises, this question was also asked, and Zhou Yu gave the pilot who made the black prototype mecha a very high evaluation. This outstanding student of the Mobile Department of the First Military Academy did not hesitate to point out that the pilot who walked away should not have been in contact with mecha control training for a long time, but his potential is extremely huge, and he can even be called a real genius.

Tai Zhiyuan, who had eaten Xu Le's countless late-night snacks in the H1 area, naturally knew better than anyone when Xu Le started to contact mechas, and he also knew how amazing the other party's progress was, so he didn't have the slightest doubt about these intelligence feedbacks.

If it was just a mecha genius, maybe Tai Zhiyuan wouldn't pay so much attention to Xu Le, he had a good relationship with Xu Le, but it was a personal relationship, once it came to official business, the heir of the Tai family would return to absolute calm. He just felt that Xu Le still had a lot of abilities, and there were still many secrets that had not been dug out, Professor Jin had been missing for so many years, but he threw such a person back to Ewha University, and no one would believe that this person had no ability.

"I don't want to force you. Tai Zhiyuan looked at Xu Le and said, "If I tell my mother the news that you are a student of Professor Jin...... I don't think you can get out of the way no matter how much you hate the so-called class to which I belong, because she will definitely fly over immediately. ”

Xu Le was stunned, he didn't know how this matter could be related to Tai Zhiyuan's mother, the lady who really controlled the Tai family, why did she attach so much importance to Professor Jin...... But he really didn't know who Professor Jin was, so he had to be silent and smile. He knew that Tai Zhiyuan would never talk nonsense, so this Professor Jin must be real, and what did it have to do with him, his brain began to work fast, and he kept thinking......

Silent and smiling, in Tai Zhiyuan's eyes, it became Xu Le's acquiescence and attitude concession, he shook his head and sighed: "This world has never been fair, why are you so stubborn." ”

Xu Le was still thinking about Professor Jin at this time, H1 area, chip access permission, these things, the past pictures in his mind gradually connected together, making him guess a certain possibility, his face couldn't help but become solemn, after being awakened by Tai Zhiyuan's words, he was silent for a moment, and then said: "You still don't believe my words, I just don't want to be your subordinate, because my friend ...... There are very few of them now. ”

"What am I going to do next? I'm going to work for a big mobile company, hoping to get into R&D and do what I love. Xu Le looked at the horizon with a calm face, looked at the gradually sinking sun and the red luster reflected in a straight line, and said: "Of course, it would be better if the Guoke Mobile Company could recruit me, an auditor without a diploma." ”

This is Xu Le's ideal in Donglin Region, but at this moment, Xu Le thought more of his promise to Zhang Xiaomeng, enter a big company, earn a good salary, buy a house, and then ...... Then quietly watch the presidential election and see if there is such a thing as law, justice and morality in this world.

"That's it?" Tai Zhiyuan, who was listening quietly on the side, suddenly laughed, and immediately shook his head and said, "I wanted to be able to help you do something, but now it seems that nothing can be done." ”

Xu Le also laughed and said: "If you, the eldest young master, don't want to owe everyone a favor, then you give me that black car, that day in the underground parking lot, but I think the car is sturdy, I am really curious about the structure inside." ”

"That's fine. Tai Zhiyuan said.

"What is your ideal? Your family background is so good that it seems that someone has prepared everything for you...... Could it be that you really want to be president in the future?" Xu Le turned his head and looked at Tai Zhiyuan's slightly thin cheeks curiously.

Tai Zhiyuan had a faint sadness between his eyebrows, and said: "Everyone has ideals, and the ideal when I was young was ......"

Time passed, the sun gradually sank, and the sky on the sea was extremely deep blue and black, like a large field of dark green jade. Just when two young people with completely different identities and statuses were talking about life and ideals, endless stars began to shine in the night dome.

"Everyone's position is different, and the specific ideals are different. I want to completely deal with the [***] army in Qinglong Mountain, no matter what way I use, I must let these traitors no longer delay the progress of the Federation. ”

When the ideal went from having a beautiful girlfriend and a little playmate who could play with mud to enter this category, Tai Zhiyuan's expression became serious. If it were said by another skinny young man who was not yet twenty years old, it would only make the audience laugh and fall on the beach. But Xu Le listened seriously and silently, because he knew that the young man next to him might really be able to do these things in the future.

"The threat to the empire must be cleared. The social contradictions within the federation must be alleviated, and we must be given a chance for peaceful development...... And these are not my ideals, these steps are just the prerequisites for me to achieve my ideals. ”

Tai Zhiyuan looked up at the sky, looking at the stars in the sky, a look of great yearning suddenly flashed on his face, and he said slowly: "Where should the Federation go in the future? Today, when certain energy sources are gradually scarce, the entire Federation seems to have been dead for many years...... Why do our ideals, our vision, always stay on power, wealth, and those things? ”

"That's because the vast majority of people don't have power and wealth. ”

Xu Le didn't say this, because he could see that what Tai Zhiyuan said at this time was extremely sincere, and he followed Tai Zhiyuan's gaze towards the sky. At this time, there is no light around the beach except for the occasional glow in the sea, and the starry curtain of the night dome above the sky is more and more clear.

"The future of the Federation should be in the starry sky. Tai Zhiyuan looked at the star curtain attentively, and after a long time, he said in an extremely serious tone.

In the library of Hexi State University, Xu Le had also read a lot of books on the universe, squinted at the sky, and couldn't help but whisper: "The Federation has now discovered seventy-four planetary systems, and it is said that there are sixteen planetary systems on the imperial side...... The adjacent space has been explored, and then going to the silver core, which is not supported by the current aerospace technology, and the human body always seems too fragile in the environment of the gravitational field. ”

"What about going outside the universe if the war between the Federation and the Empire is because of resources, but in such a big world, why do we have to fight to the death for a fly in the corner. The corners of Tai Zhiyuan's lips flashed with a hint of mockery, "And these politicians, families, and businessmen in the Federation...... Even if their ** is a bottomless pit, the universe is big enough to satisfy their ambitions. ”

"It's a beautiful idea, and of course it's a very whimsical idea. Xu Le was silent for a moment and then said: "If you want to reach other galaxies, you have to pass through the dark canopy, with the current endurance, in fact, you can do it a long time ago, the problem is that without the star map and the autogeneous space gate mark, none of those exploration ships in the early days of the Xianli can come back." ”

On the beach, in the night dome, among the countless stars, there is an area that is strangely without a star, that area is the outer part of the galaxy where the Federation is located, if human beings want to go beyond the galaxy and enter real outer space, that road is the best choice, because no matter from any other direction, they will encounter countless stars...... However, it is precisely because that area does not have any signs, and I don't know how many spaceships have swallowed up the Federation for tens of thousands of years, so it is called the Dark Skydome.

Tai Zhiyuan looked at the darkness among the stars above his head, and said with great regret: "It is said that before...... Someone has actually left the galaxy, and there was a map of the stars in this world that had arrived beyond the river, but unfortunately no one ever found it. But...... If there are people who have done it, why can't we?"

"That must be a legend. Xu Le shook his head, "The ideal of using legends as the foundation is not much better than me." ”

Having said that, he still had a trace of respect for Tai Zhiyuan, looking at the starry sky, subconsciously gently stroking the bracelet on his wrist, and thinking of the sentence engraved on the bracelet.

"But after all, it's an ideal, I don't want to be like most people in the Federation, sprinkle the ideal with some salt, air dry, and ......drink when I'm old," Tai Zhiyuan said.

Xu Le said with a smile: "Cured meat is indeed not as delicious as smoked meat. ”

"You're leaking again. Tai Zhiyuan lowered his head, looked at him with a smile, and said, "Few people in the federation know what this old proverb means. In an era when only synthetic meat could be eaten, no one would salt it, and no one would make smoked meat...... Unless he regularly eats wild meat. ”

"How can a guy who can eat wild meat a lot be an ordinary guy?"

Xu Le smiled, didn't defend anything, but his heart was pounding, thinking of bison, uncle, Professor Jin, Mrs. Tai, H1 area, and the chip on the back of the neck, what kind of connection is there between these terms?

(To be continued)