"As a hearing officer representing Sanlin Union Bank at the hearing, do you have anything to explain about these as many as 69 charges?"

The atmosphere of tension in the magnificent space inside Parliament Hill was overflowing, but because of the exchange of words and evidence, it was not cold, but the chill of the slowly falling snowflakes outside the building.

"There is no point in justifying the charges imposed by force, and I would like to express my anger and disappointment at today's hearing on behalf of Sanlin United Bank. ”

Li Xiaotong on the table was wearing a black sè suit, as he was three years ago, his body still smelled of cold plums in the snow, and the only difference between him and three years ago was probably a few extra fine lines between his eyebrows and eyes.

Fine lines do not arise because of old age, but because of exhaustion.

The Confederation under the leadership of Pabur began this war with the Seven Great Families, and the difference between the flames of war and the first burning was the traditional realm of the Li family.

Under the strong impetus of Pabur zhèngfǔ, the parliament hill passed a number of bills in succession, and then with these bills, zhèngfǔ launched a fierce offensive against the iron calculation Li family, as the representative enterprise of the Li family in front of the federal stage, and the Sanlin United Bank across the galaxy suffered the most fierce artillery fire.

"Your lack of justification does not mean that today's questioning is over. ”

Ning Zekai, chairman of the Financial Committee of the Federal Assembly, looked coldly at Li Xiaotong in the audience and said: "In the past hundreds or even thousands of years, the noble family, as the sole shareholder of Sanlin United Bank, deceived the relevant regulatory departments and evaded all anti-monopoly investigations by means of mutual shareholding and name change of funds, which is really shameless and bold to the extreme!"

"The Charter's careful protection of citizens** 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 ** regulations in the Charter Act to refuse supervision and investigation, but now according to the Patriot Act, you can no longer use this umbrella. ”

"If, as of January 18, the 76th year of the Constitutional Calendar, the Sanlin Union Bank still fails to provide the relevant share distribution report, the parliament will agree to the request of the Federal Audit Office of the Federal Zhèngfǔ to be stationed at the headquarters of the Sanlin Union Bank. ”

Hearing this warning or threat, the otherwise calm parliament hill suddenly became lively, and the parliamentarians who supported the Li family slapped the table angrily and expressed their indignation at the abuse of power, while the parliamentarians who supported President Pabul waved their arms excitedly in support.

"Patriot Act?"

Li Xiaotong raised his head with a gloomy face, looked at Mr. Senator above, and replied in a deep voice: "If my memory is not wrong, Mr. Bob, the senior editor-in-chief of the Capital District Rì newspaper, has already filed a few months ago in the Federal Supreme Court to ask the court to declare the bill unconstitutional. ”

"Editor-in-Chief Bob is now in federal custody, and I would like to ask Mr. Congressman, when will he be released? If he cannot be released, the Supreme Court's unconstitutional complaint cannot proceed, and no one knows whether the Patriot Act will be established or not. ”

Li Xiaotong stared at the wrinkles on Councilor Ning's face and said mockingly: "Don't you think it's ridiculous that the federal government and the parliament are simultaneously using a bill that is very likely to be unconstitutional, to review the Sanlin Union Bank, which has supported the federal financial system for thousands of years?"

Without waiting for the other party to answer, he turned to look at all the councilors, raised the document in his hand and waved it angrily, and asked sharply: "What does the sixty-ninth charge allege that the Sanlin United Bank provided a large amount of financial assistance to the Fourth Military Region without the approval of the Fourth Military Region, which seriously violated the relevant regulations!"

"For the soldiers who fought bloodily on the front line, my 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 accusation in his hand, and the thick high-quality fiber paper flew like exaggerated snowflakes among the parliament hills.

Parliament Hill was in a mess again, and the councillors who had just learned the specific content of the 69th charge exchanged their heads and were shocked and speechless, of course they knew that the Li family was actually supporting the remnants of the Xilin Zhong family, but during the war, the Li family donated to the military in the name, who can say anything?

A middle-aged member of parliament, a man who supported the Li family, angrily took off his shoes, threw them at the rostrum, and scolded: "Donating to the army has also become a crime! What kind of shit logic is this! The Federal Zhèngfǔ has made a large amount of war loans to the Sanlin United Bank, is it that Ning Zekai wants to accuse the Sanlin United Bank of bribing the Federal Zhèng."

fǔ？”

Because of the distance, the parliamentarian's shoes could not be thrown on the rostrum, and they fell halfway, almost above the head of a female recorder in the zá, and the scene was chaotic.

Ning Zekai's expression on the rostrum did not change in the slightest, and he whispered a few words with the chairman of the ethics committee beside him, and then gave up the speaking seat to the other party.

The voice of the elder of the Ethics Committee resounded in the loudspeaker equipment, just like the pale hair on the top of his head, blindly pale and boring.

"There is a contingency matter, because it involves the Imperial side, and the stakes are very high, so allow me to take up the time of this hearing.

"This is the latest accusation against Mr. Li Xiaotong, and I would like to ask Mr. Li Xiaotong a few questions in this regard, 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 four words imperial spy, he couldn't remember who He Youyou was, and said, "I don't know." ”

"I guess you'd answer that. ”

The chairman of the ethics committee looked at him and sighed, "But the wife and colleague of the Imperial spy don't seem to think so. ”

A photograph appears on a large light curtain on Parliament Hill.

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The photo, the pearl necklace, the confession, Li Xiaotong listened in silence, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter, his face became more and more ugly, all the evidence pointed to his relationship with the Imperial spy, who was the key person in the explosion of the Ancient Bell.

In the current situation, this is a crime that no one can afford, even if he is the seventh young master of the Iron Calculation Li family.

There was a dead silence in the room, no one spoke for a long time, and it was clear to all the parliamentarians that the federal accusation of Li Xiaotong colluding with the imperial spies was directly aimed at the iron calculators behind him, and such a terrible and irreparable crime showed that this was a decisive battle with no way back.

Even the parliamentarians who supported the Li family fell silent, and the middle-aged male councillor who was angry and couldn't be suppressed took the shoes handed back by the staff, silently put them back on his left foot, and then tied the shoelaces for five or six minutes.

Breaking the silence was a piercing ringing phone.

The parliamentary hill held a hearing to shut down all means of communication, but Li Xiaotong never turned it off, and the phone rang from him.

Answering the phone, he listened in silence and hung up, his face suddenly became extremely ugly, and it was extremely gloomy as if it was about to drip thick ink.

Under the gaze of countless pairs of angry or complicated eyes, Li Xiaotong did not hesitate to turn around and step down and walked towards the outside of the parliament hill.

Councilor Ning Zekai stared gloomily at the back of the disappearing at the gate of the parliament hill, and reprimanded in a deep voice: "I have no respect for the parliament, what a bastard!"

Deputy Speaker Zion, who was sitting at the top of the rostrum, had been dozing off, whether it was the hearing questioning or Li Xiaotong's arrogant departure, he didn't seem to see it at all.

Since Tai Zhiyuan decided to hand over the crystal ore consortium to all the people of the Federation, Mo Chou Houshan has maintained a strange silence in this miserable wind and rain, so as a close political partner of Mrs. Tai, he is naturally silent.

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Braving the slowly flying snowflakes as he walked down the long stone steps of Parliament Hill, the gloomy expression on his face was not soothed in the slightest, and before he was about to enter the special car, several zhèngfǔ officials in black formal clothes stopped his way.

"Li Xiaotong, citizen number...... You are suspected of being an espionage case with He Youyou, and you must go back with us for investigation, and we are the joint investigation department.

After reading this sentence, three officials indifferently stepped forward to surround him, his steps were simple but extremely strong, giving people an irresistible feeling.

"Three elites of the Little Eyes Force were dispatched to arrest me. ”

Li Xiaotong looked at the official with an expressionless face and said, "I don't know if I should be flattered or ashamed, if I don't mind going with you normally, because the evidence you forged is really good, but not today." ”

"We are enforcing the law, and it doesn't matter what you want. ”

The official shook his head, then raised his hand to wave away the snowflakes in his hair, and the three small-eyed elites who were not wearing military uniforms had already rubbed Li Xiaotong's arm roughly, ready to put on the hand pound.

Li Xiaotong did not shake his head, but nodded.

A middle-aged man in an ordinary uniform always stood quietly next to the car, ready to open the car door for Li Xiaotong, no matter what happened, there was no expression on his face, no movement, and he couldn't see any danger, just like a well-trained driver at night.

Until Li Xiaotong nodded, the middle-aged man knew that this was signaling that he could do it, so he moved.

His name is Brother Zeng, and he is one of the few fierce people in this world who can make Xu Le feel jealous.

When he stood quietly in the corner, it was like a retro long qiāng bound by countless layers of coarse cloth, without any luster and edge, and it was extremely ordinary.

When he made his move, pieces of coarse cloth wrapped around qiāng's body shattered, and just then, the uniform on his body that had become a butterfly in the sky appeared!

The three elite of the strong Little Eye Army, without knowing what was happening, were tragically shocked by a huge force, spurting blood and falling into the snow in the distance!

Zeng's sleeve was also shattered, revealing a small but absolutely powerful hand on his wrist, aimed at the official's eyebrows.

He didn't pay attention to the frightened 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 himself.

The sound of squeaky tires grinding violently, the car disappeared like smoke and dust in the wind and snow, disappearing in front of people's eyes.