(The curry chicken rice is delicious, but the mood is depressed, smiling, the gap is smaller, I work hard, you do your best, I want your monthly pass, get it to the end.) ）

Under the sky of the Federation, there can be no shady curtain that will never be exposed, let alone a plan that is so perfect that it cannot find any clues and leave no traces. Once the shady curtain is revealed and the initiator is exposed, it will inevitably usher in an extremely fierce blow from the other side. Therefore, in the long period of the last ten constitutional calendars, the political struggle of the Federation has long been far away from assassination and other means that cannot see the light, and no force dares to assassinate the president in a bold way, and the forces of all parties have always maintained peace, at least on the surface.

Therefore, on the first day of the New Year in the 67th year of the Xian calendar, the incident that occurred in the Linhai Prefecture Gymnasium, which was far away from the capital, would alarm all the big people in the capital, which was out of the rules of the game, and was not accepted by the entire class.

The federal government's investigation made important progress that early that morning. Although the suicides of seven officers of the Second Military Region put another strain on the work of the FBI, the staff members simply changed direction and continued the investigation.

The identities of the militants who attacked the VIP area of the stadium have been identified, and those who were all killed were soldiers of the special company of the coastal garrison area. However, it has not been found out who gave the direct order to send troops, and who was able to turn those soldiers loyal to the Federation into shameful instruments of assassination. But attentive FBI officials unearthed another valuable clue from the newly repaired concrete wall in the stadium's underground parking lot.

The engineer brigade under the Northern Hemisphere Command of the First Military Region received this task on the eve of the incident, and although the person who issued this order had already carefully erased the information fragment representing the identity in the telegram, the second-layer information imprint was used exclusively by the military system. but was ignored by the man who gave the order.

An FBI agent, keenly aware of this, found a few letters of identity in the core sentence layer of the command file.

The agent has a nickname within the Bureau of Investigation, called Furball, because of the year. He likes to wear synthetic sweaters.

The FBI looked down through the second layer of information branding, and pointed all the fingers at a male secretary in the Department of Defense building.

In the early morning of 3 January of the 67th constitutional calendar, the building of the Ministry of National Defense remained as solemn as ever...... As well as emptiness. The bright marble floor of the building hall was painted with gold dust with the military badge of the Federal Land, and the silent and relaxed expressions of male and female officers walked over this pattern, and inside the incomparably grand building, it looked like a few horses passing by from time to time on the boundless grassland on the side of the federal electronic fence.

What happened the day before yesterday. The officers on the upper floors of the Ministry of Defense building already know what happened yesterday at the training center next to the building, and most of the people in this building already know. As for the news that seven officers committed suicide after the officers of the Second Military Region were arrested en masse, it is believed that the middle-aged woman who was in charge of cleaning the building also knew about it.

But these people in the core of the federal army. Still maintaining a relaxed expression. The corner of the lips is suitable for a smile. Because this huge machine never collapses on itself because a part is loose or corroded.

The design style of the Ministry of National Defense building is mainly in a cold style. The exterior wall does not use a glass curtain wall that can absorb solar energy. Instead, he chose natural stone in gray and black tones. The whole building is square. And seventeen stories high. Rectify this square architectural style. It looks a little dull. It's like a box.

In the internal conversation of the federal government. It is generally customary to use the term "box" to refer to the Ministry of Defense. Because in front of the eyes of the general affairs officer. The soldiers in the Ministry of Defense are like people in a box. Whether it's the way you walk or the way you talk and act. It's always like that. Angular and angular.

On the penultimate floor at the top of the Ministry of Defense building. If it is close to the "box" on the covered floor. At the end of the corridor is a very quiet and luxurious office.

Vice Minister of Defense Yang Jinsong. I work in this office. He arrived in his room half an hour early today, as usual. After drinking a cup of tea and waking up. Then he called up the military map of the region on the light screen. Enlarged to the area of the four states around the mountains. Squinting his eyes and examining it carefully. Confirmation of the Spring Offensive of the Federal Army. As little as possible, there will be some problems with command and land.

Half an hour passed quickly. His secretary still didn't knock at the door. Then serve a red sandwich.

Vice Minister Yang gently pressed the remote control in his hand, and the map on the light screen disappeared. He walked silently to the window, glanced at the beautiful winter view of the capital outside the window, and then turned and sat down on the sofa.

The secretary hadn't arrived yet, but the phone on the desk was ringing. Vice Minister Yang answered the phone, listened carefully and carefully for a long time, and did not say a word.

Then he sat back on the couch again. This time he didn't pick up his teacup, but took out a bottle of spirits from the bookcase, poured himself a glass, and sipped it slowly.

As he drank the amber liquid, the important figure of the federal military squinted at the thought of things, completely unaware that the alcohol, which he usually hated the most, was so stinging.

His secretary had been called in to investigate, and it looked like he would never return. And just got the news on the phone that the president's security adviser had entered the lobby of the Ministry of Defense at this time and was about to take the elevator to his office.

Vice Minister Yang's slightly frosty brows furrowed slightly, and he took out a document from the secret cabinet beside him, and looked at it with some distraction. Regarding the assassination of the Linhai Prefecture Gymnasium, although he did not participate in the investigation, the details of the incident and the progress of the investigation will be sent to him according to a certain period of time.

It was not pleasant to watch the other party approach him step by step, and after knowing the news of the secretary's arrest, the deputy minister's mood became a little lighter. Everything that happened on the first day of the sixty-seventh year of the Constitutional Calendar was carried out under his instructions and instructions.

After Vice Minister Yang Jinsong returned from the front, he held many positions, the most respected of which was the post of president of the First Military Academy, because of his status in the federal territory. It's enough to make the big guys who work with him, and even Mr. President himself, do whatever it takes to keep himself, like ...... The same as the seven officers who committed suicide the night before.

But he didn't want to do that, so he put down his glass and went to the computer. An e-mail was written and sent to the relevant staff member who had the permission to receive it.

"Forty years ago, I was an ordinary soldier in the Mechanic Company of the Second Military Region, and I saw with my own eyes countless Federation soldiers who died on the land of Qinglong Mountain for a great goal. Forty years later, I was the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Federation, with full authority over the plan for the spring offensive of the '67 H.A. ”

"I never believed the words of politicians, much less willing to put the future of the Union. Delivered to those who have never seen blood with their own eyes. ”

"Having served as President of the First House, I know better than anyone the sacred rule that the military must act under the law and the collective will of the Federation. But I often wonder what the military is going to do if the law and the collective will of the Union have become toys in the hands of some, or if they are the result of compromises between them. ”

"A gentleman who grew up in a peaceful environment, without the authorization of the government, came to some kind of agreement with the traitors, in my opinion, this is collusion. This is surrender. I thought I had to stop it. ”

"Maybe history will judge me wrong, but I ...... Death does not admit mistakes. ”

After the email was sent, Vice Minister Yang sighed softly, and his eyes fell on the documents in his hand again when he saw many comrades who had died in the war against the anti-government army.

This assassination is to prevent the so-called reconciliation agreement from being reached, killing Tai Zhiyuan, and the long-established family will naturally fall into decline or even collapse, and the Pabul councillors they support. In such a situation, it is certain that the president will not be elected, so on the night before the New Year, a land agreement was reached between the Pabul parliamentarians and the rebels...... Perhaps the day will never materialize.

The reason why the deputy minister chose Tai Zhiyuan instead of the Pabul parliamentarian, whom he contemptuously called a lawyer, was because in his opinion, killing Pabul, the Tai family, who was cowardly in his bones and ready to surrender at any time, could still choose other political partners and could not solve the problem fundamentally.

The minister's calm gaze fell on an inconspicuous name on the document. If there is any regret in his heart at this time. Naturally, it was because of the assassination plan carefully prepared by his loyal subordinates. didn't succeed, the heir of the Tai family. Actually survived the attack of the mecha. According to the investigation of the later records, the person who played the most crucial role in it and saved Tai Zhiyuan's life twice in a row was undoubtedly the young student who had died-Xu Le.

Vice Minister Yang drank the liquor in the glass in one gulp, then opened the drawer, took out the old-fashioned pistol that had been with him for many years, and turned the muzzle a little clumsily upside down and stuffed it into his mouth.

He paused for a moment, gasped for a few heavy and sharp breaths, and then pulled the trigger.

A dull sound echoed throughout the floor.

The door to the minister's office was slammed open. The gray-haired presidential security adviser and the defense minister pushed away the gendarmes standing in front of them and squeezed to the front, they looked at the body of Vice Minister Yang on the sofa chair, and looked at the shocking red on the snow-white wall behind the chair, and were speechless for a long time.

"He can't stand trial. The federal security adviser said in a deep voice, "Perhaps this is the best outcome." ”

The Minister of Defense slowly took off his military cap, took the piece of paper handed over by the staff next to him, looked at the e-mail printed on the paper, and said after a long silence: "I don't admit my mistake to death, this is at least ...... It is a dignified way to die. ”