For the federal social system, five years is a complete cycle, which is the political ecology determined by elections. As for Mr. President, who is dark-colored behind his desk, with his excellent governing ability and wisdom, his increasingly mature and natural political methods, and his resume that is deeply rooted in the people, he has now won an unprecedented support rate among the federal people, and he does not need to worry about the results of this year's presidential election, the so-called five years are just ordinary.

The silver haze between his steady eyebrows and the tips of his hair can only prove how much care and effort President Pabul has put into order for the Federation to be further and more prosperous, and to be able to achieve the final victory in the war with the Empire.

Five years ago, Tai Zhiyuan arranged a scene in the spotlight for Xu Le at the Bilunar Festival Ball of Ewha University, and Xu Le unknowingly arranged for the legendary Cao Qiudao in Qinglong Mountain to meet Tai Zhiyuan, and together with Shi Qinghai, he indirectly facilitated Pabul, who was still a member of parliament at the time, to visit Qinglong Mountain, laying a solid tone for the extremely fierce presidential election.

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye, looking at Mr. President in contemplation behind the desk, Xu Le's heart is still as calm and happy and satisfied as it was back then.

He was the first president of the Federation to really come from the poor class, he came from an ordinary miner's family in Donglin, he was once the most famous public interest lawyer in the Federation, fighting to the end for the justice and victory of the common people against the terrible enterprises and families of the Federation, after winning the election, he chose a completely different path from the obscure political manipulation methods of the past, more direct and passionate, with a clear and calm style, never making ugly compromises for the sake of the big picture, he has proven himself to be a real politician, not a politician.

As Shi Qinghai said when he raised a glass in the bar to celebrate: Pabul, he is our president, and we here refer to ordinary federal citizens like you and me.

"The command of the First Military Region asked for you to be disciplined, and the proposal was suppressed by the Ministry of National Defense, speaking of which, when will you marry Minister Zou's daughter, or are you really ready to marry that national girl?

President Pabur found that Xu Le, who had come out of the shadows, did not show a surprised expression on his face, stood up with a gentle smile, turned off the official business handling platform in front of him, and took out two cups.

"Colonel Xu Le, you are a young hero of the Federation, and I don't want your chaotic love life to become the object of imitation by those male students in Linhai Prefecture who obviously oversecrete hormones. Coffee or tea, or wine?" Xu Le replied.

Although he had long confirmed that there was no problem with Mr. President's safety, when he saw the dark and calm face behind the desk, Xu Le really relaxed, if the military radicals really took crazy measures under pressure to hurt Mr. President, he really didn't know what the Federation would become tomorrow.

President Pabur always seems very casual when he gets along with the staff of the official residence, looking like an ordinary team leader of a working group, without any hint of presidential consciousness, and in the face of Xu Le, his casualness is extraordinarily natural and sufficient, it seems that deep down, he has always regarded this particularly excellent young man as his own son and nephew.

Probably because of the inherent thinking habits of childhood, when Xu Le faced Mr. President, he had no way to be truly calm and natural, no matter how strong he became, the middle-aged man from Donglin in front of him was the president of the Federation after all, and he was still the kind of president worthy of his awe and follow.

Holding the olive-hot teacup, which was an ordinary jasmine tea brewed by Mr. President himself, Xu Le did not waste too much time, and after confirming that the official residence had turned off the monitoring equipment in the study, he stated the problems found in the Gu Zhong case as quickly as possible.

President Pabur listened calmly, his thick lips closed very tightly, and his thick straight eyebrows furrowed, whether it was hearing that the Charter Bureau indirectly provided the Imperial Ministry with a map of the blank area of the charter network monitoring, or hearing that Colonel Lake had secretly sabotaged the escape system of the Ancient Bell, there was no expression on his dark face.

With so many people in the federal government cooperating with the militaries, and even his own partner, the vice president of the federation, who was involved, it was probably a terrible and sad shock that Mr. President's anger was forcibly suppressed into a strong pain on his calm face.

Xu Le took out the chip and put it on the table in front of Mr. President, and said in a low voice: "This is the evidence of the Guanguan, which is mainly found out by Shi Qinghai, and it should be enough to accuse those people." ”

President Pabul did not take the chip, but leaned on the large wooden bookshelf very casually, holding a teacup and said with a heavy expression: "On the day of the Parliament Hill incident, the official residence has received this evidence

He put the teacup on the table, and his thick voice was full of undisguised admiration: "Shi Qinghai is a very good man, I pardoned him at your request, and appointed him as a liaison officer despite everyone's opposition, now it seems that my choice is correct, he did not disappoint me." ”

Xu Le only then knew that Mr. President had already obtained the evidence, and he became more and more convinced that his judgment was correct, and the official residence under the strong pressure of the radicals in the federal military was in great need of impact or public opinion pressure from the outside world.

"From the concert in Linhai Prefecture five years ago, to the assassination of Zhong Yanhua, that is, Commander Zhong's daughter, to the explosion of the ancient bell horn, the whole thing has been very clear, the military radicals have been planning for a long time and are powerful, but these are not worrying, but General Lee Jae-do plays such an important role in the radicals

The role of a leader really shocked and disturbed me. Xu Le looked at Mr. President with a solemn expression and said, "At that time, General Myers retired, Minister Zou, and even many people, including the old man of the military god...... They all thought that it would be the best choice for him to take over the post of chairman of the Joint Staff, because it was well known that he had stepped out of the famous academic and moderate faction, and they really didn't expect ......"

President Pabur frowned and walked to the window, a slight smile on the corner of his lips: "I was the one who proposed this motion.

"There is another thing that I have been thinking about, when did Master Du Shaoqing join forces with the radicals? Or was he in this organization in the first place? I really find it hard to believe that he was involved in the matter of the Ancient Bell. ”

Xu Le followed Mr. President's footsteps to the window, looked at the thick back, and said with deep puzzlement: "Everyone in the army knows that he and Commander Zhong can be called lifelong enemies, and he and his Iron Seventh Division have even been forcibly suppressed by Commander Zhong for more than ten years, but ...... According to my knowledge on the battlefield over the years, although Commander Shaoqing's temperament is very mixed and cold in some aspects, he really doesn't look like a guy who will shoot in the back. ”

Don't you think what we need to do now is to solve the problem, instead of feeling the root cause of the problem?" President Pabur stood by the window, looked at him and smiled and said, "I believe you have your own plan, what do you need me to 8L?"

Xu Le shrugged his shoulders a little awkwardly, wanting to be more relaxed and natural, and replied, "I am your subordinate, of course I cooperate with your actions." Tomorrow, there will be a movement on the civilian network, and then the Capital SAR Daily will publish the relevant report at a later time. ”

"I will use this report to ask the First Military Region to issue a sheath and at the same time ask the court to continue to investigate the case of Colonel Lake for treason. President Pabur calmly continued: "As the report deepens and the evidence is gradually released, I can ask the judicial authorities to formally open an investigation, and there is nothing that can be done to stop this." ”

"Nothing can stop the investigation from proceeding, except for guns and ammunition. Xu Le said: "And it is this problem that I am most worried about now.

"In fact, some of the staff in the residence have been worrying about me like a body these days, and I think that these seemingly powerful threats of violence are actually just snow stains on an early spring night, and they can't see the next day's sun, and no matter how cold the snow is, it can only melt in the sun.

President Pabul's voice was low and powerful: "The army is the army of the Union, and its duty is to obey orders, and any soldier who joins the army must swear allegiance to the elected government and to the federal president who is the specific representative of this right...... That's me.

The most powerful man in the federation looked at Xu Le's eyes calmly and calmly, and said: "I don't believe that the entire federal army is composed of careerists, even if some officers will be carried away by interests, but ordinary soldiers will not stand on their side, without my orders, no troops can enter within an eighty-kilometer radius of the capital SAR."

"I agree with you, General Lee Jae-do may be able to convince many troops, but he can't convince every specific person, so he can only use other names to carry out hidden operations. Xu Le nodded and replied, "Mr. President, I assure you that as long as they start to move troops, I may be able to find a way to reduce the advance speed of the mechanized troops. ”

Thinking of the damn federal central government's brains that were mechanically stubborn and had to analyze the specific situation every time, Xu Le silently cursed a few dirty words in his heart, and then scratched his head and said: "Even if I can't, I can directly arrest or kill General Lee Jae-do before the situation becomes political." ”

Hearing this, President Pabul's eyebrows furrowed slightly, looked at him seriously, and asked, "It's not joke time, are you sure you can do it?"

There is at least a 50 percent success rate, Xu Le calculated in his heart, but did not say it, with that sincere smile that can easily make people feel trusted, looked at President Pabur and said, "Please rest assured. President Pabul pondered for a long time, then shook his head with a smile and patted him on the shoulder.

"At that time, Parliament Hill was preparing to hold a special hearing about the fact that you were the student of the traitor, and now that I think about it, Byron must have planned it. Byron...... I've known him for many years, and he's a big fan of these overt political tricks, and I have to admit that he's excellent, and even in many important moments, I rely on his maturity and a little cunning to deal with it. Now that he's dead, I occasionally think about it and feel very complicated. ”

President Pabur and Xu Le stood side by side in front of the window on the second floor of the official residence with teacups, in front of the lawn, and beyond the street, on the other side of the fountain was Charter Square, with an extremely open line of sight and no danger of being sniped.

Mr. President smiled self-deprecatingly, took a sip of the teacup and continued: "It was because of that incident that they revealed your secret, or your life experience, that I knew that you are also from Donglin. ”

"Knowing that you are also a stone of Donglin, in fact, I am very happy, relieved and even a little happy. President Pabur looked at him and laughed out loud.

Xu Le looked at him and replied with a smile: "At that time, I knew that you were from Donglin, and I thought that there was actually a Donglin person who wanted to be the president of the Federation, I believe that many Donglin people felt the same as me, and they felt very proud and proud." ”

The Donglin region is extremely remote, and it has become even more desolate since the crystal mine was depleted, and has gradually become a corner forgotten by the Federation. The citizens of Donglin are all looking forward to leaving the planet where there are no obvious changes in the seasons and the beautiful starry sky is not clear, but it is very difficult to enter the capital star map through immigration or examination, and the quota provided by the Federation is extremely limited.

However, all this changed very subtly with the election of Pabur as federal president and the revelation of Xu Le's identity. This pair of Donglin men, who are quite different in age, have become the two most famous men in the Federation, and the people of the capital star map naturally remember the Donglin Region again, as well as the particularly famous Donglin Stone saying, and the federal government has increased its support and immigration quota for the Donglin Region.

"My wife went back to Donglin on my behalf at the beginning of the year. President Pabur said, "You probably don't know how proud the people in your hometown are now. Xu Le smiled.

He suddenly fell into a deep depression, looked at the starry sky outside the window and said: "I can't see such a beautiful starry sky in my hometown, and I can't change this, even if I am the president of the Federation." ”

"It is said that the Federal President is the most powerful man in this star field, but no one knows that even if he is the Federal President, sometimes it is so difficult to do something and make some very small changes in the star field. ”

President Pabur looked at Xu Le, his expression was extremely solemn, and he said: "It's really difficult to do things. ”

I don't know how many Secret Service agents are hidden in the corner of the open lawn outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, and after the Capitol Hill incident, the security measures in places like the presidential residence are extremely strict.

In a few rooms downstairs, the staff of the official residence are busy with their daily work, and in the room at the end of the corridor on the left and right, there is a different scene, dense with special forces soldiers with grim expressions, Shen is lined up like statues, all individually armed to helmets, and the guns in their hands glow with cold light.

In Xu Le's left eye, these armed forces inside and outside the official residence were like countless dense points of light, and through these soldiers who belonged to the security forces directly under the capital garrison, he clearly felt the pressure that Mr. President was under these days. "Mr. President, the people will understand you. He reassured. President Pabur looked at him and after a moment said, "It's good that you can understand." ”

Xu Le sat on the sofa in the study on the second floor of the official residence, holding the teacup that had become slightly cold in both hands, waiting for the Mr. President next door to come over with the secret authorization document for himself.

He is a very patient person, otherwise he would not be able to like the extremely boring mechanical repair work in the eyes of ordinary people, but I don't know if the taste of jasmine tea in the cup that he didn't drink volatilized too quickly, or because the leather sofa of the cultural relics left by the former dynasty was too soft to sit on, it was just a moment, but it was so long in his feeling. Still sitting, sitting alone, sitting more and more lonely, getting colder and colder.

Xu Le's eyes narrowed, looking at the dots of light scattered in the various areas of the official residence in the pupil of his left eye, and looking at the changes in the buildings around Charter Square in the distance, he suddenly remembered what Mr. President had just said

The troops that suddenly appeared in the streets and alleys of those buildings were definitely less than 80 kilometers away from the president's official residence, and even less than 800 meters at the latest.

He looked up at the heavy wooden door between the study and the confidential room next door, and made sure that Mr. President was on the other side of the door and had not left.

He frowned, licked his hair, and sent the latest instructions to the seven groups of team members who were on standby outside the mansion through the communication system next to his collar. "All of them. ”

After a pause of two seconds, his eyebrows furrowed tighter and tighter, and he continued softly: "Retreat immediately, and if you encounter an abnormal situation, don't resist." Repeat, don't resist, and ...... That's an order. ”

After doing what had to be done immediately, Xu Le stood up, put the cup of jasmine tea back on his desk, walked quickly to the window, squinted his eyes and observed the lawn and the situation in the dark night, and then with a brush, he pulled all the thick cloth curtains shut.

The starry sky outside the window was obscured, but the light in the study appeared brighter, and the truth or falsehood of the brilliance did not affect the effect of the lighting.

Quickly walked to the door of the study near the corridor, he squinted his eyes and saw the scenes behind the door, he couldn't help but pull the corners of his lips and smiled self-deprecatingly, turned around and ripped off the slide strap on the bookcase, tied the door lock hard, and then subconsciously shook his head.

After doing all this, Xu Le sat back on the uncomfortable leather sofa, stood on his elbows on his laps, and stared thoughtfully at the wooden door that had not been opened for a long time.

In fact, the time is really not long, but it feels very long, he said to himself in his heart, it feels really a terrible thing, because the feeling is the most deceitful.

Xu Le shook his head, took out a Sanqi brand cigarette from his jacket pocket and lit it, leaned on the back of the sofa a little tiredly, and the fingers of his right hand holding the lighter trembled slightly, so that the mood was extremely complicated.