"In this S2 regional council election, the opposition legislators successfully won 243 seats and successfully took control of the governing committees of the four administrative states, despite the predictions of election experts. Politicians in the Circle of the Federal Capital have accused these opposition-minded parliamentarians of communicating privately and thus making the provisions of Article 2 of the Federal Charter, which have maintained the political balance of the Federation for 600 years, a piece of paper in place. ”

The courtyard full of green bamboo, against the backdrop of those natural scenery, the light screen hanging on the snow-white wall, looks more like a picture, but at this time, the famous female reporter of the fourth channel of the Federation has a serious face on the screen, and she talks about something very beautifully: "Thirty years ago, the banner of George Carlin was raised, and the rebels gave up the use of force against the Union in favor of the idea of non-violent non-cooperation. Five years ago, however, the opposition began to change its attitude and became involved in the federal political elections within the framework of negotiations with the federal government. Medellín, the leader of the anti-government, was a strong supporter and promoter of this great transformation. Medellín was elected to the S2 administrative councillor four years ago and, according to sources, Medellín is preparing to run for federal councillor in the elections to the Federal Council this fall. ”

In the deep courtyard, a middle-aged man wearing glasses and a black double-buttoned retro dress silently stared at the light screen, listening to the analysis of the female reporter.

"......The reason why opposition legislators were able to win the local elections in the S2 administrative district was because the four states around the mountains in S2 are the actual shadow areas of the opposition, and the announcement of the results of the bizarre explosion in the Donglin region in the 65th year of the constitutional calendar on the eve of the election has dealt a heavy blow to the traditional federal legislators." Opposition lawmakers have produced evidence that the president's office, the Secret Service, the Ministry of Defense, and the Governing Council were all involved in concealing the truth about the bombing, raising a new level of frustration among the public about politicians on the table. ”

The middle-aged man's brows furrowed slightly, shook his head and sighed, listening to the female reporter on the screen said with a little excitement: "Although the president immediately ordered an investigation into the matter, and announced to the public through the Charter Bureau that the explosion that caused 300 accidental casualties among the soldiers of Hexi Prefecture in the Donglin Region in the spring of the 65th year of the constitutional calendar, and seriously injured the surface of the living area, causing an irreversible ecological disaster, was because of a secret operation by the Federation against the first sequence target of the Charter Bureau, the traitorous mechanic Yu Feng. But this explanation is still not satisfactory to the public, because no one can understand why such an open and honest operation has been hidden for a whole year, and all the news media have not been informed of the slightest information. ”

"The federal side responded most seriously to the accusations of opposition parliamentarians, with a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence publicly accusing the opposition of not abiding by the treaty and still having armed forces in the S2 district. The office of the Parliamentarian of Medellín issued a press release yesterday in which it flatly denied the accusation and warned the federal government not to try to divert public attention, demanding that the government must explain why the anti-rebellion campaign against mechanic Yu Feng has been deliberately concealed for so long, and what is behind it......

"The following is the background information of the news: Mechanic Yu Feng, who was an assistant instructor for mecha repair at the Second Military Academy of the Capital Star, was conscripted into the army at the end of the Third War between the Federation and the Empire......"

The middle-aged man pushed his glasses, shook his head and turned off the light-screen TV, he knew better than most people in the world about the information about the mechanic Yu Feng, even better than the federal government and the leader of the opposition, Medellin. He walked towards the cyan courtyard, passing a few rice fields and a few pools of red carp water along the way, and the heaviness in his heart gradually dissipated. Although his family is scattered and far less powerful than the legendary Seven Families, being able to own such a large estate in Philadelphia allows middle-aged people to know how much trust and respect the people of the Federation have for their family.

After walking for a few minutes, the middle-aged man came to the front of Fang Ping Lake, looked at the lake and bowed his head: "Father, the news of the uncle has been confirmed, as you expected, he ...... It should be gone, the intelligence we found from the Ministry of Defense...... Half a year slower. ”

Philadelphia, which is 1,300 kilometers away from the capital, is a tourist destination with warm winters and cool summers, and to have such a large estate in such a place where every inch of land is at a premium is enough to show the status of the people who live in it. This square lake does not know the geometry of the square circle, the breeze comes slowly, the water waves are not exciting, such as a mirror reflecting the reflection of the snow head of the mountain tip in the distance, which makes people suddenly feel beautiful. There was an old man sitting on the bluestone by the lake, wearing a very simple but slightly retro gown, with long gray hair scattered behind him, and his back was extremely vicissitudes. However, the appearance of this old man did not affect this picturesque scenery, and the slightly thin and old body seemed to have stayed on the shore of this lake for countless years, and had already become one with this lake and this mountain.

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, the old man slowly lowered his head, looked at the quiet lake in front of him, seemed to be a little sad, seemed to be a little relieved, and said: "It's okay to die, he should have died forty years ago, and he should have died fourteen years ago, but he didn't die, never die...... Early death, early liberation, I would have liked to die. ”

Listening to these words with a bad omen, the middle-aged man's heart shook violently, and he was a little worried that his father would be overly sad because of the news of his uncle's death, although he had never known much about the strange relationship between his father and his uncle, but he had heard too many stories about his uncle since he was a child, and he knew that his father had always cared about this younger brother. He walked behind the old man and said with concern: "Uncle has been able to escape the federal wanted before, and maybe he can be able to do it this time." ”

"I don't want to care about that, a brother who has disappeared for decades is no different from being dead. The old man's back is gloomy, but the middle-aged man's gaze has always remained respectful, although he and the other party are father and son, but he always feels that his father is still more like the image praised by federal propaganda, and he has always had a sense of distance from his father since he was a child. The old man sighed, his voice full of extremely complicated emotions: "Your uncle is a genius, no matter what he does in this life, he can do it to the extreme. He made a great contribution to the development of the Confederation at that time...... It's just that he's a liberal, and I can't figure out what is going on in his head, and he never thinks about what others think. There is an old saying that the cause of evil must bear evil consequences, and since he has broken federal law, killed so many people, and caused so much chaos, death may be some compensation for those innocents. ”

The middle-aged man knew that his father was not referring to the big explosion that occurred during the attack on the empire, and he didn't know much about those things in the distant past, so he said after a moment of silence: "Your Excellency's personal letter arrived last night, do you want to read it?"

The old man was silent for a moment and then said, "I respect the spirit of the Federation, and I respect the representative of the Federation, Mr. President, but I don't want to read that letter, I don't want an outsider to tell me that they killed my own brother a year ago, although I don't mind killing him with my own hands." ”

“...... The only person who knows about your uncle's relationship with me is the woman from the Tai family, and Mr. President may have known about it recently. I'm just a statue of the Federation now, and he certainly doesn't want me to have anything to do with that notorious mechanic. ”

"Decades ago, I punched your uncle and knocked out seventeen of his teeth, and since that day, I have broken off with him and have never had contact with him again. The old man slowly stood up from the stone, looked at the unstable blisters in the calm lake, and felt that his old heart was gradually empty, "Some people in the government have always wanted to get the star map in your uncle's hand, but some people don't want the star map to flow out, so that the two powerful forces are together, no matter how your uncle can be separated, it is impossible to hide in peace all the time." ”

"I don't understand, Uncle is the person who likes to be lively the most. "Middle-aged people feel furious every time they think of the least known uncle in the family, but also the most talented, they will feel furious, "After the Charter Bureau issued the first wanted warrant, he still risked his life to stay in the major colleges of the Capital Star, why is he willing to stay in the Donglin Region honestly for more than ten years? ”

"In the past, he was willing to stay in S1 to play various roles, because he had always had the wrong idea, he thought that the glory of First Charter was a humiliation, so he wanted to risk staying here and challenge the eyes of First in the most dangerous place, and his madness and courage were hidden under this nonsense...... Naturally, because he believed that Charter I was no longer a shackle to his freedom, he naturally disdained to continue playing the game. ”

"The reason why he went to Donglin is probably only me in the world who can understand............ How thrilling and beautiful it is to disappear a fragment of civilization in the twilight. The old man said calmly: "This is what your uncle wants to see when he goes to Donglin, the things he is looking for in this universe are incomprehensible to ordinary people, and it is only when I get old over the years that I understand his choice back then...... In a sense, I'm still inferior to him after all. ”

The middle-aged man quietly looked at his father's back, the previous generation of the family produced two top figures, but one of them became famous in the Federation and the Empire, during the first war, successfully assassinated His Majesty the Emperor, who was ambitious in the Empire, and became the number one hero in the Federation in the contemporary era when personal heroism has long been declining. The other, however, fought fiercely against the glory of Charter I all his life, and finally died silently as a small man and a traitor in disguise. Now that my uncle is dead and my father is old, how should the future of the Li family in Philadelphia continue?

"He has been in Donglin for more than ten years, and there should always be some people close to him. The military god of the Federation is just an old man reminiscing about the past at this time, and he said: "He has always been cold-blooded, but I am afraid that he will not care about the life and death of those people after his death, you go to check, if there is really anyone close to him, he can help him secretly." ”

"I have already checked, and my uncle has an apprentice in Donglin, and the relationship is relatively close. It's just that the apprentice has already tragically died in the actions of the Federation. The middle-aged man replied respectfully.

The old man looked at the lake, and thought to himself, whether you are dead or fleeing, you and I are only one brother.