Rebel Demon King

Chapter 1212 The Darkest Hour (3)

The black red flag concierge car slowly passed the heavily guarded high wall and drove into the vast and desolate night sea area. Cheng Mo turned his head and looked out the window. The sky was cloudy, but it did not damage the beauty of the night sea. The red palace wall could be seen from a distance. You can see the waves of the night sea nearby.Above the microwaves blown by the cold wind, there is a garden composed of a group of pavilions, pavilions, and rockery corridors. The bridge railings of colored glazed bricks meander on the lake to form paths, and pavilions with golden roofs and green glazed tiles are dotted among them.Probably because of the warm water, colorful koi and traces of lotus can still be seen in the lake, as if the capital has not yet entered the deep winter.

This is the most core area, but unexpectedly reveals a sense of tranquility and far-reaching.

The car drove up the Huanhu Road, and Cheng Mo saw a plaque with "Yingtai Fish Pavilion" hanging on a gazebo.He doesn't have a deep study of calligraphy, but he can tell whose handwriting is at a glance.

Inexplicably, Cheng Mo's heart surged, and a great feeling of "a man should be like this" rose in his heart.

Soon the bulletproof concierge car passed the sightseeing road between the famous "Day Pool" and "Night Pool", and entered the deep building, where there are many famous buildings and scenery that few people can see , Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties all left relics here.

Cheng Mo watched it with great interest, and when he turned around a stele of "Tai Ye Qiu Feng", one of the "Eight Views of Yanjing" inscribed by Emperor Qianlong, Jiang Jun, the co-pilot, said, "We'll be there soon."

Cheng Mo looked away and said "OK".

After the car passed through a deep valley lined with rockery, the bulletproof red flag concierge car slowly stopped at the gate of a courtyard.There is nothing special about the yard. There are some pines and cypresses planted around the small flagstone square around the gate. Just looking at the front of the gate, it looks like a larger courtyard, and there is not much special about it.Only the plaque of "Hundred Flowers Bookstore" hangs on the antique lintel, and the handwriting consistent with the plaque on the pavilion in front shows its status.

Jiang Jun and another bodyguard got out of the car and opened the doors on both sides respectively. Jiang Jun bowed slightly and said with a straight face, "Mr. Cheng, Mrs. Cheng, please get out of the car."

Cheng Mo felt that this title was not a good omen, but he could only get out of the car with the cheek, and walked towards the gate with Athena under the leadership of Jiang Jun.Compared with the entrance of the "Day and Night Pool" with high walls, the guards here are not so strict, and there are almost no people to see, but Cheng Mo feels that there are dangers everywhere, as if there are invisible guards staring at him everywhere.

When he reached the door, Cheng Mo stopped in his tracks, bowed deeply to the plaque, and then followed the general forward, passing through the yard where some pines and cypresses were also planted, and went directly to the door of the main house, which was concealed by the gate.

Before Jiang Jun raised his hand to knock on the door, a tall, thin and handsome man with glasses opened the door ahead of time. He looked at Cheng Mo and Athena, smiled slightly, and stretched out his hand to Cheng Mo and Athena, very enthusiastically Said: "Student Cheng Mo and Dr. Athena, hello. This is the first time we meet. My name is Xu Changen, and I am the principal's secretary."

Cheng Mo nodded and shook hands with Xu Changen, but Athena did not intend to shake hands with Xu Changen. Xu Changen was not embarrassed, and smiled and changed the gesture of shaking hands into a gesture of please, saying: "The principal will wait for you for a while gone."

Cheng Mo and Athena stepped over the threshold and looked inside through a simple wooden screen. The scenery in the room was almost unobstructed, and it was not grand and luxurious at all. New, it can be said to be an antique now.In fact, there are not many kinds of furniture, mainly bookcases, followed by a few upholstered wooden sofas, desks, wicker chairs, and outdated cloisonne lamps. There are two plastic thermos bottles next to the desk. The souvenirs of the XXX meeting on XX, XX, XX, XXXX are printed, and the year is also very old.If there is anything valuable, it is probably the new secure phone on the desk, and the bookcases full of books standing on the two walls.

In short, it looks like the office of veteran cadres in the 60s and [-]s of the last century.

The two of them followed Xu Changen around the screen and saw that Xie Jili was sitting on a sofa chair and reading a book with glasses on. On the wall behind him was a picture of "Jiashen 300" written by the same old man. New Year's Eve", signed and sealed.

Cheng Mo glanced at the words first, and then his eyes fell on Xie Jili.After not seeing each other for a year, Cheng Mo felt that Xie Jili's temples had turned gray again.

Xu Changen walked to Xie Jili's side, bent down and said softly, "Principal, Cheng Mo and Athena are here."

Xie Jili raised his head, took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose, stood up and waved affectionately to Cheng Mo and Athena and said, "Come here, sit. Sit."

Cheng Mo glanced at the "Das Kapital" that Xie Jili put on the coffee table. There was a small wooden medicine box next to the book that was folded upside down. The polishing is fairly regular, and it looks like it is handmade.In the glass bottle in the medicine cabinet, the names are vitamins and sleeping pills.He didn't intend to look carefully, but accidentally saw a familiar handwriting, so he fixed his eyes, and saw a line of correct calligraphy on the back of the lid of the small medicine box: Happy birthday to Dad.

Cheng Mo's heart ached again, but he took the initiative to hold Athena's hand, walked over, and said softly, "Hello, Uncle Xie." Then he turned his head and said to Athena, "Athena, this is Uncle Xie." , Xie Minyun's father."

Even in the face of a big man like Xie Jili, Athena just nodded slightly, and said in a neutral tone: "Hello, Uncle Xie, I am Cheng Mo's wife, Athena, nice to meet you."

Xie Jili sized up Athena, then looked at Cheng Mo, patted Cheng Mo's arm with a smile that couldn't see any joy or anger, and said, "Dare you brought a guest to ask for a gift today!" He touched it Side pockets, "This really, caught me a little off guard."

Cheng Mo quickly explained: "No, no, Uncle Xie, I have other important reasons for bringing Athena to see you."

Xie Jili waved his hand, "It doesn't matter what the reason is, I treat you as my own child, so you should have brought Athena here long ago."

Cheng Mo didn't know what to say, so he smiled.

Xie Jili beckoned, motioning for Cheng Mo and Athena to sit down first, "Sit down and talk first, sit down and talk first." Then he looked at Xu Changen, "Changen, pour tea with Xiaocheng and Athena." He looked again To the two of them, "Or coffee, coconut milk or something."

"Uncle Xie, you're welcome, you can do anything." Cheng Mo pulled Athena and sat opposite Xie Jili.

Xie Jili also sat down and said with a smile like an amiable elder: "Then milk tea! I heard that you young people like to drink this stuff. I have authentic Mongolian milk tea here. You can try it."

Cheng Mo nodded and said, "OK."

"A year has passed in a blink of an eye. Last time I told you that I wanted you to come to Beijing for the New Year, you didn't come. Actually, Xie Minyun's mother and I were looking forward to it very much. Don't think I'm long-winded like Xiaojin. How many times can I see you again and say a few words?" Xie Jili talked like a kind elder, and after a little recounting, he said with a sigh of relief, "Can you come from the 'Winter Palace'? I was relieved to escape, something really happened to you, I really don’t know how to explain to Xiaojin under Jiuquan, she clearly told me to take good care of you.”

Cheng Mo sat upright, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Xie, entering the Winter Palace is my decision after careful consideration. I know that only if I have a chance to escape from the Winter Palace, I will take the initiative to accept Minister Bai."

Xie Jili smiled and said: "Anyway, it's good if you can come back." He paused, and said seriously, "It's just how did you do such a stupid thing when you came back, why did you kidnap Chen Fang? No matter what problems he has, You can’t use lynching, if there is any problem, you should follow the procedure, we still have to follow the procedure, you have to trust the organization”

Cheng Mo shook his head, "It's not time for me." He was silent for a few seconds, and then said in a deep voice, "What's more, Chen Fang committed suicide in fear of crime, so I urgently asked to see you."

Hearing the news that "Chen Fang committed suicide in fear of crime", Xie Jili was not very shocked, but raised his eyebrows slightly, and then two sword eyebrows were frowned between his brows. He stared at Cheng Mo, and after a long while, he asked in a low voice. : "Suicide?"

Xie Jili omitted the word "fear of crime", which naturally expressed his disapproval of Cheng Mo's statement.Cheng Mo was determined in his heart, and said calmly: "This process is quite tortuous."

Xie Jili nodded, leaned into the sofa, put his hands on the armrests, and said unhurriedly: "Say it first, and explain the cause and effect carefully. I will not ask you to tell the truth, this must be done by yourself Choices, but consequences." He said with a solemn expression, "I will definitely bear it with you."

Cheng Mo didn't expect Xie Jili to say this at all, he was stunned for a moment, staring at the gentle Xie Jili, and subconsciously asked, "Why?"

Xie Jili smiled, and said naturally: "There is no reason, we are family."

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"Admiral." Stern King twirled his hand in the air, "Nephew of ... don't underestimate him, he is currently serving as the second fleet's deputy commander, cruising in the Pacific Ocean." He walked away In front of the holographic map, the position of each fleet is displayed on the blue sea, "Minerva, enlarge the map to the entire Pacific Ocean, and change it to a flat map."

A gentle and cold American female voice sounded in the air, "Okay, Mr. Stern."

The three-dimensional map that was originally like a sand table was erected and turned into a map of the Pacific Ocean. The flashing green dots on it represent the Stargate's own fleet, scattered in the core area near the equator, while the blue dots of allied forces are They are all distributed on the periphery of the core area, and a large red area is displayed near the third island chain, representing the current activity area of ​​the Tai Chi Dragon Fleet.

Stern King pointed to the red area and said: "Currently we only know the general activity area of ​​the Taijilong 3 fleet, which is the ship where General Chen Kang is located." He lowered his head, "Look at this Range, let alone one fleet, two, three, ten. If Tai Chi Dragon has ten fleets, it can easily accommodate it. I dare say that as long as three to four fleets are placed in this area, it will basically We can rely on aircraft carriers to cover the entire equatorial waters of the Pacific Ocean. Tai Chi Dragon must have three or four fleets, and we have no way of finding their location in such a vast sea area. But once we discover the Garden of Eden and fight the Black Death, then Tai Chi Dragons will also know the location of the Garden of Eden immediately, and send their fighters and chosen ones to arrive at the Garden of Eden. At this time, no matter whether they rob or destroy it, it will be much easier to achieve than our goal of taking down the Garden of Eden.”

"So? Stern, what does this have to do with your chess pieces? Even if he can tell you the detailed location of the Second Fleet, what do you think we can do?" Alfred Irene Dupont Staring at the map with both hands, "Attack them now? You're pushing us into an all-out war. It's not just trillions of dollars, it's costing countless lives. Do you think Congress will agree with you? Crazy idea?"

"Who wants to fight? Me?" Stern King pointed to himself, "This idea is not crazy at all, and it is even our best chance. We will wipe out the entire fleet of Tai Chi Dragon without bloodshed, even More. Wouldn't sacrifice too many of our stargate lives. Alfred, you know I've always been a pacifist, the only thing I'm interested in is watching movies, appreciating art, if the free world can always In peace, I wish I could be a director. But no, Alfred, you don't even have the freedom to watch movies in that country, do you know how scared I am?"

"Stern, you are not qualified to be a director." Alfred Irene Dupont said sarcastically, "You can be a yellow appraiser at most. Maybe you can understand which is art and which is pure R18 prohibition." , your ability to distinguish is relatively strong."

No one in the strategic preparation room dared to laugh, and everyone suppressed their laughter.

"Thank you for your compliment, Alfred." Stern King shrugged his shoulders, and he rested his hands on the metal table at the edge of the holographic map, "But have you ever thought that Tai Chi Dragon dared to drop a nuclear bomb on Aozhou, Just dare to drop another nuclear bomb when we are fighting the Black Death. There is a saying in the Xia Kingdom.”

Alfred Irene Dupont said in perfect Mandarin: "When the crane and the clam fight, the fisherman wins."

"Yes! That's the word!" He waved his hands and shouted suddenly, "BOOM! It exploded over the Garden of Eden, and everything is over."

Alfred Irene Dupont frowned and said: "We all know that nuclear bombs are launched from the Arctic Ocean, so don't talk about these nonsense, Stern, you are crazy, Tai Chi Dragon is not, they don't Possibly a nuke."

Stern King lowered his voice and said: "You know? Alfred, that... No, it should be the two nuclear bombs launched from the Arctic Ocean. Don't you think it's a coincidence? One hit the Pacific Ocean, Maybe its target was the Garden of Eden. Another one exploded in space, blowing up dozens of our military satellites, and making our already stretched global monitoring capabilities basically turned into a display now.”

"Do you think I should believe your fanciful words and apply to the Pentagon for an active attack?"

Stern King straightened up and said: "Alfred, believe me, these two nuclear bombs are absolutely inseparable from the Tai Chi Dragon, the Sun Flower Banner people don't have to do this, and they sent us the first time I got some information, saying that when the former Soviet Union disintegrated, a lot of things disappeared. But they think it was not their fault, it should be the nuclear bomb leaked by Oklan, and then fell into the hands of Tai Chi Dragon. In order to threaten the Sunflower Banner Picking sides and helping them when necessary, so they sent out the submarine and arranged for this nuke attack. If I were Tai Chi Dragon, I wouldn't be afraid to do it a third time"

"You're all speculation!" Alfred Irene Dupont said blankly, "Unless your pieces have enough evidence to prove this, otherwise I would not easily propose an attack suggestion."

"If I had enough evidence, then I would drop the nuclear bomb on Tai Chi Dragon's headquarters right now." Stern King said loudly, "Why should we be afraid of going to war? Isn't it time to fight a big war while we still have strength? Is it time to start a war? If the plan to fight for the Garden of Eden is destroyed, and even the Tai Chi Dragon gets the Black Death's 'God Gene' technology, in another ten years, no, maybe five years, our children will have to learn Chinese , go to work in Chinese restaurants that are blooming everywhere. At that time, you will not be able to go to P stations, watch R18 movies, scold XX on social networking sites, and go to the streets XX.” He rubbed his forehead, “I don’t think it’s all a bad thing.”

"Stern, I need real evidence, not sensational speeches." Alfred Irene Dupont said in a low voice, and he turned and walked towards the exit of the strategic preparation room, with a look of ignoring Stern. Eun King.

Stern King quickly chased after him, and he ran like a bulldog in his uniform. He ran to Alfred Irene Dupont and whispered, "I lived in the Texas, you know how tough our folks are, we kids and adults are used to not calling 911 because we all have guns in our hands. You know! Alfred, Tai Chi Dragon is a very Dangerous organization, you should have understood how they took the risk to deceive us four years ago! That time we were too weak to let them take advantage of it! Anyway, when you need to let a dangerous person understand your When it makes sense, you must bring a gun and beat him, instead of allowing him to put on a face that I am going to make trouble by your side." He pointed to the ground with spit, "What should I say? Back off You can't get respect, only guns can."

Alfred Irene Dupont stopped in his tracks. He turned his head to look at the sweaty fat man, and said in a cold voice, "As I said, what I need is evidence. OK" he turned and continued to move forward without turning his head and said softly, "but there is not enough space for a fleet, you have to give me all!"

(End of this chapter)