The Witch's Taste

"We can have a good talk."

197. Chapter 196 Come to my house tonight

In front of a witch with an unknown attitude, it is absolutely not advisable to rashly relax your vigilance.

However, Chen Ziang had previously exchanged the passive power of [capturing malice] in the power list of the Chaos Altar, and he did not detect any malice from the other party at this time.

With the living dead beside him, as long as he moves his mind, it will rush to block the gun for him.

So he pretended to be completely defenseless, and calmly pulled out his chair and sat down to see what the other party had to say.

"It's really a pity that things have developed to this point." Mizuhara Saori picked up the glass next to him, poured him a glass of wine, and said with a sigh, "But please believe me, this is not my intention."

"This sounds very suspicious." Chen Ziang was not polite, and asked directly, "Are you trying to say that you know nothing about this turmoil? Or are you unable to control the people under your control?"

"First of all, I'm not their organizer." Saori Mizuhara corrected him, "I told you before, I just provided some help."

"How can I believe what you say?" Chen Ziang asked again.

"If you don't believe me, you won't sit here and talk to me." Saori Mizuhara shook his head and said, "What's more, it doesn't make sense from the common sense: If I were the organizer and leader of the miners, then I would definitely not Risking a private meeting with you."

This is indeed true. In the past, the collective protests of the unemployed miners almost all began to disintegrate quickly after the leader was breached-so almost all the later miner leaders would hide their identities and never show up easily.It's not that they have received any training, but that it has happened so many times in the past that they are frightened.

Chen Zi'ang pondered for a moment, accepted this statement tentatively, and continued:

"Is there any way to calm them down?"

Mizuhara Saori was silent for a while, then said:

“I tried it, but it didn’t work. The main problem is that most of the money brought in by the miners has already been spent.”

Chen Ziang was also speechless, because the question of "no money" was really unsolvable...With no food or drink, you can't ask people to do nothing and just stay where they are and starve to death, right?

In addition, they were all resentful, and under the instigation and destruction led by some radicals, loss of control and turmoil could have been foreseen for a long time.

"Speaking of this, I have some information that you may be interested in." Mizuhara Saori said suddenly, "From yesterday to today, some miners secretly received resettlement fees from Dijing Group, and were asked by the other party Don’t make a fuss about it, and you have to return home quickly after you get the money.”

"What's even more surprising is that, without exception, these miners are all Lu tribe."

Are they all from the Lu tribe?Chen Ziang was surprised.

In the past, Dijing Group was not willing to pay, but it was unwilling to pay too much money, so it often had to wait until the miners were almost dispersed, and then use the money to drive away the remaining diehards who refused to leave-as for those who did not get Of course, it is impossible for the miners who returned early because of the money and the miners to come back.

It is not only meaningless to send money to Lu miners alone, but also has great hidden dangers.

Just like the population ratio of the entire Gaotianyuan, the island ethnicity also accounts for the vast majority of the unemployed miners. In the case that these people have not left, just sending money to the miners of the land ethnic group will inevitably greatly arouse the resentment of the island ethnic miners. Even the conflict between the two parties... Huh?

"I guess you've noticed it too, haven't you?" Saori Mizuhara said in a low voice, "It's an obvious means of differentiation, but I don't understand the meaning of dividing the Lu and Dao races in the miners, unless..."

Unless the person behind this matter is not trying to solve the problems of your miners, but has a more far-reaching and ulterior evil conspiracy.

"Just providing this information is not enough." Chen Ziang said in a deep voice, "As long as we go through follow-up investigations, we will also know about this matter. You have to come up with more information."

"But by that time, the messenger behind the scenes would have already run away." Saori Mizuhara shook her head, and pushed a piece of paper on the table, "This is the list I collected—in many word-of-mouth In the information chain, these miners on the list are the source of many information chains. I don’t know where they got the news that the Lu ethnic miners received the money, but you can now use this to follow the clues and find out from these people who are behind the scenes. By."

"What do you want?" Chen Ziang didn't go to get the list, but asked calmly.

"I want to have an interview with Xia Qingyu." Saori Suwon replied.

"I'll ask her what she means." Chen Ziang stood up, "Give me a contact information?"

It is rare to meet a witch, not only did not commit mass murder, but also did not publish a criminal declaration. The two parties can not only talk to each other calmly, but even ask for a phone call before parting, which is really strange.

"The phone will be monitored." Mizuhara Saori was prepared for this, and took out a crystal pendant from the bag, "You take this."

Chen Ziang took the crystal pendant and looked at it carefully.

From the material point of view, it should be a cheap product that can be bought for a few dollars at a street stall, and a cartoon cat head is carved out with a rough knife.

"I made this for my younger brother before." Saori Mizuhara whispered, "There are some... special means on it. As long as you touch it with your hand, I can sense it and communicate with you. If you wear it Gloves or pockets won’t do.”

"Understood." Chen Ziang replied, "I will give you an answer as soon as possible."

"Don't forget this." Mizuhara Saori picked up the list and handed it over.

"If Xia Qingyu refuses to meet with you, then your information will be for nothing." Chen Ziang reminded her.

"I believe you will try your best." Saori Mizuhara replied, "If you really fail, I don't blame you."

Chen Ziang took a deep look at her, then solemnly put away the paper, and left with the living dead.

Walking out of the lobby on the ground floor of the Sumitomo Building, he canceled the maintenance of the summoning of the living dead, then took out his mobile phone and called Xia Qingyu.

"Hello." The other person picked up, but the voice seemed a little...weak?

"I've talked to her." Chen Ziang said succinctly, "I couldn't make it clear on the phone, so I came to see you?"

"……it is good."

"Where are you?"

"your home."

Chen Ziang:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Oh, Xia Zili must have recovered and brought her to my house to recuperate.

To be honest, as a borrowed guest, Zili, it is actually not very polite to pick up outsiders without the owner's consent.

However, if you think about it carefully, on the one hand, Xia Qingyu is her immediate leader, not an unfamiliar outsider (considering that she is still a woman, there is no need to worry about Xiao Zhu's safety); on the other hand, it sounds like she is injured, and tonight In this special situation, the hospital is probably full, and with Chen Ziang's personality, he certainly would not refuse to take in the injured.

Hmph, seeing you live under the fence, do you still dare to speak harshly?

"I'll be right back." Chen Ziang said with a sigh, "Are you injured? The medicine box is in the wall cabinet in the bathroom on the first floor."

"No need." Xia Qingyu refused.

If you don’t need it, don’t use it, as long as you know your own injuries, don’t die in my house anyway.

Chen Ziang thought to himself, of course he was not stupid enough to say it directly, but said:

"Want some supper? I can bring it back."

"No need." Xia Qingyu refused again.

"Then ask Xia Zili what he wants to eat." Chen Ziang said casually.

At that moment, he seemed to feel the cold breath coming from the opposite side of the receiver.

But Chen Ziang did not hear her sneer and verbal attacks after all, because the phone had already been hung up.

198. Chapter 197 I am the Governor

Intense quarrels are taking place in the Star District Governor's office.

"Your Excellency, we must not act rashly now." Song Mingyuan said in a deep voice, "In fact, if you look at the history of the Milky Way, you will find that there has never been a country that used force on the first day of a large-scale civil riot. Repressive."

"Don't they know that this kind of riot will destroy social order on a large scale? They know, but they know that the people are ignorant. They will naturally fear the power and violence of the superiors, even if these violence are used to protect them!"

"At least on this point, you are right." Governor Shi Di said in a deep voice, "The violence in our hands is used to protect the people!"

Song Mingyuan let out a short, meaningless breath, but he was actually trying not to sneer contemptuously.

He walked quickly to the window, took a sip from the teacup, and suppressed the fire in his heart.

"Your Excellency the Governor." He turned around again, put his hands on the Governor's desk, and insisted, "It's not that we don't want to protect the people, we just have to do it when the people think 'they need protection'." people!"

"If the unemployed miners are not allowed to carry out large-scale destruction, the people of Extreme North City will not realize that these people are a danger to the social order, but will think that we are in collusion with the Dijing Group to oppress innocent ordinary people in a large joint venture !"

"The vast majority of people in this society are such stupid garbage! They will never know the pain until the knife hits themselves!"

"I want to remind you." Shi Di said with a stern expression, "As the managers of this star area, we have an obligation to prevent the knives from falling on the people!"

"Wrong!" Song Mingyuan retorted fiercely, "As managers, we must first avoid letting knives cut on ourselves, and secondly protect the people!"

"Before the knife falls, you rush out to block the knife for them. Not only will they not appreciate you, but they will resent you in turn... My God! Why did you have to come up with such a head, don't you Worried about the next Governor General election?"

"Your Excellency Governor, with all due respect, the reason why you can sit on the position of Governor of the Star District is not because of how much the people love you, but because of the political prestige accumulated by your father, grandfather and great-grandfather for three consecutive generations! "

"Even if you don't care about your reputation and insist on doing something that won't be appreciated by the public, you should at least care about the hard work of the three generations of the Shi family, right? Gao Tianyuan... Gao Tianyuan is your ancestral foundation! And you are now You are trampling on the prestige legacy left to you by your ancestors!"

"Because it is the foundation of our ancestors." Shi Di slowly stood up and said, "That's why I can't just sit back and watch it get hurt."

"Song Mingyuan, I understand what you mean. But what happened this time is completely different from what happened before."

"In the past, whether it was the bottleneck of economic development, the rising unemployment rate, or some kind of trouble caused by witches... Although we can't solve these problems, we are at least trying our best to prevent the deterioration of the situation and do everything possible to protect the people."

"But this time, according to the plan you proposed, it means that we can do it, but for some other reason, we have given up our obligation to protect the people, and this is the bottom line that must not be broken!"

Song Mingyuan was finally laughed out of anger, raised his teacup again and took a few mouthfuls of tea, then sat down opposite Shi Di, and loosened his neckline forcefully:

"Bottom line? Your Excellency Governor, forgive me for being stupid, can you explain what is the 'bottom line'?"

"My great-grandfather once said a classic sentence." Shi Di revealed a look of reminiscence, and sighed, "He said that the relationship between the ruler and the people is like that between parents and children."

"Children may not understand their parents' intentions, but they still need to obey their parents' arrangements, because their parents are leading them to live in this wilderness."

"This is the standard imperial political thinking." Song Mingyuan commented unceremoniously, "only imperial people who emphasize collective, discipline and obedience can do it."

"But Your Excellency the Governor, the premise of Mr. Shi Zhiqing's words is that Gao Tianyuan was still under the political system of the empire at that time, and the governor of the star region had the power of life and death over anyone, so he needed to defend the interests of the people, just like A shepherd needs to protect his flock."

"However, after Mr. Shi Jintang's reform, today's Gao Tianyuan is a democratically elected system. The governor's power has not only been greatly weakened, but there is no way to guarantee that he will always hold power... because the basis of the democratically elected system lies in games and checks and balances. The manager and the managed They are not completely in the same camp, everyone needs to be responsible for their own interests, and they can only be responsible for their own interests!"

"That's our difference." Shi Di shook his head and said, "Ming Yuan, I'm not a qualified governor. Five years ago, I didn't even know anything about politics, and I didn't even want to take this position."

"The reason why I am here is because I promised my father that I would be responsible for Gao Tianyuan's future... Starting from my great-grandfather, the three generations of the Shi family have worked together to make Gao Tianyuan survive in the gap between the Empire and the Federation. It cannot be destroyed by my successor. This is the bottom line that I must defend."

"To me, the safety and stability of Gao Tianyuan itself is more important than the safety and stability of the power in my hands. If the people choose to misunderstand me, then let them misunderstand. I am just doing something with a clear conscience."

Song Mingyuan was so angry at his stubbornness and paranoia that he was speechless, and it took him a while to get up angrily, and said:

"It seems that we can't reach a consensus, but Your Excellency Governor, as your confidential secretary, I must remind you at the end..."

"You will regret this."

"Unfortunately, we failed to convince each other this time." Shi Di was silent for a while, "Do as I say, Mingyuan. After all..."

"I am the governor."

Song Mingyuan pushed the door angrily and left.After leaving the governor's office, the expression of resentment on his face disappeared as if by magic, leaving only iron-like seriousness and gloom.

Back in his office, he first closed the curtains, then paced back and forth for a while, and finally picked up his cell phone and started making calls.

"Hello, Your Highness, it's me..."

"You are absolutely right. Although His Excellency the Governor has received five years of political education, he is still a sentimental artist at heart... Yes, I tried to convince him, but he has completely indulged in playing the role of a martyr. People who think they are making a great sacrifice that is correct and not understood by others will not listen to me at all."

"Yes, we will issue an order immediately... Hehe, after all, he is the governor, isn't he?"

"Well, tell me, what do you need me to do?"

"Give him a book titled..."Dan Ke's Heart"? Excuse my ignorance... 1895? Most of the books from that era have been dusted on the earth. I'm not sure if I can find them now ..."

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After Chen Ziang bought the food, when he returned home, he saw Chen Xiaozhu sitting on the rocking chair in the living room, and Xia Zili lying on the sofa.

Both of them had their eyes closed, as if they were in a deep sleep.

Xia Qingyu was leaning against the window sill, reading a thin book in her hand. The cover of the book was a crude portrait drawn in crayons, and the style looked like some kind of children's book.

"I'm back." Chen Ziang put on his slippers, walked into the living room and asked Xia Qingyu, "Are you two alright?"

"It's okay." Xia Qingyu replied.

"You don't look very well." Chen Ziang said suspiciously, and then looked at Xia Zili who was lying on the sofa and sleeping.

Xia Zili's condition seemed to be fine, nothing seemed wrong, and she was sleeping soundly.

Xia Qingyu's face was pale, her lips were gray, and she looked sickly. She refused to respond to Chen Ziang's question of concern, but just lowered her head and read the book in her hand without saying a word.

I feel that if I continue to ask, I will be boring myself.

Chen Ziang looked at the book in her hand, and finally saw the title: "Old Lady Yi Zejir".

"What are you reading?"

"fairy tale."

"You are so old, do you still like to read fairy tales?" Chen Ziang joked, trying to ease the dull atmosphere.