The Witch's Taste

"Hi, I'm Qin Song, Song Xi's fiancé."

"Hello." Chen Ziang shook hands with him, "Happy newlyweds."

"Thank you." Qin Song nodded.

Chen Ziang felt a little strange, because the Qin Song in front of him, as the groom, did not seem to have a close relationship with the bride, Song Xi.

Song Xi kept chatting with Yuegong Lingnai, ignoring her fiancé beside her, and Qin Song didn't seem to care, just smiled and greeted Chen Ziang to get acquainted with each other.

The two people were carrying out their own social behaviors, as if they were just two strangers at the meeting - if they weren't wearing the clothes of the groom and the bride, ordinary people might not recognize them.

Is it a political marriage?The circle of the upper class is really complicated...

Just as he was thinking secretly, he heard someone shouting in the distance:

"Suzuna!"

Chapter 76 Your Excellency Governor

Advance the time by 10 minutes.

Governor Shi Di, the supreme leader of the Gaotianyuan star region, is also the second son of the third-generation star region governor Shi Boen.

At this time, he was in the high-level box of Qiandao Aquarium, and together with his confidential secretary Song Mingyuan, was preparing to attend the group wedding ceremony in the afternoon.

Shi Di is 55 years old. This age is not bad for the Governor of the Star District. He will not be considered "unreliable" by the masses because he is too young.

But what many people don't know is that Shi Di was originally an artist in the first half of his life.

The former governor, Shi Boen, originally trained his successor to be the eldest son Quartz.

However, Shi Boen underestimated his own lifespan and overestimated the patience of his eldest son Quartz.

Five years ago, after secretly mobilizing the family to seize power and failed, the eldest son Shi Ying committed suicide, and Shi Boen had no choice but to change the family heir to the second son Shi Di. It can be said that Gao Tianyuan is a well-known artist in the art world, so he was forced by fate to turn into a political career.

Under the huge blow of losing his heir, Shi Boen was forced to hold on to his sickness, and trained Shi Di for a year, and then he finally couldn't hold on and passed away.

In the ensuing star region governor election, the National Elite Party won the election again as usual, and Shi Di became the fourth Gao Tianyuan star region governor.

With the full assistance of the civil servant system, Shi Di, who has only one year of political experience, has adopted a steady and favorable development policy, which has deeply consolidated the development achievements left by his ancestors, and his achievements have been widely recognized by all walks of life.

At least that was the case last week.

"Mingyuan." Looking at the accident report submitted by the military, Shi Di rubbed his tense temples, and said in a heavy tone, "The situation is very critical now, we must do something."

"Yes, I agree with your opinion." The confidential secretary Song Mingyuan first echoed, and then added, "But as far as the current situation is concerned, the situation has been stabilized..."

"Wait for the report first." Shi Di has been dealing with this confidential secretary for nearly four years, and he has probably noticed his usual routines. How could he let him fool around like this, and immediately interrupted him seriously, "Ming Yuan, what are you doing?" Can you tell me."

"Why in the past so many years, a planet-level metropolitan area has only less than two digits of security officers dealing with an unknown, unspeakable, and extremely high-security danger?"

"Your question is very sensitive." Song Mingyuan explained calmly, "First of all, I want to correct your statement."

"Currently dealing with mysterious hidden dangers, there are 7 front-line officers from the Sixth Section of Countermeasures of the Jibei City Public Security Department, 20 people from the intelligence team, and 36 people from the military's special countermeasures. If necessary, more can be temporarily mobilized manpower support..."

"More people?" Shi Di quickly asked, "How many?"

"For example, the Public Security Department is currently cooperating with third-party organizations." Song Mingyuan replied, "Through the introduction of professional labor services, the initial manpower is expected to expand to more than [-]."

"It's ridiculous." Shi Di threw the report in his hand on the table in displeasure and complained, "In the face of such a sudden social crisis, we actually have to join forces with private institutions. In the past, we invested in the public security system. Has all that money been wasted redundantly by the people below?!"

"With all due respect." Song Mingyuan reminded him, "In the past, our financial investment in the public security system has actually been decreasing year by year."

"Really?" Shi Di was a little uncertain.

"Yes, and you recently thought about laying off some civil servants." Song Mingyuan sighed.

"I want to abolish civil servants in order to better save financial expenses and use them where they should be used." Shi Di felt a little uneasy on his face, and tapped his fingers on the table, "For example, vote for this messy law and order on the system."

He was silent for a moment, and suddenly felt something was wrong, and then reacted abruptly:

"Wait, Mingyuan, 'financial investment has been reduced year by year' doesn't mean that the financial investment is very small? What's more, no matter how much it is reduced, the public security system will not be able to recruit a team of hundreds of people, and it has to go to the civil society cooperate!"

"That's right, Your Excellency Governor." Song Mingyuan replied calmly and fluently, "The risk of the mysterious side is too high, so the Public Security Department has always adopted the strategy of elite soldiers in the past. The cost of training an operator for the sixth countermeasure, and The operatives trained for the search class [-] are completely different, and the prices can be said to be very different."

"As far as I know, just to become a grass-roots operator of Countermeasure Six, one needs to have a deep understanding of mysterious knowledge, and understanding this knowledge itself means risk, and risk represents a high accident rate and high casualty rate , This is only during the training period, and the loss of official duty is not included in it.”

"If the model of extensive training is adopted, the number of casualties will inevitably increase, which will further increase the difficulty of keeping secrets at the social level; on the contrary, the strategy of elite soldiers can reduce the casualty rate and control the risk of losing confidentiality. The only thing that needs to be paid is relatively high The cost of personnel training is the optimal solution after weighing a lot of pros and cons.”

"Strategy of elite soldiers." Shi Di complained impatiently, "I haven't seen where the elites have gone. Now the whole city has blossomed everywhere, and the people are living in dire straits, and our elite security officers are unable to solve the situation. Civil society is here to help."

"Do you know what those people in the Democratic First Party said? They said that we have diverted all the financial investment that should have been given to the security system to propaganda and falsehood!"

"Heck, last year their slogan was 'You're living under surveillance', and they said the good and the bad of the relationship."

"The people of the Democratic First Party are nothing but clowns." Song Mingyuan said with a smile, "Some down-and-out speculators of the island people are used to creating, inciting, and stirring up all kinds of unnecessary panic to intimidate our easily deceived masses. But this is doomed to be futile, because the eyes of most people are discerning..."

"Okay, stop singing your praises." Shi Di interrupted him irritably, "Speak business."

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor." Song Mingyuan said seriously, "In fact, the strategy of elite troops has always been effective. This system started from the first generation of the district governor, Mr. Shi Zhiqing, and has gone through so many years of development and has been followed steadily to this day. It has always been There was no big trouble.”

"Until this time." Shi Di corrected him displeased.

"Yes, but you can't deny the fruitful achievements of so many years because of a special accident, right?" Song Mingyuan showed a surprised look of incomprehension, "And our strategy of elite troops is against natural disasters, but this time it is real Man-made disasters. Just like the best flood defense dikes, they are aimed at the natural rise in water levels, and they certainly cannot prevent someone from deliberately opening the gates to release water from the upstream reservoir... No matter how good the flood defense dikes are, it will not work."

"Speaking of man-made disasters, the culprit." Shi Di said weakly, "What is the situation of that Xi Chuan Meihui?"

"As far as I know, they are the family members of the victims of the Sumida Town massacre a few years ago." Song Mingyuan replied, "His husband and children were attacked by wild wolves on their way home from the town, and there were no bones left."

"Oh, how pitiful." Shi Di was an artist after all, showing his emotional side at this time, and asked with concern, "Did the Sumida Town Hall not compensate her?"

"Compensation." Song Mingyuan sighed, "But Xi Chuan Meihui doesn't want compensation, she wants to kill these wild wolves to avenge her husband and children."

"Then kill these beasts as soon as possible!" Shi Di said immediately, "Then reconcile with Meihui Xichuan, and let her be appeased first!"

"Unfortunately, we can't do it." Song Mingyuan was silent for a moment, then said, "First of all, according to the current "Ecological Protection Law", any organization or individual is prohibited from slaughtering animals; If you are disgusted, it will inevitably affect your reputation and support rate in the future."

"Let's not mention the animal protection agency, what's the matter with the Ecological Protection Law?" Shi Di showed an extremely shocked expression, "Then the meat we usually eat is..."

"Synthetic meat." Song Mingyuan replied, "The pork, chicken, beef and mutton we usually eat are all synthetic meat produced in factories. This bill was created by your grandfather, Mr. Shi Jintang, in order to allow the Gaotianyuan star area to join the federation's interstellar trade." One of the package agreements signed by the Alliance with these nature-loving elves-it clearly stipulates that all mammals, birds, and some reptiles, amphibians, and fish have the rights that their lives are not deprived. that power."

"Oh! Oh, oh..." Shi Di muttered in embarrassment, "The bill signed with the elves, so..."

"There is no way to violate it." Song Mingyuan said with a sigh, "The Federation has set up inspectors here. Once we are found to have violated the agreement, it will affect our membership of Star Trade."

"Our High Sky Plains star region is a mining planet after all, and the export of ore to the Federation Star Trade Organization accounts for an absolute majority of our foreign exchange income, so we must abide by the elves' regulations, otherwise it will seriously affect the national economy, and the income will drop precipitously, and the people will die. Falling into dire straits..."

"Forget it." Shi Di interrupted him helplessly, trying to find something to cover up his embarrassment, and suddenly looked outside the box, his eyes lit up:

"Is that Tsukimiya Suzuna?"

"Yes." Song Mingyuan glanced out of the window, and quickly remembered that Shi Di admired Yue Gong's upright daughter, "Governor, do you want to meet her?"

"Yes." Shi Di smiled and nodded, "Ask her how she is doing recently."

Chapter 77 Loyal and Reliable

Shi Di himself was born as an artist and is very talented in artistic creation, so he also likes those talented and intelligent young juniors, such as Tsukimiya Suzuna, the daughter of Tsukimiya Kiyomasa.

In the early years, he had the idea of ​​making Tsukimiya Suzuna his daughter-in-law, so he approached Tsukimiya Kiyomasa with great interest.

Yuegong Qingzheng pushed that he would not interfere with his daughter's freedom of love, so Shi Di called Yuegong Lingnai again, and this smart girl only said a witty thing, which made Shi Di laugh and gave up the idea at the same time:

"Does Uncle Shi want me to change my name to Shi Lingnai? I think it's a bit unpleasant..."

You should know that island women have the custom of changing their husband's surname after marriage, but Lu women do not.

In the case of intermarriage between the Lu and Dao races, whether the wife changes her husband's surname is of course irrelevant to ordinary people, but it is not the case for aristocratic families.After all, changing the surname is more used for "adoption" on the Lu side, which is equivalent to adding to the family tree, and the Shi family will never allow an island girl to enter the family tree of the Shi family.

But if the surname is not changed, in the eyes of the conservative island people, there is a possibility that it will constitute disrespect for the traditional customs of the island people, and it may even imply "you are not worthy of the surname Shi", meaning that the Shi family looks down on the island people... Moon Palace What Suzuna said "is not good" implies that the public opinion of the island people is against it.

In fact, a few years ago, a well-known member of the Lu ethnic group married an island ethnicity wife and asked her to change her surname, which caused a lot of trouble among the people.

The people of the Lu nationality think that this is an insult to women, while the people of the island people think that he is playing machismo and trying to embarrass the people of the island people... In short, when it comes to such uncommon things, all kinds of messy people have to follow the rhythm It's too easy, no one knows what the people with clear thinking think, anyway, it's best not to touch it.

Thinking of convincing the group of old antiques in the clan, Shi Di quickly dismissed this troublesome idea, but he also admired Yuegong Lingna more and more, so this time he saw it at the wedding scene, so he asked his secretary to come over and ask her to have a chat .

Song Mingyuan called her personally, of course Yue Gong Lingnai couldn't answer, so he just cursed inwardly, talked to Chen Zi'ang, Song Xi and the others, and followed Song Mingyuan to the upper room.

"Lingna." Shi Di greeted her cordially, "I heard that you graduated this year and just started working. How do you feel?"

Tsukimiya Suzuna smiled and said:

"It's okay, the work of the Public Security Department is very challenging, and I like it very much."

Of course, she couldn't directly tell Shi Di about Yongjian's status at the horse farm.

First of all, Shi Di's appreciation for her is purely the elder's love for the younger generation.Sowing discord in front of this kind of elder who admires you but is actually unfamiliar with you is the kind of unclear, stupid mistake that many people often make, and it will seriously consume the relationship that has not been established between the two parties—even if Shi Di didn't care about this, the shrewd Song Mingyuan was also there!

Secondly, the level gap between the governor of the star region and the head of the public security department is too big, it's like going to the emperor to sue a county magistrate... Maybe it's cool to write in a drama, but in fact the emperor will probably feel that it's a drop in price: that's it?For such a small person, you came here to waste my time?

Finally, although I did not expect to meet the district governor here, this does not prevent the clever and witty Tsukimiya Suzuna from giving some eye drops to the annoying idiot.

"Are you working in the Public Security Department?" Shi Di suddenly became interested, "I guess, it's the search class?"

"It's Countermeasures Lesson [-]." Tsukimiya Suzuna said with a smile.

When it came to the sixth lesson of countermeasures, Shi Di remembered the topic discussed just now, and frowned impatiently.

Yuegong Suzuna and Song Mingyuan read out this slight change in facial expression at the same time, and the latter immediately smiled and said:

"Really? It's not easy to get into the sixth class. It seems that you have a unique talent in this area."

This reminded Shi Di: The Sixth Class of Countermeasures is different from other classrooms. It requires members to have a deep knowledge and understanding of the mysterious side, which seems to have exceeded the ability of Yuegong Qingzheng... What's more, who would send his daughter to him? To learn a kind of taboo knowledge that "the more you know, the more dangerous you are"?

Even bureaucrats at the level of Shi Di and Song Mingyuan, whose status and power determine that they must know that "there is a mysterious side in the world", but they tacitly do not want to know more, but regard it as some kind of "locust plague", For special disasters such as "epidemics", people from the Public Security Department have to come over regularly to check their spirits.

"No way." Yue Gong Suzuna said seriously, "If we don't do some things, no one will do them."

Shi Di wanted to subconsciously say, "There will be no shortage of you", after all, it would be a pity for a beautiful and smart young man like Yue Gong Suzuna to engage in such a high-risk job, but he soon thought of the security system At present, there is indeed a serious shortage of professional manpower who can fight against the mystery.

"But it should be easier recently, right?" Song Mingyuan said with a smile.

Suzuna Yuegong quickly became vigilant, thinking to herself that I hadn't started taking eye drops yet, why did this old fox see the clue and handed me the conversation?

Confidential secretary Song Mingyuan always smiles when talking to people, but his ability to calculate people is also first-class. The so-called "a knife hidden in a smile" is very appropriate.

Probably only his daughter, Song Xi, can communicate with him without any precautions - anyway, my father won't harm me, and it's fine if he tricks me.

Although it was clear that there must be something wrong with it, Tsukimiya Suzuna couldn't judge it for a while, and could only roughly assume that this intention had nothing to do with her, so she said casually:

"Well, the director cooperates with private organizations and subcontracts a large number of cases. Recently, there is really not much work to do, and I don't know if those people can do it well."

Although what she said was true, words such as "non-governmental organization", "subcontracting" and "no work" undoubtedly hit Shi Di's most dissatisfied point.

You know, the Democratic First Party, which is now in opposition, is making a big fuss about these topics, mobilizing public opinion to disgust him!

The last sentence "Can you do it well" is a sinister backstab.If it is not done well, whose responsibility is it?

"The quality of non-government institutions is relatively uneven, and it really needs to be carefully screened and screened." Song Mingyuan said with a smile, "If you really encounter an important case, you still have to act, so you have to prepare well at ordinary times and don't slack off."

Tsukinomiya Suzuna said yes again and again, and politely exchanged a few words with Shi Di, using the greeting etiquette of a junior before saying goodbye and leaving.

She hasn't forgotten what the real purpose of this trip is - find a senior to post it!

After Yuegong Lingnai left, Shi Di frowned and said unhappily:

"Indeed, even if we find a private institution to temporarily alleviate the problem of shortage of manpower, the hidden dangers of quality control have increased instead."

"Mingyuan, since you mentioned this matter, you must have a solution already, right?"

Song Mingyuan said modestly:

"Your Excellency, the job of the confidential secretary is just to check for gaps in your wise decision-making, so there is no solution. It can only be said to be some shallow ideas of mine for your reference."

"First of all, it is an expedient measure to cooperate with civil institutions. Of course, such important businesses involving national security must be in our own hands and controlled by truly reliable people."

"That's right." Shi Di subconsciously nodded in agreement.

"Secondly, the members of the Security Committee are experienced, thoughtful, mature and prudent, and they are trustworthy..."

"So." Shi Di interrupted him suddenly, "You want to separate this business from the security system?"

"The security system is a professional organization for maintaining social security." Song Mingyuan said with a smile, "And this matter involves national security. From the perspective of power and responsibility, although I believe that the security committee is undoubtedly capable of coordinating this aspect work, but in the end there are more suitable professional institutions.”

"You mean the Intelligence Bureau?" Shi Di thought carefully for a moment, then frowned, "The Intelligence Bureau...I mean, they have always been with the Qin family..."

"That happens to be appointed by you, Governor." Song Mingyuan's smile became brighter, and he said fluently in a calm but forceful tone, "After all, this matter is more harmful and involves a lot, and it seriously affects all sectors of society. At the national level, it has even entered a state of national emergency. It is urgent and needs to be resolved. Therefore, it is necessary for you, the Governor, to plan strategies and personally command. In this crucial position, install a loyal and reliable cadre."

"Well... yes, that's right, that's it." Shi Di finally caught up with his train of thought, and murmured, "Loyalty and reliability are very important qualities, indeed... and it's an intelligence bureau after all."

He suddenly supported the table with his arms, tilted his upper body, moved closer to Song Mingyuan, and said with a dry smile:

"Mingyuan, I already know who you're talking about. But you might as well announce the answer first, and then I'll see if it's the person I expected."