The woman lowered the brim of her hat slightly. The thick scarf covered half of her face, and her head was always lowered, as if she was hiding something.
She quietly approached an ordinary aircraft parked at Lyles Port, and two men got off the aircraft.
One of the tall, thin men was the long-lost Roger Hunter, and next to him stood a strange, bloated man.
The woman connected the brain in her hand to Roger Hunter's brain and watched as data was being transmitted. Afterwards, the three of them talked about something, the woman looked horrified, and they seemed to have had a quarrel. Finally, the bloated man took out a piece of brown stone and handed it to the woman. The woman picked up the stone and looked at it carefully in the sun.
The scene freezes on the woman's delighted expression. At this point, the entire video screen ends.
Everyone in the banquet hall was whispering.
"Isn't this Miss Zheng?"
"No, it's really her."
…
Lanchester pointed at the picture triumphantly, his mustache trembling: "What else do you have to say?"
Zheng Xiyao tilted her head and smiled: "That woman is indeed me." She was very calm, "But what does this mean?"
"I knew you would quibble." Lanchester used his brain to enlarge the image of the bloated man in the video. "What do you think this is?" There is a black eye mark on the back of the man's hand in the photo.
This is the unique symbol of the Nask Zerg.
"Having a secret meeting with the enemy, what else do you have to say?"
"So what?" Zheng Xiyao responded calmly to Lanchester's question: "Meeting does not mean that I have revealed military secrets."
"Really? But the day after you met, the Zerg invaded the base planet, and they even broke through the Ace barrier. How do you explain it?" asked the middle-aged white-haired uncle who was silent at the side.
Zheng Xiyao looked at the solemn and steady middle-aged uncle who spoke, and saw that his face was five points similar to Arthur's. It seemed that he was Brand Feng Ke, one of the cabinet members and Arthur's father.
"Your Excellency" Zheng Xiyao took two steps forward and explained clearly: "There is no clear evidence to prove that my meeting with them was to convey military information, so I cannot accept your conclusion."
"However, you did not provide any relevant evidence to prove your innocence." Feng Ke refuted her explanation unhurriedly.
“Isn’t it the right person to advocate and give evidence?”
"This is a court inquiry." The middle-aged man replied seriously: "The person being questioned needs to provide evidence."
Zheng Xiyao: "..."
[System, what do you think? This damn setting. ] She vomited anxiously.
Faced with this situation, Zheng Xiyao could not find a way to break the situation for a while, unless she found the key person 'Roger Hunter'
The system is pretending to be dead. It cannot be said to be a bug in the main system's special settings. It was originally a tool to increase the goodwill between the male protagonist and the female protagonist.
Now it has become an important weapon that threatens the host.
Zheng Xiyao: [System, you know our consciousnesses are connected, right? 】
System: […Haha, host, don’t worry, I will definitely find a way to save you. wait for me! 】As he said that, the system cut off the connection with Zheng Xiyao.
She shook her head helplessly: It's such a critical moment, it's not reliable at all.
Brand Feng Ke faced everyone and spoke slowly: "Since Miss Zheng has provided no valid evidence to prove herself, in accordance with the interrogation rules of the trial court, I declare -"
"Wait a moment!"
Hawke, who had been watching the battle beside her, suddenly stopped him.
"I can prove that she did not betray Kang Si." The man affirmed, standing beside her with his hands tied.
"You?" Feng Ke was surprised.
"Yes, because the leak of military information had something to do with me." Hawke explained calmly: "As for the reason, it involves undeclassified military information and cannot be disclosed here."
Everyone was puzzled. In their eyes, their great and noble marshal was protecting a declining daughter.
[He...he actually knows! ] Zheng Xiyao was stunned.
She was really shocked.
It turns out he knows everything.
Frankly speaking, she originally wanted to perform a "whitewashing" drama, thinking that it could alleviate her bad image to some extent. It seems...
"How could you do it for someone who has betrayed you..." Lanchester's face was ashen, in disbelief.
"Watch your words, Lanchester." The man looked at Lanchester, narrowed his eyes, and warned coldly.
Lanchester shrank back.
"Führer, are you going to favor a 'traitor' without clear evidence?" Feng Ke did not give in.
"Yes." Hawke answered without hesitation, "I'm just favoring her."
For a moment, the whole hall was silent.
Zheng Xiyao also looked at Hawke in disbelief: What is this man doing?
"Even if you are the head of state, you cannot ignore the laws of the alliance." Feng Ke said angrily.
Zheng Xiyao also felt that Feng Ke was right. The laws of the Kangsi Galaxy Alliance were higher than the rights of the head of state.
Why would Hawke do this meaningless drama?
"The Alliance Constitution stipulates that each head of state has immunity once." Hawke's words shocked everyone.
Even Zheng Xiyao was confused.
The immunity of the head of state is similar to a death-free medal. No matter what mistakes the other party has made, they can be exempted from responsibility. And immunity is not limited to one person, but to multiple people involved in the incident.
Therefore, immunity also represents a symbol of the head of state's rights, and few heads of state have used it.
For her, Hawke actually used his 'immunity'.
"Oh my God, who is she?"
"She has an unusual relationship with the head of state."
"But isn't the Head of State going to marry Freya?"
There were whispers all around, and there were many meddlesome eyes on her, and there were also many sympathetic eyes on Freya.
Zheng Xiyao shouted in her heart: I don't know anything, it has nothing to do with me, okay.
She subconsciously tugged at the hem of Hawke's clothes, "What on earth are you going to do? I haven't admitted it yet, and besides, I'm not guilty in the first place."
The man patted her hand and whispered: "Do you have a way to prove yourself? Can you contact me for questioning?"
Zheng Xiyao was speechless.
"Since you have used your 'immunity', I have nothing to say." The middle-aged uncle had no choice but to answer.
At this time, Hawke waved his hand to indicate that the surroundings were quiet, "Now that the interrogation of the trial court is over, we must give everyone an explanation for the military leak case involved two years ago. However, the key figure 'Roger Hunter' disappeared two years ago. So, I decided." He looked at Zheng Xiyao, paused, and continued:
"As of today, the Alliance has launched an alliance wanted order for Roger Hunter. Anyone who provides valid information will be rewarded with 1 million star coins."
At that time, people had no impression of Roger Hunter, but from now on, Roger Hunter's name will be known to all people in the Constellation.
[It’s rare for a male protagonist to do good things. Officials want Hunter, so if we find him, it will be twice the result with half the effort. 】
[No, the day will not be far when you can 'whitewash' yourself like this. 】
[But I don’t know why, I still feel upset. I always feel like something else is going to happen. 】
[Host, actually I think so too. 】The system judged based on years of experience that the male protagonist should still have a big move yet to come out.
Zheng Xiyao took advantage of Hawke's embrace of her and leaned into his arms, then whispered, "That's it, let's go back."
Hawke didn't listen to her, he just held her tighter and was about to speak.
Zheng Xiyao's heart tightened, as she already knew what he was going to say.
(End of chapter)
