"The people responsible for receiving them at that time were He Weidao, who had just become the Speaker of the State Assembly, and the heads of the three noble families."
"At that time, although He Weidao was nominally the highest person in charge of the state, in fact the entire West Dar state was still under the control of the three nobles."
"The Security Bureau, the local governing offices, and even the federal garrison reorganized from the Kingdom Guard are basically all controlled by the Bai family, the Jiang family, and the Si family."
"Although He Weidao has supported a group of people from the civilian faction in various departments, the general trend has not changed and they have always been marginalized."
"Even him..."
"Obviously he is the speaker of a state, but among the 72 members of the state assembly, only a few figures are civilians and are truly loyal to the federation. The rest are controlled by the three nobles."
"He is in Cedar State. It can almost be said that his decrees never leave the council chamber. Everyone only hears about the three nobles and not about the federation."
"So, even if the Federation Speaker and his wife come to visit, he must first discuss the itinerary with the three nobles before making a decision."
"In order to make the Speaker and his wife feel at home, he repeatedly requested the Si family to give up a villa in the state capital as a temporary residence for the Speaker and his wife."
"After several rounds of discussions, the Si family finally reluctantly agreed."
"However, although they agreed to allow the Grand Speaker and his wife to temporarily stay in their family's villa, the Si family was extremely uncooperative during the handover."
"The servants at home not only have a bad attitude towards the Speaker's life team, but they also use lukewarm remarks to get rid of them from time to time. For example... they are worried that the Speaker and his wife will damage the Si family. We can’t afford to pay for the valuable antiques, calligraphy and paintings in the garden.”
When talking about this period of history, the old man's eyes were a little distant, as if he had penetrated time and saw the scene more than ten years ago, when the federation was weak, the nobility was prosperous, and the states were divided.
The adjutant, who had been listening, couldn't help but clenched his hands.
After all, he is also a civilian and works in the Federal Guard. The Federal Guard is the most violent organization directly under the Federation, so when the Federation is humiliated, it is equivalent to being humiliated on him.
Perhaps sensing his emotions, the old man clasped his hands behind his back, glanced at him lightly, and then continued, "These things have reached the ears of the civilian elite headed by He Weidao. They are also very angry like you. "
"But because the three nobles are so powerful, they can only swallow their anger and go to the Si family to discuss it again."
"The Si family doesn't know what happened secretly, but openly they did punish their own servants and replaced a group of slaves for the command and use of the Speaker's life team."
"The original batch of slaves were transferred back to serve in the Si family's main family, and they were prohibited from going to the Villa during the visit of the Grand Speaker."
"Later, the Grand Speaker will arrive."
"On that day, no matter who is Dao or the three nobles who are not dealing with the Federation, they will all personally greet him."
"That day, the silver dragon led the way, the fire phoenix danced with it, the sky began to rain the law, and the fire clouds burned from the sky all the way to Xidazhou. Above the red clouds, the patrol team came driving the colorful bridge."
"At that time, whether it was pretended or real, the whole state was in a state of excitement, with hundreds of flowers blooming."
"According to normal procedures, on that day, a number of dignitaries from Cedar State will hold a welcome reception to welcome the Speaker and his wife."
"This cocktail party will indeed be held as usual at Sijia Villa."
"At the cocktail party, guests felt at home and had a great time."
"On that night, everyone seemed to put aside their prejudices and disputes, and all enjoyed this rare happy time."
The adjutant raised his head and his eyes began to become distant, as if he had seen the joyous scene that night.
At this moment, the old man changed his voice and said, "Until...the dinner is over."
"The Chancellor's wife suddenly discovered that the gorse she was wearing was missing."
The adjutant suddenly froze.
The old man also said slowly, "The gorse is a very magical and precious extraordinary plant. It only grows in the rich mining areas of [Qin Ore]."
"It takes ten years to take root, ten years to germinate, and ten years to bloom. After the flowers bloom, they will be eternal. And all year round, cloudy and rainy days will show different colors."
"And, more importantly, it is said that this flower has the ability to regenerate. After you pick it off and put it somewhere else, insert it into the soil, it will grow again. And... as it grows, Small-scale [Qin Ore] veins will grow in nearby areas."
"Such a valuable thing was lost. You can imagine how tense the atmosphere was at that time."
"The Grand Speaker was furious on the spot and demanded a thorough investigation into the matter."
"He Weidao had no power in his hands, so he had no choice but to appoint the Jiang family, who control the executive office, to investigate the matter."
"The Jiang family gladly accepted the order, and then summoned a team of agents from the state and city investigation bureaus to start investigating the case. The results were obtained in just a few days."
Speaking of this, the old man suddenly stopped talking.
Halfway through the story, the adjutant felt an itch in his heart.
Therefore, he couldn't help but ask, "What's the result?"
There was no light on the old man's sinister face, as if he was completely plunged into darkness. He said slowly, "They found a small group of 21 people who were anti-federal and anti-human from the slaves of the Si family."
"These people are all humanoid disaster creatures with the bloodline of disaster creatures, or those inspired by the Si family's [Darkness] ability."
"These people confessed to stealing the gorse, and admitted that they were instructed by the head of the Si family."
adjutant:? ? ?
Although he knew that this incident would eventually lead to the demise of the Si family, such a turn of events still shocked the adjutant.
He couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this a bit too much? I just lost a gorse, but actually found an anti-federal and anti-human organization?"
The old man chuckled, and then said, "Why not."
"So, as soon as this conclusion came out, the Si family and the Bai family were in an uproar."
"However, this conclusion was reached by the nobles themselves through their own investigation and was not framed by the federation."
"So, the Grand Chancellor was furious and directly mobilized the military forces and experts from the three neighboring states directly under the federal government, and then uprooted the Si family. All the direct bloodline and cronies were killed. No one survived."
"The federal garrison in West Dakota conducted a major purge from top to bottom. Everyone close to the Si family was killed and arrested."
"At this point, the Si family, one of the three major nobles in West Dazhou, has perished."
The adjutant's mouth was slightly open, and his brain was having difficulty functioning.
After a moment, he said, "Sir, why do I always feel that this is a bit weird?"
The old man chuckled and said, "Of course it's weird."
He paused and said,
"This incident happened so suddenly that many noble families across the federation, including the Jiang family, were dissatisfied with the federation's hasty decision and questioned the federation's Grand Speaker."
"However, the Grand Speaker showed the confidence he dared to do this. Fifty-seven semi-god-level spiritual military bases came out to fly to each state in the name of joint discussions with the nobles of each state to take over the states and the federation. The garrison.”
"So...all the voices of dissatisfaction disappeared."
Speaking of this, the old man paused and said with a half-smile, "It's already ridiculous enough for this matter to have developed like this."
"But at this time, something even more ridiculous happened."
The adjutant was already numb from the ridiculous thing just now. When he heard the old man's words, he couldn't help but look over and asked, "What's more ridiculous?"
The old man said, "The gorse has been found."
adjutant:? ?
The old man said, "The gorse was found in the jewelry box of the Chancellor's wife. It turns out... she forgot to bring it with her that day."
adjutant:? ? ? ?
Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help laughing "hahaha".
The adjutant didn't know what to say for a moment.
He couldn't help but stumbled and asked, "But,...the Jiang family investigated?"
The old man looked at him, blinked, and said, "Yes. So how did the Jiang family investigate?"
adjutant:.........
The adjutant thought of an extremely terrible fact, and his whole body became cold.
Seeing that he understood, the old man smiled and turned away, and then said calmly, "Since then, the Si family has died, and the Jiang family's power has plummeted. The Bai family has been dormant. And He Weidao has truly taken control of the power of Xida State. And step by step He has gradually become a populist giant in the Eastern Region."
The monitoring room fell silent for a while.
After a while, the adjutant asked, "Sir, is this all a conspiracy?"
He thought for a moment and then said, "I remember there were rumors before. To be honest, the Federation has always had two attitudes towards disaster creatures: extermination and coexistence."
"And the Si family belongs to the coexistence faction. And because they have a special ability to awaken, they can give birth to new species of disaster creatures, so many people are skeptical of their stance."
"So, maybe the Federation has long been dissatisfied with the Si family?"
The old man put his hands behind his back, looked at the surveillance camera, and said calmly, "I don't know."
The adjutant blinked, then paused for a moment, and then said, "I also heard that the old man of the Si family died early. After his death, the Jiang family has actually been plotting their influence in the federal garrison."
"In addition, the Federation has never deprived nobles of their titles or destroyed noble families before."
"So, could it be that when the Federation or He Weidao found the Jiang family, the Jiang family thought they were just suppressing the Si family. But in the end, they were directly treated as swordsmen?"
The old man still put his hands behind his back, looked at the surveillance camera, and said calmly, "I don't know."
The adjutant blinked again and asked, "Has the Federation been keeping a low profile for nearly forty years? Its strength has been unprecedentedly strong, but it has been suppressing it, waiting for an opportunity to create discord among the nobles and reasonably suppress the states. .”
"And why was Dao keenly aware of the federation's thoughts and aware of the conflicts between the Si family and the Jiang family, so he deliberately created this opportunity?"
The old man still put his hands behind his back, looked at the surveillance camera, and said calmly, "I don't know."
Although the old man said "I don't know" to all the questions, the adjutant realized from his indifferent state and non-denial attitude that this might be the truth...or at least, it was what the old man thought was the truth. .
He was a little distracted for a moment.
Because he suddenly understood why the old man said this was the most absurd incident in the history of the Federation.
Absurd?
absurd!
But when I think about it carefully, I feel extremely terrible...
The human heart is like the ocean, and the "heart" of the country and the family is even more vast and elusive...
And just as he was thinking this, the old man looked at Fang Ze under surveillance, and then asked, "What did you learn from the [Purse Incident]?"
The adjutant thought for a while and then said, "Everything is about strength. Is the truth within the radiation range of the military base?"
The old man shook his head.
The adjutant thought again, "Can't we be enemies of the country? All those who are enemies of the country will have a bad end?"
The old man shook his head again.
The adjutant continued to think, "The fortress can be breached from the inside. Can't we betray our allies just for short-term gains?"
The old man continued to shake his head.
However, this time he gave his own explanation.
He said slowly, "What this tells us is that the federal government, states and cities, not the Detective Agency, do not need to solve the case."
"In this bloodless battlefield, many times, the truth is not important."
"The important thing is, what do the various forces want to achieve?"
“With purpose, there is truth.”
Having said this, he changed his voice and returned to the case of Huayang Jie's death.
He said calmly, "I also wanted to investigate how this Huayang-level master died."
"Who did it? Who killed it? And find out the real culprits and participants."
"However, the Jiang family and the Bai family obviously feel that this is not a case, but a political accusation incident."
"No matter who the murderer is, if their people are involved, it is likely to attract criticism from other forces."
"It is meaningless for them to investigate the case thoroughly."
"What they need is to exchange benefits for all parties to compromise on this matter, find a reasonable 'truth', understand the case, and eliminate the impact as soon as possible."
"As for the real murderer, he can be traced and killed slowly afterwards."
"So, after the case happened, they have been treating us negatively and not cooperating."
"Because they know that our attitude on this matter is not important, only the opinions of the various forces that govern the region are important."
Having said this, he pointed to the top and said, "Now, maybe they have gone to the jurisdiction area and are trying to balance out the various forces."
After hearing this, the adjutant finally understood why the old man had been asking about the movements of the Bai family and Jiang family in the past few days.
But he still couldn't help but be a little confused, "But, what does this have to do with Fang Ze?"
"Why do you say that even if Fang Ze is innocent, he can't get away?"
The old man sighed, and then said, "Even if the matter is settled, we still need a satisfactory and reasonable truth."
"Now, there are three people apparently involved in this matter: Jin Luan, Jiang Cheng and Fang Ze."
"Who do you think...the Jiang family and the Bai family are running around to protect?"
"And who is the most suitable scapegoat?"
The adjutant was stunned.
For a moment, he couldn't help but look at the surveillance screen.
At this time, he suddenly discovered a "doubtful point". He looked at the old man and asked, "In this case, why do you still invite Master Fanda to investigate the truth of this matter?"
The old man clasped his hands behind his back and said, "This is the second lesson the [Gorse Incident] taught us."
"In politics, don't believe any promises."
"For the sake of profit, your bosses will betray you, and your allies will betray you. The only one you can trust is yourself."
He said, "If the higher authorities want some 'truth', I will give them the 'truth'."
"Then once this case is overturned, who will be responsible for the wrongful conviction of this matter?"
"Obviously it's me."
"I am the next Jiang family to be found by the Speaker's wife after Plantagenet."
His eyes were filled with memories again, "Back then, the Jiang family was a royal family in Xida State, and many people believed in it."
"As a result, after He Weidao finished using them, he turned around and tricked them all. During that period, the reputation of the Jiang family plummeted."
"Others don't know the role of Dao in it. They only know that the Jiang family, as a royal family, actually framed the Si family in the same camp."
"So, let alone the Jiang family reaching into the federal garrison, their own base in the governing offices of various places has begun to fall apart."
"Moreover, he is also hostile to the Bai family and nobles from other states."
"If Her Majesty the Queen, who is over 90 years old and has not appeared in front of the Jiang family for a long time, did not come forward to apologize tremblingly and severely punished the Jiang family members involved, the Jiang family would probably be doomed."
The old man said, "So... I solve my case. They exchange their interests."
"If there is any progress on my side, I will report it truthfully. If the higher-ups want to change the results, that is their business. It has nothing to do with me."
"Although I am not a big shot in the Eastern Region, I control a military base and my status is considered transcendent. They don't dare to mess with me easily."
Hearing the old man's words, the adjutant couldn't help but glance at Fang Ze, who was still answering under the surveillance camera.
For a moment, he suddenly couldn't bear it, and he asked, "Is Fang Ze destined to be sacrificed?"
"He...is innocent."
The old man was silent for a while, and then said, "Actually, he also has a glimmer of hope."
The adjutant couldn't help but his eyes lit up, "What kind of life?"
The old man said, "There is no place for him on the negotiation table now. It's because his value is too low."
"But if he has something in his hands that attracts the attention of the Eastern Region, or interests that both the Jiang and Bai families are coveted, then... the situation will be reversed immediately."
"Whether it's the larger jurisdiction or the Jiang and Bai families, they will make concessions for this."
"It is even possible to force the two families to hand over five Huayang Orders, saying that they beat themselves up, and then send them to Lingshan to serve together."
After hearing what the old man said, the adjutant couldn't help but said, "How is this possible!"
"When it comes to the jurisdiction of the large area, there are still Jiang and Bai families, and the Huayang level is just a chess piece. How can Fang Ze, an awakened person, be qualified to negotiate with them?"
The old man looked at Fang Ze's picture on the surveillance camera and said lightly, "Yes. He does."
The adjutant couldn't help but look at the old man in surprise.
The old man said, "Flower Chao Festival..."
"If he can crack the Hua Chao Festival and master a new way to believe in spiritual ascension, both the jurisdiction and the Jiang and Bai families will be forced to make concessions."
"He can definitely use this secret to force the Jiang and Bai families to pay the price. He can even treat him as a victim and make compensation."
"Everything will be resolved by then."......
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This is the chapter for today (29th).
This month, 250,000 words were updated in 29 days, with 8,000-9,000 updates per day, which is quite diligent. Therefore, in the last two days of the end of the month, I silently ask for monthly votes. Try to restore 10,000 words tomorrow.
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