Outside the window, the wind was surging, but his heart was calm. Senator Macklin stood by the window and looked at his supporters on the lawn. His slightly aged face was incomparably peaceful. His political life and even his life might come to an end after this incident, but he had no intention of backing down.
In the entire Federation, except for himself, no one could understand the persistence in his heart. In the eyes of the Federation politicians, that madam, and the head of the Li family, he did not hesitate to provoke the opposition of the Federation society and stubbornly refused to back down. It was really a crazy move, but he was going to continue like this unless the situation changed again.
A few months ago, Senator Macklin felt that there were some problems around him. In the network of subordinates that he had been managing for a long time, some dangerous person seemed to have found some gaps. The death of one of his capable subordinates made him directly use the young people who had been following him for a long time, including Helen's secretary, as sacrificial objects in the concert attack. However, even so, the matter was not over, because after the incident, another subordinate mysteriously disappeared, and was still not found to this day.
Senator Macklin could not have known that his subordinate had already become a dry corpse in the ocean. He also could not have thought that the person who found so much evidence of his crimes was just a person, a person who walked on the edge of the Federation's darkness. However, many years ago, he was mentally prepared for his own ending. In fact, he had never imagined that he could face the powerful Federation head-on with the power that he had discovered among the young people in the four states around the mountains.
"Sixty years in a foreign land, when did I not miss my family for a moment? Not many wrong paths in the galaxy, I offer my body to the light. "Senator Macklin silently recited this ancient poem in his heart, thinking that this life was enough.
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Outside the door, Inspector Xiao Wenjing said to a middle-aged man, "Just now, he received a few calls. We did not listen in, but it should be some forces persuading him to temporarily leave the Ministry of Justice so that the situation outside can be calmer. But for some reason, Macklin directly refused."
The middle-aged man was none other than Brigiosi, an independent investigator secretly established by the Ministry of Justice and recently approved by Parliament Hill. He was a respected senior law professor of the First Military Academy, but this time, he was in charge of investigating a candidate for the vice president, a politician deeply supported by the lower class of the Federation. He still felt endless pressure.
Mr. Bouliassi looked at the crowd outside the window, who had stayed up all night. He smiled and pushed open the door and walked in. Mr. Bouliassi put these unexpected difficulties behind him.
Senator Macklin turned around, and said with a gentle smile, "Hello, Mr. Inspector. This is the first time we've met, but please don't persuade me to leave. I won't leave before the Department of Justice has cleared my name and formally apologized to me."
Officer Briasi looked at him quietly. After a long time, he said in a rather playful tone, "Mr. Senator, you don't have to leave. In fact, we will have many more opportunities to meet in the future. I'm here to inform you that a special hearing will be held on Parliament Hill soon. A key witness will point out your role in the Linhai State Gymnasium assassination in front of the senators. "
Senator Macklin's eyes slowly narrowed. It only took him a short time to remember that girl, the girl who liked sex, the girl he had personally trained for a year, the girl who should have been dead.
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The sun at eight or nine in the morning shone over the capital special district. The magnificent building on Parliament Hill had a long shadow that extended all the way to the back of Green Mountain, covering the green trees and morning birds there.
The straight pool and lawn in front of the Parliament Hill were extremely neat. White pigeons walked in between, pecking at the grains thrown by people. Senator Macklin was being interrogated in the Ministry of Justice building, and the protesters were also gathered in that direction. The sacred Parliament Hill of the Federation should have welcomed its own tranquility, but at this time, the long stone steps were already surrounded by reporters who had heard the news.
The Parliament Hill hearing procedure was a very complicated matter. However, the madam behind the scenes and the big shots in the Federation had forcibly simplified the procedure to the extreme. Even the most well-informed senators only found out about the news in the middle of the night. More senators canceled their trips at the last minute and rushed to the Parliament Hill. However, when they thought of the seriousness of the matter, no one raised any objections to the holding of the hearing.
The reporters who had heard the news were only a few minutes late. The broadcast vans of the major TV stations in the Federation were already on standby, ready to broadcast at any time. However, in order to win the right to broadcast in the Parliament Hill, who knew how many rounds of requests and torment they had to go through to win the right to broadcast in the Parliament Hill.
At 11: 30, when it was almost time for lunch, the old senator from South Dakota finally rushed back on a special plane. The Parliament Hill had the necessary number of people, and the hearing on the charges against Senator Macklin was officially held.
The five huge circular stone pillars on the Parliament Hill were incomparably grand and magnificent. The interior of the meeting hall was even more spacious. The dark wood decorations, the huge lamp that hung dozens of meters in the air, the arc-shaped rows of senators' seats, and the quiet atmosphere filled the Federation's highest legislative meeting place with a dignified and authoritative atmosphere.
Zhang Xiaomeng, who was wearing a bra, walked in through the side passage of the Parliament Hill under the guidance of an official from the Ministry of Justice. She wore light-colored boots, plain clothes, and short hair that reached her ears. She looked extremely capable.
Seeing that this witness was a young lady who had an uncomfortable feeling about her, the senators who were leading the Federation's direction were slightly startled. After that, they began to discuss softly.
The dignified feeling in the air made Zhang Xiaomeng, who was entering the Parliament Hill for the first time, feel a little nervous. However, she immediately took a deep breath and nodded to the senators closest to her with a calm expression. At the same time, she subconsciously glanced at the camera lens fixed on the passage.
The three TV stations of the Federation had obtained the right to broadcast live. Everything that happened in the hearing would be transmitted to every TV screen through wireless signals. Zhang Xiaomeng gently clenched her fists, trying to make her footsteps more steady. However, she silently thought that since she had returned to S1 once again, Lin Hai's parents should have seen her. He should have seen her as well.
Her heels stepped on the expensive mahogany floor, making a steady rhythm in the quiet and spacious Parliament Hall. The official from the Ministry of Justice stopped below, and the Parliament's protocol officer led her to the table on the right side of the rostrum.
Zhang Xiaomeng stood behind the semicircular podium and turned around to face the hundreds of senators in the Parliament Hill.
The seats of the councilors were like countless arcs that extended upwards. Every seat was extremely far apart, and there were countless seats that were not filled. In the interior of this magnificent building, everyone seemed so small. She also had this feeling, especially when she saw the most famous politicians of the federation staring at her with hawk-like eyes. She was a little flustered.
"Please place your hand on the Magna Carta and recite the oath after me," the Parliament's protocol officer stood below the mahogany podium and said softly. He was a few heads shorter than her.
Zhang Xiaomeng took a few deep breaths and placed her hand on the Magna Carta. This was a thick book about fifty centimeters wide and one meter long. It recorded the first charter of the Federation and several of the most important amendments. It was the creed that every citizen of the Federation had to abide by. After she placed her hand on the book, the first thing she felt was that this book was very thick. She did not know what material the book cover was made of, but it was a little cold.
"The people under the protection of the Magna Carta enjoy freedom and equality …"
Zhang Xiaomeng followed and recited softly, "I swear to the Magna Carta that I will tell the truth to the best of my knowledge without hiding anything."
At first, her voice was very soft, and it was not very clear in the quiet Parliament Hill. The few senators sitting behind the stepped seats frowned. But then, Zhang Xiaomeng's voice became louder and louder, clearer and clearer.
She was used to this kind of solemn and depressing environment. She understood that these powerful big shots in the Federation were actually just the resident bugs of the Federation that her comrades in the mountains wanted to eliminate. In that case, the dizzying seats of the senators in the magnificent building were actually no different from the densely packed holes that termites had dug out in the soil.
After experiencing the betrayal and betrayal, and seeing the pain, poverty, sacrifice, and corpses, the Zhang Xiaomeng of today was no longer the innocent and kind girl from a year ago. She calmly finished reciting the oath and then calmly waited for the senators to ask her questions.
The host of today's special hearing was the chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Federation Management Committee, the senior senator from S3, Sion. The old man glanced at the woman on the stage with cloudy eyes and asked coldly, "Your name."
"Zhang Xiaomeng," she answered clearly.
"You used to be a secret staff member in Senator Medellin's office?"
"Yes."
"But according to the report, you should have died in a sailing accident in Region S2 in the first half of the year."
"That was a conspiracy. I am still alive. I am standing in front of all the senators now to reveal this conspiracy to you."
This was not a court trial, but it was colder than a court trial. At this time, the senators had already received the specific questions and the scope of the hearing. As the anti-government girl from the Green Dragon Mountain on the stage answered in a very organized manner, the solemn Parliament Hill gradually fell into silence.
This was the first time in history that a member of the anti-government army stood in the Federation's highest council in broad daylight. This matter itself was history.
In the Wangdu Condominium 120 kilometers away from the Parliament Hill, Xu Le was silently watching the live broadcast on TV. He looked at the girl who was both familiar and unfamiliar, calm and composed. There was no trace of the young and inexperienced girl from before, only a determined temperament. He did not feel that there was another historical event in the Federation. He only felt that the history of the past two years was ridiculous.
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