"Hiding behind a beautiful velvet curtain and making some shady deals and compromises behind the backs of the entire audience? This is probably the legendary insider trading? "
"The people involved in insider trading know very well that their faces are indeed very ugly at that time, so they have to hide in dark corners, such as in this tavern, whispering to each other like thieves so that no one can hear them, right?"
"But it's really a pity that my hearing is too sharp. Even if there is a thick curtain, even if there is a street between us, I can still hear it so clearly."
The loaded military pistol was tightly gripped in his hand, and the heavy military backpack was heavily carried on his shoulders. As he swayed with his footsteps, it hit his back and collided with the bulletproof hard pottery shards in his tattered sports windbreaker, making a clear and crisp sound.
"After so many things have happened and so many evil deeds have been done, you can just drink a few glasses of wine and chat casually, hand over the position to the other party, and then retire with a smile. With a small manor with nice scenery, you can continue to write a few diary entries to summarize your gains and losses, and then die of old age in bed with a clear conscience?"
Xu Le stopped and looked at the two familiar faces by the table. He looked at the current president of the Federation and the young senator who was most likely to become the next president of the Federation and said, "Although this universe has never been reasonable, your idea is too unreasonable."
"Politics is not about reason." Tai Zhiyuan raised his head and looked at Xu Le's side face tiredly. He frowned slightly and said, "Most of the time, politics is actually all kinds of compromises."
"Compromises? You should know very well that I have never known how to write those two words. When the Federation wanted to compromise with Medellin, my answer was very simple. And I remember that at that time, Mr. President, you were also unwilling to accept the word 'compromise'. "
Looking at President Pabre, Xu Le said, "I remember that in the Nebula Award speech at the George Carlin Art Center, you once said that you have to pay the price for making a mistake, even if you are already dead. You also said that you are a devoted follower of the Federation's law, and if you are dead, people can dig up your grave and see what color it is inside."
The tavern was silent for a moment, and then he suddenly heard his voice become sharp and cold. He asked coldly, "Dig up your grave? You haven't even laid in your grave yet, how am I supposed to dig you up?! "
The simple words were filled with extreme anger and hatred. Xu Le used these words to announce to everyone present that President Pabre would never be able to retire gracefully in front of him. In order to see the color of his grave, he would not hesitate to send him to his grave!
Tai Zhiyuan frowned again. Looking at the man whom he had not seen for almost four years, and thinking about what kind of uncontrollable variables his sudden appearance might bring to the situation of the Federation, his face gradually became grave and solemn. He scolded in a deep voice, "Xu Le, stop talking!"
Xu Le turned to look at him and shouted rudely, "Tai Zhiyuan, shut up!"
In the car at the end of the street outside the tavern, Lin Banshan heard the fierce argument coming from the tavern in the distance. After confirming that it was Xu Le and his Group Seven, he couldn't help but shake his head.
A moment later, President Pabble's deep voice broke the silence in the tavern. He quietly looked at Xu Le, who was sitting beside the table. He looked at that cold and resolute expression that he once admired but now made him feel extremely dangerous. He faintly asked, "What's the matter?
He said faintly, "If the letter you left behind when you left the Federation is true, and you still think that you are a member of the Federation, and you love the Federation, then I really don't understand. Do you really hate me and my government so much? Even more worthy of your hatred than those rotten and filthy families? "
"In the seven years that I was in power, the Federation passed the Inheritance Tax Act, the Information Disclosure Act, and the Fund Calculation Act. The Federation government has never been so strong, the seven families have never been so weak, and the people have never been so proud."
"Don't always look at the silent demonstration that Senator Nightmare Origin has mobilized. You should also look at what the people who support me are saying. They have better benefits, they have better health care plans, and their children can share the fruits of the education reform. Yes, they are still being exploited by the capitalists and those families, but at least now those families won't dare to be as unscrupulous as they were in the past."
"Who made the Federation change like this? It's me. "
President Pabre said calmly, "If it weren't for me, would the upper class officials and nobles have given out so many benefits? Would they have taken so many steps back? "
"Xu Le, if you see yourself as a member of the Federation, then you should respect and appreciate my seven years of hard work. If you are only clinging to some moral views in your heart, then I really want to know what right you, a citizen of the Empire, to meddle in the affairs of the Federation!"
Faced with Mr. President's sudden anger and questioning, Xu Le's eyes narrowed. His right index finger slowly rubbed the metal pattern on the handle of his gun as he replied, "This matter has nothing to do with morality, and it has even less to do with whether I am a citizen of the Federation or a citizen of the Empire. The things that you and Lee Jae-do have done, as long as one is a person, they have the right to meddle in it."
"But the Federation does not need you to meddle in it, because this is the Federation's own business!"
Tai Zhiyuan looked at him and reprimanded in a deep voice, "If you are allowed to continue like this, just to satisfy your pitiful and inferior mental world, and the Federation really falls into a civil war crisis, how many people will die in the chaos? If the people can understand the insider trading you are talking about, I believe that the entire Federation will agree to this compromise! "
"Xu Le, please do not forget your identity. You are a prince of the Empire!"
Hearing the reprimand of his best friend whom he had not seen for many years, Xu Le's mood was a bit strange. His eyebrows that were as thick as ink sabers gradually rose, and the smile on his face was a bit bitter. Licking his dry and bleeding lips, he suddenly smiled and said with narrowed eyes, "Yes, for a prince of the Empire to meddle in the affairs of the Federation, it really is like meddling in other people's business …"
His voice suddenly became extremely cold and calm, "But you should know very well that meddling in other people's business is the most important hobby of my life. This hobby has been maintained for too many years and can no longer be changed. If it were not for my meddling in other people's business back then, you would have already died in the parking lot."
"And don't forget that the entire West Woods will listen to what I, a citizen of the Empire, say. So no matter what agreement you reach, as long as I do not express my opinion, it will be meaningless."
The West Woods was in a tense state of military confrontation. Everyone knew what kind of influence Xu Le, a prince of the Empire, had on the little princess of the Zhong family. If he insisted on doing something, it was believed that Zhong Huoyan would definitely lead the troops of the West Woods to follow closely behind.
There was a dead silence around the wine table.
"Just now I was hiding behind the wall of a courtyard. I did not think about coming out, but I really did not expect that things would develop into this situation."
Xu Le looked at Tai Zhiyuan, then looked at Du Shaoqing who was behind President Pabre. His thick eyebrows that were raised like sabers gradually calmed down, and he said with a self-deprecating and slightly sad smile,
"Compromise, compromise, always compromise? Compromise, compromise, everyone is compromising, and I am the only citizen of the Empire who refuses to compromise? This is indeed ridiculous and absurd. What is going on? Is the world crazy, or am I crazy? "
There was too much sadness and sadness in his plain self-deprecating tone. Xu Le took a deep breath, and his right hand clenched the hard handle of the pistol. The wounds on his body split open, and blood slowly oozed out. His eyes that were staring at Du Shaoqing became brighter and brighter.
"At the end of the story, if you still want to play the role of a national scholar and not betray your master, then I'll play with you. I'm here now. You can beat me to death, but I can guarantee that before I die, I will definitely send this shoe-polishing president to his grave!"
As his eyes became brighter and brighter, his voice became louder and louder. His hoarse voice resounded in the tavern, but it was not impassioned, but firm, persistent, and valiant.
"Not holding anyone responsible after stepping down? The dead waitress in the gymnasium will not agree! The soldiers of the West Woods on the Ancient Bell will not agree! The dead brothers of Group Seven will not agree! Commander Zhong and his wife will not agree, but they can no longer speak! "
"So I will say on behalf of them: I do not agree!"
"Even if the whole Federation agrees, I still do not agree!"
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"Even if the Federation falls into a civil war?" Tai Zhiyuan stared at him coldly.
Xu Le did not look at him, nor did he answer his question. He slammed the pistol that he had been holding for a long time on the small table and placed it in front of President Pabre. He said in an emotionless voice, "A civil war is indeed terrible, but other than compromise, there are actually many ways to end it all, to prevent the Federation from falling into a civil war, and to my satisfaction."
"Sacrifice yourself." He stared into President Pabre's eyes and said, "Mr. President, don't you often ask people to sacrifice themselves for the Federation? Didn't you tell me before that some innocent lives must be sacrificed for a great cause? "
"According to your concept, many people in the Federation have already been sacrificed. So now that a civil war is about to break out, before the danger of separation, why can't you sacrifice yourself for the Federation?"
"Don't say nonsense like the Federation can't do without you, and the righteous cause needs your leadership. There has never been a savior in this world, and the people don't need a savior. You are not, and neither is Tai Zhiyuan. No one can be a real savior!"
President Pabre silently looked at the pistol with a metallic luster on the table for a long time. Then he looked up at Xu Le and asked, "Do you want me to die so badly?"
Xu Le was silent for a moment, and then he smiled and replied, "I have always had a feeling that the young master has been lying in the grave looking at me all this time. He killed the Vice President of the Federation. If I let the President of the Federation escape, he will definitely laugh at me, and I … can't stand being laughed at by him. "
"So yes, since there is no trial, your death is very important to me."
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