Chapter 95 Civil turmoil (3)

At the same moment, the other corner of the turbulent Aslan Star City.

The Prime Minister's mansion is brightly lit. Lauren's annual banquet has always been celebrated until dawn the next day, during which the entire yard is open, and the public can come and go at will.

At this moment, the crowd of people shouting on the streets flocked here. Some of those faces were filled with anger, some with confusion, and some with hope... Obviously, they pinned their hopes on the past The Prime Minister, who is benevolent and close to the people, longs for Lauren to call the shots for them and show them the way.

Lauren was standing on the high platform in a dark dress.

Dozens of guards, armed with guns, surrounded him, shouting and trying to calm the crowd.

"Your Excellency Lauren!" I don't know who shouted first.

"Lord Lauren!!" More people were led to shout.

Under the light, Lauren's eyes were slightly red, and a closer look could see that they were a little wet. With such a tearful and indignant face, His Excellency the Prime Minister walked step by step to the center of the high platform, and came under the attention of all the people.

He raised his hands and didn't say a word, but the tumultuous people calmed down spontaneously like waves at low tide.

"I already know things."

Lauren touched her chest with her hand and lowered her brows deeply: "I have to admit that this is very regrettable and very sad news."

"I know the pain in your heart at the moment, and I... I dare not say that I can bear the same pain as you." He sighed, "Because I have a rich life and a high status, if I say here, 'I It's just as miserable as someone who spends only five hundred points a month', that's the most ridiculous hypocrisy in the world."

Lauren's voice echoed, and the crowd looked up at him, eyes of different colors reflecting the same uneasy night.

A young man with a blue face squeezed to the front from the crowd, it was Kevin.

"—But at least, at this moment, I feel the same anger as you all."

Lauren raised her arms and shouted, her voice excited and her expression sad: "What's wrong with this matter is not that the proposal was denied itself, but the blood and tears you have worked so hard to achieve, without open and transparent discussions, without the emperor. His Majesty's glance has just disappeared into the dark!"

After a hundred responses, the people below were ignited, and several people raised their fists and waved them into the sky:

"right!"

"Yes, it's not fair!"

"This is bullying us—!"

"But we shouldn't despair, everyone!" Lauren continued to shout. "Looking back at the sixty-three years of glorious progress since the founding of the new empire, I prefer to believe that tonight was just a slight mistake. Since everyone can Make mistakes, and so does the country.”

"So, what are we going to do? Should we just give up and deviate from our motherland?"

"—No, giving up on yourself is never the answer. When mistakes happen, we should all work together to correct them and get the Empire back on track!"

People looked at each other and whispered.

"This……"

"yes."

"Your Excellency is sensible."

Gradually, more people nodded. At the same time, someone asked, "What should I do?"

Lauren waited, not speaking again until a short while after the noise died down.

This time, he changed his tone to a lower voice and lifted the hearts of the audience: "Tomorrow is the New Year's Day, a festival to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. As you are all familiar with, His Majesty the Emperor will be on a tour. , traveled through the four districts of Aslan Star City."

"And I will take this opportunity to directly petition His Majesty the Emperor."

There was an uproar in the audience, exclamations came from all directions, and the crowd began to roar like boiling water, and 70% of them were excited.

Lauren's eyes were bright and she said in a loud voice, "Of course, I am alone. Fortunately, Bishop Margaret of the Crystal Cult is kind-hearted, and she will lead the congregation of the splendid cathedral to meet with me to His Majesty. ."

"At the same time, the church tonight will be completely open to the public. If you are interested in going with me, then the brilliance of the crystal particles will be with you!!—"

His high-pitched final sound was completely drowned out by the sound of the response rolled up below. The crowd raised their hands and shouted the Prime Minister's name.

Kevin was pushed and shoved by the people around him until his clothes were wrinkled, the teenager stumbled, and the light made him dizzy.

why……

It was too fast for him to react.

How did things become like this in the blink of an eye?

"Brother Kevin!"

Suddenly, Kevin heard someone calling him. He turned his head and saw some of his civilian friends in the military academy in the crowd of Wuyangyang.

The little fat man who was struggling to squeeze over patted Kevin on the shoulder, and said with righteous indignation: "Kevin, we are all here. We have heard about the cause and effect. Let's go to petition together tomorrow!"

The girl with the braids whispered, "If only the Prime Minister could be the emperor, then we must... never be bullied again."

"Right, Brother Kevin... Brother Kevin?"

Kevin was absent-minded, until his partner called him twice before he came back to his senses.

"Ah? Um...um." The boy lowered his head in a trance.

He clenched his hand quietly, which was the palm that Lord Lance had just held.

He just realized with his own eyes that Lord Lance, who was hailed as the leader of the aristocratic faction, is not a villain; he just felt that there may be no "high wall" barriers that are really difficult to overturn...

Kevin stared blankly at the boiling crowd. Just a few hours ago, the world was still running peacefully and peacefully. Why did it become like this in the blink of an eye?

In the Jin Rilun Building, the elevator kept going up and down. The officers walked back and forth with their faces sinking, and a subtle sense of unease was wafting out of the shadows.

The atmosphere wasn't like that a moment ago.

Although it is really strange that the imperial policy leaked, but in such a short period of time, it will not cause any big trouble. Only one or two people who are so excited that they hit the streets and smash them have a bad temper. Ordinary patrol officers are enough to deal with them.

Until a large number of people move in the same direction in a planned way.

"Lieutenant General, there seem to be more and more people gathered in the direction of the Brilliant Cathedral. Your Majesty is patrolling the Star City at dawn. According to the previous route, you have to pass through the entrance of the church. Look..."

A young officer wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and reported to Lieutenant General Luther at a loss.

"I heard that Lord Lauren called for them to gather. Said, said to petition directly to His Majesty. This..."

Lieutenant General Luther's face sank, he frowned for a while, then got up and said, "Alas! How could Your Excellency Prime Minister do such a confused thing."

Several senior officers around had anxious faces. One of them couldn't bear his temper and said: "Lieutenant General, do we want to ask Your Majesty to change the route of travel during the inspection?" Your Majesty said that we were frightened by a group of flat-headed people? When the crowd gathered there, even His Majesty had to avoid it?"

Lieutenant General Luther was silent and turned his head to look in another direction——

Jiang Jianming was wearing a platinum military uniform. He had just arrived, but he did not participate in the discussion. Instead, he sat alone in a slightly quiet corner, staring at the layout of the Aslan Star City.

The old general then shook his head secretly, thinking that although this little lord is smart and brave, he is still young. Facing the enemy is very powerful, but in the face of this kind of infighting among the people of the family, I am afraid that I am overwhelmed.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Luther put away the idea of ​​asking the other party's opinion, he stood up: "Forget it, lead the way, I'll check the situation myself."

The lieutenant general went out soon, and the rest of the surrounding officers also hurriedly dispersed.

Jiang Jianming was still sitting in the same place, and when he looked closely, he found a headset connected to his wrist phone hanging under his black hair.

There was no heavy emotion on his face, instead it seemed to be waiting for something.

until his wrist phone rang.

Jiang Jianming glanced at the displayed caller unexpectedly. This was not the person he was waiting for, but he still picked up the communication immediately.

"……ginger!"

Kevin's trembling voice came from the other end, he swallowed nervously, and kept his voice low: "Can you hear, we are... we are... Brilliant Cathedral..."

The young man said: "They said that at dawn, they should petition to His Majesty the Emperor together, but..."

"I don't know, I don't know how it became like this, it's so wrong. First, a few people spoke fiercely, which drove more people to go crazy, and they became more and more out of control."

"Someone took... a knife, he said... that if His Majesty refused to decide for them, he would cut his neck."

Jiang Jianming: "Calm down, Kevin, calm down."

Kevin choked for a moment and said at a loss: "I think...I want Your Excellency Lauren to persuade everyone, but I can't find...I can't find him."

"Jiang!" The boy's voice was filled with tears. No matter how stubborn he was, he was still just an ordinary child of fifteen or sixteen years old.

Kevin whispered, trembling, "Where are you...will you come over?"

"Yes. Listen to me, stop communicating, and don't be conspicuous in your words and deeds."

Jiang Jianming glanced around and said solemnly, "I will go over and wait for me."

After hanging up the communication, Jiang Jianming sighed lightly. The night was deep, and the lights painted his lonely shadow on the white walls.

Jiang Jianming's gaze, looking at the map of Star City, became deeper invisibly.

Up to now, he has actually been able to outline the enemy's plot in his mind.

At dawn, the emperor will pass by the church. At that time, if a large number of people rushed to the emperor's imperial vehicle out of control, the guards would inevitably stop it, and a conflict would inevitably occur.

But this is only the first layer of crisis, the real focus is not there.

The key to everything actually lies in the group of stolen real crystal mines whose whereabouts are still unknown.

These seem to be two unrelated incidents.

But as long as the conflict between the army and the people breaks out, and the enemy secretly releases the crystal particles inside the crystal ore, tragedy will result, and Aslan's sky is destined to be bloodied.

Because crystal disorder is contagious, the direct frequency of crystal particles is conductive. One person's crystal chaos may lead to ten people's crystal chaos, and ten people's crystal chaos will lead to a hundred people's crystal chaos.

And causing crystal chaos at the place where the crowd gathers is no less than a brutal and indiscriminate massacre.

At that time, both the petitioning people and the soldiers trying to maintain order could not escape the fate of tragic death on the spot.

However... at this moment, the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people are only superficial, at best a second-level crisis.

"..."

Jiang Jianming sighed in disappointment. Feeling cold, he reached out and tugged at the military coat he was wearing, and at the same time was a little scared.

Of course he will not forget that the problem of the theft of the real crystal mine was only discovered by him when he accidentally rescued Major Zheng Yue who was about to be assassinated.

What would this night have been like if hadn't been able to track it down in the first place?

Chaos and night will become fog, and no one can immediately realize what happened at the moment when the tragedy of crystal chaos is brought about.

The fear of the unknown will overwhelm everything. When watching the tragic death of the seven orifices of the companion, the instinct of human beings will cast their fear and hatred on the group standing opposite them——

And then thought, oh God, they did it.

At that time, in the eyes of the military, these petitioners are traitors who use unknown weapons to murder the emperor;

In the eyes of the petitioners, the upper echelons of the empire are a brutal regime that uses unknown weapons to slaughter civilians.

How long does it really take to divide a thriving country?

Is it enough for a few hours from one night to the next morning?

"Di Di-"

The wrist phone rang again, and Jiang Jianming recovered.

This time he picked it up unsurprisingly, and he couldn't help but laugh before he spoke: "Your Highness, are you alright?"

There was silence on the other side, and then there was a deep inhalation, as if trying to restrain the dyke that was about to burst.

"...something that has to be measured."

As soon as the cold and annoyed voice came out, Jiang Jianming effortlessly imagined Garcia's eyes reddened and gritted his teeth in anger, so the smile on his lips deepened.

... He wasn't surprised that he could still laugh. He knew for a long time that no matter how terrifying conspiracies and dark struggles were, it was impossible for him to cast a haze in his heart.

Because the light he lost and found is here.

...

At the same moment, the outer space of Aslan Star City.

The starship that brought Jiang Jianming and Garcia to the empire, the starship belonging to the Black Shark Base is still hovering in the space outside the star city.

Just 20 minutes ago, His Royal Highness controlled the Mecha Comet Slash to enter the starship and asked to meet the leader of the Black Shark Base.

The core members of the Black Shark Base who witnessed this scene were all amazed.

Everyone knows that His Royal Highness Garcia doesn't like the Black Shark Base, and he hates the leader to the extent that he can't avoid it. His Royal Highness actually took the initiative to visit, this is a miracle that has never happened before.

On the bridge of the starship, two figures stood.

Garcia leaned back against the porthole, and the light screen built into the starship and the starry sky illuminated half of the cold and graceful eyebrows.

"...I want to warn you, Jiang Jianming."

His Royal Highness's forehead twitched, gritted his teeth and said, "I will help you without any bottom line... Only this time, the last time."

After that, Garcia closed his eyes angrily.

——Yes, at the moment when Jiang Jianming hugged him with a smile in the interweaving of the night and the firelight, he admitted that he was obsessed and felt that he could sacrifice his life for this person.

But Jiang Jianming said calmly: "Ah, really? Then please run a trip for me and contact the leader of the Black Shark Base."

..., the obsession came to an abrupt end.

The leader of the black robe and black mask stood beside her, she stood upright, and the synthesized electronic sound came from under the mask at the right time.

"Little Highness, I thought it would be better for you to leave some room for yourself when you speak."

——At this time, the emotionless electronic synthesis sound has a more sarcastic effect.

Garcia avoided the beginning in a evasive manner. He pressed his five fingers to his temple and said bitterly, "Shut up."

The leader said: "Little Highness, it seems that the time you spent with this person has made you a lot more docile and lovely. This is a good thing."

Garcia: "..."

"Okay, then."

The leader took a step forward. This high-tech mask obviously did not obstruct the user's vision. She came to the communication projection.

"I have a rough idea of ​​the situation. Tomorrow is the New Year's Day. I haven't seen Your Majesty for many years, and I want to spend a good holiday with Your Majesty to catch up with the old days..."

The leader said slowly: "If you need the strength of the base to clear the civil strife and traitors, please do so."

The author has something to say: Garcia: The last time...wait, why are you all laughing?