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Chapter 81
Ming Jiang was startled: "Tomorrow?"
The head of the Seventh Army also looked helpless: "We just received the news."
Lu Lin frowned and asked, "Are the guards following?"
The head of the Seventh Army nodded: "In addition to the guards, Lao Liu also followed His Majesty."
After reporting that Cross was about to arrive, the commander of the Seventh Army and Garden hurried to deal with other matters.
The garbage planet is chaotic and disorderly. The residents who have been bound by these for many years have long been expecting to be brought under the management of a certain country. Therefore, after learning that the Lotus Army came to help the management, the residents can't even care about Badma.The lanes welcome the arrival of a new order.
After Ming Jiang walked around outside, Lu Lin couldn't stay with Ming Jiang all the time.Much more needs to be done if order is to be re-established on this planet.
Ming Jiang returned to the small courtyard late at night.
The yard seems to have been cleaned up, and there is a handwritten thank you tag on the door.
It's not the interstellar lingua franca, but the unique language of this garbage planet that didn't even have a name before.
Knowing that those residents did it out of gratitude, Ming Jiang tore off the note and smiled to himself with his head down.
Just when Lu Lin came back with Garden, he caught a glimpse of Ming Jiang standing in the yard with his head down, and walked over.
The military jacket was held by both hands and draped over his shoulders. Ming Jiang looked up, and he was relieved only after seeing Lu Lin.
"Is everything arranged?"
"Yeah." Lu Lin put the coat he took off on Ming Jiang, touched the back of Ming Jiang's neck exposed in the air, felt a little cold, and frowned, "It's cold here, why didn't you go inside.”
Ming Jiang raised the note in Yang's hand: "It's written by the residents here, do you want to know what it means?"
Lu Lin saw the text above clearly with the faint light in the room: "Thank you."
Ming Jiang didn't expect that Lu Lin could understand it: "Have you checked the text here?"
"I just read some simple terms." Seeing that Ming Jiang was still planning to enter the house, Lu Lin couldn't help urging, "Go back to the house first."
The small items in the room that had been broken had been replaced with new ones, and Ming Jiang recognized the craftsmanship of two of the wooden chairs.
Lu Lin still lived in the small room where he used to sleep, it was still so cramped and dark, even the only bright flower by the window had long since withered.
Lu Lin was lying on that narrow bed, and the quilt on the bed was replaced with a new one by the residents who wanted to express their gratitude. The quilt on the bed can well resist the cold at night.
Looking at the dark roof, he couldn't help but think about how Ming Jiang lived in the first eighteen years.
How did Badema bully them before he had no strength.And how he got through that tough time on his own after his adoptive father died.
The thoughts in Lu Lin's mind were a little messy.
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On the other side, Ming Jiang fell asleep not long after lying on the bed.
He slept soundly, without dreaming, and lived comfortably through the night until dawn.
The sky gradually turned white, and Ming Jiang was awakened by the movement outside.
He put on his clothes and went out, only to find that the sun was out today which was rare.The sun with no temperature shines on the yard, and the sky is even more shining.
Ming Jiang went out and found that the noise came from the gate of the courtyard.
A tall figure stood in the yard with his hands behind his back and watched the sun rise in the east. The military uniform was worn snugly on his body, stretching his superior body proportions to the extreme.
Ming Jiang was not too surprised when he saw the figure, he slowed down and walked over: "Father."
Cross turned around, looked around the yard and returned to Ming Jiang.
"Woke you up?"
"It's time to get up." This is not at school. According to the army's schedule, this time is indeed the time for Ming Jiang to get up.
Cross didn't bother with this issue too much, he looked at Ming Jiang for a while, and then raised his hand to straighten his messy sleeping hair.
"Go to breakfast." He said.
"Has father eaten yet?" Ming Jiang sent out an invitation, "Do you want to come together?"
Cross: "Okay."
Breakfast is eaten on a moored warship. Ming Jiang has the same needs for nutrient solution and food, and will not be too thirsty for food just because he has eaten nutrient solution for too long.
He was cutting the fried beef under his hand, the seven-ripe beef was cut into small pieces, and then fed into the mouth piece by piece controlled by a fork.
During the meal, the two did not speak the whole time.
Until the end of breakfast, Ming Jiang drank the special nutritional supplement prepared by the Academy of Sciences, and asked Cross: "Why is father here? General Lu Lin and the commander of the Seventh Army should be able to solve the matter here."
Cross didn't answer this question. He put the knife and fork next to the plate, and wiped the corners of his mouth gracefully with a handkerchief.
"You've grown taller."
"Really?" Ming Jiang's attention was taken away, he touched his head, "It seems that drinking so many nutritional supplements is also effective."
"Go back and do another check."
"good."
It wasn't until Cross left the mess hall of the warship that Ming Jiang realized that he hadn't answered his own question at all.
Ming Jiang sat alone in the cafeteria, wrinkled his nose and drank the last sip of the nutritional supplement.
Walking out of the cafeteria, I found that Cross brought Lieutenant Jeffrey who had protected him before.
"Third Highness." Jeffrey called out familiarly, "Your Majesty has prepared a room for you on the warship."
Ming Jiang, who originally wanted to go back to the small courtyard, stopped when he heard that there was a room of his own on the warship: "Take me to have a look."
Jeffrey took Ming Jiang to the room that had been prepared in advance.
This warship is a special warship for Cross to travel, and it uses the best configuration.In addition to having the latest weapons, some supporting facilities in the warship are also relatively comfortable and luxurious.
Ming Jiang's room is located next to Cross's room. There is a large soft bed in it, and there is a whole row of wardrobes against the wall. The floor of the room is also covered with thick carpets, making it easy to walk around barefoot in the room.
In addition, the most attractive part of the whole room is the entire porthole behind the bed. The elegant arc design makes the cold metal porthole not too obtrusive.view.
Ming Jiang also discovered that there were special signals on the warship.When he stepped onto the warship, the terminal on his wrist lit up after a long absence.
Jeffrey said: "In the closet are clothes prepared for you by His Majesty and His Highness Tantai Chao."
Only the public would call Tantai Chao His Royal Highness Elijah on Xingwang. Officials with a slight wink could see Cross’s feelings for Tantai Mirror’s backside.name.
Therefore, when they called Tantai Chao, they all chose to use his name after he went to the Vigson Empire.
"You go out first."
Jeffrey walked out of the room and closed the port door of the room by the way.
Ming Jiang took off his clothes and walked into the bathroom barefoot.
Although the small courtyard was cleaned, he had already taken the clothes at home to school, so Ming Jiang couldn't get up early to take a shower.At this time, when he heard that there were clothes in the warship's room, he simply went to take a shower.
When he walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel and opened the closet, Ming Jiang was silent when he saw the clothes in the closet.
There is no combat uniform in the closet, not even relatively simple underwear, but some well-made and complicated clothes.
Ming Jiang took out his mobile phone and couldn't help but check with Jeffrey again.
"Are the clothes really prepared by father and elder brother?"
Jeffrey, who was guarding outside, didn't know why, but he still said: "Yes, these clothes were prepared by His Majesty and His Highness Tantai Chao looking for professional designers."
"..." Ming Jiang chose a relatively simple solid-color turtleneck and windbreaker among a bunch of clothes with various fancy designs.
Without the combat uniform that can keep warm, Ming Jiang can only give up the thin short-sleeved trousers-this is his favorite outfit, because it can move and fight most comfortably.
The black windbreaker was as long as his calves. After Ming Jiang changed his clothes and stood in front of the mirror, he realized that he had really grown taller, and even the length of his hair had become longer.
The hair that had been blow-dried in the bathroom hangs gracefully on the back, and Ming Jiang tied it up casually with the hair rope that he carried with him.
He turned on the terminal and dialed a video call to Tan Taichao.
The virtual figure of the other party soon appeared beside him.
"Ming Jiang." Tan Taichao's voice was still gentle, "It seems that father has arrived."
Ming Jiang stood still by the porthole, and outside the window were yellow sand and gravel flying wantonly.
"I didn't expect my father to come."
"It's not just my father." Tan Taichao sat behind Kloss's desk, handling some affairs for him, with a stack of traditional papers piled up in his hand.
Ming Jiang looked at Tantai Chao suspiciously, and when he repeatedly confirmed that the other party was in Cross's calligraphy rather than a certain starship, he asked: "Who else? Could it be that the second brother is back?"
Even if the assessment is over, it will still take a lot of time to return to Planet Lotus from the battlefield.
But Tantai Chao's next answer surprised him.
"Daddy will come to you too."
Ming Jiang was still pulling on his uncomfortable windbreaker, but after hearing this answer, he couldn't care less about any movements.
"Father will come too?" Ming Jiang was taken aback, "When?"
"According to the normal sailing speed, it should be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Tan Taichao said, "But your assessment is almost over, so father should speed up the schedule, it should be tonight."
Ming Jiang frowned, very dissatisfied: "It's still very chaotic here, and it's not safe, brother doesn't try to persuade them anyway."
"But Ming Jiang." Tan Taichao's expression did not change, his smile remained the same, "They also want to see the place where you grew up."
This answer made Ming Jiang shut up, but he was still a little worried: "Then you shouldn't ignore your safety. Besides, if you really want to watch it, you can video chat with me on the terminal."
Ming Jiang's words became lower and lower. Of course, he knew that the actual experience and the virtual terminal were two completely different experiences, but as the kings of the two countries, Cross and Tantai Jing, their safety was too important.If the Fengtian Church or the Al Federation went crazy at this time, maybe what would happen.
Tan Taichao knew what Ming Jiang was worried about, and he comforted him carefully: "A few days ago, you were caught by the Fengtian Church outside the border of the Ayer Federation, and nearly half of their reformers died.Pulled out a lot of Fengtian church's eyeliner, they have no time to take care of the vicinity of the IQK star field."
Even though Tan Taichao said so, Ming Jiang also knew exactly how much danger Klose and Tan Taijing took when they came here this time.
After finishing the video call with Tantai Chao, Ming Jiang walked out of the room.
Jeffrey followed him silently, escorting Ming Jiang's safety.
Ming Jiang got off the warship and walked along a road to the old street. He planned to see the situation of Badma and Buddy who had been thrown into the city center.
The downtown of the old street is much less lively. After all, there is some fear of the Lotus Empire army, and there are not many people in the lively old street in the past.
Ming Jiang walked all the way, only occasionally seeing a few people hurrying past with their things in their arms, and the dilapidated shops on both sides were all closed.
The old street on Garbage Planet is called an old street because it is old and dilapidated.The narrow alleys that even aircraft cannot pass through, as well as the painted walls on both sides, all show the essence of the "slums" here.
Ming Jiang turned and walked along some trails, and finally stopped in a relatively empty place.
He looked at the two barely recognizable figures lying on the ground in front of him, and slowly walked over.
Badma and Buddy are dead, tormented by the ordinary residents who once bullied them.
The tattoo on Bud's half body was cut off by some tool, but Buddy suffered more from his lower body.
There was still fear on the faces of the two of them.
Ming Jiang stopped not far away, and he didn't want to get closer, because the blood of the two was flowing everywhere on the ground.
The sun has risen and finally has some temperature. The sunlight shines in from the gaps of the densely packed and narrow houses, and falls on Badma and Buddy's corpses.
Ming Jiang looked at the two people who were stopped by the sun expressionlessly.
Jeffrey stood behind him: "Third Highness, do you need to deal with it?"
"No need." Ming Jiang turned and left indifferently.
There will be wild dogs to get rid of the corpses of the two, just like the father and son once threw other people's corpses out to feed the dogs.
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Although Ming Jiang knew that Tan Taijing would come, he didn't expect him to come so fast.
Even before lunch time, the warships of the Vigson Empire had already appeared above the planet.
Ming Jiang was still sitting in Badmar's house to discuss some matters about resource allocation with Lu Lin. The reason why he was sitting here was that Lu Lin temporarily requisitioned Badmar's house as an office.
After hearing the arrival of Vigsen's warship, Ming Jiang arrived at the place where Huangshaku bordered the residential area ahead of time, and as expected, he saw the warship moored there.
The port door of the warship opened, and Ming Jiang stepped forward immediately, just in time to face to face with Tan Taijing who had stepped off the warship.
"Father." Ming Jiang rolled his eyes.
He will always get closer to Tan Taijing unconsciously, just like Alois.
Tan Taijing saw that Ming Jiang would also ease his cold face, so he walked quickly to Ming Jiang's side, took off the scarf around his neck and hung it on Ming Jiang's body: "Why don't you keep warm."
Although it's sunny today, the surface temperature is still low, otherwise Ming Jiang wouldn't have put on a turtleneck.
There are not no scarves in the closet, but the bright colors are really not in line with Ming Jiang's preferences.
Tan Taijing surrounded Ming Jiang's face with a scarf, then took Ming Jiang's hand and walked towards the residential area: "Is the assessment almost over? After that, I will accompany you back to Planet Lotus.”
"We will return tomorrow, so we will return to the base tonight." Ming Jiang said.
He was actually a little surprised that Tan Taijing had the time to accompany him back to Lotus, but he turned around and thought, when Tan Taijing and Kloss were still in love, the other party also stayed in Lotus for many yearsof.
No wonder the Vigsen Empire is the country everyone yearns for the most. It is such a huge country that the king can leave for a long time at will.
"Do you have any plans for the afternoon?" Tan Taijing was always gentle to Ming Jiang, even though his voice was naturally cold, even if he softened his voice, it was as if he had been soaked in a cold pool.
But Ming Jiang could feel the slowed down tone and doting eyes of the other party when talking to him.
Compared with Cross, who always doesn't show his love on the surface, Tan Taijing is completely on the opposite side of him.He will directly express his love and care for all his children, instead of silently giving behind the scenes like Cross, and then still not responding on the surface.
Therefore, when dealing with Tan Taijing, Ming Jiang will always be more kind.
He replied, "Going somewhere."
"Do you need Dad to accompany you?"
"Do you want to see him?" Ming Jiang looked at Tantai Jing's blue eyes, the same beautiful pupils as himself, which are also the iconic gene of the royal family of the Vigson Empire, "I'm going to pay homage to the father who raised me,According to his wish, I buried his ashes in a forest."
Tan Taijing touched Ming Jiang's head: "It's time to see him, and I should thank him well."
Ming Jiang and Tan Taijing ate lunch together, and Ming Jiang saw Tan Taijing send a message to Cross.
After lunch, Cross also appeared on the way to pay homage to Ming Jiang's adoptive father.
The warship was equipped with an aircraft, and the aircraft quickly reached the remote woods at the other end of the residential area.
There is also a wooden hut beside the woods, and an old man is bending his back and chopping trees beside the wooden hut.
Hearing the movement of the aircraft, the old man turned around slowly. His poor eyesight made him squint for a long time before he noticed Ming Jiang coming over.
"The kid from Lao Ming's family is here." The white-haired old man put the chainsaw in his hand on the ground, leaned on the tree and coughed twice.
Ming Jiang quickened his pace and walked over, reaching out to help him, but the old man dodged him.
"No need, it's just choking on ashes." After speaking, the old man looked behind Ming Jiang.
The appearance of Kloss and Tantai mirror was quite eye-catching. The old man squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, then asked Ming Jiang in a low voice: "Are those your biological parents?"
"Hmm." Ming Jiang put a large amount of nutrient solution beside the old man, and he asked the old man, "Do you want to go to Lotus with me?"
"No, I'm so old, I just want to die alone by this forest." The old man quickly refused Ming Jiang's invitation, but he still accepted the nutrient solution Ming Jiang brought.
He didn't give Ming Jiang more time to talk, and urged Ming Jiang: "Go and see your father, the tree you planted beside his grave has already grown taller."
"Okay." Knowing that he couldn't persuade the old man to return, Ming Jiang put the nutrient solution and some food on the nearby wooden table.
After putting down the things in his hands, Ming Jiang turned around and looked at the woods in a daze.
In fact, he rarely came here. After his adoptive father explained some things before he died, the last sentence he left was to tell him not to visit him often.
Ming Jiang knew why the other party said that. He hoped that he would leave the garbage planet and not ruin his future near this small forest.
A lot has changed in half a year, but what remains unchanged is that the woods are still the same as when we walked. Standing in front of the wooden house, you can see the green smoke and pine green as far as the eye can see.