The capital city of the Lanjun Empire is like spring all year round. During the day, the temperature here is just right for people to move around, but at night it can be a bit cold.

So before the dinner officially started, Nan Heyu added a thick black satin jacket on top of the off-white silk shirt.Although the jacket does not have any patterns, the ankle-length and cape-like version is not easy for ordinary people to try.

But when worn on Nan Heyu's body, there is no sense of disobedience.

The night of Capital Star is slowly falling, and the huge off-white antique palace is wrapped in the night.Because of the relatively high terrain, from a distance, the palace seems to be integrated with the bright stars in the sky.

This feast, which has lasted for a whole day, finally ushered in the grandest part - the empress of the Lanjun Empire, who has not been seen in public for many years, is about to attend the dinner.

Nan Heyu, who was standing at the entrance of the palace, slowly raised his head and looked at the huge red gem embedded in the stone wall.After a slight pause for a few seconds, he finally stepped in.

In Nan Heyu's view, Jian Chensu's father, the emperor of the Lanjun Empire, was a wayward person.

Since he was young, the emperor of the Lanjun Empire had no interest in imperial military power and politics.

During the years when he was the prince, he would still live on the capital planet, occasionally showing up to perform official duties.But since succeeding to the throne and formally becoming the person in charge of the empire's military, he was no longer under the control of anyone and directly moved away from this planet.

No one could have imagined that in the following decades, the emperor never returned to the capital planet once, and never cared about the development of the empire.

If it weren't for the queen who came from a political-political marriage to manage the empire in the early years, Lan Jun might have completely fallen apart.

Since many years ago, the imperial family began to decline.But in Nan Heyu's view, this irresponsible emperor must bear more than half of the responsibility for the current situation of the royal family.

Perhaps the greatest contribution he made to the royal family and the empire in his life was the birth of his son, Jian Chensu.

……

"General Nan Heyu."

"haven't seen you for a long time."

From the moment they entered the indoor banquet hall, people kept saying hello to Nan Heyu.Although some of these people were really unfamiliar, Nan Heyu still smiled and went back one by one.

After all, the banquet at night was much more grand than the one on the lawn. Apart from the people around, even if the guests in the distance saw him, they would not come over to say hello, but just stood there and nodded quietly.

After entering the door, Nan Heyu didn't move forward.He found a corner with fewer people and stood there, then quietly looked at the open space in the center of the banquet hall.

The protagonist of today's banquet, the queen of the empire, will appear from here in a while.

At this moment, a slightly plump woman in a red dress walked up to Nan Heyu with a wine glass.The woman smiled and said to Nan Heyu, "Good evening, Admiral Heyu."

Before retiring, she was the honorary headmaster of the Imperial Military Academy, so she was considered an old acquaintance of the original owner.

After seeing the visitor, Nan Heyu raised his wine glass in surprise and said, "Headmaster He, long time no see, I didn't expect you to be here today."

Regardless of the appearance of a woman who is only 50 or [-] years old, her age has already broken three digits.Since the year of retirement, the woman has not been seen in public for many years.

"I also came here on a temporary basis. As soon as I entered the venue, I saw you here, so I walked over." The woman said with a smile.

It is different from the current principal who once taught the original master and felt that he was deeply scheming, so he didn't have a good impression of him.The former honorary principal admired Nan Heyu very much, and once recommended him to the military department.

The woman who finished speaking turned her eyes to the center of the venue. After a moment of silence, she narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "His Royal Highness has not appeared for many years..."

"Well," Nan Heyu replied, "Since the fourth battle on Ekwenk, the queen has not shown up in public."

Principal He nodded gently and said: "She was quite concerned about the affairs of the empire before. Although she was not capable enough to pull Lan Jun up, she managed to maintain peace here for a while. It's a pity... His Royal Highness was at that scene Missing in the battle, the queen has never recovered from a setback."

When mentioning the events of that year, her words were full of regret.

While speaking, the lights in the banquet hall suddenly brightened up a little.Seeing this, Principal He stopped talking, and Nan Heyu also turned his gaze forward again.

The Queen is coming soon.

The venue fell silent immediately, and everyone was quietly waiting for the Queen's arrival.

A few minutes later, the sound of high heels hitting the stone floor came from not far away.Looking along the sound, Nan Heyu saw a woman wearing a silver mermaid skirt.

From the outside, the woman is only in her early twenties.Her demeanor is both cold and melancholy, and she looks like she rejects people thousands of miles away.Her black hair was all tied up behind her head, and she looked very aura, as expected of the person who once ruled the empire.

Jian Chensu resembles his mother three to four points - this is Nan Heyu's first reaction.

When the queen stood still, everyone in the venue put their hands on their chests one after another, and then slowly bent down to salute, Nan Heyu was no exception.

The activities of the imperial family always have their specific procedures. After everyone saluted, the queen nodded to everyone and then began to speak.

But compared to her stunning appearance, the content of this speech...is really boring.

In fact, Nan Heyu was not very curious about the queen, but Tan Chenyue's words in the morning made him listen attentively involuntarily.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, Nan and Yu caught an important message from the other party's words.The queen said——the royal family of Lan Jun will restart the follow-up investigation of the fourth battle of Exvinco.

Not only Nan Heyu, but after hearing what the other party said, everyone in the banquet hall smelled something different.

Standing next to Nan Heyu, Principal He lowered his voice and said to him: "All along, what the royal family said about the 'Follow-Up Investigation of the Fourth Battle of Exvinco' refers to finding the whereabouts of that prince."

Nan Heyu couldn't help repeating the sentence "follow-up investigation of the fourth battle of Exvinco".

Although this battle is recorded in detail in the history books of the empire, some of the "sensitive-sensitive information" related to it is still not well known.

Perhaps thinking that Nan Heyu didn't know much about what happened back then, Principal He continued to say to him: "The queen's only son was on the starship that was attacked at that time. Everyone guessed that he should be in danger. I thought The royal family has given up on looking for him, but unexpectedly...the empress would bring it up again today."

At this moment, Nan Heyu saw from the corner of his eye that Pei Jingtong who was standing on the other side of the hall suddenly looked towards him, and then showed a meaningful expression.

The expression of the other party is exactly the same as that of the successful villain in the film and television drama... Nan Heyu had already forgotten the "good deeds" he had done, but when the other party saw it like this, he felt guilty again.

The speech before the banquet was not long, and within a few minutes, it ended in the applause of the people.

A little different from the past, the queen did not leave after speaking, she walked straight into the crowd.Nan Heyu saw that Pei Jingtong walked over with a wine glass first, and then Tan Chenyue followed.

"Sorry, Principal He." Nan Heyu turned around and said, "Excuse me."

"It's all right." The woman waved her hand very readily, and then said to Nan Heyu, "It's important to do business, and I won't bother you anymore."

And after Nan Heyu's back gradually disappeared, the woman finally put away the smile on her face, then turned and left with a blank expression on her face.

……

Sure enough, the queen was talking about the fourth battle of Exvinco.

Before Nan Heyu approached, seeing him coming, the Duke Pei Jingtong waved to this side, and then immediately said to the queen: "Your Highness, this is General Nan Heyu of the military department. Made a lot of contributions.”

When Nan Heyu emerged in the empire, the queen had already stopped taking care of the affairs here.Therefore, even though she vaguely heard Nan Heyu's name and knew that the other party was from Pei Jingtong's faction, the woman didn't know much about him.

"His Royal Highness." Nan Heyu walked over and saluted the woman.

Seeing this, the woman just nodded slightly to him, then turned around and continued to talk to Pei Jingtong: "This matter has been a long time ago, and it is not easy to handle. Therefore, although Admiral Tan is mainly in charge, if there is any need for help When the time comes, I still ask for your assistance.”

"Of course!" Judging by the straightforward way he responded to this matter, no one would have guessed that Pei Jingtong actually knew the prince's whereabouts a long time ago, "If you need help, feel free to come to us." He was extremely enthusiastic explain.

However, as a bystander, Nan Heyu could see very clearly that although the queen and Pei Jingtong said it was good, they actually didn't trust each other.The queen's invitation was very perfunctory, and Pei Jingtong's answer was not sincere.

A few people were just exchanging polite greetings.

Their conversation didn't last long. After a brief chat with Pei Jingtong, the queen turned around and left.Seeing this, Nan Heyu, who was standing on the side, also took two steps back silently, and then made way for the road.

"Thank you." The queen nodded slightly to him and was about to leave, but the moment she passed Nan Heyu, the woman suddenly stopped and looked at him.

what happened?

Nan Heyu, who already had ghosts in his heart, couldn't help but get nervous, and then slowly turned his attention to the woman.

At this moment, the queen's expression was very strange, different from the calm and cold expression just now, her eyes suddenly opened wide, and her lips parted slightly.

"His Royal Highness?" Nan Heyu asked tentatively.

His words awakened the woman. Seeing this, the queen quickly adjusted her expression, then shook her head slightly and said: "It's okay..." As soon as the words fell, she walked away quickly.

Immediately afterwards, Tan Chenyue also followed.

Despite the decline of the royal family, the status of the queen is still above everyone else.After simply exchanging greetings with the highest ranking people in the banquet, the queen, accompanied by Tan Chenyue, walked out of the hall.

The off-white wooden door closed slowly, isolating the noise in the hall behind the ears.

The queen standing in the corridor did not continue to move forward, just when Tan Chenyue was about to ask if there was any problem, but the woman suddenly turned her head, and then asked Tan Chenyue in a deep voice: "...Shen Yue , do you think Nan Heyu looks familiar?"

Hearing the other party's words, Tan Chenyue couldn't help being silent for a while.He wanted to shake his head directly, but after seeing the queen's expression, he seemed to suddenly think of something.

Tan Chenyue frowned, and began to recall with difficulty.

Seeing this scene, the queen did not urge him impatiently, but stopped at the same spot, watching Tan Chenyue carefully.

The four sides of this corridor are made of beige stone, which looks very depressing at first glance.Tan Chenyue's eyes fell on the end of the corridor, and then he suddenly shook his head slowly.

"...You mean?" After an unknown period of time, Tan Chenyue, who was still in place, finally looked at the woman as if she remembered something.

The queen suddenly raised her hand to interrupt Tan Chenyue's words. She raised her head and glanced at the folding fan connecting the corridor and the gate of the banquet hall, then said "hmm" to Tan Chenyue, "That's the one you want."

……

In the palace, this extremely grand banquet is still going on.Few people noticed that Admiral Nan Heyu, who was always happy to socialize, left here early.

In fact, not long after meeting the queen, Nan Heyu suddenly remembered a very important thing——

The starship that was destroyed in the fourth battle of Exvinco was still placed on the barren star.The royal family restarted the investigation this time, and it is likely to start with this starship.

As for how long the investigators will stay there, it is currently unknown.

Nan Heyu had planned to go to that planet for a long time, but encountered a little unexpected situation on the way.So while the banquet was in progress, he immediately made up his mind: he must go ahead of the royal family and visit the starship that year.

If you go one step late, what you are looking for may be found by others, and what's more, the scene will be destroyed.

Nan Heyu's mobility has always been very strong. On the night when the banquet ended, he drove the mecha alone and flew towards the desolate star.

On the way to that planet, Nan Heyu also turned on his optical brain, and read the information about that planet seriously.

This planet is called "Lislany", and it is one of the first planets ruled by the Empire.

Because the ecology of the planet itself is relatively fragile, and the resources are not very rich.After people have lived on this planet for hundreds of years, there has been a serious problem of resource depletion on it.

In the following decades, the original residents moved away from this planet one after another, and Liz Lanyi, which used to be extremely lively, suddenly became quiet—this is a very normal thing in the interstellar era. matter.

Today, few people in the entire empire have heard of the name of this planet.

Nan Heyu didn't know why the starship was parked here back then. When the mecha slowly approached, he only saw a scene of decay.

Seen from space, the planet is gray and black.

After flying close, Nan Heyu discovered that the gray and black is not the original color of the planet's land - a long time ago, the planet was completely surrounded by cities, and when people left here, the buildings where they used to live were still covered This planet completely devours the green space.

Although he had known the situation here earlier, Nan Heyu couldn't help being surprised when he saw the decaying scene under his feet.

The black starship continued to fly around, like an abandoned artificial satellite on this planet.

I don't know how long it took, it finally landed slowly.

When you get closer, you can find that there is a huge dark gray starship hidden in this gray and black abandoned building.Seeing this, Nan Heyu, who was driving the mecha, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It is so inconspicuous, if Nan Heyu hadn't found the parking location of the starship from the military headquarters, it might not be possible to find it by flying around for a few days.

Nan Heyu can't continue to fight with the mecha now, but there is no problem in using it as a vehicle to drive.

When the mecha was less than ten meters away from the wall of the starship, Nan Heyu hovered the mecha here, and then walked to the lowest hatch.

The mecha emitted a dark red light. The robots that were patrolling the fixed orbit here seemed to have received some signal, but after a few seconds, they all flew elsewhere.

Seeing that the hatch of the mech finally opened, Nan Heyu jumped directly from here.

With the high-intensity training of the earth age, coupled with the physical fitness of human beings in the interstellar age, although the hovering position of the mecha is a bit high, Nan Heyu's jumping movements are still very light.

After a soft sound, Nan Heyu supported the ground with one hand and landed on the outer wall of the starship.Along with it, the huge black mecha was also included in the key.

Nan Heyu couldn't help stretching out his hand to gently caress the rough outer wall of the starship, and then slowly got up.

Although Nan Heyu has no memory of the original owner's childhood, Nan Heyu still can't help feeling a little emotional when he thinks that this starship was a turning point in the fate of "himself" and countless people.

After getting up, Nan Heyu looked forward.

Compared with the mechs, although the attack power of the starship is very weak, its size is huge.An ordinary starship can be worth as much as a county in the Earth era, let alone this top-level starship that once belonged to the imperial family.

Nan Heyu, who was standing at the center of the starship, couldn't even see the end of it at a glance.

After watching for a while, Nan Heyu slowly locked on to a place, and then walked forward.Because of the severe damage that year, there were many holes in this abandoned starship.Just now Nan Heyu looked into the distance, looking for such a gap.

Lislan Yixing has no residents, and the patrol robots in the distance have never made the slightest sound.

It was the first time for Nan Heyu to walk alone in such a desolate place, and the only sound left in the whole world was his own footsteps, which might be the only sound on the planet.

In such extreme silence, Nan Heyu's nerves did not relax for a moment, but became more and more tense.

Nan Heyu finally breathed a sigh of relief until he approached the round hole exposed by the damaged starship.He turned on the lighting function of the light brain, and then slowly cast it into the starship.

By the light, Nan Heyu saw the gray sofa and a small but delicate coffee table.He thought that the room under his feet should be a lounge on the starship.

After observing for a while, Nan Heyu finally jumped down from here.Even though he was the only one nearby, Nan Heyu subconsciously pulled the wall of the warehouse with his hands, and then slowly landed.

Nothing disturbed him except the dust under his feet.

When they were on the mecha just now, Nan Heyu had already observed the starship carefully.As an admiral, he knew the structure of the starship very well, so this time Nan Heyu came directly to the core area of ​​the starship.

Although this lounge looks inconspicuous, but in this position, it will definitely not be a vacant room.

After landing, Nan Heyu didn't push the door to leave in a hurry, but slowly looked around the room with the light of the light brain.

Nan Heyu saw that a gray windbreaker was still quietly lying on the armrest of the sofa, as if waiting for its owner to arrive—everything here seemed to be suspended on that day many years ago.

The lounge is not big, and Nan and Yu didn't find anything special after looking around.Seeing this, he finally took a slow step and walked towards the door.

His slender fingers lightly pressed against the metal barn wall. Nan Heyu was about to forcefully push the door open, but he immediately withdrew his hand after a few seconds.

There's someone in the corridor!

Due to the serious damage, the sound insulation device of this starship was also damaged.Therefore, this not-so-heavy door did not block the voices in the corridor, and they all reached Nan Heyu's ears.

The queen just announced that they would review the fourth battle of Exvinco. With the efficiency of the Lanjun Empire, they would definitely not send people here now.

So... the people who appeared on the starship at this time must be the same as himself, wanting to investigate the starship before the royal family.

Nan Heyu slowly pressed his ear to the door, and then a slightly familiar male voice came in through the door.

"This starship should have been almost destroyed back then, just re-examine it now... You can see what else needs to be taken away. If you destroy it directly here, remember not to do it too obviously." The man paused He continued, "The ashes that should fall must fall, and don't make the royal family come here to see, only to find that someone has just been here."

Did the other party actually come here to destroy the scene?Nan Heyu couldn't help squinting his eyes, and at the same time held his breath.

"Okay, we will definitely pay attention." A person replied.

"Well." The man who spoke first paused for a moment, and then continued: "If you have anything to do, please contact me directly, and don't bother father."

Don't bother father?

Father?

Nan Heyu couldn't help but take a deep breath, he finally understood why he felt the other party's voice was familiar.

If Nan Heyu's memory is correct, the man outside who was talking and instructing others to destroy the scene is Pei Jingtong's son!

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