Byron's Blade

"Has Captain Mu ever attended such a banquet?" Mo Kexin sat down with Mu Li, and asked first.

"No, it's the first time. To be honest, I don't like such occasions much."

"Hehehe, me too. It's just that you are much luckier than me. Due to work reasons, I always have to attend various dinner parties, and I can't help myself."

"I didn't expect that the Mo Group would also be invited," Mu Li said.

"The Mo family still has a lot of voice in the political arena. We have provided too much funds to the military, and we have a lot of cooperation, so we will naturally have corresponding powers. This banquet is held to win votes. We Naturally, they are in the invitation ranks." Mo Kexin said with a smile.

Mu Li glanced at her, and thought: It seems that everyone present today knows what this banquet is for.

"Then what is Mo's attitude?"

"The captain was joking. The Mo family was tied to the Friesman family more than 30 years ago. Isn't our attitude clear at a glance?"

Mu Li smiled, but didn't speak.She asked this question for a reason, of course to lead to the next question.

"Next, Mu may ask a presumptuous question. I hope Ms. Mo will forgive me. If Ms. Mo doesn't want to answer, you can ignore it."

"The captain is polite. If you have something to say, please speak up. I know everything." Mo Kexin curled her lips.

"Mu is very curious. The relationship between Mrs. Mo and the Friesman family seems to be not harmonious. I heard from the major that Mrs. Mo hates people calling her Mrs. Friesman. With all due respect, the relationship between Miss Mo and the major is also It's not very harmonious. This...sorry, I really offended..." Mu Li asked halfway, but felt that it was really inappropriate for him to ask these questions, so he finally stopped.

"Haha, you don't have to worry about it, Captain. It's nothing. I can tell you. The reason why my aunt hates being called Mrs. Freesman is because she is not someone's wife. She is the helm of the Mo family, and She is not an appendage of anyone. The status between her and her uncle is equal, and no one dominates the other. I said that outsiders may not believe it, but this is the reason. The family of my uncle and aunt is very democratic and equal, and they often start a family Meetings, raising hands to vote on some housework, in the eyes of our relatives, it seems very funny. In fact, the aunt and uncle are very harmonious and affectionate.

As for the conflict between me and my cousin...it's about when I was a child, and I don't know when I had a grudge with Lanny.I don’t even remember why it made her angry at first. In short, Lanny seems to have been very hostile to me, but we don’t have a deep hatred. It’s just that we don’t have a good relationship. , Hahaha..." At the end, she made herself laugh.

It turned out that it was just a vindictive enemy, Mu Li heaved a sigh of relief, she thought there was some deep hatred that could not be reconciled.

However, it seemed that someone had a different opinion, and Lan Ni's voice suddenly came, interrupting their conversation:

"Dear cousin, it's wrong for you to say that. The accounts between us have not been properly settled."

Not far away, Lan Ni was walking gracefully, followed by a man and a woman.She stood still in front of Mu Li and Mo Kexin, glared at Mu Li first, and then shifted her gaze to Mo Kexin.Mu Li was stared inexplicably, and looked at Lan Ni's side face in bewilderment.

"It's all old stuff, why is my cousin still holding on to it?" Mo Kexin sighed and replied with a smile.

Lan Ni smiled and said, "I'll talk about these things later. I want to introduce two people to Captain Mu."

Mu Li stood up and faced the man and woman.Lanny first introduced the lady. She looked to be in her thirties, her light blonde hair was cut very short, she looked vigorous, she was not very tall, and she was in good shape. She was wearing a military uniform of the Central Army, holding a With a military cap and one hand holding the saber at his waist, he was standing straight in front of Mu Li, staring intently at Mu Li with a pair of emerald green eyes.

"This is Colonel Elis Sebastian. She is my father's most capable adjutant. She has been in the army for 18 years and has made great achievements. The pilot of the Helios mecha is the top mecha pilot in the Federation. This This time she was representing my father at the dinner."

"Hello, Captain Mu, you are very famous, I have heard of it for a long time." Colonel Elis first extended his hand and greeted neatly.

"Don't dare." Mu Li hurriedly shook hands with her, feeling excited. She had been in the federal army for so long, and finally saw the real God of War.Elis Sebastian, the pilot of the Helios, is famous.

"Hahaha, Captain Mu is good at shooting, I'm afraid I can't win without the mecha." Ellis laughed heartily.

Lanny smiled, then turned to introduce the man.This man is tall, he seems to be over 1.9 meters tall, and Mu Li, who is 1.7 meters [-], needs to look up at him.He has long brown hair, tied casually behind his head, with a shaggy beard, half-opened eyes as if he is still awake, and the suit on his body is also crumpled, looking a bit unkempt.Even so, he was still extremely handsome and full of charm.Like Lanny, with a pair of blue eyes and a mixed-race facial features, she is seventy percent similar to Lanny.

"This is Sona Friesman, my brother. He is currently working in the Weapons Research and Development Center of the Central Army, with the rank of senior colonel."

Sure enough, it's my own brother, and he looks really similar.

"Ah...you are Mu Li? Hmm...it looks...not bad..." He looked at Mu Li weakly and said.

Mu Li: "..." What kind of evaluation is this? Is it really okay for you to talk like this to someone you meet for the first time?

"Don't pay attention to him, he's out of his mind." Lanny pulled her brother aside, and said:

"In addition to my cousin, this is the whole staff of our fishing plan today. Now I will talk about my plan. I hope everyone will cooperate with me."

Mu Li concentrated her attention, she really wanted to know how the eldest lady could lure the cunning General Pierre into the bait.

***

The banquet was still going on, and it was about seven o'clock in the evening.Lan Ni and Mo Kexin both came to the entrance of the independent conference room at the innermost part of the venue. The guards guarding the door stared at them, but the two beauties didn't care at all. It seems to be speaking in a low voice, but in fact it can be faintly heard by the people in the room.

"How's Mo's doing recently?" Lanny asked.

"As always, my aunt has been in poor health, so I have to be busy." Mo Kexin replied.

"It's hard for you. It's really difficult for such a big company without my mother."

"But after all, I am the heir of my aunt, and sooner or later I will sit in the position of my aunt. By the way, Lan Ni, I went to the hospital to see my aunt two days ago. Why did her ward suddenly change from the 15th floor to the 14th floor? And the 15th floor feels heavily guarded."

When the two talked about this, they suddenly fell silent.

Not long after, footsteps were heard in the corridor, and the two beauties planned to leave here.Then the door of the conference room opened suddenly, and a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper called out to Lan Ni and Mo Kexin.

"Please stay, two, my master is here to invite you."

"Who is your master?" Lanny turned around and asked suspiciously.

"You two will know when you see each other."

Lan Ni hesitated for a moment, looked at each other, and declined:

"Sorry, we still have something to do, so we won't go."

"Please stay." The butler's attitude became tough.

Lan Ni and Mo Kexin whispered to each other before replying:

"Okay, but please hurry, we have something to do."

So the two of them followed the butler into the independent conference room.As soon as I entered, I saw four guards with guns standing in the four corners, and one guard at each window, a total of eight guards in one room.Behind a long table in the center, an old man in a casual suit, over sixty years old, with a calm demeanor and glasses, was looking at the door with serious eyes.

Lan Ni froze for a moment, licked her red lips, a bright smile slowly appeared on her face, and said with a smile:

"I didn't expect that General Pierre would actually be here. Lan Ni is really honored to see the general's demeanor today."

"Hehehehe..." the old man laughed, "You little girl, you already knew I was here."

"How come, I'm just guessing, now that it's confirmed, I'm relieved."

"Oh? Why are you relieved?" The old man raised his thick gray eyebrows and looked at her.

"Hmm... I'm glad that our Friesman family finally got rid of the entanglement of this cunning and fickle snake, Smith?" Lanny said in a relaxed and cheerful tone. The direction went over.

"Hehehehe..." The old man laughed again, leaned back on the back of the chair, pointed Lan Ni with his fingers, and did not speak.

Mo Kexin still stood at the door with a smile on her face, and did not approach.

The old man's attention shifted to Mo Kexin, he waved to her, and said:

"Girl Mo, you come here too. Come on, you two come to me. I'm getting older. When I see you young people, I want to chat with you. I feel younger."

Mo Kexin walked towards Lan Ni with strides, and Lan Ni smiled and said:

"What did the general say, you are in your prime, and you are in the prime of your life."

Pierre sneered, and said: "Lan girl, you have a small mouth, I don't know if it looks like your father or mother."

While they were talking, on the third floor, a black figure came out of the storage room, walked through the corridor at an alarming speed, and quickly dodged into the study room at the end of the corridor.Hei Ying squatted in the study for a while, and heard loud voices from the microphone downstairs. She quickly opened the window, turned over, grabbed the gap in the wall, hung under the window sill like a spider, and then quietly closed the window. close.Hanging under the window sill, she looks like a bat hanging upside down in the dark night, with her wings gathered and motionless, waiting for the moment to strike.

"Oh? This is Colonel Ellis speaking." In the separate conference room, the old man looked outside the door and said.At this moment, an energetic female voice sounded outside the door, and her voice echoed throughout the mansion.

"Yes." Lanny nodded.

"She is an excellent soldier. I envy your father very much. There are so many good soldiers under his command." The old man adjusted his glasses and said.

"Why did the general make such a statement? In Lan Ni's opinion, there are countless excellent generals under the general's command. Now that Lieutenant General Smith has been added, isn't it just like adding wings to a tiger?"

The old man waved his hand and said, "Little Lanni, let's not talk darkly. My soldiers are indeed not as good as your father. This is obvious to all. The seven generals of the entire Federation can compete with the soldiers under your father's command." Only Andres and Lorgar are comparable. Lorgar is slightly inferior. Andres may be comparable, but he cannot surpass it. Smith’s decision to join me is his own choice, and he has his own considerations. I grew up in the central government, and I have seen this kind of thing a lot, so I shouldn't blame the old man."

"The general beat me, how dare Lan Ni blame the general, Lan Ni is just a yellow-haired girl who is ignorant, and if she speaks something that offends the general, please forgive me." Lan Ni hurriedly said "panic".

The old man smiled, looked at Mo Kexin again, and said:

"Girl Mo, I have a business here recently and I want to talk to you, Mrs. Mo, and you happen to be here today, so why not just talk about it here."

"I don't know if you are interested in the latest jamming device. I just came out with new research results. If you are interested, you can say that we can cooperate and make a lot of money."

"What is the interference device?" Mo Kexin asked.

"The brand new jamming device can confuse the information received by Zerg and predators within a kilometer range." The general simply explained.

"This is really a good thing." Mo Kexin smiled, "It is Mo's honor that the general intends to cooperate with Mo's. I will go back and discuss with my aunt, and draw up a cooperation plan as soon as possible."

"Okay, you girl is happy to do things, I like it very much." The old man smiled.

Colonel Elis's speech was coming to an end, when an accident suddenly happened at this moment. With a "buzz", the entire mansion suddenly tripped, and it was instantly dark.Lan Ni couldn't help screaming, and even Mo Kexin also screamed.

"What's going on?" General Pierre's voice came from the darkness. It sounded very calm, but slightly dissatisfied.

"Master, I'll check right away." It was the voice of the butler just now, and then there was the sound of opening and closing the door.

At this time, the voice of Colonel Elis speaking into the microphone came from outside:

"No! Everyone run away, there are explosives!"

Immediately, the entire mansion became noisy, with screams, exclamations and chaotic footsteps, everyone rushed towards the door.

"What explosives? Who said that?" It seemed that Sistine rushed to the stage and was questioning Colonel Elis.

"Someone said something behind my back just now, telling me to run away, there is a bomb." Colonel Elis explained.

"Nonsense, it's impossible! Everyone has gone through the security check, and it's impossible for anyone to bring a bomb in!" Then there was a clicking sound from the microphone, as if someone was fumbling for the microphone, and then came Sistine's eldest brother, Lieutenant Colonel Robert. Steady voice:

"Everyone calm down, don't be crowded, there are malicious rumors, and there are no explosives. We will restore power immediately, please don't get excited, to avoid stampede damage!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud "pop!", and the venue suddenly screamed. The scene was uncontrollable again, and all the guests were squeezing towards the door, trying to escape.

Lieutenant Colonel Robert had no choice but to call the guards immediately:

"All positions, come to the door immediately and control the scene!"

In the independent meeting room in the dark, Lieutenant General Pierre was still sitting in his original position, the moonlight outside the window shone in, illuminating his side face, Lan Ni and Mo Kexin beside him were facing away from the light, facing Hidden in the dark, unable to see clearly.

"Don't be afraid, sit still and the power will be restored soon." Pierre comforted.

"As expected of a general, you are so stable, you really don't change your face when the mountain collapses in front of you." Lan Ni praised.

Pierre shook his head with a smile in the dark.

After a while, in the darkness, they seemed to hear something, it was the sound of a muffled groan, and a guard noticed the abnormality, and asked loudly to the source of the sound:

"Who! Who's there?"

As a result, the eight guards quickly fell silent.

Pierre stood up abruptly from the chair, grabbed the crutch beside him, pressed a button, and the trigger and sighting tube of the cane immediately popped out, turning into a single-shot rifle/gun.

Then, in the darkness, a short knife with a cold light suddenly stretched out, and it touched Lan Ni's neck quickly, dragged Lan Ni from the chair, and dragged her to the edge of the window.The moonlight outside illuminated the silhouette of the assassin and the gleaming knife in the assassin's hand. Seeing this scene, Mo Kexin was so frightened that he trembled all over, unable to speak a word.Lan Ni wanted to scream and struggle, but she heard a cold voice from a voice changer in the darkness:

"Don't shout, or I will kill you immediately!"

Lanny shut up.

"Say! Where is Bailey?" the shadow assassin pressed.

After the assassin asked this question, the audience fell into silence...