Byron's Blade

"It's conceivable that your father was really angry at the time, otherwise he wouldn't have said such a thing." After listening to Lan Ni's whole story, Mu Li said something for General Friesman.

Leaning on her shoulder, Lanny said lazily:

"He really won't allow anyone to destroy his plan. If I really become a hidden danger, he will not be soft. To be able to say such things to children, one can imagine how many of us family members are in his heart. portion."

When Lan Ni narrated her childhood stories to Mu Li, she completely omitted the character "Jiang Mu Li", and only focused on the conflicts between her, her father and her cousin Mo Kexin.The events of that year left a deep psychological shadow on her. From then on, she and her cousin Mo Kexin stood on opposite sides, finding fault at every turn, and competing in everything. Over the years, it has almost become a habit.

And she and her father have almost become strangers, and she can't forgive her father for saying such words to herself.At the same time, she also began to work hard.The hard work is not to make her father look different, but to not become a "burden". The fear in her heart has become the biggest motivation for her hard work.

Because of a serious illness, her foundation was injured, and her body was completely weak. No matter how much supplements she took after that, she couldn't make it up. Her body was weaker than that of ordinary federal citizens.Wu is not good, so she works hard to study literature. With her intelligence and hard work, her grades have surpassed her brother's record in a few years, and she has become the smartest child in the general's mansion.During the period from 7 to 13 years old, she lived a very depressed life, her nerves were tense every day, and she couldn't relax at all. During that time, she actually suffered from mild depression and ptsd. A "Jiang Muli", this mental illness is estimated to be more serious.So at the age of 13, she left home to go to school, almost escaping the hellish home.After coming out, the mental illness was cured by itself.But so far, she is still very afraid of dark confined spaces, and afraid of water.

Jiang Muli has been recuperating in the General's Mansion for more than a month in the next year. During this period, Lan Ni often went to see her, and the two quickly became acquainted and became best "friends".Jiang Muli occupies a very important position in Lan Ni's heart, almost on the same level as her mother, completely surpassing others, including of course her favorite cousin, and the father who almost dare not mention it.

Just after the New Year's Eve in January, the three members of the Jiang family left the General's Mansion.Lan Ni was extremely sad. On the day Jiang Muli was about to leave, she almost cried so hard that she couldn't get up. She just felt that the sky was falling.But Jiang Muli promised that she would definitely come to her again, and they would definitely meet again in the future.

They did meet again, but after 14 years.That's another story.

"But having said that, is there still human trafficking/drug production/drug production in the Federation?" Mu Li seemed to be interested in this matter.

Lanny paused before replying:

"Of course there are. And drugs have become one of the biggest hidden dangers of the federal army. You were in the elite troops before, which may be relatively rare. In some second-rate and third-rate troops on the border, drugs are banned repeatedly. Some soldiers , It is almost impossible to go to the battlefield without taking drugs. The oppression of life and death made them choose this path. Among the adventurers, drugs are especially rampant. Many adventurers actually rely on drug trafficking/drugs for a living. They are in the suburbs Cultivate opium poppies in secret, or set up underground drug production/drug factories to make huge profits. My father hates this kind of thing. During the year he was in power, the entire federal government entered the most stringent drug prohibition period, but he didn’t know that he was running for president. Will General Luo Jia or... General Conrad carry out this effort?"

"General Conrad...he came from the bench." Mu Li whispered.

"Well, normally, he should have been the candidate for the next year's president. But the Ares swarm incident has been confirmed as Pierre's conspiracy. This kind of framing has suffered immeasurable losses, and the federal government decided to move General Conrad's candidate seat forward as compensation. In this year's presidential election, General Luo Jia can only serve as a foil." Lan Ni said.

Mu Li nodded, expressing his understanding.

The room fell silent, and neither of them spoke again.They leaned against the head of the bed, snuggled up to each other, and clasped their hands tightly, enjoying a moment of tenderness.Mu Li was a little sleepy again, his eyelids were fighting.The bursts of fragrance from Lan Ni's body made her feel very comfortable, like sleeping incense,

"Are you asleep?" Lanny asked softly.

"Well...not yet."

Lan Ni gave a low laugh and said, "Is there anything else you want to ask me?"

"Lanny... What are we going to the City of Adventurers for?" Mu Li asked.

"You read Rui Qiao's diary, you should know plan a. But now plan a has failed, because you failed the pupil test, plan a was completely stranded. Since you escaped from prison, we have entered the stage of plan b Within the scope. Although plan b was also formulated by my father, most of the time in the whole plan, we are wandering away from the periphery of the power center, and my father's control over the plan will be minimized. The executor and control of plan b Or, someone else. I don’t know the specific content, I only know now that I will take you and the four people outside to meet someone in the city of adventurers. How to go next, she will tell us."

"Who?"

"Her real name is not clear, I only know her code name is Hermit. Hermit is the most trusted person of my father, there is no one, this plan is more important than family members and my own life, my father can actually Entrusting half to her is evident. The four people outside are all her apprentices and have followed her since she was a child. She also has a huge armed group hidden inside and outside the city. Almost all the people in the group are black households. They don’t have the identity of a federal citizen, just like you, and they don’t have a bracelet ID. Most of them are in the city of adventurers and control the underground world of the city of adventurers.”

Lan Ni got up from the bed, got off the bed and put on her shoes, stretched, then turned around, smiled sweetly at Mu Li and said:

"From now on, we will live the lives of adventurers. It's exciting to think about, isn't it?"

Mu Li opened his eyebrows and smiled softly.

***

Qiu Zheng was leaning against a wall in a dark alley, standing with one foot leaning back against the wall, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.The baseball cap on her head was also covered with the hood of a black sweater, and her entire face was hidden in the dark, making it impossible to see her face clearly.

The red light of the cigarette butt was flickering, and when it was about to burn to the end, a very inconspicuous car drove across the road outside the alley and parked on the side of the road.Qiu Zheng glanced at the car, took off the cigarette between his lips, threw it on the ground and stomped it out, then walked out of the alley.

The location where the car was parked was next to a convenience supermarket.Chou Zheng passed the car and entered the supermarket.The cashier at the door glanced at her, and said as usual:

"welcome."

Qiu Zheng walked to the magazine rack next to the floor-to-ceiling glass as if nothing had happened, picked up a magazine and pretended to read it, but his eyes fell outside the window.The door of the car opened, and a tall man got out of the car. He was dressed like a company white-collar worker, in a suit and leather shoes, and also wore a slightly ill-fitting overcoat.He probably caught a cold. He was wearing a mask and couldn't see his face clearly.

The tall man also entered the supermarket. Amid the cashier's voice of "Welcome", he asked hoarsely:

"Uh... Excuse me, do you sell red wine here?"

"Mr. Some, the third row of shelves is all the way to the end."

"OK, thanks."

When the man asked about the wine, Qiu Zheng had already put down the magazine and slowly moved towards the wine shelf.The same was true for the tall man, and the two quickly stood across the shelf.The tall man pretended to pick out the goods and took down a wine box. Qiu Zheng at the other end of the shelf happened to take down a bag of potato chips and looked at it. There was a gap in the shelf between the two of them, so they could see each other.

"Is my sister okay?" the tall man asked in a low voice.

"Very good." Qiu Zheng replied briefly.

"Where's the madman?" he asked again.

"Crazy is fine too, she doesn't look crazy at all." Qiu Zheng replied.

"Meet the hermit, help me pass this to her. I think this is what she needs the most." The tall man passed through the gap and threw a small chip-shaped object to Qiu Zheng.Chou Zheng took it and quickly stuffed it into his pocket.

"Tomorrow, it's best to leave the city before nine o'clock in the morning, otherwise there may be trouble." After finishing his last sentence, the tall man left the shelf with the wine box and walked towards the cashier.

Qiu Zheng put the potato chips back on the shelf and continued to pretend to be picking goods. She waited until the tall man left the supermarket before she walked to the cashier and asked the cashier:

"Is there a star?"

"Have."

"Here's a box." He said, took out the wallet from his pocket, pulled out a 20 banknote and put it on the table.

The cashier gave her a strange look. In this era, people who still pay with banknotes are basically equivalent to rare animals.Everyone swipe the bracelet ID to pay directly online, which is convenient and fast. Most federal people only need the bracelet ID to do everything when they go out.

But after all, banknotes are still in circulation in the market now, and occasionally someone will pay with banknotes, and the cashier throws cigarettes to Qiu Zheng and takes the money.Qiu Zheng put the cigarettes in the pocket of the sweater, turned around and walked out of the supermarket with his head down.

As a result, as soon as he reached the door of the automatic door, a black, straight Asian woman ran in recklessly and bumped into Qiu Zheng.Qiu Zheng didn't move at all, but the woman let out an "oops" and fell to the ground.A short woman with short hair came running behind the woman, knelt down to help the fallen black long straight woman, and said repeatedly:

"Miss! Are you okay? Why are you running away?"

Qiu Zheng gave them a cold look, turned away, and planned to avoid them and leave.As a result, the fallen black-haired woman suddenly stopped her:

"Oh, wait a minute."

Qiu Zheng's eyes flickered, and he slowed down his pace, vigilant in his heart, planning that if the two girls moved a little, she would deal with them immediately.

Unexpectedly, the girl stood up slowly, patted her clothes gracefully, bowed slightly to Qiu Zheng, and apologized:

"I'm really sorry, I didn't pay attention. You didn't hurt anywhere, did you?"

Qiu Zheng frowned, and finally took a good look at this black, long and straight woman. She saw that this woman had quiet eyebrows, fair skin, and beautiful facial features, and the clothes on her body were also very expensive. They were all famous brands. Very decent and beautiful.I couldn't help feeling a little contemptuous in my heart: Heh, where is the eldest lady in the greenhouse?

So she just replied lightly:

"fine."

Then they walked away.

After walking about five steps, she also heard the lowered voice of another woman with short hair:

"Miss, let's go in. That person looks terrible. Recently, Gaia City seems very... Let's go back..."

They went into the supermarket, and Qiu Zheng gradually walked away. She didn't hear clearly what was said later, and she didn't care.

Qiu Zheng walked through the alley and returned to the current stronghold of the group.When the door was opened, it happened to be time for dinner.

There was no one in the living room, including the cardinal Sasha.Qiu Zheng walked around to the restaurant and saw the TV was on and playing the news.Lin Zhao was cooking the last dish in front of the stove, while Joan was already eating at the dining table.Zooey was nowhere to be seen, and of course Lan Ni and Mu Li were also missing.

"Where's Zoe?" she asked.

"Treat the cardinal in the basement." Joan replied with food in her mouth.

"Ask out?"

"I didn't ask, that bitch bit off her own tongue, and then Zoe strangled her neck too hard." Joan said with a look of disgust.

"Forget it, anyway, except for the most radical faction, there will be no one else." Qiu Zheng pulled out his chair and sat down. At this moment, the TV news showed a picture of Mu Li, mixed among a group of escaped prisoners. , and marked the identity of the dangerous level s, the most wanted criminal.

Qiu Zheng squeezed his brows slightly with a headache and said:

"Get up at five o'clock tomorrow morning, and we must leave Gaia before eight o'clock."

Joan wailed: "God, someone save my sleep!"

Lin Zhao took the last plate of food and walked to the table to put it down. There seemed to be an emotion on her expressionless face, which was called life without love.