After being captured by the old enemy

When contacting Alder before, Alder and Ji Xingjue mentioned that Harlem appeared on the Holy Order's territory.

After falling out of the wormhole, Ji Xingjue also mentioned it to Qi Qing.

Haring felt guilty about Alder.

This is why Ji Xingjue is willing to give him some trust.

There is another reason... Although because of indirect reasons, he was assassinated by the saints who were put into the imperial capital by Harlem, but he always felt that Harlem's nature was not that bad.

Although Qi Qing was very suspicious and said, "Except for looking at me, you have always had a bad eye", but Ji Xingjue still has a positive attitude towards this.

——Anyway, on the way here, they also checked for a round, and found no ambush. Wan-Halin suddenly turned his face, and they were ready to fight out, and they didn't come empty-handed.

Moreover, Yise had some scruples, and would not kill Ji Xingjue, and only sent some people to surround them, so it was impossible to catch them.

After Harlem greeted him, he closed the curtains and turned his head—look, the two of them were standing side by side, holding hands, looking at him with strange eyes.

He generously rushed to the two of them—spreading his hands: “Need to check—is there a monitor here?”

Ji Xingjue nodded happily: "It is very necessary."

Harlem choked - and his smile remained unchanged: "The teacher really hasn't changed at all, it's still the same, frank and cute."

Qi Qing gouged out his eyes coldly, and unceremoniously turned over the small building.

Except for the robots patrolling outside, there was indeed no listening equipment in the house.

"Originally there was." Seeing that the two had finished checking, Harlem thoughtfully poured Ji Xingjue a glass of water, ignoring Qi Qing, "Although they have a cooperative relationship with the Holy Order, they are not enough for me as an ally." Believe me, on the first day I moved in, I searched for things and fed them to the robots outside."

Ji Xingjue raised his eyebrows, took the glass of water, and put it in his hand, - not a drop - not because he thought there would be any problem, but because the Marshal next to him was staring at him.

"Oh? If I remember correctly, His Highness should be sent by the Pope. How could the Holy Son accept you?"

Harlem watched his movements and didn't mind: "I'm no longer the prince of the Glorious Empire. The teacher doesn't need to call me Your Highness anymore. The Pope and I just have a cooperative interest relationship. Besides, the Holy Son needs me now."

When he mentioned "Holy Son", he looked at Ji Xingjue one more time, and his smile was a little weird.

Ji Xingjue's eyebrows twitched - "You already knew that Iser is the Holy Son of the Holy Order?"

Harlem shook his head: "I didn't know until I met at the front line. It was about the same time as you. To be honest, I was also surprised that he would take the risk of sneaking into the imperial capital just to stay by the teacher's side and watch the teacher's growth and changes."

Ji Xingjue's tone faded: "He's just looking at the results of the experiment."

He suppressed his discomfort and repeatedly watched the group photo many times.

In the group photo, Iser unconsciously approached Ludwig in the middle, and stared at him with lowered gaze.

It seems that Iser is very dependent on and admires that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

He valued Ludwig so much, so of course he would pay more attention.

The attack on Duke Qibai back then was probably done by Yser.

At that time, the Holy Order was uniting with the Star Pirates, maybe it was to let the Star Pirates see his own methods, even the high-ranking Duke of the Empire could kill him at will, or it might be because he revealed the secret of his body to Qi Bai.

In fact, until now, Ji Xingjue still doesn't quite understand why Duke Qi Bai adopted him.

He only remembered that when he was a child, Admiral Rand would occasionally visit Qi's house, and Duke Qibai seemed to have a lot of respect for Rand. Looking back now, I'm afraid Rand was behind the scenes.

As for why he was allowed to appear in the imperial capital hundreds of millions of light years away from the headquarters of the Holy Order——

Perhaps, Esther was concealing that he was resurrecting a prince, not a tyrant.

"I know what you two want to do now." Seeing Ji Xingjue's uneasy expression, Harlem skipped over this unpleasant topic with insight and said instead, "It's not difficult to help the teacher get in touch with the frontline base, but your identities Special, since we are in the holy capital, we still need an ally, promise me one condition, and I will continue to help in the future."

Qi Qing frowned unobtrusively, the more she looked at Harlem, the more confused she felt: "What conditions."

Only then did Harlem look at Qi Qing with a smile as if he had noticed him.

His plan in the imperial capital was implemented just right, but it was only because of Qi Qing that it was revealed, and his success fell short. However, he was convinced of the defeat, but the two of them just couldn't see it for no reason.

"Ah, Marshal," Harlem looked at Qi Qing slowly, with a strange smile on his lips, "how about... let the teacher dance with me? I couldn't dance with the teacher at your majesty's banquet. , What a pity in life."

Qi Qing's voice was cold: "You are dreaming."

Seeing his frosty face, Harlem's shoulders trembled, and he couldn't help laughing loudly: "Marshal Qi, it's not wise to show your weakness so easily."

Ji Xingjue smiled but said, "Am I a weakness, you can try it."

Ji Xingjue is very stingy, and he adheres to a firm principle in his heart: he can tease Qi Qing, but others cannot.

As expected of a couple.

Harlem shrugged: "Okay, no kidding. My request is very simple, and I believe it overlaps with the two of you."

His smile faded away, and his face became serious: "I want you to cooperate with me to rescue Alder."

Ji Xingjue and Qi Qing looked at each other, sharing the surprise in each other's eyes.

Unexpectedly, Harlem's condition was actually this.

Both of them had thought that Harlem would make a request of "helping to lift the wanted warrant".

Harlem stared at the two of them: "How?"

"If you are sincere," Qi Qing raised her eyes and stretched out her hand to him, "then we have a happy cooperation."

Harlem and Qi Qing shook hands: "I will inform both of you about the Holy Order's information. As for how to release the control of the chip in Alder's brain, it depends on you."

Qi Qing withdrew her hand, her tone was slightly mocking: "His Royal Highness really knows how to do business."

Give them the riskiest things, and watch from the sidelines.

Harlem grinned and grinned: "After all, I need to lurk in the Holy Order and cooperate with you inside and out. Wouldn't it be a loss if I accidentally exposed it?"

He didn't talk nonsense, turned on his optical brain, and pushed it to Ji Xingjue: "Teacher, please use it, but be careful, don't attack the firewall of the Holy Order just because I have higher authority, it is very dangerous, I It's just that they secretly established a communication channel on the front line when they communicated with Iser remotely."

Judging by his appearance, he seems to have already guessed who the mysterious hacker who stripped the cloud information company to its bottom during the report incident in the imperial capital was.

Ji Xingjue blinked innocently, took over the optical brain, and prepared to connect to Damel's communication.

Harlem stood up in a timely manner: "I baked some snacks in the kitchen, and I went to make some black tea by the way."

Ji Xingjue took time to glance at him: "Are there any butter cookies?"

Harlem nodded with a smile: "I remember the teacher likes it, and baked it specially for you."

Waiting for the people from Harlem to leave, Qi Qing leaned against Ji Xingjue's side, and said in a low tone, "Are the biscuits he baked delicious?"

Ji Xingjue immersed himself in the operation, and responded casually: "It's delicious. When Harlem was still in my laboratory, I occasionally made some desserts and brought them to the laboratory. They were very popular... hey."

He paused, turned his head and looked at Qi Qing with a smile: "Master Marshal, I seem to smell a sour smell."

Qi Qing turned his head back indifferently.

Ji Xingjue's eyes returned to the light screen, his finger movements fluttered, and he said leisurely: "Although the biscuits are very good, they are just desserts after dinner. The main meal still depends on the Marshal."

Only then did Qi Qing hum softly.

The connection progress jumped out on the optical brain, the light-year is too long, the connection progress is a bit slow, he let go of his hand, and automatically leaned into Qi Qing's arms: "Speaking of it, I remember that the Marshal was picky and expensive when he was young, how can he go out— , have even improved their cooking skills?"

When the person in his arms leaned over, he felt a little more at ease.

Qi Qing half put her arms around Ji Xingjue, and responded flatly: "There was a starship malfunction, and it crash-landed on a planet, the signal was interrupted, the nutrient was finished, and the food cooked by others was too unpalatable."

Ji Xingjue couldn't help laughing.

It must be how unpalatable it was, that forced Qi Qing to learn how to cook.

Just as he was talking, the progress bar on the light screen was fully loaded.

The light screen flashes, and Damel's three-dimensional image is projected.

"Marshal! Madame!"

Before the two of them could speak, Damel's eyes turned red, and he jumped three feet from the chair, his voice trembling: "I knew it! I knew you were all right! Marshal, where are you now? Do you need reinforcements? How can we pick you up? I..."

He was a little confused in surprise, spit out a bunch of words incoherently, and then pressed his chest, let out a deep breath, and calmed down: "Marshal, please give your order."

Seeing that he had calmed down, Qi Qing said calmly: "Report the situation after we left."

"Yes!" Although Qi Qing was not in front of him, Damel still stood up straight, "After you and your wife accidentally fell into the wormhole, we wiped out the remaining enemy ships and detected that the wormhole was unstable. According to your order, no Follow the past and go back to the base first."

When jumping into the no-go zone to look for the wormhole, Qi Qing gave an order first, if the wormhole is unstable, even if his battleship falls into it, no one is allowed to follow.

Damel almost gritted his teeth and obeyed the order with absolute reason.

"After returning to the base, all the bases were violently attacked by the Holy Order, and it was impossible to dispatch manpower to go to the no-go zone." Speaking of this, Damel lowered his head a little ashamedly, "until two days ago, the base Only then did we completely repel the invading saint army, and the subordinates sent people to guard the no-go area, preparing to lead a fleet into the wormhole two hours later."

What a coincidence.

If Ji Xingjue contacted Damel late, Damel would come over first.

"Stop acting," Qi Qing said with a calm face, without blaming him, "Continue to send people to garrison near the no-go area, and listen to me at any time."

Damel responded, but hesitated: "Marshal, how are you and your wife?"

Ji Xingjue buried himself in his optical brain and raised his eyes with a smile: "We are now in the lair of the Holy Order."

It is also known as the "Holy Capital" by Harlem.

Damel hissed: "That's too dangerous, you...you are not going to act alone in the base camp of the Holy Order, are you?"

The courage of these two people made him a little numb, but in a world full of saints, the risk factor is too high.

"No." Qi Qing said, "Come back when you get the information you want, and be ready to respond."

With Ji Xingjue here, Qi Qing will not take any risks.

Damel breathed a sigh of relief: "Marshal and Madam please take care of it!"

Footsteps outside the door were approaching.

Ji Xingjue was almost finished, he let go easily, and blinked his left eye at Qi Qing: "It's done."

It's really hard for him to be honest.

However, his actions were very careful, and he only borrowed a little bit of Harlem's authority. The next time he wanted to contact Damel, he didn't need to use Harlem's power.

Harlem knocked on the door: "Can I come in?"

Qi Qing finally gave Damel a few words, hung up the communication, saw that Ji Xingjue had cleared the communication records, and hummed calmly.

Harlem pushed open the door, and the sweet smell of biscuits immediately filled the air.

Holding a small tray and a teapot, he actually went to get the dessert and black tea, and put them in front of the two of them, with a natural smile: "Marshal, too?"

Qi Qing glanced at the delicate biscuits on the plate with disdain.

Ji Xingjue couldn't help but laugh, and picked a dog-shaped piece and fed it to his mouth: "Try it."

Qi Qingyu took a bite and commented: "It's too sweet."

Ji Xingjue took it back and threw it into his mouth, tasted it: "Well, I feel pretty good."

Qi Qing raised her finger to wipe off the biscuit crumbs on the corner of his lips, and said softly, "I'll bake it for you when I go back."

Harlem: "..."

He hadn't eaten yet, so he was a little full for some reason.

Ji Xingjue ate a few small biscuits, got up and prepared to leave: "Then Harlem... Your Excellency, we will be waiting for your news."

Harlem said: "Actually, you can also hide in my residence."

"Forget it," Ji Xingjue said with a smile, "The trust between us hasn't reached that level yet."

Harlem smiled vaguely: "The teacher is too impolite."

Ji Xingjue and Qi Qing walked to the window, and were about to lift the curtains, their fingertips froze, and they turned their heads, unable to help asking the question that was lingering in their hearts.

"Harlem, are you atonement?"

"Probably." Harlem sat on the sofa with his head bowed, his expression buried in the shadows, and his voice was flat, "I only owe Alder."

"When he leaves, I can completely separate from the imperial family."

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