Chapter 353 The purpose is clear and getting more intense
When Gris saw Yang Ming in the Lord's Mansion, he had a dark face and resisted the urge to give Yang Ming the middle finger.
If he hadn't been able to beat this guy!
"Your Highness Daphne, Captain Gris, come and sit."
Yang Ming made an inviting gesture and invited the two of them to sit on the sofa.
Daphne's maid was the first to move forward, scanning the sofa with a simple instrument. Daphne just stepped forward, nodded to Yang Ming, and sat down while stroking the hem of her windbreaker.
Gris rubbed the tip of his nose and did not dare to sit with Her Highness Daphne. He could only move closer to Yang Ming. There were two opposite couches in the living room.
026 on the side brought hot drinks prepared in advance.
"Give me some face," Gris complained. "You have made me very passive now. With so many people watching, your gun is almost pressed against my head. I am no longer your close friend!"
Yang Ming cursed angrily: "Get out of here."
"Okay," Gris moved a sofa stool for himself and sat aside.
Daphne's light pink lips opened and closed slightly: "Do you want to pursue this matter to the end?"
"Of course," Yang Ming said calmly, "You should have seen the ballistic analysis I sent you. There was a laser beam aimed at you at that time."
"The political impact of this matter may be great," Daphne said. "I originally thought that if you went to clean up the CIA of the New Federation, you would not continue to pursue the shelling incident."
"of course not."
Yang Ming said:
"The reason why I have different priorities is because the CIA succeeded, but those nobles did not.
"But this cannot be regarded as an attempted incident. They have already opened fire, and they have shown their intention to massacre civilians and their targeting of you.
"I gave the Imperial Military Department two days, but the feedback they gave me was just resistance. Obviously, the instigators behind this did not dare to offend...your brothers and sisters?"
Daphne's eyelids are drooped, her shallow eyelids and long eyelashes make her fair and delicate face even more attractive.
She said: "I don't want to pursue this matter. Earl Hanton, can you please give up the pursuit?"
"Impossible," Yang Ming decisively refused.
"Does this do you any good?" Daphne asked with a frown, "People obviously don't pay attention to the shelling incident."
"Then I'll get them to pay attention. I can do it."
Daphne frowned and asked: "Do you want to threaten the messengers in this way and then seek benefits for yourself? When they give you what you want, you will give up pursuing it, is that right?"
"If you think so, then I'm too lazy to correct you," Yang Ming spread his hands.
Of course, there is no way to tell his true intention directly.
He has two main purposes, but each purpose cannot be stated directly.
The first purpose is to cover up the real actions he will take next and attract the attention of the empire. If he can be watched by the empire because of this incident, it can just cover up the actions of the Terminator assassination team.
The second purpose is simpler, which is to impact the internal stability of the empire.
Only when the empire becomes chaotic and its own Luo Feng and Dark Star can usher in a second window period, a crucial window period.
Yang Ming said slowly: "What I pursue is the truth. What I want to take revenge on are those who try to harm my people. Isn't this what a lord should do the most?"
Daphne said: "Stubbornness and stubbornness are the most useless traits in politics."
"From the moment I left Emperor Star, I never thought about setting foot in this dirty political circle again."
Yang Ming spoke slowly:
"Do you want to quarrel with me, Daphne? I admit that the last time I scolded you, I was in a mood and was a little rude to you, but now, we are talking about these things calmly."
"I don't want to quarrel," Daphne looked aside. The maids behind her only dared to lower their heads and did not dare to say anything in front of Yang Ming.
A little white ghost intimidation.
Daphne asked again: "Then how can you give up?"
"I don't quite understand why I just gave up." Yang Ming frowned and said, "Daphne, you will almost become a victim. I didn't give the bombardment order. They might want to kill you too.
"
Gris smiled and said: "I can guess what His Highness is thinking. Compromise is the art of politics. Her Highness Daphne has gained great popularity both inside and outside the empire in the past year. It is quite normal for some people to be jealous.
, what she wants now is to settle the matter without affecting her career, and then show her overall view of the situation in front of the aristocratic group and the royal family."
Yang Ming added: "By the way, I use my own experience in exchange for greater political benefits."
"Earl Hanton! Captain Gris!"
Daphne stood up directly, her rather handsome figure making her windbreaker tremble slightly.
She glared at Yang Ming: "If you want to ridicule me, I can accept it, but please do it after solving this incident!"
Gris nodded immediately: "You misunderstood, I was just expressing some views that may not be pleasant to your ears."
"He has contacted you, right?"
Yang Ming asked suddenly.
Daphne was obviously stunned for a moment: "Who?"
"A certain brother of yours... you responded to me with your mental power fluctuations. The so-called mental power can be understood as various weak waves that will appear when the brain is working. In fact, I am not familiar with this aspect.
very sensitive."
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes and smiled, and continued to talk nonsense:
"This is an ability that I have always kept secret. As long as I want to distinguish, I can tell who is lying. A society without lies has no charm at all."
Daphne pursed her lips and said nothing.
Yang Ming said leisurely: "Do you want to know what kind of torture those officers went through?"
He made a gesture, and a projection appeared in front of several people.
The dozen or so officers lay scattered on the carpet, all with rosy faces, sleeping soundly. A few men and women were tinkering with some audio equipment, and from time to time they let out ghostly cries and howls.
Daphne thought of something in an instant, raised her hand to support the sofa, and slowly sat down.
Gris glared and asked, "Are you cheating?"
"Uh-huh," Yang Ming said with a smile, "This is just the first step. Since you arrived here, I have started to implement the second step. Now various hot words have appeared on the empire's network, exaggerating the white ghost's abuse of lynching.
, which violates the Imperial Code of Nobles, guess whether those nobles will take the initiative to buy traffic to add fuel to the criticism of me."
Daphne frowned slightly.
Gris opened the Internet terminal in a hurry and said with a smile: "It's real, it's real. Every entry is scolding you. If you click on it, you will see that it's all civilians criticizing the aristocracy. It's interesting."
Of course Yang Ming would not say that most of these so-called civilians are navy troops controlled by Lu.
"Want to know what I do next?"
Yang Ming crossed his legs and explained slowly:
"In about ten minutes, news will spread from everywhere, saying that I have obtained information about the indirect noble who ordered the firing on the officer.
"My ancient technology battleship, together with a dozen battleships in my private army, will leave the military port of Sakaar and jump outward in front of everyone.
"It doesn't matter where the jump will take place. What's important is that before the ship jumps, I will release a video speech that I have recorded a long time ago. In the name of White Ghost, I will protect the final dignity of the civilians of the empire.
"What about this title?"
"You are playing with fire," Daphne whispered. "Public opinion is the forbidden area that the imperial nobles cannot touch. You do not understand the true face of the empire."
"I don't understand?" Yang Ming asked, "Is Director Ino who contacted me a dummy?"
Daphne was suddenly speechless.
She tried to lighten the mood.
At this moment, her mind was temporarily free of those messy thoughts, such as playing hard to get, arousing the other person's interest and desire to conquer... She suddenly found that it was very difficult for her to maintain rational thinking when facing this guy.
"Earl Hanton, I know you may feel a little uncomfortable because of the incident on the Emperor Star last time.
"My father vented his anger on you to maintain the majesty of the imperial power.
"If this matter continues like this, it will inevitably trigger conflicts between the aristocracy and the common people. The people have long been dissatisfied with the aristocracy. This is a ball of explosives. Even you will be injured by the explosives if you don't handle it properly.
."
"I do not mind."
Yang Ming spread his hands: "What I want is an explanation."
Gris whispered from the side: "To be honest, I am also here to be a lobbyist. I have a task assigned to me... Can you give me some face and don't make this matter too big?"
"That's okay," Yang Ming said with a smile, "Just ask the military department to give me accurate information. I want to know who did it, who was the person at the top who gave the order, and who was the person in charge."
"With your temper, if you know who did it, why don't you fly over and fuck him right away?"
Gris also had a headache.
Yang Ming said slowly:
"In my eyes, these two now represent the two most powerful forces in the empire, the military and the Sherman family. I'm waiting for an explanation. This is my attitude.
"In addition, I must remind everyone that the new federal CIA is now trying to fan the flames. He may give me a copy of the intelligence they have, which would be too ugly.
"Also, we'd better not leave here until this matter is resolved. This is also for the safety of both of you."
Daphne nodded slightly: "I understand, wait a moment, I will contact the elders."
Gris sighed: "I'll also contact the superiors."
"Thank you very much."
Yang Ming smiled and said: "I am a pacifist and always have been."
Regardless of whether Daphne believes it or not, Gris does not believe it.
…
The trend of things is even more exciting than what Yang Ming planned.
What Yang Ming admires most about the new federal CIA is their professionalism.
Even though they had just been retaliated by the White Phantom, the CIA's decision-makers still did not pursue sentimental matters such as revenge against the White Phantom. Instead, they seized on the hot news in the empire and did not miss any opportunity to stimulate internal conflicts in the empire.
The bombardment of the concert began to spread virally.
The CIA keenly discovered the imperial class contradictions reflected behind this incident.
Daphne is one of the most popular imperial singers in the empire in recent years, with a very wide reputation. White Ghost is also a top veteran of the empire, a hero of the empire, with many honors such as Zerg Nemesis, the Emperor's Name-giver, and the Empire's Most Powerful Transformation Warrior. The two
The amount of attention it can attract is terrifying.
And this attention can easily be transformed into dissatisfaction between the hundreds of billions of civilians in the empire and the tens of millions of nobles.
No one likes privilege unless it is their own.
In order to retaliate against the White Ghost, the nobles ordered the comprehensive supply ship to open fire on the concert, and the suspended platforms attacked were all suspended platforms where the civilian class was located.
There is a lot of room for speculation in this matter.
Only two hours after Daphne and Gris entered the Lord's Mansion, the empire's entire portal was compromised by this incident and related extended incidents.
Many typical cases of nobles oppressing civilians were dug up.
The development of public opinion has been out of Lu's control. Lu can now only interfere and guide to a certain extent through the previously deployed server group.
The Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau and the Council of Elders simultaneously tried to control public opinion and were counterattacked by the New Federation CIA.
The Empire Development Cult tried to activate the Empire's entire territory defense system (Li), but Li did not give them any response. According to previous records, in this case, Li's activation conditions were actually barely met.
The empire's unified network, after being activated, will become the empire's most powerful resource integration network.
But with the unreasonable host and another law secretly causing trouble, the imperial officials in the online world can only cover their mouths through stupid methods such as deleting posts, accusing comments, and having secret police come to warn them. But when these behaviors are exposed, what they get
The backlash is even greater.
A few more hours later.
Demonstrations took place everywhere.
There were obviously CIA agents in the initial march, but as more and more people stood up in silence, the local order began to paralyze.
The local defense forces and security forces are also civilians. Because each region of the empire has a relatively obvious concept of 'clan' and 'family', and there is a large network of supervision, they do not dare to do anything cruel to the civilians.
Conflicts began to intensify at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The powder keg that has been dormant for many years has a tendency to be ignited.
At night, Yang Ming's lord's mansion was brightly lit.
More than a dozen senior officials who had arrived on behalf of the imperial government and four or five major generals from the military department were all having a simple dinner in the courtyard and discussing some important public opinions.
Daphne and Gris were still in the house, and there were also a few familiar figures in the house.
Artero from the Military Intelligence Agency, Revel, the youngest Earl of the Empire, and two old men from the Emperor Star.
Yang Ming browsed the web page slowly, and now he was firmly seated on the Diaoyutai.
"There's news!"
Gris suddenly jumped up and turned around and said: "A hereditary viscount committed suicide! He left a video before committing suicide, admitting that he planned the bombardment in revenge for the White Ghost!"
"Oh," Yang Ming responded and continued to browse his webpage with his head down.
Daphne said: "The matter can be solved here."
"This Viscount has a fatal advantage in my hands," Yang Ming said calmly, "Although he tried to block me at the door last time, he didn't save any resources that he should give me later. I don't believe he would have any instigation.
Such courage and courage in action.”
"But he has already confessed," Daphne said. "Suppress the public opinion first. We will give you an explanation. I swear everything on my own."
"What I want is not a scapegoat, what I want is the person behind it, Daphne."
Yang Ming raised his head slightly, his eyes indescribably sharp:
"I am the only one who can calm public opinion now. If this time passes, I will be nothing more than a super soldier.
"Whether I stand up or not is up to me."
"Earl of Hanton," an old man whispered, "do you want His Majesty to speak to you directly?"
Yang Ming said seriously: "If your Majesty gives me an order, I will obey his will without hesitation. Please give me the order."
The old man was suddenly speechless.
The old emperor in the palace was watching the show happily at the moment, wanting to see how the white ghost would mess with the mentality of these nobles, without any sense of crisis at all.
Yang Ming knew the old emperor well, and he had nothing to fear at this moment.
Gris lowered his head and glanced at the message in his hand, and Artero had already shouted: "Two counts! Two honorary counts, they committed suicide by taking poison! They planned this bombardment behind the scenes!"
Yang Ming nodded and continued to browse the web page.
Gris muttered: "Why do you think these guys are here? They know that Hanton is not easy to mess with, but they still insist on getting together to seek death."
"They are just scapegoats," Yang Ming said leisurely, "This means that the person who tried to kill Daphne, undermine the credibility of Sakaar, and create panic on Sakaar to destroy my territory's economy cannot be easily touched.
Characters, let me think about it...there are not many nobles who can easily contact Daphne's escort team."
In the corner, 026, wearing a black short skirt, walked over and said softly:
"Boss, we have completed painless memory scans on those dozen officers. Three of them have problems."
Daphne suddenly turned around: "Hanton, who asked you to do such a thing!"
"As expected, you already know," Yang Ming said, "Who is in contact with those escorts?"
"The viscount who committed suicide," 026 said softly.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
026 suddenly added: "However, the subconscious discussion among the officers was very interesting. They mentioned a name, Gehari, the second heir to the empire and the sixth son of His Majesty the Great Emperor."
Daphne subconsciously clenched her fists.
The two old men on the side frowned.
Yang Ming's eyes lit up: "He wants to kill Daphne?"
"In the memory of an officer, there are clear instructions to bombard the stage where Daphne is located. The specific operator has also been determined. The operator has been killed by the officers."
The sound of needle drops could be heard in the lobby of the Lord's Mansion.