57. Complex
"Oh. Marshal Adi seemed to be just gossiping, "Your Majesty and I have not attended your engagement ceremony, and we have not wished you a happy engagement." β
The calmer Marshal Adi was, the more Able couldn't guess his purpose, and could only answer in a decent manner: "How dare you bother Your Majesty to come with the marshal in person." Being able to have the attendant bring the tea presented by His Majesty has already made the lower officials flattered and grateful. β
With a meaningful smile, Marshal Adi cut to the chase and said: "Your Majesty heard that there are often star thieves in this star field recently, so I specially ordered me to come here to inspect, but I didn't expect to watch a good show." Brigadier General Abraham, can you tell me more about the cause and effect of your distress?"
Someone actually told the queen that there were star thieves around here? Abel was also a little confused for a while, it was originally just a contest between him and Constance, but now he was inexplicably inserted into the royal power. The royal family has never intervened before, which means that there is definitely something special about this matter, is there something wrong with this star field or is someone deliberately manipulating these behind the scenes?
Without waiting for Abel to figure out how to answer, Lu Shiqing, who was at a loss, returned to the command room, and said as he walked: "Didn't you say that you were going back to the capital star? Why haven't you set off yet...... Uh, you've got guests......"
After speaking, I found Marshal Adi on the screen, but unfortunately Lu Shiqing had never seen the other party, and he didn't know how to read the military rank at all, he only knew that the other party was a soldier. Did he get into the scene of some business?
Marshal Adi, who was interrupted from the conversation, looked at Lu Shiqing with interest and asked Abel, "This is your little fiancΓ©?"
"Yes. Abel reluctantly introduced, "His name is Lu Shiqing, and he is the long-lost cub of the Lu family, a tea star. "There is no need to hide this at all, first, the attendants attending the wedding banquet must have informed the queen, and second, Marshal Adi is more than three hundred years old, and he must still have an impression of the tea-producing Lu family, which has been in decline for only a few decades.
"He's a good boy. The marshal said, looking at Abel with an expression that you wouldn't like to introduce me.
Abel had no choice but to introduce Lu Shiqing again: "This is the queen and princess, Marshal Adi, the ruler of the Third Army of the Empire." β
Lu Shiqing looked confused: "Ah? He is already a marshal at such a young age, is it that if he becomes a prince, he will automatically add the title of marshal or something? Abel he looks a few years older than you at most." If it weren't for the fact that the other party looked like a superior person who had been trained for a long time, he would have believed it when he said that he was younger than Abel.
Isn't that the point? He even suspected in front of the marshal that the other party was relying on nepotism to ascend to power. Abel had to explain for Lu Shiqing: "I'm sorry marshal, Qingqing has had amnesia before, and she has no common sense. As he spoke, he turned his head to Lu Shiqing and said, "Although Marshal Adi is still very young, he is more than three hundred years old, and he was already a general before he became a prince. β
"Hahahaha, it's okay. Marshal Adi laughed loudly, changing his image of steady and majestic people, "This marshal likes honest cubs. β
This time it was Lu Shiqing's turn to be dumbfounded, no wonder he said that he couldn't wear a fart for thousands of years, and the marshal who looked so powerful and domineering like a dog liked to open his eyes and talk nonsense! Is that a tenfold difference between a man in his 300s and a 30-year-old! Marshal Adi's image in Lu Shiqing's mind collapsed in an instant, and he even called him an honest cub!
After appreciating Lu Shiqing's expression, Marshal Adi, who was in a good mood, opened his mouth to clear the scene: "Okay, little guy, you can play alone first, your fiancΓ© and I still have some serious things to discuss." β
Lu Shiqing pursed his lips, apologized a little awkwardly, and retired.
Finally back to the topic, no matter what the royal family means, or Marshal Adi himself, it is impossible for Abel to refuse to describe what happened to him, after all, it is all related to the star thieves. After thinking about how to answer, Abel explained the process roughly, omitting the fact that they were making tea on the unexplored star globe, only saying that they wanted to buy it because they saw the good scenery of the planet, so they simply stayed a few more times.
Marshal Adi didn't expose Abel's words, so he didn't contact the outside world just to see the scenery? Anyway, he knew what he wanted to know, and he didn't bother to care about what secrets the cubs had -- although he was still young, according to the average age of three or four hundred years old of the Monte tribe and giving birth to the next generation, Marshal Adi had also reached the age when it was time to be a father, and Abel, who was only thirty-five years old, was no different from Lu Shiqing, who was not an adult, in his eyes!
"Small warships in service, interstellar smuggling, suicide attacks......" Marshal Adi tapped his sword handle, "interesting." The next investigation of this matter will be taken over by Ben Shuai, and the brigadier may wish to continue your engagement trip, or return to the capital star to reunite with his family. β
Abel frowned slightly, did the other party not let him continue to interfere? But he was originally trying to get more evidence of Constance's crimes, if he couldn't participate in the next investigation, how could he get the evidence. Although clues can be found from other places, they are not as direct as interrogating the group of star thieves and finding the wreckage of the battleship.
"Why, aren't you happy?" Marshal Adi said as if he knew Abel's thoughts, "Young man, this marshal has given you a word of advice, and this is not something you can find out behind alone. β
Having said that, Abel can still "resist the will and disrespect". There was no need for him to fight the marshal for a clue, but he felt more and more that the water behind him was deep. The tea smuggling and suicide attacks were clearly the work of Constance, but the small battleships in service...... Albert suddenly understood the key, it was unknown whether Constance could get a warship in service, but if the royal family suspected that the Covenant family was secretly in the army......
After all, Constance has not been expelled from the family, and others will not suspect that she is a female cat who has never been involved in military politics. Whether it is true or someone framed it, once the evidence is conclusive, the only way waiting for the Yue family is to be destroyed.
Admiral Merry is brave and good at fighting, and has never been promoted to marshal, everyone knows that it is for the balance of power. Now among the three major families in power in the military department, the Yue family has been faintly headed, if it is recognized as raising a private army at this time, the crime of treason has always been the most severe of all crimes!
Abel broke out in a cold sweat, he had to go back to the capital star to interview Marshal Yue!
Over there, Marshal Adi saw that the little cub of the covenant family said goodbye to him with a stern expression, and secretly pondered in his heart: "Oh, could it be that kid misunderstood something just now?"
This Abel informed Alan that he would no longer send people to look for the wreckage of the battleship, at least not blatantly under the nose of Marshal Adi, and the group of star thieves was also taken over by Marshal Adi's team. Alan was a little surprised, but since it was the order of the marshal and the queen's husband, even Abel couldn't help but listen to Allen, let alone Allen, who was just an adjutant.
"I'll take Qingqing first. Abel instructed Allen, "The only clue we have now is the man in Vansy's fleet to find a way to get that Potter over." β
"The marshal didn't even let Potter go, and he didn't let Vansey stay......" Alan also felt a little strange about things.
"Marshal Adi said that someone said in front of the queen that there were star thieves in the vicinity. "We all forgot that the small warships in service are not numbered, and it is not just a matter of star thieves, he told us not to interfere in the follow-up. β
Alan was shocked: "But Marshal Adi told me and Fancy that he was specially appointed by the Queen to come to your rescue, and I thought it was Constance who went to ask Prince Seville again." β
Abel was also a little surprised, thought for a moment and said, "Marshal Adi doesn't need to deceive us, most of the star thieves were also proposed by Connie." If you don't tell me about the star thieves, wouldn't it be overkill to call one of the four generalissimos of the empire to come to my rescue? No, no, Connie certainly couldn't have expected Marshal Adi to come, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to let Vancy come to see if I was dead or not......"
"If the matter of the star thieves is what Miss Constance said, then she asked Major Vansey to come to the 'rescue'......" Alan was a little incredulous, "Most of these star thieves are fake, even if they are real star thieves, they must have something to do with Miss Constance." Major Fancy had always been counting on a promotion in rank, and it was impossible to put aside the exploits in front of him, and with the Marshal's staff officer by his side, he would most likely be able to catch this group of star thieves. β
"So Constance's goal is to get the star thieves caught by Vansey. Abel concluded. However, this raises new questions, what good can this group of star thieves do to Constance if they are captured by Vansy?
Thinking of the inconsistent confessions of the group of star thieves, Alan couldn't help but think of a somewhat ridiculous, but seemingly plausible reason: "Even if the star thieves don't have a word of truth in their mouths, one thing is certain." They can't get away with the crime of smuggling tea, and as for the attack on the brigadier general and whether they are really 'star thieves', they are not convicted. β
Without a business certificate, he drove a suspicious warship with no logo in the universe, and once caught, it was smuggling. As for the other crimes, they are all incidental after the confession has been made. However, those star thieves had inconsistent confessions, one moment saying that they had misunderstood Abel as an anti-smuggling general and attacked, and the other time saying that Alan commanded the escort fleet to attack Abel, and then saying that they were purely smuggling, which could not be used as evidence at all, and no one with a little brain would believe it.
"Wait and see. Abel said, "When the group of star thieves finally confesses, they will probably know Constance's purpose." β
Of course, the premise of this is that Marshal Adi did not intend to directly and secretly execute those star thieves. Abel thought about it again, the other party did not have the need to hide the existence of the stars, even if he suspected that the Yue family directed and acted by himself, there must always be a few witnesses, right? If Marshal Adi did not suspect that the Yue family had a disobedient heart......
Thinking that Abel suddenly came to his senses, Marshal Adi's reaction seemed to be unsuspecting? In addition, according to Allen, Marshal Adi also knew that there was a spy on Fanxi's command ship that he didn't catch, and he didn't ask to hand over that person and didn't leave Fanxi's command ship, I'm afraid he specially left a hand for them?
"Just find that Potter as originally planned, and I'll wait for you in the capital. Abel said to Allen, his mood was much lighter than his previous anxiety, but he still had to go back to the capital star to talk to his grandfather. Besides, it's not convenient for Alan to do anything to Fan Xi if he stays here.