Chapter 370: I'm All for the Land of Ice and Snow
Your Majesty, I have already guessed what Princess El has sent me for something. Since the volunteer group of the Jade Country came to be attacked by the Bird of Paradise, haven't we been speculating that someone is colluding with the Bird of Paradise in the Land of Ice and Snow?
That's right, the one who works with the bird of paradise is me!"
Stephen didn't hide it at all, let alone quibble, but generously admitted it, which caught Kane off guard. At this moment, Kane would prefer to see Stephen quibble, cover up, and even explain.
Even if it was a little more reasonable, he could leave Stephen a decent place. Stephen is already eighty years old, how can he be ambitious at this age? Revoke his rights and let him live a few more years in peace?
However, Stephen actually admitted it so that Kane couldn't let him go.
Cather, looking at the sky, frowned slightly, and the fingers of the palm that grasped the window edge turned white.
"Tell me, why?"
"My original intention was to be the land of ice and snow. About three years ago, a man named Sango approached me. His identity is special, and I am asked to keep his identity a secret, and if he sees me and the second person knows, he will disappear immediately.
Three years ago, my son, Kappa, was killed in battle, and he was my last son, ten years younger than Cather. Kapa's death hurts me deeply, but it doesn't matter much more than the demise of the Ice Nation.
I, Stephen, lived to be eighty years old, watching our lifelong hard work, and the originally prosperous and happy land of ice and snow dying day by day. I can't take it, I can't stand it.
I have traveled to various countries, and in the past ten years, I have brought in more than 20 aids, and each time I am full of hope, but in the end I am disappointed again and again, and even despair.
In the last five years, no country has been willing to help us, and some countries have even given us food in exchange for real money.
At that time, not to mention a terrorist organization, even if it was a demon in hell, as long as I could save the land of ice and snow, I could treat it as a god. ”
"Did the Bird of Paradise save the Land of Ice? Uncle Stephen, you've been smart all your life, how can you be stupid at this time? Can you believe the words of the terrorists?"
"Kane, do you remember the story of the Demon Law? A deal with a demon is more real than making a wish to the gods. At the very least, the gods can grant your wishes, or they can act as if they were not heard.
Because you don't have to give, the gods don't guarantee you what you get. Unlike demons, you need to pay enough chips to get paid accordingly. As long as the chips are enough, the demon is more reliable than the gods.
You ask me how I can trust the promise of the Bird of Paradise, but my Majesty, if it had not been for the promise of the Bird of Paradise, the Land of Ice and Snow would have perished three years ago. You know what?
You don't know, you are the king, and you are responsible for giving hope to your people. You pray to the gods that they will save your people. It's as if the gods have heard your prayers.
Although the past three years have been difficult, at least we have survived. But my majesty, haven't you remembered that, according to the old practice, there would be at least two or three beast tides every year, why didn't it happen in the past three years?
In the past three years, strange beasts have appeared from time to time, but not once have they invaded our Kzemi region?
Neither, it was the bird of paradise that secretly eliminated the potential threat.
Why did I agree to cooperate with the Bird of Paradise, because at that time, the Bird of Paradise was the only force in the world that had the power to restrain these five alien space star martial arts toxins. If it were you, would you say yes?"
"I ......," Kane muttered, his face showing a heavy heartache, "why didn't you tell me the truth back then?"
"Tell you, how can I tell you, you're the king, you're the king of the land of ice. I told you, you cooperated with the Bird of Paradise, and then the Land of Ice and Snow became a vassal of the Bird of Paradise? What is the nature of the Bird of Paradise? If I had told you back then, the Land of Ice and Snow would have been truly doomed. When the time comes, it will not be the beasts that will destroy us, but the missiles.
My king, for the future of the land of ice and snow, you must be bright, you must be pure and immaculate, and you must be ignorant and kept in the dark by me, a villainous minister. One day, the cooperation between the Ice and Snow Country and the Bird of Paradise was revealed, and it was the old minister and I who betrayed the country with the desire for profit. Kill one of me, and save the people, the old minister died as he deserved. ”
"Uncle Stephen...... You!" Kane was shocked, he never expected that Stephen's cooperation with the Bird of Paradise would be this reason. But in an instant, Kane forced himself to calm down.
"Then why did you smuggle the Space Stone?"
"Money! Of course, it's for money! The land of ice and snow is exhausted, and those countries are still falling into the ground. Can the food that this jade country has provided for free save your people?
In order to prevent our people from starving to death, I can only earn money to buy food supplies by smuggling space stones. In exchange for the money, I split the account with the bird of paradise. I've written down the detailed bills, and you can look under the bed in my bedroom. ”
"Why didn't you stop when Yuguo developed the Xingwu toxin vaccine?"
"I've been working together for so many years, and it's not something I can stop if I want to. ”
"What's going on with the T-organization?"
"They are not T at all, but the Bird of Paradise, the members of the peripheral organization of the Bird of Paradise, are all wanted criminals in various countries, disguised as T, and secretly engaged in the underground circulation of space stone smuggling. ”
"So, you know that the Jade Kingdom is here to save us, and their assistance this time is for the purpose of completely closing the five different dimensions, why do you still cooperate with the Bird of Paradise to launch an attack on the Jade Country Aid Group?"
By the time Kane asked, his voice had turned cold. If there is another justification for what we have done before, then the twelve missiles that attacked the Volunteer Regiment are an unpardonable sin.
All this he said before was a cover-up, a shameful deception.
"I didn't cooperate!" Stephen took a deep breath and closed his eyes, "The Bird of Paradise approached me and asked me to provide the flight route and take-off time of the Jade Country Volunteer Regiment, but the route I gave was fake, and the time was also deviated by two hours. ”
"But those twelve missiles were just in ambush in their path. ”
"I don't know, maybe they got accurate information from other sources. As for the Bird of Paradise using the Space Stone Trap in Space 2, I didn't know in advance. In fact...... After the arrival of the volunteer group in the Jade Country, I had almost cut off contact with the Bird of Paradise. ”
"So the looting of the nuclear bomb is not the information you provided?"
"No, because of my cooperation with the Bird of Paradise, the Bird of Paradise has gained a foothold in our country. They have their own intelligence system, and even our government departments have people who have been bought by them. The bird of paradise can already do a lot without me. ”
"Is that all you have to say?"
"It's all ......"
"Since you don't plan to cooperate with the Bird of Paradise anymore, why don't you confess to me, but only at this time are you willing to say everything?"
"Who knows if the Jade Country's aid this time will be anticlimactic? As long as all five spaces are not closed, I can't rest assured. As long as all five spaces are closed, I can immediately apologize for my sins with death.
Now that there are only two different dimensions left, I thought I could hold on a little longer. But I didn't expect ......"
"Uncle Stephen......" At this time, Prince Cather turned around silently, "Are you behind the scenes of framing Wang Lan for having something to do with terrorists?"
"Yes!"
"Why? You don't know how important Wang Lan is to us, you don't know how much damage framing Wang Lan will do to the Land of Ice and Snow?"
"I know, that's why I dare, because I know that no matter what I say or do, he won't be hurt a single hair.
The Minister of Finance came to me a week ago and he told me that the country was running out of money. His Majesty the King intends to sell the energy mines in the Cotville area to take out a loan from Citibank.
This is the last lifeblood of the Ice and Snow Country, if it is gone, what hope does the country have at all? I will let him stabilize it, and I will find a way to deal with the money. Because of this, I was in a hurry to sell the twelve tons of space stones in stock.
It's just that I didn't expect that the person from the Duanmu family has become an agent of the Jade Kingdom, and he has quietly investigated my body. I can confess everything I have done to Your Majesty, but it must not fall into the hands of the Jade Kingdom.
I had no choice but to kill him and prove that he was a Bird of Paradise terrorist. As for framing Wang Lan, it was also my temporary uprising. The purpose is to allow us to get some bargaining chips in the negotiation with the Jade Country, gain a little initiative, and pay less benefits.
There is no sincere friendship between nations, only eternal interests. Jade Country is just the most sven of the greedy sharks, but that doesn't mean they don't want to eat us. ”
"And then, your plan was shattered, and we were caught by the Jade Kingdom, and we fell into complete passivity!"
"All this has been in my plan for a long time, my dear majesty, on the way here, I have already taken the poison, and the wax pill wrapped outside is about to be digested at this time.
As long as I die, Your Majesty can put all the blame on me, and the country of ice and snow is still the country of white and flawless ice and snow. It's me...... collusion with the Bird of Paradise...... It's me...... In order to win the land of ice and snow for the birds of paradise...... All...... It's all mine...... Wrong ......"
As the last word dissipated, the silver-haired Stephen's pale face was covered with sweat. Sweat dripping down, accompanied by blood dripping from the corners of the mouth.
In the end, this old man who had dedicated his life to the land of ice and snow slowly fell.
This night, Wang Lan slept well.
He wasn't worried about what the Ice and Snow Nation was hiding. The evidence of Stephen's actions is in his hands, and all the cover-ups in front of the evidence can't stop the wrath of the Jade Kingdom.
In the early morning of the next day, the bright sun shone on the earth, and when Wang Lan had just finished washing up and had not had time to go to the cafeteria to eat, a senior informed Wang Lan to go to the conference room of the general headquarters.
Wang Lan hurriedly turned around, and happened to meet Yu Ruoyun halfway through.
"Morning!"
"It seems that the land of ice and snow has come to fruition. Yu Ruoyun's expression was not as relaxed as Wang Lan's, and she said in a low voice.