In the thick of the night, the black business red flag slowly entered the Hidden Dragon Sea under the protection of two guard cars.

This time, the nine giants went to the palace of the god of war to worship Xuanyuan Longyin's action was extremely low-key, there were no police cars to open the way, there was no traffic control, and even the nine giants did not take their own special cars, the most powerful people in the nine empires, plus the emperor and Wang Tianxiong, eleven people, only drove out three big red flags, and two vehicles escorted by the guards and bureaus, although the scale of this convoy is not large, it can be regarded as majestic when it goes, and now after returning from the palace of the god of war, after Yang Xiuyuan left halfway, there was only a big red flag for the leader of the empire who was pitifully escorted by two escort cars, no matter how you look at it, it is a little desolate.

The atmosphere inside the car was dreary.

From the God of War King's Mansion to the Hidden Dragon Sea, it was a more than hour's drive, and along the way, several giants belonging to the southwest faction were silent with each other and did not speak, and everyone's attention was focused on Lin Qingtian, who was sitting in the back row with his eyes closed.

Lin Qingtian's expression was serious and solemn, his eyes were closed, and the powerful aura that had been in a high position for many years slowly emanated, he didn't take the initiative to speak, and the other giants didn't speak after glancing at each other.

The big red flag entered the Hidden Dragon Sea unimpeded, and got on the stone bridge in front of the door, the atmosphere in the car was almost solidified, and in the back of the car, sitting on the left side of Lin Qingtian, the Standing Committee of the Imperial Decision-making Bureau, the deputy head of state, Gao Changhe, seemed to be unable to stand the atmosphere in the car, and gently clicked the window open, and took a big breath of the air outside the window.

In the night, the water on both sides of the stone bridge is rippling, the autumn is high and cool, and after the stone bridge, it is the place where the giants work and live and relax.

"Xiao Han, let me go after crossing the stone bridge. ”

In the silence, Xu Dongping, the president of the Imperial Political Consultative Conference, suddenly smiled and broke the silence in the car in a soft voice.

The driver himself is Han Jingyu, a young Zhuang faction who has a promising future in the southwest faction, this senior official who has followed Lin Qingtian for many years, even if he has seen a lot of the world, he was also depressed by this silent atmosphere along the way and was covered in cold sweat, hearing Xu Dongping's words, he was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "President Xu, let's send you to your residence, get off in front, it's a little far." ”

"Where is it far, the Hidden Dragon Sea is not big, I am not old enough to even walk the road, walk a hundred steps after dinner, this distance is just right. ”

Xu Dongping said with a smile, with an easy-going attitude, but his tone was very persistent.

Han Jingyu quickly glanced at Lin Qingtian's reaction through the rearview mirror, but saw that Lin Qingtian was still leaning on the seat and closing his eyes to recuperate, as if he hadn't heard Xu Dongping's words.

"Okay. ”

Han Jingyu stubbornly agreed, stopped the car after passing the stone bridge, nodded respectfully, and said, "President Xu, you go slowly." ”

Xu Dongping pushed open the car door with a smile, and at the same time, the door in the back row also rang, and Xu Shangfeng, another giant of the southwest faction, also smiled: "I'll go with Lao Xu, Führer, Changhe, I also got out of the car." ”

At this moment, Han Jingyu finally sensed that something was wrong from the huge depression, and looked at Lin Qingtian again with a somewhat dazed look.

Lin Qingtian finally stopped closing his eyes and recuperating, the muscles of the face of this powerful man standing in the highest position of the empire twitched fiercely, opened his eyes, took a deep look at Xu Shangfeng, nodded with a smile, and said slow walking.

Xu Shangfeng gently closed the car door and walked in the other direction with Xu Dongping.

The big red flag also slowly started and sailed towards Yichun Garden, where Lin Qingtian lived.

"The two comrades, the head of state, Chairman Dongping and Director Shangfeng, seem to be in some mood. ”

In the back row of the red flag, which suddenly relaxed, Gao Changhe casually pulled down the front baffle to separate the front and rear spaces of the vehicle, and then said to Lin Qingtian worriedly.

Although Han Jingyu, who was driving in the front row, was Lin Qingtian's henchman, there were some secret agents, and finally he couldn't let Han Jingyu listen to them all.

He has been on state visits in Europe these days, and although he can grasp the major events that happened in the empire at the first time, when he is abroad, some feelings are inevitably not too profound, and his sensitivity is slightly reduced.

"yes, there's emotions. ”

Lin Qingtian looked out the window with complicated eyes, and his smile seemed to be self-deprecating, and it seemed to mock something: "But this is also normal." Comrade Dongping and Comrade Shangfeng are also human beings, not machines, and people will have trouble when they are emotional. ”

"Is it because of Shi'an?"

Gao Changhe thought thoughtfully, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the actions of the Ministry of Supervision have naturally been noticed by the southwest faction, the mayor of Southwest City, Qin Shi'an, the original successor of the southwest faction, is now in a crumbling position, and came to the capital in person, met with Lin Fengxue, met Xu Dongping and Xu Shangfeng, and then met Lin Qingtian, the news that Lin Qingtian did not get any support here has already spread throughout the southwest faction, Lin Qingtian's intention to correct his son Lin Chaoyang as the successor of the southwest faction to replace Qin Shi'an is becoming more and more obvious, and Qin Shi'an is a talent that Xu Dongping and Xu Shangfeng are extremely optimistic about。

In the selection of the successor, there is a disagreement between the giants of the big factions, this kind of thing is undoubtedly extremely serious, Xu Dongping and Xu Shangfeng are in a mood because of this matter, but it is reasonable.

And in fact, economic problems are not fatal problems in high-level politics, the key is to see how much support can be obtained at the top, this kind of problem is the same as the style of high-ranking officials, most of the time, as long as it is not too excessive, the bigwigs will not be too meticulous, but as long as it falls, it will definitely be turned out as evidence of the crime, although Qin Shi'an has some problems, but if the southwest faction can be united, his problems can be easily suppressed, at most a few years or even a period of time, with Qin Shi'an's age, he has more opportunities。

Could it be that Yuan Yuan suppressed Qin Shi'an and caused serious dissatisfaction among the two giants?

Gao Changhe thought silently, the four giants of the southwest faction are the same as the four giants of the Wang family, although they are all their own people, but there will always be a distance in the relationship in private, among the royal family, Ye Nianlun and Chen Hualou are the two youngest giant leaders of the Wang family, Zou Rente and Guo Tianlong are relatively older, they are the giants of the older generation, the old and the new classes, no matter how harmonious they are on weekdays, there will occasionally be conflicts that need to be reconciled, but after all, they are their own people, and this conflict is easy to reconcile.

The same is true for the southwestern factions, Lin Qingtian and Gao Changhe are extremely close in private, while Xu Dongping and Xu Shangfeng's political ideas are relatively close, but in general, even if the relationship is different, neither of them treats each other as outsiders.

But the actions of the two giants, Xu Dongping and Xu Shangfeng, today, think about it carefully, this is no longer as simple as making an emotion.

After Qin Shi'an's incident, neither Xu Dongping nor Xu Shangfeng communicated with Lin Qingtian in time, nor did they try to discuss the best solution, and now they have been together for so long from the God of War Mansion to Yinlonghai, and the two of them have not mentioned Qin Shi'an's matter, and finally got out of the car without saying a word.

The two giants can be said to have directly suppressed their dissatisfaction in their hearts.

This kind of thing seems small, but at least it shows that the four giants of the Southwest faction have lost the most basic honesty with each other.

Centrifugation?

Gao Changhe's body shook slightly, and he was taken aback by his own thoughts. "Qin Shi'an, there are his reasons, and there are also reasons why we went to the God of War Mansion to worship Xuanyuan Longyin today, Changhe, not to mention Qin Shi'an, today we go to the God of War Mansion to worship this matter, I'm afraid it's not just Comrade Dongping and Comrade Shangfeng, even you are a little dissatisfied, right?"

Lin Qingtian looked out the window, lit a cigarette, and asked softly.

Gao Changhe was stunned for a moment, nodded with a wry smile, and said frankly: "I really can't figure it out, but I didn't get out of the car." ”

Didn't get out of the car.

That's a kind of support.

Although he didn't understand Lin Qingtian's approach, he was willing to support Lin Qingtian's decision.

"yes, I didn't get out of the car, I didn't get out of the car. ”

Lin Qingtian nodded and muttered to himself.

Gao Changhe hesitated, and finally couldn't help but speak: "Führer, what the hell is going on? The matter of our going to the palace of the God of War today to worship is undoubtedly tantamount to showing weakness to the royal family, the emperor has just come to Kyushu City, and we are showing weakness to the royal family. ”

"It's just a matter of paying homage to the old man who died, we gave the royal family face, when Yun Lao held a funeral, the emperor and they would also come over, it was normal. ”

Lin Qingtian said lightly.

"Yun Lao?funeral?!"

Gao Changhe's voice subconsciously raised a little: "Yun Lao's matter, have you negotiated?"

The underlying meaning of this sentence is undoubtedly to say whether the deal with the royal family has been reached.

"It's settled. ”

Lin Qingtian took a deep breath and said calmly: "Ye Nianlun takes over, Lin Guodong becomes a permanent member, Akashi goes to the Ministry of Supervision as the first deputy minister, the reorganization of the six ministries, and the initiative to draw up the list of the next central plenary meeting is handed over to the Wang family, Yun Lao's funeral will be held in the next few days, what the royal family has always wanted, I will give it to them, and the imperial family will return to the Shenzhou Empire within half a year, the emperor has agreed, but at the same time he also put forward a condition for me, declare war on the United States!"

“”

Gao Changhe was stunned.

The giant, who has gone through countless ups and downs and power dumps, was really stunned.

This deal is only a few short sentences, but if it is implemented, it will take years, and its impact will be completely upside down!

With his political sense, he was naturally able to perceive the original intention and purpose of this series of transactions, the purpose of the royal family, the future of the southwest faction, the situation of the empire, and so on, and he understood it almost immediately.

It's self-preservation!

In the future, the Southwestern faction will definitely shrink, but the losses will definitely not be too heavy, at least, it will not be much worse than the current Southern faction, and most importantly, it will avoid a war that is likely to lead to the collapse of the Southwestern faction.

Such a choice is very sensible.

But

Gao Changhe still couldn't figure it out.

"Why?!"

Gao Changhe asked directly: "With our strength, if we fight to the death, we may not have no chance, and as far as I know, such a chance is not small, even if we face the counterattack of the royal family, if we really want to go to war, the southwest faction will not necessarily lose, and even if we lose, the possibility of total collapse is not great, and in the end, it may also reach the result after your compromise, why do you want to do this, Führer?"

"Because I am the supreme head of the Divine Empire. ”

Lin Qingtian said in a calm tone.

For a while, Gao Changhe was speechless.

The supreme leader of the Shenzhou Empire must be responsible for the future of the empire.

Can anyone refute this kind of statement? Does anyone dare to refute it?

He stiffened his body and was silent for a long time before he asked dryly, "Is this the reason?"

"Yes and no. ”

Lin Qingtian lowered his eyelids and said calmly: "But this is the best result, I must promise, if I refuse, the emperor will kill me, either now or later." ”

Just when the royal family and the southwest faction were discussing the situation in the empire and the problems within each other's factions, the Shenzhou Empire, Kyushu City.

A one-armed figure in a black robe also walked out of a high-end villa community in Kyushu City calmly on this night.

At the same time, Washington, the capital of the United States.

Under Wang Fuyu's call, the 50 members of the most effective law enforcement team, who had just been disbanded for less than 24 hours, were once again assembled.

Shenzhou Empire, Jiawu year, September 30, night.

this night.

In a situation that no one expected.

The Asian War, which almost swept the whole world, officially kicked off a bloody and dark prelude!