"Do you know, Mr. Memnon? Just now, a western mine owner named Federer confessed how he had evaded taxes through the operation of the Western Mining Association and you, and I really can't imagine that a government official with great prestige in the west could do such a thing, and even take the initiative to collude with some capitalists to harm the interests of the empire, and your behavior makes me feel very ashamed. The man from the Western Military Region sat opposite Memnon with a smile, and he had a copy of the meeting minutes from the scene in his hand, and handed it to Memnon, "Maybe now you will want to talk about the turmoil in the west, and the joint tax evasion and embezzlement of these lawless elements to damage the interests of the country." ”

As he spoke, he shrugged his shoulders, "The content of this accusation is no longer to create a terrorist attack, but to harm the interests of the country." Mr. Memnon, it looks like you're in big trouble. ”

Mennon picked up the minutes from the table with a blank face, and he looked at it with a cold face, not missing a single line or word. He watched very slowly, very attentively, and the person sitting opposite him did not urge him, but put his hands on his chest, and stared at Memnon with amusement, watching his reaction, he wondered if Memnon would be annoyed or trembling with fear because his crime had been revealed. This is a man who is different from ordinary criminals, he is the leader of a party, the most prestigious politician in the West now, will he be like ordinary people, and he will become weak in the face of irrefutable evidence?

When Memnon's gaze fell on the last abort of the last sentence of the entire meeting minutes, he breathed a sigh of relief, put the minutes on the table, and then looked at the agent opposite with a blank face, "Let the person with the highest authority here, I don't want to waste time here with a young man who can't make any decisions." If you think these things can make me how well, then all I can say is that you are naïve. With that, he shook his head and closed his eyes.

The young agent's face turned unusually red for a moment, he was underestimated, but it was not the first time he had seen this kind of underestimation. The more powerful the big guys, the more willing they are to talk to people who can call the shots, in their words, this is not admitting defeat, it is a compromise, it is a two-way deal. They choose some crimes of low seriousness to confess, confess some conspirators, and then get some convenience, and after some punishments that have little impact, continue to calmly become a big man in high society.

He didn't like the way people behaved, but the nature of empire dictated that certain things could not be carried out according to people's truest thoughts, and ugly things would inevitably exist, and these were to highlight the ultimate beauty.

"Wait, I'll inform my superiors now. The young man stood up with some emotion and walked out of the door, and just as he was about to disappear from Memnon's sight, his footsteps paused, and it seemed that he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

After a while, Colonel Amman walked into the room alone, his face was a little haggard, he felt that he was a big step away from the threshold of a major general, but he did not expect that the time of a few days suddenly reversed, and turned into a big step back. His competitors were probably about to laugh from ear to ear by now, and finally gave up some interests to win this task, and suddenly turned into himself diving into a pool of water only ten centimeters deep.

The moment I entered the water, my head almost exploded, and I was stained with mud all over my body. If it was just an ordinary mission failure, maybe it was because of a problem with the command, maybe because of something else. But he succeeded, he managed to pick up a bomb and smash it headfirst down, and this success was more terrible than failure.

There are three things that must not be contaminated as an officer in the army, once it is stained in this life, it is estimated that it will be over, the first thing is apostasy, to put it bluntly, it is betrayal, this is a forbidden area for soldiers, whoever enters and who dies, unless it is to pull a team to do it yourself, otherwise the new owner will not trust a renegade.

The second thing is massacre, an officer commands a battle for whatever reason, as long as the battle is characterized as a massacre, then all the merits can turn into fatal mistakes in an instant. Emotionally and morally, people do not trust an officer who commands and causes massacres, this is a matter of character and morality, and even the exceptionally good ability to command a battle cannot stop people from disliking him and being wary of him.

It is a well-known fact that a cold-blooded butcher will not end well.

The third thing is to use the position for one's own benefit, or to convey benefits for a certain organization. The invaders of the Union in the Civil War had made people realize the necessary purity of the army, and an army that was not pure enough had no combat effectiveness at all, which was why the Southern Military District was reviled because they were indeed not pure enough. In that period of the decaying feudal empire, the Southern Military Region had close contacts with many nobles, and after the war, people pressed the main reason for the rapid deterioration of the situation in the war on the **** issue - in fact, this was a reason for the imperial top to find out in order to appease the people, but there was indeed such a situation, and it happened that after the formation of the cabinet, in order to gather the power in the hands of the generals, as well as military reform, the public opinion was incited to pay attention to the pure problem of the military.

Now Colonel Main, who is facing one of the three major troubles, has become a devil in human skin in some reports, and the words ruthlessness and cruelty seem to be inseparable from his description, and some military dignitaries in the Ministry of Defense have also expressed their dissatisfaction with Mannin's use of the No. 2 gas incendiary bomb to cause the massacre. In fact, the last grievance was created by the public relations figures from the Bondika Military-Industrial Group, and after the newspaper reported on the massacre in the valley, the spearhead pointed not only at Colonel Main's cold and cruel massacre, but also at the loss of humanitarianism by the Bondika Military-Industrial Group's production of No. 2 poison gas smoke bombs.

In order to save their face as soon as possible, the Bondika Military Industrial Group not only tackled a problem in public opinion to make all the people understand that the poison gas of the No. 2 incendiary bomb came from the combustion of chemical combustion, and they did not intend to join, but also put the responsibility on Colonel Main. According to the Public Relations Department of the Bondika Military Industrial Group, the No. 2 incendiary bomb was mainly used for export to warring countries, and although it was not stated in the document that it was forbidden to use it domestically, there was a certain verbal communication with the Imperial military, and this ammunition could only be used to defend the sovereignty of the Empire and against invaders.

Then the Ministry of Defense also expressed some opinions through unofficial channels, they believed that most of the members of the Freedom Front came from abroad, and that they were somewhat aggressive and dangerous, and that Colonel Mann did make some mistakes in the process of choosing tactics and ammunition, but this was not his main problem.

It is said that behind this incident, the Bondika Military Industrial Group has issued a huge discount of 10% off the Ministry of Defense's orders for next year, as for whether it is true, no one can be sure, after all, this kind of secret thing, who dares to say that he knows, who will not see the sunshine of the next day.

Colonel Mann lost a lot of his hair overnight due to a variety of factors, and the only thing that could make him feel a little more comfortable now was that the Imperial Military Tribunal and the Imperial Gendarmerie General Command had not sent him any news that he was going to be relieved of his powers or that he was to be put on trial. Although he has some infamy, he may not be able to find a breakthrough in the future with the help of the deeds of carrying the black cauldron for some people, and he has been comforting himself like this in the past few days.

In short, he is very irritable now.

As soon as he entered the room, he sat opposite Memnon, with an impatient expression on his face, stretched out his finger and tapped the table, making a loud sound, "What do you want to say?" I'm sorry, I've had a lot of things going on lately, and I can't often listen to you say something I don't like if it's not something I'm interested in. He was warning Memnon that if he couldn't come up with a substantial deal, he wouldn't come back anytime soon.

He was threatening Memnon, and that was the only way to make him feel a little relaxed, and a little comfortable. Sure enough, turning one's own hurt into anger and then inflicting it on others is the best way to temporarily solve your troubles and find happiness.

Rather than being angry, Memnon smiled and shook his head, "Colonel Main, I'm willing to plead guilty, but I have to talk to my lawyer about how to resolve the follow-up issues. You need to save your image, you need to recover your losses, then my confession will obviously ease your current troubles. And I will be able to solve some of my troubles as soon as possible, and we may all be punished for this, but I believe this is the best option we can choose. ”

Colonel Main, who thought for a few minutes and shook his head, "It's not enough, you know? ”

Memnon also knew that it was impossible for Colonel Mainn to agree to his terms as soon as he put forward his terms, and that the compromise of interests was essentially no different from the business of a merchant, and that it was a process of bargaining. He hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I will ask some people to come forward and admit that they are responsible for some of the attacks, and I will donate a military expenditure of no less than 5 million to the western region through the channel of private equity funds next year and the year after that, in your name!"

If Memnon's first offer wasn't enough to impress Main, the latter two had already made him choose. Whether it's finding the attacker or a donation of five million is the best option for his current situation.

He nodded decisively, "Give me your lawyer's number!"