Chapter 29, North and South Houses
The fuselage of the "Tranquility" is full of technological beauty, and at the head of the aircraft, the dark gray glass reflects the harsh sunlight of the desert into a beautiful arc of light. The streamer slid across the glass and then down the silver-gray fuselage to the tail.
The slender wings can be freely extended during flight, and several powerful power thrusters are distributed in the most suitable places on the fuselage, and when the wings are retracted, the aircraft's power engine controls its slow fall. As it approached the ground, a hatch opened in the belly of the fuselage, and an automatic gangway protruded from it and stood firmly on the ground.
The aircraft that landed next to Camp W47 seemed a little out of place with the surrounding scenery, and its appearance also attracted the attention of the entire camp.
"High-end products in civil aircraft, which big man is here?" Chen Jiansen narrowed his eyes and asked Zhang Zhixiong with a look of surprise. He and Zhang Zhixiong had already arrived outside the camp, surrounded by soldiers standing guard and civilians watching the excitement.
"I don't know which 'nobleman' will come to our place where birds don't when they're full." Zhang Zhixiong shook his head, this kind of high-end aircraft is something that is rare in remote areas for several years, even in big cities, similar means of transportation are not available to everyone.
Like the one that appeared next to the camp, Zhang Zhixiong was sure that its owner was either rich or noble, and it was probably the handful of those who were both top-notch.
Seeing the figure coming out of the gangway, Zhang Zhixiong and Chen Jiansen were stunned for a moment, and the people around them made surprised sounds.
"Is that Ding Xiu?"
"It's all wrapped into a zongzi, how did you recognize him as Ding Xiu's."
"Damn, don't get in my way with your 800-degree myopia."
"Did you see that little lady holding Ding Xiu? Who is she, so handsome! ”
"I don't think the tall woman next to me has more taste."
Most of the men's eyes were focused on Cai Ji and Chen Jianing, and only Zhang Zhixiong and Chen Jiansen looked at Ding Xiu who was walking towards this side.
"Boss, Uncle Chen!" From afar, Ding Xiu greeted them.
"You kid, I thought something had happened to you in Luxu Town. Where did you go, and you didn't say hello to me? Chen Jiansen greeted him, although his tone was full of anger, but his eyes were full of joy.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhang Zhixiong asked with some curiosity when he saw that he was covered in bandages.
"It's a long story." Ding Xiu smiled embarrassedly, turned his head and introduced Zhang Zhixiong to Cai Ji and Chen Jianing.
"Second Lieutenant Zhang, Doctor Chen, fortunately!" Cai Ji politely stretched out his hand and shook them one by one.
"Uncle Zhang, Uncle Chen, hello." Chen Jianing greeted them obediently.
"What do you call them?" Seeing that Ding Xiu forgot to introduce these two women, Zhang Zhixiong had to ask himself.
"Cai Ji, this is Chen Jianing, we are from Brilliant City." Cai Ji briefly introduced himself.
Hearing the woman opposite claiming to be surnamed Cai, combined with the very high-end flying machine, Zhang Zhixiong suddenly remembered a name. He asked tentatively: "You are from Brilliant City, and your surname is Cai, dare to ask...... Do you know Minister Cai Wenyue of the Ministry of State Security? ”
"It's my father." Zhang Zhixiong's ability to relate made Cai Ji a little surprised, but she is straightforward by nature, and she doesn't like to deliberately hide things in her life and work.
"Ahh Zhang Zhixiong didn't expect that this woman was actually Minister Cai's daughter, and he was immediately in awe. Chen Jiansen's jaw almost dropped in shock, he never imagined that Ding Xiu would get acquainted with such a powerful person after his disappearance.
Ding Xiu was supported by Chen Jianing before, he could see that the girl cared about Ding Xiu very much, and the girl who could come from the capital Brilliant City with Cai Ji, how could her life experience be simple?
"The chances of life are really ......" Chen Jiansen's lips trembled, and he sighed in his heart.
"The facilities in the camp are too basic, if the two of you ...... If you don't like it, please go inside and sit down. Zhang Zhixiong extended invitations to Cai Ji and Chen Jianing.
Cai Ji waved his hand and said sincerely: "I came out this time to do important things, and the time is very urgent, Second Lieutenant Zhang, please bear with me." ”
Cai Ji's refusal was expected, but her tone was sincere and her attitude was very polite, which surprised Zhang Zhixiong, and he couldn't help but think a little more highly of her.
"Ding Xiu, your injury is dragged down by us, although it is no longer a major problem after treatment, but it is recommended not to do strenuous exercise in the short term, and focus on cultivation." Cai Ji's words seemed to be admonishing Ding Xiu, but in fact, he was telling Zhang Zhixiong that it was best to let Ding Xiu rest and recuperate.
Zhang Zhixiong knew the meaning when he heard the sound of the strings, and when Cai Ji finished speaking to Ding Xiu, he nodded, "Ding Xiu, remember Ms. Cai's advice."
Chen Jianing really wanted to go to the camp to see the place where Ding Xiu had been living, but Cai Ji refused decisively, so she had to give up this idea.
The two said goodbye to Zhang Zhixiong and the others, and turned around and headed towards the "Tranquility". didn't go far, Chen Jianing turned around and ran back.
She took off the sand mask that had been cleaned around her neck and handed it to Ding Xiu, "I almost forgot to return this to you." ”
"You keep it, and give it to you as a greeting gift." Ding Xiu smiled.
"Okay!" Since separation is inevitable, it is also a comfort to be able to leave one thing for the other party. Chen Jianing put away the mask and glanced at Ding Xiu carefully.
"Ding Xiu, I remember you."
Chen Jianing had said this sentence to Ding Xiu before, and that was when the two of them had just escaped from the sandstorm. Now she repeats it, as if emphasizing.
"I won't forget you, Jia Ning."
The girl turned to catch up with Cai Ji's footsteps, and Ding Xiu looked at her departing back and waved her hand vigorously.
"Take care!"
The Tranquility's power thrusters spewed hot flames and sent it into the air, and the craft quickly disappeared from view like an arrow from a string.
"Isn't it disappointing that I didn't get into the camp?" Seeing that Chen Jianing's expression was a little melancholy, Cai Ji enlightened her and said, "There is time to go in and sit for a while, but we can't go in." ”
"Why, Auntie? They are not bad people, they are all Ding Xiu's companions. Chen Jianing didn't understand what Cai Ji meant.
"Some things are complicated, like politics." Cai Ji thought for a moment and told her the reason in as concise language as possible. "The west is the area controlled by the House of Commons, and it is also their base. It's not appropriate for us to be here, even in a sensitive place like a barracks. If someone with a heart takes advantage of it and makes a big fuss, I'm worried that it will cause unnecessary trouble to the elders. ”
Chen Jianing comes from an elite class and is not very old, but she is not ignorant of politics. After being reminded by Cai Ji, she understood it at all.
Graylls' political system is parliamentary, and the power of the head of government comes from the support of the parliament. The National Assembly is divided into the House of Lords and the House of Commons, and the members of the House of Lords are all nobles of the country's elite, and it is their exclusive power to make bills and various policies; Members of the House of Commons are members of the civilian or civil party who oversee the government and finances.
The House of Lords has two houses, the North and the South, which each occupy most of Grells's power. Among the country's five major military regions, the southern court of the House of Lords controls the eastern and southern military districts, the northern court controls the northern and central military districts, and the remaining western military districts are the basic plate of the lower house.
In the struggle for state power, there is fierce competition between the North and the South, and the House of Commons usually plays a role in balancing their power.
The Cai family and the Chen family both belong to the Southern Yuan faction, and each of the two families has several seats in the Southern Yuan, and even Cai Ji's father Cai Wenyue and Chen Jianing's grandfather Chen Bin are still cabinet members of the current prime minister.
If it were known to those who were interested that the people from the southern house of the House of Lords were on the territory of the House of Commons, this would be a matter of reverie. Cai Ji was worried about this, so he hurriedly said goodbye and didn't even enter the camp gate.
"Alas~" Chen Jia sighed faintly, adding a little helplessness to her melancholy.
In the W47 camp of the border guards, Ding Xiu was sent back by the "bombing sky" aircraft that aroused everyone's interest, but everyone did not have the opportunity to get close to him, because he had been invited by Zhang Zhixiong to the duplex building.
The small building was once the property of the Wen family, and after the Wen family left, it became Zhang Zhixiong's residence and office. Zhang Zhixiong brought Ding Xiu here to find out what had happened in the past few days.
Chen Jiansen also came to Zhang Zhixiong here, and after discovering Ding Xiu's disappearance in Luxu Town that day, he searched for a long time to no avail, so he had to ask the sheriff Lu Zhihua to help him continue to find someone.
"After I separated from you that day, Uncle Chen, I went to the old iron bar in the town, intending to see if anyone was willing to come back with me to be a soldier. As a result, I saw a thief stealing someone's wallet in the bar, so I stepped in to stop it, but who knew that as soon as I got out of the bar, I was targeted by the thief's accomplices. They blocked me in the rice and potato fields next to the woods, intending to take revenge on me. ”
"I saw that they were all dead, so I didn't show mercy when I fought back. After I got rid of the guys, I found the Man in Black and his accomplices in the woods. ”
Ding Xiu spoke eloquently and told Zhang Zhixiong and Chen Jiansen what he was going to save people next.
When he talked about meeting Wu Mo in the small tribe of the sand people, he told a little lie.
"We were caught by the sandmen and saw Wu Mo there, but at that time Wu Mo had been tortured to the point that he was not human, and when we escaped, it was too late to save him."
"Wu Mo was actually plundered by the sandmen?" Zhang Zhixiong and Chen Jiansen were both surprised, they thought that the reason for the disappearance of the seventh team was that they had encountered a powerful mutant creature, but they didn't expect it to be the way of Shamin.
"What about the rest of the seventh squad, did you only see Wu Mo there?" Zhang Zhixiong asked.
"Yes, I only saw Wu Mo, and he only had one breath hanging at that time." Ding Xiu nodded.
"Everyone else should be dead." Zhang Zhixiong and Chen Jiansen glanced at each other, and both of them saw a gloomy look in each other's eyes.