Morningstar couldn't figure out what was going on with Li Que, and since entering the Firmament Fortress, Morningstar had found that the happiness of the inhabitants here was comparable to his own Itgleeson. Above the Firmament Fortress, there is a scene of singing and dancing, and even a few non-human intelligent races can occasionally be seen. As the founder of ItGleason, Morningstar knows very well what this openness means, which means a more democratic primacy, a greater openness and inclusiveness, and the caring heart of the people as the leader of the Sky Fortress. But what Morning Star couldn't understand was why Li Que, who was able to build such a strong military force and an environment where the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, would do such a criticizing thing at a time when the republic was in trouble?

Together with Li Que, they walked down from the landing spacecraft, and after several tosses, Morning Star came to the main residential area of the Sky Fortress.

"How's it going, Lord Morningstar, is there anything missing about my Sky Fortress compared to your Itgleeson?" Li Que did not lead Morning Star to his office or reception place, after all, the time and place were not very suitable. The residential area chosen by Li Que was an ordinary human settlement in the eyes of Morning Star, and men, women, and children passed by Morning Star and Li Que from time to time, all smiling and greeting Li Que, and Li Que also gave an enthusiastic response. Morning Star originally didn't believe in this kind of scene, this kind of harmony can be performed completely, with Li Que's strength in the Sky Fortress, it is very easy to use such a harmonious scene to deceive others. Morningstar's suspicions are understandable, after all, Morningstar doesn't have the ability of Norin Hill to peek into people's hearts, but the appearance of a few children allows Morningstar to overturn his suspicions. Because of their rich experience, adults can complete such a big scene through acting skills, and Morning Star knows it very well. But the clarity in the eyes of several four or five-year-old children who rushed out of the residential area when they looked at Li Que was natural and flawless. These children are very close to Li Que, so close that they can directly pounce on Li Que's body and beat him, and Li Que also stretched out his powerful arms, and the two children were hanging on one side and turned up slowly. It is impossible for four or five-year-old children to know how to act, and the only reason why they can be so close to Li Que can only be that Li Que usually comes to see them, and after a long period of contact, there is naturally no estrangement.

Looking at Li Que, the old general, from a distance, Morning Star unconsciously imagined in his mind that when everything was settled, he could be so intimate with his children on It Gleason, no matter whose children it was. However, the distraction was distracted, and Morning Star was keenly aware of the abnormalities in this residential area. There are a lot of children here, but Morning Star doesn't see a single adult man, and the adults who take care of the children are all adult women, and they are not as fast as a woman of this age should have, and there is more or less a faint sadness between their eyebrows and eyes.

Li Que put down the children hanging on his arm, and then gently pinched them one by one on their pink little faces, and took out a handful of lollipops from the pocket of his clothes, and handed them to the children one by one, and finally the remaining one was skillfully peeled off by him and stuffed into his mouth. The child who was hanging on Li Que's arm before sensibly took the wrapping paper from Li Que's hand, and then quickly ran to the side of the trash can and threw the wrapping paper into the trash can.

After a few gentle strokes on the top of the children's heads, and then handing the children back to their mothers, Li Que walked back to Morning Star's side, twisting the lollipop in his mouth with two fingers, the sugar beads clattering with the teeth, and there was no appearance of a superior person at all.

"What do you see?" Li Que took the lollipop out of his mouth, stretched out his tongue and licked it and asked Morning Star.

Chen Xing looked at Li Que with interest, and then pretended to be stupid and replied: "Well, I can see that the children here are very close to you and very sensible, and you are very good at educating children." ”

"Ahem!" Li Que was about to put the lollipop into his mouth again, but he was accidentally choked by his own saliva because he heard Morning Star's words, and he only came to his senses after maintaining that childish action for a long time, and said a little angrily: "Morning Star, I'm talking to you well, don't play these little actions with me, your temperament is exactly the same as your father, the same is not a thing!" ”

"Hey, old man, you should be careful when you speak, scold me, take my father with you, I will turn my face!" Morning Star was originally quite calm, but Li Que's words brought his father, which made Morning Star a little unhappy.

Li Que didn't care that Chenxing called him an old man, the muscles under his high cheekbones twitched twice, and said: "Boy, don't say it's you, even your father has to listen honestly when he sees me, what's wrong with me reprimanding him?" Do you have any opinions, little furry boy? ”

Chenxing was about to fight back, but suddenly realized that maybe this old general really had a lot to do with his father, and if he offended him too deeply at this time, I was afraid that it would be difficult to explain in front of his father in the future, and his father would not be able to get off the stage, so he choked back when the words came to his mouth, snorted angrily, and stopped talking.

Li Que saw that Morning Star was soft this time, not only did he not laugh at Morning Star, but nodded with satisfaction, which shows that Morning Star is a person who estimates feelings, once this is determined, Li Que understands what he should do next. Stuffing the lollipop into his mouth again, Li Que asked again, "Say, what do you see?" ”

Morningstar thought for a moment and replied, "

This settlement you brought me to is very special, this is not an ordinary residential area at all, and the children here don't know why only their mothers are around, but they don't see their fathers, is it possible, you old people......"

The wind was whistling in his ears, and with Li Que's shout, Morning Star quickly took a step back and dodged Li Que's attacking fist. After standing still, Li Que's face flushed angrily, and he said, "You and I are as merciful as you Lao Tzu?" I have only loved one woman in my life! ”

"Rest your anger!" Morning Star hurriedly accompanied the smiling face and said, "I apologize, I apologize!" ”

Li Que did not continue to attack Morning Star, through the previous wrestling, he already knew that the strength of this young man called Morning Star was simply something he could not defeat, but this kid was too annoying, he was so old, he still made this kind of joke, which made Li Que angry.

After sorting out his military uniform, which was a little out of shape due to his violent movements, Li Que suddenly changed the topic and said: "Mingren doesn't say dark words, Morning Star, tell me, are you dissatisfied with me now, don't you wonder why I maintain such a force field in this disaster of the Republic, are you doubting that I have a rebellious heart?" ”

The abrupt change in the topic made Morning Star slightly stunned, although Morning Star wanted to prevaricate the topic with some official words, but when Morning Star saw Li Que's eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, he gave up these ideas. Sighing lightly, Morning Star replied, "Indeed, as you said, I am very dissatisfied with General Li Que's attitude towards this matter. After I ascended the Sky Fortress, I felt that the two of us were the same kind of people. But from my point of view, I don't think I'm going to do anything wrong at this time, and I'd like to hear your thoughts. ”

Li Que nodded, and instead of answering Morning Star's question, he asked again, "Then do you want to know why I am so wary of you?" ”

"Huh? Didn't you first have some strange idea, and then you were worried that I would be bad for you? Morning Star felt that Li Que seemed to have something to say, and asked rhetorically.

Li Que laughed and said: "Boy, you also look down on the strength of my Sky Fortress, not to mention that you have such a fleet, even if it is doubled, I can completely eat it, if I really take advantage of the republic's difficulties and take the opportunity to become independent, then do you think I will care about the losses caused by fighting with you?" Even if you wipe out all the current garrisons in my Sky Fortress, it will only be a small part of my troops, and I can afford this loss. ”

Morning Star raised his eyebrows and said, "Then why don't you just do it?" Instead, you tricked me into your turf and did all this nonsense? ”

Li Que's eyes widened again, glaring at Morning Star and about to get angry, but after seeing Morning Star's firm expression, he sighed softly and said, "Do you think you are the embodiment of justice?" All should unconditionally believe that you are for the good of the Republic? ”

Morning Star was stunned when he heard this, he really hadn't thought about this question, could it be that what he did was not above board enough to make others suspicious? Morning Star looked at Li Que in confusion and asked, "Is there something wrong with me that makes people criticize?" I don't think there's anything wrong with what I'm doing, and I don't know what makes General Li Que suspicious of me? ”

Li Que smiled and said, "It was your recent intersection with the Republic that made me suspicious of you, do you want to hear what I think of you?" ”

Morningstar nodded.

Li Que said: "My suspicion of you began with the establishment of your It-Gleason. I had thought about it before, how could you, a penniless hairy boy, take the ownership of the planet from the hands of the three parties, and get the approval of the three parties. Later, after investigating, I found out that Layton turned out to be your father. Although Leighton has faded out of the field of view of the Republicans for many years, he has never slipped out of my field of vision, I wonder if he can climb higher and go farther, it is not an exaggeration to say, as long as he operates properly, he may even have the opportunity to spy on that seat, but with such a great future, he has retreated bravely, which is not normal at all! Although he explained to the outside world that it was because of your mother's death that he lost all his desire to fight for power and profit, and just wanted to be with you, but who is Leighton? The real dragon's teeth of the republic! Children of the Wind! These nonsense will deceive ordinary people! ”

Li Que's emotions were a little excited, he calmed his breathing a little, and continued: "Later, I found out that Layton, who had retreated, was secretly cultivating his own forces, I don't understand why he did this, I even suspected that he had some conspiracy in secret, I once thought that he and the group of bastards of the Fan family were the same thing. But in the following ten years, I received information from countless sources that Leighton did not amass wealth, nor did he influence the decision-making of the Republic. It was as if Layton's forces existed to deal with some bigger scene. It wasn't until you appeared that I knew that your father and son had a good show. Your father laid the foundation for you, and you traded your life for the ownership of Itgleason. I'm afraid your goal is to become the fourth largest force in the human camp, right? I have to admit that your boy's luck is really good, good enough to trick that old fellow's daughter from Vistock. I don't know what method you used, even Vestock favored you. And now, you take the army of the empire, with the union

The army of the Alliance, and your It-Gleason army, have entered the Republic, what would you think if it were you? ”

"Take the opportunity to occupy territory? Collusion with the Führer of Vystock, taking advantage of the republic's distress and taking advantage of the fire to rob? Morningstar tried to reply.

Li Que looked at Morning Star with a serious face and said, "You are still a little self-aware. ”

Morning Star held back his mouth and said, "But these are your subjective thoughts, and they are not necessarily consistent with the facts, how can you attack me because of such thoughts?" ”

"Fart!" Li Que shouted angrily again and said, "If Lao Tzu wants to do something to you, he will do it directly when you leap into my territory!" Lao Tzu came to you alone just to see if you were a human or a ghost! ”

"Old man! Don't go too far, don't you fall on me, isn't your approach impeccable? As a general of the republic, with the military funds of the republic, with the weapons of the republic, why turn a blind eye when the republics are in trouble! Morning Star was a little unhappy by Li Que's repeated reprimands. If Li Que himself is impeccable, then Morning Star will never fight back in the face of these accusations, but Li Que's approach also made Morning Star very dissatisfied, so Morning Star fought back: "Don't think I don't know, the Republic has tried to mobilize your army many times, but you have refused to accept it, but used various reasons to shirk it, either because the military strength in the defense area is insufficient, or because I am afraid that the rear of the Republic will be attacked and the front-line supplies will be tight, you lie to the ghosts!" ”

Contrary to Morning Star's expectations, Li Que did not confront Morning Star with a blushing face and rough steps like before, but laughed, but then his face was sad, and he replied, "I can explain that the reason why I did this is because of those children you just saw, and their widowed mothers!" ”

Morning Star was stunned in place when he heard Li Que's words, he was originally ready to quarrel with Li Que and choked on his chest all the words that disappeared, leaving only one sentence: "Talk about it." ”

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The story of General Li Que is very long, so long that the old and the young sit on the bench on the side of the road, and the food of the two of them is bought by Shen Mengqi from a fast food restaurant not far away, and the sky of the Firmament Fortress has changed from bright sun to pitch black. After listening to Li Que's story, Morning Star didn't understand until this time how serious the chaos in the republic really was, and only then did he understand how pervasive the Fan family was.

Li Que's dissatisfaction with the Republic has been going on for several years, and it is getting worse. The cause of the incident was an ordinary banquet a few years ago, but what was not unusual was that this banquet was attended by a number of soldiers from the Firmament Fortress who had returned home to visit their relatives and several nobles who belonged to the Fan family's power. What was supposed to be an ordinary gathering turned into a bloody conflict because of the presence of these two people, but in the end, the soldiers of the Sky Fortress lost the conflict due to their numbers and lost their lives. According to later investigations, the cause of the conflict between the two parties was a verbal altercation, which eventually turned into a fight. But later, Li Que investigated and learned that it was because a certain nobleman fell in love with the soldier's wife and tried to flirt, and the soldier was killed in the process of protecting his wife, which caused the anger of the soldier's comrades-in-arms, and there was a large-scale conflict later. After Li Que learned the truth, he tried his best to get justice for his soldiers, but this road was simply difficult to climb, and pressure from all sides was surging towards Li Que. But even so, Li Que still didn't give up, and finally brought the matter to Zhu Nianguo. But Zhu Nianguo's handling at that time disappointed Li Que, completely disappointed. Zhu Nianguo did not have a clear position in this matter, but reconciled with it and made peace with the mud. This caused Li Que's fist heart to be greatly damaged, and he once thought that what he and the soldiers were desperately defending was meaningless, and he even had the idea of wanting to disarm and return to the field. But Li Que didn't do it in the end, because he knew that if he even gave up, what would happen to his soldiers, and how would the women who had lost their husbands and the children who had lost their fathers live? Therefore, Li Que held his breath in his heart, and got all the relevant personnel to the Sky Fortress, giving them a guaranteed life, and also giving the children the care from their elders. But these are far from enough, Li Que knows that he is getting old, and the time he can protect these people is getting less and less. And the situation in the republic is also getting worse, and more and more bad news has reached Li Que's ears, which makes him have huge doubts about the ability of the republic to govern, and the entire Sky Fortress has gradually changed from the patron saint of a republic to a powerful man who dominates one side.

It was at this time that the Mandate of Heaven Sect began its invasion of the Golden Farm, and the Fan family's rebellion followed. Li Que knew very well in his heart that a behemoth like the Republic could not make a complete transformation by relying on its own strength alone, so he began to hesitate to take this opportunity to seek the greater good of himself and the people he wanted to protect, and it was at this time that Morning Star, a young man who had always made him suspicious, appeared, and brought a powerful army to aid the Republic.

"So, I came to this place where I shouldn't have been at an unreasonable time and under an unreasonable situation?" After listening to Li Que's story, Chenxing laughed at himself with a wry smile.

"Perhaps!" Li Que dropped a chicken leg bone that had been licked to the core, and then handed the fast food box in his hand to Shen Mengqi beside him, wiped his mouth, and then said: "It's your turn, tell me your story, I want to listen to what ordinary people don't know!" Especially related to that confidante of yours, she seems to be called Quinn? ”