In the long corridor, Qin Qiyuan walked unhurriedly, Tang Xudong, Wu Chenyu and Wei Zhenhua followed closely, their expressions calm and did not say a word, only the sound of footsteps echoed in the empty corridor.

The four bigwigs who held the supreme authority of the empire marched silently like this, until a few minutes later, they turned a corner, and after walking more than a hundred meters, they suddenly opened up in front of them, and a vast and tree-lined courtyard appeared at their feet.

This is the back garden of the Supreme Consul's Mansion, which belongs to Qin Qiyuan's private area, where the ancient trees are towering and lush, and there are all kinds of beautiful birds from time to time. If you look closely, you will see that the plants and animals are rare species from the earth.

Meandering along the gravel path, several people came to an octagonal retro stone pavilion, in which the tables, chairs and tea cups were all ready, and on the small red clay stove next to the railing, there was a purple sand teapot, the spout was "sizzling" spitting white water vapor, and several well-trained maids were busy beside it.

"You're in good hands!" Qin Qiyuan took the lead in sitting down, and a slight smile appeared on his calm and waveless face:

"This is at the beginning of last year, Zhiyao's child went on vacation on Earth, and when he came back, he brought me a can of Hangzhou Hupao Spring Water, as well as half a catty of the best Longjing, I have been reluctant to drink it, take it out today, it is cheap for you!"

Tang Xudong, the archon and in charge of the empire's diplomatic work, was a bald and fat man who had already shown his old state, and his round face always had a cute smile. Hearing Qin Qiyuan's slightly reluctant words, he touched his bulging belly and said with a smile:

"A spring on earth? This one is really hard to drink! Or the next plenary session will be here! Good things should be shared by everyone! ”

Hangzhou Hupao spring water, is seeped out from quartz sandstone, contains not many minerals, the total minerality is only 0.02-0.1 grams per kilogram, and therefore the spring water is rich in carbon dioxide, and chloride is very little, so the water quality is excellent, it is very suitable for brewing tea, in the earth era has been known as "Longjing tea, Hupao water" reputation.

"Come on! Your Excellency the Supreme Consul is so wealthy, and he is so wholeed by you, a greedy fat man, that he himself will not have anything to drink! Wu Chenyu, the archon and prime minister of the empire, quipped with a smile.

Tang Xudong shrugged his shoulders and hummed lazily: "It's nothing, anyway, there is still the last year of hard work, and my old bones will be handed over!" When the time comes to go back to the earth to retire, won't you be able to drink this thing every day! ”

Qin Qiyuan scolded with a smile: "You old guy want to pick a son now? There are no doors! Obediently accompany us to do another term! ”

"Aha! I know what I know," Tang Xudong touched the bright head stupidly, "Who called me a donkey who was familiar with you?" ”

Several people laughed together, and even Wei Zhenhua, who had always been moody, was a little embarrassed.

The maids skillfully brewed tea for the four bigwigs one by one, and then retreated together.

"Alright, let's get down to business!" Qin Qiyuan's expression straightened up, and he said to Wei Zhenhua:

"Have the restless civil society groups, and the media who are cheering for them, found out?"

Wei Zhenhua nodded, and said unhurriedly: "It has basically been ascertained, including the 'Interstellar Civilization Exchange Association', the 'Star Sea Trade Group Alliance' and other twenty-six groups have extremely complex backgrounds, according to the information we have had, there are one to several alien civilization civil organizations standing behind them, and these organizations are basically inextricably linked with those high-level alien civilizations!" ”

"The prestige of these groups among the people of the empire is quite high, and the main reason is that they are able to receive large sums of money from those organizations every year, so they can support them to continue to expand their influence among the people through various legal means!"

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Qin Qiyuan's face and said, "Some of these groups also have complex interests with some imperial celebrities, including some government officials, first-line stars, well-known scholars, and even people from the military!" ”

"The first batch of seven hundred and sixty-five people has basically been confirmed, what do you think of it?"

"Since the evidence is conclusive, do you still need to ask for instructions?" Qin Qiyuan sneered slightly, "Dispatch the internal guard troops and take down all those damn guys!" ”

Wu Chenyu frowned and said: "I remember that the scale and influence of these groups are not small, and they can control more than one or two large enterprises under their names. Once we do it, if we are not careful, I am afraid that it will cause a considerable negative impact, and those government officials and celebrities, if we catch too much at once, the image of the imperial government will be too damaging! ”

"So I think, isn't it...... Stability-oriented? ”

Wei Zhenhua said unhappily: "Your Excellency, this is not a small problem! This matter has involved the core interests of the Empire! If you still have to fight with the mud and play sloppy, then these guys will only get worse! ”

"If you don't stop this crooked wind while the current situation is not out of control, I don't know how much trouble will happen in the future!"

"But taking down so many people, after all, it still has a great impact on the situation of the empire, and the taxes that those groups pay to the imperial government every year are not a small amount, so it seems to be ...... to be ruthless like this" Wu Chenyu was still a little hesitant.

Tang Xudong said lukewarmly: "You are distressed when there are only more than 700 people?" So how many people died in the fighting in the Northwest Territories? Why don't I see you frowning? ”

Wu Chenyu's face changed slightly, and he said: "The matter in the Northwest Territory was caused by those damn Gambino people, this is not our responsibility, I don't understand why you want to compare the two things together?" ”

Tang Xudong turned his head and asked Qin Qiyuan, "Your Excellency Supreme Consul, what do you think should be done?" ”

Qin Qiyuan picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea slowly, and suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question: "What has the Gambino envoy been doing lately?" ”

Wei Zhenhua said: "On the surface, it seems that he is closed and very peaceful, but in fact, he is secretly in contact with those allies of his own, and even Empress Qingqiu has sent an envoy to visit secretly. ”

"Can you know the content of their secret conversation?" Qin Qiyuan asked quietly.

"Of course!" Wei Zhenhua said with a smile,

"Actually, before our men could act, Her Majesty the Empress sent someone to inform us of the conditions that those guys had promised! It's nothing more than a promise to cede a part of the benefits and territory to the Qingqiu Empire in exchange for their solidarity! ”

Tang Xudong said thoughtfully: "In the past two days of negotiations, the attitude of the Gambino people has suddenly become tougher, can't it be because of this?" But Her Majesty didn't promise them anything? ”

Wei Zhenhua's voice was a little calm: "I didn't promise anything, but the empress's scheming is deep enough!" She took the initiative to hand over the contents of that secret conversation to us, ostensibly to show us overtures, but in fact to put pressure on us, meaning that if we promised less terms than the Gambinos, then there would be no need to talk about an alliance!"

"This group of guys who don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin seem to have no sincerity in negotiating at all, and continuing to waste time on them really doesn't do the empire any good!"

"Can we still fight them now?" Wu Chenyu asked rhetorically,

"The army of the Northern Hell is still eyeing the border, we must concentrate on dealing with them first!"

Qin Qiyuan glanced at him and said, "Whether to fight or not, it seems that the decision is not entirely in our hands, Your Excellency Wei Zhenhua, tell Your Excellency the Prime Minister about the latest situation!" ”

Wu Chenyu looked at him suspiciously, and then turned his head to look at the supreme person in charge of the Security Committee, not understanding why the Supreme Archon Wei Yan would say this.

Wei Zhenhua nodded slightly, took out a few paper documents from the briefcase he carried, and distributed them to the three of them, while saying: "Although the Gambino people have suffered heavy losses, the situation is not as bad as we imagined, according to the information fed back from the empire's intelligence surveillance network, the huge assistance from other alien civilizations to the royal court has already been on the road early, and the number is more than ever before!" Therefore, it can be predicted that the recovery and development of this civilization will be rapid! ”

"And there's another important news......" he said with a deep look at the prime minister, and said in a nonchalant voice:

"The culprit of the sneak attack on the northwest frontier of the empire, Sagusnoch has recovered! And under the recommendation of the elders of the royal court, he became the new generation of clan kings of the Gambino civilization! ”

……

After breakfast, Xiao Junling went out with Yu Xin'er.

Since this girl was received by the Great Sage, although she was not officially accepted into the sect, she also received the title of a registered disciple, and her treatment was similar to his, and she also had the qualifications to attend classes and cultivate in the Temple of the Silent Star.

As far as he knew, although there were several powerhouses in the realm of space and mystical abilities in the Silent Star Temple, it was precisely because of the special and rare abilities that it was much more difficult to advance than those of the spirit system!

For thousands of years, these two realms have not produced a peak powerhouse at the level of the Silent Star God of War, and even the characters of the Falling Star Realm are only a handful, which shows how difficult it is to cultivate!

At least after the psychic abilities have accumulated enough optimization points, there are still a few standard ability genetic potions to choose from, and the abilities in the occult realm, with the existing techniques of the empire, are simply unable to refine stable and usable genetic ability potions.

This also means that Yu Xin'er's future abilities can only be generated by herself, and cannot be loaded artificially! If she's unlucky, maybe a new ability will appear in a few decades! Even if a new ability is generated, it is difficult to judge the utility. There have been extreme cases in history where the supernatural in the occult realm has generated a large number of useless abilities due to luck.

He didn't know what the future path of this girl would be, but her current two abilities didn't look bad, and she didn't think her luck would be too bad!

"Let's use the teacher's authority to check the secret files in the temple, and maybe we can find something useful to you!" He said to Yu Xin'er.

"Well, that's good!" She nodded meekly, and added:

"Hua Qingyang, they said that they would come to the Fifth Planet to visit us this afternoon, and Xu Yuanyuan and they will also come over, what are you going to do?"