Chapter 8: The Assassin in the Shadows (No. 8) 2
From three o'clock this morning in the Saturn defensive orbit, Xia Lu on the battleship "Yahweh", the flagship of the "Sanctuary" fleet, received the news that Ye Zifeng was seriously injured, Xia Lu immediately rushed to the earth non-stop, along the way through the adjutant, first mate, second officer, deputy captain, deputy fleet commander layers of obstructions, did not dare to delay for a moment on the "Hui Yu" shuttle ship heading to the laurel base, this kind of one hundred and one meters long, The medium-sized spaceship, which has a maximum speed of 1,130 meters per second, is the main means of transportation for long-distance transportation of personnel and materials in the fleet, and is also the "small transport ship" often mentioned by fleet members. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info can temporarily use this kind of warship in non-war time, the authority is less to say S, Xia Lu easily reached the standard. So, without a trace of delay, two hours after Xia Lu learned the news of Ye Zifeng's small news, a "Hui Yu" shuttle ship set off from the space station in Saturn's synchronous orbit, carrying Xia Lu and began to think about the earth. After performing a stellar system-level fault jump, Xia Lu flew to the Laurel Base after only eight hours, and didn't eat anything halfway, although it wasn't that Xia Lu didn't want to eat, but the anxiety in her heart made Xia Lu have no appetite no matter what she watched. After arriving at the Laurel Base, it happened to encounter the Pilgrim invasion, although Xia Lu did not encounter the Pilgrim Squad under the protection of the motorized infantry, but he still heard the news of Ye Kexin's disappearance from the mouth of the motorized infantry, and in a hurry, Xia Lu took two sets of breathing apparatus from the weapon supply box and immediately left the team, he guessed where Ye Kexin was going, the central control room of the cowboy, the most heavily guarded place in the entire Laurel Base, where there is the thickest armor that humans have built so far, Gathering the most cutting-edge technology from people, cowboy is the first human to build a personal AI, there are currently only three such AIs, one is the cowboy of the Laurel Base, and the other is Marianna of the Bermuda Research Institute. Roosevelt, one is EVA who was given to Ye Zifeng by Ye Kexin as a birthday gift, but EVA seems to have a much stronger sense of dependence on humans than before, and he is still calling Ye Kexin's mother, Ye Zifeng is to avoid misunderstanding, so he forcibly asked EVA to change his words and call himself captain instead of father.
After making great efforts to revive Ye Kexin, who was about to suffocate, the two came to Newcourt College together on the "Albatross" that flew to Earth. Back in the place where they studied for four years, both of them couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic, but they knew that now was not the time to miss. After saying goodbye to each other and wishing them good luck, they boarded planes to Japan and Bermuda respectively, and the two flew in two different directions. It was already twelve o'clock in the evening. After flying for an hour, Xia Lu landed at Haneda Airport, and immediately got on the special car of the Tokyo headquarters and rushed to the Tokyo headquarters building in Roppongi, Xia Lu finally saw Ye Zifeng who was seriously injured and unconscious, and when the medical staff determined that Ye Zifeng was not in danger of life and was recovering at a very fast speed, Xia Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief, but at this time, what came to mind was not sadness, pain or dizziness but that I was hungry.
Taking advantage of the gap between the medical staff and returning home from the shift, Xia Lu slipped out, although he didn't know why he was so careful to avoid everyone's eyes and ears, but Xia Lu always felt that it was not good to be found, she had a feeling that the food here would not be delicious.
I wanted to go to a convenience store not far away to buy some canned bread and drinks for supper to satisfy my hunger, but unfortunately, a meteor shower fell in the sky, and a large amount of meteorite left five wounds on Xia Lu's body. Xia Lu rushed back when she saw the explosion from the headquarters building, but according to the person in charge of the headquarters afterwards, the previous explosion was an explosion that occurred when the automatic defense weapon on the roof of the headquarters building destroyed a ship's hull debris that was about to hit the headquarters building, and the cause of the explosion is under investigation.
Xia Lu didn't care how it exploded, as long as Ye Zifeng was fine, she would be at ease. A mouthful of bread and a mouthful of canned food, Xia Lu gnawed on the braised pork in her mouth with taste, and looked at Ye Zifeng lying under the glass cover of the medical box with tenderness in her eyes, and her heart was happy.
- I'm glad I didn't hit it just now, so I'm glad I didn't hit it.
Xia Lu thought silently in her heart.
- But the person who injured Zifeng is really hateful, how to deal with it?
The originally gentle expression on his face turned sharply, and the intensity of chewing the braised pork in his mouth became more and more intense, and the braised pork seemed to be screaming in Xia Lu's mouth.
So, between such an emotion of anger and joy, Xia Lu made a decision. Find out the killer and ......
Thousands of corpses!
Ye Zifeng couldn't help but shiver, and suddenly woke up, the sunlight outside the tent pierced Ye Zifeng's eyes, making Ye Zifeng frown. Turning over impatiently, Ye Zifeng sat up from his upper hand, rubbed the novice's sleepy eyes with his right hand, and muttered to himself in his mouth.
"Xia Lu, I miss you."
Quickly washed with the warm water that had been prepared, Ye Zifeng picked up the copper bell on the table and shook it, the crisp bell ran through the entire tent, and Rose Jasmine, who had been waiting outside, immediately opened the tent curtain, bowed her head and entered the tent, bowed and saluted, and smiled at Ye Zifeng in a respectful tone.
"Good morning, Your Majesty."
"Good morning." Ye Zifeng waved his hand and saluted back.
After that, Rose Jasmine began to change clothes for Ye Zifeng, this was not Ye Zifeng's will, he was also forced to be helpless, he knew that if he came to wear it, he would definitely not be able to wear it, this dress was very comfortable after wearing it, but the process of wearing it must be a torment, so Ye Zifeng made an excuse for this behavior of letting the maid dress herself. I want to go back, I want to go back as soon as possible, so I must not waste a little time, and I will never have to do the time-consuming work like getting dressed myself, and let the maid help faster, just don't become a habit.
A custom-made white military uniform was put on his body as if he was wearing nothing, no matter how Ye Zifeng moved, he would not be disturbed by the clothes. Taking the sheathed sword from the wooden frame and hanging it on his waist, Ye Zifeng walked out of the tent.
The blowing northwest wind mixed with the unique fragrance of the grassland patted Ye Zifeng in the face, and I heard the veterans who have been stationed on the grassland say that this is the fragrance of Roy grass, and every time it comes to this season, it is the time when Roy grass emits fragrance.
Ye Zifeng took a big breath of enjoyment, this aroma smelled like the aroma of lavender, and it smelled very nostalgic.
The soldiers patrolling back and forth in the camp are all energetic and strong, and the slightly cold air in the morning always makes people feel refreshed, Ye Zifeng is no exception, the brain that was still a little turbid instantly became fresh, and the northwest wind blowing from the Allah Pass blew the shoulder cloaks and dark green military flags of the soldiers in the camp to hunt, and the twisted branches and towering white towers on the flags seemed to come to life, constantly writhing.
The gate of the camp tent has been built under the rush of last night, and the rock wall up to ten meters high has been basically formed, and the huge stone delivery machine is like a tower crane, fishing the huge bluestone weighing three or four tons on the stone foundation that has been built, and the already huge rock wall is made taller and stronger. Ye Zifeng nodded with satisfaction.
The 88mm howitzers in the camp ready to be pushed into the position are neatly arranged in a corner of the camp, these huge cannons are very similar to the German 88mm anti-tank guns in World War II, and to Ye Zifeng's surprise, this country is not as backward as imagined, they have their own set of scientific routes, such as integrated ammunition has been supplied to the whole army, weapons such as flintlock pistols have only become a noun, although the rifle here must be filled with a bullet, But this is also called the flintlock pistol in Ye Zifeng's understanding to be advanced I don't know the gap of thousands of years, the flintlock pistol on the earth is the type of filling gunpowder first and then filling the projectile. This phenomenon also confirms what Ye Zifeng thinks in his heart, this is not the real world, no matter how he came here, this is not the real world anyway.
There is something that makes Ye Zifeng even more surprised, people have been able to produce hydrogen from the reaction of iron and water vapor, although the quality is poor and the method is backward, but it is already an advanced chemical reaction for this world that does not know what electricity is. Only the hydrogen taken out is supplied to the Imperial Air Force, the airship unit called the "Dreadnought Eagle", the airship can use the short-barreled small-caliber mortars placed on it to carry out air attacks, and can also use the belly compartment to drop bombs, the bomb type in this world is very advanced, it can explode in a soft swamp, which may not be possible with the bomb type on the earth.
But Ye Zifeng still has a few questions, since there is already an advanced combat weapon such as a rifle, why are more than 90% of the soldiers still equipped with spears or one-handed long swords, which makes Ye Zifeng puzzled, but once asked Pendes, it seems that last night, Pendes said that the cost of rifles is too high, "Even if the empire does not reduce taxes, it can produce 10,000 a year, not to mention the wartime attrition and tax reduction decrees have made the already not rich treasury even more empty, Although the people were very supportive of this decree and said that you were a good emperor, the nobles were already a little dissatisfied, especially the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was full of resentment against your decree, and the reduction of taxes prevented him from making a better spending budget, so he had to stop a number of major projects and spend all the funds on the war. Your Majesty, you must know that the land is the population, and the population is the wealth of the country, and half of the territory of the empire has been lost, and we now have no time to do charity, nor do we have time to buy people's hearts. ā
Pendes's words made Ye Zifeng have an epiphany, and at the same time stabbed Ye Zifeng's vital point. When he was in junior high school, Ye Zifeng loved to fantasize, looking towards how to be a good emperor, how to be a good emperor who was respected by ministers and loved by people, but when this was really implemented, he found that his original ideas were not realistic. However, it is difficult to chase after a word, and Ye Zifeng is not easy to change the decree that has just been issued for two days, so Ye Zifeng can only find another way. That is to say, the current situation of this kind of cold weapons being the mainstream will continue for some time.
A patrol of eight people kept shuttling through the camp, and the seemingly irregular route of movement cleverly included the camp all, and the sound of neat footsteps and sonorous metal collisions kept ringing in Ye Zifeng's ears. Originally, Ye Zifeng didn't have any plans, standing in front of the tent for a while, Ye Zifeng didn't know what to do, if this happened, Ye Zifeng would take out a novel that he didn't know how many times he had read from the first page, but there was no novel here.
Just when Ye Zifeng was standing in front of the account in a daze, there was a voice behind him that didn't know if it was Rose or Jasmine - these two people were like twins, and they couldn't be separated from each other in terms of voice or appearance - the softness made Ye Zifeng feel numb.
"Your Majesty, it's time for breakfast."
"Yes." Ye Zifeng trembled all over, trying his best to get rid of this uncomfortable tingling, but this detail did not escape the eyes of Rose, who had been bowing her head, and immediately stepped forward and draped a thick snow fox leather cloak on Ye Zifeng's back, although Ye Zifeng stopped trembling at this move, but it was not because of warmth, but because Ye Zifeng was stunned.
"Your Majesty, hurry up and go into the tent, it's cold outside." Rose spoke again, and the soft sound crossed Ye Zifeng's mind like a spring stream, and Ye Zifeng seemed to be stepping on the clouds and eating marshmallows.
"Hmm." Ye Zifeng nodded subconsciously, but just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly recalled what he said before he came.
- I'll eat with the soldiers on the front line these days.
"Your Majesty?" Seeing Ye Zifeng's suddenly frozen footsteps, Rose was full of doubts, and walked to Ye Zifeng's side lightly and patted Ye Zifeng's shoulder, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" ā
"Ahh Ye Zifeng was woken up by Rose's call, scratched his head a little embarrassed, smiled apologetically, and looked down at Rose next to him, who was a head shorter than him, "That, I'm going to eat in the cafeteria today, you can go back first, you can share my breakfast with Jasmine." ā
"Your Majesty, are you really not eating?" Rose looked surprised, he thought that Ye Zifeng was joking in the car yesterday, "The black bread in the cafeteria is very sour." ā
"It's okay, it's okay." Ye Zifeng smiled and waved his hand while shaking his head, "You can eat it." ā
"Really?" Rose's face was full of questions.
"Really." Ye Zifeng nodded at this time, "There's nothing else, I'll leave first, you don't have to follow." ā
Ye Zifeng took a step forward and left the account. Ye Zifeng doesn't like the feeling of being followed by someone, which will give Ye Zifeng a feeling that he is not free, so in the "Stalingrad" fleet, Ye Zifeng does not want guards to follow, and here, even if the ministers are strongly opposed, saying that there is no one around the emperor to follow, how can Ye Zifeng still be able to stand out from the crowd, and slapped the table vigorously at the meeting and shouted loudly to the nobles, "I say no, I don't need it, where is so much nonsense."
So now Ye Zifeng can walk around the barracks at will, and there are no soldiers with spears behind him.
Ye Zifeng first walked around the camp, and then walked straight to the canteen, where the soldiers who got up early came to eat in the order of ten people at a time, but one table was always empty, and no one was sitting. Ye Zifeng saw this seat as soon as he opened the curtain, and immediately understood that this was a certain nobleman who had notified the logistics quartermaster in advance and asked him to prepare a vacant seat in the canteen, in case the emperor really came to eat.
Ye Zifeng did not refuse this kindness, first walked to the chef, and received two pieces of black bread, a plate of tomato baked soybeans, a piece of bacon and a glass of wheat wine with an alcohol concentration as low as boiled water, the standard army breakfast meal, the kitchen did not increase the amount for Ye Zifeng because he was the emperor, and it was completely according to the standard of ordinary soldiers. In fact, there is no difference in the amount of food in the army because of the level, whether you are a general, a flag commander, a hundred leaders, a squad executive, or an ordinary soldier, everyone's portion is exactly the same, although you can go to eat if you are not full, but you must eat all the food allocated to you before you can add food, this is the discipline in the army, the previous town guard Marshal Red. Kirstein, also known as Kulen. Kielstein's iron law was set by his father for that fool.
Equality, discipline, bravery, honesty. This is the eight-character motto of the steppe army.
Ye Zifeng appreciates this very much.
Grilled with bacon sandwiched with black bread and put it in his mouth to bite, the rich sour and astringent taste instantly spread in the cavity, Ye Zifeng suddenly stopped chewing, his eyes were round, and his face gradually turned purple.
The surrounding soldiers whispered and looked at this side, some of them had a smile on their faces that didn't make a big deal to see the excitement, everyone was waiting to see Ye Zifeng's jokes, even if Ye Zifeng was the emperor, when he squirted out the black bread in his mouth, the soldiers would laugh unscrupulously.
Of course Ye Zifeng knew this, and he also knew that his temper determined that he would not be angry in front of the warriors, so he must not vomit.
Ye Zifeng secretly made up his mind, worked hard to fight against his nausea, chewed slowly in his mouth, and finally swallowed hard, the special fragrance of rye began to appear at this time, as if it was bitter and sweet, this strong fragrance was like a reward for Ye Zifeng's hard work.
(To be continued)