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At night, the stars hang high overhead, a huge full moon, shining through the clouds like a huge lamp. The summer breeze accompanied by the chirping of insects brings the coolness of the evening to every household, faintly soothing and making up for the frightened hearts of each family.

Flagship Dawn.

In a complex of buildings not far from the central office area, there is a European-style annex, which is the home of Edwin, the first convener of the Civil Administration Council. As soon as he came back that afternoon, Edwin was busy at home, and his wife saw that he was so busy, and wondered if there was a distinguished guest to come to the door today.

It wasn't until about eight o'clock in the evening that the doorbell rang that her suspicion was confirmed.

"Captain, please come inside!" Edwin opened the door and warmly beckoned Zhou Chen in. Looking at this young captain who had just foiled a political conspiracy and was in the middle of the fleet at the moment, he couldn't help but feel a burst of emotion in his heart.

Although the coup d'état of Gucona sparked a ship-wide riot, it was not without merit, and it brought at least two relatively positive gains.

Zhou Chen used Gu Connor's personal actions to give a vivid political lesson to the residents of the ship, so that the people's thinking had a fundamental change, and after experiencing the chaos caused by the flood of demands, they sincerely developed a kind of resistance to the street movement and the behavior that might lead to the collapse of order, which tended to social stability and was beneficial to the fleet in the long run.

On the other hand, as the captain of the Earth Fleet, Zhou Chen turned the tide at the last moment, and his strong work perfectly met people's expectations for heroes in times of crisis.

Edwin didn't know how to describe it, but he could only say that the most gained from this coup d'état at Gu Connor might be the captain in front of him.

Zhou Chen entered the house and found that Edwin's living room was meticulously tidy, and even the items for reception had been placed on the dining table, so he turned around and asked with a smile: "Mr. Edwin knew that I would be visiting early in the morning?" ”

Edwin smiled lightly, with a kind of affirmation in his expression: "I judge that it is time for the captain to come to me......"

Zhou Chen nodded, and soon sat down under Edwin's hospitality.

The two drank some wine first, and after a short rest, Zhou Chen raised his goblet and touched Edwin, and suddenly said: "Mr. Edwin, this time you made a very wise choice not to join the coup d'état with Gu Connor." ”

In the face of Zhou Chen's single-handed approach, Edwin's expression remained unchanged, and he nodded slightly: "Yes, I am glad that I made my choice, in fact, from the beginning I was not optimistic that Gu Connor could succeed, his ambition was too big, but the pattern was not enough." ”

Zhou Chen was silent, took a sip of red wine, looked at a table of good dishes, and shook his head with a smile: "You are different from Li Qiang, Li Qiang really doesn't know the reason, and you, if my news is not wrong, Stanley has looked for you before freezing, right?" ”

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from the captain." Edwin readily admitted, "Yes, Mr. Stanley did look for me before, and warned me not to get too close to Gu Connor. ”

Zhou Chen glanced deeply, sighed and said: "Mr. Stanley is also difficult to do, too many of the people who participated in the coup this time are his descendants, and even his nephew is involved, I understand why he didn't report this matter to me." ”

"Captain mean, Thomson?"

"Yes, Thomson is Stanley's nephew, although not many people know about this relationship, but as a high-level of the fleet, you must not know about it, right?"

Edwin nodded truthfully, "I do know. ”

As a member of the advisory group, Stanley had no shame in front of the others, and he did not know what the consequences of this coup would be...... He came to me and veilly warned me not to get too close to Gu Connor, who was now too disappointed to want me to get involved......

Zhou Chen couldn't help laughing when he heard this, but he shook his head gently: "No, there is one thing you may have misunderstood, Stanley is not unaware of the result of the coup, he is actually very clear!" ”

"Huh? What does Captain Zhou mean by this? Edwin asked movingly.

"I mean, Stanley actually knew early on that Gu Connor's coup was doomed!"

Seeing that Edwin was a little surprised, Zhou Chen said leisurely: "Stanley and the other members of the advisory group have seen the robot army, and they know that every ship in the entire Earth Fleet is full of armed robots, do you think he will not know what the result of the coup will be?" ”

Edwin looked shocked and incredulous: "What does the captain mean is that Stanley's choice to go into the freeze is not because I think he felt guilty because he hid the news that his nephew and descendant were about to launch a coup d'état from the top of the fleet, but because he knew that the coup would not succeed, but he did not inform his nephew and descendant, this is where he felt guilty?" ”

Zhou Chen nodded affirmatively: "That's why I said that Stanley is difficult to do, he finally chose the fleet and did not disclose the news to Gu Connor and his nephew, which I admire him more, although he did not tell me the news of the coup d'état, but his choice has actually been on the side of the fleet." ”

There is another point that Zhou Chen did not say, that is, if he failed to stop the coup attempt with armed robots, then Stanley has reason to believe that it may be more appropriate to replace Gu Connor as the leader of the fleet. Although this possibility is very slim, it is still a possibility, and if Gu Connor did succeed in the coup d'état, Stanley would have accepted it.

"I see!"

Edwin's old face showed a hint of abruptness, and then he muttered, "Stanley didn't want me to participate in the coup d'état of Dou Guconnor, not because he didn't agree with their coup, but because he knew from the beginning that it was a coup d'état that was doomed to fail, and he did it...... Just to keep me safe! ”

"Yes, if you were involved in the coup, then Stanley's lineage would be wiped out. At least in his eyes, you are still a person who understands the general situation, and he wants to protect you and protect your future more than Gu Connor and the others, who have no way to turn back. ”

"I see."

Now Edwin understood everything, and the mystery in his heart disappeared at once, he looked at Zhou Chen, and nodded solemnly: "Please rest assured, captain, in the future, I will conscientiously perform the duties of the first convener of the Civil Administration Committee, and I will never let you down, captain!" ”

Zhou Chen smiled softly and said happily: "Then in the future, the Civil Administration Committee will be handed over to you and Li Qiang to be responsible......

The two men then chatted about various events, and when it came to the scene of the coup d'état that day, Edwin admired: "The captain personally entered the conference hall with the armed forces that day, and his courage is really admirable, and the other members must have the same idea in their hearts." ”

Collecting both fame and profit, this transaction is really worth it.

Zhou Chen shook his head lightly, squinted and smiled: "Then do you know why I dared to go into battle in person that day?" You must know that the guns have no eyes, not to mention that there are not a few soldiers on Gu Connor's side. ”

Edwin thought for a moment, then shook his head and couldn't figure it out.

Zhou Chen said with a smile: "The ancient Greek historian Herodotus once said: If God wants to destroy it, he must first make it crazy!" ”

Edwin savored this sentence, and his eyes couldn't help but look at last week's smiling expression.

He said incredulously: "Captain Zhou, could it be ......"

Zhou Chen nodded and gave him an affirmative answer. He said: "Gu Connor is an ambitious person, such a person will expose his ambition if he has the slightest opportunity, but there are too many hidden dangers in the fleet itself, and it really can't withstand too much torment, so this problem must be induced as soon as possible under the condition of control." ”

"Gu Connor's failure is not that he didn't anticipate the existence of 'Level Zero Clearance', but that he failed to trust the people around him too much, do you know who the person I installed next to Gu Connor is?"

Edwin shook his head, and suddenly, a figure appeared in his mind, and asked suspiciously, "Thomson?" ”

"Yes, it's Stanley's nephew, Thomson!"

It was an unexpected answer, Edwin shook his head with a wry smile, and now he finally understood why Gu Connor had finally said that he had been defeated.

Who would have thought that after going around in a circle, the most loyal follower of the coup leader Gu Connor, the core coup member Thomson, who played an important role and played an important role in the coup incident, was actually the captain of the ship, Zhou Chen.

It wasn't just Guconnor who was deceived, but himself, Stanley, and everyone who witnessed the whole process of the coup d'état were kept in the dark.

In this way, it can also explain why Zhou Chen dared to go to the "front line" to confront Gu Connor in person, because Thomson was troubled by it, and one can imagine what kind of attitude the soldiers who rushed into the conference hall in Gu Connor's hands were in their hearts.

At this moment, Edwin found that the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches were behind, and the captain's mind was far deeper than he imagined, and the city government was also deeper. It made him feel a little confused, as if a beggar had suddenly become a millionaire, a good old man, and overnight he had become a majestic arbiter.

Seeing that Edwin was deep in thought, Zhou Chen didn't bother, but said patiently: "The purpose of telling you these things today is to talk openly and honestly with you, you are a person that Stanley values, and at the same time, as the person in charge of the Civil Administration Committee, there are many things that you need to preside over in the future!" ”

"Captain, rest assured, I will do my best to handle the work of the Civil Administration Committee." Edwin understood Zhou Chen's intentions, and felt a lot in his heart, originally he still didn't know how to face the situation of the fleet, but seeing Zhou Chen so frank, he had a bottom in his heart.

"In that case, then it's time for me to take my leave!" With that, Zhou Chen got up and walked outside.

Edwin went to the door, watched his departing back, and stood for a long time.

Since ancient times, the emperor's hegemony has been built on countless white bones, and Gu Connor thought that he would control the entire fleet by obtaining the captain's authority to control the military power committee, but he didn't expect that his real failure was not that he didn't take into account the existence of zero-level authority, nor did he stupidly think that the "statues" in the fleet were really statues, but people's hearts.

From the very beginning, his pattern was too far from Zhou Chen, just like the sentence he sighed when he burst into tears at the end: "Defeat is not unjust!" ”

It's really not wronged!

not only put in all his own capital, but also exposed all the unstable factors in the fleet, so that the captain cleaned up.

This means...... It's quite remarkable.

Edwin suddenly realized that perhaps the fleet needed such a captain to lead the fleet through the universe. (To be continued.) )