Love at Second Sight [Interstellar]

After a long-distance jump, the spacecraft sailed in space for another two days, and finally arrived at the destination, Haitang Star

It is said that when the ancestors of the dealer set foot on the land of the fourth planet in this galaxy, only some algae and low-level plants survived on the planet due to the lack of carbon dioxide. Afterwards, the ecological circle was optimized, and the first flower planted here was crabapple. , hence the name Begonia Galaxy.

However, despite this, the family emblem of the Zhuang family was determined to be a gorgeous tulip. That is another story.

The spaceship landed on the tarmac of the planet's main city, and Zhuang Yan rode a hover car through the streets with lush trees.This is a more leisurely and peaceful planet than other places. The residents live their days in peace. The pace of life is much slower than that of the imperial capital and Fontainebleau. The New Year is approaching. The shops on the street are starting to be decorated, and there is a peaceful New Year atmosphere. .

Zhuang Yan sat by the window of the suspension car and watched, his mood gradually calmed down. All the things that happened in the past few months have settled down, and his hometown is opening its arms to him.

The suspension car drove in the northeast of the main city and started to go uphill. This is a small hill in the city. The buildings around the mountainside are the buildings of various departments that govern the Begonia galaxy. Then they wandered uphill and crossed the dense forest to reach the top of the mountain. The place is a villa.

The hover car was parked under the steps, and the butler was waiting in front of the gate. Zhuang Yan got off the car and walked up the steps. The butler said from above, "Welcome home, Young Master Yan."

"Amber."

Zhuang Yan nodded towards the silver-haired old man who had served them for nearly 30 years.

Amber walked in front of him on the right, and the two entered the main hall of the villa. The maid came to take away Zhuang Yan's coat, brought another cup of black tea, and said with a smile, "Welcome home, young master."

Zhuang Yan sat on the sofa and took the black tea, and said softly, "Thank you."

Amber said: "Master is upstairs in the study, talking to Master Feng. We can have dinner when they come down." Zhuang Feng is Zhuang Ze's younger brother and Zhuang Yan's uncle.

As Amber was talking, he saw Zhuang Ze and Zhuang Feng coming down the stairs. They were still talking while going downstairs. Zhuang Yan stood up, and when he heard them approaching, Zhuang Feng whispered to his father: "I think You should think about it again, especially after what just happened..."

Zhuang Yan said, "Uncle."

Zhuang Feng smiled and said: "Ayan, I'm back." He stepped forward and hugged Zhuang Yan, "You have been safe and sound on this journey, but you have frightened your aunt, go see her tomorrow, so that she can feel at ease .”

Zhuang Yan said: "I will definitely go."

Amber said: "Masters, lunch has been set."

"Oh, thank you, Lao An." Zhuang Feng stretched out his hand to signal the maid to fetch his coat, "There are too many things at the end of the year, so I won't stay for dinner."

Zhuang Feng bid them farewell, telling them not to send him off, and Amber sent him out.

The father and son, who hadn't seen each other for more than half a year, stood in the main hall. Zhuang Ze looked Zhuang Yan up and down, and finally said, "Dinner is ready." Then he walked towards the dining room.

As the New Year approached, Zhuang Yan was delayed on the road for a few days, and Zhuang Han came back the next day.

Zhuang Yan went to visit his aunt, Mrs. Mai Qiu. The petite Mrs. Mai Qiu gave him a hug, rubbed his face with her hand a few times, and said, "It's okay, there is no injury. But you lost weight, baby, Your complexion is not very good either. Is your father putting too much pressure on you? I told your uncle a long time ago, and asked him to persuade your father, why did they ask you to marry too when they got married? "

Zhuang Han said with a smile: "Mom, our Ayan's troubles are not limited to this."

Mrs. Mai Qiu said angrily: "Is this how you see your brother's jokes?" But she was considerate of Zhuang Yan's thoughts and didn't mention Helena's matter.

It was a sunny afternoon, and she arranged for the two brothers to have afternoon tea in the garden.

Zhuang Han said: "I heard from my dad that uncle wants you to join the army?"

Zhuang Yan stopped holding the tea.Zhuang Han said: "You don't know? It must be that uncle hasn't made up his mind yet and hasn't told you yet. In fact, the military department is quite suitable for you. No matter what, it's easier to do things there than outside, and you are still ambiguous with Zhou Yuchen. object..."

Zhuang Yan glared at him, Zhuang Han said with a smile: "What's the matter, they saved you on Star Leon, why don't you think about offering yourself?"

Zhuang Yan directly skipped the topic and said, "He intends to let me go to the imperial capital and let you come back?"

"Yes." Zhuang Han said, "You are now a guide, more suitable than me. Uncle should have thought this way a long time ago, but I didn't expect that something happened on your way back. What happened that day?"

Knowing that they were all concerned about his attack, Zhuang Yan recounted what happened that day.

After Zhuang Han heard this, he let out a long breath and said, "The pirates today are so arrogant? Could it be that the empire has been reduced to the same level as a small principality? If you provoke Zhuang, Zhou, and Langton in one go, what will be behind it?" who?"

Zhuang Yan looked at the clear glass teacup under the sunlight and said, "At present, we can only wait for the investigation results of the Intelligence Bureau."

Zhuang Han said: "The matter is so big, interrogating the prisoners of war overnight, there should be a result by the end of the year at the latest. What's more, who would believe it? A large fleet appears when it says it appears, and disappears when it says it disappears." Disappeared, within the territory of the empire, no defenders could stop it."

Zhuang Yan thought for a while and said, "The pirates of 'Tremendous Wolf' are different from soldiers after all. They wander in the interstellar space. They must know how to cover up their tracks. Maybe they can't attack, so they immediately disperse the troops and escape after disguising. Not at all impossible."

Zhuang Han snorted and said, "It will be smoother if someone cooperates with the inside and outside." He obviously also guessed that there is an inside response, "Then the garrison of Star Leon—"

He and Zhuang Yan looked at each other, obviously both of them felt that the garrison was transferred too coincidentally, Zhuang Yan said: "The garrison was transferred to Red Fox Star at that time."

"I've heard about it." Zhuang Han replied, the two brothers thought about it for a while, and they didn't speak for a while, Zhuang Yan suddenly asked: "Who is the lord of the red fox star?"

Zhuang Han's heart was moved by his question, and he vaguely guessed what he was thinking. Zhuang Han had a lot of friends, so he knew better about this aspect. After thinking about it, he said, "I remember...it was Prince Julian. He and the crown prince are the same Brothers of the same father and mother, the relationship is very good, and the territory is also close to each other."

Prince Julian, Zhuang Yan immediately remembered the young man he saw at the banquet that day. Although he had only met him once, he still had a deep impression on him. The young man, and the black cat on his shoulder, is that his Quantum Beast?

Zhuang Han said: "Why do you think the pirates, or rather, the pirates' employer, attacked and kidnapped you?"

This is another problem, a malicious attack, with a murderer, motive, and means.They had only discussed the means, the murderer and the motive, but had no clue.

"It can't be our enemy." Zhuang Han said first, "If it's just our family, why offend the Zhou family and Langton?"

So what could be related to the Zhou family and the Langton family?

"Hmm..." Zhuang Han tapped his finger on the armrest, "I don't know much about Langton's family, we have very little contact with them, but if we only talk about you and Zhou Yuchen..."

Zhuang Yan paused, and Zhuang Han said: "But this doesn't make much sense. Could it be that just because the two families have the possibility of getting married, they spend so much money and risk being traced by the three big families and the empire?" , must kill you two?"

Zhuang Yan said: "But it can be listed as one of the motives." He looked at Zhuang Han and said, "The issue of domestic war and peace is becoming more and more tense."

This must be why Zhuang Ze wanted Zhuang Yan to enter the army department. Zhuang's main peace faction was already weak, and the army department and the front of the imperial court could no longer be filled with people from the main war faction.

In the past 60 years, the frequency of outbreaks of animal swarms has become higher and higher. For example, the latest swarm of animals was eight years ago, and the last one was 20 years ago, with an interval of only 12 years.In the beginning, the beast tide only broke out once every five to sixty years. Many scholars have proposed the concept of "big beast tide", predicting that the future beast tide is very likely to change from intermittent occurrence to long-term continuous.

The increase in the frequency of beast hordes will lead to the issue of the empire's main war or peace with the federation that must be put on the table and a result discussed.How should it be?Should we negotiate and negotiate with the federation to deal with the alien beasts together?There are extremely complex interests involved.

And if there is a war—if the federation can be conquered and reincorporated into the territory of the empire, then those planets in the federation that are rich in mineral resources will be owned by the empire, and the national power will inevitably increase.

But there are still many problems that follow.Is it inevitable to win a war against the Federation?If they lost, it would be tantamount to losing their wife and losing their troops. If they were defeated and encountered another beast horde, it would turn into a disaster for the country.

Even if it is really a must win.Will the "spoils" after victory be distributed fairly like a child's cake?No, when people face interests, no matter they are high or low, they are just plundering like robbers. For example, the Langton family - the most hard-line war faction at the moment, everyone knows the reason for the main battle. , it will be the biggest beneficiary.

If the big family that draws benefits from the war is too powerful, it will become a behemoth that can threaten the peace of the empire.

Peace is never a slogan. Peace is a balance of power. Everyone is equal in strength and restrains each other, so peace can naturally be maintained.Once one of them is unscrupulous, the balance is broken, violence and inequality follow, and the contradictions continue to accumulate and finally explode again.

Does the Langton family want to break the balance?Anyone with a discerning eye can now see that without this ambition, Marshal Langton would not have married his younger sister, who was less than 30 years old, to the emperor who was already dying.

When Zhuang Yan came back from his uncle's house, Amber said, "Master, the master wants you to meet him in the study directly after you come back."

Zhuang Yan was handing the overcoat to the maid. Hearing this, he nodded and went upstairs.

Zhuang Ze was processing official documents in the study room. Zhuang Yan walked into the study room. Zhuang Ze was wearing glasses and writing comments on a document. After finishing writing, he raised his head to look at Zhuang Yan, pointed to the official documents on the table and said: " It stands to reason that you should do these things."

Zhuang Yan stepped forward, picked up an official document and looked at it, Zhuang Ze said: "But while I'm still struggling, you can take care of these trivial matters a few years later."

Zhuang Yan paused, guessing what Zhuang Ze was going to say next.

"You go to the army department." Zhuang Ze took the official document from him and put it in front of him, "Your uncle is worried that something will happen to you if you leave here, but my son, Zhuang Ze, if something happens, just let him go." Be a coward. You sit down."

Zhuang Yan sat down on the armchair beside the desk, and continued to listen to him: "People in the military department only recognize military merits, and they are all militants who love to make great achievements. We are the main peace faction. Where you went, you were alone and alone. It’s not enough to rely on you alone. It’s good for you and harmless to have a good relationship with the Zhou family.”

Zhuang Yan twitched the corners of his mouth and said sarcastically, "So you still plan to sell me to the Zhou family?"

Zhuang Yan looked at him and said, "Zhuang Yan, I didn't call you here to quarrel with you."

Zhuang Yan said: "Into the Army Department, I can do as you say to get in touch with the Zhou family, but marriage is not acceptable." He knew that based on his current situation and the needs of the family, the Army Department is indeed the best choice.

The empire has a very special organization of guides. The reason is that the guides themselves are special. Their physical fitness is much worse than that of the sentries, but their spiritual influence on the sentries is great. Therefore, the empire's policy on guides is very tough. In addition, give freedom.

After awakening, all guides must receive corresponding guide education. A guide must serve the army for life—but this lifetime does not trap the guide in the army. In addition to regular training and war needs, guides can also choose Instead of staying in the army, go to other voluntary occupations, but the pay will be better if you stay in the army.

There is also the guide's intention to choose a spouse. Although the number of guides is rare, the empire has to give guides complete freedom in this regard-guides can be single for a lifetime, or they can marry ordinary people.

In the beginning, the Empire used to force sentries and guides to marry according to the best matching degree of the system, but the effect was not good. Guides who were resistant to marriage, whether intentional or unintentional, would exert a negative impact on the spirit of their sentries. In this example, a pair of sentinel guides with a matching degree of more than 80.00% did not have a combination fever for several years after the combination.

Combination fever-in fact, it is the erotic part of the relationship between the sentinel and the guide, often based on spiritual integration, and it is more difficult to suppress than ordinary people.

Zhuang Ze said: "The matter of the marriage can be postponed until later....Don't ask me to promise you now, Zhuang Yan, when it comes to the critical moment, is there anything we can't do for the sake of the family and Star Haitang?"

Zhuang Yan was silent for a moment, then said: "Then I have one more request. ——I'm going to the Principality of Andorra. You can't stop me."

"Are you talking about conditions with me?" Zhuang Ze stared.

Zhuang Yan said expressionlessly, "You have no right to interfere with my personal freedom."

The father and son confronted each other for a moment, Zhuang Yan glared at him, took out an official document and pressed it on the table: "Get out."

Zhuang Yan knew that this meant that he was stepping back. He glanced at his mother's painting hanging on the wall of the study room, got up and went out.