Walk alone in the abyss

Is the old emperor okay to scare people?

Yang Ming rushed to the palace module, found the building where the old emperor was at the moment, couldn't help giving a thumbs up, and said 'know how to play'.

This hall is decorated in the style of a nightclub. It is a popular entertainment place in the Emperor Star Circle. It has a dance floor, booths, and boxes. You can see hot-dressed beauties dancing to the music everywhere.

When Yang Ming came, the old emperor was sitting at the bar, smiling and watching the 'bartender' in front of him playing with wine bottles.

There were several middle-aged men sitting on the left and right, who seemed to be talking to the emperor, and the emperor nodded slightly.

It looked messy here, but the emperor's personal maids changed into waiter's clothes, faintly forming three or four security circles.

Yang Ming stood by the dance floor and waited for a while.

The eyes indicate that they are moist now.

‘Made, the emperor of the empire can play like this for a hundred years. '

Yang Ming felt a little angry when he thought about it.

"Mr. Phantom," the maid called softly, "Your Majesty, please go over."

"Well," Yang Ming looked away, walked slowly behind the old emperor, bowed slightly and saluted, "Your Majesty, you are looking for me."

"Come," the old emperor greeted.

Yang Ming's heart was somewhat uncertain, and he still sat beside the emperor with a calm demeanor, while the old emperor raised his hand to hold his shoulder.

The old emperor smiled and said, "Tomorrow, the internal election of the Presbyterian Council has been arranged?"

"It has been arranged," Yang Ming said, "I will take the special case team from the public security station to wait outside. If the result is different from what you expected, then correct the result."

"Great," the old emperor clicked his tongue, raised his wine glass to the side, "it's just a few of them, remember their faces, don't make a mistake tomorrow."

Yang Ming glanced left and right, and took note of the faces of these young elders in the presbytery.

Yang Ming asked: "Your Majesty, wouldn't it be more convenient for you to directly issue orders to the elders' house?"

"This is the rule of the game," the old emperor said with a smile, "You don't quite understand the role of the House of Elders, it is the embodiment of the will of the noble class, and it is also a restrictive force on me. I can order them, and they can also pass the Imperial Noble Code , refusing my direct orders."

Yang Ming nodded slightly.

The old emperor sighed softly: "Do you think that the emperor can cover the sky with one hand and do whatever he wants? When the empire was first established, it was true that my ancestor Levi Sherman had all the powers of life and death, but he did it in his later years This decision is to dismember this imperial power, he said, only in this way can this political system exist for a long time."

Yang Ming couldn't figure out the old emperor's attitude towards the founding emperor, so he didn't exaggerate at this time, he could only say, "Perhaps there is some truth to it."

"He is extremely wise, and because of his decision, the Sherman family has dominated the galaxy for tens of thousands of years."

The old emperor clicked his tongue softly:

"I recently studied the thirteen ancestors who were called tyrants in the history of our family, and found that...their actions were similar to mine, intimidating the nobles and meddling in the legislative seats of the Council of Elders.

"Even now, I don't have to think too much about what I should do next, just read the history books, it's enough to make a plan.

"The thirteen ancestors all completed the centralization of power during their lifetime, but after their death, they were restored to the ancient system by the aristocracy, because the newly enthroned emperor has insufficient deterrent power, and they will even manipulate the candidate for the new emperor."

Yang Ming couldn't understand what the old emperor wanted to say.

Could it be that after drinking some wine, I began to sigh with emotion about life.

The old emperor changed the subject: "So, Hanton, don't worry about this country. I can make troubles at will. When I die, everything will be corrected. The system established by the ancestor Levi has a perfect error correction feedback mechanism. Tomorrow Let go of your hands and feet, and let those old men feel the power of the white ghost."

"I see."

Yang Ming nodded, took the crystal glass given by the bartender, looked at the little drink at the bottom of the glass, and couldn't help cursing stingy in his heart.

The old emperor didn't talk much about politics, and soon went to the dance floor to rub around.

One thing to say, the old emperor's dancing posture is no different from that of a baboon rubbing against a tree.

There were beautiful girls trying to strike up a conversation with Yang Ming, but Yang Ming refused with a smile, and did not strike up a conversation with the emperor's private property.

Those young elders were soon dragged into the dance floor by the girls, and the scene gradually began to develop in a direction that the TV station would not allow.

Just as Yang Ming was pondering whether he should violate his principle of "being single-minded in love", an emperor's personal maid who was in charge of ordering came to Yang Ming's side on high heels, and said softly, "Aren't you going to relax with His Majesty?" ?”

"No," Yang Ming smiled, "My girlfriend is still waiting for me in the dormitory."

"Girlfriend?" The maid smiled, "As far as the current situation is concerned, your girlfriend can also understand your working environment."

"It has nothing to do with her understanding or not," Yang Ming asked, "Does Your Majesty have any instructions?"

"No, I'm just curious, so come here and ask," the maid pointed to the sofa in the corner.

Yang Ming looked along her fingertips, and saw two young girls with delicate faces and good figures. They were wearing backless dresses, their eyes were reddened and they were a little absent-minded.

The maid said: "The two of them are gifts from His Majesty tonight. They are the granddaughter and grandniece of Prince Vinos. They are of royal blood. It is rare that one of them is still in love. If you want to gain His Majesty's complete trust, you can bring her They go to the next box, and they won't resist."

Yang Ming: ...

The maid smiled and said, "Your girlfriend should be able to understand your difficulties, Mr. Ghost."

"Is this an order from His Majesty?"

"no."

"Forget it," Yang Ming pouted slightly, "I have always kept a respectful distance from noble girls, and I also don't like girls who have had sex with me, and I will degenerate myself in the future."

The maid nodded in understanding, bowed slightly to Yang Ming, and then walked away.

Yang Ming thought about it, then got up and went to the dance floor.

Although it's a little uncomfortable to be taken advantage of by these girls, it's better than getting too stiff with the old emperor.

It was already midnight when Yang Ming left the palace.

In the upward elevator, he saw the familiar elevator lady again, and after taking a seat on the sofa, he raised his hand to beckon.

The girl was a little nervous, afraid that Yang Ming, who smelled of alcohol all over her body, would do something outrageous to her. Many of her colleagues were molested by those noble lords, and some were even taken back to the noble manor.

Although the imperial hero in front of me is very handsome and has a great figure, but, but...it's not impossible...

"You, hello."

"Don't be nervous," Yang Ming smiled, "give me your communicator."

The girl didn't know why, so she quickly handed over her communicator, and inexplicably began to fantasize about some domineering plots like [This is my contact information].

Snapped!

The communicator was crushed by Yang Ming, and the fragments flew into the self-priming trash can beside it.

Yang Ming took out two banknotes from his cuff, threw them into the girl's hands, and said calmly: "From now on, don't take pictures around the palace, go back and stand."

The girl's body trembled slightly, her pretty face was bloodless, she nodded quickly, turned around and walked back to the elevator door, her breathing was a little uneven.

...

The building complex of the Elder's House occupies the entire module area in the east-central position on the first floor of Emperor Star.

There are three main buildings here - the aristocratic assembly center similar to the ancient Roman arena on earth, the legislative court in the shape of an ancient temple, and the Privy Council of the elders where the elders discuss their affairs on weekdays.

The various departments that maintain the normal operation of the empire, such as national defense, foreign affairs, education, industry, information, justice, finance, civil affairs, resources, etc., are directly connected with the Privy Council, and important matters are reported to His Majesty the Emperor by the Council of Elders.

The House of Elders presides over government affairs, and the Imperial Army controls military power. The two report directly to the emperor, and there is mutual restraint.

In this case, the emperor did have plenty of entertainment time.

Emperor Star time, ten o'clock in the morning.

In front of the huge stone pillars of the Legislative Court, the elders who participated in today's internal election meeting, as well as the nobles who came to observe, were slowly walking through the security gate.

A row of suspended police cars appeared on the edge of the square in front of the court. The doors of the cars were pushed open, and hundreds of members of the Prince Murder Task Force in police uniforms rushed towards the Legislative Court.

Yang Ming was the last to get out of the car, raised his hand to straighten his collar, and glanced across various areas.

As expected, a group of guards appeared in front of the legislative chamber and stopped the task force.

Just as Yang Ming was about to arrive at the door, a middle-aged woman wearing a loose white robe but still able to see that she had a wealthy heart hurried over on high heels.

"Viscount Handon!"

"Huh? We know each other?"

"The Great Elder wants to chat with you," the woman said softly, "I'm right next to you, so I'll waste a few minutes of your time."

Yang Ming thought for a while, then nodded in response.

He signaled the members of the task force to wait outside, followed the woman and walked horizontally for more than a hundred meters, and entered the building of the Legislative Court through the small door on the side.

The woman's claim that she only delayed him for a few minutes was obviously a lie.

It took them nearly ten minutes to turn left and right, get up and down the elevator, and reach the Great Elder's lounge!

The woman knocked on the door lightly, and after receiving a response, she pushed the stone door with an unknown age, and said softly, "Please."

"Well, thank you."

Yang Ming opened the door and glanced at the interior layout. Although he could tell at a glance that there were many secret doors here, and there were relatively high bioenergetic reactions behind those hidden doors, Yang Ming didn't pay much attention and stepped inside.

The stone gate was closed by the guards outside.

The Great Elder was sitting on the sofa, puffing out the clouds, and beside him was a woman kneeling there, pinching the Great Elder's calf, relaxing the tendons and activating the blood.

"Viscount Hunton, sit down."

"No need." Yang Ming glanced at the hourglass clock hanging on the wall, "The election meeting will start soon. If the Great Elder wants to ask me for something, why not just say it clearly."

The Great Elder sucked something similar to hookah, and didn't look at Yang Ming, but said: "The Elder's House treats you well, Hanton."

"Of course, I'm still a member of the super reformer organization."

"Do you know what you are doing?" the Great Elder asked with a frown.

Yang Ming did not answer.

The Great Elder said slowly: "Only when the powerful dragon is tied into the cave, can this land enjoy peace. Before the land is threatened, any act of waking up the dragon or untying the dragon is a violation of the power of the great dragon." The betrayal of countless lives on earth.”

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Grand Elder, can you stop using metaphors?"

The Great Elder almost choked on the smoke, raised his head and stared at Yang Ming.

"Hunton, you clearly know what you are doing now and how harmful it will be."

"The harm means that the interests of the Elder's House are damaged, or does it mean that the freedom of the great nobles is restricted?"

Yang Ming calmly said with a smile:

"I actually know that today's action will definitely not be smooth, and I can probably guess that the Elder's House is preparing to start a counterattack.

"But Great Elder, I have no objection to the House of Elders itself, I just follow His Majesty's order to thoroughly investigate the murder of Prince Vinos.

"I can remind you that the murderer may be hiding in this building right now."

The Great Elder's gaze was a bit threatening.

Yang Ming left with a smile, turned around and was about to leave.

"Viscount Hanton," the elder said again, "If you insist on thinking so, I can also tell you that the murderer is not in this building."

"Thank you, Great Elder, for reminding me."

Yang Ming turned around and made a military salute, then left with strides.

It was almost Yang Ming who had just left.

A guard at the door raised his hand and rubbed his neck, and the chip mounted under the skin behind his ear shone slightly;

In the corner of the room, the beautiful woman who brought Yang Ming over folded her arms and gently touched her elbow.

Next to the Great Elder's lounge is the venue for today's internal election, and Yang Ming didn't bother to go around this big circle.

He went straight into the venue, walked from the rostrum to the auditorium in front of a group of old men and women, sat in the last row of the auditorium, crossed his legs, and lowered his head to read the Emperor Star message.

The members of the special case team were still blocked outside the door, and only waited for Yang Ming's order to rush in to arrest them.

The venue was quickly filled, and Yang Ming soon noticed a trace of abnormality.

Last night in the palace, the young elders who were received by the old emperor in the evening show seemed to be missing one. There were twelve candidates for seats, and eleven were seated at this time.

There was an honorary earl called 'Ent' who was late.

Emperor Star time, at 10:30 in the morning, the entrances and exits of the venue were closed, and the audience was asked to remain solemn. The boring voting ceremony officially began under the auspices of the Great Elder.

The Great Elder's expression was very calm;

The bad premonition in Yang Ming's heart became stronger and stronger.

Yang Ming used his network access terminal to issue an order for the surface public security station to be on full alert, and piercing sirens sounded on the streets of major cities on the surface.

What does the House of Elders want to do?

Time passed by, the progress of the election was progressing smoothly, and soon began to enter the vote-calling session.

When the number of votes for the candidate selected by the first emperor appeared, the last trace of smile on Yang Ming's face faded away quietly, and the young elder whose name had been read also showed astonishment.

Eighteen votes, less than one-twentieth of the total votes.

The circular meeting place fell into a deadly silence, and the noble elders kept silent in their respective positions.

The votes of the twelve people were released one after another, and the three elders originally appointed by the elders' house won by an absolute advantage, and officially entered the legislative court.

The corner of Yang Ming's mouth twitched slightly, he stood up slowly, picked up the communicator, and said in a low voice:

"Teams."

Outside the Legislative Court, hundreds of police officers from the task force immediately cheered up.

Thousands of members of the security station who came to support from the rear were already nervously holding the laser guns.

Inside the Legislative Court.

Hum, buzz!

Yang Ming's communicator suddenly vibrated continuously.

As soon as Yang Ming connected, he heard an old police officer shouting:

"Another case! The murder method is exactly the same as that of Prince Vinos. More than a dozen guards were unconscious, and the deceased died in his bedroom. The makeup and clothes of the deceased were the same as those of Prince Vinos! He was also dressed Skirt! That gang is still committing crimes!"

Yang Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately asked, "Who is the deceased?"

"Earl Ent, the elder of the presbytery!"

Yang Ming raised his head and looked towards the center of the venue, where the Great Elder was watching him with a smile.

This is the counterattack of the House of Elders.

"Viscount Handon," a senior elder asked in a gentle voice. His voice was clearly transmitted to all corners of the Legislative Court through the loudspeaker device, "You suddenly stood up, do you have any objections to the current election results?"

Yang Ming was silent.

"There is an opinion to express, and every nobleman can speak freely in the elders' house. This is the free speech court open to the imperial nobles."

Several elders showed gentle smiles.

"Ah, I have no objection, it's just that my butt is itchy, stand up and move around."

Yang Ming closed the communicator.

The elders looked a little more contemptuous.

Yang Ming adjusted the intercom channel calmly, and his voice spread throughout the Legislative Court through the fixed-point amplifying equipment in the space:

"The teams entered the Legislative Court and took away the previously locked suspects. If someone obstructed the handling of the case, they would be taken back and locked up for a few days according to the obstruction of the handling of the case."

After saying that, Yang Ming took out the Emperor Star badge from his pocket and put it on his chest.

There were dense footsteps in the rear, and young people in the uniform of the public security station poured into the Legislative Court, heading straight for the three newly elected elders.

The faces of those elders in the inner circle turned green with anger.