Counterattack [Interstellar]

After lunch, Pei Yao offered to go to school. Allen was helpless: "Major General, I only proposed to you in the morning. Even if you are not excited now, you should at least look a little bit more excited than usual."

Pei Yao's eyes were bright, he lowered his head and smiled when he heard the words, and said softly: "I'm actually very excited."

"Really?" Allen held Pei Yao's waist and lowered his head to look for his lips, and whispered softly, "Why can't I feel it."

"It's true." Pei Yao pushed Alan away a little bit and smiled, "But it's working time now. You can rest for a while, and you will go to Bradman Prison tomorrow? You need to nurture your energy now. ."

Allen pursed his lip and said, "Okay, you go first. I'll contact Admiral Barker to confirm the next time, and I will find you later."

Pei Yao nodded, took the photon gun on the table and put it on his waist and walked out. After pushing open the bedroom door, Pei Yao couldn't help turning his head and looking at Ellen again, then smiled and went out.

Allen smiled and watched Pei Yao go out. After it was determined that Pei Yao left the apartment, he returned to the bedroom and connected to Balk's communication.

Bark was in a meeting, and after a while he called back. In the holographic image, Admiral Bark had a solemn expression and whispered, "How is it?"

"I'm fine." Allen gently fiddled with Pei Yao's cigarette case and whispered, "Grandfather, I thought a lot last night. Regarding Benjamin's confession, I think..."

"You can't believe everything he said!" Bark shook his head. "Ellen, you disappoint me so much. You will completely believe what a star thief said. I don't know if you are too confident or naive to yourself. , Ellen... you really disappoint me very much, you..."

"What are you worried about?" Allen interrupted Barker calmly, and asked in a deep voice, "Or, what are you afraid of?"

Bark turned around and rubbed his eyebrows, looked at the camera again, and took a deep breath: "Ellen, I know you believe in miracles and legends at an age. I am almost two hundred years older than you. , I have been in the army since your great-grandfather was in power, and the battles I experienced can be written directly as a modern chronicle of the Norman Empire!"

"What I know is what I can see with my eyes. I can use my experience in the army for nearly two hundred years to assure you that the kind of situation you think is impossible." Bark categorically said, "I don't know For what purpose Benjamin wants to tell you something, to be honest, I have begun to suspect that this is a trap in itself. Someone wants to be unfavorable to the empire and deliberately wants to dig out those things back then!"

Compared to Bark’s rare irritability, Alan was calmer. He said lightly: "Admiral, I have never told you what I suspect, why are you so anxious? What do you think of?"

Barker was speechless, and waved his hand irritably, "I didn't expect anything!"

"You dare not say it, it's okay, for me."

Allen put Pei Yao's silver cigarette case back on the table. Allen's oil painting on the cigarette case faces the afternoon sun, which looks exceptionally delicate.

Alan folded his hands on his knees, watching Bark slowly said: "You and I both suspect that the ‘boss’ that Benjamin said is actually Pei Xuan."

For no reason, after Allen said the name, the tension between the two suddenly disappeared, and Bark in the holographic image sat on the sofa, speechless for a long time.

"Since you also thought of him, it means that my inference is not unfounded. It is not a good habit to avoid doctors. We don't have to quarrel on meaningless things. It is rational to face it calmly and actively respond. You are better than you. I know, I won't go into details." Allen thought for a while and whispered, "Now I need to ask you a few questions, and I hope you can be honest with me."

Barker was slightly tired and nodded.

Allen said: "Did you find the bodies of everyone in the expeditionary army?"

Balk shook his head.

Allen said with a "hmm" and asked, "How did you determine that they must all be killed?"

"The encirclement and suppression lasted for several months. At first, Pei Xuan sent a distress signal to the headquarters, but it didn't happen after that... We thought that their communication system was attacked." Admiral Barker was obviously unwilling to recall that. For a while, he said succinctly, "Laistin evacuated the army there in batches afterwards. We waited for a long time, and then sent someone to inquire, but... we didn't find anything."

Allen nodded: "That is to say, it is not certain that Pei Xuan is really dead."

"Allen, in those days, this situation basically determined that they were martyrs." Bark sighed, "And you also know the situation at that time. Aston was ashamed and didn't follow the formal procedures at all. Rescue and search and rescue the expeditionary army, that kind of situation...no one would doubt anything."

Allen was silent for a long while and whispered: "If it is really him, then a lot of things will make sense... By the way, I forgot to tell you, I sent someone to check last night, during the ten years when Pei Yao served Anthony. Anthony has also encountered a similar incident, but Anthony has many frigates, and their people were discovered before they approached. Anthony’s people only stopped the nearest small starship, and a suicide occurred inside the small starship. The **** exploded and everyone died. The autopsy report at the time showed... that they were all star thief."

"Similar modus operandi, very detailed layout." Allen analyzed, "Every time it dies, it is a star thief. People tend to think of the accident as a general kidnapping and robbery. They have no fixed place, homeless and jobless. Even if their identities are confirmed, it is impossible to find out who they are employed by."

Allen looked at Barker: "One more thing, these star thiefs were hired before the action. The star thiefs have never seen the boss, and they don’t know anything about his past. Benjamin is a good example... The "private soldiers" of his boss that he said were probably the members of the expeditionary army and their descendants. Yes, they used to be imperial officers, their fingerprints, iris... all of them are evidence, which can prove that Pei Xuan was not dead in the first place."

"Everyone thinks that someone attacked me on the Pearl, and then someone tried to attack His Royal Highness... Pei Xuan hit his son with a good smoke bomb. No one would have thought of how many accidents they would end up with. The purpose is actually Pei Yao." Allen said softly, "Should I feel lucky? He didn't succeed."

Bark hesitated: "Will you... tell Pei Yao?"

Allen shook his head: "No, not for the time being."

"At least I'm not going to tell him before we get married." Allen smiled suddenly, "Forgot to tell you that I proposed to Pei Yao yesterday. Fortunately, he agreed to me."

Bark was stunned and said, "You! You want to establish a final mark before Pei Yao knows the inside story! How did you promise me before? You said you have to wait..."

"I said, but the current situation makes me unable to wait any longer." Allen said frankly, "The situation is different. I just had to hide Pei Yao before. Even if the secret is revealed one day, I can still do it. Pretending to be ignorant, showing pain first, gave Pei Yao the illusion that I was also a victim, but it is different now. I don’t know when Pei Xuan will appear in front of Pei Yao in the future, and I’m not completely sure that I can fight against Pei Yao. After Pei Yao's long absence to his parents... You know very well that Pei Xuan is different from before. He has already been murderous towards me. The recent public relations between me and Pei Yao may have stimulated him even more. "

Allen lowered his head and smiled: "Once he has a chance to contact Pei Yao, he will definitely persuade Pei Yao to break up with me... But after the bond is established, it is different. He just doesn’t want to and can only accept it. No one wants to let himself. The son goes to endure the pain of losing the guide."

Bark looked down, and said for a while: "In fact, there is another way to do it once and for all..."

"Admiral." A cold color flashed in Allen's eyes, "Please don't betray the trust and respect I have always placed on you. You are my family, and so is Pei Xuan. Please don't do anything that embarrass me."

Bark raised his eyes: "His Royal Highness, in fact, I understand in my heart that you are actually faintly looking forward to what Pei Xuan will do. Even if it will bring a huge blow to the empire, you don't care, do you?"

Allen is noncommittal: "I can't control your thoughts, but my position is very clear. Regarding Pei Xuan's matter, I will passively accept it, as long as it does not violate my bottom line, for example, if he wants me to break up with Pei Yao, He wants me to kill you... As long as these situations do not arise, I will not interfere too much in his affairs. I hope and need your position to be consistent with me on this point."

Bark had already determined at this moment that Allen wanted to kill someone with a knife.

Bark bowed his head, shook his head helplessly, gentle and kind like Marianne, he would actually give birth to such a son...No matter what the situation arises, even if it is harmful to him, Alan can get some benefits from plucking hair, Barr Ke was silent for a while, shook his head and said: "Sorry, I can't promise you. The interests of the empire are always the first in my heart, and you are the second."

"Then at least don't get in the way." Allen suddenly smiled softly, "Grandpa, I never wanted to hurt you, don't make me embarrassed, okay?"

Allen sighed softly: "This sin was committed by Alston. He was supposed to be responsible for his actions, didn't he? You were angry when you knew that the expeditionary army was martyred, do you remember? ?"

Barker struggled for a while, and suddenly said cruelly: "From yesterday to now, I don't know what happened!" Barker hung up the communication, Allen lowered his head and smiled.