Chapter 146 Father's Good Son

Ford's sudden appearance made the atmosphere at the scene fall into silence, and the words he said made it difficult for everyone to understand.

How is this related to Fu Zongchen’s death?

Ren Cangsong reacted and asked, "Is Fude reselling arms? Does His Highness Fude have any evidence?"

"Of course!" Ford took out the smart terminal, pinched out a virtual screen, and then expanded it casually to form a four-sided split screen.

On each screen were pictures of shipments, including the most important one. He enlarged it, but it was blurry. He could only make out that a large number of abnormal gray-white missiles seemed to be piled up in a base somewhere.

The other personnel in the picture are wearing combat uniforms with flame logos on them.

"T-C22 hypersonic missiles?" Ren Cangsong exclaimed in surprise. "A year ago, an arms order from the Stania civilization included 125 T-C22 missiles. However, they were hijacked by interstellar pirates during transportation. We investigated for a long time but still found no clues."

"Later, during an attack by the Torch Organization, missile debris was discovered, and the Itlan civilization even questioned us."

"That's right. After investigation, Fu Zongchen learned that the transport spacecraft that was supposed to be shipped to Stania was originally empty. The weapons inside had long been resold to Torch by Sun Jingan and his internal personnel." Ford said coldly.

"This matter involves Xingchuang Company. Fu Zongchen secretly reported it to my father, and my father gave him secret instructions to investigate carefully."

"But I didn't expect that just after I started investigating, Fu Zongchen was assassinated."

Sang's expression was slightly shocked. There was actually such a secret. Why didn't the prince tell him when he came?

Or...

Duke Bai Ye felt an indescribable sense of strangeness in his heart. Why was it that every time there was trouble involving Li Ming, there was always a reasonable explanation in the end?

Ren Cangsong's expression was solemn. "It's a pity that there is such a secret. Fu Zongchen."

But he wondered, "But why kill Sun Jing'an..."

"Actually, I obtained the relevant evidence a long time ago, but soon after arriving at Jingnan Star, I encountered the Caroline incident, and it has been delayed until now." Ford then looked at Li Ming, his anger still lingering, his face grim. "Later, Li Ming told me that Sun Jingan took the initiative to ask to visit him."

"I will give the order to use this opportunity to capture him. If he resists, he can be killed on the spot."

"His Highness Ford's story is quite good," Duke Bai Ye said calmly. "However, he is, after all, the regional director of Xingchuang Company. Killing him based on only one side of the story is a bit too decisive."

"Besides, he came with a gene suppressor and had no power to resist. Why must he be killed?"

"Whether it is to punish the criminal or to silence him is still unknown." Duke Bai Ye hinted at something. After being scolded by Ford in person last time, his attitude towards Ford became much colder.

"Bai Ye, what do you mean by that?" Sang Ge immediately scolded: "You'd better explain clearly what murder means to silence someone."

Sangge knew that Fu Zongchen was selling arms, and that this was also at the instruction of Prince Baijan.

If any arms really fall into the hands of the Torch Organization, Prince Baijan will definitely want to get rid of this trouble.

The possibility of "killing to silence the witness" is more likely. When His Highness Ford learned that arms had fallen into the hands of Torch, in order to avoid damaging the reputation of Prince Baijan, he took the initiative and then turned Fu Zongchen into an undercover agent.

Even if there is other evidence afterwards, there is still room for debate.

His Highness Ford has grown up... he felt emotional.

Duke Bai Ye ignored Sang Ge and instead sneered at Li Ming: "He told you to do it, and you did it? Xingchuang Company can't do anything to him, so can't they do anything to you?"

Sanger quickly said, "We also need to question Star Creation Company and ask why they sold arms to the Torch Organization. Especially the local Star Creation Company branch, which may hold more secrets."

Li Ming looked at him in surprise. Why did this Itlan man suddenly speak for him?

The other party gave him a kind smile. Sang was certain that Li Ming had completely surrendered to His Highness Ford.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to kill Sun Jingan for His Highness Ford.

He was not sure about this matter at first and asked His Highness Ford many times, but His Highness Ford always had a constipated expression and did not respond directly.

Wu Yanqing's student, with potential at level 16, has become the prince's lover. If this news gets back to the royal family, it will probably cause a stir.

Ren Cangsong also vaguely felt that something was wrong, but Ford had already jumped out to endorse it, so he could only say, "I'll send someone to investigate."

He acted decisively and walked out as soon as he finished speaking.

The scene was temporarily blocked off, and Duke Bai Ye left in disappointment without seeing the excitement.

"Your Highness Ford, the prince will be proud of you." Sanger said to Ford with relief.

However, what he didn't understand was that Ford's face showed that familiar constipated expression again, as if he was feeling very uncomfortable.

"I understand. You go first. Li Ming and I have something to talk about." He spoke with a heavy nasal voice.

Sanger had an expression of "I understand" and turned around to pat Li Ming's shoulder. "Your Highness will not treat you unfairly."

Ford's face suddenly became darker. After Sanger left, the two came to Li Ming's room. Ford, who had been holding it in all the way, was about to start yelling on the spot, but was stopped by Li Ming.

"Wait..." He frowned slightly, walked straight to the wall, and picked off a piece of metal wall plate. In the concrete wall behind it, a groove had been dug out at some point, and a piece of monitoring equipment was placed in it.

"When? Who released it?" Ford's face changed slightly.

"It was just released not long ago." Li Ming remembered that it hadn't been released yesterday. He turned on the smart terminal and called up the video, but it was pitch black.

"The security system here has been connected to the temporary command center. Someone has erased this video."

Li Ming thought for a moment and took Ford to the studio next door.

The things have been moved out and there is no surveillance equipment here.

"What do you want to say?" Li Ming asked.

Ford didn't react for a moment, still thinking about the origin of the monitoring equipment. At this moment, he nodded suddenly, and then became furious, suppressing his voice:

"If you want to do something in the future, can you please let me know in advance, instead of waiting until it happens before telling me!"

"Things are changing too fast." Li Ming shrugged. "Besides, why are you so anxious? Your father is also involved. If this matter gets out, it will be a big trouble."

"I helped you solve the problem, and you still don't thank me."

"Thank you?" Ford sneered, as if he had heard a joke.

Just as he was about to speak, his smart terminal began to vibrate slightly. He looked down and his expression changed slightly.

"Your dad?" Li Ming turned on the [Smart Assistance] and knew it even without going to see.

Ford felt even more depressed. Could he guess this?

"Don't you want to answer it?" Li Ming urged.

Ford said nothing, walked to the corner, glanced at Li Ming, and chose to answer: "Father..."

"I already know the situation. You did a good job. Keeping Sun Jingan alive is a hidden danger." His voice was low and straight to the point without any greetings.

Ford's expression changed, and he forced a smile and said, "I just did what I should do."

"Before, I thought you were not smart enough and not decisive enough. I wanted to use Fu Zongchen's incident to train you, but I didn't expect you to accomplish it so well." Prince Baijian said with emotion:

"I was wrong. I shouldn't have restrained you in the past."

Ford: "..."

Although it is a compliment, why does it feel so awkward?

I glanced over and saw Li Ming's mouth grinning, but I didn't know what he was laughing at.

"Why don't you speak?" asked Prince Baijan.

"It's okay, I'm just thinking. You said..." Ford responded. Prince Baijan didn't care and said, "I heard from Sangge that you have recaptured Li Ming?"

"I..." Ford hesitated, glanced at Li Ming cautiously, suppressed his shame, and whispered, "I guess so."

“Hahaha…” Prince Baijan suddenly laughed out loud. “If Princess Asmara knew this, I wonder what a wonderful expression she would have.”

"Wu Yanqing's student was already labeled Princess Asmara, but you snatched her away. Fine, fine."

Ford didn't know what to say anymore, and was a little terrified. "Princess Asma won't be angry, right?"

He did not win back Li Ming, but was instead threatened by Li Ming. If Princess Asmara held a grudge against him again, it would be a great loss.

"Don't worry, you're a junior after all. She won't do anything to you. She has her dignity." Prince Baijan didn't care and mentioned another matter, "About Wu Yanqing's laboratory..."

Ford's heart moved slightly, and he said, "Father, you may have been deceived by Princess Asmara. Wu Yanqing's laboratory does not have any fusion sublimation particle data at all."

"I was there when the torch was being searched. Princess Asmara was using Wu Yanqing as bait to draw fire."

"Bait..." Prince Baijian paused, his tone slightly melancholic. "Because of Wu Yanqing, the royal family still had a glimmer of hope. They didn't want to break off relations with her, so they delayed it for several years."

"Look at it this way... I get it, you're doing great, I get it."

After ending the communication, Ford breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was forced to cooperate with Li Ming, at least he did some practical work.

He calmed down and turned around to see Li Ming's meaningful smile. "How's it? It feels good to be praised by dad."

Fuck, Ford's mood, which had just been adjusted, almost collapsed again. He glanced at him coldly and left.

Although the news of Sun Jing'an's death was temporarily blocked, the truth could not be hidden after all. Sun Jing'an's assistant made a fuss at the door, which attracted a lot of people's attention.

That night, many people called to ask what had happened.

“Dead!?”

Facing Qi Xing's question, Li Ming didn't hide anything and nodded:

"He's secretly involved in arms trafficking and is related to the torch. Is your family involved? If so, get rid of it quickly."

"Of course not." Qi Xing's voice was hoarse as he hurriedly ended the call.

Huang Jianzhong also called to inquire, but Li Ming was too lazy to pay attention to him and just gave a perfunctory answer.

The next day, this incident caused even greater turmoil. Ren Cangsong brought people to blockade the entire Xingchuang Company branch. Since he had Ford's endorsement, the bigger his move, the better.

However, to Li Ming's surprise, he actually found Da Lei during the investigation.

Three days later, everyone gathered in the conference room, including Li Ming and Ford.

Ren Cangsong had a grim expression on his face as he paced back and forth, with a large amount of information and videos constantly playing on the virtual screen.

"Is Xingchuang Company really involved with Torch?" Li Ming looked down at the distributed information with a look of surprise.

These materials record that since Caroline's accident and the entire Jingnan Star was blocked, Xingchuang Company used its franchise rights to secretly transport a lot of unidentifiable materials to Jingnan Star.

After the blockade was relaxed, this behavior became more frequent, and many people were smuggled in.

"Yes, they are still evil and have plans for you." Ren Cangsong nodded, his eyes passing over Li Ming and Ford.

"Wasn't the entire territory blocked during that period? How could they still get in?" Ford frowned.

"The entire territory is locked down, but it's up to the people below to actually execute it." Ren Cangsong kneaded his brows. "Xingchuang has been operating for so many years, and I wonder how many people's handles they have fallen into their hands."

"These things are probably used as sacrifices to dimensional creatures." Li Ming looked at a few pictures, among which was the familiar dark magnetic titanium.

"Yes, that's our guess. I suspect Torch is about to make a big move," Ren Cangsong said solemnly. "I've already suggested that Jingnan immediately activate Level 3 alert. All city guards on leave will return to their posts and implement a three-shift system around the clock."

"The first, second, fourth, and sixth patrol fleets are on their way."

"But..." Ren Cangcang said with a worried look: "I'm just afraid that if something happens to Sun Jingan suddenly, it might stimulate Huoju and make him carry out some plans ahead of time."

"I wonder if the reinforcements will arrive in time."

The atmosphere in the meeting was silent. Ford looked at Li Ming several times. Was there really a problem with Xingchuang Company? Was this also within his expectations?

"Don't worry, everyone," Sanger reassured him. "The photon-confined aerospace shield is strong enough to withstand a main ship-level attack head-on. Even an A-level lifeform would find it difficult to break through it."

This aerospace shield was sold to Jingnanxing by the Itlan civilization, so they naturally understand its power.

Everyone's expressions relaxed slightly, but then they heard Li Ming add, "Torch should also know the information about this aerospace shield."

Everyone's relaxed expressions darkened again. Torch naturally knew that this also meant that if they took action, they would definitely find a way to tear apart the aerospace shield.

After being kicked out of the meeting room, Li Ming thought that Sun Jingan was probably not a spark, otherwise there would be no need to win him over.

But the people under him are in danger. The review capabilities of this kind of company are far inferior to those of local civilizations, and no one knows how many people are crammed in.

After thinking for a while, he asked Ford again, "Is what I want coming soon?"

"It will be delivered tomorrow." Ford frowned, thinking about the possible risks.

Early the next morning, Ford sent someone to Giant Shield Company to pick up four small containers.

Everyone in the temporary command post looked sideways, curious about what it was.

However, Ford had a noble status, so after Sanger personally checked it and confirmed that there was no problem, he was sent in and transported to Li Ming's dilapidated laboratory.

"Okay, everything is here." Ford patted the box, the small supercharger arm unfolded, and the box door opened.

Placed in the box were the fragments of the star's core, stabilized by a gravity balance device.

The properties of stellar cores are not uniform; some are extremely light, while others are quite heavy.

The four star cores placed in front of Li Ming were two crimson and two rose green. The light on their surfaces fluctuated like breathing, which was quite magnificent.

(End of this chapter)