Chapter 75
The explosive news of the blatant defection of First Army Admiral Anto Edeka quickly spread throughout the galaxy, causing a huge sensation.
The reactions of all parties are still unclear, but the royal family expressed its attitude at the first time and ordered Hilzer and Rachel to lead the army to capture them as soon as possible.
But when the order was about to be issued to the military, the old marshal stepped forward on the spot and announced the impeachment of Honorary Marshal Hilzer Monte for deceiving the emperor and attempting treason!
The impeachment was accepted immediately, and even His Majesty's orders were put on hold, and the situation fell into chaos and anxiety.
It was the middle of the night when Cize received the summons. He had just returned home with Yael and had not even had time to enter the house.
"Marshal! Something terrible has happened...!"
Bai Lang seemed to be in a state of panic as he drove the suspended car to the gate of the villa, spewing out news one after another, and each one seemed very urgent.
Xi Ze raised his hand to stop him, looked at the male insect standing at the door, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything for a moment, and finally could only say dryly.
"...Then I'm leaving. Lord, go back and get some rest."
This time it really came to a critical moment. Even if he didn't want to be too far away from Yale, he might have to separate for a while.
Sensing that there was a bug coming back at the door, the intelligent computer had already turned on the lights in the house. Warm yellow light shone through the gap in the door, lightly shrouding the male bug.
He suddenly felt reluctant to separate, and the conflict not long ago had not been resolved in time. He didn't know what the situation would be like when he came back next time. He hoped that by then... the situation would be completely stabilized.
"Are you in such a hurry?"
Yael frowned, feeling a touch of coolness on his face, then he raised his head belatedly and saw the fine snow gradually falling from the sky.
Remembering the blizzard weather forecast he saw in the afternoon, he hurriedly said "wait a moment" and quickly opened the door and walked in, not knowing what he was doing.
But soon, Yael came out again, holding a scarf in his hand. He quickly rolled it around Cecil's neck a few times and then tucked the tail into his coat.
He patted the fluffy scarf and warned the female insect, "Be careful."
Not knowing what the situation was, Yael simply said what was important and did not ask Caesar to come back early, otherwise the female insect would really stay up late to catch up with the progress just to come back to see him as soon as possible.
The pure white scarf was soft, carrying the unique caramel scent of male insects, and it blocked out all the cold wind, making me feel extremely warm and safe.
Caesar reached out and touched the surface of the scarf, and couldn't help but raise a faint smile at the corner of his lips. He leaned over and hugged Yael, rubbing his earlobe with the tip of his nose, and his voice was hoarse.
"My Lord, please remember to stay safe and stay healthy. I will be back soon."
Bai Lang, who was reporting on the side, had already stopped talking and sat in the co-pilot's seat, waiting for them to say goodbye before heading to the battlefield with the marshal.
"Leave."
Without further hesitation, Cize took a few steps back, signaled with his eyes for Yelle to go home quickly, then turned around and got on the suspended vehicle neatly, driving at high speed towards the military headquarters in the distance.
I don't know when the wind and snow started to blow outside, and they were like tiny blades, scraping the exposed skin and causing a slight stinging sensation.
Yael stood at the door for a while, staring at the scene in the air in a trance.
“Beep beep.”
The light computer on his wrist suddenly flashed red. He came back to his senses a little late and clicked on the message sent by the female insect.
[Xize: I may be away for a long time this time, so I left something for you in a box on the bedside table. You can take a look at it when you are free.]
Yer looked a little confused, but he still went back to the villa as he was told and found a small box hidden deep in the bedside cabinet of the master bedroom.
"What?"
A...chip?
He pressed the chip against the side of the optical computer, and a row of folders popped up instantly after reading. They were all ranked by date, and nothing could be seen on the surface.
Yael tried opening the first video in the first folder.
"Hmm... My Lord..."
What meets the eye is a soft honey color, with a thin layer of sweat rising and falling all over the body, occupying every inch of the video.
“?!”
Yael closed his eyes instantly, but he could still hear the deep breathing in his ears, with a sticky nasal tone and deep emotion, calling his name again and again.
She actually left something like this behind... Did she want him to be able to watch videos on the TV when she didn't have time to communicate?
He closed his laptop expressionlessly, and the female insect's voice disappeared. He squatted on the ground in a daze for a while before he realized that his face was burning.
...It's terrible.
*
"The old marshal must have arranged a secret agent in the palace, otherwise he wouldn't have received the news so early."
Bai Lang quickly reported the current situation and informed everyone of all the information he had collected.
"But he had little hesitation in impeaching you, which directly exposed this fact and will surely be hated by your Majesty."
In fact, they did not expect that the old marshal would so decisively choose Bao Anto, even under the almost unforgivable charge of treason.
He directed his fire directly at another former student, just like he had five years ago.
Ironic.
Bai Lang felt heavy-hearted for a moment, but when he looked up at the rearview mirror and found that his marshal was wearing a white velvet scarf that was incompatible with his crisp military uniform, yet extremely harmonious with it, his depression dissipated quietly.
It doesn’t matter, it’s all in the past tense.
The marshal already has His Majesty Yael by his side, and he will not stop at the crappy honorary title of marshal, but will ascend to a truly high position.
Bai Lang calmed himself down and asked his superior for instructions on the next course of action. "What should we do now? Do you want to ask His Majesty first?"
Xi Ze opened his eyes silently, and a sharp and extremely cold look flashed in his eyes, "No, go directly to the military headquarters."
When the suspended vehicle sped all the way to the military headquarters, we found that the base had already activated the first level of alert, and female soldiers with live ammunition had surrounded the entrance.
The New Marshals' Army, the Second Legion, and the Third and Fourth Legions were facing each other in a tense confrontation. Standing in the front was the old marshal in a tough military uniform and with a serious expression.
Seeing Caesar jump off the suspension vehicle, the tense troops immediately looked at him as if they had seen a savior. Rachel felt that the soldiers around her all breathed a sigh of relief.
Dressed in a crisp military uniform, he broke through the wind and snow, becoming the pillar of support in the hearts of countless female soldiers and the invincible legend on the battlefield.
Marshal Hall could even feel that the troops standing behind him were in chaos for a moment. Even though he was wrapped in protection from head to toe, he could not hide the fear that seeped from his bones.
He took a deep breath and cursed inwardly, "What a waste."
But no matter what he thought in his heart, he had already reached a dead end from which he could not retreat. The only way to break the impasse was to take a risky move and provoke the biggest disaster.
Xi Ze stood a few meters away from the old marshal, calmly looked into his hawk-like eyes, and nodded casually as a greeting.
"Does the Marshal have anything to say?"
Marshal Hall stared at his former student, his face showing disappointment. His lips trembled for a moment. "How did you become like this?"
Caesar was too lazy to waste words with him, so he directly urged him expressionlessly, "Aren't you going to impeach me, or are you going to take it back?"
The female soldier opposite him was so angry that her chest rose and fell for a moment, her expression turned cold, and she stopped talking nonsense.
"Marshal Monte, I want to impeach you for killing your compatriots, deceiving the emperor, and attempting treason! The impeachment will be accepted immediately. During this period, you must accept the investigation. Don't try to clear your name!"
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the entire base suddenly became tense. After all, impeachment was no small matter, and it even had the highest authority that was higher than His Majesty's orders.
The soldiers of the Third and Fourth Corps were about to come forward to arrest them, but the New Marshal's Army, who were confronting them, took a step forward without showing any weakness and was about to stand in front of their own marshal, but Xize raised his hand to stop them.
"Well, Marshal Hall, I am now officially notifying you that you are harboring traitors, obstructing military orders, and attempting treason."
The female soldier stood upright with a calm expression, yet she looked like a sharp blade being slowly drawn from its sheath, revealing an extremely sharp and determined aura.
He stared at Marshal Hall's slightly changed expression and spoke clearly, "The impeachment will be accepted immediately. All actions taken during this period will be invalid, and you have no right to imprison me."
The base was in a dead silence, with only the sound of the wind and snow howling.
Xi Ze smiled slightly.
He tried hard to force Antoine to betray him and confused many of the people involved in the game. However, when the real intention came into view, all of them suddenly realized that the muzzle of the gun had been aimed at Marshal Hall from the beginning to the end.
Or rather, he was aiming for the true position of marshal.
He held in his hands countless shocking evidences, all of which were the dirty tricks accumulated by the military over the years. Countless people had participated in them, either actively or passively, and had committed one terrible mistake after another.
Those were the mountains of ironclad evidence, the charges against these gang members in their verdicts, and also the basis for his comeback.
What he wanted was never to take revenge on a particular enemy, but to uproot this abnormal tree and cut off all the rotten branches that grew across it.
Destroy and then rebuild, never stop until death.
"you……!"
Marshal Hall's expression was stiff and his eyes gradually darkened.
"Take care of yourself."
Caesar nodded at him, took a step back and made a gesture, and the New Marshal's Army and the Second Army followed him in a well-trained manner, smoothly withdrawing from the tense confrontation.
…
The situation suddenly escalated into a split and decisive battle between the two major military forces. The main planet suddenly became a mess, government agencies fell into a semi-paralyzed state, and the media went crazy, asking for first-hand information from all parties.
耶爾很快就被派來的軍隊保護了起來，卻并沒有限制他的自由，只是不管去到哪裏都有無數明線暗線盯着，确保不出一點差錯。
別墅是安全區，嚴密的盯梢都在外面，有時卻也過于安靜了。
“……”
耶爾在床上輾轉反側半晌，還是沒能睡着。
房間內沒有開燈，只有淺淡的月光無聲傾瀉而入，更顯得這個房間過于空曠和孤寂，另一半被子是冷的，只隐約殘留着一點清苦氣息。
雌蟲已經離開整整兩周，不知道是不是受到了什麽限制，通訊完全沒辦法打通，也沒有其他渠道可以傳遞消息。
想了想，耶爾起身，從床頭櫃裏找到雌蟲給他專屬通訊器，聽說是最新研制出來的産品，防護和加密程度一流。
但摩挲了那通訊器表面良久，他還是把這東西放了回去。
算了，不知道那邊情況怎麽樣，貿然打過去可能會壞事。
重新倒回床上，耶爾盯着天花板看了一會，又想起雌蟲的最後一條消息，喃喃道，“難道我真的要看那些小視頻聊以慰藉？”
他忍着臉熱，打開了光腦那一排文件夾，第一個視頻已經看過了，是雌蟲自己給自己摸尾巴，看看……第二個。
“咕哧咕哧……”
微妙的水聲頓時充斥了耳廓，屏幕的亮度已經被調得很暗，但還是能見到裏面晃動的身影。
是背對着鏡頭的半跪姿勢，雌蟲正将手背到身後伸下去，動作間能看到緊繃的手臂肌肉，還有流暢的肩背線條，腰窩一上一下地晃動。
“！”
耶爾下意識轉了個身背對窗戶，又好像做賊一樣把被子蒙過了頭，将屏幕調小，躲在架起的一方小空間裏悄咪咪看。
地點應該是在主卧，但是在什麽時候拍的？雌蟲早就預料到會分開很久，所以特意提前把視頻拍好了？
時間還是在早上……
視頻一共有二十分鐘，耶爾看了一點就知道後面是什麽內容了，又有點好奇其他視頻的內容，便繼續打開了下一個。
他第一眼看到的是自己常穿的那件襯衫，很普通的款式和顏色，但領口有一朵小花的刺繡，一眼就能認出來。
這件襯衫他穿着有些寬松，但對于雌蟲來說還是很窄。
所以西澤把它罩在了臉上，骨節修長的手指按住襯衫表面，好像野獸嗅聞氣味一樣将對那輕薄的面料拱來拱去。
“雄主……”
他渾身都滲着薄汗，看起來熱騰騰的，在陽光下仿佛流淌着一層濃郁的蜜糖，散發着又香又甜的氣息。
“嗯……啊……”
很輕的喘息萦繞在耳畔，比剛才還讓耶爾覺得羞恥，好像不是那件襯衫被無辜輕薄了，連在屏幕外的自己也被這樣那樣了一樣。
這個視頻比之前的視頻都短，可能是因為有了雄蟲的氣息在身邊，所以更快得到了慰藉和安撫，非常輕易就淪陷了。
那件襯衫最後一片狼藉，皺巴巴地逶迤在床上，看起來好像被狠狠蹂躏了一遍……雖然也确實是。
難怪這兩天他都沒見到它，原來已經慘遭毒手然後被毀屍滅跡了。
“……！”
耶爾在被窩裏悶得有些憋氣，連忙拉下被子深吸了一口氣，摸了一下臉頰才發現溫度滾燙，也不知道是悶的還是什麽。
一看時間已經很晚了，他本想克制住自己放下光腦睡覺，但閉上眼睛半晌，還是忍不住把剩下的小視頻給全翻了一遍。
好，好刺激。
終于翻到了最後一個文件夾，裏面的視頻卻都是十幾秒不等的，封面也不是一片純黑，看起來更像是随手拍的。
耶爾沒有想太多，嘗試着點開了第一個視頻。
“……”
視頻裏面一片昏暗，要很仔細才能聽到淺淡的呼吸聲，拍攝的那邊好像也在調亮度，很快抖動的畫面就穩定了下來，變得清晰了些。
屏幕正中勾勒出一張熟睡的側臉，神情全然放松，頭發淩亂地散落在枕頭上，只露出偶爾微顫的眼睫。
耶爾第一時間就認出了自己。
“……睡着了，真可愛。”
視頻只有短短十秒，在最後兩秒的時候，西澤還是忍不住伸手戳了戳他的臉，氣音短促地輕笑一聲。
居然是這種內容。
他愣了一下，繼續點開了下一個視頻。
這個視頻光線明亮了很多，雌蟲好像正在調整鏡頭，能看到放大的修長手指，還有背後熟悉的客廳背景。
“呼呼呼呼——”
巨大的轟鳴從視頻中響起，聽着還有些耳熟，不等耶爾思索那到底是什麽動靜，就聽到裏面似乎傳來自己的聲音。
“西澤？！”
那雙手下意識攥緊手中的光腦，快步走了過去，鏡頭一陣颠簸後來到了浴室，那陣呼呼呼的聲音更大了，而且愈發耳熟。
等等，這好像是他剛來別墅的時候——
果然，下一秒，鏡頭裏果然出現了他的臉，還有那熟悉的炸毛發型。
耶爾徹底想起來了。
那時候全自動烘幹機好像程序混亂了，直接開到了最大檔熱風，吹羊毛的風都沒那麽大，直接把他給吹炸毛了。
又卷又蓬松又炸毛，看起來像頂了朵棉花糖在頭上，再配上那生無可戀的眼神，看起來喜劇效果滿滿。
……救命，西澤怎麽會把這個黑歷史保留下來的。
視頻內外的耶爾都捂住了臉，感覺被半年前的回旋镖紮中了膝蓋。
他平躺着緩了好久，才無視了這奇怪的黑歷史，有些艱難地繼續翻下面的小視頻。
基本都是一些很短的生活片段，裏面的主角全都是他，午睡的、專注工作的、品嘗新甜點和菜式的，偶爾還有偷懶趴在沙發上的。
視頻有七八個左右，是随便用光腦拍的，沒有什麽條理，但原本應該有一個專門的地方來安置，感覺是弄錯了才會出現在這裏。
“……”
耶爾看着看着突然就有些恍惚。
他在艾塔爾生活的時候，早已習慣了自己詭異的狀态，每天平平淡淡醒來，洗臉的時候不出意外地看到黑眼圈，神情倦怠，動作刻板。
一整天都做着和昨天的事，吃着同樣的飯菜和藥，然後麻木地躺上床開始醞釀一晚上睡意，然後第二天再繼續。
這樣的生活他已經過了一年多，說不上适應也說不上習慣，還以為自己會這樣生活到再也撐不下去，然後下定決心終止自己的生命。
但視頻裏的他和記憶中的大相徑庭，像被仔細拍打蓬松，在暖洋洋的陽光下曬好的棉花，很容易飄到各種地方軟成一坨，前所未有的閑适和放松。
他沒想到自己也會露出那種表情，生動的，鮮活的，血肉健康充盈，靈魂飽滿自由。
安靜半晌，耶爾将光腦丢到一邊，把被子蓋過了頭頂。
他再次嘗試睡覺，卻覺得意識愈發清醒，被子間雌蟲獨有的氣息萦繞在鼻尖，讓空空蕩蕩的身側顯得太過冰冷。
……不該睡前看視頻的，越看越睡不着。
那些視頻不能讓他得到慰藉然後安然入睡，只會讓他更加想念雌蟲罷了。
不知道現在情況怎麽樣了，但是最好的消息就是沒有消息，哪裏都沒傳出開戰的動靜，雌蟲應該不會在他看不見的地方又受一身傷。
希望這件事能早點結束。
懷着這種念想，耶爾蒙着被子許久，迷迷糊糊地睡着了。
……
又過了幾天，大皇子傳來了準确的內部消息，表明調查已經進行了一大半，他們手中的東西正好派上了大用場，事情有了很大的轉機。
再過了幾天，封鎖似乎松懈了些，讓媒體也拿到了一點消息。
《竟早有預謀！蒙特元帥突然回歸的背後……》
《霍爾元帥接受調查，居然真的查出黑色業務？！》
《兩大元帥互相彈劾竟只為一蟲？！點擊就看當年軍中秘聞！》
耶爾坐在實驗室的椅子上，蹙着眉頭刷光腦上的消息，被那一條條新聞推送弄得眼花缭亂，“這都什麽亂七八糟的。”
他随手點進那一條軍中秘聞的花邊新聞裏，快速浏覽了一遍，整篇文章只反反複複說了一個主題——
兩個優秀學生師出同門，卻因不明原因得到了不同的待遇，如今也走向了不同的命運雲雲。
果然是娛樂媒體一貫的作風，囫囵來囫囵去，就只闡述了這一個事實，其中的原因一個沒講，水漫金山一樣水完了千把字。
耶爾知道老元帥是西澤曾經的老師，也知道他們其實很早就離心，這次更是徹底撕破了臉皮。
但他詢問為什麽會被苛待時，雌蟲顯然也非常茫然，最後想了一下也只能低聲說也許是道路不同，自然不相為謀罷了。
當時西澤的神情很平靜，他的精神觸角卻能捕捉到那一絲沒藏好的黯然，大抵是嘴上說着不在意，其實還是有點難過的吧。
“冕下？準備好了嗎？”
阿德萊德輕敲了一下門，示意耶爾回神。
He was wearing a brand new white coat, a micro-pouch on his waist, and even gold-rimmed glasses for the first time, and it was obvious that he was well prepared for this academic exchange meeting.
“…Okay.”
Yael closed his laptop, straightened his collar, stood up, picked up the data, and went out with Adelaide.
This academic exchange meeting is jointly organized by several universities and is on a large scale. Many respected seniors in the industry will be present, and even the Imperial Institute has been invited to observe and provide guidance.
“Beep beep.”
The optical computer flashed red twice, and Yael's ears moved sharply. He immediately opened the message board and saw the female insect's message of safety unexpectedly.
【Xize: Everything went well, I will be home soon. 】
As Adelaide was walking, he realized that the bug was gone. He turned around and saw Yael standing by the door looking at his laptop. He couldn't help laughing while replying to messages, and he was obviously in a good mood.
"Your Majesty?" He asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
After hearing the voice, Yael closed his laptop and took a few quick steps to catch up with him. The smile in his eyes almost overflowed and his voice was cheerful.
"It's okay, the exchange meeting is about to start, let's go."
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