Watching the security guards and cleaning staff being escorted onto the spaceship.

Chen Ming shook his head in annoyance and said, "Zuo Jing is really disgusting."

"This isn't the first time you've known this."

Bai Quan suddenly walked up to Chen Ming with a gloomy expression and said this.

Chen Ming turned around and asked, "What happened?"

"The result is just as you see, left path."

"I'm already preparing to deploy new security measures. Your security will be entirely in the hands of our own people."

"But even so, the source of shipment cannot be fully guaranteed."

"We will have to set up a transfer station near your dome. All the stuff will have to go through the transfer station first before it can get to you."

"Although it will be a little troublesome, it is better than encountering problems every day here."

Chen Ming waved his hand and said, "Security is unnecessary. The security company can just withdraw. I will be responsible for the security of the dome myself."

"Can you handle it?"

Chen Ming immediately took out a palm-sized iron-red gamma core from his coat pocket: "They can help me deal with these things."

Bai Quan glanced at Chen Ming's still bulging pockets, then retracted his gaze and said, "Okay, I'll help you arrange it later."

After Bai Quan agreed, Chen Ming put away the core and continued to ask him: "What should we do with the Zuo Jing matter next? We can't just take this loss, right? Do they have a base or something?"

"There is little point in taking revenge on Zuo Jing, because normally we would clean him up as soon as we find any trace of Zuo Jing."

"If they haven't cleaned it up, then they are planning to use it for fishing, or to investigate the network behind it. These left-handed fish are not easy to kill. At least they have to wait until the entire line is clean before killing them."

Chen Ming said with a little displeasure: "What it means is that Zuo Jing has either been solved or is still useful. He didn't relieve my anger, right?"

"Yes, like the cleaner you just caught, it's not easy for us to kill him. We have to use him to get all the left paths behind him."

"And the left path is only a superficial problem. In fact, this incident is not just a problem of the left path."

Seeing Chen Ming's unexpected look, Bai Quan explained, "Because under normal circumstances, it is really not that easy for left-wing elements to sneak into the army. Someone is definitely deliberately relaxing the restrictions on left-wing elements."

However, Chen Ming did not continue to listen. Instead, he made a stop gesture to Bai Quan and said, "Let's not talk about the internal problems of the 14th Corps. I have one request now."

"If you find clues about Zuo Jing by following the cleaning lady's path, tell me and I will deal with them myself."

Bai Quan clearly felt the chill in Chen Ming's words.

"It seems that you are really disgusted by Zuo Jing, but you can do this for once now. There are still many people who are suffering due to Zuo Jing's influence in other places that you can't see."

"At least now I see this."

Seeing Chen Ming's firm attitude, Bai Quan had nothing to say: "Okay, I'll tell you when I have a clue."

Chen Ming nodded slightly and turned the topic back to what Bai Quan had just said: "The people who let Zuo Jing cause trouble, wouldn't they be the same as the previous few times?"

Bai Quan did not give Chen Ming a definite answer at this time: "It's hard to be sure about this, but it's probably a high probability."

"So how are you going to investigate this time? You won't end up like last time, with a few insignificant people being taken down, and the people at the top being left alone?"

Chen Ming's tone was a little aggressive because of what had just happened, but this was the fourth time after all.

Everyone who comes here can't help but get angry.

But Baiquan just sighed now.

Although Chen Ming has already arrived at the branch of the 14th Corps, and there are in fact signs that Chen Ming is about to join the 14th Corps.

With Chen Ming as a backup, it is not too difficult for him to continue to gain a foothold after taking office.

But the subsequent struggle with people cannot be accomplished solely by relying on the convenience brought by Chen Ming's joining.

Bai Quan still doesn't know how to exert influence on the opponent's top leaders.

He also tried some counterattacks, but they were all blocked by the opponent.

The people who were facing him were much more skilled than him in doing things and would not leave any traces of their own.

All counterattacks can be said to be completely meaningless.

Baiquan couldn't find the opponent's weakness, but the opponent kept targeting his weaknesses and trying to put a black mark on his career.

This gave him a constant feeling of walking on a tightrope.

"I'm not sure."

Since Bai Quan said so, Chen Ming estimated that this matter would most likely end up in nothing like the last time.

After all, the culprit is Zuo Jing, and letting Zuo Jing in was just a work mistake made by some people at the lower level.

The people in the lower class received the punishment they deserved, and it had nothing to do with the upper class.

Thinking of this, Chen Ming sighed again.

This is the limitation within the rules.

Some people are familiar with the rules, while others are very unfamiliar with them.

Those who are familiar with the rules can often manipulate those who don't understand the rules without breaking the rules.

It is already depressing enough for him to have only a prosthesis here. If he were here in person, Chen Ming didn’t know if he could bear it.

Fortunately, his goal was definitely not to stay in the empire for a long time. He must build a place outside the empire where he can feel comfortable.

Moreover, Chen Ming had already witnessed Zuo Jing's cruelty, so he certainly would not tell Bai Quan to retaliate in the same way.

In addition, his experience and knowledge in politics are not even as good as Baiquan, who transferred from the military, let alone giving any advice.

So now he could only say to Bai Quan: "I don't understand this kind of thing and can't help you, but if you need to use force, you can come to me. I can guarantee that no trace will be left."

"If you don't want to attack the top guy on the opposite side, then you can find his trusted deputy or something like that, right?"

"They can target me on the surface but actually target you, and you can also target their people on the surface but actually target the one at the top of their group."

Baiquan was silent for a while, then said, "Thank you, but goodbye."

Before having the military power to fight against the entire 14th Legion and the entire empire, using force is definitely the most unwise thing to do.

The people within the Fourteenth Legion have been using various methods and means to disgust him, but no one has ever dared to use violence directly against him or Chen Ming.

The last time someone dared to use violence against him in the war zone, two lieutenants were taken prisoner, hundreds of lives were lost, and thousands of people were imprisoned.

This was partly due to Chen Ming, but at that time Chen Ming was not within the scope of the rules. It was the people in the war zone who took the initiative to violate the rules that led to this result.

This shows the seriousness of breaking the rules.

Bai Quan doesn't want Chen Ming to violate the rules and end up with the same fate as the people in the war zone.

Although he was well aware that Chen Ming had such potential, and the empire was already prepared to impose some restrictions.

But at least for now, Chen Ming can't do that.

So Bai Quan could only dissuade Chen Ming and said, "Try not to do things outside the rules. I will try my best to do what I should do within the rules."

"At least the pilot on the spaceship has woken up. Although his consciousness is very vague and he has symptoms of amnesia, the clues that are most likely to affect the leader of the other side still have to be found from him."

"The basis of the left-hand operation you captured was that the cargo ship crashed into the dome, and the basis for the spaceship crashing into the dome was that the pilot took drugs. If the pilot was able to get the drugs, it must have something to do with the Legion."

"Things lead to things one after another. Let's see if there is any chance."

"I am planning to first find the drug dealer who gave the pilot DP-2, and then follow this clue to find the manufacturer of the stimulant."

"The production of these stimulants needs approval from someone, maybe there will be a chance."

Soon after, Bai Quan left Chen Ming's dome on a spaceship with a feeling of grievance and all the clues.

While sitting in his seat in the spaceship, Bai Quan was still constantly thinking about ways to break this one-sided beating situation.

He was feeling very uncomfortable now, uncomfortable because he couldn't find a way to fight back.

He knew that someone was always disgusting him, but he just couldn't disgust himself back.

It was because the opponent was in the headquarters. Although there were conflicts between factions within the headquarters, at least the rules were still strict.

As for the branch, it’s not just external problems, there are often loopholes internally as well.

He felt that he still needed time to repair the entire 14th Legion's divisions before he could consider external counterattacks.

Bai Quan gradually recovered from his meditation and immediately gave orders to his men.

His men quickly arrested the drug dealer in the army who sold the drugs to the driver, and obtained the address of the drug laboratory that supplied the drugs.

The drug laboratory is located in a colony in a galaxy in a star sector in the back of the nearby Galo star field.

A colony specializing in the production of medical devices and pharmaceuticals.

In addition to various production equipment, there are also many pharmaceutical laboratories here.

In order to benefit from the convenience of the industrial cluster, the military's drug laboratory was also built here, and an industrial park in the colony close to the core area was selected as the site.

Bai Quan looked at the information his men had obtained and suddenly felt something familiar.

He immediately issued himself a search warrant for the military facility, and then asked the pilot of the spacecraft to change the direction of the spacecraft.

After several hours of travel in the hyperspace channel.

Baiquan arrived at this colony specializing in medical treatment.

According to the address he found, he led dozens of soldiers to search for his target in the science and technology park.

As Baiquan searched more and more in the park, his face looked less and less happy.

When Bai Quan walked to the door of the laboratory, the expression on his face was even slightly distorted because of anger.

Because this laboratory was a medical laboratory that had been sealed off by him personally before.

Bai Quan had already remembered it when he just landed here, when he led the 14th Legion to clear out the military from the original star zone some time ago.

This place was sealed off by him because of smuggling, and he also personally signed an arrest warrant for the drug laboratories and relevant persons in charge who were suspected of smuggling military drugs.

The boss behind the laboratory cleared himself at the time, but others were not so lucky.

So why is this lab now open again? Why is this lab even bold enough to open up again?

Baiquan walked into the laboratory without saying a word.

The security guards at the door saw the star on Bai Quan's chest and the group of people wearing the uniforms of the Fourteenth Legion coming in behind him, but they did not dare to stop them and could only quickly notify the person in charge.

And just after he informed the person in charge, everyone in the laboratory was controlled by Baiquan.

Baiquan didn't say anything, just waited.

Bai Quan swept his cold eyes over the person in charge, and said in the fearful look on his face, "A few months ago, I approved and closed a number of laboratories that illegally sold drugs, and this laboratory was on the list."

"ah?"

Cold sweat oozed from the head's forehead. He subconsciously took out a tissue from his pocket and wiped it tremblingly, explaining in a weak voice: "I don't know about this. When I came here, I saw that the laboratory had a research license and a production license."

"where?"

"Shall I take you to see it?"

"Walk."

The person in charge quickly took Bai Quan to an office in the laboratory, took out two pieces of quality paper from a locked counter and handed them to Bai Quan.

"Please take a look at the drug research license and drug production license."

Baiquan reached out and took it.

After looking at the licenses, the knuckles of his hands that were holding the licenses turned white because he was squeezing them too hard. Only in this way could he resist the urge to slam his fist on the counter in front of him. There seemed to be no problem with the two licenses, and the stamps on them showed approval from the 14th Legion.

Baiquan could even find the corresponding license file in the database of the Fourteenth Legion by checking the order on the license.

Bai Quan slowly turned his head and said to his subordinate who was following him: "Check who has passed the application."

"yes."

The subordinates quickly handed over a person's information and the record of the production license approval to Baiquan.

The person who approved this laboratory was a person who had just been transferred some time ago.

"Where are the others?"

"He disappeared, on his way to transfer."

The subordinate reported to Bai Quan with his head down, not daring to raise his head to look at Bai Quan's face.

Because if we were to discuss who is the source of the biggest problems in reopening this drug laboratory, it could even be said to be Baiquan himself.

This is a frame-up. The other party even wants to put the blame on him for Zuo Jing's troubles.

The expression on Baiquan's face suddenly returned to calm.

Over and over again, three times and four times, do they really think that people have no temper? Earlier, Lou Wei suspected that Chen Ming cheated and insisted on verifying it.

This matter is not over yet, and another incident happened right after that.

He did not enter politics through examinations and work his way up to his current position step by step. He fought his way up to the rank of major general on the most dangerous and bloody battlefields before being arranged on this path by his old superior.

It seems like someone forgot this.

At this moment, all the "euphemistic ways and attitudes" that Baiquan had used during his time in his current position were left behind.

Someone really is taking advantage of you, right?

Baiquan calmly placed the search warrant directly on the table and issued an arrest order.

Although this laboratory has passed the approval, there is already evidence of illegal drug sales, so closing the laboratory again is not a big deal.

Even if someone would make a fuss about the fact that a laboratory was closed twice in a row, saying that he was secretly corrupt and accepted bribes, Baiquan no longer cared.

Bai Quan's mind was now lingering with what Chen Ming had said before. He left the laboratory in silence, boarded the spaceship, and stayed alone in the room.

He began to issue orders to his confidants in some important positions.

But before he actually did something.

The terminal he usually used in private suddenly rang.

Bai Quan picked up the terminal. When he saw the communication code, the expression on his face softened instantly. He then answered the video call from the headquarters.

The lieutenant general with a white beard, with whom Baiquan had once talked about Chen Ming, appeared on the terminal, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

"What do you want to do? Who are you now? Can you do such an irresponsible thing?"

"I……"

"Think carefully and do what you should do."

Bai Quan remained silent, with the look of frustration on his face becoming more and more serious.

The old boss stared at Bai Quan for a long time, with a hint of reluctance in his eyes, but finally he chose to say a few more words.

“Think more about what others would do in your position, not what you would do yourself.”

"You are not a politician, you are a soldier."

"But you know so many people, someone will know what to do."

"But don't ask. You have to think about it. Once you figure it out, you will know what to do next."

After the old boss finished speaking, he looked at Baiquan for the last time and hung up the phone.

Only Baiquan was left in the room, holding his head.

"How can I think clearly? How can I think better than them?"

The 14th Corps underwent a reorganization more than 20 years ago.

But now, everyone of the same generation as his old boss has been in the political arena for decades.

He was just a transfer from the army, and his methods were too immature compared to theirs . He knew this in his heart.

After his old boss called, Bai Quan gradually calmed down.

He actually knew very well that driving a warship directly to the door would be the stupidest thing to do.

This can only make him feel good, but it cannot solve the problem, and may even disappoint many people.

Moreover, there is a most critical problem. Even if he sails the ship away, who can he turn to? There is more than one faction targeting him within the 14th Legion.

Everyone can see how rapidly he is developing now, and how solid the faction he will inherit will be with Chen Ming's support.

Therefore, anyone could target him.

And Chen Ming has been targeted four times since he came here.

Among these four attacks, it can be basically confirmed that the first volcanic attack was caused by Hu Yi.

The second mechanical failure was confirmed to be a problem caused by within the Fourteenth Legion, and he had already identified the target.

The third time he came was at the invitation of the government, but was it really the government that did this? He was not sure.

As for the fourth time, it seemed like the left path was involved, but there was definitely someone within the legion who condoned it behind the scenes.

In fact, except for the first time when the psychic Hu Yi participated, any of the other things would be impossible to accomplish without the assistance or acquiescence of insiders.

This isn't even just a problem with the other factions of the XIV Legion.

There are also problems on his side.

Among the people who settled down in Baiquan some time ago, many are still full of disloyalty.

No wonder when he went back and was promoted to lieutenant general, his old boss still had the same expression as when he first saw that he was not mature enough.

This time when he called, he looked very disappointed.

He was very disappointed, disappointed with Baiquan's actions.

Baiquan suddenly became a little depressed again.

Although he looks glamorous now, as the youngest lieutenant general in the empire in nearly a hundred years, he has attracted countless people's attention.

But only he knows the pressure behind the scenes.

Bai Quan suddenly took out a small bottle of stress-relieving medicine from his pocket, poured out two pills and put them in his mouth, without drinking any water, and swallowed them dryly.

No matter what, he has to think, because only thinking can solve the problem.

Many figures flashed through Bai Quan's mind, but he finally locked onto Chen Ming, who was closest to him.

If it was Chen Ming, what would he do? He did not think about what Chen Ming would think, but thought about Chen Ming's approach.

Because the problems Chen Ming had encountered were, to some extent, similar to his own, and even more terrifying.

He is still within the rules now, but what Chen Ming once faced was Yuhui, who would not talk to humans about human rules.

However, Bai Quan cannot directly put himself in Chen Ming's shoes to think about his own affairs.

So he chose to put himself in Chen Ming's perspective first and see how Chen Ming himself had done things.

When Chen Ming was forced to run to Yu Hui's side, he was almost the same as he is now. He had only the ability to barely resist, but no ability to fight back.

But Chen Ming's choice was not to resist and fight back against Yu Hui desperately, but to gain as much benefit as possible from what Yu Hui did to him while ensuring his own safety to a limited extent.

It was the same even when Yu Hui wanted to use a device like the Qi Ling Nerve Extractor to seize Chen Ming's Qi Ling Nerve.

Chen Ming knew what Yu Hui was going to do, but he also had no ability to resist, so his final choice was to give it a try, take advantage of the situation, and seize Yu Hui's spiritual nerve.

This forced Yu Hui to continue delaying the time of seizing the Qi Ling Nerve.

Then he used his growth in Yuhui's territory to counterattack Yuhui and cooperated with him to complete the escape.

All the troubles and crises facing Chen Ming were transformed by Chen Ming into benefits he gained.

This is how Chen Ming does things.

If Chen Ming's way of doing things were applied to his current situation, how would things be done? How would things develop?

It would definitely not work to put Chen Ming directly in his current position. Chen Ming did not grow up in a military environment and has almost no understanding of the political environment of the empire.

So he had to use Chen Ming's way of doing things, combined with his own ideas, to think about how to approach this matter.

Baiquan lowered his head in thought.

Gradually, he seemed to have a goal suddenly, and his whole thinking seemed to become clear.

Chen Ming has the ability to convert the persecution from Yu Hui into his own benefit. As a lieutenant general of the empire, why doesn't Bai Quan have the ability to convert the persecution from people who are at most at the same level as him into his own benefit?

He shouldn't think about solving this problem directly and thoroughly and then thinking about fighting back.

He shouldn't have such thoughts.

He should extend the question.

He should transform these events that originally only brought negative effects into events that he can gain benefits from through some means.

(End of this chapter)