Chapter 710: Gu Hang Becomes Famous
Gu Hang tried to contact Clement first.
The call was connected, but the person who answered the phone was a high-level instructor of the Assassin's Court.
His status must be high. He can be regarded as Clement's right-hand man and a high-ranking member of the Assassin's Court.
He was quite polite in his words, unlike the cold and cold assassin that people generally imagine.
After hearing the purpose of Gu Hang's visit, he apologized and said that Grand Master Clement was presiding over a very important trial and could not talk to Gu Hang in person.
When asked when he would be free, the other party's answer was a bit embarrassed. He said it was hard to be sure and it might take a long time.
Gu Hang thought about it and decided to get straight to the point and ask what the letter on the bedside table was about.
The other party was surprised and said he didn't know.
But he didn't explain much, just remained silent.
Gu Hang understood what it meant.
He ended the conversation politely:
"Okay, please give my regards to Grand Master Clement."
"I will definitely bring it to you."
After hanging up the call, Gu Hang pondered for a moment and realized that the so-called "hosting trial" was just an excuse.
The assassin sent the letter at such a sensitive time. If Clement had something to say, he would not disappear.
There must be other hidden secrets.
After a moment's silence, he dialed the line with Gallardo again.
Gallardo was very shocked when he heard the news Gu Hang told him.
He said he had no idea about this matter and was afraid that someone had bypassed the Supreme Council and issued an order to the Assassin's Court to assassinate Gu Hang.
But it is different from the last time. This time, the person who gave the order probably did not have any sinister plan, but was seriously giving the requirements to the Assassin's Court according to the "sponsor" or some other secret path conditions.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be like it is now.
But this order was probably blocked by Clement and the Assassin's Court did not execute it.
Otherwise, what Gu Hang would encounter would not just be a letter.
The above content is also worth pondering.
Clement, hello?
That was like a reminder.
Clement must have had good intentions. He did not carry out the assassination mission, but instead used this method to warn Gu Hang that someone was ruthless and wanted to overturn the table and attack him.
But who did it?
Without evidence, there is no way to be sure.
But it doesn’t matter, we can guess some candidates.
If the two of them could guess the whole process of the incident almost correctly, then they could go through the whole process and instruct the Assassin's Court to take action against Gu Hang. There are very few people like them in the entire empire.
The Supreme Council has the highest authority. If the Council passes the discussion and asks the Assassin's Court to take action, there will be no more things to do. The Assassin's Court will do its best to take action, and there is no such thing as "saying hello to you". Even if Clement is close to Gu Hang, he can't violate the order of the Supreme Council.
What's more, there is the High Lord Gallardo, who is sure that the matter has never been discussed in the Supreme Council.
That is to ask the Assassin's Court to take action by individuals or positions.
Only in this way can Clement, as the Grand Mentor, have the leeway to veto the mission after the process has been passed.
But the previous "process passed" is also worth mentioning.
That means that the person who gave the order really has the power to order the Assassin's Court to take action.
Gu Hang himself has a high status. Excluding his status as the leader of the alliance, which is a bit in a gray area, his official identities include the head of the Dragon Eagle Star Region and the Imperial Marshal.
Besides that, he was already a 'sponsor' of the Assassin's Court, which provided an extra layer of security.
If other sponsors want to push the Assassin's Court to assassinate an Imperial Marshal sponsor, how high must their status be?
It can almost be confirmed that he is one of the high lords.
It was only because the order of a high lord was blocked by Clement in the final stage that the great mentor had to avoid suspicion and was not able to talk directly to Gu Hang.
The meaning was almost very clear: I have done my best by not taking action, and I cannot afford to offend my opponents, so you guys go ahead and fight, and the Assassin's Court should remain neutral and not involve me.
Who among the High Lords would do this?
Prime Minister Luo Fei is the biggest suspect.
He has always stood on the opposite side of the alliance, demanding the dismemberment of the alliance, criticizing Gu Hang for overstepping his authority and expanding the "alliance", an illegal political entity, without limit. After the "Alliance Plan" was delivered to Holy Terra, his attitude did not change.
If Prime Minister Qi Bodu wants to kill Gu Hang, he can either go directly to the Supreme Council. He has enough power to push the assassination operation into regular execution; he can also decisively put pressure on the Ministry of Taxation, give up the immediate interests, and push for the issue of dismembering the alliance.
Anyway, it won't come to the point where personal orders are needed to assassinate Gu Hang.
Xu Fuzhen from the Taxation Department would not do this either. The reason was similar to the previous one. She would just simply not support the alliance.
The other high lords, such as the representatives of Mars, the representatives of the state religion, the supreme commander of the Astra Militarum and the navy...the conflicts between them are not to this extent.
From this perspective, apart from Luo Fei, no one else is a big suspect.
At least, Gallardo has now basically determined that it is Luo Fei.
The relationship between the two is very bad.
Luo Fei not only criticized the Alliance, but also fiercely criticized Gallardo himself. He criticized the Alliance, and of course he also criticized the reason why the Alliance was established in the first place: Gallardo, who was still a war apostle at the time, relied on his privilege to give the Alliance the green light. At that time, no one could have imagined that under normal circumstances, the "special union" system, which was usually just a few planets uniting to keep each other warm and fight crises together, could push the Alliance to its current level in just a few decades.
Luo Fei naturally also criticized it. He believed that Gallardo had exceeded his authority and violated regulations to obtain the special consortium treatment for the alliance.
Gallardo was also very angry about this.
He assured Gu Hang that this matter would definitely be explained.
Gu Hang also comforted the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs.
In fact, it is his sincere intention:
"By doing this, they also revealed their weakness. They are politically helpless and have to make such meaningless calculations. This proves that we have gained the upper hand in the situation! This is also good news."
Hearing Gu Hang's slightly relaxed attitude, Gallardo also calmed down a little.
He said in a cold voice: "I will bring this up at the next High Lords' Council. Ha, act in private? I won't let him have his way. I'll put it out in the open and let the sun shine on it!"
Gu Hang thought about it for a moment and agreed with Gallardo: "Let's do it."
To be honest, Gu Hang was a little uncertain.
Was it really Luo Fei who did it?
The action is a bit rough.
Is Luo Fei really stupid enough to go through the channel of 'sponsor's order' and let the Assassin's Court take action against Gu Hang?
It is also impossible for him not to know that in the current political vortex of Holy Terra, the Alliance, which has no conflict of interest with the Alliance and won the Iron Armor War, is at the core of the storm involved. The Assassin's Court, which has no conflict of interest and has a good relationship with Gu Hang, is most likely unwilling to be involved.
Even if he really wanted to do this, wouldn't the first step be to deal with Clement?
Before dealing with Clement, he used the "sponsor's order" to carry out an action that would most likely be aborted, in order to alert the enemy and even expand the conflict, drawing all of Gu Hang's hatred to him...
It doesn't make sense no matter how you think about it.
But in this thought, Gu Hang caught a flash of inspiration.
"Exacerbating the contradiction..."
Sighed: "Some people don't want to be too peaceful."
But even though he had already thought of this, Gu Hang still agreed with Gallardo's idea of escalating the situation and discussing it in the Supreme Council.
If someone secretly makes a move and hands you a knife, you can put it to use.
Of course, using someone else's knife is risky.
But in this kind of situation, we can just fight back when the enemy comes.
We must investigate, but it is also necessary to find out whether there is really someone behind the scenes, what his purpose is, and how to deal with it. These are all separate issues.
Dealing with Luo Fei is another matter.
There is no conflict and they can be done together.
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On Holy Terra, a long meeting of high lords is unfolding.
There were many topics to discuss - for such a large empire, there were too many things that needed Holy Terra to make decisions on, and each one seemed very important.
The vast majority of them ultimately cannot make it to the discussion table of the Supreme Council.
The matters that can be discussed in the Supreme Council are either of great importance to the entire empire, or matters that are of vital interest to certain high lords.
Gallardo kept his word and brought up the matter of Gu Hang's assassination at the meeting. He did not cause trouble for the Assassin's Court, but instead severely criticized the Prime Minister of the Executive Yuan, Luo Fei, believing that he was despicable for using assassination to deal with the hero of the empire.
Luo Fei firmly denied this accusation.
Definitely have to deny it.
Regardless of whether he did it or not, he could not admit it. It was legal to issue an assassination order through the Assassin's Court, but it was fine to kill silently without any evidence to prove who did it; but now the person was not killed, and the target was a living hero who had just won a major war and gained great reputation. How could he admit that it was him?
Moreover, Gu Hang was not just a lone hero. Not only was he not a lone hero, he had a strong base under his command, made a lot of friends, and had political allies in the center of the empire. Assassinating such a person would have deviated from the basic logic of political struggle.
If it is confirmed that Luo Fei did it, then let alone winning the political struggle, his own position will be in jeopardy due to the huge whirlpool of public opinion.
The role of 'reputation' cannot be underestimated.
Thanks to Gallardo's continuous help in spreading the word of Gu Hang over the years, he was already somewhat famous before the war. Some people did know that a hero had appeared in the distant eastern border of the empire.
Then, the Iron Armor War exploded the reputation accumulated over decades in one fell swoop.
Originally, the Iron Armor War had already attracted attention from Holy Terra. Whether it was the common people, the lower middle class, or the upper class, they were all aware of and paying attention to this war.
The empire is indeed at war all the time, but there are not many people who need to gather troops in the central territory, or even in the Solar System itself, to form an expeditionary force.
Not to mention, the effort to form an expeditionary force is not low, which will certainly attract the attention of all groups in the center.
Don't mention it anymore, I lost the fight...
After the defeat of the First Western Front Legion, which was the legion led by Su Lie's Phoenix Regiment, there were rumors that the Iron Armor might be able to invade the central territory.
If the troops from the central territory only accounted for 20 to 30 percent of the First Western Army's troop composition, then the Second Western Army, led by the Ortopis Legion and commanded by Salilius, was dominated by troops from the central territory.
That would be even more eye-catching.
The people of Holy Terra, who had been paying close attention to the progress of the Iron Armor War, saw one man turn the tide.
That’s Gu Hang.
He immediately became the talk of the town throughout Holy Terra.
At the same time, because of his popularity in Holy Terra and the many heroes he made friends with, his fame began to spread throughout the empire.
In fact, the Alliance's ambassador to the Holy Terra Office had sent back a detailed report on this, and Gu Hang himself had also read it. But he only had an understanding of it at best. Without personal experience, he had no real sense of how "popular" he was now.
But the person is in Holy Terra, Luo Feiyou, who is in charge of the Executive Council.
He opposed the alliance and did not dare to oppose Gu Hang directly.
No matter what you do in secret, standing on the opposite side when a prestigious war hero is at the peak of his popularity is no less than turning yourself into a clown.
Because of this, Luo Fei would of course try his best to defend himself.
In fact, the attitude can be described as somewhat intense.
Gallardo hadn't made any request yet, but it was Luo Fei himself who strongly requested Clement to announce who ordered the assassination mission.
Clement remained silent and did not respond at all.
The rules of the Assassin's Court are known to everyone.
Gallardo took the opportunity to mock Luo Fei, saying that he was pretending to be righteous even though he knew that the Assassin's Court would never disclose such a secret.
In the end, it was Prime Minister Sir David who ended the quarrel over this matter.
In the name of the Prime Minister, he asked the Assassin's Court not to take on any more assassination missions against Gu Hang.
His prestige is now high, not to mention Luo Fei, who was originally his right-hand man, even Gallardo is now actually under his command. In the beginning, it was because he was a traitor and stood on the side of Qi Bodu, sweeping away the former Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Ou Juren, that Gallardo entered the High Lords' Council.
You have to be a good dog.
As soon as he spoke, the two people who were making the most noise, including Xu Fuzhen who occasionally supported Gallardo, shut up.
Then, the speaking phase ends and voting is initiated.
Passed with a high vote.
Gu Hang is safe now. No matter who is hiding in the dark, at least he won't have to worry about the actions of the Assassin's Court anymore.
The next topic is Luo Feiti’s.
Regarding the candidate for the chairman of Spider Web Universe.
Now that the war is largely over, the next step is naturally reconstruction, and the most important thing is to restore tax revenue.
There needs to be a chairman of the universe to take charge of the overall situation.
There are more than fifty universes, and each chairman can be regarded as a high-ranking and powerful official. The appointment naturally needs to be approved by Holy Terra.
The power of nomination has always been in the hands of the Executive Yuan.
Luo Fei mentioned five names, including senior central officials and chairmen or vice-chairmen of other universes.
But there is a special name in it.
It was the core protagonist of the argument on the previous topic: Gu Hang.
(End of this chapter)
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