Chapter 135 Chapter 135

Since Rong Heng was attacked in Baghdad, the father and son have not been in contact. Later, when the news that Rong Heng was not dead spread widely, Si Yan never took the initiative to contact him.

The father and son seemed more unfamiliar than strangers.

So when the call was connected, the two looked at each other, and neither of them spoke first, and they fell into silence.

"You contacted me suddenly, is there something wrong?"

Finally, Si Yan spoke first, his voice was cold and emotionless. Even though he was facing his son who had come back from the dead, he did not show any surprise.

Compared to the gentle emperor in the news, he seemed much more indifferent at this moment.

But Rong Heng is more accustomed to his current state. If Si Yan really treats him with the same hypocritical face as he treats the media, he may not want to say a word to him.

Taking a deep breath, Rong Heng organized his words and answered his question: "There are some things I want to confirm with you."

Si Yan's eyes flickered slightly, but he didn't answer, as if waiting for him to speak.

"My mother died on the front line. There was a hidden story behind it. Did you know that? Did you tamper with Noah's memory?"

After calming down, he thought about it and felt that the only person who had the ability and authority to tamper with Noah's memory was Si Yan.

Si Yan did not deny it, but asked: "Where did you hear that?"

"You don't need to know." Si Yan's tone remained indifferent.

Rong Heng was furious when he found out that the other party had known everything for a long time but had deliberately concealed it from him and even tampered with Noah's memory for this purpose.

He clenched his fists at his sides and tried to suppress his anger. He spoke calmly, but his tone still showed resentment: "Why? Why did you hide it from me?"

He stared at Si Yan closely, and twitched his lips sarcastically: "You knew that your mother was framed, but you refused to avenge her for so many years, and even kept it a secret from me." His eyes were bright with anger: "What on earth do you want to do?"

He had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, but when he saw that calm face, he suddenly felt like he had punched cotton.

It didn't hurt, but I felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

So he only asked this question, but after he said it, he suddenly had a feeling.

Si Yan would not answer him.

He really said so: "This is my business, you don't have to get involved."

Even though they were blood related and were the closest father and son, Rong Heng had never understood him.

He doesn't know who he is or what he wants.

Even at this moment, looking at the other person's indifferent face, he was shaken in his heart: Is his mother really right? Does she really understand her husband?

Mother always said that father loved them, he just wasn't good at expressing it.

He believed it before, but now he feels confused.

Even the wisest people make mistakes sometimes.

As for Si Yan's behavior towards his mother, was it her fault?

He doesn't know.

Si Yan's attitude was tough, and it was clear that he was not prepared to tell him anything. Rong Heng couldn't even get angry and have a quarrel with him. This man was cold-hearted and emotion was a burden to him. No matter how angry you were, in his eyes, it might just be noise.

So in the end, Rong Heng cut off the communication without saying a word, and the conversation ended unilaterally.

He threw the computer away in annoyance, with mixed emotions.

Ruan Shiqing estimated that he should have calmed down by now, so he went upstairs.

As soon as I stepped into the living room, I kicked something under my feet - it was Rong Heng's intelligent computer.

Picking up the computer, Ruan Shiqing walked closer and found the man sitting on the sofa with his head bowed, surrounded by a gloomy atmosphere.

He placed the computer on the coffee table, and before he could open his mouth to ask, Rong Heng pulled him and he fell into his lap.

Just as I was about to get up, I heard him say in a low voice, "Don't move, let me hold you for a while."

His movements froze and he stopped moving.

Rong Heng held his waist tightly, buried his head in his neck, and said nothing.

Ruan Shiqing maintained this awkward posture, recalling the call interface on the display screen that he accidentally saw when he picked up the smart computer. Although the call number only had a simple "Si" character, it was self-evident who the owner was.

It is obvious that Rong Heng took the initiative to contact Si Yan, most likely because of the cause of Queen Farah's death.

But judging from his expression, it was clear that he didn't get a satisfactory answer, and maybe they even had a fight.

He fumbled for the other person's hand and interlocked their fingers: "Did you find out anything?"

Rong Heng didn't want to bring up this unpleasant conversation, but Ruan Shiqing's voice was too peaceful, like a summer spring, which soothed his irritability. After a moment of silence, he still said in a muffled voice: "No, he refused to say."

Ruan Shiqing was a little surprised, but then he remembered that this emperor had been called the "Mad King" in a book; although he was not crazy now, his behavior was unpredictable, so he felt it was normal again.

"If he doesn't tell us, then we'll go check it out ourselves." Ruan Shiqing shook their clasped hands and said softly, "I'll accompany you."

If he doesn't tell us, we'll check it out ourselves.

These words cheered up Rong Heng, who was in a state of depression.

Ruan Shiqing was right, he was no longer a cub who could be manipulated by others. If Si Yan refused to tell him, then he would go and find out the truth by himself. If Si Yan was unwilling to avenge his mother, then he would kill the enemy himself and pay tribute to his mother's soul.

He raised his head and rested his chin on Ruan Shiqing's shoulder. He pondered for a moment and said, "That No. 4 may know a lot of things. I will go and investigate again tomorrow. Maybe I can find out something."

The next day, Rong Heng went to the prison No. 4 of the Arsenal again for interrogation, and Ruan Shiqing accompanied him.

Rong Heng had been immersed in the military for a long time and was familiar with various torture methods. He tried them one by one on this particularly stubborn insect, but the other party still held his ground and refused to reveal anything.

"Let me try?" Ruan Shiqing suggested after thinking for a while when he saw his gloomy face.

There was blood in the cell, and Rong Heng was not happy about it.

But Ruan Shiqing added: "He seems to be very uncomfortable with my presence. Maybe I can get some information out of him."

No. 4 made no secret of her hostility towards him and the Queen Insect, and Ruan Shiqing felt that this was a breakthrough.

Rong Heng hesitated for a moment, but finally let him in.

No. 4 saw that Ruan Shiqing indeed looked angry.

The Empire had no policy of treating prisoners preferentially towards the Zerg, so Rong Heng showed no mercy in order to pry open his mouth. At this time, he was leaning against the corner of the cell, covered with wounds, motionless like a corpse. Only when Ruan Shiqing came in did he lift his eyelids with great effort, his eyes filled with anger and contempt.

"As a royal family, they are willing to be the running dogs of humans and turn against their own compatriots."

"When you betrayed and plotted against the queen, you didn't care about the friendship between your brothers." Ruan Shiqing said with sarcasm.

Even though he now knew that he had Zerg blood flowing in his body, he still found it difficult to empathize with these cold and cruel Zerg people.

In his opinion, only Ruan Jiao and the Queen of Insects could truly be considered his kindred spirits.

There is already an essential difference between them and these insect tribes.

Although the anthropomorphic Zerg have human forms, they are still beastly Zerg in nature. Plunder and killing are engraved in their genes, just like monsters in human skin.

But the Queen Insect and Ruan Jiao are different. They not only have human form, but also learn human emotions.

This Zerg keeps saying "fellow countrymen," but in reality, he may not even understand the meaning of the word "fellow countrymen."

Otherwise, how could they hate the queen insect who only wanted to lead her tribe to a peaceful life?

At this moment, Ruan Shiqing suddenly understood the Queen of Insects.

She was the first person in the tribe to evolve, and she even sneaked into the empire and witnessed its technology and culture. Her bestiality gradually faded, and her humanity awakened. When she faced her tribe members who were still like beasts and uncivilized, she must have felt lonely.

So later she helped No. 4 and even other powerful tribesmen to transform into human forms; she worked hard to promote peace talks and wanted to end the war. With a peaceful environment and enough "sky stones", her tribesmen and the next generation will be able to successfully complete their evolution.

They no longer have to wander around like wild beasts, fighting and plundering.

They can also have a peaceful and stable life.

And she doesn't have to shoulder the burden of reproduction of the population, like wild animals, mating with different male insects and producing eggs.

Only the queen worm can continue the race, which is inherently abnormal.

The Empire's technology is so advanced that the continuation of the race should not rely on just one person.

Unfortunately, everything she planned was ultimately ruined by conspiracy.

Ruan Shiqing frowned and looked at the angry Zerg, and asked slowly, "Who were involved in the assassination?"

As his voice rang out, waves like water rippled out.

have no idea.

No. 4 wanted to answer like this, but when he opened his mouth, he felt an indescribable pressure. His lips opened and closed, and a sound came out of his throat uncontrollably: "I was not in charge of the contact at the time, and I don't know who the specific people were. I only know that many people in the Empire did not want to end the war, so they hit it off with us."

They already knew that there was a traitor in the Empire colluding with the Zerg.

But he was still surprised by what No. 4 said about “quite a few people”.

“What are the forces?”

"From what I know, the Four Great Cults, the Mermaids, the Nine-Tailed Foxes, and the Holy Legion were all involved. They helped us kill the Queen Insect, and we helped them kill Queen Farah."

In this way, both sides can put the blame on each other.

Ruan Shiqing was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that so many forces were involved behind the queen's death.

But he soon realized that what these people did was just for profit.

The war between the Empire and the Zerg lasted for thousands of years. The protracted war not only affected the division of the country's territory, but also provided a large number of arms dealers who made a fortune from the country's disaster.

The four great tycoons grew gradually by waging wars and competing for wealth, and developed into the gargantuan powers they are today. Even the royal family has to avoid their edge.

However, if the war is over, the Empire will no longer need large numbers of warships and weapons to defend against the Zerg, and the wealthy will lose their trump card to check and balance the royal family.

The same is true for the mermaid tribe and the nine-tailed fox tribe. Relying on the wealth accumulated by their ancestors, they not only firmly control the military regions in their hands and form cliques in the military, but also covet the power of the royal family in an attempt to go further.

Once the war is over, the peacetime military will inevitably face a reduction in its military strength, and the military division structure to fight against the Zerg will likely also change.

So when they learned that the queen wanted to make peace with the Zerg and end the war, they chose to cooperate with the Zerg without hesitation.

Since the problem cannot be solved, then get rid of the person who raised the problem.

Facts have proved that this method is quite effective. The Queen and the Queen of Worms died, and the hatred between the two sides became deeper and deeper. In recent years, the fighting has become more and more intense.

Ruan Shiqing closed his eyes, suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked one last question: "What kind of force is the Holy Legion?"

He felt that the name sounded familiar, and after thinking about it, he remembered that this seemed to be a newly-grown organization, similar to a cult.

I just don't know if it's the same one.

"They are like a group of wanted criminals of the Empire. They came to us to cooperate. I don't know the details, but I know they hate the royal family very much. They helped us complete many of our experiments."

No wonder, they were wondering how the Zerg could develop so many things in such a short time, it turns out there are people behind it.

Ruan Shiqing asked a few more questions, and seeing that No. 4's voice was getting weaker and weaker, he temporarily ended the questioning and let the robot treat his wounds.

He didn't notice that as soon as he left the cell, No. 4 became completely paralyzed, the black pupil in the middle of his red compound eyes dilated, and he looked almost lifeless.