Chapter 492, Identification

"Naldo Crowe? What Naldo Crowe? I don't know this person."

At the Supreme Council, Norberto sneered and said:

"You should have evidence when you speak. Don't blame me for everything that happens to Gu Hang. Who knows if he has offended someone?"

Ou Juren was a little helpless.

He brought the matter of Norberto's illegal instruction of the Assassin Court to assassinate Gu Hang to the Supreme Council.

As expected, Norberto completely denied these accusations.

Moreover, there is indeed no sufficient and conclusive evidence to prove that it was Norberto who did it.

This was expected. Norberto's ending was handled very cleanly. The key person who could point out his mistake, the assassin mentor Naldo Crowe, had disappeared. I'm afraid he disappeared soon after issuing the mission order. The other evidence was either not critical enough or not collected.

In short, it was difficult to hammer him to death.

However, since it was something that was expected, Ou Juren was not disappointed.

Everyone knows that it was Norberto who did it, and to some extent, this is enough.

Assassination is against the rules and undermines the political bottom line. The anger caused by this not only made the forces that were originally on the opposite side furious, but also made some people who were originally neutral, or even vaguely on Norberto's side, feel dissatisfied.

I didn't pay any price - although Gu Hang was assassinated, he didn't die!

The enemy paid a huge price, exposed a huge flaw, and gained nothing!

This is a great opportunity!

Ou Juren has prepared a basket of proposals, from reducing the authority of the Ministry of Military Affairs, to expanding the legitimacy of Gu Hang's alliance, to deciding the vacant position of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and then to finding a way to kill several key figures in Norberto's faction...

And the most important move is to use this incident to launch an investigation into Norberto. Regardless of whether or not we can find evidence to kill Norberto, at least after entering the investigation process, Norberto, as the person under investigation, will definitely not be able to continue to exercise his power smoothly.

Norberto will naturally not give in so easily.

"Prime Minister Ou Juren's proposal is so absurd! In the absence of any evidence, you can actually bring up such a humiliating investigation against me, a high lord! This is simply a shame!"

"I can't help but ask: If I now suspect that it is you, Ou Juren, who directed and acted out all this, assassinated Gu Hang, and put the blame on me, then can I also request an investigation into Ou Juren?"

Norberto was refuting, arguing, or making a fuss.

His opposition really had a certain effect.

The entire parliament was in a mess.

'Tower, tower, tower'...

Heavy footsteps came from the door.

The Supreme Council Hall soon became quiet.

This is the sound of power armor.

In the meeting room, the Space Marine representative subconsciously touched his waist, but didn't touch anything.

You can't bring weapons to the meeting.

They can only watch the door of the meeting hall being pushed open.

The first to come in were two golden-armored warriors.

Seeing them, the high lords breathed a sigh of relief.

The Imperial Guards, that's fine.

In the history of the empire, the Imperial Guards have never participated in palace coups.

On the contrary, in many palace coups, the Imperial Guards sometimes passively played the role of ending the coup.

For those who claim to be the true imperial guards, although the emperor has ascended to become a god, isn't the palace still there? Although protecting the emperor is still their first task, it is not necessary; next, protecting the imperial palace is their most important task at the moment. You can have a coup, it has nothing to do with the Imperial Guards, and I don't care what you mortals do. But messing up the palace is not okay, whoever does it will be punished.

In the palace, there is really no one who can compete with the Imperial Guards.

Now that the Imperial Guards pushed the door in, there should be no need to worry about a group of rebels coming in with bolters to kill all the high lords.

But what are these Imperial Guards, who usually have no interest in the political situation of the empire, doing suddenly?

Then, behind the two Imperial Guards, there was a whole team led by a centurion.

Surrounded by these Imperial Guards, there were four more people.

Three of them stood side by side, and the other one was tied up and forced in.

Everyone was familiar with the three standing people.

Borgia Gallardo, the executive minister of the Military Affairs Department, Clement, the Grand Master of the Assassin Court, and Gu Hang, the leader of the Alliance.

The person who was tied up and dragged in by the Imperial Guards was very unfamiliar.

Everyone couldn't help but look at Ou Juren. Gallardo and Gu Hang can now be regarded as members of Ou Juren's faction.

But at this moment, Ou Juren's expression was quite surprised, as if he had not expected this.

At the same time, the high lords immediately noticed that there was one person present who had the biggest reaction: Norberto.

He was still trying to appear calm, but his face began to turn pale, and in the conference room where the temperature was suitable, there was a fine layer of cold sweat on his forehead, which was seen by many people.

Those present were all smart people.

From the abnormal actions of the Imperial Guards, the appearance of the Grand Master of the Assassin Court, and the appearance of the tied man, they could probably guess what had happened.

Some people closed their eyes, some looked playful, and some laughed undisguisedly.

The high lords had different expressions.

In silence, the Imperial Guards spoke first.

The centurion said that they had completed the investigation of Gu Hang, and Gu Hang's identity as a psychic had been recognized by the Psychic Order, and the information had been updated to an S-level psychic.

However, they were now going to arrest those who disturbed the palace.

While speaking, the centurion's eyes were always fixed on Norberto.

"No, no... you misunderstood..."

The Prime Minister of the Military Affairs Department opened his mouth and tried to defend himself palely.

But the Centurion interrupted him.

"I hope that the three witnesses, Clement, Gu Hang, and Gallardo, and the prisoner Naldo Crowe, will explain the situation first."

Clement nodded slightly and said, "Gentlemen, please allow me to introduce the person behind me, Naldo Crowe. He is an assassin mentor. After the assassination, I immediately checked the action records of the Assassin's Court. The Assassin's Court has never received an action order from the Supreme Council. This order was issued directly by Crowe in violation of the rules."

Gallardo took over the conversation: "I invited Grand Master Clement to visit Gu Hang at the Imperial Guards' base and discuss the whole incident. After learning that Kro had escaped, Mr. Gu Hang said that as a victim, he hoped to be able to help."

Gu Hang took the opportunity to speak: "It just happened that I had some ability. I used my psychic power to find out how Naldo Kro escaped. The Imperial Guards personally attacked and captured the disguised Naldo outside the palace at Terra 46 Starport."

"Impossible, how did you..." Naldo Kro couldn't help but ask.

He really couldn't figure it out.

He thought his departure was seamless.

However, no one answered his question, and when he continued to ask, he was kicked by a Imperial Guard behind him.

"Shut up, you have the right to answer questions. Who is the person who ordered you to issue illegal action orders?"

No matter how unwilling Naldo Kro was, he could only tell the truth at this time: "It was Prime Minister Norberto."

"You lied!"

Noberto roared, but it was meaningless.

...

After the meeting, Ou Juren, Gallardo, and Gu Hang gathered again in a secret room.

In the meeting that just ended, they won a great victory.

Although the procedures for removing a high lord's seat and removing a prime minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs were not simple, the imperial guards did not care so much.

They respected the authority of the imperial government and followed the procedures.

However, the person was taken away first.

Norberto fell into the hands of the imperial guards, and he might not be able to get out.

His fall will trigger a series of chain reactions.

The most direct thing is that Gallardo ignited the idea of ​​going further.

Before, he was still thinking about competing for the position of Deputy Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, thinking that it was the position left after Wang Suan retired.

But now, he really has a chance to get the position of Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs!

He was originally the highest executive minister, and there were only three people above him: the Prime Minister and two Deputy Prime Ministers.

One Wang Suan retired; one Norberto was investigated and killed; the remaining Deputy Prime Minister was Norberto's confidant. After the backstage fell, he was immediately the next target to be liquidated.

There would be no one above!

Of course, the new Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs does not necessarily have to be born in the Ministry of Military Affairs. It is not impossible to select people from senior officials in other departments.

But each boss has his own position. Gallardo competes with the deputy prime ministers of other departments. He believes that he can still have a certain advantage.

Although the difficulty is still quite high, other factions are unlikely to watch their group of people directly take control of the two seats in the Supreme Council. But this is a matter of struggle, exchange of interests, and political compromise.

However, even though they had won, the atmosphere among the three people in the secret meeting was not joyous.

Especially Ou Juren, the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice, had a rather gloomy look on his face.

"Your actions were too sudden! Even I didn't know! Do you know how much trouble this will bring?"

Ou Juren reprimanded Gallardo.

Gu Hang said, "You can't blame him for this, and of course, you can't blame me either..."

Afterwards, Gu Hang explained the whole situation to Ou Juren.

When Gallardo brought the Grand Master of the Assassin Court, Clement, to the Imperial Guards to find him, he offered to help find the trace of Naldo Kro.

The way to find Naldo was certainly not the psychic technology that Gu Hang mentioned.

That guy ran away very quickly, and it was premeditated. Even Clement, the Grand Master, who could mobilize the power of the entire Assassin Court, could not find Naldo, let alone relying on the power of psychic energy alone.

The headquarters of the Psychic Order is also in Holy Terra. Although S-level psychics are rare, there are definitely a few here.

If Naldo could be found by psychic means alone, Gu Hang would definitely not need to take action.

But who made Gu Hang cheat?

After the assassination, an activatable event called [Revenge] appeared in Gu Hang's [Event] panel. It only takes one thousand points of grace to activate it.

Gu Hang believes that this is the blessing of the emperor.

After activation, Gu Hang got Naldo's whereabouts directly.

The coordinates were updated in real time.

In this way, there would be no problem in catching him.

However, the problem was elsewhere.

After knowing the location, anyone could catch Naldo. Especially Clement, he was the leader of the Assassin's Court. He had an urgent idea to clean up the house because he had such a traitor who colluded with external forces and acted on his own, causing him a lot of trouble.

The assassins under his command were also suitable for this. Whether it was killing him on the spot or bringing him back alive as required by Gu Hang and Gallardo, it was easy to do.

But they ignored the existence of the Imperial Guard.

It's no wonder that the Imperial Guard has never been involved in politics. In the past, they were not unaware of the countless dirty deeds that happened secretly in the palace, but they never cared - as long as you didn't make it public.

All forces have always kept this bottom line.

This time, after the accident was broken, the reaction of the Imperial Guards was beyond many people's expectations.

After Gu Hang completed the review of the Psychic Order (after giving a heads-up), the Imperial Guards asked to join the operation to hunt down Naldo.

Someone must be responsible for dirtying the floor of the palace.

Who can beat the Imperial Guards? Not even Clement!

They didn't even give Clement, Gu Hang, and Gallardo a chance to discuss.

No one was willing to confront this group of corn spirits.

So, the Imperial Guards led the team, Gu Hang pointed the way, and Naldo was arrested. It happened that the Supreme Council was in a meeting, and the Imperial Guards Centurion asked the Imperial Guards Marshal for instructions and brought people directly to the door.

"... During this process, there was really no opportunity to report to you." Gallardo explained in a summary at the end.

"Huh..." After listening to it, Ou Juren's face looked a little better.

Indeed, there was really no opportunity to report during this whole process.

But he still had a headache: "Alas... but it's still very troublesome... all the high lords saw that you came in with the Imperial Guards. No one would think that the Imperial Guards came together with us, but everyone would murmur that we also broke the rules and took the initiative to use the Imperial Guards to bring in this uncontrollable force. This is the unspoken rule that everyone has always known."

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4k, make up for yesterday.

Thank you [Axe of the Mountain] for the 4th Alliance Leader Reward!

Thank you [Hu Yifan] for the 2nd Alliance Leader Reward!

I just saw the two new Alliance Leader Rewards, and I felt complicated, as if I was eating candy with a painful mask...

Of course I am happy to have a large reward! But it also means that I owe +40k.

Well, it has directly exceeded 100k...

I still owe 106k.

I'm going to write, and there is still before dawn. Everyone try to get up tomorrow to read it, don't learn from me to stay up late...