Walk alone in the abyss

Early in the morning, the young major was ruthlessly dragged out of the warm bed by the retired old pirate who drove back early.

"Where's my daughter?" Kolev yelled.

"Continuing her criminal journey."

Yang Ming lay back on the bed again, closed his eyes and muttered:

"I persuaded you, but she doesn't want to come. She will stay on the outskirts of Luofeng Empire for business recently... It's simply too despicable for you to ask Molly to lure her to Luofeng Empire."

"It's not my fault."

Kolev responded with a guilty conscience. The old man in a suit and leather shoes sat beside Yang Ming's bed and continued to mutter.

"I'm only her daughter, you know. If she gets closer to me, if she encounters any trouble, I can always support her."

Yang Ming complained: "Let me take a good rest, I was frightened by the old emperor yesterday."

"The profession of pirate is still too dangerous," Kolev continued to talk about himself, "I have to find a way to change her ideal."

Yang Ming turned his back to the old man, not bothering to correct Kolev's overbearing concept of parenting.

However, Yang Ming's wish to catch up on sleep was not realized after all.

As soon as Kolev returned to his room to rest, Edwan sent a video invitation.

The second prince looked haggard, obviously he didn't sleep all night last night, after meeting Yang Ming in the video communication, he forced a smile on his face, and then sighed dejectedly:

"Ming, I feel like my father has suddenly changed."

Yang Ming was inexplicably a little guilty.

He laughed and said, "Maybe your majesty is liberating your nature? Or, your majesty felt that life was too depressing before, and now he decides to let it go?"

"But a variety show production team was put in jail for no reason, this..."

"This is imperial power," Yang Ming reminded, "Ed Wang, you have to always think about it, now your father is still the master of the house, and you have to endure any dissatisfaction."

Edwan lay down on the sofa: "I just got the news that my father had a quarrel with Princess Dana, and their quarrel was very intense."

"Take care of Emilia," Yang Ming reminded, "Don't let her get involved, the conflict between the two of them may become more intense in the future."

Edwan asked, "Ming, do you know something?"

"Princess Dana is the eyeliner of the Sherman Empire," Yang Ming said slowly, "This is a secret that everyone knows, it's no big deal."

"But father has been too abnormal recently."

Edwan sighed:

"Father treats his own people so hastily, which is not acceptable to me."

Regarding this, Yang Ming could only offer a few words of persuasion.

What else can he do?

Do you want to tell Edwan that the old emperor is actually an omnic, and your father was killed long ago, or imprisoned by the Sherman Empire?

With Edwan's temperament, he might confront the Sherman Empire directly, thus putting himself in danger.

Although the old emperor's omnic had a tendency to get out of control, Yang Ming didn't think that this thing could escape the control of the Sherman Empire.

The strength of the Sherman Empire cannot be underestimated at any time.

Edwan suddenly said: "By the way, Yang Ming, the emperor will give you a title soon. According to the suggestion given by the Minister of the Royal Household Affairs, it should be a viscount. Do you need me to help you get a higher title? Luofeng's The title itself is of little value."

"It's just the beginning, isn't it?"

Yang Ming smiled and said, "It's pretty good if you don't climb slowly from knight and baron."

Edwan also laughed: "The titles that Luofeng sells directly are knights and barons. Father's rewards cannot be so stingy."

"Go and rest, Your Highness," Yang Ming said warmly, "You should get a gift when you wake up."

"Oh, don't do that!"

Edwan frowned and said, "You've said that, how could I still be able to sleep? What gift, show me first."

"See you this afternoon...Miss Windsor is calling, you can't neglect this."

Yang Ming casually turned off the communication video.

Compared to worrying about the country and the people with Edwang, exchanging affectionate words with Miss Windsor will make Yang Ming feel happier.

...

Near noon, the task assigned by Yang Ming to Gu Dun Mahal began to advance steadily.

The core idea of ​​the so-called fake coup is to deliberately startle the snake. ——The 'snake' here refers to the Sherman Empire.

Before deciding to use this plan, Yang Ming conceived several plans:

Take advantage of individual advances to directly kill Yiloui and the current Minister of Defense;

Let Gudun Maha directly send someone to assassinate Iloui;

Plan together with Edwan, take the lead in investigating Yiloui, accuse Yiloui of some crimes, at least force him to leave the Luofeng Empire...

etc.

But these plans will either easily expose Yang Ming's own combat power, or be prone to backlash, or be seized by the opponent.

After repeated discussions between Yang Ming and Lu, the fake coup plan came into being.

Although the steps of this plan are simple, it is quite difficult to execute.

In the first step, Li used Yiloui's image to synthesize an "internal speech" that could be faked. In the video, Yiloui encouraged his cronies, scolded the Luofeng royal family for their incompetence and stupidity, and announced that he would seize the throne and establish a military government.

By noon, the speech video had already started to go viral on the Internet.

In the first step, Li also designed a lot of small details, such as allowing the video to appear in high density on various social software first, but it is not on the hot searches on the Internet portal; The hot search method stimulated the emotions of netizens and reversely confirmed the authenticity of the video content.

Immediately after the second step, Gu Dun Maha immediately called a meeting of several close generals of the same level, and took the initiative to discuss this fake video.

After studying the activities of the two agents of the New Federation and the Guell Alliance, Yang Ming concluded that Yiloui was not ready for an uprising at this stage.

Yiloui should not only have not communicated with Gu Dunmaha, but Yiloui, a cautious old guy, should not have talked about this matter with anyone except Yiloui's absolute confidant, the current Minister of Defense Luofeng.

Sure enough, when Gu Dunmaha and these generals saw the speech video, their first reaction was to contact Yiloui.

At this time, they will find that they can't contact Yiloui at all.

Yiloui's communication was cut off, and the order could only be circulated in the flagship of his fleet.

This is the absolute advantage that Lu has in the field of information when facing a puppet country like the Luofeng Empire with relatively backward military technology.

Gu Dunmaha didn't need to hint anything, some of the generals proposed to put their respective troops on alert and prepare for all battles.

Gu Dun Maha readily agreed, and properly expressed his concerns about Yiloui's risky behavior.

"We could have made good money and retired with honors," Gurton Mahal said with a sigh.

Several generals felt the same way.

The first two steps of the fake coup plan were successfully completed, and the royal family of the Luofeng Empire was already fried.

Princess Dana, who was still arguing with the old emperor last night, sent out more than a dozen secret letters in succession.

The regular army corps stationed on the border of the Sherman Empire has begun to mobilize.

By this time, Yang Ming and Lu had already started to advance to the third step.

The palace is under another cyber attack.

Although this attack was quickly extinguished by the technical team of the guard army, the royal guard army began to be on full alert. The local governors of the five major administrative stars all received the order of the "King Qin". The emperor and ministers gathered in the main hall for discussion, Everyone is already tense.

A challenge from military power to imperial power is about to erupt.

In just two or three hours, the Luofeng Empire changed from a normal day with a sunny day to a rainy day with dark clouds overwhelming the city.

Ordinary people are a little out of breath.

However, Yang Ming and Lu have already retired and completed the fourth step of the plan, which is the last step.

Law resumed Yiloui's normal communication.

...

stupid.

Yiloui, the former Minister of Defense of the Luofeng Empire, who created the current military system with one hand, is currently staring at the projection screen in front of him with a cane in both hands.

The projections of twelve military generals are gathered on one screen.

Everyone was staring at Yiloui.

Only the current Minister of Defense and the other two generals have firm eyes, and most of them have hesitation and wandering eyes.

Yiloui said in a deep voice: "The matter has come to this..."

"Teacher," the current Minister of Defense said suddenly, frowning, "There is a communication that reached me through diplomatic channels."

"Who hit it?" Yiloui asked with a frown.

"Sherman Imperial Defense, do I need to answer? Teacher."

The cabin where Yiloui was in became audible.

The old man frowned tightly.

Yiloui has already realized that what happened today is definitely not a so-called coincidence, he has been 'hacked' by someone.

Yiloui is indeed preparing for a coup d'état.

The coup d'état is not a play, once it starts, there is no retreat, between him and the old emperor, there is only one person who can live to the top of Luofeng's power.

Therefore, Yiloui is extremely cautious, and everything is being carried out and prepared in secret.

Even, he has only just reached the first stage of the mutiny, and he has not yet prepared the cronies to use in the uprising, he has not prepared to instigate the Royal Guards, and he has not cleaned up the unstable elements in the military...

"Teacher," the current Minister of Defense asked in a low voice, "Do you want to answer it? This communication."

Yiloui's hands were trembling slightly.

He has been running the military of the Luofeng Empire all his life, and has served two emperors successively. Now he clearly has the opportunity, and can touch that position with his own hands before he dies...

"Go ahead."

Yiloui's voice was very soft, as if he said it inadvertently while panting.

As soon as he finished speaking, the figures of several generals disappeared from the projection screen in front of him at the same time.

They already know the result.

...

Yiloui fled abroad.

Yiloui, who had been hiding near the border, rushed out of the border of Luofeng Empire with dozens of guards on a medium-sized transport ship.

This news quickly spread throughout all the planetary networks of the Luofeng Empire, and the dark cloud of war that quickly formed within a few hours quickly dissipated in an even shorter period of time.

Military garrisons everywhere are off guard.

The Royal Guard resumed normal duty and training.

The financial market of Luofeng Empire, which had just fluctuated and fallen, began to climb in reverse again.

The people all heaved a sigh of relief.

When Yang Ming walked down the stairs, Kolev was wearing an apron and holding a spatula, listening to the lively news channel while cooking black-hearted capitalists.

Yang Ming didn't have the will to help at all.

He sat on the sofa in the living room, turned on the projection TV, and quietly waited for Edwan's communication.

Half an hour later, Edwan arrived late.

Edwan was sitting on the back seat of the suspension car, he should have just come out of the palace, at this moment he glanced around like a thief, and whispered to Yang Ming:

"This is the gift?"

"Hmm," Yang Ming shrugged, "I don't know anything."

"This is unbelievable," Edwan said in a low voice, "the technical team analyzed that the video of the speech that suddenly appeared was fake, and the military had no signs of secretly mobilizing the army before, and according to the eyeliner I planted in the army Report, Yiloui's network failed at noon, he was hiding in the fleet, and he couldn't communicate with the outside world for a while."

"It's really unlucky for him," Yang Ming said seriously, "All the coincidences happened to him."

"Well, it's a coincidence," Edwan wondered, "Why didn't Yiloui directly issue a statement saying that the video of the speech was forged, wouldn't that calm the turmoil?"

Yang Ming said with a smile: "Because he is really plotting a rebellion."

Edwan was slightly taken aback: "He is so old, can he still have such ambition? Even if he is really rebelling, can't he bear it for a while and issue a clarification statement?"

"I don't know either, I've heard people say it."

Yang Ming continued:

"Iloui's mutiny is actually part of the new federation's retaliation.

"Assuming Ilouis issued a clarification statement that he was soft on the royal family, we can create momentum and say that he is expressing his loyalty to the royal family.

"In this way, he will not only offend the New Federation, but also lose part of his prestige among the high-level military. The only object to please is the Sherman Empire, which doesn't care about his role. Moreover, as long as Iloui subdues, the next It is also bound to face the investigation of the royal family.

"Not to mention that he was planning a mutiny, the royal family has tolerated him for so many years, how could he miss such a good opportunity?

"Rising against the trend and fleeing abroad are his only two options. He ran out, and his influence on the army is still there. It is not much different from now. He can also publicly criticize the country and show his own value, so as to continue Attached to the new federation."

Edwan smiled and said, "I will find a way to shut him up completely. He has already left the fleet and is much less threatening."

Yang Ming stretched his waist: "Okay, Your Highness, you must be busy with a lot of things, and now I have to go to entertainment projects, so I will not accompany you."

"We've been chatting less recently, and I don't know what you're busy doing every day," Edwan complained in a low voice.

"We're all grown men, so it's fine if we get together to eat, drink and have fun together, why are we chatting for so many days?"

Yang Ming turned off the communication casually, untied the watch and threw it on the coffee table.

This is to strike first.

It's not bad to achieve the goal without bloodshed.

Kolev cursed beside him:

"When you're done with all the dirty politics, come over and serve me a plate, open a bottle of wine, and get ready to celebrate!"

"Celebrate?" Yang Ming wondered, "Mimily is going to have a stepmother?"

"The system you bought is about to reach your target star! Your crazy backup plan will be officially launched tonight! Don't you need to celebrate?"

Yang Ming grinned.

The housekeeping robot controlled by Li brought two holographic imaging systems.

"Boss, pay attention to the sense of ritual."