Xia Chujian suddenly felt a slight electronic stimulation from the Other Shore Flower Necklace around her neck.
Is Seven Lù expressing dissatisfaction? she wondered. But even if it was, it had to hold it in, because Xia Chujian realized that Seven Lù was indeed afraid of Huo Yushen…
She used to think it was probably because Huo Yushen was too perceptive, and Seven Lù was worried about being exposed and taken away.
But now it seemed that the reason might not be so simple? Many thoughts flashed through Xia Chujian's mind in an instant, but she couldn't help but show a look of reverence on her face.
"Marshal Huo is amazing! I also believe that Mechanical Intelligence should serve humanity, but it must never usurp the role of the host!"
Huo Yushen was very satisfied with her answer, because he actually smiled and said, "Pack up and go to bed early. We're going home tomorrow."
Xia Chujian came back to her senses and quickly said, "Does this mean I've completed Young Master Zong's mission? The contract is terminated then."
Huo Yushen nodded, seeing that she still remembered the contract. "Yes, remember to have Chief Quan Da help you finalize the contract."
"Chief Quan Da is the best at playing word games."
Xia Chujian agreed, but still said, "Teng Pingmao is dead. Will they push out someone similar again?"
Xia Chujian was worried that after the Zong Family team tasted success, they would send her out every time Zong Ruoan encountered a thorny issue in the election.
This time was already a fluke, and she did want to vent her anger for those dead Starry Sky Marines.
But that didn't mean she had to keep doing these things.
Of course, if they offered a high price and hired her through the Dark Night Hunter Association, a public-to-public arrangement wouldn't be out of the question…
Xia Chujian fell asleep with these thoughts running wild in her mind.
What she didn't know was that after she and Huo Yushen left, Teng Pingmao's security personnel discovered his suicide.
The first to discover it was, of course, Hui Ning.
She woke up and found herself on the floor.
Staggering to the bedroom, she saw Teng Pingmao lying on the ground, his eyes wide open in death.
She screamed wildly, finally calling in the security personnel.
When the two of them came in, they were also panicked.
They didn't dare say they had been dozing off outside, but insisted that Teng Pingmao had committed suicide, and then pulled up all the surveillance footage in the villa.
According to normal procedure, they first looked at the surveillance in the bedroom where Teng Pingmao died.
When they did, they found that Teng Pingmao seemed to be talking to someone.
He kept calling the person "Hui Hui," and the two security personnel glanced at Hui Ning.
Hui Ning's face turned paler and paler, almost bloodless.
It wasn't until they saw the end that they realized the "Hui Hui" Teng Pingmao was talking about wasn't Hui Ning, but his old friend from the orphanage, his girlfriend in the military, who had died for various reasons.
The person he was talking to wasn't his girlfriend, but his girlfriend's sister…
Teng Pingmao even mentioned the word "substitute."
When Hui Ning saw this, she exploded, angrily saying, "I knew he had someone in his heart!"
"I was right! He was looking at someone else through me!"
Hui Ning stormed out of the villa.
But before she could go far, the people the two security personnel had notified arrived.
Hui Ning was caught and brought back, and the two security personnel, along with Hui Ning, were carefully questioned.
After confirming that they had nothing to do with Teng Pingmao's death, they were released.
But while they were still investigating whether this so-called Hui Hui's sister was a real person or a 3D Holographic Projection, someone sent the video to Zong Ruoan's official Campaign Team.
Hu Tu was overjoyed to receive the video.
After carefully reviewing it, he divided it into several small videos.
He deleted some particularly sensitive content, such as the places where Rong Zhongruo was mentioned, because he knew who Rong Zhongruo was.
They were all people from the noble circles, how could they not know Rong Zhongruo?
Moreover, he knew that Rong Zhongruo was already dead...
Since he was already dead, dragging him out to flog his corpse would not be of much significance to their campaign.
And it would needlessly create an enemy in Zong Ruoan.
Therefore, under Hu Tu's manipulation, each short video, less than a minute long, was released on the Star Network.
So, early the next morning, Teng Pingmao, the Lower House Senatorial candidate who was hailed as a "commoner prodigy," had his house collapse.
Not to mention the Hot Searches on the Star Network, even more people were discussing this "hypocrite."
It just so happened that the previous night, Teng Pingmao had encountered a situation at a campaign rally in Galuo City on Kanli Star, and being called a "hypocrite" had already caused a minor stir.
Now that the new videos were out, it further confirmed the "hypocrite" label.
"Ah! It's true that you can know a person's face but not their heart! I thought he was really a good person! I was already campaigning for him in my family group and friend circle, urging everyone to vote for him!"
"Yeah! Last night, when I saw the 'Teng Pingmao Hypocrite' Hot Search, I thought it was a competitor deliberately smearing him!"
"Who would have thought! He had such a good girlfriend, yet he didn't cherish her!"
"He even let his girlfriend join that death mission!"
"By the way, what kind of mission was that? Why haven't I seen it on the Star Network?"
Of course, Hu Tu did not release the words that Xia Chujian had spoken on behalf of Tong Xiaohui.
Because that content was too sensitive, and Hu Tu didn't want his Campaign Team to get too deeply involved.
Zong Ruoan also watched all the videos and acquiesced to Hu Tu's actions.
It wasn't that he was afraid of causing trouble, but he felt that this matter was somewhat bizarre.
He didn't want to make everything public until he had confirmation.
So, the next morning, when Xia Chujian got up, had breakfast, and prepared to check out and return to Guiyuan Star, she also saw the Hot Searches and the surveillance videos from the previous night.
Xia Chujian watched to the end, but didn't see the words she had spoken on behalf of Tong Xiaohui.
She didn't want those people to die in obscurity.
While checking out, she walked with Huo Yushen and quietly asked, "...Can I release all the videos from that night on the Star Network?"
Huo Yushen said, "Then are you prepared to bear the consequences of releasing all the videos?"
Xia Chujian said, "Of course. I need to explain this to Young Master Zong's Campaign Team. If I don't say anything, will he not know it was me who did it?"
Huo Yushen said, "If you can bear the consequences, then do it."
Just like Xia Chujian said, even if she didn't release them, some people could guess that this matter was related to those who returned from Senze Star.
Anyway, Rong Zhongruo was already dead, so pushing everything onto Rong Zhongruo could also give the real mastermind behind the scenes a sigh of relief, right? Huo Yushen knew that these people cherished their reputation and would not jump out to deal with Xia Chujian unless absolutely necessary.
Xia Chujian was now also a celebrity, not an unknown ordinary person.
This was also a layer of protection for her.
Xia Chujian said, "Then I'll post it."
She casually walked into a cafe in Galuo City, logged onto the Star Network there, secretly had Seven Lù put on multiple disguises, and then released all the surveillance footage that Seven Lù had copied from Hui Ning's bedroom that night.
In fact, the key parts totaled only five minutes.
Of course, Seven Lù temporarily registered a small, anonymous account online, then posted the video, and at the same time tagged Quan Yuxun and Zong Ruoan's official Campaign Team's Star Blog accounts.
This five-minute video was released and immediately caused an even bigger sensation than the few short videos of less than a minute that Hu Tu had released.
Not only were the upper and lower plots more coherent, but it also let everyone know that there were once two thousand ordinary Starry Sky Marines who, although betrayed by their superiors, still absolutely refused to surrender, and even more so, did not become seed people for the so-called Shang People!
The release of this video caused an even greater sensation.
It directly reached four "Explosions," becoming a Hot Search throughout the Beichen Empire.
The existence of the Senze Star Shang People had always been known only to a very small number of people in the upper echelons of the four countries.
Now, thanks to this video, almost all netizens in the Beichen Galaxy who were on the Star Network knew of the existence of the "Shang People."
Various discussions immediately erupted on the Star Network.
The high-level officials of various countries dared not ban discussions about the Shang People online, because they knew that once they did, it would only make people more interested.
It was better to let everyone discuss it to their heart's content.
Therefore, they also intentionally released some real information about Senze Star.
After learning that the nuclear radiation on Senze Star was excessive, making it a hell for ordinary people, everyone kept their distance from this planet and had no interest in it at all.
Even Gene Evolvers didn't want to go to this place, even though the radiation there had no effect on them.
What everyone was interested in was the Military's special mission, and Rong Zhongruo, the mastermind behind it!
They were all speculating, what were some people in the Military trying to cover up by killing people? What exactly were Teng Pingmao and Rong Zhongruo plotting at the time? Tong Xiaohui heard their conspiracy, and killing her alone would have been enough, so why kill two thousand people? These things were only mentioned intermittently in the video and were not complete.
Moreover, this video only contained the dialogue between the two people and did not have any substantial evidence.
However, Teng Pingmao's suicide pushed the credibility of this dialogue to a peak.
When the families of the two thousand Starry Sky Marines came out to corroborate, denouncing the Military and demanding that they clarify the truth and give them an explanation, the entire Beichen Empire's public opinion was in an uproar! Everyone finally believed that what was said in the video was true! The Military knew the truth, but they did not punish Rong Zhongruo! Originally, some high-level officials in the Military were still covering up, planning to give the deceased Rong Zhongruo a grand funeral and give the Rong Family more places in the Military's high-level ranks as a kind of exchange of benefits.
But now that the video was released, Rong Zhongruo's reputation plummeted.
Including the Rong Family, which was said to be second only to the four top Nobles, their reputation was also severely damaged.
However, the Rong Family's head was very decisive.
When he saw that the online trend was not right, he immediately came forward to cut ties, telling the public that Rong Zhongruo's actions were outrageous and he was not worthy of being a member of the Rong Family!
He announced that Rong Zhongruo was expelled from the family, and Rong Zhongruo's wife and children were also abandoned.
Of course, this was all on the surface.
Behind the scenes, they used name changes to appease Rong Zhongruo's family and gave them a generous compensation.
Then the Military came forward and said that Rong Zhongruo had been executed for violating military discipline and regulations.
He was expelled from the military, his military ranks and positions during his lifetime were revoked, and all welfare benefits were canceled.
Of course, there were also no subsidies for the deaths of high-ranking military officers.
All of this happened within eight hours.
By the time Xia Chujian took the Interstellar Spaceship, passed through the Wormhole, and returned to her own Manor outside Mulan City on Guiyuan Star, Zong Ruoan's election situation had greatly improved, becoming the undisputed number one, leading far ahead in public opinion polls.
Huo Yushen did not take the same Interstellar Spaceship as Xia Chujian.
He did not go to Guiyuan Star either, but returned to Beichen Star.
When he arrived at Beichen Star, he received a message from Quan Yuxun.
[Quan Yuxun]: Inspector Huo, was the Teng Pingmao incident the work of your subordinate?
Huo Yushen knew that the "subordinate" Quan Yuxun was talking about was Xia Chujian.
He replied calmly.
[Huo Yushen]: You guess.
Quan Yuxun's mouth twitched when he saw this reply, and he stopped talking nonsense.
He turned to send a video call request to Xia Chujian.
Xia Chujian had just arrived home and was still being affectionate with Si Xi, Wu Fu, A Wù, and A Yuan when she received Quan Yuxun's video call request.
She thought about it and asked Liu Shun to take these little guys down first, and she answered Quan Yuxun's video call request in her room.
"Young Master Zong, I was just about to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come looking for me first!" Xia Chujian said with a laugh.
Quan Yuxun took a deep breath and said, "Is the Teng Pingmao incident related to you?"
Xia Chujian smiled and said, "You guess!"
Quan Yuxun's mouth twitched. He wanted to retort that she and Huo Yushen were really on the same wavelength, but he subconsciously held back, smiling and saying, "I guess it is, right?"
Xia Chujian clapped her hands: "Young Master Quan is so smart! It is indeed related!"
After speaking, she spread her hands with regret: "Actually, I didn't want to take his life, but he wanted to commit suicide, so I couldn't do anything about it."
Quan Yuxun's Smile was a little stiff, but he still said with great poise, "That Teng Pingmao is still somewhat interesting. At least he knows to be ashamed and then be brave, and mend the fold after the sheep is lost."
Xia Chujian's mouth twitched, and she said, "Come on, is he being ashamed and then brave?"
"He only committed suicide because the truth was exposed, and he would be abandoned by the people behind him, leaving him with no way out."
"So, don't use romantic fantasies to measure men's every move."
Quan Yuxun's smile was about to crack, and he couldn't help but sarcastically say, "What a brilliant insight! Chujian, you seem to understand us men even better than men do."
Xia Chujian said lightly, "You flatter me. I'm just a clear-headed bystander."
Quan Yuxun: "!!!"
What the hell, a clear-headed bystander!
Quan Yuxun took several deep breaths to calm himself down, and then put on his famous "Quan Yuxun's Smile" again.
He said gently, "I wanted to remind you that now that this matter has been exposed, some people's hatred may shift to you."
Xia Chujian shrugged: "I know, Marshal Huo reminded me."
Quan Yuxun gave her a deep look, lowered his eyes, and said, "Be careful of the Rong Family in the future. They are known for their 'Mouth Honey, Belly Sword'."
Xia Chujian thought, could they be more formidable than Young Master Quan's 'Smiling Dagger'?
Of course, she didn't say it out loud, but nodded and said, "I will pay attention. I will immediately research the Rong Family's noble members when I get back, to know myself and my enemy."
Quan Yuxun said, "I will send you a brief introduction to the Rong Family clan for your reference."
Xia Chujian quickly said, "Then I'll thank Young Master Quan in advance."
Then she added, "Young Master Quan, does that mean my contract with Young Master Zong is completed?"
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This is the second large chapter, including Moon Tickets for September 3900+.
There will be a new update at 00:05 tonight.
PS: It's suddenly getting colder recently, so please remember to add clothes, everyone. \(^o^)/~
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