After Lin Yu left, Fu Qinghai sat alone in the captain's room, quietly thinking about a question.
How many hands did this information pass through during the circulation process?
In other words, who else has seen this information?
To be honest, Fu Qinghai was born as a commoner in a remote hive city, and his understanding of Terra's political arena was limited to knowing which twelve seats the twelve-member High Lords Council had. He knew that there were nine permanent seats and three floating seats. Apart from that, Fu Qinghai had no idea what the relationships between them were, who was forming alliances with whom, and who was colluding with whom.
But first we can rule out the casting commander.
If Great Sage Cain knew that his record of repelling the Orc fleet was a forgery, he would not have promoted himself to the position of "Master Forge" later.
It makes sense when you think about it.
The permanent seat of the Adeptus Mechanicus in the Council of High Lords was won by the Titan Legion using cannons and missiles, not given voluntarily by Terra. Naturally, Mars and the traditional capital bureaucracy are not on the same page.
Lin Yu only glanced at it casually and was not aware of the complete content of the intelligence. Based on that one sentence alone, Fu Qinghai could not judge to what extent the Ministry of Justice knew about his company and fleet.
But there is one thing Fu Qinghai can be sure of.
The age of the Primarchs is drawing to a close.
But the era of the Primarchs has not completely passed!
At this point in time, no one could investigate and try a White Scars captain without the permission of Chagatai Khan.
There's no need to be so nervous.
…
The second establishment of the army is a major event. Of course, it is impossible to negotiate a result that will make all parties compromise within a day or two. It will inevitably be a long and repeated process of wrangling.
Fu Qinghai was not idle either.
The mission was urgent before, but now there is plenty of time. With the introduction of Ogedei and Talar, Fu Qinghai got to know the Nayan Khans of several other brotherhoods one by one.
"This is Hulan Khan, Nayan Khan of the Golden Road Brotherhood."
The dull buzzing sound of Ogedei came from top to bottom through the cockpit of the Dreadnought mecha.
"This is Anbatar Khan, Nayan Khan of the Midnight Star Brotherhood."
"This is Argu Khan, Nayan Khan of the Brotherhood of the Spear and Banner."
Fu Qinghai and the Khans gathered in Taira met one by one, introduced themselves to each other, shook hands and patted shoulders, and the atmosphere was friendly.
Because "Sizu" Ilia Lavare has already said that the young Khan in front of him is the only "Master Caster" in the Legion, an officially certified Master Caster from Mars.
Until Fu Qinghai produced a training weapon.
"My fellow khans, since we are free now anyway, why don't we... practice together?"
Fu Qinghai said with a smile.
The Khans of the legion were stunned.
"Hahahahahaha!"
From the sarcophagus of the Dreadnought, there was a sound of Ogedei's loud laughter, with a sense of anticipation in his laughter.
…
Outside the training cage of the Great Khan's flagship.
There was an endless stream of Space Marines gathering to watch the Khan's duel.
"Bang!"
The little giant's back hit the iron pillar at the edge of the cage. His strong body covered with thick scar tissue trembled, and an unbearable groaning sound came from between his bones and joints.
A simple throwing technique.
Fu Qinghai stood in place, moved his wrists which were stiff from exerting force, opened his mouth and loosened his teeth, and a heavy training long knife fell from his mouth. Fu Qinghai caught it with one hand and put it back into the weapon rack.
Gangzhuoligena Yanhan frowned, struggled to get up from the floor, looked up at Fu Qinghai, and asked,
"Who is your teacher?"
"Albus Lang."
Fu Qinghai replied.
"I fought Albus Long of the Falcon Brotherhood, and he...he's not that strong."
What Gang Zhuolige actually wanted to say was: Albuslan did not have so many fancy moves like "holding the knife and switching to throwing and wrestling techniques".
"The disciple surpasses the master."
Fu Qinghai smiled and said,
"Next."
"Oh my god, I got knocked down again..."
"He actually still has the strength to fight again!"
"Hurry, hurry, Qin Fa, it's your turn."
Accompanied by the shouts of the onlookers, a tall Astartes Brother with a long face, narrow eyes, a carefully groomed moustache, and black hair tied into a bun walked into the training cage.
Fu Qinghai had never seen Qin Xia, but from the name, he seemed to be a relative of the Lord of Qiexue.
Fu Qinghai clasped his hands together and said,
"Qin is fighting against Nayan Khan."
The other party also responded with a salute:
"Qingshan Nayanhan."
Fu Qinghai casually pulled out a training sword, but Qin Fa reached out and pulled out a long-handled Guandao that stood taller than the fully armored Astartes, threw it to Fu Qinghai, and said,
"Use this."
Fu Qinghai raised his hand to take the long-handled Guandao, was slightly stunned, then smiled and said:
"good."
Qin Fa also pulled out an identical long-handled Guandao and slowly paced along the edge of the training cage, holding the hilt with his sharp eyes locked on his opponent. The tip of the knife, flashing with cold light, slid through the air like a snake, like a tongue sticking out a tongue, looking for Fu Qinghai's flaws.
Ilia Lavallee, wearing a lieutenant general's uniform, stood with his arms folded among a group of excited armored giants, watching the scene in front of him quietly.
…
The Primarchs' meeting is not over yet.
A piece of information from Lin Yu was first placed on Fu Qinghai's desk.
Fu Qinghai raised his eyes and glanced at the panting young man in front of him, and he began to look at him with a new respect.
Fu Qinghai originally thought that the other party could only eavesdrop on a few words through the telescopic ears, but he did not expect that the other party would directly bring the original intelligence.
"Please take a seat."
Fu Qinghai said, then picked up the document and started looking through it.
"After my personal confirmation, the illegal psychic, a human female, is the wanted criminal who goes by the alias 'Lucy Chen' and was marked as 'extremely dangerous' by the planetary governor of the Schwerin hive, Odysseus Sommerfeld, and uploaded to the database of the sector's legal department. It is initially estimated that she is a Delta-level psychic."
"It is unclear why this illegal psyker was on Qingshan Khan's warship."
"During the landing operation on the feudal world of Malzan, a Chaos-believing psyker appeared on the lower deck. While the Space Marines were fighting on the surface, he created chaos and summoned demons..."
Fu Qinghai scanned the document silently.
It was beyond his expectation.
It's neither the Inquisition nor the Tribunal of Assassins, but a plate planted by the Ministry of Justice itself.
Although the identity of the insider was not mentioned in the document, Fu Qinghai had already figured out from "his" perspective and tone that "he" was an informant belonging to the Ministry of Justice.
And Fu Qinghai also saw that "he" was not high-ranking in the fleet, because his intelligence did not mention the deal with the Slaanesh demons. He also did not mention the battle with the orc fleet - because this matter was conspired by Fu Qinghai and Xia Long from beginning to end, and no one else was involved.
The original purpose of this informant was to go to the hive world of Schwerin to investigate the change of the planetary governor and the disappearance of the Spire family, to see if there was any involvement of heretics and aliens in these two events, and whether they complied with imperial law.
Gladys Sommerfeld's rise to power was the result of Fu Qinghai asking Ilia Lavallee to do the work.
Fu Qinghai felt that he had underestimated the bureaucracy of the empire. He thought that he could replace the planetary governor without anyone noticing, and that Terra would not say a word. However, he did not expect that this would attract the attention of the Ministry of Justice.
But that's where the story ends.
"Khan, the Minister of Law requests to speak to you."
Eugene said on the communicator.
"Connect."
Fu Qinghai gave the order.
"Hiss…"
There was a flash of electricity, and an old man wearing a neat black uniform and with black tubes of implants inserted on his forehead and temples appeared in the holographic projection in front of Fu Qinghai.
Connor Livius Bach is the current Minister of Justice.
"Hello, Qingshan Khan."
The old man spoke.
"Hello, Mr. Minister."
Fu Qinghai spoke in a flat tone.
"Qingshan Khan is indeed as heroic and extraordinary as the rumors say." After a compliment that was meaningless and insincere, the old man smiled and said, "I have a suggestion, Captain. How about we just forget about this matter and pretend that nothing happened?"
Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes:
"How can we just let this go?"
"Don't bother Khan to check the fleet one by one. I will let my legal officers leave the warship voluntarily. I hope Khan will not stop us. As for the intelligence, I can promise you that it will not appear on the desks of the Inquisition and the Assassin's Court."
Fu Qinghai was silent.
He felt a little unhappy.
The promise has no effect. If the other party suddenly changes his mind one day, he can still hand over the information to the court.
But Fu Qinghai couldn't do anything.
Because the other party has already pointed out that the legal officer disguised as a crew member is on the warship. Fu Qinghai can't just start a large-scale investigation and kill the legal officer at this time, right?
"Your son is still on my warship."
Fu Qinghai reminded.
Conarivis Bach said calmly,
"The rebellious son lacks discipline and makes the Khan laugh at him. Let him stay on the warship. You can kill him or chop him up as you wish."
Fu Qinghai raised his eyes to look at Lin Yu who was sitting opposite him, and his meaning was very clear: Look, your father would rather have a legal officer than you.
Lin Yu shrugged, not caring at all.
He is really a stupid son of a landlord. He has blocked his own retreat. Fu Qinghai thought, if I say at this time: Our army doesn't want you either, what will you do?
...
Lionsgate Airport.
At the boarding port of the Fiery Horse cruiser stood five legal officers dressed in black carapace armor, with gray shoulder armor and red accents. They used heavy gloves and boots to protect their hands and feet, and their heads were encased in a fully enclosed helmet, exactly the same as the one on Robocop.
The explosion-proof shield was placed at his feet and the power hammer was on his waist, indicating that he had no ill intentions and was not in a law enforcement state.
Crouching next to it was a mechanical hound covered in steel with red flashing eyes - the Intelligent Mastiff.
This is the Imperial Ministry of Justice, the standard attire of a legal officer, which combines the functions of legislation, law enforcement, and justice, and serves as police + judge + prosecutor + jury + tax officer + executioner, etc. Like the Ministry of the Interior, it is the cornerstone of the empire's rule.
Fu Qinghai, fully armored, strode out of the cabin door, stood on the deck, and glanced at the five legal officers.
The intelligent mastiff, which had been holding its head high, suddenly crawled to the ground, whimpering softly, and refused to get up no matter how the legal officer called it.
A woman dressed as a boiler maintenance worker wiped the dark stains on her face with the scarf around her neck, revealing her fair and rosy skin. She walked out of the boarding gate behind Fu Qinghai and stepped onto the smooth ground of Lionsgate Airport.
Fu Qinghai didn't know this person.
But Eugene, who was standing beside him, gritted his teeth and said,
"It's her!"
"You know her?"
Fu Qinghai asked.
"I remember the ship the Fiery Horse was on when it was resting and replenishing its crew in Terra."
Eugene said.
Suddenly, the woman who was walking towards the legal officers turned around, waved her hand and shouted at Fu Qinghai:
"Khan, you are a brave and fearless warrior and a wise and kind leader. My name is Ivy Valentine. I'm sorry to meet you in this way, but I believe we will meet again!"
Fu Qinghai had a blank expression on his face.
I thought: I don't want to see you again.
Eugene Eleanor was so angry that smoke came out of his head:
"This damned traitor, she actually dared to speak!"
Ivy Valentine, a trainee legal officer, has no idea what ability she has that would make the Minister of Justice give up his son in order to protect her.
Fu Qinghai turned around and walked back into the warship.
Fu Qinghai suffered a loss in silence regarding the legal officer's matter.
There is no way, because the Brotherhood of God has too many secrets.
......
I had an attack of acute gastroenteritis the whole day, with vomiting and diarrhea, and I didn't eat. After vomiting at night, I almost fainted from hypoglycemia. I'm rushing to the hospital now. There may be no update tomorrow, so I'm telling you all this in advance.
(End of this chapter)