Chapter 89 Welcome Back
It takes a hundred lies to maintain one lie.
Yang Ming finally understood the true meaning of this sentence.
On the third day after the agent's annihilation battle, there are now three versions of lies about him being attacked by missiles, namely:
Advanced bionic robot escapes;
Empty 'Monster' hover car;
And the most outrageous thing is that he was blown up but not killed.
The first lie was the story that Adwant told the old emperor, and it was also the message conveyed to Sherman's imperial intelligence department.
The second lie was told by Yang Ming to deceive Adwang and Gudunmaha.
The third lie is more powerful. It is the version that is happening now and was made up by Advan to try to fool Miss Windsor.
Outside the negative pressure ward in this inconspicuous hospital, Miss Windsor looked at Yang Ming lying on the hospital bed with tears in her eyes . She bit her lower lip lightly and couldn't help but sigh softly.
"Thank you... Your Highness, thank you! Is his injury serious?"
"Don't thank me, Miss Windsor."
Edwan said seriously:
"We found Yang Ming on the beach. In order to prevent the new federal agents from causing him secondary harm, I decided to temporarily conceal this news.
“I’m sorry that I didn’t inform you earlier.
"Don't worry about his injury. His heart and brain are both intact, so it's not a big problem... You have to keep it a secret, can you do it?"
Windsor quickly replied: "I will! Can I, can I go in and see him?"
"Oh, that's better not to do," Adwant kept shaking his head. "This is a sterile negative pressure ward, and he just had an operation, which was performed by... a very high-tech surgical robot. In short..."
"He's so pitiful."
Windsor lamented:
"Those agents are full of evil! Why did they target Yang Ming? He is so kind."
"Kind? Oh, that's right! He is kind... But this is a war, a war between the New Federation and the Sherman Empire. The New Federation chose our country as the battlefield, Miss Windsor. This is something we have no choice about."
Adwant wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He should cultivate a few more reliable confidants.
Next time there is such a job, you can let them do it. He is really not good at dealing with this kind of situation!
Finally, after Miss Windsor had been guarding here for a while, she was forcibly persuaded to leave by the bodyguard team sent by the Minister of Finance.
——The city of Yilando is in chaos right now, and Windsor has been placed under house arrest and cannot stay outside for long.
This made Edwang breathe a sigh of relief.
After the Second Prince personally saw Miss Windsor off and returned to the door of the ward which was guarded by mechanical guards and monitored by intelligent nurses, Edward approached the window and glanced inside, and immediately became furious.
Yang Ming, who was wrapped in bandages like a mummy, was now sitting with his legs crossed, chewing expensive imported fruits with his exposed mouth, enjoying the meal very much.
Edwang pushed the door open and rushed in, activated the shielding device in the ward, and immediately started cursing:
"I, a prince, actually violated the gentleman's principles and lied to a beautiful lady! And you are still so leisurely here! You made Miss Windsor very worried! She is your little sweetheart! Not mine!"
"So," Yang Ming spread his hands, "I am the one who caused the current situation? I am the victim of the missile attack."
"You should be gentler to Windsor, at least."
Edwan immediately pretended to be very weak, his eyes became a little blurry, filled with nostalgia for this life, and he said in a trembling voice:
"I, I love you... Even if my life is about to end, all I think about is you..."
Yang Ming's forehead was covered with black lines: "Seriously, Ed Wang, why don't you become a drama actor?"
Ed Wang snapped his fingers and pointed at Yang Ming with both hands: "How do you know my ideal ten years ago?"
Yang Ming forced the topic back to the point: "What's the reaction from the New Federation?"
"Well," Adwant sat back on the bench next to him and took a bite of a piece of fruit. "This fruit basket is really good... Their reaction was very intense, but also very restrained. You should have seen the news. A fleet of two kilometer-class main battleships of the New Federation has arrived near our star field. Their diplomats are putting extreme pressure on us and announced that they will sanction us in all aspects."
Yang Ming wondered, "Aren't they sending spies to assassinate us? We are clearing out the spies in our territory, which is completely legal and legitimate defense! They actually want to sanction us?"
Adwan curled his lips and said, "They claimed that we violated the Human Rights Charter and the Galactic Ethics Convention and created a humanitarian tragedy. They insisted that among the more than a thousand people, only a few dozen served the New Federation National Security Department, and the rest were normal business elites."
Yang Ming cursed and asked, "Have I released the video I gave you?"
"Of course, we let them out. There were federal soldiers everywhere. Federal soldiers were killed. Our people carried away their bodies and weapons."
Edwin smiled and said:
"This video topped the trending searches in Sherman Empire countries, but there was no news about it in New Federation countries... Oh yeah, I remembered why I came here, and I have two good news to share with you!"
"What?"
"The first good news is that the Sherman Empire's 079th Fleet has appeared near the New Federation Fleet, and the two sides have begun a standoff.
"The Sherman Empire has just announced that it will provide us with an annual silver reduction of 36.5 billion imperial coins, as well as arms sales of 30 billion imperial coins, which is equivalent to supporting us with a batch of weapons that they have eliminated."
Edwin chuckled:
"Finally, our goal of reducing some of the annual silver has been formally achieved."
Yang Ming nodded thoughtfully: "This is indeed good news. The Sherman Empire has indeed stood up."
"Ming, your suggestion was of great help," said Edwan. "We gave the credit for annihilating the New Federation agent gang to the earl of a prominent family in the Sherman Empire. It was he who facilitated the reduction of annual silver and arms sales. This transaction has established a good relationship between us and the earl. I plan to give him more of our local specialties."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "What's the other good news?"
"You're going to be a hero!"
"Huh?" Yang Ming was suddenly confused. "What hero?"
"My father ordered it."
Edwin smiled and said:
“He wanted to take back the military power… When we were carrying out the operation, the top military officials happened to be having a meeting, so they didn’t notice the transport ship.
"In the past two days, the military has put pressure on us, asking the royal family to admit that they attacked the New Federation agents because they were deceived by wrong intelligence. This completely angered my father.
"By the way, Ming, did you ask Gutonmaha to build that transport ship?"
"That's true," Yang Ming answered easily.
"I told my father that Gutunmaha and I have a good relationship, so I covered up this detail," Adwan's eyes flickered slightly. "Now, Gutunmaha has been suspected by other senior military officials. We have to find a way to protect this great general."
"Let's talk about heroes," Yang Ming said with a wry smile, "You are really good at changing the subject."
Edwang spread his hands and said, "This is explaining the cause and effect! Well, what father meant was to shape you, a guy with strong military skills and loyal to me, into a military hero of the Luofeng Empire, and then arrange for you to join the army to enhance the influence of the royal family. This is part of father's plan to regain military power."
Yang Ming immediately fell into deep thought.
"We should do this sooner rather than later," said Edwan. "While the Imperial Fleet is nearby and those old guys in the military dare not act rashly, we must complete the initial layout and seize the initiative."
Yang Ming raised his eyebrows slightly.
The hidden moves he made on the old emperor and his control over Gutonmaha have begun to take effect.
And the two produced a wonderful chemical reaction.
"I don't really like to be in the spotlight," Yang Ming said, "Although this can maximize my benefits, but...tsk, I'm not ready to be a star yet."
Adwant stood up and put his hands in his trouser pockets. "Isn't this the best opportunity? You just need to lie here. No one can recognize who you are now. I will arrange for a photographer to take pictures outside the ward. When the time comes, we will just need to post your picture."
Yang Ming hesitated slightly: "You arrange it, this is in my interest."
Yang Ming said this a second ago, and Edwang rushed out of the ward the next second and shouted to his confidant who was guarding in the distance:
"Let them in! The patient's family has agreed!"
Yang Ming: …
He just knows it!
If he refused, Adwant would definitely persuade him until he agreed.
…
The reporter's interview process was very simple, he just took a few simple "bed photos" from a distance.
After these reporters left, a large number of mechanical guards appeared outside Yang Ming's ward.
A few hours later, all major TV stations and online media platforms began to hype the 'captain who miraculously survived'.
Yang Ming thought about it carefully.
This hype actually has a deeper political meaning, but Edwan did not tell him directly.
Yang Ming, the victim of the attack, is the best proof that the New Federation agents were carrying out assassination activities. If he survives and is established as a hero of Luo Feng’s army, the New Federation will be in a passive position in public opinion.
As this news continued to ferment, Yang Mingming's apparent achievements were exaggerated tenfold for publicity.
At the same time, Adwan gave a speech that had a profound impact on the Fallen Wind Empire.
In this speech, Adwant made many famous quotes. A simple phrase, "New Federation Empire", began to spread widely in the Milky Way, and made Adwant famous.
Of course, these have no direct relationship with Yang Ming for the time being.
Now Yang Ming had to lie in bed and pretend to be sick. He needed at least a month to "recover" from his injuries. In the first week, he had to pretend to be unconscious and could not move in front of anyone.
Maybe this is the price of being a hero.
For the following week, Yang Ming lay there bored every day, eating and sleeping. All medical work was done by the medical robot controlled by Lu.
Apart from bickering and chatting with Lu, Yang Ming could only watch the movies that Lu projected on the ceiling out of boredom.
A serious movie.
Miss Windsor would appear at regular intervals for an hour each day before being called back by her father, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Yang Ming felt guilty about this and decided to have more interactions with Windsor as a couple after he recovered.
A week later, Yang Ming was able to start activities again.
The TV reporter came again and made the video of Yang Ming being able to sit up and be fed by the medical robot the headline news of the day.
Although Yang Ming has not made much contribution to this country, his life safety has now become a concern for many people in the Luofeng Empire.
After another week, Yang Ming was able to walk and all the bandages on his body were removed.
He looked no different from before, which made Windsor constantly marvel at the magic of medical technology.
In the past half month, the external environment of the Luofeng Empire has been turbulent. The fleet confrontation between the Sherman Empire and the New Federation still shows no signs of ending, and both sides have dispatched additional supply fleets.
War sentiment within Sherman’s empire was at an all-time high;
Politicians within the New Federation also hyped up the threat of Sherman's empire to consolidate their votes and cover up their own scandals.
There was some turmoil in the military and political circles within the Luofeng Empire. The old emperor, who had been silent for nearly ten years, suddenly began to attend court more frequently.
Several ministers retired early to enjoy their old age, and young and strong nobles appeared in prominent positions.
A group of young men promoted by the royal family emerged in the army , but at this critical juncture, the top military officials dared not make any noise and could only let go of some unimportant positions.
The internal political situation of the Luofeng Empire was in turmoil. The third prince and the eldest prince had contact with important military officials respectively.
The military's seemingly stable high-level camp also showed signs of collapse after Gudunmaha showed signs of abnormality.
Halfway through the third week...
Yang Ming couldn't stay in the hospital any longer.
It wasn't because the beautiful Windsor was hanging around him all day, making him itchy, but he couldn't do anything about it due to his "illness".
mainly……
Kolev and Lu's little clones are about to return with a planetary transformation system worth 128 million New Federation coins. Yang Ming must make some preparations to receive them.
Yang Ming made his bed and put on his military uniform and cap.
Lu controlled the robot to collect the bedding and would burn it later to remove any biological information that Yang Ming might have left behind.
'It's time to leave.'
Yang Ming looked around the ward.
He also didn't expect that after being in Yilando for so long, the place where he slept the most would be the negative pressure ward of the hospital.
He turned around, put his hands behind his back, stepped on the ground with his military boots, and walked slowly forward.
The medical staff and patients in the corridor stepped aside and saluted the young officer.
At the end of the corridor was the hospital lobby, where two rows of soldiers stood. When Yang Ming appeared, their eyes shone with a burning light.
Apparently, they believed the news on TV.
"salute!"
Swish!
The soldiers and officers saluted in unison.
Yang Ming nodded with a smile and returned the salute with great power.
General Felimon led the soldiers around him forward. On the tray held by the soldiers were the officer's certificates and new epaulettes. General Felimon personally put the epaulettes on Yang Ming and patted him on the shoulder.
The surrounding cameras immediately captured this scene.
"Welcome back."
General Philemon said slowly:
"Major Yang Ming."
