Chapter 42 Chapter Two Behind the Scenes Dynasty

Winter Star is one of the two main stars of the Skeleton Dragon Cloud Galaxy. As for the other main star, it is the military planet-Horror Star. Winter Star and Horror Star are hundreds of millions of light-years apart, in the center of the Skull Dragon Cloud galaxy. The ecological environment of this planet is exactly the same as that of Horror Star, but the biggest difference from Horror Star is that it is not a military star, but a commercial planet. Of course, it is also the seat of the government of the Skeleton Dragon Cloud galaxy. Although it is a star system, there is no military garrison on the planet, and more specifically, there is no military police. The only thing used to maintain law and order is the police force.

In today's situation where the Federal Intelligence Department and the Gendarmerie Department are doing everything they can to intervene in the affairs of various places, the situation on Winterstar cannot but be said to be a miracle. Although no one knows why there is no garrison and gendarmerie on this planet, it still can't stop the chief of police on this planet from complacent in front of his colleagues who worry about the gendarmerie's meddling all day long. The flow of people on the bustling streets of Winter Star has not decreased because of the border conflict that occurred in this galaxy not long ago.

I don't know if these people are optimistic by nature, or because of their merchant nature, they forget the cruelty of war. In short, the people of this planet don't take the possible war seriously at all, and they are all fighting for money. On the top floor of a skyscraper in a bustling area where floating cars pass, there is a spacious and luxurious office, and a middle-aged man in an expensive suit sits in front of the large desk in the office. A middle-aged man with a tall face, black hair, and a burly figure. At this time, the middle-aged man was squinting his eyes, and happily talking to a three-dimensional holographic portrait in front of him: "No problem, Mr. Mies, our company will deliver the goods requested by your company immediately... oh , don't be so polite, what is the relationship between our two companies, it is absolutely no problem to pay for the goods after the goods are sold...Okay, let's go hunting together when we have time."

When the image of the other party disappeared, the smiling middle-aged man suddenly put away his smile, and immediately opened his squinted eyes, looking at the place where the image disappeared, with a light of extreme contempt in his eyes. He raised his eyebrows, snorted coldly and said to himself: "What business do you do without money? You have to delay paying the bill twice or three times, if it weren't for... I would have... hum!" Speaking of this, there was a sudden beeping sound from somewhere on the desk. The middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly looked around and reached out to press a button on the desk.

With this press, a small piece of text immediately appeared out of thin air. The middle-aged man quickly read this passage, and when he finished, his face had turned livid. The middle-aged man pressed a button on the table and said, "Lina, I have important guests to receive. Anyone who comes to me will say that I am not here. Remember, it means anyone!" The secretary's voice came from the tiny speaker on the table: "Okay, general manager." The middle-aged man let go of the button, patted his forehead, sighed and moaned, "How could this be?" As soon as he finished speaking, he forced himself to press a button on the desk. As soon as the button was pressed, an infrared light burst out from the four corners of the office ceiling.

These four beams of light quickly swept across the entire room, and then a computer-synthesized voice came out from the desk: "There is nothing unusual in the room." At the same time, several huge white metal plates quickly fell over the office door and the windows made of floor-to-ceiling glass, and the door and windows were blocked by these metal plates. Seeing that the office had become a secret room, the middle-aged man felt relieved and pressed several different buttons one after another. After pressing, a computer screen quickly appeared in front of the middle-aged man. There are only two long spaces displayed on the screen. People who have played with computers will know that it is a password box at a glance.

The middle-aged man quickly entered the number in the password box using the virtual keyboard, and then placed his hand flat on a fluorescent plate that just appeared on the table. The password box on the screen also disappeared at this time, replaced by a line of words: "Authenticating..." After the fluorescent board flashed three times, the words "Verification passed, enter the system" appeared on the screen. The middle-aged man couldn't wait to let go of his hand and began typing on the virtual keyboard. The screen began to change, a glittering golden crown studded with precious stones appeared, and after the crown disintegrated and disappeared, a row of dense red horizontal bars appeared on the screen.

The middle-aged man saw the only two green bars on the screen, and immediately reached out and touched the screen. The green horizontal bar immediately grew bigger and jumped in front of the screen, and slowly opened the top cover like opening a carton. After the green box was opened, a few golden words jumped out, which were words that ordinary people didn't know the meaning of - SK 23. After the golden text disappeared, the middle-aged man stretched out his hands to grab the black three-dimensional cube that had just emerged, looking at his expression as if he wanted to break the virtual cube.

The middle-aged man opened the black square and went to watch it carefully. All of a sudden, the middle-aged man jumped up and cursed: "Bastards! These bastards! These idiots! How dare you kill the guests!" After the middle-aged man finished yelling and cursing, he sat down angrily and watched the data again, but after reading it for a while, he couldn't help gnashing his teeth and said: "Gu Ao bastard! Is he an idiot? That SK 2nd and 3rd company can transfer outsiders Did you go in? Oh shit!Transferring people is transferring people, and even transferred a captain with a strong sense of justice to let him do these things. Now let me see how you clean up this mess! "

While talking to himself, the middle-aged man opened a program and was about to start it. But he seemed to be worried about something and said to himself: "No, it is impossible to let a company disappear without asking for instructions." He opened the communication program and pressed the phone number. He had only dialed a few numbers when he was suddenly attracted by a portrait displayed on the screen, which was Tang Long's bareheaded photo. He widened his eyes and shouted, "Tang Long?!" He seemed to be surprised by the appearance of Tang Long's portrait here, he was stunned for a while, and turned off the communication system.

He got up irritably and loosened his tie, unbuttoned his suit jacket, took out his cigar and lit it, smoking a cigarette while pacing back and forth in the room. I don't know how long it took, the middle-aged man seemed to have made a decision, he threw the cigar on the carpet, stepped on it hard, and quickly returned to the desk, turned on the communication system, and inputted skillfully The number dialed the phone. After a while, a beautiful middle-aged woman appeared on the screen with a smile. This woman was Tang Long's mother. Just as Tang Long's mother said with a smile, "May I ask who you are looking for..." she immediately stood there in a daze.The middle-aged man with a square face smiled bitterly at Mama Tang: "Sister, long time no see." Tang's mother stared at the middle-aged man for a while, and then said with a half smile: "Yeah, it's been a long time, it seems that you haven't let go of your old profession, Xiao Li, you can actually do it. to my home number." The middle-aged man smiled awkwardly, not daring to look at Mama Tang, lowered his head and said, "Brother, how are they doing?" Mama Tang said impatiently, "I'm making do with it, but why are you so free? You don't have to work for your master anymore? Have you been abandoned like a dog?" Mama Tang's sarcastic words made the middle-aged man sigh in his heart, and he said with a straight face: "Eldest sister, please let Tang Long retire immediately." When Mama Tang heard this, her eyes widened immediately, and she shouted angrily, "You dare to plot against my son!" The middle-aged man hurriedly explained: "No, I asked Tang Long to retire because he was involved in a major incident. Now that I ask him to retire, I can delay the news for a few days, otherwise even if Tang Long retired, He can't escape the danger!" Seeing the anxious expression on the middle-aged man's face, Tang's mother frowned and said, "So, Tang Long has messed with your organization?" The middle-aged man sighed, nodded and said: "Yes, and it's not an ordinary trouble, because he led military prostitutes to shoot and kill hundreds of officers who went to have fun. Even if the federal army is willing to let him go, my boss will Won't let him go." Mama Tang, who was listening to the middle-aged man quietly, immediately raised her eyebrows when she heard this, stared and shouted angrily: "Damn it! Your bastard boss is still doing these unreasonable things, those He deserves to die! Tell him, if he dares to touch a hair of my son, my mother will cut off his penis and feed it to the dog!" The middle-aged man seemed to be very familiar with such words, and there was no look of surprise on his face, but stood there with a face of embarrassment.When he saw that Mama Tang was about to leave, he hurriedly called Mama Tang and said, "Elder Sister! Please let Tang Long retire, otherwise I dare not vouch for Tang Long..." Mother Tang snorted coldly: "Hmph, not to mention that Tang Long has just been promoted to captain and has no intention of retiring at all, even if you tell him the truth, he will be excitedly waiting to confront your boss, let alone retire. " Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, sighed and said, "Oh, you have changed a lot, you are no longer the Xiao Li you used to be." Tang's mother said in a serious tone: "Tell your boss, don't think that he can do whatever he wants because he secretly controls the federation's financial sector. We are not vegetarians either!" Seeing Mama Tang's profile picture disappear, the middle-aged man sighed, and whispered to himself, "Oh, sister, you are all divorced from society. I didn't know that he had already used the power of the financial and economic circles to reach into the military and political circles." boundary." When the middle-aged man said this, he shook his head and said to himself, "I have no choice but to do my best." After speaking, the middle-aged man turned off the computer, raised the metal plate, sorted his clothes, and walked out of the office. On the outskirts of a certain area of ​​Winter Star, there is a very large manor. This manor is wrapped in a layer of special metal used to build military bases, and it is impossible to peek inside the manor from above. And these metal walls that wrap the manor, although there is nothing conspicuous except for some square cracks of different sizes, but a discerning person can see those cracks and know that those cracks are the launch ports of weapons. The number, the force of this manor is even more powerful than a regular military base. At this time, a floating car stopped at the gate of the manor, and the originally quiet manor immediately started to move. First, the cracks in the walls around the gate opened, revealing dozens of laser cannons. The cannons were automatically adjusted and aimed at the floating vehicle. Then, a large disc shaped like a football flew out from a crack in the gate. the floater. The floating device with several electronic eyes in front of the floating car came to the floating car. It first emitted a red light to scan the floating car back and forth. After beeping a few times, it said in an electronic voice: "This is a private residence, please." Identify yourself." The car door opened, and a tall man stepped out. He was the middle-aged man whom Tang's mother called Xiao Li. Xiao Li didn't say much, just stood at the door of the car and looked at the floater. After seeing Xiao Li, the levitator immediately emitted a stream of infrared rays from the electronic eye, shooting Xiao Li from head to toe. Then a voice came from the floater: "Verification is complete, welcome, General Manager Li Jiehao." As the floater's words fell, the laser cannons aimed at the floater shifted their targets, aiming the muzzle at the back of the floater, and the closed metal door opened silently. After hearing the welcome words from the floater, Li Jiehao got into the floatation car, and drove into the manor after the gate was opened. With the entry of the floating car, I finally saw the situation inside the manor. Anyone who has never been here will be stunned when they see this scene. The buildings inside the manor do not feel modern at all. Instead, it makes people feel like they have gone back in time and returned to ancient times. Looking at the surrounding scenery, Li Jiehao couldn't help shaking his head slightly. He knew that buying the blueprints of these buildings alone would cost billions of federal coins. It is said that this kind of single-story building was built on a planet called Earth in ancient times, tens of thousands of years ago, in an architectural style called the Tang Dynasty Empire. Moreover, I don't know what the boss thinks, not only these buildings are made of wood, but the floors are also made of stones, and there is no automatic floor function at all. Although these buildings are beautiful, no matter how you look at them, these buildings cannot withstand the attack of a laser cannon. As long as the metal barrier on the outside of this manor is breached, the inside will be open to mermaids and there will be no main force of resistance. Li Jiehao's floating car stopped in front of a huge building, which has dozens of stone steps, two huge stone lions on both sides of the gate, and a signboard with several golden lacquer characters hanging above the gate building. Archaeologists who are familiar with ancient characters know that it is the font of the earth civilization Tang Dynasty, and those words are: General's Mansion. He saw a few women in white silk transparent clothing, walking out of the gate quickly, standing on both sides of the steps made of stones, he couldn't help smiling. Although I am not very satisfied with the living facilities here, I like the clothes here very much. Don't you see those women are particularly charming in such clothes?It seems that the boss spent hundreds of millions to make Tang suits, and the money was not wasted. When Li Jiehao got out of the car, those beauties in Tang suits half-kneeled and coquettishly said in unison, "Welcome the general back home." Li Jiehao nodded with a smile and walked up the steps. At this time, a woman standing at the gate, with very gorgeous clothes and headgear, and a very beautiful person, gave Li Jiehao a blessing, and said softly, "Welcome husband back home." "Well, ma'am, excuse me, how are you doing these days?" Li Jiehao said these words politely, while helping the beautiful woman. The beauty blushed and bowed her head and whispered softly: "I am fine, I just miss my husband so much." Speaking of this, even her ears turned red. Seeing his wife's appearance, Li Jiehao couldn't help laughing and said: "Is this for my husband? For my husband, I will stay with my wife for a few more days." Li Jiehao likes his wife who can't appear in the society very much, because of her thoughtfulness and tenderness, which makes him enjoy the feeling that men are superior, which is much more equal than those in reality, who have a particularly strong personality and do not rely on men. Beauties, I don't know how many times stronger. The reason why I will serve my boss so faithfully is to enjoy such tenderness. The beauty blushed and said softly: "Thank you husband for your pity, please go change your clothes." Li Jiehao nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, I will obey my husband's orders." Not long after, a luxurious wooden carriage pulled by four horses stopped at the door. Several young men wearing ancient military uniforms and swords knelt down on one knee and respectfully said to Li Jiehao who was wearing ancient armor and came out of the gate, "General, please get in the car." Li Jiehao frowned when he saw the carriage that made him feel uncomfortable every time, but he could only ride in such a carriage to meet the boss.So he had no choice but to walk down the stone steps and get into the carriage. Wooden wheels rattled on the stone-paved floor. Li Jiehao, who was sitting in the carriage, kept shaking with the carriage. He knew that he would have to maintain this state for about 30 minutes, and then he would have to walk for another 30 minutes to reach his destination. He really didn't understand, why did the boss come up with these things, and how could he respond to an emergency?Fortunately, this incident made me wish to slow down, otherwise I should be burning with anxiety now. After spending more than an hour, Li Jiehao finally came to a particularly gorgeous hall in the depths of the manor, carved with dragons and phoenixes. Li Jiehao didn't appreciate the beautiful patterns on the unusually huge pillars in the hall, but just stood quietly in the center of the hall. However, he would occasionally look at the throne made of gold and gemstones, and when he saw this chair, he couldn't help curling his lips, because this chair was the least valuable thing in this manor. I don't know why the boss still uses these two things as a throne in this era when the entire planet can be found at any time. Soon, there was a burst of nice music, but I didn't know what it meant, and then there were three whips whipping in the air, and then a very loud voice that squeezed his throat: "Your Majesty is here!" , all officials kneel down to welcome you." Li Jiehao frowned, knelt down on one knee, lowered his head and shouted: "My subject Li Jiehao pays homage to my emperor!" "Ai Qing is free." An old man's voice came from above the hall. When Li Jiehao got up and looked up, he immediately saw the person sitting on the golden throne. This man was wearing a bright yellow Tang suit, embroidered with images of strange snake-like creatures, a hat with strings of beads hanging on his head, and a belt with jade around his waist. , are worthless. The person sitting on the throne has a rosy complexion, a melon-shaped face, black hair, crescent-shaped eyebrows, and an inch-long black beard. If it weren't for the fish lines at the corners of his eyes and age spots on the back of his hands, which reveal his age, it would be impossible to tell that he is an old man. At this time, he was stroking his beard with a smile, and glanced at a person standing beside him. This man was wearing a black Tang suit with a few snake patterns embroidered on it. He had a white face and no beard, his eyebrows seemed to be non-existent, and his small eyes seemed to be closed all day long. His lips made people feel his indifference. After the old man took a look at himself, the man bent slightly towards the old man, and then said to Li Jiehao: "General Li, what's the matter with this meeting?" Li Jiehao raised his hands, and said with trepidation: "Something happened to the 2nd and 3rd SK companies under my subordinates. A captain led military prostitutes and killed hundreds of customers who came to have fun. I have neglected my duty, please punish me by Your Majesty." "Oh? I don't know who this captain is? Why can he command those military prostitutes?" The old man asked with a smile, still stroking his beard. Li Jiehao saw that neither of the other two showed any shock at this matter, and knew that they already knew the details of this matter. "Hmph, you also said that you don't need to ask about the following matters. In fact, not everything can hide from your eyes and ears." Although Li Jiehao was a little dissatisfied with this, he still replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, this captain is the captain of Fengyun not long ago." The character——Tang Long. For some unknown reason, he was transferred to the 2nd and 3rd SK Company by Admiral Gu Ao. As for why the military prostitutes obeyed his command, please forgive my ignorance, I really don’t know.” The old man didn't speak, but the man in black said, "General Li, it is said that Tang Long has a very deep relationship with you, right?" Li Jiehao's heart was shocked, and he immediately thought: "Damn it, he even discovered my old background." Now that the other party already knew the details, he didn't hide too much, and said directly: "Yes, Prime Minister, Tang Long is the descendant of the lower official's old friend. The lower official has the courage to ask Tang Long not to be punished, otherwise..." The man in black called the prime minister opened his squinted eyes slightly, showing a cold gaze from the gap, and his tone became cold: "Why, General Li, are you threatening?" Li Jiehao said without fear: "Master Prime Minister, I believe you also know the identity of my old man. Although their power cannot endanger the entire dynasty, if they want to endanger one or two people, they can still do it." The old man who had been silent all this time suddenly laughed: "Hehe, I know that if Tang Long is hurt, Tang Long's mother will cut off my chicken...uh... cut off my chicken and feed it to the dogs, right?" Li Jiehao was shocked suddenly, he did not expect that his private confidential communication would be tapped.Of course, he quickly recovered, bowed his head slightly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, she can do what she says." Hearing this, the man in black raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Bold! How dare you..." But he didn't continue, and was stopped by the old man. The old man smiled and said to the man in black: "Don't be angry, Li Aiqing is telling the truth." The man in black opened his mouth to say something, but seeing the old man's face, he kept silent. The old man smiled and said to Li Jiehao: "Li Aiqing, although you care about your deceased's descendants, I believe you also know how much harm this matter will bring to us. Tell me, how are you going to solve it?" When Li Jiehao heard this, he knew that Tang Long was fine. He said without hesitation: "Immediately detonate the bomb in the body of the prostitute of the second and third company of SK, destroy the entire company base at the same time, and secretly execute all insiders outside the dynasty." , and transferred everything to the terrorists, and ordered the internal personnel of the dynasty to transfer Tang Long to other bases." Before the old man could speak, the man in black couldn't help shouting: "It's unreasonable! Kill all the insiders for one person? Your brain is burnt out? It makes sense to kill those military prostitutes, because they have already rebelled, but why do you want to kill all the insiders for one person? One person, to eliminate those people we bought with great difficulty? In this way, the power building on our Jupiter planet, isn’t it going to start all over again?” Li Jiehao didn't speak, just looked at the old man quietly. After the old man signaled the man in black not to get excited, he said with a smile: "If you do this, you can make your old friend take refuge in me, not to mention destroying the power of a planet, even the power of a galaxy is no problem, but this point, Li Aiqing Can you vouch for it?" Li Jiehao ignored the shocked expression of the man in black, shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, they are all people who like freedom, and I can't guarantee it." "Hehe, I know this too, um, what a pity." The old man stroked his beard, smiled and shook his head. Then he waved his hand and said to Li Jiehao: "Okay, you step back, I have my own plan for this matter." Seeing Li Jiehao's expression of wanting to speak, he answered with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't hurt him, hehe, I don't want that to be cut off and fed to the dogs." He stood up after speaking. When he stood up, the voice that squeezed his throat sounded again: "Back the court, all officials kneel down!" Hearing the old man's promise, Li Jiehao felt relieved and knelt down to send the old man off, because he knew that the old man's favorite was the phrase "You have no jokes". As long as he promises, he will definitely not hurt Tang Long , so that I can be regarded as worthy of the elder sister and the others. In the palace behind the main hall of the manor, which is the so-called harem. The old man was sitting on the bright yellow sofa, holding a cup of hot tea and drinking slowly. The man in black sat at the bottom and slowly sipped hot tea.The furnace cauldron made of bronze next to it is exuding a faint fragrance. After a while, the old man broke the silence and said, "Ai Qing, how do you think this matter should be handled?" The man in black hurriedly stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think that this important matter that endangers our dynasty may not be good if it is not handled carefully. Anyway, all the officers who were killed were the nephews of senior federal generals. I thought it would be best to hand over Tang Long and those military prostitutes to the federal army." The old man smiled and shook his head. The face of the man in black changed slightly, and he said hesitantly, "Is it because of General Li and his old friend that I am stupid?" The old man smiled and shook his head and said: "Although General Li is an important minister of my court, and although Tang Long's parents are very powerful, I don't care about them. There is a reason why I don't agree to do this." The man in black thought for a while and asked, "Dare to ask Your Majesty why?" The old man didn't answer directly, but instead asked: "Tell me, if we don't deal with this matter, what will be the consequences?" The man in black said without thinking: "Those Mutu star officers whose nephews were killed will lead the fleet to destroy the 2nd and 3rd SK companies in a rage, and spread the news to the entire military high-level, so that the military prostitute companies in various places will be lost. Customers, which in turn made military officers everywhere worry about us. "And those officers who are caught by us will take the opportunity to turn their backs, which will greatly reduce our power in the army, or even perish." The old man smiled cheerfully: "Ai Qing is too worried, that's right, those military officers whose nephews were killed will destroy the 2nd and 3rd SK companies, and they will also tell the military officers on other planets about it, and those military prostitutes People who play in a company will have concerns about us because of this. "However, the people caught by us will never turn their backs, because they know what will happen if these materials are spread, unless they have the certainty of killing us while preventing the spread of the materials." "Uh, then how are you going to deal with this matter?" The man in black listened for a while, but couldn't hear how the old man planned to solve this matter, so he asked aloud. "Hehe, if this matter spreads, what kind of consequences will it have on the Federation? What is our purpose, I believe Aiqing has not forgotten it?" the old man said with a smile. The man in black's eyes lit up, and he said suddenly, "Your Majesty, you want to..." The old man nodded and said: "That's right, so instead of punishing the 2nd and 3rd SK companies, we have to send guards to help Tang Long and the others to survive the first attack of the officers' revenge." The man in black also nodded and said: "The officers' first attack must be ground troops, and in order not to be noticed by the outside world, they must send very few troops. With the help of the guards, the SK 2nd and 3rd companies must be able to hold on." Yes. According to the practice of officers going to the company to have fun for a whole day without hearing from them, it will be a day before the officers outside know the news, and this day is enough for us to prepare." The old man said solemnly: "Well, I will leave these matters to you, Aiqing, remember to make things bigger, and at the same time order all the companies on other planets to go into the dark. Although the SK second and third companies have brought us opportunities, but There can't be many such opportunities, only one is enough. "To protect our other forces except the Bone Dragon Cloud Galaxy, the more important members of the dynasty in the Bone Dragon Cloud Galaxy must also be protected. Don't worry about the rest, but we must fully check the mental state of the old ducks in other planetary companies. Whether the company and the company have weapons, once any abnormalities are found, they will be resolutely eliminated and confiscated immediately. "We must also strengthen the management of the Orphan Girls Battalion. There must be no abnormalities. We must not let the people in the command know our intentions. Also, order the entire Black Dragon Fleet to dispatch." Speaking of this, the old man's eyes radiated an inexplicable light. "Your Majesty." The man in black saluted respectfully, and then said worriedly: "Your Majesty, if the entire Black Dragon Fleet is dispatched, it will be given by the Federation Fleet..." "It doesn't matter, as long as the task can be completed, even if you lose a Black Dragon Fleet, it will be worth it." The old man took a sip from his teacup and said. The man in black nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty." Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something and said: "By the way, Your Majesty, in fact, the management ability of the bustard of the SK Second and Third Company is very good. In recent years, the SK Second and Third Company has not only There were no military prostitutes who committed suicide, and they were especially good at collecting intelligence and attracting officers every year. Moreover, without our awareness, they actually brought various weapons to the company. "She is a rare talent, I wonder if we can pull her into our dynasty?" The old man shook his head: "In terms of so many credits, except for the fact that the military prostitutes did not commit suicide, other aspects are the credit of those military prostitutes, so she cannot be regarded as an outstanding talent, otherwise she would not be a day." In less time, Tang Long seized her command. "It's Tang Long. Find a chance to get in touch with him and see if you can win him over. Okay, let's go down, I'm tired." Although the man in black looked a bit ugly because his proposal was rejected by the old man, he still respectfully knelt down and said: "Yes, I will leave." He got up and left the room backwards. In the quiet room, the old man looked at the age spots on the back of his hands, and sighed faintly: "Oh, I'm old, I wonder if I can see my dreams come true?" After speaking, the old man raised his head and looked at the ceiling covered with beautiful patterns, and sighed deeply again.