Xiulunsi put down the teacup in his hand, and spat out the tea stems that he drank into his mouth. Since arriving in this land, he has fallen in love with drinking tea. When he first drank it, he thought it was the worst drink in the world. After the first sip, it was astringent and bitter. But afterward, the lingering fragrance in his tongue always made him want to stop.
Up to now, he has been able to easily distinguish between good and bad tea, new tea or old tea.
The climate in the south of eastern Xinjiang is very suitable for growing tea, but there has been no particularly famous tea species. Compared with the well-known teas in the south of the Yangtze River, Dongjiang's teas are mediocre, but the taste is not bad.
What Hurons drinks now is the most expensive rock tea in Eastern Xinjiang.
"I underestimated Mox."
This old man who had played a huge role in the rise of the Opru Empire seemed a little disappointed. Sitting on a seat covered with a white tiger skin, the expression on his face made one look depressed and his mood became depressed. Even Emperor Leman would not dare to obliterate his contribution in the Opulu Empire's conquests over the years, but now he feels frustrated by a back that he has despised.
"Am I really too old?"
he muttered to himself.
A man in a general's uniform walked in quickly from outside and bowed deeply to Xiulunsi: "My lord, the situation on the battlefield ahead seems a little strange."
This person is called Modoli Ke, and according to his military rank, his status is high enough. But in front of Xiulunsi, he still maintained enough humility and obedience. He was single-handedly picked up by Xiulunsi. He was not from aristocratic background, and he had nothing to do with the Xiulunsi family.
But Xiulunsi regards him as a disciple, and he also regards Xiulunsi as a teacher.
Perhaps what makes Schulens smarter than others is that he knows how to keep some people loyal to him. One of the most important methods is to promote some really talented people who come from very poor backgrounds. These people know how to be grateful, unlike those guys from aristocratic backgrounds who take everything for granted no matter what they get. A person like Modolik has the quality that the Han people say is a teacher for a day and a father for life.
"What's wrong?"
Schulence asked: "My dear little Mordorick, I don't want to hear more disappointing news than being tricked by Mox."
Modolik's complexion was not very good, he stood in front of Hurons, and replied respectfully: "My lord..."
"I still like it when you call me teacher."
Schulence interrupted him with a wave of his hand.
"teacher."
Mo Dolik changed his address and continued: "I have been quietly observing the battle situation among Mox's people for the past few days, and I discovered a very strange thing. It has been four or five days in a row, and the army of the Chu people They kept attacking without stopping, but without any progress. Not only that, every time the Chu people failed to attack, a large number of soldiers would be captured by the Black Banner Army... "
"sky!"
Schulence stood up suddenly: "Order, all teams are on combat readiness. Modolik, I want you to take your team to deploy defenses in front immediately, and no matter who is attacking the camp, stop it immediately."
"teacher."
Modolik knew that Schulence had understood what he meant, and Schulence's reaction was exactly what he was anxious about: "What if it's Mox's team? What I'm worried about now is that if Mox If Si didn’t realize it, he might be defeated by the united Sui and Chu people. If Mokes loses, his own people will be the first to attack our camp...”
"no matter who,"
After a while of silence, Xiulunsi said: "As long as you attack the camp, you can shoot."
"yes."
Modolik responded immediately: "I'll arrange it right away."
"besides."
Schulence's face kept changing, obviously it wasn't just this incident that made him worry: "If there is no accident, the War Supervisor sent by His Majesty will arrive in a few days. If the War Supervisor knows about this , he will not help me explain in front of His Majesty. This is a rare good opportunity to crush my family. There are too many people in the empire who are jealous of me over the years. As long as they seize the opportunity, they will kill me The family is pushed into the abyss."
"what to do?"
Modolik's face also turned pale.
He is not a member of the Xiulunsi family, but with his relationship with Xiulunsi, once Xiulunsi falls, he will also be doomed. Modolik is very familiar with the ugly faces of the so-called nobles in the empire. As long as Hurons falls, people like him who have no backing background will be willing to be someone else's dog, and a dog that is not trusted. Or... the ending is to be inexplicably removed.
The war of interests within the empire is far more tragic than the fighting on the battlefield.
"kill him."
Hurons took a deep breath: "No matter who the supervisor came, he must die by accident. This cannot be hidden from His Majesty, but His Majesty will not do anything as long as there is no evidence. Now I can only pin my hopes on Ko Kebo, if he's not too old to be completely confused, should know that if my family falls, he will be very lonely."
"I hope so."
Modolik sighed, turned and left.
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When Schulence saw the person in front of him, his face was so ugly that he had just eaten a mouthful of shit... No, it was worse and more disgusting than eating a mouthful of shit.
Kirkbo
The war supervisor sent by Emperor Leman was actually Ke Kebo.
When these two old men with a very high status in the power center of the Opulu Empire looked at each other, they both had to smile wryly. Of course, the smile on the corner of the latter's mouth was also a little gloating.
"I bet you dirty old bastard."
Ke Kebo didn't use Hullens to be polite, he walked to the chair and sat down: "If I had come as planned, I would have died on the way now. The respected Grand Duke Hurons is unwilling to see any A War Supervisor showed up and saw his ugly face, right?"
However, Xiulunsi seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and looked so depressed: "It seems that His Majesty really thinks that you and I are useless. He sent you to be a war supervisor, obviously not just for me. "
"No no no."
Ke Kebo shook his head and said with a smile: "My situation may be much better than yours. I successfully avoided the assassination you arranged, and then I just need to do things fairly, at least after seeing your family fall. I can live a few more years. If I am willing to give up my rights, I can even die naturally."
"Why?"
Anger began to appear on Xiulunsi's face: "Why?!"
"You do know."
Kirkbo smiled, but there was no real joy in it.
"Yeah, I know..."
Hurons sat down dejectedly, his eyes a little distracted: "My family has also obtained huge benefits in the process of expanding the empire. Now, His Majesty thinks that I have gained enough."
"No, not Your Majesty."
Kirkbo said, "Shullens, why are you so confused?"
Schulence was slightly taken aback, and then came to his senses: "Yes, I was confused. There are too many people in the empire who are jealous of my current position and everything I have gained over the years. During the period when I was not with His Majesty, There must be too many people trying to bring me down. They will collect all kinds of things that are not good for me, and then weave all kinds of lies... But this is not the saddest thing, the saddest thing is that His Majesty believed them."
"Blame yourself!"
Kirkbo said: "If you didn't do something out of the ordinary, how could your majesty believe lies? Since your majesty believed some of them, it means that they are not lies. You should be very clear, your majesty, no one in this world can You can fool him. Including you, Schulence! You are getting old, but you are becoming more and more arrogant. You think that everything you do outside can be done without anyone noticing, but you forget what kind of emperor you are!"
Hurons was silent.
Ke Kebo sighed: "Actually, I understand you, and it would be the same for me... You know that you are old, and the days when you can still be called an important minister in front of His Majesty are getting less and less every day. Once you leave the power center , your family's interests will immediately shrink or even suffer a blow. So, you want to seek the greatest benefits for the family while you still have the right, I understand, and I will do the same."
He poured himself a cup of tea and looked at the floating tea leaves: "But Schulens, you shouldn't despise His Majesty. No matter who in this world despises Emperor Leman, it will not end well."
"You're probably not much better than me."
Xiulunsi raised his head and looked at Ke Kebo: "Your Majesty sent you, didn't he want to take the opportunity to get rid of you?"
He sneered: "It's impossible for Your Majesty not to guess, I will get rid of the war supervisor he sent. So he chose you, and you know the meaning of it. It's just a pity that you refused to follow His Majesty's arrangement." do it."
"My time of death has not yet arrived, and the god of death will not come to me."
Kirkbo said: "You are right, His Majesty also wants me to die. He knows better than anyone that you and I are fighting the most fiercely within the empire, and behind this kind of targeting is an inseparable cooperation of interests. He knows that you and I are mostly acting. So the moment he wanted to get rid of you, he had already decided to get rid of me first. "
Kirkbo smiled and said, "That's why he appointed me as the War Supervisor, because he guessed that you would get rid of the War Supervisor. In this way, I will die very... vaguely."
He used such a word.
"Then, he will let people spread the news that you assassinated me. I guess no one will be surprised when the news spreads. Because they all know that you and I have not been friends but enemies for so many years. You Kill me, this is a perfectly normal thing. Your majesty's brilliance lies in this. If I die at your hands, my family will not lose their loyalty to the emperor... But this is exactly what happened to me better than you place."
"Because I was killed by you, my family can be preserved. But if you kill me, your family will be destroyed!"
Kekebo's tone suddenly became serious, and Xiulunsi's face immediately turned extremely pale.
"Sulence, am I right?"
he asks.
Schulence didn't speak for a long time, because he knew that Kirkbo's conjectures were all correct. Lehman obviously no longer intends to allow the two old men, he and Kirkbo, to hold power, and he wants to reshuffle the cards.
"You're such an idiot."
Ke Kebo drank all the water in the teacup in one gulp, not caring that the water was still hot: "You deliberately delayed the war in Eastern Xinjiang, and then deliberately pushed young generals to death one by one. Impenetrable? You are an idiot... You think that if this is the case, His Majesty will do what you think, making him feel that he must not live without you, and that the war in the Eastern Frontier must continue with you... But you really angered him, so He came in person. What he wants to tell you is that the rise of the empire does not depend on you, but on himself."
"what do I do?"
Schulence asked.
The tone is begging.
"You've crossed the line, and I can't help you."
Kirkbo sighed: "Just as I know that I am bound to die, but I can only decide whether I will die a few days sooner or a few days later, and nothing can be changed."