Char did not go to see Reinhardt until after dark.
Reinhardt has been taken to the hospital in the city because of his serious injuries. Because there were 4,000 Rodriguez cavalrymen stationed in the barracks outside the city, most of them were injured, so many wounded, it was really busy for the doctors in the city, and even many medicinal materials in the warehouse were in a hurry.
There was a lot of chaos in and out of the city. The fabrics in many shops were hurriedly bought by the army and used as bandages.
When Char came to the hospital, when he saw the young officer who was resting on the bed—Reinhardt obviously looked very comfortable.
He was half leaning on the bed, and beside him sat a young maid in the medical hall with a blushing face, holding a small bowl and feeding Reinhardt's mouth with honey water spoon by spoon. Looking at this young girl's eyes full of reverence and admiration, while Reinhardt was lying there, holding his head in his hands, even Char was a little jealous of this young man.
"Your Majesty." Seeing Xi Ya walking in, Reinhardt immediately sat up, as if to smile, and his tone was a little weird: "Or, should I call you Lord 'Military Affairs Envoy' now? handsome?"
Indeed, according to the forged appointment, Char Ya can indeed be regarded as a commander-level figure on one side.
Xia Ya didn't speak, just stood at the door and looked at this young man up and down with scrutiny eyes - this guy, every time he looked at him, he always had a weird feeling, this young man seemed to be so calm in doing things … This calm attitude is the strangest thing.
Because... Reinhardt always acted in a manner that he should have done secretly and acted as if he was fighting with an open flame, yet he still appeared to have no guilty conscience.
I really don't know if his attitude as if he doesn't care about anything is from the heart or just pretending.
"What do you think I should be called?"
Xia narrowed his eyes and smiled, then looked at the young maid: "Okay, let's go out, I have something to talk about with General Reinhardt."
The maid naturally recognized that Mr. Xi Ya was the highest boss in Denzel City, and with a look of awe, she quickly bent down and backed out.
"Now we can talk." Char simply sat down beside Reinhardt's bed: "What do you think I should be called?"
Reinhardt smiled, even a little presumptuous: "Of course it's the marshal, or the military envoy... Didn't you call me 'General Reinhard' just now? It seems that you intend to accept that appointment. Then seal me up as a general?"
Xia Ya looked at the young man and was silent for a while, before suddenly saying, "You are very courageous."
"You're not too brave," Reinhardt replied immediately.
"Aren't you afraid of death?"
"Afraid." Reinhardt curled his lips: "Any normal person would be afraid of death. Although many people are brave and dare to make sacrifices - but that depends on the price. I am a normal person, of course I am afraid of death. …I am afraid of dying before my ideals are fulfilled.”
"Since you're afraid of death, why don't you sit here and wait for me? Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you?" Xia Ya said, with a cold murderous look on his face: "Tell you, Philip has been killed by me personally. , and now I'm here to shut you up forever!"
Reinhardt immediately stared at Xi Ya with wide eyes, looked at it for a long time, and then suddenly exhaled: "Alas... It seems that the rumors are wrong... My teacher once said that you are an excellent actor, But actually, your acting seems to have room for improvement - your acting just now was terrible."
"too poor?"
"It's too bad, there are too many flaws." Reinhardt shook his head: "If you really want to kill me, or act like you want to kill me, at least you will find a night when no one is there to sneak in, and ... As soon as you enter the door, you should immediately kill the maid just now, and then say the few words just now, or I may believe it."
"It's just possible?"
"Well." Reinhardt counted with his fingers: "First of all, if you really want to kill me, at least, if you are not too stupid, you shouldn't do it today - I just came to you with thousands of iron cavalry, When I entered the city, I was still alive and kicking, and I died in less than one night... Anyone with a little bit of dessert would have a lot of doubts. And the thousands of cavalry, I was born and died with them along the way, there is always some feeling, I am dead, how do you explain to them? Besides, Mr. Green in the city, who was my teacher at the Imperial Military Academy, how do you explain to him when I am dead? After all, even if you want to kill I, too, have to find a good opportunity to keep my mouth shut forever... For example, you show your extra affection and trust in me, and make everyone believe that I am your confidant, and then you send me there Carry out a very dangerous mission, create a few more 'unfortunate coincidences', let me die a glorious death in battle, you will give an impassioned speech at my funeral, and finally shed a few false tears. … Well, if you can do all of these, then you’re 70% or 80% qualified.”
"...Only seventy or eighty percent?" Xia Ya smiled.
"Yes, there are still a lot of details - details, you can never make the most perfect estimate in advance. So before specific things happen, I can't make too accurate judgments - 70% to 80% chance is already great. ."
Xia Ya stared at this guy for a while before finally smiling: "You are a very interesting person."
"I'm a very scary person." Reinhardt suddenly said with a serious face, "A scary person is generally not very interesting. My teacher once gave me a comment, he said that I was the kind of person who is suitable for A person who lives in the dark. I am a person born with little affection, ruthlessness, and no righteousness. In order to achieve the ideal in my heart, I can do whatever it takes—sir, do you think such a person is 'interesting'?"
Xia Ya pondered for a while: "I'm curious, since you are so smart, you must have thought about it. If I want to kill you, how can you protect yourself?"
"Haha!" Reinhardt smiled: "It's very simple... Philip is one of my amulets."
"How to say?"
"Alas." Reinhardt simply sat up straight and looked at Char: "Even if you kill me, there are two possibilities. First, you don't accept that forged order, and then forge me to punish me. The guilt of the imperial military order killed me. This is what I am most afraid of, because I brought 4,000 cavalry, and these 4,000 cavalry have feelings for me. If you kill me, you will lose your military heart! Second Kind of, you accepted this fake order, but for the sake of confidentiality, kill me and silence—but this situation is a bit more complicated. First of all, you have to kill two people, Philip and I... It is impossible for two people to kill at the same time, there is always one The question of succession. So who to kill first? This question is worth scrutinizing. You should be a smart person - my teacher said you are very smart. I am glad you are a smart person, because the idea of a smart person, It is easier to calculate. For safety reasons, you can only kill Philip first. Again, the impact of killing me is too great. Kill the one with less impact and less difficulty first. Philip is your subordinate. Not many people are outstanding, let him die inexplicably, and not many people will pursue this issue. Then, once Philip died, no matter what the cause of his death, I would immediately be vigilant... At that time, I'm on guard, do you think you can kill me easily? So, until Philip dies, I'm safe."
Shaya nodded.
Then he looked at Reinhardt: "What do you want?"
"Um?"
"What do you want?" Xia Ya said indifferently: "Money, power, status, honor, women... You took such a big risk and helped me forge such a huge profit for me. It seems that it is only right for me. I have a lot of benefits. No one would do such a detrimental thing for no reason. Since you are taking such a big risk, you must have some plans of your own, right? I have to know what you want, can I? Satisfy your needs—I didn't dare to trust you until then."
"Ideal." Reinhardt's eyes suddenly turned from indifference to fanaticism: "I only want ideals. I can have no women, I can endure hunger and thirst, I can be injured and bleed, and I can struggle back and forth between life and death. When necessary, I I can die... but it must be for my ideals! As long as I can advance the ideals in my heart, I don't care about doing anything, even raising the butcher's knife to anyone!"
"What is your ideal?" Xia Ya asked.
Reinhardt lowered his eyes, and after being silent for a while, he actually said something that surprised Char.
"I... love this country."
This young man, who is considered to be "ruthless", said such a sentence softly.
"I love this country and Byzantium very much." Reinhardt's eyes were very frenetic, but his tone of voice was calm and scary!
"Since when I was studying, I have studied the history of the empire, from the great achievements of the founding emperor, from the inextinguishable exploits of the first generation of Duke Tulip, so many famous generals like clouds, counselors like rain, so many small kingdoms scattered on the southern side of the continent. Unification, to create such a great empire with a vast territory... All of this makes me incomparably love! The empire has existed for thousands of years, and has experienced countless storms and ups and downs, but it has been reborn again and again, no matter how great the suffering, our The Byzantine nation has still overcome difficulties time and time again, and the empire is still a complete and united whole. I love all of this! When I was studying at the Imperial Military Academy, I would pass by the square every day and see the sculptures and portraits of famous generals of all dynasties. They will all say to themselves that one day, I will become one of them... I will shed my last drop of blood for this empire, and I will not hesitate."
"But you're not an eagle type." Xia interjected.
"...No!" Reinhardt smiled, his tone even a little disdainful and contemptuous: "Eagle type? I don't think they are eagles. In my opinion, they are just eagle dogs that are foolishly loyal to the emperor. I am loyal to this The country is by no means the one sitting on the throne."
Xia Ya was silent and said nothing.
"In the imperial capital, the eagle clan, the royal clan clan, the senate clan clan, the military clan clan... Unfortunately, none of them are really fighting for the empire, everyone is staring at their own little interests. The emperor must protect himself. If you want to be independent and want power, the warlords will not hesitate to split this complete empire. Even the eagles—they may still have the courage of some soldiers, maybe They have the courage to make sacrifices - but this is even more terrifying! Because these people don't understand why they are dying, bleeding, and sacrifice! The lives, blood, and everything they gave... were not for this empire at all. , but only for the one person sitting on the throne, one person. Even if that person made an act of betraying the country and abandoned a large area of territory, these eagles still sacrificed for that person ... I will not take such a sacrifice!"
The sentence "I don't take it" made Xi Ya speechless.
After a while, Xia Ya seemed to smile: "Then what do you want?"
"I want this country to revive, to stand up again in this world and become the strongest empire! Even if possible, in my lifetime, I hope to see the empire destroy Odin in the north and go out to sea to annex Landis! Achieve ten thousand years. The inextinguishable great cause is like the only human empire common to all human beings ten thousand years ago! I want this country to become the strongest and most stable existence. If anyone does anything to harm this country, even if The emperor is also my enemy!"
great breath...
Xia frowned.
He suddenly remembered a word that had been mentioned in the notes written by the old guy he had read: pure patriotism.
"This country is a country of one country, not a country of one person."
"So, you should be a pro-Senate faction, right?" Xia Ya smiled: "Isn't that what the Senate advocates? Weake imperial power and let the Senate choose representatives..."
"That's just a joke." Reinhardt shook his head: "Or, it's an unrealistic ideal. In the current situation, it is impossible for our country to have such a system... The idea of the Senate itself It makes sense, but it's a little too radical... I have to admire the people who came up with this idea when the country was founded thousands of years ago. Unfortunately, the idea is not in advance in the long run... Simply put, our people lack awareness of this country Even in the most prosperous and civilized imperial capital of Osgilia, less than half of the citizens have received education, and knowledge and civilization are still in the hands of a few people. Under such circumstances, how can you let those who are illiterate, even lacking even the most basic knowledge, come to discuss national affairs?"
"Then you claim..."
"dictatorship!"
This answer made Xia Ya smile: "It seems to be very contradictory to what you said before... The country is a country of one country, not a country of one person, but if it is dictatorship, wouldn't it become... "
"It depends on who the dictator is." Reinhardt sneered: "The current emperor is obviously not a suitable dictator. He doesn't love this country, he only loves his throne and his royal family. For his The throne and the royal family, he can betray the interests of this country, so he is not a dictator. I hope to find a dictator who can serve the interests of this country. If what this dictator does is in the interests of this country, I don't Mind giving him your life!"
Saying that, Reinhardt looked at Char with bright eyes.
Xia Ya was a little hairy at this guy's fanatical eyes. After a while, he frowned: "You think I am... Don't forget, I am not a Byzantine at all."
"It doesn't matter." Reinhardt smiled: "As long as what you do is good for the empire, I am willing to serve you. As for who you are, I don't care... Even if you are not a human being, but a different race, I don't care either! As long as you do things, you can make this empire stable and strong!"
"...if I violate these standards..."
"Then I will stand on your enemy side without hesitation." Reinhardt replied without hesitation.
"... It's really straightforward." Xiaya touched his nose and chin and looked at the young guy: "That is to say, even if I use you, it will never be possible to get your true loyalty?"
"There is no eternal unconditional loyalty in the world." Reinhardt also smiled: "At least... I will never betray you until you don't do things that harm the interests of this country, even if someone uses a high official position, A lot of wealth, no matter how attractive you are, I will never betray you... I think very few people can do this."
Char thought for a moment and agreed with Reinhardt's statement.
This guy is a complete idealist - an idealist who really can't be bought with anything mundane.
The two young men looked at each other for a while, and Reinhardt suddenly smiled. His teeth were very white, and he said slowly, "Now, have I passed your interview? Lord Marshal?"
"...Yes." Xia Ya stood up, but had already left: "I hope you recover soon, there are still many things waiting for you to do, my... Your Excellency General!"
When Char walked to the door, Reinhardt suddenly spoke again: "Lord Char."
"Um?"
"I have a question, although it's just my personal curiosity, but..." Reinhardt had a half-smile on his face: "I said what I wanted, then..."
The young man said a few words, but he directly poked into Xiaya's heart!
"So... what do you want?"