Busy days always go by very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it has been a week since General Kafu, the lord of the blood thorn flower, returned home. After the successful conclusion of the auction, the extremely lively trade fair also came to a successful conclusion.
General Cafu's son Monroe. Tevez really came to Dark Moon to "study" as Cafu said.
Monroe was originally arrogant and domineering, but fortunately, he was repeatedly urged by Cafu before coming here, so he really seemed to restrain himself a lot. In a friendly "discussion", this young swordsman genius from the Shadow Empire lost without any suspense to Athena, a talented female swordsman from Dark Moon and the current head of the Flame Legion, and joined the Flame Army sincerely. Became a special counselor and got involved in combat ball training, quickly falling in love with the sport of passion.
Compared with the episode of the arrival of the son of General Kafu, people are more hotly discussed about the thrilling battle between the devil emperor and powerhouse at the auction. For those who are not at the scene, the vivid plot and the added fighting scenes seem to be witnessed by themselves.
After interrogation, the middle-ranked demon emperor captured at the auction was named Waumu, the patriarch of the Toro tribe, the elder family of the Fallen Angel Empire, who was ordered by Black Yao to assassinate Kafu and destroy the dark moon. At the auction, the one who died was Sharu, the patriarch of the Horn family.
The regent of the Fallen Angel Empire sent someone to assassinate the visiting lord of the allied countries. This is not an ordinary event. Once it is made public, it may cause conflicts between countries, which is not good for Dark Moon, which urgently needs time to develop. Xi Ya and Chen Rui thought over and over again, and decided to temporarily suppress this incident, so as to hold Hei Yao's handle and make him be cautious. When the time is right, Vaum, a key chess piece, will play a more important role.
However, judging from the continuous dispatch of two devil emperor-level assassins by the imperial capital this time, the background of the Fallen Angel Empire is indeed very important, and there may be many devil-level powerhouses that can be used by Black Yao. This is also reasonable, otherwise, with the power of the blood, it would have directly overthrown an empire by force.
These Demon Emperor-level powerhouses are not directly subordinate to Hei Yao, but like Vaumu and Sharu, they are all super elders in big families. They usually don't show up easily until the family or the empire has some urgent needs. will make a move.
However, due to the fundraising, the existing conflicts between Hei Yao and the elder families have become increasingly acute. Many elder families may not buy this account, and with the deterrence and threat of this incident, Hei Yao will not be able to for the time being. Reckless.
The success of the "Two Sessions" in the Dark Moon Territory and the news of the establishment of a sister city with the Blood Thorn Flower Territory of the Shadow Empire caused a shock in the entire Fallen Angel Empire.
The eldest princess of the dark moon, His Royal Highness Xia, took over as the lord in just eight years, and managed a decadent and declining territory to such a field. This is still under the premise of continuous oppression and control by the imperial capital!
During this period, some small and medium-sized territories nearby were forced to increase taxes due to economic distress caused by the non-return of funds raised by the imperial capital.
Shea is considered rich and powerful now, and she did not refuse, but instead of asking for money and food without reservation, she sent someone to make public funding in a planned way in the name of Dark Moon, and even sent troops to assist in the maintenance of these territories. Order and eliminate thieves, so that it has a strong sense of dependence on the dark moon. Many people in those territories are very grateful to the eldest princess, and some even secretly migrated to Dark Moon.
Compared with the bad deeds of the regent King Obsidian defaulting on the fund-raising funds of the major territories and major families, Xi Ya, who "justice" funded the territories, appears to have a more glorious image. Including the imperial capital, there has been a voice in the Fallen Angel Empire that is gradually expanding, that is, Xi Ya, who is the granddaughter of Emperor Baiye. Lucifer is the true king of the Fallen Angel Empire, and the glory of Emperor Bai Ye will soon reappear in Lucifer's family.
Black Yao was very annoyed by this, but there was nothing he could do for the time being. His most urgent task at the moment was to solve the big trouble of raising funds, otherwise the hearts of the people would become more and more scattered. At present, several elder families have expressed strong dissatisfaction and doubts towards him. If this dissatisfaction is expanded, he will lose the right to mobilize the entire elder family. Once these families fall to Xiana's side, even the position of the regent will be in jeopardy.
Eliminate the opposing voices around you first, and then concentrate on dealing with Dark Moon! Obsidian gritted his teeth and made up his mind.
The meeting hall of the Darkmoon Palace.
Xia sat on the throne in front of the table, listening carefully to the information from Isabella, the leader of the dark demons. Isabella is indeed a professional. Under her leadership, the Dark Demon has developed extremely rapidly. Not only has it pulled out the eyeliner set up by many imperial capitals and other forces, but the Dark Demon's eyes and ears are successfully infiltrating the surrounding territories.
Shia admired Isabella's talent quite a lot. As for the small grievances and grievances in the past, they were just their own masters. As a successful lord, he naturally didn't care about them.
After listening to the report, Xi Ya showed a deep thought: "Mysterious incidents have occurred in the Blue Molten Territory one after another, and a large number of territorial residents have disappeared?"
Wearing a veil, Isabella nodded and said: "Yes, due to the lack of funds raised by the imperial capital, Chandler, the son of Lord Lan Melt, extorted violently in the territory, causing people's hearts to be distracted, and there was also a large-scale famine. Chandler continued Several orders were issued, including prohibiting the escape of residents of Luping Town who had disappeared, which aroused strong dissatisfaction with Su Men, the deputy head of the Zhanlan Army. At present, some soldiers led by Su Men have left the Zhanlan Army, and there is a lot of trouble. However, according to According to the latest intelligence analysis, Chandler is likely to be controlled by someone."
Chen Rui on the side interjected: "How likely is this analysis?"
Isabella gave Chen Rui a cold look, with chills in her eyes: "Are you questioning my analysis ability? Do you know how many people the Dark Demon lost due to the information needed for this analysis?"
Isabella didn't live in the house of the finance officer + sheriff, and she didn't know that this human being was some kind of liar. Although she knew that her close friend Betty had a good relationship with him, Miss Yi Ni didn't know that this human being who had been seduced by her back then The "victims" who have tried to play evil Gu have been very indifferent, perhaps out of hostility to all human beings (except one person).
"Of course not." Chen Rui directly ignored Isabella's hostility and shook his head, "However, if this judgment is correct, our plan will have to be slightly changed, and the next goal should be on Lan Rong .”
Shia showed interest: "Let's talk about your thoughts first."
"There was such a battle in the history of our human world. The king of a small country died of illness, and his confidants assisted his young son to ascend the throne. A general rebelled, and the little king was defeated. He immediately asked the neighboring country for help. The neighboring country The king immediately dispatched troops to eliminate the rebels. However, eliminating the rebels was only the first step. The large army of the neighboring country used the excuse of suppressing the rebellion to occupy the entire country. As a result, the little king was captured and the country perished."
The battle example Chen Rui mentioned was a battle during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Wuping Jiedu envoy Zhou Xingfeng was seriously ill, and he ordered his confidants to assist Zhou Baoquan, who was only 11 years old, to lead the military affairs. He also said that Zhang Wenbiao, the governor of Hengzhou, would rebel in the future, so Yang Shifan could be sent to crusade. After Zhou Xingfeng died, Zhang Wenbiao really rebelled. Zhou Baoquan ordered Yang Shifan to send troops to fight against him, and at the same time asked Jingnan and Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin for help. As a result, Zhao Kuangyin ostensibly named Zhou Baoquan the envoy of Wuping Jiedu, but on the pretext of sending troops to quell the chaos, he occupied Jingnan and the land in Hunan where Zhou Baoquan was based, and Zhou Baoquan himself was captured.
Isabella thought about it, and she had already understood, her green eyes lit up: "You mean, Lan Rong asked for help from Dark Moon?"
Xi Ya frowned: "Lan Rong has not asked us for help now."
"No, we have now received Lan Rong's request for help, and it was written by Chandler himself." Chen Rui smiled slightly, "As for the content... I just want to seek support from Dark Moon, and put down the letter from Su Men, the former deputy head of the Blue Legion." Rebellion."
Although Xi Ya's thinking is not as fast as these two conspirators, she also understands a little bit, saying: "Our current power is rising rapidly, and the public opinion of the outside world is favorable to us. If we openly send troops to occupy other countries at this time Territory, I'm afraid the gain outweighs the loss."
Chen Rui shook his head and said, "Who said you want to occupy Lanrong?"
Isabella interjected: "That's right, we're just 'helping' Chandler out of 'friendliness'."
Chen Rui smiled appreciatively at Isabella, who responded with cold eyes.
"There is another piece of information that Sotson, a free practitioner who has reached the middle level of the Demon Emperor, lived in Luping Town where the disappearance occurred. As a result, he was attacked and killed while investigating the disappearance. Judging from the state of death, the opponent's strength may have reached the peak of the Demon Emperor or even the level of the Demon Emperor. As for the sudden disappearance, even the spies we sent couldn't find out what happened, and instead damaged several elites .”
Chen Rui frowned and said, "Didn't Chandler order the townspeople to leave? Could this matter have something to do with him... or the person who controlled him? Also, the reason why Sumen left the Azure Army probably knew something The inside information, or it may be some kind of instigation, I need more information about this person."
The Demon Emperor was attacked and killed, the townspeople disappeared, and Chandler might be under control... Could it be that after a certain force failed to target Dark Moon, they shifted their focus to Lan Rong, whose lord had recently lost his life
Xi Ya's voice sounded, interrupting Chen Rui's thoughts: "Well, the direction of the next step has been decided like this."
With that said, Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess stood up and took a deep look at Your Excellency the Finance Officer: "It's not too late, the two of you should cooperate and sort out a specific action plan for me as soon as possible."
Isabella nodded and began to fall into deep thought.
And Your Excellency the Financial Officer read out the stern warning from His Royal Highness's glance with a tacit understanding: cooperation is cooperation, don't have any crooked ideas.
The financial officer immediately responded with an innocent look, but the suspicion in Her Royal Highness's eyes grew stronger. It was obvious that she had a "conviction record" and was not worthy of trust.
(To be precise, it is very untrustworthy!)
The finance officer's eyes turned into resentment, and he quietly made a secret gesture—(Don't be like this, okay, the big deal is to open your heart in the secret room tonight, and prove the man's reliability to His Highness...)
Her Royal Highness read out the meaning of this wretched gesture helplessly, unable to stand the same wretched look from someone, glared fiercely, and finally retreated in defeat.