Earl Lionheart's life has been relatively stable recently. He has made a fortune in the Far South by relying on the various goods transported from the Celestial Empire by Captain Sina.
He did not hoard the money he earned, but used it to buy "capable" slaves from all over the Far South and trained them to become his own soldiers. Slaves with excellent qualifications could even be promoted to knights.
This was one of the few hobbies that Earl Lionheart had in his later years, which was to station troops...
The army was stockpiled, so Earl Lionheart had to find a place to use it. Coincidentally, Emperor Persif contacted Earl Lionheart yesterday, wanting him to lead the army to support the war between the Principality of Leslota and Xiu Enzhelai.
As a capable general under Emperor Persifu, Earl Lionheart was present in every war in the Far South, but this time he hesitated.
"The emperor was replaced? My daughter... where did you get this news?"
Earl Lionheart sat in his study, frowning as he stared at his eldest daughter, Jin Naer, who was sitting in a wheelchair.
"I can't tell you where the news came from, but you must not go to this war, father!"
Jin Naer got the news from Zhou Hua. She then considered the recent actions of the Church of Pure Purity and chose to believe the information Zhou Hua provided her.
Ever since her last negotiation with Zhou Hua, Jin Naer has been thinking wholeheartedly about how to bring her entire family to join the Hammer and Sickle Movement.
Because she firmly believed that the current Yuannan was completely corrupt, and it was only a matter of time before their family was persecuted, so it was the right decision to cross the ocean as soon as possible to find a reliable backer.
"Jin Na'er, calm down. You are the smartest of all my children. If the emperor is really in disguise, why hasn't anyone seen through it yet?" Earl Lionheart did not scold his daughter, but calmed down and argued with Jin Na'er.
"That's because..."
"Because your information is false, or the disguiser's skills are so superb that no one has discovered it for such a long time. If it's the former, I will just reprimand you, but if it's the latter, you will lose your life!"
Earl Lionheart listed two hypotheses. He hoped that the first hypothesis was true and that the emperor was still the same emperor. But if what Jin Na'er said was true... then Jin Na'er, who knew this information, would be regarded as a thorn in the eyes of the Far South, and would be the one who must be erased from the assassination list.
"So father are you going?"
After being warned by Count Lionheart, Jin Na'er quickly calmed down.
The disguised emperor specifically asked Earl Lionheart to lead his troops to support Leslota. If Earl Lionheart openly refused, it would not only be a provocation to the imperial power, but would also arouse suspicion from the organization behind the scenes that secretly controlled the Far South.
"I'm still thinking about how to solve it." Earl Lionheart believed that his eldest daughter would not tell her this "big news" for no reason. If it was fabricated, it would be too outrageous.
At this moment, there was a knock on the window outside the study of Earl Lionheart. The father and daughter first looked out of the window, where stood a pitch-black crow.
"Father, it has a letter in its mouth, but you'd better be careful."
Jin Naer couldn't sense any magical aura from the crow.
Most spellcasters would choose psychic birds such as crows or owls as their messengers. It goes without saying that a crow that delivers letters is definitely from a spellcaster.
Count Lionheart walked straight to the window and opened it. The crow threw the envelope at Count Lionheart's face, cackled twice, and then flapped its wings and flew away.
"This unlucky bird is so uneducated!" Earl Lionheart complained, but he still quickly opened the envelope handed to him by the crow.
He recognized that this crow was raised by the royal family of the Far South! To be precise, it was a crow raised by Emperor Peisif.
Maybe the image of Emperor Peisif in the magic tower can be faked, but the crow raised by Emperor Peisif is loyal to Peisif alone!
Earl Lionheart opened the envelope with a magic seal, which contained three pieces of letter paper and three things called photos.
He opened the largest piece of letter first, and what came into his sight was the notes of Emperor Persif.
"To my most loyal blade, shield and warhorse, Earl Cassian. When you read this letter, I am in a dilemma. The entire Far South is in a huge dilemma. The despicable Shadow Society has taken away my throne with the Shapeshifter. The entire Far South is under the rule of the Shadow Society, but you don't need to panic... A country made of steel cannot be bitten off by rats' teeth. I am now in a very special country. This country has a lot of knowledge that can make the Far South glorious..."
Count Lionheart was reading halfway through the envelope when he took out three photos from the letter. The first photo was of Emperor Persif drinking water from a cup that said "Serve the People" in his office, and the second photo was of Emperor Persif teaching in the classroom.
The third photo is a photo of Emperor Persif and Princess Mishu, but the background is not in the Far South, but in the staff classroom of Skarre National Primary School.
Count Lionheart had seen photos before. Among the goods that Captain Sina brought him were several Polaroid cameras. When he first got the cameras, he was like a child and called his whole family to take family portraits in various ways.
"I hope you will continue to lie dormant in the Far South, and use your eyes to identify those who are my enemies and those who are still loyal to me..."
Count Lionheart continued to read Emperor Persif's "imperial edict", which roughly meant not to rebel rashly, but to collect intelligence in secret.
Once the time comes, Emperor Peisif will naturally come back to take over the entire Far South government.
Earl Lionheart read all three letters carefully. A red inscription appeared in his hand, and he burned all three letters into ashes.
"Father! What did the last letter say?" Jin Na'er had been listening nearby. Earl Lionheart read out the first two letters directly, but he suddenly stopped talking after the last letter.
"The rest is not what you should hear. Jin Na'er, you will be responsible for the finances and development of the territory in the near future."
Earl Lionheart handed all three photos to Jin Naer and said.
"Leave it to me! Father... are you still planning to go to the battlefield of Leslota?" Jin Naer took the three photos but still didn't understand why. "You obviously already know that the emperor is a fake!"
"I have to go precisely because I'm in disguise. Don't worry, I won't have any problems. Can you handle all the affairs in the territory?" Earl Lionheart asked his eldest daughter, who was already of marriageable age.
"That... is no problem at all."
Although Jin Na'er feels unworthy of her father's trust in her, her connection with the Church of Purity is entirely for her own family, so Earl Lionheart's trust is not wrong, and Jin Na'er will make all decisions that are beneficial to the Lionheart family.
For example, find out why Emperor Persif is holding a cup that says "Serve the People", and also ask Zhou Hua how to get a cup of the same style.
Simply put, when Jin Naer saw that Emperor Persif had become a member of the Sickle and Hammer Party, she was completely determined to join the Sickle and Hammer Party.