The sun shone on the main hall, and the weather finally cleared up, sweeping away the cold and dampness in the palace that had been damp all winter.
This ancient hall is the largest palace among the majestic and majestic buildings in the imperial city. It shines brightly under the sun. Thousands of years ago, the great founding emperor Aragorn announced the letter of credence and the founding of the country here. Accept the surrender and cheers of countless warriors.
Although thousands of years have passed, countless generations of emperors have spent a lot of money to repeatedly repair and expand this hall. In this generation, this ancient building, not only does not appear to be decadent, but it is even more magnificent.
Dozens of huge circular pillars on both sides, which can only be surrounded by a few people, are carved with delicate and gorgeous reliefs. On the reliefs are all the legendary heroes in the founding war. The huge brazier is burning with flames that will never go out all year round, and the golden armored warriors standing under the corridor are also the strongest warriors carefully selected from the Imperial Forest Army, wearing the best armor and holding long axes , standing in rows.
This place, which symbolizes the central and core authority of the imperial power of the empire, is where the emperor summoned important ministers and nobles to discuss and make decisions whenever the empire had to decide on major national policies.
And today, after a winter of subjugation, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent convened many ministers here to discuss the war on the front line.
The main entrance of the main hall was closed, and at this moment, a court attendant bent over and ran along the corridor in short steps. While running, although he maintained a bent posture, his buttocks were slightly pushed back. This gesture was a bit funny, but none of the warriors standing around dared to laugh at it, and none of them even came up to stop it.
only because. This palace attendant, with his boots on his feet, was running very fast, but he was holding a bright red scroll with both hands high above his head, and the red on the scroll was bright red. As if it was stained with blood.
This red symbolizes the most urgent battle report sent by the line. According to the usual practice, if it is such an urgent battle report, when it is delivered to the palace, no one should stop it for a moment, even if it is midnight, when this kind of battle report arrives, It must also be delivered directly to the emperor and monarch! This is also the iron law established by the founding emperor Aragorn.
Although for thousands of years. The level of the emperors of the empire is uneven, there are always some fatuous monarchs in power, and it is inevitable that government affairs will be neglected, and some people will gradually disobey these iron laws. However, the reigning regent is a diligent person. During his reign, these iron laws were strictly enforced!
The waiter ran to the door of the main hall with his ass pouted, glanced at the golden armored warriors around him, stood outside the door of the hall, looked a little nervous, but opened his voice. He shouted loudly: "The frontline emergency battle report is here!
His voice was full of breath, and he immediately transmitted his voice into the hall.
Sure enough, a moment later, the door of the main hall opened, and two court officials came out with sullen faces, but they didn't seem to blame at all. They just solemnly took the red scroll with serious faces. Quickly ran in.
In the main hall, the regent sits high on the throne, and on both sides below, there are the young military minister of the empire, Camisiro, and some senior generals of the military. Chancellor of the Exchequer. As well as many senior officials of the Imperial Treasury, the Minister of Etiquette. There are also seven or eight high-ranking and powerful figures in the empire, and one of them is a fat man, but it is Delan Mountain Warcraft.
The Delan Mountain monster was talking loudly with a red face, but it was interrupted, but he didn't dare to say anything. Seeing that the court official solemnly handed a red scroll to the regent's hand, he He hurriedly paused the plan he had just said about the logistics supplies in the frontline theater, stood there, and peeked at the regent.
Prince Chen sat on it with a peaceful expression, took the roll, the seal on it was intact, opened it, took out a parchment roll inside, unfolded it, and looked at it, many people below were staring at the regent, trying to find out from the king There were some clues on the face of the regent, but after the regent looked at it, his expression did not change at all, even the muscles in the corners of his eyes did not change a bit, he just nodded, handed the roll to the attendant to put it away, and then turned his eyes It landed on Delan Mountain Warcraft again, and said gently: "Well, continue to talk, what happened to the next season's material distribution?" Shaking his fat and huge head, he said in a loud voice: "Yes!... Uh, what I just said about the transportation issue, it seems that the supply of food, grass and weapons is still sufficient, but I stayed in the north for a month. Knowing that the armor-piercing heavy arrows on the front line consume a lot, the stock prepared in the early stage has almost bottomed out. In terms of military supplies, I have been urged twice, but the workshops in the rear are still stepping up production. Your Highness, the workshops under my family have already rushed out. A batch has been produced, although the quantity is still a little insufficient, but it can be used in a timely manner. It is precisely in terms of transportation. I asked the Minister of Military Affairs, Mr. Camisiro, that the transportation capacity is now at full capacity, what I mean Yes, let’s free up a batch from the fleet assigned by the navy to transport this batch of armor-piercing arrows and other supplies, anyway, if you don’t worry, you can delay it... "
Delanshan Warcraft shook his head and finished his words—in fact, he was originally a wealthy businessman family, and he was not familiar with these state affairs, but in recent years, as the Regent Prince took power, he was also regarded as the direct descendant of Prince Regent Chen. So the tide has risen and the boat has risen, gradually becoming more and more famous. Now that he has obtained an official position, he has officially changed from a businessman to an important minister of the empire. He has also spent a lot of thought on appointing him as a military logistics officer in the frontline theater. As for these words, it was not something that the Delan Mountain monster could say, but he memorized them by heart after he asked his staff to draft them at home last night.
Although he was interrupted a moment ago, he forgot some of it for a while, but fortunately, he remembered it as he spoke, and the words became more and more fluent. Just being a wealthy businessman, now I am also an important minister of the empire, and I always want to make them look at me with admiration.
only. The Demonic Beast of Delan Mountain shook his head as he said that, but he didn't notice that Prince Chen, who was sitting upright on it, had the usual expression on his face. But that look seems to be not as dedicated as before. Prince Chen probably listened to what the Delan Mountain monster said, and the rest of his thoughts have already turned to the part he saw just now. The battle report from the front line is up.
finally. The fat man was spitting all over the place, and after he had finished speaking, he was speaking in a logical manner. Prince Chen nodded, without any intention of admiring him, so he said lightly: "Well, I got it. You and Kami Shiro discuss it, let's do it like this."
Delanshan Warcraft couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, he did a lot of homework to get such a thing. He just wanted to show off his ability, but he only got such a light sentence from the regent, so he couldn't help but feel a little bit disappointed.
Fortunately, Prince Chen is such a smart person, he understood the reason when he saw the fat man's face, he smiled lightly, and added: "You fat man, you really look like a minister of an empire when you do this. It seems that it is right to give you this official position. Work hard and do it!"
This commendation made Delan Mountain Warcraft smile a little more.
Afterwards, Prince Chen coughed: "Just now I received the battle report from the front line, those barbarian races launched an offensive in the beginning of spring, and the momentum was very violent, but General Rostock's battle report said that the enemy's offensive has been successfully repelled , The frontline soldiers fought bloody battles. Those barbaric races suffered a lot of heavy losses."
After saying this, the faces of those below who were still guessing about the battle report all relaxed.
"However..." The regent suddenly smiled slightly, and the smile was a little more strange: "This military newspaper also said an interesting thing... this time repelling the enemy's offensive, he made the first-class contribution Yes. But not the soldiers of the Stormtroopers. Nor the magicians and holy knights who assisted in the battle, but... "
Speaking of which. Prince Chen deliberately paused, looked at the faces of the people below, and then continued: "It's a holy rank powerhouse!"
Saint rank powerhouse? !
When these words came out, many people were surprised.
On the mainland, the well-known holy rank powerhouse is that Rodriguez. Perhaps most people don't know it, but everyone in this hall is now a dignitary of the empire, and many people know that Rodriguez is Du Wei's subordinate.
"It's not the Sword Saint of Yinxiao." Prince Chen chuckled: "It seems that our empire has a new holy rank powerhouse. What's interesting is that this holy rank powerhouse is also under the command of our Duke Tulip." The family knight... the name is also strange, but it has the same name as Hussein who defected from the church and was wanted by the mainland."
Hussein
Under the command of the Duke of Tulip, a holy rank powerhouse "also" named Hussein?
When these words were said, the person who said them had a strange tone, and the people who listened to them also had unpredictable expressions. For a moment, the hall fell into silence!
Hussein, the former holy knight who defected from the church, is dead—this is clearly written in black and white in the announcement issued by His Majesty the Pope of the Temple of Light in the Mainland!
It didn't take long before a family knight under the command of the Tulip family appeared. He was also called Hussein, who was powerful
Everyone is not a fool, and the deep meaning of it can be guessed to a certain extent.
It's just... this matter is vaguely related to the church, so it's hard to say. More importantly... It also has a relationship with Du Wei!
It would be fine if it was in the past, but now, because some time ago, the Duke of Tulip and the royal family only saw the top story, and the dust has not yet settled. Now no one knows what the regent's attitude towards Duke Tulip is.
Therefore, for this kind of matter, for a while, everyone in the hall was silent, and they did not dare to express any opinions rashly.
Prince Chen sat on it and looked coldly at the people below. How could he not know what everyone was thinking? After pondering for a while, the regent said lightly: "It is always a good thing that there is a new strong man of the holy rank on the mainland. It shows that the people of the empire are very martial! As for the name... it has the same name as the traitor of the temple. Coincidence. Hmph, Hussein... If you track down the people named Hussein on the mainland one by one, there might be seven to eight thousand people. Don’t be surprised that there are many people with the same name and the same sex in this world.”
When Prince Chen said this, he showed his attitude. The people below breathed a sigh of relief, and then came up one by one. They agreed, and some even flattered, saying that under the wise leadership of the regent, they vigorously advocated the martial style of the empire. This led to the emergence of more powerful warriors among the people.
Of course, no one would believe this kind of nonsense, but in the officialdom, such colorful talk is indispensable, for a while. The quiet scene just now became lively.
After listening for a while, Prince Chen decided to think about it, so he said: "Since it is the knights under Duke Tulip's command to assist in the battle, it can be regarded as an act of righteousness for the country, and besides, you have to be rewarded for your great achievements, um... it's just this Hussein Because he is under Du Wei's command, it is not easy to directly seal him as a military officer... Everyone, do you have any good suggestions?"
this problem. But no one answered.
After a moment of silence, many people turned their eyes to the Minister of Finance—because the relationship between Du Wei and the royal family was a bit tense, and there was a hint of trouble. As a result, a group of dignitaries in the imperial capital who were enthusiastic about Du Wei couldn't hide at this moment. How dare they stand with Du Wei openly
On this hall, when it comes to rewarding Du Wei's knights, no one dares to stand up and say good things-of course, no one will rush to say bad things. After all, Du Wei has not fallen yet, and the regent's attitude is not yet clear, and no one wants to offend others rashly.
However, since it is under the command of Du Wei, who is the only person in this hall who is deeply branded with the "Tulip Duke Line" besides the Minister of Finance? Who told you to marry your granddaughter to Du Wei's brother? Even if you are not a Tulip Party, you are a Tulip Party!
This kind of thing that speaks well for Du Wei...you do it!
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was also a little embarrassed. The old man is a selfless person dedicated to the country, he understands the meaning of everyone's eyes in his heart, he is open-minded, and he is not afraid of what people think, let alone the regent's suspicion. Just... being Chancellor of the Exchequer himself. It's not appropriate to speak up about this matter of rewarding military merits.
Coughed. He raised his eyes to look at the Minister of Military Affairs Camisiro, but saw that the old god Camisiro was there, squinting his eyes, as if he had nothing to do with himself. When the Minister of Finance saw it, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: This kid, at a young age , but imitated the old prime minister's appearance, hum, is also a cunning little thing. In the past, they called Du Wei brothers and sisters, but now they pretend to be ostriches.
Now at this time, things involving Du Wei have become a little unfathomable. Everyone's eyes are fixed on the old man, the Minister of Finance, which also makes the old man a little anxious. Finally, he couldn't hold it anymore, coughed, and said: " This... Your Highness, I think that since he is the retainer of the Duke of Tulip, it is not easy for the country to appoint public officials. It just so happens that... now in the frontline theater, the mercenaries recruited from all over the mainland have formed their own army, and they are not considered the official army of the empire. In my opinion, it is better to appoint this Hussein knight as the leader of the mercenary army, and then... Since he is a holy rank powerhouse, he is naturally a person who is detached from the world. It is disdainful. So, what I mean is... In terms of merit, it is enough to award medals and honorary titles."
Prince Chen smiled, and followed suit: "This suggestion is very good. Grant this Sir Hussein Knight... um, an Imperial Silver Medal of Courage, and one more... the title of Saint Protector of the Country. Well, since If he is a saint rank powerhouse, then he can also deserve the title of saint. Besides... as you said, let him lead the mercenary army... Uh, by the way, General Longbottom of the Tulip family has been seconded to The one who went to the front line to serve as the commander of the mercenaries, well, this Hussein can be regarded as the deputy commander."
After a pause, Prince Chen said again: "Also... there was a report from the front line before, those mercenaries engaged in some kind of airborne operation behind enemy lines, and they also made meritorious service. This time, they will be rewarded together. Please discuss it with the financial department and the military affairs. , The bounty will be rewarded according to the military merit... In addition, the mercenary should also be given a name, otherwise, speaking of it, they are all mercenaries and mercenaries, which is not very pleasant."
Prince Chen turned his head to think about it, and said with a smile: "I think of a name... Let's call it Langya, this mercenary, from now on, it will be called Spike Army."
He is the regent, the ruler of the empire, who would object to this
That's it.
Hussein changed suddenly and became the deputy commander of the "Spike Army" personally awarded by the Regent of the Empire. Awarded the Imperial Silver Medal of Courage and the title of "Saint Protector of the Country". Come on, in less than half a day, Du Wei, who was hiding in the Tulip Duke's mansion, received the news.
"Spike Army?" Du Wei laughed. Clapped his palms: "A good name, as sharp as a wolf's teeth."
Qiao Qiao next to him had a worried expression on his face: "What are you laughing at? You sent Hussein to the north. The whole continent knew about this move. Don't forget that he is a traitor to the church. Why is the church causing trouble?" manage?"
"Looking for trouble? Who's looking for trouble?" Du Wei snorted, with a look of disdain on his face: "Your Majesty the Pope has spoken eloquently. It has been announced in black and white: the traitor Hussein is dead! He is the Pope, the spiritual leader of the empire, He said that death is death! Now Hussein is just a person who happened to have the same name and surname as that traitor. Could it be that in this world, the same name and surname are also sinful? Hehe... the church wants to hold it accountable? Okay! Then explain His Majesty’s words don’t count? Ordinary people’s words don’t count. Who is he? The Pope! The spiritual leader of the mainland! Can he let him slap himself? What’s the face of the church
Although he was sophistry, when he spoke, he had a confident tone. With a shameless appearance, Qiao Qiao next to him looked at it and couldn't laugh or cry.
After laughing for a while, Qiao Qiao was puzzled and said: "Du Wei, if you send Hussein to the front line to fight, if you are worried that some of the orcs will join the battle, the front line will not be able to withstand it, it is still reasonable. It’s just that it’s better to send Hussein than send Rodriguez, or... simply let me go to the north for a while.”
Speaking of which. Qiao Qiao's tone was a little guilty. She glanced at Du Wei secretly, but saw Du Wei looking at herself with a half-smile on his face. Suffocated to death, going to the front line to fight and kill is better than being bored in this yard all day."
Du Wei shook his head: "It's not the time, it's not the time. You see. There will be a day when we will go to the front line in the future."
Qiaoqiao was a little discouraged at this point, and continued: "No matter what, if you don't send others, but let Hussein show his face openly, it will always be troublesome."
Du Wei disdained: "Trouble? Afraid that the church will trouble me? The church has long known that Hussein is alive. The Pope's announcement is a private compromise with me. Now... I am afraid that the church will trouble me? Anyway, even if there is no Hussein Because of the public appearance. The church will let me go? Hmm… and…”
Having said that, Du Wei finally looked serious. Glancing at Qiao Qiao, his voice softened a little, and he said in a low voice: "Qiao Qiao... you, me, and Vivian, the three of us are together, so we have a very good relationship and a warm life. But, there is a saying It's called a full man who doesn't know how hungry a man is hungry, hey, your little life is happy and happy, don't forget, Hussein is still a bachelor. It's fine if he falls in love with an ordinary girl, but His lover is a princess of the empire. If you want to marry a princess of the empire, a black household without a status will definitely not do it. Even if we are willing, the regent will not, even if the regent is willing... the royal rules will never tolerate it. Besides Now, that Princess Louise is not too young, the marriage may have already been put on the agenda, if we don't hurry up, once the royal family arranges her marriage, it will be troublesome."
Sighing, he looked at the blushing Qiao Qiao, Du Wei stretched out his fingers, tapped the tip of Qiao Qiao's nose lightly, and said with a smile, "I just want Hussein to show up in public, Dalu Telu! Serve meritorious service, let the mainland know his fame! Now, he is no longer a black household, but the majestic deputy commander of the Spike Army, the winner of the Imperial Silver Medal of Courage, and the order of the Imperial Protector Saint. Officially published in plain text, that is the legal identity in black and white!! From now on, you will no longer be a black household, but an upright and aboveboard person of imperial merit!"
Smiling, Du Wei patted his thigh, and said slowly: "Now, this identity is clear, and the glory is also there. It seems that I am not confident enough to match the princess, but it doesn't matter, as long as Hussein is on the front line If you do more meritorious service and the halo on your head shines brighter, you will have a glorious enough status, and when the time comes, you can propose marriage to the royal family and marry the princess, and that will be enough."
Speaking of which. There was a glint of awe in Du Wei's eyes, his tone turned cold, and he said coldly: "As for the temple bothering me... When will those magic sticks stop bothering me? Besides... Hussein is like a brother to me! For the sake of his happiness... Even if I make the temple hate me a little more, it’s nothing!! The temple wants to kill me a hundred times already, but now even if it hates me even more, it wants to kill me two hundred times, Three hundred times, there is no difference."
The empire has produced another saint-level powerhouse, and the news immediately spread to Roland Continent along with the vernal equinox. not to mention. Saint-level powerhouses on the mainland were originally almost legendary existences. Although that Rodriguez was a holy-rank, after all, everyone knew that this Yinxiao swordsman had participated in a rebellious coup in his early years. Measured by worldly standards, but somehow not loud enough.
This new holy-level powerhouse has made great contributions on the front line—he is a good guy who helped us fight those barbaric races!
And in the process of spreading this "happy event", there are naturally many good people. Taking Hussein's name as a fuss, he vaguely connected with the "dead" church traitor.
It's just that there are all kinds of rumors, but the church has always remained silent and said nothing.
It was the second day after the order to reward Hussein was issued.
Duke Tulip, who had been "recovering from illness" at home for several months, finally walked out of his Duke's mansion openly!
Early this morning, the Duke's carriage left the mansion in a grand manner, and under the retinue of a group of guarding knights, it left the gate of the imperial capital. Those guards of the royal city guarding the city looked at it, and they couldn't believe their eyes.
Everyone guessed in their hearts: this Lord Duke who was in the vortex of the storm has left the house, and I am afraid that this will be the imperial capital in the future. It's not even right!
However, Du Wei took a carriage, and after leaving the city, he came directly to the "Imperial Military Academy" after a long absence.
The carriage stopped at the gate of the academy, and Du Wei was still sitting in a wheelchair. The instructors and guard soldiers in the academy who had heard of the Duke's arrival hurried up to greet him.
A group of people surrounded Du Wei's wheelchair and slowly entered the academy. When passing by the playground, I heard shouts and shouts on the playground, but it was the students who were training.
In the military academy, 500 Wang Cheng's guards had been transferred here, specially stationed here. One is responsible for the order and protection of this place. Come here, but also serve as the "training partner" of these officer cadets.
When Du Wei came to the playground. Dozens of cadet officers are conducting cross-country exercises with 200 fully armed Wang Cheng Guards soldiers.
Du Wei immediately ordered someone to push the wheelchair to the playground. From a long distance, he saw a group of officers there divided into blue and red teams, and they were competing with each other.
Du Wei's wheelchair creaked, and the wooden wheel rolled over the sandy soil on the playground, and came to the side. Together with a group of followers around him, it immediately attracted the attention of many officers and students on the playground. Those with sharp eyes could recognize it immediately. , sitting in a wheelchair in the middle, with a weird smile on his face, and a hint of evil in his eyes... Isn't it the dean who made everyone suffer so much? !
Seeing that this evil star-like character came back, all the students in the audience were stunned, they even forgot about the training, everyone stared at Du Wei helplessly, and some even opened their mouths wide, startled to say a word Can't tell.
There was also an officer student who was climbing the barrier wall. He caught sight of Du Wei and saw that familiar smile that made people feel creepy. For some reason, his hands and feet softened suddenly. The dirt wall fell off, and he sat down on the ground, but he ignored the pain and just stared at Du Wei.
Du Wei waved his hand lightly and said with a grin, "Boys, I'm back to work... Do you miss me?"
These words fluttered lightly, but none of the people spoke. They all held their breaths and watched the return of the dean. Most of them had one thought in their hearts: "This tormentor is back, and the good times are coming to an end. In the future... I'm afraid I will suffer even more..."