"The picket established by Earl Thors has backed down and is no longer prepared to intervene in the succession of the new emperor. I heard that it was under secret pressure. I don't know what it is specifically."
"In addition, during this period of time, Marquis Hawks and the new Minister of Ceremonies have become very close, and I don't know what they are planning."
“The price of bread has gone up again…”
"In the palace..."
In the morning, in an inconspicuous small house in Xia City.
Sitting in front of a desk, Longshu and Zonghu looked at the collected intelligence documents one by one and exchanged words.
For a moment, Longshu picked up a document, read it for a while, his eyes became solemn, and handed it to Zong Hu and said: "Look at this, the information given by a spider web hidden line that was just activated: The second prince does not know what kind of influence he has. , His attitude toward Char's situation suddenly wavered, and he became a bit biased towards the Chaos faction."
Zong Hu's thick eyebrows moved, he took the document, read it several times, and asked in a strange voice: "The second prince, isn't he a staunch stabilizer? He has always wanted to restore Xiaya's stability. To be fair, Although the original sequence of succession cannot be carried out due to the assassination of the eldest prince, he is indeed the most promising successor. The situation has stabilized, which is beneficial to him. I have no idea why he changed his stance."
"That's right. I can't understand it either." Nagarjuna sighed, "Anyway, if I were in his position, I would never do this. Hey, what he did did made us a little miserable. We After spending so many days, he finally worked out a plan that had some hope of maintaining the situation in Charia and slowly improving it. In this plan, the second prince was considered a crucial person. Once he wavered, the entire Even if the plan does not fail completely, it will fail half way, which is uncomfortable.”
"Then what should we do next?" Zong Hu asked.
"call-"
Nagarjuna took a breath, pursed his lips, shrugged and said, "That's it for now... let's eat first."
"Ah?" Zong Hu was stunned.
"Let's eat." Nagarjuna repeated, explaining seriously, "The plan is messed up, and it can't be done in a short time to make up for it. Since there's no point in rushing, it's better to eat something, rest your brain, and then make a careful calculation. "
"Okay." Zong Hu was convinced.
Longshu turned around, took down a basket from a nearby shelf, looked at the three pieces of dry bread inside, picked out a relatively good piece and threw it to Zong Hu, saying, "Eat it."
Zong Hu caught it, glanced at it twice, but did not stuff it into his mouth, but put it on the table.
"What? You don't want to eat again?" Longshu looked at the education and said, "Didn't I say that no matter how difficult it is, you must learn to enjoy it properly, and the enjoyment of food is a very important aspect. I..."
Zong Hu interrupted Long Shu and said: "I don't want to eat because I have eaten too much bread in the past two days. By the way, you always claim to enjoy food, so why do you always treat me to bread? You also have a lot of money. Well, what are you doing so frugally? If you are frugal, why don't you go find women?"
"Nonsense!" Nagarjuna said angrily, "I just think that pure food like bread is more enjoyable for me. Although other foods are delicious, too many condiments are added to them, which makes me sick."
"real?"
"Of course it is."
"Okay then, just enjoy your bread slowly. I'm going to eat what I prepared myself." Zonghu pushed the bread in front of Longshu, turned around and walked to the side, and picked up a food box from the corner.
Longshu took a bite of the dry bread, his expression suddenly stiffened, and he looked directly at Zong Hu to confirm: "Have you really prepared the things yourself?"
"Yes, before you came, I prepared lunch for myself. I originally wanted to eat it with you, as a way to repay you for asking me to eat bread for so long. But since you think it will make you sick, forget it." As he spoke, Zong Hu lifted the food box onto the table and opened it, and a burst of white steam suddenly spurted out.
I saw that there were four exquisite dishes with complete heat preservation settings, including fried meat, grilled shrimp, squab, and mushroom soup.
Zong Hu picked up the tableware provided in the food box and was about to eat, but found that Long Shu was one step faster.
"Crack!"
Nagarjuna tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and with the subtle force, one of the grilled shrimps on the plate in the food box automatically jumped up and spun into Nagarjuna's open mouth.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
Nagarjuna chewed it, swallowed it, clicked his tongue, and commented: "There are a bit too many spices, and the roasting temperature is not good. It does taste a bit disgusting, but it is not inedible."
Zong Hu shook his head, but did not stop Longshu from tasting it. He cut the fried meat with the utensils and said: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, just eat what you want. After eating, let's use more hands. Investigate the reason why the second prince changed his stance, I think there are clues to be found here, maybe it is controlled by the mastermind behind the scenes."
"Well, hey, hey, hey." Longshu flew a grilled shrimp into his mouth again. He chewed and nodded. After swallowing, he thought for a while and said, "By the way, do we need to put our people there?" A faction from the west?"
"West? There?"
"Sha Lin." Longshu narrowed his eyes slightly, "I heard that Richard really went to Sha Lin. Although he is indeed unwilling to help solve Xia Ya's matter, he is a force that cannot be ignored. We You have to pay attention. Besides, the reason why he is unwilling to help solve Xia Ya's matter is because he feels that Xia Ya has little relationship with him and there is no benefit.
But nothing is absolute. When we investigate and find some clues and find something that can arouse the other party's interest, we may be able to make the other party take action. Then it will be more convenient for us to send a few people over to contact and negotiate. "
After hearing this, Zong Hu took a piece of fried meat with a fork, put it in his mouth, and chewed it carefully.
After chewing and swallowing, Zong Hu nodded and replied: "Your idea is feasible."
After a pause, his tone changed again: "But... don't be too anxious. I have also received the information. That Richard has just arrived in Salin. What he is doing and what his purpose is is not clear yet. After a while, he will After settling down, we have really found some clues, and it’s not too late to send out people.”
"Okay, let's wait a few more days."
"Um."
…
Three days later, in the morning.
Outside the borders of the Soma Alliance, the area occupied by the Sika Kingdom.
Sarin Special Garrison Area, the largest city, Blackwater City.
In the open space outside the city gate, a group of people in gorgeous clothes were standing scattered, glancing towards the east road from time to time.
A little further away from them, many civilians were lining up while being scolded by the soldiers. Others were cleaning the ground and hanging festive decorations. All of this was in preparation for the city entrance ceremony, hoping to please those who were about to arrive. 's new lord.
And those who organized all of this were the people in gorgeous clothes who were standing around.
Most of them were officials who had received instructions and quickly gathered from all over Sarin to Blackwater City. A few of them were powerful people in Sarin and wizards. At this time, they were all a little nervous and apprehensive.
If just ordinary lords came, they would never do this, but many of them had heard that the coming lord was an extremely powerful wizard who could destroy cities and countries at will. Half of the previous victory in the national war between the Alliance and Sika was because of the other party - and this was under the premise that the other party was too lazy to take action.
If the opponent really goes all out, one person can win the war.