"You mean... Bayan, he wants to be the crown prince?" Rody frowned and whispered: "I'm afraid this is impossible... Although the emperor has no son now, he is not old yet..."
There was some deep meaning on Miao Ge's face, he shook his head and said slowly: "Rody, you think too simply... The emperor has no son now, so Bayan is the only suitable candidate... Faced with the temptation of imperial power, and How many people can guarantee not to give birth to ambition? Besides... although the emperor just doesn't have a son now, can't they find a way to prevent him from having a son in the future? "
Rody was startled: "What do you mean?"
Miu Ge's eyes fell on Rody's face. There was a hint of worry in her eyes, and she said softly: "Rody, you are in a high position now, and everything you say and do is attracting attention. I don't know how many people are paying attention to you." You have ulterior motives... You must never think of things in the world so simply again... "
Sighing, there was an expression of fear on her face: "The empire has hundreds of years of history, and every struggle involving imperial power has always resulted in bloodshed? When Emperor Abbas succeeded to the throne more than two hundred years ago, the entire The palace is dyed red with blood... In order to fight for the imperial power, is there anything that people can't do? "
"Do they want to take action against the emperor?"
Miu Ge said lightly: "Bayan has been wooing the nobles in the imperial capital in the past few years. All the young nobles basically follow his lead... Do you think, if they have no agenda in their hearts, why do they want to win people's hearts like this? Even Didi is like this The sons of the finance ministers are all closely surrounding him, as well as Dardaniel, the son of the imperial garrison general. Don't you remember that they were originally friends of Seth, but now they are all attracted to Bayan? In the camp... we are wooing young people in name, but through these young people, we can win over the support of the entire family... Roddy, have you never thought about this? "
Rody sighed and smiled bitterly: "I am a fake duke. God knows one day I will suddenly no longer have to continue to act like this. What do these people's fights have to do with me... Naturally, I never think about this. of."
Miu Ge shook his head and whispered: "Others don't know, but I know... In the past, Seth said something to me when he was drunk... I know that the emperor actually dislikes the Tulip family the most. He always He thinks that the Tulip family has too much influence in the empire and has overshadowed the Royal Thorn Flower family. He didn't know that you were a fake Seth, and deliberately sent you to the northwest battlefield just to get a playboy to go to Luo Yan in the northwest. You will die in Tar! Even if you don't die, it will make the Tulip family lose face. But you performed well in the northwest... but it only made the Tulip family more famous. In fact, he sent you to the south. The rebellion trapped you tightly, leaving you, the tulip flag, forever thousands of miles away in the south. The emperor wanted to get rid of the tulip... But have you ever thought about why his attitude suddenly changed? Can the lady propose?”
Rody frowned and said, "Isn't it the pressure exerted on him by the royal family? He originally wanted to marry Qiao Qiao, but then..."
Miu Ge sighed and gently held Roddy's hand, with a concerned expression on his face: "Rody, do you really think so?" She bit her lip and whispered: "This is about the royal heir. Continuation, do you think it's that simple? Will the emperor listen to the words of a few irrelevant people whether he marries Qiao Qiao or Seth's sister? Although noble, he has no actual influence after all! Do you really think that the emperor was obeying their words before proposing to Seth's sister? If he was just succumbing to the pressure within the royal family, then after being rejected by your sister, the emperor Why are you still working so hard and refusing to give up? If he really doesn’t want to marry Nicole, why don’t he take this opportunity to step down?”
Roddy showed a thoughtful expression on his face: "You mean... the emperor is... the emperor has changed his attitude... and wants to win over the Tulip family?"
Miao Ge also had some doubts in his eyes: "Of course it has changed... But why exactly it changed, I don't know..." She suddenly smiled, with a strange expression: "His Majesty, this is in the hearts of almost all smart people in the empire. Everyone knows that he is a real idiot... Hum, Abbas XI, he is not even one-tenth of Abbas the Great. If it were another emperor, he would have a wealthy family like the Tulip family who loyally protected the empire. , I have been very happy for a long time, and I will try my best to give him the best treatment no matter what, so that he will always be the pillar of the empire... But I don’t know what Abbas XI is thinking, but he wants to do something that will destroy his own door. …”
Rody was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "Okay, don't talk about these things." He smiled a little reluctantly. Although he was smiling, there was no hint of happiness in his smile.
Miu Ge sighed softly: "I know... you are still thinking about Nicole... are you worried about her? I said that the emperor sincerely wants to marry Nicole to win over the Tulip family, so you are even more worried, right?"
When Rody came into contact with Miao Ge's deep gaze, his heart hurt for no reason, and then he turned his face sideways and nodded slowly.
Miu Ge was stunned for a while, then smiled again and said: "It's a pity that you came here secretly today... I said last time that I would sing to you when I have finished practicing the new music, but today I can't..."
Roddy also smiled, shook his head and said: "Don't worry about singing. You can leave tomorrow. Go to the place I told you... I will have many opportunities to hear you sing in the future!"
Miu Ge's face turned slightly red and he whispered, "I know."
Rody looked at Miao Ge, suddenly blushed, and whispered: "Miao Ge... When I came back all the way, I was anxious and angry. My whole head was dizzy, as if a headless animal. Like a fly... But after seeing you today, I feel much better... Really... Thank you very much."
After saying these words, Rody glanced at Miu Ge, turned around and left. Miu Ge walked to the door. He opened the door first and checked that no one was outside before letting Roddy go out.
When only Miu Ge was left in the room again, she couldn't help but lean against the door, with a complicated expression on her face, and sighed softly: "Idiot!"
Rody walked quickly with his head down in the corridor. Except for the occasional two drunken guests, no one paid attention to him. Just when I reached the stairs, I saw Ms. Shafei coming up to me. Roddy was startled. Immediately turned around and walked to the other end of the corridor. Unexpectedly, at the end of the corridor, a door was closed. Two warriors with swords in their hands stood at the door, looking around. When they saw someone coming here, they immediately became vigilant.
Behind Rody, Ms. Shafei has walked up, and there are two more warriors in front. Rody gritted his teeth and saw a door next to him. In desperation, he immediately walked over and pushed hard.
The door opened in response, and Rody secretly sighed, "Lucky!" Then without stopping, he immediately dodged in and closed the door with his backhand.
When the two warriors at the end of the corridor saw the visitor walking through another door, they just thought it was another guest and didn't care. They saw Ms. Shafei coming and immediately stepped aside and let her in.
Rody walked into the room and immediately smelled a faint fragrance. There was no light in the room, and he could only vaguely see that it was a side hall. The surrounding furnishings were similar to the ones he had visited before to greet distinguished guests. almost. Roddy knew that there should be a window behind him, so he immediately ran over, opened the window, and climbed out of the window.
There was a narrow wall under the window of the building outside. Roddy stood on the wall and moved his body little by little. Fortunately, it was already night, and the backyard of the cave was right under our feet, and there were not many people coming and going inside. Occasionally there would be one or two servants, but they would not look up.
At a glance, Rody saw an iron pipe about ten meters ahead. He thought it was a ventilation pipe. He immediately tried his best to move towards the iron pipe, thinking that he could slide down with the help of this iron pipe.
After carefully moving through several windows, he heard the laughter and laughter coming from the room inside. Roddy didn't dare to say anything, but gritted his teeth and moved closer to the iron pipe step by step.
His body was now far worse than before. He only felt sore and weak, and his breathing gradually became faster. As the cold night wind blew, he sighed in his heart. He was really a useless person now, not to mention his former superb martial arts. Don't talk about Mr. Qiu giving that "seed of power" any fighting spirit. Now if I move even a little bit, my body is so weak. I couldn't help but secretly scolded Andy a few more words.
After finally getting close to the iron pipe, I breathed a sigh of relief and was about to go down. Suddenly, two servants walked by below. Rody immediately froze and did not dare to move. However, the two servants below seemed to have stopped, standing on the ground at Roddy's feet, chatting and laughing softly - they must have run out to be lazy.
Rody was anxious, but suddenly he heard a familiar voice in his ears.
"Lord Earl, walk slowly!"
It’s Bayan!
Rody was stunned for a moment and immediately realized that the sound came from the window he was leaning against at the moment.
As soon as his heart moved, his ears pressed up.
It sounded like there were a lot of people in the sound.
"Master Bayan, please give my regards to the prince. Thank you for your hospitality today. I will definitely come to thank you some other day..." Then there was a burst of laughter. Rody felt that the voice was somewhat familiar, and he immediately realized that it was Count Mero, the Imperial Finance Minister! It's Didi's father!
Thinking that Bayan wooed Didi, it was naturally to win over the finance minister of the empire. Now there's nothing strange about them being here.
There was a commotion inside, and then Didi and Mero were talking and laughing, as if they were saying goodbye.
After listening for a while, the room finally became silent. Suddenly I heard Bayan's voice: "Send two people to follow them. This old fox always gives me bad looks today. I don't feel confident about them."
"Hmph... If you are worried about these two guys, I will kill them tonight. Killing two humble humans is not a big deal. The young man seems to be in good health... I wonder how his blood tastes. ..." followed by a burst of jeering laughter.
Rody's body shook violently!
It's him! It's that vampire! !
"Shut up!" Bayan's voice suddenly became stern, and then he heard footsteps heading towards Rody's window.
Rody was startled, and immediately grabbed the iron pipe with his left hand and squatted down.
As soon as he squatted down, the window above his head was pushed open. Bayan stood in the room, looked at it, and then closed the window.
"You'd better be careful what you say! This is the outside after all! If these words of yours spread, it will cause big trouble!" Bayan's voice was a little dissatisfied, as if he was not satisfied with what the vampire said just now: "Humble Human" seemed a little angry. He let out a cold snort from his nose, and then said: "The relationship between us is secret after all. Outside, don't talk about 'blood-sucking' at all times. Do you want to attract people from the Divine Religion Institute?" ?”
The vampire seemed a little dissatisfied and said bitterly: "Those trash from the religious institute, what do you have to worry about?"
Bayan's tone was a little strange: "A waste? I asked you to kill Seth, but a dozen of you went and how many came back? Right now, Mr. Ximang is still in the south. When he comes back, let's see what he does with you!"
The vampire fell silent and finally stopped talking.
Bayan seemed to realize that his tone of voice was too strong, and said gently: "This time things didn't go well, and my father was also very disappointed. But I think there are powerful people protecting Seth... Their Tulip family has been around for hundreds of years. There are always some tricks in history. It's our miscalculation, and we can't blame you entirely. But you have to be careful not to say anything like "blood sucking" in the imperial capital. If it is known that we are cooperating with your vampire clan, everyone will suffer. Just wait until we finish together!”
The vampire's voice was a little angry: "Hmph... you humans... it should be your honor to cooperate with a noble race like our vampire!"
Bayan chuckled and didn't care about his words. He said calmly: "How is your physical injury? Is there anything important? Master Ximang will have to wait for two days to come back. Now I am in the imperial capital. It's all up to you. The emperor has become a little wary of our affairs recently, and is now trying his best to win over the Tulip family... The chief warrior in the palace beside him, Mr. Qiu, is not someone to be trifled with!"
The vampire snorted coldly, but finally said nothing. Apparently he was still afraid of Mr. Qiu's strength.
The more Roddy listened, the more frightened he became.
Bloodlines
These vampires who assassinated him on the way were actually sent by Bayan? !
He immediately remembered Miao Ge's words - these people would do anything to fight for imperial power!
Bayan and his father, Prince Balang, dared to collude with the blood clan in order to compete for imperial power! ! Why are they so brave! !
The empire is a religious country, and the entire empire, whether nobles or civilians, are believers in God! Even His Majesty the Emperor believes in divine religion!
His Majesty the Pope of the Divine Religion is the spiritual leader of the empire. Not only does he have an extremely high status, but he is also vaguely superior to the emperor - in addition, there are 200,000 elite flame warriors who swear allegiance to the Divine Religion!
After the war between gods and demons, although the divine religions of Guangming Continent and Roland Continent split into two sects, the situation in Guangming Continent and Roland Continent in the north is also similar. No matter which continent it is on, the divine religion is extremely noble. In order to be stable, the imperial power must be firmly connected with the divine religion.
In fact, for hundreds of years, the emperors of the Empire of Light had a close relationship with the divine religion. Although because the Light Empire unified the entire continent, under the strong centralized power, there was no need for dozens of small countries like the Roland continent in the north to breathe under the majesty of the temple. The monarchy was weak but the divine power was strong.
The powerful central imperial power ensured that the emperor's majesty would not be suppressed by the divine religion. But the influence of the divine religion for thousands of years is unquestionable. In the Guangming Continent, the juxtaposition of divine power and monarchy does not allow anyone to overpower the other. The emperor symbolizes monarchy, and His Majesty the Pope represents divine power—this is the unique situation of the Empire of Light now.
But the close relationship between the empire and the divine religion is there! The divine religion needs to rely on the empire's powerful administrative capabilities to promote its doctrines, and the empire also needs to use religious beliefs to consolidate its rule.
But now, this Bayan family, fighting for the imperial power, dares to join forces with the blood clan recognized as the "evil devil"! ! You must know that the Vampires have always been hunted by the Divine Cult. Over the past hundreds of years, the two sides have developed an unknown amount of hatred. All the Vampires who were caught were immediately ordered to be burned at the stake, and the same , I don’t know how many warlocks of the divine religion died under the minions of the vampires!
Joining forces with the Vampire Clan means being accused of being a "pagan" and "evil"! This kind of thing cannot be fully described with the simple words "treason". If it spreads, I am afraid that Bayan will immediately be regarded as a heretic who betrayed God, and will arouse the absolute hostility of the divine religion!
Could it be that in order to compete for imperial power and increase their strength, they have reached such a bold point
Rody's heart was beating wildly, and he couldn't hear most of the words below clearly. After he calmed down a little, he heard the faint voice inside again.
The vampire's voice said: "Actually, what does it matter whether the Tulip Duke is killed or not? You don't want His Majesty the Emperor to marry his sister, so just kill the girl. She is in the imperial capital anyway, why bother running so far?"
Bayan smiled coldly: "Kill Nicole? Do you think I don't want to? But this is the imperial capital! The emperor has noticed us! Now the entire Tulip Duke's Mansion has been closely monitored! How to do it? Is it really so grand? You have to understand that this is the imperial capital after all! If it's like you said, those soldiers may not be able to stop you, but if you make the matter so big, is it an immediate coup? ?" He seemed a little dissatisfied with this vampire, and his voice became a little more excited, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "After all, it's not the time yet!"
"But… "
"But what?" Bayan's voice was a little unhappy: "Killing here and there! Do you vampires only use teeth and claws? If according to what you said, you rushed directly into the palace and killed the emperor, wouldn't it? It’s easier!”
"Asshole! How dare you insult me!" The vampire's voice rose several times in volume, with a sinister chill in his voice.
But Bayan didn't seem to be afraid of him at all, and said coldly: "Don't forget, Lord Ximang said that when he is away, you must listen to me! Do you dare to disobey your Lord Ximang?"
There was silence in the room for a while, and the vampire's voice finally dropped: "Hmph, okay! But if you insult me again, even if I can't kill you now, I'm not sure about the future!"
As he spoke, he walked out angrily.
Bayan seemed to be the only one left in the room. In Rody's ears, he heard Bayan tapping the table gently, and then he seemed to be muttering to himself: "That Seth has a long life... But if he doesn't die, how can we stop the emperor from marrying Nicole? ? Sigh... As long as Seth dies, the situation will be messed up. It doesn't matter whether the emperor marries Nicole... What's so scary about the Tulip family without a man! Even if the emperor marries Nicole, it won't matter. It's amazing. But now it's a bit troublesome... But His Majesty the Emperor is really stupid. He doesn't know how to win over such a powerful ally of the Tulip family, just for the sake of the royal face and influence, and is trying to suppress him, and now he turns his back. It's too late to win over others... Otherwise, Miss Nicole will not refuse the emperor's proposal. "
He seemed to be thinking carefully, and suddenly whispered: "What do you think? Now that the matter has come to this, what should we do? Compared with that idiot, you are one of the few smart people I have ever seen among the vampires."
Rody was shocked! Is there anyone else in the room
Sure enough, only a string of charming laughter was heard, and then a voice laughed: "Master Bayan, I don't know what to say about this matter. You should go back and discuss it with the prince... As for this idiot just now, I will teach him a lesson. But after Lord Simang comes back, you'd better persuade him... Alas, he is old now, and he only wants to trouble the Pope of the Divine Religion, but now he is looking for the Religion. After all, it’s not time yet to take revenge... I have to wait until you become the emperor, slowly weaken the influence of the divine religion in the empire, and make the divine religion lose its current status... This is much easier than simply killing a few of them. It makes them feel more uncomfortable!”
As soon as these words fell into Rody's ears, Rody almost exclaimed.
Ms. Sophie! !
Is she also a vampire? !
He was shocked and couldn't help but slip his feet. He only heard a crash, and he didn't know what he stepped on. He stepped on an aging wall outside the house.
The two servants below were immediately alarmed. They raised their heads and looked up, and immediately saw Roddy squatting outside the upstairs window in the darkness. One of them immediately screamed: "Who is up there!!!"
The other reaction was much faster, and he immediately shouted at the top of his lungs: "There is a thief!"
As soon as these two people shouted, Rody was immediately shocked and knew something was wrong!
Sure enough, a loud shout came from the room: "There's someone!" Then there was just a crash, and the window in front of him burst into pieces and flew out.
A pair of white hands stretched out and grabbed Rody's chest clothes.
Ms. Sophie's eyes no longer had the charm of the slut proprietress. At this moment, a pair of eyes all turned blood red, exactly like the vampires Roddy had seen!
Her face, which was always smiling, turned blue-white. Her originally small mouth suddenly opened, revealing two pointed fangs. She let out a low growl and saw something in her hand. The captured man, before he could see Rody's face clearly in the night, had already shouted: "Who are you!"
Rody was so excited that he swung his left fist and hit Ms. Shafei on the face. She struggled violently, and with a "chi" sound, Ms. Shafei let go of Rody's punch, but Luo Di Di had torn off his clothes and fell off!
The two people below were shouting loudly, but unexpectedly the person above suddenly fell down. Both of them were caught off guard, and before they could get out of the way, Rody's whole body hit them.
With two screams, the three people rolled to the ground. Roddy ignored the pain in his body and climbed up in one go. He looked in the direction of the door and ran wildly.
The two servants were screaming on the ground, but they couldn't stop crying out in pain. Fortunately, the place where Roddy fell was only two stories high. Otherwise, if it were from a higher place, the impact would have hit the two of them, and they would have been seriously injured. How could they have screamed
Only a sharp whistle was heard from above, and then a black shadow jumped out from the window upstairs. The black shadow fully spread out in the night sky, as if it had a pair of wings.
Before these two people could see clearly, the black shadow was already rushing down to the ground!
Before they could even blurt out the exclamations in their throats, Ms. Shafei had already grabbed one person's neck with one hand, and with two clicks, she broke both of their necks!
"Catch that man, he must have heard what we said!" Bayan growled angrily from the window.
Ms. Sophie nodded and chased after Roddy in the direction he was running!