When Uther and the castellan's wife returned to the castle, they saw three carriages parked at the gate of the castle, surrounded by a dozen royal infantry guards. "He was a little puzzled: "This scene is too small. I remember that there are usually a hundred or so royal infantry following."
"Maybe this is a simple special envoy." The wife of the mayor didn't think there was anything strange about it.
The two walked up with dozens of cavalry, and a fat man with a smile got off from the carriage in the middle, and he shouted: "Your Excellency is the honorable Lord of Winterwind City, I am the special envoy of the royal family, Kira-O Erfin, come to announce the royal decree."
"Hahaha, I am Uther, the lord of the city, and this is my wife Sophia." Uther got off his horse, then walked up to the fat envoy, and after paying a symbolic salute, he put his arm around the other's shoulders. He said with a rude smile: "Your Excellency Kira, you came at a good time. I haven't been here for a long time. The big man in the king's city, come, let's have a drink in the castle together. We will talk about the imperial order later."
Fat Kira seemed very unaccustomed to the other party's enthusiasm. He said in a low voice, "Take it easy, take it easy, Your Excellency the City Lord, I am an ordinary person, and I can't stand the torture of you professionals."
Uther let go of Kira with an apologetic face, and then pulled him into the castle. Afterwards, the hostess greeted Binyi, this fat man seemed to be very talkative, and he also had a lot of knowledge. He talked with Ni Ni at the wine table but it was not annoying. After both parties drank more than a dozen glasses of wine, his face was flushed He put down a warrant, and went up to the third floor to rest with the help of the maid.
The city lord and his wife watched Kira go upstairs side by side, and then the two of them came to the study on the second floor. Uther closed the window, then sat on a chair, opened the edict and read it, threw it to his wife, and said at the same time: "The old emperor asked us to continue guarding the border, but he finally said that if we can open up territories, There must be a big reward? I am now the lord of a city, the earl, if I get more rewards, can I be promoted to the duke? This is not an easy matter. The duke position has always been six in Huo Levin. If I am promoted again Go up, isn't Kai the seventh? This is not in line with the tradition, what is the old emperor thinking?"
The lady of the city lord opened the edict and read it for a while, then sat next to her husband, leaning on his body and said: "The new nobles must fight the old nobles if they want to gain a foothold. The old emperor is trying to lure us to commit suicide." ?”
"The old emperor is very old, isn't he confused..." Uther suddenly stood up in a daze: "I know, the old emperor is dying, and his time is coming, so he is forcing our Langman family Stand in line."
Hearing what her husband said, the city lord and the people of the city also understood: "According to the tradition, the eldest prince should be the one who can inherit the throne, but the old emperor has never liked the eldest prince, he likes the third child. But the eldest prince and the four earls go away Very close, the third child only has two earls to support. So the old emperor hinted that if we can support the third child, we will be promoted to duke. To open up the territory... Let the third child sit on the throne, which is not in line with the tradition, it is indeed considered a The frontiers have been opened up."
"This is a good opportunity, but our Langman family is not strong enough." Uther patted his thigh in frustration: "If you wait for more than ten years, Barbara becomes a great magician, and Kyle can also be alone. At that time, we will definitely not let go of this opportunity, but now..."
The lady of the city lord also sighed. The position of the Duke has been held by the six big families of Huo Levin for hundreds of years. Now that the emperor has offered a position, they have no way to grasp it. This is really uncomfortable. But the lady of the city owner had an idea, she said: "How about we find a way to bring Beta into our camp? I think he is very powerful, and his character is trustworthy."
"He is a holder of a special bloodline. Even if his strength is weak, his effect is quite great." Uther said with a yearning emotion: "You don't know, when I entered the thick fog and looked at the enemy's The direction, every move is under my control, and the other party can't see us. The feeling as if everything is under control, I think every general who leads the army will never forget it once he tries it. If I have With this ability, I can lead a thousand cavalry to attack an enemy with less than five thousand."
As a seasoned general, Uther understands the true purpose of the 'fog driving' skill too well.
The lady of the city lord smiled and said, "It's a pity that we don't have a second daughter, otherwise we will never let that kid go. By the way, that kid has a strong willpower, and my blood charm ability has no effect on him. Even if we can Pulling him into our family does not guarantee his 100% loyalty, just like Karl, he has always had a good relationship with us, but he never thought that he would betray us in the end."
Uther said: "If we can guarantee that Beta will not betray us in a few years, then it doesn't matter. The old emperor is already sixty-nine, and he was injured too much when he was young. It seems that he won't last long, definitely not more than two years. year, otherwise he will not give us such an edict. So as long as Beta does not betray us within two years, we will have more resources and wealth as soon as we become dukes. If we want to satisfy his appetite, we should not Disaster."
In the eyes of these competent nobles, anyone can be bought, if the other party refuses to agree, it means that the price of buying is not enough, or the method is wrong.
"This is a rare opportunity for us. If we miss it, we may not have such luck again in hundreds of years." The lady of the city owner pressed her Alps snow mountain, with a desperate expression: "If it really doesn't work, we will quietly Plant a drop of charming blood on him. In this case, it should be able to slightly mobilize his views on us, and it shouldn’t be difficult to persuade him to join us at that time.”
If Liang Lidong was here, he would know the origin of the enchanted blood, which is the special ability of the devil creature, the succubus. Occasionally, a succubus would be accidentally sent to the main plane by space turbulence, and then leave blood on the main plane. Such blood has some special specialties of succubus, and the blood of charm is one of them.
Uther didn't quite agree: "But in that case, you won't feel good either."
"It's okay, I can control my own will." The lady of the city lord caressed the man's cheek: "Or, you don't believe in my ability?"
Uther wanted to say something else, when there was a knock on the door, the two separated, and then he shouted, "Come in."
The person who came was a soldier. He was panting and sweating profusely as he walked in, half kneeling on the ground, but he was unable to speak for the time being due to his severe panting.
Seeing his familiar appearance, Uther frowned after thinking about it for a while and said, "You are not the team leader guarding the gold mine. What happened, do you need to go down the mountain to report?"
The soldier gasped for a few moments, and then he told what had happened. Halfway through the hearing, Uther jumped up suddenly, almost slashing at someone with his sword. After telling the whole story, he said in shock: "Fortunately, Lord Beta is there to calm the situation, otherwise the gold mine will have to change hands."
The lady of the city lord said angrily, "I didn't expect this ambassador to be so despicable, and deliberately lured us back. Looking at his good-natured appearance, I was really mistaken."
"Since the royal infantrymen have been captured, I won't go up, Sophia, you take someone up to deal with it. I have to stay and watch that fat man, lest he come up with any tricks."
The mayor's wife nodded and immediately walked out. Uther shouted from behind: "Bring more cavalry up."
When they arrived outside the castle, there were two hundred cavalrymen, and the lady of the castellan hurried towards the gold mine. By the time she arrived at the mine, it was already evening. She went to see the captured royal infantry, and also saw Robin Clement, who complimented her and immediately opened his eyes and said a lot of compliments, but she kicked him face.
Then the lady of the city lord went down to the basement of the tunnel, and met Liang Lidong, who was continuing to draw the magic circle.
Hearing someone coming in, Liang Lidong raised his head, then lowered his head and continued his work, and said at the same time: "Why, you came alone, the city lord didn't come?"
"Thanks to you this time. Your Excellency Beta." The wife of the city lord solemnly saluted Liang Lidong as a lady.
"You're welcome!" Liang Lidong waved his hand: "After all, I also have 15% of the profit of the gold mine, and it's only for myself. Don't blame me for ordering your soldiers blindly."
The lady of the city lord shook her mountain and snow field slightly, and she said reproachfully: "Are we like people who don't know what to do? Just tell me what kind of reward you need... flesh compensation is also possible!"