After the "Pathbreaker" engineering team entered the Black Forest, the envoys representing the Ansu Royal Family and the Eastern Territory finally arrived in Cecil City.
On the Baishuihe wharf square, the newly built inland express passenger ship "Wavebreaker" was steadily approaching the trestle under the guidance of the tractor beam. After the springboard extended from the side of the ship to the solid concrete bridge deck, Cohen Rollen was the first to step down.
He glanced back, and saw that the giant beast in the water, which was mixed with steel and wood and driven by some kind of magic mechanism, had become silent at this moment, and the flag representing the Cecil family was fluttering in the wind above the bow. As for the envoys who got off the boat after him, half of them walked staggeringly.
Frankly speaking, this kind of strange ship called "magic mechanical ship" actually sailed very smoothly, but obviously many people still got seasick. Looking at those rickety gentlemen, Cohen knew that they were short-lived. In time, I am afraid that he will not be able to use his proud eloquence to fight against the Cecils.
He didn't know if this was deliberately arranged by the Duke of the South.
On the pier, Gao Wen still chose to personally greet the envoys from the north, representing the royal family and the east.
He led a group of government officials to stand at the end of the guard of honor and red carpet, watching the deputy head of the Royal Knights with the surname "Roren" walking towards him, with a faint smile on his face.
"I salute you, the great guardian of the southern border, the founder of the kingdom," Kern Rollen put his hand on his chest in front of Gao Wen, and bowed slightly, "I came to you on the order of the blood of Morn, and the kingdom needs your strength. "
Gao Wen nodded. The deputy head of the knight order who had the same name as a young mage researcher in the territory spoke tactfully and cautiously. He used the name of "Moen bloodline" instead of the word "royal family", obviously to At the same time, it refers to the two "Princes of Moen" in the capital and the east.
It is probably because of this tact and prudence that he can become the "leader" of this special messenger team.
This special emissary team nominally represents the "Royal Family of Anzu", but in fact only half of them are from Saint-Sunil, and the other half are representatives of the Eastern Territory. They do not necessarily have any specific responsibilities in the team. Positions symbolize the camps they belong to. The formation of such a nondescript "mixed mission" should be one of the conditions for the temporary truce between the royal family and the Eastern Territory, but such a mixed mission cannot assume the responsibility of a real envoy.
Cohen Rollen, a member of the bloodline of the Lauren family in the east, but for the sake of family stability, he had given up his inheritance rights in the family many years ago and became a royal nobleman. This special "royal nobleman" should have It was an embarrassing life, but at the moment the civil war in the kingdom was suspended, both warring parties needed a qualified person to represent them in the southern border, and this royal nobleman had a place to use again.
Gao Wen didn't say anything about it, but just followed the topic: "I have received a letter from the elf messenger. It is my duty to contribute to this country."
After a polite remark, he looked Cohen Rollen up and down: "Mr. Deputy Head, this should be the second time we have met."
"Yes, the last time I served as Her Highness Veronica's guard was two years ago," Cohen Rollen nodded, and looked at the bustling scene around the pier square with admiration, "I must admit that the The change is so amazing that even if I saw it with my own eyes, I would not recognize it."
It seems that everyone who has been to the southern border will express the same emotion after visiting here again, and Gao Wen has long been used to it. After a few short greetings, he still brought these envoys to the autumn palace, which was specially designed to receive guests, as usual, and after that, there was a routine welcome banquet.
This banquet was not grand, and some of the envoys who were still seasick obviously did not have much appetite to enjoy the delicious food and wine at the banquet. The banquet was over, and the members of the mission that served as the "campaign background board" were taken to rest by the waiters, while Cohen Rollen, who was on a mission, requested a private meeting with Gao Wen just after the banquet was over.
In the lounge next to the Qiu Palace banquet hall, Cohen was sitting on a dark red leather sofa, and Gawain was sitting opposite him.
Amber, who served as the "surface guard", stood obediently behind Gao Wen's chair, wandering into the sky with a serious face.
After a few courteous conversations, Cohen got down to business: "My lord, the materials specified by the elves have been prepared for more than half, and will arrive in the southern border in the near future, including the consumption of the engineering team itself and the first batch of magic materials. I don't know how your preparations are progressing here?"
Gawain smiled: "While you are busy discussing who to send, my people are already preparing to build a road across the Black Forest."
"... The matter has come to this point, we are willing to admit the short-sightedness and prejudice of the nobles of the royal capital. You are right to be vigilant about the wasteland," Cohen heard the sarcasm in Gao Wen's words, but he accepted the sarcasm frankly, "We I know that the kingdom is now encountering some problems, the problems are serious, and you may even be disappointed, but please believe that most of the nobles are expecting the situation to develop in a good direction."
Gawain looked at Cohen Rollen quietly for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Who do you mean by this? Silver Castle? Or the East Territory?"
Coen Rollen met Gawain's gaze: "...I only represent everyone who wishes Ansu peace and prosperity."
"It's empty talk."
After a short silence, Cohen Rollen said suddenly: "My lord, I have some private things to say, please keep others away."
Gao Wen's face was calm, but Hu Po who was standing behind couldn't help but said, "Hey, your request is a bit too much, but here..."
"It's okay," Gao Wen raised his hand and interrupted Amber's words, "I'm curious about what the vice-head of the Knights wants to say."
Amber pouted, waved to the nearby waiters and guards, and then left the lounge with everyone.
Then, after two seconds, he disappeared from his stroll and came back, standing next to Gao Wen and winking and making faces at Gao Wen.
Gawain ignored the half-elf's actions, while Cohen Rollen, who was sitting across from him, couldn't see Amber in the invisible state at all. The deputy head reached into his arms after confirming that there was no one else around, and took out a A letter sealed with a magic seal.
"Please forgive me for my little concealment. I don't have any private words. I'm here to deliver a letter to you."
"Letter?" Gao Wen was really surprised this time. He picked up the letter curiously, guessing who wrote a secret letter to himself, and this secret letter was obviously kept secret from the entire envoy group. Before this moment, I am afraid that only Cohen Rollen himself knew of its existence, "The mark of the royal family..."
On the seal of the letter was the sword and shield emblem of the Ansu royal family.
Gawain cast a questioning look at Cohen Rollen, who bowed slightly: "The people on the throne of Silver Castle send their greetings to you."
Sitting on the throne of Silver Castle is Ansu's nominal crown prince, Welsh Moen.
This is a bit interesting.
Gawain restrained his unexpected emotions, waved his hand to break the seal on the envelope, and took out three neatly folded letter papers from inside, while Amber, who was standing next to him, immediately turned his head aside with exaggerated movements, expressing that I will not peek.
"I salute you, the founder of the kingdom. Let me talk to you as the heir of the Morn bloodline. This should also be the first conversation between us. Unfortunately, it is separated by a piece of letter paper and half the kingdom." I can only choose as simple and straightforward language as possible, in order to let you understand my attitude and my true intention as much as possible.
"I know the existence of the Mithril Oath Board.
"I know your inheritance qualifications."
The beginning of this letter already surprised Gao Wen.
He concealed the surprise in his heart with a calm face, and looked up at Cohen Rollen who was sitting opposite, but the other party had no expression on his face, and it was impossible to judge whether the deputy head knew the contents of the secret letter.
Gawain settled down, lowered his head and continued to read the rest of the letter.
After this, Welsh Morn did not continue to discuss the special "emergency succession qualifications" of the first grand dukes such as Gawain, but turned to talk about the situation of the nobility within the kingdom, the intricate relationship between the royal capital and the nobles, and the various fiefdoms Mutual restraint, spying, balance and friction.
In the three pages of letter paper, Wales used two pages to talk about these things, and in just two pages, he almost stated the characteristics of all the real nobles in the contemporary Ansu Kingdom, and even clarified the general characteristics of these powerful nobles. pedigree.
Even the best master of heraldry, the most profound aristocratic historian, and the most senior court advisor may find it difficult to fully understand these extremely complicated things, let alone sum up a system from them, and finally To condense it on two pages of letter paper requires not only extraordinary wisdom, but also long-term research and observation, as well as a special talent for grasping and combining key information from massive amounts of information.
Gawain took a deep breath, Welsh Moen couldn't possibly be a mediocre and mediocre royal family as rumored.
He saw the end of the letter.
"... Duke Cecil, you should have realized that the kingdom you and your comrades founded seven hundred years ago has undergone long-term changes, just like a beautiful and luxurious city built on a barren field , those simple, simple, and upright pioneers of the past, their blood has evolved into such a large and complex group...
"It's just like this Silver Castle, huge and gorgeous, but under the dome, there are countless dark secret passages and dirty corners, and it's like a long-entangled thread ball, trying to separate even a straight thread from it. The lines are even more difficult.
"My brother, you know who I'm referring to. He saw this clearly early on, and he tried to unravel, or rather destroy, this ball of thread in his own way, sweeping away the filth accumulated in this kingdom for seven hundred years. For this reason, he did not hesitate to take risks.
"Unfortunately, he was part of the ball of thread, as was I.
"Luckily, you are outside the regiment.
"Welsh Moen, descendant of Charlie Moen, salute you again."
Gao Wen looked at each letter on the letter paper word by word. At the end of the letter paper, he saw a line of words written in a special font:
"Burn After Reading"
As his eyes scanned the letters, the three pages of letter paper immediately burst into flames.
Gawain quietly watched those letter papers burn to ashes, and the ashes were completely decomposed into basic elements by the arcane flames that lit up immediately. Even the best mystics could not restore them, and then he looked at Cohen Rollen : "Your allegiance is to Welsh Moen."
"His Highness has left Silver Castle for twenty years, but there are still a small number of royal nobles who are loyal to him."
"Do you know what he said in the letter?"
"I don't know, spying on the master's letters is not the work of knights.".
Gao Wen quietly looked at the deputy head of the Knights for a while, then looked away, and said unhurriedly: "You can return to life after you go back, just say I know."
Cohen Rollen stood up and bowed with the most standard knightly salute: "Yes."