Wei En walked into the study room. Fan De's face was extremely serious. He pointed at the desk and said, "Take a look." Wei En picked up the letter on the desk and saw a few lines of beautiful small characters. Wei En felt warm in his heart.

, although the handwriting was a bit hasty and scrawled, he could still recognize that it was Xiao Te's handwriting. After browsing it quickly, Wei En's face also darkened. The letter read: "

Dear father:

The fierce flames dyed the sunset red,

With thunder,

The sunset cries in the green mountains.

The blue waves roll around the bones,

Where the edge passes,

All that is left is ruins.

Father, this is the message I received last night. Since my injury has not healed yet, I do not have the extra energy to complete Song of Tomorrow, so I cannot obtain more detailed information. I hope it can inspire you and make preparations early.

daughter, Schott

In addition, we will arrive at the royal capital in two days' journey, please don't let Wei En take risks easily."

Wei En slowly put the letter back on the desk, his thick eyebrows knitting together tightly. Fander stared at Wei En and said coldly: "What do you think?"

"Fire flames, blue waves," Wei En murmured: "Water and fire are merciless, but why do these two mutually incompatible substances appear in the hidden edict at the same time? Isn't this a self-contradiction?"

Fan De said: "Thunder, bones, ruins...it doesn't make sense. How can there be thunder in the middle of winter?"

"Thunder?" Wei En's eyes flashed: "If the sky doesn't thunder, what about people?"

"What's the meaning?"

"Your Highness, I wonder if there is gunpowder in the capital?"

"What is gunpowder?" Vander asked puzzledly.

Wei En felt anxious and moved his hands up and down: "It is a black powder that can burn. If it is ignited in a compressed and small space, it will produce a violent explosion."

There was a look of surprise on Fander's face, and he thought for a long time. Fang Zhan raised his eyebrows and said, "I have some impressions, let me think about it. Oh, by the way! I heard that the Royal Etiquette Bureau seems to have something very similar to what you said, but the color seems to be the same.

not exactly."

"Does the Royal Etiquette Bureau have such a thing?" Wei Enqi asked.

"It's used to make celebration fireworks. Christmas is coming soon. I guess they will have a lot of fire...gunpowder now."

Wei En clapped his hands and said urgently: "Your Highness, please send someone to the Ceremony Bureau immediately to see if the gunpowder is well preserved."

Fander nodded: "Okay, I'll send someone there right away. However, I remember that in order to avoid causing a fire, the Etiquette Bureau's warehouse is not located near the capital. It is estimated that it will take a long time to go back and forth." After speaking, Fander said loudly:

"Someone is coming!"

When Wei En left the study, the sky was already twilight. He had not closed his eyes properly for two days and two nights. At this moment, his body was really tired and he came to the rest room arranged by Fan De. Although at this time, his spirit was due to the pain in his heart.

Worry is still a little exciting, but in the face of another upcoming crisis, he must seize the time to lie down for a while.

Wei En opened her eyes and woke up. There was a knock on the door and the gentle voice of a maid: "Sir, please get up and have dinner." Wei En got up from the bed in a daze. After washing his face, he recovered.

After some energy, I asked him by the way, and was surprised to find that he had slept for a whole day.

The maid walked to the door of the dining room, turned sideways and bowed lightly to Wei En behind her. Wei En stood at the door and looked into the hall: a wide hall, with dozens of candles driving away the thick night without a trace. The hall

In the center, there is a long dining table, covered with a white tablecloth and rich dishes. Prince Vander, dressed in casual clothes, is sitting at the head of the dining table at the far end. Next to him, sitting is a man in white.

The old man with a long beard has a half glass of red wine in front of him.

Hearing Wei'en's footsteps, the two old men stopped talking and turned to look at him. Wei'en met their gazes and suddenly felt excited in his chest. He was familiar with this old man, it was the one who saved him The life-long Episcopalian elder Max.

Wei En quickly stepped forward, bowed and saluted: "Elder Max, I'm glad to see you again."

Max had a cheerful smile on his lips, stroking his white beard with his fingers, and said with a smile: "Wei'en, I haven't seen you for a long time. I am so relieved to see you live and breathe again."

Wei En stared at the kind old man in front of him. Indeed, after not seeing him for a long time, his temples seemed to be a little whiter, and the wrinkles on his forehead were a little deeper, but these still could not hide the look in his eyes. Guang, looking at these eyes, Wei En's mood became a little excited, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Prince Vander said at this time: "Sit down, sit down, and talk while eating."

The three of them sat down and Max told Wei En a piece of good news. It turned out that after the McCarthy conspiracy was exposed, the Queen Mother had issued a royal order to pardon Wei En for his unwarranted crimes. After learning about it, Max came to the palace specifically to congratulate and secondly I came here to meet this legendary young man.

The three of them were chatting happily when the old butler Domenig suddenly walked into the restaurant and said respectfully: "Your Highness, the person who went to the Bureau of Ceremony is back."

"Well, let him in."

A young man in riding clothes walked in quickly, bent one leg and knelt down to salute. Wei En noticed that the knight's face was dusty and full of fatigue.

"No courtesy." Fander said solemnly.

The knight stood up and said, "According to His Highness's order, we went to the fireworks warehouse of the Sui Ceremony Bureau. When we arrived, we found that the soldiers guarding the warehouse had disappeared a few days ago. The entire warehouse was in a mess, and it seemed that it had been robbed by thieves."

Fan De's expression turned serious: "What was lost?"

"The warehouse is currently in a state of chaos. The specific items that have been lost and the quantity have not yet been fully ascertained. The captain is afraid that Your Highness will be impatient, so I will report back first."

Wei En smiled bitterly: "As expected."

"Bang", Vander's fist hit the armrest of the chair hard: "What on earth does this old guy want to do?"

Max was a little strange and asked softly: "Weien, what's wrong?"

Wei En sighed and told Max exactly what happened. Finally, he asked: "Elder, what do you think of this? What are Tour going to do with the gunpowder?"

Max tapped his finger on the dining table and said hesitantly: "Does he want to use gunpowder to blow up the palace? That would be too crazy. Not to mention whether the gunpowder is so powerful, the Guards are now searching for him everywhere. , how could he still enter the royal capital?"

Wei En shook his head and said decisively: "With Tur's character, even if he puts all his money into it, he cannot be so blind. Since the Etiquette Bureau's warehouse was attacked a few days ago, it means that this move was already planned by him." .

Fander interjected: "Can you find clues from the information sent by Xiao Te?"

Wei En frowned and thought for a while, carefully recalling every word of Song of Tomorrow in his mind, and suddenly he raised his eyebrows: "Is there a map of Fort Rio?"

Prince Vander gave the order, and soon Domenig brought the map. Wei En eagerly found a table and spread out the map. The two old men stood beside him, and when they saw his eyes burning, they looked at him. He looked serious without blinking, and didn't ask any questions.

Wei En pointed his finger at the royal city on the map and muttered something. As his fingertips moved slightly, the curiosity on the two elders' faces gradually disappeared, replaced by dignity and solemnity.

Finally, Wei En's fingers stopped moving. Where his fingertips touched was a winding green line on the map and an inconspicuous depression.

Old Max frowned and quickly said one word: "Gravel Bay?"

Wei En nodded: "Yeah."

Fan De took a long breath and said, "I understand, Wei En, what do you want to do?"

Wei En pursed his lips tightly, but there was surprisingly no emotion under his eyes. After a while, he said slowly: "A carriage."

Two hours later, Vander, dressed in military uniform, stood in front of the square of the Elysee Palace. In front of him, 15,000 elite soldiers were lined up in neat lines, facing the biting winter wind, waiting for the commander's orders.

Max had already rushed back to the royal capital and asked the Queen Mother for orders to move. Wei En had left the palace an hour and a half ago and rushed to Gravel Bay. He was going to stay and organize the army for the follow-up march.

It's not something you can just pat your butt and leave. If you rush towards the battlefield in a chaotic swarm, it's almost like dying.

Cromwell held a shining silver helmet under his arm, came not far in front of Fander, bowed and said: "Your Highness, the Guards have been fully equipped, please give your instructions."

"How many people do you have now?"

"Fifteen thousand people." Cromwell saw some hesitation on Fander's expression and explained: "This is the maximum force we can use. The palace and other royal nobles also need the protection of the Guards.

"

Fan De nodded slightly: "Has the pre-war mobilization been completed?"

Cromwell smiled proudly: "Your Highness, the Guards do not need to be mobilized."

"Okay, let's go!"

The orders for action came one after another, spreading farther and farther, and the sound of neat and heavy footsteps began to echo under the sky. Although the lightly-armed soldiers did not know the purpose of their trip, the sudden gathering of such a large scale already explained everything——

The task is urgent.

Fan De got on his mount and stared at the slowly rising dust in the air after the army passed by. There was no emotion in his heart like when the army set off in the past. On the contrary, there was a trace of regret. Looking at the white clouds floating slowly in the distance, Fan De

I sighed in my heart: Daughter, don’t blame your father for letting him take risks, because this is a man’s responsibility.

Night fell again, and a carriage was galloping on the rugged mountain road at lightning speed, followed by more than a dozen fast horses, following behind it like a shadow.

Wei En sat cross-legged in the carriage, his eyes closed together, and his body straight, like a strong bamboo. He has maintained this posture since he got on the carriage. At this moment, Wei En did not seem to feel the slightest pain of jolting.

, as if he has become a whole with this carriage, or to be precise, he has become one with the world outside him.

Gravel Bay is the last twist and turn of the Missoul River as it goes straight to its mouth. The terrain there is complex, the water is fast and the channel is narrow. Due to the geographical relationship, the river of a thousand miles has to change the direction of an angle here. In addition, the twists and turns before and after

The gap between the upstream and downstream is quite large, which makes the rushing force of the water in Missour even more dangerous. After the Kingdom of Kant established its capital in Fort Rio, it spent a lot of manpower and material resources to repeatedly repair the Gravel Bay embankment to ensure that it was foolproof, because

Once the levee breaks, immeasurable amounts of river water will rush into the tributaries leading to the Watergate of Fort Rio like wild horses, causing unimaginable disasters. Among the first to bear the brunt, in addition to the residential area of ​​Watergate Pier, there will be nothing more than floods.

Living water irrigates the gardens of the royal palace.

Therefore, as long as Wei En is alive, he cannot just watch this human tragedy happen.

Suddenly, Wei En's heart moved, and he opened his closed eyes. In the dark carriage, a pair of crystal clear eyes were staring at him intently. Most of these eyes were as cold as ice, and there was also something cold.

A trace of unspeakable and unexplained feelings.

After a moment of silence, Wei En finally said: "Gabrin?"

"Well, Wei En, have you decided?"

Wei En hesitated for a while and asked instead, "Have you seen it?"

"Of course. Wei En, that final curse is an incomparable glory bestowed upon you by God. It can easily make you a leader in the human world, and can even realize all your dreams. Do you waste it so easily?"

"Gabrin, I thought you wouldn't come to me. There is something I have always wanted to say to you. Last time we met, some of my words were too sharp and I did not consider your feelings. Please forgive me.

.”

Gabrin looked at him with a half-smile: "What are you doing, leaving a last message? You mean guy."

Wei En scratched his head. He could tell that there was not much anger in Gabrin's tone, so he smiled and said, "As long as you don't get angry."

"If I were angry with you, you would have made me angry to death." Gabrin's somewhat lazy voice came over.

In the hazy darkness, Wei En couldn't see clearly Gabrin's peerless and charming face, but listening to this somewhat feminine answer, the atmosphere seemed to be more ambiguous, and he couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart, and he immediately felt a little dazed.

Gabrin coughed lightly. She didn't know when she had learned this habit of humans trying to get rid of embarrassment: "Now that you have decided, I won't stupidly persuade you again this time, lest you do it again."

I’ll be taught a lesson by your fair words.”

Wei En smiled: "Gabrin, although you are a stranger, I don't know why, but I always regard you as a true friend, and I am less hypocritically polite when I speak. However, in my heart, I have always regarded you as a sincere friend."

I am grateful for your life-saving grace." Having said this, Wei En's tone became extremely sincere.

After Gabrin listened, he was silent for a long time, and then a voice as light as the wind sounded: "Wei'en, I also regard you as a friend. In fact, I also want to thank you. Because of your existence, I can understand the feelings and things in the world.

Having more interest makes my life less lonely."

Wei En opened his mouth and smiled. Being able to become friends with the angel was a reward for his hard work.

At this time, the two of them were no longer in the mood to talk. They just quietly savored the extremely rare harmony and peace that they had experienced from the time they met each other until now. Finally, Gabrin said: "Oh my God, the final curse is very powerful. Wait a minute.

Yes, you should use it with caution, maybe the situation at that time will be different from what you imagined."

Wei En nodded in agreement.

"I'm leaving, please be careful." As Gabrin's voice slowly dissipated, the carriage fell into silence again, and the only thing left was the noisy sound of horse hooves flying and the carriage jolting.

Wei En was thinking about Gabrin's words. Suddenly, he asked about the smell that still existed in the carriage, and couldn't help but smile in his heart: "This cold angel seems to have some interest in the human world. Otherwise, she

Why are you wearing perfume today?"

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Chapter completed!