Chapter 818: Infiltrate
After Jifeng used the space magic array to escape, the group traveled day and night, and took less than two days to arrive at the imperial capital city. n∈n∈, but they found that at this time, the entire city was already in a state of continuous military martial law.
There are eight city gates on the land of the imperial capital, but only the middle one located south is open for an hour every afternoon, and only public officials and officers, plus some major figures with status are allowed to enter and exit. As for the two water gates spanning the east and west, only cargo ships transporting supplies will open for a period of time.
Lu Xi understood and agreed with Emperor Iken's approach. It should be noted that if millions of refugees gathered outside the city poured into the imperial capital, the security situation in the entire city would completely collapse, and supplies would be even more difficult to maintain. Not to mention that the nobles who were still living in the city were difficult to maintain, and if the soldiers could not provide supplies, then the problem would be seen.
Of course, more importantly, if an enemy with a built-up system squirts into the city and pretends to be a refugee and hiding in ambush, and when His Highness, the world's No. 1 Princess, leads the main force of the "rebels" to the city, and then a center of internal and external cooperation blooms, everything will be filled with clouds.
Tyrel suggested that the officer guarding the water gate in the east was a member of the Lancaster family, and he also escaped from the imperial capital. Mr. Jazz felt that he could take everyone from the old place to the city, and then find a way to notify his lord Toman, so that everyone could get together to discuss what to do next. He was excited when he was directly killed by Lu Xi with the look of looking at a mentally retarded child so that he could not even lift his head.
"The assassin named Somoa has been waiting for you in the water for so long, which means you are already exposed. It is hard to say whether His Highness Kalman, who is only 5 years old, has been discovered, but your lord, His Highness Toman, will definitely not be able to escape, and your tribe guarding the city gate is even more unlikely to be spared. Although His Majesty Iken is not like a person who can kill his son cruelly, he will at least put him under house arrest; in addition, he will also do his best to monitor the every move of the Duke of Lancaster's mansion." Jifeng explained to the other party with great care: "They will definitely come. In fact, the other party is very clear about this."
"However, we also know that the other party knows that we will come." Lu Xi raised his head and proudly added.
"Then, then...ah no, His Highness Somans is not very dangerous?" Sir Tyrell began to worry.
"The danger is not yet discussed. At most, freedom is restricted. As I said just now, if the new emperor is really a ruthless person who is so decisive that he can kill his son, he will not let the situation fall to the point where he is today." Lu Xi looked at this loyal and brave knight who was obviously not very useful, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: The "little giant" who is a father is a big black-bellied villain with a prominent reputation and trembling throughout the sea of falling stars, why is this son such a brave and pure reckless man? Uncle Iken gave his own stupid son Tomanjun, who was bullied by Sky's stupid eyes, sent such a servant knight. Can he call himself his own father?
In short, Knight Tyrell is such a person. He has some courage and some sincerity, and can be regarded as a qualified knight officer born in a noble family, but that's all. If it weren't for the fact that he was the real master who brought the news, and his loyalty and loyalty to protect the master, Lu Xi would not even want to bring this burden.
On the other hand, in order to avoid being involved in the war, the Federal Embassy has left the imperial capital, even if it is present, Lu Xi did not expect them to help in this situation. So his only choice is the Great Hall.
"Based on the position of the Great Hall, it is impossible for Anthony to intervene in the battle for the throne in Auckland." Jifeng felt that Lu Xi's thoughts were a bit naive.
"I didn't need him to intervene, I just needed a little advice from him. Remember, it's just suggestions."
Just as Lu Xi guessed, the Cardinal's Underworld did not have been pretentious for too long. He quickly made a decision after hearing Lu Xi's words. He did not even seriously interrogate the source of information, as if he had maintained a hundred percent trust in the latter.
"You child wouldn't have deceived me with such a big thing. Even if you make a mistake, the Great Hall will not suffer any losses. None of our soldiers and soldiers were involved in the battle, and we didn't need to spend any money." The old bishop said seriously: "In addition, if you are discovered, we will definitely pick ourselves up. This. Children, can you understand?"
Of course it is understandable. If you want to cooperate with the Great Hall, you have to fully accept your pretentiousness.
It is normal to be pretentious, and it is normal to act like I just don’t stand in line and I’m neutral. It is certainly even more normal to show off my aloof style of serving God and not wanting to get involved in the power struggle between you mortals. In fact, this does reflect the attitude of the Great Hall to treat these powerful human countries most of the time.
Many times, the reason why the divine power can exist and inherit healthily is in a sense that they have made limited compromises and even completely surrendered to the imperial power, such as the ancient times of the Celestial Empire. When the divine power can suppress the imperial power, it is not a good thing for religion and the secular world. If you don’t know, you can take a look at the dark history of the Cross religion of the Lu Xi family. When religious leaders say that they can accept their destiny and treat secular kings as juniors or even servants, that is the most destructive, destructive, anti-intellectual, and anti-human religion in human history, absolutely no...
When their dignity of the theocracy was impacted by the glory of the industrial era, they hurriedly admitted their conscience and actually raised the banner of human rights and human nature in an era when science and wisdom have been opened. Guangwei was in a mess. Not only did they seriously deceive more and more petty bourgeoisie and fresh believers, but they also threw the most anti-civilized religion to their good friends who have loved and killed each other for more than a thousand years. In fact, they were all born to the same mother.
It is precisely because he is used to the various pretentiousness and dexterity of his own world religion that Lu Xi fully understands the practice of the Great Hall; not only understands it, but also has a bit of appreciation and respect.
The Holy Spirit goddesses worshipped in the Great Hall exist in fact, and precisely because they do exist, although they are "immortal", they are not "immortal". The truly extraordinary people and educated nobles will never really regard them as the supreme of "Yeah" and "What is it", but a concept of a savior, guide and protector. In this way, the religious institutions that completely control human thoughts have no soil for existence. Naturally, they will lose the reason to interfere in the regime.
So the Great Hall simply positioned itself as a transnational "civilian institution", doing poverty alleviation, supporting border support, and doing basic education, and doing transnational wanted and encirclement and suppressing international crimes. This is clearly a consortium of the Red Cross and Interpol, and it is indeed a mess.
The biggest reason why this organization has been able to smoothly survive so many major historical periods of changes in the world since its establishment, and is still supported and respected by various countries and dynasties. Of course, the biggest reason is that it is neutrality.
"Yes. So I did not give up any neutral position." The old bishop explained with this attitude as a matter of course: "The paladins and armed priests under my command did not participate in any civil war. They were just following the teachings of the goddess and doing their best to rescue the poor victims. Well, I just gave you some advice, very small advice. And after you leave this tent, I will tell anyone that I have never seen you."
"Yes, I just brought my newly acquired teaching assistant to the palace. As for what you did after you went in, it has nothing to do with me." said the priest with the sword.
It would be strange if it doesn't matter. After all, you brought people in? Well, you will continue to be arrogant. Anyway, because of the real reason, you have to compromise on the neutral temple, and you have always been arrogant. From the cardinal to the priest with swords...
Although the priest with swords called "Ethus" looks only in her early twenties, it is actually because she has a very young baby face, and because of her long-term martial arts practice and divine exercises, she looks very agile and energetic. In fact, as the affairs assistant of the Cardinal Crown, she is already thirty-five years old this year, and her rank in the Great Church is not low, the same as the regional bishop and the knights of the Knights of the Holy Clan. She is also an armed priest with a strength of reaching the 4th level of the Golden, and is naturally a master.
Of course, like her boss and colleagues, she has been busy rescuing and treating victims during this period. She was already exhausted and had a "fatigue" debu on her head. Although it was not as serious as the "magic source exhaustion" of Old Bishop Anthony, it would still greatly affect the efficiency of spell casting.
"I am indeed very tired now. Even if I cast an ordinary healing spirit and holy shield, I need to chant a spell, but you don't have to worry about me." The priest with a knife smiled and patted the warhammer that had been hanging around my waist: "Even if I don't use magic, I still have some confidence in my brute force and fists. Even if I have more than a dozen fully armed elite soldiers, I don't want to get close to me."
"But, we are going to enter the palace. Are we allowed to bring weapons?"
"Of course, it's not allowed, unless you have such honors and privileges. So I'm talking about fists." The goddess smiled and said, "In addition, it would be too suspicious if you have so many people in with me. Since you are a teaching assistant, at most one or two people will be at the top. The rest of the companions should be on standby in the Great Hall in the city and wait for support at any time. Anyway, there are only two house-viewing cleaners left there, and there is room for everyone to rest."
The Great Hall was indeed north of the imperial capital, but it was separated by two streets and a huge square from the palace, plus a palace guard with thousands of people. But when the priests said, it seemed that everyone was next door, and they could hear the cup throwing as a trumpet and rush out to chop people immediately.
"Well, with the name and ability of you and Miss Jifeng, you should be able to solve this problem, right?"
Lu Xi nodded and looked at Jifeng: "It's still the old method, a semi-stable space road mark, right?"
"Only I can only maintain sufficient stability." Jifeng's words were taken for granted. He obviously looked down on Lu Xi's space magic ability. He thought about it and said: "In addition, the person named Bartoli should also be a very powerful spellcaster. He may find space fluctuations, so try not to be too far away from him. In addition, he must not be hit by the enemy with a dimensional anchor."
"So, we can only go in one of us." Lu Xi said: "When we encounter a situation, another person will open the space door and let the companions on standby go in."
"So, who will go in with you and me? We can only dress up as Miss Ethel's assistant, and that should be nuns. Shouldn't it be better for girls?" Jifeng looked at Lu Xi's face, was slightly stunned, and then shrugged with a helpless expression: "...uh. Sorry. I'm talking nonsense."
"If you don't apologize in one go, no one will think too much." Lu Xi said angrily: "Lim and I should go in. After all, if you want to talk about acting, hum. Jifeng just studied basic courses in the advanced training class for two years, and I am a level 10-level actor with a dignified "star"! In addition, after all, I have been to Yongchen Palace, and even if I want to investigate something or escape, it will be more convenient."
Although Jifeng wanted to know how he de Lu Xi, who had never performed on stage, dared to claim himself to be a "star". He did not object at this time. Obviously, in terms of acting and appearance, Jifeng, who was a professional, still did not surpass Lu Xi's confidence in "wild path".
"In addition, Ni is an elf, and her appearance characteristics are different from those of humans. Although it is not impossible to use transforming techniques to change, this will increase the possibility of being discovered by powerful enemies of spiritual sense. As for Lim's words, have you not discovered that she is such a cute girl, but once she doesn't speak or speak, she can make anyone ignore her. This is the top master who is born with a secret action!"
"Ha. Lu Lu is right. Miss Lim does have such skills." The elf girl nodded with a smirk: "People have always thought that if she taught her the light body technique of our Norda Hunter or some stealth methods of the Dark Brotherhood, she would have become a master-level ranger in an instant."
I can't guarantee whether he is a master-level ranger, but master-level Akalin does have it, which is definitely a more reliable ability than her swordsmanship and strange power.
So, the operation personnel were assigned.
Although Lu Xi has been wondering whether Emperor Iken is the poor red-eyed little Toman's biological father, at least in treating his daughters, he has at least achieved the average value of all qualified fathers in the world.
His Royal Highness is named Yuana, Elanie, Derel, and Eleanor. This year, he is sixteen, fifteen, twelve and ten years old. According to the education method of the Auckland royal family itself, in addition to receiving basic education as a tutor at a young age, young royal children should also go to secondary schools specially established for the children of the great nobles at the age of twelve or thirteen. This is also the aristocratic education system established in the era of the Sun King.
The Sun King Guyus did not actually want to raise a group of royal members who "bring in the deep palace and are good at the hands of women". In the end, "why not eat meat"? Let the princes and daughters study with the noble children in their youth, not only can they get in touch with the classes that the empire needs to win the most, but also can start to cultivate their own team. On the other hand, let the inheritors of the lords of the lords of various places receive unified education in the imperial capital, and can also instill some private goods of "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" early, and at the necessary moments, it can even become a means to restrict the princes.
Originally, two slightly older princesses, Yuana and Ellanne, should have attended the St. Mara Women's School in the imperial capital, with a group of daughters born from a noble. However, since the outbreak of the Auckland Civil War, most of the noble lords have taken away the children who were studying in the imperial capital. Not only the St. Mara Women's School, but also the Auckland National University, which specializes in the training of administrative bureaucracy, and the Saint Laurent Military Academy, which is a modern military officer, have been suspended. So, the two princesses could only wave goodbye to their "best friends" and followers, and returned to the palace.
The college was suspended, but the Princess's education could not stop. Ikan "Emperor" hired a gorgeously-style excellent tutor, including many well-known artists and scholars, and the courses were arranged much more intensively than in the school. Perhaps he was worried that the princesses would be lonely in the deep palace, so he simply put the courses of the four of them together. This responsible father may not realize at all that he was wrong with putting elementary school students, junior high school students and high school students in the same class.
Miss Ethel is not only an assistant to the Cardinal Crown, but also the chief sword-bearing priest of the Diocese of Seredier, the Great Hall is also a well-known archaeologist. It is not surprising that in addition to being responsible for charity, poverty alleviation and international police, the Great Hall often presides over the excavation and protection of some historical monuments. The famous high-ranking clergy must also be excellent historians. She is responsible for the history and theology teaching of His Royal Highness the Princess, and the teaching time is on Tuesday morning and Thursday evening. Of course, in the eyes of the "Emperor" of Icon, the most suitable for these two courses is Cardinal Crown. However, he is not nervous or thick-skinned, and he dare not ask this old legend who has been a cardinal for more than 30 years as his daughter, so he had to settle for the second best.
Miss Ethel was not very interested in serving the four princesses, so she was ready to decline. However, Archbishop Anthony heard that the Emperor was willing to pay a lot of tuition. He thought about it for a while. He found that his little assistant could give him at least one hundred disaster victims for a few days of fullness and warmth. He strongly recommended him to participate.
Lu Xi and his friends arrived in the imperial capital and found the Cardinal's Coronation in the refugee camp on Wednesday. They changed their clothes and entered the city with the priest at night. Because they were all wearing church uniforms and "celebrities" like Miss Ethel, the soldiers guarding the city naturally did not dare to ask more questions, but just casually missed and let it go.
The city of Serokshia is still calm, at least not as purgatory as outside the city. There are refugee camps full of hunger, injuries and death. This may be the blockade policy of Emperor Iken.
However, compared to Lu Xi's last time, the streets of the imperial capital were naturally much deserted. Most of the streets were patrolling and guarding soldiers. The passersby occasionally looked hurried, as if someone was chasing him, as if he could no longer see the confidence and hope of the past. A historical city that combines prosperity, elegance, ancient and vitality has been transformed into such a panic-like ghost, which shows the style of the city ruler.
Lu Xi can only look forward to it. After His Highness, the world's No. 1 Princess becomes the owner of this city, he can quickly restore the original appearance of this place.
Everyone rested in the sacred temple in the north of the city for a night, and once again discussed the details of the action. When the sunset had already begun to set, Miss Ethiopia changed into a clean and decent bishop's robe, and also asked Lu Xi and Lim to put on ordinary nuns' clothes.
The friends originally thought that Lu Xi would be slutty for a long time because of wearing women's clothing, but his face remained unchanged and his heart was still beating, and he looked as if he was willing to live in many battles. So even Qifeng showed a slightly surprised expression, and then he changed to a very subtle smile.
"Don't think that if I don't speak, I won't feel your malice." Lu Xi sneered, "You must be wondering, Lu Xi actually put on women's clothing so easily, is he already having experience? Do you have interest in this area? What's wrong?"
"No, I just feel that the relationship is a bit subtle. I was still a little confident in my appearance. When I was studying in the Theatre Academy, I was directly attracted by the Haitian Theater Troupe because of this face. I also said that I wanted to treat me as a pillar to cultivate something." Jifeng said in a very calm tone. A beautiful girl like her expressed her confidence in appearance so dignifiedly without any pretentiousness. This is actually a very heart-wrenching temperament.
Then, she suddenly changed her tone and seemed helpless: "However, seeing her boyfriend changing into women's clothing, she always feels frustrated that she can't speak out but can't vent her feelings!"
"Then you must adapt in the future. Miss Qifeng, they have already adapted." Nicole giggled: "After Lu put on women's clothing, he would be a great beauty even if he puts on Norda. Many elves were hit by him so that they didn't look like makeup anymore. They simply used oil paint on their faces to be war dancers and jungle hunters."
In fact, Nivea's appearance is a superb beauty even by the standards of an elf. Unfortunately, she has always been like a heartless big child. Compared with her sister's feminine smile, she is really the rhythm of being killed instantly.
Lu Xi thought to himself whether I should never look at my appearance when I find a girlfriend, because I am not as beautiful as me, but if I think about it carefully, I really deserve to be beaten. Maybe the majority of the Detachment of Women who are present on the spot can destroy me.
"Indeed, it's a little too conspicuous." Miss Ethel looked at Lu Xi and had to admit that although she was a woman, she felt a clear surprise in her heart... Well, it seems that there is something wrong with this statement.
"After all, we have to do something shameful, and it is really not good to attract attention like this. It would be the best if we could do it like Miss Lim."
"Do you want to apply some coal ash or something..." Weita said enthusiastically. If everyone agrees, I guess this giant hammer loli, who has always been unpleasant to look at Lu Xi, will definitely act immediately without hesitation.
"Will this make it more conspicuous?" Lu Xi couldn't help but complain fiercely.
The priest took out a very conservative bucket and covered Lu Xi's hair. After looking at it for a long time, he nodded: "Try to lower your head when walking, and don't look up and look directly at others' eyes when there is no need. That's right, that's the feeling. Most ordinary priests and nuns just decided to enter the Great Hall to serve the gods, and they also walk like this, in order to cultivate their pious and humble astral spirits."
...Willn't we cultivate a group of young wives and dough-like wives who are down and pleased? Lu Xi thought to himself.
In short, since the disguise was completed, Miss Ethther took two little "nuns" and set off in the sunset.
Hopefully, there will be no mistakes. Jifeng looked at the backs of the group, and he was still a little nervous. However, she had to admit that from the professional perspective she had studied in the Theatre Academy, Lu Xi's acting skills were indeed superb. His walking posture and form, his down-eyed expression, and even some subtle small movements fully demonstrated the image of a young nun who had just entered the Great Hall not long ago, had a simple heart to be kind and respectful to the gods, but was curious about the world.
"Tsk... Why do I always feel frustrated in such a subtle place? Well, at least he can't beat me now." Jifeng comforted himself like this, and suddenly felt that his mood was getting better. Then he opened the Book of Night Sky and summoned the Little Angel Lin, Feng Elf Ghost, Mini Phoenix Felix and Mini Golden Dragon Eve, a total of four demons.
"Eve and Felix, you are responsible for conducting all-round wide-area surveillance of the city at high altitudes. Be careful not to attract patrolling griffins. If there is any danger, evacuate outside the city first. Lin, you go to the Duke of Lancaster or the Prince of Calgary's Mansion to see if they have really set up any ambush. Well, it would be best if you can find the location of the magic consultant Mr. Bartoly. You, you are responsible for following Lu Xi and sneaking into Yongchen Palace, and you can report to me any situation at any time." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!