Two vermilion doors open to the outside, and through the doors you can see the dense courtyard inside.
There are wild geese wings lined up on both sides in front of the door, with six large banners on both sides and several flags behind them, fluttering in the breeze.
It is announced to passers-by that this is an important state institution and no one is allowed to enter or even get close to it.
The guards on both sides were lined up in several rows. You could tell at a glance that they were specially selected honor guards. Each of them was almost average height, with a sturdy back and waist, tall and mighty. And each one of them had distinctive armor. Under the scorching sun, they were covered with shiny whole bodies.
He is wearing armor, holding a sword in his hand, standing solemnly, not squinting, the sword and spear in his hand are as majestic as snow.
Although they all showed no power, the evil aura from the army rushed towards their faces, making it almost impossible to breathe. You couldn't help but suspect that if you approached them, you would definitely get a knife.
Lorraine looked at this place and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. He thought to himself: It turns out that this is the main hall of the Admiral's headquarters, the heart of the Semitic royal family's last line of defense.
When Lin Chong brought a knife, he mistakenly broke into the office where Lieutenant Gao Qiu died, so he was captured and sent to the army. It was the same as carrying a machine gun into the Pentagon.
But Lorraine compared this hall with his office building in Nai'an in his mind, and then there was a trace of disdain in his eyes, and he cursed secretly: What a broken hall, only the flags are colorful, it looks a little bit awesome,
But this hall is not as big as my own office~!
This is the Imperial Guard’s Admiral’s Mansion~!
Despise them~!
The officer leading the way heard the noise behind him and turned around. He saw Lorraine's face thoughtful, looking a little absent-minded, but without the respect that should be expected when entering such a sacred place.
It was like walking into a garden, and the officer couldn't help but feel a little angry.
He glared at Lorraine fiercely, and then said coldly: "Captain, please follow, don't get lost. This is the Guards Headquarters, a stronghold of military aircraft, and ordinary people are not allowed to approach it. Please don't cause unnecessary trouble.
"
Lorraine heard the hint in his words and couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't worry, brother. Although this place looks very awesome, don't forget..."
He stretched out his hand and flicked it on his shoulder, showing the golden three-star bar, and then said maliciously: "I am the youngest captain of the Guards. Maybe it won't be long before I will stand here and give orders."
. It’s not a big deal if you get familiar with it in advance.”
After speaking, Lorraine gave him a bared smile.
The officer was choked to death and stared at Lorraine with a dead face.
He secretly cursed in his heart: This little hooligan is really shameless. He is so brazen that he wants to come here to give orders without even looking at where this place is, the Praetorian Guards Headquarters! It is a very important place in the entire Semitic tribe.
, the people who come here are all powerful people.
Do you think this is a public toilet? You are a little captain...
But when he raised his eyes and saw Lorraine baring her white teeth and having a hearty smile on her face, the officer paused again and cursed secretly: Damn, this little captain might actually be the leader of the headquarters in the future.
In any case, that man is now young and looks to be in his early twenties. He is already a captain of the Guards, commanding a squadron of soldiers, and is also the first division that the Guards Admiral has the most trouble with.
The Eighth Squadron of the Regiment. It is said that all the ruffians were docile and obedient by him, and now they are more obedient than dogs. The Admiral also knew about this matter early, and the old guy said a few words about it.
What a good sound.
What's more, I am older than him and have a professional background. Although I sneaked into the headquarters and became an official under the admiral, in the past few years, I have only been promoted to one level, and I am just a lieutenant.
Maybe one day, this hateful ruffian will climb on top of me, gesticulate and give orders to me.
Thinking of this, the officer became frustrated. In the Semitic people, things like promotion are indeed quite mysterious. People with strong backstage can be in high positions at a young age. The annoying Captain Lei Luo in front of him is obviously
There is a backend.
He let out a long sigh, cursed in his heart that "the officialdom is dark," and then said feebly: "Captain Lei Luo, you'd better help yourself to get through this hurdle first. Come with me, don't keep the admiral waiting too long.
"
After hearing this, Lorraine immediately stepped forward, grabbed his arm, and said affectionately: "By the way, brother, you called me here in a hurry this time. What happened?"
The officer glanced at Lorraine, and then said coldly: "You will know when you go in."
Lorraine laughed and said: "Don't be like this, we are all soldiers, we are all sharing in the same pot of the Guards, and you have to keep it a secret from me. Who won't need the other later?"
As he spoke, he reached out and took out a few gold coins, put them into the man's hand, and said, "Take it, go back and buy some toys for the child."
The officer stretched out his hand to block it and refused: "I don't have a child yet."
At first he thought they were silver coins, but then he saw the golden coins in Lorraine's hand, and his tone weakened involuntarily. This handful of gold coins was enough to cover his two months' salary.
Although there are many fat employees in the Admiral's office, he, a small lieutenant, is not his turn. Low-level employees like them live on their wages. They are as happy as if they can get two more barrels of cooking oil at the end of the year.
Lorraine saw the hesitation on his face, took out a few more coins, stuffed them into his hand, and said: "Then give it to your wife. If you don't have it yet, then give it to your girlfriend. Don't girls like snacks?"
, buy some snacks for your girlfriend. Don’t tell me you don’t even have a girlfriend?”
This large handful of gold coins made the officer's mouth water. He smiled dryly and pushed it a few times hypocritically, but in the end he still didn't push it. He calmly put the gold coins into his pocket.
He smiled at Lorraine happily.
, then he said: "It's better for you officers with real power to live a comfortable life. Brother, it's like this. I heard that you killed a battalion officer of a patrol battalion in Lindok City, and they came to complain. The Lindok city guard directly took this person
The matter has reached our admiral."
Lorraine immediately felt relieved and said with a relaxed smile: "So that's what happened. I thought it was a matter of smuggling... Uh, bah bah bah. I originally thought it was nothing~!"
The officer looked at Lorraine's relaxed face and couldn't help but wonder: "You're not nervous at all? That's a battalion officer, a formal official after all, and you killed him so easily?"
Lorraine laughed and said: "That son of a bitch, like a blind dog, actually bullied our guards and wanted to play tricks on us. Of course he was killed with a knife."
The officer was immediately startled and looked at Lorraine with wide eyes.
Lorraine looked at him strangely, then shook her head and said, "I really don't understand how you people are so cautious in the headquarters, with a look of awe on your face, for fear of making a hole in the ground if you fart.
But others are bullying you to the point of being bullied, yet you are so timid. Are you a soldier, or a damn bureaucrat?
The officer was immediately shocked again.
Lorraine smiled and said: "Don't forget, we are the Guards. What is the most important thing for the Guards?"
The officer hesitated for a moment, and then asked in an uncertain tone: "Is it... is it loyalty..."
Lorraine laughed loudly, stretched out his thumb, pointed at the main entrance of the hall behind him, and then said loudly: "The most important thing for our Guards is - arrogance~!"
The officer couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth and said in a voiceless voice: "Arrogant...arrogant..."
He looked at Lorraine's proud face and thought to himself: I don't know what to be proud of.
The most powerful nobles in the entire Semitic continent are gathered in the city of Arkadelin. To them, the Praetorian Guard is a complex of doormen and servants. After serving these big shots for a long time, the Praetorian Guard's mentality is really ordinary.
.
Lorraine had long discovered that the Semitic Guards did not have the "I am the best in the world" spirit of the Ruman Empire Guards, and were more like a well-equipped city guard.
Lorraine reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Do you think our Guards are the best army in the world, spanning the continent and invincible?"
The officer nodded and said, "Of course, we are the strongest in the world."
Lorraine then asked: "Do you think our guards are always ready to go through fire and water and shed blood for the great cause of our clan?"
The officer did not hesitate at all. He immediately puffed up his chest and shouted loudly: "Of course."
Lorraine laughed and said: "Since we are number one in the world and have sacrificed so much for our clan, shouldn't we be a little arrogant?"
The officer stopped involuntarily, turned his head, and looked at Lorraine intently, with surprise, admiration, and a bit of weirdness in his eyes. Now he also felt that the Guards should be more aggressive.
He murmured: "You are really good at breaking up this ruffian..."
Lorraine was not angry, pointed to the road ahead, and said: "Hurry up, the Admiral is waiting."
The officer finally came to his senses and hurriedly stepped forward.
Under the leadership of that person, Lorraine walked through the hall and came to the side hall next to it.
Lorraine saw two people already standing in the side hall. An old man with white hair was leaning on the table, looking at something seriously. Next to him, Thors, the commander of the Imperial Guard, was killing a chicken and wiping his neck.
Wink.
The officer took a step forward, saluted, and then said: "Sir, Captain Lei Luo has arrived."
The old man didn't even raise his head. He still looked down at the document in his hand and said coldly: "I understand, you can go out."
The officer turned around and went out, closing the door again. Only Lorraine and the two of them were left in the room. Thors didn't dare to speak, but just looked at him anxiously.
The old man immediately raised his head.
Lorraine saw that the old man had a thin figure, a long and narrow face, a big aquiline nose in the middle, slender eyes, and almost white hair. Although he was old and a little rickety, the cold light in his eyes kept beating and shining, like
Like a flying eagle hunting for food.
Looking directly into his eyes, Lorraine felt a powerful aura coming towards him. It could swallow up mountains and rivers and destroy everything. This aura can only be possessed by a brave general who has fought hundreds of battles for the rest of his life.
He couldn't help but feel shocked. Although he had seen many famous and brave generals, such as Grand Duke Julius, he had not seen many such powerful generals. If he really wanted to compare, it would only be Maple Leaf Danlin.
General Wabador can be compared with it.
Since General Wabador graduated from Maple Leaf Danlin, he has devoted himself to the killing field. He has fought countless battles, and his illustrious reputation is all achieved by killing people. By the way, the old guy now spends a lot of time dealing with wine bottles due to gout.
It took far longer than the time he spent riding a horse and holding a sword.
What's more, even though that person is so powerful, he is still just an admiral of the Semitic tribe. Although he is an admiral of the Imperial Guard, he is not considered one of the top figures within the Semitic tribe. From this we can see that,
Heroes like him are by no means a minority among the Semitic people.
While Lorraine was thinking, he raised his hand, saluted the old man with a bang, and said: "General Hawks, your subordinate Lei Luo is reporting to you." Then he did not forget to add a sentence in his heart.
:You son of a bitch.
When Hawkes saw that Lorraine was not affected by him and looked as normal, a strange look flashed in his eyes.
He suddenly threw away the pen and shouted sternly: "Captain Lei Luo, you did a good job. Why did you kill the battalion officer of their patrol battalion in Lindok City? Did you know that the lawsuit has now been brought to the Prime Minister's Office?
Already."
Lorraine shrugged, and then said: "General, I have already warned him, saying that there are military secrets of our Guards on the ship. That grandson has no right to check, but that grandson still insists on sticking his nose to our Guards."
They ordered the army to surround us and insist on checking our ship. Who knows if that bitch is a fucking human spy?
I tried my best to save him several times and warned him all the time, but that bastard was so stubborn that he was so stubborn.
I had no choice but to watch it with him, and finally cut off his head. This was considered as the ultimate act of justice."
Hawks was immediately furious, slapping the table and shouting angrily: "Look what you did? What military secrets, why don't I know? What military secrets are there?"
Thors hurriedly glanced at Lorraine, trying to trick Lorraine into making up an excuse.
If Hawks felt something, he immediately snorted and glanced sideways.
Thors immediately turned his back to the sky, his face tense, as if a flower had grown on the ceiling above his head, and he looked at the pattern on the ceiling seriously.
Lorraine looked at his actions and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: This grandson, half of your income was given to you for nothing. He is so irresponsible, and he will only be such a bad official in his whole life.
He took a step forward and said: "Sir, for those damn local officials, even a roll of toilet paper is a military secret~!"
Hawks couldn't help but be stunned. He sighed inwardly: What kind of arrogance and pride these words contained. He had not heard them for many years.
Lorraine continued: "But since you asked, I will tell the truth. In fact, there are no military secrets. It's just that the brothers pointed at the military salary and lived a very poor life, which affected the peace of mind training, so I tried to find a way to start from
A shipload of goods has been shipped over from the outer sea, and I want everyone to earn a small amount of money to spend."
When Thors heard him tell the whole story, his face suddenly turned white. He almost didn't sit on the ground, and thought to himself: It's over, Lei Luo, you are such a heartless fool, why did you tell the truth?
Hawkes was so angry that he banged the table and shouted angrily: "You... you bastard, is this how you become a soldier? You actually transported the goods? The goods were smuggled, right? Yours
Do you still have my Semitic laws in your eyes?"
With trembling hands, he pointed at Lorraine and shouted through gritted teeth: "I... will hand you over to the gendarmerie, hand you over to a military court for trial, send you to the Gulag, serve twenty years of hard labor, and then send you to a rowing boat.
, shackled with iron shackles, and worked as a hard shipwreck for fifty years..."
Lorraine waited for him to roar for a while, and then said: "Sir, I have something to say."
Hawkes had been scolding for a long time, and he was panting from exhaustion. He put his hand on his heart and said: "You...you said. But let me tell you first, if it weren't for my bad heart, today...today I would
I have to kill you with my own hands..."
Seeing Hawkes yelling at the top of his lungs for a long time, slapping the table and glaring, but his expression did not change at all, Lorraine smiled slightly and cursed in his heart: This old guy is also an out-and-out hypocrite, here.
I have been screaming for a long time, and then I remembered that I have a heart disease. Grandma, who are you fooling? As expected, the ones who got out are all old fritters.
He didn't say anything, just said: "Sir, let me ask you a question? Was our Imperial Guard the most powerful force in the world back then? But when will it be the turn of a group of people who can only read and write, and other than that?
Are these incompetent dead monsters crawling over our heads and pointing fingers?
Nowadays, even a local tax collector who only knows how to collect excessive taxes does not take the Praetorian Guards seriously and dares to openly intercept the Praetorian Guards ships without jurisdiction.
Are we still the number one Guards in the world? We’re damned even worse than the private soldiers of the nobles.”
Hawks was suddenly shocked, and his expression dimmed immediately, and he thought to himself: Yes~! Where has the glory and pride of the Royal Guards gone? Where has the momentum gone when facing a crisis?
Could it be said that with the passage of time, they have all disappeared?
Lorraine continued: "Sir, you don't open your eyes to see. We are now reduced to living on some leftovers from others. We all count our fingers and calculate military pay. Otherwise, we will be hungry at the end of the month.
Belly. Soldiers have nothing to worry about when they go into battle, so who dares to risk their lives? What can such a legion do if they are brought out?
How can we fight if we don’t even have enough to eat?”
Hawks was speechless for a moment, but then he slapped the table and said loudly: "Squibbling, quibbling, you are quibbling. Who are the masterminds of your smuggling this time? I have to shake you guys' morale.
We must root out all the bad guys, and we cannot leave you black sheep here to continue to engage in mischief..."
Lorraine said with a straight face: "Yes, sir, the mastermind is Miss Lufian first. She knew that her grandfather was in poor health, so she always wanted to buy him a Saracen war horse. Although that kind of horse does not run very fast,
But it is extremely stable. It can reduce a lot of the pain of turbulence."
Hawks sneered and said: "What's the use of introducing horses to me? What I want is..."
He suddenly understood, and immediately sat down with a strange look on his face, saying: "Lufian, Rufian, Farains? My granddaughter?"
Lorraine said: "Not only her, but also Dorothy, Miss Pat..."
Hawks slapped himself on the forehead and murmured: "The grandson of Mr. Boss..."
Lorraine continued: "Also, Miss Carey, Miss Julie, Miss Hillary..."
He named several people while he was talking. Although Hawks was not very familiar with them, he also knew that they were all the granddaughters and granddaughters of famous and powerful families in the imperial city.
Thors was also dumbfounded. He had heard Lorraine say such things before, but he was just joking with Lorraine. Hawkes believed Lorraine, because his granddaughter often spoke in front of him for Lei Luo, a young captain.
Well, he also knew that the princesses in the imperial city always hung out together.
Hawks calculated in his mind how much trouble would be caused if he really pursued the case. Thinking of the consequences, he couldn't help but feel a little numb.
What's more, even his granddaughter was involved, and he couldn't just sit back and watch.
He looked at Lorraine and cursed in his heart: I really didn't realize that this young ruffian is really capable~! He actually pulled so many people into trouble.
He snorted coldly, then changed the topic and asked the topic he was most interested in, saying: "Is that horse really of Saracen blood?"
Lorraine smiled and said: "Don't worry, sir. There are absolutely purebred Saracen war horses. And there are two of them. If they are fast, they will come with the next boat. You will know when you see them."
Hawks was overjoyed and couldn't help but exclaimed: "So soon?"
But then he woke up, hurriedly coughed twice, and covered it up with a straight face: "It's not okay even if it's too fast, you have to pay attention to safety."
Lorraine suppressed her smile, lowered her head and said, "Yes, yes..."
At this moment, I heard a burst of footsteps outside the door, and then I heard a messenger shouting loudly: "The chief is here~!"
Hearing that voice, Hawks couldn't help but tensed up. He realized that it was too late for Lorraine and the others to exit through the main entrance, so he waved his hand and let them go out through the small door on the side.
After Lorraine walked out, he did not stay away. Instead, he turned around. Under Thors' surprised eyes, he leaned over the door and listened carefully to the conversation inside.
Thors was stunned for a moment, then thought about it, and then he lay on the door and listened.
I heard the roar of a strange old man coming from the room: "What are you doing? What kind of military secrets are there? It's so mysterious. You have to kill the battalion officer of a patrol battalion. Do you know that this is very troublesome?"
, the lawsuit has now reached the Prime Minister’s Office.”
Hawks also refused to give in, slapping the table and shouting loudly: "Sir, for those damn magistrates, even a roll of toilet paper is a military secret~!
Were our Imperial Guards famous in those days, the most powerful force in the world? But now it is the turn of a bunch of dead scoundrels who can only read and write and have no other abilities to climb on top of us and point fingers.
?
Nowadays, even a local tax collector who only knows how to collect excessive taxes does not take the Praetorian Guards seriously and dares to openly intercept the Praetorian Guards ships without jurisdiction.
We are still the best imperial guard in the world? We are not even as good as the private soldiers of the nobles~!
Grandma, this is so bullying~!
Let me tell you, the killing was good, the killing was wonderful, if I had been at the scene, I would have killed them all~!"