His Majesty the Emperor, who was sitting high in the main hall, roared angrily: "The previous assassination incident has not been investigated yet, and now at the gate of the palace, an emperor [***] leader has been assassinated again. Is it possible that there are more than ten people in our empire?"
Are all the soldiers just for show?"
On the left and right below the main hall, whether they were civil servants or military generals, they were all silent, with their heads lowered and obediently being trained.
To be honest, they themselves feel very useless.
After sending so many soldiers to them, the whole city was under martial law. There were patrols almost every short distance, and the entrance to the palace was heavily guarded.
However, in this situation, the commander of the Ilubek Army, who was responsible for protecting the safety of VIPs from other countries, was assassinated at the entrance of the palace. He was shot in the head and died more simply than a watermelon.
"Father, please calm down!" Seeing that the people below did not have the courage to speak, Ying Tianyi, who was standing on the left side of His Majesty the Emperor, had no choice but to console him: "This is not the fault of the ministers, nor is it the empire's soldiers who are incompetent. It is actually the assassin.
So cunning!"
"After these few days of investigation, Erchen has searched almost the entire empire. Even dignitaries from various countries have persuaded them to cooperate with the investigation, but no clues about the assassin have been found. But now, Erchen can be sure that the assassin's purpose
It disrupts the empire’s military deployment and prevents us from successfully implementing the continental unification strategy.”
"According to Erchen's personal inference, this is probably an action spontaneously organized by some troublesome adventurers. Because among the other major forces, the Dark Elf Kingdom has lived underground for a long time and has no conflict of interest with us at all; the Xu Motherland has just lifted its self-confidence
blockade, is actively developing diplomacy, and will never ask for trouble at this time; the Principality of Belmare
Needless to say, Queen Skadi has a kind heart and does not even dare to start a war. She is afraid that her people will suffer casualties and has already taken the initiative to compromise before. As for the Bantu barbarians, they have the will but no power, no matter how big their appetite is.
, but because the population is sparse and the combat power is very small, it has no ability to cause chaos and take the opportunity to start a war!"
"So the assassination of important generals of the empire is very likely the work of adventurers who have no overall perspective. They don't understand the interests between countries at all, nor do they understand the benefits of the reunification of the continent. They only think that our empire is invading forcefully.
Their land has caused them to be invaded by war, so they carried out assassinations in a hot-headed and reckless manner in order to stop the expansion of the empire!"
"We really have nothing to do with this small group of scattered adventurers. They are small in number, but their individual strength is not weak. They are very convenient to move and hide. If we want to eliminate them, we will probably have to spend a lot of effort!"
In a formal occasion like the palace hall, Ying Tianyi naturally had to pay attention to his tone of voice. Even his address was very formal, calling himself "son".
"Well..." After listening to Ying Tianyi's explanation, His Majesty the Emperor nodded slowly. He seemed to be a little relieved, but his brows were furrowed and he said in a deep voice: "Your analysis is very correct. According to the intelligence department,
According to the news, there is indeed a small group of people among the people who are very opposed to the unification of the mainland. They have even formed a so-called "revolutionary army" organization without considering their own capabilities, with the intention of confronting the empire. If you want to eliminate this group of people, the army will definitely not be able to do it. The only way is to prescribe the right medicine.
We also use a small group of elite forces to eliminate them."
"Father, I would like to lead a small team of elite soldiers to eliminate those rebels!" Seeing His Majesty the Emperor frowning and thinking about suitable candidates, Ying Tianyi immediately requested the order and volunteered to be an "eagle dog".
This kind of free mission is very suitable for Ying Tianyi. He can not only take the opportunity to hunt down some powerful adventurers, but also go out on adventures. It is definitely more comfortable than staying in the palace.
As for the issue of bad reputation, Ying Tianyi doesn't care. He is a very realistic profit-seeker. As long as it is good for himself, he can do anything.
"You?" His Majesty the Emperor turned to look at Ying Tianyi, his brows furrowed even more tightly, as if he was reluctant to let Ying Tianyi leave.
Indeed, Ying Tianyi's recent performance, both in terms of personal strength and leadership ability, has greatly satisfied His Majesty the Emperor. Even most of the empire's civil servants and generals are very optimistic about His Royal Highness and think that he is very suitable.
The heir immediately compared Helia and Isabella.
However, Ying Tianyi had no greed for power. Even if His Majesty the Emperor delegated power to him, he would only act as a commanding brain and never interfere with the actual execution of the troops below. This made the Emperor and the ministers helpless.
"Father, please forgive me for my surname!" Of course Ying Tianyi knew His Majesty the Emperor's concerns, bowed and saluted, and said sincerely: "My desire for power is higher than anything else, and I only hope that one day
, can break the confinement of physical strength and reach the legendary realm. For this, I need more battles and more experience. No matter how difficult the future is, I am not willing to give up."
"As for your side...Sister Xilia is a very outstanding general, and Isabella has also grown up very quickly, and can share the government affairs with you. With them by your side, your sons and daughters can go out with peace of mind, and destroy roadblocks for the empire.
, I will realize your ideal of unity as soon as possible."
"Hey!" Ying Tianyi said so sincerely that the Emperor was even more helpless. As a relatively enlightened father, he knew that he could not force his children to do things they did not want to do, otherwise it would be counterproductive, so he had no choice but to sigh,
This can be regarded as agreeing to Ying Tianyi’s request.
Isabella, who was standing next to Ying Tianyi, looked at her fiancé with complicated eyes. She had a lot of thoughts in her heart, but she couldn't express them easily.
After spending these days together, she has roughly confirmed Ying Tianyi's true thoughts. Ying Tianyi has no hostility towards the empire, or even any force. He indeed has no desire to take power and only pursues the peak of power.
But at the same time, he is also very selfish. Anyone who dares to offend him, even if it offends the people around him, will not be easily let go. Isabella even seriously suspects that the death of Captain Crevo is probably the result of
Ying Tianyi did it, but she didn't have any evidence and didn't dare to ask.
She knew that if she wanted to use Ying Tianyi's power to help her rise to the top, she had to hold on to the relationship that was finally established. There was no other way.
Standing on the right side of His Majesty the Emperor, Xilia, although her fiancé Ilubek had just been assassinated, did not show any sadness on her face. Instead, she often glanced at Ying Tianyi with strange eyes, and her thoughts were unpredictable.
The Iron-Blooded Princess has now been officially appointed as the new leader of the Knights, commanding the most mobile army in the empire. At the same time, due to the death of the Eagle Legion Commander Ilubek, she also temporarily took control of the entire Eagle Legion.
The power of her subordinates increased instantly. And she was given the opportunity to command two legions because of Ying Tian's suggestion to His Majesty the Emperor...
Just when His Majesty the Emperor tacitly allowed Ying Tian to go out to wipe out the rebel forces, and all the officials in the palace looked at each other speechlessly and felt regretful, a messenger suddenly broke into the hall.
"Your Majesty, it's an emergency!" The messenger rushed into the hall panting, knelt down on one knee skillfully, and quickly reported: "Harusen, the personal guard of General Irubek, the former commander of the Eagle Legion, was investigating the cause of the general's death.
, break into the dwarves
They found some firearms in a blacksmith shop run by the dwarves, and they determined that the assassin was a dwarf, and almost got into a fight. Mr. Cyrus, the deputy leader of the elite knights, happened to pass by and stopped him, but Harussen refused to give up and insisted on arresting him.
dwarf!"
"What?" As soon as he heard that something happened at the dwarf blacksmith shop, His Majesty the Emperor seemed to take it very seriously, and immediately wanted to stand up and handle it personally.
The dwarves, who had been living in seclusion for a long time, suddenly appeared in the imperial capital of Weitalun. Although they were not here to wish His Majesty the Emperor a birthday, they did have important matters to discuss.
As far as Ying Tianyi knows, there are actually members of the dwarf clan who have opened a blacksmith shop in **, but they usually keep a low profile. This time when the dwarf clan envoys came to visit, they did not stay in the state guesthouse, but stayed in the blacksmith shop. Before
Two days ago, His Majesty the Emperor secretly received the dwarf envoys and seemed to discuss some matters with them, but Ying Tianyi did not know the details.
His Majesty the Emperor stood up halfway, thought for a while, sat down again, and said in a deep voice to the ministers in the palace: "You must have heard the rumors about the dwarves. They are a people with a very long history and civilization like the elves.
The equipment made by the dwarves was very popular in the mainland before, but later became less known as they lived in seclusion."
"But I can tell you that most of the magic equipment handed down today, especially those rare inherited equipment, are almost all made by the dwarves. An ordinary adult among the dwarves can skillfully create elite
Level equipment. Some master-level dwarf blacksmiths have also handed down many artifact-level equipment. This time the dwarves came to make a deal with us. We will send troops to help them quell the chaos in the hermitage, and they...
Provide us with a large number of high-quality weapons and equipment!"
"Wow..."
Upon hearing His Majesty the Emperor's words, there was an uproar in the hall.
Almost all aristocratic families with some inheritance have heard of the dwarves, and are not unfamiliar with the equipment produced by the dwarves. Unexpectedly, the dwarves’ visit this time was to trade equipment with the empire. This is a great thing.
ah!
"So the dwarves are very precious allies of the empire. We must not neglect them, let alone let them be harmed. And anyone with any sense knows that the dwarves will not assassinate the empire's generals stupidly. This incident is obviously a misunderstanding
, it must be resolved as soon as possible!" After saying this, His Majesty the Emperor turned to look at Ying Tianyi, with a very clear meaning, and asked Ying Tianyi to handle this matter again.
What's even more strange is that almost all the ministers in the hall turned their heads and looked at Ying Tianyi.
Ying Tianyi was so depressed that he could no longer control his face and showed a helpless smile.
What does it mean to make a habit become natural? This is the situation right now!
Because there have been a lot of things recently, and most of them were handled by Ying Tianyi, and they were all handled very well, except for not catching the assassin.
It turned out to be fun. Now when something goes wrong, the first thing everyone here thinks of is Ying Tianyi. Even His Majesty the Emperor is used to letting Ying Tianyi do things for him. What kind of evil is this!
"Okay, I'll go!" Ying Tianyi groaned feebly in his heart. Before the emperor and the ministers could speak, he waved his hands helplessly and walked straight out of the hall.
Ying Tianyi's helpless expression actually amused His Majesty the Emperor, who was in a bad mood. He thought to himself: How wonderful it would be if this child was his own!
As soon as Ying Tian left the main hall, he called his personal guards to follow him and went straight to the dwarf blacksmith shop.
His personal guard is a special team still named in the elite knights, composed entirely of female soldiers.
Although Ying Tianyi holds the title of prince, he is still the captain of the special team. The original deputy captain Cyrus was transferred by Princess Isabella and appointed as the deputy captain of the elite knights, becoming Ying Tianyi's boss
, but has no right to command Ying Tianyi.
Natalia Huler, with Isabella's help and intercession, inherited her father's title. Now she is an Imperial Baron, and she was also promoted to the deputy captain of the special team. Unfortunately, she has no sense of belonging or hatred for the Empire in her heart.
still.
Ying Tianyi's older wife, Nuo Yu, left her nationality and joined the empire with Ying Tianyi. In order to win over this powerful female swordsman, His Majesty the Emperor used Ying Tianyi's title of prince to force Nuo Yu into a
The title of Viscount was higher than that of Natalia, which made Nuo Yu embarrassed to meet his old friends from his homeland.
Even Ying Tianyi's only maid Lotit, His Majesty the Emperor casually gave her the title of loyal and commendable, and granted her the title of Imperial Baron, which made Ying Tianyi dumbfounded.
As for Ying Tianyi himself, he is a dignified prince of the empire, so naturally he does not need any more titles. All nobles must bow obediently when they see him.
A group of more than ten people rode horses and galloped down ** Street. No need for Ying Tianyi to say anything, there were patrols along the road who took the initiative to clear the way for him, and this situation had been going on for several days.
There is no way, Ying Tianyi is too busy these days, always running around, people on the street are used to it, almost everyone knows this young prince in white, which makes Ying Tian
I got to experience the life of a privileged person.
He rushed to the remote dwarf blacksmith shop, which was surrounded by imperial troops. Ying Tianyi used the height of his mount to see through the crowd that there were two groups of people confronting each other at the door of the blacksmith shop. One group was Eagle Legion soldiers, and the other
A group of naturally stocky dwarves with an average height of 1.2 meters.
Ying Tian had seen these dwarves many times in the morning. After all, he had been running around here and there in the past few days, almost traveling all over the country, and he had drawn the entire street map in his mind.
Similar to the rumors, dwarves are short in stature, with big beards, muscles all over their bodies, and arms comparable to human thighs. By the way, one more thing is that dwarves have a particularly loud voice, and Ying Tianyi can hear it even from a distance.
The dwarf screamed.
All the soldiers present knew Ying Tianyi, the prince who was wearing white clothes and riding a white horse. As soon as they saw Ying Tianyi arriving, the soldiers immediately knew that the prince was here to deal with this conflict and there was no need for Ying Tianyi.
After the order was given, the encirclement was opened to allow him to enter smoothly.
"Your Highness!" The soldiers present, including Harussen who was scolding the dwarf with red eyes, and Cyrus who was standing aside unable to persuade him, immediately saluted Ying Tian and his party.
Only those bad-tempered dwarves are the same as Ying Tianyi.
Ying Tianyi jumped off the horse, ignored the salutes of others, and with a touch of the majesty of a superior, he looked expressionlessly at Harussen, who had caused the conflict.
Harusen is Ilubek's loyal bodyguard. He has a messy chicken coop on his head, his upper body is bare, and his two arms are actually red and ferocious ghost hands, each holding a giant sword.
This is a brave berserker. Ying Tianyi has seen him before and even greeted him. But this time, Ying Tianyi is going to be rude to him.
However, Harusen, who has a simple mind and strong limbs, thought that Ying Tianyi was here to seek justice for him. After all, his master Ilubek was the fiancé of the eldest princess Xilia, and he and Ying Tianyi were the same family!
Harusen picked up a spear stuck on his back, handed it to Ying Tianyi, and said with red eyes: "Your Highness, this is the firearm I found in the dwarf blacksmith shop. Almost no one in the city uses this kind of spear.
Only here. And my general and the leader of the Knights Creval were both killed by powerful firearms, so I am sure that the dwarves are the murderers. Please order their arrest, Your Highness!"
"Nonsense!" As soon as Harusen finished speaking, a gray-bearded dwarf opposite him couldn't help but jump out and shouted: "We dwarves don't bother to assassinate, let alone kill people for no reason, you despicable person
Humans should stop wronging us!"
Harussen was about to turn around and quarrel with the dwarf again, but Ying Tianyi took the spear from his hand with an expressionless face, played with it skillfully for a while, then turned the muzzle of the gun to the white horse he was riding, and without hesitation buckled it.
trigger.
"Bang!"
"Xilulu..."
The gunshot sounded, and the white horse whined. Half of his body was beaten into a hornet's nest, and he fell in a pool of blood, twitching slightly, and soon died.
Ying Tianyi's move shocked everyone present. The scene suddenly became quiet, and everyone turned to look at him.
"Huh..." Ying Tianyi gently blew away the gun smoke from the muzzle, lowered his head and continued to play with the spear in his hand, saying without any fluctuation in his tone: "The dwarf's special musket is a type of long-handled rifle, with the muzzle pointing slightly outward.
Expansion is good for scattering, and it is powerful in short distances, but the range is slightly worse."
After finishing speaking, Ying Tian threw the spear in his hand to the gray-bearded dwarf and said solemnly: "I believe that the dwarf is not the murderer! Apart from the wrong model of the gun, there is no conflict between the dwarf and the empire. There is only a cooperative relationship and no crime.
Motive. And I know the habits of dwarves very well. Although their tempers are a bit grumpy, they are all real men who don't bother to lie!"
Harussen was stunned and stood there for a moment.
The other soldiers who were watching were all stunned on the spot. Only Cyrus stared at Ying Tianyi with a burning gaze.
"Well said!" A powerful red-bearded dwarf slowly walked out of the blacksmith shop, came to Ying Tian, bowed to him solemnly and saluted, and said seriously: "We dwarves have lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests for many years.
He was forgotten by mankind. I never thought that today, Xinlijia, I would be lucky enough to meet a human who understands the dwarves."
"We dwarves never lie, otherwise we will not be able to face our ancestors after death. This time I came to your country to seek cooperation, and there is no need to kill and provoke. I know you, you are Ying Tianyi, the prince of the Delos Empire. You
Very good, I am willing to make you a friend!"
"I am also very happy to become friends with a dwarf sword master!" Ying Tian smiled and said polite words, but unexpectedly punched the red-bearded dwarf hard on the chest.
"Huh?" At this time, not to mention the imperial soldiers, even the red-bearded dwarf who received a punch was stunned.
"Hahaha..." But a moment later, the red-bearded dwarf suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and punched Ying Tianyi in the chest. He controlled the force very well and did not hurt Ying Tianyi at all.
"I was indeed right, you are indeed a friend of our dwarf clan! Hahaha..." The red-bearded dwarf seemed very excited, and his eyes towards Ying Tianyi changed obviously... (To be continued.)