The same mutilated limbs, the same waiter dress, and the same military temperament. All of this immediately reminded Du Wei of the night when he was assassinated in Jumu Town on the way to the imperial capital!
As soon as a hint of evil aura appeared on his face, the waiter immediately noticed it. His originally calm expression immediately showed a trace of vigilance. After taking a step back, a gleam suddenly appeared in his eyes and stared at him closely.
Live Duwei!
Du Wei's hand had touched a magic scroll in his sleeve. Since the assassination incident, Du Wei had developed a good habit of sewing two pockets in the sleeves of his magician's robe.
The wide sleeves of the master's robe are a good place to hide weapons. There are several magic scrolls in the pockets of the two sleeve robes, so that you can quickly protect yourself when encountering danger.
At this moment, Du Wei was holding a magic petrification scroll in his hand. He was staring at the waiter carefully. As long as he dared to make the slightest move, he would immediately be ready to pop the scroll out of his sleeve.
"My dear friend, what's wrong with you? Judging from your face, you seem a little uncomfortable?" With a gentle greeting, Prince Chen suddenly took a step forward slowly. This step was just right, and there was something about him that was not there.
This gentle breath immediately dispersed the murderous aura between Du Wei and the waiter, and instantly dissipated the crisis. Prince Chen's step seemed simple, but it seemed that he had intentionally or unintentionally blocked the way between Du Wei and the waiter.
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Du Wei forced a smile and took a deep look at His Highness: "It's nothing, I just have a headache suddenly." Then, he looked past Prince Chen, fell on the waiter's hand, and said with a smile: "I just have a headache."
Curious. In a place like this, why does this waiter’s hand..."
The waiter seemed to be relieved. He bent down silently and bowed respectfully to Du Wei. However, even when he bowed, his body was very tense, as if he was always ready. Du Wei looked at him, not knowing.
Move. After the waiter bowed, he quietly retreated and left.
"This is not a suitable place." Prince Chen's whisper quietly fell into Du Wei's ears. Du Wei turned around and saw the deep eyes of the young His Highness. He coughed to cover up: "
I'm just a little curious."
Afterwards, Prince Chen had already pulled Du Wei out of the door and onto the terrace.
This terrace is very large. Under the dark night, the outline of the blue stone sculptures looks a bit mysterious. Du Wei deliberately looked at a statue of an ancient warrior in front of him. The statue of a warrior was holding a long sword and wearing armor, quietly
It stood on a stone platform. Du Wei took a closer look and saw that the eyes on the warrior's face were actually inlaid with gems, and the long sword in his hand was also carved from ivory. Under the faint moonlight around him.
A faint warm and soft luster appeared on the ivory.
"The backstage of this place should be the military." After staring at the warrior statue for a long time, Du Wei suddenly said.
Prince Chen was holding on to the railing on the terrace with one hand and holding a crystal wine glass with the other. After hearing Du Wei's words, he did not answer immediately. Instead, he took a sip of the wine, then took a deep breath. He smiled and said, "Look.
, or the terrace is better. The roses in the garden below are blooming so beautifully... If you can take your beloved girl in front of such moonlight and flowers, it will definitely be a wonderful thing." As he said,
, Prince Chen turned around and glanced at Du Wei: "My friend, tell me, do you have a girl you love?"
"..." Du Wei glanced at His Highness silently and thought carefully for a while...
Beloved girl?
I don't know why. Thinking of this sentence, Du Wei's mind suddenly flashed back to the day at Walker's Port when he said goodbye to little Vivian. The little beautiful magician with a stuttering speech and a blushing face looked timidly in front of him.
A gentle kiss on the cheek and then leaving.
"Maybe, yes." Du Wei replied with an involuntary smile.
Prince Chen glanced at Du Wei quietly, with a hint of sadness on his handsome face: "Unfortunately, I didn't."
As he spoke, he shook his head, drank all the wine in the glass, then put down the glass, walked to Du Wei, and said with a smile: "You guessed right just now, the backstage of this place is indeed the military."
The expression on Du Wei's face did not change.
"I don't know what happened to you just now." Prince Chen frowned slightly: "But I need to remind you that you'd better not do anything out of the ordinary in this place. The depth of the water in this place is beyond your imagination.
. Even if your father is here, he will not be willing to provoke those people behind here."
Having said this, Prince Chen glanced at Du Wei: "What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing." Du Wei said lightly: "I just thought that such a place was actually opened by the military... It's a bit surprising. The dignified imperial military would actually create such a... place."
"Yes." Prince Chen's eyes flashed with a trace of worry, and he whispered: "It's very sad... Maybe this is also one of the signs before the great chaos is coming."
Then he sighed and stood side by side with Du Wei: "This is actually not a secret. In the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital, everyone knows it, but no one will point it out. Not even me.
My father, he also knew the existence of this place, and knew that the military had built such a place around the imperial capital... Hehe! The majestic imperial army, the army guarding the glory of the empire, actually did such a thing, do you think my father
Are you just happy? Every time he mentions this place, he gets so angry that he smashes things... But what can be done? Even the big bosses of the military command, including your father, have no respect for this place.
I don’t like it, but there’s nothing I can do about it.”
"Why?"
"Because of money!" Prince Chen smiled bitterly: "Because of the lack of military spending!"
As he spoke, Prince Chen raised his head, looked at the crescent moon in the sky, and sighed softly: "My father, His Majesty Emperor Augustine VI, the ruler of this continent, the monarch who has reigned for forty-four years.
...To be honest, if he had been born in a war-torn era...such as the Aragonese era, or the turbulent era when our Augustine family came to the throne to save the empire, with a character like my father's, he might have become a wise and heroic king! He
He likes martial arts and is very fond of martial arts. His favorite thing is to conquer the north and south, and satisfy his inner need for glory with constant conquests... In fact, this is not a shortcoming. If it were in a war-torn era, this would be a good thing for a monarch.
Character advantage, but it is a pity that he was born in an era when the empire was stable... and in an empire with a history of a thousand years, the country has reached an era of prosperity and decline! Such an era, but it happened to produce a man with a heart full of
A monarch who has no desire to conquer is not a blessing to a country."
Du Wei didn't say anything. The other person was the current emperor. It was a serious crime to belittle the monarch behind his back. The other person was the emperor's favorite youngest son. He said a few unpleasant things about me behind his back. It didn't matter even if others knew about it, but he was a millionaire.
You can't answer!
"My father has been in power for forty-four years. Unfortunately, the entire continent has been unified. Is there any other goal for him to conquer and vent his desire for conquest? The only ones are the alien races behind the northwest desert that always move around a lot.
.Twenty years ago, a desert expedition organized by my father slaughtered a hundred thousand aliens, staining the sand with blood. That year was called the "Year of Bleeding". Alas... my father was too anxious. Although those aliens
There were frequent changes, but they were all minor troubles. Generally speaking, they were still under the rule and control of the empire. But because my father was anxious and found a target to vent his heart to, he did it regardless of the cost...
A lifetime of pride turned into a murderous spirit. Although the conquest severely damaged the foreign races, the blood feud of massacring 100,000 people caused those foreign races to form a blood feud with the empire. The original appeasement policy has been
It has no effect anymore. Alas... It's a pity that the previous emperor, my grandfather's thirty years of hard work, were all wiped out by his father's butcher knife!" At this point, Prince Chen glanced at Du Wei: "Then
Do you know about the first expedition to the desert?"
Du Wei nodded.
Although that war happened twenty years ago, and Du Wei had not come to this world at that time, Du Wei was familiar with many historical books and documents, and he probably knew about that war.
There is a vast desert in the northwest of the continent. The depth of the desert is a long and narrow grassland from a geographical point of view, backed by snow-capped mountains. On that land, there is a nomadic alien race, which is unruly in nature and brave in defense.
.That nation was conquered by the empire during the Aragonese era, but after all, there was a desert between the interior of the empire and the grassland peoples, which became the biggest obstacle for the empire to control that area. For hundreds of years, the empire had no control over the conquered people.
The control of the nation was very weak. The nation often launched small-scale rebellions. The empire conquered many times and always won. However, the vast desert caused the empire to suffer heavy losses in supplies. Every time it won the war, it failed.