Du Wei was indeed waiting for a signal, a signal from the imperial capital and the regent.
Unfortunately, he waited for this good thing. However, along with this signal came a small "trouble".
Winter has not passed yet, the ice and snow have not begun to melt, and the road is still very difficult.
Just this morning, two carriages in Loulan City attracted the attention of the cavalry patrolling outside the city.
The two carriages had the logo of the Temple of Light, and there were four holy knights in front and behind the carriages. When the patrolling cavalry approached, they were told that there was a distinguished guest from the Temple of the Imperial Capital in the carriage, because they showed legal procedures.
The patrol cavalry could only escort them all the way into Loulan City.
The new religious center in Loulan City has been initially built. It is a cathedral very close to the Duke's Palace, with a hundred holy knights guarding it. When these two carriages entered the city, it was the morning business day.
At the busiest time when the team was entering and exiting the city gate, it attracted the attention of many people. Everyone was guessing which prominent figure in the temple would be arriving in such a luxurious carriage.
The carriage did not go to the church religious center in Loulan City, but drove directly to the door of the Duke's Palace.
What surprised the accompanying holy knights was that their group had just stopped at the Duke's Mansion. Such a sudden visit did not arouse any surprise on the other side.
What was waiting for them was the wide open gate outside the castle. A group of cavalry guards from the Tulip family came out to greet them. Standing at the gate of the castle was an old guy dressed in a typical aristocratic butler service. This old guy even hit a
Beautiful bow tie. A respectful and humble smile on his face.
Then, with a gesture that even the palace etiquette could not find fault with, he personally opened the door for the distinguished guests in the carriage, then made a gesture to please get out of the carriage, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, the Duke has ordered me to wait.
Welcome you here. I'm sorry, because you came so suddenly. The Duke is busy with the generals of the family meeting in the morning, so he cannot welcome you in person. "
What stretched out from the carriage was a slender woman's hand. Then, Her Royal Highness the Saint from the Mainland Temple slowly stepped out of the carriage. Although she had a reserved smile on her face, there was still a flash of light in her eyes.
She was slightly surprised, but then she quickly calmed down and put her hand on the old housekeeper's hand as if nothing had happened. She let him help her get out of the carriage.
A gust of cold wind blew by, and even though she was wearing a thick white fur collar, the saint couldn't help but shrank her neck, and then laughed in a low voice: "Thank you. Oh, the weather in the northwest is always so cold.
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"Just get used to it." The old butler smiled appropriately: "Dear Your Highness, I have arranged a warm lounge. Do you have any other needs?"
"Please take care of my loyal knights. They have worked hard all the way." The saint said calmly.
"As you wish. Please rest assured that these knights will be treated like distinguished guests." The old butler smiled and said: "My name is Mader. Your Highness, if you have any needs, you can talk to me directly."
The saint was carefully watching the surrounding environment all the way, looking at the majestic Duke's Castle, and then she politely praised: "This is a very magical place, Mr. Butler. I heard that this place was built with only
Is it true that it lasted three months? Oh, Goddess Almighty, this is really a miracle."
The old butler answered politely, and then the saint made a request: "I'm not in a hurry to go to the lounge. I'm very curious about this place. Can I walk around and have a look?"
"Of course." The old butler smiled. But then he added: "However, there are some places in this castle that are forbidden areas designated by the Duke. No one is allowed to enter or leave without his own order... Oh
"Your Highness, you also know that our Lord Duke is a magician, and the habits of magicians are always a little different from ordinary people."
The saint smiled a little uneasily, and then thought for a while: "Then, please take me to the lounge... I think I'll wait until I get the master's permission before I visit everywhere."
What is Du Wei doing now?
Of course he had known for a long time that Her Royal Highness the Saint was coming.
In fact, he got the news before the Virgin Mary's carriage entered the border of the Province of Desa.
At this time, the war is imminent. Why does Her Majesty the Saint, who has a problem with me, come to the northwest? Is she trying to pull some tricks?
What do the people in the temple think? While they are cooperating vigorously with themselves, they throw such a trouble to the northwest to cause trouble for themselves?
And Prince Chen...he actually agreed?
Damn it... Prince Chen wanted to take advantage of the war to get rid of his niece, right? Du Wei made a malicious guess.
Du Wei was not having a meeting with any generals. In fact, most of the generals under Du Wei have gone to the border military camps in Desa and Nulin provinces. The only ones left in Loulan City can be called
The only "military general" in Loulan City is Dardaniel, the defender of Loulan City.
After Du Wei got up early this morning, he went to the laboratory first. His "Flying Dragon Battleship" was basically completed, and Gandolf in the green robe taught him a few "tricks". On this secret weapon, Du Wei added
I got some little toys that are specially made for yin.
Later, in the morning, he had morning tea with Mrs. Liszt and Miss Angel. After that, the boy Muse, whom Du Wei didn't like, came over and harassed him. This made Du Wei displeased.
The guy actually expressed to me that he wanted to go to the battlefield.
"Why did you say there was going to be a war?" Du Wei pretended to be stupid in front of this guy: "This is a peaceful era, there is no battlefield."
"Don't lie to me." Muse looked gloomy. During the two years in the northwest, the boy had grown taller, but by Du Wei's standards, he was still too thin.
"Like a pussy." This is Longbottom's evaluation of this boy.
"Don't lie to me." Muse faced Du Wei: "Most of your troops have been mobilized to the east, and everyone is so busy now. An idiot can tell that they are doing the final mobilization before the war.
Hmph...I'm not a fool, Your Majesty the Duke!"
Du Wei looked at the redness on the boy's face and the beads of sweat on the tip of his nose, and suddenly asked an irrelevant question: "What did you do in the morning? Did you go to exercise?"
He even took two steps closer, took out a silk handkerchief from his arms, and wiped the sweat from Muse's nose with his own hands. This action startled Muse, who quickly took two steps back.
"Oh, I forgot, you have mysophobia." Du Wei smiled and put away the silk handkerchief.
"I...I went to practice swordsmanship in the morning." Muse tried to hold up his chest and said loudly: "My teacher told me that my swordsmanship has reached the third level! And he said that soon, I will be able to practice fighting spirit.
Yeah! I...I've grown up! Damn it! Don't look at me like that, I'm not a child anymore!"
"Only a child would desperately emphasize that he is not a child." Du Wei shrugged.
"If you don't let me go, I will run away by myself!" Muse was still very determined.
"You'd better not do that, because if you do that, I will break both of your legs without hesitation." Du Wei's tone was calm, as if he was talking about an unrelated matter.
Then he glanced at Muse and suddenly asked an irrelevant question: "About the war... you listened to your sister, right?"
Muse was silent for a while and then nodded.
"Your sister is very smart." Du Wei smiled: "Besides saying these, what else did she say?"
"She said..." Muse coughed: "She gave me a list of some middle and low-level generals in the Northwest Army. They are all candidates we can possibly win over. However, unless you agree to take me there,
battlefield, otherwise I wouldn’t have given you this list.”
Du Wei thought for a while. Is Mrs. Liszt helping me? Well... she is still a very attentive woman. But why does she want to bring her muse to the battlefield?
"Wait, kid." Du Wei nodded: "Okay, I can take you there, but you have to go with me, and...if you don't obey, I will break your legs."
After a pause, Du Wei looked at this guy maliciously, and suddenly smiled maliciously: "By the way, you should be more careful when you practice sword practice in the future. I know you are in the development period now... always being oppressed is harmful to the development of your body.
It’s no good.”
As he said that, Du Wei's eyes fell on Muse's chest intentionally or unintentionally. This look made Muse turn pale with fright. Fortunately, Du Wei quickly turned his eyes away, and then waved his hand to let this
Boy, get out.
He...he knows?
Muse's heartbeat was one hundred and eighty, and she fled Du Wei's study in panic.
"Huh. Mrs. List...she has good intentions." Du Wei took a look at the list left by the muse, and then sighed: "But, doesn't she know a famous saying? War, let women
Go away!"
Du Wei looked at the time and saw that the sun was almost overhead.
Hmm. Her Royal Highness the Saint must be waiting impatiently.
He then slowly changed his clothes, and then came to the door of the saint's lounge.
As soon as he arrived at the door, Du Wei heard a woman's laughter coming from inside. He opened the door and saw Mrs. Liszt and Her Majesty the Saint sitting together. The two beautiful women were talking and laughing happily, as if they were very happy.
A familiar look.
Du Wei walked in, stretched exaggeratedly, and then said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, your sudden arrival surprised me. It's really rude of me to keep you waiting for so long."
The saint saw Du Wei coming in, stood up, nodded towards Du Wei, and then said: "Your Excellency, if you want to give me any excuse for 'meeting with generals', then forget it. I think, now
Everyone knows where your brave generals are."
Mrs. Liszt also saluted Du Wei. Du Wei smiled, squinted his eyes, and looked at the shrewd widow: "Madam, I just met your brother, and he made a very difficult request to me.
Did I get your permission?"
"Yes, sir. If it's not troublesome for you, please agree to it." Mrs. Lister sighed: "I think there is no more effective way to speed up a person's maturity than a cruel war.
Moreover, I won't worry about his safety by your side."
"War can indeed make people mature faster." Du Wei looked at Mrs. Lister and said thoughtfully: "Especially men."
Mrs. Lister's expression did not change at all: "Thank you for your understanding."
Du Wei pointed at the two of them: "Have you known each other before?"
"Of course." Mrs. Lister smiled: "Many years."
Then the woman glanced at Du Wei's expression and said goodbye with a smile: "I think the Duke must have many things to discuss with His Highness, so I will take my leave first."
When she walked past Du Wei before leaving, Du Wei said something quickly in her ear, which made Mrs. Lister's expression change.
"In the future... let's find a new swordsmanship teacher for Muse, female teacher." Du Wei said in a calm tone: "He has grown up, and there will be a lot of physical contact in swordsmanship."
However, the change in Mrs. Lister's expression only lasted for a second, and then she regained her composure: "I will consider it. Thank you for your opinion."
Then, she left and the door closed. Du Wei let out a long sigh. He walked up to the saint and sat down in a chair. He said lazily: "Okay, let's talk about this.
When you came here, why?"
"Is this how you treat a lady? Please pay attention to your manners." The saint said calmly.
"Come on." Du Wei pointed at the other person's nose: "You are not my friend, we know this very well. There are no outsiders here now. I am too lazy to make those gestures. And... to be honest, I didn't use a broom to drive you away.
Outside the northwest, there is a lot of tolerance that is rare."
Only then did the saint smile. She smiled very charmingly. She even took off the veil from her face and sat in front of Du Wei. She looked at Du Wei and her voice was a little sweet: "If I say that I am
I’m here to cause trouble for you, will you really do this?”
Du Wei thought about it for two minutes: "Maybe... it depends on how much trouble you are causing. If it is a big trouble, I don't mind causing an accident and letting you die in the northwest. I think. Dear Regent
The king will definitely not object. Of course, we will all squeeze out a few tears at your funeral."
The saint laughed, her laughter was unrestrained, even a little unscrupulous. She moved closer to Du Wei with an intimate gesture. Du Wei smelled the fragrance of her body, but he dodged to the side as if he was poisoned.
: "Don't do this to me. Your Highness...I am not that stupid boy from the Marquis de Seine's family who was harmed by you."
"What if I'm here to help you?" The saint sat back in her seat.
"Oh?" Du Wei laughed, and then said: "You said you want to help me? Then my first reaction is to cover my wallet tightly. Then I look around to see if I have fallen into any trap. Dear Your Highness,
I am a person who likes to joke a lot...but I don’t have the habit of joking with my enemies.”
"You lack a sense of humor." The saint sighed: "Let's be honest, I can give you a great benefit. But I also have my conditions."
Du Wei crossed his legs and looked at the woman with squinting eyes: "Let's talk about it...but let me remind you first, I have a huge appetite, and it's hard to impress me with ordinary benefits."
The saint gave a "hum" and said leisurely: "You know, there is a guy named Gu Hua Duoluo under Lu Gao of the Northwest Army."
Du Wei stopped laughing and sat up straight: "Of course, Guhuaduoluo, he once led troops to surround my capital, and he is one of Lu Gao's most trusted direct generals."
"Look." The saint smiled, her smile was like a flower blooming: "You have been moved by me, haven't you?"
Du Wei looked at this woman's smile and narrowed his eyes...
The prologue of the war started with an official document from the imperial capital.
"His Majesty the Roland Empire issued an order and a military order from the Imperial High Command. This is to order Lu Gao, Commander of the Northwest Army of the Empire, and the generals of the Northwest Army. The Imperial Military Headquarters has decided that due to the raging northern monsters, the Storm Legion has entered into a large-scale reorganization. The Northwest Army and the Storm
The legions exchange defense zones, and the Storm Legion takes over the northwest theater. The Northwest Army is ordered to prepare all matters to depart within one month after receiving this order, and follow the march route specified by the military headquarters to head to the northern theater of the empire. The northwest legion takes over the northern theater.
There will be no changes to the personnel arrangements within the Northwest Army. The commander of the Northwest Army, Lu Gao, was granted the title of marquis and made the commander of the northern theater, and all officers and soldiers in the army received double pay. The defense change must be completed within one month, otherwise military law will be imposed.
(Signed) Rob Schell, Acting Minister of War, Imperial Military High Command, Imperial Regent."
This official document was delivered to the Watt Fortress of the Northwest Army at almost the same time, and an identical copy was already placed on Du Wei's desk.
There is no doubt that after the contents of this official document were spread, even idiots knew that a war was about to begin.