At the last banquet, more than twenty days have passed since Du Wei secretly returned to the castle and held talks with Luo Xue and Queen Medusa in the castle.
As for the secret of Duke Tulip coming back and then leaving quietly, not many people knew about it. Only a few people like Vivian and Philip knew about it.
As for the news from outside, Duke Tulip is still busy with magic research and has not returned from abroad.
Philip is very busy these days, and he is also a little nervous.
The first reason was that last time Du Wei came back in a hurry and left in a hurry. Before leaving, he handed over the power to himself. Moreover, Philip saw a hint of anxiety and panic on Du Wei's face. He could be sure that Du Wei
Wei may have encountered some trouble.
Moreover, the adults have been away for more than 20 days without even a message...
The second reason is because of Princess Louise in the city and the future princess, Miss Delly.
Ever since Miss Delly came to Loulan City and sent someone to contact the saint secretly, Philip became even more certain: this future princess is definitely not simple! Especially now that everyone knows that the Tulip family
He and the other party's family have actually become political enemies.
These days, Philip has deployed several times more manpower to secretly monitor the Southern Chamber of Commerce where Miss Delly and Princess Louise live. Moreover, the two eldest ladies refused to live in the castle. Even Philip later came to
As a result, Mrs. Liszt even invited the princess to live with the Liszt family, but such an invitation was rejected.
Considering the friendship between Princess Louise and Mrs. Lister, she actually refused such an invitation, so it must be Miss Delly, the future princess, who is the culprit.
Philip asked Uncle Alpha to lead the whole team. They would rotate day and night to closely monitor the two noble ladies.
The news received was extremely mixed. Miss Dai Li was not restless these days in Loulan City.
It is said that she met with representatives of more than a dozen southern chambers of commerce at one go. Later, she even personally attended nine banquets held by representatives of those chambers of commerce. This move is somewhat puzzling.
After all, Miss Delly's identity is the future princess, and she may even become an imperial concubine! Her brother is the commander of the Imperial Army! Such a proud woman actually puts aside her status to fight with those vulgar businessmen.
Regiment. In the eyes of any true aristocrat, it would be an act that is beneath one's status.
Moreover, according to the news from the surveillance person, this Miss Delly is really well-connected, or in other words, she doesn’t put on any airs and is willing to go to any lengths for anyone! In just a few days, Delly
At the chamber of commerce headquarters where the young lady lives, countless people come to visit and contact her. There are merchants selling fur goods, jewelry merchants, livestock merchants, and even the leader of a small mercenary group. It is as big as a provincial chamber of commerce.
From a boss to a shop owner in a certain city, Miss Dai Li has seen more than 40 customers in total these days!
According to the order issued by Philip, manpower was assigned to monitor all the guests Miss Delly met.
After verification, the information collected in Philip's hands did not contain any valuable information.
"Is she just meeting these people to chat and drink tea?"
The Alpha Knight below has already begun to complain.
After all, Miss Delly has a wide range of contacts, and Alpha does not have many spies after all. At the same time, they have to take care of the news exchange in the northwest grasslands, so only part of the manpower remains in the city. These days, Miss Delly has met
There were too many people, and every guest had to be followed, monitored, and investigated, so Alpha Knight began to run out of manpower.
The more weird Miss Delly behaved, the more uneasy Philip felt! The more certain he became. There must be a reason for this woman to come to the northwest!
Moreover, Philip could not focus all his energy on Delly.
Before Du Wei left, he entrusted all the power in the northwest to Philip. Now young Philip has become the temporary head of the entire Tulip family territory! Every day, various official affairs from various places are passed back, waiting for his decision and arrangement.
Finally, on this day, someone suddenly came back to report that they saw the escort knights and servants in the Chamber of Commerce where Princess Louise and Miss Delly were stationed. They were nervously packing their bags, carriages and horses, and seemed to want to leave.
"Are they leaving?" Philip felt a sudden thought. He frowned deeply, and suddenly asked: "Has there been any news from the clan in the past few days? Didn't Her Highness the Saint make any noise?
?”
The subordinates immediately replied: "No, it is still the same as usual. Her Royal Highness the Saint will go to the Holy Knights every three days to preach the doctrine. But three days ago, after Her Royal Highness returned from the Holy Knights, she sent someone to ask for hope.
She can be allowed to follow the clergy of the religious institute to the family's private army to comfort the soldiers and preach the doctrine. However, this news has been reported to you a long time ago, and you have not approved it."
Phillip nodded: "That woman wants to preach doctrine in our army...Humph, God knows what she wants to do, so just ignore her and leave her alone."
Philip walked up and down the room, thinking hard about Miss Delly.
Did the future princess really come to Loulan City, stay there for twenty days, attend a few banquets with a group of merchants from the chamber of commerce, and then return home? This is what she came to the northwest to do.
?The dignified princess came to the northwest specifically to meet a few vulgar businessmen?
In any case, even if there are any doubts in his mind, he can't stop someone from leaving. After all, the other party has a distinguished status. If he just leaves, he can't go and check.
"Have someone follow them all the way out of the city..." Philip sighed, feeling a little helpless. He had a strange feeling, as if he had been tricked.
After watching his subordinates go out, Du Wei's number one staff member suddenly felt something in his heart. He dug up the detailed information and lists of all the guests Miss Delly had seen these days. She also found the servants under her who had entered and left the chamber of commerce.
Headquarters, where he went, who he met, all the information, Philip turned it out again and read it again.
Finally, after flipping through the list again, Philip suddenly picked up a quill on the table and quickly circled three names on the list of chambers of commerce that Miss Delly had contacted.
Because, on this list, the three names he circled are different from the other people on the other lists!
The leaders of these three chambers of commerce all met with Miss Daili yesterday! And according to the information collected by their subordinates, they all arrived in a hurry before they met with Miss Daili.
Loulan City!
According to detailed verification, the three leaders of the chamber of commerce, just before returning to Loulan City, each took their caravans and ran to the north of Desa Province. It is said that they went to sell horses and furs.
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Three businessmen who came back from the north at the same time went to see Miss Delly on the same day?
Phillip's heart immediately moved, he quickly stood up and walked to the wall.
Hanging on the wall was a map of the Province of Desa. Philip's eyes flashed, covering the northern area of the Province of Desa on the map, searching carefully.
Soon, his eyes suddenly stared... North!
north?
There is actually no other important place in the north of Desa Province, except for one! And it is the core area that is crucial to the Tulip family!
Gilliatt City!!!
After a moment of thought, Philip immediately asked someone to find the official documents of all the chambers of commerce and caravans entering and leaving the province of Desa. He quickly dug out the three chambers of commerce whose names he had circled, and found out
After checking where they went in the north before returning to Loulan City, Philip was even more frightened!
It turns out that these three caravans had almost all approached Gilliat City!
Because Gilliat City has become the family's production base, outsiders are not allowed to enter. Therefore, any passing caravans cannot enter there and can only go to surrounding cities to do business.
And these three business groups all stopped in a small town closest to Gilliat City a few days ago, and they stayed there for two days!!
"Hmph! Three medium-sized large business groups are staying in a small town with a population of less than 2,000 at the same time! What kind of business are they doing? What kind of business can they do in a small town like that? And they can do it quickly.
Do it for two days?! There must be a ghost!!"
Phillip sneered on his face, he finally found the flaw!
"Come here! Come here!" He shouted, and immediately his subordinates walked in.
"Are there any official documents or news reported back from Gilliat City?"
The subordinate immediately shook his head: "Sir, we will hand over all the official documents to you as soon as possible every day, and there will definitely be no leftovers. There has been no news from Gilliat City in the past two days. Everything is fine and there is nothing wrong.
Special things... I think what happened last time should have taught them a lesson, and now they should strengthen their security and defense forces..."
While this subordinate was talking, Philip suddenly glared and shouted: "What did you say! What happened last time! What 'learned a lesson'?!"
He suddenly took two steps forward and grabbed the henchman's clothes with force: "What happened last time!!"
Seeing Philip's reaction, his subordinates couldn't help but feel a little scared: "Last time...last time, in the routine report sent back from Gilliat City, it was said that a slave escaped there, but the four slaves who escaped, in the end,
They were all found by the soldiers who were chasing them. All four of them were dead, and no one escaped alive..."
"Damn!!" Philip was furious: "Why wasn't this kind of thing reported to me?!"
The men quickly shouted: "Sir! How dare I hide such a thing! But this happened more than twenty days ago! At that time, Duke Tulip himself was in Gilliat City. In that matter, the Duke himself
It has been processed. So it was not reported back separately, but only filled in in the monthly routine notice... And, I remember, when I brought that routine notice in, you... you
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"What am I?" Philip frowned.
"You saw that there were words of approval from Duke Tulip himself on it, so you didn't pay attention to it anymore."
Phillip was stunned for a moment, and then sighed.
Indeed, he seemed to vaguely remember such a thing. After all, the Duke was in Gilliat City some time ago, so as for the things in Gilliat City, basically, the Duke, the top leader, was there.
, I don’t have to worry about it. Therefore, all official affairs related to Gilliat City are handled by Du Wei on the spot, and only the monthly routine official document report is sent back to the Governor’s Mansion for storage. My part
I am also busy with time, so I don’t pay much attention to the news in Gilliat City. After all, the Duke is personally in charge, does he still need to pay attention to it?
But Philip didn't know that although Du Wei was in Gilliat City those days, Du Wei was busy studying how to hatch dragon eggs. He didn't pay much attention to the official affairs in Gilliat City.
"Quick! Get that official document back for me! I want to see it! I want it now!" Philip looked anxious.
It was rare for his subordinates to see this always calm and calm man showing such an anxious look, so they rushed out in a hurry, and a moment later, an official document was handed into Philip's hands.
Philip flipped through it and his eyes immediately changed!
After reading it carefully, Philip stood up. His face was still a little hesitant, but then a trace of absolute certainty flashed across his face!
He suddenly took out a gold tulip badge from his arms, and then summoned the palace guard Elder Yan.
"Old Yan! You take this badge of mine and leave the city immediately to the military camp, and order General Longbottom to lead a thousand cavalry within a moment, go around the city to the east, and hunt along the main road!! Princess Louise and Princess Louise must be captured.
Princess Daili and her entourage should be intercepted by me!!"
After hearing this, Lao Yan's expression changed and he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Sir! Intercept... send troops to intercept the princess and the princess?"
Philip's face was gloomy, and he said bitterly: "The matter is urgent now, there is no choice! I know this matter is very serious, intercepting the princess and the princess's carriage... Humph. If it were anyone else, I'm afraid I wouldn't dare. Only Long can do this."
General Patton dares to do it! Hurry! Go quickly! If you are late, something big will happen!"
Lao Yan gritted his teeth and was about to go out. He took two steps but came back, gritting his teeth and said: "Sir... what if... what if they resist during the interception?"
Phillip's face was covered with frost and he said in a deep voice: "Except for the princess and Princess Delly... anyone else who resists will be killed without mercy!!"
When Lao Yan heard this, his heart trembled!
Darling, it seems something big has happened!
Once this kind of thing comes out, it will be terrible! After taking a deep look at Philip, Lao Yan was heartbroken. After giving a military salute to Philip, he turned around and ran out like the wind.
Philip returned to the table, grabbed the official document again, and looked at the handwriting on it carefully...
"Three days ago, three fugitive slaves in our city sneaked out of the ditch on the evening of the second day. Soldiers chased them for two days. At noon on the third day, their bodies were found behind a hillside fifty miles east of the city. After verification, they were found to be fugitives.
He lost his strength and fell to death. The identities of the three slaves are..."
What shocked Philip was that the identities of these three slaves in Gilliat City were that two were responsible for different processes on the gunpowder assembly line! And the other one was responsible for the production of "Decepticon"
The broomstick of the Sky Knights!!
Humph! On the way to escape, he lost his strength and fell to death?
joke!!
Philip's face turned frosty: "What a Miss Delly, what a Princess Delly!! It turns out she wants to steal the foundation of our Tulip family!!"
Whether it is gunpowder or broomsticks, they are the top-secret weapons of the Tulip family that now stand on the continent!!
After thinking of this, Philip immediately strode out of the door and summoned his men:
"Prepare your horses!! All the guards on duty must assemble! Come with me out of the city to do something important!!"
"Send the order to the Decepticon team! Order all the people left behind to set off for me! Search eastward. The search covers an area of 600 miles! Find me the whereabouts of the princess and Princess Delly at all costs!"
After giving two orders in one breath, Philip gritted his teeth and announced: "Give me another order! The person who is found first will receive a reward of 10,000 coins! He will be promoted to the third level!!"
Philip knew that he had no power to reward officials, but he knew even more that things now no longer allowed him to follow the rules!
Because, if the secrets of gunpowder and broomsticks are lost, the Tulip family’s military advantage will be gone forever!!