The knights who stayed in the hall immediately walked out of the hall after hearing the noise outside.
Heavy metal armor, with neat steps, the sound of low footsteps suddenly sounded.
"Count Zhang Yunfeng, your Majesty has invited you to come with us!"
The young knight at the head walked up to Zhang Yunfeng and bowed in salute.
"Haha! Commander Alex, we meet again." Zhang Yunfeng waved his hand and said hello to the young knight.
This Alex was the young commander of the Royal Knights who accepted Austin's order and summoned him to the palace when Zhang Yunfeng stayed at the hotel last time. Zhang Yunfeng and Alex were also considered acquaintances.
"What are you doing standing here? Come on! Please sit down inside!" Zhang Yunfeng looked at Alex, who was wearing a military uniform, with a smile, then turned to the housekeeper Sarah behind him and ordered: "Go!
Let the people below prepare some delicious food and greet the subordinates led by Alex."
After saying that, he took big steps and prepared to walk into the living room.
"Yes, Master." Sarah nodded.
"no no!"
Alex grabbed Zhang Yunfeng and said quickly: "Your Majesty's command is to ask Earl Zhang to enter the palace quickly. Please be prepared and follow us into the palace quickly!"
Stopping and looking back at Alex, Zhang Yunfeng asked, "There's no need to be in such a hurry! Do you know what business your Majesty has with me?"
"I don't know about this either. Your Majesty just gave us an order to leave the palace and ask Earl Zhang to come into the palace as soon as possible. As for what matters your Majesty has to discuss with the Earl, I don't know very well. However, Your Majesty asked us to drive
It must not be a bad thing to come to meet the Earl in the royal carriage. Maybe I will give the Earl another reward! The Earl is a popular person in His Majesty’s eyes. To be honest, this is the first time for me to bring the royal carriage with me.
The carriage came out to convey the message," Alex said with a smile.
"Your Majesty is so flattering that he even brought out the royal carriage to receive me. I really deserve it!" Zhang Yunfeng agreed. But he was laughing secretly in his heart; "That old fox Austin is so willing to give up.
The royal carriage came to receive me, hum! It must have taken a fancy to my things again, I don’t know if it was because of my ‘Wings of Wind’ or my ‘Flying Skateboard’?”
In recent times, he has been in a lot of limelight and exposed a lot of things.
Things like 'Wings of Wind', 'Flying Skateboard', 'Pulse Amplifier', and even some of the secrets of the computer bracelet have been revealed.
There are many valuable things in it, but the only ones that can catch the eye of Austin, the king of the empire, are the 'Wind Wings' and the 'Flying Skateboard'.
It’s no wonder that Austin has his idea. After all, both the ‘Wings of Wind’ and the ‘Flying Skateboard’ are of great strategic significance.
It can be used in everything from setting up a flying air force to reconnaissance, gathering intelligence, or even escaping.
Last time, Zhang Yunfeng just took out a metal net, and Austin was attracted by the forging technology inside. Now the 'Wings of Wind' and 'Flying Skateboard' are no less effective than the smelting technology of high-quality metal. Austin
It would be strange not to be moved.
After thinking about this, and with Alex urging him from the side, Zhang Yunfeng stopped dawdling and told Sarah that if Anna and the others came back, he would tell them where they were going, and then follow Alex directly.
.
"Wow! It is indeed a carriage specially designed for the palace. Compared with the carriage I made before, there is no comparison at all."
After getting on the carriage parked at the entrance of the mansion, Zhang Yunfeng couldn't help but sigh.
There is really nothing to say about this carriage, let alone the outside. The inside is all made of gold, and it is also pure gold with a very high purity. It is golden in color and exudes a dazzling light like the sun. The carriage is also paved.
Wearing a soft blanket made of the fur of high-end magical beasts, it really has the reputation of being exclusive to the palace, and it is extremely luxurious.
Seeing Zhang Yunfeng get on the carriage, Alex also got on the horse with his knight subordinates.
"Pah! Pah!"
The knights swung their whips neatly and slapped them on the horses' backs.
"Fight! Fight!"
The horses were in pain and began to restless. The knights exerted their thighs slightly and clamped the horse's belly. The horses suddenly turned into sharp arrows from their bows and galloped down the street.
Under the leadership of Alex and others, Zhang Yunfeng once again entered the Rockwell Imperial Palace located in the central city of Combeda.
But entering the palace this time is different from the last time.
After Zhang Yunfeng entered the palace this time, he was not taken down by the palace ladies for inspection, bathing and dressing. Instead, he was taken directly to a side hall by Alex.
"Meet your Majesty, Count Zhang Yunfeng has brought you here."
Alex led Zhang Yunfeng into the side hall, and took the lead in making a knightly salute to Austin, who was sitting on a major case in the middle of the side hall, reviewing documents.
"Good day, Your Majesty." Zhang Yunfeng also saluted Austin.
Of course, he is now a noble. As a noble, he does not need to bow down to anyone. He only needs to nod slightly and touch his chest with his hands.
Whether facing a prince, a prince, or even the king of the empire, Austin, this is the privilege of the nobility.
After seeing the two people come in, Austin immediately looked away from the documents on the big case. After the two people saluted, he waved to Alex and said, "You completed your task very well.
You go down first!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Alex gave Austin another knightly salute, and then quickly walked out of the side hall.
"Peng!"
With a low sound of the door closing, Zhang Yunfeng and Austin were suddenly the only two people left in the side hall.
"Zhang Yunfeng, do you know why I summoned you to the palace today?" A majestic and irresistible loud voice sounded in the side hall.
"I am stupid, I don't know what your Majesty's orders are when you come to me!" Zhang Yunfeng said.
"Bold!" Austin shouted softly.
"I don't know what happened to offend Your Majesty, but I would like to ask Your Majesty to make it clear." Zhang Yunfeng said.
"Hmph! Tell me what crime you should be guilty of for deceiving me." Austin stared at Zhang Yunfeng with flashing eyes. The aura of an upper-level sword master, mixed with the unique imperial aura of a king, was heading towards Zhang Yunfeng below.
"It's unfair! Your Majesty, I have nothing to hide!" With the help of Xiao Jiujiu, Zhang Yunfeng easily withstood the intimidation given to him by Austin. However, he still showed a trembling look, his handsome face turned pale, and he shouted that he was wronged.
"Unjustly accused!" Austin snorted coldly; "You kept it secret from me. I have already investigated this matter clearly, and the evidence is conclusive, but you still dare to shout that you are unjustly accused in front of me."
"Your Majesty, I really don't know what you are talking about. How can I hide anything from you?" Zhang Yunfeng said pretending to be aggrieved.
Austin's gray brows raised and he shouted: "Well, I would like to ask you if you made the alchemy tool 'Wings of Wind' that was recently auctioned by Jasmine Auction House."
"'Wings of Wind' was indeed made by me." Zhang Yunfeng nodded.
"That's right. Since you created the 'Wings of Wind', how dare you say that you didn't deceive the emperor." Austin slapped the desk in front of him fiercely and immediately said with authority; "You kept it secretly.
What’s your intention if you don’t report flying alchemy props with strategic significance?”
"Your Majesty! You have never asked me this before! How can you say that I am hiding something or not? No way. I will tell you before I make any alchemy tools in the future! I am afraid of disturbing you, Your Majesty.
?" Zhang Yunfeng said pitifully.
"Well, I won't pursue the matter of concealment." Hearing this, Austin's face changed slightly, but he still asked angrily, "I ask you, such a strategic flight
Why didn’t you report the alchemy props to the military department immediately instead of sending them to Jasmine Auction House for sale?”
"Your Majesty, when I first arrived in Combeda, I was very poor and didn't even have a place to live here. So I wanted to sell some things to get some money so I could buy a mansion to live in instead of living in a hotel every day.
!" Zhang Yunfeng said quickly.
"Nonsense! The emperor clearly gave you five hundred thousand gold coins, which is more than enough to buy a mansion. How dare you say that you have nothing to gain and are penniless." Austin got angry when he got the chance.
Zhang Yunfeng raised his head, looked pitifully at Austin above and said: "Your Majesty! You don't know this. This Combeda is the imperial city of my Rockwell Empire, and every inch of that land is precious.
With the 500,000 gold coins your Majesty gave me, it is no problem to buy a mansion in a civilian area. But I am an earl personally named by Your Majesty. If I randomly find a mansion in a civilian area, wouldn't it be a loss of face for you?
What will others say about you behind your back?"
"That's why I thought of finding a mansion in the aristocratic area, so that it can be worthy of His Majesty's royal grace!"
"But your Majesty, you also know that in the aristocratic district of Combeda, the housing prices are higher than the last! With half a million gold coins, not to mention buying a decent mansion, even renting one will not last long.
.I was forced to do nothing by the affairs in the mansion, so I came up with this idea and went to Jasmine Auction House to auction some things in exchange for money! Your Majesty, you can learn from this!"
Even though Austin had been in office for ten years and was used to seeing countless insidious and cunning scenes, he was still dumbfounded by Zhang Yunfeng's remarks about "housing prices are expensive".
Although he deliberately found an excuse to make Zhang Yunfeng surrender, and then obediently handed over the design of the 'Wings of Wind'.
But Austin didn't expect that Zhang Yunfeng's mouth was so powerful that hundreds of thousands of gold coins would depreciate countless times in value in his mouth.
No matter how expensive the land in Combeda is, it is not so high that you can’t buy a mansion with hundreds of thousands of gold coins. If this were really the case, the small nobles in Combeda would have rebelled long ago, and there would still be Shengping there.
situation.
But Zhang Yunfeng also said that he bought a large mansion specifically to protect his reputation as the emperor who bestowed upon him.
Although this reason is somewhat far-fetched, Austin can't accuse Zhang Yunfeng just because of this reason!
Isn't this a slap in the face in front of others? What's more, it's a slap in the face by oneself. Austin, a majestic emperor of a country, cannot afford to humiliate this person.