Rockwell Empire, in the meeting hall of the imperial city.
Although the ministers of the empire were sitting on chairs, their bodies were trembling as they looked at His Majesty Austin, who was sitting in the middle of the hall, wearing white robes, a crown, and a smile. They did not dare to say a word.
explain.
But many of them are curious as to why His Majesty Austin is smiling all over his face today!
You know, ever since the sixth princess of the empire was inexplicably poisoned, the temperament of the current emperor Austin and Rockwell has become particularly irritable. Several ministers have been demoted by His Majesty Austin because they were caught in the crossfire.
Houses were searched, especially the commander-in-chief who was responsible for guarding the imperial city, who was demoted from a marquis to a slave. This made the ministers in the court feel anxious all day long, fearing that they would be targeted by His Majesty Austin, who had a sudden change of temperament.
In response to this, the ministers throughout the dynasty were helpless except cursing the murderer who poisoned the Sixth Princess every day.
However, those ministers saw that His Majesty Austin finally showed his long-lost smile today, and they were secretly wondering about the emperor's thoughts, and said to themselves, "Could it be that His Majesty was the mastermind behind the poisoning?"
Sitting high in the center of the hall, Austin and Rockwell naturally had a panoramic view of the expressions of the ministers below, with an unpredictable smile on their faces.
Seeing Austin's smile, the minister below started to think rapidly, imagining various possibilities.
"Ministers, are you curious as to why I am so happy today?" Austin said with a hearty smile.
"Your Majesty, we are ignorant, please make it clear." The ministers below said neatly.
Being able to sit in the imperial council chamber, all the ministers present are old officials and are well versed in the ways of being an official. They know very well what things they should ask and what things they should not ask. So they are unanimous.
Kick the ball back to Austin.
"Haha! I'm in a very good mood today because our empire has a young talent who has solved a problem that has been bothering me for a long time." Austin said with a smile.
Austin's words were not loud, but the ministers below heard it clearly, and all of them were beating up in their hearts. What's more, they were already prepared, as long as His Majesty revealed the lucky man's name.
name, they will immediately woo him.
A low voice of conversation suddenly sounded in the discussion hall, and many ministers were whispering.
One or two people whispering may not be a big deal, but if hundreds of people whisper together, it is like a heavy rain, or like thousands of pythons crawling through the grass at the same time, and the entire meeting hall suddenly falls into a trance.
In chaos.
If it were normal times, no matter what, they would not dare to talk nonsense in the empire's meeting hall. After all, they would be beheaded.
But the situation is different now. They are such a large group of people making noise together. If they are held accountable, it will be done all at once. Without such a large group of people, the empire will probably fall into turmoil.
As the saying goes, the law does not blame everyone, this is exactly the truth.
And judging from the expression on His Majesty Austin's face above, it seems that he has no intention of blaming them. That's why these people are so cowardly and openly making noise in the empire's meeting hall.
As for the reason why they dared to take this risk, there was no other reason for the collective noise. As high-level figures in the empire, they naturally knew very well what problems had been troubling His Majesty Austin in front of them recently.
Your Majesty's favorite sixth princess, Andile, was poisoned. The poison was so rare that even the great palace doctors were helpless. Although your majesty was so angry that he killed all the maids and guards who served the sixth princess.
But the murderer has not yet been found.
Therefore, there are only two issues that worry Your Majesty the most. One is the culprit behind the scenes who ordered people to poison the Sixth Princess, and the other is how to remove the strange poison from the Sixth Princess.
If you just catch the culprit behind the poisoning, His Majesty will not be so happy. Although the Tian family is ruthless, the Sixth Princess is His Majesty's biological flesh and blood, and she is also his most beloved daughter. If the Sixth Princess comes back,
It's a strange poison, and even a father like him wouldn't be happy about it.
Since the murderer may not have been caught, it must be that the antidote to the poison poisoned by the Sixth Princess has been found, and this is also the reason why the ministers present are making small calculations.
Because, in order to find the materials to detoxify the Sixth Princess as soon as possible, His Majesty Austin went to the Mercenary Guild to issue a Transcendent A-level mission, and the rewards for the mission were extremely attractive.
Let’s not talk about the reward of half a million gold coins. Anyone who gets it can live the rest of his life comfortably. For example, the noble title of earl can make countless people fight for it for a lifetime.
You must know that the Rockwell Empire has always valued merit, not full merit. Even Austin, the emperor of Rockwell, cannot grant others a title of nobility without reason, and he is still an earl.
Although according to the noble titles of the continent of Augus, they are: prince, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron. At first glance, the earl is just a middle-level title with no front and no back.
But don’t think that just the title of earl is very low. Even the lowest baron requires a soldier with the position of captain of thousands to be eligible for nomination. This shows how difficult it is to obtain noble status. To complete a task like this,
It is almost rare to be able to directly obtain the title of earl. If it were not for the fact that the person who was poisoned this time was the sixth princess of the empire, who has a distinguished status, the old antiques in the Imperial Noble Hall would not agree to such a reward of a noble title.
But this was not what really tempted those ministers. The real reason was the third reward of the mission: a promise from His Majesty Austin.
How exciting is the promise of a reigning emperor! With such a promise, it is easy to get any official position or territory you want. Even if you don't use this promise, keeping it is a good talisman that can be used when necessary.
In this case, please ask His Majesty to help and ensure the safety of your family.
Because of this, the ministers in the meeting hall were so excited, looking eagerly at His Majesty Austin above, waiting for him to say the name of the lucky man.
For a moment, all the whispers in the hall temporarily stopped and became extremely silent.
Facing the gazes of the ministers, Austin smiled calmly and said, "It is said that Zhang Yunfeng has entered the hall."
Austin's voice sounded particularly loud in this silent hall, echoing continuously throughout the entire meeting hall.
As soon as Austin finished speaking, the next moment, the whole place was once again plunged into unprecedented noise, and the content of the quarrel among the ministers was nothing more than:
"Have you ever heard of Zhang Yunfeng?"
"Do you know who Zhang Yunfeng is?"
"Is there a family with the single surname Zhang in Combedari?"
However, the discussions among the ministers did not last long before they were shocked by the young man with black hair and black eyes who walked in from outside the meeting hall.
They looked at Zhang Yunfeng with surprise as he slowly walked onto the red carpet in the center of the meeting hall.
What shocked them was not his extremely rare long black hair. After all, although there were many black-haired people on the continent of Augus, there were still a small number of them. Zhang Yunfeng's black hair and black eyes were not enough to make them shocked.
These experienced old foxes were shocked.
What really shocked those ministers was Zhang Yunfeng's age. Yes, it was exactly his age. With Zhang Yunfeng's appearance, he was already at his peak at the age of twenty-five, but such a young man would stump the entire Rockway.
The problem of your empire has been solved, how can this not shock these ministers!
You must know that the content of the Transcendent A Grade mission promulgated by His Majesty Austin can only be completed by hunting the gallbladder of the ninth-level monster, the Green-Scale Earth Python. However, the Green-Scale Earth Python can only be found inside the Despair Forest, and the Despair Forest can be
The world calls them the Four Jedi on the Mainland, and the dangers among them cannot be underestimated.
Especially inside the Forest of Despair, high-level monsters are running rampant, and even saint-level warriors may fall if they are not careful. In addition, the green-scaled python itself is a super monster that can compete with saint-level warriors.
Hunting such super monsters in the Forest of Despair where monsters gather is impossible without the help of three or two saint-level experts.
Although the Rockwell Empire is one of the three major empires in the human kingdom, and there are many powerful people in the empire, saint-level powerhouses are not cabbages. They can have as many as they want, even if they are from the Rockwell Empire.
Thousands of years of experience would not exceed double digits. Let two or three such super masters go to the Forest of Despair to die. Even if Austin, the king of the empire, was willing, the old antique in the noble hall responsible for supervising the empire would not be willing.
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Because of this, this task has become so difficult. Even His Majesty Austin, the emperor of a country, has to issue a mercenary task, hoping that strong people or strong people from other countries will take action to complete this task.
But now, it seemed impossible for even a single saint-level powerhouse to complete the task, but this weird young man in front of him was able to complete it. No wonder those ministers were shocked.
While those ministers were observing Zhang Yunfeng, Zhang Yunfeng was also quietly observing those ministers, as well as Austin, the king of the empire. Although this was Zhang Yunfeng's first time to attend such an occasion where high-level officials from the empire gathered, he was more or less confused mentally.
He was a little nervous, but this did not affect Zhang Yunfeng's normal rationality. With his extraordinary psychological endurance, he was naturally immune to the aura of superiority from those ministers who had been in high positions for a long time.
If it had been anyone else, he would have been so frightened by the gazes of many high-ranking empire officials that his legs would become weak.
Zhang Yunfeng simply ignored the visits from the ministers. He focused his attention on the middle-aged man sitting on the luxurious throne in the middle of the hall, at the end of the red carpet.
Zhang Yunfeng's first impression of Rockwell XVII Austin, the current emperor of the Rockwell Empire, was not fearful or majestic, but rather amiable, yes, kind.
On the surface, Austin seems to be about fifty years old. His long golden hair extends from the shining golden crown and flows freely with the flow of air, giving him a look like the lion, the king of beasts.
He has a majestic demeanor. But the seemingly eternal smile on his face, and the fat belly that can barely be concealed under the snow-white clothes, give him the amiable aura of a neighbor's uncle.
Although this is not the style that an imperial king should display, Zhang Yunfeng does have a good impression of this very kind middle-aged man in front of him.
"Good day, Your Majesty!" Zhang Yunfeng walked to the center of the red carpet in the hall and bowed politely to Rockwell XVII Austin, who was directly in front of him, using the court etiquette he had just learned.
The originally messy long hair has been neatly tied up by those careful palace maids, and his sunny face, set off by his luxurious palace clothes, gives Zhang Yunfeng a polite and polite temperament.
"Haha! Young man, please forgive me. You don't have to be so formal. Just relax and treat it as your own home." Austin on the throne narrowed his eyes and said with a smile.
"Forehead!!"
Zhang Yunfeng was taken aback by Austin's kind tone. The one who could be the emperor didn't sit on the throne by stepping on the corpses of other heirs to the throne, and the emperor in front of him was too weird.
Not only him, but also the ministers were confused by His Majesty Austin's performance today.
When have they ever seen His Majesty treat a young man with such kindness? He also allowed him to treat him as his own home without being formal. This is the meeting hall of the empire. If Zhang Yunfeng treats this place as his home, wouldn't it be a gift to him?
Zhang Yunfeng, the treatment of the royal family is incredible.