Chapter 378: The Jackal's Secret (Part II)

Hou Dasheng nodded in understanding. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info very simple, if you are coerced by the other party, you will never let you away from your sight. If they choose to escort, such as a giant wolf coming up. And after the giant wolf unlocks the lock, those escorts will be attacked by the authorities.

Upon entering the gate, a thin man in a tuxedo, gold-rimmed glasses, who looked about forty years old and wore an English wig, stood on the edge of the door and smiled at the three of them, saying, "Mr. Nicholas Carter, it is a pleasure to meet you!" You are also welcome to arrive at the base. Then, this friend of yours can go to rest first, and the other gentlemen are already waiting for you in the conference room. ”

"Louie, I'm glad to meet you too. This is my personal security, and he can go and rest. But this is my heir, so he needs to follow me to the conference room. The giant wolf whispered to the man, "Please arrange it." ”

The man named Louis smiled slightly when he heard this, and bowed slightly to Hou Dasheng and the giant wolf: "Okay, according to the rules of the council, your heir can accompany you to the conference room." But I would like to remind you that once the heir is confirmed, this is unchangeable. Are you sure? ”

"I'm sure." The giant wolf nodded, and then a man flashed out behind Louie at some point and made a "please" gesture to the hound. The wolf nodded to the hound, and the hound followed the man away. The giant wolf and Hou Dasheng followed Louis to the depths of the passage after the hound left.

Inside, there is a heavy iron door engraved with various Western mythological monsters. Louie took off his gloves and pressed them down on a three-headed dog of hell. Then I heard the electronic identification sound of "drip~drip~drip~", and after a while, the iron door opened with a "click......click".

But I saw that there was a hall inside. From the crevice in the rock, there are three passages to get here. Almost everywhere there are different people, verifying. The verification methods also vary, and it is completely unknown where the other forks in the road will lead.

The hall is not particularly large, but it looks like it is about a hundred square meters. Bright lights hung on the rock walls, and a thick carpet of luxury was laid on the floor. And not far in front of Hou Dasheng and the giant wolf, there was a huge pentagonal table.

Five sides, each with a huge chair. The back of the chair is so high that it looks almost two meters. The shadow of the entire chair completely obscures the face of the person sitting on the chair, making it difficult to see. On four of the chairs, people were already seated.

There was only one chair, which was empty. After Louis introduced the giant wolf and Hou Dasheng into this conference room, he quietly retreated. The giant wolf pushed away Hou Dasheng's support, and with great difficulty, he walked to the empty chair with two crutches and sat down slowly.

"Actually, you can ask your heir to carry you over, it's nothing." An old voice sounded, and Hou Dasheng couldn't help frowning. This voice, he is very familiar. But for a moment he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

Sitting on the chair, the giant wolf who hid his body in the shadows smiled and said, "I'm not dead yet, I can still move." It didn't get to the point where you needed to even sit in your own place and need to be supported. Even though I'm dying, at least I'm not dying now, am I? ”

The voice fell silent, and the other three did not speak again. At this time, the owner of the chair sitting in the top corner heard a voice: "Since you have identified your heir, we need to let him meet us and get to know the council according to the rules of the council. ”

Saying that, the chair "Bang Bang Bang~!" There were three rounds of applause. Suddenly, the entire hall lit up. At this time, Hou Dasheng finally saw clearly the owner of the voice he felt familiar with just now, and he ...... It turned out to be the representative of the legion who had been to Huaxia to attend his wedding!

"It's a pleasure to see you again, Tiger's nephew." The old man smiled at Hou Dasheng and said softly, "Although I guessed, you will eventually arrive here." But what I didn't expect was that you would come so quickly. Fate is always very impermanent. ”

Hou Dasheng didn't speak, he just patted his head and looked at the other people. The outfits of those people are very familiar to Hou Dasheng. At the same time, he was even more shocked. The old man at the top was wearing a tuxedo. He looked to be about seventy or eighty years old, with a gray beard and well-groomed snow-white hair.

On his left side was a priest! And according to his attire, Hou Dasheng can intuitively see that this is a cardinal archbishop. However, in Hou Dasheng's impression, there does not seem to be a current cardinal archbishop who matches the image of this old man.

What surprised Hou Dasheng even more was that to the right of the old man in the tuxedo was a very old rabbi. The rabbi seemed to be the oldest man here, and he couldn't see a few hairs on his head. The eyelids drooped, revealing a saggy. The whole person looks like he is about to die.

Below the priest was the representative of the Legion whom Hou Dasheng had introduced to him at the wedding. At that time, Benoit did not say who the old man was or what he was responsible for. But now Hou Dasheng knows very well that this old man is undoubtedly the chief commander of Benoit's legion!

And under the rabbi is the giant wolf. Hou Dasheng looked around, then lowered his head and said nothing. This scene is a little beyond his imagination.

"First of all, I would like to give you a general explanation about the past and current situation of service providers." The old man at the top looked at Hou Dasheng and said softly: "This is something that you must know as the heir of Nicholas. Of course, I won't explain it to you if it's too detailed. There will be archives here that you can look through. ”

The old man simply didn't care about Hou Dasheng, and talked about the past and current situation of the service provider. Originally, there was no such thing as a service provider. The earliest appearance of service providers was during the Crusader period. The Crusades lasted nearly 200 years and were eight large-scale expeditions.

The army dispatched at that time naturally did one thing in addition to fighting: plundering. Plunder. What can be looted needs to be exchanged for currency. They need to trade, they need buyers and sellers. At the same time, it also needs to be safe, and the benefits they have obtained are transported back to the people they want to deliver.

At that time, there were only a few priests who could be trusted. Moreover, the priests were escorted by the army at that time, and their safety was more easily guaranteed. The First Crusade lasted three years. During the three years, a large number of letters, money, and looting had to be digested and transported.

The prototype of the service provider appeared at that time. Some of the priests, using their credibility and prestige, set up a special station in each occupied area for trading, transportation, and correspondence. This is the service station. At the time, these priests did not do it alone.

They reverently reported the matter to the Holy See, which had no objection to it. Because they can be charged, they can take a cut of all transactions, so why not?! Originally, it was just a few transactions within the Crusaders. But gradually, it developed to the point where even the other party knew about the situation at these sites.

Some of the people on the other side began to contact the service station with a fluke mentality. They want to sell some of what they have while they have some secret negotiations. For example, if they capture a nobleman, it will be a blow to his reputation if that nobleman is redeemed in the open.

However, if more money is given, then they do not mind secretly releasing the nobleman and at the same time hiding the fact that he was captured and protecting his reputation. The Holy See acquiesced to these things, and shady transactions began to appear in the service stations. Then came the buying and selling of information.

During this period, there have been cases of robbery or assault by people who disregarded the security of the service station. As a result, the Legion began to intervene in the operation of the service station. At the same time, the Jews, who were the most adept at running the business, joined in. They don't ask for much, just a seat and a voice.

The church didn't think much of this nascent service station at the time, because the power of the church was too great at that time. The service station is only able to provide them with some income, and it is still alone. So they don't mind having more Jews here.

However, the development of the service station has been beyond their expectations step by step. With more than 100 years of Eastern Crusade War, the particularity of the service station allowed him to continue to exist in the original territory after the war. At this time, the religious character of the service station began to fade. Because it is too obvious religious characteristics, the other party will never allow it.

In order to obtain intelligence information, but also to ensure this continuous income. The Holy See chose to keep a seat in the service station, and the service station began to operate independently of the Holy See. At this point, the service provider began to be established. At the same time, the seats of the four service providers were also established.

Each service station of the service provider itself will select a representative to occupy a seat and lead the operation of the service station. The Holy See, the Legion, and the Jews, each occupied a seat. An unexpected event occurred at this time - the legion was abandoned by the Holy See and attacked by the French emperor.

Fortunately, the legion already knew some news in advance and transferred most of the assets and main core backbones. As a result, the Legion also broke with the Holy See. But service providers always need a reliable armed force to deter those who pretender and those who do not follow the rules. The first generation of jackals has thus entered the field of vision of service providers.

"Inheriting Nicholas's position, you will no longer be a customer of the service provider...... The old man at the top looked at Hou Dasheng and said softly: "You...... are our collaborators. ”