Because the distance between Jinfeng City and Mud City is still quite far, it will take twenty days to reach the destination at the earliest, and because Covance led the team to take the official road, Liu Xing and the others do not need to worry about bandits and bandits who are not long-sighted, or all kinds of monsters who come to find trouble for their group.

So in order to pass the boring time, Liu Xing and others specially found a carpenter to make a deck of playing cards when the team was resting in a small town, and then Liu Xing and others gathered in a big carriage to pass the time.

If it weren't for the fact that Covance needed to lead the team, maybe he would have played cards with Liu Xing and others with his two sons and scumbags.

I have to say that playing cards can also be regarded as a good way to socialize, Liu Xing and others and the scum have become good friends who "talk about everything".

Therefore, Liu Xing and the others got a lot of useful information from the three scumbags.

First of all, about the origin of the name of Mud City - when the Skaven Kingdom was choosing the address of the new capital, the then king found the great elder of the Scurry clan and inquired, because the previous great elders of the Scurry clan are all famous "feng shui masters" on the mainland, so many famous cities on the mainland are selected by the great elders of the Scurry clan.

As a result, this time, the Grand Elder of the Scurry Clan chose the new capital of the Skaven Kingdom on a swamp.

King Skaven at that time was also confused after receiving this answer, after all, if he wanted to build a city on a swamp, and it was a large city at the level of a national capital, it would take a lot of construction problems to overcome.

However, at the insistence of the Grand Elder of the Scurry Clan, the then King Skaven accepted the suggestion and established the Mud City with the help of the Scurry Clan... Originally, the original name of the mud city was Ceylon Law City, but because many people called it Mud City because it was built on a swamp, the nickname of Mud City replaced the original name of Ceylon Law City.

Of course, the city of mud is still officially known as the city of Ceylon.

Hearing this, Liu Xing began to look forward to Mud City, after all, Liu Xing had never seen a city built on a swamp, which reminded Liu Xing of a game called "Might and Magic", in which there was a race that built their city in a swamp.

In addition to the origin of Swamp City, the two Corvin brothers also mentioned the relationship between the Kingdom of Skaven and the City of Light.

Although the City of Light is only a city in name, in fact it is already a small city-state, and its status is a bit like a combination of the Vatican and Switzerland in the real world, because the City of Light, as a city dominated by the Church of Light, issued a statement of "permanent neutrality" at the beginning of its establishment.

As a result, the Skaven Kingdom, as the largest country adjacent to the City of Light, naturally wants to eat the fat of the City of Light, so the Kingdom of Skaven has always wanted to include the City of Light into its territory, but it has not been able to do so, after all, other countries do not want to see this happen.

Therefore, although the current Skaven Kingdom and the City of Light have a good relationship on the surface, as missionaries of the Church of Light, the two brothers know that the branch of the Church of Light in the Kingdom of Skaven actually exists in name only, because there are only members of the Church of Light of their own nationality in the branch of the Kingdom of Skaven, which is impossible in the branches of the Church of Light in other countries, even in the tribes of the orcs.

In this war initiated by Louis, the Church of Light has made it clear that it will not send military forces to help the Skaven Kingdom, and at most some priests will be responsible for treating the wounded.

This is also a big blow to the Skaven Kingdom, after all, there is no real "war doctor" on this continent except for priests, so it is foreseeable that in the next war, there will be a large number of casualties among many soldiers because they do not receive timely treatment.

Speaking of which, the two brothers did not forget to ask Liu Xing to treat their father when necessary, because as missionaries, they did not know how to use holy light.

Liu Xing naturally agreed.

After playing playing cards in the car for more than ten days, Liu Xing and the others finally came to the capital of the Skaven Kingdom, Mud City.

As the name suggests, Mud City is a little dirtier than the city Liu Xing and the others have seen before, and the city walls have been covered with mud shells, and Liu Xing heard from the scum that this layer of mud shells outside Mud City is still blessed by his father with magic, which can have a better protective effect.

As for the ground near Mud City, it was also specially treated at the same time as the establishment of Mud City, so when Liu Xing stepped on the stone road, he vaguely felt as if he was stepping on the sofa.

It's a very wonderful feeling.

Because Liu Xing and the others had a special identity, after Covance ordered his men to take the troops to the barracks outside Mud City, he personally took Liu Xing and the others to meet Louis, the current king of the Skaven Kingdom.

This time, Liu Xing and the others finally had a closed door - because His Majesty Louis was discussing national affairs with the generals, so please wait for a while in the side hall.

As for Covins, he was meeting with the other lords who had already arrived in Mud City in another place.

In the side hall, Yin En took a sip of wine and complained: "It seems that this Louie wants to give us a dismount." ”

"After all, we are here on behalf of the Empire, and it is impossible for an arrogant guy like Louis to greet us at the first time like Cowens, because he wants to frustrate our spirit and let us know who is in charge here." Zhang Jingxu said with the old god there.

Liu Xing nodded and said with a smile: "Actually, this is quite good, at least Louie didn't directly let us go back first, which shows that Louie still doesn't dare to offend us easily, so wait a while, Yin En, don't give Louie a face, lest we both can't get off the stage." ”

Yin En shrugged his shoulders and said: "Then it depends on Louie's attitude at that time, if he dares to continue to pretend here, then I will definitely not give him a good face, anyway, I am the first knight of the empire in addition to being a brave, if I hadn't joined the brave team, the mercenary captain who led the team to the Skaven Kingdom now should be me." ”

Just as Yin En was bragging about it, Ding Kun suddenly said, "Do you think that this mud city is very likely to suddenly sink in the swamp?" ”

Liu Xing and the others were stunned for a moment, and then they understood what Ding Kun meant.

Zhang Wenbing stepped on the floor hard, and then said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out, after all, Mud City is the only city built on a swamp on the mainland, although there seems to be no problem on the surface now, but everyone knows that Mud City may be destroyed at any time... If the Plague Clan sends people to destroy it from the bottom up, I'm afraid that Mud City is really in danger of sinking. ”

Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of rats will make holes.

Naturally, the nezumi people have not forgotten their ability to make holes.

If the Plague Clan can afford to spend a lot of money, they might be able to get Mud City into a swamp.

But most importantly, this is the Cthulhu Run game hall, so Liu Xing can be sure that the sinking of Mud City is only a matter of time.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing frowned and said: "If I were the leader of the Plague Clan, I would choose to destroy Mud City in these two days, because the army of the Skaven Kingdom has gathered in Mud City, as long as the operation is successful, not only can the Mud City disappear, but it can also severely damage the army of the Skaven Kingdom, especially the morale!" ”

Zhang Jingxu nodded and said affirmatively: "If this is the case, the army of the Skaven Kingdom will definitely lose morale, and it will only take one defeat to defeat the army, so it is necessary for us to remind Louis later." ”

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived.

At this moment, a young man dressed in gorgeous clothes, but with a short stature and an ugly face, walked into the side hall surrounded by everyone.

Obviously, the young man was Louie.

The moment he met Louie, Liu Xing also understood why Louie's personality was so bad.

Regardless of ancient or modern, Chinese and foreign, human beings are always a creature that looks at faces.

Louie, who is not in good physical condition, and his legitimacy as a king is not high, so Liu Xing can be sure that Louis will receive all kinds of ridicule from all sides in secret, so it is normal for Louie's personality to tend to be extreme.

And beside Louie, Liu Xing also saw a man who was about the same age as Louie, this man could be said to be standing on the opposite side of Louis - tall, handsome and handsome, and always maintained a kind smile, giving a very good first impression.

The most important thing is that Liu Xing knew that this man was Bonaparte, because his family crest was embroidered on his clothes - an irise.

In the real world, the fleur-de-lis is the coat of arms of the French royal family, so in the kingdom of Skaven, only the royal family is eligible to use the fleur-de-lis on their own coat of arms.

So Liu Xing can be sure that this man is Bonaparte nine times out of ten.

Now Liu Xing knows better why Louis is in such a hurry to make a contribution, because Bonaparte has made him feel a threat, and the most important thing is that Louis has no way to directly solve Bonaparte.

After Louis entered the side hall, he immediately walked in front of Zhang Jingxu to express his apologies, and Zhang Jingxu also put on a social smile and had a good deal with Louie.

Then Louis invited Liu Xing and others to participate in today's dinner together, and Zhang Jingxu naturally agreed.

Then Liu Xing and the others were taken by the maids called by Louis to the room that had been arranged in the palace to rest temporarily.

I don't know if Louis did it on purpose, Liu Xing and others live in a small courtyard of a single house, and Liu Xing and others live in this small courtyard.

Before leaving, the maid did not forget to tell Liu Xing and the others not to leave the small courtyard casually, because the terrain in the palace is too complicated, and people who come here for the first time can easily go the wrong way, as for the banquet held tonight, she will come to pick up Liu Xing and the others before the banquet starts.

"It is clear that Louis is putting us under house arrest in disguise, not wanting us to have too much contact with other people, especially Bonaparte, during this time." Liu Xing said with a smile.

"Three, three, four." Yin Eun played the playing cards in his hand and said, "The beautiful man standing next to Louis should be Bonaparte, right?" His image and temperament completely crushed Louis, presumably for Louis Bonaparte is the child next door, and there are many people who want Bonaparte to take his place, so Louis wants to make achievements as soon as possible to stabilize his position. ”

Zhang Wenbing on the side played three sixes and eights, and said: "The most important thing is that Louis has no other way to suppress Bonaparte, after all, princes of Bonaparte's level are no longer something he can handle casually, and if Bonaparte is given a few more years of development time, I think Bonaparte only needs to ascend to the heights, then the kingdom of Skaven will have to change." ”

Liu Xing nodded, looked at Zhang Jingxu and Ding Kun who were playing chess outside, and said: "But judging from the conversation between Louie and Zhang Jingxu just now, Louie's guy didn't plan to reuse us, so he chatted with Zhang Jingxu about some of the things that he didn't have, and directly ignored us, it seems that Louie just treats us as mascots sent by the empire, so from this point of view, Louie is really a little bad, and he didn't know how to win us over at the first time and strive for our support." ”

"So I'm betting with you that Bonaparte will definitely come to us at today's dinner, and will show us kindness." Yin En said with a raised brow.

"Do you need to talk about that? Bonaparte, who exists as the opposite of Louis, will definitely come to us for cooperation, after all, we are here to represent the empire this time, so as long as Bonaparte has some ideas about Louis's position, then he will definitely come to us at today's dinner to have a good chat, not to mention that this is still a trick to kill two birds with one stone, because Louis will definitely send someone to monitor tonight's banquet, especially Bonaparte and us will focus on monitoring, as long as Louis knows that we and Bonaparte have a good conversation, Then Louie's character will not reuse us, so that Bonaparte can guarantee that we will not join Louis's side. Zhang Wenbing analyzed seriously.

Liu Xing shrugged his shoulders, played the remaining two cards in his hand and said, "Wang Fang, it seems that I won this hand; But we still have to plan for tonight's banquet, we can't be calculated by Bonaparte for no reason, right? And we'll have to find a way to meet Wellington, at least first. ”

"And the mercenary leaders from the Empire, after all, they are our strongest backing." Yoon added.