Chapter Twenty-Three: A Very Empty Boy
"General Estes, the suppression in the north is very beautiful, and the most rewarding, I have prepared 10,000 gold for you."
The little emperor opened his mouth, this was a very majestic few words, but when it came to the little emperor's mouth, it changed taste, and the slight children's voice had no sense of majesty, as if the primary school students were reading the text.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will reward these soldiers who have killed the enemy bravely, and since I have returned, I will definitely annihilate the 'Night Raid' that affects His Highness's sleep."
Estes spoke to the little emperor by claiming to be me, and not a subordinate.
Su Xiao glanced at the ministers beside the little emperor, and then at Estes, maybe the empire is because these two people are in power.
"Then it's going to be a trouble for the general, but except..."
The little emperor was talking, and Su Xiao's gaze suddenly sharpened.
"There are enemies."
Su Xiao looked at Estes.
"Are you sure?"
"Sure."
"Kill!"
Su Xiao got up and rushed towards the side hall on the side of the main hall.
"What is this?"
The little emperor was stunned, and the ministers on the side were also puzzled.
"This is one of my subordinates, and he has discovered that there are enemies in the palace, and it could also be the thieves of the 'Night Raid'."
Estes no longer half-squatted, but stood up.
Two minutes later.
Bang.
A bloodied corpse was thrown out of the side hall and stopped at Estes's feet in a few circles.
Su Xiao's figure walked out of the side hall, his body stained with some blood, holding a blood-dripping dragon slashing flash with the tip of a knife in his right hand, and a broken firearm in his left hand.
This corpse is a contractor, Su Xiao has long sensed the other party, he didn't pay attention to it, it is normal for the imperial capital camp to have its contractor.
But this guy pointed the muzzle of the gun at his head, and it took more than ten seconds, and it was clear that he had locked on Su Xiao.
With a growing sense of danger, Su Xiao could conclude that the other party was using a certain skill to charge up and prepare to kill with one blow.
Su Xiao couldn't bear it anymore, so he broke out decisively, and rushed in front of this guy to kill him with two knives.
With Su Xiao's perception, aiming at him at close range was simply looking for death.
"The gun belongs to the Assassins?"
Estes knew that Su Xiao didn't use a gun, at least she hadn't seen Su Xiao use it.
"Yes, I thought this was the palace guard just now, but he locked the muzzle of his gun on a certain position for too long, and he pointed the muzzle of the gun at the emperor, which is not the behavior of the guard."
Estes groaned for a moment.
"Your Highness, is this the guard in the palace?"
"This ......"
The little emperor looked at the minister as if he was asking for help, and from this it could be seen how much the little emperor relied on the minister.
"Someone."
The minister let out a loud roar, and several guards immediately rushed into the main hall.
"Is this man a guard?"
The Chancellor's questions were quickly answered.
It's a guard, not a guard of the main hall, but a low-level guard who guards the gate of the palace.
It is self-evident what this kind of guard represents when he enters the main hall with a gun.
"Sure enough, there are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, come and reward gold."
On the orders of the minister, the guards served a plate of gold.
Estes's face was cold, and the minister's behavior was obviously trying to poach people.
"Minister, my subordinates, I will personally reward."
Hearing Estes's somewhat unkind tone, the minister laughed apologetically.
"I'm so confused, some of them were frightened by the assassins, don't mind General Estes."
The minister is cunning and cunning, and he knows that he can't be hostile to Estes, otherwise he will definitely lose both.
"In that case, let's go back first, and I'll take care of the 'Night Raid' matter."
Estes gestured and left.
"Wait a minute, I've got a good idea for dealing with 'Night Raid'."
The minister picked up a slice of four-ripe meat and put it in his mouth, and a trace of blood slipped from the corner of the minister's mouth as he chewed.
"Listen up."
Estes didn't want to get into trouble with the minister, and the minister began to recount his plans.
The minister's plan was simple, let Estes's men assassinate some 'disobedient' officials near the imperial capital, and after assassinating the officials, they would pour dirty water on the 'Night Raid', that is, the night raid troops, and the night raid troops would not tolerate this kind of thing, so that the night raid troops would be exposed.
The plan may seem like a bit brainless, but it's not.
The Chancellor's target was not to attack the troops at night, but to the 'disobedient' officials, who simply wanted to use the hand of Estes to eliminate dissidents.
"Of course, General Estes will not run in vain, and this season's military spending will be increased by thirty percent."
The minister is worthy of being a cunning man, knowing that Estes doesn't love money, so he simply helps Estes expand his armaments.
"Is that so... All right. ”
Estes agreed, the minister smiled, and the little emperor sat a little bored.
The major affairs of the country are basically decided in this way, the little emperor is not without power, after all, he can control the supreme emperor, and the little emperor has no intention of managing it at all.
"Your Highness, what happened to the batch last night, I will help you prepare it again tonight......"
The minister laughed lewdly a few times, and the little emperor's face turned red, and his eyes were full of expectation.
The little emperor, as a faint monarch, how could he not be a good woman under the guidance of the minister, but the age of the little emperor is too young, at most fourteen or fifteen years old.
Su Xiao suspected that the reason why the little emperor was thin was because of his excessive indulgence and his nutrition could not keep up.
The minister and the little emperor walked towards the back of the main hall, and Estes looked at the Three Beasts and Su Xiao.
"I'll leave this to you, but I have other ideas."
Several people walked towards the outside of the main hall, and after leaving the main hall, the three orcs were ordered to assassinate the 'disobedient' officials, and Su Xiao did not go with them, this was arranged by Estest.
……
The next day, on the outskirts of the imperial capital, the headquarters of the army was attacked at night.
"Now let's talk about the reason for summoning everyone."
The leader of the night raid force, Najeshitan, sat in front of a dozen people, a one-eyed, one-armed, white-haired royal sister with a severed arm replaced by a dark green metal arm and a black blindfold on her blind eye.
In front of Najehitan were several main forces of the night attack force, and there were some fresh faces around, these were contractors, contractors who were not weak.
Najeshitan held up a piece of paper with the emblem of the Night Raid Force to show the crowd.
"There were several homicides in the imperial capital last night, and the victims were all imperial officials who had a tendency to defect to our revolutionary army, and they were still wavering, and there was still this one left at the scene."
Several members of the night raiding unit were silent for a moment.
"This is obviously a splash of dirty water, and only the minister can do this kind of thing, and there will never be anyone else."
Brand the ace of the night raid force spoke, his strength in the night raid force is definitely in the top three, the emperor is 'haunted by demons and operation armor', the armor is like an emperor, the emperor's usual appearance is a sword, and it can be transformed into armor when fighting.
"That's true, at first the people didn't believe that we did it, but now they believe it."
Najehitan's tone was a little heavy.
"Why?"
Tazmi, a newcomer to the Night Raid Force, opened his mouth, he is a country boy from the border of the Empire, who has justice in his heart and wanted to join the Imperial Army, but after witnessing the darkness of the Imperial Capital, he coincidentally joined the Night Raid Force.
According to the information of the original book, Tazmi may not be the protagonist, and the protagonist of the world of Slashing may be another person.