Zhang Jingxu touched the back of his head with some embarrassment, and said: "Eh, how do you say this, I think His Majesty the Emperor should issue such a mission to me, but because my messenger is still on the way, I haven't officially received this task yet." ”

Chen Zixuan smiled, shrugged his shoulders and said: "I see, but Zhang Jingxu, you don't need to worry, anyway, there is still about a week before we go to Ruszia, after all, it is still quite troublesome to mobilize this army of tens of thousands of people, so it will take at least a month for us to reach Ruszia, as long as Zhang Jingxu and your messenger can come back before this." ”

Zhang Jingxu thought for a while and said: "Then there should be no problem, although my messenger is a little unreliable and often late when delivering information, she will eventually complete her task... So now I want to ask Chen Zixuan a question for you, that is, why His Majesty the Emperor sent you to the Skaven Kingdom. ”

As soon as Zhang Jingxu said this, the atmosphere at the scene instantly became a little tense.

Liu Xing looked at Zhang Jingxu with a surprised face, he didn't expect Zhang Jingxu to suddenly ask Chen Zixuan this question, after all, this question is really too sensitive.

After being silent for two minutes, Chen Zixuan sighed and said, "Why are you asking this question?" The reason why we came to the Skaven Kingdom is, of course, because His Majesty the Emperor received an invitation from King Louis of Skaven to send troops to help the Skaven Kingdom quell the rebellion and deal with the plague clan entrenched in Ruszia. ”

Zhang Jingxu didn't intend to end the topic like this, so he showed a meaningful smile and said, "Oh, is that really the case?" ”

Although Chen Zixuan is quite young, his qi cultivation skills are still quite good, so Chen Zixuan still said calmly: "That's right, at least the task I received from His Majesty the Emperor is like this, if Zhang Jingxu has any opinions, you can choose to contact His Majesty the Emperor directly, anyway, you could have communicated directly with His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Zhang Jingxu nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, it seems that I am thinking too much." ”

After Zhang Jingxu finished speaking, he still focused his eyes on Chen Zixuan's face.

This is a very impolite behavior, so Liu Xingdu began to worry that Chen Zixuan would not be able to help but get angry.

A few minutes passed like this, Chen Zixuan kept ignoring Zhang Jingxu's gaze and drank tea slowly.

As for Liu Xing and the others, they were a little restless, because if Zhang Jingxu offended Chen Zixuan because of this, then this would not be good news for his party, after all, the imperial mercenaries led by Chen Zixuan were the most important backing for Liu Xing and others.

But Liu Xing and the others also knew very well that the reason why Zhang Jingxu treated Chen Zixuan like this should be that after getting the hint from the KP husky, he wanted to get in touch with Wellington through Chen Zixuan, because Chen Zixuan, as the leader of the imperial mercenaries, must know about Wellington's existence.

I have to say that Zhang Jingxu is taking a risky move.

It is actually very simple for the empire to support Wellington to ascend to the throne of the Skaven Kingdom, because the strength of the empire has completely crushed the Skaven Kingdom, so the empire can directly send troops to occupy the Skaven Kingdom, and then make Wellington a puppet king of the Skaven Kingdom.

But if the empire really does this, then many subsequent things will be very difficult to deal with, because if the empire really does this, it will be a slap in the face, after all, the empire has only issued an announcement that it will never take the initiative to send troops for a few years; The second is to completely conquer the Skaven Kingdom, an ancient country that has been established for thousands of years, this is not an easy thing, not to mention how many soldiers and horses will be lost in the battle, the empire must spend a lot of energy and time after occupying the Skaven Kingdom, in order to solve the Skaven Kingdom's turbulent and endless resistance forces, I am afraid it will take decades to truly incorporate the Skaven Kingdom into its own territory.

Therefore, for the Empire, if it wants to annex the Skaven Kingdom at the minimum cost, it can only secretly support a spy family like Wellington, and then find a suitable time to push them to the throne, so the Empire may have spent thousands of years planning this matter.

Therefore, it can now be said that the empire has invested heavily in this matter, so the empire does not want to see Wellington's identity exposed in advance.

If nothing else, the only person who knows Wellington's true identity in the Skaven Kingdom is probably Chen Zixuan... Except for Liu Xing and others.

Therefore, Liu Xing estimated that Chen Zixuan would not disclose this matter to his party in advance, even if his party was deeply valued by the emperor.

After all, there are some things that the fewer people who really know, the better.

Zhang Jingxu probably thought the same way, so Zhang Jingxu retracted his gaze and said, "If Chen Zixuan needs any help, just tell us, because we are all strangers now." ”

"Of course." Chen Zixuan said with a smile: "I'm definitely not polite." ”

The atmosphere became harmonious again.

After chatting for a while, Chen Zixuan suddenly said: "Zhang Jingxu, you should have discovered it, the current Scarwin Kingdom can be described as a turbulent undercurrent, King Louis is really a little useless, and his prestige in the country has reached a dangerous value, and Bonaparte, who has a bad relationship with him, is in the Scarwin Kingdom, if I guess correctly, Louis should have been planning to attack Bonaparte, but for us strangers, these things have nothing to do with us, So I hope Zhang Jingxu don't get involved in this dispute, after all, we are now representing the empire. ”

"Of course, Bonaparte came to me at yesterday's dinner, and he kept hinting to me that he wanted to replace him, but I don't think it's reliable, because although Bonaparte's prestige is much higher than Louis's, Bonaparte's soldiers and horses are definitely inferior to Louis's, so I am not optimistic that Bonaparte can get back his original position, unless he can get more support." Zhang Jingxu said seriously.

In order to make up for the problems that may have occurred before, Zhang Jingxu deliberately looked at Chen Zixuan when he said "more people", in order to give Chen Zixuan an illusion and make Chen Zixuan think that what he was just talking about was actually Bonaparte, not Wellington.

Chen Zixuan's face remained unchanged, and after taking a sip of tea, he said: "Zhang Jingxu, you are doing a good job, just in terms of Bonaparte's actual terms, he must not be able to compare to Louis, because Louis is still the king of a country no matter what, and the resources he can use in his hands are much more than Bonaparte, but now it cannot be ruled out that Bonaparte will ascend to the top and the possibility that the princes from all over the country will respond, and I have heard that Bonaparte and the first heir of the Scurry clan have been in contact." ”

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, this was not good news for his group.

If Bonaparte really reached a cooperative relationship with the Scurry clan, then Bonaparte would become the most favorable contender in the battle for the throne, because the Scurry clan was much stronger than the imperial mercenaries, so when the time came, combined with Bonaparte's own prestige in the Skaven Kingdom, Wellington would probably be difficult to compete with Bonaparte.

So.

Liu Xing suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and finally understood that the "help" mentioned by Chen Zixuan before was probably to hope that his party would assassinate Bonaparte.

Liu Xing suddenly wanted to go directly to Bonaparte, but Liu Xing also knew very well that now his group had been regarded as a thief ship, and if he really turned against Bonaparte, then the enemy country would not let his group go.

Therefore, it is better to join the Wellington forces honestly.

At this moment, Rodriguez suddenly walked in, "General Chen, that Louie guy is looking for you again." ”

Chen Zixuan sighed and said helplessly: "Louie, that guy is very worried that Bonaparte will come to plot against us, so he will come to me every day to talk about some of what he doesn't have, so as to ensure that I don't have time to contact Bonaparte... Zhang Jingxu: You don't want to go with me to see Louie, right? ”

Liu Xing and the others nodded decisively.

So, Chen Zixuan got up and said: "Then I'll go see Louis now, after all, he is still the king of the Skaven Kingdom, I can't snub him casually, but according to the experience of the past few days, I don't think Louis will leave me without two or three hours, so Zhang Jingxu, if you are bored, go first, let's talk about it later; Rodriguez, you greet the brave men in my place. ”

After speaking, Chen Zixuan left directly.

After Chen Zixuan left, Rodriguez said with a smile: "Louie, that guy is really a little nervous, since we entered Mud City, Louis has been running to us every day, or sending people to invite us to the palace for banquets, in short, so that General Chen has no personal time to contact Bonaparte, and Louis has also planted a lot of eyeliner on our camp, and there are thirty or forty people I know." ”

It seems that Louis is really a suspicious person, but unfortunately he still guessed the wrong answer, and Chen Zixuan had no intention of "cooperating" with Bonaparte.

Since the main owner had already left, Liu Xing and the others chatted with Rodriguez for a few words, and then left the camp of the imperial mercenaries under Rodriguez's farewell.

As a result, Liu Xing and the others had just left the camp of the imperial mercenaries when they found that someone was following them from a distance.

Liu Xing and the others thought that they were sent by Louis, but when Liu Xing turned back, they found that the stalker turned out to be a scumbag.

While the Scurry clan's nezumi aren't uncommon in Mud City, there aren't too many well-dressed nezumi like the scumbag, especially since he also holds a wand of excellent quality.

After being discovered by Liu Xing, the scum came over a little embarrassed, "I didn't expect all the brave adults to also go shopping in the city." ”

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and said, "Scumbag, you have something to say, I know you must have something to come to us." ”

The scum looked around before nodding and saying, "That's right, I did have something to do with you, because the two brothers, Master Covance and Covin, were under house arrest by Louie. ”

Liu Xing and the others were shocked, they didn't expect Cowens and them to be put under house arrest by Louie, no wonder they didn't see Covens and them last night.

But why is that, and it's easy to see that Covance is deliberately not recruiting enough soldiers?

At this time, the scum continued: "Here's the thing, after Lord Covance sent Liu Xing to see Louis yesterday, Louis arranged for the envoy to check and accept the soldiers recruited by Lord Covance, but because the number of soldiers recruited by Lord Covance was too small, the envoy scolded Lord Covance in front of the other lords, and as a result, Lord Covens did not hold back his anger, so he directly shot and beat the messenger, so Louis directly put under house arrest Lord Covance and Cowen, the two brothers, But most importantly, Mr. Cowens, they were placed under house arrest in the Bastille prison in the city of Mud. ”

Bastille?

Of course, Liu Xing and others are very familiar with the Bastille prison in the real world, and the Bastille prison in this world is also dedicated to all kinds of special prisoners, including several uncles of Bonaparte.

But most importantly, since the Bastille was built, not a single prisoner has been able to get out alive, because the prisoners in the Bastille prison are generally sentenced to life imprisonment.

Of course, in addition to incarcerating prisoners, the Bastille prison also served as a house arrest for some erring nobles, so as to set an example.

But about half of the nobles who were placed under house arrest in the Bastille ended up staying in the Bastille for the rest of their lives.

That's why the scum came to Liu Xing and the others, because he was worried that Covance would never be able to leave the Bastille prison again, and now the best people who can rescue Covance and the others are Liu Xing and the others, because Liu Xing and the others are the VIPs of the Skaven Kingdom.

Even from the perspective of conspiracy theories, it is very likely that the reason why Covance and others were placed under house arrest in the Bastille is because Louis wants to get a favor from Liu Xing and others, because Covance is not enough to be imprisoned in the Bastille in terms of the mistakes he made. Not to mention, Covance is also a marquis.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing and the others of course agreed to the scumbag's request, and were ready to find an opportunity to intercede with Louie.

However, knowing that Louie was still chatting with Chen Zixuan, Liu Xing and the others returned directly to their residence, and asked the maid to convey the information that Louis and his group wanted to see.

After dinner, the maid came over and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, His Majesty Louis has agreed to your request to see you, but His Majesty Louis only wants Lord Zhang Jingxu to go alone. ”

PS: I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow, and in order to avoid affecting the normal rest of the candidates, we will stop tomorrow for a day.

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