Edward stretched out his hand and pressed Ellen's thumb, shook his head and said, "Let's get down to business, you must have heard something in Hoy, otherwise you wouldn't know that it was not easy to go north." ”

Alan found a comfortable chair and sat down, and said, "I also thought before, this time it will definitely not be so easy to go north." Not to mention the long distance, you have to pass through many cities during the period, and you need to open up all the joints. Coupled with our intention to invest in the second prince's banner, the eldest prince and the fourth prince will definitely not let us pass the test so easily. But it wasn't until I met Huo Yi that I realized that the people and things involved in our trip north this time were far more complicated than we imagined. ”

"No, Huo Yi was the first to jump out and stop me. Although the old marquis was mostly well-intentioned, he had no intention of releasing the water. If I can't even pass this hurdle, I'll probably have to go back and continue to be my viscount. ”

Edward nodded, "I've heard about your fight with Hoy, and the news is spreading faster than you think." Honestly, how much did Huo Yi contribute at that time? ”

"He's six and I'm eight."

"Then you ......"

Alan knew what he was thinking, shook his head and said, "If it's just a competition, it's true that Huo Yi has more chances of winning." But when it comes to hard work, the last person standing is definitely me. We didn't fight directly, but I knew it would turn out that way. There is no truth to this kind of faith, but in the end it will be true. Huo Yi is old after all, and his family has a big business. I dare to fight, but he may not be willing, so Huo Yi put aside his words at the beginning and didn't fight with me. On the surface, I took advantage of it, but in fact he made a trick for me to drill, and the kind I had to drill was really an old fox. ”

"But you have always passed his level, this matter is very important for us to go north, at least we can brush up a bunch of unnecessary trouble."

Hoy meant the same thing, and in my opinion it was a mixed bag. There is less unnecessary trouble, and so is our cover-up. ”

Edward knew what he meant, if it wasn't for Huo Yi's action, the people in the north would have no reference for Allen's strength, then they could still deliberately show weakness and fish in troubled waters. But now that Huo Yi's gun has tested Allen's depth, if someone wants to deal with them, he will naturally not give them a chance to get through the trick. Edward said lightly: "Since this is the case, then we will kill all the way above and above in the open, until those people are afraid." ”

Alan thought for a while, nodded and said, "Also, if we can't even do this little thing, how can we mix in the imperial capital." ”

"Speaking of which, what does Huo Yi say about the situation in the Northern Capital?"

"A pool of muddy water." Alan smiled bitterly, and then told Huo Yi everything he said.

In addition to the relationship between the crown prince and the prince. Behind those princes, there are also factions involved. In today's empire, under Targario the Great, there are two important ministers. One is the military boss, the Imperial Marshal Rodek who controls the two super legions; The other is the former Prime Minister Nebbert. These two people are one literary and one martial, one left and one right, both of whom are the emperor's arms.

The rest of the officials, led by two people, stood in their own positions. During the period, the relationship was complicated, and non-three or two languages could be clear.

Over the years, Rodek has led to an attack on the Duchy of Shadows, completely annihilating this alien kingdom located west of the empire to prevent future troubles. But Targario has not taken a position on this matter, and Rodk's proposal has been strongly opposed by the officials led by Nedette. In recent years, Nebbot has proposed a series of reforms, advocating the elimination of the lordship system established by the first emperor, and the rest of the knights should not have their own armies except for the marquis and above. All armies should be centralized for the empire, so as to rein in the empire's force and weaken the real power of the territories.

Targario the Great also did not take a position on this matter, and it is not difficult to see from the Emperor's attitude of discussing changes with Nebot many times, it is not difficult to see that the Emperor is inclined to Nebot, a minister from the Shu clan. However, this change is undoubtedly a huge and fatal blow to the aristocratic gate lords of the entire empire. Not only was Rodek strongly opposed, but even within the royal family and the four princes of the empire were dissatisfied with Nebbert's actions.

The prime minister moved his mouth, but what he hurt was the vital interests of countless nobles, and naturally the voice of opposition rose higher and higher.

Among them, the eldest prince Hausen has the support of Rodek, a military boss, the second prince Julian is a student of Nebot, and the figure of the sword lord Marson can be seen behind the fourth prince Sever. The trio is not only competing for the crown prince's throne, but also the factions behind them. Who eventually becomes the prince is related to the interests of countless people behind him, and it also affects the future pattern of the empire.

"Now, the princes' secret battle is maintaining a stalemate. At this time, Julian enveloped us, trying to break the pattern with our foreign power. Other people also see it, so our going north is not only related to our own interests, but also involves the three princes, and even the supporters behind them, and even the empire has an incomparably far-reaching impact. Alan shook his head and said, "That's what Hoy said, whether we like it or not, when Julian found us, we had become the eye of this storm." ”

Edward muttered, "In that case, can we use the relationship between the princes and factions to deal with them?" Even if you are in the eye of the storm, you can find a windless place? ”

"No, no, no, that's worse." Alan shook his head and said, "First of all, we have promised Julian, if we still have a vague position at this time, it will only cause Julian's displeasure." Second, if we don't take a stand, we are afraid it will backfire. For a guy who has no position, if it's you, isn't it normal to ruin it if you don't get it? If the three princes think like this, then we are really the enemy. ”

"So not only must we not blur our position, but we must also reject the kindness of other princes, so that we can gain Julian's greatest trust and support. Although we can't find a windless ground in the eye of the wind, at least the wind and rain won't be too violent. ”

Edward was a smart man, and smart people tend to have a leaf to cover their eyes. Fortunately, he was smart but not conceited, and he never objected after listening to Allen's words, but nodded in agreement: "You have a good analysis, I am always used to planning from the best interests, but I ignore that sometimes, we can't get what we want without paying the slightest price, how can there be such a cheap thing in this world." You're a little stupid, but you're doing a good thing. You always look at things and make the complex pure, but I am the opposite. ”

"Are you hurting me or complimenting me?" Alan rolled his eyes.

Edward smiled and said again: "Then the general direction can be set, we support the second prince, in short, this road is determined to the end, so there is no need to think about anything." But there is another problem before us. ”

"What's the problem?"

Edward looked at him, "Do you recognize the way north?" ”

Alan immediately realized: "You mean we lack a guide?" ”

"It's not obvious." Edward smiled: "My route is only on paper, but neither you nor I have any experience of going north, so we need to find a guide." Otherwise, it would take us a year and a half to get to the imperial capital by ourselves, and it would become a big joke. ”

Alan jumped out of his chair and said, "I know who to look for." Come with me. ”

A scream rang out from the three-story building on the northwest side of Iron Furnace Street.

Iron Furnace Street and Gun Shadow Avenue are intertwined, forming a very prosperous neighborhood in Yedgari. Iron Furnace Street is lined with iron shops, and many of the city's most famous equipment stores are located here. Gun Shadow Avenue is the concentration of mercenary groups, on both sides of the avenue are mostly the office buildings of mercenary groups, and downstairs is the reception office, and the battle flags of various mercenary groups can be seen everywhere on Gun Shadow Avenue. These battle flags are all hung on an iron spear as a sign of respect for Hoy, and it is also a scene for Yedega.

In this small building on Iron Furnace Street, there are also iron guns and battle flags, as if it is also the office of a mercenary group. In the hall on the third floor of the small building, a sturdy man hid on the bed and shouted, and a young woman next to him had an indifferent face and was treating the wounds on the man's body. The man muttered, "Jenny, you can't lighten it, it hurts, okay?" ”

The woman stitched him up with a needle and thread, and deliberately slapped it on it when it was done, which immediately caused several screams from the man. The woman sneered, "Yo, our Lord Lick isn't very imposing. The fierce man who fought with others last night and almost slaughtered the deputy head of the other family, will he still be afraid of this pain? ”

Then a voice sounded: "Forget it, Jenny, don't embarrass him." Although Shadow is Yedegar's land snake, they were indeed too bullying last night, and it would be good for Lick to teach them a lesson, so that they don't think that our Bingyue is a soft egg who will only slap the son of Orlando. ”

Jennyhua sighed, looked at their head Fares, and said, "But you almost injured half of the shadow-chasing people, this matter is a bit big, right?" ”

"It's a bit big, so I went to see Boy Orlando in the morning." Faress smiled, "Prince Orlando said that as long as you don't die, it's nothing. He also said that if we didn't fight hard, it would be difficult to gain a foothold in Gun City. ”

The woman frowned and said, "That young master, don't be uneasy and kind, right?" ”

Faress said displeasedly: "Don't talk nonsense, if the prince of Orlando is not good, he will find this place for us to stay." On the day we hung the flag, if he hadn't come to the door in person, I don't know how many mercenary groups would have come to us for trouble. Childe Orlando takes care of us everywhere, how can you doubt him! ”

"Yes, yes, the head of the regiment has learned a lesson." The woman said insincerely, and Lick next to her snickered a few times.

When Rick deliberately retaliated against Jenny, Rick, who was dressed in black and pants, came to Faress and said, "There are two guests, you'd better go and meet them yourself." ”