Southwest Rain (2)
The sound of the wheels of the emperor's carriage crushing the road is not loud, and the fat man who covets comfort is most afraid of bumps, so he uses his personal authority to specially ask the Imperial Weapons Research Institute to install a spring to reduce the bumps in his own exclusive carriage, and the driver selected is also a veteran with thirty years of experience, and he can hardly see too cautious movements, the carriage is smooth as if it is sliding on the road, and the sound of the wheels is very light on the plane under the quiet night, and it is like fine sand flowing on the ground, which is almost difficult to attract the attention of passers-by, but the sound of the hooves of the black guards cavalry in front of the road is far away in the night,
"Stampede"
The high war horse appeared on the road in front of it with a pressing pressure, the horse's hooves turned briskly, the red cloak of the cavalry on it fluttered slightly in the night wind, the cavalry on it wore a uniform style of armor, and the waist was equipped with a slightly curved saber, full of energy and murderous spirit, behind the guards cavalry, it was the black carriage that seemed to have been integrated with the night and gave people a sense of suffocation.
"Cheer me up, everybody!"
Seeing the appearance of this carriage, the three people who had been waiting outside the governor's palace for most of the night were in high spirits at the same time,
Salon, who was born in the military, was the first to react, he arranged his collar in a panic, and stepped on the smooth street in front of the gate with his shiny riding boots, and reminded those who stood at the door of the Governor's Mansion in the middle of the night, looking decadent, the generals heard that His Majesty was coming, the fatigue on their faces disappeared immediately, their eyes were shining, and they stood straight on both sides of the door with two hundred percent spirit, holding their heads high, wearing black imperial general uniforms of different sizes, and several golden crosses on the silver trimmed corners and cuffs, all of which showed that each of these generals was experienced in battle and had outstanding achievements,
They were like guards at the door, their eyes full of heat and adoration as they looked at the oncoming carriage. Soldiers have always worshiped the strong, and the most powerful person in the entire empire is undoubtedly the one in the carriage!
"It's really annoying! Standing with these hard stupid guys with murderous heads, wouldn't it be embarrassing to spread the word!" The girl in the purple dress sighed faintly on her face, flashing a look of hesitation, but she still slowly came to Salon's side with a respectful attitude, Salon twitched his nose, as if he felt the faint fragrance in the night, and his cloudy eyes were a little shiny, looking at the carriage not far away. He whispered, "I didn't come until the second half of the night, I really didn't have a bit of respect, I thought you would wait proudly until the moment Your Majesty stepped out of the carriage!"
"I'm not that idiot, I can't even figure out when His Majesty will arrive!"
The girl's upturned and lovely nose twitched, and with a hint of disdain on her snowy and gorgeous face, she said proudly, "Actually, if you think about it, you also know that since Your Majesty has come in secret, she naturally will not choose to enter the city in the evening when the most people are crowded on the street, not even in the first half of the night when the night market accumulates." At that time, most of the shops had not yet closed, and the caravans' activities were even more frequent, so it was bound to be the calmest second half of the night, quietly controlling a qiē. It's His Majesty's favorite style, ordering his subordinates to wait for the second half of the night from the evening, this kind of stupid thing, only an idiot would do! Just look at the hungry and trembling feet of your subordinates now, I'm afraid I can't even stand firm!"
"Cut. Isn't it just a blind cat crashing into a dead mouse!" Salong stood in the first position and rolled his eyes, "My subordinates are all real soldiers, even if they don't eat or drink for three days and three nights." It can stand upright, unlike some people, who shoot despicably and never dare to be in the sun......"
"Someone seems to have forgotten that he is not a soldier, and he is a mercenary who does not dare to be in the sun!And I think that discussing what skill is with a stupid and incompetent guy like a mercenary is simply an insult to my wisdom!" The girl's face was cold, and her lips and teeth were sharp to fight back against this poisonous tongue of the imperial general,
"It's better than a despicable Assassin walking in the shadows!" Sharon sneered disapprovingly
Hearing the mocking conversation between the two people standing in front of him, Siduhan, the new head of the Obaro Business Alliance, who was standing in the third position, smiled slightly bitterly at the corner of his mouth, "Pull these two people together...... I really don't know what His Majesty thinks......!"
Many people think that one is a mercenary who has become an important minister in charge of the power of the empire, and the other is a woman who has become the master of the empire's underground world with an assassin background, or she is also from that dark and bloody world, or she is too clear about the details of the other party, so there is always a sense of rejection when she stands together at the same time!
The underground world he knows is not as disorderly as most people think, and it also has its own factions, as the mercenary faction that protects the nobles and the assassin faction that is the nobles to deal with the enemy's blade, they have always been mortal enemies, one is to protect the target, the other is to kill the target, both are for money, both are for the sake of life, especially the assassins do everything to achieve their goals, often despicable means, because the employer is killed, and the mercenaries who can't get the money will also sprinkle all kinds of grievances on the captured assassins, and the assassins who fall into the hands of the mercenaries often die miserablyThe Assassins were also merciless in their treatment of mercenaries.
Therefore, between the two factions, it is almost a cat-and-mouse status!
It is said that when the commander of the Saron army was a supporter, he was already a well-known ruthless figure in the Kyoto area, but because of a poor protection, the target was killed by the assassins, and Saron also lost an eye in the battle, and his reputation was ruined, and he owed a compensation that could not be paid off at all, and when he was desperate, he was forced to flee to the southern region that was similar to self-reliance, and joined the Samar army far away from Kyoto at that time to avoid pursuit from all sides! It is already a very incredible thing to be able to stand with the person in charge of the assassination now, just saying a few words without drawing a knife to slash!
Siduhan believed that His Majesty Falcon was very clear about the past history of Saron, and it was precisely because of this that Siduhan felt even more difficult to understand what his majestic lord was thinking!
Just as he hesitated, the wheels of the black carriage stopped in front of the three of them, "Welcome Your Majesty!" The three people next to the door immediately half-crouched down, followed by the half-crouched on the sides, the imperial generals in generals' uniforms, and the guards at the door held spears and half-squatted on the ground at the same time, black and oppressive, silent and even audible frogs on the summer night
"Smack"
A car door with white thorn flowers opened from the inside to the outside, and a slightly chubby young man walked down from the inside, lifted his collar, and looked at the people who were half-squatting on the ground with a sharp and electric gaze, and then stopped at Salong and the girl in purple, and said slightly hoarsely, "You two seem to be having a good time! No wonder someone touched the base camp and didn't even notice it!" "Don't dare, dare is just a misunderstanding!"
Salons and the purple-clothed girl replied almost at the same time, looking at each other hesitantly, their bodies trembled slightly, they didn't expect the falcon's ears to be so sharp, and lowered their heads, even Salon's cheeky skin was embarrassed and a little red, and the purple-clothed girl's red even the cold and white neck turned pink "Misunderstanding! I'm not old enough to be old and dizzy!" The fat man pursed his lips very disdainfully, and his eyes moved to the familiar figure next to him. It seems that this guy Siduhan looks better than in previous years, and when he thinks of the past, it is as if time has returned to a few years ago, and the corners of his mouth show a little smile
"It's been five years. It seems that you are doing well in Chrysdor, I heard that you got married last year, but unfortunately I was fighting in the Northwest Biye Valley at the time, and I didn't have time to go back to congratulate you. But can you receive the gift I asked Mao Mona Qing to bring?"
"I received it, and please congratulate Princess Mao Mona Qing. It is already difficult for his subordinates to express their inner gratitude!Not to mention the title of Inspector General of the Business Alliance personally bestowed by His Majesty, it makes his subordinates not know how to express their gratitude!" Si Du Khan replied with excitement that was half squatting on the ground, his face flushed,
"That's what you deserve! There is already your indelible effort in the business alliance" The fat man smiled and patted the shoulder of the capable man back then, "When you were able to give up the promising president of the business alliance, just to keep the people of Claisdo, I knew that you were a trustworthy person at a critical moment!"
"I didn't want you to stay away from your wife and come across the sea, but it's a pity that ......" The fat man's voice stopped, and his eyes glared fiercely at Salon, whose frightened face was white next to him, before he snorted and said, "Because two things that don't know how business intelligence works at all, they act arbitrarily and make the southwest leader miserable, and as a result, the Gauls have arranged a huge intelligence network under their noses, and we don't know it, and now we are passive, so we can only ask you, the old man who created the business alliance, to help!"
"Huge intelligence network...... The meaning of Majesty is ......!" Si Du Khan was a little frightened, he didn't expect His Majesty to use the word huge, that doesn't mean that this intelligence network is much bigger than he imagined! As if he thought of something, a trace of sweat gradually oozed from Si Du Khan's forehead, and he guessed it just by relying on the words he reported, and it was indeed worthy of His Majesty, but just like that, I was afraid that it was not enough for His Majesty to come to the southwest territory in person, from this aspect, he first thought of " There are people in the business alliance who have played a disgraceful role! It's no wonder that His Majesty suddenly adjusted the business alliance in the Obaro region, and also urgently transferred himself, a person who had broken away from the business alliance system, from the country! "Get up, it's not easy to wait for most of the night!" The fat man waved his hand to everyone else, as if he knew what Si Du Khan was thinking, and strode into the gate of the governor's palace, saying as he walked. Since April, when our army broke through the Rusti Line, the caravans of the Gallic nobility have suddenly increased, and many caravans have frequently traveled to and from the southwestern territory and the Slav-controlled areas, and the ban on the Gallic side seems to have tacitly allowed these caravans to cross the border, which is really a bit too unusual!
"It is conceivable that the people who collected this information were working on the Gallic side, that is, these Gallic caravans in the occupied territories were working for the Gallic side under our banner!" said the fat man, "and then the Gallic army suddenly turned the tide of the war against the Slavs, and won one victory after another. That's why I went to the Southwest Consulate in person, and what I saw was a mess of the Southwest Consulate!" "Under our banner...... Is it a business alliance......
Siduhan paused as he followed behind, and shuddered, under normal circumstances, being able to allow a caravan to pass through several forces in a row must be a route paved by the commercial alliance, if this is the case. The fact that the other party can come and go so unscrupulously is enough to show that this line has rotted from the roots
Salon and the purple-clothed girl who followed behind the fat man didn't understand anything when they heard it, but their faces were very ugly, the two of them basically didn't know anything about the business network, but anyway, these caravans always set off from the southwest region, as the regional governor and the head of intelligence, they didn't notice the abnormality in this matter at all, no matter how you look at it, it is a dereliction of duty!" "Since the other party is using the power of commerce, I don't believe that the business alliance will not notice it at all?" The fat man's face was cold, and he glanced at the brightly lit hall of the Governor's Mansion in front of him. In a murderous tone, he said, "I have asked the Ministry of Supervision to investigate, but with little success, what I know is that there are more than 300 Gallic nobles involved in this line, and they are all figures with considerable status in the occupied areas" "Now that you know the problem, can you cut it off from the source." Bring all those involved under control...... Judicial Du cautiously said, "No!" The fat man shook his head unexpectedly and said in a cold voice, "Because this is exactly what the other party wants, the person who has arranged this huge intelligence network." I'm afraid that because of this, there is no fear, in the eyes of the other party, I really want to expose the entire intelligence network to our eyes. Do you remember the incident you reported?If I'm wrong, the other party did it on purpose!" "No, did the other party do it on purpose!" Si Du Khan's face was stunned, he could not have imagined that there would be such a person. How much courage does it take to dare to directly expose the intelligence network to the enemy" is not the result of these two fools fighting with each other, and it is not known that others have seized the opportunity to infiltrate. I can only pretend to be a fool who doesn't know anything, and the other party is not afraid of the irrelevant Gallic nobles being exposed!
The fat man licked his somewhat dry lips, stepped up the steps of the hall, glanced at the black sky, and said with feeling
"On the contrary, the other party is waiting for us to take bloody means to cleanse it, there are so many Gallic nobles involved, as long as we do it, I dare to guarantee that the other party will definitely be prepared in advance, so that the occupied area that we have spent countless efforts to stabilize is in great turmoil because of the execution of these Gallic nobles,
In order to eliminate this turmoil, we need at least half a year,
If we hesitate in this matter, the other side's intelligence network will intensify, forming a larger infiltration area, just like pollution, rapidly expanding, I have to admit that this time, the other side has the lead, and the layout is also quite bold, no matter how we deal with it, we will suffer!
"Hiss" Siduhan heard a cold sweat, he thought of the first possibility, but he didn't expect that the other party's real trap turned out to be deliberately exposing himself
The fat man glanced at him and said, "The person who arranges this method can be called cold-blooded, but strategically speaking, it is definitely an incomparably cost-effective idea to exchange hundreds of nobles from the fallen area for half a year's respite for the Gallic Empire, half a year, it may not be anything to us, but for the Gallic Empire, which has just turned the tide of war in the north and urgently needs time to stabilize and replenish, it is simply a glimmer of life to come back to life, so we must cut off this line of life!" As for the inner workings of the Business Alliance, except for you, who have been away from the Business Alliance for several years, but have a clear understanding of the power structure and operating procedures of the Business Alliance, I am afraid that I will no longer find the best person to handle this matter!"
"Yes, my subordinates know how to do it!"
When Si Du Khan heard this, his face became a little pale, as one of the founders of the business alliance, he had to clean up his own efforts, and it felt really awkward, but this matter, it was better to clean it up by himself than to be forcibly cleaned up by His Majesty at that time, although the war on the empire has been eliminated for more than two years, many people have forgotten the bloody methods of His Majesty's resolute and resolute efforts, especially the business alliance has expanded rapidly in recent years, and the personnel are also mixed, plus the addition of some Obaro regional branches, people who have not experienced the murderous people at the beginning, where they know the war knife of the Falcon Majesty, how bloody and hideous it used to be, it makes people feel frightened from the soul!
Sitting down on the main seat in the hall, a guard came up with the water straight, the fat man unceremoniously picked up the water and took a sip, moistened his chapped throat, and then said slowly, "I believe you can grasp the proportions, you are in charge of this secret investigation, those two fools will fully assist, I don't care how many people die, the key is the empire's plan for the commercial center in Obarro, it must not become a big joke that lifts a stone and shoots one's own feet!"
If the other party wants to see our joke, I have to sue him, and the price of wanting to see this joke is very expensive, so expensive that he can't afford it!" (To be continued......)