Soros frowned, his heart went up and down, he took a sip of tea, stuck out his tongue, the tea burned his tongue, he put down the cup and came to the window. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info|Novel Ranking m|Outside the window is a white wall and black tile, and in the distance is a bustling crowd, and the white ribbon-like inland river winds and sparkles.

However, he had no intention of appreciating the exotic. Just the day before yesterday, he received a letter from Ivana. The letter was first delivered to the Grey Castle, where his younger brother, Earl Marven Graff, had the maester send a raven to deliver the unopened letter, which was stamped with royal sealing wax.

Black wings bring black news: the prince has been killed, Sebastian has been framed and imprisoned, and Ludwig has tried to attack the king's defense of the city.

Soros swore allegiance to the Lorenzs family in Lübeck. He never considered the House of Augustorudolf to be the rulers, and in private, he dismissed them as usurpers. After August was killed and Brandt was hit, he was lucky enough to find Hans Lawrenz.

He agreed with Vincent that Sebastian lacked political acumen, but they also understood that the dukes of the other provinces were not easy to deal with.

If the north rashly attacks Thunder Castle, not to mention that Thunder Castle's 10,000-strong emperor ** team and 2,000 capital garrison are hard bones, even if Thunder Castle is taken, it will have to deal with the two rich and military provinces in the south. The eastern province of Sunset also has Imperial garrisons to rescue Thundercastle, and the armies of Gasgarnik can make a detour to attack the capital in the north.

In other words, the army in the north had to face the rest of the empire's military power, so it seems that Sebastian had no political acumen, but he did not lack military strength to maintain power during his regency.

Hans Lorenz is the rightful heir to the kingdom of Gusselves, but if Hans is pushed out, how many people will defect to the side of the Lorenz family? Duke Vincent will not take this risk. Provoking war and reaping the benefits is a strategy set by Duke Vincent.

Hans was reluctant to return to the north to recuperate, and insisted on coming to Sunset Province. In desperation, Soros was ordered to protect Hans all the way. He felt that fate had once again favored the Lorenz family. He traveled in the setting sun and smelled the breath of the Restorationists.

Governor Olaf's reforms won over some of the remnants of the Rising Sun Empire, and also gave the Restorationists an opportunity to take advantage of it. Soros was keenly aware that the Restorationists were like wolves in sheep's clothing, sneaking into the sheepfold. When the shepherd wields a whip to drive away the sheep, sooner or later, the neck will be broken by a wolf jumping out of the flock.

Soros seized the opportunity, and he found the head wolf. Xu Rong is a wealthy businessman engaged in serious business on the surface, but behind the scenes, he is an ambitious leader of the Restoration.

When he first met Xu Rong, he talked about wine and the world, and Xu Rong gave him a lot of inspiration to implement Vincent's strategy step by step.

First of all, let the emperor ** team of the Sunset Province take care of themselves. When the Revenge faction entered the political arena of the province and launched an armed rebellion, the governor's palace of the province would become the first target, and the imperial team of the province would naturally go to the rescue, which contained the military strength of the eastern part of the Rhodes Empire.

Soros and Xu Rong reached a strategic tacit agreement: the northern forces will not participate in the suppression of the Restorationists, and if the northern forces are stationed in Thunder Fort in the future, they will not interfere in the internal affairs of the Restorationists in the future. Similarly, when the Restorationists took power in the provinces, they did not participate in the suppression of the northern forces.

In the negotiations, Soros deliberately said that it was the internal affairs of the Restorationists, not the nascent Rising Sun Empire. After Hans won the Thunder Throne and suppressed the Restoration, there would be no talk of the new Rising Sun Empire.

The provinces of Meno and Orlando, one with many cavalry since ancient times, and the other with the discovery of a gold bonanza, became a city of gold. In ancient times, they were kingdoms and fought each other for many years until they were conquered by Rhodes Rudolph. Soros played a little trick to bring the Rundstedt family into friction with the Horst family again. He received the news that Horstelin had personally gone to Thundercastle to ask the regent to do justice. Originally, the small village was not attacked by the Rundstedt family, and Rundstedt naturally would not admit it. Sebastian's mishandling would provoke a dispute between the two provinces.

Once the Restorationists raise their forces in Sunset Province and the two southern provinces are at war with each other, the Imperial army will inevitably intervene and the defenses of Thundercastle will be weakened. As soon as the above time comes, the North will raise troops to the south and capture Thunder Castle. There were very few Rangers in the province of Gasganik, and as long as the defenses were strengthened on the border of the province of Tax, there was no need to worry.

This is the strategic implementation plan that Soros has planned in his heart.

"Hey, it's all messed up. Soros leaned against the window and sighed deeply.

Soros didn't care about Brandt and Sebastian at all, but Ludwig didn't expect to kill him. In her letter, Ivana bluntly stated that Ludwig was the real culprit, but she was alone in Thundercastle.

Soros tapped the windowsill lightly, carefully analyzing every word Ivana said. He loves his daughter, and Ivana Graf is the jewel in his palm. Over the years, his heart has been tormented. Ivana insisted on marrying Auguste Rudolph, while he was loyal to the Lorenz family. When Duke Vincent von Lübeck tempted his loyalty, he hastened to his knees to call for the return of the Lorenz family, willing to sacrifice the daughter and nephew of Thundercastle.

Vincent was not stupid, he said that he believed in my loyalty, but he sent six guards to protect Hans, but he also watched on me.

Ludwig took the initiative. He had a garrison of 10,000 men in the imperial capital, and he framed Sebastian and instead became a hero who caught the murderer of the great prince. He forced Caesar to canonize him as regent, so that military power and political power were combined. He is much more difficult to deal with than Sebastian, he is a member of the Imperial Council, but he is not ashamed, if he takes possession of my precious daughter......

Soros shuddered. I need to go back to Grey Keep, the sooner the better.

"My lord, Lord Xu Rong is waiting downstairs. The guard knocked on the door and said.

Soros nodded, wiped his face with his hand, cleaned up his mood, and went downstairs.

"The blue light rises to the sky, the dragon soars to the sky, the white light jumps in the forest, and the tiger is as fast as the wind. "A little girl with pigtails was running around the ground in circles.

Behind the little girl, the bald boy waved a tree branch and then sang: "The red light is all over the sky, the vermilion bird is bathed in fire, everything is not moving, and the Xuanwu is as steady as a mountain." ”

Xu Rong strolled down the street, touched his beard, looked at the two children with a smile, and asked, "Two children, you sang so well just now, may I ask what you are singing?"

The little girl blinked and stared at Soros in a daze, and the little boy simply hid behind the girl.

"Oh, don't be afraid, this old man is a friend. Xu Rong turned his head to look at Soros and said to the children.

Soros put his hands behind his back and smiled kindly.

"It's a children's rhyme. On the day of Midsummer's Day, someone saw blue light rising from the trees. The girl replied, "At that time, the tengu ate the moon. ”

"No, no, it's the blue light that obscures the moon. The little boy shook his head.

"You're not right, the tengu ate the moon one bite at a time," the little girl insisted on her statement, "and when the moon was gone, the blue light appeared from the trees with a 'bang' and went straight into the clouds. Many people saw it, and they fled from the woods. ”

"Who taught you this children's song?" Xu Rong exclaimed with a smile, "You remember so much." ”

"I don't know," the little girl looked at Soros alertly, "after midsummer, everyone is singing." ”

"Isn't this song finished?" Soros hummed the melody of the children's song from memory.

"Wait until the holy beasts are together, and the sun rises in the east. The little boy stuck out his tongue at Soros and sang the last line with his hands dancing.

"I see. Xu Rong and Soros's eyes met, and the two smiled.

"Grandpa said that the Four Holy Beasts are coming back. The bald boy wiped his nose with a red belly pocket.

"Don't talk nonsense!" the little girl blushed, "Hurry up, he's from Rhodes!" The little girl looked at Soros and pushed the little boy away.

Seeing the two little children disappear in front of him, Xu Rong said, "Mr. Cervantes, what do you think?"

"Remember the song I said about Thundercastle popular?" Soros smiled faintly, "The sun is rising, this is a good sign for Lord Xu." ”

Xu Rong's face twitched a few times, and he looked vigilantly at the gendarmes passing by with short swords and shields. When the gendarmes were gone, he changed the subject and said, "Monsieur Cervantes, you said you were leaving here?"

Soros smiled, looked at the hurried remnants and lazy Rhodes on the side of the road, and replied, "Merchant, there is no fixed place to stay. ”

Xu Rong restrained his smile: "I heard that there has been instability everywhere recently, there has been a conflict on the border between the Meno Province and the Orlando Province, and the remnants of the empire in the northern part of the Orlando Province are fleeing to us. Even Castle Thunder ...... Mr. Cervantes has a good idea of where to go next. ”

What did he hear? Soros stared at Xu Rong's face full of flesh for a long time, and said, "Lord Xu is right, it's better to go home and avoid it." It's just that I'm worried, and Hans won't go back with me. ”

"Hans has a crush on Serena, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it. However, Serena likes Sun Guanglong. Xu Rong sneered, "Children are long, and I'm afraid of bad things." ”

"What does Lord Xu mean?" Soros deliberately did not say what he thought.

"Since ancient times, there have been many disasters and waters. Xu Rong narrowed his eyes and snorted, "Mr. Cervantes, don't worry. At 9 o'clock tonight, you arrange for Hans to pass through Serena's hotel. I have my own arrangements. (To be continued.) )rw