Count Lev walked over slowly, standing behind Anthony's back.

Needless to explain, this action says it all.

"Thank you, Earl."

Anthony nodded slightly and thanked Count Lev.

"Don't dare to be." Count Lev hurriedly returned the salute.

Then, he didn't forget to sarcastically mock the two people standing opposite.

"I'll just say it, it's not safe to negotiate secrets in a place like this. Look, I'm not wrong, right? ”

The woman seemed to wake up suddenly, saluted the Marquis Franz, and said timidly: "If you have nothing else to buy, then I will go out first." ”

The woman's demeanor, movements, and tone of voice were no different from that of an ordinary woman in the market who was carrying a basket full of snacks and pastries. If Count Lev hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have even wondered if the woman in front of him was the same person as the powerful and capable spy leader just now.

Marquis Franz also reacted immediately, sat down slowly, and waved his hand casually: "Don't do it, don't do it, it's all ordinary things, take it away quickly." ”

The full moon saluted again, and then slowly turned around and walked towards the door, step by step.

But between her and the doorway, there was a sunny boy who looked like the boy next door.

Seeing that the two were getting closer and closer, Anthony suddenly sighed.

"At this point, what is the need for the two of you to act?"

The Marquis Franz poured himself a cup of hot tea, raised it to his nose and took a deep breath, looking very intoxicated.

"I don't know what Mr. Anthony is talking about. Could it be that drinking tea in a restaurant also offends Her Royal Highness the Princess? ”

He had come to his senses.

The three of them gathered here, and the content of the secret conversation was not trivial. Before his huge layout is completed, once it is exposed, the lives of all his entire family will be in danger.

Fortunately, everything is out of the mouth and in the ear, but there is no graphic material to record it. As long as the two of them flatly deny it, no one can come up with evidence against them.

The only witness, that is, Count Lev, who suddenly defected. But one testifies and the other denies, and the Marquis may not be afraid of a little earl.

In the end, it's because there is no evidence.

Seeing that the two of them had made it clear that they would not admit their accounts, Anthony shook his head again and sighed.

"I know what the two of you have done, and I don't need to say more. This is the province of Hanover, and such important things are handled by the owner of Hanover. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open with another bang, and Marquis Marco walked in with a few guards with his head held high.

"Mr. Anthony, it's all done outside."

Marquis Marco simply explained to Anthony, and his attitude was actually very courteous.

Then he turned to the Marquis Franz: "Lord Marquis, your collaboration with the enemy country has been revealed. He obediently went back with us to be investigated and interrogated; Still have to resist stubbornly, suffer a little flesh and skin, and finally be dragged out like a dead dog. Take your pick! ”

The Marquis Franz was already slumped in his seat, unable to hear what he was saying.

From the moment he saw Marquis Marco appear, he knew that the tide was over, and there was no way to turn it back.

In the face of Anthony, he can play tricks and refuse to admit it. Because the princess envoy is an external force after all, there is no conclusive evidence, and they can't help but have a powerful marquis with deep roots and intertwined relationships.

But in the face of the Grand Duke's Palace, in the face of the real masters of the province of Hanover, there is no point in playing tricks. As long as Grand Duke Smowa is determined to clean up anyone, even if he is the number two person in the province, he can only be obediently restrained.

As for the charges and evidence, do they matter?

The woman codenamed Full Moon knew this no worse than the Marquis Franz, and at this moment she also gave up her luck mentality, threw away her disguise, and returned to her original appearance as if she was so cold that she seemed to have no feelings.

But her forward steps did not stop because of this, but walked faster and faster with an indomitable momentum.

The distance between her and Anthony was not far away, and almost in the blink of an eye, the woman had rushed in front of Anthony, and waved her right hand out, bringing a faint touch of blue.

Anthony didn't retreat, he didn't block, he just stretched out his finger, as if slowly, quickly, and the latter came first at the woman.

The woman's movements, like clockwork running out, suddenly froze. I saw her lean forward, swinging her right hand, and the short knife in her hand was fixed three inches in Anthony's chest.

The blade glowed with a faint blue light, apparently smeared with poison.

It's a pity that if you can't touch the target, no matter how poisonous the blade is, it won't play any role.

"I know you have a lot of secret ways to end yourself, but you can't die right now. So, I'm sorry. ”

The young man's gentle and flat voice sounded in his ears, but the full moon felt as if it was a demon's whisper. Because she suddenly realized that she couldn't move at all.

Not only did the body and limbs not respond, but they couldn't even open their mouths to speak.

The suicide of poisoning at the last moment, which was originally intended, naturally turned into an unrealizable utopia.

Anthony said to the Marquis of Marco on the side: "The Marquis Franz will be handed over to the Grand Duke's Palace, as for this spy of the Riga Empire, it seems that he may be a big fish, and I want to bring it back for detailed interrogation." I wonder if the Marquis thinks this is appropriate? ”

"What the gentleman says is what he wants, and everything is done according to the gentleman's wishes."

In both words and attitudes, the Marquis of Marco was a little too respectful to Anthony. Everyone present, including Count Lev, was amazed.

Anthony smiled bitterly and waved his hand, "Lord Marquis, you don't have to be so polite. ”

"Yes, yes. This was solemnly ordered by my father, and he told me to follow the instructions of my husband in everything. ”

The Marquis's attitude is still the same.

……

With the Marquis Franz arrested and imprisoned on charges of collaborating with the enemy as a signal, the situation in the city changed overnight. The Grand Duke's Palace, which had been silent for many days, was like a lion waking up from sleep, revealing its sharp claws.

Elite troops stationed in the barracks outside the city were ordered to enter the city and take over the city gates on all sides.

The city defense army attacked everywhere, raided the large and small shops, restaurants and restaurants in the city, and arrested the spies and spies of the Riga Empire.

The immediate guards of the Grand Duke of Smowa were sent to the mansions of various nobles to "invite" the patriarchs to the Grand Duke's Palace.

Their attitude was rather polite—for the patriarch of the family, of course, who was still cooperative. There are those who are unwilling to cooperate, and after suffering a little, they are very willing.

If you don't move, it's enough, and if you move, it's like a landslide and tsunami, and the sky and the earth change.

The energy and power of Grand Duke Smowa were clearly displayed in front of the world at this moment.

Three days later, the most explosive news came.

Early that morning, the barracks on the outskirts of Hanover opened their gates, and one by one the troops came out one after another, and assembled in the clearing. Immediately after the swearing-in ceremony presided over by the Grand Duke of Smowa, it was immediately opened, like a rolling torrent, heading south!

At this moment, the whole country shook!

The people of Hannover have different opinions and speculations about the events that have taken place during this time.

Some people say that Grand Duke Smois has always been loyal to the royal family, and he and Princess Arina have already discussed, and deliberately staged a play to lure the Marquis Franz and other families who secretly defected to the enemy country to jump out, and then catch them all.

Some people say that Count Lev is actually an undercover agent sent by the royal family, lurking in the Marquis Franz and other hostile power groups, and at the critical moment to deliver a fatal blow, helping Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Grand Duke's Palace to capture the head of the mutinous group and the spy leader of the Riga Empire lurking in Hanover Province.

But there are also people who say that in fact, the Grand Duke's Palace was not completely inclined to Princess Arina at the beginning. It was only after the return of the bandits that the young man named Anthony came to visit the Grand Duke of Smowa for the first time. After a secret conversation, the two finally persuaded the Duke.

Others added that the Duke had not yet made up his mind at that time, so Anthony made an agreement: a month later, the two sides would have another undisclosed battle drill. If the Princess's Mission wins, the Grand Duke will fully support the royal family of the Glorious Empire, and there will be no reservations; If the Hannover side wins, the Princess's Mission will leave Hanover immediately and will not interfere with any action in the Grand Duke's Palace, including preparations for war.

And the princess's side will fight with thousands of "bandits" captured in the western forest area!

According to this statement, in this undisclosed contest, the final winner should be the mission side. But there are also those who argue that it was actually the Grand Duke who won. It's just that the Duke was moved by the sincerity of the other party, so he took the initiative to join the alliance of the royalist forces.

……

In the province of Taranto, two groups of soldiers armed with wooden weapons stood opposite each other.

These soldiers had serious expressions, resolute faces, and the arrays were as neat as knives.

After two months of rigorous training, the military quality of these Taranto soldiers has improved greatly, barely reaching the standard of "qualified" in the heart of the famous Riga general Franchi.

The commander of the army held a copy of the information that had just been sent in his hand, and as he looked at it, his eyebrows slowly locked.

After a long time, he let out an inaudible sigh from his mouth, and then shouted in a low voice: "Let's start! ”

The two teams of soldiers who stood quietly waiting for the order instantly activated, raised their handmade weapons, and slaughtered the opposite side.

In the midst of shouts and shouts, Frankie rubbed his hands, and the information had turned into pieces of confetti that drifted away in the wind.

……

In the province of Brussels, Duke Finney put down the urgent report from the province of Hanover, his face was calm.

Even the old butler who had followed him for decades couldn't guess what his master was feeling at the moment.

……

Similar information was also sent to the other three major provinces of the Glorious Empire.

The Duke of Matesias, the Duke of Mateus, and the Duke of Edwards all reacted surprisingly similarly when they saw the information from the northern part of the Empire.

"Good boy, well done!"

The three of them slapped the table and cheered loudly.

……

Imperial capital, inside the imperial palace.

King Beckenbauer deserved to be the lord of a country, and the successive rebellions of the two major provinces once made him pessimistic and disappointed to the point of collapse. But in the end, he survived.

After experiencing this great change that seemed to be earth-shattering, His Majesty felt that no matter how difficult or dangerous the situation, he had the confidence to stand up and face it.

I don't know if the bad luck of the royal family has come to an end, and since then, His Majesty has finally received the greatest good news to date.

At the swearing-in meeting of the province of Hanover, the Grand Duke of Smowa reaffirmed his loyalty to the royal family.

An army of 15,000 warriors then marched south.

What excites His Majesty the most is that in the column of the commander of the army in the intelligence, there is a name that he is familiar with, but completely unexpected.

Anthony? Bruce!