Prince Xia Zuo said with some amusement: "You have planted a secret line in the military headquarters, and the same is true for the military headquarters. I'm afraid that your spies will already know about it before they leave the city. When the time comes, you will see a bright future.

How many people are facing the desert in this hall of court? We know it, and Your Majesty knows it.

It's just that Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, and it is impossible to be as clear as you can see. As courtiers, we are the eyes of His Majesty. Your Majesty values evidence the most, and as long as there is evidence, those who are 'biased' can only shut up. ”

The prince voiced his concerns.

Jeffrey was a little anxious, but he couldn't do anything for a while.

"This ...... If the people who mobilized the city defense army will be discovered, then even if I go alone, I am afraid I will not be able to hide it for a few days, as long as those miscellaneous people find out that I am not in the city. If the other party is a bird messenger, it will definitely be much faster than me, and the result is still useless!"

After a little bit from Prince Xia Zuo, Jeffrey suddenly discovered the doorway, and secretly sweated in his heart, he almost made a big mistake.

"You're right. Not only are you not allowed to leave the city, but even any of your henchmen are not allowed to leave the city for a few days. ”

Prince Xia Zuo nodded and said, and secretly admired Jeffrey's cleverness, sure enough, it was a little clear, no wonder that old guy Casidio would value him so much.

"Your Highness stopped me, there must be some good suggestions, please ask Your Highness to dial it. ”

Jeffrey saw that His Royal Highness the Prince seemed to be smiling, and his face was calm. As soon as his mind turned, he knew that the other party might have already made up his mind when he stopped him.

Prince Xia Zuo smiled and said: "Whether it is the struggle against the dark clan on the front line of the border, or the suffering of countless civilians among the people, the most concerned thing, besides you and me, is the Church of Light.

Rather than you do it, let the people in the church do it. No one cares where they go. ”

Jeffrey's eyes lit up at first, and then he said with some distress: "I see, Your Highness is really clever." It's just that I'm not familiar with the Bishop, and besides, as soon as I enter the temple, I'll see with a hundred eyes. ”

Prince Xia Zuo patted Jeffrey on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to worry, I talked to the Pope about this a few days ago, and he agreed.

It's just that this matter involves desert people, and the Pope doesn't dare to decide at will. As long as His Majesty agrees, he will arrange for someone to go. At this time, I am afraid that His Holiness the Pope already knows the news of today's court meeting. ”

"His Highness's decision is really admired by His Majesty. Then you can rest assured. ”

Jeffrey couldn't help but admire Prince Xiazo's resourcefulness, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"The general is relieved to investigate the case in the city, after all, the people of Verbo must be stabilized.

Two days later, more people will be filmed to investigate cases in other towns, and a few more people will be sent to Tamuya City three days later, which is to reassure them. ”

Prince Xia Zuo continued to suggest.

"I understand it below. ”

Geoffrey's heart was settled, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, no wonder the Lord Commander respected this prince so much, whether it was his mind or the persistence in his heart, it was the most in line with this noble status given by the Empire.

......

The city of Huelbo, the Temple of Light.

"Your Excellency, your guess is right. At today's meeting, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Revenue, and the Deputy Commander of the City Defense Army, Jeffrey, and other ministers jointly issued a petition calling for a thorough investigation of the bad practices of the desert merchants in the past few months.

His Royal Highness the Prince was also involved, and His Majesty personally ordered that the city defense army be put in charge of the matter. I'm afraid I'm going to attack the Desert Alliance. ”

A cardinal said respectfully standing beside an old man in a plain white robe.

The old man looked very tall and tough, and his strong muscles were like a military general in a bloody battle, if it weren't for the old man's very kind face, I'm afraid no one would have believed that he would be a pious priest.

Although the Pope has gray hair, his skin is as smooth as a baby, and there is no trace of age.

"Your Majesty doesn't want to do anything to the Desert Alliance, otherwise you wouldn't let the city defense force investigate. The city defense army has long been infiltrated by the military department, let them investigate, isn't it their own family to check their own family?

This is to appease the merchants of the Eastern Continent under the guise of punishing the desert people, and then scare the people in the military department.

The Pope looked out the window and sighed.

"It's all come to this point, hasn't Your Majesty made up his mind yet?"

The cardinal was puzzled.

"Your Majesty also has his own difficulties! Although in the past two years, the Shadow Empire has been somewhat silent, but those undead creatures will not consume much material after all. If it continues like this, the Empire's finances will be in dire straits.

The desert people control the main trade routes with the Middle Continent, and if they get in the way, they are afraid that Orion's huge empire, even if they can't afford to pay the military salary, I am afraid that it will cause fatal internal dangers.

If the merchants rebelled, they would be even more terrible than the dark people. After all, the empire, including the merchants of the entire Eastern Continent, they are the foundation of the empire's prosperity.

His Majesty wanted to avoid the important and trivial, and did not mention the desert coalition forces on the front line at all, and did not even let the military department investigate. I'm afraid I just want to knock the desert merchant and don't want to push the other party too hard.

No matter how stupid these desert people are, they should understand His Majesty's intentions. ”

His Holiness the Pope said.

"But since Your Majesty doesn't want to make a big deal about this matter, why is Your Royal Highness?"

The cardinal didn't understand why Prince Xia Zuo wanted them to come to the troubled waters of the Church of Light.

The Orion Empire is not a kingdom of divine imperial power, and although the Church of Light has great influence among the common people of the empire, it has always been consciously or unintentionally excluded from the political center by the nobles.

The biggest role of the Church of Light in the eyes of the royal family is probably to stabilize the hearts of the people who have been shattered in this perennial war.

"Are you worried that Your Majesty will be angry with us, or are you worried that the faith of these desert people will be codified into a religious dispute by those who have a good heart?

If it's the first point, don't worry. His Majesty is not as mediocre as he seems, he is just more willing to seek stability.

As long as this matter is only for the desert merchants and does not involve the coalition forces, then it doesn't matter how big the trouble is. Your Majesty may want this to be a big deal.

The Desert Alliance certainly didn't want to get into trouble with the Empire, and it wouldn't do them any good.

As for your second point. His Royal Highness once said that the Emperor Amontot was indeed a very ambitious man.

He knew that the Orion Empire would never let his faith in, and that 'desert god' would probably wait for us and the Shadow Empire to lose before making a move, right?

He probably wouldn't have taken that risk until then. So the desert people don't start wars, at least for now, in the name of religion, and that's what I'm most wary of. ”

His Holiness agreed with the Prince's words.

"Wouldn't this desert man suddenly form an alliance with the Shadow Empire, if they were to fight from both sides, I'm afraid it would be ......"

The cardinal was not relieved by the Pope's words. see

"Absolutely not! The Esapos Kingdom is in a treacherous environment, and only the Oasis Cities can survive, and their armies, though elite and individually powerful, are pitifully small compared to us and the Shadow Empire.

In addition, the dark clan has surpassed the human race in terms of endurance, and the army of the undead can go without eating or drinking. The desert is not an impassable land for the Shadow Empire.

It can be seen that no matter what, the desert people will definitely not let the Shadow Empire become the overlord of the Eastern Continent. ”

His Holiness said in a measured tone.

"In this way, the reason why His Majesty is taking advantage of the desert merchants is not afraid of the breakdown of the alliance. It's because everybody wants to maintain the status quo. Except for the Shadow Empire, no one wants to break this alliance. ”

The cardinal said suddenly.

"What are we going to do, Pope?"

The cardinal saw the Pope nodding and then asked.

"Your Majesty asked the people of the city defense army to investigate, probably because they wanted to open the net and catch some small fish. But His Royal Highness wants us to take over, and it seems that His Royal Highness doesn't want to be good. ”

The Pope said with a slight frown.

"Then if we make a move, won't it go against Your Majesty's original intention?"

The cardinal was a little embarrassed.

The Pope sighed and said, "Your Majesty is trying too much to be stable. If you don't be ruthless this time, I'm afraid that not only will it be useless, but it will also easily hurt the hearts of the merchants in the Eastern Continent.

Presumably, His Royal Highness also saw this, so he would go against His Majesty's wishes. ”

"Is Mitchell back?"

The Pope asked suddenly.

"It should be back soon, according to the news that came back before, he should enter the city in the next two days.

Is the Pope trying to let Mitchell do this? Something is wrong, isn't it? Mitchell is too hard-hearted, I'm afraid ......."

The cardinal hesitated a little when he heard the Pope mention this rare genius of the Church of Light for a thousand years.

"I know what you're worried about. Michelle's child is too rigid and has a full sense of justice, and the combination of the two is very easy to become unclear.

But after all, you can't keep him watered in the greenhouse, let him understand the suffering of the world, maybe let him be more tactful.

Summons him, so that he doesn't have to come back, go directly to Tamuya City, and let him do this.

Tell him that he is only allowed to collect evidence, not to clash with the desert people, and not to reveal his identity. I don't believe it, so he can still pierce the sky?"

The Pope said confidently.

......

Click! The bronze wine glass slammed to the ground.

"Why are these damn desert people in such a hurry? Didn't they tell them that they would be delivered in a month?

I'm going to leave tomorrow, where am I going to find all the goods for them?

Boss Abra, the leader of the Brotherhood, slammed the cup in his hand to the ground, and the wine in the cup spilled everywhere, and immediately frightened his men who were kneeling on the ground.

"Go down first, all of you. ”

Abra ordered everyone in the room to get out.

"Big brother, you can't leave this matter alone! If those crazy people start to go crazy and really rob people on the street, in case we are implicated......

The one in the palace said that he wanted to investigate, so we can't make trouble for the master. ”

When Abra saw that he was the only one left in the house, he poured another glass of wine for his eldest brother and persuaded him.

"So what do you say?"

As soon as Boss Abra heard the word "master", his hot mind suddenly calmed down as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him.

"The character of those crazy people must be clear to the eldest brother. If they really don't give them all the 'goods' tomorrow, they will definitely be able to do the thing of robbing people on the street.

Rather than let them come nonsense, we should arrest people to be safe. ”

Abra said persuadly.

"But even if all our brothers go out of the city and go from village to village to arrest people. It's impossible to catch 20 women tomorrow? With so many people out of the city, the goal is big, and if something happens, you don't have to think about it to know that we did it.

Don't think about getting around, those desert people are not stupid, they won't want them if they don't have good goods. ”

Boss Abra shook his head.

"Big brother, it's definitely not okay to go out of the city. We can ...... in the city."

Abra's second child leaned into the boss's ear and whispered.

"What! You're crazy! Are you killing us both?"

Abrass stood up suddenly, glaring at his second brother incredulously.

"Don't worry, big brother, listen to me. Now I can only do this, Beicheng District is so big, no one will pay attention to losing a few women.

Let's find some tight-mouthed brothers, and we will arrest them all tonight, and send them out of the city before the gates are closed. The caravan of the desert people is stationed outside the city, let them leave tonight, and wait until they arrive in Tamuya City in a few days, who cares?

Hehe, as long as people enter the desert, let alone the city defense army, His Majesty the Emperor can't control it!"

Abra's second child said with a smile.

"Well, that's all I can do. Find a few clever brothers and let their eyes shine on me, but don't catch the wrong person.

Only allow you to go to the slums, and don't go anywhere else tonight, otherwise something will happen and we will all die. ”

Boss Abra gritted his teeth and poured a glass of wine. For some reason, he was always panicking.

......