"Hey, Miss, they're coming back."

On a white rock, John and Salin sat and stood together, and Salen was holding his staff and looking down at the mountains and forests below, when he heard John's voice, he turned back in surprise, "So fast?" ”

"The assassination outside the border fortress, the news of the blatant exchange of state gifts reached Danton, and Phoebe II was furious and issued an order to arrest all the suspects and family members involved in the case, and found that the assassination of the suspects was suspected to be related to the Holy Empire.

Now the Little Perret border Furnace Fort has 100,000 troops, and the troops are pressing the Holy Dilin and Fabia borders, and the Holy Empire wants to hand over an explanation, Merlin's news has not yet arrived, but I believe that the reaction will not be lower than Perre.

Of course, this is an excuse on the surface, and the young lady's opinion is that the newly born oracles and twenty-four holy sons of the Holy Empire have suddenly nearly doubled the power of the powerhouses at the top of their national pyramid, and their allies and neighbors are a little uneasy. ”

"Ann is always so sharp, if she doesn't say it, I may not think clearly!"

Salin thought for a while, then laughed, and said, "The Holy Empire and Merlin are separated by a vast Rocky Mountain, otherwise with the relationship between Merlin and the Holy Empire, Merlin's army would have long been moving south, and for many years it has been Perret who has been under pressure from both sides of Merlin and the Holy Empire, and now the Holy Empire is also ready to move, although Merlin has a war on the northern front, he is still a tiger, once these two countries raise troops, Perre, who is sandwiched in the middle, must be the first to fall, and Phoebe II may have been restless for a long time." ”

This kind of mentality, to put it bluntly, is very simple, two enemies roll up their sleeves and want to fight, will they be willing to have a wild dog next to them and wait for the fisherman's profit?

There is a high probability that before these two people fight, they will work together to beat the wild dog to death, so as not to be robbed of the fruits of victory by the wild dog after the winner is divided.

Meanwhile. Lin An also said the same thing on Feiyun.

“…… Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor also exploited an underlying fear of Merlin in the hearts of Peret. Merlin has long been a threat to Perre, and the Holy Empire is a longtime ally of Perre. Now it is this ally who has been secretly planning for a long time and seems to abandon them who is ready to provoke war;

Because of Perre's shadow on Merlin. They subconsciously don't blame Merlin, the 'adult' who has been putting pressure on them, but they will resent the holy empire that was originally oppressed like them, but now has grown from a 'child' to an 'adult'.

Because once a war breaks out, whether Merlin or the Holy Empire provokes it first, the first one to be unlucky is Perre, so it seems that the army of the Holy Empire is the weakest of the three kingdoms, but when it comes to the mentality of preparing for war, the ruler of Pere is the most negative-"

Speaking of which. Lin An smiled, "Plus Pere doesn't know the position of this seemingly heavy imperial envoy in the emperor's mind, it is not so important, on the surface, the emperor has put the most important heirs in the envoy group." It is highly unlikely that Merlin will plot a bitter meat scheme.

Therefore, as soon as the assassination incident touched Perre's sensitive nerves, the biggest suspect in their hearts was of course the Holy Empire, so like this time, Chen Bing's violent reaction to the border of the Holy Empire seemed to be sensitive, but in fact it was inevitable. ”

Here's where it goes. Lin An vaguely understood the emperor's intentions this time:

Merlin is currently fully focused on the war on the northern front, and needs to use the reluctance of Perre's ruling class to start a war to contain the Holy Empire that is about to move, and when the northern front is settled, he can free up his hands and move south.

And for Perret. As long as the Holy Empire is still there, even if Merlin frees his hand, it may not be able to maintain the situation of the Three Kingdoms.

If the Holy Empire really insists on going its own way, in the case of Merlin's main force resisting the northern front and unable to send troops with all his strength, Perret definitely doesn't mind joining forces with Merlin and dividing the Holy Empire first;

Merlin's army, which had fought two major battles on the Northern Front and the Holy Empire, was tired, and perhaps Pere could turn over and swallow Merlin.

At the end of the day, for Perre, their geographical position dictates which side they have to stand on if they want to fight.

Merlin has already shown a lot of sincerity in sending such a heavy envoy group, and in Perre's opinion, Merlin is very unlikely to sow discord, so now it is the Holy Empire that stands on the opposite side of Perre.

Perret would not be without smart men, they knew very well what the current situation was unfavorable for them, and the assassination was giving him an excuse, so he immediately ordered an army of 100,000 to leave the pass, which was a clear warning that no matter how much the Holy Empire was ready to move, it would not attack the envoys in Perret's territory.

Lin An continued to follow behind, so naturally there was no use, so he simply came back.

……

The clouds that had disappeared into the air gradually lowered in height, approaching the majestic mountain castle that was entrenched among the mountains.

"Hey, what's going on, why is the city locked down?"

The curved road stretches outward from the gate of the blue-gray city, but the road paved with an unknown number of manpower is gone, and the usual motorcade and pedestrians who enter and exit are gone, and the busy scene of people's noise is missing, and the tall blue-gray city wall gives people a sense of cold and solemn unease for no reason.

"Something's wrong!"

Lin An frowned, although he couldn't see the situation in the city, the ban on the city gate had already shown that the situation had changed.

In the past two days, John has been arraigned in the bracelet, Lin An thought it was fine, but now it seems that this is obviously not the case.

Lin An was used to looking at the bracelet when he was used to two or three magics, and then he looked into the Ring of Artemis, and sure enough, he found a new note inside, asking when she would come back, and his tone was quite anxious.

Lin An immediately wrote a note and went in, thought about it for a while, and finally did not enter the city, but lowered Feiyun in the woods by an official road outside the outer city gate.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the city gate suddenly opened, and a cavalry team of more than a dozen people in neat armor rode out, and the first one who did not wear a silver helmet was John, and after leaving the city, he looked left and right, and Lin An took Athena and others out of the woods.

Johnham immediately rode his horse and galloped over, and when he was still ten zhang away from Lin An, he turned over and dismounted, and walked towards Lin An at a gallop, and said with a happy face:

"Miss, you're back! Quick, let's get into town! Grand Duke Oginets can't wait! ”

Behind him, the dozen or so knights with the Oginets family insignia on their armor had already knelt on one knee and shook the hard ground beside the avenue out of a shallow pit, splashing dirt and ashes.

Lin An suddenly saw such a battle, and he knew that the situation was urgent, and his expression remained unchanged. They only gave Athena a word to tell them to come slowly, and then stretched out his hand and said, "Don't bring the horse quickly!" ”

So the pair of cavalry swept out of the city gate like the wind, and immediately turned back like the wind. The hooves rained down the long-emptied avenue and went straight to the Duke's palace of Count Oginets.

The doors of the Duke's Palace have long been opened. Outside the door was heavily guarded, and there was a solemn atmosphere that had just ended the battle.

There were two rows of spearmen standing on both sides of the road leading to the main building, the reflection on the blade swept past Lin An's sight, she and the thirteen horsemen drove straight in, and came to the flower bed in front of the main building, Tomia and Anatoly couldn't wait to meet in front of the main building gate.

The two were not neatly dressed, according to the folds of the clothes. He hadn't been freshened up for at least two or three days, and when he approached, he emitted a faint odor mixed with imperceptible blood, and Tomia hung one hand over his chest in a white bandage.

The impatience in their expressions was palpable. Without waiting for Lin An and the others' horses to stop, they couldn't wait to catch up, and the injured Tomia was almost hit by John's fierce horse that was too strong.

Lin An had already communicated with Guò communication on the road, and learned from Johann about the situation of Grand Duke Oginets at this time, and without waiting for them to speak, he immediately said: "Lead the way." ”

Enter the cloister on the third floor. When I came to the room where Grand Duke Oginets was, the first thing I saw after the door opened was Salin's face, surrounded by several middle-aged and elderly nobles who were not old and dignified, and in front of the sofa next to the reddish-brown fireplace, there was a fat woman in her thirties who was carefully holding a swaddling baby and whispering something.

Lin An was a little surprised to look at the inappropriate composition of people in the room. In this hasty meeting, he briefly exchanged a look with Salin, and his heart was slightly bottomed.

Ignoring anyone, she immediately walked towards the master bedroom with a gap, and behind her came the whispers of Tomia and Anatoly explaining her identity.

The guards guarding the door saw Tomia and Anatoly behind Lin An hugging her tightly, and instantly understood Lin An's identity, and retreated unhindered to let Lin An enter.

Behind the door, Gustav, with a stubble and sunken cheeks, knelt in front of the bed, holding a withered hand tightly beside the pillow, and a middle-aged woman with a face that did not look like a noblewoman or a maid sat on a chair beside her.

There was a thick dead air in the center of the only four-poster bed in the room, and Lin An chuckled in his heart, "It's late?!" ”

She hurried forward, and was surprised to see that the old man, who had almost been judged dead in her mind, had a lifeless face, but his eyes were unexpectedly bright and sane, and when she noticed her appearance, her pupils moved, as if she could still see her.

"Everybody out, if you want him to live!"

Gustav didn't notice Lin An's arrival, as soon as the voice entered his ears, he raised his head suddenly, and his eyes as red as a wounded beast met Lin An's unquestioning expression.

Recognizing Lin An, Gustav's eyes were a little red, and without saying a word, he immediately carefully put down his father's hand, walked over and helped the middle-aged woman up, and everyone in the room instantly followed Gustav cleanly, and even the door was closed together.

Lin Anxin was surprised, she didn't know what Saleen had done in the past few days since she left, so that the heir of Oginets and his subordinates had given her such a great degree of trust.

But Lin An didn't have time to think about it, after laying down several layers of enchantments, she walked to the side of the four-pillar bed, looked down at the noble old man on the bed, and smiled regardless of whether the other party could hear her clearly in her current state:

"I don't know if you know me, but please get some sleep first."

……

A magical hour later.

The Nanmu door of the Grand Duke's bedroom opened, and a fresh breath gushed out, sweeping away the condensation and dryness outside the bedroom.

Gustav's breath was light, his anxious feelings were a little lighter, and he watched expectantly as Lin An, who was full of tiredness, came out of it, and hooked his lips at them who had been waiting outside for a long time, revealing a smile that was more beautiful than an angel and would be remembered by him for the rest of his life:

"The state of the soul has stabilized for the time being, you can go in and have a look."

(To be continued)

ps：

Lin An rushed back...... Salin has also done everything that needs to be done~