The woman's voice was as high-pitched as that of a eunuch singer, she was wrapped in a quilt with a young man**, and the lights in the cabin were still on in the middle of the night, so I was fortunate to see Titi break out of the ground.

Lin An kicked his feet, as if he had a spring under his feet, jumped out of the hole in the ceiling, shook in mid-air, and was almost out of control by the woman's screaming attack an octave higher, threw a mute spell on the woman, and then jumped out of the window where the cold wind poured in.

There was also a man's amazing voice in the cabin behind him: "That's the Countess of Purple Rose?" ”

Lin An slipped and fell half a foot from the window, the magic patterns on her boots changed, her feet were a little, and she seemed to step on the ground in the air, and the air rippled, and she just stood in the air out of thin air.

Without bothering to teach the man who didn't know what to do, Lin An looked at the stern of the boat, and at this time, a ripple was faintly visible on the water next to the hull, and she jumped into the water without thinking.

The white wing-like belt around her waist extended a pair of light wings as she entered the water, forming a space the size of a person, and from the boat, it looked like a glowing anchor thrown into the water, and then sank heavily, but it was so bright that the river was illuminated.

The woman's screams before were nothing, the events of some time ago made people immune, not to mention that the wood insulation of the cabin material was still very good, and Lin An's mental power was enough to minimize spell fluctuations.

But this light and movement, of course, still attracted the attention of others, especially the big ship that Lin An was on, although it was not the main ship, it was also in the middle of the fleet, not far from the main ship.

Lin An does not have "underwater breathing" on her belt, and if there is no light under the water in the middle of the night, she can only perceive it with the limited spiritual power that radiates in the water, because in the water, even the fish rely on the flow of water and the smell and sound spread in the water to determine the direction of the enemy. But for Lin An, the swimming fish and the boats on the surface were enough to disturb her perception, so she chose to inspire the wings of the Torch of Hope, which was also a last resort.

However, when Lin An sank into the water, Titi was almost nowhere to be seen in the light range.

It...... No, it should be said that he or she, like a big fish with incomparably flexible nature, was like a drop of water entering the river the moment he entered the water, and even Lin An's spiritual power did not feel any difference.

And the moment he/she saw a shadow in Lin An. He swam out of the light range and quickly swam downstream of the river.

From the ineffective Doiti escape method of the water system shield, Lin An was unexpectedly surprised by the various changes that Titi made this time. There was already a lot of noise on the water, Lin An still wanted to continue chasing, but a middle-aged male voice sounded clearly in her ears:

"Master Lin, what's going on?"

Lin An's body was stunned, and he felt that the air was gradually thinning out in the encirclement of the light wings. With a sigh, he applied a water shield and floated towards the surface.

When he came out of the water, the light wings on Lin An's waist had been retracted, but the surrounding fleet stopped, and some lights were lit up on it, and soldiers were probing their brains on it. There are even nobles who appear in cloaks all over their bodies.

A few mages flew on the deck of the ship where they were located, and when they saw Lin An floating up, they didn't go over. Because they were each responsible for the security of the ships they were on.

And Lin An is actually the mage leader on the ship she is on, with her spiritual power, the strength to resist the enemy is not strong, but her perception acuity is unmatched, which is enough to serve as the mage leader of this big ship that carries many nobles.

Go back to your cabin. Lin An'an did not have a trace of water on his body, and Master Ulysses, dressed in a black gold-patterned court master robe, stood with his hands in his hands. Look up at the big hole in the ceiling.

There was no sound above the big hole, and I don't know what happened to the man and woman, and I don't know what happened to the husband of the noble lady, and the husband of the noble lady was not the unknown gentleman who had just been in her bed.

Lin An subconsciously shook his head, when was it, he was thinking about such a nonsensical thing in his mind.

"Who is it, have you caught it?"

Sensing that Lin An was back, Master Ulysses turned his head and asked, with the same attitude as when he was in the palace.

"I didn't see the front, I ran too fast, and I couldn't sense it all of a sudden!" Lin An's depression is not pretending.

"The other party probably has a secret method to hide his whereabouts, and the black shadow seen by the nobles before is also likely to be him. A few of us old guys rotate day and night to keep an eye on the fleet, but if it weren't for your movement this time, I'm afraid I wouldn't have noticed it. ”

Lin An knew that several accompanying ** divisions had not relaxed their vigilance, and even used spells to monitor the entire fleet when they were sailing.

Thankfully, after the landslide, Titi and the Shadow Lynx were able to find her, causing no further incidents, and thus not being caught.

"If he hadn't come to my room, I'm afraid I wouldn't have found him." Lin Andao.

Master Ulysses did not doubt him, and the movement was made by Lin An to warn - this was a beautiful misunderstanding - he also asked the noble lady who lived on the upper floor, that is, he was a little strange how the other party could run to Lin An's room, but thinking that the people who saw the black shadow before were all women, when he looked at Lin An, his eyes were also strange.

Of course, Lin An didn't know the association under Master Ulysses's seemingly strict appearance, for a strong person whose spiritual power was not far from her, if the other party didn't hide her feelings without hiding her feelings, she wouldn't be able to perceive the changes in the other party's feelings, and the devil Fan Duosha had already been shielded by her, and she was not allowed to peek into other people's hearts casually.

The two said a few more words, and Master Ulysses estimated that the other party had been discovered this time, and he probably wouldn't reappear lightly in the next few days, so he returned to the main ship to discuss with the emperor and other masters.

Lin An's thoughts are similar to those of Master Ulysses.

This time, even if Titi doesn't stay away, he won't be deceived lightly, Lin An is now in a conflicted mood, hoping that Titi will appear again, but also not wanting him to come back recklessly and be caught by the masters who are waiting for him.

After Master Ulysses left, Johann and Angelia also came to take a look, but Andre and Sidney didn't come, because they were not on the original entourage list, and after Lin An took them, they were naturally fully distributed to each boat, as a mage force to protect the ships, and they couldn't leave for a while.

The injured Salin came over after a while, and Lin An had thought that he would be the earlier one, because he didn't have to protect the ship. But the cabin assigned as a mage is not far from Lin An.

"I just met Master Ulysses, so I greeted him." Salin explained this casually.

Lin An was a little surprised, not knowing how Master Ulysses, who lived in the palace for a long time, had intersected with Salin.

"After becoming a master, you can hardly leave a bloodline, but the masters are not without kinship in the world. During my mission, I also met a number of people, including the one who saved the life of one of the younger relatives of Master Ulysses, and when I went to visit him, I happened to meet Master Ulysses once, who was a master who cared more about kinship, and when he was not living in the palace, he went back to live in his family. ”

Salin said with a smile.

Lin An only thinks with his cerebellum. also knows that Salin will not "justly" save the other party for no reason, I am afraid that Master Ulysses is his purpose.

"But at the age of the master, his juniors don't know how many generations have passed. Who are you saving and getting so much attention from him? ”

"It is said that he is the descendant with the best magical talent in more than ten generations, because he was promoted to an official mage earlier, but he missed the Tower of Babel, otherwise with his identity. You will also be one of the participants. ”

Hearing Salin mention the Tower of Babel, Lin An ended the topic quietly, although he knew that he would not go around preaching that he was a participant in the Tower of Babel until the power of the Mage Tower was lifted.

Because of the hole in the ceiling, after Saleen left, Lin An changed the cabin. Angelia was busy tidying up the cabin, Lin An walked to the aisle and waited, and John behind him saw that no one was paying attention to them. couldn't help but say out:

"In addition to what Master Saleen just said, I think Master Ulysses noticed Master Saleen for another reason, because Master Saleen had recently become Master Robinho's personal assistant, and he was on a mission when he was injured. It was assigned by Master Robinho. ”

"Oh?"

Lin An was surprised by Salin's progress, but he was not surprised that Salin had become the master's assistant. Because Salin quietly entered the secret magic group, Lin An roughly guessed his thoughts.

Sarin's ambition will not stop at self-preservation, since he plans to climb through this big tree, then Robinho, a master who has been in contact with Guò missions, is of course a good candidate, plus the relationship between Andre and Lin An, the people around them have always been noticed by the high-level, with Sarin's ability and observation, it is easy to show his face in the eyes of the master.

That being said, it was not easy to get to this point in less than two months.

Although the assistants of the master are not as close as the disciples, a certain kind of Cheng dù can be regarded as a "reserve disciple", which is further than the apprentice, not to mention being able to learn from the master, I don't know how many people in the secret law group envy and hate.

What does it mean that John specifically said this to her? He never talked about things behind people.

As soon as Lin An thought about it, he understood John's thoughts: "Are you worried that he will be bribed and lured to my detriment?" ”

John hesitated for a moment, and said with a stern face, "Even if Master Saleen won't do this, what about the others?" ”

The others he mentioned, of course, included Master Robinho, who had taken Salin as his garrison, Master Ulysses, who looked at Salin differently, Master Kodiak, who had a close relationship with Andrea's siblings, Master Doyev, Sidney's teacher, and so on - related to the legendary powerhouse, anything could happen.

Lin An's eyes lit up.

"It's still you who are bystanders, and before you know it, we know so many strong people." Before entering the ice field, the ** division was still a legendary character for Lin An.

John reminded right, the strongest fortress is always broken from the inside, under the power of the legendary powerhouse, those people dare not do anything head-on, but through the friends around her, they can indirectly contact her, maybe Andre They inadvertently reveal something, it will become a flaw for Lin An.

Of course, not everyone comes with malice, they can say that they have no malice, and Lin An will not believe it:

She didn't know much about those masters, but she didn't think that saving people in the ice field would make a decision, especially after Odin's incident.

Lin An was silent for a while and nodded, "I know what you said." ”

John's reminder is not only for Saleen, but also for the characters who appear around his friends, even if they can't always pay attention, they should pay attention.

After the cabin was cleaned up, Lin An was called away by the master again to describe the characteristic attributes of the peepers he had seen.

Lin An had already prepared and put the shadow attribute of the Shadow Lynx on Titi. only said that he was speculating, and the masters had no opinion, so they let Lin An leave.

"There's a problem." Master Rice looked at the closed hatch and said lightly.

"It always feels like she's hiding something." Master Alberta said thoughtfully. Even if he can't use lie detector under Lin An's spiritual power, these experienced masters can always see a little clue when they gather together.

"The other party has not hurt anyone so far, and he is patrolling around the team, as if he is looking for someone." Master Ulysses said.

"It doesn't matter so much about him, since he's here to find that ugly girl, let her handle it herself." Master Kodiak grinned.

"Hmm." Master Rice nodded.

The masters either nodded or seconded. They didn't talk much and dispersed.

The enemy with unknown intentions is the most terrifying.

Master Rice habitually stroked the citrine ring on his finger, and the picture of Lin An's big ship on the ring flashed away.

***

The thirteenth day of embarkation. The fleet entered the Sumisipi Basin because the water journey was smoother than scheduled, and it was about seven or eight days before it could enter the Sumisibi Basin Plain.

The fleet had just passed through a large inland river city and replenished its logistical supplies. With no towns to anchor along the next leg of the journey, the fleet was expected to sail alone for three days, the longest of the Emperor's journeys that had disappeared in the eyes of the people.

The emperor gathered his son and several important ministers on the main ship.

When the important ministers saw the emperor, they were very relieved:

As long as you have a keen sense of smell, you can smell the recent dark waves, not to mention the assassination of the Autumn Festival. The winter relocation alone also surprised the ministers, who did not expect the emperor to move the palace according to the usual practice at this time.

Everybody knows. Once leaving the imperial capital, the safety of the emperor and even the entourage of the princes and important ministers was greatly reduced, not to mention that the destination of this relocation was not the Winter Palace, which was customarily chosen in the past and had built a lot of military defenses by the troops over the years, but the Sumisipi Palace that was settled for the first time.

Although tens of thousands of accompanying troops sound very large, in the eyes of important ministers who know the military situation and political affairs. The 10,000 army was as weak as paper, and most of the emperor's family was wherever it was. As long as you leave the imperial capital, it is simply a piece of fat meat in the eyes of the secret agents of the enemy country.

But the ministers couldn't figure out the emperor's intentions, and under the emperor's more than 30 years of accumulated authority, they could only murmur to themselves in their hearts, and the only thing that could give them a sense of security was that the emperor and the princesses appeared in their sight from time to time, as well as the masters who accompanied them.

The emperor sat behind the table, looking at the three sons and important ministers in front of him, his eyes were deep, and when the people who were watching were swept one by one, they all lowered their heads, not daring to look directly, but they felt in their hearts that today's emperor was a little weird.

"There is news from the south that six days ago the Guards accidentally captured the son of a tribal chief in Pontau, and then attacked by the barbarian army of Pontto at the Sentinel Pass, and the Guards killed 1,300 enemies and killed more than 500 people." The emperor put down a book in his hand and said lightly.

When several important ministers heard this, their faces immediately showed joy, and they said in unison: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, great victory!" ”

The mountainous region of Pontodo, often called a barbarian even in Perret, had a different ruling system from the general kingdom, and although it was no longer divided into tribes as it was before the founding of the country, it still retained some of the habits of the tribal groups.

The kingdom is not a feudal system, the ruler is the king externally, but internally he is called the chief, he is elected among the many tribal chiefs, and has a certain authority, but he can only indirectly affect the tribes, but he does not have the right to kill and kill the subordinate lords like the king, and the real leader of the tribe is still their patriarch.

Therefore, this time the Panto barbarian army disturbed the border, not that the Pontor people fought the whole country and came to pull out the tiger whiskers of Merlin, but that several tribes near the border encountered a famine and lacked food for the winter, so they united and ran to the border of Merlin to fight the autumn wind and plunder the winter grain.

They were born with courage and brute strength, and were accustomed to guerrilla warfare in the mountains and forests, and there were many border mountains, so the passes could not be connected, and the Ponto people often bypassed the border passes directly, and poured into the villages of the plains, and when the army heard the news, they directly dispersed and fled into the mountains, and when the army left, they harassed again, and even abducted women and civilians, which were as difficult as maggots on tarsal bones, and as tasteless as bone dregs.

Sentinel Pass is an important pass at the junction of Merlin and Ponto, built of solid stones, and the Ponto people, who are good at guerrillas in the mountains and forests, are often accustomed to bypassing this pass to intrude on the border, and never play offensive and defensive battles with the Merlin people in the pass, which caused them to take the initiative to attack the Sentinel Pass. I am afraid that the commander used a trick to capture the son of the tribal chief.

With the elite of the Guards, the battle loss ratio of one to two is definitely not a big victory, but what the ministers value is not the battle loss of the 1,000 barbarians, but the importance of the son of the clan chief:

The barbarian army stormed the pass at any cost, and the intensity of the attack even caused the elite guards to lose 500 in battle, which can only show the fact that the importance of prisoners is heavier than imagined, and the importance of this information to the whole war is far from being matched by the 500 Guards.

Calculated according to the time of Odin's trip to the front. He must have arrived at the front line only a few days ago, and then immediately achieved a victory that could have decided the outcome of the battle, and the important ministers congratulated the emperor for this. And rightfully so.

The other three princes all showed excited and happy expressions at the right time, of course, it is difficult to say what they think in their hearts, but even Prince Charles, who everyone knows that is the biggest threat to Odin's status, has a perfect smile on his face, which makes people unable to see the clues.

But there was no joy on the face of the emperor who was congratulated. His face was pale, which made the atmosphere a little awkward and strange, and after the laughter of the important ministers subsided, he threw out another bomb:

"At the same time I received the news from the imperial capital, three days ago. Michelle suddenly fell ill and died, and the eldest princess was overwhelmed and died of illness. ”

The smiling faces of the important ministers were brushed and put away. One of them stood up more directly and lost his voice: "What! ”

The ministers next to him all understood this person's feelings, because he was Gibran, the eldest brother of the eldest princess, who was more than ten years older than the princess, and almost treated the eldest princess as a daughter. The family has long been a staunch Odin faction.

Gibran was also over fifty years old at this time, about the same age as the emperor. In his early years, he was also a close courtier, but after the marriage with the royal family, the whole family turned into a low profile, and although it played a pivotal role in the military, it has rarely expressed its opinions in recent years.

When he heard the good news just now, Gibran was also one of the more happy ones, and now the rosy of laughter on his face has not faded, and has turned purple.

He suddenly turned his head sharply and looked in the direction of the three princes, and his devouring gaze seemed as if he was about to jump up and kill someone in the next moment.

Byron was still calm, his slightly frowning brows were slightly worried, and a trace of doubt flashed in Charles's eyes, but he ignored the selective gaze next to him, as if the other party did not exist, and Douglas was originally happy to watch a good show, but seeing that the other party's gaze wandered over the three of them, as if he was also among the objects of suspicion, his eyes were cold, his eyes were cold, he stared back, and snorted coldly.

“…… Gibranqing? ”

The military minister who was good friends on the side pulled Gibran for a while, and he heard the emperor's inquiry, and the emperor asked lightly, "Is there something wrong with Gibran?" ”

"The minister was shocked to hear the bad news and suddenly felt unwell." Gibran could only bow his head at this time, gritted his teeth and said bitterly, his bruised fist hanging down to his side and shaking slightly, in the eyes of others, they were all a little sympathetic.

"You stand down first."

Of course, the emperor would not fail to see the meaning of Gibran's actions just now, in fact, everyone present had similar conjectures, but only Gibran was so obvious that he came out.

But no one will say that Gibran's reaction was wrong.

Between nobles, marriage is the most common way to choose an alliance of interests, the marriage of the princes is appointed by the emperor, after the eldest princess gave birth to the eldest son Saxon, the Gibran family completely stood on the ship of the eldest prince, so Gibran clearly expressed hostility to the object of suspicion in his heart, which is completely normal, even the emperor will not feel that he is offending the imperial family.

But the table of several princes is very interesting, the ministers next to them are high and powerful, the family is huge, and they are not the object of the prince's marriage, so they don't have to stand in line like the Gibran family may defect to Charles and those small and medium-sized families, but from the perspective of onlookers, it is impossible to see which one is responsible for the death of the eldest princess.

Which of the important ministers who watched was not a human spirit, and after looking at the tables of several princes, he also sighed in his heart:

In the early years, everyone was worried that there were not many heirs, and they watched the emperor spend a lot of money to upbring, so it caused the current turbulent situation, even if he was as powerful as Odin, there was still a younger brother who was not convinced, and as soon as he left the imperial capital, the family was immediately unstable.

Even the military minister, who has always been optimistic about Odin, is also a little hesitant at this time:

Odin is over forty years old, his wife is dead, and there is only one Saxon left under his knee who is close to adulthood, even if he returns from the war and remarries, based on his father's childbearing age, it is already a fluke that Odin will have three more legitimate children in the future, and it is not certain that there is no precedent for a princess to succeed to the throne.

The Emperor discussed with his ministers for a while, and decided not to spread the bad news to the front for the time being, and if the fighting took a turn or was suspended, he would immediately summon Odin back.

When the deliberations were over, the ministers left, and the emperor left his sons behind.

(To be continued)

ps：

Gao Yuchao is in full swing to kick off the prelude.

Odin has played, Charles has played, the emperor ...... It's been on the scene a few chapters ago - I've been foreshadowing lately, and I'm currently in the selection of the characters in this volume of Gao Yu Dynasty plot, I said that I won't take the royal family in one pot, Merlin won't fall so fast, and the mansion is falling down little by little. l3l4