When the ball ended, everything else went according to plan, except for a certain official who lost his job.

Two days later, the mountain of documents was finally read by Tsepes.

Rubbing his dry eyes, he rang the rattle and handed a piece of paper to Mussad, who came in.

"Send this to the Prime Minister and ask him to cut his spending as it is written."

After two days of hard work, the miscellaneous ones were added together, and it was estimated that four or five thousand gold coins could be saved every year.

Coupled with the cost savings from the officials' salary cuts, a total of nearly 10,000 Ducats can be saved in a year.

Although 10,000 gold coins is too small compared to the funds for hiring mercenaries, it is still better than nothing.

As for the specific plan to hire mercenaries, Wawrinka and Goffin have already submitted, and the two thousand five hundred gold coins that were agreed before have also been successfully delivered.

Waiting for Arthur to bring back the stolen taxes, Wawrinka's injuries are slightly better, and the process of military outsourcing will officially begin.

When Moussard left with his papers, Tsepes also walked out of the office, and after two days of busy work, he needed to go out for a while.

Take a walk around the palace kitchen, grab two fresh carrots, and then go to the stables to see the 'Deshui' comrades.

"Deshui, don't look at me with that kind of look, if you dare to be lame, or bite me with your teeth, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up."

Although Cai Peishi is holding Deshui's favorite carrot in his hand, Comrade Deshui's big eyes are still full of vigilance.

Tsepes was so impressed by this scene that he could only stick out his carrot first, and at the same time speak words of warning in his mouth.

Of course, he is also bullying and bullying the 'Deshui' comrades who can't understand, otherwise he wouldn't dare to threaten this stubborn donkey.

With the blessing of carrots, the whole process is very smooth, and one person and one donkey get along more friendly.

At that moment, however, with a sound, a figure pierced through the straw roof of the stables and suddenly landed beside Cepes.

Faced with the uninvited guest, Tsepes's heart was horrified, and his first reaction was to flee from here as soon as possible.

But as soon as he turned around, there were several more sounds, the sound of the roof being smashed through, and four more people came around him.

Surrounded by a siege, Cepes did not run again, and a Roman broadsword stopped in front of his neck.

"Ahh

And at this moment, the 'Deshui' comrade reflexed, and the black donkey's hooves did not hesitate at all, and directly kicked the ass of the sword-wielding man.

With a scream, the sword-wielding man was kicked out of the distance, and such an opportunity, Cepes might have missed.

He exerted all his strength, like an arrow off the string, trying to escape by taking advantage of the empty space cleared by the water.

However, he reacted quickly, and the other four reacted faster, and before they could take two steps, they surrounded him in the middle again.

These four people, compared to the guy who drew their swords just now, behaved a little kinder, and did not show their weapons as soon as they came up.

On their bodies, they wore uniform white robes, and on the chest of the robes, a black rose was embroidered.

Among them, there is a middle-aged man with a beard on his face, and his body is as strong as a bull.

Two dark-haired men of about twenty-five or sixteen years old, they looked exactly the same, they were twins.

Finally, there is a red-haired woman whose face is wrapped in a black handkerchief, and her sexy hair color can hardly hide her fierce temperament.

With a smile on his bearded face, two black-haired men with easy-going expressions, and a red-haired woman with a black cloth covering her face, unable to tell whether she was happy or angry.

"Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you.

We're looking for Vlad III, you take us to him. ”

The bearded man smiled and spoke, it was clear that he did not think that a grand duke would come to the stable to feed the donkeys when he had nothing to do.

"Who are you? Why look for the Grand Duke? ”

Since he was not recognized, Cepes simply took the opportunity to ask the other party about the details.

And at this time, the guy who had been hit by the donkey's hooves got up from the ground with his buttocks covered, and said angrily:

"Why do you ask so much! Take us there! ”

"Mirsa, don't be so bad, bad words and reckless behavior will bring disaster to you.

Just now, God's Providence has punished you in the hope that you will take this as a warning and get rid of your bad habits. ”

It was the bearded man who spoke, and he referred to the word 'water' as God's patron, indicating that they knew more about the situation in the palace.

Otherwise, it would not be possible to see a donkey kicking man with his head and take the initiative to connect with God.

At the same time, it can be judged that they were not pagans, but devout Christians.

As the object of education, the unlucky man who was kicked could only rub his aching buttocks, bow his head, and accept the teachings of the bearded man.

After the lesson, the bearded man continued to smile at Cepes and said:

"Young man, we have no malicious intent, about our identity, it is inconvenient to say it to outsiders, please forgive me."

It is not difficult to see that these uninvited guests should indeed not be killers sent by the Ottomans.

The identity is secret, the skills are extraordinary, and suddenly appear at this juncture, and Tsepes has already guessed their identity.

"How many of you, are you members of the Secret Order?"

Tsepes voiced his guess while carefully observing the expressions of several people.

After speaking, the five people showed surprised expressions at the same time, and the red-haired woman could catch the change in her thinking from between her eyebrows, even if she covered her face.

Among them, the man who was kicked was the most intense, and at the same time he was surprised, the Roman broadsword in his hand was about to point at Cepes again.

And this time, he was kicked again, and the beard kicked out, and kicked the guy out of the way.

"Who are you? How do you know about the Ashram? ”

Hearing Tsepes and say 'Hermitage', the bearded man knew in his heart that the young man in front of him was by no means an ordinary person.

Seeing that Mirsa, who had not grown at all, was about to make impulsive moves, of course he had to stop it in time.

Looking at the guy who was kicked away, Tsepeš was in a good mood, and he smiled and said:

"Patriarch Apaca told me about the hermitage, and he said that in the near future, people from the hermit will come to Targoviste."

"You're Vlad III?"

Although he used a question sentence, he was basically sure that the young man in front of him was undoubtedly Tsepesh.

"That's right, I'm what you're looking for, and I prefer to be called Cepes, you can call it that."

There was no concealment, Tsepes identified himself, and there was no need to put up a stand in front of these hermitage members.

These people, who claim to be the property of God, whether they are kings or dukes, are mere mortals in their eyes.

Of course, Tsepes also has the same identity as 'getting water', God's patron.

It is precisely because of this identity that the four uninvited guests bent down to Cepes.

As for Mirsa, she didn't have time to get up after being kicked down.

"The Black Rose Hermitage retreat, Marzad, has seen God's Favorer."

"Black Rose...... ...... Dimia"

"Black Rose...... Kamiya ......"

"Black Rose...... Redhead ......"

The bearded man was the first to reveal his identity, and the other three followed, reporting their names or code names.

The unlucky man who was kicked came over rubbing his buttocks, and said very unhappily:

"My name is Mirsa, you ......"

Without waiting for this guy to finish speaking, he was kicked again, and at the same time the bearded stern voice sounded:

"Stinky boy! Didn't I teach you to be polite! ”

ps It's in a bad state today, so I'm going to change it, sorry.