At night, Baron Atokin in his temporary residence in the city of Osting. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Sir, that Mage Motri is here. The butler carefully reported outside the door.

"Ah, I know, I know, it's annoying. I've said a long time ago that each of these foreign mages is a nuisance to us, and that stricter laws and conventions should be revised to restrain these guys. Baron Atokin slapped the table, and the fine porcelain teapot and water cup on it jumped and made a loud noise. "I feel sick every time I see the faces of these bastards from the Great Plains who think they are superior, isn't it because they didn't defend Oroyosta because of their cowardice during the war, so that they can preserve some of the high arcane inheritance?

"Alright, alright. Lord, Atokin, everyone knows that. Sitting across the table was an old man from the Anthony family waving his hand, indicating that he understood Baron Atokin's anger. "But proper perfunctory is still necessary, doesn't it mean that this woman is from the Arcane Academy? Find out which family it is? There are many children of the big family there. ”

"No, the woman wouldn't say. However, the mercenaries had already confessed that they had been hinted at by the above to kill the woman during the expedition. They didn't know exactly which one of them was, but it at least showed that the woman had something to do with the Fernández family. Maybe who's illegitimate daughter, maybe whose lover, the struggle for inheritance, the jealousy of women, these are all very common, after all, there are too many children of the Crimson Grand Duke, and there are even more children of the children. ”

"So we don't need to meddle with things, do we? just let her stay here for this time, we can just do our duty as a warden, whether it is the Arcane Academy or the Fernandez family, and there are also the Guardian Hand and the Temple of Sunlight to quarrel with them. The thing she got out of the ruins of the Bart house was so hot that I don't think anyone would want it to stay on the West Coast if they could. ”

"That's right. Today it was my turn to listen to this woman's report, and I think it was another round of grumbling and self-righteous ridicule. Sir Pat, do you want to stay and listen to it together, and you can be prepared when it is the Anthony's turn to accept this woman's complaints. ”

"No need for that, Lord Atokin. Seeing too much of the arrogant faces of those imperial capital people will affect the quality of my sleep tonight. Farewell. ”

The old man who had gone out saw the blonde female mage walking in the aisle under the guidance of the butler. Foreign mages who were restricted by dangerous behavior had to report their whereabouts every other day at the residences of the designated members of the Council of Mages, or else they would be expelled or even arrested and imprisoned, and this was a rare opportunity to defy the mages from Oroyosta, and the old man of the Anthony family used all his strength to make a light and obvious contempt but as perfect as he could to greet the distant guests, and then left without looking back.

In the study, Baron Atokin puffed out his chest and put on a majestic posture as much as possible, watching the mage walk in under the leadership of the old butler, waved his hand to make the butler also retreat and close the door, and then he took out a scroll from the drawer and stimulated, and the whole room was immersed in silence.

"Your Excellency, it's okay, this five-ring arcane 'phantom sound barrier' can be intercepted from most eavesdropping, even if someone is secretly paying attention here, they can only roughly hear that we are arguing. I've already set up a one-sided vigilance trigger around me, and at this time period, the possibility of outsiders coming here is the least. The majesty on Baron Atokin's face softened into a coquettish smile in half a second, and there was a hint of fear and unease in the depths of his eyes. "I don't know what to call you, what are your ...... in the organization?"

"Motri. Jerice Mottery, this is my name now, you just need to know this. The female mage was expressionless. "If there are no special circumstances, this is the first and last time we will meet openly and honestly. From now on, I'm just a low-level instructor of the Arcane Academy, Mage Jeris Motri, who is illegally exploring the ruins, do you understand? Unilateral transmission of information is sufficient. ”

"Yes, yes. Baron Atokin nodded repeatedly, his fat chin shaking like elastic rubber. "You don't have to be so careful. Because of the relationship between guarding that energy core, it is impossible for the Guardian Hand and the Sunlight Temple to have extra power and attention to be scattered elsewhere. ”

"I know. But for us, we can't be too cautious. So just this once, you know?" the mage looked at the baron with beads of sweat on her forehead, paused and added. "The last time you sent in was very useful and helped a lot with the organization's planning. In that sense, you're a smart guy. ”

Atokin's eyebrows furrowed, and a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Ah, of course, of course, my loyalty to the Order has never changed, my belief in the Arcane, my desire for the revival of the Empire ......"

"I say you're smart because you haven't forgotten what you're supposed to do as a junior member of the organization during this tumultuous time, and not waver like most fools. While I'm sure your sequencing trigger technique also serves as a reminder, this meticulous caution is indeed the performance of a smart person. The mage smiled, clearly affirmative, but it gave Baron Atokin goosebumps. "Let me remind you again, the sequencing spell on your body was set by Vice President Griffin himself, and I don't know what the trigger spell under his sequencing is, but I'm sure you don't want to know either. You're a smart man, and of course you're not going to let those savage Westerners use their witchcraft attempts to unspell spells, will you?"

"Yes, yes, of course. Just a slight recollection of that figure made Baron Atokin covered in a cold sweat.

"Don't just be afraid. You should also see the positive side. "The female mage is like a child. "You don't know how lucky you are, but you actually happened to meet Vice President Griffin when he was in a good mood, and the number of times I've seen him personally do it in all my years in the revival is only a handful. He cares about the 'work' he handles, and like those artists, he is certainly an undisputed great artist from an arcane point of view, even in the Age of the Empire. And every artist is very emotional and nostalgic, and you can get his own spells, which can be a huge capital in the future, and sometimes just one word from him may be better than your contacts for many years. ”

Baron Atokin's face finally looked a little better. Although that vice president was terrifying, he was indeed an extremely clever arcanist, and if it was really like what this woman said, the possibility of getting a little favor from him would really be a rare capital.

Seeing the Baron's face change, the female mage pursed her lips secretly. For these interested animals who are not idealistic, it is most useful to state the benefits and losses, although they despise it very much in their hearts, and now they have to lower their posture to tell them something they can understand.

"Although it's true that the situation of the organization is not very good now. It is a fact that the Starry Sky Hall has been rejected by the gods and temporarily disconnected from the material plane. The mage shrugged. "But those who waver will lose faith in revival because of this, and I can only say that they are stupid. Could it be that they would think that the Star Temple would be lost in the astral realm forever? Wouldn't the damage of the Divine Presence Technique to the gods themselves not be great this time? The divine power of all the secondary gods began to weaken to varying degrees, but for the time being, there was no complete loss of control of the law after the last war, which was a typical defeat for both sides. Without more than ten years, it is impossible for the gods to regain their strength. ”

"And as a reward for this intelligence, I can tell you a secret that the wall-to-wall grass does not know, and that is that our situation is far better than they expected, and it can even be said that there is a major turning point that has never been seen before. ”

"Yes, yes, I understand. You didn't see the old guy at Porut on his face at this time, as if his father and grandfather had risen from the grave to snatch a woman from him. And according to him...... That's probably the power core fragment of the Floating Hall, isn't it?"

Speaking of this, Baron Atokin's face couldn't help but have a vivid look, which was a natural reaction as a mage and as a nobleman of the Empire. The Three Floating Cities were the pinnacle creations of the Arcane Empire in its final glory days, representing the brightest light of the Arcane civilization, allowing all Arcanists to proudly claim to be the true and undoubted masters of the continent, and even giving them the confidence to defy the gods. Even though this glorious age has faded and the empire has vanished, this pride is still imprinted in the soul of every arcanist to a greater or lesser extent.

"Whether it was or not, it was just a bonus. The mage smiled slightly. There were restrictions on sequencing, and she didn't want to talk about it too much. "Compared to the thing that attracts too much attention, the most important thing for us right now is the Westerners. ”

"Westerners?" the expression on Baron Atokin's face became a little strange.

"Yes, Westerners. They have something there that will speed up the return of the Star Hall, and I may be able to increase our strength by leaps and bounds. Even in the room that was firmly hidden by the arcane of the five rings, the female mage's voice involuntarily lowered. "Listen up. I'm here today to tell you what I'm going to do next. You don't have to memorize the details, you don't have to make any plans, because this is probably the only time we're going to have a discussion, you just need to know what I'm trying to do and help me out on the fly......"

This is a kind of cooperation that requires tacit understanding and trust. The mage chose Baron Atokin, who had little real communication, not only because she had no choice, but also because she trusted the baron's loyalty under the control of the Order, and the wit and vitality that was stimulated by the oppressive interests of fear. Interest animals are a very useful tool and object to work with, as long as you have a firm grip on their interests.

"Yes, yes, I see. Then, this is the time to be wronged, and you must be regularly monitored until everything is clarified...... You really don't need to undo the sequencing spell on your body?, although everyone in the council is arguing that there is no way, but I'm sure they don't want to reveal their secrets, some families still have high-level scrolls hidden in it, or like the old guy in the Anthony family......"

"No, you don't. The female mage refused indifferently. This is nothing more than the six-ring sequencing technique plus a seven-ring law arcane art, which may be a sword hanging over the head of ordinary mages, but a member of the Revival Society who knows the content of the sequencing can completely ignore it with his wealth of knowledge and skill. "The only people who really want to dismantle this order are the Church of the Returnees, a group of fanatics who only want to destroy the undead, hoping to hear from me about all Earl Barth. Their attention will only serve as a good cover at this time. Next, I'll ......"

In the middle of the night, the city of Ossin was silent, with only the occasional few places lit up.

Mu Qinyi slowly opened her eyes, although her spirit seemed to be full, she could vaguely feel that the injuries on her soul had recovered very little in this meditation. And Mu Qinyi knows that according to this trend, the speed of recovery will become slower and slower, and it will soon stagnate completely.

There's no way around it. This is the case with the Shinto Path, which is almost impossible to gain personal talent without the rituals of sacrifice and prayer that have been accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years. She was able to make such rapid progress before, all of which relied on the insights accumulated from more than ten years of diligent cultivation in the Shenshui Palace, and some luck against the sky. However, it is obvious that this road has come to an end temporarily, and there are some differences between the laws of the Great Dao between the two heavens and the earth after all, and the perception she has accumulated is not enough to take a higher step forward.

When will she be able to set off to find the church of the god of the water element, or the altar? instead of being here with a bunch of poor old scholars and mushrooms? This is not simply resentment, she has already embarked on the path of Shinto, she has already felt the immensity of the avenue of heaven and earth, the essence of the world, and then look at these tedious things in front of her, she will only feel like wasting time with a group of mentally handicapped people playing with pee and cement.

Mu Qinyi stood up a little angrily. The four whale oil headlamps on the table illuminated the house as if it were daylight, along with the furnishings and even the house itself, all of which were sent by the Zhang family. With the refuge of the ethnic groups of the former dynasties who have been operating in the local area for decades, the situation in the envoys is a thousand times better at this moment than when they first came here.

However, these benefits have little to do with her, the most she and those ordinary soldiers and sailors can get is the benefits of eating and drinking on weekdays, and they still live in a camp tent that was moved down from the ship, and Feng Yinqiu came out quietly and found a dilapidated house to live in temporarily, and the people on it only pretended not to see it. And the habitable huts that are now available to all the people in the legation are eligible for exclusive use.

And here, it belongs to the king lord Bo Wang among them. I was called here by a personal soldier of the king lord Bo before, and said that she would be here for a while, Mu Qinyi has been waiting for several hours now. If it weren't for the fact that this place was much cleaner than in the envoy camp, and more suitable for meditation, she would have turned around and left.

Just when she was about to turn around and leave, a few footsteps suddenly sounded outside, and there was a faint sound of asking questions to the soldiers at the door, and after a while, the door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man in a Confucian robe walked in, and smiled at Mu Qinyi: "I have something important to discuss with you for a while, and I am tired of waiting for Fairy Mu for a long time, and I am offended." ”

"Lord Wang is busy with business and has worked hard. Mu Qinyi could only arch his hand. "I don't know what the command is to summon the little girl here in the middle of the night?"

"There are indeed some important things to discuss with Fairy Mu. Fairy Mu, please be seated. After saying that, after arriving in this Euroyi Prefecture, they all let Mu Fairy Liu Daochang and a few of you run around, but we, the scholars, were at a loss and at a loss. You're the ones who really work hard. ”

Lord Wang smiled, stretched out his hand and motioned for Mu Qinyi to sit down, and he was also sitting at the desk, looking very personable. This Lord Wang was only in his early forties, and he was the youngest of these officials of the Ministry of Rites, with a good face and a few long wisps of long hair trimmed very well, which looked much more pleasing to the eye than the wrinkled old men of Lord Li Wenmin.

"Whatever Lord Wang says, these are just our responsibilities. Mu Qinyi responded with a set of words in his mouth, but he was a little surprised in his heart. She didn't pay much attention to these court officials, but she finally stayed in the same boat for a few months, and she knew some details. This Lord Wang is the head of Honglu Temple of the Imperial Court's Ministry of Rites, and the deputy envoy of the envoy this time, the official identity is only under the gift envoy Li Wenmin, and he is also a son of the side family of the family. All the while, he mingled with the other adults, and his behavior was extremely low-key. Even when Li Wenmin scolded Mu Qinyi in the camp tent just now, he didn't say a word on the side, but he didn't expect to be able to say this when he pulled her aside alone.

"But this time I came to this European state, and everything really didn't go well. The king sighed. "One is that Daqian Ouluo has been cut off from contact for decades, and his voice is incomprehensible, and we didn't know what the situation is before, and the other is that Master Li is really not very good at this practice, and he is at a loss. It all depends on Daoist Liu and the best efforts of Mr. Feng to get to the current situation......"

Mu Qinyi thought for a while that he had heard it wrong, or that the person in front of him was simply someone else dressed in disguise, or it was simply some kind of illusion, and he had always been impersonal and incompetent, and he was almost a master of the ceremonial department who carved clay and wood with straw bags and rice bags, and he actually had such a reasonable and self-aware time. But after contemplating it for a while, she also understood that no matter how nice these words were, they were just some greetings, and it was impossible for this adult to invite him late at night to just say this. She didn't have the heart to be polite anymore, so she said directly: "Lord Wang doesn't need to be polite, just say it directly." ”

The prince's thin face froze slightly, as if he was not used to such directness, frowned, and after a little consideration, he said: "Okay, the official will be blunt." Li Wenmin Li was only a nine-pin praise of the Ministry of Rites before, and when the emperor decided to send an envoy to Euroyi, he was temporarily promoted by Lord Shangshu to the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple and served as a return envoy. In the middle, no one knows what means the Li family used, but you have also seen it all the way to Mu Fairy, Master Li is too old to run around, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is mediocre and confused than practice. Today, I reprimanded Fairy Mu for no reason during the day, even if I can't stand it. If this is the case for a long time, the future of my envoys is worrying......"

Mu Qinyi nodded. It turns out that these people are not all old and confused rotten scholars. And I heard that this Wang Zhu Bo seems to be an eighth grade, and now he has been pressed by Lord Li, who has been temporarily promoted, and most of his heart is not convinced. But what he didn't expect was that he couldn't bear to show his mouth until this time, it seems that he came to talk to himself today to find an opportunity to win over allies and anti-guest.

It's just that Mu Qinyi is not interested in this kind of officialdom intrigues, and the military immortal master who speaks really weightily in this envoy group should also be Liu Xuanying, she was about to open her mouth to refuse, but she saw that the prince Bo sighed again, and there was a subtle change in her eyes: "And this official's spontaneous wife has not married since she died of illness more than ten years ago, and at this time, she is looking for a virtuous and capable daughter to marry together in this thousands of miles away, I don't know if Fairy Mu has this intention?"

"Huh?" Such a magical turn made Mu Qinyi a little unable to react for a while.

"Don't hide it from Miss Mu, since you boarded the Kunpeng, this official has noticed you. Although they all said that the women in the rivers and lakes did not know the etiquette and were barbaric and vulgar, the official felt that it was just a stale prejudice. The official summoned you to come to discuss, but he was deliberately two or three hours late, and he did not see you asking and urging the soldiers waiting outside the house, which shows that your temperament is supple and has its own measure. The position of the immortal master of the army has no grade, it is only a small official, Liu Xuanying has a master and his own extraordinary cultivation as the foundation, so naturally no one is disrespectful. Miss Mu was born and her own family does not have such advantages, so she will inevitably be squeezed out by others. But Miss Mu and this official tie the knot, who dares to underestimate you for half a point? It is Li Wenmin and Master Li, and it is inconvenient to embarrass you anymore. Moreover, this official knows that Miss Mu is quite prestigious among the soldiers and sailors, and she is also extremely capable in running and practical, as long as the two of us become one and make up for the shortcomings, sooner or later we will also exercise the real authority of this envoy in our hands, so that Li Wenmin and other corrupt bookworms will not miss the important affairs of the court. There is just one thing I want to explain in advance, Miss Mu, you are from a humble background, and the official is from the Hedong Wang family and is a scholarly family, even if you continue to be the main room. And there is no etiquette outside of Yizhou, everything can be simple. ”

Mu Qinyi was stunned for a few seconds, then he suddenly smiled and said, "It turns out that Lord Wang specially asked me to hang me here for a few hours, just to say this to me?

"Does Miss Mu think there's anything wrong?" The royal lord frowned slightly, this answer that was not expected made him slightly unhappy, but he still behaved modestly and did not lose the demeanor of the superior. "This is a great opportunity for you. I know that you are from the rivers and lakes, and you are inevitably used to being wild. But you should also know that no matter how beautiful you are, you are like ants in front of the court system, as long as you don't have a strong backstage reinforcement, you can only be driven by people and can't get on the stage. Do you see that Liu Xuanying's status above the rivers and lakes is not bad? Now that I've told you about it, it's completely different from when I didn't talk about it before. It means that you should experience it carefully at home, don't realize yourself, don't realize yourself. ”

After saying this earnestly, Wang Zhubo, who felt hungry in his belly, picked up the pastry on the table and ate a piece, picked up the tea that had already been cold and took a sip slowly, and no longer looked at Mu Qinyi, who seemed to be a dumb chicken. He has a lot of confidence in how the other party will choose, which he has been pondering since he got on the boat, and has been delaying until today when he sees the opportunity to put it into action, in which the trade-offs, variables, etc. have already been in his heart countless times. He believed that this Jianghu woman would definitely be able to make the most beneficial choice for him, and he would not only be able to bring this good-looking woman into the room, but also use it as a powerful support in the group. Under the combined force of the two, pull a few more helpers and use some means to slowly try it, so as not to worry about Li Wenmin not being able to pull off the horse. I think it's just an old bookworm who has read dead books all his life, probably because he has given his life's savings to Lord Shilang, and this is the temporary exchange for the identity of this reward envoy, and he actually climbed on his head, which is unbearable. And when the authority of this envoy group falls into his hands, of course, he can do better than the old bookworm, and this great credit for raising the prestige of my Celestial Empire will be disrespectful......

"Sure enough, it's a caterpillar on a branch. ”

But what Lord Wang was waiting for was such a sentence, he was looking up in amazement, and suddenly the saliva that had just been swallowed in his throat inexplicably gushed up, and turned back into his mouth and poured it into the nasal trachea, he immediately couldn't help coughing vigorously, but the saliva mixed with food couldn't cough out for a while, he could only pinch his throat and slide from the seat to the ground.

True, these people are not really stupid. Witty and forbearing, weighing the pros and cons, the city government is unfathomable, and the plan is far-reaching, these things are not lacking, but they don't bother to show it to the lower class people in their eyes on weekdays. It's just that they don't know that the place where they toss and turn, showing their means and wisdom, is actually just a small branch and leaf.

No longer looking at Lord Wang, who was struggling like an insect on the ground, Mu Qinyi pushed the door out, it seemed to be dark outside, but the starry sky was shining overhead. She walked briskly into the dark streets under the stars.