Ashtiton.

The capital of the country of Yakee. As the capital of the thousand-year-old Yaqui, the city that the kings of the past generations have spent their lives and the financial resources of the whole country to run, and its majesty is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary Yaqui cities, just the magnificent various temples are enough to be proud of the entire Yaqui, and even the surrounding countries do not have such magnificent buildings.

If Ehititon is as beautiful as heaven, then Yaqui's palace is the brightest jewel of this paradise.

At this moment, it was not the king himself who was sitting in the king's council hall, but the Duke of Usubu and his staff, who had served as prime minister for twenty years. King Kadir III was not an extravagant monarch, but he was not so diligent. Most of the government affairs were still pushed to the prime minister to deal with. For twenty years, Usub has been working diligently, administering every aspect of the country every day for his lord. Originally in his early sixties, he looked nearly ten years older than his actual age.

He couldn't help but frown when he saw the report of the fall of the city of Essrath in the Tiers Mountains. Over the years, Usubu has already cultivated the ability to be invisible. However, the lord of Essrath City, Viscount White Muolos, was his distant relative after all, and his death made him a little sad. Of course, Usubu's affection for this distant relative ends there. If it weren't for his kinship, he would have beheaded this tyrannical guy for public display.

What Usubu really cared about was not the death of Viscount Baimuolus, but according to the report, a group of bandits in the mountains of Dils had attacked the surrounding cities of Mekir, Andaru, and Kuran in just five days after the capture of the city of Esras! And the method is all the same: first, send a false news that the slaves of Essras have rioted, and Viscount White Muolos is trapped, and ask for reinforcements. After the lords of these cities led their troops out of the city, they took advantage of the situation to enter and occupy the city, and at the same time annihilated the troops leaving the city. Although Usubu didn't care much about the affairs of the Dils Mountains, he knew that the combat effectiveness of those bandits was far inferior to that of the officers and soldiers, and even worse than the private forces of the city lords. Although these city lords do not have many troops, the other party has the spare strength to sneak attack the city and annihilate the army out of the city at the same time, which shows that the strength of this bandit is quite huge!

Usubu stroked his almost pure white goatee: there should be no bandit of such great power in the Dils Mountain, and even that Chail does not have such great strength. In this way, it seems that the bandits are acting in unison.

Seeing the Prime Minister's thoughtful expression as he stared at the report, his staff asked, "Your Excellency, do you want to present this report to His Majesty?" ”

"Oh, no, no," Usubu realized that he had already thought about it, and hurriedly retracted his thoughts: "It's not a big deal, just let Count Jacob solve the troubles in his own territory." The main problem at present is for next year's expedition to Arubania, and we must be fully prepared for Your Majesty. ”

"Yes, the lower officials are too talkative." The staff hurriedly lowered their heads.

Usubu suddenly thought of something, and continued: "Where is Your Majesty at this moment?" ”

Another staff member replied, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is not drinking in the side hall at the moment. ”

"Oh." Usubu knew that his staff had tactfully conveyed His Majesty's whereabouts. If Kadir III had not been dealing with government affairs and drinking in the side hall, he would have sown his seed in some of the palace ladies. Thinking of this, Usubu couldn't help but worry: it is reasonable to say that if you work women like His Majesty Kadir, you really deserve to be more generously rewarded. But so far, His Majesty has only four men and three women, and more than half of them have died. Neither the eldest nor the second son lived to be eighteen years old, and the third prince is only fourteen years old and the fourth prince is only eight years old, and the future of the country is really worrying. Thinking of this, Usubu couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: Is Yaki's royal family about to start withering?

At about the same time, Kadir III got up from the female officer out of breath and straightened her clothes. A slight cough sounded nearby, startling the female officer to cover her body with her messy clothes.

"Brudasmo?" Kadir asked.

"Yes, it's Wechen." The voice replied.

"What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, Lord Usubu has just received a report that the city of Essras and its surrounding three cities in the Tiers Mountains seem to have fallen into the hands of local bandits, and the four city lords have all died."

"Yes," Kadir said, taking a sip from the servant's glass, "how did the Prime Minister deal with this?" ”

"Lord Usubu asked Count Jacob to solve the problems in the realm on his own."

Kadir groaned for a moment and said, "That's it, after all, it's not a glorious thing for your relatives to die." But it's such a trivial matter, why bother to come to report? ”

The voice from Brudasmo replied, "Wechen just found out that His Royal Highness's spies were also listening to this matter, and he has already reported it to His Royal Highness at this moment. ”

"Hmph, that's what happened." Kadir sneered. Brudasmo's so-called Royal Highness does not refer to other brothers, but to his youngest brother, Ayuka. Among all his brothers, only this younger brother is not a gentleman, on the contrary, he is still the leading martial artist in the whole Yaqi. What worries Kadir is whether his ambitions are swelling as his brother grows older and more famous. Because of this, Kadir never allowed this brother to go to the battlefield to establish meritorious deeds, and in the name of loving this brother; At the same time, he also sent his own secret agents to monitor his every move at all times.

Kadir rolled his eyes a few times and said, "You continue to monitor and see what he is asking about this for." ”

"Yes, Wechen understands." The sound of Brudasmo disappearing from within the palace seemed to have never existed.

In the palace of the king's younger brother, Aiyuka, who was listening to the reports of his subordinates. His Royal Highness seemed to be very interested in the means of the bandits to seize the city this time, and even asked for many details. After hearing the report, the young royal family, who had just entered his thirties, stood up and paced around the room.

"Interesting, it looks like there is a very clever guy in this gang of bandits, and he is quite beautifully commanded! I really hope I can meet this opponent for a chance. Check this person's situation immediately, I want to know all about this person! ”

"Yes!"

After his subordinates retreated, Aiyuka could not hide the excitement in his heart, and grabbed the wine jug on the table and took a few sips. The composition of the alcohol burned the lining of his throat, and at the same time seemed to ignite something in Aiyuka's mind.

The year 799 of the Gregorian calendar is coming to an end, and the next year of 800 will be a special year in the history of the Yaki Kingdom, as well as a special year for the entire Yali continent.