Angela's Tavern is a tavern located southwest of the imperial capital of Redkar, in a small corner of this sea of red, because of the remote location and the tavern's name is very close to the characteristics of a few tribes, it seems that not many people come to patronize this tavern. After inquiring left and right on the street for a long time, Duan Qing finally found the location of this sparsely populated tavern with the incomplete adventurer map in his hand, he compared the cards hanging above the tavern with the handwriting on the small note in his hand up and down, and only after a while did he let out a heavy sigh: "Okay, I suddenly remembered this task." ”

He put away the note, and instead took out a black letter that had been pressed in his arms for a long time: "The letter that Hank secretly gave me before seems to refer to this place......"

"There's been so much going on in between, I've forgotten about it."

His gaze lingered on the surface of the black envelope for a moment, he pouted and raised his head, and then, after a moment of hesitation and preparation, reached out and pushed open the tavern door in front of him. The familiar sound of the bell then echoed in his ears, shifting his attention slightly from the scene inside the tavern, and a man in a gray-black bartender uniform sitting behind the diagonal bar counter, wiping the wine glass in his hand, then raised his head at the sound and looked at the guest who had chosen to visit the tavern at this moment with a flat gaze: "Welcome, may I ask—"

"Somebody stuffed me with something like this." After weighing it in his heart for a while, Duan Qing finally chose to take out the note he was stuffed with first: "I followed it to find it." ”

"Room 201?" Taking the crumpled note, the bartender who stretched it out looked at the other party with a strange look: "Angela's Tavern does have room 201, but it's just an ordinary warehouse. ”

"What?" Two black lines jumped out of Duan Qing's face: "Could it be that someone deliberately tricked me?" ”

"Yes, that's it."

The voice with a smile then sounded in Duan Qing's ears, accompanied by a figure belonging to a middle-aged man walking slowly from the depths of the empty tavern: "Stuffing this thing for you is just a reminder, and by the way, it is just a target for you who are wandering around the street, as for the room and the like, ......"

"It's just for you to stand at the counter."

He walked in front of Duan Qing and stretched out one of his hands at the same time, and Duan Qing, who was looking at this familiar face, then also showed a conscious smile, holding his hand with the other party: "I should have guessed that it was you, Your Excellency Tristan." ”

"After all, there aren't many opportunities to get in touch with you." Tristan grinned, "What's more, in these extraordinary times." ”

That is to say...... Do you still have a connection to the shadows? Duan Qing looked up at the left and right of this tavern: "Can you accurately find me in a million-level big city like the imperial capital?" ”

"Borrowing the hand of the Shadow Society is not what I want."

Turning his head in the direction of one of the tables near the deepest part of the tavern, Tristan, who was leading the way, replied in a low voice, "But since the situation is extraordinary, now is not the time to think so much. ”

"Why, do you really need this meeting?" Duan Qing, who was walking in the rear, asked a little strangely, "The situation in the empire has reached such an urgent level?" ”

"Whether the situation has reached this level or not, I can't judge now." Tristan, who was the first to sit down, shook his head and replied: "After all, I have just been here for a short time, and I am only a new nobleman who has returned to China in terms of status, and in terms of popularity and connections, I am much worse than any imperial nobleman who already lives here. ”

"It's not a disadvantage." Duan Qing, who also sat down, responded with a smile: "If you don't have such a position, you can't do your best to help us speak in the main hall, can you?" ”

"That stance won't last long, at least not anymore." With a deep sigh, Tristan slowly put away the smile on his face: "Tristan, who has no position, may still be able to say those words in the main hall without fear, but with the current undercurrent of the Empire, it is almost impossible to do it alone. ”

"Your Excellency, are you already in trouble?"

"The Anfleet family."

Saying the name, Tristan stretched out his hand and beckoned in a certain direction behind Duan Qing: "When I first came to this city, the Anfleet family took care of me a lot, they helped me deal with some things that I was inconvenient to handle, and even agreed to my entrustment to take care of you......"

"As a result, their tavern is now burning." He spread his hands towards Duan Qing, and then turned his head to look at the gray-black uniformed bartender who was walking forward: "I've been taken care of so much, and I can't continue to maintain my neutral position now...... A glass of deep blue ice, thank you. ”

"No, sir." The bartender holding the wine plate replied with a blank face: "Recently, the transportation in the empire has been a little inconvenient, so the goods are a little scarce. ”

“…… That's the ordinary Brandy Bar. So Tristan showed a helpless expression at Duan Qing: "Look, the impact of the Vlavos incident is really not small, and it is very rare to order a glass of wine you like now...... Hmm, what do you want? ”

"Plain water." Twisting his nose, Duan Qing waved his hand at the bartender, and then before the other party left expressionlessly, he suddenly raised his head as if he remembered something, "Two glasses." ”

"Why, you're thirsty after walking so many intersections?"

He turned his head to meet Tristan's smile again: "Don't worry, this time it's my treat." ”

"Ah, not really." With an embarrassed expression on his face, Duan Qing then pulled the topic back to the previous direction: "Is the Anfleet family really worth your effort?" ”

"I know that you adventurers like to weigh benefits and values, so I can introduce you to the basic situation of this family." Tristan shook his head and replied, "Of course, even if it weren't for their status as the Minister of Local Affairs of the Empire and a series of background relationships behind them, I think we should still repay them a little." ”

"Sure enough, he was a former candidate for the throne, and he did have a bit of self-consciousness as a king." Duan Qing shook his head in a low voice: "I hope you can restrain this consciousness a little bit in your future imperial life, otherwise...... Sooner or later, it will attract the attack of those who have a heart. ”

"If this time the matter can be resolved smoothly, I will return to the province of Santeleus to continue my retirement." Tristan replied with a smile, "I don't want to continue to live this kind of struggle for power with these nobles of the empire, that kind of life is no longer suitable for me to come back from the dead." ”

"Well, even for the sake of your peaceful life in the future, we have to find a way to survive this catastrophe." So Duan Qing sat up straight: "Let's talk about your judgment——"

"What exactly does this emperor in our head think now?"

In the sound of the ice cubes and the wine constantly shaking and colliding in the back, Duan Qing, who had his hands in front of him, looked at Tristan's face with a smile, and the latter hugged his arms indifferently, and his eyebrows slowly closed with the expression of thought: "......What about this?"

"His Majesty the Emperor may not be afraid of this challenge, as there are already some signs of division within the nobility of the Empire."

Pointing to the top of their heads, Tristan replied with a deep groan, "The nobles may think that this is a good opportunity to win their power into their own hands, but after the court meeting the day before, many of the nobles have fully demonstrated their position - they have no intention of working together. ”

"Just like the throne holders of our Free City, everyone is counting each other at all times." His voice continued to vibrate in Duan Qing's ears: "Some people are afraid of the consequences and are reluctant to come forward, while some people hope that their rivals can stand in the way, and there are even some guys who can be seen with the naked eye have already stood on the emperor's side." ”

"Oh? Who is it? Recalling the processes he had witnessed in the previous court meeting, Duan Qing asked with interest: "Such an undisciplined nobleman, I really want to know." ”

"It was the people who wanted Volavos to be found guilty." Tristan smiled and pointed at Duan Qing's face: "They hope to use this to discredit your character, so that they will throw those other sins of Tanzanian City on your head." ”

"The great crime of collaborating with the enemy placed on Volavos's head must have been specially prepared for this." Duan Qing pinched his chin and asked, "Do they hate me so much?" ”

"It's just a need for a contest, and the truth is not really in their scope of concern at all." Tristan shook his head and replied, "It is enough for them to ensure the victory of the imperial side and then get the appreciation of His Majesty the Emperor." ”

"I know what you're trying to ask, that Dreynier probably hasn't really taken a fancy to these inflamed guys." Looking at Duan Qing's eyes silently staring at him, Tristan then added: "But even if they are unintentional, they will still leave an impression in the heart of His Majesty the Emperor, although this impression will not work temporarily, but one day it will play its due role somewhere." ”

"After all, that's Drenier Frey Kadreft, the current Emperor of the Empire." Recalling the scene when he met the emperor in the depths of the palace, Duan Qing also sighed softly: "To be able to rule a country like the empire for such a long time, this little bit of means should still be available." ”

"If the nobles of the empire can't work together, this silent confrontation will most likely end in the victory of His Majesty the Emperor." Tristan again spoke of a more pressing topic: "Your Royal Highness will be rehabilitated by then, and you will be officially a loser." ”

"Anyone who opposes His Majesty will also be punished as they deserve, right?" Duan Qing replied with a wry smile: "It seems that the list left by His Majesty the Prince before he left was really left behind under the circumstances that he had expected a long time ago." ”

"You can rest assured about that." As if talking about something of concern, Tristan's brow furrowed slightly: "When you questioned me before, His Majesty the Emperor seems to have shown some kind of strange attitude-"

"He doesn't seem to be really going to put the guilt on you and me." His hands also folded in the corner of the table in the same way as Duan Qing: "He should have another purpose." ”

"Are you referring to those strange questions he asked in the temple?" Duan Qing recalled: "For example...... Someone from the military? ”

"The Gloria family seems to have been favored by Marshal Red lately, and His Majesty the Emperor has probably already discovered this." Tristan jumped directly past the stage of explanation: "If we can break up all the attacks from below, and sell them to Marshal Red a great benefit by the way, His Majesty the Emperor's gains may become even more." ”

“…… Locke. ”

With the appearance of an imperial officer carrying a big sword and stepping forward to assist him in the battle at the last moment, Duan Qing couldn't help but whisper: "His Majesty the Emperor plans to use this face of his son to sell the Gloria family a favor?" ”

"That's right, but no matter how much you sell it, this favor is just a giveaway."

The footsteps of the bartender slowly approached in the direction where the two men were, and Tristan replied in a low voice, "His Majesty's main target must be that person. ”

"The person who can still be accepted even if the prince Chris makes such a big farce, a target who can easily ignore such a big crime and can be recognized by the emperor." He took the glass of white ice wine handed over by the bartender, and his swaying eyes shook back and forth with the wine glass: "She disappeared in the trial directed and performed by His Royal Highness the prince that day." ”

“…… Well, all the imperial nobles seem to be looking for her. Duan Qing took a deep breath: "Do you value that woman so much?" ”

"Of course, not to mention the strength of herself that is enough to be called a top powerhouse, her identity is already a big weight." Tristan blinked his eyes: "Although this identity, I haven't investigated it until now." ”

"Use the power of the Shadow Society to investigate...... Aren't you afraid of arousing the emperor's vigilance? ”

"Don't worry, this tavern is relatively safe."

Raising the wine glass in his hand, Tristan gestured towards Duan Qing's location: "And I still have you in front of me, a bigger target, they even blocked you and your companions in An Fu Rose's room for three full days in order to investigate you...... Hmm, what's wrong with you? ”

"Nothing."

After taking the two glasses of boiled water that the bartender handed over later, Duan Qing, who let out a few chuckles inexplicably, then turned around and put one of the glasses of water on the table of another wine table that looked empty behind him.

"Let's move on."