In addition to Bonaparte, there were many nobles who came to chat with Zhang Jingxu, but these nobles were just chickens and dogs in front of Zhang Jingxu, so Zhang Jingxu casually perfunctory these nobles and sent them away.

However, to Zhang Jingxu's surprise, he did not meet Covance at the banquet.

It stands to reason that if Covance also participated in this banquet, he would definitely come to Zhang Jingxu to have a good chat, after all, Covance and Liu Xing and others are now considered a cooperative relationship.

Therefore, Liu Xing estimated that there might be some problems on Cowens' side, so he did not come to this banquet.

As for what the problem was, Liu Xing estimated that Covance should have been banned from today's banquet by Louis because of "unfavorable conscription", or even directly grounded.

No wonder the task of Covance's forces at this stage is so difficult, to put it bluntly, Covance's own strength is too poor, and he will be manipulated by Louis at will, or even used to kill chickens and monkeys.

In addition, Louis did not come to the banquet to chat with Zhang Jingxu, which made Liu Xing and others feel very surprised.

Liu Xing felt that no matter how stupid Louis was, as King Skaven, he should still have many staff around him to give him advice, so as long as these staff members were not a group of corpse vegetarians, then they should suggest that Louis come to woo Zhang Jingxu, especially after seeing Bonaparte show favor to Zhang Jingxu.

But Louis did not do this, and even only used his eyes to affect the communication between Zhang Jingxu and Bonaparte.

So, what exactly did Louie and his staff think?

Liu Xing and the others felt that they couldn't see through Louie's operation.

Just as Liu Xing and the others were about to end the discussion and go back to their rooms to sleep, Cai Gouzi, who had been making soy sauce, suddenly said: "By the way, I found a very strange place at today's dinner, which looks like an ordinary rockery pond, but I noticed that there is a place on that rockery that seems to be a writhing mechanism, so I suspect that there is very likely to be something hidden under the rockery pond." ”

Chamber?

Tunnel?

These two words instantly popped up in Liu Xing's mind.

Because there was no computer to play when he was a child, Liu Xing also developed a hobby of watching TV, and there were many costume films adapted from martial arts on TV at that time! Therefore, Liu Xing can often see various characters entering the tunnel or secret room through the mechanism, and the rockery in the garden is also a relatively common place to set up the mechanism.

It seems that Zhang Jingxu should have been influenced by these TV series, otherwise purely from the background of the European Middle Ages, the location of these institutions should be in the bookshelf or lampstand indoors.

However, if the mechanism is outside, this is good news for Liu Xing and the others, after all, the indoor mechanism is much more difficult to open than the outdoor mechanism, because it is difficult to enter the room where the mechanism is hidden.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing couldn't help asking, "Cai Gouzi, is there anyone stationed next to that organ?" Are you sure you're going to approach that mechanism? ”

Of course, Liu Xing also wanted to see if Cai Gouzi would sneak and whether he was a real assassin.

Cai Gouzi thought for a while, nodded and said: "It should be no problem, I observed the surrounding situation at the time, and found that the rockery pond is located in the north of the back garden, and there are many trees and flowers around it that can be used as cover, and there is no one to guard this mechanism, but that mechanism should be a very classic twisting mechanism, so according to my understanding of this kind of mechanism, as a mechanism that appears in the palace, it may have some upgraded special settings, such as having to twist in a certain direction, There are some requirements for a certain number of turns, or even the time it takes to twist, so I don't dare to touch that trap rashly, because no one knows if it will come with a deadly trap. ”

That's a big problem.

Liu Xing and the others also know very well what Cai Gouzi said, like this kind of organ that appears in the hinterland of the palace, nine times out of ten it should be related to the royal family, so the grade of these organs is generally very high, so the opening requirements of these organs are not low, and it is not something that you can open with a few twists, and nine times out of ten it also comes with anti-theft measures, and poison needles and arrows must be standard.

And more importantly, is there any need for this organ to be opened for Liu Xing and others?

Curiosity kills cats.

The Cthulhu Run game lobby often takes advantage of the curiosity of players by deliberately setting up some mysterious secrets in the mod, and then releasing a message to let players know about it.

Players' first reaction when they see these rooms is often "how to open this room", rather than "whether to open this room", because players in the Cthulhu Run game lobby have formed a mindset that what is hidden in the room or clues will have a huge impact on the mod they are currently in, so players will choose to open these rooms to find out.

However, players generally can't gather more information about these rooms, only that they do hide something, so players will generally open these rooms on the basis of zero information, and who doesn't know what they will encounter after opening them.

Just like the first castle lord mod that Liu Xing experienced, Liu Xing and other players encountered an underground secret room that seemed to be very hidden, but Liu Xing and other players at that time only guessed that this secret room should be related to the main quest, and did not know that this secret room was actually imprisoned by a ghoul.

If Liu Xing and the other players at that time had opened this secret room, then Liu Xing and the others might have to be chased by ghouls.

Therefore, in the forum of the Cthulhu Run game lobby, players investigated and analyzed the possible existence of the secret room, and found that among the more than 200 players surveyed, one-third of the players did not encounter danger after opening the secret room, and obtained some clues or props related to the main story; Then a third of the players were attacked after opening the chamber, but if they solved the raid, they also found various useful clues or items in the chamber.

As for the last third, it was basically a miserable situation by the Cthulhu Run game lobby, because these players did not get any useful clues and props after opening the secret room, but encountered all kinds of dangers, and even turned against some NPCs who had a good relationship, because these secret rooms have those NPCs with unsightly black history...

Liu Xing felt that the secret room under the rockery pond was likely to belong to the last third, because Liu Xing felt that from the current situation, his party would stay in the palace for a few days, so the palace was just a cutscene map, and the module should not set any important clues in this kind of place.

What's more, Liu Xing also knows very well that his party is still being watched by the people sent by Louis, so if he wants to avoid people's eyes and ears, he quietly goes to the back garden to crack the mechanism, which is a very difficult thing, after all, this is also a palace, not to mention that the organs and secret rooms in the palace are not something you can open if you want to, and you can enter if you want to.

Of course, Liu Xing's intuition also told him that the secret room under this organ was likely to be used to hide something unrelated to the main plot, to put it bluntly, this secret room was either used to discuss things with the king and some people, or it was a place for the king to "talk about life" with some people.

Nothing more than that.

Therefore, Liu Xing felt that it was better for his group to ignore it directly in a secret room like this, so as not to see something that should not be seen at the time, then Louis Ke would not give his group a good look.

Yin En and the others thought about the same thing as Liu Xing, so when they voted, Liu Xing and the others chose to give up continuing to investigate the situation in this secret room, and even Cai Gouzi, who discovered this organ, thought so.

After all, among the people present, Cai Gouzi has the ability to crack the mechanism, and this kind of mechanism is not only extremely difficult to crack, but also very dangerous after the failure to crack, and Cai Gouzi is likely to be in danger of life at that time, so Cai Gouzi does not want to crack this mechanism.

This is the end of the matter for the time being.

So, Liu Xing and the others went back to their rooms to sleep.

I have to say that the living conditions in the palace are indeed very good, so Liu Xing rarely slept lazily and didn't wake up until lunch.

After lunch, Liu Xing and the others went to the residence of the imperial mercenaries under the protection (surveillance) of a team of guards after applying.

Because of the special status of the imperial mercenaries, Louis directly gave up part of the camp of the defenders of the national capital for the imperial mercenaries to station, instead of setting up a simple camp outside the mud city like the armies brought by other lords.

Of course, in addition to showing the respect and gratitude of the Skaven Kingdom to the Empire, there are also Louis who is worried that other forces will have too much contact with the Imperial mercenaries.

Liu Xing and the others soon met Rodriguez, and after greeting for a while, Rodriguez took Liu Xing and the others to meet the leader of the imperial mercenaries - Chen Zixuan.

From the moment he met Chen Zixuan, Liu Xing knew that this Chen Zixuan was not simple, because his appearance conditions were much better than Bonaparte, and you must know that in this world of faces, good-looking NPCs are generally not too bad.

Chen Zixuan, who was wearing a white robe, stood up and said with a smile: "It's a pleasure to meet all the brave lords, His Majesty the Emperor said before arranging for me to come to the Skawen Kingdom, let me assist the brave lords well, so as not to have any accidents in the war." ”

Of course, Zhang Jingxu knew that Chen Zixuan was just being polite to himself, so Zhang Jingxu hurriedly shook his head and said: "Where, General Chen is the future pillar of our empire, it should be us to assist General Chen in the battle, after all, although the strength of our brave squad is quite good, but in this kind of large-scale war, our brave squad can play very little role, so when the time comes, we will have to rely on General Chen's help, and General Chen will not call us Brave Lord, We are not qualified to let you, General Chen, call us your lord. ”

Chen Zixuan nodded, and said with a smile: "Then Zhang Jingxu, don't call me General Chen, anyway, the age gap between us is not big, so it's better to talk about him as equals and call him by his name." ”

After Chen Zixuan beckoned Liu Xing and the others to sit down, Chen Zixuan said seriously: "I believe that the current situation is already very clear to you, this time the new king of Skaven, Louis, wants to put down the rebellion in one fell swoop with the strength of the whole country, and by the way, solve the plague clan entrenched in Ruszia, this war In my opinion, the probability of victory of the Skaven Kingdom is more than seventy percent, but even if the Skaven Kingdom can win, it will be a miserable victory... ”

Hearing this, Liu Xing thought that Chen Zixuan was going to tell his group about Wellington.

As a result, Chen Zixuan changed his words and said seriously: "So although we are called mercenaries, we are not really here to work for the Skaven Kingdom, so we can add icing on the cake, but we must not give charcoal in the snow, and we must take the preservation of our own troops as the highest priority, so we will be responsible for all kinds of defense work, I hope you can understand." ”

Liu Xing and the others nodded in agreement.

After all, the relationship between the Skaven Kingdom and the Empire is not very good, after all, the Skaven Kingdom has not become a vassal state of the Empire among the countries bordering the Empire, so it would be good for the Empire to send troops to help the Skaven Kingdom this time, and Louis did not expect the Imperial mercenaries to fight to the end for themselves.

Of course, the overtone of Chen Zixuan's words was that if Liu Xing and the others were to go to the front line, the imperial mercenaries would not support Liu Xing and the others too much.

However, Liu Xing and others also know very well that the main reason why Chen Zixuan did this is that Chen Zixuan needs to retain his strength in order to support Wellington in the future, because Chen Zixuan's army entered the Skaven Kingdom in the name of mercenaries, so in the subsequent battle for the throne, Chen Zixuan's army can "justifiably" accept Wellington's employment and help Wellington seize the throne, and the empire will not send troops to this side again, so that other countries on the mainland have no way to accuse the empire at the official level. Because the empire was not "directly involved" in the battle for the throne of the kingdom of Skaven.

This is Yangmou.

"By the way, if you really need to go to the front, I can still arrange a small army to provide protection for you, after all, individual heroism is not in vogue on the battlefield... Of course, there are times when I need your help with some tasks, and His Majesty the Emperor should have already conveyed this to you. Chen Zixuan said with a smile.