"Dear Mr. Higg, you're finally back!" Lu Faxi said in a strange manner, "Breaking into the enemy camp alone, killing the enemy chieftain, and retreating with his whole body is admirable, and he has long been out of our eyes!" ”

Higg saw that in his room, Lufasi, Owen and Jesse were waiting anxiously, and Jesse, who saw Higg coming back, had already cried into tears, Lufasi was furious and sarcastic, and even Owen's face was very ugly, which made Higg very embarrassed.

Owen hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Higg, you must tell us in advance where you are going!" Now the people of Madeya City are panicking, and the city defense battalion is investigating everywhere, especially for us foreign business travelers who have just entered the city, we are really worried about you! ”

Higg didn't know what to say, but Lan Xian'er spoke first: "Mr. Lufasi, Mr. Owen, Miss Jesse, Higg has indeed gone too far, I have already criticized and educated him, and he already knows that he is wrong, and promises not to make an example!" This time, forgive him! ”

Lufasi, Owen and Jesse carefully looked at the fairy-like woman in front of them, calm, polite and polite, and her words seemed to be unquestionable, and there was no way to refute them.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself!" Lan Xian'er continued, "I am Higg's wife, Lan Xian'er, thank you for taking care of Sigg during this time, if you need any help, as long as I can do it, I will do my best!" ”

"Tut-tut!" Lufasi looked up and down around the blue fairy's eyes, and then said to Higg, "No wonder, he abandoned us in order to go on a date with a beauty, it's too unfriendly to be a friend!" However, for the sake of Miss Blue Fairy, I have decided to forgive you! However, it is still necessary to criticize it verbally, not as an example! ”

Owen stepped forward and saluted: "It turned out to be Madame, no wonder Mr. Higg wanted to drag us to Madeya City, today I can see Madame's true face, this trip is hard work, it is finally worth it!" ”

Jesse also stepped forward to salute, and Lan Xian'er looked at this hard-working child, with a immature face, she was indeed a blank with no one, no less than her subordinates who fought and killed! ”

Lan Xian'er said: "You have been following Xige for so long, you must have known to some extent that what he is doing is very dangerous, but you have followed as always, which really touches me!" However, I have to tell you that in the city of Madeya, we are in an even more dangerous situation! I've been lurking here for a few months before I have some roots, and if I'm not careful, I could be doomed. There are some things that Higg does not mean to hide from you, but because it is inconvenient to tell you, and it is not good for you to know too much. Mr. Lufasi, Miss Jesse, if you wish, I will move you to Fuxing City, which is our real home base! ”

"That's not going to work!" "I've already agreed with Higg that I'll go wherever he goes!" Isn't it, Mr. Higg, that you don't see your wife, and you hate the old and the new? Ah, no, it's a love of the old and a hate of the new! Anyway, don't try to dump me! ”

Jesse also hurriedly said, "I am also willing to stay with Madame!" ”

Lu Fasi smiled: "Hahaha, you little goblin! Isn't staying with Madame the same as staying with Higg? Mr. Higg, the two of you, whose words count? ”

"You're not going to Fuxing City?" Higg asked.

Both Lufasi and Jesse shook their heads: "Resolutely not go!" ”

Xige smiled: "Okay, it's okay if you don't go, I and Lan Xian'er will go alone!" ”

"What, you're going to Fuxing City!" Lufasi said in annoyance, "Fooled, fooled!" If you're going to Fuxing City, of course we'll go too! ”

"Mr. Owen, what are your plans?" Lan Xian'er turned to look at the young owner and asked.

Owen said, "I also wanted to follow Mr. Higg, but my father has been in poor health lately, and it is not convenient for me to travel far!" Coupled with the fact that Zhuangzi's business is unattended, I can't leave for the time being! ”

"Mr. Owen misunderstood, we are not asking Mr. Owen to follow!" Lan Xian'er said, "Mr. Owen, we have some business in Fuxing City in Madeya City, if Mr. is interested, we can cooperate." Or Mr. Owen can also directly trade commodities with Fuxing City, if there is any difficulty in terms of funds, you can directly find the money bank manager here, and I will call him tomorrow to talk to Mr. Owen about the possibility of cooperation! ”

Owen hurriedly said, "Madam, Mr. Higg has been kind to me before, and I feel guilty before I have a chance to repay it. Madame has now introduced me to business, what is the purpose of making me worthy of your help in this way? ”

Lan Xian'er said: "Mr. Owen, you are wrong, we are not helping you, cooperation is a win-win thing!" You are a trustworthy friend, so we are willing to cooperate with you! ”

Owen looked embarrassed, so excited that he knew what to say. Things came too suddenly, of course he knew what the cooperation with Fuxing City was, but why did the other party help him so much, he vaguely felt that it was not as simple as Lan Xian'er saying that it was just a win-win situation.

"Young Lord, do you want to know why? Well, I can tell you! Higg said with a serious expression, "For the sake of Davis, he is a respectable man!" For the sake of commitment, for the sake of brotherhood, he has been the same for decades and has never changed his beliefs. When I help you, I am helping your father, helping your father, helping you Zhuangzi, helping the villagers around Zhuangzi, I am actually helping me by doing this, so that I can feel more at ease! There are some things you may not understand, but it doesn't matter, I really want to help you, and your father will never object to me doing this! ”

Owen didn't know what to say, although Higg was just a few words, but there seemed to be many secrets hidden in it that he didn't know, and these secrets, his father must know, his father didn't tell him, and the other party didn't say it, so naturally he didn't want to let himself know too much, causing himself to fall too deep. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Okay, I accept your proposal for cooperation!" ”

Higg continued: "Young Owner, I only have one request for you, that is, no matter what changes occur to the Davis Owner's condition, you must notify me as soon as possible!" ”

Owen was simply grateful, and said: "Mr. Higg and Mrs. Higg are very gracious, it is really difficult to repay them in the future, no matter what Mr. Higg sends in the future, even if they go to the soup and fire, they will definitely serve their lives!" ”

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In Auguston's royal palace, all the generals and ministers gathered together to accept Auguston's wrath.

"It's appalling!" Auguston roared, "In the royal city, next to the palace, the messenger of the druids was killed, and after two days of investigation, there was no result! The king is now worried, is it a day when someone sneaks into the palace and assassinates the king, and you will also be unaware of it? ”

Everyone was silent, which was a great shame. Originally, the level of the druid was set by Auguston, and it was arranged at the level of the feudal officials, and the security level was of course much lower than that of foreign envoys, but now something happened, but all these ministers and generals were to blame, and the ministers and generals dared not speak out.

Auguston's ascension to the throne was not so above board, and there were many versions circulating in the royal city, even in the court, Auguston's actions were not so convincing, and now there are a lot of bad things, and many people are holding a wait-and-see attitude and not doing things diligently. The elven king's control over the forest country was originally limited, and these ministers and generals in the court, which one of them did not have their own family power, in their eyes, the interests of the forest country and Augustine were always placed behind the interests of the family, and they now belonged to Augustine and the elf king, just to get more of their own interests in order to expand their own power.

"Now that the Grand Druid Baramans have been assassinated in the Royal City, how can the Druids give up?" Auguston continued, "We are deep in the quagmire of civil war, and if the druids attack us and send troops from the north, we will be in the middle of the enemy!" The matter has already come out, and it makes no sense for this king to blame you, and it makes no sense to hold you accountable, but how to minimize the impact of this matter, how to explain it to the druids, and make them satisfied, is a matter of urgency! ”

"Your Majesty, now that we haven't even found out the murderer, how can we explain to the druid? The top priority is to investigate the murderer first! A minister said.

One of the generals said, "Do you still need to find out the murderer?" It must have been sent by Hofton and Zaragoza! Kill Baramane in the royal city, stop our alliance with the druids, and draw the druids into their side to work together against us! Judging from the biggest beneficiary of this matter, the murderer must be a spy of the rebels, and then blame us! ”

The Ninth Prince, Ingram, said: "That's not necessarily, the general's vision is too short-sighted? The rebels have drawn the druids into the civil war in the forest country, and they have indeed benefited the most from dealing with us in the short term, but in the long run, an alliance with the druids is tantamount to quenching their thirst, what do the people of the forest country think about this matter, are they capable of bearing such infamy? Even if the rebels of Hoftton and Zaragoza can rely on the strength of the druids to defeat us, will the druids obediently carry out the alliance agreement and withdraw from the forest country? Hofton and Zaragoza are not fools to do this, and I believe they won't! ”

"They may not do the thing that the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, if it weren't for them, who would the murderer be?"

"Actually, no matter how you look at this matter, the party that benefits the most is the druid!" Ingram continued, "Have any of you seen Balaman's body? As soon as he was assassinated, the guards hurried out of the royal city with his corpse! Hmph, if I'm not mistaken, Balaman didn't die at all, but a play directed and acted by himself when he saw His Majesty's attitude and the hopelessness of forming an alliance! ”

"Self-directed? So what does he want to do? Auguston's eyes lit up and he asked.

"Of course, the alliance is hopeless, and I am ready to send troops to intervene!" Ingram continued, "The druids have not had a very good reputation in Middle-earth, and although they are very keen to interfere in our counterinsurgency, they are unknown! Well, now that the Great Druid Baramans have been assassinated in the city of Madeya, if we don't give them a satisfactory answer, they can justifiably send their troops! ”

"It's quite possible!" Auguston said, "It is indeed not easy to assassinate the Great Druid in the royal city, under the eyes of the king, even if the king sends elite guards, he may not be able to do it so cleanly!" It seems that it is very likely that it is a play directed and acted by themselves! ”

All the ministers and generals agreed with this opinion, because in their opinion, in a well-guarded place like West Street, it was impossible to kill a great druid with super ability and still get out of the way.

One general asked, "What should we do, and if they use this as an excuse to interfere with our counterinsurgency, how should we deal with it?" ”

"I'm afraid of a bird, the soldiers will come to block it, and the water will cover it!" "If they dare to cross the border, I will divide my forces to meet them, and it is a big deal that the great cause of counterinsurgency will be completed later!" ”

"No, Your Majesty, Second Brother, this is exactly the trap of the druid!" Ingram continued, "We don't have the energy to fight on both sides right now, and since the druids are doing this to find a reason to send troops, then we should use this to formulate countermeasures to delay their troops!" ”

Auguston nodded and said, "Since the ninth brother has analyzed it reasonably, he must already have a way to deal with it, let's talk about it!" ”

Ingram continued: "Your Majesty, we can first find a few death row inmates to act as murderers, and describe the identities of these death row inmates as assassins sent by the rebels, so as to sow discord between us and the druids, so as to reduce the anger of the druids, and divert the attention of some druids, and then pay a lot of money, so that the conflict will be eased a little!" We can take this opportunity to quickly destroy the rebels and buy time for ourselves! ”

Lanari sneered, "Ninth brother, are you a fool to be a druid? Even if they didn't direct and act themselves, using death row prisoners as assassins, wouldn't they be able to see it? ”

"This matter was originally directed and acted by themselves, of course they know that those death row inmates are not real assassins!" Ingram said, "We're just doing it for a show, showing that we don't want to be an enemy of the druids, and to show the world our attitude!" If Balaman's death itself is fake, then the druids can only swallow this matter in their stomachs for the time being, and it is not so logical for them to send troops to rescue them on the grounds of Balaman's death, at least there will be some discussion in their country! ”

Lanari smiled: "The idea of the ninth brother is too naïve, since the druid has played the cards, he wants them to give up if they have no gain, is it too naïve?" ”

"Of course the druids won't give up, but they will weigh the pros and cons!" Ingram laughed, "We can promise some benefits to the druids, as long as they are not too out of line, we will agree to their requests, so that we can delay the druids' troops for the time being!" Since the second brother is confident that he will complete the counterinsurgency in a few months, this time difference is enough for us to use! ”

Auguston said unhappily: "The druid's appetite is definitely not small, are you asking this king to betray the interests of the country?" ”

"Your Majesty, we are at least committed to benefits, and the process of realizing benefits will take time!" Ingram continued unhurriedly, "If Marshal Ranardhid completes the counterinsurgency, then we can reveal that Balaman's death was a play directed and acted by the druids themselves, then, the benefits promised before will naturally not be established, and we have no need to fulfill them, so we can't talk about betraying the interests of the country." I think that by that time, the country will be basically at peace, even if we can't fully compete with the druids, but we can use the home field and depth to play with the druids!! ”

All the ministers and generals began to talk about the feasibility of this plan! Although this seems like a big gamble, there are not many cards in the hand of the forest country now. As long as this plan can delay the Druids' intervention for the time being, I believe that no one here disagrees.

Auguston said with a smile: "Since the ninth brother is full of confidence, then, this matter, let's go according to this plan first, and you recommend a head of the diplomatic corps to send a druid!" ”

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