When Uther and the lord's wife returned to the castle, they saw three carriages parked at the castle gates, surrounded by a dozen royal foot soldiers. He was a little puzzled: "This pomp is too small." I remember that there were usually about 100 royal foot soldiers with them. ”

"Maybe it's a simple envoy." The Lady of the City Lord didn't think there was anything strange about it.

The two walked up with dozens of cavalrymen, and a fat man with a smile got out of the carriage in the middle, and he shouted: "This Excellency is the Venerable Lord of Winterwind City, and I am the royal envoy, Kira Orphen, and I have come to announce the royal decree. ”

"Hahaha, I am the city lord Uther, and this is my wife Sophia." Uther dismounted, then walked up to the fat envoy, and after a symbolic salute, he put his arm around the other party's shoulders and said with a rude smile: "Your Excellency Kira, you have come just in time, I haven't been here for a long time to be a big man in the royal city, come, let's go to the castle together for a drink or two, and we'll talk about the edict later." ”

The fat Kira seemed to be very unaccustomed to the other party's enthusiasm, and he said in a whisper: "Light, light, Your Excellency the City Lord, I am an ordinary person, and I can't stand the toss of you professionals." ”

Uther let go of Kira with an apologetic expression, and dragged him into the castle. After the Lord Huan Binyi, this fat man seems to be very good at talking, he is also very knowledgeable, at the wine table he talks Ni Ni but does not make people feel annoying, and after both sides have drunk more than a dozen glasses of wine, he put down a decree paper with a blushing face, and then went up to the third floor to rest on the support of the maid.

The lord and his wife watched side by side as Kira went upstairs, and then the two of them went to the study on the second floor. Uther closed the window, then sat down in a chair, opened the edict, and after reading it, threw it to his wife, and said: "The old emperor asked us to continue to guard the border, but at last he said that if we can open up the territory, there will be a great reward?" I'm already the lord of a city, the earl, if I am rewarded again, can I be promoted to a duke? This matter is not simple, the duke's position has always been only six in our Holevin, if I am promoted again, Kai will not be seven? This is not in line with the traditional tradition, what is the old emperor thinking? ”

The city lord's wife opened the edict and read it for a while, then sat down beside her husband, leaned against his body and said: "If the new nobles want to gain a foothold, they must fight with the old nobles, and the old emperor is tempting us to commit suicide?" ”

"The old emperor, he is already very old, isn't he confused......" Uther suddenly stood up stunned: "I know, the old emperor is dying, and he is about to reach the limit, so he is forcing our Longman family to stand in line." ”

Hearing what her husband said, the city lord also understood: "If according to tradition, the one who can inherit the throne should be the eldest prince, but the old emperor has always disliked the eldest prince, he likes the third prince." But the eldest prince and the four earls were very close, and the third was only supported by two earls. So the old emperor hinted that if we could support the third child, he would promote us to dukes. Breaking new ground...... Letting the third child sit on the throne is inconsistent with tradition, and it can indeed be regarded as opening up territory. ”

"This is a good opportunity, but our Longman family is not strong enough." Uther patted his thigh in annoyance: "If we wait for more than ten years, when Fencera becomes a great magician, and Kyle can be on his own, we will definitely not let go of this opportunity, but now ......"

The city lord's wife also sighed, the position of the duke has been in the hands of the six great families of Hollevin for hundreds of years, and now the emperor has allowed a position, but they have no way to grasp it, which is really uncomfortable. However, the city lord's wife had an idea, and she said, "How about we find a way to pull Beta into our camp?" I think he's a very strong person, and he can be trusted. ”

"He is a special bloodline holder, even if his strength is poor, his effect is quite large." Uther said with a yearning emotion: "You don't know, when I entered that thick fog, looking at the enemy's position, every move was under my control, and the other party couldn't see us very well, that feeling as if everything was under control, I think every general with troops can not forget as long as he tries once, if I have this ability, I will take a thousand cavalry to dare to attack the enemy below five thousand." ”

As a battle-hardened general, Uther knew all too well the true purpose of the 'Fog Pilot' skill.

The city lord's wife smiled and said, "It's a pity that we don't have a second daughter, otherwise we will never let that kid go." By the way, that kid's willpower is very strong, and my bloodline charm ability has no effect on him at all. Even if we can pull him into our family, we can't guarantee that he will be 100% loyal, just like Carl, who has always had a good relationship with us, but he didn't expect that he would betray us in the end. ”

"It doesn't matter if we can guarantee that Beta won't betray us for years," Uther said. The old emperor is already sixty-nine, and he was injured too much when he was young, it seems that he will not last long, definitely not more than two years, otherwise he would not have given us such an edict. So as long as Beta doesn't betray us within two years, then as soon as we become dukes, we will have more resources and wealth, and it shouldn't be difficult to satisfy his appetite. ”

In the eyes of these competent nobles, anyone can be bought, and if the other party does not agree, it is not enough to buy, or the method is wrong.

"It's a rare opportunity for us, and if we miss it, we probably won't have that luck for hundreds of years." The lady of the castle lord pressed her Alpine snow-capped mountains, and she had an open expression: "If it really doesn't work, let's quietly plant him a drop of enchanting blood." In this case, we should be able to arouse his opinion of us a little, and it should not be difficult to convince him to join us at that time. ”

If Liang Lidong was here, he would know the origin of the blood of charm, which was a creature of the demon world, the special ability of a succubus. Occasionally, a succubus will be inadvertently sent to the main plane by the spatial chaos, and then leave a bloodline on the main plane, such a bloodline has some special expertise of the succubus, of which the blood of charm is one of them.

Uther disagreed: "But in that case, you won't feel good." ”

"It's okay, I can control my will." The city lord's wife stroked the man's cheek: "Or or, you don't believe in my abilities?" ”

Uther was about to say something, when there was a knock at the door, and the two separated a little, and then he shouted, "Come in." ”

The man who came was a soldier, panting and sweating profusely, and half-kneeling on the ground, but unable to speak for the time being because of the violent panting.

Uther saw that his appearance was very familiar, and after thinking for a while, he frowned and said, "You are not the team leader guarding the gold mine, what happened and you need to go down the mountain to report?" ”

The soldier gasped a few times, and then he told the story of the incident, and when he was halfway there, Uther jumped up violently, and was almost about to draw his sword and cut people, but fortunately he was stopped by the lady of the city lord, and when the soldier had finished telling what had happened, he said in shock: "Fortunately, there is His Excellency Beta there to calm the situation, otherwise the gold mine will have to change hands." ”

The city lord's wife said angrily on the side: "I didn't expect this ambassador to be so despicable and deliberately lure us back. Looking at his good old face, he was really eye-catching. ”

"Since those royal infantry have been captured, then I won't go up, Sophia, you can bring someone up to deal with it. I'll have to stay and keep an eye on the fat dead man, lest he come up with any tricks. ”

The city lord's wife nodded, and immediately walked out. Uther shouted from behind, "Bring more cavalry up." ”

When she arrived at the two hundred cavalry outside the castle, the lady of the city lord hurried to the direction of the gold mine, and by the time she reached the cave, it was already evening. She went to see the captured royal infantrymen, and also saw Robin Clement, who complimented her and said a lot of compliments, only to be kicked in the face.

Then the city lord's wife went down to the basement of the tunnel and saw Liang Lidong, who was continuing to draw the magic array diagram.

Hearing someone coming in, Liang Lidong raised his head, then lowered his head and continued his work, while saying, "Why, you came alone, and the city lord didn't come?" ”

"Thanks to you this time. Lord Beta. The city lord's wife solemnly gave Liang Lidong a lady's salute.

"You're welcome!" Liang Lidong waved his hand: "After all, I also have half of the profits of the gold mine, and this is just for myself." Don't blame me for directing your soldiers. ”

The city lord's wife shook her mountain snow field slightly, and she said in disgust, "Do we seem to be such ignorant people? What kind of reward do you need, just say it...... Meat compensation is also possible! ”