Malan looked at the reveling crowd, and he knew that this was most likely the base of the Marton rebel army. First of all, when he was still five hundred meters away from the entrance of the village, he was discovered and stopped by the sentry, and in a night when everyone was partying, the sentry could still maintain this vigilance, which shows that the quality of this sentry is still relatively high.

Secondly, the sentry brought himself to the militia captain, not the village chief, which shows that in this village this militia captain is convincing and is the real leader of these militias, and the strength of this militia captain is by no means below himself, and it is too condescending to be a militia captain in such a small village.

Moreover, the rut entered the village of Crane and extended into the depths of the village, and he did not see the carriage, but he did not see the rut of the carriage coming out, which indicates that the carriage was still in the village.

Finally, since the people in the carriage were in the village of Crane, why didn't Arturius know what was happening in Riptide? It was impossible, a dozen or so people had returned to the village from outside, most of them fewer than those who had set out, wouldn't Arturius ask them? Or did they lie to Arturius? So why are they lying? Because you want to hide the identity of the rebels? This is also a possibility, but it is unlikely, and Malan prefers another possibility: Arturius is a member of the rebel army, or even the leader of the rebel army.

Ma Lan took a closer look at the state of the villagers, most of them were in good health, and combined with the sumptuous food and drinks at the dinner, it was a rich village. The geographical location of the village is relatively remote, the roads are not smooth, the traffic is inconvenient, and the reason for the richness is not trade, then it can only be that the land here is fertile and the products are abundant. In this case, this village was already very rich before the rule of the Segou Empire, and for this kind of village, the rule of the empire is not a good thing, and it will only bring damage to their interests, so this kind of village is often the main force of the rebellion.

Malan had already figured out the essence of this village in his heart, and also figured out the identities of Arturius and the others, so he reintegrated into the crowd and wanted to know more about this village. And Arturius, Snorlan and the others were still partying, and they didn't pay attention to what Malan was doing.

After a night of partying, Snorlan and Arturius slept until almost noon. Arturius had just gotten up when a militiaman came in at the door.

"Captain, the traveler who came last night is gone." The militia reported.

Arturius nodded and said, "Okay, I see." Oh yes, is Snorlan awake? ”

The militiaman nodded and said, "Just woke up." ”

Arturius nodded again and said, "Okay, I see." Go down. ”

The militia nodded, turned and left. Arturius washed up briefly, put on his clothes, and pushed open the door to Snolan's room. When he walked to the door and saw that he happened to meet Snolan, Arturius was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Up?" ”

When Snolan saw Arturius coming, he smiled and said, "Ah, up." ”

"What are you going to do?"

"Ah, I'm a little hungry and want to find something to eat."

"That's right, I'm just here to have dinner with you, let's go, go to my house."

"Hey, okay."

Arturius and Snorlan walked together towards Arturius' house. And at the same time, the study of the Selland Palace. The current emperor of Segou, Conriz Bonia, is taking care of the matter at hand. The door opened, and an attendant knocked on the door, walked in, and made a complicated salute, saying, "Your Majesty, General Harden and Lieutenant General Clinton ask to see you." ”

Conritz put down the red sapphire and emerald pen in his hand, closed the cap of the pen, screwed the cap of the inkwell again, nodded, and said, "Let them in." ”

The attendant nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." Then he performed another complicated set of rituals, and then withdrew from the emperor's study.

After a while, two tall figures in military uniforms came to the door of the emperor's study, and the one standing in front of them was a younger, taller, darker, darker, dark-eyed, short-haired General Harden. Standing in the back, older, shorter, whiter, with blue eyes and long blond hair, was Lieutenant General Clinton.

General Harden knocked on the door and shouted outside: "Your Majesty! ”

Conritz sat in his seat, looking through the open door, looking at Harden, who looked at him. Conritz glanced at Lieutenant Clinton again, a veteran lieutenant general who had worked diligently in the intelligence department of the General Staff of Segou for many years, but unfortunately he was not capable enough to serve as a minister, and he could only promote the young general Harden, who had made outstanding achievements.

Conritz shouted at Harden outside the door: "The door is open to let you in, don't bother!" ”

Harden smiled wryly and walked through the door, followed by Clinton, who turned around and closed the door when the two entered. As they walked to the desk, Conritz glanced at them both, then pulled out some newspapers and said, "Read for yourselves." ”

Harden and Clinton put a few newspapers in front of them, and they saw that the names of these newspapers were Segou Pravda, Serland Daily, and Segou Daily News. When Harden and Clinton saw these newspapers, they immediately understood what was going on—these three newspapers were the same newspapers that Clinton had invited to report on the Riptide incident.

Sure enough, the front page headline of Segou Pravda was "Attack on Torrent Town, the Pearl of the Border, Bloody Sacrifice of Soldiers and Civilians in the Town, Suspected Roe"; The front page headline in the Serrand Daily read "Brutal massacre in the border town of Riptide, no one alive in the town, Roe: Civilization?" Barbarous? 》； The headline on the front page of the Segou Daily News was "The brutality of the Roe in the brutal massacre of Riptide Town, claiming to be a civilized country".

Conritz straightened out the luxurious robes of unknown fabrics, saw Harden and the two read the newspaper, and said to the two, "What did you do at this time?" ”

Harden immediately smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is a manifestation of the reporters of these newspapers who care about the country and national affairs!" When they learned of this, they immediately appealed to the world about the barbarism of the Roe, which is a manifestation of the patriotism and dedication of our journalists! ”

Conritz glanced at Harden and spat on the ground without caring about the image, saying, "Phew! If they are patriotic and dedicated, I will retire Anderson now, and you will give me a picture of the future field marshal now! ”

Harden rubbed his nose sheepishly.

Conritz retracted his face, and then said: "Okay, you have done a good job in this matter, I asked you to come today to praise you, you don't have too much pressure." Conritz looked at Clinton again, and then said, "Clinton, I heard a report that the captain of the Riptide investigation team is your nephew?" ”

Clinton nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, he is my nephew, Malan Clinton." ”

Conritz nodded imperceptibly and said, "His father is the one who joined your family, right?" ”

Clinton nodded again and said, "Yes, it's him." It's just that I haven't seen him for a long time, and Your Majesty, you know, he is a person who can't be idle, and he said that he came to our house, but in fact, he just didn't want to be bound by his wife and children. ”

Conritz smiled and said, "yes." He's a ranger in the wilderness, not a ranger in your house. ”

Clinton sighed and said, "He's a great man." And this greatness has nothing to do with his wife and son. ”

Conritz added, "Indeed. Whether from the point of view of public or private morality, he is almost flawless except for his amorous nature. I would love to be his friend, but I wouldn't want to be a relative of that kind of person. Forget it, let's not mention him, tell me about this nephew of yours, Malan Clinton, what kind of young man is he? ”

Speaking of Ma Lan, Clinton couldn't help but smile and said: "Ma Lan, Ma Lan is a very good young man, he is like his father, he has superb swordsmanship, extremely keen observation, he is in his early twenties this year, but he is about to advance to silver, and he usually trains hard and is very smart, it just so happens that I have no children under my knees, I want to hand over the Clinton family to him in the future." ”

Conritz nodded and said, "I know, after all, the tiger father has no dogs, when he finishes this mission, he will be promoted to a major and let him go to Lieutenant General Kostana, the empire needs new blood." ”

Clinton calmed down, suppressed the joy in his heart, gave a military salute, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your appreciation." ”

Conritz nodded, and said, "In that case, then the fact that the real murderer from Malan should be a follower of the God of Killing, Eresnu, is very credible. ”

Harden nodded and said, "That's right, Your Majesty, judging from their means, weapons and equipment, and combat quality, combined with the current intelligence of the major churches in our country, it should be the fanatic followers of the God of Killing Eresnu." ”

Conritz frowned slightly, and said, "What is this impermanent person going to do?" Since the revival of the arcane arts, the gods' control over the secular world has become weaker and weaker, and the scope of management of this world has gradually decreased, since the magic revolution more than ten years ago, the power of the major churches has gradually weakened, only a few good gods still retain the glory of the past, countless weak gods have gradually disappeared in history, have disappeared from our sight, at this juncture, what is the god of killing Eresnu going to do? ”

Harden took over the topic and said, "Your Majesty, it may be that he wants to start a war again, after all, the more people his followers kill, the stronger his strength will be, and in war, killing people is normal." ”

Conritz nodded and said, "I think so too, but he's too rampant. Forget it, we don't care about these things, we can't control the affairs of the gods. Harden, you're still focusing on intelligence on the Roys. We need this war, the momentum of riots everywhere is getting stronger and stronger, I don't believe there is no shadow of that group of stupid conservatives behind this, but as long as the war starts, they will not be able to make much waves, once they find out that they have the slightest sign of helping the riots, they will be directly punished for treason, you know? ”

Both Harden and Clinton nodded.

Conritz continued: "At the same time, the work in the country cannot be relaxed, not only the conservatives, but also the major churches must be watched, and the believers of evil gods will be dealt with directly according to the law, and the neutral gods and good gods should also be careful, and I do not want them to have the opportunity to control the secular world again." ”

Harden nodded and said, "I understand, Your Majesty. Render to God what is God's, and yours is yours forever. ”

Conritz nodded and said, "Alright, you guys go down." ”

Harden and Clinton gave a military salute, Clinton turned and opened the door, and the two exited the study together. Clinton closed the door gently.

Conritz walked to the window, looked out the window at the figure of Harden and Clinton drifting apart, and couldn't help sighing, he still has a lot of work to do, he has to deal with countless ministers with different political views, and he has to figure out how to fight the next battle, he is too tired, he wants to rest, but he can't rest, once he relaxes the power in his hands a little, these ministers and nobles will pounce like hungry wolves and tear his authority. In this way, it is easy for me, but what about the empire? What about your children and grandchildren? Will the Segou Empire still be the Segou Empire of the Ponia family? He didn't dare to think about it, he didn't dare and didn't want to be a sinner in the family, a sinner in the empire.

Conritz sighed, returned to his seat, tapped his finger on the left hand side of a blue gem set on the table, and then the attendant outside the door knocked on the door, came in, and said the complicated salute of the moment earlier, "Your Majesty." ”

Conritz said with a serious face: "Generalissimo Anderson, Generalissimo Xuan. ”

The attendant bowed his waist to show that he knew, and then performed another complicated salute and withdrew.

A few rays of sunlight shone in through the window and shone on Conritz's face, reminding him of the days when he was out fighting. He muttered to himself, "Roe...... Eresnu...... Mobocracy...... Hmph, under the iron cavalry of the Empire, it's just some annoying miscellaneous. In the sun, Conritz's face looked particularly cold, the iron-blooded monarch, who had shed the shackles of his disguise, wanted to let the world know that the banner that did not fall on the battlefield, the steel barrier, the butcher, the executioner, Conritz Bonia, was back, back to the war on which he became famous and depended on to survive.