Chapter 47 - Greed
Sitting in the room, Lu Ming silently heard the two grand dukes and the two royal family members arguing. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoHe doesn't comment on any of their discussions.
However, it was precisely because of his silence and not participating in the discussion that he heard something in some of the words of the two royal family members who had not thought about it repeatedly.
These two royals always talk about land and territories, consciously or unconsciously, and their eyes are still flashing with greed, and they seem to have a bad idea of being able to get a large piece of land in the plan.
But there was one thing that made Lu Ming a little unhappy. That is, the two royals showed some hostility towards Raman Rath, probably knowing something. But neither the regent nor the empress were very displeased with these royal family members, and it was impossible to tell these two guys about the plan.
So these two members of the royal family, most likely the elders of the royal family, used to limit the power of the empress and the regent, and to find ways to make them untrustworthy, so that the ministers and nobles were suspicious of the two of them. In this way, the rest of the royal family will be able to gain power, and not all power will be taken away by both of them.
It's just that how did the elders of the royal family know about this plan? It can't be the Lord Regent and Her Majesty the Empress themselves, right?
Because he had doubts in his heart, Lu Ming, who hadn't opened his mouth for almost two hours, suddenly asked: "I heard that the two of you would mention the plan from time to time, and they seemed to know this plan very well. So, I wonder where the two of you learned about this plan? I'm personally curious about this! ”
Suddenly, the two royals became a little embarrassed, their mouths open, and they couldn't say a word.
It is naturally impossible for the two of them to say how they knew about this plan, after all, once they say it, they will sell the person who carried them, and naturally no one will say half a good word for them in the future.
However, you must know that there were no two of them in the original plan, and now that the two of them appeared here inexplicably, it is impossible not to make Lu Ming, one of the planners of this plan, suspicious. If you don't say it, it means that there is a conspiracy, and anyone who is cautious will blacklist the two of them. And Lu Ming's personality is a little radical, maybe he may kill the two of them!
That is, the two of them are now saying no, not saying no!
"What's the problem?" Seeing that these two members of the royal family were open, covered with cold sweat, and unable to speak, Lu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. Then he put on a kind smile and said, "If there is really any difficulty, then I will not ask more." I just hope that the two of you don't come nonsense after the plan begins. After all, the elven assassins are still very difficult to deal with! If we get too far out, we may not be able to protect the two. ”
There is an obvious hint in Lu Ming's words, which means that you two had better be obedient, otherwise don't blame us if you die. So when these two members of the royal family listened to Lu Ming's words, they couldn't help but shiver subconsciously. They never thought that Lu Ming would be completely unafraid of startling the snake, how to warn them directly.
However, it was such a direct warning that made the two of them dare not make trouble for Lu Ming and Raman too much, and they could only play some conspiracies and tricks that could not be put on the table. But the problem is that Lu Ming is a nobleman of the Duchy of Errebos, and the royal family does not have the right to directly order the Grand Dukes of each Duchy to execute the nobles of their own principality. Many times, I will kill if I want to hear it, and I will slap it back if I don't want to listen to it, so that you don't dare to annoy. Therefore, as long as Lu Ming is still a nobleman valued by Raels, they have no way to do it.
In this way, their target was only Raman Lass, the titular duke.
But they didn't know that Lu Ming had actually dug a hole for them, and as long as they dared to use a conspiracy to frame Lamanras, then they would be sentenced to death by Lu Ming for offending the duke and defying the empress's will!
They want to play conspiracy, so it's no wonder that Lu Ming also plays conspiracy with them.
may have felt that Lu Ming had made the two royal family members who were a little arrogant at the beginning and didn't take the two grand dukes in their eyes dumbfounded, and looked frightened, and the Grand Duke of Raels and the Grand Duke of Ferram were a little sad in their hearts.
But as the Grand Duke of the Duchy, both the Grand Duke of Raels and the Grand Duke of Ferram had to appease the two royals......
"Please rest assured, as long as you don't get too far ahead of your plans, it will be impossible for the elven assassins to find them. And, if the plan goes well, the Elven Assassins are out of the question! ”
When appeasing the two royals who were frightened by Lu Ming, Grand Duke Ferram deliberately scared the two royals again.
In an instant, the two members of the royal family knew that they could not rely on Grand Duke Ferram and Grand Duke Raels to deal with Lu Ming. Because the two archdukes are obviously also a little dissatisfied with the two of them and want to the two of them.
In this situation, the two of them had to start thinking about which Grand Duke they should rely on in order to carry out their secret plan properly, so that the Empress and the Regent had originally promised that after the plan was successfully implemented, they would reward Lu Ming's territory, snatch it, and become their two territories.
And just then, a knight walked in and reported to the two Grand Dukes: "Grand Duke, Styx's troops have arrived. You'd better go over and greet you. ”
Hearing this, Lu Ming and the two Grand Dukes all stood up, straightened their clothes, and prepared to meet Styx's army and Viscount Oberik.
Like them, the two royals stood up and followed behind their group, also going to greet Styx's men.
However, unlike Lu Ming and the others, the reason why these two members of the royal family went to meet Styx's troops was because they felt that Viscount Oberic was easy to deceive, and it was easy to pull them into their camp and help them deal with the people of the Duchy of Erepos and the Duchy of Tartarus, and Lu Ming and Raman Rath really got that territory.
The two of them felt that Oberic was easy to deceive and control, but they didn't know that when Oberic was traveling with them before, he was also thinking about using them to gain as much benefit as possible for Styx.
The aristocracy is not as simple as the two greedy but unaware royals think, the nobles are ruthless characters who eat people and do not spit out bones. Although there are some nouveau riche aristocrats, it's not good......
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"Because my father had a bad stomach, so we arrived two days late, I'm really sorry, I apologize to you on behalf of my father!" After meeting the two archdukes, Viscount Oberik, who had brought the troops in place of his father, apologized to the Archduke Raels and the Archduke Ferram with some embarrassment.
Looking at Oberic who bowed to the two of them, Raels and Ferram couldn't say anything, so they had to throw Oberic into Lu Ming's training camp and let him deal with the viscount of this principality who was not very reliable.
In this regard, Raman Las, who is more familiar with Oberik, said that he would let Oberic know what the price of unreliability is! Although, the matter of mailing back to Styx by the owl nighthawk was agreed by the Grand Duke of Hecate himself......
After a few words, Oberic introduced Lu Ming and the others to the two counts that Styx was in charge of commanding the troops this time.
"The two lords of Nike and Bea, Farisias Ravin and Cassie Soropes. They are all known as our Styx commanders who are good at warfare, and they have a somewhat high understanding of magic. ”
Hearing Oberik's introduction, everyone couldn't help but look at the two counts of Styx.
Farisia is a scepter-wielding mage with a rugged face, a bear's back, a red beard, and piercing green eyes.
Cassie, on the other hand, is a warrior who is a little thin and delicate in comparison, not as strong as Farisias, but gives people a very dangerous and difficult feeling to deal with.
To be honest, the first time Lu Ming saw them, he subconsciously felt that they had taken the wrong weapons and equipment, how did they make themselves look weird. But when he found out that their looks were just because of family inheritance, he didn't think much about it.
Farisias was born into a family of warriors, and there has never been a magician in the family, but it was in this environment that he forcibly overrode public opinion, learned magic, and was successfully promoted to a great magician, so that everyone was impressed by his achievements.
Cassie, on the other hand, is completely the opposite of Farisias, the nephew of the principal of a famous magic school, and has never lacked all kinds of magic books since he was a child, but he just doesn't like magic, or he doesn't like magic because he can't learn it. Therefore, he chose the path of a warrior, and relied on his own efforts to become a swordsman.
Now the two of their families can't help but wonder if it was the wrong thing that led to the current result.
Of course, they look very similar to the rest of their family, so they can't be the wrong one!
After a brief acquaintance, everyone entered the interior of Slanlot's castle, which had been enlarged by space magic. Then Cassie, one of the two counts of Styx, went to take the soldiers of Styx to the huge room to provide them with news to rest, and only Farisias accompanied Oberic to follow Lu Ming and the others to the conference room and chatted a little about the plan.
At this time, Aman Carlton, one of the two members of the royal family, used the same reason as Cassie, with the army that was supposed to be led by him and Aman Korsa to Fort Slanlot, but they abandoned it because they wanted to grab some benefits from the two archdukes, followed Count Cassie, came to the door of the room where the army of the Duchy of Styx rested, and forced Cassie to let their Styx magician soldiers use space magic to create a huge room directly opposite their room. Let their soldiers rest.
Annoyed, Count Cassie had no choice but to let the magicians in his army forcibly copy an identical giant room in another dimension for Aman Korsa according to the style of the room on his side.
However, just when Count Cassie thought that the affairs of the room were settled and he could go back to his room to rest, Aman Corsa suddenly said that he wanted to invite him to a drink.
There was no way, Count Cassie could only go with him obediently, lest he toss his own soldiers again.
Arriving at the canteen-like place in the fortress, Aman Corsa asked the men on duty for a few bottles of fruit wine and a few plates of roast meat, fried chicken, and baked apples and other strange things, and then pulled Count Cassie to sit down casually, drinking and chatting.
After eating and drinking for a while, Aman Korsa felt that it was time, so he spoke directly: "We cooperate with Errepos and Tartarus this time for the stability of the Mirakaisa Kingdom, why did Her Majesty the Empress give half of the land that may be captured to Errepos in advance?" It should be given as a reward to the person with the greatest achievements! ”
Hearing Aman Corsa's words questioning the empress's will, Cassie was immediately startled and said, "Be careful! ”
"Caution? Be careful! I'm here to speak out for you Styx, and for all the principalities except Erepos and Tartarus! ”
"But ......"
"But what's it, but? I ask you, have you ever complained about Her Majesty's partiality? Ever wondered how their alliance of Erepos and Tartarus could be so favored!? ”
Hearing Aman Corsa's questioning, Cassie immediately knew that he had been fooled.
No matter what his answer was, there was no way to change his fate of being doubted by Lu Ming, Winsland, and other nobles of Erepos and Tartarus. After all, he had drunk with Oman Corsa, and he had asked Styx's magician soldiers to open a room for Oman Corsa's soldiers, no matter how you look at it, he has a good personal relationship with Oman Corsa!
"You count me!!" Knowing that he had fallen for Aman Corsa, Cassie stood up abruptly, slapped the table, and yelled angrily.
Aman Korsa glanced at the leader of the gang who left behind the counter and ran in the direction of the conference room, smiled, and said, "I calculate you?" Lord Count, have you made a mistake? I'm just a royal side of the family with no power or territory, how can I calculate you? ”
Seeing that Aman Korsa did not admit to framing him, and there were many footsteps in the distance, Cassie couldn't help but be very angry. But soon he had an idea, and said loudly: "I know that you are still not satisfied with the elders of your family who let Her Majesty the Empress ascend the throne, but it is a bit too much for you to say here that Her Majesty is not!" ”
As soon as the words fell, before Aman Korsa could say anything, Lu Ming and the Grand Duke came here, and they didn't have time to defend Aman Korsa at all.
Just as Aman Corsa was horrified to find that he had been tricked by Cassie in turn and wanted to defend himself, he heard Grand Duke Ferram say a little angrily: "Lu Ming let these two drunk souls sober up!" ”
"Yes!" Hearing the order, Lu Ming smiled slightly, and as soon as he raised his hand, a magic spell was played, and immediately two basins of ice water were poured on the heads of Cassie and Aman Corsa, pouring them a cold heart!