Unlike the military joint meeting not far from the next door, the state tent on the other side of the palace has been quite deserted recently. I heard that the joint meeting had been held for many days, and the five generals of the empire had all returned to White Rock City to attend the meeting. The Imperial Family's directives could not be concealed, and the officials in the country had already learned of the Kaiser's will.

The political systems of the countries on the mainland have their own merits, and in small countries like Kaman, the prime minister appointed by the duke or king is generally in charge of state affairs, and then handed over to the officials below to carry it out. If the king or duke is not at ease with the prime minister, he can appoint his own descendants as regents.

In the San Jose Empire, they had a royal council composed of several important ministers, which was specially used to discuss and formulate national policies, and their national policies, after being submitted to the emperor for imperial approval, became effective. The people of San Jose call this system the cabinet system, which is the highest governing body in San Jose.

De Sik is different, this country has always been simple and rude, they are also simple and rude in the concept of governance, they practice a high degree of centralization, the emperor is everything, the emperor's words, must be faithfully implemented. Whether it is the state tent or the joint tent, it is just the emperor's echo worm.

Of course, echo worms, sometimes, also have their own ideas.

In the state tent, Desik's prime minister, the Earl of Norton, looked worriedly at the letterhead in his hand, which came from General King. Two days ago, I heard that General Jin had come back, and he was directly appointed by the Kaiser as the central general, responsible for the garrison of Baiyan City. In the past few days, General Jin has been holding a joint military meeting in the base camp, how could he ask someone to send a letter to the prime minister.

"Dear Lord Norton, I cordially invite you to meet tonight at the Golden Tooth Tavern in the city, where I have booked a private room, signed, Central General, Kim. ”

Earl Norton looked at the contents of the letter with some suspicion, and did not understand what General King was looking for at this time.

In Desik's country, the Earl of Norton is a well-known crown prince, and in fact, the domestic system he leads basically supports the former crown prince Prince Ferdinand. Norton himself, born in a long-established family in Desik, Prince Ferdinand's princess, is the middle-aged woman with gray hair at the funeral, who is from the Norton family. As a result, the Earl of Norton has been a strong backing for the crown prince.

Politically, the officials of the internal affairs system, in the always strong Desik country, are still relatively moderate, they will not go against the will of the emperor, but they will not completely fall to the military.

After Prince Ferdinand was assassinated, the entire internal affairs system suddenly lost its allegiance, and the Earl of Norton himself was also very distressed, Archduke Edward, he had always been disliked by Norton, and in the same way, the internal affairs system was naturally opposed to the military, so the Earl of Norton found that his recent situation had become a little delicate

Time flies, and it's time to get off work. Earl Norton walked out of the state tent, and happened to see the joint tent meeting opposite, a group of generals walked out one after another, and the middle-aged man at the back was General Jin. General King did not see the Earl of Norton across the street, and he left in a hurry, as if he was in a hurry.

Earl Norton thought for a moment and got into his carriage, "Let's go, Golden Tooth Tavern. The coachman was stunned for a moment, evidently feeling a little strange at the Count's stated destination.

The wheels grunted around the streets of White Rock City, and the Earl of Norton in the carriage lifted the curtains from time to time to survey the city.

Unlike other cities on the mainland, Baiyan City is a little more rugged, whether it is the architectural style, the style of clothing, or the group of civilians who are crowded together and fighting in the street on the opposite side. Probably a factor from the barbarian bloodline, the Desik are very fond of street fights when they disagree, and in the city, who does not have three or five friends, it often develops into a group of people.

At this time, the security forces under the command of the central general will swarm over, and for a while, leather whips and sticks will fly together, and the brawlers will be holding their heads and running around. If this is in other countries, how can this kind of troublemaker be arrested and put in prison for three or five or eight days, but in White Rock City, in exchange for a beating, and then lie in bed for dozens of days and spend a bunch of desik gold coins.

Of course, the Desik don't like to have a long memory, and the next time there is a fight, they still like to choose to talk with their fists. It's just that when the security team comes, everyone will run a little faster.

With the roar of "the security team is coming, the security team is coming", a bunch of people who were still fighting on the street just now stopped and rushed towards the opposite direction of the security team.

A group of people walked through the carriage on the side of the street, and the Earl of Norton couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at them, how many years have passed, and the Desiks are still like this. However, this is the story that happens every day on the streets of White Rock City in the Desik Empire.

Retracting his gaze from the street, Earl Norton looked at the big tent beside the carriage. The same white wooden wall and tent roof, a huge log at the door stands there, with a few big words on it, "Golden Tooth Tavern", it seems that it has arrived at the place.

Earl Norton is not young, he is more than fifty this year, he has been busy for a day, he will also feel that his hands and feet are sore, just now he sat in the car for a while, his legs are a little numb, just wanted to reach out and help the coachman, but he didn't expect that a young man standing at the door of the tavern just now ran to the carriage and helped Earl Norton.

"Lord Earl, you are here, my general has been waiting for a long time. ”

Norton looked at the young man, who was quite young and not very tall, and to his name, he looked like a general's personal guard. He was sent to wait for him outside the tavern, and General Kim took this invitation very seriously.

"Lead the way, I'm fine. The Earl of Norton, who got out of the car, moved his legs and gradually recovered, so his face straightened and he commanded.

"Okay, please come to me!" the young man turned nimbly and walked towards the tavern.

The Golden Tooth Tavern is the largest tavern in White Rock City, where you can taste all kinds of alcohol from all countries in the mainland, and the best ones to sell are nothing more than Kaman's tequila, San Jose's sake and so on. The nobles of Desik all like to come to this place, and if you don't come all the way, Norton has already seen several familiar young nobles in the lobby.

Because many of the nobles who come here are noble, in the Golden Tooth Tavern, there are dozens of private rooms of all sizes, this is not a simple tavern private room, but a completely soundproof, secret room that cannot be peeped into, what is done in it, the tavern will not interfere, so the nobles like to choose here to discuss matters. Of course, in addition to deliberations, the lawless nobles will do some other things here, some things that will always exist in other taverns on the mainland.

Without thinking about it so much, Earl Norton was sure that General King chose this place, of course, to keep a low profile. Following the young man in front of him, Norton came to a private room in the corner, and the young man opened the door and stood aside, looking like he wouldn't go in.

There was already one person in the house, and it was General Kim. Earl Norton and him, they know each other but are not familiar with each other, General King has served as a southern general for a long time, has been on the border of San Jose, and only returns to White Rock every year when the "Double Day" is celebrated. And for General King, the Earl of Norton is a familiar big man. After all, as prime minister, he was the nominally highest-ranking person in the Desik internal affairs system.

"Earl Norton!" "General Kim!" The two looked at each other, and General King held out his hand, "Please be seated." ”

The young man outside closed the door of the private room and stood at the door, so that no one could hear what the two people in the room were saying.

In fact, after the two people in the room sat down, no one spoke. General King quietly poured a glass of wine for Earl Norton, and Earl Norton did not shirk, took the glass and drank it all, and then the two were silent for a while.

"Lord Earl", after a long time, General Jin put down the wine glass in his hand, "I invite you here today to ask you a question, this question has bothered me for a long time. ”

"Oh, what's the problem?" said Norton, straightening up.

"The question is," General King hesitated, "yes, Lord Earl, do you think De Sick should start this war?"

Norton stopped talking.

In the political arena of Desik, internal affairs officials are basically the emperor's mouthpiece, a good mouthpiece, should not and cannot have their own thoughts, what they have to do is to complete the emperor's orders to the letter, and at the same time, hand over the information that the emperor wants to get.

Now, General Kim's question made it difficult for Norton to answer, "General Kim, don't you think this question is asked to the wrong person? ”

General Jin smiled, "Them, I don't have to ask them, what I want to ask is you, Earl Norton, Prime Minister!"

"This ......"

"You don't have to be in a hurry to answer, Lord Earl, let's take a look at these first. As he spoke, General Kim took out a roll of parchment from behind him.

Norton suspiciously took the parchment and looked at the clay seal, it was a parchment without any signature, he opened it and looked at it carefully. However, after just one look, Norton looked up in shock, "Where did you get this!"

However, unexpectedly, General Kim shook his head, "If I say I don't know how to get it, do you believe it?"

"What!" Earl Norton was even more shocked!

On the border between Desik and the Shang Alliance, near the West Bridge, there were two men, a man and a woman, riding a big horse in the dust, the man was carrying a long sword, and the woman was blonde hair, it was Grimm and Setie who were frantically investigating the case.

After leaving the White Harbor Kingdom, the two returned to Manning City, and after exchanging news with the Council of Elders, they rushed to the territory of Desik. At great cost in manpower, the Hunters finally caught the Assassin's trail at the Manning border, but unfortunately, the trail eventually disappeared from the Grand Canyon. Opposite the Grand Canyon, there is Desik's border guards, not far from the station of the Western general.

When Green and Setie got the news, they rushed to the vicinity of the Grand Canyon as soon as possible, and now, they were ready to cross the Western Bridge and head to Desik.

"Setie, we've been chasing these guys for days, and I hope this trip to Desik isn't for nothing!" Green said.

"What do you want to do, do your best!" said Settie, "Drive!" shouted, and the horse stepped onto the bridge.