"Your Majesty wants to cheapen him?" Concubine Ji Xue said with wide eyes.

The queen smiled, "What I thought was probably what you expected. It is true that I already have a shield like Zhaoxian, but I still lack a spear that can be used today, and he is the best candidate. ”

"But he's only a third-class earl."

"Because of this, the tip of this spear can be sharpened."

When Rick walked out of the palace, it was already dusk, and the western sky was full of brilliant colors.

He was about to mount his horse and rush back to the Duke's palace at once, when suddenly he rode a fast horse and galloped over, and immediately sat an old man with a short beard, who shouted from afar: "Excuse me, is the Count of Permont ahead?" When the horse came to him, he dismounted and asked again.

"It's exactly down there." Rick said with his hands behind his back.

The short-bearded old man hurriedly walked up to the front and saluted: "Heba, the second butler of the Auxiliary Prince's Palace, has seen the Earl, His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King has admired the Earl for a long time, and I would like to invite the Earl to come over." ”

Rick was shocked, but still couldn't help but ask, "You were sent by the Auxiliary King?" ”

"Yes, I serve in the palace, please don't doubt it, Lord Earl." Heba nodded.

"I have never met His Royal Highness the Vice-Chancellor, I wonder what this summons is for?"

Heba said with a smile: "The humble post has already said that His Royal Highness has admired the Earl for a long time, and I would like to invite your Excellency to come over to talk about it." ”

Rick pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Your Highness really thinks of me so much, okay, I'll go with you." ”

So, the group rode along the palace wall to the east, and walked for less than two teas. and came to a vast mansion. Beyond Rick's imagination. There is not even a pair of stone lions in front of the door of the palace of the auxiliary king, and the door plaque looks a little old.

Heba led Rick through the courtyard and walked for a long time before he came to an elegantly decorated hall. Rick left the guards outside, and then led Heba into the hall. As soon as he walked in, Rick felt several sharp stare at him. They come from the front and from the left and right.

At the top of the hall sat a grim-looking middle-aged man, sitting upright in a way that reminded Rick of his identity, almost immediately certain that he was His Royal Highness the Auxiliary Monarch. However, there was one thing that surprised him - the Auxiliary King would be so young, and Rick had thought that since he was no longer interested in the world, he must be in his seventies and eighties. But this is not the case, so it is very doubtful that he "does not ask about the world".

"Haha!" The middle-aged man laughed, his cold face suddenly dissolved like a spring breeze and rain, he sat upright and said with a smile: "I thought that Steward He didn't intercept Lord Earl, and I wanted to invite him personally." ”

Rick hurriedly saluted, "The kid doesn't dare. I was so frightened that His Highness invited me. ”

The Auxiliary King smiled and said, "There are two more distinguished guests today. Let me introduce you to Lord Earl, this is Lord Sun, who is known as 'Electricity Governor', and this is Marshal Fei, one of the three marshals of the empire. ”

With the introduction of the auxiliary king, Rick gave a salute to the two of them. The Governor Sun Dian was a short, thin man, small in stature, but with unusually long arms, and he didn't even look at Rick, obviously not taking Rick, the little earl, in his eyes. Marshal Fei Pufei, one of the three marshals of the empire, Rick had heard of it a long time ago, and he clearly remembered that he was the father of Fei Lei, one of the top ten masters of the imperial capital, so he took a special look at him.

Fei Pu was nearly sixty years old, but he sat there after decades of riding horses, his waist still straight, his hair gray, but his face was red, as if it were a happy occasion. He nodded and smiled at Rick in a friendly way, much to Rick's liking.

Rick withdrew his gaze and looked at the Vice-Chancellor, but halfway through he was met with two fierce glances, a tall young man with a long sword at the side of the Admiral, he was about thirty years old, and his eyes were full of the cold light of a leopard's predator. He should be the personal guard of the auxiliary king, ranked among the top ten masters in the imperial capital, known as the "throat-piercing sword" Albeck, corresponding to his appearance and the occasion of his appearance, Rick's heart quickly swept over the identity of the other party.

The Auxiliary King didn't let Rick sit, Rick could only stand, the so-called "official level crushes people to death", not to mention that the other party is the Auxiliary King, and he is just a small earl, the shape is stronger than people, Rick can only accept the Auxiliary King's inquiries like a prisoner.

"I heard that the earl has just entered the imperial capital, and he is quite busy?"

"Your Highness said with a smile, I've always been idle, how can I be busy?"

"Didn't His Majesty assign you to track down the murderer of Commander Miao? Did you catch it? ”

Rick's heart was shocked, and he secretly wondered how he would know, but on the surface, his expression was unmoved, and he smiled: "Tracking down the murderer is troubled by Lord Admiral of the Nine Gates, which is my turn to intervene?" ”

"Really?" An unfathomable smile crossed the Vice-Principal's face, and he raised his hand for Rick to sit down. Rick didn't sit down, but hugged his fists and said, "I don't know what His Highness is calling, what is the matter?" ”

The Auxiliary King stood up and said with a smile: "I just want to meet the Earl, since the Lord is busy, I will stay soon." Mr. He, send it to the Earl on my behalf. ”

The auxiliary king highlighted this remark, which made people feel like a tiger and a snake, and the other party summoned Rick, obviously not without purpose, but his purpose was obviously not achieved, so Rick was slightly stunned. Has His Highness changed his mind, or was this a matter of his calculations? Rick was suspicious, but he still saluted the people present, and then left the palace with Heba.

"Your Highness." The Governor stood up and said, "You're going to let him go?" ”

The Auxiliary King smiled faintly and said, "I have my own opinions, if I don't believe it, you can ask Marshal Fei." ”

Fei Pu smiled and said, "How can the old man guess what His Highness thinks in his heart." ”

"You've guessed it." "I thought this kid was a great character, and he was so used by His Majesty, I didn't expect it to be an embroidered pillow that I didn't like it." We don't need to deal with this kind of person for the time being, let him be proud outside for a while, but it can make His Majesty no longer reuse others, which will be beneficial to our plan. Speaking of this, his eyes swept to Fei Pu and asked, "Marshal Fei, I don't know if I am right to do this?" ”

Fei Pu quickly stood up and said, "Your Highness has tormented me, that kid really doesn't have to worry about it, but--"

"But what? You don't have to spit out. The electric governor said impatiently.

Fei Pu didn't mind, but said with a slightly worried face: "There are still places on him that the old man can't see." ”

"If you see it all through, won't it be a crystal?"

Fei Pu said with a straight face: "In the eyes of the old man, the best person is crystal." ”

The electric governor smiled: "I think your old problem is hopeless." ”

"That's it, don't say any more." The Vice-Chancellor stopped the two from continuing to argue, "The top priority is to prepare our plan. As for the kid - Albeck. ”

"What do you command?" The tall young man who had been standing like a stone pillar behind the auxiliary king walked over, pressed the sword in his left hand and bent down slightly and asked coldly.

"I heard that you have recently trained two apprentices?"

"I'll tell you the truth, it is."

"Send one and try that kid's skills."

"Yes." With that, Albeck retreated back to where he had been, as if he had never moved.

Fei Pu asked worriedly, "Your Highness, will you accidentally kill him like this?" ”

The Auxiliary King said lightly: "If he can't even dodge the sword of Albeck's apprentice, he is not qualified to be used by me at all." ”

Coming out of the palace, Rick didn't want to stay long, and immediately rode back to the Duke's Palace. Seeing the Auxiliary King made him think about it, and the Auxiliary King's attitude towards him and the other two people he saw in the palace gave him a bad premonition. In the depths of his heart, alarm bells kept ringing - that Auxiliary King was even more terrible than the Prime Minister and the Grand Duke Singo.

He was in a hurry to get back to the Duke's Palace, but someone stood in his way.

In the way stood a row of sword-wielding samurai, about a dozen of them, dressed in ordinary samurai attire, wearing a cloak and a three-foot sword tied to their backs. They stood firmly in the middle of the road, on the streets of the imperial capital at night, like more than a dozen stone pillars that had taken root on the ground.

Li Huan rode his horse to the front of the team and shouted, "Whoever is in the way, get out of the way quickly." ”

The warrior closest to Li Huan's lips opened slightly, as if spitting out a yin wind in the Nine Shadows, and said, "Mortal person." ”

Li Huan's face changed slightly, but his voice was still very calm: "It depends on your ability." The words fell, and he shouted softly, "Lebi, transfiguration." With this soft shout, a long snake whip suddenly appeared in his hand. As soon as the snake whip was raised, it attacked the samurai in the lead.

The other party didn't say anything, and drew the long sword behind his back almost without making a sound, and the sword was drawn so fast that with Rick's eyes, he could hardly see how he pulled out the sword. The warrior almost waited for Li Huan's long whip to reach his body before cutting his sword, and the speed of the sword was almost to the point where it could leave a complete afterimage in the air. Li Huan's long whip was unavoidable, and he was slashed by this sword. Rick had a look of surprise in his eyes. No one knows Li Huan's strength better than him, but Li Fan was forced to fall behind within one move, and the enemy's kung fu was so high that it was terrifying.

The snake whip was struck by a sword, but it did not break, and there was not even a single scar on the whip. But Li Fan was still very distressed, there was a trembling vibration from the snake whip, Li Fan could almost hear the moaning of his phantom beast Lebi, this sword obviously caused a lot of damage to it.

Of course, Li Huan would not admit defeat lightly, as soon as the snake whip was collected, a whip shadow danced in the air, and at the same time, the person also jumped down from the horse, and really used his hands and feet to attack the samurai, trying to recover the disadvantage just now. However, Rick knew that he had lost, at least in terms of momentum. The samurai swung his long sword in a limited space, using the word "block and rest" to block Li Huan's attack. Although Li Huan's long whip could contract freely, it still could not pose any substantial threat to him, on the contrary, every time the opponent attacked a sword, Li Fan had to be forced to save himself. (To be continued......)