"Waste, waste, all waste!"

His Majesty the Emperor, who was sitting high on the main hall, roared angrily: "The previous assassination incident has not yet been investigated, and now at the gate of the palace, an emperor ** regiment commander has been assassinated again, is it possible that more than 100,000 soldiers of our empire are not furnished?" ”

On the left and right sides of the main hall, whether it was a civil servant or a military general, they were all silent, bowing their heads and obediently being trained.

To be honest, they themselves feel very useless.

With so many soldiers, martial law was imposed throughout the city, patrols were placed almost every short distance, and the palace gates were heavily guarded.

However, in this case, the commander of the Ilubeck Army, who was responsible for guarding the safety of the distinguished guests of other countries, was assassinated at the gate of the palace, and he was shot in the head and died more simply than a watermelon.

"Father, please stop your anger!" Seeing that the people below really didn't have the courage to speak, Ying Tianyi, who was standing on the left hand side of His Majesty the Emperor, had no choice but to open his mouth and comfort: "This is not the fault of the ministers, nor is it that the imperial soldiers are incompetent, but the assassins are too cunning!" ”

"After a few days of investigation, Erchen almost took the entire emperor. They were all searched, and even the dignitaries of various countries persuaded them to cooperate with the investigation, but they found no clues about the assassins. But now, Erchen can be sure that the purpose of the Assassins is to disrupt the Empire's military deployments and prevent us from successfully implementing the strategy of continental unification. ”

"According to Erchen's personal inference, it is likely that this was the spontaneous action of some eventful adventurer. Because among the other major forces, the Dark Elf Kingdom has lived underground for a long time, and there is no conflict of interest with us at all; The virtual motherland has just lifted its self-blockade and is actively developing diplomacy, and it will never ask for trouble at this time; Needless to say, the Duchy of Belmar has a benevolent heart and does not even dare to start a war, for fear of casualties among her subjects, and has taken the initiative to compromise before; As for the barbarians of the Bantu. They have the heart but the power, no matter how great their appetite is, because of the sparse population. There are very few combat powers, and they simply don't have the ability to cause riots and take the opportunity to start a war! ”

"Hence the act of assassinating important generals of the Empire. It is very likely that it was done by adventurers who did not see the big picture. They don't understand the interests between countries at all, nor do they understand the benefits of the reunification of the mainland, they only think that our empire has invaded their land strongly, causing them to be harassed by the flames of war, so they are hot-headed and reckless to carry out assassination, intending to make the empire stop the pace of expansion! ”

"There's really nothing we can do about this scattered small group of adventurers. They are small in number. The individual strength is not weak, and it is very convenient to move and hide. If you want to get rid of them, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort! ”

On a formal occasion like the palace hall, Ying Tianyi naturally had to pay attention to his tone of voice. Even the title is very formal, calling himself "Erchen".

"Hmm......" After listening to Ying Tianyi's explanation, His Majesty the Emperor nodded slowly, as if he was a little angry, but his brows were tightly locked. He said in a deep voice: "Your analysis is very correct, according to the news from the Ministry of Intelligence, there are indeed a small number of people in the people who are very opposed to the reunification of the mainland, and even set up the so-called 'revolutionary army' organization without their own strength. Intended to confront the Empire. If you want to eliminate this part of the people, the army will definitely not be able to do it, only to prescribe the right medicine and also use a small elite force to clean it up. ”

"Father, my son, please lead a small group of elite soldiers to clear out those rebels!" Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor frowned and thought about a suitable candidate, Ying Tianyi immediately took the initiative to ask for his life and volunteered to be an "eagle dog".

This kind of free mission is very suitable for Ying Tianyi, which can not only take the opportunity to hunt some adventurers with good strength, but also go out on adventures by the way, which is definitely more comfortable than staying in the palace.

As for the problem of bad reputation, this Ying Tianyi will not care, he is a very realistic interest ist, as long as it is good for himself, he will do anything.

"You?" His Majesty the Emperor turned his head to look at Ying Tianyi, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he seemed very reluctant to let Ying Tianyi leave.

Indeed, Ying Tianyi's performance for a while, whether it is personal strength or leadership ability, has made His Majesty the Emperor extremely satisfied. Even most of the civil and military generals of the empire were very optimistic about His Royal Highness the prince, thinking that he was a very suitable heir, and directly compared Hillia and Isabella.

But Ying Tianyi has no greed for power, even if His Majesty the Emperor delegates power to him, he is just a command brain, and never interferes with the specific implementation of the army below, which also makes the emperor and the ministers very helpless.

"Father, please forgive your son's willfulness!" Of course, Ying Tianyi knew His Majesty the Emperor's concerns, bowed down, and said sincerely: "Erchen's thirst for power is higher than anything else, and he only looks forward to one day when he can break the flesh. The physical strength is imprisoned, reaching the legendary realm. For this reason, Erchen needs more battles and more experience, even if the future is difficult, Erchen is not willing to give up. ”

"As for your side...... Sister Shelia is a very good general, and Isabella is also growing up quickly and can share the government affairs for you. With them by your side, your retainers can also go out with peace of mind, destroy the roadblocks for the empire, and realize your ideal of unification as soon as possible. ”

"Hey!" Ying Tianyi said so sincerely, which made His Majesty the Emperor even more helpless, as a relatively enlightened father, he knew that he could not force his children to do what he did not want, otherwise it would only backfire, so he had to sigh helplessly, and agreed to Ying Tianyi's request.

Isabella, who was standing next to Yingtian, looked at her fiancé with complicated eyes, with a lot of thoughts in her heart, but she couldn't say it easily.

After these days of getting along, she has roughly confirmed Ying Tianyi's true thoughts. Yingtian has no hostility towards the Empire, not even any forces, and indeed has no desire to be in power. Hope, the pursuit of the pinnacle of strength.

But at the same time, he is also very selfish, and anyone who dares to offend him, even if it is to offend those around him, he will not let it go easily. Isabella even seriously suspected that the death of Captain Krevor was probably done by Ying Tianyi, but she didn't have any evidence and didn't dare to ask.

She knew that if she wanted to use Ying Tianyi's power to help her ascend to the throne, she had no other way to grasp the relationship that had been established with great difficulty.

Standing on the right side of His Majesty the Emperor, although her fiancé Ilubeck had just been assassinated, there was no sadness on her face, but her eyes were strange and often peeked at Ying Tianyi, and her mind was unpredictable.

This iron-blooded princess has now been officially appointed as the new head of the Knights. Command the Empire's most mobile army. At the same time, because of the death of Ilubeck, the leader of the Eagle Legion, she also temporarily took control of the entire Eagle Legion. The power of his subordinates skyrocketed in an instant. And she could have the opportunity to command two legions, but it was all suggested by Yingtian to His Majesty the Emperor......

Just when His Majesty the Emperor acquiesced to Ying Tianyi, he went out to clear the rebel forces. When all the ministers in the palace looked at each other speechlessly and felt sorry, a herald suddenly broke into the main hall.

"Your Majesty, emergency!" The herald rushed into the main hall panting, knelt on one knee with skillful movements, and quickly reported: "Harusen, the personal guard of General Ilubeck, the former commander of the Eagle Legion, broke into the blacksmith shop run by the dwarves while investigating the cause of the general's death. Spotted some firearms, he decided that the assassin was a dwarf, and almost got into a fight. Lord Cyrus, the deputy head of the Elite Knights, happened to pass by and stopped him. But Haruson refused to give up, and insisted on capturing the dwarves! ”

"What?" As soon as he heard that something had happened to the dwarven blacksmith shop, His Majesty the Emperor seemed to take it very seriously, and immediately wanted to stand up and deal with it personally.

The dwarves, who had been living in seclusion for a long time, suddenly appeared in the emperor this time. Duval Tallen. Although he did not come to celebrate His Majesty the Emperor's birthday, he did have important matters to discuss.

As far as Ying Tianyi knows, there have always been members of the dwarf clan who have always opened blacksmith shops in the imperial capital, but they are usually very low-key. This time, the dwarven envoys came to visit and did not stay at the state guesthouse. Instead, he lived in a blacksmith's shop. Two days ago, His Majesty the Emperor also secretly met with the envoys of the dwarf clan, and seemed to discuss some matters with them, but Ying Tianyi did not know the specific content.

His Majesty the Emperor stood up halfway, thought about it, sat down again, and said in a deep voice to the ministers in the palace: "I think you have all heard the rumors about the dwarf race, they are a race with a very long history and civilization like the elven race. The equipment created by the dwarves used to be very popular on the mainland, but later became unknown as they lived in seclusion. ”

"But I can tell you that most of the magical equipment that has been handed down today, especially the scarce legacy equipment, is almost entirely from the hands of the dwarves. An ordinary adult in the dwarf clan can skillfully craft elite-level equipment. Some master dwarven blacksmiths have also handed down a lot of artifact-level equipment. The Dwarves have come to make a deal with us, and we will send troops to help them quell the riots in the hermitage, and they ...... then provide us with a large number of high-quality weapons and equipment! ”

"...... Uproar"

Hearing His Majesty's words, there was an uproar in the hall.

All aristocratic families with a bit of inheritance have almost heard of the dwarves, and they will not be unfamiliar with the equipment produced by the dwarves. Unexpectedly, this visit of the dwarves was actually to trade equipment with the empire, which is a great thing!

"Therefore, the dwarves are very precious allies of the Empire, and they must not be neglected, let alone harmed. And as long as you have a little brain, you know that the dwarves will not be stupid to assassinate the imperial generals. This incident is clearly a misunderstanding and must be resolved as soon as possible! After speaking, His Majesty the Emperor turned his head to look at Ying Tianyi, the meaning was very clear, and let Ying Tianyi deal with this matter.

What's even more strange is that almost all the ministers in the hall turned their heads and looked at Ying Tianyi in unison.

Ying Tianyi was depressed, and his face could no longer be controlled, revealing a helpless wry smile.

What does it mean to become a habit? This is the situation in front of you!

Because there have been a lot of things recently, and most of them are handled by Ying Tianyi, and they have all been handled very well, except for not catching the assassin.

It turned out to be fun, now that something happened, the first thing that everyone present thought of was Ying Tianyi, and even His Majesty the Emperor was used to letting Ying Tianyi do things for him, what kind of sin is this!

"Okay, I'll go!" Ying Tian was powerless to moan in his heart, and without waiting for the emperor and the ministers to speak, he waved his hand helplessly and walked straight out of the main hall.

Ying Tianyi's helpless expression amused His Majesty the Emperor, who was in a very bad mood, and thought to himself: If this child was born to him, how good it would be!

As soon as Yingtian left the main hall, beckoned his personal guards to follow, and went straight to the dwarven blacksmith shop.

His personal guard is a special squad that is still named in the elite knights, and it is all composed of female soldiers.

Although Ying Tianyi holds the title of prince, he is still the captain of the special squad. The original vice-captain Cyrus was transferred by Princess Isabella and appointed as the deputy head of the elite knights, becoming Ying Tianyi's boss, but he had no right to command Ying Tianyi.

Natalia? Hughle, with Isabella's help in intercession, inherited her father's title. He is now an Imperial Baron and has also been promoted to the rank of Vice-Captain of the Special Squad. It's a pity that she doesn't have the slightest sense of belonging to the empire in her heart, and the hatred is still there.

Ying Tianyi's older wife Nuo Yu. broke away from the nationality of the virtual motherland and followed Ying Tianyi to join the empire. His Majesty the Emperor in order to win over this powerful female swordsman. With the title of Ying Tianyi's prince, he gave Nuo Yu a viscount title, which was higher than Natalia, so that Nuo Yu was embarrassed to meet his old friends in the void motherland.

Even Ying Tianyi's only maid, Lotit, His Majesty the Emperor casually gave her a loyal and commendable name, and gave her the title of imperial baron, which made Ying Tianyi cry and laugh.

As for Ying Tianyi himself. He is a dignified prince of the empire, so naturally he doesn't need any more titles, and all the nobles have to salute obediently when they see him.

A group of more than 10 people rode horses and galloped on the streets of the imperial capital. There was no need for Ying Tianyi to say anything, there were patrols along the road who took the initiative to clear the way for him, and this situation has been going on for several days.

There's no way, Ying Tianyi is really busy these days, and he always has to run around. The people on the street are also used to seeing it, and almost everyone knows this young prince in white, which also makes Yingtian understand the life of a privileged person.

Rush to the remote location of the Dwarven Blacksmith's Shop, which has been taken by the Empire. The army was surrounded. Ying Tianyi took advantage of the height of his mount to see through the crowd that there were two groups of people facing each other at the door of the blacksmith shop. One group is the Eagle Legion, and the other group is naturally a stocky dwarf with an average height of one meter two.

These dwarves Yingtian had seen them many times in the morning, after all, he had been running around for the past few days, almost running the entire imperial capital, and drawing the entire imperial capital street map in his mind.

Similar to the rumors, dwarves are short, bearded, muscular, and have arms comparable to human thighs. By the way, there is another point, the dwarf's voice is very loud, and he heard the dwarf's scolding from far away.

For Ying Tianyi, the prince who was dressed in white and rode a white horse, the soldiers present all knew him. Seeing Ying Tian coming, the soldiers immediately knew that His Royal Highness the Prince was here to deal with this conflict, and they didn't need Ying Tian's orders to open the encirclement and let him enter smoothly.

"Your Highness!" The soldiers present, including Harusson, who was red-eyed and scolding the dwarf, and Sellers, who was standing on the sidelines and powerless to persuade him, immediately saluted Yingtian.

Only those stinky dwarves, birds are not birds.

Ying Tianyi jumped off his horse, ignoring the salutes of others, with a faint majesty of a superior on his body, and looked at Haruson who caused this conflict with an expressionless face.

Haruson was Ilubeck's die-hard guard, with a messy chicken coop head, shirtless, two arms turned out to be crimson, and a giant sword in each hand.

This is a fierce berserker, Ying Tianyi has seen him before, and even greeted him. But this time, Ying Tianyi was going to be unkind to him.

However, Harusen, who was simple-minded and had developed limbs, thought that Ying Tianyi was here to administer justice for him. After all, his master Ilubeck is the fiancé of the eldest princess Hillia, and he and Ying Tianyi are a family!

Haruson picked up a spear stuck in his back, handed it to Ying Tianyi, and said with red eyes: "Your Highness, this is the firearm I found in the dwarven blacksmith's shop. Almost no one in the city uses this spear, only here. And my general and the head of the knight order Krevor were both killed by powerful guns, so I'm sure the dwarves are the murderers, and I ask Your Highness to order them to be captured! ”

"Nonsense!" As soon as Harusen's words fell, a gray-bearded dwarf opposite him couldn't help but jump out and shouted: "We dwarves don't bother to engage in assassination, let alone kill people for no reason, you despicable human don't wronged us!" ”

Haruson was about to turn around and curse the dwarf again, but Ying Tianyi took the spear in his hand with a blank face, skillfully fiddled with it for a while, and then turned the muzzle of the gun, turned the white horse he was riding, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Bang!"

"Sigh the law ......"

The gun rang out, the white horse screamed, half of his body was beaten into a hornet's nest, fell in a pool of blood and twitched slightly, and soon died of his breath.

Ying Tianyi's action shocked everyone present, and the scene suddenly quieted down, and everyone turned their heads to look at him.

"......Huh" Ying Tianyi gently blew away the gunsmoke from the muzzle, lowered his head and continued to fiddle with the spear in his hand, and said in a tone without fluctuation: "The dwarf's special musket is a kind of long-handled rifle, the muzzle expands slightly outward, which is conducive to scattering, and the short-range power is great, and the range is slightly worse. ”

After speaking, Yingtian threw the spear in his hand to the gray-bearded dwarf, and said solemnly: "I believe that the dwarf is not a murderer!" In addition to the model of the firearm, there is no contradiction between the dwarves and the empire, only a cooperative relationship, and no motive for committing crimes. And I know the habits of the dwarves very well, and although they are a little short-tempered, they are real men who don't disdain to lie! ”

Haruson was stunned and froze for a moment.

The other onlookers were also stunned on the spot, but Cyrus stared at Ying Tianyi with burning eyes.

"Well said!" A powerful red-bearded dwarf slowly walked out of the blacksmith shop, came to Yingtian Yiyi, bowed solemnly to him, and said in a solemn voice: "We dwarves have lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests for many years, and have long been forgotten by humans. I didn't expect that today, I, Sinliga, would have the privilege of meeting a human who understands dwarves. ”

"We dwarves never lie, otherwise we will have no shame to face our ancestors when we die. This time I came to your country to seek cooperation, and there is no need to kill people and provoke them. I know you, you are the prince of the Delos Empire. You're very good, I'm willing to make you a friend! ”

"I'm also glad to be friends with a Dwarven Juggernaut!" Ying Tian smiled and said kind words, but in his hand, he unexpectedly punched the red-bearded dwarf in the chest.

"Huh?" At this moment, not to mention the Imperial soldiers, even the red-bearded dwarf who was punched was stunned.

"Hahaha......" But after a while, the red-bearded dwarf suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and also punched Ying Tianyi in the chest, and the strength was very good, and it did not hurt Ying Tianyi at all.

"I'm not mistaken, you are indeed a friend of our dwarven clan! Hahaha...... "The red-bearded dwarf seemed to be very excited, and his gaze at Ying Tianyi obviously changed......