The old general looked at the alien race that was gradually moving away, and there was a trace of sadness in his eyes, the empire has been suffering from internal and external troubles in recent years. Outside, alien races from the south and north are constantly invading the borders of the empire, and inside, a small but mysterious revolutionary army is plotting to overthrow the empire.

In recent years, the national strength of the empire has declined seriously, not only does it not decline in its ability to fight abroad, but it is also full of internal contradictions, several generals of the empire have also rebelled to join the revolutionary army, and even several generals are still the most trusted generals of His Majesty the old emperor, and they are estimated to retire in a few years, and it is estimated that the situation of the empire will be more dangerous at that time.

Thinking of the future of the empire, the old general looked at Estes with more and more appreciation, after a month of contact, the old general determined that Estes is definitely a rare military genius in the empire in a hundred years, and his future achievements are definitely not below him, and it is even possible to become one of the greatest generals in the history of the empire, bringing the crumbling empire back on track.

"Estes, you will study by my side in the future, and I will train you to become a pillar of the future empire." The old general looked at Estes's Valkyrie-like figure and said to himself.

"Xiaoqing, you didn't get hurt, did you?" Seeing that the alien race retreated, Estes began to look for Mei Changqing everywhere, and when he saw Mei Changqing not far away, he hurriedly ran over and asked with concern.

"I'm fine, sister, are you okay?" Mei Changqing saw that Estes was covered in blood all over his body, and despite the fact that there were outsiders around him, he was anxious to grope Estes's body up and down to check if he was injured.

"What are you messing around, do you think I'm going to get hurt because of this little thing?" Estes knocked on Mei Changqing's head, and his delicate little face was slightly red, didn't this kid see that there were people around him?

"Hahaha, Estes is actually shy." Seeing that the danger was lifted, the surrounding uncles began to tease Estes and Mei Changqing.

"Hey, are you looking for death?" Seeing that this group of bad uncles actually dared to tease his sister, Mei Changqing took out his waist knife and launched the light gun of conviction with all his might. The long knife emitted a dazzling white light, and they had been together for a month, and this group of uncles also knew the power of Mei Changqing's move, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak for a while.

Estes couldn't help but smile faintly as he looked at Mei Changqing's back as he stepped forward to protect himself, the little girl's quiet smile diluted the smell of blood on the battlefield and brought a touch of warmth to the cold north of the empire.

A month later, Mei Changqing returned to the imperial capital alone, Estes followed the old general to learn how to lead troops to fight on the northern border of the empire, according to the words of the old general, Estes is destined to become a generation of military gods, and he needs to train more by his side, but the old general doesn't seem to be interested in Mei Changqing, although he admits that Mei Changqing is very smart and a general, but compared to Estes, it is too far behind, so when he heard Mei Changqing say that he wanted to return to the imperial capital, he directly agreed to Mei Changqing's request.

Before returning to the imperial capital, Estes handed over all the assets he had obtained from hunting dangers to Mei Changqing, it seemed that because it would take a long time to meet, the day before Mei Changqing left, Estes directly touched Mei Changqing's bed and hugged Mei Changqing and chatted all night.

"Huh~We still like big cities~" Looking at the majestic imperial capital, Mei Changqing couldn't help but sigh. The old general said that when he returned to the imperial capital, he would go to the old man from before, and he would teach himself in the next few years.

Mei Changqing looked at the imperial capital from afar and found that under the gate of the imperial capital, the old man was already waiting there with a bunch of bodyguards in black and sunglasses. The old man was still sitting upright on a chair, and there was a row of bodyguards standing neatly after being beaten.

"Just like last time, I just got first-hand information when I arrived in the imperial capital, and this old man's intelligence network is really..."

Mei Changqing sighed that the empire deserves to be the world's number one existence, even if it has fallen like this in the past few years, there are still as many strongmen as there are in it. Whether it is the old general or this old man, they are characters who have not appeared in the original comics and anime, but in terms of ability, they are not worse than those plot characters, Mei Changqing felt that he really underestimated the strength of the empire before.

"How's it going, how does it feel on the battlefield?" When the old man saw Mei Changqing, he asked with a kind face.

"It's not good, you have to walk too much and the food along the way is not good."

"Don't you think it's dangerous?"

"Don't you know the answer?"

At this time, it is not appropriate to answer whether it is dangerous or not, so Mei Changqing pushed the question back to the old man and asked him to guess for himself.

"You're really smart." The old man is a high-level person in charge of the security and intelligence of the imperial capital, and he not only needs to have a high force value but also a smart mind to do this, in terms of the danger of work, in fact, the death rate of the old man's line is higher than that of a soldier, and the old man has always wanted to find an heir, but unfortunately he has not found it for a long time.

"You can follow me for a while."

"Yes, can you eat and live?" Mei Changqing thought for a while and asked.

"Package, even the travel fee, as long as you don't die, you will keep wrapping." The old man took out a pipe and smoked it.

"Okay, then I'll go pack my things first."

"Hehe, no need, the things have been made for you, go to your new residence with me first to familiarize yourself with the environment, and I'll see you again tomorrow." The old man waved his hand at Mei Changqing and beckoned Mei Changqing to come over.

Mei Changqing and the old man walked for dozens of minutes, and came to the most prosperous street in the imperial capital, the old man gave Mei Changqing a key, and pointed to a luxurious house, "This is your new residence, everything you need in it is complete, if you need anything, tell me." ”

"Hee-hee, what a big deal, old man." Mei Changqing looked at the two-story house and nodded with satisfaction.

"It's not a big deal, if you want it, even if it's a house in the palace, it's not that you can't get it, but you shouldn't like it, right?"

"Well, that's fine here." Mei Changqing nodded and said.

"Then we'll see you tomorrow." The old man nodded and turned to leave.

Mei Changqing saw the old man leaving, opened the door of the house and walked in, the house was very luxuriously decorated, the walls were painted with an extremely high-grade resin, which is said to have an insect-proof effect, every family bought the most popular style on the market, there are many exquisite murals on the wall, and the table is full of all kinds of fresh fruits, and it can be seen that the old man is indeed really arranging for himself.

"Hmph, yes, yes. It seems that returning to the emperor is the right choice, the environment on the border side is too bad, and it is better here. Mei Changqing lay on the sofa, picked up an apple and ate it.

Mei Changqing, who was idle and bored, turned on the system, for some reason, although Mei Changqing has lived in this world for almost ten years, his memory of the earth has not faded a little, and even the plot of "Chopping the Red Pupil" still remembers it clearly, Mei Changqing guesses that this is probably the effect of the system.

In order to complete the task after Mei Changqing came to this world, the system issued Mei Changqing a detachment card, and using that card can make the characters in the original plot get out of this world in the form of summoners or summoned characters.

This kind of detachment card is very precious, Mei Changqing once saw one in the Summoner's Canyon, that one sold for as much as 3,000 summon points, and it was also fought for by several people.

Since the system says that the quest requires detachment, it means that the unknown traverser's wish is likely to return to her original world, and of course it could be something else.

Mei Changqing actually wants to give the card to Estes to use, her sister in this world, who has the strength and beauty of her personality, and is very compatible with her own Daknis, who has a perverted hobby, if possible, Mei Changqing wants to take Estes away, after all, Estes is not very good in the final ending of both comics and anime.

Early the next morning, Mei Changqing was woken up by a knock on the door, and when he opened the door, he saw that the old man was already waiting outside Mei Changqing's house with a large number of bodyguards in black and sunglasses.

"The boy got up, go with me to run errands."

"Alas~ It's so early, old man." Mei Changqing muttered with some dissatisfaction.

"It's not early, I'm going to take you to meet someone today, hurry up and don't be late." The old man urged.

"See someone?"

"Yes, the Imperial Officials and his students are your future help." The old man paused, "We are very close to the judicial department, and if you have a friend in the legal profession, it will be of great help to your work." ”

"Okay, I got it, old man."

"Don't call me an old man, call me a teacher." The old man said with some dissatisfaction when he heard Mei Changqing's title.

"Got it, old man."

“……”

Dozens of minutes later, Mei Changqing and the old man came to the judicial department of the empire. The Empire's judicial department was a majestic Western-style building with a predominantly white façade and various mythological figures and behemoths carved on the walls.

In front of the building, a girl about the same age as Estes stood in front of the building, the girl was wearing silver armor, a long cloak on the outside, big turquoise eyes, long golden hair as dazzling as the sun was tied into a twisted braid and hung down behind her head, slender and wrapped in black stockings full of different temptations, holding a spear in her hand, and at the top of the gun there was a flag of a strange style, and the flag was embroidered with an irise.

"Mr. Forde, you're here." When the girl saw the old man, she bowed respectfully and said hello.

"It's been a long time since I've seen Joan of Arc, I'm bringing my students to meet you and your teacher this time." The old man smiled kindly at Joan of Arc.

Mei Changqing looked at Joan of Arc with some surprise, if her memory is correct, this girl is a time-traveler in this world, Mei Changqing remembers that she seems to be Joan of Arc in the fate world, originally a powerful heroic spirit, I don't know why she appeared in this world.

Joan of Arc showed a gentle smile to Mei Changqing, "Hello, my name is Joan of Arc." ”

"Hello, my name is Mei Changqing." Mei Changqing also showed a gentle smile, one of the tasks this time is to help the girl in front of her realize her wishes, if you can have a good relationship with the girl in front of you, the task will be much easier.

"You talk for the next day, and I'll go see my old friend." The old man looked at the friendly greetings of the two young people, nodded with satisfaction and left with a group of bodyguards, leaving Mei Changqing and Joan of Arc.

"I didn't expect Mr. Fude to accept apprentices, Mei Changqing, you are really powerful." Joan of Arc looked at Mei Changqing with admiration, but she knew how high Mr. Fude was for his heir.

"Uh, yes." Mei Changqing turned her head a little embarrassed, and said something that shocked Joan of Arc, "I think Miss Joan of Arc is more powerful, a lady can actually lead the French Revolution." ”1

"What!? You. Joan of Arc looked at Mei Changqing in shock, and the spear in his hand was subconsciously aimed at the boy in front of him who was younger than himself.

"Don't be surprised, I'm not from this world, I accidentally knew that you actually admired you very much," Mei Changqing waved his hand to show that he had no malicious intent, "I'm here to help you." ”

Hearing Mei Changqing's words, Joan of Arc put down the weapon in his hand and looked at Mei Changqing with some vigilance.

"How do I know if what you're saying is true or false?"

"Don't you know it yourself?" Mei Changqing smiled and asked, Joan of Arc has an ability called revelation, which is a power equivalent to the sixth sense, which is not only used to predict the enemy's next move during battle, but also to determine whether people are lying.

“… You really are not lying. Joan of Arc replied after a moment of silence.

Joan of Arc has been in this world for more than ten years after being burned to death in the fate world, although she has maintained the memory and appearance of the previous world and has a lot of incredible abilities, but after all, Joan of Arc has not had the same systematic help as Mei Changqing, so the memory of the previous world has become quite vague in more than ten years, if it weren't for Mei Changqing mentioning her beloved motherland, she would have thought that the things in the previous world were just a dream of herself.

"I have no ill will towards you, on the contrary I will help you fulfill your wishes." Mei Changqing said sincerely, for Joan of Arc with the ability to reveal, all lies are useless, and if she deliberately slows down Joan of Arc, some things may still be suspected by her, so Mei Changqing planned to have a showdown with her the moment she saw Joan of Arc.

"Do you want to go back to the world you used to be?" Mei Changqing asked tentatively, the system inexplicably gave him a chapter card, so he would definitely use it in the task.

"Hehe," looking at Mei Changqing, Joan of Arc smiled slightly, "As a gentleman, how can you ask a girl's wishes so bluntly?" ”

"I just want to make your wish come true, nothing else." Mei Changqing shook his head and replied.

"My wish is not to go back to the original world, the empire of this world also needs me." Joan of Arc looked up at the statue on the roof of the Justice Building, which symbolized law and fairness, and said with some wistfulness.

…… This girl isn't going to make a big revolution in this world, is she?

"Be sure to tell me what your wishes are, or I won't be able to help you." Mei Changqing looked at Joan of Arc and said.

Joan of Arc looked at the stubborn Mei Changqing and sighed helplessly.

"Alas~ I really can't help you, even if you know my wish, you can't realize it, my wish is"

Just as Joan of Arc was about to say what she wanted, the door to the Justice Building was opened, and the Forde Justice Building walked out.

"Little Joan, your teacher has something to look for you, hurry up."

"Okay, then let's talk about Mei Changqing's matter next time, I'll go first." Joan of Arc was stunned when she heard Fude's words, waved her hand to Mei Changqing and walked into the judicial building.

Mei Changqing glanced at Fu with some unkindness, what is this? It's almost time to get to Joan of Arc's wishes. This old man really picks a time to come out.

"Haha, what's the matter, boy, did the old man bother you to fall in love? It's okay, it's okay, there will be a chance for you to meet Joan of Arc in the future, don't care. Fu mistakenly thought that Mei Changqing had a good impression of Joan of Arc, but he suddenly came out to disturb the kid.

"Forget it, what are we going to do next, teacher." Mei Changqing turned around a little unhappily, and deliberately used a vicious tone at the end of the teacher.

"Aha, next I'm going to take you to see the empire, no, it should be the dark side of the imperial capital, that's not acceptable to ordinary people, boy, you have to be ready." Fu kindly reminded Mei Changqing that his job was to collect and sort out information in the imperial capital and mediate disputes between those perverted nobles in the imperial capital, which was not something ordinary people could do.

"Boy, the most important thing in our line of work is to understand the movements of the various forces in the imperial capital, so first of all, you must first understand which forces are in the imperial capital." Fu takes Mei Changqing to a small hidden house about the current state of his science empire.

"Since the new minister came to power, the empire has become corrupt and degenerate. Now the most terrifying force in the imperial capital is the power of the minister, which must not be provoked. There is also the emperor's imperial power, but that has already declined, so there is no need to worry. “

Forde sat down in a chair, took a sip of tea, and continued.

"I'm going to retire soon, and while it may be a bit too much to give you everything at once, I think you have the potential, just like your sister Estes and Joan of Arc, both of whom are good children."

The old man opened the drawer of his desk and took out a stack of materials and handed them to Mei Changqing, a thick pile of materials that recorded the information of important people in the intelligence department in charge of the old man and the information of various nobles in the imperial capital.

"You're going to take the time to memorize these things in a week, and these are the basics."

Mei Changqing flipped through the information and found that there were not only ministers of the root of all evil in the original plot, but even characters like Oka and Zonker who purely gave experience to the protagonist Scum, and they had a high evaluation of these two, and they really had a high evaluation of these two, and even if they were ordinary guys in the original plot, they were outstanding characters in reality.

"You don't have to rush to read those materials first, and when you get home, you have time, come and talk to me about your views on the empire."

"The most powerful country in the world, with abundant resources and a superior geographical environment, is full of talents," Mei Changqing recited the introduction of the empire he saw in the tribe, but was interrupted by Fu.

"You should know what I want to hear." Fude said a little helplessly, this kid is not good at this, and the first thing that comes to mind when he asks what is to fool the past like this.

"Well, I guess it won't last a few years." Mei Changqing pursed his lips and said, "The problem of alien races and the revolutionary army is too serious, but the most important thing is the internal problem. ”

"Well, yes. The problems of the empire are too serious, and everyone thinks about how to curry favor with the minister, and finally there are people who want to do something for the empire, but they are also assassinated or ostracized by the minister. The old man said with some loss.

"If this continues, the form of the empire will get worse and worse, and if we can't solve the problem fundamentally, even after eliminating one minister, a second and a third will come out." Mei Changqing thought for a while and added.

"Yes, yes, you're right, and that's what I thought." The old man said with some excitement as if he had met a bosom friend, "I have also discussed this issue with my old friend who works in the judicial department, and the real poison of the empire today is not the damn minister, but the weakness and problems of the royal family. ”

"So did you find a solution?" Mei Changqing asked with some curiosity, although this old man did not appear in the original plot, he didn't look like a simple character.

"Yes, we spent three full days discussing this issue before, and everyone is very anxious, this thousand-year-old empire cannot be destroyed in our generation."

"So, what went wrong?" Mei Changqing asked with some expectation, this time there is a task to extend the life of the empire for 50 years, it will be much more convenient if this group of old guys can tell what way to govern the country, after all, these people who have served the empire all their lives must know the empire best.

"Of course, at that time, I discussed it with friends from the judicial and military circles, and we got the same answer, so we agreed that we would each find a student and let them complete our plan." The old man said word by word with some pride, "The way we think of it is... It is to follow, to govern, to govern, and to govern the country. ”

"Wait, you, what did you just say?" Hearing the familiar term, Mei Changqing was suddenly shocked, this old man can't be a traverser, right?

"Governing the country according to the law means governing the country according to the law, understand?" The old man saw Mei Changqing's face in shock, thinking that Mei Changqing didn't understand what it meant to govern the country according to law, and immediately began to explain, "Let's formulate a relatively complete set of laws first, and then find some powerful people to form a team, as long as there are high-ranking officials who violate the law, we will punish them, so that no one dares to be corrupt." ”1

…… Didn't this old man really come through time, why is he so skilled? 2

"Well, that's a good idea, I think it's fine." Mei Changqing thought for a while and said, even if he looked at it from a modern person's point of view, he must use this method if he wants to extend the life of the empire for 50 years.

"This plan must first have a relatively complete set of laws, then an accurate and efficient intelligence network, and finally a strong force, as long as we have these three points, we will be half the success." The old man was in high spirits and quickly spoke his thoughts.

"And we already have the first three points, whether it is force or law or intelligence network, we older generation have it, but there is one thing we can't do, it depends on the strength of you young people."

"Hey, hey, hey, old man, you're not mistaken, you did the easiest thing yourself, but the most troublesome thing was actually handed over to the young man to do." The most difficult thing to complete the plan is how to deal with the dark forces on the minister's side, and the direct cause of the empire's situation is the minister, and it is absolutely impossible to get around the difficulty of saving the imperial minister.

"There's no way, our time is running out, the minister's suppression of us in the past two years has been too strong, and it is estimated that I will retire this year after I finish my work." The old man spread his hands helplessly, saying that he could not do anything about it.

"So you're throwing me such a mess before you retire?!" Mei Changqing asked with a shocked expression.

"How can you call it a mess? You see, when I leave, won't all the resources under my command be yours, and the two little girls of Joan of Arc and your sister will be afraid of the minister with you? ”

"Cut, that's nice, why don't you go on it?" Mei Changqing stared at the old man with disdain.

Hearing Mei Changqing's words, a hint of embarrassment appeared on Fude's face, and his hands were folded together in front of him and rubbed.

"Ahem, you know, we're all old men, uh, what, the things of fame are still left to young people to do, and this kind of opportunity is still left to young people." The old man thought for a moment and said.

"Hmph, I know what you want to say, don't worry, leave the affairs of the empire to me." Mei Changqing glanced at the old man with disdain, this guy was still afraid that the minister would kill him in the end, so he just didn't dare to directly deal with the minister, but he didn't have the same task to complete anyway.

"Really? That's great, boy. The old man stood up excitedly and held Mei Changqing's hand tightly, looking very moved, "Then you go and remember the information I gave you first, and then I will teach you some knowledge as a spy tomorrow." ”

"Alright, alright, I got it." Mei Changqing broke free of Fude, picked up the information on the table and left, but he didn't see a trace of determination flashing in Fude's eyes when he turned to leave.

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