Ignoring the abnormality of her body, Seya took out a glass bottle containing a red liquid from her bosom: "Your Highness, forgive me-"

She couldn't say the last word to me.

Twelve picked up the glass bottle from the ground, looked at it carefully, and said, "This thing is probably the poison that Zhao Jiaqi gave her." ”

"Then how did Seya get poisoned? Are you the same poison? ”

"It must be the same kind, this poison should be volatile, the person who poisoned and the poisoned person died together, and the corpse was destroyed, Zhao Jiaqi really had a good calculation!"

Twelve looked at the tragic death of Seya and sighed.

Seya's death did not cast a shadow over the castle, and Heine did not even ask Twelve why her valet had died so suddenly.

Twelve was very grateful for her thoughtfulness.

According to yesterday's plan, Twelve took Dean and Heine in disguise and entered the land of the Cass Empire in Lincheng-Novilin.

A world away from Novino, Nova Virin is more like a small mountain village in the middle of nowhere.

Most of the people here still live a bartering life, and strangers like Twelve are very rare.

Twelve found that most of the people were old and weak, women and children, and asked Heine, "Where have all the young people gone?" ”

Heine said, "Didn't you say yesterday that Cass the Great was conscripting?" The young men Novelyn could see had been drafted, and the women had to provide for their families, and they had all left Novelyn to earn a living elsewhere. ”

At this moment, Twelve saw a gray-haired old woman with a broken sack of mixed potatoes spread out in front of him on the dirt road.

He walked over, picked up a potato and asked, "Grandma, how do you sell this potato?" ”

The old lady ** didn't lift it: "Two silver coins." ”

"It's so expensive!" Heine exclaimed, you know, in Novino, a silver coin can buy a sack of potatoes.

The old lady raised her eyes and looked at the three people standing in front of her and said, "Look at you, you are strangers, Novelyn is not expensive for a day or two, make a fuss." ”

Twelve frowned, took out a silver coin from his bosom and handed it to her, and the old grandmother took two of the best-growing potatoes and gave them to Twelve.

Looking at the potatoes in his hand, Twelve asked: "Grandma, I can see that you are not the kind of bad person who deliberately steals customers, but why do you sell the potatoes you grow so expensive?" ”

When the old grandmother heard this, there was a trace of pain and struggle on her face: "The Kas Empire has begun to levy a poll tax this year, and each person has to give three gold coins per year, even the newborn baby is not spared, and all the aborigines and travelers passing by must pay money to live in the city, otherwise they will be caught in prison and rushed to work as coolies." ”

"You guys go quickly, or it's dark, and if you don't pay, you'll be locked up!"

After saying that, she sighed, and at this time, a baby's cry came from the room behind the old grandmother, and she hurriedly turned around, and one after another shy women came out of the house.

The old grandmother looked anxious: "Don't come out, what are you running around after giving birth?" ”

The woman looked apologetic: "Mother, how can I let you work alone, he is gone, I have to take care of you and the child!" ”

The old grandmother wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "My son is really married to a good woman, child, don't worry, wait until you recover." ”

"Grandma, your son—" Heine asked.

She turned around and said, "My son has been drafted, and just yesterday someone from the army came to tell me that he, he died on the battlefield. ”

"What, do you have only one child in your family who is going to be drafted?" Twelve asked, puzzled.

At this time, a resentful expression appeared on her face: "They are a bunch of robbers!" Money also needs people, and it will cause us ordinary people to die! Heaven won't let them go! ”

Twelve doesn't know how many people are like this old woman, but the two sides are going on to consume like this, and it is the civilians who suffer.

Heine took out ten silver coins and gave them to the old woman, and she thanked them so much that she stuffed them all into her hands: "You are good men, get out of this place quickly, Novino is only a few kilometers away from here, and it is more prosperous and peaceful." ”

And so the Twelve and his party left.

Back at the castle, the first thing Twelve did was to gather everyone for a small meeting.

Heine and Nathan are present as the leaders of Novino, Dean is the leader of the elite squad, Brown is the head of the Knights, and Shaw is the close guard of Twelve.

Twelve pointed to Novelyn on the map and said: "The current Novelyn is an empty city, and the garrisons of the Cass Empire are basically outside the city, if we make good use of it, we can quickly take Novelyn." ”

"Won't the people of Nova Willin resist?" Brown asked rhetorically.

"To tell you the truth, Madame Heine and Dean and I have already gone to see the situation, the situation in Novilin is very bad, in order to expand the army and strength, Cass the Great has constantly taken and plundered the people, increased taxes, forced conscription, many families have collapsed because they have lost their economic support, at this time we go to the city as long as we explain that we are going to liberate the people of Novilin, they will not resist."

"Also, most of the Kas soldiers who are serving now are not voluntary, and if they want to defeat the Kas Empire with fewer victories, they can only disturb their morale first!"

Heine found Twelve's statement reliable: "So what is to be done?" ”

"Let's divide our troops into three ways, Brown, you take the knights directly into Novirin, and Lady Heine leads 20,000 soldiers to confront the Cass Empire army, Dean, you are responsible for setting up a stove near the camp of the Cass army to cook!"

The first few explanations were still serious, and when Twelve said Dean's mission, everyone was shocked.

"Why am I cooking, Your Highness, do you still have a problem with me—" Dean was particularly concerned.

Twelve glanced at him: "Where do you want to cook rice?" ”

"Most of the Kas Empire is forced to serve, then they must want to be at home, if you cook Kas's specialties near the camp, those who are on the march, where can they still have the heart to fight."

"At that time, Madame Heine will take the opportunity to come forward and persuade again, do you think those people will still be desperate?"

After hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, and Nathan gave a thumbs up: "Wonderful! His Royal Highness is indeed wise and brave! ”

In the face of these people's praise, Twelve didn't care, and waved one hand: "Don't go yet?" ”

Just as everyone was leaving, Twelve stopped Heine.

"What's wrong?" Heine asked.

Twelve said: "This time my mission is not only to defend against the army of the Kas Empire, but to take down the entire Kas Empire, do you know?" ”