When Paul Gibson's car stopped at the gate of Pansy's manor, Paul Chung, the commander of the Western Theater of Operations, was already standing at the gate of the manor with his family, waiting for him in formal clothes and respectfully. Gibson stepped out of the carriage and gently held Commander Chung's arm under the salute to avoid his understanding.

"It is a great honor for Your Majesty to be able to come to the Humble House and let the Lower Peng shine."

Paul Zhong changed his previous grinning and straightforward military style, and dragged the text in a crepe manner. Gibson smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, I still like the way you spoke before, it sounds awkward to say that." ”

"That's good, it's awkward for me to say that," Paul Zhong smiled, leading the way. His Pansy Manor was a historic old manor that the Emperor had visited more than once. The two of them walked the same way, and soon passed through the courtyard where Luna had attended the afternoon tea party before, and entered the hall of the main building.

"It's been a long time since I've been here, and this hall is still like that, it's really nostalgic."

Paul Gibson sighed softly as he looked at the portraits of the Zhong family hanging in the hall, and Paul Zhong followed behind him, whispering to him to introduce his grandfather, grandfather, and ancestors beyond.

"General Zhong, you have been in the army for many years in your family's era", Gibson chatted and began to cut to the chase, "I have also turned the tide many times and saved the country from danger, I, Paul Gibson, have never forgotten your contributions." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, since the establishment of the magic guide equilibrium, the role of the army is more to deal with bandits and rogues, and it has not been a big battle for many years. As the commander of the Western Theater of Operations, I am ashamed of His Majesty's trust and support for the country. Today, since Your Majesty has mentioned it, I have no shame to face my ancestors, so I ask Your Majesty to remove me from the position of commander of the theater of operations, find another merit, turn the tide, and win the war against Negru! ”

Hearing Paul Zhong's nonsense, Gibson cursed in his heart. This old fox doesn't look at his rough and heroic speaking style, but the twists and turns in his heart are no less than others. The Brooklyn accomplice of the Mage Tower's supervisor Brooklyn must have heard the news, and he is now retreating to advance, which is to force himself to absolve him of his sins and keep his position.

And the reason why he is so confident is obviously because he knows about the affairs of the Southern Theater of Operations. Although the current palace is strict and tight, emphasizing secrecy many times, in fact, it has already leaked like a sieve, counting on the old fox in front of him who doesn't know what Roninger is doing wrong, it is better to directly hope that Charlie Roning's stroke death will come to a simple and bright place.

"Where's General Zhong?" Gibson said as he left the hall and led the way to the reception room. Paul Chung followed in his footsteps. Both of their entourages were far away, giving them room to talk privately.

"Now that the war in the west has not subsided, and the war in the east is about to break out, Grand Duke Luo Ning has raised the flag to rebel regardless of the critical situation of the impending national war, which is simply a stab in the back. As the commander of the Western Theater of Operations, General Zhong is invincible with an army of 300,000 under his command, and it is when he is the pillar of the country and solves problems for the country, how can he pick and put on a shelf, and hand over such a big mess to my brother and me alone? ”

Hearing His Majesty's words, Paul Zhong was shocked and knelt down suddenly, "Your Majesty, don't dare to talk nonsense, my Zhong family has guarded the western border for nearly three hundred years, and has never betrayed Anken Ruiin, nor has it ever disappointed the emperors of previous dynasties. It is really the erosion of the autumn war this time, the soldiers have suffered heavy losses, and the land obtained in the early stage has been lost, Zhong himself is really shameless to face the trust of his ancestors and His Majesty, and he also asks His Majesty to allow Zhong to resign as the commander of the Western Theater of Operations! ”

"Okay, okay", Paul Gibson pretended to be affectionate, and helped Commander Zhong to stand up, but he had already scolded in his heart. This Paul Zhong seems to be unable to take it on without waiting for him to say that.

"The temporary defeat in this war against Negro is due to a variety of reasons, their production capacity and weapon level were higher than ours at the beginning, and this is also something that cannot be helped, isn't it? Your command is fine, otherwise we wouldn't have won the first few battles, wouldn't we? The country still needs you, Anken Ruiyin still needs you, I still need you, so, General Zhong, please stop blaming yourself for a momentary defeat, we all see your hard work and merits! ”

Hearing the Emperor's words, Paul Chung finally stopped being entangled, he stood up with the Emperor's gesture, sat down in the reception room, let the servants make tea, took a small snack, and began to ask about the situation in the east.

"Your Majesty, did you just say that Grand Duke Luo Ning was reversed? I've heard some rumors before, but I can't believe it. He guards the glacial defense line for the country, and the country is not thin on him, so why should he oppose it? Why dare you rebel? Will the Archmage agree? ”

The Archmagister? The head of the mage tower of the Great Magus was arrested by himself, and you still ask the Great Magister? Are you really going to play stupid to the end?

Paul Gibson complained while introducing Ronninger's situation with a serious expression.

“…… Charlie Ronin's rebellion this time is probably related to my thorough investigation of the grain merchants, but my thorough investigation of the grain merchants is also to provide military salaries and food for his army in the Southern Theater! Moreover, I basically didn't move the grain store of his Luo Ning family! What reason does he have to rebel! ”

Paul Chung pretended to be surprised, "Oops! That's amazing! In the past 800 years, no one has ever dared to rebel, Charlie Ronin is really a dead son, no burden, and people are old and confused, this is to put himself and the people of Ronninger to death! ”

"No, since he brought about his own destruction, we would let him perish. I intend to make peace with the Neglo Republic, transfer your Western Theater troops to the Eastern Front, and put down the rebellion in Roninger, what do you think? ”

"But Your Majesty," Paul Chung's eyebrows furrowed, "I heard that some villains have recently framed us, saying that our people from the Western Theater were involved in the previous riots, and many soldiers have heard about it, and they have no intention of fighting, they just want to return to Roswell and prove their innocence in front of Your Majesty!" ”

Give you face, do you really dare to kick your nose in the face?

Paul Gibson took a soft breath and felt like he was reaching his limit. He took a sip of tea, chewed a biscuit, and calmed his mood before changing his smiling expression and soothing Paul Chung.

"Commander Zhong, I have also heard what you said, but Navlai has already found out about the riot, it has nothing to do with the Western Theater, it is purely a villain spreading rumors, you don't have to pay attention to it, and I will not blame you for this incident."

"Your Majesty is wise."

Paul Chung looked sincere and made his own request.

"Your Majesty, those villains, I don't think they can make it any better. If you dare to create this kind of rumor, you must want to drive a wedge between you and our Western Theater at such a critical moment, maybe it was Charlie Ronin's old fox who did it. Only in this way can he rebel without scruples, right? I think that for this kind of villain, one should be caught and one should be killed! No matter what his identity is or who he is, he dares to threaten the unity and stability of Anken Rein's country, and he can't deal with it too much, right? ”

You want me to kill Brooklyn? She's a key witness for you!

Paul Gibson laughed angrily, and he drank his tea in one gulp and placed it heavily on the table.

"You're right, this kind of villain, I'll catch one and kill one! We must not chill the hearts of the soldiers! ”

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Karim Ronin, the third adopted son of Charlie Ronin, Grand Duke of Glacier, pushed open the door of his father's study, and the elder Ronin was holding a photo of Snow in a daze. Karim stood in the doorway and knocked softly, alerting his father of his arrival.

"Coming?" Charlie Ronin looked up, saw that it was Karim, and reached out to beckon him to come in and sit down.

"How's it going?"

"I found the Jiushui Wasteland along the railway, and found some traces on the side of the railroad tracks in the Jiushui Wasteland, which is very suspicious."

"Be specific."

Charlie Ronin picked up a document on the table and looked at it.

"There are a lot of traces of melting snow around the tracks, there is broken glass, there is lead bullet. We judged that there had been skirmishes there, not that the dead Austin Gyllenhaal had 'encountered a breakdown'. ”

"Have you found His Royal Highness?"

"Not really."

Charlie Ronin smiled softly, and he tossed the document to Karim, "Look at it. ”

Karim took the papers, swept them over, and stood up suddenly.

"Your Majesty, we didn't kill Prince Daun at all! This is someone in the middle! You want us to turn against Your Majesty! ”

"I know", Charlie Ronin is calm, since Snow's death, he has shown less and less interest in the field.

"They wanted to turn me against me, but they didn't know that I also wanted to avenge Snow. Only by rebelling can His Majesty send our enemy, the murderer of Snow, to meet us on the battlefield and fight to the death. Since he wanted me to rebel, I just reversed. Now that the third great demon tide has come, this world is no longer an iron-clad country, and my Luo Ning family has been guarding the glacier defense line for six hundred and twenty-seven years, and many people may have forgotten why I am called the Grand Duke of Glacier. ”

Looking at his father's calm face, Karim felt the anger in the old man's heart. He straightened up and slammed his heel.

"Father, please give orders, and my son will obey to the death!"

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For the first time in her life, Brooklyn entered the cell of the Royal Police as a prisoner. Previously, when His Excellency Luke Brewster was still around, she had visited this place several times out of curiosity, and praised the design of this place so that the prisoners had no chance of committing suicide at all, and could only wait obediently to confess. didn't expect that now, she herself has become a prisoner in this kind of cell.

When His Majesty the Emperor Paul Gibson pushed the door in, Brooklyn was sitting in a daze in the corner of the wall wrapped in soft leather. After being caught, she finally had to leave all the things related to the Mage Tower, and there was nothing to worry about. Although she still had some doubts about her future and being arrested, after staying in this quiet cell for a long time, Brooklyn actually felt the peace she had not felt for a long time. It was a serenity that had not been seen since Luke Brewster was killed in front of her.

"What do you think?"

Paul Gibson, who entered the cell, also seemed to relax. He sat down in the room, leaned against the corner with Brooklyn, and sighed softly. Brooklyn looked at him and smiled.

"Your Majesty, I've said everything you need to say, and you know everything you want to know, why do you still want to come to see me?"

"Paul Chung, your companion, let me kill you. He said that only by killing a villain like you who spread rumors and making trouble, can he help me put down the rebellion. ”

"He wants to kill me?" , Brooklyn smiled and disagreed, "I've always wondered, what exactly did you do to push Charlie Ronin to the point of rebellion?" He didn't know that Lord Luke was missing, and that rebellion at this time would be a great risk. ”

"Does he really not know? From the Fire Festival to now, four months have passed, the Tritheistic Sect has been silent, the Six Towers Council and the Six Nations Council are on the verge of dissolution, all the magical creations have lost their functions, and how many people at the top still believe that the Magister is fine? Now, it's just a layer of window paper. ”

"But this layer of window paper is not casually poked", Brooklyn changed to a more comfortable position, "once it is made public, all the transactions and struggles that are now under the surface of the water will be forced to float on the water, and at that time, the world will be in chaos." Therefore, in order to maintain this pitiful peace and stability at present, I believe that all countries and the Mage Tower are maintaining a unanimous silence and tacit understanding, and we are the same. ”

Paul listened to Brooklyn's soft, calm voice talking to himself, a little curious. He asked, looking at the woman's beautiful face with subtle wrinkles.

"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"

"If you're dead, you're dead," Brooklyn looked away, "the Mage Tower is no longer good, and I've told you everything I know." If you want to Paul Chung, you don't need me to live. The only reason for my existence is to maintain the existence of the Mage Tower. But Charlie Ronin's betrayal has pushed us into a corner, and when the news is announced, the Mage Tower must speak out. But the Grand Magus is not here, and we can't do it at all. It is impossible for the Grand Magus to be indifferent to the people of a rebellious country, and when the time comes, the layer of window paper will be broken if it is not broken. ”

"I'm not going to kill you", Paul Gibson was serious, "since he Paul Chung wants you to die, then I want you to live." Moreover, I won't let Charlie Ronin's old thing pierce that layer of window paper, I have to take the first step and play this move well. ”

The calm on Brooklyn's face vanished, and she sat up straight from the wall and looked at Paul Gibson for a moment before asking again, as if unsure.

"You're going to reveal the Third Great Demon Tide to the world?"

Paul Gibson shook his head, "It's not me, it's you." ”

"Why?" Brooklyn was puzzled, "Didn't you say it yourself, the later the better?" ”

"You know everything I know, you are so smart, can't you think of it?"

Paul Gibson didn't answer the question head-on, but looked back at Brooklyn with mixed emotions in his eyes. Brooklyn thought for a moment and thought of the answer.

"My chess game is broken, and I simply flipped the table? Well, it's your style. What do I need to do? ”

"In the name of the Mage Tower, a statement was issued that the third Great Demon Tide has descended, and the Great Demon Master has been in retreat since then and will never leave the pass."

"That's the real reason you kept me alive, right? Your Majesty? ”

Brooklyn is not stupid, Ronninger is in rebellion, and he must negotiate peace with Negru, but the emperor in front of him is a character who does not admit defeat, and he is definitely not willing to be bitten by the enemy. Therefore, he wants to lift this table, pierce that layer of window paper, and disrupt this world that has been quiet for more than 800 years!

"Let's go, I'll take you to the Mage Tower, the Great Magister's seal, only you are qualified to use it, aren't you?"

Brooklyn chuckled and stood up.

"Yes, my majesty. Since you are going to completely tear this last fig leaf, let me see with my own eyes how you plan to push this world into chaos! ”