Late at night, the camp of the Imperial Thunder Legion.

"Long live Lord Huayun!"

"Long live Lord Huayun!"

There were waves of cheers among the soldiers, almost everyone's faces were filled with happiness and satisfaction, they were not happy for the victory, for the sake of just living, after all, just today, how many companions and comrades-in-arms can no longer stand up, they will sleep forever in this cold and dark land, for the dead comrades-in-arms, living is the greatest happiness!

They sang and danced around the campfire, forgetting all their troubles.

In the camp of the Chinese army.

Hua Yun and the others did not show much joy, although today's battle annihilated part of the main force of the bandit army, but the imperial army also suffered heavy casualties, among which the 30,000 improvised patchwork army commanded by Hua Yun and the 100,000 forward troops of the bandit army fought each other, and they both lost more than 20,000 people by surprise.

It's hard to imagine that if the bandit army had seriously confronted him, then today's victory might have disappeared in an instant!

Huayun is very clear about this!

After talking to Xue Jie and Markham for a while, Hua Yun returned to his tent, where he saw Tianxue again.

"What guidance do you want to give me this time?"

......

The 20th day of December in the 886th year of the Heavenly Spirit Continent calendar.

The aftermath of the cold winter has gradually faded away, and the streets of Cold Moon City, the capital of the Cold Moon Empire, have been dotted with clusters of flowers, and as the seasons shift, the flowers begin to wither, and the thick new green is painted all over what people see, and the breeze blows the breath of early spring.

And on this day, Huayun came back.

He returned not only with honor, but also with a miraculous victory.

For a while, Cold Moon City was boiling!

The streets were filled with people who had come to welcome them. Flowers and streamers are flying all over the sky, shouts and blessings are heard one after another, and people's faces are full of smiles, which is the worship of the strong and the admiration of the victors.

Hua Yun, a seventeen-year-old boy who had just graduated from the Imperial Royal Academy, saved the three commanders in the first station with his extraordinary courage, and then successfully defeated the main force of the bandit army in the follow-up battle, and killed the bandit leader Yaslan and the imperial rebel general Fupak in the Escape City, which is a great achievement!

Even if it is compared to Marshal Rufis of the Flame Empire, it is not far behind!

However, under this splendid aura, the people seemed to have forgotten something, it was the blood of almost 200,000 soldiers who had died in battle, and less than one in ten could come back safely!

......

In the early morning, the palace pilgrimage begins on time.

As the Prime Minister had predicted, His Majesty the Emperor severely punished the President of the Thunder Legion, Galio, and removed him from all his positions, and the Thunder Legion was temporarily under the command of Watt Gadi because there was only one column left in the army.

Regarding Hua Yun, who has made military achievements, His Majesty the Emperor's thoughts are diametrically opposed to those of the Prime Minister.

Emperor Feng Ke believed that Hua Yun had saved the reputation of the Empire and inflicted heavy losses on the bandit army, and more importantly, obtained the head of the bandit general, and from this point of view alone, the Imperial army won the victory despite heavy casualties.

And Prime Minister Rongte believes that although Hua Yun has military achievements, he should not be promoted too quickly, otherwise he will fall into the handle, not to mention that the situation caused by Rufis in the Fire Empire is likely to be staged in the Cold Moon Empire, and the country will fall into a full-scale civil war.

"Prime Minister, do you object?"

Emperor Feng Ke's look was as majestic as ever, and even made one wonder if he was seriously ill.

"The minister didn't object, he just felt that something was wrong. He said as he looked around at the ministers.

Is this old fox hinting to the other ministers? Emperor Feng Ke showed an imperceptible smile, he knew that the current power of the prime minister was too great, and if he compromised now, he was afraid that it would only fuel his arrogance.

Thinking of this, Emperor Feng Ke made a decision, that is, not to give the prime minister a chance to "act".

"I feel a little unwell. Emperor Feng Ke coughed slightly, and then said: "Hua Yun has made an exception to be promoted to the position of commander if he has made a meritorious contribution to suppressing bandits this time, and there is no war in the empire at present, so let's wait in the military headquarters first." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Hua Yun was suddenly ecstatic, but because he knelt there with his head bowed and remained silent, no one else saw it!

But is no one really noticing?

Yes!

Hua Long, who was standing in the civil official column, noticed this detail! To be precise, he felt his emotional changes, and at this moment when his ambition was inflated, Hua Yun's body was infinitely magnified, and there was also a trace of unfamiliarity.

And Hua Yun's ascension may be a good thing for the family and parents, but for himself, I am afraid it will be a disaster!

Thinking of this, Hua Long suddenly frowned.

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In the morning, the official room of the North Governor's Mansion.

Hua Long gathered his companions, including Tarrix, Star Snow, and Shabak!

At this moment, Hua Long was sitting at the desk, and Xing Xue was coquettish around his neck, and blowing into his ears from time to time, although the scene was a little ambiguous, but everyone did know it, so no one cared.

I'm afraid that only Hua Long, who blushed, cares about the people at the scene, but Xingxue's temper is better known than anyone else, if he provokes her, the consequences are probably ......

"Is there that one lately?" Xingxue bit Hua Long's ear, and there was a hint of vinegar in her words.

Does she mean that......

Hua Long's face turned red as soon as he "exhaled", and he could only cough to relieve the embarrassment!

And Tarex, who was wearing an official uniform, had an iron face at the moment, and his eyebrows, which were as cold as sharp swords, rose slightly, "My lord, Hua Yun has returned, don't you plan to take the lead first?"

Hua Long calmed down. He understood what the staff meant, although this Tarex was a little impersonal in his speech and deeds, his starting point was good, and even the results were correct, which was why Hua Long was not angry.

It's just that there is still some hesitation as to whether to preempt Hualong first.

"What do you mean?" Hua Long stared coldly at the staff member with sharp eyes, as if to warn him not to make any moves out of the cabinet.

However, Tarex ignored Hua Long's hint, "Although your brother is not a threat to you at this stage, I suggest that you should ...... immediately"

"Enough!"

The business room immediately fell silent amid Hualong's loud cheers!

"Let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about something else. After saying that, Hua Long turned his head to the side, and his tone returned to gentleness, "I'm a little excited, but there are some things you won't understand, he has always been my brother, if you have a better way, you might as well tell me again." ”

It's going to kill you, Hualong!

Tarex didn't say any more, but replied lightly: "You don't have to apologize to me, I'm just doing my duty, and it's up to you to decide whether to carry it out or not." After speaking, he glanced at Shabak who was standing next to him, "Recently, there has been a strange phenomenon among Shabak's subordinates, you may be interested!"

"Strange phenomenon?" Hua Long turned his gaze to this short-white young man, who had now successfully graduated from the "mercenary organization" and became a qualified head of the intelligence system!

In fact, during the time that Hua Yun left the capital, the scale of the organization that Hua Long used to collect intelligence and named it "Flash Silver" has become even larger, and the strength of several young people specially trained by the "Mercenary Organization" has also begun to bear fruit, and even those members of the original "Axe Gang", after some careful *, they have become a group of excellent intelligence officers, and they have also been introduced by people to expand some of them.

Nowadays, whether it is an old man selling vegetables on the street, a child playing, a poor man begging, a lazy man who has nothing to do, or even a shopkeeper, it may be a glittering intelligence agent.

Through the collection of intelligence, Hualong quickly mastered the living habits of important nobles in the imperial capital. For example, the defense secretary who is afraid of the interior steals his mistress outside, the finance minister embezzles public funds to gamble, and the construction minister......

The more information you have, the better it will be for Hualong to be!

At this time, Shabak walked out and said with an affirmative face: "Recently, there has been a great change in the amount of two accounts in the Imperial Central Bank. ”

This news was discovered by an intelligence agent lurking in the bank, and it was only then that Tarex, who learned of the situation, coerced and lured the bank's head of accounts, so he got such a definite information.

"It's the prime minister's and marshal's account, right?" Hua Long already knew in his heart, "The arms purchase meeting will be held soon, and it is not surprising that there is a large amount of money pouring into the account." ”

The so-called arms purchase meeting is a meeting held by the Cold Moon Empire, the Fire Empire, and the Heavenly Spirit Principality, after all, the main friction between arms sales differences is in these two empires, so the other two empires are not involved, and its main content is military consultations, arms purchases, border problem resolution, and so on......

On the side of the Cold Moon Empire, Prime Minister Rongte attended, on the side of the Fire Empire, Marshal Rufis attended, and on the side of the Principality of the Heavenly Spirit, Empress Elikag Redos was present in person.

"My lord is right, it is normal for funds to pour into the account, but the strange thing is that there is a large amount of money flowing out of the marshal's account. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Yesterday evening, all the tens of millions of gold coins in Marshal Ron's account were transferred to the Heavenly Spirit Principality, of course, these accounts did not carry the Marshal's signboard. "Tarex has already investigated, and the accounts of these minor nobles were actually opened by the marshal privately.

Hearing this news, Hualong suddenly fell into deep thought.

He couldn't figure out why he would transfer all the funds abroad?

What to do?

Could it be that he held a grudge after being stripped of the title of marshal by His Majesty the Emperor?

Not really!

After all, although Ron no longer has the title of marshal now, the actual power in his hands is no less than when he was in the position of marshal, so he has no need to care about such a title at all!

But what is it for?

Hualong is puzzled!

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