5. Foothold Chapter 110 The first strike is the strongest
The old man looked at Donald with a smile and said angrily, and then clapped his hands and praised: "Sure enough, you are so courageous, worthy of being a candidate valued by His Majesty, with you in North County for a day, a guy like Macbeth should not be able to jump for long! Is your bad news that the eldest prince is ready to deal with me personally? I'm also an official hereditary nobleman, and I haven't broken any kingdom laws, so even if he is a prince, he can't do anything to me, right?" "Of course not, you think so, you don't know how terrible Andrew is!"
The silver-haired old man seemed to have a trace of fear and deep regret and said: "Let's not talk about his own hidden strength, just the power he has under his command, there are at least more than five silver powerhouses alone, and they are also connected with some powerful foreign forces. It shows that the force behind him may be very powerful, and there must be a terrible inside story hidden in it. Maybe because it is estimated that the situation on the surface is stable, he doesn't dare to move those big nobles, but a local nobleman like you, the sudden disappearance of one or two will not affect the overall situation, even if it is a silver powerhouse, he can solve it without much effort!" Donald, who had never seen such an old man with such an expression, had no doubt that the situation he was talking about was true, but he was also shocked by the powerful power hidden by the big prince. Before he could sort out his thoughts, Ang Ge said another secret that surprised him: "There is another secret that I want to tell you through lù, and this secret has not been heard of at all, except for a few people such as me and His Majesty. I suspect that Andrew himself is at least a silver powerhouse!"
"What?"
Donald couldn't believe it, Prince Andrew hadn't seen it before, and from a distance, that prince should be about the same strength as his brother, both of them had probably just entered the bronze rank, even if there were some secret methods, they should not be able to go beyond the bronze boundary. If a person wants to become a silver powerhouse, there are no special circumstances, even if the talent is high, and he starts cultivating since he was a child, he has to be at least in his thirties, although the eldest prince is about ten years older than him, but it is also a lot worse than that age.
This is the same for both mages and swordsmen, and without a solid foundation, it is impossible to climb to the heights of the Silver Rank.
Of course, there are exceptions like Donald, some external means can also make people advance quickly, but the conditions required by those means are undoubtedly extremely difficult to achieve, not that money can buy them, even a prince needs chance, and he must have a certain cultivation foundation to finally achieve his goal.
Donald was skeptical.
I heard the old man continue: "Although he has never performed in front of outsiders in the past few years, no one knows his strength, because those who know are already dead. However, with my intuition and the information I have gathered from various aspects, I am seventy percent sure that in addition to practicing the secret art of royal inheritance like the second prince, Andrew has other abilities in his body. It's just that he hid it too deeply, and it was almost not revealed, so I couldn't get accurate information!" "My Majesty also knows about his secrets many times like me, and it is easy to guess that it is my doing, if it were not for His Majesty the King behind his back, with Andrew's ruthless and ruthless methods, I am afraid that based on this guess alone, I would have not known where to leave my life!" "Your Majesty also knows about these situations, and more than I know!" However, because Andrew has not done anything detrimental to the kingdom at present, he has been tolerated to accumulate strength. His Majesty thinks that as long as he is competing for the throne legitimately and does not use any vicious means, as a future candidate for the king, it is also a good thing for Celt to have some power under his command!" Hearing this, Donald suddenly glanced at Angva with deep meaning and asked, "Old gentleman, you think the same thing."
The silver-haired old man couldn't help but feel even more appreciative of this young man's mind when he saw that his mind was so sharp, and he said, "To tell you the truth, although I am loyal to Your Majesty, I do not agree with Your Majesty's opinion. However, although Andrew's mother was only an insignificant lover of His Majesty when he was young, and it was an accident that he was able to conceive, Andrew was his first son in the end......"
Donald continued, "Are you worried that the father-son relationship will sometimes block out His Majesty's senses?" Ungerva sighed and said, "Yes, this is also a difficult time that we Celt are destined to do.
If His Majesty had only one son, Andrew, or the second prince had been less prominent, and Andrew had been able to ascend the throne smoothly, the situation might have been better. But because of his mother's humble status and his early death, Andrew has been despised and ridiculed a lot since he was a child, so this child's xìng love has always been more yīn depressed. Of course, His Majesty thinks that is a sign of steady. But since a case more than ten years ago, I have become suspicious of this prince!"
"At that time, I was just a palace guard officer next to His Majesty, and because I was still alert, I was sent to investigate the disappearance of the shì woman. In the course of this investigation, I discovered a strange secret, that is, the missing shì girl used to gossip about Andrew's mother and did not have a good relationship with the lady. And when these shì girls disappeared for no reason, Andrew, who was only ten years old at the time, didn't have an exact alibi, but what could a ten-year-old child do? Moreover, the palace ladies were all missing outside the palace, and young Andrew was not allowed to leave the palace. "I have always kept this secret deep in my heart, and I have not even told His Majesty. I don't know the specific situation, but the suspicion in my heart makes me can't help but arrange for a shì woman to spy on the eldest prince's side, but a year later, just after discovering something, before I could report it to me, the shì girl was executed by Andrew with an excuse, and from that time on, I knew that the child's spirit hún had deviated far from the word good and right. "Now the military and the Ansel family are supporting the orthodox Durui, and in a head-to-head battle, Andrew's chances of victory are not great, so I'm worried that he will use the power beyond the bottom line of the kingdom, once the taboo is violated, at that time, no matter whether he succeeds in ascending the throne or not, those of us who are regarded as obstacles by him will be ordered to eradicate in advance, and the end will probably be very miserable!"
After learning so many secrets at once, Donald said with some sighs: "I didn't expect that I had tried to keep a low profile as much as possible, and trouble would still come to the door by myself." It seems that I should be more prepared, but if the silver is strong, as long as the other party doesn't dispatch more than five at once, I think I should be able to deal with it!"
Seeing that he had said so much, Donald still had such confidence, and Ungerva couldn't help but wonder if he had regressed a little in intelligence work, otherwise how could he not even spy on all the hole cards of this young man?
"I said this just to make you mentally prepared, Andrew is now busy competing for the throne, and for the time being, he should not be able to take care of you and me, a little horn who has little influence on him, but once His Majesty leaves, many strong people who have joined the royal family because of His Majesty will not continue to serve, so no one can suppress his ambitions, although the Ansel family has that ability, but they will not interfere too much in the affairs of the royal family, at most they will only come forward to ensure the safety of the queen and the second prince and maintain the stability of the kingdom!"
Donald nodded in understanding, although he didn't like these intrigues, it didn't mean that he couldn't understand.
"Now let's talk about the bad news I brought you!" "According to my analysis, Macbeth's frequent actions in the past two days indicate that he has probably decided to completely remove you as a threat!" "Sir, do you mean that these little sāo disturbances are just for míhuò to paralyze me?"
I can't collect information about Andrew's secret forces, but Macbeth's shallow methods are not in my eyes. Almost every move of their family is under my watch. I know that Macbeth has arranged for his men to go to the mainland on several occasions and has been associated with an Assassin Order. Two days ago, he sent someone to the port to spread the news and started these sāo disturbance operations against you, so I guess the real operation should start soon, so you have to be careful these days!"
"It's okay, thank you, old man, for informing me in person, although my relationship is only because of the transaction, but with Andrew's threat, I can be regarded as a person in the same camp, so if there is any difficulty, I will definitely do my best to help!"
The silver-haired old man nodded.
"I have taken what you said to heart, the road ahead is difficult, but I am more optimistic about you, I have already pressed the coffin on you, so don't fall, I also plan to wait for everything to return to calm, sell a manor in North County, and be a neighbor with you!" After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled, and then parted on the street corner.
After returning to the lord's mansion, several of the subordinates who went out to suppress the sāo rebellion all returned, and briefly reported the situation, and sure enough, as Angwa said, they were all small sāo disturbances, and the prisoners had already been taken into custody and interrogated, most of them were local homeless ruffians in the northern county, and many of them confessed that someone had made them come and make trouble.
Having this resolved, Donald ordered Barntick to step down, and Mage Roussel told him to go back to rest, leaving only Uther and Kael'thas as the two summoned heroes in the room.
After recounting the news brought by the silver-haired old man to the two men, Donald asked, "What do you think about this?"
Although these two are relatively quiet to outsiders, they are more intelligent than ordinary people, and can be said to be Donald's right and left hands.
Seeing that Uther thought about it for a while, he said: "Andrew should have a while before intervening, the threat over there can not be considered for the time being, in a month or two, I can be promoted to the silver rank, if I find a few more bronze subversive powerhouses that can be trusted, and use the power of the Book of Truth to promote them to the silver strength, then the second prince should not be able to threaten us in terms of force, I am afraid that the other party will take other ways to endanger the safety of the territory." As for Macbeth......"
Kael'thas took the words coldly and spit out five words: "Strike first!"
When it comes to their enemies, their blood elves have always been merciless.
Donald clapped his hands and said, "I think so too, the Macbeth family has always been a threat, and I originally planned to compete with them head-on, and in a few years, with the development momentum of our territory, we will be able to drag them down." But it seems that the other party can't wait, since they are pressing step by step, there is no need to endure it anymore, and I am not the kind of pedantic person who has to reason with others when I am hit on the door. ”
"Uther's idea, there should be a certain amount of work, I already have a plan and candidates in mind, and when the current threat of Macbeth is solved, I will start this plan, and at the same time, I will vigorously improve the strength of the territory, but this time I will try not to summon new warriors, but to improve on the basis of the original manpower. As for the loyalty of these people, you still need to pay attention to it secretly, so as not to raise a white-eyed wolf to bite us. Uther and the two nodded solemnly. Then Donald looked up at the sky outside the window, and said, "Without further ado, we will take action tonight, lest the enemy preempt it!" @.