Chapter 68: Evening Dress
。 Collect [] to provide you with wonderful novels to read. In the early morning, the sun pierced through the mist and sprinkled on the small building of the Imperial Supervision Department of Saint Solan.
Mo Ya stood on the balcony and carefully watered a few plates of flowers. The slender and graceful body, under the slightly warm sunlight, seems to be covered with a hazy veil of light.
There was a knock on the office door.
"Come in. Mo Yatou didn't look back.
The door opened, and a middle-aged man in his fifties walked in silently. Quietly stood behind Mo Ya and waited.
Mo Ya sprinkled a pot of Xia Yue Chrysanthemum with water, pruned a little extra branches and leaves, reached out to take the snow-white towel handed over by Kunlun Nu, and wiped her hands while bending down to smell the fragrance of the Xia Yue Chrysanthemum that was already half-opened. After a long while, she straightened up, tossed the towel to Kunlun, and turned to look at the waiting man.
The Imperial Supervision Department of St. Solan is divided into two major departments. They are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which supervises foreign political intelligence, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is responsible for monitoring Imperial Ministers, noble lords, and rebel forces.
Although on the surface, the two departments are not subordinate to each other and sit on an equal footing. But everyone in the Ministry of External Affairs knows that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is far superior to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both in terms of power and status.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Inspectorate is Reims. And the Minister of Internal Affairs is this man in his fifties standing in front of Mo Ya - Leng Dusk.
With a thin body, high shoulders, and a gloomy face, he originally did not belong to any department of the Ministry of Supervision, let alone have any work experience in the Ministry of Supervision. He was transferred directly from unknown places by Mo Ya and appointed as the Minister of Internal Affairs. A few months ago, no one in the Ministry of Inspectoration even knew him.
But now, he is the most formidable number two person in the entire Supervision Department except for Mo Ya.
His authority was established in a bloody storm that broke out in just three days in office. It can be said that after the turmoil, which was classified as extremely secret, the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs and Supervision was already in ruins.
However, what is shocking and frightening is that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Inspectorate fell quickly and stood up even faster. Almost overnight, a group of unfamiliar faces had been replenished, and they took over the work with familiarity. If you don't know for sure that the person has been replaced, I'm afraid you would think that the original person has changed his face.
Since that day, no one in the Ministry of Supervision has dared to suspect Leng Twilight. Everyone understands that this cold, ruthless, and mysterious Minister of Internal Affairs is not only not an amateur, but also a veteran of the old hands. He alone can be half of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. And the terrifying power behind him is even more daring to guess and imagine.
Mo Ya walked into the office, pinned her long hair with a hairpin, and asked, "Border City Dragon Gate, is there any news?"
"Yes. Leng Twilight replied, handing a copy of the text to Mo Ya who walked by, without the slightest expression on the face of the Yin Owl.
He stood in the morning light through the window, but it was as if he was hidden in the darkness or did not exist in this world at all, giving people an inexplicable sense of nothingness. I can't help but ignore him. However, Kunlunnu, who was about to follow Mo Ya into the house, stopped in front of the balcony door three meters away from him. As if he had met a natural enemy, the expression on his face was extremely unnatural.
Leng Twilight slowly turned his head to stare at Kunlun Nu, who was like an iron tower. With his snake-like cold eyes, Kunlun Nu's face changed, and he simply took a few steps back and stood on the edge of the balcony, turning his head away from looking at this side.
"Okay, Uncle Dusk..." Mo Ya pulled her hair, sat down on the sofa, and said helplessly while opening the text: "Don't scare Hei Xiaodou." ”
Hearing Mo Ya's name, a strange smile appeared on Leng Dui's face, and Kunlun Nu's already dark face was even darker, and his nostrils were spewing rough air. However, until Leng Twilight turned around and left the balcony door, he didn't dare to look back. It was a fierce and vicious look, which scared the few surveillance guards downstairs who inadvertently looked up half to death. ...,
The guards didn't know how they had provoked the murderous god. But they knew that the one upstairs was a fierce man who carried a scimitar about the size of a guillotine knife, drove the carriage straight into the Ministry of Supervision, and split the former Minister of Supervision Sherlock in half with one sword. It's not fun to offend such a guy and be cut twice horizontally and vertically by his big knife.
Mo Ya looked down at Wen Jiàn in her hand, her brows stretched, and gradually wrinkled.
After a long time, she put Wen Jiàn down and said to Leng Du, who was always used to standing in the servant position behind her like a ghost, "Uncle Dusk, what do you think of this matter?"
"Safin's right," Twilight whispered.
Mo Ya Huoran got up, frowning and pacing back and forth.
Ever since a few days earlier, at a secret military meeting chaired by Edward I, Safin had put forward the judgment that the Firetes intended to break through the Western Longmen Theater and move south to attack the province of Lulian, and Meana had put all the power in his hands into confirming this judgment. And now, this matter has come to fruition.
The text brought by Leng Twilight confirms Safin's judgment. For such a result, Mo Ya was actually not surprised at all.
Although she is not an expert in military affairs, the four old families have military think tanks that are not inferior to the emperor and the royal family. Safin's prediction is also a concern for these thinkers. In addition, the intelligence obtained by the Ministry of Supervision in the early stage was enough to support the judgment, so not only Mo Ya was prepared, but the military mobilization and deployment of the empire was also carried out in this direction.
At present, Edward has ordered the Second Legion of the Frontier Army stationed in the imperial capital to increase the troops of Longmen, and cooperate with the Eleventh Legion of the Frontier Army and the noble lords in the west to unite the army to resist the invasion of the Philets. At the same time, he also ordered the Tomahawk Knights to move south and camp in the city of Tubo, two hundred kilometers north of Lulian, in order to rush to Lulian's aid in case of emergency.
Such an arrangement has done the best of the royal family. After all, the newly formed three corps are still in the early stages of formation, and even the corps commanders have not yet taken office, let alone formed combat effectiveness. In the border army group, Safin's 3rd and 6th Corps were now stationed in the Sulan Heights on the border of the northwestern province of Pru, and the situation was even worse than that of Longmen in the west.
If it weren't for Edward's strength to dispel public opinion, and the Prime Minister's family, who had just lost for a while in the early stage of political and military affairs, remained silent, I am afraid that the Second Legion of the Border Army and the Tomahawk Knights would not have been able to mobilize at all.
However, what worries Mo Ya is that the Second Legion of the Border Army is still loyal to the royal family, while the Tomahawk Knights and the nobles in the northwest of Lulian are the people of Prime Minister Donald. On a rapidly changing battlefield, the outcome of any encounter depends on the commander's ability and mindset. If Fei Lie broke through the Dragon Gate and raised his troops to the south, and Donald's men only cared about preserving their strength or delaying the fighters due to some political factors, then Lulian was afraid that he would be more than lucky.
"By the way, what did Grand Duke Adolf say?" asked Mo Ya, who stopped in her tracks.
Leng Twilight shook her head and spat out three words with an expressionless face: "Old stubborn." ”
Mo Ya's brow furrowed even deeper.
After the military meeting, she had already passed the news to Lulian as soon as possible, informing Adolf to prepare early. However, in judging the strategic intentions of the Firetes, Archduke Adolf obviously had a different opinion.
First of all, Adolf did not believe that the Philae would give up the opportunity to advance to the imperial capital and chose to go south. In his opinion, if the Philaetes broke through the defense line of the Western Theater and chose to go north to cooperate with the Northwest Prussian Theater and attack the imperial capital, it was far more likely than them going south to attack Lulian.
Second, he firmly believed that between Lulian and the Western Theater, his old friend Marquis Ashley would be a strong shield against the Ferrets, and would not let the Ferrets go straight in. You must know that not only is the old Ashley the elder his old friend for more than 20 years and his son Ashley Jr., but also the chief suitor of Sophia's childhood sweetheart. ..., from the Longmen theater of operations to Lulian, there is a distance of almost five hundred kilometers. Along the way, there are countless lords, big and small. The army of lords and nobles convened by the Marquis of Ashley after the war alone was more than 20,000 people. Combined with the other lords and the large number of local subordinate armies, the total strength of this area should be around eight to one hundred thousand.
Therefore, not to mention that Adolf did not believe that the Philaetes would choose to attack southward, and even if he did, he also believed that the western theater of operations would not pose a threat to Lulian in a year or two.
"I'll build yì," Leng Du calmly looked at Mo Ya and said, "You'd better go to Lulian in person."
If you're fast on the Sky Magic Ship, you'll be able to catch Duke Adolf's ball tonight. ”
A look of confusion flashed in Mo Ya's eyes, and then she remembered that today was the victory celebration of the province of Lulian. As the highlight of the celebration, there is sure to be a grand ball at the Duke's Castle in the evening.
Thinking of Lulian, Mo Ya's thoughts involuntarily turned to a piece of information she had received earlier
According to the information obtained by the Ministry of Supervision, the monk Moon, who had been honest for some time next to the Pope, has arrived in Lulian again. The last time he "accompanied" Eretia on a trip south, he caused a lot of trouble. And this time, his purpose is also related to what happened a year and a half ago, that is, to rescue Viscount Lulian, Arsene Wenger, who has been imprisoned.
The Archduke Adolf, to whom Wenger belonged, and the local Holy See reported that Wenger had committed a treachery with the Black Skull bandits, plundering passing caravans, and killing them for money.
Now, the official document of the Grand Duke Adolf on this matter is in the Ministry of Police, and of course, the Ministry of Supervision and the Heraldic Court also have a copy each. The report of the Holy See of Lulian was placed on the desks of the Pope and the Archdeacon of the Inquisition.
Because the stolen goods were seized on the spot, this case has been an iron case since the beginning of the exposure. And because of its particularly bad nature, the nobles were ashamed to associate with it, so both the adults of the Imperial Court and the clergy of the Holy See were afraid of getting involved. No one bothered to ask.
But no one thought that the Golden Dragon Lanris family ordered Wenger to be kept alive.
Of course, the proud owners of the Langris family will not speak openly. The one who said this in a proud tone was just a third-level butler of the Lanris family in a branch of the Saint Soran Empire.
Mo Ya couldn't help but sneer.
The Lanris family, with the golden dragon as their crest, is the most special family in the human world of the Land of Redemption. This family has had one pope and three cardinal archbishops, and has an intertwined relationship with the Holy See. In addition to this, they are also at the top of the worldly pyramid of power.
It can be said that there is nothing that this family has not produced except that there has never been an emperor. After the short-lived Caesar VI, the nobles of the entire Roman dynasty looked to the Lanrees family, and even Caesar's decisions had to be nodded by them.
After the split of the Romance Dynasty, the talented Langris family, with its many paladins, magic gods, sword saints, and unfathomable connections and strength, maintained a high-minded and neutral attitude, and watched coldly. Even though the three empires were in full swing, they only silently expanded their family territory by six times.
This seems to be the nature of this family.
They are not willing to plunge into an adventure that could bring disaster, but for more than two hundred years they have never stopped their greedy demand for profit, and they have been expanding and becoming more and more powerful. This was true during the Romance period, and it is still today. They were nominally only a principality of the Pompeii Empire, but their status extended beyond the borders of the three empires. ..., as long as they wish, they can get the Holy See to issue a decree for the Imperial Family to make a statement, so that their family branches and obedient followers scattered in the three imperial aristocratic circles can influence the political situation and set off any trouble.
No one wants to be an enemy of this family.
Whether it is in the eyes of the nobles of Pompeii, Philip or the Saint Solan Empire, the Lanris family is an unshakable and even more irresistible behemoth. They would rather go against their own emperor than offend the Golden Dragon family. Because after all, the royal family still has to scruple about shaking the foundation of imperial power, and the Golden Dragon family does not have so many constraints.
Mo Ya remembered that decades ago, a minister of the Pompeii Empire once publicly criticized the Golden Dragon family for being arrogant and disrespectful to the royal family after drinking. At that time, the Emperor Pompeii immediately issued an edict to reprimand the minister and demote him to the throne. On the one hand, he expressed his stance to the Lanris family, and on the other hand, he also wanted to save the minister's life.
But who knows, on the very next day, a sword saint of the Golden Dragon Family sent his disciples to kill this minister on the street. Throughout, the Langrith family didn't even say a word.
And the same thing happened in the Saint-Soran Empire and the Philip Empire. The current Langris family has become the fourth royal family without a crown in addition to the three imperial royal families.
This is why Augustus dared to regard the princess of an empire as a forbidden body, dared to point fingers at the princess with several peripheral knights and servants under the ranks, dared to directly fight the royal knights of the empire, dared to murder the princess's guardian knights, and even dared to let a branch of the third-level butler send a message to Wenger to exonerate him.
Mo Ya didn't care whether Wenger was alive or dead. What she cares about is a teenager who is involved in the case. That is, Princess Elethea's guardian knight, Roy.
A year and a half earlier, this handyman in Baronial Borabel had saved Eretia and caused the thrilling storm between Edward I and the Holy See.
And a year and a half later, this young man who humiliated the Golden Dragon family appeared in people's eyes again. This time, he not only saved Philip, but also played a major role in the Battle of Medin City, creating the opportunity for the first exciting victory in more than a year, and indirectly guiding Edward to victory in the battle for Donald's new legion.
It can be said that this kid is a member of the royal family of the Saint Soran Empire. Although Edward has never seen this kid in person until now, every time he appears, it gives Edward a space to break free from the shackles and improve the imperial power. One always creates opportunities at critical moments, and the other can always grasp and take advantage of opportunities, and the two of them work together seamlessly.
Therefore, after receiving the secret report of the battle of Medin City, Mo Ya sent people south to pay attention to Roy. In addition to the fact that he is the guardian knight of Eretia, his identity is related to the dignity of the royal family, and he will not allow another Bolabel incident, she and the four major families behind her also want to see how much of a surprise this young man can come.
According to Cold Twilight's investigation, the reason why Wenger and the Black Skull bandit group were in the hands of a caravan with only two low-level mercenary squads was Roy who played a key role.
Judging by the process, this is clearly a revenge for Roy. He made perfect use of this opportunity, not only killing Wenger's son Matthew, but also sending the entire Wenger family into a place of no return.
When she got the information at that time, Mo Ya couldn't help but be surprised, and even Leng Dusk, who was silent and cold, made an exception and said: "This kid has black hands." ”
This is already the highest evaluation that Mo Ya has heard from Leng Dusk's mouth.
Unconsciously, his thoughts had come full circle, and when he turned here, Mo Ya suddenly asked curiously, "Uncle Dusk, do the people we sent have a report about Roy?"
"Yes. It seemed that she had long known that Mo Ya would ask this person, and Leng Du handed her a report that had already been prepared, and said expressionlessly, "This kid is very tossed." ”
"Oh?" Moya glanced at Twilight and opened the report.
In the report, there is a detailed account of all the events that happened to Roy after he joined the Muni branch of the first training camp, including the incident on the day of admission and the conflict between him and the noble cadets. A few minutes later, when Mo Ya closed the report, the corners of her mouth had unconsciously hooked up a trace of arc that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
"Looks like I'm going to have to get a tuxedo for the ball. ”