"The crown prince has ascended the throne in the capital city of Ca, and this time he ordered a few of us to report to the capital city to discuss revenge. After Zhao Lucheng finished reading the letter, Xiao Yulong also relieved himself at this time, and said slowly and clearly.

"Revenge?" Zhao Lucheng frowned, "No, as far as I know, the Sword Emperor III brought out at least 200,000 troops on this trip, and all of them were wiped out at once, stabilizing the families of the deceased and resuming the losses of the conquest are all big problems, plus the imperial army has lost so many people at once, and the conscription is not enough, it will be a problem to defend the country, how can you start a war again?"

Huangfu Rose on the side also nodded.

Xiao Yulong shrugged: "This is also said by the minister, but you also know what kind of temperament this newly appointed Sword Emperor IV. is, when he went out with the army, he ...... when he went out with the army."

Zhao Lucheng waved his hand impatiently: "I can hear the cocoon in my ears, isn't it this idiot who is only ten years older than me, who regards ignorance as a personality......! Those who persuaded him ......"

Speaking of the back, even he himself was a little hesitant, but he still turned his back to Huangfu Rose and made a chopping gesture with his hand.

Xiao Yulong nodded.

"Heh, amazing!" Zhao Lucheng sneered.

Huangfu Rose was still a little puzzled at first, but out of a woman's understanding nature, she quickly understood this from the conversation between Zhao Lucheng and Xiao Yulong, and she was immediately startled, and hurriedly grabbed Zhao Lucheng's arm: "Brother Lu Cheng, you must not go against the wishes of the Sword Emperor IV!"

She knows very well Zhao Lucheng's personality when dealing with big things, this man who seems to be usually smiling and even a little cowardly, in fact, has a very strong heart inside, and generally has a unique judgment when dealing with things, if the original intention of the person who argues with him is right, it is fine, but once that person is wrong, Zhao Lucheng will not hesitate to fight with him to the end.

Zhao Lucheng was stunned and touched the head of Huangfu Rose with his hand, but he didn't expect her to see it.

"Yes, Zhao Lucheng, I came to remind you of this this point, you guy always holds on to the loopholes in other people's judgments when deciding major events, which is nothing in school, but in the royal family, this is a big problem. Xiao Yulong said, "After all, the Sword Emperor family of the Ca clan has ruled the empire for at least five hundred years, and this country is actually still an imperial system. ”

Xiao Yulong said: "Also, this time there is also Nangong Bo, the head of the Nangong family of the Al clan who has always had conflicts with you, it is said that because he resolutely fought after this incident, he was very favored by the Sword Emperor IV, and it is estimated that he will be the boss in this revenge battle." ”

"Don't get angry with their family!" said Emperor Fu Rose earnestly.

"Well, got it. Zhao Lucheng smiled at her, "Then I'll go, during my absence, I must take good care of myself!"

"Don't worry!" Huangfu Rose waved her hand at the backs of Zhao Lucheng and Xiao Yulong, the smile on her face gradually solidified, and a trace of worry appeared on her face, for some reason she felt an inexplicable panic, she had a hunch, this kind of panic was not a good thing, she must make some preparations in advance to prevent emergencies.

......

The metal empire, the capital city of Ca City

As the capital of the empire, Ca City has obviously lost its previous flashy and extravagant atmosphere at this time, and the people living in the city, whether they are commoners or high-ranking nobles, wear white scarves and white clothes, and the streets and alleys are full of signboards tied with white cloth. The guards at the gates of the city, with white cloth tied to their armor, were inspecting the carriages entering the city one by one, and the various carriages that passed through the inspection were marching away, probably the only thing in the city that did not carry white.

One of the carriages left the checkpoint and headed straight for the imperial palace in the center of the city.

When they arrived at the gate of the imperial city outside the imperial palace, two young men got out of the car, and the two looked at each other and smiled, and one of them said, "That's it." ”

The other nodded, and the two of them said no more and headed straight towards the main hall, where there would be a challenge waiting for them.

......

The imperial palace stands quietly in the center of the imperial city, as the political and military center of the entire empire, it has a history of more than 500 years, it is the product of the sword royal family after taking charge of the empire, as long as it involves the empire for many years, no matter how big or small, it will be reported or dealt with here.

It's just that a hundred years ago and earlier, the ministers other than the imperial family who came to the meeting knelt to report to the Sword Emperor, and now after the reorganization of the Metal Empire, the ministers and nobles who came to participate are standing and talking to the Sword Emperor.

But it's just standing.

At this time, the voice of the emperor appeared again after a long absence, because the last time there was a voice here was when the Sword Emperor III was discussing with his ministers to go to the non-metallic alliance three months ago.

The armored guards in front of the palace stood in two neat rows, and at the entrance of the hall were some master of ceremonies waiting to inform the ministers of the arrival.

"Xiao Yulong, a high-ranking nobleman of the Fe clan, Zhao Lucheng, the commander of the heavy cavalry of Fe City, has arrived-" The master of ceremonies saw two young people walking towards here from a distance, and an official in charge of registration trotted to the master of ceremonies and whispered a few words to him, and the master of ceremonies nodded and reported loudly.

......

At this time, a young man with pale red eyebrows in the imperial robe sat on the throne, supporting his head with his right hand, looking at the ministers who were in a heated argument in front of him, his eyebrows were locked, but he didn't say a word, just watched them continue to argue.

The ministers in front of them were obviously divided into two factions, one group was led by a middle-aged man who looked old and burden-bearing, most of them were silent, only the middle-aged man and the nearby ministers were arguing fiercely.

On the other hand, there are only two people, one is the minister of finance who has been in office for decades, and the other is the new emperor's bodyguard, a 100-year-old veteran Wei Zilu.

The reason for the Minister of Finance is very simple, the previous emperor Sword Emperor III. The successive wars have led to a serious deficit in the national treasury, which has caused the state treasury to increase taxes, which has led to serious consequences: the life pressure of people below the middle and lower ranks has become very great, and many middle and low nobles have colluded with the high nobles and used the way of oppressing the commoners to maintain their lives.

Sword Emperor IV. refused in one bite: "Only when there is a country can there be a home, and after the reunification of the country, the people will naturally be stable." ”

The Minister of Finance wanted to say something, but was glared back by the Sword Emperor IV.

But Wei Zilu's reason made the Sword Emperor IV. fall into deep thought: the non-metallic army has just won a big victory and morale is booming, and if you rush to send troops at this time, you may end up with the same fate as before, and according to our financial situation, we only have enough money left to send troops once, but no general can guarantee that the war will be won before the war, and if it loses at that time, not only will it not be avenged, but it will also make the civilians hate the royal family, and the trouble will be big.

Wei Zilu means that the Metal Empire can't afford to lose now, in other words, you can fight, but you can't lose.

As soon as Nangong Bo of the main battle faction heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "My subordinates will definitely defeat the non-metallic rebels this time!"

Sword Emperor IV. Look at Nangong Bo, noncommittal.

At this time, in the voice of the master of ceremonies outside, two silver-haired young men walked in, and they bowed to the Sword Emperor sitting on the throne: "Xiao Yulong, Zhao Lucheng see Your Majesty." ”

"Well," Sword Emperor IV. nodded, he looked at the silver-gray haired young man standing on the right and said, "You are Zhao Lucheng, it's really interesting, I have long heard that your hair color is not the same as other Fe people, and when I saw it today, it was really so." ”

Nangong Bo, who was standing on the side, was stunned, turned his hand to look at Zhao Lucheng, and frowned slightly.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's concern, I am indeed not a pure-blooded Fe person, but I don't know what kind of blood is mixed with Fe blood in my veins. Zhao Lucheng raised his head and looked into the eyes of Sword Emperor IV and said.

Xiao Yulong looked at Zhao Lucheng with a shocked face, to be honest, even he, who grew up with Zhao Lucheng, didn't know that there was this secret in Zhao Lucheng's bloodline, and this guy's mouth was really strict enough.

"Zhao Lucheng, I called you this time mainly to ask you about your views on this expedition. Sword Emperor IV. said.

Zhao Lucheng smiled: "This is also what I want to talk to you about this time." ”

......

"Oh, is it? Zhao Lucheng, do you also support the Lord and the faction? I thought that calling you this high-achieving student of the Military Academy this time would bring me a good military analysis," Sword Emperor IV. looked at Zhao Lucheng's unchanged expression, and smiled playfully, "Those two Lord Peace is because of the conflict of interest with them, so what about you? If you can't say a reason, then you will end up like those ministers who advised before!"

Nangong Bo's eyes on the side suddenly lit up: "Your Majesty, this kind of low-status person dares to disobey your will, I think it is best to kill it directly." ”

"Don't show your careful thoughts, Nangong Family Master, you know very well that doing so will cause huge losses to the empire!" Zhao Lucheng behaved calmly, "As for whose interests I am saying, Your Majesty, you are also very clear. ”

All the ministers present frowned, and one or two of them even rebuked angrily: "How can you talk to the next one?"

Only the Sword Emperor IV. had a calm face: "I can understand what you mean, you are doing a good job, Zhao Lucheng." ”

As soon as he heard this, Xiao Yulong looked at Zhao Lucheng's back and smiled.

Yes, everything is within our expectations, Zhao Lucheng. He thought to himself.

Recall-

on the carriage

"Zhao Lucheng, then what are you going to do," Xiao Yulong said, "You don't want to tell a lie, but your true thoughts are exactly against the meaning of Sword Emperor IV." ”

"Then don't lie," Zhao Lucheng looked ahead and smiled, "I'm going to tell the truth." ”

"Then what's the matter," Xiao Yulong was taken aback, "You don't want to live anymore?"

Zhao Lucheng looked at Xiao Yulong who was sitting next to him.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. He said.

Xiao Yulong was stunned.

"Sword Emperor IV. won't do anything to me, he just wants to test my loyalty," Zhao Lucheng speculated, "because he is a stubborn and abnormal person, what he decides, he will not take other people's opinions at all, he called me here, just to reuse me, a military master, but he is not worried about me, so he took this opportunity to test whether my will is firm, in this way, in fact, my opinions are secondary to him, he will not take it to heart at all, so as long as I tell the truth, he will not kill me." ”

......

"But what you did well doesn't mean that I agree with your point of view," Sword Emperor IV. continued: "That's it, according to the countermeasures discussed before, this time the head of the Nangong family will be the boss, Zhao Lucheng, Wei Zilu, Xiao Yulong, etc. will all participate in the battle, and the target is Si City!"

Everyone should say yes in unison.

At such a time, the war is a foregone conclusion, then, let's fight!