"We want to hear concrete words, not to use that kind of rhetoric, and now is not the time for you to tell a story. Broken Hill glared at Thressi, his tone not at all polite, "Tell me, what do you know about Sven Noe Jericht? ”

"All the information about him?ha, with all due respect, Your Excellency, I doubt that there is so much information, do you have the brains to listen to it. Thresy looked at Brockenhill with a naked mockery in his eyes, "How much do you know about the Jericho family? I'm afraid, you don't even know when this family arose, do you?"

"A small country aristocrat, who cares about those messy histories!" Brockenhill said with a red face, still stubbornly speaking, "The empire has gone through so many years, I don't know how many families have risen and how many have perished! A country aristocrat, as long as he is seconded, can always find a famous ancestor for himself." We don't want to hear this inconsequential stuff, we want to know what this bastard Jericho is trying to do!"

"Streich!" said former Prime Minister Pitt in a low voice, "you're out of shape." ”

Broken Hill lowered his head, trying to hide the color on his face.

"You say it's inconsequential?" said Seresi, smiling, still playfully in her eyes, "well, just take it as if it didn't matter, and people like you wouldn't understand it anyway. ”

Broken Hill's eyes were red, and he wanted to say something more, but Mencken grabbed him first.

"Stop talking that nonsense, let's get to the point. Mencken said to Thressy, "Even a gentleman has a limit to patience. ”

"Okay, okay, since you're all acute, then I'll just get started. "Gentlemen, I have not come here to-day to come to you to comfort you, to tell you that Swain No. Jericho is a false giant who is useless, and that he will soon fall apart when he says to you. What I want to say is the most practical and the most important question in your hearts. ”

Thresy licked her lips and looked around at the crowd.

"How to deal with Sven Noe Jericht. ”

The expressions of the former cabinet ministers present here have changed to a greater or lesser extent.

"Go on," Guderian tapped the table with his knuckles, "and I'm interested to hear it." ”

Thresy looked at Brockenhill, then pointed at Guderian.

"Learn a little. ”

Broken Hill wanted to have another seizure, but this time everyone around him held him back.

Ignoring Brockenhill, Thresy continued to speak at his own pace: "As you know, Swain Noe Jerichault is a very difficult figure to fathom, and believe me, this young earl is more cunning and ruthless than any of your previous rivals in politics, and if you look down on him because of his youth, you here have a lot to learn from the past." ”

Thresy pursed her lips, her eyes wandering.

To be precise, all of you here are witnesses of this kind of thing. ”

"Yes, we know he's tough to deal with. Pete spoke, his voice still a little stern, "That's why we want to know how to deal with him, and it's because it's hard to deal with that we're here to hear you, isn't it?" ”

"It doesn't work by conventional means. "As you've seen before, Sven Noe Jericho doesn't care about rules at all, and neither law nor morality can be a chain that binds this beast, so we have to adopt unconventional methods. ”

"Adopt the same coup d'état as he does?" Guderian frowned, "that's the means he used, can we still use the same methods used by the other side to defeat him?, besides, if we do the same, then what's the difference with a rebel like Jericho? The power of the empire changes between guns and blood, and then no one pays attention to the rules that should be followed, which is an extremely dangerous beginning." ”

"You are right, former Secretary of War. Seresy smiled and half-bowed to Guderian, "But by unconventional means, I don't mean a coup d'état, nor an assassination. ”

"What's that?"

"Please analyze carefully, what is the basis on which Sven No. Jericho was able to seize power and get his current position and power?" Thresy waved his arms and put on a tirade, "the army, the official position, the hearts of the people? No, these are not, these things are borrowed or robbed by him from others, in other words, the basis of his rule is very weak, and there is no legitimacy at all. ”

"So, you mean, we should go and co-opt the men who actually run the army and the government in Deswain?" said former Prime Minister Pitt in accordance with Thresi's words, "O'Brien and Metternich, for example?"

"And Katerina. Mencken added, grimacing.

Pete glanced at Mencken, and then went on to Thressy, "How do you think it can be done, then, to convince them with your great eloquence again?"

"You should know that, Your Excellency the Prime Minister, the so-called persuasion does not mean replacing other people's thoughts with my thoughts," Thresy looked at Pete with a smile, but his smile always made Pete feel very uncomfortable, "To persuade a person is to make this person more convinced of the thoughts he already has in his heart, and to magnify that idea infinitely." From this point of view, I have not convinced anyone, it is they who have persuaded them. ”

"So......" Pete narrowed his eyes, "it's actually us who are convincing us here?" in other words, we already know what to do with Swain, so why should we listen to you here?"

There was a hint of danger in the eyes of the former prime minister.

"You still haven't answered the question I gave you, and you haven't given a reasonable explanation of 'we want to listen to you'. ”

"Hah, do you need that kind of thing?" Théresy laughed, pointing at Pete, "aren't you already here listening to what I'm saying?"

He lowered his hand and shrugged his shoulders again. "Of course, if you must have an explanation, then I can give you one as well. ”

"Because I am the only one who can do these things. Only I can do that, you can't do it, so you know that you have to listen to me here, because you are all decent people, and you can't just soak your hands in blood, which is tantamount to telling others who you are as a conspirator. ”

Seresy simply pulled over a chair and sat down at the same table as the former cabinet ministers.

"Hey, listen, when you are faced with such a situation, even if you know what to do, you can only be at a loss, and you can only sigh helplessly. But I'm different, as you see, my identity is destined to be unfettered, a wanted criminal, a spy of the old Ministry of the Interior, which is in many ways more dangerous and evil than the most vicious criminals. I'm going to get rid of Jericho, it's a cannibalism between evil and evil, you don't have to get your hands dirty, of course, this reputation is an irrelevant thing for me, I'd love to be a badass, but I can't be a badass without taste, let alone a badass who fails, so ......"

Thresy licked her lips little by little with the tip of her tongue, and the moist lips were as red as if she had put on lipstick.

"So I am here to help you and to seek your help at the same time. ”

The former cabinet ministers looked at each other, and they all remained silent.

Pete and Guderian exchanged glances, and then looked at Mencken, and he saw that although Menken had found this somewhat insane but shrewd and wise Threesi Dakosda, Mencken's eyes were full of contemplation at this moment, and it seemed that even he did not know Thresi's plans in advance.

"So what are you going to do, and what do you want us to do for you?"

It was Broken Hill who spoke first, but this time he was no longer pretentious, but asked Seresy in a very serious tone.

"I will dismember Jericho's allies little by little, he has too many enemies, and this man has always disdained to reconcile with his enemies, he always likes to destroy his opponents without giving them a chance to breathe. Therefore, I will slowly unite all of Jericho's enemies into this confrontation, and when Jericho notices, he will find that almost overnight, his enemies have formed a net to envelop him, trapping him firmly in this virtue, even if he has stolen the supreme power of this empire, but his power cannot leave the imperial capital, and the supreme authority in the hands of the emperor is just a joke in his hands. ”

Mencken lowered his eyes and pondered.

"What else?"

"I'll provide some assistance to Count Ernest, trust me, don't look at me like this, but if I'm going to find someone, it's a very simple matter, no matter how well he hides it. Although all the Imperial Capital garrisons were brutally executed by Jericho, the executioner......"

At this, Thresy suddenly paused.

"Oh my God, I can't imagine I'm talking like that in a serious way. ”

Is this guy reliable......

Although no one said this, it rang in everyone's hearts.

"Ah...... Oh, yes, although the Imperial Capital garrison was all executed by Jericho, but Ernest's power will not be limited to this, he is also 'Earl Jericho', he can compete with Swain in too many places, as long as he is there, then he can compete with Swain for the title of Earl of Midnight. Please don't underestimate this title, it's Jericho's biggest weakness. ”

He looked at former Prime Minister Pitt. "As you know, Sven Noe Jerichault has been trying to stop Ernest from claiming his title. ”

Pete nodded. "It's a well-known thing. ”

"So, the next thing I'm going to do is to win over the first Jericho's enemy, which is Ernest. ”

"I don't care why you're so confident, since you've already boasted about Haikou, then you can do it. Broken Hill spoke, "What do you want us to offer you?"

"Hands," Thresy held out two fingers, "and intelligence." ”

"That's all?" asked Guderian, "what do you want to do, do you still want to attack the palace of Tiamat?"

"No, no, no, no, no, I wouldn't do such a tasteless thing. "I need someone to help me with something, and of course I don't want you to ask what it is, at least don't ask me." As for the manpower you gave me, it's your own anyway, right?"

Prime Minister Pitt pursed his lips, he felt vaguely uneasy, but now he might believe that Thressi was the only way for them.

He looked at Mencken and said, "You found the man, you decide." ”

"You said it all, I found the man. Mencken pouted sickly, "So, of course I'm supportive." ”

Most of the others nodded, they weren't all convinced by Thressi, but they all agreed on one thing - they could only rely on Thresy to deal with Swain, and they couldn't do what Thressi could do.

Everyone's opinions were almost unanimous, and at this time, the housekeeper of the Menken family suddenly walked down and said to Menken in a bit of a panic: "Master, Her Royal Highness the Princess and Count Jericho are here to visit!"