"This is the head of the Marquis of Benson, and the White Tower of the Nine Rings is really decisive!"

Luo Sheng looked at Bunier, who looked indifferent, and then at Marquis Clark, who had replaced Baron Cook in front of him and was in charge of greeting the envoys of the White Tower of the Nine Rings, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The victory or defeat of the first battle of Xuelongguan does not only affect Xuelongguan. In fact, the situation in Xuelong Pass implicates the political situation of the entire Elson Kingdom. After the barbarians were defeated, the Holy See of Light withdrew, and Baron Cook was sure of a decisive victory, the political situation in the Kingdom of Elson changed drastically.

After losing the support of the Holy See of Light, the second prince Steven, although under the cover of Earl Newman, with the help of the remnants of the Holy See of Light, successfully escaped the pursuit of Crown Prince Raymond and fled to the Holy See of Light. But his supporters were attacked by Crown Prince Raymond with all his might.

Local nobles like the Benson family, who have their own roots and are more powerful, are better, because of their territorial position and strength, they can barely maintain it. But those subordinates whose main roots are in or near the royal capital and do not have too strong backgrounds have almost been swept away by the crown prince.

In just a few days, Crown Prince Raymond completely swept away the influence of the second prince Steven in the royal capital, and completely took the royal capital of Elson into his own hands. At present, although the crown prince has not officially ascended the throne and claimed the throne, he has already mastered most of the power of the Elson family's inheritance through ancestor worship ceremonies. Just wait a little longer to become the true ruler of the Elson Kingdom.

And with the change of the situation and status, Crown Prince Raymond's attitude towards Baron Cook and even the White Tower of the Nine Rings has also changed subtly. When the second prince Steven was vying for power, Baron Cook was a solid support for the position of Crown Prince Raymond, and the White Tower of the Nine Rings was also a powerful ally in the snow. Under the threat of the behemoth of the Holy See of Light, the crown prince and his family have almost unlimited support for Baron Cook and the White Tower of the Nine Rings.

However, after the second prince Steven fled and the Holy See of Light withdrew from the Kingdom of Elson, the threat to Raymond had almost disappeared. Especially after obtaining most of the inheritance power of the Elson family through the ancestor worship ceremony, Raymond has been confident that he can completely control the entire Elson Kingdom.

In this case, Baron Cook's support for Raymond is no longer so indispensable, but because Baron Cook has made too much credit, Raymond has a faint uncomfortable feeling. Especially before Baron Cook hid from Raymond and reached a cooperation agreement with the Nine Rings White Tower in advance. Although Raymond was informed of the matter through Marcia afterwards and his consent was obtained, in hindsight, Raymond always had a faint mind in his heart.

As for the Nine-Ring White Tower, Raymond's attitude has also changed a lot. Under the joint pressure of the Holy See of Light and the second prince Steven, Raymond is very eager to cooperate with the White Tower of the Nine Rings, and hopes that the power of the White Tower of the Nine Rings will intervene in the Kingdom of Elson and compete with the power of the Holy See of Light.

However, after the power of the Holy See of Light withdrew, and Raymond himself took control of the power of the Elson Kingdom, Raymond's intervention in the Nine Rings White Tower began to become reluctant, and even faintly resistant. After all, as a king, Raymond instinctively wants to be a good word in his kingdom without being constrained by other forces. Although the Nine Rings White Tower's style of action is mild, it will definitely affect the political ecology within the Elson Kingdom, which Raymond does not want to see.

Of course, as a sensible politician, even if he was reluctant in his heart, Raymond did not dare to go against the agreement reached before, and really resisted the Nine Rings White Pagoda head-on.

As the successor of the king, Raymond was well aware of the power and domineering of the Holy See of Light, the Nine Rings White Tower. Although the Nine-Ring White Pagoda has a good reputation and is relatively gentle, like the Holy See of Light, the Nine-Ring White Pagoda is not a good man and a woman. Especially this time, the Nine Rings White Tower defeated the Holy See of Light and drove the forces of the Holy See of Light out of the Kingdom of Elson, showing its strength and determination. In this case, resisting the entry of the White Tower of the Nine Rings, even if Raymond has the inheritance power of the Elson royal family in his hands, it will be difficult for him to secure his throne.

However, although he can't directly resist the entry of the White Tower of the Nine Rings, it doesn't mean that Raymond can't play some other tricks. As the ruler of the kingdom, a serpent, Raymond has many other means to contain the Nine-Ring White Tower. For example, in public opinion, spread some specious rumors, erase the merits of the Nine Rings White Tower, and attribute the credit to the royal family. Another example is to deliberately support, co-opt some forces that have a bad relationship with the Nine-Ring White Tower, and try to support them into a new faction to balance Baron Cook and others who support the Nine-Ring White Tower.

Like Marquis Clark, who replaced Baron Cook to greet the envoys of the Nine-Ring White Tower this time, he is actually one of the representatives who don't like the Nine-Ring White Tower very much. Although he didn't directly say anything against the Nine-Ring White Tower, in many specific matters, Marquis Clark would consciously make things a little difficult for the Nine-Ring White Tower and the people related to it. Even Luo Sheng, who won the honor in this battle, was once troubled by this marquis.

In fact, the most obvious manifestation of Raymond's mind is in the handling of the Benson family. Theoretically, the Benson family directly participated in the second prince's rebellion plan, cooperated deeply with the Holy See of Light, polluted the military rations in Xuelong Pass, and tried to launch an army mutiny. Even if the largest family in the Elson Northland is not uprooted, at least the descendants of the Benson family must be eliminated to make sense.

But what everyone didn't expect was that after clearing the second prince's subordinate forces in the royal capital, Raymond adopted a rather tolerant attitude towards the second prince's local supporters. As long as they are willing to pay a certain price and turn their allegiance to Raymond, Raymond will basically accept their surrender. Even the Benson family, although Raymond did not immediately pardon, did not reveal the intention of doing it. Even two days ago, there were vague rumors that the Benson family was ready to make meritorious service to the Benson family, and continue to send elites to garrison Longshou Fort in accordance with the old practice of Xuelong Pass to contribute to the country.

For Raymond's thoughts and small actions, both Baron Cook and Master Lennon, who has been staying in Snow Dragon Pass, are actually very clear in their hearts. As the top of a party's forces, no one is a fool. It only takes a little bit of attention to get a sense of Raymond's attitude.

However, knowing is knowing, the reactions of the two people are completely different. As a courtier of the Kingdom of Elson, Baron Cook has been loyal to the legitimacy of the royal family of Elson for generations. Now that Raymond is about to ascend the throne, he is enough to represent the royal family of Elson and is the only person who is loyal to Baron Cook. So even though he was very dissatisfied, Baron Cook only thought that this was Raymond's imperial trick, or he didn't want to cause a huge shock in the north of Elson because of the extermination of the Benson family. After a moment of anger, Baron Cook accepted the reality.

But as the representative of the White Tower of the Nine Rings, Lennon is not so good at talking. These days, Lennon didn't pay too much attention to the new liaison of Marquis Clark, but directly passed on Raymond's change of mentality to the upper level of the White Tower of the Nine Rings. And the Nine-Ring White Tower obviously also reacted to this matter, the most obvious being the hideous human head of Marquis Benson.

"Are you the Marquis Clarke who is in charge of receiving us? After flying to the head of the Dragon's Head Castle, after a brief exchange of spells between Bunier and Lennon, Bunier threw the box containing the head of the Marquis Benson directly to Clark.

"Is this Marquis Benson?!...... you guys" Although he faintly smelled blood, but because he was not a spellcaster, Marquis Clark, a gold-rank warrior, did not perceive the contents of the box in advance, when he really opened the box and saw the human head, even with the strong will of the gold-level warrior, Clark couldn't help but tremble and felt a chill in his heart.

As one of the crown prince's henchmen, Marquis Clarke is well aware of the state of the Benson family in recent times. While the two sides have reached an initial compromise, the Benson family hasn't really let their guard down. As the core of the family, Benson Castle not only brings together most of the elite of the Benson family, but also opens up a magical enchantment that is rarely used in ordinary times. Coupled with the presence of two gold-level masters, the defense of Benson Castle is not much weaker than that of Snow Dragon Pass. This kind of defense, even if Raymond sends a large army to attack, I am afraid that it will be difficult to use for a while.

In fact, the Benson family's posture of pooling their forces and preparing to fight to the death is also an important reason why Raymond finally chose to compromise with the Benson family. If the Benson family is held responsible, it will be necessary to fight hard with the Benson family, and a big battle will not only cost a huge amount, but also affect Raymond's authority very much once the battle is not effective.

And choosing to compromise with the Benson family, although it will take a lot of benefits, it can reduce a lot of consumption, and his subordinates will immediately have an extra force that can contain the Nine Rings White Tower. There is a huge gap between one and the other, so Clark and the others are weighing the will, and they all hope that Raymond will accept the Benson family's surrender and balance the political situation in Elson's country.

But what Clark didn't expect was that Marquis Benson, who had just made a plan on his side, had a huge influence in Elson, was qualified to bargain with Raymond, and would become an important force in containing the Nine Rings White Tower in the future, actually appeared in front of him in the form of a human head. And the fate of the Benson family represented behind him is self-evident.

"The Benson family defected to the Holy See of Light and tried to subvert the Elson Kingdom, but after the defeat, they gathered a crowd to resist stubbornly and refused to surrender. I passed the news to the Isle of Truth. So when Bunier came over this time, he destroyed the Benson family by the way and helped His Royal Highness the Crown Prince clear this rebellion. Lennon smiled and responded, "Don't thank me, as an ally, this is what we should do." ”