Chapter Forty-Eight: The First City Lord
Everyone has their own beliefs, some believe in gods, some believe in power, some believe in money and power, and for Luo Li, his faith is loyalty. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Imperial Clan is also a family of some years, born in the early days of the Hundred Years' War, and later with the growth of the Resnot family, the Royal Clan also joined the Resnot's team like many human clans, but it has always been not as powerful as the Berserker Clan, nor is it as wise as the Standy Family, but this will not prevent the members of their family from surviving in the Human Empire, after all, families like the Berserker Clan and Standy are a minority. And because of this, after the war, the Goban clan also became the people of Resnot, like most families, and received a feudal title according to their military exploits, and obtained the property and official titles they deserved.
However, Luo Li Yuji was the lucky one of their family, and when he was a child, he met Cao Le Resnot, who is today's Resnot III, and the king of Resnot. Of course, Cao Le was still a child at that time, and Luo Li was fortunate to become Cao Le's friend, accompanying Cao Le to learn and grow together. also accompanied him, fought for the throne together, and enshrined him as king. It is also because of his outstanding contributions and his own talents that the Imperial Family is no longer as obscure as many clans, but has become the nobles of Snowal, and Luo Li himself has become the lord of this human capital.
As the lord of Snowal, he is naturally very clear about the turmoil that has been blowing in the city in recent days, in fact, when the turmoil has not completely blown, he has already asked Cao Le's opinion, whether to exert pressure to stop it, but his proposal was rejected by Cao Le, and the order Cao Le gave him was very simple is to ignore this farce and continue to do his job. Therefore, Luo Li did not waste his mind for this anymore, and concentrated on continuing to do his job as the city lord.
For Luo Li, he is satisfied with his current life, and there are only two things he hopes for, one is that his children can live easily and happily, and the second is to die for Cao Le in this way. He was Cao Le's most loyal general, and both he and Cao Le knew that his loyalty was to Cao Le himself, not to Resnot, in other words, he would be loyal to Cao Le whenever Cao Le was king, so much so that now the proud lord of the city only obeyed Cao Le's orders. Other than that, he would think twice about his orders before making a decision. This includes the fact that the eldest prince wants him to make a speech to show that he has no intention of participating in the election.
Of course, he didn't have the idea of competing with this prince for the throne, in fact, he supported the eldest prince at first, because he knew that His Majesty was more optimistic about the eldest prince than the second prince, so when the eldest prince asked him, he said that he was supportive, but with the storm of the election, His Majesty did not mention this matter at all, so Luo Li was reluctant to get involved, which is the reason why he rejected the eldest prince. In fact, in the eyes of this city lord who dominates the officialdom, what is the point of the outcome if the people make a mess no more? In the end, it is not up to His Majesty the King to decide. And according to what he knew about the king, the future heir to the throne would definitely only be chosen from the Rennote family. In that case, why should I get involved?
As usual, after dealing with Snowal's affairs, Luo Li, as usual, came to his backyard, leisurely sipping the best black tea on the stone table in the garden, when the gate of the backyard was opened, and a young man walked straight towards him: "Father, His Royal Highness Ye Xiao has already discussed with the engineering team, just wait for you to sign and start work." ”
This young man was his son Pingru Yuji, and when he picked up the document in his hand, Luo Li frowned: "The Third Highness really plans to establish a bounty hunter association?"
"Father, I told you a long time ago, this time His Highness is serious! In the past few days, His Highness has taken me around looking for capable people, and when our club is established, we can start operating, and when the time comes, father, if you have anything to help, you can also go to the Bounty Hunters Association to entrust it!"
Luo Li looked at his son and smiled with relief, and returned the document to him: "Since His Royal Highness is serious this time, then he should seriously hand it over to me according to the normal procedures." I will sign it for His Highness again. ”
"Father, you also know that it is too time-consuming to follow the regular procedures, and I have nothing to help Your Highness, father, you can help!"
Luo Li shook his head: "The rules can't be messed up, you can do what you want, if you have the heart, just keep an eye on it when applying, I think it won't be long before I can give you approval through formal channels." ”
"Got it!" was visibly disappointed, and left the back garden with the papers. At this time, another young girl walked in, looked at the lost widow and was a little curious: "Father, what's wrong with my brother?"
"It's nothing, His Highness Ye Xiao's business. Looking at your brother's appearance, he seems to be quite interested. ”
The woman smiled elegantly: "Father, you don't know your brother's temper yet, and it won't be long before you lose interest." ”
Luo Li nodded, looked at the woman and said, "Huh, do you have anything to do?"
"Oh, by the way, His Royal Highness the eldest prince is an employer just now, the eldest prince wants to come to our house tonight, it seems that there are some things to discuss with his father. ”
Luo Li frowned: "It seems that I came to ask about the election." ”
Xuan Yan said with some worry: "Father, I heard that several other city lords have publicly expressed their unwillingness to participate in the royal election, and called on people not to carry out such activities, but only my father has not expressed his position, the eldest prince is here to blame you, right?"
"His Royal Highness's personality is very similar to that of His Majesty when he was young, although my behavior will make him a little unhappy, but if this is to blame me, then in my opinion, he does not have the mind that a king should have, not to mention, he is still a prince now, in terms of duty, I have no obligation to follow his orders. ”
"What I'm worried about is that I heard before that because the second prince was his only competitor, he had sent a killer to assassinate the second prince, and this was the case for his younger brother, and my father now judged from the votes of the outside world, but the closest to him, will he ......?"
Luo Li raised his hand and signaled to Xuan Yu not to continue: "It's just rumors, don't believe it too much, these methods are not uncommon in the brothers' struggle for the throne, not to mention an empire as big as Resnot, even if it was to compete for the position of a patriarch before, it was unscrupulous." But don't worry, although His Highness is a little impulsive, he is not stupid, he will not put too much energy into someone who is unlikely to be a competitor at all. After all, His Royal Highness has a noble status, you go and say to His Highness's people, His Royal Highness is here, and I will go over in person." ”
In fact, Luo Li didn't want to go back to where he worked, even His Royal Highness the prince didn't have the right to let himself work overtime, but etiquette still had to be there, looking at the palace that he was tired of, Luo Li was a little tired, and couldn't help but feel that His Royal Highness the eldest prince was really like a child who didn't grow up, the second prince and the third prince moved out of the palace by themselves when they became adults, but the eldest prince still stayed in the palace and didn't leave. Of course, there is no rule that the prince must leave the palace, but it always makes Luo Li feel as if the eldest prince can't leave here.
Shaking his head, he stopped thinking nonsense, because he had already arrived at the door of the eldest prince's room, and after tidying up his clothes: "Mr. Lian Jia, please let me know." ”
Lian Ka was Oath's personal guard, he naturally knew that Oath had invited Luo Li, and nodded: "Your Highness has already ordered, just go in directly if you come." ”
"That's rude. After Luo Li finished speaking, she bypassed Lian Caa and walked into the study of the oath.
The study of the oath can be called gorgeous, although it is not the first time to come here, but Luo Li still feels that it seems to be not much different from the king's study. Sworn Fall sat in the right seat, looking at his appearance, he had been waiting for him for a while, but Luo Li was sure that he was not late.
"Your Highness. ”
"You're here, Luoli. Oath's voice was tough, as if he was calling for his subordinates, which made Luo Li very uncomfortable. However, the oath did not notice it at all, and with a wave of his hand, several subordinates carried a pair of beautifully carved stone carvings in, and the oath said: "I heard that Mr. Luo Li, your daughter is coming to her birthday, and she seems to like collecting these carvings very much. ”
Luo Li calculated, there should be half a year before his birthday, right? Probably His Highness remembered it wrongly, but Luo Li did not expose it: "Then I am here to thank His Highness for the little girl." I came in a hurry and didn't prepare any return gifts, and I hope Your Highness won't blame you. ”
"It's fine. Oath thought for a while: "I've been busy helping my father with state affairs recently, and I rarely leave the palace, has anything happened in Snow City recently?"
"Your Highness, rest assured, everything is fine in Snow City, and if you want to say something interesting, it is that His Royal Highness the Third Prince has recently been planning to establish a bounty hunter association. ”
"My brother is always doing this and not doing his job. Oath frowned and said, "If he uses these efforts to manage the country, my father and I will be much easier." ”
"Your Highness, everyone has their own interests, and it may not be a good thing for His Royal Highness Ye Xiao to have such an interest. ”
It was because he was so obsessed with these messy things that his father did not dare to hand over important tasks to him. He is not qualified to become a prince. ”
"Your Highness said yes. Luo Li nodded and said, although he knew that most of the tasks were taken over by the prince in front of him, even if Ye Xiao really wanted to do something, I am afraid that there would be no chance.
"Speaking of Wang Xuan, it seems that there have been a lot of rumors outside recently. "After a while, I finally got back to the point.
Luo Li sighed: "It's just the words of the market, Your Highness doesn't have to care." ”
"I heard that Mr. Luo Li has a lot of votes! Even my unsuccessful brother is under you!"
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