The year 756 of the Holy Spirit Empire, at the end of the year. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The winter has passed, and the morning sun is born.

The warm sunlight poured onto the earth and began to melt the thick snow.

Early morning.

On the walls of the tall Boulder City, which is in charge of guarding the imperial border defense line, there are two teams of soldiers, who are changing guards.

One of the soldiers, tired and listless, some of them with torches in their hands, had apparently stayed up all night, while the other was yawning and sleepy, as if they had just risen from the warmth of the bed.

Two groups of soldiers guarding the border were changing guards, and at this time, under the tall city gate, three figures slowly walked in.

This trio is very strange.

One of them was a little girl, she was only thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a thin fiery red shirt, walking in the ice and snow, and she was not afraid of the cold.

The other one, not human, was a green-skinned, vicious, ugly-looking, green-skinned orc.

Between the little girl and the orc is a young man wearing a hat and a tiger fur coat.

This trio was extremely strange, and in this special situation, the Imperial soldiers, who had just finished changing guards, hurriedly reported the news to their superiors.

Not long after, an old officer wearing oily armor, an iron helmet, and a knight's sword, after receiving the news, immediately led a group of soldiers down the city pass and interrogated the three people who were slowly coming.

It is more like an interrogation, but rather an interrogation.

The attitude of the old officer was rather bad. With a wave of his hand, thirty Imperial soldiers armed with spears immediately surrounded the trio.

"Where did the spies come from, who want to infiltrate the city pass and spy on the military?" the old officer asked with a frown as he glanced at the strange combination.

"I am the lord of the Imperial Sea Manxing Province, William Rest. This is my identification. The young man at the head said, taking out a letter and handing it to the old officer.

The old officer hesitated for a while, but finally opened the letter and flipped through it for verification.

This turned out to be a letter of appointment issued by the Governor's Office himself, and it not only had the seal of the Governor's Palace, but it was difficult to fake. What's even more exaggerated is that next to the seal of the Governor's Palace, there is actually a light-colored ink seal.

The special seal of His Majesty Charles IX!

After seeing these two seals, the old officer immediately changed his attitude, respectfully returned the letter of appointment with both hands, and at the same time ordered the soldier to put away his gun and retreat.

There was no need to say much, the old officer just made a gesture, everything was simple, and he didn't even need to register the interrogation, and the three of William were immediately released.

While passing by the old officer, William suddenly spoke: "When I came back from there just now, I met two abandoned carriages on the side of the road, and there were quite a few people on them. Take them and see them, lest they be eaten by wild beasts. ”

When the old officer heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

At this time, William had already taken Lilith and the dwarf giant Ural through the city pass, entered the border of the empire, and gradually moved away.

The old officer did not dare to delay, and hurriedly went to investigate with the soldiers in the direction William said.

......

A few days later.

William and the three returned to the Yuanxin Water City in Haimanxing Province.

When I first left Yuanxin Water City, it was the early winter season. Now back in time, it's the end of winter.

This trip is almost a full four months.

In four months, William went from being a hostage of the orcs to being a prophet of the orcs.

In four months, the changes in Yuanxin Water City are also not small. The population flow alone has expanded more than tenfold, and the number of large docks has increased by several times.

Many unfinished buildings, such as paddy fields, markets, water gardens, aquariums, libraries, gambling houses, football fields, basketball courts, etc., were also built.

William sat on the animal skin swivel chair in his lord's mansion, quietly listening to the reports of Crean, Dodora, Master Rhine and others below, and nodded incessantly.

When he learned that everything was developing as usual in Yuanxin Water City and was becoming more and more prosperous, William's mood improved a lot. He picked up the coffee on the desk and took a sip and asked, "After I leave, who is mainly in charge of Yuanxin Water City?"

There was a hint of embarrassment on Krian's face, but Dodora said directly: "On the surface, it is the master mother Sumera who is in charge. But in fact, there are many things that the housewife does not understand, and we all discuss it together, come up with a plan, and submit it to the Sumera housewife for review. ”

As she spoke, Dodora suddenly fell to her knees on one knee as if she were asking for punishment. The rest of the people, most of them did the same, and bowed their heads in shame.

William smiled: "You guys did a good job, when I came back, I also saw all kinds of changes in Water City." ”

At the end, William was about to reward his merits, when Chrian suddenly said, "Master William, there is actually a very important matter that has not been reported. ”

William motioned for him to continue.

Crean continued: "A few days ago, an envoy came to Watertown with His Majesty's edict to see you. In your absence, the messenger has been waiting, and now he is still living in a quiet courtyard in the house. ”

After a pause, Crean said with a solemn face: "I heard from the envoy that it seems that it is about the matter of the canonization of the crown prince, which is very important! Even if the young master does not go, he has to send a representative to go back with the envoy." ”

When William heard this, his brows furrowed.

As early as the beginning of this year, Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess revealed in a correspondence with him that His Majesty Charles IX had the intention of establishing a prince.

And it is worth mentioning that His Majesty Charles IX is very old, even reaching the age of Zen Jean.

In short, this prince will not be able to serve for a few days, and after he is familiar with the government affairs at hand, he will have to ascend the throne as the new emperor.

In the name, it is a standing reserve. In fact, it is tantamount to directly announcing the candidate for the new emperor.

This is not a bombshell.

So, here's the problem.

Between the three princes and the five princes, who is most likely to become the prince of the empire?

William was not interested in this matter, and did not want to go.

He could almost imagine that the future imperial capital would be turbulent. Before the crown prince is announced, the people of the three princes' factions and the five princes' factions will fight openly and secretly, and the imperial capital will completely evolve into a cruel battlefield without gunpowder.

There was no doubt that it was a pool of muddy waters, and William didn't want to get involved.

He pondered for a moment, then weaved a random reason for his ill health, and introduced Dodora as a representative, and asked someone to reply to the messenger.

Unexpectedly, the next person went, but soon turned back and brought the latest news: "The messenger said that he must see you once, Master William, and he has very important words to convey to you on behalf of others." ”

When William heard this, he put away his thoughts of pretending to be sick in bed, got up directly, ordered his subordinates to lead the way, and went to see the messenger in person. (To be continued.) )