A pair of worn deerskin boots entered the main hall, and the old man dressed as a merchant followed the guards to the side hall, their pace was hurried, with a breeze, and the guards standing in the hall glanced at the old man walking in front of them, followed by a fishy smell of dead fish, which penetrated into their noses without any scruples. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Kenny hears the door open behind him, looks up to see Alan sitting on the side, and reaches out and taps his head.

"I know almost everything. Alan blinked, "What a guy with beauty and intelligence, enviable." ”

"Hahaha-"

Sersi on the side let out a wanton mockery, and he immediately noticed his gaffe and immediately covered his mouth.

"Ken ....."

"Hey, old friend, long time no see!, come and ask me about the promise?" Kenny threw away the parchment in his hand and tilted his head to look at the old man beside him who was slightly bowed.

"Hehe....." The old man straightened up and looked at Kenny with a smile on his face, "Of course not, it's just that after returning from Assyria, I heard some crazy words in the city, I didn't expect your plan to be carried out so quickly, and I didn't expect that you would succeed!

"Execution is one of the essential qualities of a successful person, and it is far more important than a clever mouth. Kenny patted the piles of parchments on the table.

"After that, I think you'll probably need a mouth to speak, and capturing a territory is not the same thing as ruling a territory, at least, that's what I think. The old man raised his eyebrows after speaking, and the bulge of the thick flesh of his cheeks further accentuated his red rosacea.

"Have we met?" Sersi reached out and pulled Alan against the back of his chair, looking up and down at the old man standing next to Kenny. "Let me think about .....," he said, "Red-nosed Hyde? Yes, I remember you, the initiator of the Unun Stonebridge Incident!" he asked, pointing to the old man, "why do you know Lord Kenny?"

Kenny glanced at the respectful old man beside him, then turned his gaze to Sercy.

Alan pushed away the hand blocking his chest and asked, "What Stone Bridge incident?"

"..... the East Gate of Nipur"

"Dear Captain Sercy. Hyde opened his mouth to interrupt Sercy, "That incident was not an accident, although I am the overseer, but it is obvious that someone is trying to blame me, and you will be fooled by such a simple trick?" Hyde paused, "Sorry, no offense." ”

"They say you're a careerist, and in the early days of Barton's reign in Nippur, you embezzled no less gold than anyone else. Sersi said fiercely.

"Haha-" Hyde pinched his red nose, "That's the funniest lie in Nippel," he pointed to his tattered caravan leather coat, "Can't you smell the fishy smell of me?" and then moved his finger to the tip of his toe, "Even if I have a gold coin on me, the first thing I need to do is to replace these damn open-mouth boots, which have made my right foot frostbite!"

With a bang, the parchment music on the table in front of Kenny fell to the ground, and Alan put his hands behind his head and looked at Mio at the table with a panicked expression.

"Hug ..... I'm sorry. Mio's cheeks trembled, "I just want to see what the hell is written on it." ”

"Oh my God..... Interracial ..... He..... He's got wings!" Hyde exclaimed, taking a few steps back.

"Don't worry, he's not a bad guy. Kenny relieved, then turned to Sercy, "Tell me about that." ”

"He was Barton's Chancellor of the Exchequer in the early days of Nippur, and there is no denying his unique talent for architecture, as he was responsible for the later repairs of the walls of Nippur and Fort Morwin, including the stone bridge that connected to the East Gate. Because the Unun River runs through the city of Nippur, Barton ordered him to build several stone bridges in the city, and it took him more than half a year, and then a supervisor exposed the corruption, and then there was a stone bridge collapse, that is, the stone bridge at the east gate, which took the lives of hundreds of city citizens!"

"Captain Selcy, the truth is quite the opposite!" Hyde hurriedly denied, "It is precisely because I refused to embezzle the bridge construction tax that caused some people to be dissatisfied, that caused that incident, and they want to blame me!"

"Then how do you explain that Barton only stripped you of your title? More than a hundred people died in the Unun River, and if it weren't for bribing everyone with stolen money, you would be standing here alive?"

"Sercy," Alan said, chist, "he's a fish dealer now, Kenny and I can attest to that." ”

"I hope you don't get involved in any other incident, Chief Sersi, but I have a clear conscience and no corruption during my tenure as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Nippur, and I swear to the god Namu!" said Hyde, putting his left hand on his chest.

Kenny looked at the two arguing and could tell what Hyde meant, whether Sersi was hiding some details, or some other unrelated preconceptions, or that the old Hyde had bullied Sercy.

He rubbed his eyelids back and forth with his thumb and forefinger, and the sleepless tiredness of the night was belated by the sound of the two arguing, and he let out a long sigh, then opened his eyes, pushed the inkwell in front of him aside, and moved a place to let go.

"Nipur has only just stabilized, and now is the time to hire people. Kenny cupped his chin in one hand and looked at Sersi and said, "Whether or not that incident has something to do with Hyde or something else going on, we won't discuss it because it's in the past." He yawned, straightened himself, and continued, "As you have just said, he is indeed superior in architecture, and since you have doubts about his character, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been chosen, let Hyde be a foreign minister in charge of architectural planning." ”

"But ....."

"Selsi, Nipur City is a mess and there's a lot more we have to do. Kenny interrupted, "Except for the affairs of the infantry regiment, every building or road modification that Hyde handles is supervised by you, and he is only responsible for making suggestions and designs, and I have the right to veto or adopt, and the money is in Alan's hands, so is that okay?"

"I'm sorry, my lord, I don't mean anything else, the decision is yours, you are the lord of Nippur, and you don't need the consent of others. Sersi muttered.

"No, no, no," Kenny waved his hand, "dictatorship is not a good decision, and each of you has the right to make suggestions." He glanced around at the crowd, "Even Aiden, and even a woman who is breastfeeding, can give me advice so that Nipur doesn't become a second Karta City." He smiled and recounted, "I forgot to tell you that I just lost a large piece of territory not long ago, hehe. ”

Seeing that the group did not answer, Kenny turned to look at Hyde. "If that's the case," he said, "will you give the rest of your life for Nippur? I bet you'll work ten times harder than a fish seller!"

"It's an honor!" replied Hyde firmly.

"Lord—"

The heavy wooden door of the side hall was pushed open, and a guard hurriedly ran into the side hall to report, "No..... Oh no, ten miles outside the South Gate, there are thousands of foreign troops coming!" )