In such a cold winter, in the entire imperial capital, only the food street in the university town is still lively.

On both sides of the spacious avenue, restaurants and pubs are brightly lit, and the light shines through the glass windows, illuminating the street.

The doors kept opening and closing, the heat in the house kept spurting, the little snow on the street was melted by the heat, and the whole street became wet, but it did not affect the interest of the college students who were scurrying around the street.

Maybe it's just about to be a New Year's celebration.

After the New Year, it is a two-month winter vacation.

College students who live in the imperial capital, or in several provinces around the imperial capital, go home for long, deserted vacations. Inexplicably, although facing the final exams before the New Year's celebration, these youthful college students are still working hard in the food street, consuming more or less coins in their pockets.

In the back kitchen of the Old Grandmother's Tavern, Old Lady Mary carefully monitored the oven in front of her.

In the most traditional way, in the oven where the fruit is burned, the fist-sized dough is evenly heated, and a faint aroma fills the air.

Mata XIII, dressed as an ordinary old man, stood sneakily in the shadow corner of the back kitchen, whispering to Old Lady Mary the information he had just received.

About Big Ivan's.

About the Miller family.

About Hesse's big trouble in the North Branch.

Of course, for this old couple, this is all trivial.

Big Ivan didn't do anything out of the ordinary, and the old couple knew that Big Ivan had been subdued by Salian, and he was ordered to join Joe, and now he is working for Joe.

Miller's house...... A family suspected of betraying the country, there is nothing important in their mansion, and it will be destroyed if it is destroyed, and a house with a market value of less than one million gold marks is not worth caring about the old couple at all.

As for Hesse's big trouble in the North Branch?

Old Lady Mary's attitude was clear, with obvious partiality: "It seems that Joe's father is also an honest child...... Well, if I had the temper of my youth, who would dare to plant a black pot on my head, hehe! I'll break their legs with my own hands! ”

Seeing that Old Lady Mary was so biased, Mata XIII could only shrug his shoulders: "Well, in addition to being a little more fancy in terms of clothing, in terms of personality, it is a little overbearing, but it can be regarded as having a certain amount of self-control." ”

"When he left, he gave Merson 200,000 gold marks." Mata XIII flattened his mouth: "It is obvious that it will not take so much money to repair the whole square, as well as the columns." ”

"Let the Inspectorate keep an eye on the rest of the Golden Mark, if Merson who dares to touch a fountain Sue ...... Arrest them and investigate them to the end. Old Lady Mary leaned over to the oven, sniffed the rich aroma of bread wafting from it, and pinched her fingers to count the time.

"The Imperial Police should not be used for public purposes, and they should not retaliate...... If they can't enforce the law impartially, then let them go to the northern islands to mine. Old Lady Mary's attitude was unusually clear: "Maybe it's because we've been doing nothing for a few years, and some people ...... It's a bit of a mess, I like an old saying in Donglu, kill chickens to show monkeys......"

"Okay, no problem...... Then, the church of Hill and the people of the corrupted spirit enter the imperial capital. Mata XIII frowned and said in a low voice, "What do you think? My dear. ”

"The relevant intelligence agencies, the secret agent agencies directly under the Hydra Palace, and the people from the police department have all had one major demerit. Those directly responsible will be deducted from their salaries for next year, and they will not be allowed to be promoted for three years. Old Lady Mary gently opened the small bronze door of the oven and dragged out the two large iron plates.

On the iron plate, the oily bread exuded an alluring aroma, and the old lady Mary tapped a calling bell on the side, and the sound of 'ding' suddenly spread from the back kitchen to the front counter.

Two blonde-haired, long-legged maids walked briskly over and carried out two plates of bread.

Old Lady Mary said in a deep voice: "Those who should be reprimanded, reprimanded; where punishment should be given, a heavy penalty shall be imposed; The New Year's celebration is almost here, and that difficult Attila is not a few days away from the imperial capital...... I won't allow an uncontrollable mess in the imperial capital...... Especially the big mess associated with heresy. ”

Mata XIII sighed: "To be able to hide from so many of our intelligence services, from the surveillance of the palace agents and the secret police, from the eyes of the police department all over the city...... Imperial capital, there must be someone colluding with them......"

"Moreover, it must be a great nobleman with great power." Old Lady Mary squinted her eyes and suddenly sneered: "Honey, I have changed my mind...... I suddenly had a better idea. Salian is on the other side of the Rann Corridor, and if nothing else, he will reap a brilliant victory, and this victory will definitely make the empire full of confidence in the empire. ”

Mata XIII looked at Old Lady Mary with some trepidation.

Old Lady Mary suddenly became radiant, and her eyes sparkled with a compelling essence...... Having been with Old Lady Mary all his life, Mata XIII, who knew her very well, knew that this woman, who had a slightly bad nature, must have some whimsical and dangerous thoughts.

O Merciful Mutesthe...... Every time she had such dangerous thoughts, she was bound to toss a lot of things up...... Every time, it was Mata XIII who wiped her ass with difficulty...... Every time!

Originally, I thought that in the past ten years, Mrs. Mary had cultivated her mind and become gentle, kind, well-behaved, and lovely.

But now it seems...... She's just better at hiding her true thoughts!

She's still out of the way, still dangerous!

"Since there is such a big and brilliant victory as the foundation...... So, no matter how much chaos there is before the New Year's celebration, it's acceptable, right? No matter how big the mess is...... As long as we declare our glorious victory in the Lanyin Corridor, the whole empire, will accept it, and rejoice, right? ”

Old Lady Mary smiled unusually brightly.

"Then, from the Ministry of Police, the Ministry of Supervision, and several intelligence departments, pre-select a few scapegoats with a high enough status and a noble enough title in the family."

"In the name of those heretics, do something...... Those people who are not easy to do on weekdays, kill them. ”

"In the name of heresy, kill them."

"Let the scapegoats hunt down the heretics...... If they can't do it, even those scapegoats will clean it up! ”

"Be decisive, bold and imaginative."

"Hmm...... It would be great if the gods of both cathedrals could be involved...... The kind of new bomb that dropped a few loud enough on the two cathedrals before our Archbishop Attila arrived. ”

"Don't be afraid that things will get too big...... Anyway, there was a brilliant enough victory at the bottom, no matter how big the mess...... are all acceptable. ”

Old Lady Mary smiled so brightly that her eyes were shining like little light bulbs.

Mata XIII coughed lightly.

"My dear, if Salian's victory in the Rann Corridor is not as great as it seems...... Even, if it is said that he accidentally ......"

"Then I'll smash his ass with my own hands......" Old Lady Mary crossed her hands on her hips and stared at Mata XIII fiercely: "Also, my dear, are you getting older and more honest?" ”

"Over in the Rann Corridor, no matter what Salian looks like, I need to have a brilliant victory, then there will be a brilliant victory...... Let people visit the homes of the editors-in-chief and backstage bosses of all the newspapers in the imperial capital...... When I need a brilliant victory, then there will be a brilliant enough victory in the newspapers! ”

Mata XIII shrugged his shoulders: "Well, my dear, we still have to prepare some photos in advance...... and, some captured, valuable trophies...... Flags, knives, antique armor, and even the heads of highlanders......"

Old Lady Mary smiled brightly: "I knew you knew me best...... Go, dear, get everything ready...... Get ready to get your hands dirty...... I don't care about the lives or deaths of those heretics, and it's good to borrow their name and do our things well. ”

Old Lady Mary's eyes flashed with a fierce glint of great danger.

"That Great Ivan said that the archbishop of the Hill church who entered the imperial capital is Arya? Oh, Arya idiot, I slapped her in the face in the Ruhr, if she was smart, she wouldn't have done anything offensive to the Imperial Family...... As long as she's not stupid enough to offend us directly...... She wanted to do something in the imperial capital...... Actually, I can accept it. ”

"The doctrine of the Hill Church, simple and crude, is nothing more than the destruction of their goal."

"As long as their targets are not royalty, they are not the few important ministers we value."

"What does she want to do in the imperial capital, she wants to kill a few unlucky people in the imperial capital...... As long as it is not in our interest...... I can accept her actions. ”

"But those of the Corrupting Spirit, step up your hunt for them."

"You can let Hill Church go, but you can't let them go."

"The Hill Church is just going to kill people, but the corrupting spirits...... They're good at bringing people down, they're good at turning our people into theirs...... I don't want it to be a bad feeling to suddenly have a few more corrupt spirits among our henchmen, my dear. ”

"I see, Hill Church, as long as you don't want them to do too much damage, you don't have to hunt them down too seriously." Mata XIII pursed his lips and smiled knowingly, "But the Corrupted Spirits, I will have them hunted down with all my might...... I'm also curious about what they want to do when they come to the imperial capital. ”

Old Lady Mary waved her hand: "Then, when the matter is said and done, let's hurry to get to work, dear." ”

"Let me think about it, which special menu should be launched tonight?"

"Turkey legs? Or lamb ribs? ”

"Well, it's still horse meat smoked sausage...... Let the little ones try new flavors and see if they get used to it or not. ”

Mata XIII smiled and shook his head, glanced fondly at the background of Old Lady Mary, and quietly pushed open the back door of the back kitchen, disappearing like a shadow.