Tonight's Castle of Ehilon is destined to be lively. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Needless to say, the brightly lit main castle did not know how many decent people in the eyes of the common people at this moment—middle and high-ranking bureaucrats, generals, nobles of various titles, and their minions and relatives, wrapped in costumes, spread among them, with polite and graceful demeanor on their faces, but in any case could not see the slightest sincere smile, pushing cups and changing lamps, staggering, dancing, talking and laughing, and carrying out a grand banquet that I don't know whether it should be a gathering or a confrontation.

Outside the main castle, within the city walls, this area is more like a small inner city and is a garden for low-ranking sergeants who are not qualified to enter the main castle for banquets. Of course, as soldiers, they were still ordered to be restrained, but on such a night, it is difficult for this kind of order to be seriously carried out - in the end, it is just a formality, and Shangfeng will not be strict about it. So, these low-ranking sergeants slowly scattered all over this "inner city", inducing all kinds of stories.

The three of them headed towards Wanghaitai, while the conversation continued, and the topic continued to expand.

Passing by a certain corner, Ye Guyun, who had been watching left and right, couldn't help but point to a certain place next to the road and said, "Your people are also restrained enough. ”

The two brothers followed the guidance and looked, it was a dim corner where the lights barely shone, and the two groups of people were gathered together, not a brawl, but not too far away, in the middle of the crowd, there was a very fair one-on-one boxing fight.

The identities of the two groups can be clearly identified from the clothing alone.

The smaller side, each of them is tall and strong, wearing a set of beautiful and sturdy alloy half-length armor, and the cuirass is covered with a white-bottomed robe symbolizing status and honor, and the coat of arms on it is an artistic blooming purple lily, Ye Guyun will not understand, but Luo Qi and the others clearly know that this is the symbol of the Purple Lily Knights, the direct legion of His Excellency Calf, the governor of the Northland Province.

On the other side, there is also a group of armored sergeants, which are easy to recognize, even Ye Guyun can recognize them, because the shoulder armor on the right side of this group of people is tattooed with a special pattern: the intersecting double swords are hidden at the bottom of the shield, only revealing their respective hilts and tips, and on the shield is a simple and elegant crescent moon coat of arms. The crescent coat of arms is a family crest that can be found throughout Ashlon's castle. Then, the identity of this group of people is about to be revealed - the direct legion of the Ashylon family, the Knights of the Crescent.

This group of crescent knights looks a bit of a, although their physique is not as prominent as the other party, but in the case of inferior equipment and more people, the momentum is shorter, and several people are blue and swollen at the moment, and they have lost a few games in a row before they think about it. Sadly, they are still holding their breath.

The great principle that "victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers" is not applicable at the level of low-level sergeants. The morale and honor of a team are usually gradually accumulated by the constant and unreasonable joint advance and retreat and victory, and there is no tolerance for bullying and defeat. Whatever the reason, repeatedly tolerating in the face of foreign insults will undoubtedly greatly dampen this precious spiritual armor, and eventually lead to self-doubt, loss of trust, and demoralization.

The Knights of the Crescent are doing this stupid thing.

In other words, it was a bloody team, and in the same situation, they had already rushed up, relying on the numerical advantage to beat the smug guys on the opposite side into pigs' heads. Hey, how can you take care of what you don't have when you're being humiliated collectively? It's the right thing to get back to the field -- that's how the fights between the soldiers often come about.

However, the Crescent Knights didn't do this - this is not absolute, there are still a few men who are still bloody and still want to do it, but they are suppressed by the leader, an acquaintance of Ye Guyun and the head of the guard, Volkar in time.

In the crowd, the two people who were beating each other with their upper bodies (of course, they had to take off their armor for boxing) separated the winners. The Purple Lily side won again, only to see that the big man showed rare flexibility, and after giving up the attack, he threw a ferocious hook that knocked his opponent to the ground in one fell swoop, and he was unable to get up. The big man immediately raised his fists and shouted loudly and arrogantly, while his companions whistled and cheered, and of course, the taunts and boos thrown at each other.

As for the Crescent Moon Knight's side, the already unprosperous momentum suddenly fell to the bottom.

Vokal looked left and right, gritted his teeth, and said in a deep voice, "Change me!"

After being silent for a while, Luo Qi shook his head, sighed, strained his face, turned around, moved forward first, and motioned to the two, "Let's go." Vokal did the right thing, he could handle everything. ”

Since the master didn't care, Ye Guyun had no choice but to leave, but when he heard "it was done right", he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, obviously he didn't agree with this statement.

Luo Qi knew what Ye Guyun was thinking, and explained as he walked: "We and His Excellency Calf are not mortal enemies, nor should we be mortal enemies, of course, this is just a good wish. ”

"I don't understand. Ye Guyun replied.

Roche did not answer directly, but slowly explained: "His Excellency Calf is a virtuous man worthy of admiration, he is upright, wise, talented, outstanding in leadership, an excellent consul and a wise commander, and has absolute loyalty to the Republic...... Well, just too fanatical, too obsessive, and intolerant of dissidents. Privately, he is a perfect lord, and it is a happy thing to be his lord. People who know him, no matter what position they hold, will maintain enough respect for him. Our family is no exception. We respect him for his excellence as a person and for his tremendous contribution to the Republic!"

"Oh, what a surprise. ”

Roch sighed again and said heavily, "To be honest, if His Excellency Calf hadn't set his goal above our family, I would even understand and support his approach. I have always believed that under his leadership, Northland will become better and better. However, Crescent City has been our family's domain for thousands of years, and we have also made outstanding contributions to this kingdom for a long time, and we cannot and should not lose this territory. We cannot accept the dispossession of our territory, so we have to stand up to every offensive from all sides orchestrated by His Excellency the Governor. Note that it is only resistance, not confrontation or conflict. Confrontation and conflict are chaotic and difficult to control, and can easily cause turmoil. We don't want this land, and this country, to be in turmoil. After all, we love this kingdom just as much!"

Ye Guyun smiled silently and said, "I'm starting to understand a little. Your family is in the way of a sage who believes that he can lead the country to strength, oh, what a tongue-twisting, in short, there is a certain degree of rebellion between the interests of the family and the overall situation of the country, ha, it is indeed a rather troubling trouble. I realized that you have always played and will continue to play the role of villain. ”

The two brothers were stunned for a moment, and then reacted, and Rochi laughed and said, "Isn't it? We are like a group of villains in knightly novels who dare to stop the hero's advance, but I don't know if the end is like the end of all classic stories, we will be defeated and liquidated......"

Ye Guyun turned his head to look at Wokar, who was still fighting in the crowd, and said, "So, in order to avoid the last thing you want to see, you have been adopting the strategy of forbearance and retreat? Just like the group of extremely restrained sergeants just now? It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate!"

He stared at Roch and said solemnly: "This practice will only cultivate a group of cowards who are accustomed to being crushed, and when the real challenge comes, they can no longer muster up the courage to rise to the challenge! On the contrary, because they are accustomed to weakness, when they encounter a small setback, they will only retreat! Perhaps this is not their essence, but you, as the leader, have been running for too long on a wrong and doomed path. ”

Luo Qi was stared at unnaturally by the burning eyes, turned his head, sighed and said, "It's not that serious. What you call a 'real challenge', I don't think it's coming. ”

"Don't overestimate the discipline of a politician, all the means are within the range of options. ”

"No, I still can't agree. Rocchi shook his head repeatedly, "Besides, forbearance and retreat is the best strategy we can adopt at the moment. Only in this way can we preserve our strength as much as possible. When Frank really grows up, we will have plenty of security and capital for the family to continue. ”

"Oh?" Ye Guyun looked at Frank, who had been silent, and the latter touched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

Roach explained, "Frank has a great arcane talent, and he would be a powerful mage. You know, he is only 24 years old, he is already an intermediate mage, and he is about to be promoted to a senior level. There are not many young people like him on the mainland. As long as we can buy him enough time to grow into an archmage-level powerhouse, then the problem of the survival of the Crescent City Dominion can be easily solved—just like the city-states on the west coast of the continent, as long as there is a strong man of sufficient weight, no one will dare to fight them. ”

"Understood. Ye Guyun had a rather disapproving expression, "It turns out that you pinned your hopes on another, more ethereal hope...... Oh, sorry! Frank, no offense, I'm just describing the ...... thing itself."

Although he understood, Frank couldn't let go of the sneering smile when he heard the words, and thought, "Master, you're too frank......

At this time, the three of them were about to walk to the Wanghaitai, and the conversation was nearing the end.

Ye Guyun stretched out his hands and said, "I'm confused, there is obviously a better way, why do you have to adopt such a passive and conservative strategy?"

"What better way?" Roche's eyes lit up, and he bowed and said, "Please give me advice." ”

"It's simple, grow and grow. ”

"Huh?"

"What's so hard to understand? ”

Ye Guyun's eyes were hazy, and he remembered what he had done in the second life, what every powerful traverser would try to do.

"Work hard to develop the Crescent City and its affiliated areas under your family's rule into the most economically prosperous, the most prosperous art, the most popular culture, the most free thought, the happiest life, and the most desirable in the country...... In short, it is the most influential place, so that you, as the benchmark of rulers, have an unshakable position. Because, to that extent, everyone, including commoners, nobles, merchants, bureaucrats, sergeants...... Neither the general public, nor the speakers, nor even the sage Calve, whom you fear deeply, will no longer allow a great change in Crescent City! They will be afraid, afraid that they will not be able to withstand the great storm that the slightest change will surely cause to affect countless people......"

"No!

"How could it be!"

Roch's head was already oozing sweat one after another, and he gasped and said in horror: "Even a wise man like Calf cannot run such a great city that can only exist in fantasy!"

"If he can't, no one else can't?"

Ye Guyun snorted lightly.

"You are just too cowardly of the reputation of the other party's sage, and always think that he is far stronger than yourself, with an incredible ability to dominate all beings, and you can't give birth to the slightest rebellion. I can't imagine that such a vain thing as fame can become a barrier in your heart, ...... Hmm, stop ......"

He waved his hand, stopping the taunt, but stared at Rocchi coldly.

"The strong, the brave, the superior...... No matter what kind of positioning you put yourself, you shouldn't lack self-confidence. How can you easily determine that you can't do it without even trying? Never! You can never set limits for yourself in advance!"

The footsteps stopped, and the scene fell silent, save for Roche's heavy gasps. Frank scratched his head and was at a loss, looked at his brother who was holding his knees and couldn't stop panting, and then looked at Ye Guyun, who was staring wordlessly with his hands on his chest, wanting to say something, but he didn't know where to start.

However, his intuition told him that the route revealed by Ye Guyun seemed to have the possibility of success.

By contrast, the more politically savvy Lotchi is more sympathetic to this line, and he has even decided that it is the most effective and feasible line at the moment.

Great shock? inevitable. He shuddered at the thought of the dreamy scenes he might encounter after successfully following this route to the other side.

Only, what do you have to do to get to the other side?

Raising his head suddenly, Luo Qi stared at Ye Guyun with an eager gaze that seemed to be able to melt gold and iron, and said, "I still can't think of how to do this thing that even His Excellency Calf can't do, but I know that you must have a way!"

Ye Guyun didn't answer immediately, but took a step forward, and took the lead in walking towards a row of corridors in front of him, which was the only way to climb the section of the city wall in front of him—Wanghaitai was actually this section of the city wall—and the two brothers hurriedly followed.

"It's a pity that I can't help you realize the picture you are imagining in your mind, how can a mortal possess that kind of immortal ability?" Rocchi was disappointed when he heard this, and heard it again, "But if you really make up your mind and resolutely follow 'that' route, then, I can offer some advice, some very useful advice, I think it will be enough to make Crescent City a significant city of sufficient weight...... Seven, no! Eighty percent sure!"

Lotche certainly understood what he meant by "an important city with enough weight" in the sentence, which meant that no one dared to attack their family's idea casually, not even Lord Calf, and wasn't this what he had been trying to seek?

Lotchi couldn't wait to find out, but the bastard who teased him so much that he was so angry that he stopped at it - it was too hard to get up or down!

looked up, only to find that the other party had closed his eyes at some point.

Ye Guyun was listening attentively, carefully feeling the sound of the waves coming from the other side of the city wall, with a smile on his face, he felt that his expression at the moment should be leisurely and leisurely, full of mastery (pretending) demeanor, like a certain Zhuge villager in a certain plane who is similar to a demon.

After making Luo Qi suffer for a while, Ye Guyun opened his eyes, but then he said a sentence without a beginning or an end: "Ah, winter is coming, you can still hear the sound of the waves here, it's beautiful, isn't it?"

"You say, what reason is there for a non-freezing port that does not see ice all year round to develop badly?"

After finishing speaking, Ye Guyun smiled and continued to walk up.