Because in the past few years, he has always lived in a simple place. Du Wei was not familiar with the children of wealthy nobles in other places. Although he was born in a wealthy family, because of the "reputation" he had since he was a child, he was almost always locked up at home and did not see outsiders. This phenomenon is very rare among the aristocracy, even the daughters of those wealthy families will have one or two close friends.

And Du Wei never participates in any aristocratic children's gatherings, nor does he mix with that ***. The aristocratic upper class is in power, or intrigues, which families are allies and which families are political enemies, these things Du Wei never asked, and naturally no one would tell this idiot young master who lived at home. So he didn't recognize the young prince in front of him at all, and he didn't even seem to know his name.

However, His Royal Highness the prince seems to be too young, right?

His Majesty Augustine VI, the current Emperor, is a relatively somewhat accomplished fellow of the Empire in recent generations. Although behind this old man is considered by many ministers to be a typical "great achievement" guy. But I have to say, compared to those faint kings in history. He's not bad.

Merely. His Majesty Augustine VI is probably over seventy years old this year, isn't it? This old man, who is so happy with his achievements, has become more and more irritable in recent years, and his actions have become more and more absurd. As he grew older, he gradually showed some stupidity. It's a pity that as long as he doesn't die for a day, this throne still belongs to this irascible old man in his seventies.

According to this age...... This guy in his early twenties at most in front of him is the son of the emperor in his seventies?

I have to say. After all, Du Wei has lived too closed since he was a child. Since I was a child, I have wanted to get rid of those troubled land power *** Du Wei, and I just want to live a zìyóu rice worm life, and I lack too little understanding of the power of dìdū.

This Tatsu Augustine. It was the youngest son of His Majesty the current Emperor Augustin VI. The old emperor is now seventy-five years old, and his life can be regarded as brilliant, under his rule. The empire's many expeditions to the South Seas also opened up countless maritime frontiers -- although the expeditionary behavior in the later period had degenerated into a flashy and joyful show of force, and often the expeditionary land was reaped, and even the military expenses of the place could not be recovered, and the triumphal ceremony became more and more grandiose each time.

His Majesty the Emperor's eldest son, the fifty-two-year-old eldest prince, was originally designated as the crown prince. And after that. His Majesty the Emperor gave birth to nine more daughters in one go. Augustine VI, who was full of hope for another son, was furious, and even gave death to several of his own imperial concubines with his own hands - because he could not give birth to a son, he killed his own women, such an emperor. It is also unique in the history of the Roland Empire. And when he was in his fifties, the old emperor, who was bent on seeking a child, was finally favored by the gods again and gave birth to this "Chen" prince. When he was old and had a son, he finally got his wish to the old emperor, and for more than 20 years after that, he was the youngest son of himself. It's almost pampered to the extreme!

Even, the children of the royal family. All men. They all learned the Augustinian family's family martial arts and fighting spirit since childhood. It's just that this Prince Chen has no intention of learning martial arts. But he was very interested in magic - this departure from tradition was approved by the old emperor. He even asked a great magician in the palace to personally teach this prince Chen!

Even legends. A few years ago, at the old emperor's 70th birthday dinner, the old emperor once expressed his desire to re-establish the crown prince's land, but it was opposed by many ministers at that time, so he reluctantly suppressed it......

Of course, these things, at the moment, Du Wei still does not know. Du Wei, who has been outside of these things since he was a child, doesn't even know the origin of His Royal Highness the Prince Chen in front of him. However, Du Wei reacted very quickly and listened to the other party's self-introduction. Immediately owed a debt to the body, a standard aristocratic etiquette. However, the handsome prince smiled kindly, stretched out his hand to support Du Wei, and said with a smile: "Don't be so polite, Your Excellency Du Wei...... Don't forget, you're a Bachelor of Magic. Magicians don't have to salute nobles, even royalty. ”

Seeing a prince inside the Magic Guild had to make Du Wei a little puzzled. The relationship between the royal family and the Wizards Guild is not very good. This is something that Dewey knew at least a little about. Within the Empire, the royal family represented the orthodox ruling group. The temple represents the local religious group, and the Magic Guild represents the power of the local magicians. It has always been three forces that rarely interact with each other.

As if he didn't notice Du Wei's doubts, the prince smiled easily, and even gently pulled La Du Wei. smiled: "Your Excellency Du Wei, I have been curious about you for a long time. Well, I just heard that Rollin's kid was a genius. But lately, your place name has been mentioned in my ears a lot. It's an honor to meet you here today. I wonder if I have the privilege of inviting you, a magician, to dinner?"

Well?

Du Wei looked cautiously at the strange prince.

"Oh. I beg your pardon for taking the liberty of inviting. "Prince Chen still smiled so gently, in fact, this kind of invitation between nobles, so face-to-face is indeed a bit presumptuous, in the aristocratic circle, let alone an invitation to dinner, even if it is to invite the other party to have a lunch tea together, the invitation must be issued at least one day in advance, but Prince Chen's demeanor is indeed unpicky, even when he apologizes, the smile on his face seems to make people feel like a chūn wind:" I've only been interested in the realm of magic since I was a child, and you, the son of a nobleman in the dìdū land, have never produced a magician

Master, and a young genius magician like you. ”

This kind of invitation from His Royal Highness the Prince is not easy to refuse. Du Wei thought about it and smiled: "It's an honor." ”

When Du Wei and Prince Chen walked out of the magic union side by side, the face of the chief of the alpha guard waiting outside became extremely ugly in an instant! It was only a flash, and then he greeted him, first bending down to make a standard samurai salute to Prince Chen.

"Oh. Lord Alpha Samurai. Prince Chen seemed a little surprised: "I actually saw you here." Did you personally accompany Du Wei here? It's been rare to see you go out lately. ”

After a pause, Prince Chen smiled lightly: "I was about to talk to Du Wei about some things, and I would like to trouble you to go back and inform Lord Earl." ”

Alpha couldn't say anything, just nodded silently.

Du Wei was on the side, although he didn't know anything about the situation in Dìdū, but at this moment, looking at the Alpha Guard's face flashed unnaturally, he immediately guessed something: It seems that the Alpha Guard Captain is very jealous of this Chen Emperor?

Almost silently, a carriage with extremely beautiful decorations slowly approached the hands of several people. Outside the carport of this carriage is actually inlaid with a thin layer of pure gold, which looks brilliant under the sun. And the wheels of the carriage are hubs. In Du Wei's opinion, they are all made of the finest jīng steel, and around the carport, there are erected dead roots carved with gorgeous thorn flowers and rattan pillars, and there are also several blue sè ground gems inlaid on them.

The horses that pull the cart, from Du Wei's point of view, are all high-grade horses, and such horses, even if they are no worse than the high-quality war horses in his Luo Lin's house, are used by Prince Chen to pull the cart...... What a waste. What surprised Du Wei the most was. On the side of the carriage around the carriage, a circle of miniature earth wind magic arrays was actually arranged with some very finely polished magic crystals!

This magic array cleverly uses the power of the wind to reduce the weight of the carriage, so that the carriage can greatly reduce the degree of bumpiness and increase the speed when traveling on the ground.

Meantime. This carriage is also the most popular open-top carriage style in dìdū recently.

The cost of this carriage alone may be able to buy all of Du Wei's current business in the Rollin Plains!

It's not just extravagance!

Of course, Du Wei didn't know that the jīng carvings on the carriage were all made by a famous master of art in Dìdū, and the simple carvings were worth tens of thousands of gold coins!

Quietly, quietly, I don't know when. Just around the place where Du Wei and Prince Chen were standing, four emaciated figures appeared silently. These four people were wearing ground robes, obviously being magicians, but their earth robes were different from any mage robes in the magic union, the bright red earth mage robes, red like rose flower juice, and the top of their heads were pointed and high hats, but with thorn flowers.

Court magician?

Du Wei immediately thought of the legendary land, the land in the palace, and a small amount of land. It began in the era of Aragon and has been passed down from generation to generation. Only loyal to the royal court magician team. These four guys are obviously court magicians! It's just that these four guys have cold eyes. When his sharp gaze swept over the ground at random, even Du Wei couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart! In particular, when these four guys' eyes swept over the magicians in the distance around them, they all carried an indescribable recklessness and disdain.

"Your Highness, please get into the carriage. ”

A deep voice was of a coachman sitting in front of the carriage. Only then did Du Wei realize that this coachman was probably not a simple horn! This guy was thin and tall, dressed in gray cotton clothes, but he was like a court waiter. The gaze in his eyes was deep and steady, and although there were several court magicians around him, as well as a strong warrior like Alpha, his bearing was still calm and calm. Judging from the fact that he was hidden under the thin clothes, and the outline of his emaciated body's seemingly uncoordinated strong arms, I am afraid that he is still some kind of master in the court!

Sure enough, when Alpha saw this coachman, he suddenly smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency Cheek, when did you become a coachman?"

This chauffeur named Chikdi is obviously an acquaintance of the elder of the alpha guard, he glanced at Alpha coldly, and said lightly: "I made a mistake, and His Highness's punishment for me is to serve as a chauffeur for a month." But you, Your Excellency Alpha, haven't seen you for a long time, and it seems that two years have passed since the year before last, right?"

The eyes of the two of them intertwined, and it was as if a series of sparks flashed in the air!

It seems that the two of them may still have a little grudge.

Du Wei thought to himself.

The atmosphere seemed to be a little condensed for a while, but Prince Chen immediately smiled very appropriately: "Okay, it's not early." Your Excellency Du Wei, please get into the carriage. ”

The man, Chiktimman, withdrew his gaze and lowered his head. No more talking.

Du Wei frowned secretly, and after Prince Chen got into the carriage, the carriage drove slowly, Du Wei looked back at Alpha who was standing in place, but he seemed to see a trace of jīng in Alpha's eyes!

Earl's Court.

Earl Raymond's study.

"Did His Highness really show up in the Magic Guild and take Du Wei with him?" the Count frowned, his eyes full of haze.

"It's the ground. Alpha nodded, "I suspect this isn't a coincidence." And also...... I saw that Chick actually acted as a groom for His Highness Chen. ”

"Chick?groom?" the Earl smiled, "It's the same court warrior Chick who fought you in a big battle two years ago...... Looks like the situation is not good. His Highness has been dormant for many years, and now he is starting to show his fangs?"

Alpha shook his head: "Lord Earl, I'm worried about something...... Chik was a court warrior, and he belonged to the Inner Court! The Inner Court was a mysterious force in the royal family! Chick actually served as the local hand of the prince of Chen...... I'm afraid, I'm afraid that Your Majesty is so confused that he actually handed over the inner court to the commander of Emperor Chen! Moreover, what is even more worrying is that Chike is a very good samurai in the inner court, but he seems to be very obedient to Prince Chen, I am afraid that Prince Chen has successfully controlled the power of the inner court! This matter ......"

"This is of course not good for us. Lord Count sighed. He seemed to be a few years older in an instant, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Emperor Chen is smart and talented. are far superior to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... He grew up on good terms with the mysterious fellows of court magicians. Now it seems that His Majesty has not only handed over the palace magician team to him, but also the inner court to him...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not in a good situation. Well...... Let's think about it, His Highness Tatsu appeared in the Magic Guild...... Hmph, is he also going to the ground for that matter? Yago Doug, this old fox, what is the idea of hitting the ground? After a while, he will show favor to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Now I have a public friendship with His Royal Highness Chen......"

"I don't think it's good for us. Alpha shook his head: "The point is...... His Royal Highness Chen took Young Master Du Wei away...... Lord Earl, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what would he think if he heard the news? Young Master Du Wei is your son, and he has not yet returned to Dìdū, and he has been linked to the Magic Guild. Right now...... and befriended His Highness Chen...... I'm afraid you'll be in an awkward position. ”

Count Raymond stood up. He suddenly straightened his waist, and his majestic figure seemed to regain a momentum, as if it was just in this moment. This is already a bit of an old emperor. It shows the heroic spirit of the commander's fleet army galloping across the sea!

"Hmph! Even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has any ideas there, so what! Although he has a lot of chips in his hand now, there are few places that can play a key role in the end! If there is no support from our Rollin family. What is he going to do to fight with Prince Chen? Here in the military, now he is willing to stand on his side, and there is only my land. Everyone else is on the sidelines. Without me, Raymond. Out of dìdū. He can't even mobilize a single soldier!"

Alpha nodded. There was also a look of relief on his face, but then. The loyal chief of the guard still whispered, "I'm not worried about the crown prince...... The most troublesome thing now is the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor! His Majesty has not spoken recently, but it seems that he has allowed his two sons to act as ...... And, my lord. Be careful, Your Majesty may do something to you!after all...... Historically, before the death of His Majesty the Emperor, he would suppress a group of military and local ministers to pave the way for a stable situation for his successor! Count Raymond pressed his hand on the table, and he was silent as he listened to the alpha words. After a long time, Fang Cai smiled faintly: "Suppress it, suppress it, this is the practice of the past dynasties, as long as we survive this hurdle, and the crown prince will succeed to the throne in the future, he will have to rely on our Rollin family! Hmph...... Besides, if Your Majesty really wants to take the Rollin family, you should weigh it well!"

As he spoke, he suddenly slapped on the table, and a faint golden fighting spirit flashed, and he heard a crisp crackling sound, and the thick desk suddenly turned into two halves!

The carriage gradually drove towards the outside of the dìdū, and when the dìdū gate was just now, the city guards saw the carriage of Emperor Chen's land from a distance, and immediately quickly cleared the road and let it go.

On the carriage, in the face of Du Weidi's doubts, Prince Chen smiled faintly: "What fun is there in dìdū?" Hmph, there are military people staring, my eldest brother people staring, and my father staring...... What else is there to play? Sir Dewey, I will take you to an interesting place outside the city, and I think you will love it. ”

In line with the policy of talking less and making fewer mistakes, Du Wei just nodded and did not answer.

"That's right. Prince Chen suddenly looked at Du Wei as if he had thought of something, and said with a smile: "I heard that you made an enclave thing on the Luolin Plain...... That thing is called a hot air balloon, isn't it?" As he spoke, the Prince of Chen stared at Du Wei meaningfully for a while, and then said softly in a calm tone: "That's a good thing! Quietly transporting one or two thousand jīng sharp to dìdū from all over the place, I'm afraid they won't even know it, even if the city guards defend tightly, they can't defend against the sky. ”

Du Wei's body was shocked! Quietly transporting troops into the city? This is a sentence of heart-wrenching! This prince squeezed himself with such heart-wrenching words. Why?

Du Wei thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Your Highness." It's just a knack, and I only have a dozen of them right now. Moreover, it is cumbersome to manufacture, and the delivery capacity is very limited. It's just a little bit of cargo to be delivered. If you want to transport troops, the weight of the soldiers plus armor and weapons, let alone one or two thousand. Being able to transport one or two hundred people is already the limit. You're kidding. ”

"Oh......"

Prince Chen nodded as if inadvertently, then turned his head and looked at the scenery on both sides of the road.

Dìdū is located in the central plain of the Roland Mainland, and is on the verge of the Lancang Grand Canal, and it is close to evening at the moment, looking at the plains on both sides of the wide road. The village, the farm, is close to Xia Rì at the moment, and the trees in the wild have been dyed with a thick layer of green......

Suddenly, Prince Chen turned his head and looked at Du Wei carefully:

"What if...... I want you to help me transport things, like...... Transporting people?"

Du Wei was shocked......