The minister's face was extremely ugly.

It's not because Altaïr's rudeness and the Rakshasa don't listen to orders, but what Altaïr said is not untargeted, and the abilities of his subordinates are too weak, so weak that he can't feel a sense of security.

You know, Altair was not armed in any way, and with pure martial arts, he sneaked behind his back and easily defeated his most trusted attackers.

If you take a sword, I'm afraid you won't be able to kill instantly.

In other words, Altaïr could easily kill him if he wanted to, and no one would know the real culprit afterwards, and even if the minister had the trust of the little emperor, no one could avenge him.

"Congratulations, General Grand's martial arts have improved again."

He complimented him with a smile, and then asked the guards who had come to investigate to retreat, and the minister sat down opposite Altair.

"So, I don't know what is the purpose of the general's late night visit?"

"You should know about the High Priest, who is just a poor old man, who has not hindered you, and has never said anything superfluous to His Majesty." Altaïr said with a composure in his face.

She doesn't have much respect for the minister.

"This is really, I can't help it, the high priest privately intercepted the funds for holding the festival, but it is a capital crime, even if I intercede, in order to calm the anger of the people, His Majesty will still give death, I am also very sad."

The minister pretended to wipe away the non-existent tears and said with a smile.

At this moment, he had relaxed down.

As long as Altaïr asks for him, he is safe.

However······

"I'm not discussing with you, let the high priest go, that's my bottom line. Moreover, the High Priest and I have a good personal relationship, you should know about it, or do you want to go to war? ”

The cold reprimand made the minister sober up slightly.

In the court, he and Altaïr are the leaders of the two factions, because he has won the trust of the little emperor, and the former generals have always fallen behind in the relationship of not interfering in political affairs and obeying the emperor's words out of ancestral teachings, but this does not mean that he can do whatever he wants.

Once he really angers the other party, he will never get any benefits.

Taking a deep breath and smiling again, the minister spoke.

"Well, since it was General Grant who spoke in person, it would be too ignorant if he didn't give face, I would advise Your Majesty, now, does the General want to stay for dinner?"

"Humph! It's not bad, but you don't need to eat. ”

Altaïr snorted coldly, his expression softened a lot, but he didn't mean to get up.

"I'm here today, not just for the high priest, but also for the grievances between the two of us, which should be understood."

"This... I don't understand what the general means. The minister panicked, his spirit tensed unconsciously, and said: "General Gran and I are both doing things for the empire, how can there be any grievances?" ”

"Huh! I thought we had a tacit understanding. Altair smiled meaningfully.

At the moment, the minister was even more nervous.

Altaïr, as the head of the military attaché, has always been very jealous, but the difference in beliefs between the two has determined that they have been in peace with each other in the past, and if Altaïr wants to break this situation, his prestige as a minister will definitely be questioned.

His invincible posture in the court is the fundamental reason why no one dares to refute him.

If Altair did make a move, even if the Emperor ignored it, it would cause him great damage.

Because, that's a signal, he's not invincible.

He promised that if Altaïr had admonished, more than 60 percent of the officials would 'attack' him the next day.

"What the general wants, just say it, I can do it, and I will never shirk." The minister's expression became solemn.

"Don't worry, my duty is to protect the royal family, and you are the minister, a very important part of the imperial system, no matter what, I will not make a move against you, and the next thing to be discussed is not a bad thing for you."

Hearing this, the minister breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as you don't have to worry about your life.

After thinking about it, I couldn't help but feel disdain for Altaïr's foolishness.

No matter how strong the martial arts are, what about them? In the end, he is just a brainless general, and for that kind of boring ancestral training, he still strictly abides by the old-fashioned character, and he is destined to have no qualifications to fight with him.

The look of disdain flashed in the minister's eyes.

But he was still caught by Altair, and laughed lightly.

Showing force and arrogance before was a necessary disguise, and Altaïr was helpless, if the minister had been in a state of mind deterred by force, it would be easy to do bad things.

That subtle state of mind, far from collapsing, would make the Chancellor very defensive against anything, and his psychological defenses would be at their strongest in a sense, which was not what Altaïr wanted.

Let the other party despise her and think that she is the leader, and her will will become weak, and she is just an insignificant character who can be used with a small benefit.

In this way, there will be an opportunity to relax their psychological defenses.

Surprise and make the other party step into the trap invisibly.

So, next······

"I'm here to ask you for cooperation."

"Poof, you, what did you say!?"

"Do you want me to say it again? I'm here to cooperate with you, the long-term confrontation will only continue to weaken the power of the empire, I don't want to see that kind of situation, but even if I kill you, it won't change anything, so why not go all the way to the black, just be more corrupt, to the extreme, it will burst out with great power. Altair smiled slightly.

"You mean, join me?" The minister's face was full of disbelief.

"Of course, let's cooperate! That would reduce a lot of trouble, and it would be good for you, for me, and for the Empire, so why not? ”

"Wait, are you serious?"

"Hehe, don't be so surprised, in fact, the cooperation is very simple, such as ······"

Altaïr groaned and continued.

"Well, yes, have you heard of it, countdown, is a very interesting behavior, as the number counts down, all the before, people will forget, at the moment when the timing returns to zero, it represents the beginning, and the human spirit will be unprecedentedly concentrated."

"Haha, I didn't expect that the general would agree with that statement."

The minister pressed his doubts and stared at Altaïr's eyes, trying to find a trace of abnormality in them.

It's so weird to suddenly propose cooperation.

Of course, there are surprises, but does the other party really want to cooperate?

Altaïr kept a sincere smile as the minister's attention was fully focused on him······

"It's like this, 3, 2, 1—"

"Smack!"

The sudden snap of his fingers woke the minister up.

"Well, I'm focused, right, at least I won't think about the boring things that happened before. So, let's start working together, I'm your companion. Altaïr said with a smile.

Somehow, the Chancellor felt a blur around him, and Altair's eyes suddenly brightened.

"Haha, if it's a cooperation, of course I'm welcome, General Grant is a very good partner to work with."

"Really? That's good, I'm fed up with that boring ancestral teaching. ”

"Hehe, yes, that kind of ancestral training should have been forgotten a long time ago, in addition, I have to say that the concentration that the general said seems to have no effect, I think I was deceived by some villains."

Altaïr shook his head and did not answer.

No, the effect is actually quite significant.