Chapter XVII

Abraham, the sixth prince, was still pruning the flowers in the garden as usual, but today was a little different, and Hearst was here with him, and waited until he was done with his work before the two returned to the gazebo.

"Lord Wang, you are so patient, and you will not delay taking care of your flowers and plants on such a hot day. Hearst said as he handed the sweat towel to Abraham.

"I just like this, I can't help it!, sir, look at you like this, is there something going on on the Seine Peninsula?"

"The Marquis of Edlaide uprooted the Dark Moon God Cult on the Seine Peninsula, and Abigai and Zacharias were involved, after investigation, this time it was not framed!

"Was Abigay really framed last time?" Abraham wiped his face and raised his hand for Hearst to sit down with him.

"I investigated a few of the nobles who were present at the time, and although they didn't dare to say anything, they all implied that Abigai really didn't say anything at the time. ”

"Don't even dare to speak, it seems that Ed scared them enough!" said the sixth prince as he looked at Hearst and smiled, his smile was so bright at this time that if any woman saw his smile, she would definitely be dizzy by him. But this Hearst was obviously not an object of Haode's admiration, and his mood did not change in the face of the smile of the sixth prince.

"How's the matter with the coalition forces, who did it? Didn't you say a few days ago that Rainey was also mixed with the coalition forces, is he now missing?"

"Nothing has come of it yet! Our people have also secretly visited the scene and the surrounding area to investigate the situation after the incident, and the people there must have been attacked at night. I suspect the Tigers did it!" Hearst then uttered something similar to the Grand Prince's analysis.

"Rainey must have died in the scuffle, and I haven't heard anything from him until now. Hearst continued.

"It seems that this matter is getting more and more interesting, and this kid Ed keeps surprising us!"

"Yes, the Marquis of Edlaide is getting more and more incomprehensible to me now, he only relied on such a tiny clue as Bingham, and he actually discovered the arrangement of the Dark Moon God Cult on the Seine Peninsula for so many years, and the aftermath was handled just right, not simple!"

"Now in the eyes of the nobles of the Seine Peninsula, the Marquis is no longer a child, but a devil who can take their lives at any time, and now they are all talking about the Marquis of Edred!" Hearst smiled helplessly as if he thought of the appearance of the nobles of the Seine Peninsula.

"What happened to the coalition in his hands?"

"Speaking of this, I think he is even more whimsical, he can actually think of using the disabled soldiers of the Royal Guard as instructors, and in less than a month, the coalition forces have made him look good. After a few battles, the coalition will be a plausible army!"

"What's going on over there now, have our people withdrawn?"

"After the last leak, the ninth prince conducted an inventory of the mansion. But our people have already withdrawn, and I have put the others into the incubation period. The woman beside the Nine Princes left for a while a while ago, and if I'm not mistaken, the matter of the Wolf Bandit Group should have a lot to do with her. Lately, she has been very low-key, especially after the Marquis of Edlaide unearths the Cult of the Dark Moon Cult in the Seine Peninsula, she rarely goes out, as if she is hiding from something. I think it's very likely that Marquis de Ed's affairs in the Seine Peninsula involve her, which is why she behaved like this. ”

"Just send someone to keep an eye on her, don't make any other moves, we don't need to provoke that woman for the time being!"

"What's going on over there, big brother?"

"There was no special news from the eldest prince's side, except that Troze was preparing to leave for the Seine Peninsula on behalf of the family. ”

"It seems that the eldest brother is ready to have a relationship with Edla, and the candidate is also very suitable, but he is still a little anxious. Father has been keeping an eye on the Seine Peninsula now, and any disturbance there will not escape his old man's eyes and ears, and the eldest brother has made another stupid move!" Abraham said with a sigh.

"This is also because the prince has put too much pressure on the eldest prince, so he can make such a small mistake!" Hearst inadvertently patted Abraham's ass gently.

"What should we do now?"

"I'm going to recommend Bob to be the deputy marshal of Wimbledon, my father has always known that Bob is my person, and there is no room for development if I continue to let him stay in the capital, and this time I can release him out, not only to dispel my father's wariness of us, but also to show Ed Bob's identity, so as to gain his favor. Coupled with the Meron Mountains, Ed will also guess that it has something to do with us in the future, and we will receive the same effect if we don't contact him. ”

"At the same time, Wimbledon City is just right away from the Seine Peninsula, and you can also establish contact with the Marquis of Edlaide at any time, your lord, you are getting more and more desperate!" Hearing Hearst's praise, Abraham smiled and said nothing.

The imperial court soon announced the results of the handling of the matter of the Marquis of Edlaide killing Abigai without authorization, causing an uproar throughout the Dongyu Empire. A dignified Imperial Count was killed for no reason (Li Zijun's reason is not really believed by anyone), and the perpetrator was only punished by a closed study, which made the nobles of the entire Empire feel extremely shocked! Especially those nobles in the Seine Peninsula who were looking forward to severely punishing Edlaide, hearing such a result, they felt even more whirlwind! The Emperor expressed his strongest support to Edlaide in this way, and these nobles in the Seine Peninsula no longer dared to have any disrespectful thoughts towards Edlaide.

Before his eighth birthday, Li Zijun also felt a little relieved to be able to get such good news. At the beginning, when Li Zijun was about to kill Abigai, he was also worried that the imperial court would punish him severely. After all, the reason he gave was too far-fetched, and no one would believe it at all! Fortunately, Zuihou Abigai was found to be a member of the Dark Moon God Cult, which helped Li Zijun a lot. But Li Zijun still felt that the emperor would give him some punishment, but now it seems that the old man of the emperor really thinks that he is his son, otherwise there would not be such a biased result. Li Zijun was actually a little curious, how could the emperor make such a mistake, but he was also happy that the emperor had such a misunderstanding, so that he could get more benefits!

At this time, the old butler Brenda also came with good news, and the salt experiment was finally successful. The Seine Peninsula no longer has to waste a lot of wood to boil salt, and the cost of salt production has dropped dramatically, and salt production is no longer a burden for the city of Salat, but has become a large income. Coupled with the income from the land on the Seine Peninsula, Li Zijun was finally able to break even.

Li Zijun, who originally wanted to make a small fortune by making wine, could only end up disappointed, the wine was brewed, and the degree and taste were not too much of a problem. It's just that grain has become the biggest constraint on winemaking, and now the inhabitants of the Seine Peninsula have not even reached food and clothing, and there is no surplus grain to make wine. In the end, Li Zijun had no choice but to put liquor into the ranks of medicines and give up the dream of making a fortune.

However, the balance of income and expenditure still gave Li Zijun some freedom to operate, and he began to form an intelligence network on the Seine Peninsula. Although Count Acheson had also established such a network during his lifetime, this network still had great flaws, and even the Seine Peninsula could not be completely covered, and it was even more beyond the reach of the capital! Last time, Abigai brought more than 10,000 people to the outside of the city of Salat until Caroline discovered it. Li Zijun will never allow such a thing to happen again. And there is also the key problem, the Earl of Acheson's network is still in Caroline's hands. All the information that Li Zijun saw was what Caroline was willing to let him see, which made Li Zijun feel very awkward, which also made his desire to establish an intelligence network stronger and stronger. This time he was finally given the opportunity, and he began to select the right people in the coalition forces, becoming an intelligence network that was fully accountable to him. As for who will be in charge of this matter, Li Zijun has considered it several times, and Zuihou still chooses Brenda's second son Kelvin.

Kelvin is twenty-seven years old this year, and he is only mediocre in terms of appearance, knowledge, and personal ability. Kelvin has always been in charge of taking care of Li Zijun, and he is taciturn, but loyal enough, which is the main reason why Li Zijun chose him. Li Zijun also understands that as the boss of the intelligence system, his ability to analyze and judge must be very good, and he must have enough acumen to take on such a responsibility. And Kelvin didn't show much performance in these aspects, Li Zijun was helpless to choose Kelvin, he really couldn't find a better candidate, fortunately, this is only the preparatory stage, wait until you find the right person in the future, and make adjustments!

As soon as Li Zijun's matter about the intelligence network came to an end, a man came to visit him in the city of Salat. If it was an ordinary person, Li Zijun would have handed him over to Bilbohm or Brenda to deal with. In fact, during this time, Li Zijun has been doing this, and his approach has also caused strong dissatisfaction in Bilbohm, but Zuihou He saw that Li Zijun was still stubborn, and he had no choice but to accept it. But there is something special about this man, and it is really inappropriate to give it to someone else, because this man is the eldest brother of Jenny's husband Dick, Trozer.

Trozzer is the eldest son of the family, the chosen heir of the head of the family, and has an absolute authority among the brothers. He worked in the Finance Department of the Dongwoo Empire, was an inspector of the Finance Department, and also had a high status in the Empire. Dealing with things in a calm and orderly manner, he can be regarded as a capable minister of the empire. He is a brother-in-law with the fifth prince, a figure that the eldest prince and the fifth prince are very trusted, and an important figure in the civil system in the camp of the eldest prince.

Li Zijun has always felt guilty about Dick's death. Brother Dick is visiting, and of course Li Zijun can't just send him away as before. Moreover, the purpose of Trozer's visit this time is very clear, that is, to discuss cooperation with Li Zijun on behalf of the eldest prince, and he is not allowed to deal with it at will.

Therefore, as soon as he heard Trozer's name, Li Zijun immediately arranged for someone to take Trozer directly to his study. I hope that meeting Trozzi in such a place will make him feel close.

In order to show respect for Troze, Li Zijun also specially greeted him in front of the study. Seeing Li Zijun, who was much higher than him in the title, went out to greet him, Trozer didn't dare to shout. The two exchanged a few words in front of the study, and then they walked into the study together and sat down.

"My second sister hasn't come out of the pain of losing Dick for a while, and she has never wanted to see outsiders, she didn't come to greet you, and I ask you to forgive me!" Although Li Zijun said this politely, he was expressing his dissatisfaction to Troze.

After Dick's body was sent back to the capital, Li Zijun, a letter from their family to Jenny, secretly read it, and they not only blamed Jenny for Dick's death, but also did not let Jenny return to their family, which is why Jenny has been depressed some time ago. Therefore, Li Zijun here classifies Trozzi into the ranks of outsiders.

"I'd like to see Jenny if I can. Not for anything else, but to apologize to her for some of our excesses at that time. Dick is gone, but his death is meaningful! We're still family. On behalf of the family, I am here to welcome Jenny back to her home in the capital at any time. Trozzi said with a sincere expression.

The second sister has always hoped to go back to see her brother-in-law, but she is worried that if the two sides have an unpleasant quarrel because of this matter, she will be sorry for her brother-in-law! This time she can finally go back with peace of mind. Li Zijun was also very happy to hear Trozzer say this, and immediately sent someone to invite Jenny out.

"Brother Trozer, do you have anything else, do you? If there is anything you need to mention, I will do my best!" Now that Trozer has already expressed his position, Li Zijun doesn't want to dwell on Jenny's matter anymore, after all, Dick was killed for himself, and if he really doesn't give up on this matter, it will seem rude. But Li Zijun didn't want to talk too much nonsense, he directly led the topic to the point.

"Hou Ye is really refreshing! Since Hou Ye asked, I don't dare to hide it. In addition to Jenny's matter this time, I also expressed my greetings to the Hou Ye on behalf of the fifth prince, and the prince also ordered me to bring some gifts. As he spoke, Trozer took out a gift slip from his arms and handed it to Li Zijun.

Li Zijun just glanced at the gift list casually, and was taken aback! It seems that the eldest prince and the fifth prince are really willing to pay their blood, and the value of this gift list is very amazing! This shijie will not have a free lunch, Li Zijun is a little hesitant whether he should accept these gifts.

"I'm just here to express a little greeting on behalf of the fifth prince, and I also ask the Hou Ye to smile. Don't embarrass me!" Trozer saw Li Zijun's hesitant expression, and understood his thoughts. But the purpose of his coming this time was to give gifts, if he couldn't even do this little thing, he didn't know how to face the fifth prince when he went back, he hurriedly got up and looked at Li Zijun and pleaded.

It feels good, and the gifts are all requested! Li Zijun felt a little proud in his heart. But he also knew that if he didn't accept this gift, he might not be able to do it. First of all, even for the sake of Dick, he could not let Trozzer go back without being able to make a deal, and secondly, if he refused these gifts, it would be tantamount to rejecting the good intentions of the eldest prince, and if he did not want to be a friend, he would only be an enemy. Li Zijun didn't want to show his attitude so early! Forget it! As soon as his eyes were closed, Li Zijun accepted this valuable gift.

"Since Brother Trozer has already said so, if I don't accept it, it seems that I am a little stingy! This way, I accepted the gift, I heard that the prince also likes the things in the cup very much, and I happen to have some freshly brewed liquor here, please Brother Trozer help me transfer it to the prince, this can be regarded as a part of my heart to the prince!" Li Zijun smiled and said.

Hearing that Li Zijun finally accepted the gift, Trozer breathed a sigh of relief, as for Li Zijun's so-called return gift, Trozer didn't care much, his task was to give gifts, as for the rest, he didn't care, he expressed his gratitude to Li Zijun on behalf of the fifth prince.

At this time, Jenny also rushed over, and the three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while. Zuihou Li Zijun also left Trozzer for dinner, and after the meal, Li Zijun and Jenny kept sending Troze out of the gate.

"Second sister, take a look, someone is rushing to give a gift to your brother! I just don't know if there are any beauties in it?" Li Zijun threw the gift list to Jenny and said with a smile.

"Oh my God, what the hell does Trozer want you to do, how can he send you such a generous batch of gifts?" Jenny was also startled when she saw the contents of the gift list.

"Why are you so petty, you are a big man from the capital, how can you be embarrassed to give a gift if the gift is too light! They also said that this is just a little greeting on behalf of the fifth prince, and there is nothing else!" Li Zijun laughed and teased Jenny.

"He just didn't say anything, just put down the gift and left?, what was the purpose of the fifth prince sending him?" asked Jenny, a little puzzled.

"He should be on behalf of the eldest prince to show goodwill, and hope that we will at least not go against them! The next step is to seek cooperation with us in some aspects, zuihou to achieve the goal of winning us over. This fifth prince is not as simple as it seems!" Li Zijun couldn't help but sigh a little.

"How can those princes of the Dongyu Empire be simple?!But what are you going to do?"

"The eldest prince and the sixth prince have not yet decided the winner, and I don't want to get involved in their battle so early. The main thing we have now is to make a lot of money and keep making ourselves stronger. I don't want to be a victim of their fight!"

"But if you accept the gift like this and do nothing, will it arouse the disgust of the fifth prince?" asked Jenny with some concern.

"As long as we don't stand in favor of either side, they won't bother us. After all, in their eyes, we can only be regarded as strong local lords, and we cannot threaten their position. And they don't have to set up an enemy for themselves and help each other, so we have been safe for the next few years!"

"In recent years? do you mean they're going to deal with us in the future?"

"When the emperor is weak, it is the moment when we have to make a choice, at that time, we are a powerful local wealthy clan, they will not let us stand in the middle anymore! But at that time, it is not certain that they can still deal with us?" Li Zijun said with a contemptuous smile.

"If that's what you say, the sixth prince will also send someone over?"

"How could I be willing to give a gift, but I don't need to come forward to deal with them. Second sister, you have also rested for so long, and these things will be left to you. I'm going to concentrate on this time and learn magic with Mr. Bilbohm. Without strength, I don't even dare to go out of this Hou Mansion easily, in fact, I don't need the emperor to let me study behind closed doors, I don't dare to go out of the mansion casually, this situation must not continue forever!" Li Zijun looked at Jenny and said firmly.

This time Li Zijun miscalculated, he only got the news that Bob was promoted to Wimbledon's deputy general, but he didn't expect a gift from the sixth prince. But at this time, Li Zijun couldn't take care of these anymore, and he completely devoted himself to the joy of cultivation.

Li Zijun let the true qi running in his body slowly return to the dantian, and stood up with a light exhalation. In the past five or six years, Li Zijun has spent most of his time in this mountain villa located outside the city of Salat to cultivate. In the past five or six years, no one knew exactly what state he had cultivated, and even his magic teacher, Bilbohm, couldn't guess his specific magic level. Due to Li Zijun's special cultivation method, Bilbom has never felt the fluctuation of magic elements around Li Zijun, he thought that Li Zijun had not made any progress at all, and even regretted teaching Li Zijun magic. Because the Li family has an extraordinary talent for martial arts, Catherine and Jenny have now reached the level of intermediate swordsmen, and Kelly also has the level of swordsman. But Li Zijun didn't have any outstanding performance, Bilbo felt that he had delayed Li Zijun's talent a little, and he felt a little sorry for his old friend!

It wasn't until one day, when Li Zijun was encountered by Bilbo when he was performing lightning magic, that he saw part of Li Zijun's strength. Lightning magic is a high-level magic of the wind system, which can only be released when it reaches the level of a magician, and at this time Bilbom found out that Li Zijun had already reached the level of a high-level magician. But even so, Bilbom didn't dare to judge Li Zijun's strength like this, because at that time, he saw that Li Zijun was a silent magic, which was beyond Bilbohm's understanding of magic, and in his impression, he could only do this after reaching the Great Magus. But the current Li Zijun obviously has not reached this point, but Bilbohm really can't say that Li Zijun Weishenme can do it silently.

In the face of Bilbom's question, in fact, Li Zijun is also very helpless, according to the records of magic books, the magic elements in his current body have indeed reached the level of the great magister, but due to the exclusivity of the magic elements in his body, he can't communicate with the magic elements outside the body at all, and he can only rely on the magic elements in his body to release magic, and he can't trigger the magic elements outside the body to move together like other magicians. Therefore, Li Zijun can only release magician-level magic so far, and the only thing to be proud of is that his magic is silent!

But Li Zijun couldn't discuss this matter with Bilbohm, his cultivation method was too weird for this shijie, and he didn't want Bilbom to treat him as a monster.

Li Zijun is a little better in martial arts, he has already touched the threshold of senior swordsmen, especially in terms of skills, he has even surpassed many senior swordsmen. It's just that recently, Li Zijun feels that he has encountered a bottleneck, and in the past three months, he has hardly made any progress. This is the first time Li Zijun has encountered this situation in five or six years, and his mood is inevitably a little irritable, and he is ready to change the environment and ease his mood.