After resting for a period of time in Anshang, after the supplies were replenished and some things had been experienced, the reduced team embarked on the journey south again with a full load and the experience and emotion gained by the members of it.

As the pace and time move together, the heat that heralds the arrival of summer also begins to surround everyone.

May begins with the beginning of the month in the land of the moon, the beginning of summer, and like countless other traditions in the country, large and small, that have been passed down for thousands of years, you just need to pay attention to the arrival of the festival from the vendors running around and the residents preparing for the celebrations.

They are proud of their long traditions and want all travellers to notice the splendor of the scale.

Villages and towns often wrestle with each other, and if last year they were overwhelmed by neighboring villages in celebrations such as wrestling, this year they will inevitably need to hire a heavyweight to try to get back on the field.

It's just that all this is still not so related to the group.

Although it can be said that they have officially entered the territory of Xinjing after entering Taizhou, even so they are still not completely safe. After staying in Anshang for a long time, in addition to Yajiro recuperating from his injuries and supplies, Narumi and the others also spent some time trying to inquire about information—specifically what they wanted to know about which nobles might be their enemies on the next road.

It's just that under the persuasion of our sage man, the intelligence investigation work is also done extremely conservatively.

No country can mix with people at the top of the hierarchy to be true mediocrity, even though the aristocracy is divided by blood rather than ability, and never forget the vast wealth and power they possess.

The aristocratic power that existed in the Moon Country, which had been civilized for more than 4,000 years, was like the shrubs that existed in the Nornstein Desert further south of Absera, and the foliage on its surface was far less massive than the rhizomes that went deep into the earth to find water.

As the Qingtian family is only the lowest level of the Chinese clan in the domain, if they want to inquire about the news of the nobles who are far higher than them in a place like Taizhou, which is in the sphere of influence in Xinjing, once the news leaks out, it will only arouse the vigilance of the other party.

Money is a good use in many cases, but it is not exposed, and most of the intelligence dealers are more about favors than money.

The source of their livelihood is the network of relationships, and the key to saving their lives is to find out the stakes from the information conveyed by the layers of networks, and to say what they can say, and not to know what they can't say.

The list that Aya found was more than one heavyweight, and the forces involved in these people would be feared by any qualified intelligence monger.

Unless Narumi can give the intelligence dealer a huge sum of money to leave this job and wander the world without worrying about eating and drinking, it is basically impossible for them to offend those big people in high positions with dense networks.

But then again, when a newcomer suddenly comes up with a large sum of money, the other party may not immediately see the money. After all, if he kills you, then he can still get the money, and he doesn't have to offend the big guys.

Never underestimate the tentacles of those in high positions and think that they are lurking in the shadows.

And definitely don't underestimate the terrifying power of the list that the group is carrying with them now.

The Northern Vassals knew very well what had been lost, and the importance of this list, Miss Doctor or anyone else who did not know much about politics, but our Sage Man, and perhaps the Missionaries of Alfonso, and others, were all too clear.

- This is a letter of nomination.

The nobles who wanted to join the camp of the northern feudal lords against Shinkyo signed and drew a pledge on it, and the northern feudal lords kept the document as a threat.

The best outcome for rebelling against the royal family is to be demoted to the rank of vassal king, but that is also based on a very rare condition -

You're royalty too.

For most of the Chinese and nobles, rebellion against the royal family meant beheading.

Therefore, when the southern Chinese signed their names on it, the northern vassal kings had a guarantee, as long as they were defeated or encountered any trouble, there was a risk that the name of the vote would leak, and the southern Chinese would definitely do their best to help solve it.

Any alliance that lacks effective countermeasures, no matter how bold it may be when it signs its oath, will ultimately be fragile. Xinjing's strength is too huge, and there is no guarantee that one day someone will not be able to bear the pressure and plan to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. Therefore there must be a measure of insuredity, and only those who are afraid of the consequences of betrayal, and only when the punishment of betrayal outweighs the benefits, will these people do their best to be faithful.

The vassal kings are not stupid.

But fate is so ironic. This list is supposed to be hidden in a shrine near a small village in the hinterland of the northern domain, hidden outside the tentacles of Shinkyo and safely preserved. In the end, he was obtained by a young doctor who wanted to study monsters and a few strangers who had traveled thousands of miles to carry out this mission.

There is no need to have any doubts, this is a list that is bound to cause a bloody storm on the land of Crescent Continent.

Whether it's in the process of transportation, or when it's received, opened, and confirmed by someone from Xinjing.

Aya, who was the first discoverer, was probably completely unaware of the consequences of this nomination, as if Narumi was just a samurai, and Aya was just a doctor.

In a thriving society with a clear division of labor that has been passed down for thousands of years, people are focused on things related to their identity and profession.

People too.

Focus only on things related to your identity and profession.

The peasants only cared about how to plant their fields, and the samurai only cared about how to serve their lord well.

And even our amiable and lovely Miss Doctor is single-minded, and only wants to get forgiveness for her maverick disobeying her supervisor's order to go north to do research after the list is handed in, and return to the Great Academy, complete her own research, and become famous.

It is a developed society, so people can do their job and focus on the things that are relevant to them.

But because of this, they lack the ability to perceive certain things, so that they sometimes show almost zero alertness to dangerous situations, so that the Roan girl from Rigal and our sage always have the illusion of taking care of babies.

All in all, even if representatives of the upper society such as Aya, Narumi, or Yajiro are not good at intelligence, the great nobles basically have ninja units dedicated to this.

Most of the feudal lords of the north would no longer send troops in deep pursuit—and they didn't have to.

The infiltration of the close-knit ghouls and the movement of the elite troops of shrine maidens and ghosts sent by Shinkyo prove that something new is going on in the north. And their attention was diverted from the group, and it was precisely because the vassal kings only needed to reveal the news of the loss of the name of the vote, and the southern Chinese who left their names on it would immediately mess around like ants on a hot pot and begin to desperately try to retrieve the list.

On the plus side, no one has yet associated a small group of samurai from a small town with all of this. Since the matter has not yet been torn apart and feared that it will be discovered by Xinjing, it is impossible for the Chinese to directly send troops to guard the pass and search all the travelers.

Therefore, as long as the tricks are skillful, even if they go directly to the noble territories recorded on the list, they have nothing to worry about at all.

The premise, of course, is not to show oneself. If they had listened too deeply during An Shangshi, and had listened to the news of several of the great nobles on the list in one go, then the other party had already had a private connection, and they could immediately understand it with a little thought. After that, it is easy to connect the inquirer with the list owner, and then focus on the team.

If we use colors such as red, yellow, and green to distinguish the current pursuit situation, it is likely to be a slight transition from safe green to yellow, that is, it will attract some attention, but it will not attract all the firepower like shouting: "We have important evidence that can make many great nobles be punished by the Nine Clans!"

All in all, at this stage, they can still move forward at a more leisurely pace, but they still try to avoid the big cities with many people as much as possible, unless they are reinforced, and it is better to take the mountain road as much as possible.

Therefore, the various celebrations in the beginning of summer are not so related to the group.

Under the bright sunshine, everywhere was verdant, and the insects and birds along the path were accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves, and the whole group was silent, just moving slowly.

After stepping into the territory of Xinjing, traces of a prosperous civilization appeared more often, first of all, various paved roads that had been repaired. Although it is only a solid dirt road, it is often maintained by workers hired by the Land Bureau. As a result, the group also replaced the boxes carried by the pack oxen with oxen carts with larger cargo capacity but higher requirements for road conditions.

In the mountainous land of the moon, which was able to build and maintain roads that could be traveled by oxen and horse-drawn carts, and was almost as accessible as a domain other than the domain, Xinjing's high level of control over the local area and the powerful human and material reserves of this four-thousand-year-old empire were far from what Henry and others from the Rigalese and even the missionaries of the Padrossi Empire could imagine.

Yes, Padrosi may also be able to build a well-connected domestic road. However, the nobles in the cities and territories along the way will soon quarrel over who should pay how much and how many people should be maintained, and who should be responsible for collecting taxes and how much to collect, which eventually leads to the gradual abandonment of the stone roads that could have been more prosperous than the land of the moon.

Without a strong central rule, this sustainable infrastructure will always be empty talk.

Therefore, it is no wonder that in the minds of the common people and nobles, the royal family of the Moon Country is the descendant of the gods, just like the unshakable truth of heaven and earth.

It is no wonder that they have such an unwavering belief in Xinjing, believing that nothing will change under Xinjing's rule.

Each had his own thoughts, but they were all silent.

The values from Rigal and the sensitivity to the crisis collided with the unshakable traditional cultural self-confidence of the Moon Country, and although there were no loud quarrels, it was also an indisputable fact that there was a faint estrangement between the already harmonious teams.

Quite a few people notice these points, but this kind of thing is often like a blank paper dripping with ink trying to cover it with another color, and it only gets worse.

Therefore, silence is the best way to deal with it, let time dilute everything, and when you untie the knot, you will calm down.

All in all, what was lost and something was gained. With all kinds of feelings, the team is in the midsummer sunshine.

Continue south.