After Li Zijun chose Waljim Beach, he immediately threw the specific procedures for drying salt and all the matters that needed attention to Brenda, and with the old butler watching this matter, he could already free himself. He threw himself into another 'scientific research' – winemaking.

Brewing may not bring him much benefit, but because of the effect of alcohol disinfection, it can greatly reduce the casualties of soldiers in combat and training. You must know that the Youlan Continent is still in a backward era where even a cold can kill people, and Li Zijun can't do anything else, so he can only think of a way in this regard.

Just when Li Zijun was in full swing about his construction plan, Higgins finally returned to the capital with the royal guards and Ouchi guards. Seeing the majestic city walls and thinking about his journey, Higgins sighed and stepped into the city.

What Higgins didn't expect was that Belloc actually arranged someone to wait for him at the city gate, and as soon as he saw Higgins, he immediately brought him to Belloc. Beloc didn't let him speak, and took him directly into the palace, where he reported to Emperor Bixia in person. Higgins didn't know what Belloc meant, and for a moment his mood became extremely apprehensive.

"Higgins, you report everything you encountered with Edlaide along the way. Don't miss even the smallest details!" said Belloc, looking at Higgins, who was kneeling before the Emperor.

Hearing Belloc's words, Higgins did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported what happened along the way to the emperor in as much detail as possible. He was completely truthful, not daring to tell half a lie, or even mixing any personal analysis and speculation. There was so much going on this stretch of road that it took Higgins more than an hour to get the story roughly complete. Fortunately, Higgins's eloquence is not bad, and these experiences are enough ups and downs, but they do not make Emperor Bixia feel boring.

Higgins then took a break in the report, and secretly glanced at the emperor sitting on it, only to see that his old man's face sank like water, as if he was not very happy, and his sweat ran down his back. Although Higgins sent Edlaide back to Salat City safely this time, the imperial court sent him 800 soldiers of the Royal Guard, as well as 20 Ouchi guards, but in the end, less than 300 soldiers of the Royal Guard followed him back to the capital, and the Ouchi guards were also lost more than half! The Royal Guards and Ouchi Guards had not suffered such a big loss for many years!

Although this matter has nothing to do with Higgins, it is unpredictable! Zuihou It was the Emperor Bixia who decided Higgins' fate. It's no wonder that Higgins became so nervous when he saw the emperor's face.

"Is there anything else?" the Emperor asked, after hearing Higgins finish speaking, thinking for a while.

Only then did Higgins remember that he had brought three notebooks for Li Zijun, and he hurriedly took them out and handed them over.

The Emperor took the fold and threw it directly on the table in front of him, and the sound of the fold falling on the table made Higgins tremble.

"Anything else?" Higgins was a little dumbfounded when he heard the Emperor ask again, he really couldn't remember anything else. He had also wanted to peek at Belloc, hoping to get a hint from him, but his sanity immediately stopped him from doing so.

"Foolish, I really don't remember anything else?" Higgins said, facing the scalp.

"Are you stupid? if you were stupid, you wouldn't have to exchange less than three hundred crippled soldiers for two thousand gold coins from that stinky boy at Edlaide!" said the Emperor with a cold snort.

"Bixia's forgiveness! The 2,000 gold coins were handed over to the families of the fallen brothers by the Marquis of Edlaide, and Weichen did not dare to covet a copper coin! Moreover, the more than 200 soldiers who remained in the city of Salat had indeed not recovered, so I hurried back to report the mission to Bixia, so I entrusted them to the care of the Marquis of Edlaide. Higgins hurriedly explained.

"They have injuries on them and you should wait until they recover before coming back. You can't just give them away anyway!" said the Emperor, staring at Higgins.

Hearing the emperor's words, Higgins was once again frightened into a cold sweat! In fact, Higgins didn't want to hide this from the emperor Bixia, he just judged that the emperor wouldn't mind, so he agreed to Edlaide's request. But Higgins never expected that the emperor seemed to be very dissatisfied with this matter, and he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise his head.

"Forget it, for the sake of your dedication to protecting the Marquis of Edlaide during this time, I will not pursue this matter anymore. But you have to remember 'not to make an example!'" the Emperor said as he looked at Higgins, then nodded to Belloc, who was standing aside.

"Higgins, this time to protect Edlaide? Marquis Lee has returned to his hometown, and he has been promoted to the rank of second viscount, and he has been transferred to the position of deputy commander of the Ouchi guard!" Belloc read out the emperor's reward to Higgins.

Higgins almost couldn't believe his ears when he heard Belloc's words, he was already about to be put in prison, but he didn't expect that he would be promoted to knight! He looked at Belloc dumbfounded, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"What's the sudden, thank you to Bixia!" Belloc reminded with a smile as he looked at Higgins' dumbfounded.

Higgins reacted at this time and hurriedly thanked the emperor.

"Okay, you've worked hard all this time, go out and hand over the affairs of the Royal Guard with Belloc, and then go home and rest. Three days later, report to Camp. The Emperor waved his hand and let Belloc and Higgins leave.

Higgins still felt a little top-heavy when he left, as if in a dream, and he couldn't believe what was going on with him.

"This person has some ability, and judging by his performance just now, he can be regarded as calm. You can help me observe him again, and if this man's loyalty is okay, I am ready to reuse him!" said the Emperor as he looked at Kemp, who had been standing beside him.

"Yes!" Camp said nothing.

The emperor waved his hand, and pointed to the two books on the table,

"What do you think of these three memoirs?" Before Higgins returned to the capital, the emperor had already received the news, and of course he knew what was written in the three memoraries on Ed, and Kemp, who was in charge of intelligence, also knew the contents of the memorabilia, so the emperor asked.

"The minister doesn't dare to speculate on the script of the Marquis of Edlaide!" Camp has been with the emperor for more than ten years, and he knows more about Edley's affairs than most people, and he doesn't dare to comment on Edlaide casually.

"Forgive your innocence, you say!" It seems that Camp has to give an explanation today.

"Back to Bixia, Abigai wantonly slandered the Emperor and the Marquis of Edred, people like him should be killed!"

"Fart!" the Emperor interrupted Camp without waiting for him to finish, but a smile appeared on his face. Camp knows the Emperor's personality very well, and this is when the Emperor is happy, and if the Emperor starts to be polite to you, then you really have to be careful. Therefore, although Kemp was a little frightened, he didn't really care too much about the emperor interrupting him.

"Don't tell me, can't you see that this is Ed's kid framing Abigai! This kid is bold enough, ruthless enough, and black enough! An earl is like a chicken and dog in his eyes, and he will be slaughtered when he says that he will be slaughtered, who gave him such courage!" Although the emperor said it viciously, there was still a smile on his face.

"But thanks to the Marquis of Edlaide, if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have been able to discover the conspiracy of the Cult of the Dark Moon God. And even if the identities of Abigai and Zacharias are discovered, it is not easy to do anything to them, after all, believing in the Dark Moon God Cult is not a big deal in the Dongyu Empire!" Camp followed the emperor's words and explained for Li Zijun.

"Don't speak for that stinky boy! He actually let go of all the important people of the Dark Moon God Sect like this, and he called it 'deportation'!"

"The Marquis is also worried that the strength of the Dark Moon God Sect is too strong, and it will be difficult for him to resist!"

"What are you afraid of? isn't there still his son to support him!"

"How's that with what I've asked you to arrange?" the Emperor asked, suddenly turning his head to look at Kemp.

"Our people have already leaked the news to him, and after Ed Hou Ye heard the news, he didn't behave abnormally, and our people couldn't guess what Hou Ye thought!" Some time ago, Li Zijun heard rumors about his life experience, which were specially arranged by Camp to reveal to him.

"This kid must have guessed that I wouldn't do anything with him to dare to do such a thing. Not only did he kill Abigai, but he also integrated all the guards of the Seine Peninsula into his hands, what did he want to do, was he really going to be the emperor of that place on the Seine Peninsula?"

"I got information that the Marquis of Eddie strictly controlled the number of troops on the Seine Peninsula to less than 10,000 people, and he should just want to deter those nobles of the Seine Peninsula, and he has no other ideas. Camp understood that the Emperor himself didn't really want to blame Charity, he just let himself say it. Camp knows exactly when to speak and when to be silent, which is why he has always been used by the emperor.

"And what about these things?" the Emperor gestured to the others. Before Higgins returned to the capital, the nobles of the Seine Peninsula were collectively involved in Edlaide's arrogance, conspiracy, and murder of nobles.

"Although Marquis Ed has some small mistakes, it is not as they say, a small punishment of Bixia is enough!"

"Okay, let him study in the Hou Mansion behind closed doors for a year, and he must not go out at will!" the emperor thought for a while and said.

"As for that Abigay who dares to join the Dark Moon God Cult behind my back, such a person is innocent of death! Accept Ed's participation, take back Abigai's territory on the Seine Peninsula, allow his descendants to inherit the title after being demoted to three levels, and let them make arrangements after returning to the capital. "The emperor's hand is ruthless enough, and Abigai's descendants can't even get the territory now!

"What's going on with the Wolf Bandits? How are they involved?"

"I'm looking into this and should have news soon. Kemp immediately replied.

The Emperor thought about it again, felt that it was nothing, and waved Camp away. It is strange that they never mentioned the force that attacked the noble guards of the Seine!

The emperor's conclusion on the handling of the events on the Seine Peninsula soon spread throughout the capital, and the ninth prince Timothy, who got the news, was immediately furious!

"The old thing is too protective of his wild seed, and he only needs to study at home for a year to kill an earl, and he can't go out at will! Is this a punishment?" Timothy swept everything in the study to the ground, and everything he could smash was smashed to pieces.

"Edlaide has indeed found a good excuse this time! Abigay is also a fool! We have already told him about the relationship between the emperor and Edlaide, and he actually dares to be greedy for profit and vainly try to lead the nobles of the Seine Peninsula to divide up Edlaide's territory! Even if Edlaide accepts their conditions with all his pockets, the emperor will never watch Edlaide suffer this loss! This time, Edlaide also saw this and dared to deal with Edlaide. ”

"This thing was bad enough, and Meredith didn't know how to restrain it, but as a result, the Cult of God was uprooted by Edlaide almost overnight after so many years of hard work. If it weren't for Edlaide Zuihou who let them go, they would have been wiped out in the Seine. This incident also exposed the identities of Abigai and Zacharias, and it was equivalent to sending Edlaide the most haode excuse. Now that Emperor Bixia and the Cult of Light are on the verge of laughing and bending, how can that father of yours punish Edlaide! Your younger brother who is not yet eight years old is not easy!" Belinda said with a sigh.

"He's a child, he can understand anything! It must have been Caroline's idea!" Timothy said unconvinced.

Belinda didn't get the information Timothy had said, but she didn't bother to argue with him at this time.

"We have received a favor from Edlaide this time, and we can't do anything to him in a short period of time!

"How to change?" the Ninth Prince asked with some puzzlement

"Now that Edlaide has integrated Liliang on the Seine Peninsula, his own strength has increased greatly, and we should try to cooperate with him as much as possible. Even if this is not possible, we will try our best to maintain a non-aggressive relationship with him. ”

Hearing Belinda's words, the Ninth Prince hesitated for a long time,

"Count that kid lucky, I'll let him go first this time!" said the Ninth Prince fiercely.

"Edlaide was able to discover our setup on the Seine Peninsula because he discovered the dwarf at Bingham. Bingham has some involvement with our capital, and we need to keep a low profile during this time to avoid unnecessary trouble!" Belinda reminded.

"Isn't that a very successful thing? that stupid guy didn't realize that he had been deceived until Zuihou, what was it that caught Ed's attention?"

"It's because it's been so successful that Meredith has some new ideas. He wants to use Bingham's connections in Suke to establish a new stronghold, and then use Bingham to pull his eldest brother into the water. ”

Unfortunately, Bingham was thrown out of the Suker Inn in a fit of rage when Bingham was borrowing money from his eldest brother. It was just when Edlaide was about to enter the inn that he seemed to have stumbled upon a model made by Bingham, and he was very interested in that thing, so he casually chatted with Bingham, and he found our jihua. ”

"What is it that catches Ed's attention?" the Ninth Prince asked with some curiosity when he heard Belinda mention something.

"I don't know, I just know that it's a fishing tool. Belinda didn't quite know what Bingham was doing, so she could only explain a few words.

"Fishing tools!How could Ed be interested in that thing?, this kid wouldn't have rushed over to deal with you, or else he would have gone to such a remote place in Suker Town for a broken fishing gear!" Timothy almost got angry when she heard Belinda's explanation!

"Probably not, according to my men, Bingham almost caused Edlaide's men to cut it down when he fell out of the Suker Hotel, and if Edlaide hadn't seen what Bingham had made, it was unlikely that he would have had much contact with him. ”

"What is it that catches Edlaide's attention, should we send someone over to see it again?" said the Nine Princes, with a roll of their eyes.

"Forget it, the most important thing for us now is to arrange for those who have shown their faces in front of Bingham to leave the Dongyu Empire as soon as possible, once they are discovered, Edlaide will be in big trouble. At this time, we better be careful, there is no need to offend Edlaide for something that I don't know what it is!" Belinda hurriedly stopped the idea of the Nine Princes, he knew very well that the Nine Princes wanted to use this as an excuse to find an opportunity to assassinate Edlaide again, Belinda needed stability now, at this time, she could no longer let the Nine Princes mess around.

Seeing Belinda so resolute, the Nine Princes had no choice but to give up their inner thoughts.

While Timothy and Belinda were working on countermeasures, the fifth prince was also studying with the eldest prince the emperor's punishment of Edlaide.

"Abigai's men are a bunch of waste, and more than 10,000 people were killed overnight! It's no wonder that Abigai was so simply killed by Edred! Big brother, do you think this matter is the old man's handiwork?" Dennis suddenly thought of something, and his face changed and asked.

"It's hard to judge! Under normal circumstances, if you want to attack such a large force, you need to mobilize at least 20,000 men to be able to achieve such silence. No matter how poor the quality of the Seine Peninsula guards is, they will need at least 10,000 people. But at that time, it was impossible for such a large contingent to be around the city of Salat! I had surveyed the surrounding garrisons, but there was no such great movement. But the old man has always been unfathomable, and it is unknown whether he has a liliang that we don't know!"

"But maybe there's a force we've overlooked?"

"And one more troops, which one?" asked Dennis, puzzled.

"You should remember that when Higgins was in danger in the Longmei Mountain Pass, the wolf bandits suddenly withdrew their troops! As far as I know, at that time, the wolf bandits could capture Edlaide alive with just one charge, but at this time, Eric actually gave up the attack and withdrew his troops like this. And looking at the situation on the scene, Eric retreated in a hurry! If I'm not mistaken, there must have been a team that threatened Eric's safety, and he had to retreat!" Waters said firmly.

"I also suspect that the team is not our unit, because by all indications, it is likely to be the Tiger Bandits. ”

"Are you saying that the Tiger Bandits are the Liliang that my father is hiding in the shadows?" asked Dennis in surprise.

"It's not impossible! But it's not very likely! I also wondered if it could be because of the conflict between the Tiger Bandits and the Wolves for territory? But then something shook my judgment. ”

"What's the matter?"

"It's a little incomprehensible to me that Brenda, the old butler of Sarat City, is safely protecting Ed on his way with only more than 200 city defenders!" Waters said, shaking his head.

"Maybe he's just worried that Eric will come back and attack them again?" Denis also found something after saying this, shaking his head to negate his judgment.

"If it's like you've said, how could Brenda go so slowly!"

"Big brother, if according to you, the Tiger Bandit Group is the Liliang hidden in the hands of Earl Acheson. How is this possible, Count Acheson is known for his scum, both in the capital and in the Seine Peninsula, how could such a man have such a powerful liliang? If there really is such a team, how can he endure humiliation?" Dennis had a hard time believing Waters' judgment.

"I don't know, but I got a piece of information that on the second day of the Wolf Bandits, a team of 2,000 Tigers was missing. With such a coincidence in time, it's hard for me not to connect the two things. And I suspect that the more than 10,000 people who disappeared from the Seine Peninsula should have something to do with the 2,000 members of the Tiger Bandits!"

"2,000 people to destroy 10,000 people? Is the strength of the Tiger Bandit really so strong?"

"My men have been to their coalition camp and they have apparently gone through a fire. And according to the information, the night before the coalition forces disappeared, people were seen in and out of the camp. In other words, they were all wiped out at night! By inference, Edlaide's chosen method was a night attack. ”

"If that's the case, I'd love to meet someone who dares to give this order, he's a genius if he's not a madman!" Waters couldn't help but sigh.

"Could it be someone from the Tiger Bandits?" Dennis was intrigued when he heard this.

"Looking at the fighting of the Tiger Bandits over the years, there have been few such risky actions. Therefore, I prefer it to be the work of the Caroline siblings. And Caroline, although she is also very good, is unlikely to have such a big boldness. No one else could have had such an influence, and my inference was funny, it was a seven-year-old!"

"You mean Ed? No, he's just a kid, how could he do such a thing!" Dennis said in disbelief.

"Underestimating others is often the beginning of failure! Now is the critical moment for the reorganization of the army on the Seine Peninsula, Caroline is relieved to hand over the city of Salat to him at this time, do you really think Caroline is stupid? He is also very old and spicy in dealing with the Dark Moon God Cult, and Charity is not simple!"

"Well, let's not discuss this matter, and it will always be clear whether our guess is correct or not. Higgins had prepared in advance in the Meron Mountains this time, and someone must have reported the news. I really didn't expect that the sixth brother would put Lao Jiuyi at this time!"

"If my father knew about it, he would send troops to support, and we really can't know so quickly. It is easy for Lao Jiu to think that Lao Liu did this, and it seems that they are going to break up this time!" Dennis gloated.

"The sixth does not hesitate to break with the ninth to show kindness to Charity, it seems that we are going to have some actions too. ”

"You must make Charity feel our kindness in this matter, and even if we cannot form an alliance, we must not become enemies with him. The old man has fully expressed his attitude on the matter of Abigai, and at this time, anyone who is looking for embarrassment with Ed, Zuihou can only be unlucky! We must not touch the old man's brow at this time. ”