Since the inexplicable failure of the counteroffensive operation, Lin Feiyun has completely become an idler. Gongsun Yi first dismissed the old general - he had no complaints about this, after all, defeat was an indisputable fact - and later put Lin Feiyun in prison, but fortunately he was usually well-liked, and many ministers finally succeeded in dissuading the emperor on the grounds of his advanced age.

Although he escaped prison, Lin Feiyun could not ascend to the court again. Therefore, although these Tianming Empire's propaganda for the Western Continent Alliance seemed strange and had ulterior motives, the old general could only watch until a cronie secretly reported to him that Gongsun Yi planned to attack the adventurer's camp before he was shocked and hurriedly launched his action. And the first step is to try to rescue Grana and Wei Chimu, who were arrested as soon as they entered the city.

Originally, Lin Feiyun just hoped that through the news of these two people, the adventurer could reduce his losses, but the result of the battle made him busy lying on the floor looking for glasses everywhere. However, the old general also knew very well in his heart that now was not the time to feel lucky. Gongsun Yi's blatant attack on the alliance's shili this time, coupled with all the strange actions before, finally made the old general have some suspicions.

After Gongsun Yi used the teleportation array to play an unknown disappearance drama and then returned safely, the emperor's whole person changed.

said that it was missing, but in fact, everyone knew that Gongsun Yi just wanted to leave the soldiers and civilians who were struggling to resist and persist in the Ming Empire and fled alone. But it was clear that the opposite side of the Space Gate was not the place the Emperor had expected, so he could only run back in disgrace. But what exactly happened in between. Then only God knows.

In case Gongsun Yi encountered a demon after teleporting over and was brainwashed by the other party's mind control spell, the situation couldn't be too bad - this thought was just thrown out in Lin Feiyun's mind, but what was happening now made the old general think about it again.

However. Gongsun Yi had already used all kinds of bloody means to consolidate his power as firmly as Mount Tai on weekdays, even if Lin Feiyun was suspicious of him, he could not launch an investigation. As long as they show a little bit of intention against the emperor, those secret agents who are loyal to Gongsun Yi will immediately come to the door to invite Lin Feiyun back for tea in various names such as sending couriers, checking water meters, and sending warmth. In view of the current situation of his mud bodhisattva crossing the river, the helpless old general could only choose silence in the end.

Maybe it would be a good idea to take down the emperor in question with the help of Liliang of the Western Continent Alliance, but there was also the possibility of being seized by the other party to annex the Ming Empire, and Lin Feiyun did not dare to take this risk.

In the midst of a series of terrible events, the only good news is the confirmation that Yu Chimu is still alive for now. But this young man may have been favored by one of the countries of the alliance in the first place. chose to be an official there, and had severed all relations with the Ming Empire, which made Lin Feiyun feel a little pity. If his protégé did not join the alliance and returned to the Ming Empire. It shouldn't be difficult for the two to work together to solve the crisis at hand.

However, there are no ifs.

Just when the old general was unable to make up his mind, the alliance took the lead in action.

After the New Year, Lin Feiyun, who was relieved of his post, also lived a leisurely and leisurely old age life today, just like some time ago. He was going to go to the teahouse in the morning to pass the time and fill his stomach by the way. But I didn't want to run into a large group of heavily armed soldiers as soon as I went out.

Of course. These GIs were not sent by spies to invite the old general to the palace for tea. They drove pedestrians to both sides of the road to make way for them, and even an innocent wild cat that wanted to go to the garbage can on the other side of the road to find food did not spare, and just picked it up and threw it a few meters away.

Lin Feiyun couldn't help but walk up to a soldier and ask him, "Little brother, what's the matter?

The soldier looked at Lin Feiyun and didn't speak, but the captain in charge of the command in the middle of the road found the old general and hurriedly came to him: "Ah, General Lin, how are you doing these days?"

"Of course it's good. I was already of retirement age. It's time to relax and unwind. Lin Feiyun gently stroked his white beard and smiled, "Then again." Isn't there a big guy coming today?"

"Ah, that's it. The captain leaned over to Lin Feiyun's ear and whispered, "I heard that the Western Continent Alliance is going to send a princess of the empire to visit as an envoy today, and it will also let people use some kind of magic props to broadcast the entire territory of the Western Continent live, and the pomp and circumstance will be very large." We can't lose here, right, so it's like this. ”

Suddenly, he was attacked maliciously, and instead of directly retaliating, he took diplomatic measures? As a pure soldier, Lin Feiyun suddenly couldn't figure it out, and Zuihou simply attributed the reason to the fact that the alliance was not damaged in the attack, so he could maintain a peaceful mood.

"I see. Lin Feiyun nodded indifferently and said, "Then I'll wait here to watch the excitement, so you don't have to accompany me, a bad old man, to get busy first." ”

The captain did have a lot of work to do, and he did not shirk when he heard the words, and left in a hurry after saying goodbye to the old general.

For some reason, Lin Feiyun's mind suddenly appeared with the figure of Alicia's heartless and undisciplined belly black show welfare playing daily life, and he quickly shook his head fiercely.

If that girl is really the kind of naughty princess in the legend who often pulls the beard of the old minister in fairy tales, then it is 100% certain that the Union, or indeed the education system of this empire, still has some great shortcomings in some respects.

At the very least, they have one less course called "On the Importance of Self-cultivation and Discipline Exercises......

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In the luxurious carriage drawn by two horses, one white and one black, provided by Elicia, Granna, who was guarding Sophia's side, suddenly sneezed for no reason.

"What's wrong, Granna?" asked Sophia, who was looking out the window, curiously. "Is it a cold, you probably never had it in my mind, right?"

“...... Your Royal Highness, are you questioning that my IQ is on the same level as that elf named Kiruno?" Grana rubbed her nose with black lines. There was an innocent look on his face.

The pink princess half-hid her face with a folding fan and snickered twice, then said calmly, "No kidding." Now, what do you think Alicia is up to?"

"You mean that she asked His Highness Locklip to be in charge of filming and broadcasting the whole process of visiting the Ming Empire, right?" Grana frowned and muttered with her hands in her arms, "I don't know what that girl is thinking about, isn't it okay to change people for this kind of thing?" You have our protection aside, there are no masters around His Highness Locklip. In case of ...... in the melee"

"Maybe Locklip finally got rid of his cynical bad habits because of the aiqing between him and a certain black straight girl, and planned to do a big job, so he set his sights on his sister's emperor throne, but Elysia is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and immediately responded to this, ready to use the opportunity of this visit to secretly create trouble, deliberately provoke conflicts, and use the hands of the Ming Empire to get rid of her own brother to ensure her own status - what do you think of this development?"

After Sophia finally caught her breath, Granna, who was dripping in cold sweat, decisively gave a thumbs up to the pink princess: "Your Royal Highness, you are really not ordinary black. ”

"Thanks for the compliment. The beautiful pink-haired girl smiled and nodded gracefully.

Seeing this, Grana couldn't help but feel angry.

Dressed in armor and dressed as a knight of the guards, Captain Chi Mu rode his horse to the side of the carriage and raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door. After the attention of the two girls came over, she said lightly through the car window: "The gate of Baoqing City has been opened, and the Ming army has also put on a welcoming appearance, please get ready." ”

Sophia shook the folding fan gently: "Can you be sure that the other party has no intention of attacking us?"

"Not sure. Yu Chimu shrugged helplessly and said, "But in the end, the other party opened the city gate and put out the jiashi for us to enter." And it was not a warm welcome with a salute loaded with live ammunition as soon as it came up. At the moment, it seems. The high-profile debut that Queen Bixia has prepared for you is quite effective. ”

"Just don't be ready to welcome us in and close the door and beat the dogs. Sophia pinched the bridge of her nose with a little headache and said, "Then again, does the Ming Empire really agree to let so many of us enter the city?"

Alicia sent a full ten thousand adventurers to make a pomp for the pink princess, and it was spectacular to stand densely outside the city.

Wei Chimu seemed to have thought of something, and said with a cold snort and a smile: "Of course it's impossible, we can only bring two hundred troops in at most." Gongsun Yi has always been very careful about this kind of thing. ”

There are only two hundred people? Sophia couldn't help frowning when she heard this, but there was nothing she could do about it, after all, this was someone's territory: "Okay. That's two hundred. Mr. Billy, go and help arrange and try to recruit volunteers from among the adventurers. ”

Soon. The 200 men selected escorted Sophia's carriage slowly to Baoqing City, and the Ming army, prepared a real salute instead of artillery, and lined up in a neat formation on both sides of the city gate amid the rumbling roar, welcoming the pink princess into the city.

Locklip and his photography team faithfully documented what was happening before them, and delivered it to the people of the Western Continent in its entirety. Unfortunately, the people of the alliance who saw the Ming Empire city for the first time did not have the mind to leisurely appreciate the various scenes, and everyone was very shocked by the attack on the adventurer's camp on Chinese New Year's Eve by the Ming army; and the eyes of the citizens of Baoqing City in the camera were also not very friendly, so everyone felt very nervous.

"Take a deep breath, Your Highness the Princess. Grana calmly said to Sophia, "Your breath is in chaos, please adjust in time." Rest assured, before the Ming Empire officially declares war on the alliance, the attack on Chinese New Year's Eve will be an armed conflict at best, and the two sides will not become enemies. At least not yet......"

The pink princess followed the maid's advice and took a few deep breaths, and after sorting out her mood, she picked up her folding fan again: "Really, I didn't expect me to be nervous at such a time, it's so shameless." Granna, xiexie you. But how exactly should we confirm that Emperor Gongsun Yi and the devil are colluding? ”

"As for this Mr. Billy will figure it out, Alicia has given him all the tasks. The thief girl raised her hand and clenched her fist in her chest, smiling and cheering up the pink princess. "We just need to do our own thing. ”

"Yes, that girl must have prepared some kind of jihua, otherwise she wouldn't have used such a big deal easily. Sophia turned her gaze to the outside of the carriage. "Look, Granna. The citizens of Baoqing City really didn't welcome us as you said, and their eyes were very unfriendly. ”

"It doesn't matter, at least they're not so disgusted as to throw tomatoes at us. Grana chuckled and said, "These people are just deceived, they are actually innocent victims. But Your Highness the Princess, if you are attacked here. The relationship between the two sides will never be repaired. I always feel that the guy named Gongsun Yi will deliberately create some trouble in the city, so please be mentally prepared. ”

Sophia couldn't help but fan most of her face when she heard this: "You're right." If Gongsun Yi really took refuge on the side of the demon, he would not be willing to see the Ming Empire come into contact with the alliance. Can. How do we respond to such an attack?"

"Sa, there must be a way before the chariot reaches the mountain. ”

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Lin Feiyun, like other citizens, crowded on both sides of the road to watch the excitement. Since her residence is located in the downtown area, it can be said that the road that Sophia will pass through is almost close to the old general's house. Lin Feiyun was not very surprised by this. Because this road leads directly to Gongsun Yi's temporary palace. It was also the only way for him to go to court every day before he was dismissed.

Under the guidance of a group of Ming cavalry, Sophia's convoy slowly appeared at the corner of the street, which immediately made the crowd commotion. However, at the signal of the soldiers in charge of quarantine, the crowd gradually quieted down, and even a few scrambled guys were quickly pointed back by the soldiers with muskets without hesitation.

No one wanted an accident at this juncture, and even the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Empire didn't want a new enemy to emerge out of thin air at the moment when the demons had the upper hand, so although they were not friendly, they were all very careful.

Except for a group of people who deliberately wore their hats very low with hurried expressions noticed by the experienced Lin Feiyun. Mixed in with the crowd, they walked briskly into a roadside tavern that was clearly chartered. It's clear that it's about to take some kind of action. And looking at the other party's well-trained movements, it doesn't look like half a bucket of water casually invited from the rivers and lakes.

Could it be Gongsun Yi's person. Did he really plan to completely tear his face with the alliance!? Lin Feiyun was immediately shocked when he saw this, and was about to do something, but suddenly felt that something hard was pressing against his waist, so he had to tense his body and stop moving.

"I'm sorry, General Lin, please stay here and don't move. There was a whispering voice from behind him, and it was the captain who took the initiative to talk to Lin Feiyun just now, "This is what Bixia meant, please don't blame me." ”

"Goo, is that really the case?" Lin Feiyun turned his head to look at the other party and suppressed his anger and said, "Gongsun Yi, that guy has gone crazy, he will bring the Ming Empire to destruction sooner or later! Wake up, it's not too late to stop him now." ”

The captain did not speak, but the pistol against the old general's waist was still not withdrawn.

Lin Feiyun was so anxious that he was about to sweat, who would have expected that an unexpected thing would happen at this time.

The main entrance to the tavern, which was firmly closed, was kicked open, and a fierce fight was heard from inside. A man with a runny nose and a swollen face and a hat on his head disappeared like a lost dog, crawling out of it and crawling out of it, and was about to ask for help from the soldiers who noticed it, when a handsome young man with black hair came out, grabbed him by the back collar and walked back to the tavern.

"How dare you flirt with other girlfriends in broad daylight, see if I don't beat you up today, I can't even recognize my mother!"

When he arrived at the door, a red-haired girl with a heroic and mighty warrior type came out of it, and kicked the tearful man in anger.

"You dare to take advantage of my mother's advantage, today I seem to be going to exercise my muscles and bones. ”

The door to the tavern slammed shut, and the screams and beatings of ghosts and wolves could be heard from inside again.

Fights caused by disputes in the tavern were common in any country on the Eastern and Western continents, so everyone just stared indifferently at what was happening in front of them, and then refocused their attention on Sophia's convoy.

"W-How is this possible?" the captain obviously knew the inside story, and couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this, "That's Bixia's exclusive guard, and they can't even beat two people? Who are they!?"

At this moment, Lin Feiyun no longer knew whether he should cry or laugh. He knew this black-haired boy, it was Elijah, the little friend of Alicia who had lost all her temperament. Although the boy is of pure Western blood, he has jet-black hair, coupled with his unique aura that can reduce his sense of existence, it is inconspicuous to stand in the crowd, and as for the red-haired girl who is Ilya's companion, she has Eastern blood herself, so naturally no one will be suspicious.

Obviously, the Alliance, or Alicia, anticipated Gongsun Yi's possible actions and made corresponding arrangements for this in advance.

Of course, it's better to have no discipline as usual...... (To be continued......)