A few days later...... Well, to be precise, it was only three days later that Donn and his party approached the area around the Lenau River.

I have to say, this speed is amazing. If the aristocratic negotiators were to make this journey on their own, it would take at least two or even three times as much time. Of course, if they really had a choice, they might not want to come over so soon......

Either way, the result was that they had finally survived this purgatory journey and were close to the end of their goal. At this time, after just three days of fermentation, the time to come has finally arrived......

"Damn! to say we're fakes!"

"How do you go back?"

"The thief deceives people too much—"

After a stack of love newspapers was delivered, they were finally thrown on the wooden pier beside the road, and the already pale and bleak faces of the two princes and the members of the noble negotiation team around them became more and more ugly.

The story is very simple, that is, before the second prince returned to the southern territory to preside over the overall situation, the forces of the eldest prince in the royal capital city had taken the lead in attacking and informing the world. The general meaning is that the second prince and others have died under the conspiracy and trickery of the gray army, they are very sad, and the gray army is very cunning. Because the other party not only harmed the second prince and his party, but also sent people to disguise themselves as the second prince and others, and now they may be rushing to the south, intending to confuse the public and shake the stability of the empire.

This plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle can not be described as vicious. The purpose is also obvious, that is, even if the second prince and his party return to the south, their true identity will be suspected. Naturally, not many people want to believe what they say and what they order......

"Ladies and gentlemen. In the fierce shouting and scolding. Don glanced at everyone. The tone was light. "Curses and curses won't solve anything, and now the first question is, will you still be able to pass the Guò Lenau River normally?"

To be honest, this is not a surprise. At least in Tang En's opinion, if he was allowed to change to the eldest prince, he would choose to strike first when he knew that his younger brother, the second prince, was likely not dead and would come back to shake his throne. Even more ruthless than that......

Of course. Now that he is dead, this is only a problem that the second prince and others have to face, and it has nothing to do with Tang En. He only cared about whether the second prince and the others could return to the south normally, safely, and even with great fanfare, thus causing a big wave and covering their next rescue operations.

"No problem. The second prince nodded affirmatively when he heard this, and spread out a military map of the south bank of the Lenau River obtained by the secret agency, which succinctly marked the garrison status of Bran's troops, and stretched out his hand to point to a river mouth, "Later, we will take a boat from here to Guò, and then land from this area." ”

"Cangyan Legion...... General Clay guards, no, Your Highness!" A noble old man was shocked when he saw this, "I remember that Clay's family was already on the side of the Great Prince's forces. And I heard that Clay himself is also close to the eldest prince. We go from this waterway to guò, aren't we throwing ourselves into a net......"

"Rest assured. The second prince interrupted with a wave of his hand. "This is just a superficial situation, in fact, General Clay has been secretly friends with me for many years, and there is absolutely no problem in communicating from here." ”

The old nobles were also experts in conspiracy and calculation, and when they heard this, they immediately understood: "Your Highness is wise, it turns out that General Clay is the secret hand you have already placed next to the thief......"

"Alright, that's nothing. Under the current shape, the second prince naturally didn't have time to listen to this sycophant, shook his head and sighed, "It's just a normal practice, and there is no shortage of such secret hands beside me." ”

Everyone couldn't help but froze when they heard this, and looked at each other, their expressions a little surprised.

After the second prince finished speaking, he also knew that he had lost his words, which should be true, but it sounded like he was alluding to something. And the coverage is too wide, including everyone present...... Waving his hand to divert the topic, he looked at Donn: "I need to send someone to contact General Clay with my token before we land, so that his side can prepare in advance." ”

"Yes. Don simply nodded, "Your people, my people?"

"Use my people, it's more credible. The second prince turned his head to look at a Tsing Yi worshipper behind him, and saluted simply, "Da Lao, General Clay has seen you, so I have to ask you to run for a long time." ”

"Your Highness is polite......"

......

Because of the shocking battle on the river before, the water level has been greatly reduced and retreated, and there is no so-called port city on the north bank of the Lenau River today. In their place, there are large tidal flat swamps. It is also because this place is now a real three-regardless area - Bran can't manage it, the gray army has no time to manage, and the Northern Wilderness tribe army is still on the way here, so this place is particularly depressed and desolate.

However, although there is no dock port, ships can always be found. Without a long delay, a group of hundreds of people arrived on the banks of the Lenau River, boarded three large merchant ships that had been prepared, and sailed into the river.

Although it is true that the Bran Empire is nominally retreating to the south, in fact, this so-called retreat is only a withdrawal from the northern borders. As a natural military trench separating the north and the south, the endless Lenau River was still under the control of Bran's army.

In fact, from a certain point of view, the meaning of today's Lenau River is equivalent to Bran's previous frontline border, which can be regarded as the last fig pants of the empire, and it is a military important place that must not be lost!

Once this place is lost, the southern environment of Bran, which is rare even in the mountains, will naturally be unable to resist the long drive of the tribe's iron horsemen. At that point, the Bran Empire was truly destroyed......

Of course, it's too early to think about that. Also because,

"Fortunately, there is a Lenau River!" On the side of the boat, the second prince looked at the vast waters around him, and sighed helplessly and happily.

From here it is not far from the mouth of the first river that leads to Guò, just a few hours, and it can be reached in the evening. So except for a few old nobles who couldn't bear it, most of them didn't go into the cabin to rest, but just stood on the deck and talked boringly and watched.

Of course, even at this time, there were still not many people who dared to approach the area around Donn. In the Bran negotiation team, there are only two princes.

There was no response, but Tang En knew the emotional meaning of the second prince's words.

Helplessness refers to Bran's precarious situation now. Right now, this is supposed to be a source of economic prosperity between the North and the South. Now it has become the last barrier to protect the thousand-year-old empire. It's a little helpless to think about it. Somewhat ironic.

As for the good fortune, it means that fortunately, there is a survival of this wide water, so that the Bran Empire will not face the toughness and brutality of the tribes of the Northern Wilderness.

"His Excellency Don is a man who understands. Seeing that there was no response, the second prince groaned and continued, "You say, can the empire survive this catastrophe?"

Tang En frowned slightly: "The empire is your empire, this kind of thing." It seems more appropriate to ask yourselves. ”

The second prince was stunned for a moment, then nodded and sighed lightly: "Should we ask ourselves...... The barbarians are not good at water warfare, and there is basically no experience in fighting here in the history of the Northern Wilderness. It stands to reason that the safety of the empire should be worry-free in the short term. But ......"

didn't continue, but when he talked about his own advantages, he couldn't hide his dazed eyes for the future, which already showed that His Royal Highness the two princes were not very optimistic about the future of the empire.

He took a deep breath, suddenly turned his head and bowed, and bowed. "Lord Donn, can I ask you for a favor?"

"No, you can't. "Don isn't Josia. He completely ignored the second prince's bowing salute, didn't raise his eyelids, and directly refused.

As the second prince, the experience of being directly rejected is obviously not too much. So Wen Yan was also stunned before he reacted, and said with a wry smile: "I think our enemies, at least now, are the same." The Temple of Light, and my ruthless brother, are also the targets that the Grey Army is eager to eradicate right now, aren't they?"

"Perhaps, but I think you're mistaken. Tang En was not surprised by the request of the second prince, in fact, it was a bit unexpected that the other party could wait until now to ask for it. However, he still refused, "The Gray Army is the Gray Army, and I am me." I'm only here to save Vivian Shavien, and nothing else has anything to do with me. ”

"......I see," the second prince nodded noncommittally, and then smiled, "I heard that His Excellency Tang En's identity is an assassin, then, if I issue you an assassination mission in my personal name, the bounty is at your ......disposal."

"Your Highness!" rubbed his eyebrows, I have to say that Rao is in Tang En's current state of mind, and he is also very burdened and speechless to this second prince who seems to be a salesman. Raising his hand, he pointed to several palace worshippers who were guarding not far away, "With your identity, there are many master assassins who are willing to kill for you, why do you have to look for me?"

"The main reason is because you are professional. The secondary reason is because you are an outsider. The second prince was very honest and replied without hesitation.

"Then I'll reply to the reason why you two can't help. "The main reason is that I'm busy right now. The secondary reason is that I'm really busy right now!"

The second prince paused when he heard this, but he was not angry, he took out a scroll from his arms and handed it over: "It's me who is abrupt." In that case, Lord Don didn't mention it. Well, this is a general topographical map of the temple headquarters and some related information, which I wrote and drew from memory. You know, even in my capacity, I don't go to the temple too much, so the information isn't comprehensive...... It's kind of an apology. The words fell, smiled gently, and turned away after a brief salute.

After subconsciously taking it, Tang En looked up at the back of the second prince and couldn't help but be stunned, and then shook his head and smiled.

"Hah-"

A smart person is always a smart person.

What kind of apology is this, it is clearly a heavy human favor!

The point is, but Don still has to accept this favor.

The temple is always so mysterious, so mysterious that there are so many rumors that there are various versions in the world that it is impossible to distinguish the real from the fake. In this case, the significance of this volume of intelligence maps, which was personally experienced and written by the second prince, for Tang En's next rescue operation, is naturally self-evident.

And it was an item that contained such a heavy dà meaning, and the second prince actually sent it so lightly, and he didn't mention a single request...... How does this make Don deal with himself?

That's why smart people are the most annoying......

............ (To be continued......)