ICP record number: Xiang B2-20100081-3 Internet Publishing Qualification Certificate: Xinchu Network License (Xiang) Zi No. 11 Network Culture Business License: Wen Wangwen [2010] No. 128

After the Royal Garden Ball, everything started to change.

First came the rise of the Dardanelles.

The heir to a business family, who suddenly has a close relationship with the princess of the empire, and is said to have a good relationship with the crown prince of the Frank Empire, and His Royal Highness the crown prince admires him quite much.

This means that the future of this family is promising.

If the purchase of the Fog Castle by Huigler made many people gloat at the family, now people's opinions have begun to change dramatically.

One of the most obvious manifestations was the willingness of more nobles to marry their daughters into the Dardanelles.

Even no longer limited to those down-and-out aristocrats, some middle-class aristocrats have joined the ranks.

As a result, the Dardanelles' business flourished in Winrington. Hotin is indeed a man of great ability, and shops with the Dardanelle family crest are everywhere in the streets of Winrington.

In addition, the alchemy factory jointly built by the Dardanelles family and the two major trading houses has also been officially launched, and workers are also being recruited, and it is believed that it will not be long before a large number of alchemy products will come out, seriously impacting the original alchemy industry.

Of course, in a hidden valley behind this alchemy factory, Xiu Yi set up a magic teleportation array.

Some of the parts from the alchemy factory will be quietly sent here, and then transported to another place through the teleportation array, where they will be assembled and formed into powerful puppets.

According to the plan, the first batch of puppets will appear in three months.

In addition, the matter of Franck's marriage to Princess Avril has stalled for some reason.

Neither the Francos nor the Reims seem to be interested in negotiating more about marriage. However, this does not mean that a war between the two countries is about to break out, on the contrary, there has been a sharp increase in secret exchanges between officials of the two sides.

Political negotiation is an extremely complex matter, and any small matter is a big deal once it is magnified at the national level. A paper contract may be simple when it is signed, but the content of the contract must be repeatedly scrutinized and carefully tested by both parties. The two sides tested each other's bottom line, asking for a price while paying back the money on the ground. When the balance of power between the two sides is unbalanced, this kind of situation is relatively rare, and it is often the side with the big fist that says what it says. But when there is an equivalence of power between the two sides, the nature of the matter changes, and good diplomatic skills are even more important.

With the support of Xiuyi, the Franks were greatly emboldened. In terms of military strength, they are temporarily weaker than the Reims Empire, but on the other hand, they have a strong exhibition potential, which invisibly forms a counterset. To the confusion of the Reims, they were not sure of the extent of the partnership between Huey and the Francos. To what extent will Huey help the Franks, will it be all or limited?

Although the Franks made the gesture that Huey had been taken under their command, the Reims were not so easy to fool.

If Huigler really decided to defect to the Franks, he went when he left Purgatory Island, why wait until now, why bother with the Lancers?

But then again, it's certain that Huey did have a connection with the Francos.

Therefore, when it comes to the treatment of Huyglare, the Reims Empire has finally become less blindly confident than before.

They began to approach the matter cautiously and sensibly.

On the one hand, they tried their best to negotiate with the Franks, and tried their best to get to the bottom of each other, and on the other hand, they began to reduce the intensity of the wanted Xiu Yi to avoid further provoking Xiu Yi. Instead, they still sent people to find Huy Gler, but their mission was no longer to arrest, but to negotiate.

I believe that even if the Reims Empire knew that the Dardanelles family was founded by Huigler, they would not dare to do anything. On the contrary, it will only bend to each other.

But none of this has anything to do with Raschel, because he has been removed.

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"I don't understand! Why is that?" Raschel asked, standing in the director's office, with a calm face.

"To be honest, I don't know. In fact, this is what His Majesty meant, and from this day onwards, the Department of Justice is no longer responsible for interrogating the affairs of Sigh Igler. This matter will be dealt with separately in the future. Marquis Jacobs replied.

"Who?"

The marquis spread his hands: "To be honest, I don't know. The Minister of Justice personally sent someone to inform me of this matter, and I have no standing to question it. ”

"But I'm almost going to catch him. ”

"Yes Raschel, I believe in you as always, but unfortunately, I don't have the right to decide in this matter. ”

"It's too much to accept. ”

"Me too. The marquis himself sighed helplessly: "But sometimes things are like this, whether you or I are actually just a chess piece on the chessboard." A chess piece is a chess piece, no matter how smart and powerful it is, it must be controlled by the chess player. We can't decide for ourselves what we want to do. ”

"And what about Hue Egler? He's not a pawn, he's a pawn of his own destiny. ”

"He is a pawn jumping off the chessboard, trying to avoid being controlled by the chess players, and rampage everywhere. People like this will either become chess players or end up being crushed. The Marquis patted Raschel on the shoulder: "Forget him, he means nothing to you anymore." Thank you very much for your contribution during this time, Raschel, you are a wonderful agent, you are in no way inferior to Huy Glare, but working under the Empire, many times we have to be subject to some limitations. ”

Raschel gave a deep look at the Marquis, who had once been the biggest key to his current reach.

But now the tree behind him can no longer shelter him from the wind and rain.

The breadth and depth of the problems involved in Huyglare are out of control, and they are no longer within the reach of a marquis.

It made him a little desperate.

He didn't know how he got out of the Department of Legal Affairs.

Coming to the crowded street, the scorching sun was in the sky, and Raschel looked around.

Winrington was beautiful, bustling, lively, full of people coming and going, but Raschel felt extremely lonely.

From today on, he no longer has to worry and worry about the capture of Xiuyi, this place no longer belongs to him, all that awaits him is a long and endless vacation.

He staggered a few steps, and suddenly he realized that he had nowhere to go, and he didn't know what to do next.

It was as if the hunter had suddenly lost his prey, in a heavy daze, with no sense of direction.

It was at that time that he saw a man walking towards him not far away, with a sunny smile and a long flowing golden hair.

"Mr. Raschel, it's a pleasure to see you again. Can I give you a drink?"

Hueygliel appeared at Raschel's side like that, standing in front of the gate of the Attorney General's Office in his true form.

It's amazing that everyone is blind to all this.

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There is a small teahouse not far from the Legal Affairs Office.

The environment is elegant, clean and pleasant. Most of the tea here comes from Todai 6, and only the nobility can afford to drink this precious drink.

Huey and Raschel sat in a small box in the teahouse.

Even Raschel himself could not have imagined that one day he would sit face-to-face with Huey over tea.

He had thought that this would only happen after he had taken down Sighley, in the dark dungeon under the Law and Political Office.

Then he might take on the most cunning criminal in the world with the posture of a victor, and occasionally have great mercy to satisfy the pitiful needs of his opponent.

Huey poured Raschel a cup of tea and said, "I must admit that there was a time when I thought about killing you directly. ”

"And I never gave up on my dream of catching you. ”

"Look, we miss each other a lot. Hue had a signature cute smile on his face. From the outside, this is a big boy who has just come of age, who would have thought that he has the old age of ordinary people and the hysterical madness in his heart?

"Then why didn't you just come over and assassinate me?"

"It's just a habit of mind. I have always believed that the officers sent by the Judiciary to arrest me are invincible, and that it is far better to keep an opponent who can keep me in control of the situation than to kill one or two, so I have made a mistake in dealing with you, which is that I still underestimate you. But it was you who taught me a truth: never underestimate your opponents. I used to think I was humble, but it turns out that I wasn't humble enough. Huey raised his glass to Raschel: "The trap you laid last time was simply wonderful, you made me suffer a huge defeat, and the two pieces I managed to place next to you were easily pulled out by you, and I almost sent myself into it for this." ”

"It's a pity I still couldn't catch you. ”

"It's the ** bureaucrats who are restricting your abilities. You're not going to be able to fool them all by me, are you? It's not me who tricked them into making stupid decisions, it's themselves. ”

"And maybe some suspicious foreigner. ”

Huey chuckled, "You still insist that I'm Siseda Daniel?"

Raschel's hand was already pressed on the table, and he let out an angry whisper: "Huyglare, do you really think you've won? So now come to me to show off your victory? Or do you think you're much stronger than me, and here you can do whatever you want with me, so you don't have to worry about the consequences? No, it's not that simple. Unless you kill me right away, I'm going to tear off your disguise and pull you out from under that protective shell!"

"Show off?" Huey's face changed slightly, "Mr. Raschel, I don't underestimate you anymore, but you are clearly underestimating me. Do you think I'm going to be bored enough to run to you in this situation just to show off my victory? No, I'm not interested in that. There's nothing more important to me right now than to build strength. As I said on Clear Water Street, I'm not interested in taking any action against the Reims Empire for the time being, in fact, it's no longer necessary, the Empire's troubles are big enough at the moment. The reason why you don't know...... It's because you're standing at the foot of the mountain. ”

Huey's voice was low and cold, but it hit the heart directly.

Raschel's body shook, and after a few breaths of breath in his heaving chest, he finally calmed down, "So you came to me for another reason?"

Xiu Yi nodded: "Mr. Raschel, you are a respectable opponent, at least for now, among all the people in the Reims Empire, you are the only opponent who has successfully calculated me and made me almost defeated. For the strong, we must always maintain the most basic respect. I came to you because I knew that someone like you couldn't have gone without a follow-up plan. ”

"What's next?" Raschel sneered, "I've already been dismissed, what other follow-up plans can come in handy?"

"It doesn't matter. Xiu Yi shook his head: "I'm not interested in whether you can catch me, but what weaknesses I have, which I didn't show myself, but were shown by you." ”

"What do you want from me?"

"A kind of self-examination, an examination of oneself from the perspective of the enemy, showing one's own shortcomings, avoiding repeating the mistakes of the past. There are some weaknesses that I can show and improve through my own thinking and the reminders of my friends, but there are some weaknesses that I can only show and improve through my enemies. There is a saying in my hometown that the people who know you best are often not your relatives or friends, but your enemies. ”

It's an interesting adage, but it's not unreasonable. ”

"I know you must have a plan for the next step, just as you checked all my information, I checked yours too. I'm now a very good agent who is very good at planning and then acting. You always have the habit of trying to understand everything thoroughly, finding out the crux of each problem, and then tackling a certain aspect. Your plans are always one after the other, and even if your target gets away with it once, it's hard to get away with it the next. Harnessing the vast resources of your empire, your plans will continue until you capture them. The failure of the ambush plan on Lemon Street does not mean that you have only bought such a plan in your investigation of me in the past year. Fortunately, you've been removed from office now, so Mr. Raschel, tell me what other weaknesses you intend to exploit?"

Raschel stared at Huey in surprise, he didn't expect Huey's way of thinking to be so strange, and he would come to the door to find out what kind of capture plan the enemy who captured him had.

It's incredible.

There is nothing more bizarre than this.

"What if I refuse to tell you?

Xiu Yi drank tea very calmly: "I'm not interested in drinking tea with the person I want to kill, especially since this person has now earned my respect." I'm sure you'll tell me anyway, though. He glanced at Raschel, and then said slowly: "Pagett is about to die, and Her Royal Highness the Princess used a medicine on him, which she refined herself. In order to help you, Padgett disobeys the princess's orders one after another and acts privately, which makes her very angry. I'm the only one who can get rid of that anger. I don't think you want your best friend to die because of you, do you?"

Raschel's body jerked.

"Tell me, what else is there to do with me. On the one hand, it allows me to realize my own shortcomings, and on the other hand, it also allows me to learn many new intrigues. Even though you can't use them anymore. Xiu Yi said coldly.

"Your aunt, I was about to send someone to invite her. Raschel said immediately.

"Are you kidding? You can use the Harden family, but you can use my aunt? You should know that it was this who sold me to Purgatory Island." It's polite that I didn't kill her. ”

"Who said that only those who are good to you can be used?" Raschel sneered: "There are many ways to use it, and there is one way to deal with your benefactor, and the enemy who supports you can also make you lose your mind." Think about it, the people who were good to you were persecuted because of your existence, and the people who once caused you to go through four hellish years of life, are also booming because of you. If your aunt doesn't show up, or if nothing good happens, then you may give up revenge on her. But if she suddenly becomes a noble wife, has a lot of money to spend, and even can bully a little nobleman who has been given a cold shoulder because she has helped you, I am sure you will not accept that result...... There's always more motivation for revenge than for retribution, isn't it?"

Xiu Yi stared at Raschel fiercely, he really didn't expect Raschel to have such a hand in his follow-up plan.

That's right, just as he is grateful to the Harden family, he has a deep hatred for his aunt.

If Raschel brought his aunt in, asked the royal family to give him a knighthood, and gave him a big reward, and then this aunt had nothing to do to suppress the Harden family, Xiui would definitely not be able to accept it. If he can take revenge on the Reims Empire, won't he teach his aunt a lesson?

In the past, I must have disdained to attack such a woman, but if such a woman is prosperous because of herself, I am afraid that I will not be able to sleep well from now on if I don't teach a lesson.

Raschel's grasp of human nature has reached the extreme, and he clearly controls Xiuyi's temper, so that Xiuyi has to admire.

"It turns out that the psychology of revenge can also be exploited. Xiu Yi smiled bitterly: "Whether it's grace or hatred, it can be made into a trap that can be used." ”

"So it doesn't matter if the weakness itself is there, it's important whether you can catch it and take advantage of it. Didn't you just take advantage of my weakness? Heather...... Master Dardanelle. ！”

Huey's sharp eyes swept over Raschel, and he said slowly, "Until now, you have not given up on testing me and trying to prove your guesses. ”

"That's not a guess anymore. Raschel pointed to Huey's hand, "Maybe you didn't notice it yourself, but I did." You have a habit, Hue Igler. You can change the color of your head, the color of your eyes, the shape of your face, and even your posture, but you still have some habits that you haven't changed, and that's your unique habit, and I've never seen anyone have such habits before. Only you, and Ceseda Daniel, have it. ”