Conquest

    Chapter 388 [The latter part of the sentence]

    Adric didn't talk, he looked down and seemed to think carefully about Ruhr's words.

    I can't lie, but I can't lie.

    But this thing, you don't need to hide it, as long as there is a good excuse on the surface.

    The key question is: First, Gislen can't die, he can only hurt him, can't really kill him. In this case, Kingdom of Atlantis will not completely turn around for this.

    As a sea kingdom, Atlantean has been waiting for so many years to wait for the opportunity to wait for so many years, they will never give up easily because of anger. As long as Gislen is injured and not killed, it will not touch the bottom line of Atlantean's patience, leaving room for continued cooperation.

    The second point is the most important! Assassination of Gislente, although it is impossible to really kill the "Child of the Storm" of the Kingdom of Atlantis, although it can be smug on the head of the warlord henchmen, in fact, it is not difficult for smart people to guess the real behind-the-scenes planning. who is it.

    Atlantean can guess that the Emperor Garcia can naturally guess.

    Moreover, with this opportunity, they can also be given a "warning" to a certain extent.

    YesWarning

    For Atlantean, warn them: no matter what our emperor thinks, but at least, the military of the Byzantine Empire is extremely dissatisfied with this matter, the military will not agree to the emperor so "selling the country." It shows the military's tough stance and also hints at the other side: once there is a situation that the military can't tolerate, the military will not hesitate to deal with it with tough means and never compromise. In this case, at least warn Atlantean, don't think that we can do whatever we want with our emperor's mind.

    The same is also a warning to the emperor: although you are an emperor, you can't think about it! The solider of the empire certainly does not allow the enemy to invade. Similarly, the emperor cannot allow the emperor to arbitrarily transfer his own interests. When necessary, the military will also make a tough attitude against the decision of the emperor. Assassination of Gislente is a signal, and I hope that the Emperor will not be willing to go his own way. I want to come to Garcia, but I have just been crowned. It’s at the current crisis. I don’t want to risk the military’s face.

    Ruhr's words…Adrick listened.

    If you change to another person, if you are sitting in front of Ruhr, it’s not Adek, but other military squads like Duke Minas. I’m afraid that chubby will never dare to come up with this idea. .

    Assassinate Gislen to stop this covenant…Although this approach seems to have some possibilities, the final core issue has touched on a very subtle place:

    The authority of the imperial power!

    Is the country a country of one person or a country of one country?

    The will of the emperor has always been the ultimate decision of the empire. Now then:When the decision of the Emperor’s Majesty does not conform to the meaning of other power classes, can the military really violate the emperor’s determination?

    Such an approach is tantamount to the practice of the “negative supremacy of the imperial power” for thousands of years.

    Directly against the emperor's decision, this approach, in any case, seems to have some "big reverse" taste.

    If you change the face of other military squad, chubby is absolutely unwilling to make such an idea.

    But the person in front of him is Adrick!

    Adrick! !

    Adek, who believes in Senate's deliberative system! An eagle is born, but the political tendency is sympathy and even the generals of the Senate system! An empire senior general who agrees with the "limitation of imperial power" proposition!

    For Adrick’s own political proposition, he himself does not have much faith in “the supremacy of the imperial power”, and he is more acceptable to accept the “appropriate restrictions on the imperial power”.

    Therefore, despite this idea, for the Majesty, for the emperor, for the imperial power, it seems that it is not respectful enough, or even somewhat obedient…

    However, for Adrick, the feelings are not unacceptable.

    Therefore, he was silent and carefully thought about the possibility. If he changed the old Duke Minas, the old-fashioned emperor, he was afraid to face the chubby sword.

    Carriage Rolling.

    Adrick usually does not have the habit of riding a horse carriage. This temporary horse carriage is naturally not a good item, driving all the way, even bumpy.

    The two imperial generals in the carriage were in a dead silence, only the rolling carriage wheel and the heavy breathing of the two in the carriage!

    FinallyAfter a long time, Adric took a deep breath and raised his head. The general face of the knife was stunned. He bit his teeth, almost the sound that came out of the teeth:

    "People are not good."

    Ruhr listened to Adric’s words, and the body that had just been tightened was slightly slack. Chubby sighed incomprehensibly, gently wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and smiled: "I thought you would suddenly turn your face, yell at me, or greet the guard outside the carriage and immediately tied me up to hand over the military. Court trial…"

    Adrik glared at Ruhr with a cold look: "What to do with the candidates!" To do this, there must be a suitable candidate – Gilent will not have no guards around him, and he himself is a senior general of Atlantis, and his skills will never be bad! To be able to hurt him, still can't kill him, at the same time…Still have to get out safely…"Having said that, Adrick’s voice has become more and more cold: "…And once there is any accident, whether it is the failure of the task, or the injury and capture, there must be a determination to die, and must not leak a little. You must find someone you can trust. ”

    Ruhr listened, smiled and looked at Adrick: "You thought about it for a long time, just thinking about such a problem?"

    "What?"Adrik is expressionless.

    “It’s really important to find a dead man, but you need to think more and more importantly.”Chubby raised a finger: "The first thing to do is your Adeke's head!"

    Adrik is silent.

    Chubby's voice, against the rhythm of the rhythmic carriage-swinging, became more feminine: "Things are not exposed, and it won't be long before everyone will know what the truth is-although no one will be silly to pierce, but, all of you, you, ME, including Randy, as well as His Majesty the Emperor himself, will know exactly who did this! The significance of this matter was originally to show the determination of the military to your majesty, and never compromise! Your majesty, who will understand this thing, is you Adek! You are now the number one figure in the military, and it is the number one opponent who strongly opposes and Atlantean is now compromising. Is it not your lord or who? ”

    Adric continued to be silent.

“……So, what you need to consider is your head! IndeedIf this matter is completed, I believe that a 70% grasp can delay this covenant for some days, and it will force Majesty to face up to the will of the military. But You Adric, from then on, became the nail in your eyes, the thorn in the flesh! No emperor will tolerate a senior general who has the courage to confront himself with his extreme wrists! Especially you still have the influence of the army! Once you have done this, then the Emperor’s Majesty will regard you as an enemy! If the empire can survive this difficult time, then the first thing to do in the future is to use whatever means, and to get rid of your military leader. ”

    Ruhr's look is gloomy: "I know you very well, Adrick. You will never be the kind of power to intimidate the emperor, I understand your love for this country, and understand the integrity and fairness of your heart. So…Once the emperor wants to liquidate this matter in the future, you absolutely can't fight with the emperor…No, you won’t fight with him at all. No matter what crimes you give you in the future, or even how to deal with you, I am afraid that you will be bound. So once you do this, then in the future, you will die! Our young emperor is not an open-minded person. I have been with him for half a year. I know him very well. This young sire, he can bear, but his temper, but the bones are extreme. Once he hates you deeply, he will definitely find a way to kill your threat in the future. So

    Adek suddenly smiled, his smile was very calm, but the tone was cold, so the night wind outside the carriage.

    "If it is for the country, I don't care for Adrik."Adek faintly said: "This is the case."

    Ruhr looked at Adrick, and Chubby's eyes were dignified. After a while, Ruhr sighed softly: "Okay…You fight fearless, my Ruhr is not a coward, this slain, you don't have to bother to find it, I am doing it, my old Ruhr's skill, you should be relieved, haha! HumThe guy in Gislent should be good, but when we were at the military academy, we had a drink and I was able to solve it. Oh! ”

    Adrik glanced at Ruhr, his eyes were a little excited, but then he shook his head: "You? I am afraid that you can't do this. We are going to plant the warlord henchmen, but you can only recognize one person from the top of the empire, and you will recognize you from the back – unless you can lose weight in two or three days. ”

    Ruhr hēi hēi laughed twice: "I don't need it either. I am a friend of this family. I know a friend more than you. I know a Mage friend, ask him to give me a spell, change my appearance in an hour or two. The figure can still be done."

    Adric decided that Ruhr was serious. He frowned and looked at Ruhr: "…chubby, this is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will die!" And once you miss, you can't be caught. ”

    "Once I missed it, I broke myself."Chubby said faintly: "I heard that Mage can formulate a potion, hide it in the teeth, bite it and swallow it before death, and the body will be melted into a pool of blood for a moment. Even if it is dead, don't worry about revealing identity – As for the external, I said that I was killed on the wall, or I was injured at home, and it would be fine if I died seriously."

“……I am not kidding you, chubby, really will die! ”Adrick looked awe.

    “Go to hell!”

    Ruhr's eye muscles picked him up. He suddenly opened the carriage window and looked out the window. The evening wind blew in and swept away the sultry heat in the carriage.

    Chubby stared at the sky, didn't look back, but sullenly whispered: "Do you know, these days, I can't sleep, I close my eyes every day, I can see that night…I saw the brothers who died in front of my eyes, saw my Deputy General, my flag officer, and my officers rushed to the scene. I remember one of my guard captains. I have been with me for ten years. I haven’t died in many years of fighting. He had already retired, but because of his loyalty to me, he stayed with me for overdue service. He often I joked that it is safest to follow me, because I am best at protecting myself. But that night, he helped me block the rebel spears. Several spears picked him up from the horse. I didn’t even have time to pull him. His body was picked into the chaos and stepped on. The meat is muddy. The intensive hooves, all night and night, ringing in my ear…"

    Chubby's voice was sluggish, and he suddenly pulled his mouth, revealing a weird smile, and then turned back.

    His smile was reflected in Adek's eyes.

    "Do you mean to die? I don't care at all…Because, I should have died that night, and I died with my brothers! ”

    Staring at Adrick's eyes, Chubby said with tears in his eyes.

    Surrounded by horse-riding guards, the horse carriage came all the way to the Imperial Palace.

    The Imperial City looks much colder than ever, and even the Imperial Guard outside the Imperial Palace is much smaller than in the past – most of the Imperial Guards are transferred to the city walls to participate in the city defense, and the Imperial Palace is only left at the moment. Hundreds of Imperial Guards barely supported a shelf, and even many servants in the court issued weapons and armor to do Imperial Guard.

    Adric's horse carriage was not blocked and was released all the way.

    At such a moment, Adrick was the last spiritual pillar of Osgiliath. Regardless of the emperor's original intention, he has become the emperor's greatest reliance. During this time, he often went in and out of the Imperial Palace to report the war. The emperor has already Ordered, Adric is free to enter and exit the Imperial Palace.

    The horse carriage came all the way to the majestic palace before, and then went up to the solemn dozens of wide steps.

    The golden armored warriors standing on both sides of the past have long since disappeared, and they look cold and clear.

    Adrick and Ruhr got the carriage, and they stood on the steps and looked around.

    "still remember……When you and I were honored, I will…As a general of Army, I received the official honours and awards from my father. ”Ruhr suddenly got a little embarrassed.

    Adric bit his lip and didn't speak.

    "Don't be so nervous. Tonight, I just met with the meeting of Gislen. I really signed the covenant. I have to wait a day or two at the earliest. We still have time to do it."Ruhr tried to comfort Adrick.

    Adek nodded silently, and was about to enter with Ruhr, but he suddenly heard the direction of the road, and a rolling carriage of cars came.

    Looking around, I saw a beautiful and luxurious horse carriage, slowly coming from a group of Royal Imperial Guard cavalry. Even the horses of the carriage were pure white royal horses, tall and majestic. The gesture is extraordinary.

    This is clearly the royal family's royal horse carriage, but in the carriage compartment, cast the open carriage window, the two saw the sitting inside, but the face of the beard of Gislente!

    Gilent's bright uniforms, badges, and sashes are actually the full set of the highest ceremonial dresses, which look warm and energetic.

    Ruhr immediately pulled Adrik: "Ha! In order to see Gislente, His Majesty sent his own horse carriage and honor guard to pick up people, and then he had great privileges. ”

    Since they met, the two simply stopped standing on the steps and waited for the arrival of Gislent.

    "I suddenly remembered this time when I saw Gislent, he said."

    Ruhr looked at Adrik: "What?"

    Adek’s look was cold: “At the time, we stood on the top of the arrow tower in the harbour area and looked at our seawall. Gislente said this to me, 'You have a beautiful harbor.' Well, that was what he said at the time."

    Ruhr looked at him and stared at the distant horse carriage. He said: "Well, I remember that I heard this sentence, but the original words are not what his Gislent said, and it seems that there is also a small sentence. ."

    The two General glanced at each other and frowned at the same time.

    About forty years ago, when Emperor Kontos was just succeeded, the state of the empire was still intact. Although the interior was rotted, at least it still maintained a shelf of a glamorous empire. Byzantine, the new emperor of the Empire, Atlantis sent a tribute to the minister, and the weight of the congratulatory ambassador was unprecedented!

    The comers were the Naval Vice-chancellor of the then Kingdom of Atlantis, the Admiral Green Jay, who had the status of the Atlantis Navy “army soul”. At that time, the admiral Atlantis, who had been over 60 years old, had asked the tower to watch the scenery of the harbour when he was disembarking on the shore. This request was accepted by the imperial ceremonial officer who was responsible for receiving the messenger.

    The Admiral of the Kingdom of Atlantis was at the top of the tower. After carefully watching the entire port area of ​​Osgiliath, I didn’t know if it was sentimental, or deliberately, whispered. Words – or self-talk, but the voice is not low enough, the imperial ceremonies and diplomats present have heard!

    "You have a beautiful harbor, but unfortunately…Such a beautiful harbor should belong to a maritime power. ”

    This sentence, even in the past, even triggered a serious diplomatic friction.

    The night at the moment is obviously summer, but the warm evening breeze blows on both bodies, but it seems to be carrying a chill of chill!

    As if recalling this past event at the same time, the eyes of General of the two empires are a bit cold!