Throne Steps

The south-central part of the Rhaetian Continent, the territory of Rose Color.

"So... Soyang's city lord really died unexpectedly."

His fingertips tapped the table silently, and the rose-colored gem was clasped on the power ring.The owner of the hand is an elderly man dressed in rich clothes, tall and serious.Elegant rose-colored patterns were embroidered on the edge of his skirt, and the family crest was engraved in the brooch on the collar.

"Indeed." The man across the table replied.He looks younger, but he can be considered a mature middle-aged man.He was wearing simple casual clothes, but the calluses on his hands, the determination in his eyes, and the murderous look between his brows all declared that he was not a commoner.

He's from the Southwest Army.

"When our people rushed in, he had already died in the main hall." The southwestern soldier's sitting posture was upright, and his firm tone made the content of the words seem unquestionable, "Those who do it don't think otherwise. "

"... Suoyang's 'betrayer'? I remember." The man in the Chinese costume was not surprised by the other party's words. He slowly evoked a smile, but the smile did not reach his eyes, "It's called Farah, right? ?”

"Yes." The Southwestern soldier replied, "Let's be considered the most senior general of the Suoyang rebel army."

"However, he was the one who pushed Suoyang into the fire pit with his own hands." The man said, with a trace of sarcasm in his tone, "Now, the former top general should be 'non-existent'."

The Southwest soldier replied: "It should be true."

The man raised his eyebrows and said, "But I haven't seen his 'death' so far."

"This is one of the reasons why I came to report to you in person." The Southwest soldier replied indifferently, "It was not our people who checked the casualties of Suoyang in the first round. He marked Farah as 'missing'. It is inconvenient for us to directly Change results. Also, we have not yet found a matching 'replacement'."

The man seemed indifferent, but he looked over with a bit of sharpness and mockery: "In the midst of a chaotic battle, is it difficult to 'die' alone?"

"It's not difficult." The southwestern soldier's face remained unchanged, "When we are ready, we will announce his 'death' immediately, and it will never be later than His Highness's wedding."

"I know what you guys are thinking, but you have to know..." The man stood up slowly, leaned towards the opposite side of the table, stared at him with half-closed eyes, and said condescendingly, "This military achievement is for you, isn't it?" In order for you to use it as a weight, so that you can gain the upper hand in the army's infighting; it is not for you to be like clowns, and only use it to please people at certain times."

The Southwest soldier was not at all afraid of this imposing oppression, he even smiled lightly: "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion."

The man turned sideways and walked slowly towards the window.The light and shade of the light make the pattern on the placket more gorgeous and dreamy, and the tassels on the brocade belt also sway slightly with the steps.The man stood still in front of the window, and the spring flowers outside the window quietly soothed his irritability in the dark.

I don't know if it was affected by the natural light in front of the window, he squinted his eyes, and then whispered: "Actually, this person... shouldn't stay."

"I'm sorry, I'm on His Highness's side on this point." The Southwestern soldier looked at his back sideways and replied, "He has signed a loyalty contract, so he doesn't have to worry about betrayal—oh, no, it should be said differently about Farah After all, he first betrayed Retia, and then betrayed Suoyan, he is indeed a 'recidivist' of betrayal."

The Southwest soldier seemed satisfied with his description, paused, and then continued: "Farah... the loyalty contract is like a chain on a dog, we shouldn't have to worry about him going crazy and 'biting'."

"But he is always His Highness' handle."

"He is more familiar with Suoyang's rectification work. Even if he is to be solved, at least wait until Suoyang is stable again." The Southwest soldier replied, "I suggest you, don't bother too much about this trivial matter. After all, Suoyang Yang has suffered heavy losses, and it is thankless to be responsible for rectifying it."

The man in the rose-colored dress didn't know what he was thinking, and stood silently for a while before saying, "Then, we will issue a warrant for Farah."

"...Of course." The Southwest soldier said clearly, "We will complete this task soon."

The man turned around and looked at the Southwest soldier: "His Royal Highness's wedding is at the end of July. It's best to settle the matter of Farah as soon as possible."

"I understand." The Southwest Army said, "I have to go to his wedding anyway, and I can't lose face."

The man nodded: "Although this matter is not a wedding gift, it should be good news that can be reassuring to His Highness."

"Speaking of which, I forgot to ask one thing." The Southwest Army said, "The letter from the chief executive from the Ainuma Temple... Do you want to respond? How do you plan to solve it?"

"We don't need to move here for the time being." The man replied, "In the royal court, someone will take care of it."

In the middle of the mainland of Raetia, the intelligence branch of Danlu.

"The rebel general didn't get caught? Isn't this too unbelievable?"

Dan Lu held a piece of paper in his left hand, and the fingers of his right hand made a crackling sound on the paper.This action is actually a bit sloppy, but Danlu's face is beautiful and graceful, even doing so is quite pleasing to the eye.

In her hand was a mission document from the Mercenary Guild.The most eye-catching thing on the paper is a name and a simple but distinctive avatar. Below the avatar is marked a considerable amount of reward, and further down is the description of the task.

The general idea of ​​this official document is that Soyang's rebel general Farah disappeared during the Suoyang recovery battle. Now the royal court issued a wanted order, and the mercenary guild jointly issued a hiring mission, offering a reward for arresting this person.In order to show his importance, this is still a task that can obtain stars, the team is one star, and the individual is three stars.

"According to the battle reports circulated by the Southwest Army, Suoyang's whereabouts were indeed not found when the rebels were counted. There is also news that the city lord of Suoyang committed suicide before the Southwest Army found him." Sitting in Danlu Sean next to him took away the mercenary document, looked at it casually, and said, "However, Suoyang's battle was really annoying. In a tiny place, all kinds of news are flying all over the sky."

She handed the official document to the opposite side: "Especially the one from the Ainuma Temple wants to join in the fun, right?"

"Don't blame me for his account." He took the document with his slender fingers, and a young man in black looked at the content on the paper slowly and smiled, "He is him, I am me. More What's more, when this letter was sent, I wasn't in the temple."

"The Temple of Ainuma is your Swan Tower, what difference does it make if you are there or not?" Sean raised his eyebrows and said, "Besides, if you are in the Temple, you will stop that letter?"

Li Chen smiled and said, "No."

Sean rolled his eyes.

The young man handed the official document in his hand to Fudexi who was sitting next to him, and said, "I don't care about his affairs. Besides, His Highness won't stop this letter, so why should I join in the fun?"

Wiggins' warning letter was sent by ordinary mail, but Noah's early warning was sent by Shenniao and Xueyan. Naturally, the latter reached Saenz, Lichen and even Sean sooner.If Saenz was really afraid of this letter, it would be okay to send someone to intercept it, but he did not do so.Li Chen, on the other hand, was purely on the sidelines.

Although in the future, Saenz may use "ineffective supervision" as an excuse to openly bring Lichen to him.But now Li Chen doesn't want to worry about him for the time being, nor does he want to be his little padded jacket, so let it go.

Looking at the official document, Fudexi thought of something, and met Li Chen's eyes.

Sean watched them interact and asked in confusion, "Why, Black Swan is interested in this task?"

Li Chen replied calmly: "It's just that I'm a little concerned because it's a star mission, let alone a single star."

Most of the mercenary missions do not have a star rating. Although Farah is only from the little Soyang, he can be regarded as a traitor after all, and his personal three-star mission level is worthy of him.As for Li Chen, who aims at the nine-star personal guard, he still has his two-star status all year round.

"Well, I was curious about one thing when I mentioned Your Highness." Sean looked at him and asked with great interest, "What's the matter with you?"

Li Chen raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

"It seems like you haven't seen him much for half a year? I also heard that you didn't even give this year's New Year's gift." Xiao En asked, "If there is a collapse, you will not be able to speak in front of me safely, so ...Are you having trouble? It looks like it was about the time you went out together last year?"

Fudexi has always been puzzled about this matter.So he put down the official document and prepared to listen carefully to the conversation between the two.

"Didn't Dan Lu go too?" Li Chen glanced at the woman next to him who looked like she was watching a show, "Why didn't you ask her?"

"Her? A guy who doesn't know anything at all." Sean shrugged. "In addition to the state of you and His Highness, the chief minister of the temple has also started to go crazy. I'm really curious about what you guys have gone through."

In fact, Danlu also has a big harvest, but he can't say a word of this, even though Xiao En is Danlu's direct boss.As an insider of everything, Li Chen couldn't reveal any of these three things, so he could only stare at Xiao En with a half-smile: "Are you the person in charge of intelligence, or the person in charge of gossip?"

"Curiosity is human nature. What's more, finding out the whole story of these things will also allow me to better understand everyone's current situation, won't it?" Xiao En said, "Besides, I am so entangled in these news and intelligence. Come on, I just asked you to help. Can't you gossip and let me relax?"

Sean already had a lot of things to do, even though she herself came to the central region to sit in charge, the news about Suoyang still upset her.In desperation, she had no choice but to ask Li Chen for help again.

At that time, Li Chen had just finished inspecting some of Black Swan's properties, and he was uncharacteristically relaxed and leisurely.There is nothing left and right, so I brought Fudexi to help.

This group helped Suo Yang to be defeated, the Southwest Army stabilized the situation, and even issued official documents and arrest warrants for the victory.

"Since you are free to gossip, it seems that you are not very busy." Li Chen stood up, "It's just right, I plan to leave in these two days."

Sean was taken aback: "Where are you going?"

Li Chen glanced at Fudexi who was standing up, walked around to Xiao En, and patted her on the shoulder.

"Go back to the nest, let's take a closer look at how our chief executive is doing to death."