"What do you mean?" Link and Earl Weir both stood up and looked at the Earth Wolf: "What's going on? Are they planning to take action here?!"
"Don't be nervous." Dilang looked at the nervous look of Link and the others and laughed at them: "We haven't studied their possible attack locations together many times, why did I just say it?
No more confidence?!"
Over the past few days, Leodo, the earth wolf, has been conscientiously responsible for reconnaissance matters. Not only did he check in front and back every time he set up camp, but every day when Chippa sent out an outpost to investigate, he also followed him all the way to see what happened.
Are these outposts exploring the road or delivering some shady news? However, in the past few days, nothing has been gained.
Link and the others had been studying the map of the Sakala Empire as early as when they were at Yorok Castle, especially the route from Yorok Castle to the Imperial Capital. After Lord Perigo gave the route, although this route was
It was complicated and somewhat beyond their expectations, but they still based on the actual situation and terrain distribution, delineated several locations where Perigueux was most likely to take action.
However, both Link and Weir also felt that Perigo would not take action when Link and the others had just left Yoroke Castle and had not gone far into his jurisdiction.
It was no surprise that nothing was found during the tracking and reconnaissance. On the contrary, everyone advised Dilang not to be vigilant so early and made them nervous. This is why Dilang was in the mood to play tricks on them now.
"I just said how is this possible?" Earl Weir breathed out, sat down, took another sip of tea, and then said angrily to Leodo, the land wolf: "You said you haven't learned anything, you have learned it.
It’s such a bad habit to bluff people, it’s really fallen too fast.”
"Who is in the mood to bluff you, a guy who doesn't know how to bluff?" Dilang has already become familiar with them, but Dilang and Weier can be regarded as old rivals who have never known each other before they fight. Although they are in the same camp now, they still have troubles from time to time.
Like to fight with each other, Dilang was far from being polite to this guy Weir, he also found a comfortable position to sit down, and then retorted: "I will tell you the real situation, it's you
I'm nervous, the city lord really won't be able to come for a while."
"Oh?" Link became interested after hearing this, and asked the Earth Wolf: "Why? What is that guy busy with?!"
"It has nothing to do with us," Dilang responded lazily, "There was a residential house in the southeast of the city that suddenly collapsed. It was probably because of the sudden wind and rain. When I just came back, I saw the city lord heading there.
I'm running away, I guess I won't be able to take care of you for a while."
"It's really unreasonable." Count Weir threw away the tea cup in his hand and complained: "When I first entered the city, I looked at this guy's expression and he looked very impatient. Now he actually dares to leave us alone.
He's just a small city lord who doesn't care about us here, so he's going against the grain!"
Earl Weil is really a bit depressed. With his status, he is also a high-class noble in the Bavarian Empire. Even when he meets a provincial governor, he is still polite to him. If Perigueux
This kind of person with the strength of a magician and the level of a minister, if he despises him a little, maybe he can pretend not to see them, but now that a little person like the Lord of Harry City dares to despise them like this, it really makes Weir
The count felt very angry.
When he was in Fort Colo, Lord Viado's attitude towards him could not be said to be very enthusiastic. However, it was probably because of Lord Viado's reputation as a "butcher" that was known throughout the imperial capital that Earl Weir did not dare to take action.
, if any other garrison commander dared to treat him with that attitude, I am afraid that Weir would have taken action long ago. What's more, the current Lord of Harry City, in terms of status in their respective empires, is inferior to that of Fort Colo.
The garrison commander himself is still far behind.
The official titles of the Saqqara Empire are different from those of the Bavarian Empire, but they are still roughly analogous. The position of city lord is just a way of addressing local administrative officials. The specific official position of the city lord still depends on their respective jurisdictions.
Judging by its size and importance, Castle Colo itself is located at the hub of the handover between the two empires and is an important channel for commercial exchanges between the two countries. Its importance cannot be overstated. However, Habe City is not only remote but also small.
, the status of this city lord can be imagined, if it were not for this time that the Sakala Empire took too much into consideration the factors of safety and privacy when formulating their route into the imperial capital, high-level officials such as envoys from foreign empires would
The team will definitely not pass through a place like this.
From Earl Weir's point of view, the city lord of Habei City should be extremely respectful and attentive to them. Unexpectedly, when they arrived, the city lord also went to the city gate to greet them, and everything was done according to etiquette.
However, whether it was his actions or his tone, it was obvious that he was not very welcoming to their arrival. After they were brought into the city, he had no consciousness of accompanying these distinguished guests and casually said goodbye.
He had other matters to deal with, so he left in a hurry. This had already made Weier a little angry just now, but now listening to what Di Lang said, that city lord actually left them here like this, but ran away first.
He went to deal with other matters, which really made Will feel that this guy was a bit too bullying.
"Bastard, this guy is really a bastard." Will threw the cup on the table with murderous intent and shouted, "If it hadn't been for... hum... if not for... I would never have spared him!"
"Okay, okay, stop barking. It's just a late dinner. It's not a big deal." Dilang took out the wine he got from someone's arms and took a big gulp.
Continue to argue against Weir: "If you have the strength to go after that city lord, how about I help you catch him now and let you beat him half to death?!"
"That's right." This time, the person who answered was actually Link. He actually stood up and urged Earl Weir: "Let's go, let's go now! Let's go together!"
"Where are you going?" Weir stood up in confusion. Looking at Link's excited face, he slowly came back to his senses. He was startled, looked at Link in disbelief and shouted: "
Aren't you? Are you really going to find trouble with that city lord?!"
The land wolf on the side jumped up at Link's words and looked at Link like a stranger.
Although Earl Weir grew up in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital, he attaches great importance to the etiquette between the nobles, which essentially represents social relations, but it does not mean that he will really be so indifferent.
Guy.
When they set out from the Bavarian Empire, their group had been told to hide their whereabouts as much as possible, and the Saqqara Empire obviously thought so too, otherwise they would not have chosen such a route.
What's more, they have now confirmed that Perigueux does have murderous intentions towards them. Although it is not yet time to take action, they are still standing on their territory after all, and they can be killed at any time.
Something unexpected may have happened. In the past few days, Count Weir said that the Earth Wolf was too nervous to follow those outposts for close reconnaissance. It was just out of the habit of going against the Earth Wolf. In fact, in this environment, Count Weir himself
It's impossible to really relax like this.
Although Earl Weir attaches great importance to the etiquette of those nobles, of course he also feels that it is very pleasant to enjoy it when conditions permit, but he will not do it for such a thing in such a situation where a powerful enemy is obviously watching.
Things come to get angry and cause trouble. In fact, the Sakala Empire arranged for an escort team to carry so many luxury goods along the way, making their lives so comfortable. It was quite beyond his expectation.
, the angry look just now was just based on the logic of daily behavior.
But what I really didn’t expect was that Link, who had always paid no attention to these etiquettes, and could even be said to be a little disgusted, would react so violently to this city lord’s disrespectful behavior this time.
I still thought about rushing out to find him immediately.
"Knight Link, what riddle are you trying to solve?" Earth Wolf Leo looked at Link, his expression gradually relaxed, he took another sip of wine, and asked with a smile: "Can I tell you first, what is this place?"
Habei City is not an important place at first glance. The person who will be appointed as the city lord here must be just a small person. If you want to get something useful out of his mouth, you'd better save yourself the trouble as soon as possible.
Forget about your strength."
Although Di Lang has not known Link for a long time, he still has a relatively clear understanding of Link's character. At least he can be sure that Link is now suffering from a sudden madness.
, the possibility of really going to trouble the city lord for this kind of thing under such circumstances is probably lower than the possibility that Lord Perigueux wants to hunt them down because he has a crush on Count Vere.
That's why he reminded Link that if you want to understand Perigo's intentions, then there is no need to bother. After all, ambushing visiting envoys from neighboring countries, especially the princesses who have married from neighboring countries, is a no-brainer.
It is such a big deal, except for his absolute confidants, Perigueux will never let any irrelevant person know even a little bit of information about this matter.
It is one thing that this city lord has a low status in the Sakala Empire. What is more important is that this Habe City is just the first small castle they passed after leaving Yorok Castle.
The location where Perigueux chose to take action must have been far away. There was absolutely nothing Perigueux had to tell the city lord to prepare in advance. Therefore, no matter what method was used, it should be basically done from this point.
Even if the city lord, who knew nothing about it, could get any useful information, it would be absolutely impossible.
"Lord Leo, how can you say that?!" Link looked at Earth Wolf, showing a look of obvious surprise on his face, and said to him: "We are now going to beat up the man who is disrespectful to our imperial envoy.
Officials, for the glory of our great Bavarian Empire, don’t you think this reason is enough?!”
"Dear Earl of Weir, Lord Golden Knight, you who are far-sighted will not be as short-sighted as this wolf, right?" Link turned around and pretended to salute Earl of Weir, and said: "Let's go, let's go together for
Fight for the honor of the Bavarian Empire!"
Earl Weir and the Earth Wolf both watched Link's performance dumbfounded, but saw the guy walk out the door on his own after finishing speaking, and only turned back to the Earth Wolf Leo and said: "You still
Stay here and protect the princess."
Earl Weir was stunned for a moment, then stood up and followed Link out.
Although he also felt that Link was a mysterious guy who didn't know what he was doing, but after experiencing what happened to Xiaocun and the Yuanyue clan, he had long been accustomed to choosing to believe in Link's abilities, so even though he couldn't figure it out
, but still subconsciously chose to follow Link.
"No, what are you doing?" Dilang, who had just climbed onto the bed and lay down, looked at Weir a little depressed: "I thought you would be more rational, but you went crazy like Link?!"
"Now that the entire mission is one, whatever he does will mean that something happened to me. Besides," Weir sighed helplessly, but walked to the door, held the door and turned around.
, but he still changed his tone and said with a smile: "I can't be as short-sighted as you, Lord Leodo."
"You..." Leodo just jumped up, but Weir didn't give him a chance to refute, he just closed the door and left.
"Go and inform your captain, Lord Chippa, that we have something to ask him, and ask him to come over immediately and follow us to see the city lord here!" The Earth Wolf's hearing is naturally extremely sharp, and he vaguely heard Link talking at the end of the corridor.
He raised his arrogance and started shouting and shouting.
"Crazy, all crazy", the earth wolf Riodo muttered. His senses are probably not as sensitive as Link's. Even if he is lying here, all situations within a certain range cannot escape his ears and eyes.
The place where the little princess rests is not far away. If anything happens, with his ability, this space will be there in a blink of an eye. After all, to protect such a lady, one should keep a certain distance. It's really
To protect him at all times would be a real pervert. Therefore, Leodo, the earth wolf, decided to stay in this room. He moved a little and let himself lie down on the bed in the most comfortable position.
Looking out the window, although the wind gradually stopped, the rain still showed no sign of letting up. Dilang took another sip of wine and said, "These two lunatics ran out in such a heavy rain. At this time, how can there be anything outside?"
Stay comfortable in your room."
But in fact, Link and Will are quite comfortable now.
The wind had gone, and although the rain was still coming down heavily, it could no longer reach them.
Behind each of them were two guards, holding a special large umbrella high above their heads.
Habe City was originally a small town, with not many residents. Under such heavy rain, there was no one on the streets at all.
For Count Weir, walking on the empty streets in such rain is a new experience. The only regret is that the ones following him are not a few elegant girls or ladies, but Lin Lin.
Ke, Zipa, and a few guards following behind were a group of great men.
Chippa was not in such a good mood as Will. He was following Link, apologizing and explaining to Link silently.
"Master Weir, Master Link, we didn't do this well. Please calm down, please calm down." Zipa followed closely behind Weir and Link, and said to them: "City Lord Xie Lin
There is some negligence in etiquette, but it is also because of some unexpected things. It is by no means disrespectful to the envoys. I can guarantee this. I have also ordered the relevant officials in the city to prepare for the dinner immediately. There will never be anything wrong.
Please don't be angry, please don't be angry."
He really didn't expect that these two envoys, who had been getting along quite well with each other all the way, would suddenly fall out over such a trivial matter, and they would noisily go to find the city lord here.
trouble,
"Lord Chippa," Link suddenly stopped, looked at Chippa, his voice raised a few degrees in vain, and shouted: "You think our Bavarian Empire is so poor that we don't even have food to eat, so we go all the way as an envoy?"
Are you, the Sakara Empire, here just to cheat you out of dinner?!"
"No, no, no." Zipa didn't expect that his words would cause such a big reaction. He shook his hands and kept saying: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I never meant this, never meant this.
mean."
"Lord Chippa, do you really not know why we are angry?!" Link's face was as dark as water, looking at Chippa.
"Well," Qipa said with a wry smile, "we always receive poor reception. Please calm down Sir Link. If you have any requests, please feel free to ask."
"Request? Huh! It seems that Lord Chippa really doesn't know." Link sneered, turned to Count Weir and asked: "Sir, when the two countries formally sent envoys to communicate with each other, did the envoys represent the entire country?
National dignity?”
"Of course." Although Weir still didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Link's gourd, at this time, he still wanted to help regardless of whether he understood it or not. He glanced at Zipa coldly and said:
"There are reciprocal etiquettes that must be strictly observed in the exchange of envoys between the two countries. If one party arbitrarily lowers the standards of etiquette for receiving visiting envoys, it will be regarded as the greatest insult to the dignity of the empire that sends the envoys. If such a situation occurs
Incident, no matter what price it needs to pay, any country will not hesitate to get it back!"
Even in the cool weather with heavy rain, Chippa was still sweating profusely at Count Vere's words.
As the captain of the personal guard of a minister in charge, he certainly understood that every word Earl Weir said was indeed justified.
After so many years of peace, relations between countries are resolved through the visits of the royal family and envoys. Under normal circumstances, let alone the envoys of a big country like the Bavarian Empire, even some with estranged relations
When envoys from small countries go to the Sakara Empire, the empire will definitely receive them in accordance with the prescribed etiquette, and there will never be any slightest sign of neglect.
But the current situation is abnormal. According to Lord Perigueux, this mission is obviously a secret mission. Even the route arranged is particularly weird. It actually passes through Habe City, which is far away from official roads.
Small castle.
In the past, envoys were received through official roads to the imperial capital. There were strict regulations on which castle they could rest in along the way. Each of those castles maintained a certain number of officials and officials who were responsible for receiving envoys.
Manpower, this can naturally be done without leakage. After all, with hundreds of people, all they have to do all day long is to think about the knowledge of reception etiquette and specifications, and they don't have to worry about other things. Even if they receive several visiting envoys from the empire at the same time, naturally
There will be no careless things.
But this is Habe City. It is almost within the jurisdiction of Lord Perigord and is one of the smallest cities.
The city lord here has never even encountered any missions passing through here, and has never had any experience in receiving these foreign missions. Moreover, when they arrived here today, they encountered such strong weather.
This small city collapsed everywhere, so that the city lord could not even accompany him all the way.
If I had known that this was the case, why would I have urged these envoys to hurry up when it was going to rain?!
Just let them experience the feeling of being wet in the rain and turn into drowned rats first before entering the city. Then they should no longer have any thoughts about being picky about etiquette!
Zipa couldn't help but think a little maliciously.
"Two adults, it's our fault, it's all our fault." But no matter what he thought now, it was already too late. Facing the still angry Link and Will, he couldn't help but say something.
What? With just a flash of thought, Qipa immediately nodded and bowed to Link and apologized, saying: "The city lord here is also an old acquaintance of mine. Please show me your noble hand, for my sake."
In terms of face..."
"Your face?! Humph, Lord Chippa, you have so much face!" After hearing what Chippa said, Earl Weir looked at Link, but Link shouted without any hesitation: "Master Weir has already
Let me make it very clear, this is not your problem, nor is it just our problem, this is a problem of the dignity of the Bavarian Empire!"
"We are not only the envoys of the Bavarian Empire, but also the knights of the Bavarian Empire. It is our duty and mission to defend the dignity and glory of the empire." Link became more and more excited as he spoke: "Master Zipa, this is not who
As a matter of face, in the face of the dignity of the country, any personal reasons and friendships must be put aside. I believe that this principle is no stranger to you, isn’t it?!"
"Then...then what do you want..." Zipa was really shocked by Link's momentum. He grimaced and turned over and over again, but he couldn't even come up with a question.
"Let's talk about it after we meet the city lord." Link ignored Chippa and turned his head and walked forward: "Perhaps, I will use my life and honor to challenge him!"
"Challenge?!" Zipa was startled and shouted: "He is a civil servant without rank!"
But no one paid attention to him. Both Link and Will walked forward without looking back.
The few guards who followed Link and Will looked back at Chippa a little at a loss, but still did not dare to stop.
"Why am I so unlucky?!" Zipa whined in his stomach, but had no choice but to chase after him. No matter what happened next, he would always be there to participate.
Did these two envoys take the wrong medicine?
Along the way, Zipa kept thinking about this issue.