The imperial meeting hall of the Seven Hills Empire. Due to the absence of Ella Cornelius Scipio, this place has become a little gloomy now. Several ministers are gathering here to hold a secret meeting. Su. Cornelius
Scipio sat on Ella's throne, looking slightly tired - her niece, Ella Cornelius Scipio, who was "accidentally killed" due to an attack by thieves, has
He has been missing for more than a month.
"Lord Scipio, we have wiped out that group of thieves, including their stronghold. But we still haven't found any trace of Baselisa."
"So, we still can't find that golden little bird?" Su You asked feebly. Seeing that several cabinet ministers were silent, he suddenly shook his hand and dropped the tea cup on the ground, "What are those thieves doing?
Food! How can you let a little baby bird that hasn’t even learned to fly run away?"
Several ministers present were involved in the plan to murder Ella. Originally, it was confirmed that after Ella's death, Su. Cornelius Scipio would naturally inherit Ella's position and become the new ruler of the Seven Hills Empire.
With the term of Basileus, these ministers will also gain higher status and more power.
Berengar was also among these ministers. He was the only one in the whole room who discovered Ella's movements a month ago, but he did not reveal a word during this month.
Hartmann stood up and said in a deep voice: "Sir, according to the confessions of the thieves, Baselisa should have been captured by the pirates. This is not bad news."
"Captured? By the troops of the 'King of Beasts'? Hartmann, how do pirate kingdoms generally deal with captives? Sell them as slaves?"
"The pirate kingdom has a tradition of blood sacrifice. They will kill captives and sacrifice them to their gods. But if they find that the captive is a noble, they will come to ask for ransom before the blood sacrifice."
After listening to Hartmann's explanation, Su grabbed his hair tightly:
"This is not good news. If they come and ask us for a ransom, we can't pretend that nothing happened and take the little bird back, right? But if we refuse to pay, the governors and generals everywhere will
They will accuse me of deliberately framed Baselisa!"
Just when he was distressed, a soldier quietly walked into the hall and reported in a low voice: "The envoy of Tianfang Empire is outside asking to see Baselisa."
"Drive him back! Just say that Baselisa is not feeling well these days!" Hartmann waved the soldiers away, and then said, "Sir, I don't think anyone will stand with the dead Baselisa.
.”
"But they won't be on my side either! You know, those governors and generals each have many private soldiers! Their eyes are full of desire. Once they are given a chance, they will seize the West.
The throne of the Pia family! If the news about my murder of Baselisa is spread, wouldn’t it be a just and fair excuse for all of them to raise armies!”
Su slapped the throne and yelled. But his voice was quickly silenced by the sound of hurried footsteps. The soldiers who had just been driven out ran in again and said in a panic: "Adults, it's not good.
, the envoy from Tianfang Empire knocked down the guard at the palace gate and forced his way in!"
"Forcibly break in? How many people are there?"
"Only...there is only one messenger."
Su yelled more openly: "Then send more people to stop him! How did you manage that the palace guards couldn't stop even one messenger?"
"Palace Guards." Berengar deliberately repeated the word. These Palace Guards were "carefully" selected by Su for Ella, and their combat effectiveness was not even as good as that of bandits. Su heard the sarcasm in his tone and patted him.
He shook his head and sighed: "Yes, these are the guards specially prepared for that little chick. It's time to replace them again."
Before the soldier could retreat, another soldier rushed in. He ran too fast and fell directly to the ground. In full view of everyone, he got up in a panic and said: "Sir, that messenger, that messenger
he……"
Hartmann frowned: "Why are you panicking! What are you talking about! Tell me clearly, what happened to the messenger?"
The soldier stabilized his mood and said: "Sir, my lord, a dozen or so people and I wanted to surround him, but in the blink of an eye, I only blinked once, and everyone was cut into two!"
"Killed ten people in half at the same time? What weapon did the messenger use?"
"No, there is no weapon. He is empty-handed... I didn't even see him raising his hands! He is already outside the door now... Let me make an announcement."
Su stood up from the throne with a dark face. Berengar waved his hand, and the two Guards soldiers behind him handed the Spear of Longinus into his hand. Su saw the gun of Longinus.
Gun, his expression relaxed a little. He sat back on the throne and gave all the ministers present a look, asking them to pay attention to their manners. After all the ministers stood in line, he said calmly: "
Let the envoy from Tianfang Empire come in to see me."
The envoy walked into the hall. He seemed to be a priest doing ascetic practices, wearing a ragged linen garment that had been mended many times. For an envoy from a big country, this was extremely disgraceful. That
The messenger walked all the way to the throne, bowed humbly, then raised his head and said loudly:
"Gregory, the envoy of the Tianfang Empire, has come here to conclude a permanent alliance treaty with Ella Cornelius Scipio, Baselisa of the Seven Hills Empire, by order of the King of Kings."
Su wanted to give this audacious messenger a blow, and deliberately did not reply. Silence enveloped the spacious meeting hall. Gregory waited for a long time, but did not hear Su's reply, so he had to repeat:
"The messenger Gregory, by order of the King of Kings, has come to conclude a treaty of friendship and alliance with the noble Baselisa."
Only then did Su speak, and the first time he opened his mouth was a stern question:
"Treaty of Friendship and Alliance? As an envoy, you actually forced your way into our palace and injured our guards. This is clearly the Tianfang Empire declaring war on our country, right?"
Unexpectedly, Gregory replied tit for tat: "Before coming here, the King of Kings told me that if the Seven Hills Empire intends to go to war, our country will be happy to cooperate."
As soon as these words came out, all the ministers present looked at each other. This domineering look did not look like they were here to conclude a treaty of friendship and alliance. Su's face suddenly turned dark. The Tianfang Empire was stronger than Qi
Qiu Empire, he did not want to go to war with the Tianfang Empire at all. It was only because he heard that the other party was here to conclude an alliance treaty that he dared to scare Gregory. He never expected that Gregory would not even give him a step
