In addition to Bonaparte, there were many nobles who came to chat with Zhang Jingxu. However, in front of Zhang Jingxu, these nobles were just like chickens and dogs, so Zhang Jingxu just said a few words to these nobles and sent them away.
Already.
However, what surprised Zhang Jingxu was that he did not meet Cowens at the banquet.
Logically speaking, if Cowans also attended this banquet, he would definitely come to Zhang Jingxu to have a good chat. After all, Cowans now has a cooperative relationship with Liu Xing and others.
So Liu Xing guessed that there might be some problems with Cowens, so he didn't come to the banquet.
As for what the problem was, Liu Xing estimated that Covens was not allowed to attend today's banquet by Louis because of his "unfavorable recruitment", or was even banned directly.
No wonder the task difficulty of the Cowens force at this stage is so high. To put it bluntly, Cowens' own strength is too poor, and he will be manipulated by Louis at will, or even used to scare the monkeys.
In addition, Louis did not come to chat with Zhang Jingxu at the banquet, which surprised Liu Xing and others.
Liu Xing felt that no matter how stupid Louis was, as the king of Skaven, he should have many staff around him to advise him, so as long as these staff were not a bunch of people who were just eating corpses, then they should suggest Louis to win over Zhang Jingxu, especially in the
After seeing Bonaparte showing favor to Zhang Jingxu.
But Louis did not do this, and even only used his eyes to influence the communication between Zhang Jingxu and Bonaparte.
So, what exactly were Louis and his staff thinking?
Liu Xing and others felt that they could not see through Louis's operation.
Just when Liu Xing and others were about to end the discussion and go back to their rooms to sleep, Cai Gouzi, who had been playing soy sauce, suddenly said: "By the way, I discovered a very strange place at today's dinner. It looks like
An ordinary rockery pond, but I noticed that there was a place on the rockery that seemed to be a twisting mechanism, so I suspected that there might be something hidden under the rockery pond."
Secret room?
typical?
These two words popped into Liu Xing's mind instantly.
Because there was no computer to play with when he was a child, Liu Xing developed a hobby of watching TV. At that time, there were many costume films adapted from martial arts novels on TV! Therefore, Liu Xing could often see various characters entering tunnels through mechanisms.
Or the bridge section of the secret room, and the rockery in the garden is also a relatively common place to set up organs.
It seems that Zhang Jingxu must have been influenced by these TV series, otherwise simply based on the European medieval background, the location of these institutions should be indoor bookshelves or lampstands.
However, if the trap is outdoors, this is good news for Liu Xing and others. After all, indoor traps are much more difficult to open than outdoor traps, because it is difficult to enter rooms with hidden traps.
A difficult thing.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing couldn't help but ask: "Cai Gouzi, are there people stationed next to that agency? Are you confident about approaching that agency?"
Of course, Liu Xing also wanted to see if Cai Gouzi could sneak and whether he was a real assassin.
Cai Gouzi thought for a while, nodded and said: "It should be no problem. I observed the surrounding situation at that time and found that the rockery pond was located in the north of the back garden. There were many trees and flowers around it for cover, and there were no
There are people specially guarding this mechanism, but that mechanism should be a very classic twisting mechanism, so based on my understanding of this mechanism, as a mechanism that appears in the palace, it may have some upgraded special features.
Settings, such as twisting in a certain direction, a certain number of turns, and even the time required for twisting, will have some requirements, so I dare not touch that mechanism rashly, because no one knows what this mechanism will do.
It doesn’t come with a deadly trap.”
This is a big problem.
Liu Xing and others also knew very well that what Cai Gouzi said was very right. Organizations like this that appeared in the hinterland of the palace should most likely be related to the royal family. Therefore, the level of these organizations is generally very high, so the opening of these organizations
The requirements are not low. You can't open it with just a few twists. In all likelihood, it also comes with anti-theft measures, such as poisonous needles and flying arrows.
And more importantly, is it necessary for Liu Xing and others to open this mechanism?
Curiosity killed the cat.
The Cthulhu Run game lobby often takes advantage of players' curiosity by setting up some mysterious-looking secret rooms in the module, and then releases messages to let players know about it.
The first reaction of players when they see these secret rooms is often "how to open this secret room" rather than "should this secret room be opened?" because the players in the Cthulhu Run game lobby have formed a mindset, then
The things or clues hidden in the secret rooms will have a huge impact on the module they are currently in, so players will often choose to open these secret rooms to find out.
However, players generally cannot collect more information about these secret rooms. They only know that these secret rooms do hide something, so players usually open these secret rooms with zero information. Who doesn't know that they are opening these secret rooms?
What will you encounter after the secret room?
Just like the first Castle Lord module that Liu Xing experienced, at that time Liu Xing and other players encountered a seemingly hidden underground secret room, but at that time Liu Xing and other players could only guess about this secret room.
It should be related to the main mission, but I didn't know that there was actually a ghoul imprisoned in this secret room.
If Liu Xing and other players had opened this secret room at that time, Liu Xing and others might have been hunted by ghouls.
Therefore, in the forum of the Cthulhu Run Game Hall, players investigated and analyzed the possible existence of the secret room, and found that among the more than 200 players surveyed, one-third of the players did not open the secret room after opening the secret room.
There was no danger, and some clues or props related to the main plot were obtained; then another third of the players suffered various attacks after opening the secret room, but if these players solved the attack problem, they were also in the secret room.
Find various useful clues or props.
As for the last third, they were basically deceived by the Cthulhu Game Hall, because these players did not get any useful clues or props after opening the secret room, but encountered various
They are in danger, and even turned against some NPCs with whom they had a good relationship, because there are dark histories of those NPCs in these secret rooms...
Liu Xing felt that the secret room under the rockery pond was likely to belong to the last third, because Liu Xing felt that judging from the current situation, his group would only stay in the palace for a few days, so the palace
It's just a cutscene map, and the module shouldn't set up any important clues in this kind of place.
What's more, Liu Xing also knew very well that his group was still being monitored by people sent by Louis, so it was very difficult to quietly go to the back garden to crack the mechanism without being noticed. After all, it was here.
After all, it is a palace, not to mention that the organs and secret rooms in the palace are not something you can open or enter whenever you want.
Of course, Liu Xing's intuition also told him that the secret room under this agency was probably used to hide some things that had nothing to do with the main plot. To put it bluntly, this secret room was either used for the king to discuss matters with certain people.
Or it was a place where the king and some people "talked about life".
Nothing more than that.
Therefore, Liu Xing felt that it would be better for him and his group to simply ignore a secret room like this, lest they see something they shouldn't see in the future, and then Louis would not look good on him and his group.
Yin En and others had similar thoughts to Liu Xing, so during the vote Liu Xing and others chose to give up on continuing to investigate the secret room. Even Cai Gouzi, who discovered the mechanism, thought so.
After all, among everyone present, Cai Gouzi is the only one who has the ability to crack the mechanism. Not only is it extremely difficult to crack a mechanism like this, but it is also very dangerous if the crack fails. Cai Gouzi is very likely to die by then.
It's dangerous, so Cai Gouzi doesn't want to crack this mechanism.
This matter has come to an end for now.
Ever since, Liu Xing and others went back to their rooms to sleep.
It has to be said that the living conditions in the palace are indeed very good, so Liu Xing took a rare nap and didn't wake up until lunch time.
After lunch, Liu Xing and others arrived at the imperial mercenary station under the protection (monitoring) of a group of guards after applying.
Because of the special status of the imperial mercenaries, Louis directly gave up part of the capital's garrison camp for the imperial mercenaries to garrison, instead of setting up a simple camp outside Niba City like the troops brought by other lords.
Of course, in addition to showing the Skaven Kingdom's respect and gratitude to the Empire, Louis was actually worried that other forces would have too much contact with the Empire's mercenaries.
Liu Xing and others met Rodriguez soon. After chatting for a while, Rodriguez took Liu Xing and others to meet the leader of the imperial mercenaries - Chen Zixuan.
From the moment he met Chen Zixuan, Liu Xing knew that this Chen Zixuan was not simple, because his appearance was much better than Bonaparte. You must know that in this world where looks are important, good-looking NPCs are generally stronger than Bonaparte.
Not too bad.
Chen Zixuan, who was wearing a white robe, stood up and said with a smile: "I am very happy to meet all the brave men. His Majesty the Emperor said before arranging for me to come to the Kingdom of Skaven, that I should assist all the brave men to avoid the danger.
Sir, what accident happened during the war?"
Of course, Zhang Jingxu knew that Chen Zixuan was just being polite to him, so Zhang Jingxu quickly shook his head and said: "No, General Chen is the future pillar of our empire. It should be us who assist General Chen in fighting. After all, our brave team
Although the strength is quite good, in such a large-scale war, our brave team can play very little role, so when the time comes, we will have to rely on the help of General Chen, and don’t call him General Chen.
We are brave men, but we are not qualified for you, General Chen, to call us master."
Chen Zixuan nodded and said with a smile: "Well, Zhang Jingxu, don't call me General Chen. Anyway, the age gap between us is not big, so we should treat each other as equals and call him by his first name."
After Chen Zixuan asked Liu Xing and others to sit down, Chen Zixuan said seriously: "I believe everyone is very clear about the current situation. This time, the new king of Skaven, Louis, mobilized the whole country to put down the rebellion in one fell swoop.
Get rid of the Plague Clan entrenched in Luthia. In my opinion, the Skaven Kingdom’s chance of winning this war is more than 70%, but even if the Skaven Kingdom can win, it will be a tragic victory..."
Upon hearing this, Liu Xing thought that Chen Zixuan was going to tell his group about Wellington.
Unexpectedly, Chen Zixuan changed the topic and said seriously: "So although we are called mercenaries, we are not really here to work for the Kingdom of Skaven, so we can add icing on the cake, but we must not provide help in times of trouble. We must protect our own side."
Troop strength is the highest priority, so we will be responsible for various defensive tasks, and I hope you can understand this."
Liu Xing and others nodded in agreement.
After all, the relationship between the Kingdom of Skaven and the Empire is not very good. After all, among the countries bordering the Empire, the Kingdom of Skaven has not become a vassal state of the Empire, so this time the Empire can send troops to help the Kingdom of Skaven.
That's right, Louis didn't expect the imperial mercenaries to fight for him to the end.
Of course, the implication of Chen Zixuan's words is that if Liu Xing and others want to go to the front line, the imperial mercenaries will not provide much support to Liu Xing and others.
However, Liu Xing and others also knew very well that another main reason why Chen Zixuan did this was that Chen Zixuan needed to retain his strength to support Wellington in the future, because Chen Zixuan's army entered Scarborough in the name of mercenaries.
Wen Kingdom, so in the subsequent battle for the throne, Chen Zixuan's army can "justifiably" accept Wellington's employment and help Wellington seize the throne, and the empire will no longer send troops here, so that the mainland
Other countries in the world have no way to accuse the Empire on an official level, because the Empire is not "directly involved" in the battle for the throne of the Kingdom of Skaven.
This is conspiracy.
"By the way, if you really need to go to the front line, I can still arrange a small force to provide protection for you. After all, personal heroism is not popular on the battlefield... Of course, sometimes I also need your help.
Complete some tasks, His Majesty the Emperor should have conveyed this to you." Chen Zixuan said with a smile.
