This man, who was obviously already old, at this moment, his eyes were so bright that they seemed to shine directly into people's hearts.
However, Camisillo deliberately lowered his head. He did not meet the other person's eyes, lowered his head, but said softly:
"Have you forgotten... I am your niece and grandson-in-law. This family... will always be mine in the future. But everyone must find a way out for themselves."
The words were not loud, but they fell into the ears of the old prime minister word by word, making the old man's face change slightly.
Finally, Robschel slowly sat down, patted his knees gently, stared at Camisillo for a while, and then smiled broadly: "Okay, get up."
Camisillo then raised his head and looked into the eyes of the old prime minister: "I am also very surprised. I didn't expect that you have been standing in the empire for decades and have protected yourself wisely, but you actually have your people in the palace for a long time."
"Be careful what you say." The old prime minister glanced at Camisillo.
Camisillo smiled mockingly: "You taught me to pretend to be confused, to stay clear, and not to speculate on the king's thoughts. But you yourself had an informant in the palace long ago... This is different from what you taught me.
ah."
"This is different." The old prime minister sneered, and his old eyes naturally showed the majesty of an imperial prime minister: "What is your status now? Minister of Military Affairs... Humph, but you are young and have insufficient qualifications. In the military department, those who
Boss, you may not be able to mobilize them. With your current position, you are considered a first-class official of the empire. But if it really comes to the power in your hands, I am afraid that even the second-rate officials may not be able to touch it.
Go! The position is high but the power is not heavy... With your status, I teach you not to speculate on the king's thoughts. That is the right way and it is for your own good."
As he spoke, the old man sighed tiredly: "I'm different. I've been wallowing in the pool of the imperial capital since I was twenty years old. From the Finance Department, the Imperial Ceremony Department, the Supervisory Office, and the Military Command, I was transferred all the way.
I served as governor for four years. It can be said that I have sat in almost every department and official position in the empire! Finally, I became the prime minister of the empire, which took me half my life. In my position, it is said that
To put it nicely, it sounds like one person is inferior to tens of thousands of people. To say it sounds worse..."
The old man suddenly smiled with a sarcastic look: "If I meet a fatuous emperor and I have the power to say that crows are white, he will only know that the ground is white! Of course. This is a disobedient heart, which I certainly don't have.
.But...ordinary ministers can not speculate on the emperor's thoughts, and can just be a pure 'minister'. But...I can't do it! The imperial prime minister can't do it! As one person, but above tens of thousands of people, then...
Not even allowed! So, what I tell you not to do is from your standpoint. However, from my position, you must do it!"
Now that the old man had let go of his heart, he simply said frankly: "I have understood in the early years that the position of the imperial prime minister, who holds the power of a country, can no longer be regarded as a pure minister, but... half-king and half-minister! Therefore, in the palace,
I must always understand the thoughts of the person. In fact, this kind of thing has happened in all ages. I had an spy in the imperial city in my early years, and it has been for many years. But, is this an spy? I don't plan for any big things on weekdays.
I just want a piece of safe news, so naturally it will not be easily exposed." Then the old man glanced at Camisillo: "I just didn't expect that these people actually knew that I was about to die, and they actually took refuge in you."
Camisillo chuckled: "As long as you are a human being, you will always find a way out for yourself. This home will be mine in the future anyway. Do you still plan to hide it from me for the rest of your life?"
Camisillo didn't hide anything, and said frankly: "A few days ago, you fell ill in the winter and couldn't take care of the affairs. I take care of the affairs of the family. As a result, there are some strange secrets in the daily internal affairs of the family.
The letter was delivered, but I didn’t know where it came from. My curiosity arose, so I checked it out, only to find that the contents in the secret letter were written in secret language. Ordinary people could not see it even if they got it.
I understand, but you have forgotten what I do. I worked as an undercover agent for the eldest prince for ten years for the regent, but I am very familiar with this kind of writing secret credit codes. Moreover, you and the informants in the palace
, the secret words I made were actually not very clever. I spent some time and deciphered them. Then I found out that the letter actually contained news from the palace. I didn’t expect that you had actually been in the palace for so many years.
There have always been spies in the imperial city. The letter contained nothing more than trivial matters, such as how the Prince Regent was eating recently, what kind of temper the young Emperor Charles had lost, what books Princess Karina had read, and how many days the Prince Regent had been busy with government affairs.
Go see the queen and princess..."
"Hmph, I'm not trying to rebel, and I don't need to pry into any big things. As long as I know these trivial things and have a general grasp of the situation in the palace." The old prime minister shook his head: "If I really pry into some secrets.
If so, this spy might have been exposed decades earlier!"
"It's just that trivial things are still valuable in the end." Camisillo smiled bitterly: "There have been many new doctors in the palace recently. This matter made me pay attention."
The old man pondered for a moment: "Since you also know, it seems that you have conquered my spy in the palace. Anyway, these will be handed over to you sooner or later..."
As he spoke, the old man turned around, found a pen from the table, and slowly wrote several lines of words on a piece of white paper.
He looked up at Camisillo: "I have been an spy in the Imperial City for decades. Over the years, I have never deliberately inquired into the secrets of the royal family, but I have paid attention to some seemingly ordinary daily things. You have to know
, in fact, many seemingly simple little things actually tell you many secrets!"
He handed over this piece of paper: "Historically, as part of the internal affairs of the palace, the palace doctors would regularly purchase some medicinal materials for use in the palace. Over the years, it has become a rule to buy what medicines and how much to buy. There are also
Those court magicians... hum. The special potions used by the magicians were originally purchased from the Magic Guild. However, the palace magicians and the Magic Guild are not the same, so the internal affairs of the palace have always been responsible for regular procurement. Since last year
Since the beginning of the year, the palace's internal purchase list has begun to change. Every time a purchase is made, there will be some special medicinal materials and magic potions that were not available before. These extra things. If there is just an extra sum suddenly in a single month,
It’s not surprising. It may be that a certain magician is conducting some magic research and there is a temporary demand. However, since the beginning of last year, there have been more items in the monthly list. Although the number of varieties occasionally changes, several of them
It tastes like medicine, but it has never changed."
He flicked the paper in his hand: "What is written on this paper is that in the past few months, there have been more new varieties in the purchase list than usual. I didn't care at first, but as usual. I
We still sent people to remote places in the south, found doctors to inquire, and figured out the functions and effectiveness of the medicines on this list, and then we calculated them. Our regent..."
The old man frowned tightly and sighed silently.
Camisillo glanced at it, but kept it firmly in his heart. He turned around and took the paper to a candle in the house. He put the paper up and burned it to ashes.
He stood next to the fire, and the flames reflected on his face, and the young face flickered: "Now that I have said everything...then you must give me a clear explanation...in case,
When that day comes, His Highness is no longer here, and Duke Tulip has another quarrel with the royal family. What should I do?"
The old man closed his eyes: "I'm afraid I won't survive this spring... I can't see the day you mentioned. However, if that day really comes, you..."
The door was closed tightly. No one heard the conversation between two important imperial ministers, an old man and a young man, in this room. But the night wind outside gradually picked up, blowing the treetops in the yard, making a rustling sound, which seemed to interrupt the conversation in the room.
The sounds were all buried in the darkness of night...
The last day of March in the nine hundred and sixty-sixth year of the Empire.
Eastern stronghold of the Kaspersky Line.
On the south bank of the excavated artificial canal, some temporary barracks were originally built on the riverside during the winter. These were to supply the mobilized river workers and soldiers from several infantry regiments to be stationed during the winter. In order to ensure that the river remained safe during the winter.
There was no ice, so these men were prepared to cut the ice in winter.
As a result, this warm winter made these preparations useless. At the beginning of spring, the river workers and troops stationed by the river were transferred back, and there were still a large number of iron chisels and shovels prepared in the temporary barracks.
, iron hoes and other tools were never shipped back.
Not far to the south is the Eastern Fortress. Although this fortress is slightly smaller than the main fortress in the central area, it can be regarded as a rare large city on the mainland. Six divisions of the imperial army are stationed in this fortress, covering three areas.
A division of the Storm Legion was the main force, plus three selected elites from the local garrison mobilized from various places. In addition, there were about 60,000 river workers and civilians as well as logistics and supplies troops.
On the east side of the fortress, a gap was opened in the city wall, and a tall water tower was built. Below it is a fifty-meter-wide diversion channel, which leads directly to the canal, allowing the transport fleet on the river to transport incoming water.
The supplies are transported directly to the city.
After the beginning of spring, the weather is getting warmer day by day, because there is a big river here that acts as a natural barrier, and there are imperial naval warships patrolling on the river. There is also a small warship fleet stationed here under the water walled city on the east side of the fortress.
. Therefore, the empire’s scout cavalry still patrols out of the city every day and patrols back and forth along the south bank of the canal.
From this point of view, the situation on the eastern defense line is much easier than the situation at the main fortress in the middle.
Although those barbaric race enemies had underwater attacks on the fleet last year, such attacks never happened again after several times. Later, the transport fleet stepped up their defenses. This tense atmosphere
It lasted for half a year, but no new situation occurred, and finally it gradually relaxed.
On this morning, a hundred-man cavalry team came out from the north gate of the fortress. They first patrolled around the northern end of the fortress, and then divided into two teams to patrol along the south bank of the canal, all the way to the left and all the way to the right.
.
These are the elite cavalry of the Storm Legion, wearing thick armor, carrying a cross sword held in one hand on their backs, and cavalry spears hanging on their horses.
Because the weather is getting warmer, the water flow on the river is slow, and the morning sun shines on the river, dyeing the calm river water into a light golden halo.
The cavalry looked quite relaxed. There had been no major battles on the eastern defense line since the beginning of the war. Those barbarian enemies must also know that the river is difficult to cross, so they have not attacked here. However, I heard that after the beginning of spring, the central area
The main force was blocked, and two more fierce battles were fought. I heard that even magicians were dispatched, and new saint-level powerful men appeared in the empire to help in the battle.
Under the leadership of the captain, the cavalry rode slowly, looking at the north bank from time to time. Usually, they would occasionally see some wolf cavalry patrolling the north bank. However, there was a big river across the river, and those wolf cavalry could not
Come here, the two sides can at most just look at each other across the river for a while, and then leave.
The group of cavalry that left the city today had walked for less than a meal when suddenly, as soon as the cavalry captain in front raised his hand, the group stopped immediately.
The cavalry captain turned around with an ugly expression on his face: "Listen!"
Many cavalrymen stopped their horses together, and sure enough, they heard a thick and rhythmic sound of "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" faintly coming from the north!
The voice seemed far away at first, but gradually, gradually, it became faintly closer.
Looking at the riverside around me, the water on the river seems to be in the sound. The water surface shakes slightly but rhythmically...
The cavalry captain immediately took out his binoculars and looked toward the north bank. After just one glance, he immediately shuddered and his expression suddenly changed!
The picture that appeared in the small telescope tube: above the vast wilderness north of the river, looking from a distance, the sky is full of endless, black phalanxes like ants, densely packed, with heads buzzing.
The swords and guns are like a black forest of steel!
Thousands of feet trample on the ground with a neat rhythm! The sound of neat footsteps is like thunder, beating in people's hearts. There is also the clanking of armors during the march of the phalanx.
The sound turned into a piece, like a chilling note...
