Blood Dragon

Chapter 160 Eight Undercurrents

The journey back to Falcon City went well.

When the little girl returned to her "temporary palace", Skadra immediately expressed her opposition.From the old man's point of view, as a queen, it is really inappropriate not to live in the palace.However, the little girl has reservations about this, so Skadra, who is the head of the court (after being rescued, was re-appointed as the head of the court), can only temporarily act according to the queen's attitude.

There are indeed rumors abounding throughout Falcon City.Maybe it's because the Queen isn't here, maybe it's because Prime Minister Aileen isn't good at dealing with such incidents, in short, there are too many rumors in this city now, so that you can't find out what the original appearance of a rumor is. .

It is not difficult to inquire about rumors, because here the little queen's temporary tutor, that is, Rodia, is a living center of rumors.The day after the little girl returned to Falcon City, Rodia came to her door.

As I said before, Luodia was the little queen's governess on the surface, but in fact she never taught the little girl anything about study.On the contrary, she mainly told the little girl about the rumors, legends, and past deeds related to the ministers.Because almost all the officials at this time are natives of Falcon City, and there are really not many men in this city who do not set foot in Huajie.If there really was such a clean and self-conscious person, it wouldn't stop his friends from discussing him in Huajie.

"Now, aside from those absurd and irrefutable rumors, there are mainly three." In the little girl's room, Luo Diya explained. "First, Rafa has turned to believe in evil gods. Second, the Tiberiuses plan to invade our country. Third, the barbarians are preparing for a large-scale invasion, and this time they seem to plan to use the plague to open the way. All other rumors, It all comes from those three."

The little girl didn't speak, and seemed to be thinking carefully about the meaning of the three rumors.

"It sounds like internal and external troubles, doesn't it?" Rodia asked with a smile.

The little girl nodded seriously. "Where do these rumors come from?" she asked.

"I don't know the source of the second one," Rodia replied frankly, "Maybe Byron sent someone to do it. We captured a group of them before, but there may be some left, who knows Well. As for the first and third ones," the smile on Rodia's face remained unchanged, but there was something special in her voice. "I personally feel...maybe it's not a rumor."

Having said that, the whole of Gruene has long been aware of the barbarian invasion.Those savages have always been like this, launching an invasion every once in a while, even before the founding of Gruene.The crux of the matter was the strength of the invading barbarian forces.

Under the attack of the coalition forces last time, the barbarians suffered very heavy losses.In addition, they have fought many civil wars for control of White Castle, and it is difficult to judge what effect their invasion will have this time.However, as the commander-in-chief of the northern army, Rafa actually kept this strange silence, which is a very strange thing in itself.

However, because of Byron, Ashuruffat thinks that Rafa cannot be stimulated in any way.He didn't even send an official envoy, as long as Rafa could keep silent like this.Of course, in terms of actual actions, we are also ready to fight against Rafa's army going south.Sufficient garrisons have been arranged in several key locations. If it is not possible, [-] soldiers will be left in Falcon City.

Ashurfat firmly believes that Byron must be resolved first no matter what.Because this one has no room for compromise.

"It's not a rumor?" The little girl also showed a rare nervous expression. "Is there any evidence?"

Standing in the position of queen, one will naturally come into contact with a lot of information.With this information, even the IQ of ordinary people can draw many correct conclusions.In fact, there are only a few choices that really test people's wisdom and courage. In most cases, it does not require superhuman wisdom and courage to make a correct judgment on things.

"It's the church." Rodia said. "You can ask someone from the church. As the queen, you may be able to get more detailed information."

"What did the church do?" Because the church chose to be neutral before and didn't even help with magic communication, the little girl hasn't contacted the church for a long time.

"They are recruiting priests from within the scope of the Seven Kingdoms...to enter the northern part of Gruene," Rodia said. "According to the few words I heard, it seems that a plague of unknown origin has appeared in the north, and it may be the effect of some kind of... magic curse."

What the barbarians did in Sarek City before, the whole Gruny is well known.In fact, this incident is really appalling, so there are legends in the entire human world.

"Magic curse... But I heard that this kind of thing is difficult even for Chaos wizards." The little girl asked suspiciously.

This is of course easy to understand, and if it could have been done easily, the barbarians would have destroyed all the Seven Middle Kingdoms.Think about it, a Chaos Wizard casts a spell casually, and can make the people of a city sick and dead... So what power can resist it?Human fortifications, firearms, city walls, etc., are not worth mentioning in the face of such power.

The reason why the Chaos Wizards would do that kind of thing under the city of Sarek is not so much a tactic, but a way of venting the besieged city by the army after repeated attacks.

"Things are changing," Rodia explained. "According to the Church, the Chaos Sorcerers seem to have found some... special way to combine magical curses with real diseases. It starts out as a magical curse, but then becomes a normal disease... in other words In other words, magical curses are only used to cause diseases."

"What did the church say?" the little girl asked.

"The source is a high-ranking member of the church." Rodia chuckled. "I leaked the word after an accidental 'indulgence'. I also heard it by accident. The church attaches great importance to it, so it has deployed a large number of people to go north to deal with this trouble with all its strength. I heard that it can only be cured when magic curses become real diseases. Before, it was eliminated. But if it really becomes a disease... then there is no particularly effective way to deal with it, only to treat the disease. Fortunately, so far, there are not many such cases, and because of the magic The diseases caused by the curse are not particularly serious diseases or incurable diseases."

There was a knock on the door, and with the little girl saying "come in", a guard walked in.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Aileen is asking to see you," the guard said.

"Oh, then I'll leave first." Rodia got up and left.

There was only one door to leave the queen's room, so on the way Rodia left, she inevitably bumped into Aileen.Although Rodia hoped to just pass by like this, Eileen didn't seem to have such a plan.

In fact, when they were far away, Alyn's eyes were firmly fixed on Rodia.

"Are you Ms. Luodia?" Ailin asked.Luo Diya had never been to this temporary palace after the little girl set off before, so this was actually the first time the two met.Of course, both parties already knew of the other's existence.

"It's me." Rodia stopped and replied.She sighed softly in her heart.

"I heard that you are Her Majesty's tutor?" Ailin asked.

"That's right, but it's a pity that it's just a temporary tutor, and it's the kind that doesn't have a job salary."

"This is an honorable position." Alyn's gaze was like a sharp sword, staring closely at Rodia's face.But in this regard, Luo Diya has no intention of giving in. "I know you are not of noble birth..."

"If you're not an aristocrat, you can't be a tutor? This is a temporary position."

"Ms. Rodia, I don't mean that. I know many scholars who are not of noble origin... There are not a few who have published books. However, for some reason, I heard some... not good rumors. I heard... in Falcon City, there seems to be a prostitute with the same name as you..."

"It's not the same name, it's me." Rodia raised her eyebrows and said directly.

If Aileen's expression was only serious before, it suddenly became cold now.He also didn't seem to expect Rodia to admit so frankly that he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Why, the Prime Minister wants to try my bed skills?" Rodia said coldly. "In this regard, I'm happy to accompany you. But I think you... at such a big age, I'm afraid you can't handle me."

Alyn's beard trembled slightly with anger.But this place is already very close to the queen. As a nobleman and also a prime minister, it would be very shameful for him to yell in such a place.He could only grit his teeth and glared at Rodia.The latter didn't care at all, and looked contented.

"If the Prime Minister has nothing to do, then I will leave first." Luo Diya said.After finishing speaking, she walked away without waiting for Ai Linen to answer.

Alyn stood there, trembling all over, and didn't move for a long time.

Rodia left the temporary palace and walked outside.After leaving the temporary palace, she soon came to a house in the noble district.After a slight knock on the door, the door of the house opened and she was welcomed in.

The aristocratic district of Falcon City used to be hard to find a house, but after Byron's failed coup, this situation has been greatly alleviated.Many of Byron's best friends left the royal city, and their houses were taken by the Queen as a matter of course.Among these houses, a considerable part was sold through various channels.During this time, if you have money, it is not difficult to get a house in the noble district.

"Sister Luodia," there were already five or six people in the house, and everyone bowed their heads respectfully to Luodia.Some of them showed that kind of toughness all over their bodies, and the others looked like people working in clerical jobs.

"how is the situation?"

"Boss, you will be happy. I estimate that this month, the income from the casino alone will exceed [-] golden oligos!"

"[-]? What do I want [-] gold oligos for?!" Rodia stared coldly at the face of his hand, that expression was no different from that of a poisonous snake staring at a frog. "If you want so many kioli, wouldn't I buy a lottery ticket? One hundred tickets are enough!"

She looked at this subordinate and made him tremble with fright. "This month, give me at least [-] gold oligos!"