Alien landlady

Chapter 164: Discussing Strategies
King De Vere I in the palace received the news of the mysterious theft of explosives, pondered for half a minute, and ordered the soldiers to retreat.

"That bitch Daly must have brought the magicians of Gulis. They can use other methods to come here before the teleportation array restarts. We can't resist the power of the mages. If they want to protect the guild and the teleportation array, let them go. Let's just concentrate on dealing with Daly." Dwyer I said to his ministers.

"Your Majesty, what if the mages intervene? Their royal family has already issued an announcement that anyone who supports His Majesty is Gulis' enemy."

"That's just nice words. Daly used to be a student there. Since she fled there, she has to show her attitude no matter what, but they can't send troops to help her fight. If Daly herself is incompetent, Gulisi There is nothing to say over there." Dwyer I said disapprovingly.

"The magician is now with Daly. It is not easy to attack her directly. Your Majesty, we must find another way." The new military minister said.

"Also be careful of those relatives who are related to her by blood. His Majesty has always treated them kindly after he took the throne, but he has transferred some threatening veterans. The original nobles are still living well. If they secretly support Dai Li, they will give us It has brought a lot of trouble, after all, once Daly's restoration is successful, they will be able to regain the right to inherit the throne." The new Secretary of the Interior reminded.

"Issuing a royal order to those people, we have declared that Daly is a fake queen. If they dare to secretly support her and try to restore her, once they are found out, they will be deprived of their noble titles and territories, and all will be demoted to civilians."

"What about those old ministers? Although they are all chief executives in the land of our supporters, their personal relationships cannot be ignored."

"Also warn them and let them know for themselves. If a full-scale civil war is triggered, I don't care if a few more old and young survivors of the previous dynasty die."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Minister of the Interior bowed and saluted, "I will draw up an imperial order immediately."

"Where are the magicians of Gulisi? Has Your Majesty ignored them? What if they rush into the palace again?" The military minister's worry was not unreasonable.

"Yes, their magician's attitude is very strange. They kill or trap our soldiers. It's not fatal. The treasury is stolen. Maybe they want us to have no money to go to war. This makes me feel that they don't It will directly help Dali restore, Gulisi may want to see our strength before making a decision."

"They want to find powerful allies? Restoring Daly is the best reason for them to intervene here. I have long heard that the Holy See in the north of the mainland has always wanted to control the entire continent. Compared with those countries involved in religious wars, We're too peaceful here, and at most we're fighting a few battles with our old enemy over Beadle Trail."

"It may also be because of Devil City. The magic magnet mine is not very useful in our country, but the magician is very interested. Maybe Gulisi wants to regain a stable supply of raw materials. We need to find an opportunity to contact them."

"Wait until the soldiers have retreated before sending envoys to deliver the letter. By the way, it would be best if Daly can be angry. She is easily agitated when things don't go her way. She doesn't look like someone educated in a magic academy. If they It is also beneficial to us if there is a quarrel between them." Dwyer I said with a sneer.

The Gulisi soldiers in the guild were surprised when they saw that the troops outside were all retreating. They didn’t understand what King De Vere’s plan was, so Ah Huang sneaked into the palace and stole the imperial order that the Minister of the Interior was drafting. to Pollock.

In the palace, where the Minister of the Interior works, everyone has an expression of being hung around their necks by a noose. The draft of the imperial order that the minister just read has disappeared within a minute after being put aside, and there are six other pairs in the room. I didn't even see the thief, and even the minister himself was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat.

He deeply felt that the strength of the magicians sent by Gulisi was too unfathomable. As long as they were willing, they could cut off the heads of everyone in the palace and put Daly back on the throne with ease. .

When Dwyer I received the news, he comforted the Minister of the Interior, and became more convinced of his own opinion. The reinforcements from Gulis did not take Daly's restoration as the primary task, and they had other purposes.

After reading the draft of the imperial order, Pollock asked Ah Huang to send it back as it was. Also in the same room full of people, the draft that mysteriously disappeared a few minutes ago appeared so calmly, and no one saw who did it. .

Knowing that King De Vere was going to warn the group of people who supported Daly, Pollock finally smiled and no longer despised King De Vere's slow response speed. Let's do it, pinch off her potential backup, and see if she has any other skills to pry Songdwell's ruling foundation.

All the blockades were lifted, and the residents who were forcibly evacuated were also allowed to return home. The dug-up pavement could not be repaired temporarily because the treasury had no money. The residents living nearby vented their complaints. This is worse than a country road Walking home on city streets.

Harding brought Daly back in the afternoon. According to the information stolen by Pollock, he ran to several places from near to far, and successfully found the old officials of the former dynasty. Although they have lost power now, they still enjoy some status.

The old people were very excited to see Daly, and thanked God for keeping her alive, but they were no longer able to help her raise supplies and troops to fight Dwyer to the death. They all asked her to find relatives who owned the territory and gather all the people in the territory , but can form several large teams.

Daly ran all morning and only got this suggestion, so she came back to discuss with Pollock again.

Pollock cunningly did not tell Daly the information he had just obtained, but asked her to find a way to prove her identity. After all, the current king has announced to the whole country that any woman who dares to claim to be Queen Daly is a fake who will be guillotined. Lee's chance of winning the war is to convince her subjects that she is the real Queen Daly.

"How can I prove it? My royal seal? As soon as Dwyer took the throne, all the seals used by the Akley dynasty were invalidated, and ordinary people can't tell the authenticity of the royal impression."

"Well, the Countess of Wismar has already arrived and is resting. After she regains her energy, you can discuss it with her. I heard that the lady is quick-witted and very good at giving ideas."

"Oh, is Tongtong already here? Great! I finally have a talking partner."

"Your Majesty might as well take a lunch break first. Maybe when you wake up, she will have a rest too. You have enough time to chat. The soldiers outside have retreated."

"Yes, I saw it. The streets are empty. De Vere must have a new idea. There is no need to besiege us."

"I don't know what he wants to do. Let's wait and see how he gets better."

"How about we go to the palace to steal some documents and see how they want to deal with us next?"

"If you want to steal it, you have to wait until midnight, not during the day. Any abnormal situation will cause commotion in the palace. Your Majesty should go to rest. You must be tired after running all morning. While the soldiers of Dwyer are all retreating, we It also happens to send my soldiers out, and they can find out a lot of news that we don't know."

"Yes, that's a good idea. Go ahead, I'll go to sleep for a while, and have a good talk with Tongtong in the afternoon." Dai Li went upstairs and returned to her room with a smile on her skirt.

Pollock clapped his hands, called the three teams together, asked Harding and Ah Huang to cooperate, and threw them in the place where the mercenaries gathered in the city. With a little cash, everyone’s daily needs were met. Afterwards, Harding took Ah Huang to a small island in the outer sea to eat seafood.

In the afternoon, Bai Tongtong finally had enough sleep and got up before going downstairs to the hall. Dai Li rushed out from the morning room to hug her tightly, thanked her for her reinforcements, and then dragged her into the morning room to talk, please Bai Tongtong think a feasible way.

"To prove that King Dwyer is lying, that Queen Daly is not dead, it is useless to rely on those veterans who have been kicked out of the highest political circle, and those relatives of your family may not be reliable either. They used to be members of the royal family with the right to inherit, but Dynasties have changed, and the current king can deprive them of their noble titles and territories with a single imperial order anytime, anywhere, and demote them to commoners, do you think they will make such a big sacrifice for you?"

"I don't know." Daly's expression seemed to have swallowed a plate of gall, and her facial features were all crowded together. "It's really hard to say."

"Yeah, so we have to find another way to tear Dwyer's face of deceiving the world."

"Is there a way? How? What can I do?"

"It's a bad idea, but I don't know if you are willing or not." Bai Tongtong frowned, thinking about it.

"I'd do anything to beat that scumbag in Dwyer."

"It's very simple, open the coffin for an autopsy."

"Oh!" Daly covered her lips with her hands, her hair stood up in shock, "Open the coffin!"

"That's right, Dwyer held a state funeral for you. Don't you want to know what's in the coffin? What if it's empty?"

"But going to the royal cemetery to dig a tomb, this..."

"This is the most intuitive and effective solution." Bai Tongtong crossed her legs leisurely. She was wearing a mercenary uniform, and her sitting posture changed back and forth.

Daly wriggled her fingers and was still hesitating. She reopened the coffin and dug a tombstone with her own name on it. Just sitting here and thinking about it made her feel uncomfortable.

"Is there really only one way to open the coffin?"

"Of course there are others, as long as your relatives declare and admit in public that you are related to them by blood, that's fine."

"That's good, let them admit their relationship with me, and there is no need to open the coffin."

"If you think this is feasible, then do it. Make a list of your relatives, come to talk to them one by one, and promise you various benefits after the restoration is successful. As long as they make a public announcement, they will It's like hanging your head on your belt, and the lives of everyone in the entire territory are tied to you."

"Yes, there's no way that bastard Dwyer will let them go. But I have a few brothers and sisters who have been close since childhood. I should go to them first. If they all back down, the others will be even more unreliable."

"Then go write the list, don't waste time, the soldiers outside have all withdrawn, we have to guard against the palace and have a new way to deal with you."

"Thank you, dear Tongtong, it's great that you're here, I'll write right now." Dai Li gave Bai Tongtong two thankful kisses on the cheek, lifted her skirt, and ran away as fast as a cheerful bird.

Pollock sneaked into the morning room, walked to the armchair opposite Bai Tongtong and sat down.

Bai Tongtong glanced at Pollock sideways, and was cleaning up the small round table beside him, then he took out a space bag from the ring, followed by alcohol stove, alcohol block, small pot, water bag, tableware, seasoning and a pack of frozen dumplings. Put out one by one.

When she woke up and hadn't had time to eat, she was held back by Daly to chat, but all the soldiers in the guild had been sent out, and there was no one who brought her tea, so she still had to do her own food and clothing.

"It's over so soon?"

"Do you dare to say that you didn't eavesdrop?" Bai Tongtong didn't bother to pay attention to him, lit the stove, put on the pot, poured a proper amount of water, covered the lid and boiled the water.

Pollock just smiled and said nothing, and took out a brand new book on advanced alchemy to read for himself.

Bai Tongtong had just cooked a bowl of shrimp dumplings for herself. Daly ran in with her list and wanted to show her. Seeing that Pollock was there, she dragged a chair and sat beside him to discuss with him. After a while, haha Ding and Ah Huang also came back with round bellies, and the atmosphere in the morning room suddenly became warmer, except for the smell of dumplings in the air.

The Akeli dynasty has a history of nearly 300 years, so Daly's relatives are numerous. In the clan alone, there are more than half a hundred people who have the right to inherit the throne, and there are countless distant relatives and illegitimate children beyond the fifth generation.

Among these relatives, according to their emotional closeness and blood relationship, Daly made a row of lists, and inheritance rights were not the primary consideration.

Pollock asked one by one carefully, and deleted two-thirds of the names. He judged reliability by strength, and only kept nobles with large territories. Regardless of their titles, large nobles may also lose their land due to poor management. .

In this way, there are only five big landowners left on the final list. If they can publicly support them, even if Dwyer retaliates against them and deprives them of their titles of nobility, they can just rely on the prestige accumulated through generations of management to compete with Dwyer. Start a war, and a civil war will start.

Dai Li made another difficulty with the list. The remaining five people are not close to her. Although they are relatives within three generations, they rarely meet each other in a year. Their main energy is managing the huge On the territory, they don't often go to the capital, but they happen to have a good relationship with Daly because they have lived and worked in the capital for a long time, so they can often move around.

(End of this chapter)