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If he could buy loyalty with just money, he would be 1 happy.

"Can I increase your salary... by three times?" Jarvan IV, who was proficient in controlling people, understood that money could be given, but he definitely couldn't give too much at one time.

Giving a little can expand people's desires and greed, but giving too much will in turn reduce desires.

The more people give up something, the more they want something.

"Three times seems a bit low... Five times?" Galen was almost stunned by the way Chen Ce was bargaining - His Highness the Prince gave you a chance, and you still talked about money?

It's okay to talk about money, but you still have to bargain when I give you a number?

Haven't you ever heard a saying: This is a notice, not a discussion?

"Five times..." Jarvan IV put on a somewhat troubled look, "There was a war some time ago, and recently a lot of money has been allocated to the Demon Searching Corps. The national treasury is really a bit... Otherwise, we can take advantage of it. , how about four times?”

"Four times is a bit too little..."

"If you perform well in the future, I can give you more bonuses. When I get back useful information, I will give you additional money. How about that?"

"If that's the case..." Chen Ce also showed a hesitant posture - in fact, he also knew very well that only in this way would the other party put down their guard against him.

Both were pulling.

In the end, Chen Zhizhi nodded with difficulty: "Okay, that's fine... It's my honor to serve you, Your Highness."

He saluted respectfully.

Jarvan IV also nodded with satisfaction.

Only Galen looked confused.

ah?Does this work too?

"Then, that's it for now." Jarvan IV waved his hand again, "You go back first, don't stay too long and make others suspicious - if someone asks, you should know how to answer, right?"

"If it's just an excuse, I think I will still do it." Chen Ce responded with a smile.

Galen sent Chen Ce out with a confused look on his face.

He came back with a confused look on his face.

Fortunately, Jarvan IV answered his confusion first without him having to ask questions:

"I didn't completely believe him."

"Then you...?" Galen scratched his head.

"A small attempt - or a test will do. There are still many doubts about him, and it will take time to prove it."

"Chen Ce is really not a bad person..."

"Everything is unpredictable, brother." Jarvan IV smiled and shook his head, "Anyway, you should continue your investigation first - including the content of our conversation today, you also need to check the information I asked for. Especially. It’s about that ‘alchemical weapon’.”

"Okay..." Galen didn't insist on his opinion.

Jarvan IV returned to his original position and looked in the direction Chen Ce left.

"I hope you are a companion you can trust..."

At the same time, on the other side of Demacia.

In the private residence of Demacian Grand Marshal Tiana Crownguard.

Eldred, the leader of the Demon Searching Corps, looked at the [Personal Information of Current Demon Searchers] on the table and fell into deep thought.

"Chen Ce...?"

Chapter 81 Jie Jie Jie, there are too many demons

Eldred, the leader of the Demon Searching Corps, has gained power recently.

In just half a month, he rose from a fringe figure in a fringe department to a man of the hour in the entire capital and even in Demacia. Countless dignitaries who once looked down on him came to curry favor with him.

He experienced the pleasure of reaching the upper class.

Even the current Grand Marshal of Demacia, Tiana Crownguard, made a marriage contract with him.

After half a lifetime of being a transparent aristocrat with "a high position but no sense of existence", he finally turned around completely.

So he has been very busy recently.

Attending various meetings, participating in various social activities, and reaching cooperative relationships with various noble families... He was almost too busy to stay away.

But it happened that at this moment, Tiana suddenly asked him to do something——

Watch out for a magic seeker.

A low-level demon searcher who has just joined the Demon Search Corps and is very young both in terms of working experience and age.

His name is [Chen Ce], his resume is as white as a beggar’s tattered trouser pocket, and he looks like an extremely ordinary young man.

What's so noteworthy about this?

Or did the Generalissimo personally emphasize the need to pay attention?

And that tone... probably meant to do something to him.But the power of the Grand Marshal... Why does Tiana go through so much trouble and twists and turns?

Eldred carefully looked at the personal information report on the table again, and after thinking for a moment, he decided to ask for it in person.

So he walked all the way from his study to Tiana's study - although they were husband and wife, they rarely met each other. Not to mention the office space, even the rest rooms were not the same.

Tuk tuk.There was a knock on the door.

The voice in the room immediately dropped: "Come in."

After receiving the permission from the owner of this mansion, Eldred strode into the study.

Tiana was sitting at her desk, her slightly furrowed eyebrows seeming to indicate that she was dealing with some more difficult government affairs.

"Good morning, Tiana." Eldred greeted with a smile.

"Well..." In comparison, Tiana's response seemed very perfunctory. "Sit down and tell me if you have anything to say."

"I came to ask you something."

"About what I told you before?"

"You guessed it right." Eldred smiled and unfolded the parchment in his hand. "I don't quite understand why you want me to pay special attention to an ordinary low-level young demon searcher."

"Because you are the leader of the Demon Searchers, it would be more appropriate to leave this matter to you." Tiana answered quickly, but she never raised her head - and her eyes naturally never moved from the desk. opened.

She didn't even bother to look at the other person when she was talking to them.

Such a arrogant attitude made Eldred a little dissatisfied, but only "slightly" - because he was used to it.Even the feeling of being "slightly unhappy" only came about recently.

The woman in front of her... Grand Marshal Tiana, had never looked at him directly.

Whether it was when he was still down and out, or now when he is in power.

In the past, he couldn't speak much in Xiongdu, so it was natural that he would feel bad if he was looked down upon, but now... he would feel unhappy.

"Tiana, maybe I'm asking...what's so special about this demon seeker?" Eldred's tone was a little harder.

Tiana stopped writing in her hand.

Unfortunately, she still didn't look up.

The answer was still short: "He is very strong."

"So what does this have to do with me needing to 'keep an eye on' him?"

"Because I want to."

"Hmm...maybe I need a reason?"

"The reason is," Tiana took a breath and frowned even deeper. "I said it because I wanted to."

"..." Eldred was silent.

An even more unhappy mood gradually spread in his heart.

But after a moment, he still suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart. "Well, I guess you have your own reasons... I'll help you 'keep an eye' on the young magic seeker."

"Yeah." Tiana nodded perfunctorily and picked up the pen on the table again. "If you have nothing to do, just go and do your work first."

"Things...actually, there is something wrong." Eldred did not leave directly under the other party's "expulsion order".

Instead, he walked up with a smile.

"Is there anything else?" Tiana asked without raising her head.

"I want to say..." A smile appeared on Eldred's slightly withered face, which actually looked a bit sinister and vulgar. "I want to emphasize that we are husband and wife."

"Yes, I know." Tiana's answer was still cold.

"Then should we... have some relationship as a couple?"

"Ok?"

A hand suddenly fell on the table, and slowly stretched towards Tiana's hand holding the pen.

The smile on Eldred's face became more and more cheerful, and there was even a vague feeling that "a great revenge has been paid".

Until he heard the sound of the sword blade scraping against the scabbard.

His outstretched hand stopped immediately, and his body stiffened suddenly.

"Find out your identity...Eldred." Tiana's extremely cold voice came. The tone was not like a conversation between husband and wife at all - it was more like a severe rebuke to a subordinate who had committed a capital crime. .

"Don't forget how you got your current power, and don't forget the real reason why you can stand in front of me today... We just have the same interests and each get what we need. Please don't confuse drama with reality... …”

"There are some things I can give you, and I can naturally take them back... Never forget who you relied on to get the power you have today..."

"You and I are never on the same level."

"This is my advice to you, and it's also...a warning."

despair.The hilt hit the scabbard, and the sword made of pure mithril was put back again.

Eldred also lowered his head and retreated to his original position.

"Hug...sorry..."

"I don't hope there will be a next time." Tiana stood up and walked out as if feeling irritated and disgusted.

Eldred was too angry to say anything, and his eyes were full of resentment as he stared at the floor.

Tiana ignored him and opened the door.

What she couldn't notice was that there was a maid outside the door ready to come in and deliver tea.

The two happened to bump into each other.

"Ah..." The maid, who was only in her teens, was like a weak grass in front of Tiana, who was tall and wearing armor. She fell to the ground at the moment of collision.

The dinner plate and black tea she was holding were also spilled.

Needless to say, what was sprinkled on her body, some even... fell on Tiana's clean mithril armor...

"Yes, I'm sorry...I...I didn't mean it...Generalissimo..."

The maid hurriedly apologized, and at the same time ignored the pain of being burned by the hot tea and quickly lay down on the floor to pack her things.

She didn't dare to raise her head, let alone look directly into Tiana's eyes.

She knew...she had made a serious mistake...

She was ready to be beaten and scolded.

A moment later, a cold voice came as expected——

but……

The words don’t seem to be that…

"Be careful, you're sloppy." Tiana frowned and wiped the tea stains from her armor, then looked down at the girl who followed her mother as a maid in her mansion - she was thirteen or fourteen years old. She is several years younger than Laxana.

"Why are you still lying on the ground? Do you want to pick up all the tea and glass shards with your hands? Huh?"

"H-I'm sorry... I'll get the rag right away..." The maid apologized repeatedly, her little hands with nowhere to rest showing her inner panic and fear.

But Tiana's voice was still cold: "There's no need to get the rag yet."

"Ah..." Hearing this, the maid became even more panicked - if you don't get the rag first... does that mean you will be punished first...?