Law of the Devil

Chapter 163 [Du Wei's Choice]

The cell of Earl Raymond is on the inside of this floor.

Robsky did not lie, and the place where Earl Raymond lived was indeed a clean single room with special care.

After the men opened the iron gate, Du Wei saw that his father was sitting at his desk and reading a book with ease.

His hand gently held a thick book of the "General History of the Continent", and when he read it, he did not seem to pretend, but was really immersed in the book.

Even when Du Wei came in, the former Earl was just looking up, his face was a little relaxed, and he greeted casually:

"Oh, you are here."

This tone, this expression, is almost the same as the expression when Du Wei entered his study in the Earl's House.

Baron Roberts retired with great interest, leaving the father and son to think alone.

Earl Raymond still holds the book and does not let go. Du Wei took a look at the cell.

Objectively speaking, this is still a very clean room. Floor walls and ceilings are piled up with huge and sturdy stones, and it is said to prevent the imprisoned prisoners from escaping (many of the detained military commanders are martial arts masters), which appear to be walls of stone, in fact They are all embedded with a layer of steel.

There is only a large iron window in the room, the ground is very high, there is a faint sunshine sprinkled from the outside. The iron railing on the window is full of rust, and the room is full of sunshine because of the lack of sunshine all the year round. The musty smell of the cold, the stone cracks on the window sill. Some mottled moss has grown.

In addition, the room was very clean, but as a cell, there was only one hard bed inside, although it was covered with white sheets, but it is conceivable that there is absolutely no comfortable bed in Earl's House.

A desk is extra special for the family of the Rollin family.

In addition to this, the last object left. It is a dung bucket placed in the corner of the wall.

Simple, rough, and cold.

This is what once held the power, but also with the empire's naval fleet expedition to the empire of the dynasty of the South China Sea.

Du Wei was not anxious to speak. The Earl of Raymond did not seem to be in a hurry. He still took the last few pages of the second volume of the mainland in his hand, and he grew a tone and stretched. Slowly stood up, moved a few bones in place, turned to look at Du Wei, calmly smiled: "I guess you will come, but I did not expect you to come so fast. I thought I would wait a few more Heaven."

Then he pointed to his bed: "Sit down, there is only a bed where you can sit."

After Du Wei sat down, Count Raymond had put down the book and quietly watched his son for a while. Then he slowly asked: "How is your family?"

"Not bad." Du Wei hesitated a moment, said: "The guards who have been transferred control the Imperial City defense, the house of the family is surrounded by the Guards, and can not enter and exit for the time being, but because of my relationship, they are very polite, In addition to some inconveniences in the home, the rest is fairly good."

Count Raymond nodded. "What about your mother and brother?"

Du Wei sighed: "Mother's mood is very bad. The body is not very good. But I have invited the teaching of the temple to see it. It is just a worry, there is not much problem. The younger brother is still young and has some emotions recently. But I will protect him."

Count Raymond indulged for a while, then looked up, his eyes lit, watching Du Wei: "So. What should I call you now? Or... like everyone else. Call you "Duke of the Duke" ?"

This tone made Du Wei feel like a needle, and he slightly turned his side. Did not face the eyes of Count Raymond: "Do these words make sense?"

Both father and son are silent.

For a long time, Earl Raymond smiled. He laughed a little and laughed at himself: "Yes, you said it is good. I said that there is no point in it. In fact, I just can't open it in my heart. I have stayed here. Heaven also reminded me that we must face the reality of failure, but life is alive, and several people can really be happy with such a scene..."

After that, Earl Raymond stared at Du Wei, and his eyes seemed to have a beam of gaze twitching, his lips gently opened and Zhang, and finally he spit out a sentence: "You are very good, very good... Son, you are better than me."

Looking at what Du Wei seemed to be talking about, Count Raymond waved his hand: "You should listen to me first. I was here for a few days. I was very unwilling at the beginning. But these two days, I am quiet. Come down, read a book quietly, look at the general history of the mainland, and suddenly I understand it. We are born in the power field, struggling, and swindling, you are dead and dead. Some people have scenery, some people are defeated. But at the end..."

He followed the book next to him: "After a hundred years, everyone is just written in this book. Even if it is beautiful, it is just a sentence in the book."

Du Wei did not speak and carefully tasted his father's words.

The count looked at the quiet son. His eyes were a little eager, then he lowered his eyelids and whispered: "I have been thinking about where my biggest mistake is. I want to think about it in these two days, I always don't understand. I only figured it out later... I was wrong, not because I was fighting for the big emperor, nor because I was standing in the wrong team. In the political arena, no one has a lifetime of scenery, some people win and lose, this is nothing. I am not. The biggest mistake is that I have not seen you and my son from beginning to end."

"You are very good, even far beyond what I expected." Earl of Raymond had a smile on his lips. This smile was sincere and looked at his son: "On the square above, you broke up in public and the family... ...in fact, you and I know what it is all about. Du Wei, until that moment, I really regret it! Because I saw you clearly, you see that you are actually responsible for this family. You want to protect the family. So you will break up in the public and the family... That kind of practice makes me very shocked. If I said that when you returned to the emperor, I said a lot to you, they were all false, even sent people. It’s my decision to go to the road to assassinate you. I hurt your heart afterwards. In fact, I didn’t regret it at the time. Because I always thought that it’s worth it to lose a son and save the family. But that day, above the square. You actually took the initiative..." Earl Raymond sighed and stared at Du Wei's eyes: "Until that moment, I regret it! Du Wei, your excellence is beyond my expectations. And it is far beyond! I suddenly White, I am not only losing a son, I lost a wonderful heir that I dreamed of! Unfortunately, from the beginning I was wrong, but pushed you farther and farther. When I understood, between us The crack is no longer enough."

Du Wei did not speak.

"The coup thing. I lost, but I will not resent you. Because of the things that day, I now think about it carefully. I feel that the prince of Chen is planning something first. But it is hidden, so smart, really. It was not the big prince who could compare it. On that day, he took a backhand from the temple, from the temple to the magic union, from the garrison to the gun of the knight, and his means of drawing people's hearts, his vision... these are far better than I support the great emperor. I read the general history of the mainland in the past two days. Looking at one thing in history, I suddenly understood that this is an inevitable law. The strong is the respect, the weak is naturally the strong. Cornerstone. That day, I guess you didn’t think that the last prince will win?”

Du Wei nodded and admits: "I did not expect it. Originally, I intended to be. If the Great Emperor's coup was successful, I would save the Emperor Chen and save him a life. It will be worthy of him."

Earl Raymond smiled: "The day. If you are not with you, we are actually doomed to failure. So, I am now like this, and have nothing to do with you."

Du Wei sighed. He looked at his calm father and slowly said: "Father, tell me, what can I do to protect my family?"

"Hmm?" A glimpse of Earl Raymond, he really couldn't think that Du Wei would ask such a question.

"I promised my mother." Du Wei said faintly: "With me in one day, I must not let the glory of the family be destroyed."

Earl Raymond was silent for a moment and sighed: "You have done it."

He smiled bitterly: "Although you have no relationship with the Luolin family in name now, but those nobles, ministers, who would really think so? I fell down, but everyone will regard you as the Luolin family. Continuation. I used to be a count, but now you are the Duke. Although you were given the name of Rudolph, who will be taken seriously? You know that my coup failed though, but after I was stunned, my heart was not desperate, because at least You have successfully saved it, and your stay, no matter what, is that Luolin’s family left a seed."

"What should I do?" Du Wei asked quietly, his eyes fixed on his father.

He came here today and really asked for advice.

At this moment, although the imperial coup was over, Du Wei was crowned by Chen’s prince, and the young man sealed the Duke. The Regent almost regarded him as the first confidant, and he was on the day of the coup, and he ran away the powerful green. Gandandov, now even in the circle of magicians, he is considered to be the top of the mainland. Such a character can now be said to be the first person to be the best in the capital.

However, Du Wei himself understands his own problems. Although he is a human being and he is self-sufficient, his political aspects are not born to understand.

Although he was born into a noble family in his life, he tried to avoid curling things from an early age. The experience of politics is definitely not a gift of talent.

Politics, in this field, Du Wei is very clear about his position, or a thorough rookie! Although he is a human being, he has not experienced the true test of politics. Even if other aspects are outstanding, don't want to be a qualified politician.

In the Imperial Capital, although the recent trend is strong, Du Wei has faintly felt a sense of crisis.

Since that day, the emperor gave the map of the Roland Empire to himself in public, and released his own words to let him draw the territory at random. At that moment, Du Wei could clearly feel the envy and even hostile gaze from the surrounding colleagues!

Du Wei's side, although a lot of strange companions, Wu You Hussein, magic has a mouse Gege Wu. There is also a Medusa. But the real can be his brains, but it has never been because his former thought that he is not necessary, his brain is enough. With the experience of the two worlds, Du Wei even unconsciously produced a superior heart for the people in this world.

Can be biased, breaking his superior psychology, not others, it is the prince of Chen!

When the Chen Emperor was strategizing. After a move and a move, after the death of the great emperor, this unaware, and always gentle to the people, made Du Wei a deep jealous!

To say a joke, sometimes Du Wei even gave birth to a ridiculous thought: Who is the one who crossed in? This Chen Huangzi is even more like a passing person than himself!

Later, Du Wei just wanted to understand. This has nothing to do with crossing without crossing. The things above politics are not experienced in the middle. Without such an environment, they are absolutely tempered.

I have been trying to avoid the whirlpool since I was a child. Calm and free days. The prince of the family, Chen Zizi, was in the fierce imperial power struggle of the palace since he was a child. It is difficult to calculate the distance.

I want to think about it, maybe only this lost father. I can confuse myself one or two.

It can be said that this strange father and son have never really lived like this. Du Wei is always asking for advice, but he has lost the position of the Earl. At this moment, he is also wholeheartedly for his son: after all, he has already fallen. Taiwan, Luo Lin’s hopes are all pinned on this son!

"If you really want to preserve the family's hopes..." Earl Raymond said with a wry smile: "The most important thing you should do now is to stay away from me! Keep a distance from the original Rollin family!"

Earl's finger gently tapped on the table. Slowly said: "I fell down, then, the Emperor Chen must be a big cleaning! This is inevitable, even if he value you again, it is impossible to let the Luolin family for your face! So, short-term Come, the Rollin family has become a quagmire whirlpool, who is unlucky, and you are my only hope now. To preserve the family hope. First of all, to protect yourself! So, for a period of time, you have to stay away from the Luolin family. The best way to do this whirlpool is to make a detached look to the outside world, indicating that you have really broken with the Rollin family. It doesn't matter!"

After a pause, Earl Raymond smiled and said: "Do you know why the prince of the present is still putting these guys here instead of killing?"

Du Wei nodded: "Know."

He sighed: "Luo Lin's family, Solomon's family, all have their own territory, and their own private army. Chen Huangzi is so smart, of course, know that if you rush to kill you now, then the family first The territory is chaotic! The Luolin Plain is almost the private industry of the Luolin family. Everyone here, everyone is proud of being a family of Luolin. If you rush to do it, the territory will be chaotic, that is, the civil strife will even trigger a civil war... ...How can people like Chen Huangzi not see this truth?"

"Not bad." Earl Raymond looked at his son with satisfaction: "You see it very well. So, now I haven't died yet, because the prince of Chen has to make a hand out, let this game go, wait for him to put a few The family's territory has been withdrawn, and the private army has been retired. Finally, we will come to liquidate our crimes. Anyway, our leaders are locked here, can't run, and always pinch in his hands, one day earlier. Killing, killing one day later, what is the difference? So, he is not in a hurry, but he can win a good reputation."

Du Wei frowned: "Do you think he will kill you?"

“It’s hard to say.” Earl Raymond smiled bitterly: “This can’t be me...” When he said it, he suddenly changed his face and looked at Du Wei: “You have to promise me two things!”

"Say it." Du Wei sighed, and he had already guessed what his father's request was.

Sure enough, Count Raymond was serious: "The first one, if one day in the future, Chen Huangzi ordered to execute me, you must not try to discourage, let alone change his mind! Du Wei, you must understand that the emperor is the emperor. He may look at you differently, but the bottom line of the emperor's heart is absolutely not tolerate anyone to challenge! Once you challenge his bottom line, even if he is good to you, he will never be sympathetic to you! I just said that at present, preserving yourself is the best way to leave hope for the Luolin family, so if he wants to kill me, you can never do anything from it, the best way. It’s just a word. No matter what!”

Du Wei did not speak: "Second?"

"Second..." In the eyes of Earl Raymond, there was a trace of loneliness: "After I die, take care of your mother and brother. If you read a love, in the future, after you marry and have children, just pick one. Child, let him change his name to Luo Lin, it is already my biggest request to you."

Du Wei is silent.

The fall of Earl of Raymond was not only unfortunate. Even with Du Wei's brother Gabriel was also implicated. The crime of coup d'état is not general. Although the current order has not yet been issued, the Earl of Raymond, surely, will never want to start a career in the future.

A sentence will never be sealed. It is enough to make this pulse never turn over in the future.

In other words, Gabriel, in the rest of his life, do not want to turn over as a noble, and Gabriel children. The same is true.

After the coup, the final winner, no doubt, is the prince of Chen. Or further, in fact, such a coup has brought a certain degree of stability to the imperial power.

Although the Roland Empire has a vast territory and a vast territory, it has been in the country for millennia. I don’t know how many wealthy aristocrats have been sealed. The land annexation on the mainland is serious. Moreover, the hereditary nobility of one family has the private army of the territory, and the taxation right has formed one country after another. This is obviously a cancer that grows on the empire.

In this coup, many aristocratic families who supported the great emperor were almost swept away. Cut the prince, take back the territory, cut back the private army... and so on.

After some statistics, it has made the empire centrally harvestable. The central territories have increased a lot. After the private army's retreat, part of it can be transformed into a ready-made local garrison (of course. The transfer of the conversion area is inevitable.)

The large area of ​​land was recovered, a large number of private troops were cut, and the wealth accumulated by many wealthy families was recovered, which made the originally tense imperial finances ease a lot.

Chen Huangzi does have the potential to become a generation of Mingjun. He has been very sensible in dealing with the various tasks after the coup. He is not eager or slow. Little by little, cut a little today, cut a little tomorrow, less than ten days. The power of several wealthy families caught in their hands was almost cut. These things, he obviously is not prepared today, most of them are premeditated, from his non-stop mobilization of the local garrison, the transfer of several areas back and forth, while monitoring the territory of the aristocratic territory of the coup. Clean up at a speed that is not overwhelming.

One thing is done, the order is clear, and the effect is very good.

In less than half a month, the tense atmosphere of the entire imperial coup was swept away. The emperor regained its bustling hustle and bustle, and after the coup, he bought a lot of people's hearts, and immediately gathered a group of loyalty to the royal family.

At this moment, after finishing the work of the predecessor, the emperor finally turned his attention to the leaders of these coups who were detained in the prison of the Inspectorate...

The Solomon family's industry has been confiscated almost. Above the Luolin Plain, the four local garrison infantry regiments in the province of Kurt and the province of Lille have been driven by four sides, supervising the completion of the private military retreat on the territory of Luolin. The Luo Lin family was very cooperative, and there was no recalcitrant that the jade was burned. This is closely related to the wiseness of Earl Raymond. The old count understands that the general trend has gone, and it is better to leave behind the jade and stone, leaving the hope of a comeback in the future.

Finally, the place on the plain of Luolin has been appointed by the officials appointed by the Imperial Central, and a team of local garrisons replaced the original private army of the Luolin family.

However, most of the extravagance is to look at Du Wei's face. Luo Lin's family still retains the Luolin Castle of his hometown and the surrounding land of more than ten miles.

Chen Huangzi is proud of the spring breeze, but he is still a calm and indifferent calm, without any pride and complacency, but the extraordinary energy and wisdom of this young emperor has already made many emperors look at each other.

When Augustine VI was in power, this old man with great joy had already tossed the empire’s finances, and several finance ministers were finally swept home. The weather of the decline of the empire, smart people are in the eye. After the regent's superior position, he swept his anger and acted decisively. Moreover, the layout of the matter is first, and immediately the embarrassing emperor is more politically active.

It is said that the Chancellor of the Treasury, who was sorrowful and distracted from the sky every day, returned to his home after the first day of the regent’s administration of the government. This rigorous old man unexpectedly drank a pot of wine and was drunk in the yard. Huh: "The empire is hopeful! The empire is hopeful!"

It can be imagined that the Chen Zizi at the moment is a lot of people.

at last. On this day, the Regent and the Chancellor of the Treasury looked at the list of the newspapers, looked at the details of the land recovered by the empire, the aristocratic private army that was retired, and how much income could be added to the central government each year in the future. The Regent King smiled a little and sighed, saying: "The overall situation has been set."

The Chancellor of the Exchequer was almost excited to cry on the spot.

He has been working on this task for ten years. The most uncomfortable thing every year is to make ends meet, to dismantle the East Wall and fill the Western Wall, and look at the long list of income in front of us. I don’t think I have to worry about fiscal revenue in the future. I don’t have those military amnesties and other departments to collect money. . Can not help but the heart of the stagnation of the air swept away.

Then, in an internal meeting of the Regent Wang Xiao Group, Du Wei finally answered the decision of Chen Huangzi about his territory.

That day, the emperor’s boldly lost map allowed Du Wei to pick it up, such a thing. It’s not the same thing. In the face of shooting around or envious or hostile, Du Wei is no longer the kid who was involved in politics. He smiled and just said that he would go back and think about it.

During these days, Du Wei went to the Ombudsman's prison three or five times, and each time he talked with his father for a long time, he also brought a sum of money to Baron Robeschi. Let him entertain the two hundred and five generals.

In the end, on this day, Du Wei took the map of his hands in the hands of Chen Zizi: "His Royal Highness, I think."

"Oh?" Chen Huangzi smiled and said: "Well, I think you must have taken the eye. Let's say, what kind of Fengshui treasure do you see?"

All around are envious eyes.

Du Wei slowly spread the map, and everyone around couldn't help but look at his head. Most people have identified: the young duke. Most likely will choose the southeast!

The southeastern land is fertile and the climate is pleasant. The weather is fluent and the population is dense. It is the most prosperous area on the mainland. Together with the expedition of the Imperial Navy, the maritime trade has become more prosperous and more prosperous.

It is certainly no problem to take the Duchess of Du Wei, the province of the southeast under the southeast. Instead, there is a province, millions of people with fertile land, and several large ports are constantly doing overseas trade. Afterwards, the financial resources are wide-ranging, not to mention the enrichment of the enemy, I am afraid it will not be much worse!

After Du Wei slowly spread the map, he reached out and pointed at the map with a smile on his face: "I just saw it here."

His fingers are above the corner of the map, and everyone sees his fingers, they are all stunned!

Chen Huangzi’s original smile and his sly smile gradually disappeared. He looked at Du Wei deeply. The voice suddenly seemed to dry up: “You... really want to be clear? Is this your final decision?”

Du Wei met the regent's eyes and slowly said: "I want to understand, I am going here."

Everyone around them is showing an incredible expression. For a time, I am afraid everyone thinks that the young duke is crazy.

"Do you not regret it?" Chen Huangzi has stood up and stared at Du Wei.

"No regrets." Du Wei shook his head, then he suddenly smiled and slowly squatted: "Please regent Wang Chengquan!"

This time, Chen’s face was still half-hearted and gentle. He bit his teeth and stared at Du Wei. After a long time, he took a long breath, dropped a word, and then looked around. Many of the confidant departments, turned around and walked out of the palace gate behind them.

"quasi!"

On the 10th of June, the Roland Empire, on June 10th, the coup d'état finally reached the final end. All the aristocratic giants who participated in the coup d’état were swept away, and the ruling land was dismantled. Even the imperial capital’s government was confiscated. A large family could only leave the emperor and succumb to survival.

Then, the palace passed down a murderous order!

The family involved in the coup d’état went down from the Marquis of Solomon and went all the way.

The only exception is that the Earl of Raymond, the land of Luolin’s family, has become “a title for all the duties, never a prince”

Just such a gentle words, but exempted the death penalty of Earl Raymond. Only the Luolin family in the Emperor's Earl's House also received the return, ordered the Earl of Remington, the Earl of Remington, immediately left the emperor, and returned to the Luolin Castle on the Luolin Plain to go to the old.

In addition, an episode is: the empire has not sealed the title of the Duke in the past 100 years, but the newly-born juvenile Du Wei, but under the glory of the Regent, put down so many feng shui treasures, But it refers to a place that is stunned...

In the northwest, the “Desa Province” next to the Kilimaro Mountains.

A barren, ignorant, and even a barren and backward area. From the point of view of fiscal revenue, the annual income of such a province is not even higher than that of a wealthy medium-sized city in the southeast.

It is even less known, because this scene is never recorded in any orthodox historical materials:

After Du Wei’s referee to the territory, Chen’s son returned to his room. The gentle and regent king, who was always gentle and furious, suddenly smashed all the things that could be smashed in the bedroom, and the confidant guards around him. They are all stunned, and they don’t know why this honorable regent has made such a big fire.

"He still refuses to loyal to me! He still refuses!!" Chen Huangzi kicked a three-foot-high coral frame and yelled angrily: "Luo Linjia gave him, I gave it! Luo Linjia Didn't give it to me, I gave it! But now! He took the glory that I gave him, but just changed the life of the old Raymond!! He went to the family! To the family! One by one, only the family in the heart Loyalty is more important than me!! In this world, I can't find a person who is completely loyal to me!! Du Wei, Du Wei! I thought you were an alternative that made me feel satisfied! But you made me too disappointed! Too disappointed!!!!!!!"

Father, you are right, if you want to protect yourself, I really should not save your life...

However, I am Du Wei!

If I don't do this... I, still me?

Du Wei walked out of the palace with a smile and a sincere smile.

I, take the road I chose!