Lord of War

   "You mean, that nobleman went to find Soma Hastings?" a young woman asked in surprise.

  Her looks are not outstanding, at best she can only be regarded as a middleman. But perhaps because of her good background, this woman who should be regarded as a woman has an awe-inspiring aura. She looks very magnificent in every gesture, even if her face becomes frowning after being surprised at this moment, but she still remains. There is an indescribable noble aura, it is clear that a woman like this is definitely not something ordinary people can cultivate.

   "Yes." The answer to the young woman's words was a thin man.

"That's it, it's a bit beyond my expectation." Although the young woman appeared calm when she said this, but with a slight trace of annoyance on her face, she still sold her true emotions, perhaps because of this. Lack of experience and experience.

  The woman dropped the pen in her hand on the table, and leaned back against the soft back cushion. Her temperament was a bit less noble and awe-inspiring, but a bit more lazy. She squinted her eyes somewhat comfortably, glanced at the half-written letter, and then got up and began to walk in the room. There was a little more intellect and perseverance on her who was lost in thought.

  It is said that the thinking man is the most handsome moment, but if you see this woman thinking deeply in the room, I am afraid that this sentence will change.

  It’s just that, the thin man, he bowed his head and knelt to the ground from beginning to end, and did not look up at the woman.

  It's not that you don't look, but you don't dare to look.

"What a great person, I don't even know how to intervene in this move." The woman suddenly smiled, looking like a child who seemed very happy because of a new beloved toy." Find a way to find out what they said when they met."

   "This..." The thin man finally showed a look of embarrassment on his face.

   "Is it difficult?" The woman tilted her head and asked with some confusion.

"Indeed." The man gave a bitter smile and said helplessly, "The only meeting with the nobleman and his two followers, as well as Soma and Qazi. The people I bought could not enter the reception room. It can’t even be connected.... All of the daily life of City Lord Soma is taken care of by Qazi, but Qazi himself is a very self-disciplined person, and he can’t find any weakness at all.”

   "It's really difficult." The woman sighed helplessly, "I hate this kind of person who has no weakness at all. Is it an orphan?"

  The man did not react to the woman’s sudden change of tone and attitude, but after a moment of stunned he still immediately replied: "It's an orphan."

"That's it, there's no way." The woman shrugged, "Forget it, this is just a small game anyway. Since the geographical position and the harmony of people are not on our side, then we will temporarily give up the action. Anyway, let's do it again. Soon Hastings Manor will start to host banquets, and there will still be a chance.... Go down and keep watching."

   "Yes." The thin man nodded, and then quickly got up and left the room like an amnesty.

But the woman sat down on the chair again, then picked up the quill, scratched her hair with some annoyance, and muttered to herself: "Next, what else should I write to my brother?...Nor I know that my brother is still doing well in the Western Continent, and I blame that Sean Connery's fault! My brother is leaving his hometown now, huh, don’t let me meet this person, otherwise, I will definitely want him. nice."

Cursing in such a low voice, as if venting something out of anger, but in the end, after ten minutes of silence, the letter still contained only a few lines of text, which seemed to be two, Just three sentences.

  But what is rare is that these handwritings are very correct and beautiful, and they seem to have a pleasing beauty.

  Reluctantly sighed, the woman finally reluctantly signed her signature in the lower right corner of the letter.

  Your dear sister, Paqiuli Boulder.

  Thinking about it, the young woman named Paqiuli also drew a smiling face next to her signature, chuckling a few times like a prank kid. Immediately afterwards, she folded all over a dozen pieces of letter paper, stuffed it into an envelope, then dripped fire paint, and stamped it with a seal representing the Boulder family crest.

  Looking at this stuffed envelope, Paqiuli finally smiled with satisfaction.

  ...

  At the same time, in the reception room of the City Lord’s Mansion, Xiao En finally met the person in charge of the city.

  Soma Hastings.

  This is a very charismatic person in the eyes of Sean. Perhaps it is because he is used to the life of the superior, so Soma's body naturally reveals that kind of self-arrogant aura, just sitting on the main seat in the reception room, the whole reception room seems to have become Suo Ma. Like Ma's home court, there was an unspeakable and terrifying aura shrouded in words.

  If there are bronze, silver, gold, and sanctuary methods such as diplomatic speech, then Soma Hastings is undoubtedly a powerhouse at the sanctuary level.

  But what really surprised Shaun was not Soma Hastings, but the young man standing behind Soma, the Lord of Loming.

For people like Rudd, if Sean gives him enough affirmation and freedom, he will definitely be able to nurture the aura and aura like Soma Hastings in time. After all, if a person stays on top for a long time, he won’t regress. If it is, then the so-called aura and momentum will be completely combined in many cases, and there will be that majestic aura of dominance in every gesture, just like the soaring aura emanating from the generals of the battlefield who is smashed by thousands of enemies and thousands of people. .

   But now, the young man who remembered that the other party claimed to be Kazi in front of him was different.

  If you must find a vocabulary to describe it, then what Sean has in his mind is "satisfaction."

   is not taking advantage of the situation, it must be repaid after all.

  Acceptance is to incorporate everything into one's own body and become something of one's own.

  When the door of the reception room was closed, Soma Hasting's unruffled aura became more and more obvious, and the entire reception room had formed his home court in an instant. But in this home court, Kazi forcibly developed a kind of aura that belongs to him, that kind of cold and biting indifference, and Soma's coercive aura in perfect harmony, giving people the feeling that as long as These two people stand together, then they are the invincible powerhouse.

  They are really two amazing talents.

  Shaun’s eyes have a hidden joy.

  At this moment, Sean decides that he must earn these two people anyway.

"Your Excellency Fron, do you mean that the murder on Songguo Street last night was a slander and framed you?" Soma frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "May I ask you something? There is no investigation conclusion, but why do you dare to conclude that this is an incident that framed you?"

Although Soma is also a nobleman now, his title is only a baron, and it is also honorable. Strictly speaking, he saw Sean really want to salute Sean. After all, Sean is now "Father Viscount Lang Dumoy", the title is one rank higher than Soma. However, in the real situation, the level of title is not solely dependent on the performance of the class, but more on the background relationship behind the family.

   is like a direct descendant of the Boulder family, even if there is no title, but other people with titles, even the powerful nobility, must be politely received.

  Soma called Sean his Excellency, which already gave Sean enough face.

  Of course, there is also the wisdom and caution that belong to Soma. After all, before the background relationship of the Dumoy family is clearly understood, it is very unnecessary to erect enemies, especially for the nobles.

"Your Excellency Soma, we should stop talking secretly." Xiao En said calmly, "The Yeros family is in Luomingen, and even what kind of family Tingqi is in. Presumably no one knows what kind of family it is. It’s not clear. As an outsider, this situation occurred after I contacted Master Roda last night. So how will the next thing develop, I must know in my mind, so this kind of meaningless temptation I think it can end early."

  Speaking of this, Xiao En smiled slightly: "We might as well just say the bottom line."

  Soma frowned.

  Shaun’s negotiation skills are not at all, but this almost brutal attitude also makes Soma feel a bit headache. After all, he has become Luo Mingen's city lord for several years, and he has seen many people of all kinds. It is not that there are people who can maintain such a calm and relaxed attitude in front of him, but they are also very few. And these few people basically have a variety of background forces that are considered good in the Kingdom of Darbion, and only with the support of these background forces can they have the confidence and confidence to be calm and free in front of them.

  And now, what Shaun has shown, and the people Soma has met before, are more confident and calm, which makes Soma a little confused about Shaun’s background.

  Soma took a deep breath, and then said: "If this is the case, then you first talk about your bottom line."

"Okay." Xiao En said with a smile, "My contact with Master Roda is only because I am about to become a nobleman on the ground. Although the territory I am about to acquire is not good, it is a place full of vitality. So I want to build a manor there."

   Hearing Sean’s words, Soma sighed inwardly: He is indeed a new nobleman with a background.

  In the Kingdom of Darbion, if you don’t have a strong enough background and connections, then even if you get the title of honorable nobleman by chance, it is of no use, because such titles are basically life-long. Only with the inheritance of hereditary system, then it represents the establishment of a rudimentary family, and only in this way can it be possible to become a nobleman on the ground and gradually develop in the days to come.

  But there are a small number of people who can successfully obtain a fief after becoming an honorable nobleman. Such aristocrats basically have strong personal connections and backgrounds, and once they can successfully obtain the fief, then they will not be far from entering the hereditary aristocratic system.

"So, Lord Soma, you can rest assured that I am not at all interested in the so-called mysterious drawings that have been raging in Luomingen recently." Sean has been observing Soma's expression, and his face is slightly different. After the change, I already knew that I was betting right, "Since our two interests will not conflict at all, then of course we cannot become competitors or even enemies, right?"

"I believe there must be something wrong with this matter." Soma said calmly. He could never be led by Sean all the time. "Kazi, you will tell the Yeros family clearly in a moment. This matter... Luo Mingen will never allow any framing and framing to happen."

  "I will do what you want, sir." Kazi took out a pen and began to record in his notebook.

   "I have another suggestion." Sean glanced at Kazi, then turned his gaze back to Soma, and smiled, "I wonder if Lord Soma is not interested?"

   "Let's talk and listen." Soma nodded slightly.

   "I once visited the Temple of Wisdom, where I passed the assessment of scholars, so I have dabbled in many projects and things."

  While talking, Sean took off the ring he had bought from Bonnie White, and then handed it to Alfred, who was sent to it by Alfred. However, Sean quickly noticed a detail, that is, it was not Soma who took the ring from Alfred, but Kazi, and it was transferred to Soma's hand after Kazi's inspection.

  "This ring was given to me by the tutor responsible for reviewing my exam."

"This is indeed a token of proof from the scholars of the Temple of Wisdom." After checking it again, Soma seemed to have reached an unanimous judgment with Qazi before returning the ring to Alfred, and then Alfred sent it back. Shaun’s hand, "So what's your proposal?"

After confirming his identity, Xiao En continued to speak: "I hope I can visit Hastings Manor freely, because according to my understanding, Hastings Manor is also a relatively famous manor in the kingdom, so I hope It can be seen that this can also give me some valuable opinions on the design drawings of the manor designed by Master Roda. After all, as a nobleman who is about to build his own manor, he must hope that his manor is as beautiful as possible. Isn't it?"

  Soma looked at Sean, as if chewing on whether there were other meanings hidden in the words.

But at this time, of course, Sean couldn't bring Soma back to his senses, so he immediately continued to strike while the iron was hot: "Of course, in return, I will contribute my modest strength to the evaluation and appraisal of this mysterious blueprint. …Of course, from the position of the Hastings family. In this case, we should be considered temporary allies?"

   "The Hastings family welcomes new friends."

  Sure enough, as Sean expected, Soma had little time to think and immediately expressed a welcome attitude.

  In fact, this is also because Sean somewhat underestimated the factional opposition in the Kingdom of Darbion.

For example, the Nugus family and the Boulder family belong to rival camps. Although the other four duke families occasionally unite with the Nucus family to fight against the Boulder family, there are only two of the other four duke families. The position is an absolute ally with the Nugus family. Although the other two families have the same position occasionally, the interests of the Nugus family sometimes conflict.

  The situation derived from this state is that all families attached to Nugus will show extremely strong hostility towards Boulder and his dependent families. Moreover, this kind of hostility is not only in the royal capital, but also in their respective territories or other public and private occasions. Once hostile parties appear, they will usually make extremely strong criticisms, abuses, and even abuses. It's a duel and so on.

  In such an atmosphere, each dependent family is marked with an extremely obvious brand.

Therefore, even new nobles usually choose their own position at the first time and choose a camp to attach to. Only in this way can it be possible to change from a lifelong system to a hereditary system, or even obtain a fief and formally become a real aristocrat. . And it is precisely because of this behavior of choosing positions, so in the face of the nobles of the rival faction, it is naturally impossible to show a good face or a cooperative position, even if you know that the cooperation between each other will make a thing more complicated. Simple is even more advantageous, but if the camps of the two families are different, then this kind of cooperation is completely impossible.

  So when Sean expressed his willingness to stand on the side of the Hastings family, this also immediately changed Soma's favor.

  Especially, Sean’s move just hit Soma’s weakness.

  In fact, with the appearance of this mysterious drawing, the whole Luo Mingen was caught in a strange atmosphere.

  Because no one knows what the structure recorded on this drawing is, naturally there is no way to know what kind of drawing it is. The reason why so many nobles compete is purely because the attitude of the Mage Guild is really very suspicious, because the Mage Guild has not attached much importance to anything for a long time. This time it suddenly became extremely radical, which means that this drawing definitely has Great value.

   and valuable things usually represent many deeper meanings, at least wealth and power will not be far away, so the nobles will take action one after another.

  As long as the mysterious blueprint is grabbed, it will occupy the dominant position. If the wizard guild wants to retrieve this blueprint again, it must pay a reward that satisfies these greedy nobles. As long as the Association of Algorithms is not satisfactory, it is also a good choice if it is dedicated to the royal family or for personal use.

  Under such a premise, if you can figure out what kind of drawing this drawing is, then you will naturally have a more accurate assessment of its value.

  So recently, Soma has been trying to see if he can recruit a talent who understands this aspect. But when Soma went to the Temple of Wisdom to ask for help, he was told that the Temple of Wisdom had agreed that the Master Guild would not intervene in this matter. Therefore, neither Soma nor other nobles could use the power of the Temple of Wisdom. Understand what exactly is recorded in this drawing.

  It is precisely because of this that a banquet for the purpose of so-called joint research will be held in Hastings Manor.

But now, Sean, who has the status of a scholar officially recognized by the Temple of Wisdom, says that he can help the Hastings identify this drawing. This is of course good news for Soma, and the price he needs to pay is only to let Sean was just visiting Hastings Manor at will. This sale was a very good deal for Soma, so he did not hesitate to agree to Sean's request.

Of course, Hastings actually has some doubts about whether Sean can really understand the meaning of the mysterious drawing, but the situation at the moment is better than nothing. He also hopes that Sean can fully understand, only need to understand. A small part is enough for him to have a value evaluation reference.

  This negotiation ended successfully when both parties were satisfied.

Many watchers who were originally staring at Sean, the foreign nobleman, saw Soma and Kazi personally sending Sean out of the lord’s mansion. After being shocked, these watchers immediately rushed back to report to their masters. The latest situation.

  Paqiuli Boulder, who just ordered someone to post the letter, was one of them.

For the first time, her face did not show that kind of very calm smile, but frowned her eyebrows, revealing a puzzled and distressed look: "Why would Soma, such a proud and conceited person, and Qazi personally send him out? Where is the Lord’s Mansion?... This must be shown to us. In other words, this person is now an ally with the Hastings family, so he is on the side of the Nugus family?"

  The thin man in charge of reporting was silent. He knew that he didn’t need to say anything at this time.

Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Paqiuli continued to speak: "No, things will never be that simple.... If the new nobles choose to stand in the camp, Soma will definitely not send him out personally, and he also said If he is an aristocrat who is about to obtain a fief, then this means that he also has a strong background and personal connections behind him. In this way, Soma will personally send him away to do this kind of behavior similar to declaring sovereignty. There is only one possibility."

   "This guy, he must have enough knowledge of that drawing, maybe he may be a scholar recognized by the Temple of Wisdom!"

   "So do you need to deal with him?"

"There are two silver realm masters beside him, can you solve it?" Pa Qiuli smiled again on her face, "Of course, if you have the opportunity, you can do it, but he must be a scholar. A cautious and shrewd person, it's no wonder that he can break the situation I set up.... Hehe, I am more and more interested in the dinner party at Hastings Manor. Sure enough, the choice of travel is correct this time."

   "Hope, he won't let me down."