Lord of War

  Since Hongyezhen had a close conversation with Andrew, Sean’s mood had obviously become a little bit low, and even he himself couldn’t explain why there was such a change in mood. But no matter what, he still has a lot of things to deal with right now, and all of these things are closely related to the future of his territory. For this reason, Sean had to fight Jingshen and continue to deal with these unfinished tasks.

  "What's the situation with Chiraf collar?" Sitting in the meeting room of the Lord's Mansion, Sean squeezed his eyebrows, and then asked.

"If you mean military issues, then you should ask William." Neal's desk is full of various documents, which have completely buried him behind the desk unless Shaun stands. Get up, otherwise he wouldn't be able to see Neal's situation at the moment, but if judging from his voice, Sean would bet that Neil must have stayed up all night again.

  However, for the long-lived Jing Ling, staying up late does not seem to have much effect on them. At least Sean has never heard of Jing Ling overworked.

   "Where's William?" At this time, hearing Neal's words, Sean realized that he hadn't seen William in the meeting room today, which seemed a bit unusual.

In the past few days, Sean, William, Neal, and Rudd have all spent in the conference room. As the core leadership team in the entire territory, except for Sean, which can be regarded as redundant, the other three are the whole The core of territory development. Although all decisions about the entire territory are arranged by Neil, if there is no assistance from Rudd, many orders and instructions cannot be issued so quickly. It can be said that Rudd's important xing has begun to really highlight. .

As for William, the current development of the territory is not truly peaceful. The territories of the Dabion Kingdom adjacent to the Chiraff and Daye are all a little stupid, and these territories have implemented a border blockade policy—— This is a very disgusting policy. The border blockade prohibits the movement of people between the two territories, including businessmen, caravans, refugees, etc., which can slow down the economic development of other territories or even directly cut off. The economic rogue policy.

  But for those who really like to use this policy, the strategic purpose is not simply to slow down or cut off economic development, but to create unrest. Cooperating with some incitement through border blockade can easily cause the deterioration of security in the blocked territory and even the occurrence of violent incidents such as riots and rebellions. At present, the situation of Dayi is relatively stable. At least with Anno and Steel Wings, it is completely impossible to cause riots and rebellion in Dayi, and according to Anno’s feedback, Dayi Regular patrols in surrounding towns have not been interrupted, so naturally bandits and robbers composed of refugees will not have the opportunity to take advantage of it.

  But the situation of the Chiraff collar is a bit special.

Now there are only two villages and a small town left in this territory, with a total population of less than 3,000 people, but in fact there is a bandit force composed of refugees with at least hundreds of people, and there are also small groups of troops secretly infiltrating from other territories. , These are a threat to the situation of Chirafling. Therefore, the current development policy and military mobilization for this territory have become important issues at the core of Sean's current development.

  But when Sean asked William, the rustling writing in the meeting room disappeared instantly.

"What's the matter with you?" Neil finally stood up, revealing a face that looked thinner than before. "It's fine for you to be absent these two days, but what happened just ten minutes ago, you actually did not hear?"

   "Ten minutes ago?" Sean was taken aback, remembering that someone seemed to be talking to himself ten minutes ago.

"Lord Lord." Rudd sighed helplessly, and then stood up from the long table in the conference room. "Lord William asked me to remind you that you have a meeting about military affairs in the post-ri territory this afternoon. He asks you to go to the small meeting room on the second floor after lunch."

After hearing Rudd’s words, Sean finally remembered that when Rudd entered the conference room ten minutes ago, he said this to himself, but at that time he was thinking about whether those words Andrew said before had any special meaning, so Did not listen carefully. However, the afternoon meeting is indeed very important, but William is responsible and arranged for the specific situation. He can delay his attendance a bit later, but in the end he still has to make a final decision.

   "Now they are in the meeting room?" Sean got up.

   "Yes." Rudd nodded.

"Then I will take a look over there. As for the development of the government affairs of Chiraf, I will do as you say." Sean handed the two documents to Neal. It’s best not to make too much noise within a month."

   "I see." Neal took the two documents and nodded.

The first document is dressed in red se leather. It is instructed by Sean to Neal on the governance of the Chiraff collar. If necessary, he can use all the reserve forces including the current steel wings training camp in Panda Town. Right, including Alfred, Knock, Rena, Klov, Stalin, Aldolf, etc., must follow Neal’s arrangements in an emergency. The second document is relatively normal compared to the first military transfer command. It says Neil can arbitrarily deploy the entire territory's power of attorney.

  In fact, although Neil manages the entire territory’s government affairs nowadays, the ownership of the territory always belongs to Sean, so it is natural to have Sean’s signature and appointment. This is also the reason why Sean will sign the first document, because Neil and William are a one-of-a-kind arrangement, and although William’s military strategy is taught by Neil, there are still some things that require rules after all. At least when William was still there, Neil could not mobilize the troops of the territory at will, he had to pass William's approval before he could mobilize the troops.

  But in these days of discussions, Neal has decided to impose sanctions management on Chiraff, which includes a series of military operations. Originally Neil could naturally cooperate with William, but with the current instability of the Dai-collar, it is very likely that there will be some things that require instant judgment in the transfer of the Chiraff-collar. Of course, there is no way for Er and William to reach a reunification, so there is the red se document that Shaun has signed now.

  After leaving this large conference room, Sean walked towards the small conference room downstairs.

This small conference room was built later, mainly to deal with some relatively private issues. Unlike the large conference room on the third floor, which is used for real diplomatic and business negotiations, at least the atmosphere is more relaxed. Some.

  From the third floor, Sean quickly walked to the door of the small meeting room. At this time, he saw a dining car parked at the door, and a young man who seemed to be in his twenties was busy. He didn't seem to be too conspicuous, but I don't know why, when Sean just looked at this young man, he had a shuddering feeling, which made him feel a little baffled.

   "Who are you?" Sean asked.

"Hello, sir." When the young man saw Sean, he was slightly surprised, but soon he bowed and saluted respectfully. "I am Mr. Rodo's worker. The kitchen in the Lord's Mansion is insufficient today, William Adults make extra meals temporarily, so I'm here to help."

   "Rodo people."

  Sean nodded slightly. He also had some impressions about this Rodo. After all, the food supply on the Black Swan Castle was also provided by this Rodo, so Shaun couldn’t remember this person. But even so, Sean's brows still slightly wrinkled, because when he faced the young man, the shuddering feeling on Sean became more obvious, and he was sure that this yin's cold breath was from before his eyes. Emanating from people.

   "What's your name?" Sean asked again.

   "Stephen, my lord." The young man replied with a humble expression.

  A golden se's light flashed in Sean’s eyes. This is the effect of the real eye. Anyone who only speaks his name to Sean cannot escape the detection of the real eye. But this time, after the light of the real eye shone, Xiao En did not obtain a detailed data as before, which made Xiao En suddenly realize a bad idea in his heart.

  At this moment, another electronic sound suddenly sounded in Sean's mind.

  【True Eye (Blood Talent) has evolved to Tier 3, enabling hostile detection. 】

  Almost after the sound of the prompt fell, a layer of orange-red se light suddenly appeared on the body of the young man in Xiao En's eyes.

  Although it was the first time to see this situation, it seemed that Sean had already possessed the relevant knowledge, and at this moment he understood the meaning of this orange-red se light.

  Distrust (hostility).

  This result made Sean feel very confused.

  What is "distrust (hostility?

  If you want to talk about hostility, Sean is easier to understand, but what does the previous distrust mean? If you really want to say it, it should also be that Sean doesn't trust the young man in front of him? After all, what the other party told him was a pseudonym, and only if it was a name that didn't exist, the True Eye would not be able to judge the other party's detailed data.

  But at this moment, William in the small meeting room suddenly came out.

  He glanced at Sean, his face was slightly surprised: "Why are you here?"

  Sean turned his head to look at William, and smiled: "Anyway, there is nothing to do, just come over here to see the situation, you can also participate in the discussion by the way."

"That's it? That's fine." William nodded, "The meeting has just begun, and you just come here to save me the trouble of reporting to you later. ... Have you eaten? I asked Stephen to give you one. Here’s a copy? Today’s kitchen is not bad, and the kid Stephen is very neat, every time the food is delivered is fast and accurate, and the things are not cold. I’m thinking about how to ask for someone from Rodo. Come here."

  Hearing William’s words, Sean easily noticed the word "liso".

He knew very well that the Lord’s Mansion did not have a kitchen. This was actually just a place for office and rest. In fact, at the very beginning, the Lord’s Mansion did not plan to set up a rest bedroom, but later it happened that William was exhausted a lot. The reconstruction was carried out after the second event, but even so, the Lord’s Mansion did not have a kitchen, so the meal time was always to order takeaways or simply go to nearby pubs and hotels.

   However, for the sake of time and convenience, the Lord’s Mansion also had a private kitchen and hired a cook. It’s just that it’s some distance from the lord’s mansion, so even if the chef’s cooking skills are really good, it is usually not particularly delicious when the food is delivered to the lord’s mansion. It’s just that Neil, William and others don’t really mind this. One point, so everyone gets used to it after one come and two, and occasionally go to the kitchen to have a meal if they have free time.

  But the young man in front of him who calls himself Steve can accurately deliver the food before it gets cold. This is by no means a "rapid" description. Especially the standard meal in the Lord’s Mansion has thick soup, but Sean glanced at the situation in the small meeting room just now, and he found that no matter it was the thick soup or other dishes, there was no sign of spilling. This is by no means an ordinary person. Things that can be done.

   "Indeed, I will be able to eat warm food every day in the future." Xiao En also nodded with emotion, and the smile on his face became more real.

  This made Steve, who had been observing Sean secretly, slightly relieved.

  From the moment when Sean appeared, Steve had a very subtle illusion. He always felt that Sean seemed to be aiming at himself, which made Stephen very wary. Because according to his self-recognition, he felt that he would never reveal any flaws. This has been fully proven through the past few days of practice. Even the two most brilliant people in this territory have absolutely none. See through his disguise.

  Until this moment, Sean’s face was filled with a soft smile, and Steven—the head of the intelligence department of the Millennium Covenant Empire, Diels was truly relieved. His current work is only halfway through, although his work cannot continue smoothly because of his inaccessibility to Rena and Hina, but the arrival of Cecilia also makes him feel a little hopeful.

  He knows very well that espionage work like him can never be completed in a short time, so he is naturally prepared for long-term combat, otherwise he would not become a subordinate of Rodo, and would come to the Lord’s Mansion to deliver meals every day. He just wanted to use this opportunity to see if he could get close to Cecilia. He actually didn't need much time. Even if only half a day, it was enough for him to complete the intelligence investigation work.

  He had such a good opportunity today: at the moment in the small meeting room, he saw Cecilia.

  But besides that, there were two other people in this small meeting room that shocked him a bit.

These two people are both dressed as priests, but one of them is obviously a priest with a knife-this profession Diels has heard about it, but it is the first time that I can see it today, and judging from the aura emanating from each other, Obviously he is already a powerhouse at the top of the golden pinnacle, and he is only one step away from entering the sanctuary. And Diels is very clear that the promotion of clergy is completely different from that of mages and combatants. As long as they are pious enough and possess enough divine grace, they can quickly complete the promotion, but the combat experience has always been three. The worst in this system.

  Of course, this does not include priests with swords.

  As a combat profession, the combat experience of priests with swords is actually not less, and in many cases it is even more tricky than some combatants. Judging from the aura of the mysterious priest with a knife, Diels believes that the opponent is definitely not a simple vase, but a priest with a knife who has actually seen blood and has been on the battlefield, but in this way, let Di Els couldn't understand.

  Why is there such a strong man in Pandaren’s territory?

   Prior to this, he had never heard of a strong man in the Panda collar who had reached the upper level of gold, and the strongest one was Rina.

  This kind of intelligence error made Diels feel a sense of crisis, because he found that both he and the Millennium Covenant Empire seemed to completely underestimate the Snow and Winter Churches propagating in Pandaren and Dayi. If this church has a golden power who is about to step into the lower sanctuary, then this means that the true **** behind this church is definitely not a **** with weak divine power.

  But what really makes Diels unable to understand is why there are members of the church in this conference room at this moment?

If the priest with a knife of the Snow and Winter Church is alone, Diels can also speculate that the church is going to preach doctrine in Sean’s territory, so it is necessary to negotiate with the lord about something that is beneficial to each other. matter. But when another church member was also in this conference room, the situation became a little more delicate, especially since this other church member was also the high priest of the Temple of Life.

  Diels is not an idiot. Although he doesn't know who the high priest of this other life church is, the strong breath of life in the other party can never hide it from others.

  This information was already in his mind the moment Diels delivered the food, and he was going to wait until Cecilia's affairs were dealt with before investigating.

  Yes, although Diels was shocked by the accidental discovery in the conference room, he did not forget his own job: investigating the Phoenix bloodline.

  So from beginning to end, Diels has been trying to find opportunities to contact Cecilia.

  It’s just that he didn’t expect that Sean suddenly appeared at this moment. This is really a fact that made him feel unhappy. It's just that after Sean's performance, Dills's heart was stunned. He keenly discovered that after he said his name, there was a trace of distrust in Sean's eyes-that feeling was very subtle. , But Diels just knew that the other party didn't believe that he was really called Steve.

Diels could not believe that this would happen, because he was not the first day as an espionage agent. Although he has rarely acted personally after becoming the head of the intelligence department of the Millennium Covenant Empire, this does not mean that he will forget. This instinctive skill that brought him a reversal of fate. So Diels is very confident, or he has enough qualifications to be proud and conceited, absolutely no one can see through his disguise.

In fact, it is true. Neither the jingming Neil nor the cautious William found Diels’ disguise, and even William deliberately included Diels in the roster of the Lord’s Mansion, which means that if William really If you do this, then Diels will have the permission to enter and exit the Lord's Mansion-and Diels is indeed working in this direction these days.

  If it weren’t for Sean that would appear, and if he discovered Diels's anomaly and promoted the True Eye to the third level, maybe Diels would really give him a latent success. And once he takes root in the Lord's Mansion, he only needs to arrange his own manpower into the Void City, and then he can set up a spy team against everyone in the Void City and even the Lord's Mansion in a short time.

   But now, things are naturally different.

After Sean discovered the hidden indirect hostility of Diels, he naturally paid attention to many details that were easily overlooked, so Sean can be very sure that this young man with a fake name of "Steve" is very The Lord's Mansion definitely has a plan. It’s just that Sean is not sure what the self-proclaimed Steve is conspiring, is it an espionage sent by the Hastings family, or is trying to assassinate William and Neal’s killer, or is it targeting Sisi? People from the Thousand-Year Covenant Empire from Leah?

  The only thing Sean can be sure of is that this person has no intention of killing, otherwise Beth would have already killed him.

Just because there is no killing intent, it does not mean that there is no hostility. Sean feels it is necessary to talk to Beth, and then figure out what this "Steve" is making. After all, someone who can lurk to the Void City and talk to the lord The spy involved in the government is not something that everyone can do. You know, under the joint washing of Neil and William, many dark sides of Void City have been completely cleaned up, and after Rupi took over the spy work of the intelligence department, the counterintelligence operation of Void City has been very smooth. It was the last month that more than a dozen spies from the Kingdom of Darbion and the Millennium Covenant Empire were captured.

  Of course, these people have been executed secretly. Anyway, neither the Darbion Kingdom nor the Millennium Covenant Empire will admit such things as spies.

   "What are you looking at?" William noticed that Sean had been staring at Steve's back, and couldn't help but ask with some curiosity.

   "That man is a spy." For William, Sean had nothing to hide, so he said, "Moreover, his strength is definitely not weak. The breath he inadvertently exuded just now made me feel terrified."

  When he heard Sean’s words, William was obviously taken aback: "How is this possible."

  Sean was not surprised by William’s reaction. After all, William was also in charge of espionage activities. If it weren’t for the third-order real eye, he really couldn’t find some details that would be completely overlooked. So, Sean told William about all these clues. With Sean's description, William's **** se has become more and more ugly, and his brows have been tightly locked together.

  "About this matter, I will let Beth handle it." Shaun made a decision very simply, "Now, let's deal with another matter first."

   "Alright." William nodded. (To be continued.)