Lord of War

  Under the dim night, a man in a gray-brown se hooded cloak was walking fast.

Although he has been walking in the shadow of Yin as much as possible, and he still walked against the root of the wall, in the eyes of some senior thieves, this person's concealment skills are very poor, and it can even be said that he has kept leaving all kinds of things along the way. trace.

   Fortunately, it was late at night, and there were not many people on the street. Except for the soldiers of the 7th Legion who were constantly patrolling back and forth, no one was seen. It stands to reason to walk on such a heavily guarded street, even the most experienced thieves or even assassins must move forward cautiously, but for this person, it seems like entering a man’s land. It is always possible to move forward with the blind spot of vision between the two patrols that is almost less than a second.

  Many have noticed the sight of the people wearing the adventurer's cloak. After realizing this, they have chosen to withdraw their sights.

  Now Tonys Fortress is a mixed bag. Even though the Seventh Legion has fully implemented military control, when a huge flow of people floods into this giant fortress, no one knows how many people with special purposes have been mixed into these people. In addition, now that the Principality of Ryan is about to be upgraded, the domestic aristocratic circle is facing a reshuffle, whether it is the upper aristocrats or the lower aristocrats. Therefore, although there is no foreign enemy invasion for the time being, it is still unavoidable that the entire Ryan kingdom will fall into a state of political turmoil in a short period of time. .

  In general, political turmoil often means Yin's conspiracy, assassination, and even the decline and demise of one, two, or even several families.

  Political victims, that’s all.

  It’s just that the political turmoil that will be caused by the Ryan Kingdom this time is actually limited to a relatively small area.

   To put it plainly, it is the conflict of interest between the veteran Lane aristocracy and the surrendering new Lane aristocracy.

  In a state almost like being in an uninhabited state, the mysterious man soon came to a small hotel that looked rather dilapidated.

  This is a hotel with traces of history in the inner city of Tonys Fortress. It is said that it was established when the fortress began construction. And in that busy time. This hotel has always provided good-quality food and hot wine for the soldiers and few workers in the fortress, so when the fortress was built, the marquise of the fortress of Tonis was held here. A celebration banquet, which has since become the most proud signature of this hotel.

However, with the change of time, when more and more people began to pour into this fortress, and various more high-end taverns and hotels began to open, this hotel was gradually forgotten in people’s memory. inside. And now, this hotel has become the best choice for those impoverished travelers-even adventurers with a little money will not stay in this place.

  But for some people, the existence value of this hotel is extremely high.

  Because there are no adventurers, mercenaries, demon hunters, etc. to stay. Naturally, this hotel will not be popular. The lack of popularity usually means a lack of intelligence exchanges, which is naturally a worthless place for those who rely on intelligence to feed, so there will be no spies coming to such a place. . In this way, this hotel is equivalent to a natural soundproofing house, so in the eyes of those who really know the goods. This hotel is the best choice.

  The person who has not revealed his identity so far carefully glanced around, then pushed open the wooden door of the hotel and walked in.

  A rotten and moldy smell is oncoming. This made the mysterious man's brows slightly frowned.

  The boss at the counter inside the hotel. It was an old man who was hanging down, and his face was already stuck to the bones, giving people an unusually oozing feeling. He raised his head slightly and glanced at the mysterious person entering the door. His eyes were so indifferent that it made people feel incredible. This mysterious person wearing a cloak even had an illusion of being seen through. How long has he not seen this illusion?

   "There is only one room left." The old man's voice was hoarse as if it was blowing out of a bellows. The mysterious person could even see that when the old man said this, his chest was even directly compressed, which made him very worried that the old man would die immediately after saying the next sentence.

   "No, I just came to find someone." The mysterious man said quickly. Even he himself didn't know why he was so cautious in front of this old man, it felt like he was meeting some elder in person.

   "The woman who took the lead?" The old man glanced at the other person, "Go up, in the second room on the left, they haven't slept yet."

  The mysterious person thanked him in a cautious manner, then turned around and started to go upstairs.

  The whole small hotel felt like it would collapse at any time. As soon as this person stepped on the stairs, he made a creaking sound, as if he would be stepped on if he tried harder. In this way, he naturally dared to go upstairs cautiously without daring to use too much force, but fortunately, when he went up to the second floor, the floor became much thicker, which made his mood slightly relaxed.

  The second floor aisle of the small hotel, you can see obvious traces of modification. It seems that there was no such aisle at the beginning, but even so, this aisle can only accommodate one person to pass through. According to the old man's statement, the man who has not taken off his hood and cloak knocked on the door of the second room on the left, and then the door was opened in the next instant.

  The hotel room is smaller than imagined. There is only a bed against the wall, a table near the window, a chair, and nothing else. However, it can be seen that these things are obviously quite old, at least they must have a history of more than ten years. It can be seen that these gadgets definitely existed before the completion of Tonys Fortress.

  The only good point is that the bedding in the room is very clean and even exudes a faint fragrance.

It was Rina who opened the door. She had already taken off her cloak and armor. She only wore a white denim shirt and a pair of trousers with tied feet on her lower body. The whole person looked like a fierce jingle. .

  After seeing Rina, the man finally lifted his hood.

  The face under the hood is astonishingly Brod.

   There was a strange flash in Rina’s eyes, it was obvious that she was a little unclear about Brod’s intention to go here in such a deep night. For a while, the atmosphere outside the door seemed a bit tangled and low, after all, this morning. The two of them almost fought, and it didn't take long for Brod to visit late at night. It's no wonder that at this moment, Rina immediately tensed her nerves.

  In the room, Sean was sitting at the desk, seeming to be flipping through a book. He took it so seriously that he didn't notice it the first time Broad came. It wasn't until the atmosphere in the room became a little weird and deep that Sean came back to his senses. Turning his head, he saw that Brod had been blocked by Rena, and he was in a situation of disagreement.

   And Cecilia, who was lying on the bed, opened her eyes and glanced at the people outside the door. After seeing that it was Broad, she closed her eyes again and went back to sleep. The journey these days has made her feel very tired. With Broad's strength and situation, everyone in the room would not be able to dispatch together. One Rena is enough to make him come back and forth. So just turned over. Cecilia fell asleep again.

  As for Xuefanio. She leaned against the window and didn't know what she was looking at. She placed the Bing Rin aside, and she didn't even sweep Broad from the corner of her eye from start to finish.

   "Let him in." Sean said softly.

  Rena looked back at Sean, her eyes a little puzzled, but after seeing Sean nod. Rina kept aside and let Broad in.

  After entering the door, Broad closed the door conveniently, but after a glance at the room, he saw that there were no extra chairs. And after Rina and Xuefanio were both standing, Brod simply took off the cloak and threw it on the ground, and just sat down. This action made Sean's face a little bit surprised. It felt that Broad had indeed changed a lot in the past year. This made Sean's original frivolous attitude slightly changed.

   "You came a little later than I expected." Sean said softly.

   "It is not easy to cross most of the inner city without being discovered by anyone." Broad said, "What is the situation in Tonis Fortress today, I believe you should see it clearly today."

   "Indeed." Sean nodded.

  Speaking of this, Sean took a look at Broad with interest and smiled: "But I didn't expect that you would say that kind of thing this morning. I thought..."

   "Think I would tell you about your arrival here?" Brod interrupted Sean.

  Shaun smiled noncommittal.

"If it was before the war broke out with the Kingdom of Darbion, then I would do it, but after that, I won't." Brod said with a calm face, then calmly said, "I know we were There may have been some festivals in the past, but in my opinion, those are just trivial things. As you said, we are all nobles, so you and I are very clear about the way between nobles, then you must have heard a word... …"

  This time, it was Sean who interrupted Broad’s voice: "There are no absolute friends, only absolute interests?...If I remember correctly, we are not even friends?"

"Friends and enemies are always only between one thought." Brod shrugged, "And the previous thing, I don't think our previous hatred will be too big to be close. Of course, the thing that time was indeed me. It was a bit too much, so in order to show my sincerity, I apologize to you here, and I have also prepared a manor for you in Wangdu, to ensure that if you don't want it, no one will be able to disturb you. "

   "Except you?" Sean's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Yes, except for me." Broad was calm and admitted, "After all, that manor must pass through my hands. But I can guarantee that this manor is absolutely clean, even if you No one will know the relationship between you and me when I move in."

  "Are you trying to reach a secret alliance agreement with me?" Sean tilted his head.

   "Yes." Brod nodded, "We all know that after the upgrade of the Principality of Ryan this time, the domestic political situation will inevitably cause turmoil. Of course, the Principality of Ryan has now been divided into Senner nobles and foreign nobles..."

  "The distribution in the aristocratic circle has been finalized?" Sean asked in surprise.

  Aristocratic circles have never been static. They will choose to group together or oppose each other because of differences in political ideas or entanglement of interests. Therefore, whether it is a group or an opposition, in order to continue to ensure the establishment of their own family in the country, they will choose to alliance with other noble families. This alliance relationship is deep and shallow, but once an alliance agreement is reached, a fixed alliance will be formed. Of circles.

Usually the circles that have been established for a long time become old nobles, and those families that have only recently become nobles are generally called emerging nobles. If an emerging noble does not have an old noble as an introducer, the noble will be completely rejected Outside the circle. Therefore, if those families known as emerging aristocrats do not want to just become political victims in this way, they will also choose to group together, so the contradiction between the old and new aristocrats will naturally start from this.

  This is an internal struggle among the nobles that no country can avoid.

  However, in different national histories, there are completely different definitions of new and old nobles. Like in the Principality of Lane, the old nobles are those families that have been established for at least two hundred years, and since there have been almost no new nobles in the middle for nearly a hundred years, the assignment of new and old nobles is very clear, and there is no fuzzy boundary.

  So, the distribution in the aristocratic circle is not just talking about it, at least it must reach a certain consensus.

   "Yes." As one of the old noble nobles, Broad knew what Shaun meant, so he nodded.

  "So what about the contradiction between the old aristocrats and the emerging aristocrats?" Sean's brows suddenly frowned. "Isn't there a huge and irreconcilable conflict of interest between the two? Why did they suddenly join hands?"

"So I said, there are no absolute enemies and friends in this world, only absolute interests." Brod shrugged, "The old nobles gave up all kinds of things worth about 18 million gold coins. Materials and resources, so the emerging aristocrats naturally jumped on it for the first time. At least before the end of this great turmoil, the Kingdom of Line..." Broad emphasized the words "Kingdom of Line": "Previously sealed Those nobles are already in one mind."

  Sean did not expect that the political situation of the Kingdom of Lane would change so quickly, which was completely beyond his scope.

  At least, he still remembers that there was no such situation in the game.

   "So what do you mean?" Sean asked in a deep voice.

   "I only have one request." Broad said softly, "Help me become the next Patriarch of the Rhodes family, then I will be on your side." (To be continued...)