Law of the Devil
Chapter 310 [Heavy Bar] (Moon Ticket ~)
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(Update today, 9,000 words ~)
Chapter 300 [Heavy Bars]
Dewey had a troubled look and felt a little confused.
If you are unaccountably solicitous, you are a thief! Own credit in the northwest, Prince Chen has already rewarded himself, responsible for negotiating with the prairie people, he has gained many advantages. And retreat to get 20,000 cavalry, get yourself 6,000 elites. This is already a credit to myself.
But today, after returning to the Emperor, he came out... His Highness the Imperial Highness Prince Chen, he...
Well, yes!
Dewey eyebrow raised!
The Regent gave himself such a big face. Well, when he asked for anything, he didn't feel comfortable disputing his face! This guy... I'm engaged, he's not still trying to marry me, is he?
If not marriage, what would he ask for?
Dewey thought for a long time and didn't have to take it. He simply didn't think about it. Anyway, he had returned to Didu. Next, he walked one step at a time, and the soldiers came to stop him, and the water just drowned.
Nothing to say overnight. Early the next morning, a servant came to the newspaper and said that Zach Jr., the head of the Emperor's shop, had sent someone to invite Dewey.
The servant who came to report said that there was still some shock in his heart. Although everyone knows that little Zach is a man of great trust to Dewey, he is in charge of the Duchess' business in Didu. But when the Duchess returned to Emperor this time, it was rude for him to send someone to let Dewey go instead of coming to see him at once.
But Dewey didn't mind at all. He knew that little Zach was a commercial genius, and that was how he always did things. He certainly had a reason not to come to see himself, and Dewey wasn't the kind of man who demanded courtesy.
I went to my shop immediately in the morning.
Little Zach, the dude that Dewey picked up, has been mixed up in the Emperor for two years. He is naturally an eight-sided man. He spins in the emperor's many prestige. Everyone knows that the Duke of Tulip is behind him, and he is naturally honored by three points. And this Zach ghost idea has a lot of ideas. If he moves, he will make some profitable tricks. He will make Dewey's business in Tidu extremely red fire. Although it can't be said to be a daily fight gold, he will also earn a full platinum. Even the Dragon Mountain Warcraft is envious. If it hadn't been for Dewey's face, this Darren Mountain Warcraft would have been digging walls and feet in the dark.
Before leaving the house, people came to the newspaper, saying that there was a proportion of Count's housekeepers, Deland Mountain Warcraft housekeepers, and the head of the Titus Security Agency, Camisillo, Baron Sark of the Treasury Department, and several generals of the military, among others. About a dozen people sent invitations early in the morning to invite the Duchess of Tulips to the feast.
Dewey frowned as soon as she heard. If it is the Count of Billia or the Dragon Mountain Warcraft who invited himself, after all, these two guys are closer to each other, and they come back to the Emperor. It is also unexpected that the other party invited themselves. It is not surprising that Camisillo, who is also a good friend... but why are those other people, such as Baron Sark, and those in the military, inviting themselves?
And still in such a hurry, I only came back one night, and the next morning I sent all the invitations. Seems impatient.
What makes Dewey even more suspicious is that half of the dozen invitations received were not from Prince Chen's class, but from the minds of the neutral factions in whose power the former emperor was, and he did not have much empathy with himself.
Dewey shrugged for a moment and felt bad and refused. After all, in this privileged circle, if you refuse one bite, you will not be offended. When I thought about it, I asked people to reply to the dozens of housekeepers and tell them that the Duke of Tulips thanked you for your beauty and decided to invite you to the Tulips Industry Banquet tonight in Tiduri.
Since you can't go to the banquet all at once, why don't you invite these people into your head? Anyway, the bigger Dewey's business in Dido is now, besides the fact that the original store has doubled a few times, there are also a number of hotels and other industries. After all, Junior Zach started out as a hotel business, and the catering industry is an old business, and it's also very red fire.
When someone responded, Dewey took a few guards and rode to see Little Zach.
Of course, to return to the Emperor, naturally to see Prince Chen of Regent Wang Chen. Except now that His Royal Highness is no better than before, he is the Regent of the Empire. Though Dewey is red, he is no good walking straight to the palace. According to the Imperial Decree, any party who is recalled to the Imperial capital must first hand over the formalities to the palace and wait for the emperor's summons.
Last night, Dewey figured out what Prince Chen's intentions might be. Carrots were eaten, and now it's time to drop the stick. Dewey doesn't have a sinful habit of finding himself. Now that he knows he's going to drop the stick, of course, Dewey won't send it to the door on his own initiative, so just wait for the Regent to summon him.
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Originally Dewey's estate was on one of the busiest streets in Didu. Emperors are the first male city on the mainland. Business is extremely developed, especially the five or six intersecting streets in the center of the city. They also form a business circle similar to Dewey's previous world. Various business shops, hotels and hotels, etc. converge here. There are also a dozen Northwest King's syndicates, also set here, the most prosperous.
Dewey's original business was on one of these streets, and after two years of operation by Little Zach, it more than tripled in size, taking down everything around the original store and buying the two original hotels on the street, and connecting them.
Dewey went out lightly and didn't have much ranking. He rode his horse and a few guards followed him around. Wandering all the way to this busiest part of Teito, it's also quite relaxing. The place is bustling and the streets are naturally full of people. It's just that everyone sees Dewey in his gown from afar. He's got the audacity, and he's followed by the guards of the martial arts. Normal people don't dare come near Dewey. So Dewey walked all the way here, and there was no congestion.
When he finally got to this street of the tulip family estate, Dewey found himself away from the Emperor for a year and a half, and Little Zach did an excellent job, and this long street, almost half of it, had become a tulip family estate.
From afar, you can see the shop where it started, the door is three times larger, the gate is extremely rich, and even the parking lot next to it has been expanded. Though early in the morning, a few gorgeous carriages were seen parked in the distance, apparently in the early morning.
Dewey came to get off the horse in front of the door, and someone who knew Dewey already hurried out. There are so many new people in this store, but who doesn't know who Dewey is when he's dressed up? Everyone hurried to greet each other. Dewey walked in herself. It seemed that the layout here was very different from when she left. The waiters were obviously strictly trained to wear them. Although their arrival caused some shock, they were not shocked. Most of them were busy and did not disrupt their duties after honoring themselves.
When I met that little Zach, Dewey didn't laugh. For more than a year, this guy who had picked himself back up like a great horse monkey actually wore a white leather robe, obviously the finest white bear skin from the frozen forest in the north. Although the appearance was a little ugly, it also appeared very spiritual after some dressing, and there were a few less points between the acts, a few more points of stability.
Remembering when he met this guy, he sneaked up on the “golden service package” scene, and Dewey had to laugh.
“My boss, I haven't seen you in over a year. You look very spirited!” Little Zach looked worried, and there was no such thing as a flickering, rules-bound salute. Dewey glanced at him and walked up into the house, looking at the house and laughing: "Dear Zach, you look great too. You've done a great job for over a year and I'm happy with it. ”
Zach was originally Dewey's man from the grassroots class, and although these days came to mix the circles of power and behave in a much more normative way, privately, he revealed his original form. However, today this guy's face is bitter, the eyebrows are full of anxiety, and his behavior is much more respectful. “My boss, don't be ridiculous... for a moment, you may want to slap people at the table, we agreed first, don't hit me on the board for a while! And don't cut me with a knife! ”
After that, he looked around as if he was unconscious. Dewey swept the room and found out that there wasn't even a knife here, even a knife on the table that had been specially cut fruit.
Dewey frowned: “Tell me, what is it? You have a huge shelf now, but let my boss come to see you. ”
“I can't walk away.” Zach blinked: “You see, there's a big thing going on this afternoon. I'd like to see you last night... but... Alas, I can't make myself clear. Sit down and listen to me slowly. Just please don't get mad at me for a while. ”
At the end of the joke, his face sank and he came over, lowering his voice: “My duke... it is a good time for you to come back. In these two days, the Emperor is about to quarrel. This is not true, I just recently got a few rare shipments, I was about to auction here, the message sent out, and as a result, our auction house entrance ticket, has been fired a hundred gold coins! Especially a few VIP tickets. I'm afraid you won't get one without that number on the market.” Saying, little Zach stretched out a clap of five fingers.
“500 gold coins? ”
“Five thousand!” Little Zach rolled his eyes.
Duvi was surprised.
The auction of this kind of thing, is that Duvalier slightly mentioned some rules, then Little Zach is given to Emperor tomorrow by his hearing, every rare goods, if released, Emperor Li will also buy this, that also to buy, everyone has a big idea, but after all, only one or two of the things are so limited, rejecting no one is good. Just use the rules of the auction, the higher price, so that neither the guilty, nor often these wealthy principals will make a few times the price to make little Zach laugh at the price of the auction.
And auctioning this rare thing is also very popular in Didu. Often a rare shipment, the news gets out, and admission tickets to Tulip's auction house are fired up.
But…
“What kind of weird baby did you get this time? How did you get the ticket so high?” Dewey frowned.
Little Zach shook his head: “This auction's stuff, it's kind of expensive, but it's definitely not going to make that noise. Just because, in our auction this time, one thing is not ours, but someone else sent it here to auction, and the business went into business, I've ordered the auction houses to accept the auction here since this year, and according to the rules, we can draw half of the proceeds from the final auction, and this business makes a lot of money. However, this time it caused trouble. ”
“What is it exactly? ”
After listening to Dewey's question, Little Zach's face became weird, smiling bitterly, whispering: “The auction... is not something, but a promise! ”
“Promise?” Dewey frowned.
Little Zach sighed: “This thing has suddenly spread in recent days. I wanted to let you know as soon as I got the news, but you are already on your way. Although I sent someone to find you on the way, I wanted to miss it. I had the heart to see you last night, but if a dozen big people came to greet you when you came back last night and then went back with you, so many outsiders were present, I wouldn't be able to talk to you about it. I had to wait until early this morning..."
Dewey shook his head: "No need to explain, just say it. What happened? ”
Little Zach smiled bitterly: "Things have to start ten days ago...”
Later, Dewey heard a complaint from little Zach that the more he heard, the more he frowned.
Turns out, ten days ago, Little Zach had released a message to prepare for the January auction.
And at that time, something big happened.
It turns out that in the winter of this year, a southern province of the Empire suddenly suffered a snowfall. The continental climate is cold and hot in the north, and snow rarely falls in the south. This southern winter snowfall is unusual, but it is not unprecedented. After the snowstorm, it was big, small. The official government of Didu naturally has a financial department responsible for disaster relief.
However, precisely once a year, the bishop of the eight main parishes of the Temple of Light returned to the Temple of the Emperor. His Holiness the Pope, who had been in the depths for many years, was said to have suffered a snowfall in the southern province, and the followers of the parish were living in hardship. His Holiness the Pathetic Pope immediately issued a teaching order exempting the parish from the annual religious tax and contribution tax.
It's a big deal, it's a big deal. But His Holiness the Pope came forward to do such a good deed, and many noble men of divine power came to entertain themselves, and many nobles donated their possessions.
The matter boiled down for a few days in the Emperor's Landscape, and finally an embarrassing situation arose: in the Temple, at the Pope's behest, millions of gold coins were raised. Although the Pope's call is strong, the power of the rich followers below… Second, I'm afraid there are others behind it.
At this time, suddenly in Emperor Didu came a distrustful rumor that the King Regent had ordered the Treasury Secretary to raise gold coins for disaster relief, only more than thirty gold coins. And when the Pope gave the order, he got three million. As can be seen, the Pope's prestige is far higher than that of His Royal Highness the Regent.
Inside, there is a hidden meaning of the comparative calling and prestige of the divine and imperial powers.
Such rumours are of course not intended. But the reality that lies ahead is that divine rights seem to overwhelm imperial power.
For a while, the temple's prestige naturally rose, and the Regent seemed to have lost face.
The clandestine battle between the Imperial Royal Family and the Temple has a long history. This pope's high-profile behavior is highly inconsistent with this mysterious old man's deep, low-key demeanor over the years.
After all, in the imperial circle of power, everyone is old oil strip, many people smell a little smell.
However, in this contest, the Regent seemed very low-key, did not compete with the Temple, boiled outside, and the royal family remained silent.
Originally, according to the normal trajectory, there is this rumor on the market. If those principals are smart, nature will not continue to pay their bags to deliver money to the temple. Otherwise, the more money the temple collects, the more money it is going to beat the face of the Regent?
But if things get here, it's weird!
After the rumor came out, the place where the goods were collected in the temple could also be called “lively”, but the rumor was so loud, those who donated money were not small, but surged overnight!
This phenomenon is very unusual!
On those days, outside the temple, people who had heeded His Holiness's call for donations of good money were said to have sent almost two blocks in line! The crowd flocked and even the Temple sent the Holy Knights to maintain order!
The original number of 3 million gold coins, in less than two days, doubled again!
In this way, His Holiness the Pope's calling power is amazing to everyone, and in turn, the more royal the Regent seems to be a little... dim.
“Are all these rich people blind and deaf and stupid?” Dewey frowned: “Clearly, someone pushed it, and Tomorrow offered the Pope a place, secretly in the face of the Regent! It's obvious that these wealthy men of the Emperor are not afraid to offend the royal family? How dare you make such a scene? ”
Little Zach shook his head: "My Duke... you are wrong! Paradoxically, most of the people who go to the temple to donate money are not rich people in the Empire. I have sent people to inquire, the vast majority of them are foreign accents, as if they were from the South... I don't know how the Emperor has come to so many Southerners lately, as if these people brought huge sums of money, they came to the Emperor, donated money and then left... This thing is obvious, clearly is to sweep the royal face. ”
“Southerners?” Dewey chuckles: “How did Diduri come up with so many wealthy Southern merchants to donate money? Apparently, it was organized on purpose! ”
“Isn't that right?” Little Zach laughed: “You are two days late, if you come back two days early, you can see this lively scene. The other day, outside the temple, it was a sea of people! ”
Dewey shook his head and asked, "Where's the royal family? How did the royal family react? ”
“It's just not responding. That's why it's weird.” Little Zach smiles bitterly: “Even idiots can see that the temple has deliberately provoked the royal family again. This is so obvious that it really does not correspond to the stability and great inconsistency that His Holiness the Pope has shown over the years! Oddly enough, our Regent has been silent and has had no reaction to this. And..."
“And what? ”
“And don't you think it's strange? If it's more than financial, Regent, isn't this the temple? Nothing else. Just let the Darren Mountain Warcraft and Count Villa throw millions of coins at random. That's nothing, right? Millions of gold coins still come out if the royal family is to fight. It is strange that the Regent does not speak, nor do several of His Royal Highness's great fortune owners speak. ”
Dewey's heart is full of doubt.
This thing is so obvious... if it's a conspiracy against the royal family, then the conspiracy is too bad. Light Temple, okay, why are you suddenly using this to wreak havoc on the royal family? It does not seem necessary for His Holiness the Pope to suddenly challenge the authority of the Regent?
Hmm... People from the South...
Could it have been the Yenni?
But the Yenni did it for what? What good is provoking the royal family and deliberately releasing such rumors besides offending the royal family?
Dewey put these questions aside first, and he said, "Well, what does this matter with today's auction? ”
“Just two days ago, someone came to us and sent us an auction.” Zach looks terrible: “Guess who sent this auction? ”
“… who? ”
“Temple!” The bitterness of Zach's face: “The Presiding Judge of the Temple personally came here and sent a decree signed by His Holiness the Pope! This law is in our possession. This scripture is one of this auction! For this auction, the emperor has almost turned over for two days!
His Holiness the Pope made it clear that this item was to be auctioned here, for the high price! All proceeds from the auction will be used for disaster relief in the South. And the purpose of this auction is a papal autographed promise: whoever receives this promise, the promised one, if he has a child, His Holiness the Pope promises to baptize him personally and to adopt him as his own godson and to be the godfather of the child himself! Third class, regardless of the identity of the other party, this commitment works! ”
In other words, Dewey can't even sit down.
The Pope himself presided over the Baptism Induction Ceremony? What kind of treatment is this?
His Holiness the Pope of every generation will never baptize any ordinary person!! Only the Emperor of the Empire can enjoy the Pope's own baptism! The only emperor!
This example has never been broken when the Empire of Roland was founded for more than 960 years and the Temple of Light was built for 960 years! And absolutely not to be broken!
Even… in some ways, this has become almost a criterion for the legitimacy of an emperor!
Unconsciously, people even erected the notion that the emperor was not lawful without His Holiness the Pope presiding over the baptism!
Conversely, as the supreme master of the Temple of Light, the Pope must not baptize anyone at random!
This is the Iron Rule!!
“Has His Holiness the Pope gone mad?!!!” Dewey jumped suddenly: “What the hell is wrong with this old god stick?! ”
It's provocation! Naked provocation! Provocation against imperial power!!
Dewey was pale and suddenly stared at Zach, angry: "Are you stupid too? Don't you dare answer this!!! ”
Zach changed color on his face and shouted, "Oh, my God! My Duke! I'm not a fool, Zach! You think I don't know how light this thing is? You think I dare? But the question is, the Chief Justice of the Temple of Heaven himself came here with the Pope's decree, and he stood before me. Faced with the Pope's decree, how can you tell me to say" no "in person?? I'm not you, you're the Duke, but I'm just a little superintendent. How can I refuse to face a man of the Pope's rank, who wrote the decree himself? How can I refuse? If you don't answer, you have to answer!! ”
Dewey thought about it, and it is true... Faced with the Pope's purpose, it is indeed difficult to refuse, I am afraid that even if it were himself, if the Pope had personally given any will, he could not refuse it personally, at best in the face, but it is impossible to say no in the face.
Who can say “no” to His Holiness the Pope, above the whole continent?
“Again.” Zach looked bitter: “I sent someone out of Didu immediately after I received this thing that day, and by then you should have been on your way to Didu! I sent someone halfway to find you... haven't you met him? ”
Dewey's heart grew more and more gloomy. Forget it. Two days ago?
Well, that happened after I saved Maximus on the river! Was it the Yenni?
“You sent me a messenger, I didn't meet.” He asked quickly, “What about Prince Chen? What will the Regent say when he finds out? ”
Zach looked strange and smiled bitterly: “Just last night, I was going to meet you in the middle of the night... but just in the middle of the night, a court envoy came to the palace, found me face to face, and gave me an order from the Regent himself, and then..."
“And then what? ”
“Then take the auction, the Pope's personal promise. ”
Dewey listened to this as if he had been punched in the face. “Took it away?! ”
He came up angry, slapping hard on the table, snapping, and people jumped up, angry: “Zach! How come you haven't told me anything so important yet!! Why didn't you come and tell me last night? ”
“I'd like to.” Zach shook his head: “Yesterday someone from the court dragged me here, I was about to go out to see you, the messenger from the court came to see me without informing me, and then two courtroom messengers, one of whom was also a courtroom magician, stood beside me and stared at me incessantly!! Just don't let me tell you... where can I get away with this? Don't tell me I snuck away. A magician sat beside me all night, his eyes didn't leave me for half a while, and there were people following me to the bathroom! Even if I wanted to send someone out in secret... they wouldn't let me talk to anyone! I can't even send you a letter! ”
Dewey nodded, he was a little strange in his heart. Why did he return to Didu? Zach, as his number one supervisor in Didu, didn't show up all night and didn't greet him.
“It wasn't until this morning that the court people told me they could send someone to invite you. I don't know what the hell this Regent is up to. I had to send someone to the Duke's office to ask you. Just now, the court is still here! It's just that their front foot just left and your back foot came. I guess most of them have been watching the wind on the street. ”
After a pause, Zach smiled bitterly: “I sent someone to notify you the other day. I wanted to notify you of this important matter quickly. I let the passenger boat go along the canal and it will always meet you. But you didn't meet the person I sent to deliver the letter on the way, most of whom I sent to deliver the letter, and they stopped you. It's just that the people intercepted were royal or temple, which I can't guess. ”
Dewey calmed down a little bit.
Prince Chen purposefully did so.
His Royal Highness, deliberately blocked the news and prevented himself from knowing these things until he returned to Emperor Du, and now he knows... What is the purpose of this?
When I arrived in Didu last night, I greeted my own Count Villa and they didn't say a word. Obviously, Prince Tatsune gave his permission!
His Royal Highness deliberately sent himself to Didu, and only this morning did he suddenly know this big thing... Why? Sudden attack? So what's the point?
Watching Dewey slip into contemplation, Zach grinned: "My lord, instead of thinking about these issues now, the imminent problem is… the auction is coming soon at noon! But Prince Chen sent someone to take the auction last night! Later at the auction, we'll be empty-handed. What should we do? Your Highness, did you do this deliberately? ”
Dewey frowned... Prince Chen deliberately set himself up? I don't think so. After all, when he came back last night, he was kind to himself. Another triumphant welcome and a gift for the old house. There's no reason to get this out today and deliberately frame yourself.
It is also in the royal interest to take away the Pope's own decree and make the auction unsuccessful, but there is no reason to embarrass yourself, is there?
With a long sigh, Dewey finally cleared her mind: “I get it...”
He rubbed the muscles on his face and sighed helplessly: “It's obvious what His Highness meant... he deliberately sent someone to take this thing from you before the auction, just to avoid letting it fall into anyone's hands! What he meant was obvious: make sure this thing doesn't fall into anyone's hands! Do not let the Pope's promise be fulfilled to anyone! ”
“So what do we do? Later at the auction..."
“This is what we need to do for ourselves.” Dewey sighed: “Speaking of which, the only way... we bought this thing for ourselves! At the auction later, no matter how high the price, no matter what the cost, we will pay to buy this item on the spot! ”
Shit, at my auction house, I pay for things myself...
Zach stunned for a moment, but he was also a smart man, his eyes shining: “I get it! That must be what the Regent meant! But why didn't he talk to you about it? Instead, I took it away first, and I won't let you know if you don't send someone to watch me...”
He's giving me no chance to play slippery. Dewey snorted and laughed in his heart: Prince Chen seemed to know himself very well. He was worried that he would not do this kind of headbird thing, so he simply took it away first! Force yourself to do this!
Prince Chen took the papal decree, he would never admit he took it! If, at the time of the auction, someone else took something and could not take out the goods themselves, they would bear the charge of "loss of the papal tenets”. In order not to be guilty, you have to film it yourself! But the result is that Dewey himself became the first bird to receive the Pope's word!
In the way Dewey always did, he would never stand on the tip of this wind! So Prince Regent Wang Chen simply didn't do it for one, didn't do it for two, cut off the afterplay first, forced himself to do it!
Dewey sighed in her heart: she was worried about herself last night. She ate this carrot and wondered what kind of stick she would leave behind.
Looks like today... This bat is really light!
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