Law of the Devil

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(Sorry, it's a little late to update today, I really stayed up late last night watching Italy fight against France's life and death until 5: 00 AM to go to bed, and ended up sleeping until this evening... sweat... the Evil European Cup, my health is better, I can't resist the temptation of football.

Chapter 293: Think Beautifully!

This farce at the auction house is finally over, but Prince Dewey has no clue what to do with it.

Most importantly, it has been the second day since I returned to the Emperor, but I have not seen Prince Chen.

According to the rules of the Roland Empire, a "foreign minister" such as Dewey returns to the Emperor. He does not speak of meeting and seeing the Emperor, but submits official documents through formalities, and then awaits Prince Chen's summons. You don't just run to the palace and knock on the door, you want to see it. Although Prince Chen did not officially become Emperor, he is no different from the Emperor now.

Of course, being a petite red figure like Dewey is often not as complicated as sending someone to the palace to deliver the message and get summoned immediately. But if Dewey had come back this time, he would have sent someone to the palace a long time ago, but if the order had not been summoned in the palace, it would have been passed down.

The meaning here is worth savoring... Prince Chen seems to be pushing and dragging you don't want to see yourself right away?

When I think about the auction today, I was set aside by His Highness. Dewey was a little upset. I couldn't wait to see him face to face. I wanted to not call myself before coming to him, just to give myself a surprise about the auction.

At the end of the auction, many guests dispersed, and Dewey had no time to worry about the 16 million gold coins. The first thing is to send more people to the palace to find out when His Royal Highness the Regent has summoned himself.

I spent my money, and I did what you told me. If you don't see me yet, it's too much! After all, I was called back to Didu by you! Always hanging me like this, but a little too unkind.

Before it was over, Zach had come to report one thing: the Temple had arrived.

Dewey just frowned: “What's the temple sending people for? Isn't this enough for a headache? What are they up to? ”

Zach, that explains it. Turns out the temple didn't send anyone else this time, it just came to ask for money.

After all, it was Dewey who “bought” the Pope's decree that the number of 16 million gold coins should be paid to the Temple in full.

Dewey looked even more uncomfortable: "The auction is not over until noon. Will you ask for money in the afternoon? It's not that fast!” After that, he shrugged for a moment, "You go to the temple people and say," Whoever has more money, more than 10 million gold coins, will not just pile up in the warehouse. It will take me a few days to collect them before we can send them to the temple together! Let them give me a few days to collect cash, and then I'll send someone in person. ”

Zach went down and replied to the Temple's people. Later, he came back to tell Dewey that the Temple's people had promised to leave. Before leaving, he said that he could give Dewey three days to raise money. He also asked the Duke of Tulip to remember the affected people of the South and to collect the money as soon as possible. After all, the money was used by the Pope for disaster relief.

Dewey listened to the growing feeling in her heart.

I came back yesterday with a gorgeous triumphal ceremony, which, although very cheeky, did not change the tangible benefits of a copper plate. And the return of the Rollins' house is just a return of the original copy of the family's estate, although the carrot seems to be large, it doesn't really benefit itself. Today, however, more than 10 million gold coins were scraped away in one day… almost half of Dewey's household. How can Dewey not be annoyed by the huge loss of this entry and exit?

After waiting for a while in the store, Dewey laughed in his heart. If Prince Chen doesn't call himself again and give himself a statement, then he can start his own fire and not be so bullied!

In his heart he was desperately thinking that the man who had been sent to the palace in the afternoon had finally returned with good news: His Royal Highness the Regent had sent an order to summon the Duke of Tulip.

With the return of a courtroom messenger, it was very polite for this messenger to see Dewey. After all, no one outside knew about today's auction. All he knew was that the juvenile duke was now the number one person in the red, a tribute to Dewey.

As soon as Prince Tatsune summoned him, he immediately frowned and did not greet the courtroom envoy, so he ordered a carriage to go to the palace.

The messenger of the court was surprised, he was an old man in the palace, familiar with the rules, according to theory, even if a prince like Dewey was spoiled again, he was summoned in the palace, especially when the foreign minister returned to the emperor for the first time “officially” summoned to the palace, always had to go back to shower and change clothes, put on the duke's full official costume, wear a staff and medal before entering the palace, which was also courtesy.

But the tulip duke is fine, just like that in a random robe, and he looks unhappy.

The courtroom envoy heard Dewey say he was leaving. He stopped quickly. “Grand Duke Tulip... this doesn't seem to be too urgent..."

When Dewey said that, she glanced at him and thought she was still in a hurry? I've lost 16 million gold coins, how can I not rush!

“This… according to the rules, don't you, first of all,... get dressed?” The envoy of the court sighed.

Dewey stared, “Don't you see I'm dressed? ”

The courtroom envoy was shocked and hurried: “Of course not, it's just...” He saw Dewey's impatience and was about to raise a verbal reminder of Dewey's etiquette. Dewey was already angry: “Let's go. I'm a magician. I don't care about rules. ”

After that, he left the house first. The courtroom messenger looked at Dewey's anger and thought nothing of his own. Why should he offend the red man so much? Then he bowed his head and followed him out.

Riding the carriage all the way to the palace, he obtained the order of the Regent King to enter the palace, and this court envoy followed him. Upon entering, the Royal Forest Army recognized the car horse of the Duke of Tulip, that is, he randomly checked it, did the appearance, and let Dewey in.

When he entered the palace, Dewey got out of the car and someone came up to give the order that the Regent was in the palace's garden and asked the Duke of Tulip to meet him immediately.

The gardens of the Imperial Palace of Roland are a strange view of the entire continent. But where rich and noble people live, the garden is naturally filled with purple red, and all the noble flowers and grass trees deserve it. But being the Emperor of the Roland Empire, the gardens in the palace, it's extremely sour.

Nothing else, but because of this palace's garden, only one plant is grown:

Thornflowers.

This thorn blossom is the totem of the Royal Family of the Roland Empire, but in fact it is not very beautiful. As the name implies, it is naturally stabbed, and the thorn blossom is a thorny vine-like plant grown in the drylands, full of barbed thorn branches, adorned with some small white blossoms, it is really not very aesthetic, the only praiseworthy is the resilience of life.

Poor Hall Palace, in keeping with the tradition of the "Thornflower Family”, according to tradition, only one plant is grown in the palace garden. It's really a little depressing: a large thorn with thorns, what's so good about it?

When Dewey arrived in the garden, she heard a crisp and delightful group of children laughing from afar. Far away, around the garden, a group of court samurai guards in golden armor were seen, and after the briefing, Dewey walked in alone.

At this time of winter, there is really no view in the garden, and the withered thorns look like decay. In the garden, however, two children dressed in gorgeous clothes were seen playing with each other, and several maids in the court next to them watched nervously, giving birth to a child who accidentally ran into the flower bush and was stabbed with thorns.

Dewey finally saw Prince Chen. This young Regent of the Empire, who today cost himself more than 10 million, is wearing a simple elegant white robe and is smiling at two children playing.

Dewey looked twice and looked at Prince Chen...

In less than a year and a half, Prince Chen seemed mature and steady. When the two men met a few days before the coup d 'état, Prince Chen was also highly unpredictable, but after all, the dynamism of young people was obvious. But less than two years later, the young Regent, who seemed to have a restrained temperament, was not at all a young man under the age of thirty.

Those eyes are still as bright as they were originally, but the sharp energy inside has completely become a kind of sedimentation after sedimentation, the only thing that hasn't changed is the smile on the mouth, still as warm as it was, making people feel close.

Seeing Dewey come a long way, Prince Chen smiled slightly and took the initiative to laugh out loud: “Dewey, you're here. Come on, let me see. Well, it's been two years since Northwest, and you look pretty tall again. ”

The tone of the phrase was extremely intimate, as if it were a good brother who had been gone for two years. He greeted him with such a warm tone, which prevented Dewey from coming out of his stomach immediately.

Helpless, Dewey pressed down the fire and walked over, then offered a courtesy and coughed: “Your Highness. ”

Prince Chen took a closer look at Dewey and suddenly sighed. The tone was even more gentle: “Dewey... my friend, two years northwest of the wind frost, you look a little darker than when you were in Emperor Du. ”

Dewey smiled lightly, double-closing the words: “It's always cold and bad in the northwest, of course I'll have to work harder. ”

Prince Chen patted Dewey's shoulder and cast a slightly apologetic look. In Dewey's current capacity, I'm afraid the only one on the continent who's qualified to pat Dewey's shoulder like this, aside from his elders, is the Regent.

“Thank you for your hard work… Your sacrifice is in my heart.” Prince Chen smiled softly and instead of waiting for Dewey to talk, pointed to the two children playing, laughing: “Come on, look, this is my son and daughter. ”

Most royal aristocrats marry early. The prince Chen is said to have married at the age of 16 and became a father at the age of 18. And Dewey knows that. Prince Chen is 26 years old, already has a son and daughter, eight years old son and six years old daughter. It's just that Dewey hasn't seen it before, only here today.

The pair of children saw Dewey standing next to their father, who lived in court for a long time, rarely saw outsiders, and His Royal Highness rarely took them to see the aristocratic ministers, and watched a handsome young man like Dewey standing next to his father, both of whom stared curiously at Dewey with a pair of big eyes.

After all, the boy on the left was a little older. At the age of eight, he had begun to receive courtesy education in the court. He remembered the courtroom courtesan's instruction in his heart, but Zhengzi approached two steps, and then owed him slightly to Prince Chen. Although he still had a few children in his face, he had changed his serious appearance, shouted at Prince Chen's father, and then turned to look at Dewey.

“This is Grand Duke Tulip.” When Prince Chen made a few remarks, the eight-year-old prince immediately revealed on his face a typical courtroom etiquette-trained smile. He owed Dewey his debt, but his naive voice tried to be serious: “Hello, Grand Duke Tulip, I'm Charlie Augustine. ”

Dewey looked at the eight-year-old as an adult, sighed in her heart and owed her slightly: "Hello, Your Highness. ”

But the six-year-old princess next to him, as if she were a little frightened, hiding behind the little prince, revealing half her body, measuring Dewey, suddenly a milky opening, sweet voice: “You... are you the magical duke who built a city in those three months? ”

The child's family spoke a little stuttered, the tone was soft and sweet, but it reminded Dewey of the little wife in her own family. Looking at this beautiful little girl like a doll, she had to show a gentle smile and smile softly: “But that's the duke, not the magical duke. ”

Prince Charlie frowned and pulled his sister out from behind, coughing, “Karina, have you forgotten your manners? ”

The little girl threw up her tongue, but stood up clean and well and gave Dewey a court ceremony. Though Dewey did not like these cumbersome manners, he had to return them in front of the Regent.

This pair of Prince Chen's sons are extremely beautiful. Prince Charlie inherited the seventy-eighth appearance of Prince Chen and was extremely handsome, especially the eyes, which are deep in the essence of Prince Chen. When I was playing, I didn't feel that the quiet moment, the younger one, had revealed a few strictly trained royal rituals.

Little Karina, probably younger, with some round baby fat on her face, tender and cute, a pale golden curly hair, more like an angel of the elves, a pair of big blue eyes, her eyes simply can't help but give birth to a certain amount of love.

“Grand Duke Tulip...” Karina looked at Dewey in awkwardness and finally, under Dewey's gentle smile, abandoned the cowardice in her heart and tried to whisper: “Me, I hear the Northwest is fun, can you tell me the story of the Northwest? You... You built a city in three months, is that true? ”

Dewey nodded with a smile, squatted down and couldn't help but reach out and gently scratched Karina's nose. “It's true, if Your Highness is interested, when you grow up, you can go and see for yourself. ”

Little Karina was scratched by Dewey's nose, her pink little face was a little red, she took a step back, her big eyes glistened and looked at Dewey, but she was somewhat disappointed: “We have to wait for her to grow up again...”

Prince Chen smiled and glanced at the attendant next to him: “Take them down, it's late, today's class should start, I have time to talk with Grand Duke Tulip. ”

Later, the servants from both sides walked up and had to take the princesses down. Prince Charlie Jr., who was still polite, owed slight debt to the two, left. Little Karina looked at Dewey with curiosity and was held by the court lady.

When the child left, there were only two Princes Dewey and Chen in the garden, and the samurai of the escort stood far away. Prince Chen smiled and turned his head to look at Dewey: “How are my children? ”

Dewey nodded: "Smart and beautiful, Your Highness, you are blessed. ”

Prince Chen's eyes squinted and suddenly sighed softly: "Born in a royal family… not necessarily a blessing. ”

After that, he shook his head and laughed with ridicule: “Seeing them so intimate now reminds me of when I was little... well, back then, my brother had taken me riding a horse... hey. ”

Speaking of the great prince who died on the day of the coup d 'état, Dewey closed his mouth and said nothing.

Prince Chen suddenly changed his tone and stared at Dewey. In a very serious tone, he sighed: “Dewey... can you promise me one thing? In the future... you have to help me teach this pair of children well, okay? ”

Dewey stunned: “Your Highness, what do you mean...”

Prince Chen's eyes flashed a hint of complexity and smiled with disguise: “My son Charlie is eight years old and has begun to ask the court teacher to teach him. But, Dewey, after all, you also hold the title of court scholar, and I know that you are a very talented man, and that you are not old enough to be seven or eight years old. If you would teach this child, it would be much better than those old white-beared scholars. After all, kids are always a little resistant to those old guys. ”

Dewey's heart is moving and counting carefully what His Highness means when he says this. Prince Chen has continued: “My son is smart and smart, and I expect a lot from him... well, I would like to ask you to be his teacher in the future. ”

This sentence contains several layers of meaning.

Expectations are high... does Prince Chen want to make this little Charlie heir to the throne?

Making yourself a prince teacher is going to be a generation of emperors. This status is noble.

Dewey laughed: “If His Highness is comfortable with me, of course I dare not refuse... However, I have not necessarily had time to teach His Royal Highness the Emperor in the Emperor all the time in the Northwest..."

Prince Chen shook his head and looked at Dewey with a smile. “Hey, Grand Duke Tulip... have you decided to live in the Northwest all your life? In that bitter, cold place in the northwest, any other lord would have chosen a governor himself long ago, and would have enjoyed his return to the emperor under his own pretext. It's you, as if you enjoyed your stay in the northwest. You haven't come back for two years. ”

Dewey looked at Prince Chen and smiled slightly: “Your Highness, you are joking... Northwest is the situation, even if I wanted to come back, would you allow it? Of course, some people, I guess, would have to come back. ”

Both smiled at each other and stopped talking.

Then Prince Chen and Dewey walked side by side in the garden. After a moment of silence, Prince Chen slowed down: “In the future, when the situation stabilizes, you always have to come back. Dewey, I have high expectations for you, and you're far more than just a provincial supervisor in my mind. ”

Expectations are high? Dewey laughs so hard in her heart, I can't help it if you expect less from me! In the northwest, the mountains were high, the emperor was far away, and I was the biggest. Instead, he went back to Didu and made himself suffer a huge loss in just one day.

Looking at Dewey's face, Prince Chen guessed his thoughts and stopped, whispering: “Well... you don't have to say it, I know what you're trying to say. I didn't tell you about today, so I sent someone to do it, and you're probably not happy with me right now. ”

Even if Dewey wasn't happy, how could he say that? He whispered his lipstick and said softly: "I dare not. You are the King of Regents, and I, as a prince, should be worried about His Highness. ”

Prince Chen smiled and looked at Dewey. "Well, that 16 million gold coin, I won't let you pay for it yourself, you can rest assured. So now you don't look so bitter. Things I ordered you to do, this money, I'll come out fine. ”

Oh, public spending? Dewey, this is just a little better looking, but he is still vigilant in his heart. With his knowledge of His Highness, the other party offered a benefit, which is not a good sign!

Indeed, the two had taken a few more steps, but Prince Chen had shifted the subject to the situation in the north-west.

“Last time I heard about the friction with the prairie people, you lost the prairie men's iron riding under Gilliant City. That golden wolf with 20,000 elite heads, plus a great shaman wizard, you were defeated by you. You won so many battles with so little, it was a real surprise to me... Dewey, I found another advantage in you. Surely all of you from the Rollins have military gifts. I've read the war papers, but after all, what's on the paper is not detailed enough. Tell me about the war in Gilliant City. ”

Speaking of the "Rollins", Dewey was somewhat embarrassed, after all, that he was now nominally converted to the Tulip family.

Fortunately, he knew that Prince Chen did not use this to sarcasm himself, he silenced himself, then dived into the meadows, and the war under the city of Gilliert, saying it all over again.

Speaking of the Northwest Army colluding with the prairie people, the first soldiers surrounded Roland, the prairie people took the opportunity to infiltrate, how to force themselves to discharge the Northwest Army for 10 miles, how to disguise, the soldiers split up several ways to lead the troops out of the city, half way broke down a small strand of prairie cavalry, learned that the city of Jiliat was surrounded, then how to duel under the city...

Dewey himself speaks very nicely after all this, and he speaks very nicely. Prince Chen can hear God and does not interrupt.

After that, Dewey added: "Your Highness, this victory actually has a lot of luck in it. If I hadn't accidentally broken down a small swarm of prairie cavalry on the road and got word, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to rescue Gilliard City, then the city would have been destroyed. And Governor Bohan of Nurinhang Province sent reinforcements in a timely manner. During that war, the reinforcements sent by Governor Bohan were also loyal to the Empire and bled to death...”

“These I know.” Prince Chen waved his hand, interrupting Dewey, and suddenly asked: “But I've always wondered... the prairie people are good, why dive in? Why are they targeting Gilliant City? ”

Dewey was stunned, he knew it, and the prairie was searching for the beast at the behest of the Great Snow Mountain Witch King. But he didn't intend to tell Prince Chen truthfully about it. He thought about it and found an excuse to fool the past: “I don't know, it must have something to do with the Northwest Army. Trying to sneak up on us and plunder us while the Northwest Army sieges Lancheng. ”

“Nor will they be sent to their main battle to mount the Golden Wolf Head and 20,000 Elite Iron.” Prince Chen shook his head for a while and thought about it. "There's something strange about this. We have to find out. ”

Dewey wouldn't take it either and stood quietly aside.

After a moment of silence, Prince Chen suddenly laughed and looked at Dewey: “Also, I heard that you used some powerful new weapons in the Great Broken Meadow cavalry beneath Gilliant City. Well... that's an explosionable jar, right? Heard it exploded, the fire shook heaven, powerful. And a weapon like this, which can be used by ordinary people, is also an important cause of the failure of the prairie people, right? ”

Prince Chen narrowed his eyes and looked at Dewey with a smile.

Dewey had a heavy heart and a bad secret. But that kind of powder jar, when the war was under Gilliard City, the eyes of tens of thousands of people on both sides of the enemy could not be hidden, and they had to smile bitterly: “Not bad... it is a new thing, but the power is not as great as the legend, just suddenly made it once, the fire and movement was a little scary, and the prairie horse was just frightened. ”

“I'm afraid it's not that simple.” Prince Chen smiled slightly and looked at Dewey with a faint smile.

As soon as Dewey's heart moves, he hears Prince Chen continue: “I heard that the kind of things you make can be thrown in the crowd, the power of the explosion can kill an enemy around you. The prairie ate a lot of money that day! And... and you got a team of magicians riding a broom, throwing this weapon down from the sky, which is even more amazing, right? ”

The more Dewey listened, the more he frowned in the dark. The more he understood what Prince Chen meant, the more dissatisfied he was in his heart. He simply closed his mouth and did not speak.

“Alas…”

Prince Chen suddenly sighed in a shadow, then looked into Dewey's eyes and said sincerely, “Dewey, I know, I'm talking like you're asking for this new weapon, and it's a little too much to say. But you are a smart man, and you should understand that the situation… the situation in the northwest is a trigger. In 35 years, there will be a war! By then, facing the Northwest Army and the Prairie, you can't stand the tulip family alone! I've been covertly rearming armaments since last year. This new weapon of yours, if equipped by the Empire's army, will certainly do the best in future wars! And with such a sharp weapon, we can reduce the casualties of soldiers in our empire. ”

How does Dewey not know about all this?

He didn't refuse to give the gunpowder to Prince Chen to equip the army. After all, in the northwest, he had already given a batch of gunpowder to Governor Bohan. Since he could not give it to Prince Chen, he could not give it to Prince Chen... but he had some anger in his heart!

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