Sarunbonelli was uneasy, but there was no better way but to send his elite men to the Duke's palace of Minas to quietly inquire about the news.
Time passed little by little, and the old prime minister's heart had never been so nervous, even when the city of Osgilia was broken last time and the rebels entered the city, the old man had never been so worried.
At that time, although the situation was bad and almost in a desperate situation, the old prime minister's thoughts were very simple: if the country is destroyed, then he, who is the prime minister, is nothing more than a death, with his full name.
But tonight is different Most of his uneasiness smacks of weakness.
Although he trusts these elite warriors in his home after all, in the empire, every wealthy nobleman has a tradition of raising elite private soldiers, and the private soldiers raised by these families are equivalent to the private armies of noble and wealthy families, and the fate and honor of his life have been completely maintained with the family, and his loyalty to the family is undoubted, and there is almost no possibility of rebellion.
The aristocracy often did not tolerate the behavior of the rebellious family, and once this happened, the rebel would be spurned by the entire noble class.
He made preparations today, and the target was naturally the Duke of Minas The Duke of Minas had decided to come to the banquet to meet him, but he suddenly canceled the trip before going out It stands to reason that it is impossible for the elite dead soldiers of their own family to never rebel and inform But the old prime minister of the sea all his life knows a truth: the absoluteness of the world is often those things that seem impossible to happen, and once it happens, it will bring about a catastrophe With the Duke Minas family's deep background in the army, if the old duke knew that he actually had the intention to poison him, then the Minas family's immediate backlash and revenge would also be a slight shake of his head.
The old prime minister tried his best to suppress the distracting thoughts in his heart.
No, if he is aware of it, he has already launched a counterattack at this moment, don't look at the old duke, who has been obscure in the past few years, and is very peaceful, looking old and indisputable, but Sarunbonelli is also old, he has personally experienced the period when the old Duke of Minas was in charge of the army, the Duke of Minas of the year, the surname is resolute and resolute, decisive in killing, and he will never hesitate for half a minute, if he knows that he has the intention to harm him, then at this moment, the old duke has already sent the elite subordinates raised in the Duke of Minas Mansion to fight The old duke has been fighting horses all his life, and the elite warriors he has raised in his family, in terms of quantity and quality, are undoubtedly second to none among all the wealthy nobles of the empire, and can be compared with the quality of the private soldiers of the Minas family, and I am afraid that only the emperor's private armed "Night Imperial Forest" is the emperor's private arm If the Duke of Minas is really determined to fight back, then everyone will fight hard, and it must be themselves who lose This is a life-and-death moment, a life-and-death moment The old prime minister did not think that his ideas would be exaggerated He knows the Duke of Minas too well The surname of this guy seems to be harmonious in the past few years, but the surname of the year will never change, as the prime minister, and the number one minister who is the emperor's confidant, if he lets the old duke know that he wants to attack him, then the other party will definitely interpret it as the meaning of the emperor himself Once he believes that it is the emperor himself who wants to attack the Minas family, then the Minas family's counterattack will no longer have any concerns "May the gods bless you."
The old prime minister's face was grim, and his eyes were full of cold light: "If the Minas family can serve the royal family without dissent, it will be a great fortune for the country, and if it really becomes a mess, then this is a catastrophe for the empire."
Until it was completely dark, Lao Zai didn't eat half a bite of dinner, and waited quietly in the study.
Finally, when it was almost midnight, the person sent out to inquire about the news finally came back to tell the truth.
Sent out was the old prime minister's personal guard, a middle-aged samurai with a capable body, who ran into the prime minister's study, with sweat on his forehead and shortness of breath, obviously the journey was very hard.
"My lord has news" The chief of the guard was about to kneel down and salute, and the old prime minister frowned: "When is it time to say, don't salute and say it quickly" "Yes," the chief guard was cautious and meticulous, took a breath, and then quickly whispered: "I divided the men into two groups, one group went to check near the city gate, and the other team hid near the Duke's Palace with me.
Just a while ago, there was finally news that the team of knights led by the little lord Luo Di returned to the city from outside the city, and the city gate was closed at night to implement a curfew, or Luo Di came forward to show the old duke's handwriting, so that the general guarding the city opened the city gate and let them in.
My guy was nearby at the time, and he saw it very clearly, and he couldn't go wrong. ” After a pause, the chief of the guard added: "There is an unusual detail: I heard that when Lord Luo Di took people out of the city, it was all horse teams, and when he came back, there was a light carriage in the team, and the carriage was very simple, apparently temporarily levied outside the city, and some of my subordinates recognized that it was a wagon, but it was temporarily modified, and when they entered the city, the horse team hugged the car in the middle of the team, and the carport was put down, and it was covered tightly, Obviously, they didn't want people to see what was inside.
Because they brought the old duke's handwritten letter, the generals guarding the gate did not dare to check them, so they directly let them into the city.
That group, after entering the city, went directly back to the Duke's Palace. ” "What else," the old prime minister nodded.
The chief guard groaned slightly: "I saw the carriage outside the Duke's Palace, judging from the wheel marks, the carriage did not carry much weight, and the wheel marks left on the road were light and shallow. ” "Good, you're careful."
The old prime minister nodded again, but frowned: "What do you think will be hidden in that carriage?"
"My subordinates don't know, and I don't dare to guess."
The chief of the guard shook his head very honestly: "After the carriage entered the mansion, the Duke's Palace closed the gate, and it can be seen that they are very well guarded throughout the mansion, and the number of guards has at least doubled. ” Salumbonelli took a deep breath, paced around the room for a while, then quickly walked to the table, took a pen and wrote a warrant, and handed it to the chief of the guard: "Now that the city is closed with a curfew, you immediately take my warrant and go out of the city to find out the news."
Find out where Roddy and the people had gone out of the city, where they had met, and where the carriage had been recruited.
Hmmm" Speaking of this, the old prime minister hesitated slightly, and the head of the guard moved in his heart, and said in a low voice: "My lord, do you want to clean up some inquiries about the relevant people, do you want to" As he spoke, he made a single-palm downward cutting action.
"No need."
The old prime minister smiled suddenly, and the gloom and nervousness in his eyes had disappeared: "The situation does not seem to be as bad as I thought.
Well, you check carefully, just don't show your traces, don't let people know that you are from my house.
Didn't these military headquarters transfer a lot of garrisons from the south, you put on the clothes of the local garrison and went out of the city to find out the news. ” After the chief of the guard received the order, the old prime minister breathed a long sigh of relief and slowly sat back in his chair.
It seems that the Minas family's abnormal movements are not due to the discovery of their own movements.
It was something important in their own home, and what was quietly loaded in the carriage that Roddy had brought back A small carriage that can carry any prohibited things will naturally not, and the first prohibited thing is ordnance and weaponry, but the Duke of Minas has been in a high position in the army for half his life, and those prohibited weapons and equipment may be rare items to others, but there must be a lot of them in his house.
So is it some kind of private goods?
The Duke of Minas was not short of money to spend, and he was not guilty of doing such a thing.
Could it be people?
Or maybe the old duke contacted some old subordinate of the southern local garrison, and came into the city to meet and discuss some secret matter Thinking of this, the old prime minister suddenly smiled bitterly, and it didn't seem right to think so: unless he wanted to summon the old ministry to rebel, the old duke would never start summoning his old subordinates now He has been in obscurity for so many years, and he has been very low-key, and he will not summon his subordinates before the current face is about to recover, which will attract the suspicion of others.
He's only going to be more low-key now Thinking of this, the old prime minister's heart moved, and he remembered one thing, "Calculate it, it shouldn't have arrived yet, the team of people and horses are coming from the north, even if they go fast, there should be half a month to go."
It was almost dawn that the chief of the guard finally returned again with the results of the inquiry.
The chief guard was very effective in doing things, and the news he came back from the inquiry was also very detailed.
"When Lord Luo Di went out of the city, he took people to a small village and town in the northwest, less than twenty miles away from Yanjing.
I took someone to inquire about the news in the village and town, and the carriage was also bought at a carriage and horse shop in the village.
We asked the people of the carriage and horse shop, and at that time the little duke and people surrounded the vicinity of the carriage and horse shop, and did not let the idle people enter and exit, but the people of the carriage and horse shop heard the sound of crying from inside from a distance, and even the little duke of Roddy, when he came out, his eyes were red, but his expression was very excited, as if he was very happy."
"Got it."
The prime minister's reaction this time was much calmer, and the news he brought back obviously further confirmed his speculation.
"Sir, we" "Let's go down, let everyone rest, nothing big will happen."
The prime minister let out a long breath, and his eyes were a little complicated: "The things that follow are not for you to understand." ” After the chief of the guard went out, the old prime minister called his personal housekeeper again.
"Prepare the car, I'm going out."
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The steward looked at the old man's tired face, and couldn't help but say, "Sir, you haven't eaten a bite tonight, and it's not too early."
"What do you know, if my big thing can't be accomplished, I'll go tonight, don't follow the guards, change to an old carriage that doesn't dazzle, I'm going to the military headquarters."
The old prime minister drove lightly and quietly went out of the mansion in the middle of the night, with only two personal attendants by his side, and even the groom was personally acted by the housekeeper.
When he visited the imperial headquarters in the middle of the night, the old prime minister did not show up, and only asked his subordinates to show a highest-level pass order, and the guards of the military headquarters immediately let him go.
The person to be visited by Salembonelli was Adric, although it was already the middle of the night, but the old prime minister had no doubt that Adric must not have fallen asleep at this time.
Although the old prime minister knew that his political goal was how to restrain the overly powerful military leader.
But in private, he also admires the current pillar of the empire.
Grand Duke Adric is selfless, and since he became Minister of War, he has been busy with official business, forgetting to sleep and eat, and can almost be said to be the most diligent Minister of War in the empire in a hundred years.
Although everyone is on different camps, Lao Zai still admires Adrick's diligence very much.
Adric seemed surprised by the Prime Minister's late-night visit, but he immediately realized that the other party must have something important and secret to discuss with him, so he chose to come at such a time.
Adric quietly returned to the Prime Minister and had his guards tightly guard the area around the room where the two were meeting.
After closing the door with his own hands, Adric turned around and looked at the old prime minister who was already sitting leisurely in his chair.
"Adults came late at night, I don't know" Before Adric finished speaking, the prime minister had already let out a long sigh: "General Adric, you work hard and forget to sleep and eat, which really makes me admire." ” As he spoke, the Prime Minister's eyes deliberately fell on Adric's table, which was a food plate, which was obviously Adric's dinner, and there were two cold and hard pastries in it, with only a slice of bacon in between.
Because it had cooled down, there was a disgusting white oil splash floating on it.
The dignified imperial minister, the number one person in the imperial team, actually ate such a simple meal, and the prime minister could naturally see that the bread was only made of the most ordinary coarse grains, and as for the bacon, it was no different from what ordinary soldiers in the army ate.
Adric saw the Prime Minister's eyes and smiled faintly: "The Prime Minister is serious.
This kind of food is already good, at least there is meat to eat.
If it is a food in the army for marching and fighting in the field, it is good to have bread to satisfy hunger. ” The old man nodded, his eyes were a little complicated, he let out a long sigh, looked at Adric's tired face, and said in a low voice: "The general hasn't slept for a few days."
Adric frowned slightly, and said lightly: "The Prime Minister came to visit late at night, I'm afraid he didn't come to discuss food and lodging with me."
In fact, Adric hadn't closed his eyes for two days, and he was tired and impatient.
"The general is hard."
The old prime minister said lightly: "It's just that I have a sentence to ask you, what do you think is the most difficult thing for you now?"
` To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: