Had a fever for three days and got a little better today.
The first big gift of the new year really left me speechless.
I really wanted to work hard this month.
Chapter 297: Crimson Night Eighteen "Sure enough, something happened."
Fiona stood on the terrace, looking into the distance.
In the night, the outline of the building is faintly visible, and there is a faint fire in the distance.
"Dongyuan seems to be making a lot of noise tonight."
She turned around, as if sighing softly, then took a deep look at the person in front of her, and said in a low voice: "Old man, have you already bet on this bet?"
Saying that, this peerless mature woman gently pulled her hair, and when her arms were raised, she suddenly squeezed the two bulges on her chest, and from the side, it looked extraordinary.
It's a pity that the person in front of Fiona at this moment didn't even glance at her out of the corner of his eye.
The old man's eyes were only staring at the steaming cup of tea in front of him, while sighing softly, he slowly held the teacup in front of him with both hands, blew a breath of hot air, and then leaned in to sniff the refreshing fragrance of tea carefully.
Fiona turned her head and glanced at the old gentleman, and couldn't help frowning, but then smiled lightly and said, "Patriarch, the young master of my family has sent me a secret letter to ask me to come to see you, and there is another word for me to convey. ” Unexpectedly, the old gentleman was still indifferent, sniffed the tea again, and then said slowly in a casual and lazy tone: "Oh, what tricks is that little girl playing again, hum and tell me that everything is at this juncture, and what else is good to say and what should be done has been done, and the bets that should be placed have been placed, and the team at the station has also stood firm."
Even if there was any accident at this time, my old man would not be able to turn this horse around, and even if I knew that there was a cliff ahead, I would have to go all the way to the dark.
Your Duchess, you have something to tell me at this time, hum" As he spoke, he shook his head and said, "I don't think I'm at ease, I'm afraid it's just to mess with my mind."
Fiona's expression was strange, and she couldn't help but look at the old man, endured and endured, and had to smile bitterly: "Old man, at this moment tonight, this big gamble is already underway, and all families have entered the game, you, a high roller, have made a heavy bet, why don't you go to the palace to take a good look at this gambling game, but accompany me such a little woman here" "Hahahaha" The old gentleman suddenly laughed loudly, he laughed for a while, and then slowly drank the cup of hot tea, glanced at Fiona, and said lightly: "Look at the gambling game, what is beautiful is just to kill a river of blood, isn't it very interesting My old man has lived for most of his life, and he is used to seeing this kind of thing, what is so good-looking, it is nothing more than red blood, white brains, colorful intestines and internal organs, poof, a sword, a click, white in and red out, severed limbs, It's fun to see people's heads rolling, it's beautiful, this kind of scene has seen too much, so people can't eat or sleep, what's the point.
Anyway, my old man's bet is placed, and after the matter is over, if it is done, I will naturally have to take a credit.
If the matter fails, I will hide in the sky and will not escape the reckoning, so why do I have to come to the front at this juncture."
"You're not worried at all," Fiona sighed.
"Why don't you worry" The old gentleman's eyes widened, looked at Fiona, and said with a wry smile: "Where can I not worry about this bet, but my net worth is my surname, and it is the fate of my Liszt family for generations, wealth, and future, and I have never done it for the second time in my old man's life." ” "Are you afraid?"
"How can you not be afraid" The old gentleman sighed softly: "If the gamble is lost, then the Liszt family will be in a state of collapse from now on."
I'm old myself, it's nothing to live or die, but the loser will definitely be purged and excluded, my Liszt family has been prosperous for more than a hundred years, I'm afraid that I will have to live with my tail between my legs in the future. ” Fiona also sighed faintly: "I knew it now, why bother in the beginning, old man."
"Phew" The old gentleman suddenly looked at Fiona with wide eyes: "You say this, but it makes people angry, you little girl looks very smart, why do you say such stupid things, a big gamble is in front of you, you I because everyone is like your master, qualified to stand on the sidelines and watch the game without ending up in this kind of qualification, the entire empire is only your family, the rest of the people, everyone will be forced to make a statement in the end, if you don't take a stand, then your position is shaken, no matter who comes to power, I don't want to bet on you, but I don't have the qualifications to stand aside and watch the scenery in this gambling game. ” Fiona's heart moved: this may be absolute, but the truth in it is true A wealthy family like Liszt, the top rich and famous family in the empire, no matter which side of the force is to be wooed.
No matter which side it is, it will definitely not sit back and let go of such a huge boost.
Therefore, even if the Liszt family wants to be alone, it is impossible, not to mention, this old gentleman was originally ambitious, and he has long wanted to rise up and become a real political tycoon, where will he let go of this kind of opportunity As for the question of betting, if your identity is not heavy enough, your status is not high enough, and your strength is not strong enough, then you naturally don't need to bet on such a role, and you will not come to woo you, as long as you obediently wait quietly on the sidelines, and wait until the winner comes to the stage, and honestly kneel down and cheer.
On the contrary, a wealthy family like the Liszt family can't hide from it.
And in the empire, the only family that is qualified to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight is Tulip As long as Tulip is unwilling to end, no one can force it "It's you, little Nizi" Patriarch Liszt looked at Fiona and said slowly: "This night, you, the head of the tulip workshop, don't go to the prosperous place of the palace to see the scenery, but come to drink stuffy tea with me, an old man, but why do you have the sign of the tulip family on your body, no one dares to touch you, no matter who wins or loses, you can finally see the scenery safely."
But the eldest lady of your family has sent you to me, but for what is my old man, and what else is there to see?"
Fiona smiled lightly, covered her mouth and said in a low voice: "Old man, why do you knowingly ask that the young master of our family really takes special care of you, do you know, tonight, in it, I am the only one who came to your house as a guest, and other families don't have this treatment."
Patriarch Liszt stared at Fiona and looked at it again and again, before finally nodding: "It is worthy of being a talent cultivated by the Tulip Family, and if you can sit in the position of the head of the Tulip Workshop, there is really no mediocrity."
Xiao Nizi, you can take a good look at it from me, I just hope that it will be the end, and it will not be a bad ending. ” Fiona and Patriarch Liszt glanced at each other, both of them knew that on the special night of Chinese New Year's Eve tonight, the Tulip family would arrange Fiona, the spokesperson of the Tulip family, to the Liszt Mansion If the Liszt family makes the right bet, then Fiona is a pawn for surveillance, and will always remind the Liszt patriarch to take things when they see them, and don't go too far If the Liszt family loses the bet, then Fiona standing here is a talisman and a life-saving gold medal for the Liszt family Fiona stands here, representing the will of the Tulip family, even though the Liszt family has been separated from the Tulip family in recent years, and even has a different heart, the Tulip family still refuses to give up this important ally who has followed him for more than a hundred years.
At critical moments, they are still willing to pull them along That's where the Tulip family comes in "Anyway, it's okay right now."
Fiona also picked up the tea in front of her and took a sip: "Your old man will tell me how heavy your bet is." ” "Hmph" Patriarch Liszt frowned: "Why don't you know" "I'm a little steward, the young master sent me here to be a mascot, where can I be qualified to hear such real secrets."
Fiona's eyes flashed, and then she smiled: "I think no matter what happens tonight, there is no escape from the left and right: whoever holds the sword will have a reason At this time, if you want to make trouble, whoever has someone in your hand is the king."
I think, Patriarch, your bet" "Don't guess."
Patriarch Liszt said lightly: "What hole cards does our family have, you are so smart, you can know it when you think about it, why do you come to pretend to be stupid to please me." ” Fiona made a wink, her eyes were like silk, and she smiled shyly: "Oh, the patriarch is making fun of me."
Well, let me think about it, the Liszt family is rich in the world, and when it comes to financial resources, there is really no one in this empire who can be stronger than you.
But this money, if you want to turn it into a sword when it comes to the end, I'm afraid it's not so convenient.
Regardless of which side you are, money is important, but it is not taken too seriously.
Well, I see."
Fiona's eyes lit up, and she said in a low voice: "Could it be that you are betting on the dozens of inns and inns all over the Liszt family?"
As we all know, the Liszt family is rich in the world, in addition to maritime trade, and many industrial fields in the empire, the Liszt family is also in one field, which can be called the leader of the empire, which is the inn.
I don't know if it was the idea provided by Du Wei's bastard back then, the Liszt family actually played the game of chain hotel industry in the world of the Roland Empire.
With deep financial resources and a deep background at the top, there is no one in the empire who can compete with him in this field.
Especially in such a city where every inch of land is valuable, such a city that gathers the wealth of the world, almost all the hotels in it belong to the Liszt family This has to be said to be a miracle, if it were not for the support of someone, this would never have been possible It seems that the empire's major giants have already divided their respective power territories.
The Liszt family seems to have absolute leadership in the hotel industry.
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There are dozens of hotels, large and small, all of which are owned by the Liszt family When Chen Daolin came, the arrogant words that the housekeeper of the Liszt family said to Chen Daolin were not much exaggerated: it is really difficult to find a single inn that is not wearing the Liszt emblem and flag, but all of them have been merged or squeezed out of business.
And when there are dozens of hotels in such a large city in the empire, and the hotels themselves are an industry with a lot of traffic, then it is naturally much more convenient to take the opportunity to do something "In the past month, the 64 hotels have transferred more than 1,700 people through the normal transfer of personnel and the supplementary transportation of various common consumables.
Fifteen hundred of them were quietly settled.
These men replaced the working servants in the inns.
Such a replacement, at least on the books, does not seem to have increased much, and it has also hidden the eyes of many people who are secretly watching.
In addition, my old man has been in and out twice, and I, a patriarch, always have to bring some guards with me.
I went there twice, and I brought 500 guards with me, but when I left, I took 500 people with me, but 300 of them were replaced by ordinary men and miscellaneous servants in various shops, and each time I secretly hid 200 elites.
Of course, although this is a trick to do so, security is safe, but it is not without loopholes.
The soldiers hidden in the house were all disguised as servants in the family's various business shops, and so many people were transferred at once, and the records of errors and complaints in various shops and inns have skyrocketed in the past month, and business has become worse and worse.
In order to make up this hidden armor soldier, my old man racked his brains, and even the chef in the hotel was replaced by elite soldiers, if you came yesterday, the grooms in my house would have the status of official samurai."
When Fiona heard this, she couldn't help but be speechless, gasped, calculated carefully, and sighed: "In this way, you already have two thousand armor soldiers in this city, and they should all be elite private troops accumulated by the Liszt family over the years."
"For this plan, the elite of my Liszt family in the south has been swept away, and if something goes wrong in the south at this time, then my old man's family will have a lot of fun."
Fiona covered her mouth and smiled: "This trick is a good performance, but old man, which side of your bet tonight is on?"
The old man looked at Fiona and smiled without saying a word.
After thinking for a while, Fiona understood the intention of this Liszt patriarch to take the exam, deliberately frowned, and then said with a smile: "If it was a few days ago, the most promising thing is naturally Prince Shiloh.
But with His Majesty's recall of the Gothdel order, it was passed out" "Prince Shiloh" Patriarch Liszt said lightly: "If he had promised to marry Lodel, I would have bet all my wealth on him at this moment, but isn't this prince His Royal Highness my old man stupid, I have lived at such an age, this entire empire, there are only two or three people in total who I have never been able to see through, including this Prince of Carefree."
So when he rejected my marriage, although I was disappointed, I was faintly relieved.
He had already rejected my refuge back then, and now I naturally would not put a heavy bet on him. ” "Then it must be Goth," said Fiona, smiling, "Your Majesty summoned him back before the New Year's celebrations, and I have heard that Goth has always had a lot of affection for Miss Lodel, and as for the Darling Mage, I think anyone with a discerning eye knows that he is just a disguise."
You bet on the Goth, too" "Hahaha, I asked you not to pretend to be stupid just now, but now I'm here to coax my old man."
Patriarch Liszt waved his hand: "Fiona, little girl, Goth doesn't need to mention it."
If the emperor really passed the throne to Goth, my old man would directly clasp my pair of eyeballs out and slap them on this table to show you that Goth is an excellent young man, a good young man, but with my understanding of him, he will never be a good emperor.
Fiona covered her mouth and smiled, laughing wildly, especially the amorous demeanor, bright and moving, the woman deliberately widened a pair of innocent eyes, and said softly: "Could it be that your old man values those real Augustines?"
Patriarch Liszt suddenly turned colored, pretended to be angry, glared and shouted: "Enough, you girl, you are more and more obedient, and then you will talk about such stupid words to coax my old man, so I will directly drive you out, and you don't want to drink my tea."
The head of the tulip workshop, if he really said such stupid things, I don't think the tulip workshop is far from closing."
Fiona was not annoyed, smiled lightly, and said, "Okay, don't be angry, old gentleman.
I'm on the outside, and I don't know if I can't see the situation clearly.
But you and I didn't even guess three times, could it be that there are other people who can't choose the three parties I said?"
"No, I don't know."
Patriarch Liszt said lightly: "My old man's bet will not be pressed on the three parties you said. ” "Then you're betting on" "I, an old man of my age, naturally seek stability" Patriarch Liszt smiled slightly: "Now this situation, this heavy bet, only on His Majesty the Emperor himself, is the safest choice After all, who is going to pass this throne to, it is not all Your Majesty's thoughts, I don't care who will be the crown prince in the future, anyway, my old man will follow His Majesty with an iron heart, and I will be loyal to whoever Your Majesty says it will be loyal to, if anyone opposes His Majesty's decision, my two thousand sons in the city will fight with him with swords" "Dear brother, until now, I am still thinking about what else you have that I have never thought of."
Shiloh stood there, Duzel's body still cold at his feet, blood staining his boots red.
The prince looked up at his brother, and there was an elegant smile on his handsome face: "But I have to say, I really like this feeling tonight."
I've endured it for so many years, and I can finally play a game with you tonight."
"Hmph."
The Emperor sneered.
"Brother, I'm already a general now, I don't know where you are."
The emperor sighed softly: "One infantry regiment of the Storm Army is indeed not enough to turn the tables, then, what about adding three?"
Shiloh's gaze suddenly shrank into a cold star "Three" The Emperor smiled lightly, but looked down at Pete standing in front of him at the foot of the steps, and said in a low voice, "What about the old gentleman?"
"Your Majesty, it was in the predetermined place, before dark, that it had been assembled according to my plan.
It should be almost outside the palace gate at this moment."
Just when Hilo's face changed slightly, outside the main hall, suddenly the bloody Aker had already run in quickly, rushed to Hilo's side, and said in a hurried tone: "Outside the gate of the palace of His Highness, there is an infantry column rushing in, I have seen, there are at least three infantry regiments, more than two thousand people led by the banner of the palace royal forest army I recognize, it is the people of the inner court" As he spoke, Aker took a deep look at the old Pete in the distance, gritted his teeth and said, "It is impossible for this old Pete in the inner court to hide so many ambushes, he must be doing something again."
When Shiloh heard this, his face calmed down, nodded lightly, and said lightly: "Two thousand people are blocking them." ” "Block, block" Aker was stunned.
Shiloh stared at Aker, and suddenly said with a smile: "Dear Brother Aker, at this time, what other choice is there but to block them, just stop them, you still have thousands of Thor's whips in the city, and you will be killed later."
It's just 2,000 people, and if you can stop them for half an hour, you're done."
Aker gritted his teeth hard, then turned around and rushed out Outside the door, the horn was rushing, and the order to reline Thor's whip came out.
In the square outside the main hall, the Storm Army also began to retreat, opening contact with the Thor's Whip rebels, leaving at least two hundred corpses in the open space left by both sides, of which the Thor's Whip and the Storm Army were basically the same in number.
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It's not that the combat power of the Storm Army is comparable to that of the Imperial ace Thor's whip.
But these rebels of Thor's Whip have been fighting fiercely for a night, rushing to kill on the long street, fighting the Royal Forest Army, and they have been quite damaged, and the Storm Army is a new force, at this moment the two sides are fighting fiercely, but they only fight one equally, and in the end, the Storm Army has a momentum that cannot be supported, and was almost overwhelmed by the counter-charge of Thor's Whip, and several officers died in a row to stabilize their position.
And at this moment, outside the gate of the palace, another team has already broken in quickly While the Stormwind was still wondering, they heard a burst of shouting from the rushing team "Long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live the Empire" "On the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, he will be rebellious and rebellious" As soon as these two slogans were shouted, the morale of the Storm Army was immediately boosted, and even those who were slow to react could see that this was clearly the rear reinforcement of His Majesty the Emperor These rushing teams numbered more than 2,000 people, all of whom were wearing armor and holding swords, and although they were not as neat as the regular army, some of them even had different armor systems.
However, from the point of view of spirit, everyone is an elite soldier, and it may be slightly weaker than the regular army, but the individual force is definitely superior.
Moreover, judging from the queue of marches, it is also quite neat, and it seems that it has also undergone a certain amount of military training in battle formations.
For those with a little experience, they can see at a glance that when these characteristics are brought together, it is almost certain that this must be an elite private army raised in a wealthy family Sure enough, after this team rushed into the palace, someone immediately raised a banner, which clearly showed the family emblem of the Liszt family.
And the leaders of the army, without hesitation, led people to raise their swords and rushed towards the Thor's Whip rebels who were blocked under the palace hall "The Liszt family was ordered to die by the king of Qin, who blocked the way" The front end of the boom team quickly rushed in front of the rebels, and slapped it like a tidal wave The Thor's Whip rebels, who had been fighting fiercely for a night, seemed to have signs of loosening their ranks suddenly, and at this moment, the Storm Army on the side saw that it was cheap, and the officer led by it also took the opportunity to roar loudly "Storm Army, by His Majesty's Imperial Order, punish rebellion and rebellion" The remaining hundreds of Storm Army, taking advantage of the opportunity, swarmed up and rammed into the rebel ranks from the side.
No matter how elite Thor's whip was, it was finally a little irresistible, and gradually the team began to retreat and move towards the steps little by little, and the formation was also squeezed more and more flattened
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