living in the world of reincarnation

Chapter 158 Changes in the Royal Capital

"That's weird." Shi Zhengyang was even more puzzled when he thought of this.

"Dark Blade or all of Song Yu's actions are traceable. He dispatched the card of the Royal Mage Group to ambush us. He also learned about the specific strengthening direction of each of us through Xu Lei, and selected the most suitable one. The ambush site." Mu Lan analyzed: "Only the behavior of Captain Dark Blade I can't understand."

"Could it be?" Mu Lan's expression changed, "there is only one explanation, he is deceiving his captain."

"Song Yu deceived Captain Dark Blade and used the boss's hand to eliminate dissidents?" Zhao Ziyu followed Mu Lan's train of thought, suddenly thought of this, and exclaimed.

"My God! It's too cloudy!" Lin Yiyi shuddered, "It really is a fox."

"No, it's the most insidious jackal!"

"This really makes sense." Mu Lan said, "It also made me more curious about his hole cards. The captain who unlocked his gene lock can be sacrificed. Why is he so confident? What kind of hole cards can make him Dare to face the final battle?"

"I can't figure it out." Shi Zhengyang thought hard and couldn't figure it out. He scratched his head and said, "Where is your second doubt?"

"The second one is also about Song Yu." Mu Lan recalled that when she was in the Magic Guild, Hawkins said that a young man also approached them with an idea of ​​wooing him, but was rejected. The appearance of that person was passed by Hawkins The description can confirm that it is Song Yu himself. He had the same idea as me before the arrival of Rock Solid.

"He pretended to be a magic apprentice and stayed in the Magic Guild for a long time. It must not only be to win over allies!" Mu Lan was convinced, "I am going to the Magic Guild, and it happened that Hawkins asked me about something."

The streets and alleys of San-Dantier City gradually regained some fireworks, the market gradually opened, and caravans from the south were passing through the streets.

Julian opened the Prince Regent's granary, opened a store directly in the name of the royal family, and sold it to the public at a very low price, which somewhat eased the soaring prices.

But what Julian took over was still a mess. Corruption was prevalent in the capital. Most of the cronies of the regent were full of food. There were countless gold coins and grains in the homes of small and medium-sized nobles and officials at all levels. Julian controlled the capital. In the end, he was not in a hurry to clean up these moths in the country. He could only try his best to compromise the forces of all parties and maintain the delicate balance of "unity with the outside world". However, Mu Lan believes that after the barbarian issue is resolved, Julian's butcher knife will be extended to these wealthy households. This is pretty much standard behavior for every ruler.

However, it is still necessary to establish prestige. After all, Julian’s fist in the capital is the biggest now. The soldiers arrested several core members of the Regent’s team on the charge of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country, and then went to the gallows and ransacked their homes. The gold coins that came out were an eye-opener for the soldiers. Countless Dius gold coins were piled up on the ground, not to mention the treasures and artworks. However, food was still the hardest currency during the war, and the granary that had just bottomed out after the house raid was full again. .

Julian looked at the confiscated things in distress. People in the whole king had already starved to death, but the food for these families could last until next year. He looked displeased at the ministers who dared not speak. Thinking about which big family will be slaughtered next time.

The transfer of power is not that simple. Balancing the forces of all parties has made Julian very busy, but he has grasped the key point. The army is where his confidence lies, so he began to replace officers at all levels of the Imperial Guard with those from Willenburg. The confidants, the war supervisors trained by Shi Zhengyang and Shen Wei played a role again at this time, new ideas will be fermented in the Imperial Guards, a new, disciplined, loyal Imperial Guards made Julian look forward to it.

However, public opinion among the people began to spread intentionally or unintentionally after Julian entered the capital. The hero from Willenburg, the orthodox heir of the kingdom, Julian, has come to the capital. This news cheered everyone up.

The people all know the urgency of the battle ahead, the barbarians are about to sweep across the entire continent, and everywhere they go will be death and plague. It is also circulated among the people, and it inadvertently exaggerates the barbaric horror of the barbarians, which saves the intelligence department a little bit of effort to guide public opinion.

The regent's army was retreating steadily, and the enemy's soldiers were pointing directly at the capital. At this critical moment, a hero regained control of the capital. One could imagine Julian's prestige. The people desperately needed such a king.

So Julian's coronation ceremony is also under intense preparation. The Church of the Holy Light did not expect Julian to become the new king so soon. The Patriarch had previously rejected Julian's solicitation. He was afraid that he would be liquidated, so he could only do his best to prepare for it. This ceremony, I want to leave a good memory for Julian.

Mu Lan was finally able to walk in the streets and alleys of the royal capital openly and aboveboard. She had been busy fighting with Dark Blade before, and didn't have time to appreciate the scenery of the thousand-year-old capital.

But after walking for a while, I found that there was nothing to appreciate. Julian "worked for relief", used food as wages, organized those potential restless refugees to rebuild the fortifications, the city wall was being strengthened, and the city was also being strengthened , Countless large-scale siege machines are under construction in full swing. It seems that Julian has learned quickly, and San-Dantier City will soon become a war machine like Willenburg.

The Magic Guild is still the same, but this time people in the rotunda began to greet her. It should be because she often haunts the magister Hawkins. Resentment, always politely smile back.

Through the teleportation circle, she came to Hawkins' study room. This old monster who had lived for an unknown time had been waiting for a long time. Before Mu Lan had time to greet him, he went directly to the topic.

"You will leave here after the decisive battle with the barbarians," Hawkins said.

Mu Lan nodded, and then said, "I need your help with something." Then he came over with a dark stone and handed it to her.

It was a black object similar to a disk, engraved with strange glowing symbols, it could be broken in half with a little force, she thought she accidentally broke the thing, and at this moment a system prompt appeared in her mind .

[The communicator left over from ancient civilization has the effect of positioning and contacting. 】

Mu Lan looked at the two semi-discs in her hand in surprise, she didn't expect that they had something to do with them.

"This is something left over from an unknown civilization. Its origin can no longer be verified, but it is amazing that it can still be used." Hawkins took half of the disk, "This thing existed when the Magic Guild was established. Countless mages Scholars and scholars want to explore the origin of this thing, but they have no way to verify it. It can be driven without magic power, and these symbols are unheard of, and it is impossible to figure out how it works with the known alchemy theory."

Hawkins lamented: "It's like a divine creation, something that doesn't belong in our world."

Mu Lan looked at him suspiciously, still not knowing what he wanted to do.

(End of this chapter)