Real Cthulhu Running Game

  Chapter 729 House Arrest

Zhang Jingxu touched the back of his head in embarrassment and said, "Uh, how do you say this, I think His Majesty the Emperor should give me such a task, but because my messenger is still on the way, I haven't officially received it yet. this task."

Chen Zixuan laughed, shrugged and said, "So that's the case, but Zhang Jingxu, you don't need to worry, anyway, there is still about a week before we go to Ruszia. After all, it is quite troublesome to mobilize an army of tens of thousands of people. So it will take at least a month for us to reach Ruszia, as long as your messenger Zhang Jingxu can come back before then."

Zhang Jingxu thought for a while and said, "Then there should be no problem. Although my messenger is a little unreliable, she is often late when delivering information, but she will eventually complete her task... So I think now. I want to ask Chen Zixuan a question, that is why His Majesty the Emperor sent you to the Skaven Kingdom."

   As soon as Zhang Jingxu said this, the atmosphere at the scene instantly became a little tense.

   Liu Xing looked at Zhang Jingxu with an unexpected look on his face. He didn't expect Zhang Jingxu to suddenly ask Chen Zixuan this question. After all, this question is really too sensitive.

After being silent for two minutes, Chen Zixuan sighed and said, "Why do you ask this question? The reason why we came to the Skaven Kingdom, of course, is because His Majesty the Emperor received an invitation from King Louis of Skaven, specially Send troops to help the Skaven Kingdom put down the rebellion and solve the plague clan entrenched in Ruszia, after all, they are all followers of Bahamut, and everyone can kill them."

   Zhang Jingxu didn't intend to end the conversation like this, so he said with a meaningful smile: "Oh, is that really true?"

Although Chen Zixuan is quite young, his qi nourishing skills are quite good, so Chen Zixuan still said calmly: "Yes, at least the task I received from His Majesty the Emperor is like this, if Zhang Jingxu, what do you have? If you have any opinions, you can choose to contact His Majesty the Emperor directly, anyway, you can have direct communication with His Majesty the Emperor."

   Zhang Jingxu nodded and said with a smile, "Well, it seems that I think too much."

   After Zhang Jingxu finished speaking, he still focused his eyes on Chen Zixuan's face.

   This is a very rude behavior, so Liu Xing began to worry that Chen Zixuan could not help but get angry.

   After a few minutes, Chen Zixuan ignored Zhang Jingxu's gaze and drank his tea slowly.

As for Liu Xing and others, they are a little restless, because if Zhang Jingxu offends Chen Zixuan, then this is not good news for his group. After all, the imperial mercenaries led by Chen Zixuan are the most important thing for Liu Xing and others. backing.

But Liu Xing and others are also very clear that the reason why Zhang Jingxu treats Chen Zixuan like this should be that he wants to get in touch with Wellington through Chen Zixuan after getting a tip from KP Husky, because Chen Zixuan is a mercenary of the empire. The leader must know the existence of Wellington.

   I have to say that Zhang Jingxu is taking a risky move.

It is actually very simple for the Empire to support Wellington on the throne of the Skaven Kingdom, because the strength of the Empire has already completely crushed the Skaven Kingdom, so the Empire Security can directly send troops to occupy the Skaven Kingdom, and then let the power Warrington became the puppet king of the Skaven kingdom.

But if the empire really does this, then many of the follow-up things will be very difficult to deal with, because if the empire does this, it will slap itself in the face. The reason is to completely conquer the ancient kingdom of Skaven, which has been established for thousands of years. This is not an easy task. Not to mention how many soldiers and horses will be lost in battle, the empire is occupying the kingdom of Skaven. After that, it will take a lot of energy and time to solve the rising and emerging resistance forces in the Skaven Kingdom. I am afraid that it will take decades to truly incorporate the Skaven Kingdom into its own territory.

So for the empire, if you want to annex the Skaven Kingdom at the least cost, you can only secretly support spy families like Wellington, and then find a suitable time to push them to the top, so the empire may have spent Thousands of years to plan this.

  So now it can be said that the empire has already invested in this matter, so the empire does not want to see Wellington's identity exposed in advance.

  If nothing else, the only person in the Skaven Kingdom who knows Wellington's true identity is Chen Zixuan. . . Except for Liu Xing and others.

   Therefore, Liu Xing estimated that Chen Zixuan would not disclose this matter to his party in advance, even if his party was highly valued by the emperor.

   After all, there are things that the less people know, the better.

   Zhang Jingxu probably thought so too, so Zhang Jingxu looked away and said, "If you need any help, Chen Zixuan, let us know, because we are all strangers now."

   "Of course." Chen Zixuan said with a smile: "I'm definitely not polite."

  The atmosphere became harmonious again.

After chatting for a while, Chen Zixuan suddenly said: "Zhang Jingxu, you should have discovered it, the current Skaven Kingdom is turbulent, King Louis is really unbearable, and his domestic prestige has reached a dangerous value. , and Bonaparte, who had a bad relationship with him, was in full swing in the Skaven Kingdom. If I guessed correctly, Louis should have been planning to attack Bonaparte, but for us strangers, These things have nothing to do with us, so I hope Zhang Jingxu and you don't get involved in this dispute, after all, we now represent the empire."

"Of course, Bonaparte came to me specifically at the dinner yesterday, and he has been hinting to me that he wants to replace him, but I don't think it is reliable, because Bonaparte's reputation is more than Louis is much taller, but Bonaparte's troops are definitely not as good as Louis's, so I'm not optimistic that Bonaparte can get back his original position unless he can get more support." Zhang Jingxu earnestly said.

In order to make up for the problems that may have arisen before, Zhang Jingxu deliberately looked at Chen Zixuan when he said "more people", in order to give Chen Zixuan an illusion and make Chen Zixuan think that what he just said was actually Bonaparte, not Weiling pause.

Chen Zixuan's expression remained unchanged, and after drinking a sip of tea, he said, "Zhang Jingxu, you have done a good job. In terms of Bonaparte's actuality, he is definitely no match for Louis, because Louis is still the king of a country no matter what, he There are far more resources than Bonaparte can use in his hands, but now we can't rule out the possibility that Bonaparte shouted loudly, and the princes from all over the world responded, and I also heard that Bonaparte and the Scully clan's No. An heir has already made contact."

   Liu Xing raised his brows, this is not good news for his party.

If Bonaparte does reach a partnership with the Scully clan, then Bonaparte will be the most favorable contender in the battle for the throne, because the Scully clan is much stronger than the imperial mercenaries, so to When combined with Bonaparte's own reputation in the Skaven Kingdom, Wellington may be difficult to compete with Bonaparte.

so.

   Liu Xing suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and finally understood that the "help" mentioned by Chen Zixuan before was probably because he hoped that his party would assassinate Bonaparte.

   Liu Xing suddenly wanted to defect to Bonaparte directly, but Liu Xing also knew very well that his party was already on a pirate ship. If he really defected to Bonaparte, then the enemy country would not let his party go.

   Therefore, it is the kingly way to join the Wellington faction honestly.

   At this moment, Rodriguez suddenly walked in, "General Chen, that guy Louis is coming to you again."

Chen Zixuan sighed and said helplessly: "That guy Louis is very worried that Bonaparte will come to revolt us, so he will come to me every day to talk about something to ensure that I don't have time to contact Bonaparte. Zhang Jingxu, you shouldn't want to go see Louis with me, right?"

   Liu Xing and others nodded decisively.

So, Chen Zixuan got up and said, "Then I'll go see Louis first, after all, he's still the king of the Skaven Kingdom, so I can't ignore him casually, but based on the experience of the past few days, I don't think there are two or three When I was young, Louis would not leave me, so Zhang Jingxu, if you are bored, take a step first, we will talk later when we have something to do; Rodriguez, please greet the brave adults in my place."

   After saying that, Chen Zixuan left immediately.

After Chen Zixuan left, Rodriguez said with a smile: "That guy Luis is really nervous. Ever since we settled in Mud City, Louie has run to us every day, or sent someone to invite us to the palace for a banquet. All in all, it is to let General Chen have no personal time to contact Bonaparte, and Louis has placed a lot of eyeliners on our camp, and there are thirty or forty people I know of."

   It seems that Louis is really a suspicious person, but unfortunately he still guessed the wrong answer, Chen Zixuan has no plan to "cooperate" with Bonaparte.

  Since the main master has already left, Liu Xing and others also chatted with Rodriguez for a few words, and then left the camp of the imperial mercenaries with Rodriguez's farewell.

   As a result, just after Liu Xing and others left the camp of the imperial mercenaries, they found that someone was following them in the distance.

   Liu Xing and others thought they were sent by Louis, but only when Liu Xing turned around did they realize that the stalker was a scumbag.

  Although Ratmen from the Scully clan are not uncommon in Mud City, there are not many well-dressed Ratmen like Slag, especially when he is carrying a wand of excellent quality.

   After being discovered by Liu Xing, the scumbag walked over a little embarrassedly, "I didn't expect that the brave adults are also shopping in the city."

   Liu Xing raised his brows and said, "Scumbag, you can talk straight, I know you must have come to us because of something."

  Zha Zha looked around, then nodded and said, "Yes, I did come to you with something, because Lord Cowens and the two brothers Kewen were both under house arrest by Louis."

   Liu Xing and the others were all shocked. They didn't expect Cowens and the others to be put under house arrest by Louis. No wonder they didn't see Cowens and the others last night.

   But why, did Louis see that Cowens was deliberately not recruiting enough soldiers?

At this time, the scum continued: "It's like this, after Lord Cowens sent Liu Xing and you to see Louis yesterday, Louis arranged for a messenger to check and accept the soldiers recruited by Lord Cowens. The number of soldiers was too small, so the messenger scolded Lord Cowens in front of the other lords. As a result, Lord Cowens couldn't hold back his anger, so he shot the messenger directly, so Louis The two brothers, Lord Cowens and Cowen, were directly placed under house arrest, but the most important thing is that the place where Lord Cowens and the others were placed under house arrest was the Bastille Prison in the Mud City."

   Bastille?

   Of course, Liu Xing and others are very familiar with the Bastille in the real world, and the Bastille in this world is also dedicated to detaining various special prisoners, including several of Bonaparte's uncles.

   But the most important thing is that since the Bastille prison was built, no prisoner has been able to come out alive, because the prisoners in the Bastille prison are generally sentenced to life imprisonment.

   Of course, in addition to detaining prisoners, the Bastille Prison also used to house some erring nobles, in order to set an example.

   But about 50% of the nobles who were placed under house arrest in the Bastille prison ended up staying in the Bastille prison for the rest of their lives.

That's why scumbags come to Liu Xing and others, because he is very worried that Cowens and the others will never be able to leave the Bastille, and now the best person who can rescue Cowens and others is Liu Xing and others. , because Liu Xing and others are VIP guests of the Skaven Kingdom.

Even from the point of view of conspiracy theory, the reason why Cowans and others were put under house arrest in the Bastille was most likely because Louis wanted to get a favor from Liu Xing and others, because Cowans committed the crime. Not even incarcerated in the Bastille prison. Moreover, Cowens is a marquis.

  Thinking of this, of course Liu Xing and others agreed to the scumbag's request, ready to find an opportunity to intercede with Louis.

   However, because they knew that Louis was still chatting with Chen Zixuan, Liu Xing and others returned to their residence directly, and asked the maid to convey the information of their group's request to Louis.

  After dinner, the maid came over and said, "Mr. Braves, His Majesty Louis has already agreed to your request, but His Majesty only wants Zhang Jingxu to go there alone."

  PS: I wish everyone a happy Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow, and in order to avoid affecting the normal rest of the candidates, we will stop for one day tomorrow.

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   (end of this chapter)