Throne Steps

In the central part, Li Chen was ordered to lie in bed to recuperate; thousands of miles away in the north, the war officially broke out.

On a tall white horse, Saenz was dressed in armor, a rose was embossed on his left shoulder armor, and a swan was secretly carved on his right shoulder armor; At the forefront, spreading its wings and sliding towards the northern land, is the most heroic pathfinder.

The team marched north, suppressing riots, rehabilitating cities, destroying and rebuilding local institutions, and recruiting more and more scattered troops.It is like a slowly advancing core, picking up and installing the parts that were scattered everywhere in the past, and then there are arms and footprints.It advances in billowing gunpowder and smoke, and every step is like landslides and ground cracks.The city occupied by bandits was wiped out, the dark gangs bred by riots fell apart, and corrupt officials were inevitable.

After the army passed, the chamber of commerce followed closely, using traveling merchant teams to forcibly open up the flow of supplies, and then establish shops, increase employment, and restore the economy; the literary association stationed in, on the one hand, distributed a large number of production and life instruction manuals, on the other hand, brought many works that pointed out the current problems , seeking to reshape people's determination to pursue happiness and change.

Again and again, Xia Luo entered Li Chen's room with a pen, and drew a red cross on the huge map on the wall, representing that the town had been occupied by the army; and then drew an arrow from the red cross, representing The army is on its way to the next place.

Day after day, the red crosses and arrows are gradually pushing towards the border of the Northland; behind them, blue and green lines connect every city and town, symbolizing the connection of commerce and literature, and the rising of economy and culture .

Li Chen sat on the head of the bed with his right hand hanging, watched the red cross stop near the border, and murmured: "A hard battle is coming..."

On the border of the Northland, Saenz led the army's temporary station.

"Your Highness."

A sergeant entered Saenz's main tent, holding a rag not much bigger than a slap in his hand, and handed it to Saenz: "The eagle that scouted the enemy's situation brought this back."

Saenz was sitting at a table looking at a map.

He took it and looked at it from front to back. The whole cloth was black, the edges were torn, and the shape was irregular—but this didn't affect Saenz's ability to recognize some of the patterns on it.

"It's their king's court banner...!" Saenz's eyes lit up, and he looked at the map on the marching table, "Where is it?"

"According to the direction of today's patrol and the time the eagle goes back and forth..." The sergeant walked towards the map and drew a small circle with his finger somewhere outside the border of the Northland. "It's probably here."

Saenz stood on the edge of the map, staring at the invisible circle for a while, and suddenly said: "Call the advance troops."

"Yes!"

That night, the advance troops of Redia's army set out to go abroad; soon, the news came back that the raid was successful, but it was a pity that it was not the real king's court of vagrants, but a prince's base.

Even so, the news still cheered up the army.Just as everyone was swept away from the depression of being harassed by the enemy for three days and couldn't fight, another piece of news came - when the advance troops brought back the prince's head, they encountered an ambush on the road.

Fighting hand in hand, the advance troops' long-distance raids and continuous operations made it very difficult to resist.When they retreated back to the border with scars, their numbers were reduced by almost half.

But this sacrifice was not meaningless. The advance troops figured out one thing: the struggle within the nomadic tribe was also at a time of great anxiety, and several princes in the royal court could be said to be tit-for-tat.The reason why the advance troops were attacked this time was that another prince heard that his competitor had been beheaded, so he rushed over non-stop to annex the dead prince's power.The two sides came and went, and it happened to hit the frontal bar.

The advance troops suffered heavy losses, and the prince did not win a complete victory.When he was fighting the advance troops, the combat forces of other people in the tribe were rushing over. Presumably, after the advance troops had to disperse and withdraw, more than the original forces would be annexed within the wandering tribe.

Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and Lei Di is like this, so Saenz's important relationship households Tania and Lichen were hit hard; the same is true for the homeless tribe, so their opponent Saenz was compensated by God for a cheap .

The internal annexation of the vagrant tribes triggered a change in their deployment of troops. Saenz took advantage of this to organize elite troops and rushed across the border to the hinterland.

The most difficult time has come.

At the same time, there is an interrogation in Black Swan, or rather, a warning to kill chickens and monkeys.

After all, the Black Swan is a transformation of the killer group, and the usual vigilance is actually higher than that of other mercenary groups, but this time it was blocked, making people wonder if there is something wrong inside.Moreover, Iron Rose and Black Swan were attacked violently at the same time, and there were actually only a few masterminds behind the scenes who could mobilize such a murderous team. It is not surprising that these people can afford to buy Black Swan.

After throwing out a few baits, the traitor was finally caught.

"So that's how it is... your brother was the one who made painkillers privately before."

Li Chen sat on a chair with a plush blanket on his body, and there was still hot tea on the high table at hand.His right arm had just been removed, and he didn't look as weak as when he was just injured, but his face was still lackluster.

A few meters away, the traitor hung his head, his hands stretched out in the shape of a cross, and he was tied to a torture rack, with heavy shackles on his feet.He was already naked, and his body was covered with old and new scars, and the places that had just scabbed were covered with new welts.There are still some places that are inflamed and pus, but no one will take care of him, as long as he can't die.

Two torches were set up near him, illuminating his miserable state at a glance.If he passed out, someone would pour cold water on him to wake him up.

Li Chen looked at him from the opposite side, his words were a little light, but in the dark prison where no one spoke, it seemed to be loud: "I didn't even sit with you back then, you are quite good."

He laughed twice, but there was no joy in it, on the contrary, everyone could detect the anger implied in it.

"I kept my name incognito until now, just to avenge my brother..." The betrayer's voice was so hoarse that it was almost breathless, and he let out an extremely ugly laugh, "It's a pity, you don't die like this..."

Snapped!

Yulia, who was holding the whip, was so angry that she took two steps forward and flicked her wrist hard, adding another bloodstain to him.

Fudexi said, "Yulia."

Before Yulia could hit the second whip, holding her breath, she swung an empty whip in the air, and with the sound of "buzzing", she retreated.

Li Chen slowly picked up the previous topic: "Yeah, I'm not dead, I'm fine. However, you're not sure. In order to avoid similar mistakes again, we have reorganized your life history." He poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip, "I think about who... Oh, I remember your biological mother and stepfather in my hometown, your half brother, and your kind heart after you left the country A helpful teacher..."

"Devil, you devil...!"

"Look, if you want revenge, I want revenge too. It's that simple, isn't it?" Li Chen stood up, took the whip in Yulia's hand, and walked slowly towards the betrayer, "I didn't want to Touched your brother, but he wanted to die; I didn’t touch you, but you also wanted to die... Don’t you guys underestimate the black swan? You think the predecessor of the black swan is just a story to deceive children, don’t you?”

Even though Black Swan has taken in a lot of former lone wolves, not all of them are.Some non-lone wolves don't take lone wolves seriously. Li Chen thought it was nothing at first, but it seems that some people regard the black swans as a big family that is tight on the outside and loose on the inside, so free to dare to challenge anything.

"Hey... you are proud of this kind of background, how dare you say that you are a follower of pure white..."

Snapped!

Li Chen cut him off with a whip.Li Chen held the whip in his left hand and swung it very skillfully, as soon as he hit it, his heart ached.

"Heh...hehe..." The betrayer was beaten so painfully that he laughed hoarsely, "You still have the nerve to defend him, do you know that the agreement you signed yourself has come into effect, but the huge loophole in it , What a loss it will bring him in the future..."

Li Chen frowned: "What did you say?"

"It's the purchase order you signed..." The eyes of the betrayer are shining, "I have replaced the inspection report of the merchant specified in the order, that's why you signed it so readily, hahaha... Cough, cough!"

His internal organs seemed to be injured, and he passed out just after laughing a few times, but this didn't affect his mood.He stared at Li Chen with burning eyes, waiting for the enemy to show a surprised expression.

Li Chen just continued to ask: "And then?"

"Then, that merchant will report to the chamber of commerce with your purchasing instructions." The betrayer seemed to be happy to explain to him, "Then, the old rotten grains in his warehouse will be mixed with the new grains you want, and sent Go to the Northland and help your highness..." He sneered, "Hehe, I really can't wait to hear what the people who received the food discuss about the people you follow!"

However, after waiting for a long time, he didn't see Li Chen becoming furious.

"Oh, you mean last month's share?" Li Chen smiled lightly and turned his wrist, "It's a pity, I didn't sign that."

"Wh...impossible!" The betrayer glared at him, "I personally sent it to your room and took it out personally, and no one else went in! You want to renege on your debt?!"

"Repudiation? Hehe, even if I signed it in front of you at that time, it would not be true." Li Chen replied, "A forged signature, an agreement that can be torn up at any time... The guy who hooked up with you probably already signed the contract with a forged signature." The crime of official documents has been arrested."

The traitor gritted his teeth and said, "Taking the deer as a horse, the chamber of commerce really worked hand in hand with you..."

"You are so stupid... so stupid that I have forgotten that my right hand was still hanging because of the injury, and it was impossible to sign." Li Chen raised his right hand slightly, "I just put it down the day before yesterday. , even if the doctor comes to see it now, I may not be able to hold the pen, let alone sign it."

The chamber of commerce, on the other hand, was very aware of Li Chen's injury, and knew that it was impossible for his right hand to sign in stable fonts.From Li Chen's injury to the present, all the documents that should be signed by Li Chen were ghostwritten by Fudexi and Akye.

What's more, Lichen basically doesn't intervene in the re-operation of the Northland economy now, and it is even more impossible to directly designate buyers beyond Amoya.

The black swan just set up a game to see who would jump in.

The last blow of the betrayer also failed, and he looked at Li Chen in disbelief, with despair in his eyes.

"Let me tell you another secret." Li Chen smiled, "Actually, my left hand has the same handwriting as my right hand."