【Ji Lai】【Romy】Far Star

The festivities continued when the two of them returned to the ball.Although the matter had already exploded in the military's contact network, the atmosphere here was not affected in any way. The dance floor was so full that there was almost no place to stay.

But of course, the big shots and those in charge knew exactly what was going on.There is some tension among these minorities.

As soon as the emperor appeared, Chisley hurriedly invited him to the smoking room on the side, where Hilde, Mittermeier, and Oberstein were waiting for him.Others returned to sit in the headquarters and military headquarters.The handsome, suave and eye-catching personnel such as Roenthal and Fahrenheit were asked to stay at the ball to prevent all the officers from leaving and causing speculation.

When several people greeted each other briefly, Kesla had arrived quickly.

He walked towards the emperor so quickly that Reinhard didn't need to look at him to know what he was going to do - and the next second he stepped forward and grabbed Kesla by the arm and pulled him away Get up without even letting his knees hit the ground.

"Don't be so busy apologizing." Reinhardt looked at him calmly, "It's up to me to decide who is guilty."

"……His Majesty……"

Feeling almost done, the emperor didn't say anything more, just turned around and sat down on the chair beside him: "Now explain the whole thing."

These words were not addressed to the few people who had been standing here long ago, nor were they addressed to Gilfies, who had been by the emperor's side and had just returned to the team after standing beside Midamea.

By this point, Kirsla knew he was completely forgiven.

"At 11:20, the patrolling security personnel found the bloodstains of people from Datan at the entrance of the hall. The bloodstains were very fresh, but after they inquired, they found that no one was injured. Then they reported the incident to me, and at the same time the housekeeper here was I found it, but unexpectedly the housekeeper said that they had two AIs missing. I was worried that someone would intrude, so I sent people to search the various rooms and gardens, and more people were called from the outside."

He paused at this point, and his frowning expression showed that he didn't like the following story very much.

"Then the 62nd Detachment encountered that bomb on Park Avenue in the back."

"Meet?" Reinhardt looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Kesla continued as smoothly as possible, "About 10 years old, girl, she looks like a lady from a noble family. She suddenly ran out from the other side of the street and brought The second lieutenant of the team thought she was lost, frightened or abducted or something and called her over, but fortunately she exploded 30 meters away from them."

"No casualties?"

"No. Except for her. The inspection department has already transported her away, and her identity can be determined in about 1 to 2 days. The blood at the entrance of the hall is also the same. Of course, the premise is that they have an identity record in the country..."

There was a knock on the door outside, and Kesla turned back—then the aide came to inform that the gendarmerie was looking for their commander, and Reinhardt let him go.

He shouldn't have a chance to sleep tonight.

Others might be a little better, but certainly not a good dream or anything.

"Mr. Chisley." With a thoughtful expression, Reinhardt called out to his captain of the personal guard.

"What, Your Majesty?" He leaned over quietly.

"Tell General Morton not to pick us up. We'll go straight back."

The brigadier general froze for a moment: "Are you sure, Your Majesty?"

Reinhardt nodded: "They are fighting among themselves. This early morning will be their last chance to escape, so they have no time to take care of me anymore."

In fact, everyone present, more or less, had a little bit of blind faith in Reinhardt.

But this time, no matter how much they believed in him, they dared not make fun of his life—especially Oberstein, who disapproved of the emperor's rash departure anyway.

So Reinhardt was very compassionate and merciful and stayed in the Belling Mansion for another 2 hours, and did not return to the palace until the defense forces determined a "really reliable" safe route.During the period, the group of people just stayed in the smoking room obediently waiting for news, chatting about business affairs, private affairs, and everything that could be discussed.

And when Reinhardt finally returned to the city smoothly, the hands of the clock had already run to 3 o'clock in the morning.

According to his usual behavior pattern, he should choose to start working directly until dawn next.

But surprisingly, he didn't do it this time.

On the contrary, after seeing Anne Roger who had been anxiously waiting for him, the emperor very clearly expressed his wish to everyone that "I need to take a break", and then recruited the personnel of the Imperial Household Ministry to let him They arranged the accommodation of the generals who accompanied them into the palace, and watched very carefully that the subordinates arranged the temporary duty order and took their positions before returning to the palace.

Then there was a three-hour blankness—perhaps the mug of mulled wine was still there, and Reinhardt fell asleep almost as soon as he climbed into bed.And when he woke up, he had both a mild headache from the alcohol and Kesla's report.

The gendarmerie was extremely quick to catch one of the accomplices in this incident - it could have been an idiot forced to cooperate with a criminal or inadvertently involved in a terrible conspiracy.And this person does not have any mysterious and dangerous identity. He is just a supplier who provides vegetables for the back kitchen of Behring's family and has cooperated with his family for 7 years. The blood stains on the corridor next to the ball hall belong to him.

Kesla interrogated him himself.

Kesla was so enraged when he first confronted this guy that he almost pulled off his belt and smacked him across the face with the metal head.But before he could do that, the small, thin, freckled young man, who could tell by just looking at him that he wasn't very bright, was out of breath crying everything he knew come out.

After listening to his statement, Kesla felt that he had nothing to say—his only feeling was to thank God for not letting the emperor have an accident.If Reinhardt really died because of such a thing, such a person, then he would definitely go crazy.

This matter actually originated from the supplier's mother.

Of course, she is not special.She is just an old, simple peasant woman who has never seen anything in the world or studied, and only knows how to earn a living.Since the death of her husband, she has been taking her son to run her own vegetable garden, living a life without wind and waves.Later, when her son grew up, she handed over the business to him, and she lived a relatively idle life.

About 2 years ago, the mother took a tour to the border provinces of the empire.When she came back, her son noticed that she suddenly had a lot of friends, with whom she was in remote contact every day, and she also had the habit of reading and praying.But it was really nothing, and it didn't attract his attention at all.

Later, every once in a while, someone would come to visit his mother from afar, but this did not attract his attention, because those people usually just came into the house to sit and drink a cup of tea, and behaved politely. It may stay overnight and then go, but it will never bother for long.He didn't think it was a big deal.

So, 10 nights ago, when those guests appeared in front of his house, he didn't raise his vigilance either.

The visitor is a strange combination of two women and one man.The man was a dark, sullen man in his forties with thick curly hair and a large hooked nose.The woman is said to be his younger sister. She looks like she is in her early 40s, with blond hair and blue eyes, but her face and hair are extremely haggard, so haggard that the dark circles under her eyes almost faint on her chin.The remaining little girl was the woman's daughter—a 30-year-old with cute little brown curly hair and an apple-like face, who was eerily serious but generally bearable.

According to the man, they were church friends of the supplier's mother, and this time they heard that she was in poor health, so they came here to visit and take care of her.The supplier, who was not very smart at all, saw his mother warmly welcome them, so he really treated them as guests and allowed them to stay.

Then, just the day before Dr. Behring's birthday, the man made a sudden request to him, hoping that he could bring them into the doctor's mansion. The reason was very simple: his sister had been abandoned by an officer, and this time the Officers will appear at this ball, and they want little Elena to get in and meet her father.

The supplier actually believed it.

He actually took these two people and Elena, who was dressed up and wearing a huge dress, sneaked into the doctor's house by taking the opportunity of delivery.

He covered them all the way, found a temporary hiding place for them, miraculously led them to avoid the waves of people arranged by Kesla and Chisri, and even broke two of them who found abnormalities. AI robots.

After finally waiting until after 11 o'clock, the originally orderly dance scene had become joyful and chaotic, so the supplier brought Elena to the hall door quietly and sent her in.

But unexpectedly, Elena came out again soon.

"I can't find His Majesty the Emperor." She explained to him why she came out.

"...Why are you looking for His Majesty the Emperor?" For a while, the supplier even thought that the "officer" they were talking about referred to the Emperor, but thankfully he finally realized that the Emperor was not of the right age to do such a thing.

"Avenge for father, sacrifice for the pope." Elena said with a blank face, while lifting her skirt to let him see the device hidden under the skirt.

He didn't know what it was.But even if he didn't understand, at this moment, he still felt the terrifying feeling of the hairs on his face.Then, just when he wanted to ask Elena what was going on, he was stabbed in the back by the man who might have been quietly following them.

He passed out before he could even make a sound, and the last scene in front of him was the scene of the woman covering Elena's mouth.

But I have to admit, he was lucky.

The knife didn't kill him, nor did it cause any more than normal damage to him. Soon he woke up in the corner of the warehouse in the doctor's house.He was so frightened that he was half dead, he simply bandaged his wound, and fled out of the mansion in a daze, like a frightened rabbit, he squatted in his vegetable shop and shivered until the gendarmerie took him out of there. .

He also asked Kesla: "How is Elena?"

Kesla really couldn't tell him that Elena had become an evidence on the analysis table of the inspection building, so he could only let his subordinates take this damned scourge to the hospital to sew up the gash on his back.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, the police system reported that a serious accident had occurred on the road leading to a remote airport on the outskirts of Odin. A small truck rushed down the mountain, and the two people in the vehicle died on the spot.

And these two people are the man and woman that the military police are looking for.

Kirsla guessed that the two people should have had a dispute afterwards, and of course it may be that Elena had a dispute with the two of them.Then Elena either left under the order of her mother, or escaped out of her desire to survive.Then the man saw that he couldn't find the bomb or the emperor, but the guards and defense forces started to act, so he started his hands directly, activated the remote control device and blindly exploded Elena.After solving the "niece", he took his sister to escape, but unexpectedly fell off the cliff for a while-of course, the possibility of a third-party force at work cannot be ruled out.

This is basically a vicious low-grade farce, and it is also extremely magical and absurd, lacking in humanity.

Reinhardt felt a little sick to his stomach, but he wasn't sure if it was the Rum who was overactive last night or what he had heard.

"Have you confirmed their identities?" he asked Kesla.

"The woman's name was Elizabeth von Arden. Her husband was a distant relative of the Marquis of Lidenheim. daughter. As for the identity of the man is still being verified, but it is certain that she does not have an older brother."

"It's really not surprising at all." The emperor smiled mockingly, "Is there any gain from Mr. Supplier?"

Kesla said nothing this time.

He just turned his head to signal the attendant at the side to come over, then handed him the things that were originally in front of him, and asked him to forward them to the emperor.

The emperor took it curiously.

It was a booklet, not big and thick, with a black rubber cover that was old and frayed, without any words or marks on the surface.The emperor opened the cover, and then found a line of small words printed on the title page with simple and elegant fonts, simple and dignified temperament: Hold the earth in my hands.

Reinhardt knew what this was, and he was already watching them.But he didn't expect that this time it was this thing that almost killed him.

"I really didn't expect... I have always treated the Earth Cult with a relatively moderate and conservative attitude in the past, and in the end it would result in such a radical result. But after thinking about it carefully, this seems to be inevitable." He fiddled with his hands The brochure, and finally threw it on the table in front of him.

"Mr. Oberstein, Mr. Kesla." He called the names of these two people, "Let your men cheer up and start a thorough investigation of this stupid cult. Starting today, I will ban them Propaganda or any other activities in the country, and at the same time, all the previous restrictions and supervision on its congregants are brought to the surface, trying to make them panic as much as possible, and let ordinary people understand my hostility towards them. The items do not need to be specific Ask for instructions, the two of you can do whatever you want. Please decide how to deal with those who are too dangerous, and I guarantee that I will never object—all things will be done within 2 months."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Kesla readily agreed.

But the Minister of Military Affairs did not.

Reinhardt took one look at him and knew right away that he had something to say.

So he nodded to him.

"Your Majesty, this is not just a problem of cults." He said dryly, "It is also a problem of the remnants of the old aristocracy of the Gordonbaum Dynasty."

Reinhardt looked at him.

"These people are very radical extremists, even women and children - this incident is enough to illustrate all of this. As long as they live, they will die because of their extremely distorted concepts and their stubborn support for the old dynasty. And nostalgia, intense hatred for the loss of privileges and loss of family and friends to try to work against you. They will also instill this concept in their children, perpetuating hatred and instability for generations, leaving a lasting legacy on the country.”

Everyone can understand what he said.But in many cases, the emperor is really not cruel enough.

"No group of people is 100% guilty." He whispered such a sentence, but it was definitely not enough to settle Oberstein.

"It doesn't matter if you're guilty or not. I just know that if some innocent little girl manages to blow up next to you, the country will go to hell in no time."

The Kaiser knew Oberstein was right.

But he was somewhat hesitant.As far as this matter is concerned, the inventory is of course necessary, but the cleaning is too much.At the same time, he doesn't like the feeling of being led by the nose, not to mention worrying about all kinds of accidents that may exist during cleaning, as well as unexpected losses that may occur.

On the other hand, Oberstein is very capable.Although he usually strikes too hard, his efficiency is really high, and the evidence and reasons for his actions are always sufficient, and he has never acted arbitrarily.If I really entrust this matter to him, I only need to restrict it appropriately from the sidelines, and there is no big risk...

For a moment, the emperor almost agreed.

But just when he was about to say "yes", an unexpected person made a voice.

"Your Majesty," he said with a smile, "this whole thing sounds like a chain reaction of some of my old debts."

Everyone present turned to look at him, including the emperor and the Minister of Military Affairs.

But Gilfies didn't seem uncomfortable, he just continued: "If possible, please let me take charge of the investigation of the remnants of the old nobles this time, which is also a chance for me and They're clear."

No one knows why he opened his mouth to grab this matter.

But... the others were also eager to see what would happen if he and Oberstein went head-to-head.

For the time being, the emperor didn't make any comments, because he seemed a little stuck.So the Minister of Military Affairs had no choice but to speak by himself: "I'm sorry, Marshal Gilfies. I'm afraid it won't work."

"Why?" He still had a smile on his face, "It's just for His Majesty."

Oberstein paused for a while, and then answered him very calmly and politely: "I think, strictly speaking, this matter is not within your scope of authority. Please focus on your own work."

He is telling the truth.

Now Gilfies does not have any position, so correspondingly he does not have any authority or any job, he is just an empty marshal.

Although Oberstein's words sounded like a mixture of ridicule, provocation, humiliation, and contempt, enough to make people blush and speechless, he was really just stating the facts impartially.

The smile on Gilfies' face did not waver in the slightest.Maintaining a modest attitude, he looked at Oberstein sincerely and without hostility, and asked, "Are you sure?"

Of course - Oberstein wanted to answer him that way.

But someone did not allow them to continue the confrontation.

"Enough!" The emperor's voice suddenly sounded, and the tone of his tone could be said to be unprecedented, "Did the two gentlemen forget that I am still here!?"

Helpless, Oberstein and Gilfies immediately left the table and stood up, turned around and bowed their heads to the emperor.

The scene was silent.

But then the emperor neither broke out completely, nor did he relax to appease them.

He just looked back and forth between the two with a pale face for a while, then suddenly stood up and left his seat, threw a thunderous "dismiss", and walked out of the meeting room quickly.

Hilde and Xiutley immediately chased them out.

Although the emperor was still very young and it was normal to be easily agitated, it was rare for such an unforeseen and unreasonable gaffe to occur.

Faced with such a situation, the courtiers were somewhat puzzled, and the officers were even more puzzled.

But... Now that the official business is almost finished, let's just disband—soon, the original dignified atmosphere disappeared, and the adults began to talk and greet each other, pack their things and prepare to leave.Even Gilfies and Oberstein did not continue to pay attention to each other.

Everyone thought that this matter had come to an end for the time being.

But unexpectedly, Hilde suddenly turned back.

She appeared at the door with a strange expression, then walked in unnaturally, and said loudly: "Gentlemen, please wait a moment. There is something important to announce here, everyone please go back indoors."

As a result, people with fast legs were chased back by other people in various ways.

The people were brought together again.

Seeing that it was almost done, Hilde grabbed his hand and cleared his throat, and paused for a while uncertainly.

Then she finally made up her mind: "My honorable courtiers, it is now a great honor for me to convey to you Your Majesty's will - after a long period of consideration, His Majesty has just made a decision to appoint Siegfried Gil His Majesty Marshal Feiaisi is the agent of the Minister of State, and he is allowed to exercise the full power of the Minister of State from now on. All decisions made by his words and deeds are only responsible to His Majesty. At the same time, the command of all the fleets directly under His Majesty will be handed over to His Excellency Marshal Siegfried Gilfiaisi Take charge, you are allowed to exercise all scheduling powers including the appointment and removal of fleet personnel from now on, and all decisions made by words and deeds are only responsible to His Majesty himself."

Then she stopped.

Everyone at the scene stared at her because they were too surprised, which gave her the illusion that a hole was about to be burned out of her body.

But even if she was burned out of the hole, she still had to continue talking.

"Finally, grant the title of Grand Duke to His Excellency Marshal Siegfried Gilfies..."

The audience was in an uproar, and no one could listen to Hilde's words properly.

The emperor is crazy.

This is most people's first reaction.

In fact, the position of Acting Minister of State Affairs is still understandable. Many people have long speculated that the emperor has been waiting for him because of this position, so it is not surprising that it has been realized now.

And accept the command of the emperor's direct fleet... The emperor's direct fleet probably accounts for about 15% of the current army's strength. In this way, Gilfies has directly jumped from a worthless commander to the most powerful in the country. Strong real power.If one day he plans to do something in the future, it will be very difficult for others to stop him.

But no matter how inappropriate the second article is, it is definitely not as good as the third article, which is like digging one's own grave.

Although the enfeoffment system in this era has been completely ended, and the title of nobility is nothing more than a title, as long as there is an aristocratic system in the monarchy, it can determine the right of succession-the Luo Yankram family is very thin. Under this premise, if the emperor Next to the sister who has no real power, there is a Grand Duke who is recognized by the dynasty's legal system and holds a heavy army...

If the emperor died "suddenly" or "accidentally", it is absolutely impossible for the throne to fall into the hands of Anne Roger.

In other words, the emperor's decision today is to emptify himself, instigate important ministers, disrupt the balance of power in the country and his own foundation, and it can even be said that he is luring others to murder himself.

But unfortunately, since the emperor has decided, there is no room for change.

This really makes many people here today feel chills: they are all people with a lot of life and political experience, and they never pin their hopes on a person's loyalty or conscience.

But there are still people who are happy to see such a thing-like Reuenthal.

Just like the day Gilfies came back, he still walked up to him first and held out his hand to him.

"Congratulations, Your Highness." He pretended to be polite.

Gilfies looked at him as if he couldn't react at first, and then returned to normal after a few seconds: "Please don't make fun of me, this is really..."

"Why are you making fun of you? This is His Majesty's decision, and you deserve the reward."

Gilfies shook his head and laughed, but Rosenthal could see that he didn't feel much excitement and joy about what happened just now.

Of course, it may just be because his personality is too stable.

Patting Gilfies on the shoulder, Roenthal extended an invitation to him: "Okay, let's stop making silly jokes. Then, Mr. Upstart, would you like to have a drink tonight? I invite you."

"I can't drink." Gilfies smiled, "But I don't mind drinking soda with everyone."

He turned his eyes away from Roenthal and looked at the other generals who were standing there waiting for him.

"Of course, let me invite you." He said, looking really happy.

In the afternoon, Oberstein directly guarded outside the emperor's office, just to see Reinhardt.

But this time Reinhardt wasn't going to let him get away with it.

After instructing Shortley to guard the door and never give in, he took Ruken and Amir out of the back window of the office, trekking all the way to the distant horse farm at the back on his own two legs, and then spent the whole afternoon Spent on horseback riding.

He never did that.

For a long time, his life has only been the focus of the country, and he has done his best to it without distraction. Even though the weight on his shoulders is getting heavier and heavier, he has never evaded his responsibilities or neglected himself.

But today, driven by a sense of emptiness and liberation that resembled the sense of emptiness and liberation that finally succeeded in breaking himself after years of extreme pain, he indulged himself once, letting himself not think, worry, or worry, The mind is empty and gallops on the magnificent grassland cleared by the snow in the new Sanssouci Palace.

He knew that he still owed him too much, and he might never pay off this debt, but after today's incident, he could feel better.