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"What conditions?"

"Change prisoners." Lu Mingyang replied, with a relaxed expression as if he had just thrown a chip on the gaming table.

You Jing was silent for a moment, lowered his thick eyelashes, then raised them, and asked firmly, "Who do you want to replace?"

"You," Lu Mingyang's eyes drifted away from him, and then fixed on the crown prince's arms again, "Your little pet."

You Jing clenched his hand slightly: "He is my spouse."

"Come on," Lu Mingyang evoked a malicious smile, "You and I both know who he is, Yegor has only been away from the political center of Orpheus for only two years."

You Jing didn't speak any more.

Lu Mingyang showed a thoughtful expression: "Ah, it seems that I guessed right. You are not a desolate old royal family who struggled out of a mining area. You are very familiar with Orpheus, at least once."

You Jing interrupted him: "I can offer you a more cost-effective deal. Most of the original governors of the imperial occupation area were nobles from Orpheus, and even captured generals, including three generals and seven lieutenant generals. ...You have many choices, so you might as well order something else."

"It's very tempting, but Orpheus is more stubborn. We only want Yegor."

You Jing wanted to say more, but Lu Mingyang stretched out a finger to his lips, with a smug and deep smile: "Crown Prince, you are very young. Let me teach young people some valuable life experience, talk less, the more you talk , the more I understand your bottom line. But now it is clear enough."

He put his foot on Yan Jingye's hand again, his face covered with frost: "You don't have the bargaining chip to negotiate with me. You can use Yan Jing in exchange for Yegor now, Your Highness, you are worth it. Yegor is no longer The only value of the powerful, quick-witted and decisive secretary-general is his face, but Yan Jingye, he can shoulder your way to the throne. If the empire is restored, you can have as many beauties as Yegor, He is more obedient and less troublesome than him."

You Jing was still looking down in thought, when Lu Mingyang almost thought he had given in, a cold voice sounded: "Is this a secret deal?"

"Huh?" Lu Mingyang narrowed his eyes slightly, and approached a little, as if he couldn't hear what he was saying.

"I said, this is a secret deal, right? The person behind you deliberately concealed the news that Yan Jing was also captured. He didn't dare to let the public know that the Republic wants to exchange the only captured senior general A criminal."

When his two thin lips spit out the word "criminal", he was calm and seemed unmoved: "Using power for personal gain, what if I expose this matter?"

"You won't, do you know why?" Lu Mingyang didn't move his feet, he used some strength, and Yan Jing, who was still in a coma, showed a struggling expression on his face, as if trying to break free from a nightmare, "Because I You can torture Yan Jing without any psychological burden, but you will not hurt Yegor. Have you ever taken a history lesson? Knowing what kind of punishment a traitor would receive in ancient wars, he will suffer a lot but Still awake, or without a whole bone in his body, or destroy all the willpower of this great soldier and turn him into a lunatic, fool... It all depends on which part of Yan Jingya you value most. All people in the Republic Hate this traitor with all my energy, as long as I declare Yan Jingye's identity now and throw him into the crowd, half a minute later you won't be able to recognize a piece that belongs to him. Having said that, even then, you will hurt yeah Al Gore to protest us? You won't, Your Highness, I repeat, you have no leverage."

"How do you know I can't?" You Jing said in a deep voice.

Lu Mingyang still looked confident: "It's boring to talk clearly. You know, I'm curious about the face under the mask. There are two reasons for a person to wear a mask, one is because he is too ugly, and the other is that he Afraid that others will recognize him, can your highness allow me to boldly raise one more condition? Please take off the mask and wait for me to take a look."

You Jing didn't speak, and looked at him coldly.

Lu Mingyang quickly withdrew his gaze, raised his head and closed his eyes, showing a gentle smile, and then opened his eyes and said, "Well, I'm not going to force others to do what's difficult for me. Yan Jing also traded for Yegor, and on this condition, I will give His Highness a day Make up your mind, I will send back part of Yan Jingye after a day to help you make up your mind."

You Jing's eyes showed a menacing light: "Before this, you can't make any noise."

Lu Mingyang shrugged helplessly, and looked at You Jing with pity: "Your Highness, you have no bargaining chips."

He turned off the communication.

Croto looked at Yegor who was still in You Jing's arms in disbelief. The man was still at a loss. After feeling the strange tranquility, he pressed his cheeks tightly against You Jing's chest and hugged him. his waist.

"Why, didn't you expect it?" You Jing asked, smiling a little sarcastically: "Or do you want me to accept the prisoner exchange?"

Crotor murmured: "We hate the Republic, we hate those in power..."

The man in power, with ignorant glacial blue eyes and biscuit crumbs around his mouth, Crotor had accepted generously from him, and the biscuits in his pocket were always delicious.

Croto saluted, and then firmly said with the eyes of the crown prince: "Your Highness, the overall situation is the most important thing."

The Crown Prince didn't look at him again, Croto bit the bullet and said, "We need to be quiet, and even if we send this man back, he won't be hurt."

"I do not think so."

A low and hoarse voice sounded, it was Lisko, who had been silent from the beginning, he seemed to have calmed down his mind at the moment, with a calm expression: "Yan Jing is not so irreplaceable to the River Bank Army, and the captive trade is not so irreplaceable. It seems acceptable, but it will become a scandal for the royal family in the future. Croto, the overall situation is the most important thing, and you must first figure out what the overall situation is."

Crotor raised his eyebrows in disbelief, as if he had never known such a person before: "Yan Jing is also a general! The hatred of traitors is much higher than our pure enemies! You know they will do the same to Yan Jing! What? His hand is broken!"

"We can find a way to make him die peacefully," Lisko said coldly, "The crown prince is right, this is a secret deal that will not be accepted by the people of the republic, and if it is exposed, Yan Jing will also be accused of treason The court, as long as the justice of the Republic is still fair..." He looked at You Jing with questioning eyes, and You Jing nodded.

"He will be handed over to the Grand Court and sentenced to death. There will be no twists and turns and no lynching." Lisko said, "As long as the people from the Grand Court can arrive in time, I can do it. I have a few spies in Orpheus .”

He looked at You Jing's dark eyes, and couldn't see what was hidden in his eyes. Finally, You Jing nodded and asked him, "How long do you need?"

Lisko let out a breath and relaxed slightly: "I will make it before the time limit."

Croto wanted to go forward to say something, but was stopped by a gesture from the crown prince. You Jing said, "That's it for today."

Croto watched the crown prince leave. Lisko walked slowly past him and was punched on the cheekbone. Lisko covered his face and turned his head away. It took him a long time to turn around and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness just Hit me, you come again?"

The elector's chest heaved violently, he gasped for breath, and choked out a sentence for a long time: "Little man!"

Lisko touched his face, was silent for a moment, and replied calmly, "I am."