Public trial?You deserve it too!

"But you have to know, Sir Claude, even if I issue a decree to pardon, will the original nobles in those lands really let them live?"

Claude froze for a moment.

"This, this, after all, is also a rebellion. They seem to have suffered casualties. I think after learning the lesson this time, they should, should not dare to oppress civilians like this again?"

He stammered, sweat dripping from his forehead.

"Hmph, go down."

Claude looked at the emperor blankly, then saluted in a daze, racking his brains for what to say, while slowly moving out of the hall.

Then until he walked to the door, he didn't seem to have thought of what to say, he could only hang his head down and left in a bit of despair.

The emperor sat there all the time, watching Claude's every move, and the arc of his mouth became wider and wider. He didn't laugh out loud until the boy's figure disappeared completely.

"Hahahahahaha, it's really something that young people can do. Just relying on their enthusiasm, they dare to argue with me in the hall, but they don't even think about how to deal with this matter—you say, How can such a person be useful?"

The emperor's criticism was merciless, but no dissatisfaction could be heard.

"That's why His Majesty needs to hone and hone it."

Karl bowed slightly, and was a little surprised in his heart. His Majesty has not smiled so happily for a long time.

"Can you be sure about his family?"

The emperor's finger taps on

"I can be sure that this ancient coat of arms is magically repulsive to non-blood inheritors. Claude has been carrying it close to his body, but this coat of arms is still intact, so it must be the real heir. A detailed description, Please allow me to go back and call out the books in the Royal Library for comparison, and I will present the news to His Majesty later."

The emperor nodded, obviously agreeing with Karl's statement, and then he held his forehead with a headache again.

"However, this master and minister are really a good match. They are both people whose heart is ahead of their minds. They can do things better than two, but why can't they think more? Ludwig's men will not all Is it this kind of virtue? It seems that it really needs to be honed."

But the old man could clearly see that the smile on the corner of the emperor's lips had not dissipated.

"But this time, I can really fulfill his wish for him--the Provence rebellion, I never thought of punishing the common people, as for the nobles, hmph, I already knew how to deal with things that he couldn't think of .”

The emperor's face became stern.

"Since civilians and nobles can only live on one side, choose the one that can survive! Go and tell Siegfried that the nobles in Provence province, no matter whether they are involved in the Theocracy or not, as long as they are guilty, no one will be spared. ! All will be severely punished and not tolerated!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

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"Knight Claude."

The dead face mage held a box and called out to Claude.

"Uh, hello, Mr. Master, is there anything else you can do?"

The young man looked at him in confusion, with an expression of doubting his life on his face.

"This is the royal secret medicine bestowed upon you by His Majesty. It can erase scars without leaving any traces."

The mage handed him the box.

"Thank you for the gift from His Majesty the Emperor." Claude took the box a little dumbfounded, "Then goodbye, Mr. Mage."

"My name is Heinrich."

Then unexpectedly, Heinrich saluted him.

"You are..."

"I was also born as a commoner, and before that, I also suffered from hunger." Dead Face mage said calmly, "I have long been loyal to His Majesty, so I can only give you my respect, Mr. Knight, I hope you will never forget you behavior today."

After Heinrich finished speaking, he left without delay.

Claude looked at the box in his hand, tilted his head, and made a question mark on the spot.

"So you and the old emperor are both arrogant?"

The boy let out a breath, cleaned up the expression on his face, and walked towards the carriage that was still waiting for him.

[No one is watching you anymore. 】

"Okay! I didn't expect it to go so smoothly today!" Claude resisted the urge to laugh out loud, and he instantly relaxed. "It's all right now. I can say goodbye to this scar completely in the future. When I go to see His Majesty the Emperor, I won't have to hide my eyes anymore."

【Are you so sure that the emperor doesn't hate you? 】

"Before I came here today, my biggest worry was that the emperor would not trust me, but when I saw the old mage, I was already half at ease, and after he asked me about my noble status and surname, I completely understood—the old emperor He has investigated me a long time ago, and he called me this time to verify whether I am reliable, so after you told me that this identity will definitely be recognized, I dared to speak so 'presumptuously'. Everything now shows that , my performance was very successful."

"Have you seen this? The emperor said before that becoming a guardian knight of a princess also requires a good face. Isn't it clear enough to send this secret medicine now? He has already acquiesced in my current identity, which is Lei Tisia's guardian knight!"

Claude stroked the box, which would be his invisible amulet for the next few years.

"Besides, how could he hate me? As an old man who has watched political struggles for decades, he has experienced all kinds of ups and downs. What kind of person hasn't seen it? At this age, it's only him who sees cunning and scheming. From the annoying type, for him, what he likes the most is the passionate blood of young people like me, especially a stunned young man who expresses his advice desperately for the future of the empire."

"And my words and deeds in the hall just now are not only perfectly in line with the upright knight persona I have been creating, but even better, my loyalty to the empire will override my own chivalry. A patriotic young man full of passion, this is an important setting for him to recognize me!

"And the most important point is that my apparent identity is a knight genius, a genius who is definitely worth investing in, and will definitely be rewarded handsomely! Whether it is my knight talent or military talent, he will think that I am a genius. It is a piece of rough jade. For the old emperor, watching such a young man stumble and hit the wall, and then under his advice, gradually wear away the greenness of his body, and finally let him grow into a pillar of the country - this piece The sense of accomplishment brought by the work is the most attractive thing to him!"

Claude's voice explaining to the system was obviously cheerful, and he even had to pretend to close his eyes to rest his mind, so as not to let himself show any superficial emotional fluctuations.

"So you see, I gave him a reason that he couldn't refuse. From then on, as long as my people don't collapse, no matter what I do, as long as it doesn't harm the interests of the empire, then the old emperor will be willing to cover for me Because as long as it is not treason, any mistake is not worth mentioning in his opinion, but it can stimulate his idea of ​​educating young people. He is waiting for my head to be broken, and then he will reprimand and point me out!"

[Are you not worried about being too outstanding? 】

"Of course don't worry, because I'm too 'young', he won't be impatient. Next, as long as the old emperor is not seriously ill, I will be able to spend four years of steady development in the Imperial Military University. When I really leave the academy, He will feel that I am ready to be frustrated and start to arrange some messy training for me."

Claude even happily hummed good luck in his heart.

[I think your wish to stay in the academy and study hard depends on whether Ludwig is willing or not. 】

The hometown ditty came to an abrupt end.

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"knock knock"

Augustus, who was looking at the scroll in his hand in the study, frowned. He had ordered that no one be allowed to disturb him except his father summoned him. Those waiters obviously didn't have the guts to come to him for other things.

"Come in."

The figure who pushed the door in made the first prince's pupils shrink slightly.

"It's really a heavy loss this time, Your Excellency Augustus."

The voice of the man in robe made the man frown. It was the first time he heard the frivolity in the voice of the man in front of him. Before that, he even doubted whether this man had human feelings.

"Isn't this caused by you? Your Excellency Julien, the elite 'Paladin' of the Theocracy, has tossed the province of Provence, and now there is no one in the whole of Provence. Is this your purpose? "

There was a cold murderous intent in Augustus' voice.

"Please forgive us for this mistake. This was not our original idea. After all, His Royal Highness' request is to let us take the empire's attention away from Ludwig's attack, so that you can handle it safely. Those traces caused by variables, so we didn't want to make such a big fuss at first. A rebellion with a lot of thunder and rain is what we want to do. Even this rebellion should not completely expose the existence of our Theocracy .”

"So, you want to tell me that this was completely an accident?" Augustus' voice became unemotional, "But didn't the knight named Julien accept a generous reward?"

"That's his last glory. From now on, he will never be able to step into the top ranks of the Theocracy. A guy who can't even judge the situation well has no such qualifications." The robed man bowed slightly, "Although this incident was an accident , but in the end it was caused by our mistakes, in order not to cause a crack in the cooperation between the two parties, I am here to apologize to you this time."

Augustus didn't speak, he just watched this mysterious guy, waiting for his next words.

"As a sincere apology, we will immediately denounce the remnants of Wallachia in the empire's shelter. This is irresponsible to the human race. This matter will not go away. We will continue to make a big fuss until it is completely peaceful. You disassociate yourself from all suspicion."

"Not enough. This time I lost the entire province of Provence. This income accounted for more than half of my personal finances. Next, I have to deal with Ludwig who is even slightly superior to me in the army. Gold coins are even more important." Less."

The eldest prince tapped the table with his fingers.

"Your Highness, please ask for it." The robed man obviously knew that such a bargaining chip would never satisfy the other party, so he readily asked Augustus to make a condition.

"financial support."

"I'm afraid it's hopeless, even if I give you all the annual budget of the organization I lead, it's impossible to make up for this vacancy." The robed man spread his hands, making it clear that he wanted money.

"Then ask your boss to allocate more budget for you." Augustus obviously didn't intend to bargain with the other party, "And I want more, because this is at most just a stop loss, and your compensation must be paid separately." Calculate."

"I will bring your request to my superior, is there any more?"

The robed man took out a notebook and started recording.

"You must carry out spies to infiltrate Ludwig's forces, and now all your spies in his army must be handed over to me to receive."

"The former is fine, but the latter is impossible."

The man in the robe continued to write furiously.

"I'm not discussing with you." Augustus' voice was very cold, "You want me to fully support the Theocracy's Eastern Expedition after I ascend the throne, so what you can get far exceeds what you paid, especially what you did to me before. Not enough, not enough. If it weren't for Joachim's self-defeating, I would even struggle to overwhelm this guy who walks on only one leg. Now Ludwig is taking over his brother's political legacy, and now he is A guy who walks on two legs in the officialdom and the military."

"Okay, okay, this matter can also be discussed, but you have to know that our penetration of Ludwig was very insufficient before, so there are no valuable people, but these people are loyal to the Church It’s the same, so I’m afraid it won’t work if His Highness asks for it.”

The man in the robe kindly suggested: "It's better for your Highness to hand over this espionage network to you after we start to infiltrate with all our strength and achieve certain results. What do you think?"

"how long?"

"At least three to four years. This year, take advantage of the somewhat chaotic court situation to sneak into Ludwig's command. To gain trust, you must have at least one middle-level seat. It will definitely not be possible in a short time."

Augustus frowned, but he didn't say anything. He also understood that haste makes waste. Infiltrating one party's power itself is a hard work. The other party said three or four years. A few people who break into the middle level are already good.

"However... Why is Your Highness so eager to ask for our intelligence network? It's not easy to hide this kind of thing. If your chief advisor finds out, I'm afraid it will be uprooted, and the secret cooperation between us is also impossible. Go on."

The robed man raised his head, his eyes were strange.

Augustus suppressed the beating speed of his heart to increase, completely indifferent.

"Of course I won't let him find out about your affairs. It's just that I'm short of funds now, so I can't infiltrate Ludwig naturally, so this matter must be done with your help."

"Really? But why did I hear the news that the chief of the third branch of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau who had fought with us for a long time seemed to have died a miserable death? And it seemed that the entire people in his line were killed from top to bottom. Have you cleaned it?" The robed man shook the notebook in his hand, with an inexplicable meaning in his voice. "Such a heavy punishment... I don't remember that we have successfully bribed him, but your Highness, through the Governor of Provence, seems to have some contacts with the chief of the third department?"

Augustus' eyes darkened for the first time.

"Don't look at me like that, Your Highness, I believe in the professionalism of the top management of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau. As a dog directly subordinate to the supreme ruler, how could it be possible for him to have a close relationship with a certain heir of the next generation? One of my subordinates must have successfully bought him right?"

The man in the robe waved his hands, as if begging for mercy, but also as if mocking.

Augustus once again raised the threat level of the other party in his heart, and then shouted angrily with a cold face: "Speak up if you have something to say!"

"The intelligence capabilities of your subordinates should be terribly declining now, right? Let alone launch an offensive against Ludwig, even if you want to carefully examine whether Joachim still has any dark forces, it probably won't be possible. ?”

The robed man tore off the paper used for recording, walked gently to the brazier aside, and let go of his hand. This page that recorded all Augustus' requests fell lightly, and then was burned into ashes.

"I think it's time to start a deeper cooperation with you, Your Highness Augustus, as you said, before that, our efforts have not been proportional to what we want, if I were just a businessman , I will be complacent, but as an intelligence officer, such a treaty will only make people panic-because an unequal treaty means the less likely he will be complied with."

"So it's finally our turn to have a chance to increase the bargaining chip. Please rest assured that we will never ask you for additional conditions because of this. It is still the original covenant. As long as we help you ascend to the throne of God, you will be with us." With the cooperation of the Holy Kingdom, we will go all out to conquer the east and wipe out all the alien races in one fell swoop."

Augustus's face was uncertain, and he hesitated, because as he said before, he was indeed not prepared to fulfill the contract with the other party, but if he wanted to deepen the cooperation, it would be completely different.

In the criss-cross between the two sides, the other party will more or less grasp some of his handles, although the other side will also reveal some handles, but within the empire, the threat level of these handles, the threat they can pose to the two parties, Obviously not proportional.

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"Impossible. It is absolutely impossible for us to have in-depth cooperation. At most, we can communicate with each other. I will never do such a thing at the risk of being discovered by the intelligence agency."

Augustus flatly rejected the other party's request.

"Sure enough, it's not right, but it's true. After all, after His Highness ascended the throne, the intelligence bureau will belong to you. At that time, the first thing to do is probably to clean us up? If it gets too involved with us, I'm afraid There will be a big mess. Then let us do our own thing. Next, we will change the focus of spying from His Highness Joachim to His Highness Ludwig as you wish. Please be sure Be patient and wait for our good news."

The robed man nodded in understanding, then tore off another piece of paper from the notebook and handed it to Augustus.

"As for the loss of the province of Provence you mentioned earlier, we have already prepared compensation - I think you can understand that direct capital injection is impossible, but within the scope of maneuverability, it is still not necessary to prepare some conveniences for your Highness." questionable."

Augustus looked at the words on the paper and was slightly puzzled.

"Mr. Gutenberg Barr is an excellent businessman, but unfortunately, the small market makes him seem a bit restrained. Your Highness, as long as you let Gutenberg take this paper to Lübeck, find this business alliance members, they will open countless business channels for your caravan. From the archipelago of the merchant alliance to the rugged mountains of the northern orcs, from the spell props of the Church to the artworks of the elves, as long as you want to buy, want For sale, we can handle any commodity, and we can reach any region.”

The robed man explained, but the only thing these words could do was to stir Augustus' anger again.

The other party obviously knew what conditions he would put forward, what kind of words he would say, and even knew that he would reject the other party's intelligence cooperation proposal, so he wrote this piece of paper early and brought it with him. The thing was just a show, and thinking about it now, such behavior seemed even more ironic.

"Then I will take my leave first, Your Highness. I hope that the secret treaty between us can be kept forever by both parties."

The robed man did not bow, or rather, his bow would not contain any respect, so as usual, he opened the door and left the study.

Only His Highness the First Prince was left, looking at the torn paper, the veins on his forehead popped out.

"They say they're apologizing, but they're actually here to demonstrate to me, to show their strength, and to tell me not to pursue the matter of Provence... and then throw out this piece of paper to offer me compensation. Hmph, the Theocracy is so courageous!"

At the end, he roared and slapped the table hard.

But he still couldn't refuse the compensation.

What I said before is not all false. It is indeed too exaggerated that the income of the province of Provence accounted for half of Augustus's command, but this time the loss is not just a matter of money for him. Now the situation is not just a muscle injury. The bones were broken, but an arm was firmly broken.