Chapter 148 Chapter 134 The Trouble of the Empire (Part 1)

The same mutilated siblings, the same waiter's attire, the same military temperament.All this immediately reminded Du Wei of the night when he was assassinated in Jumu Town on the way to the Imperial Capital! As soon as a trace of evil spirit appeared on his face, the waiter immediately noticed it, and a trace of vigilance flashed across his originally calm expression. After taking a step back, a gleam suddenly appeared in his eyes and stared at him Live Du Wei! Du Wei's hand has touched a magic scroll in his sleeve.Since the assassination incident, Du Wei has developed a good habit. He specially sewed two pockets in the sleeves of his magician robes. The wide sleeves of the magician robes are a good place to hide weapons. There are several magic scrolls in the pockets of the two sleeve robes, so that they can quickly protect themselves in case of danger.

At this moment, Du Wei was holding a magic petrification scroll in his hand, staring at the waiter carefully, as long as he dared to make a slight movement, he was ready to pop the scroll out of his sleeve immediately. "My dear friend, what's wrong with you? Judging from your face, you seem to be a little uncomfortable?" With a gentle greeting, Prince Chen suddenly took a step slowly, and this step was just right. This kind of gentle breath immediately dispelled the murderous aura between Du Wei and the waiter, and instantly dissipated the crisis invisible.Prince Chen's step seemed simple, but it seemed that he happened to stop Du Wei and the waiter intentionally or unintentionally.

Du Wei forced a smile, and took a deep look at His Royal Highness: "It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly have a headache." Then, his gaze passed Prince Chen, landed on the waiter's hand, and said with a smile: "I just have a headache." Curious, in this kind of place, why the waiter's hand..." The waiter also seemed to be relieved, bowed silently, and bowed respectfully to Du Wei, but even when bowing, his body was tense, as if he was always ready.Du Wei looked at him without moving. After the waiter bowed, he backed away quietly. "This is not the right place." A whisper from Prince Chen fell into Du Wei's ears quietly. In a blink of an eye, Du Wei saw the deep eyes of the young His Highness, and he coughed in disguise: " I'm just a little curious."

Afterwards, Prince Chen had pulled Du Wei out of the door and onto the terrace. This terrace is very large, and the blue stone carvings are under the dark night, and the outline looks mysterious.Du Wei deliberately looked at the statue of an ancient warrior in front of him. The warrior in the statue was holding a long sword and wearing armor, standing quietly on the stone platform. Du Wei walked closer and saw that on the face of the warrior, The eyes are actually inlaid with precious stones, and the long sword in his hand is also carved out of ivory.Under the faint moonlight around, a faint warm and soft luster appeared on the ivory.

"The backstage of this place should be the military." After staring at the warrior statue for a long time, Du Wei suddenly said something. Prince Chen held on to the railing on the terrace with one hand, and held a crystal wine glass in the other. Hearing what Du Wei said, he didn't answer immediately. Instead, he took a sip of the wine, took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "Look The terrace is better. The roses in the garden below are blooming so beautifully... If you can bring your beloved girl in front of such moonlight and flowers, it will definitely be a very wonderful thing." , Prince Chen turned around and glanced at Du Wei: "My friend, tell me, do you have a beloved girl?"

"..." Du Wei glanced at His Highness silently, and thought carefully for a while... Beloved girl? I don't know why, but thinking of this sentence, Du Wei's mind suddenly flashed that day at Walker Port, when he said goodbye to little Vivienne, the little beautiful magician who stuttered and blushed shyly said goodbye to him. A light kiss on the cheek, and then leave the scene. "Maybe, yes." Du Wei replied with a smile involuntarily. Prince Chen glanced at Du Wei quietly, a trace of sadness appeared on his handsome face: "Unfortunately, I don't have one."

As he spoke, he shook his head, drank the wine in the glass, then put down the glass, walked to Du Wei's side, and said with a smile, "You guessed right just now. The backstage of this place is indeed the military." The expression on Du Wei's face didn't change. "I don't know what happened to you just now." Prince Chen frowned slightly: "But I have to remind you that in this place, you'd better not do anything beyond the routine. The depth of the water in this place is beyond your imagination. Yes. Even if your father is here, he would not be willing to provoke those behind here."

Having said that, Prince Chen glanced at Du Wei: "What are you thinking?" "It's nothing." Du Wei said indifferently: "I just feel that such a place was opened by the military... It's a little surprising. The majestic imperial military would actually create such a... place." "Yes." Prince Chen's eyes flashed with worry, and he said in a low voice, "It's very sad... Perhaps, this is also one of the signs before the chaos comes." Immediately he sighed, and stood side by side with Du Wei: "It's actually not a secret. In the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital, everyone knows it well, but no one will point it out. Even if I My father, he also knows the existence of this place, and knows that the military has built such a place around the imperial capital... Hehe! The majestic imperial army, the army guarding the glory of the empire, actually did such a thing. Do you think my father Are you just happy? Every time this place is mentioned, he will be so angry that he smashes things... But what can I do? Even the big men of the military command, including your father, although they are very concerned about this place I don’t like it, but there’s nothing I can do about it.”

"why?" "Because of money!" Prince Chen smiled wryly: "Because of the lack of military expenditure!" After saying that, Prince Chen raised his head, looked at the crescent moon in the sky, and sighed softly: "My father, His Majesty Emperor Augustine VI, the ruler of this continent, the monarch who reigned for forty-four years ...To be honest, if he was born in a war-torn era...such as the Aragon era, or the turbulent era when our Augustine family ascended the throne to save the empire, with my father's character, I am afraid that he could become a generation of lords! He He likes martial arts, he loves martial arts, and his favorite thing is to go to war in the south and north, and to use non-stop conquests to satisfy his inner need for glory... In fact, this is not a shortcoming. If it is in times of war, it will be a very good job for a monarch. He has an advantage in character, but it is a pity that he was born in an era when the empire was stable... and it was still in an empire with a thousand-year history. It is not the blessing of a country to have a monarch who has no desire to conquer."

Du Wei didn't speak - the other party was His Majesty the current emperor, so belittling the monarch behind his back was a serious crime.The other party was the emperor's favorite youngest son, and he said behind his back that his old man said some bad words, even if people knew about it, it didn't matter, but he absolutely couldn't answer! "My father has been in power for forty-four years. Unfortunately, the entire continent has been unified. How can he have the goal of conquering and venting his desire to conquer? The only ones are those alien races that have always changed frequently after the Northwest Desert. .Twenty years ago, during a desert expedition organized by my father, 100,000 alien races were massacred, and the yellow sand was stained with blood. That year was called the "Year of Bloodshed". Sigh... my father was too anxious. Although those alien races There are frequent changes, but they are all small troubles. Generally speaking, they are still under the rule and control of the empire. But because my father was anxious, he found a target to vent, so he did it desperately... Squeeze The pride that had lasted a lifetime turned into a murderous spirit. Although that conquest severely damaged the alien race, the blood feud that killed 100,000 people caused the alien race to form a blood feud with the empire. The original appeasement policy has been It's no longer effective. Alas... It's a pity that the previous emperor, my grandfather's 30 years of hard work, was wiped out by my father's butcher knife in one fell swoop!" Having said that, Prince Chen glanced at Du Wei: "Then The first expedition to the desert war, you know?"

Du Wei nodded. Although the war took place twenty years ago, Du Wei did not come to this world at that time, but after reading a lot of history books and documents, Du Wei probably knew about the war. In the northwest of the mainland, there is a vast desert. In the depths of the desert, geographically, it is a long and narrow grassland, backed by snow-capped mountains.On that piece of land, there is a nomadic alien race, who are rebellious in nature and brave in defense.That nation was once conquered by the empire in the Aragon era, but after all, there was a desert between the inland of the empire and the grassland nation, which became the biggest obstacle for the empire to control that area.For hundreds of years, the empire's grip on that conquered people was tenuous.That nation also often set off small-scale rebellions. The empire has conquered many times, and in the end it always wins. However, the vast desert has caused heavy losses in the empire's supplies. Every time it wins a war, it is often not worth the loss.