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The 134th "Calamity of the Empire" (Part 1)
The same crippled limbs, the same waiter attire, and the same military temperament. All of this immediately reminded Du Wei of the night when he was ambushed on his way to the capital!
Just as a trace of killing intent appeared on his face, the waiter was immediately aware of it. His originally rock-like calm expression immediately flashed a trace of vigilance. After taking a step back, his eyes suddenly emitted a sharp light as he stared at Du-Wei!
Du Wei's hand had already reached into his sleeve for a magic scroll. Since the assassination incident, Du-Wei has developed a good habit. He sewed two pockets in the sleeves of his magician robe. The wide sleeves of the magician robe are good places to hide weapons. In the two pockets, he put a few magic scrolls so that he can have the ability to protect himself in case of danger.
At this moment, Du Wei was holding a magic petrification scroll in his hand as he carefully stared at the waiter. As long as the waiter dares to make the slightest movement, he would immediately flick the scroll out of his sleeve.
"My dear friend, what's wrong? Looking at your face, it seems you are not feeling well? " With a gentle greeting, Prince Son suddenly took a step forward. This step was just right, and the gentle aura coming from him immediately dispersed the murderous intent between Du Weihe and the servant. In an instant, the crisis was dissipated into nothingness. Prince Son's step may seem simple, but it seems to have intentionally or unintentionally blocked the path between Du Wei and the waiter.
Du Wei reluctantly smiled as he deeply looked at the prince: "It's nothing, just a sudden headache." Then his gaze passed over Prince Son and landed on the waiter's hand: "I'm just curious, in a place like this, why is the waiter's hand … …"
The waiter also seemed to be relieved. Silently bending down, he respectfully bowed to Du Wei. But even when bowing, the waiter's body was very tense as if he was ready to strike at any moment. Du Wei looked at him without moving. After bowing, the waiter quietly retreated.
"This is not a suitable place." Prince Son's whisper quietly fell into Du Wei's ears. In a blink of an eye, Du Wei saw the deep look in the prince's eyes. Coughing to cover it up: "I'm just a little curious, that's all."
Then Prince Son pulled Du Wei out of the door and onto the balcony.
This balcony is very large. Under the dark night, the outline of the cyan stone sculpture gave off a mysterious atmosphere. Du Wei deliberately looked at the ancient warrior statue in front of him. The warrior statue was holding a long sword and wearing armor. Quietly standing on top of the stone platform. Du Wei walked closer to take a closer look. Above the warrior's face, the eyes were inlaid with gems. Even the long sword in his hand was carved out of ivory. Under the faint moonlight, the ivory emitted a warm and soft luster.
After staring at the warrior statue for a long time, Du Wei suddenly said: "The background of this place should be the military."
Prince Son held onto the railing of the balcony with one hand and a crystal wine glass in the other. Hearing Du Wei's words, he didn't immediately answer. Instead, he took a sip of the wine and took a deep breath before smiling: "See, the balcony is still the best. The roses in the garden below are so beautiful … … If I can take my beloved girl in front of such moonlight and flowers, then it would be a very beautiful thing. " With that, Prince Son turned to look at Du Wei: "My friend, tell me, do you have a beloved girl?"
"… …" Du Wei silently looked at this prince and carefully thought for a moment … …
Beloved girl?
He didn't know why, but when he thought of this sentence, Du-Wei's mind suddenly flashed back to that day at the Port of Walker. When he said goodbye to little Vivian, that stuttering and blushing little magician timidly kissed him on the cheek and then left.
"Perhaps, I do." Du Wei involuntarily replied with a smile.
Prince Son quietly looked at Du Wei with a trace of disappointment on his handsome face: "Unfortunately, I don't."
With that, he shook his head and drained the wine in his glass. Then putting down the glass, he walked to Du Wei's side and smiled: "You guessed right just now. The background of this place is indeed the military."
Du Wei's expression didn't change.
"I don't know what happened to you just now." Prince Son slightly frowned: "But I must remind you that in this place, you better not do anything out of the ordinary. The depth of the water in this place is not something you can imagine. Even if your father was here, he wouldn't be willing to provoke the people behind this place. "
Speaking up to here, Prince Son glanced at Du Wei: "What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing." Du Wei lightly said: "I just feel that such a place is actually opened by the military … … It's a bit unexpected. The dignified imperial military actually created such a place … … "
"Yes." Prince Son's eyes flashed with a trace of worry as he whispered: "Very sad … … Perhaps, this is one of the signs before the coming of the great chaos."
Then he sighed and stood side by side with Du Wei: "In fact, this is not a secret. In the circle of nobles in the capital, everyone is well aware of it. It's just that no one would point it out. Even my father knows of the existence of this place. He knows that the military built such a place around the capital … … Hehe! The dignified imperial military, the military that guards the glory of the empire, actually did such a thing. Do you think my father would be happy? Every time this place is mentioned, he would be so angry that he would smash things … … But what can he do? Even if the big shots in the military, including your father, don't have a good impression of this place, they can't do anything about it. "
"Why?"
"Because of money!" Prince Son bitterly smiled: "Because of the lack of military funds!"
With that, Prince Son looked up at the crescent moon in the sky and gently sighed: "My father, His Majesty Augustine the 6th, the ruler of this continent for 44 years … … To tell you the truth, if he was born in a time of war … … Such as the Aragon era, or the time when our Augustine family ascended to the throne to save the empire, with my father's personality, he would've become a great ruler! He loved martial arts and was fond of grandiose achievements. What he loved the most was to conquer the North and South to satisfy his inner need for glory … Actually, this was not a weakness. If it was in a time of war, this would be a very good character advantage for a monarch. But unfortunately, he was born in an era of stability … Moreover, it was an empire with a thousand years of history. The power of the nation had reached the peak of prosperity and decline of decline! If such an era were to give birth to a ruler filled with the desire to conquer, then it wouldn't be a blessing for the country. "
Du Wei didn't say anything. The other party is the current emperor. Belittling the ruler behind his back like this is a big crime. The other party was the Emperor's favorite youngest son. It didn't matter even if others found out that he was badmouthing his father behind his back, but he absolutely couldn't answer him!
"My father has been on the throne for 44 years, but unfortunately, the entire continent has been unified. What else can he conquer and vent his desire to conquer? The only thing left is the frequent movements of the foreign races after the Northwest Desert. Twenty years ago, my father organized an expedition to the desert and slaughtered a total of 100,000 foreign races. That year was known as the 'Year of Blood'. Sigh … … My father was too anxious. Although the foreign races frequently moved, they were only small skirmishes. Generally speaking, they were still under the control of the empire. However, because of his father's anxiousness, he found a target to vent his anger on and did it regardless of the cost … The pride that he had suppressed for his entire life had turned into a murderous aura. Although the conquest of that time had dealt a heavy blow to the foreign races, the blood grudge of the massacre of 100,000 people had caused the foreign races to form a blood feud with the Empire. The original policy of pacifying them was no longer effective. Sigh … … It's a pity that the previous emperor, my grandfather's 30 years of hard work, was turned into nothing by my father's butcher's knife! " Speaking up to here, Prince Son glanced at Du Wei: "That expedition to the desert, you know about it, right?"
Du Wei nodded.
Although the war happened 20 years ago, Du-Wei didn't come to this world at that time, but he was familiar with many historical books and documents, so he roughly knew about the war.
In the Northwest of the continent, there is a vast desert. In the depths of the desert, there is a long and narrow grassland with a snow-capped mountain behind it. On that piece of land, there is a nomadic foreign race. They are unruly and brave by nature. That race was once conquered by the empire during the Aragon era. But after all, there is a desert between the empire and the grassland, which became the biggest obstacle for the empire to control that area. For hundreds of years, the empire's control over the conquered people was very weak. That race often raises small scale rebellions. The empire has been able to win many times, but the vast desert has caused the empire to suffer heavy losses in supplies. Every time they win a war, the gains do not make up for the losses.
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