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Chapter 429 "Two Blossoms"
Loulan City.
During the last banquet, Du Wei secretly returned to the castle and had a meeting with Luoxue and Queen Medusa. Twenty days had passed since then.
As for the Duke of the Tulip Family, he secretly returned and then quietly left. Not many people knew about it. Only Vivian, Philip, and a few other people knew about it.
The news outside was that the Duke was busy with magic research and had yet to return.
Philip was very busy these days and his mood was somewhat tense.
The first reason was that last time Du Wei came back and left in a hurry. Before he left, he handed over the power to him. Moreover, Philip saw a trace of anxiety and panic on Du Wei's face. He was certain that Du Wei had encountered some trouble.
Furthermore, His Excellency had left for more than twenty days, and there was no news at all …
The second reason was because of Princess Louise in the city and the future consort, Miss Dailey.
Since Miss Dailey came to Loulan City and secretly sent someone to contact the Saintess, Philip became more and more certain of one thing: this future consort was definitely not simple! Especially now that everyone knew that the Tulip Family and the Saintess' family were in fact political enemies.
Over the past few days, Philip had sent several times more men to secretly monitor the Southern Chamber of Commerce where Miss Daley and Princess Louise were staying. Moreover, the two ladies refused to live in the castle. Later, Philip went to Mrs. Lister and hinted for her help. In the end, even Mrs. Lister's invitation to live with the Lister Family was rejected.
With the friendship between Princess Louise and Madam Lister, for her to refuse such an invitation, it must be the doing of Miss Daisy, the future Princess Consort.
Philip had Uncle Alpha lead the whole group to take turns day and night to keep a close watch on the two noble ladies.
The information they received was very mixed. Miss Dailey was not well-behaved these days in Loulan City.
It was said that she met with more than ten representatives of the Southern Chamber of Commerce. Later, she personally attended nine banquets hosted by the representatives of the Southern Chamber of Commerce. This action was somewhat puzzling.
After all, Miss Dailey's identity was the future consort, and she might even become the Imperial Consort! Her brother was the commander of the Empire's army! She was such a proud daughter of the heavens, yet she actually lowered herself to mingle with those vulgar merchants. In the eyes of any true aristocrat, this was an action that was beneath her status.
Moreover, according to the information from the spies, Miss Daisy had a wide social circle. Or rather, she didn't put on airs at all. She was willing to humble herself to anyone! In just a few days, there were countless people visiting and contacting Miss Dailey at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce where she lived. There were fur traders, jewelry traders, livestock traders, and even the leader of a small mercenary group. From the head of a Chamber of Commerce in a province to the boss of a shop in a city. There were actually more than forty guests that Miss Daisy had seen these days!
On Philip's orders men were assigned to watch all the guests whom Miss Daley had seen.
After checking, the information gathered in Philip's hands did not contain any valuable information.
"Could it be that she only met with these people to chat and drink tea?"
On the other hand, Alpha Knight was already complaining.
After all, Miss Dailey had too many contacts and Alpha did not have many spies under him. At the same time, he had to take care of the flow of information in the northwest grassland. Only a portion of his men were left in the city. These days, Miss Dailey had seen too many people. Every guest had to be followed and investigated, causing Alpha Knight to be short of manpower.
The more Miss Dailey behaved strangely, the more uneasy Philip felt! He was even more certain that this woman had come to the northwest for a reason!
Moreover, Philip could not put all his energy on Miss Dailey.
Before Du Wei left, he had entrusted the authority of the northwest to Philip. Now, the young Philip had become the temporary head of the entire Tulip Family's territory! Every day, all kinds of official business had to be sent back from various places, waiting for him to decide and arrange.
Finally, one day, someone came back to report that they saw the Knight and servants nervously packing their bags and carriages in the Chamber of Commerce where Princess Louise and Miss Dailey were stationed. It seemed that they were about to leave.
"They're leaving?" Philip's heart skipped a beat. He frowned deeply and suddenly asked, "Is there any news from the Sanctuary these days? Could it be that Her Highness, the Saintess, didn't do anything? "
His subordinate immediately replied, "No, as usual, the Saintess goes to the Holy Order once every three days to preach the doctrine. However, three days ago, after the Saintess returned from the Holy Order, she sent someone to request that she be allowed to follow the clergy of the Sanctuary to the family's private army to console the soldiers and preach the doctrine. However, this news has already been reported to you, but you haven't replied. "
Philip nodded, "That woman wants to preach the doctrine in our army … Hmph, who knows what she's up to. Let's ignore her for now."
Philip paced back and forth in the room, but he was thinking hard about Miss Dailey.
Could it be that this future princess consort really came to Loulan City, stayed for twenty days, and attended a few banquets with a group of merchants before returning home? Did she come to the northwest for this? Why would a princess come all the way to the northwest just to meet a few vulgar merchants?
No matter what, even if he had any doubts, if she wanted to leave, he couldn't stop her. After all, she was of noble status. If she left just like that, he couldn't run over to investigate.
"Get someone to follow them all the way out of the city …" Philip sighed helplessly. He had a strange feeling that he was being played.
After watching his subordinates leave, Du Wei's number one aide suddenly had an idea. He flipped through the detailed information and list of all the guests Miss Dailey met these days, including the places her servants went in and out of the headquarters, who they met, and all the information. Philip flipped through the list again.
Finally, after flipping through the list again, Philip suddenly picked up a quill pen on the table and circled three names on the list of trade associations that Miss Dailly was in contact with.
Because on this list, the three names that he circled were different from the other names on the list!
The leaders of these three chambers of commerce had met with Miss Dailey yesterday! And according to the information gathered by his subordinates, before they met with Miss Dailey, they had just rushed to Loulan City!
According to the detailed investigation, the three heads of these three chambers of commerce, before returning to Loulan City, had each brought their own caravans to the north of the Desa Province. It was said that they were there to sell horses and furs.
Three merchants who rushed back from the north at the same time went to meet with Miss Dailey on the same day?
Philip's heart immediately moved, he quickly stood up and walked to the wall.
Hanging on the wall was a map of the Desa Province. Philip's eyes flashed, his eyes shrouded the area of Desa Province on the map as he carefully searched.
Soon, his eyes abruptly widened … North!
North?
Within Desa Province, there was no other important place in the north, only one! And it was the most important core area for the Tulip Family!
Anglia City!!!
Philip's heart skipped a beat. Immediately, he called for someone to gather all the official documents of the merchant caravans that entered and exited the Desa Province. He quickly flipped through the documents of the three merchant caravans that he circled and found out where they went before returning to Loulan City. After this investigation, Philip was even more shocked!
It turned out that these three merchant caravans were close to Anglia City!
Because Anglia City had become the family's production base, outsiders were not allowed to enter. Therefore, any passing merchant caravans could not enter and could only go to the surrounding cities to do business.
And these three merchant caravans, a few days ago, stopped in a small town closest to Anglia City and stayed there for two days!!
"Humph!! Three medium-sized merchant caravans stopped in a small town with a population of less than two thousand! What business are they doing? What business can they do in a small town like that? And they can do it for two days?! There must be something fishy!! "
Philip sneered. He had finally found the flaw!
"Men! Men!! "He shouted, and his subordinates immediately walked in.
"Is there any official document or news from Anglia City?"
The subordinate immediately shook his head: "My Lord, all the official documents are handed over to you as soon as possible every day. There is absolutely nothing left behind. There has been no news from Anglia City for the past two days. Everything is fine, there is nothing out of the ordinary … I think the previous incident should have taught them a lesson. Now, they should be strengthening their security … "
As the subordinate was speaking, Philip suddenly glared and shouted: "What did you say! What do you mean by the previous incident! What 'taught them a lesson'?! "
He suddenly took two steps forward and grabbed the subordinate's collar: "What happened last time!!"
Seeing Philip's reaction, the subordinate couldn't help but feel a little scared: "Last time … Last time, in the routine report back from Anglia City, there was an incident of slaves escaping. However, the four escaped slaves were eventually found by the soldiers who were pursuing them. All four of them died, no one escaped alive … "
"Bastard!!" Philip was angry: "Why didn't you report this to me!!"
The subordinate hurriedly shouted: "My Lord! How could I dare to hide this kind of thing! But this incident happened more than twenty days ago!! At that time, the Duke of the Tulip Family was in Anglia City and the matter was handled by the Duke himself. So, he didn't report it separately, but only filled it in the monthly routine notice … And, I remember when I brought in the routine notice, you, you … "
"I what?" Philip's face was gloomy.
"You saw that there was already the Duke's handwriting on it, so you didn't pay attention to it."
Philip froze for a moment, then sighed.
Indeed, he vaguely remembered that there was such a thing. After all, some time ago, the Duke was in Anglia City. Therefore, with the Duke as the head of the city, he didn't have to worry about anything in Anglia City. Therefore, all official business related to Anglia City is handled by Du Wei himself. The only thing left to do is to report back to the governor's mansion and keep it there for safekeeping. During that time, he was also busy, so he didn't pay much attention to the news in Anglia City. After all, the Duke was personally in charge, so why would he need to pay attention?
But Philip didn't know that during those days, although Du Wei was in Anglia City, Du Wei was busy researching how to hatch dragon eggs. He didn't pay much attention to the official business in Anglia City.
"Quick! Find that document for me! I want to see it! I want it now! "Philip's face was anxious.
It was rare for his subordinates to see such an anxious look on the usually calm and composed Sir. They hurriedly rushed out and after a while, an official document was handed to Philip.
Philip flipped through it and the look in his eyes immediately changed!
After carefully reading it, Philip slammed the table and stood up. His face was still a little hesitant, but then it flashed with a trace of determination!
He suddenly took out a golden tulip badge from his bosom and summoned the mansion's imperial bodyguard, Elder Yan.
"Old Smoke! Take this badge and immediately go out of the city to the barracks. Order General Longbottom to lead a thousand cavalry to the east of the city and pursue them along the main road!! Be sure to intercept Princess Louise and Princess Audrey!! "
When Old Smoke heard this, his face changed and he couldn't help but exclaim: "My Lord! Intercept … … Send troops to intercept the Princess and Princess? "
Philip's face was gloomy as he hatefully said: "The situation is urgent right now, there is no other choice! I know this matter is very serious, intercepting the Princess and Princess' carriage … … Humph, if it was anyone else, they wouldn't dare. Only General Longbottom would dare to do such a thing! Quick! Go!! If we're late, it will be a big problem! "
Old Smoke braced himself and was about to go out, but after taking two steps, he came back and gritted his teeth: "My Lord … … If … … If during the interception, they resist, what should we do?"
Philip's face was covered in frost as he solemnly said: "Except for the Princess and Princess Audrey … … If anyone resists, kill them!!"
When Old Smoke heard this, his heart couldn't help but tremble!
Good Lord, looks like something big has happened!
Once this kind of thing was exposed, it would be disastrous!! After taking a deep look at Phillip, Old Smoke made up his mind. He gave Phillip a military salute before turning around and running out like the wind.
Philip returned to his desk and grabbed the document once more. He carefully read the words on it …
"Three days ago, three escaped slaves sneaked out of the canal on the evening of the second day. The soldiers chased them for two days. On the afternoon of the third day, they found the three corpses behind a hillside fifty miles east of the city. After investigation, the three of them died due to exhaustion. The identities of the three slaves are respectively … "
What shocked Philip the most was the identity of these three slaves. Two of them were in charge of different processes on the gunpowder production line in Anglia City! The other one was in charge of producing the flying brooms for the "Decepticon Sky Knight Squadron"!!
Humph! Did he die from exhaustion during his escape?
What a joke!
Philip's face was as cold as ice. "Miss Dailey, Princess Dailey! So they wanted to steal the foundation of our Tulip Family ah!! "
Whether it was the gunpowder or the flying brooms, they were the top secret weapons of the Tulip Family!!
After thinking up to here, Philip immediately strode out of the door and summoned his men:
"Prepare the horses!! All the guards on duty are to gather! Follow me out of the city to do something big!! "
"Pass the order to the Decepticon Sky Squad! Order all the people left behind to set off! Search the east and cover an area of six hundred miles!! Find the whereabouts of the princess and Princess Dailey at all costs!! "
After giving out two orders in one breath, Philip gritted his teeth and announced: "Pass the order again! The first person to find them will be rewarded with ten thousand gold coins! Promotion to three ranks!! "
Philip knew that he didn't have the authority to give out an official position, but he also knew that he couldn't do things according to the rules anymore!
Because once the secret of the gunpowder and the flying brooms is lost, the Tulip Family's military advantage will be gone!!
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