Cosma Empire

It is not surprising that Dulin can appear here, and Kubal is not surprised. With Dulin's status and prestige today, it is normal for someone to tip off the news, not to mention that these things have not been kept secret.

Kubal was just stunned for a moment, then he turned around and closed the door, walked to the hospital bed, glanced at Magus who was staring blankly at the ceiling, feeling a little sad in his heart.

Ophelia called her uncle very kindly. The relationship between Kubal and Magus is well known among the nobles. They are a pair of very good friends, but they have gone in two directions because of different "philosophies".

They are enemies in public affairs, but in private, they are good friends. Such a clear distinction between public and private has really caught the attention of many people.

That is to say, some people really believe such nonsense. Of course, most of the time people will think that this is just a simple society. This is not stupid, they did not lie to fools.

Du Lin also took the initiative to extend his hand, and respectfully followed Ophelia and called "Uncle Kubal". His face was a bit thick, but it worked.

What happened to Maggs made Kubal feel a kind of panic deep in his heart. What he was terrified was not that Maggs was attacked or that he was seriously injured, but his age. He became such a fragile body just because he fell. , All of this made him angry and terrified.

No one can be so strong that even the years have to give in. Whether it is the gods who once ruled the world omnipotently in the books, or the sages and great men since the written records, these people eventually turned into a handful of loess, maybe Now even the dregs of their bones are nowhere to be found.

A person is mortal after all, no matter what he has experienced or what kind of wealth he has, he will die.

Everyone knows this, as long as people are still alive, they cannot escape the threat of death, but everyone wants to avoid this as much as possible, no one purely wants to die.

In many cases, people subconsciously ignore the age and death. Part of the reason may be that they are still young and have many years to live, so they don't care much about the threat of death.

Another part of the reason is the pressure of life and work. Many people who should start thinking about these issues have no time to think about these life and death issues because they are busy.

But this thing doesn't really exist if you don't think about it or think about it.

Before Magus's accident, Kubal never considered that he was really old, and it seemed that there were not many years left before the end of life. He always felt that death was a very distant thing.

But now, he felt it, felt the strong taste of despair emanating from death!

Last night, he asked the housekeeper to order the workers to knock down the floor tiles in all bathrooms, toilets, washrooms...all the rooms that may have water. Those exquisite floor tiles with gold thread, silver thread and precious stones are like It was smashed like waste, picked out piece by piece, and then thrown into the garbage dump.

All the floors are non-slip and water-resistant, as Kubal wants, which makes them ugly and uneven, but he doesn't care.

Compared to being healthy and living well, this small problem is no longer a problem for him. If the carpet is not soaked, it will be a little slippery. He can't wait to put a carpet in the bathroom!

All of this is due to Muggs. It was Muggs' experience that made him face up to these things, including his own death.

He stretched out his hand and shook Du Lin in a reserved manner without revealing the slightest trace. He didn't care about Du Lin's intimate address. Their relationship should be like this. He always regarded Magus' family as his own family. His family is also Magus's family, and they were originally a family with no blood relationship.

"I immediately put down my work and rushed over when I heard the bad news. The doctor is not here. I don't know much about Uncle Magus's condition..." Dulin immediately began to talk about Magus's problem, which made Ku Barr felt better again.

When a person gets old, no matter whether he feels it or not,

In fact, whether it is emotions, personality, or temper, there have been some changes from the past, including the way of thinking.

In the past, Kubal would only think that this was a normal question, but today, he suddenly felt that Durin cared about Maggs. He is a good boy who knows how to respect his elders. The poor words made him unable to express "filial piety" This means that this is not Kubal's problem alone, but everyone's problem.

The two went outside the ward and talked for a while, and then returned to the room to discuss the situation outside. They didn't want to disturb Magus anymore. He already knew about his condition, but he heard about his condition repeatedly. It's not an interesting thing, especially when he can't express it through behavior and action now.

Knowing some of the problems and difficulties encountered by Magus, Durin said that whenever there is a place where he can be used, he hopes that Kubal must inform him.

Kubal patted Durin on the shoulder, and the two returned to the room together.

Maggs was still lying face up like that, with one eye closed and the other open, Kubal was a little curious, and then asked, "Did he close this eye himself?"

He is very concerned about this issue, even if there is a way that can be clearly expressed, many things can be decided.

People often think that "yes" and "no", "right" and "wrong" are not complete expressions, but these two groups of expressions are enough to express the results of logical judgments, so it only needs what Kubal or others say, Muggs can answer a lot of things by closing his eyes or not.

But it is a pity that Magus is destined not to be able to do this by himself, Ophelia whispered apologetically, "I saw that uncle kept his eyes open, and I thought he would be tired, so I asked him to close them for a while." One eye, wait for a while and then switch to the other eye to rest."

Kubal raised his eyebrows and said with a smile that there was nothing wrong, but the disappointment on his face was beyond words.

Dulin and Ophelia left immediately. Kubal must have a lot to say to Magus after he came, so they didn't want to disturb here, so they left voluntarily.

As soon as the two left, Kubal closed the door, and the forced smile on his face froze quickly, then shattered with a click.

He tore off his tie in a very uneducated manner, sat on the edge of the bed and sighed wearily, "The First Prince's hand is too long, he is taking advantage of your illness to speed up the process of wooing the middle and low-level members of the new party , the old party has also been affected.”

"His appetite is very big. No matter who he is, he can join his imperial party as long as he nods. This is a very bad phenomenon. Once he completes the system composition of the entire organization in a short time, he will We will start to move on to the next step.”

"He promised a lot of benefits to others. Some words sound so shocking that people can't speak, but he said it because he has nothing now!"

"When he has the ability to pay those people, he's got the status and the power to match. I never thought he was a bad boy, but obviously he is."

"I very much hope that you can recover as soon as possible. Only in this way can we stabilize the situation. What's even more frightening is that the Rose Knights directly fell to the First Prince. We lost a goal first!"

In that small room where each knew who the other was but absolutely couldn't see the face, there were seven seats in total, and now that Muggs had fallen, only six remained.

Among the six people, the Rose Knights had fallen to the First Prince, and Kubal was on his own side. In other words, if Kubal didn't want to lose, he had to win two of them to his side as soon as possible.

But for the eldest prince, he only needs to win over one more person, and he will not lose no matter what.

Moreover, once an absolute advantage is formed, it is easy to have a snowball effect. When they are finally forced to make a choice, they will definitely choose the safest decision, which is to seek refuge with the First Prince.

This is the most significant difference between business and politics. In business behavior, people only value the rate of return. This is a necessary and most critical factor. As long as the rate of return is high enough, no matter how big the risk is, someone will definitely take a gamble!

But if the rate of return is pitifully low and the risk is very small, no one may invest in this project, because the rate of return is too small and there are still risks. One-tenth of the danger, there is also the possibility of losing.

Since there is a possibility of losing, why not choose the project with the highest rate of return?

Politics is different. Politics pays attention to stability. There may be thunderous strikes, but most of the time it remains stable. It is difficult for people who often put all their eggs in one basket to make a big difference in officialdom.

On this stage where the whole world is watching, as long as you can ensure that you have no bad changes, you have already won, so everyone would rather not win, nor lose.

When the "power" of the First Prince has accumulated to a certain level, in order to ensure that their own interests will not be lost, those people will also fall to the First Prince's camp.

From their point of view, this is like a simple addition and subtraction, first get rid of some unnecessary people, let the power be more highly concentrated in the hands of a few people, and then they unite together to restrict the continuous expansion of the eldest prince, perfect!

Once again, the position of power has been unprecedentedly improved without any possibility of failure, so why not do it?

Once this effect is formed, even if Magus recovers immediately, it will be difficult to recover.

Now Kubal’s primary job is to do these three things. The first is to bring Magus back as soon as possible. The second is to find out who killed Magus in Sallyville as soon as possible, and who is the main messenger. , the third thing is to maintain the balance of power among members of the top parliament.

Yes, that unseen basement has the exact opposite name, it's called "The Upper Council"!

"The eldest prince passed some rumors last night. He thinks that your current body is no longer suitable for continuing to work. He suggested that you be removed from the seat. In the future, only six seats will be reserved on the top council..." He rubbed his temples, feeling a headache A little relieved, "Someone told me the news. Although those people didn't talk about their thoughts, I think...they should be moved."

"After all, the power of the empire held by seven people is far less powerful than that held by six people, and it is also more stable.

When Magus heard this, he suddenly became excited. His body kept bouncing on the hospital bed, his upper and lower lips were tightly closed together, and his arms were also bouncing and waving stiffly.

Kubal did not call the doctor in such a panic as last time, but observed calmly and carefully. He felt a little unbearable when he saw the struggling Magus, and his brain was about to boil.

Suddenly, a puff of smoke rose from the top of his head, and his brain was cooked, "You mean, they can't be allowed to do this?"

These words seemed to have great magic power, Magus stopped immediately, lay quietly on the bed, and the tense muscles on his face eased a little.

Seeing this, Kubal stood up abruptly, and he took several steps back and forth. Magus being able to express "yes" and "no" means that he can already handle some things, no matter what his current situation is, As long as he is still alive, no one dares to disobey him, even the eldest prince.

Even... two generations of emperors!

With such an idea, Kubal was so excited that he almost called others, but soon he calmed down again. It was not without any harm.

This also means that if Magus cannot be recovered, then that position will remain vacant, and even if Magus recovers in the future, they will also leave that position vacant.

Habit is a very powerful force. People are used to the fact that there is no one on that chair, so even Magus, whose influence has declined to the limit due to illness many years ago, cannot change these people's minds.

The only thing that should be done is to elect someone to sit on it as soon as possible and occupy that seat!

He looked at Magus and said softly, "I know it's painful to do this, but we are facing some difficult choices. Even if we prevent those people from encroaching on your position and power, the longer you are here The longer they grow, the less they care."

"Until the end, you were like one of those trophies hanging in the room, just a symbol, and they wouldn't let you go back there."

"Now, what we need to do is to find out your successor, occupy that position first, and then consider the next thing, what do you think?"

"If you agree, you stay calm, if you disagree, do something to let me know..."

After speaking, Kubal raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "You have five minutes to think about it. If you don't object after five minutes, then I will take it as your agreement."

Five minutes passed quickly, and when everyone didn't feel it, they had already missed more than half a minute.

"Very well, I see what you think, old man, I know we think the same, so do you have any good suggestions for this candidate?", Kubal finally got attacked on the face of Magus After a few days, he smiled for the first time, and he shrugged his shoulders easily, "Let me guess, how is Durin? Last time we talked about bringing him into the parliament."

Although Magus' ability to act was limited, his ability to think was not affected. When he heard Kubal mentioning Durin's name, his first reaction was to refuse.

This young man has great ambitions and is very sophisticated and vicious. It is not a good thing to introduce him to the top council prematurely.

This allowed him to learn more about the rulers and the true face of the empire. When he hadn't learned awe and respect, the first thing he thought of was presumptuousness!

Originally, Magus planned to introduce Durin to the top council when he was thirty-five to forty years old. After ten years or so, it would be enough to smooth out his sharp edges and corners and make him more mature and restrained.

That kind of Doolin is a "perfect" Doolin, not the current defective product.

But he stopped thinking about it, because he suddenly remembered that those people were planning to kick him out! !

Yes, the friends and enemies who have held each other back and cooperated for so many years finally found a suitable opportunity to reduce staff. They want to join forces to kick out Magus, the biggest player and former banker.

These people are so disrespectful and shameless, so why not let Du Lin fight with them?

This can make Du Lin grow up faster. Once he grows up when he is young, there will be few people in this empire who can firmly suppress him, and he will lose control!

This is what Magus has been avoiding, but at the same time there is something that needs to be faced, that is, the strong smell of ambition on Du Lin's body that is so strong that it makes people choke their noses if they escape.

He concealed it well, but he couldn't fool Muggs, he knew too well what was hidden behind the young man's submissive eyes.

Do you want to take a gamble?

He asked himself if he wanted to bet this time that Durin would be evenly matched with them.

Just bet that Magus will be lucky enough to get better by accident, through that bloody hormone.

Just bet that Du Lin can understand what the country is the core of society, and don't do things that can't be done!

Magus, who seldom gambled on political choices, hesitated. Instead of resolutely refusing as in the past, he was seriously considering.

Perhaps what happened during this period made his mentality a little unbalanced and his emotions a little out of control. The words Kubal said aggravated his emotional ups and downs, making him gradually lose his sanity.

He was thinking about it, thinking about it seriously, and then remained silent, although he couldn't say anything in the first place.

Kubal looked at his watch, and after five minutes, he looked up at Magus with a more relaxed face than before, "Thank God, this makes me feel better, at least I have a helper, I will initiate a call as soon as possible, will you go with us then?"

"I can't wait to see the astonished faces of those idiots, we're going to stuff their plans back into their beep beep beep beep beep beep beeps, and to hell with it!"

Magus stared at the ceiling with his lifeless eyes like a dead fish, as calm as ever!