Realm of Power

The fat man's eyes were extremely bright, and he looked at the farce happening across the street with an expression of interest. Although he could not yet determine the identities of the Central and African people who suddenly appeared, he could clearly see that there were After the leading Central African took out something that seemed to be identification, the atmosphere in the store suddenly changed.

The clerk at the counter just now was unceremoniously driven to the street by several Central and Libyan people. There were still a few clerks standing there with angry faces, as if they dared not speak in anger. They were still selecting goods in the store. The customers also left the store in panic because of this unexpected incident.

The shops that were crowded just now and occupied almost half of the street suddenly became empty.

Several Central Asians were smashing things violently inside. Several carriages loaded with goods were parked at the door. The two Gallic businessmen sitting on them were at a loss with the bills they were about to check. One of them thought. He was about to go into the store to ask, but a companion held his hand and kindly reminded him, "Are you crazy? Can't you see, these people...!"

"Are we just going to watch like this?" The businessman glared at his companion.

"I believe Lady Lisa Rock will handle it." The companion carefully looked around and said in an unusually low voice, "Don't forget our identities!"

At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps came from the corner next to it. A dozen strong young gangsters rushed out from the alley behind the store, holding short sticks, wooden sticks and other weapons in their hands. They stood aggressively outside the shop, like a group of hunting dogs surrounding their prey, but no one dared to step forward. In front of them, a tall Central Bian man squinted his eyes and held the sword at his waist in his right hand. The handle stood in front of a dozen young people like a door panel. A powerful aura enveloped the area three meters in front of him, and those indifferent and murderous eyes clearly stated that as long as the gangster on the opposite side really dared to come up, the sword in his hand would definitely attack him without hesitation. The person who came up split

"Is he from the army?"

Looking at the slightly curved sword on the opponent's waist, the gangsters' eyes flashed with fear, and they even stepped back.

Everyone knows that in the Falcon Empire, one should never come into contact with members of the military, and those who can wear such swords are often military masters. They all look the same, they may be young and immature teenagers, or they may be mature middle-aged people, because the age of recruiting soldiers for the Falcon Empire is between fifteen and forty years old, but those who can survive on the cruel battlefield are often those who are on the battlefield. For these people, killing is as natural as breathing and eating!

"No, there are no Central Asians in the army!" someone among the gangsters said.

"Yeah. I've never heard of Central Asians in the army!" The gangsters' dim eyes lit up again, and they gathered together again, waving the wooden sticks in their hands like a demonstration.

Liad City has strict weapons controls. If metal weapons appear in a general fight, the city guards of the Admiralty will be immediately attracted, but if they are just weapons such as wooden sticks, the city guards will often ignore them. Since the city is composed of families of the Imperial Navy, being aggressive and aggressive is commonplace. Just look at those Imperial sailors who are drunk and making trouble in the pub. Picking quarrels and provoking troubles are so common in this city, so the gangsters tacitly gave up the right to use metal weapons.

"Come up and beat him!" The gangsters plucked up their courage.

"Whoever comes here again, I will kill him first!" The leading Central Bian man curled his lips in disdain. He asked several subordinates to hold the young clerk in front of him, and then slapped him hard. The sound of a soft slap on the young clerk's face resounded through the street, and everyone around him was stunned.

"If you still want this store, let that bitch Lisa Crow come to see me!"

The Central Bian man looked away from the face of the clerk who was bleeding from the corner of his mouth, and let go of his hand holding the clerk's collar. The clerk slumped on the ground with his face covered in blood. The Central Bian man swept across the dozen or so people outside the store. A gangster, several gangsters hesitated, and finally one of them turned around in a panic and walked away. A sneer appeared on the corner of the Zhongbian man's mouth, and he used his eyes to signal a subordinate who was already lurking in the crowd to follow closely. The gangster who turned around followed closely behind.

"Okay, stop it!" The Zambian raised his hands to several of his subordinates. He was so blatantly smashing the shop in the street just to alarm that woman. After all, this city is not the territory of the Gauls. It is impossible. Let yourself do whatever you want, and that woman has always been good at hiding. If you really want to hide, the situation will become difficult for you. It was unfavorable, so this Central and South African could only take a gamble. According to that woman's style, at such an important contact point, in addition to the people in the store, there must be other informants nearby. She performed so hard. Such a good show is just to let the news of his arrival reach the ears of that snake-hearted woman as quickly as possible,

For two whole years, I endured the humiliation, coming from the Central Bian Empire to this strange country, and finally obtained the whereabouts of that woman through several profit transactions. How could I give up so easily!

He is very aware of the importance of this store. It is Gaul's core contact point in the southwest region. Whether it is news from Gaul or news from the southwest region back to Gaul, it must pass through here as a transit. , originally as part of the deal with the Gallic Ministry of Intelligence, he could not dismantle the Gallic station.

But it is a pity that the Gallic Intelligence Ministry seems to be very reluctant to see the existence of this store. Just think about the Gallic Intelligence Ministry who was scolded bloody at the just-concluded imperial meeting of the Gallic Emperor. You will know that they How much he hates this intelligence line that is highly praised by His Majesty the Emperor, but has nothing to do with him. In the eyes of the senior officials of the Gallic Intelligence Department, this independent intelligence network is too outstanding and too supportive. Show their incompetence,

As this intelligence line gradually demonstrated its superb efficiency, the salivating eyes of the Gallic Intelligence Department were also revealed.

But this intelligence line used to be the exclusive authority of Philippe, and the Gallic Minister of Intelligence Harlan had no right to interfere. However, a secret letter from the Falcon Empire gave the Gallic Intelligence Department the perfect opportunity to seize this intelligence line. opportunity,

I don’t know why, but not long ago, Philippe, who was in charge of the intelligence line, suddenly and secretly left the Gallic capital. Then the Gallic Intelligence Department found out angrily. Along with Philip, who left Kyoto, there were 74 members of the Julius family who had been under strict surveillance. This was a big event. As the emperor's special intelligence officer, Philip's move was undoubtedly related to defection. , the shock brought by this information can be imagined.

The Gallic Intelligence Department immediately reported this situation to the Gallic Emperor. The emperor's silence on this matter was like a signal. They could not wait to drive away this opponent and take over the entire valuable intelligence line. Intelligence Minister Harlan Marquis. Immediately and secretly ordered the arrest of Philip's adjutants, attendants, servants, and even the guard dogs in the Intelligence Department. As a result of day and night interrogations, they finally found that the central hub of Philip's intelligence line was in the Southwest Territory. This important news from Liad City,

The person in charge of this intelligence line is a surprising Central-Bian woman, Xue Lihua, the person in charge of the Central-Bian intelligence organization in the Dongque area. Because of the impact of the war a few years ago, it was said that she had been secretly executed by masters sent by Dragon Claw, a Chinese intelligence organization. No one expected that this woman would survive thousands of miles away intact.

After receiving the results of the interrogation, the Minister of Intelligence, Marquis Harlan, had a gloomy expression on his face. He crushed the woman into a ball and threw it into the trash can. It reminded him of some unpleasant memories, and as intelligence minister, he knew more than anyone else. He remembered that a total of 22 people who fled to Gaul from the east side of Central Bibia were imprisoned after extracting all the intelligence. Then, in accordance with the agreement with the Central Biadian intelligence organization, they were secretly used as hostages to fight with the Central Biadian intelligence organization. Sub-Aspect Exchange , it is said that these 22 people died miserably after returning, 6 were skinned, 7 were cut into pieces by five horses, and the remaining 9 suffered the legendary punishment of a thousand cuts. It is said that even the intact bodies could not be found, so they were taken directly Go and treat it as dog food!

Marquis Harlan did not apologize at all for what happened to the Central Asians who were sent back. He was the Minister of Intelligence, and he did not run a shelter. These Dongque people themselves were enemies of Gaul, and they only left because the interests of both parties were consistent. together, and that Gaul The failure of the Central Bian Empire was directly related to these people. According to the plan, the long-planned raid was located in the East Que area, an important area behind the border guards, when the Gallic army attacked the Central Bian border guards. The army will also raise the flag of rebellion in China and Bia at the same time.

Attacking the border defense forces from both sides, even the Central-Biya border defense corps, commanded by the famous general Long Yang, would be caught off guard and be beaten to flight. However, no one expected that on the eve of the planned launch, the Dongque side would take action. There was an accident,

That night, everything was ready

The 60,000-strong Dongque local army was ready to go at the gate of the city. They were only waiting for the order from the Dongque Mu Shou and the army to swear an oath before setting off.

Dongque Mu Shou sat alone in the study, looking hesitant, holding a pen in his hand, trembling slightly. What he wrote was a rebellion agreement. According to the agreement, the Dong Que region separated from the Central Bibia Empire and became an independent province of the Gallic Empire. Dong Que Mu Shou became The first governor, and always hereditary, in addition to the emperor's orders, Dongque has its own independent army, taxation, and the power to handle government affairs, just like a small kingdom.

Just when Dongque Mu Shou was about to put pen to paper, Mu Shou's concubine walked into the study with tea. Without anyone else paying attention, a cold light pierced Mu Shou's heart quickly, and she heard screams coming from outside. rush in The soldiers who arrived stared at Mu Shou, who was holding a blood-stained chest in stunned silence. They looked at the concubine with a complex and extremely beautiful expression and a trace of dripping blood from the corner of her mouth with a look of suspicion, relief, and even relief. Bloodstains.

"Why is this? I knew you were different from other women, but I didn't expect..."

Mu Shou smiled bitterly, holding the dagger on his chest. With his angry eyes, he accidentally saw the blood dripping from the corner of his concubine's mouth, falling into the brown tea brought to him, turning into a cup of strong and bloody red, with a faint hint of blood. A fishy smell hit my face,

The concubine's fair and beautiful face, illuminated by the red candlelight, showed a dark red color, as if blood was seeping out from under the skin.

Mu Shou's pity look turned into one of horror and anger. The finger holding the dagger was cut without noticing it. It was as red as sweat and blood. It was a sign of the outbreak of a poison called beauty blood in the Central Asian intelligence organization.

"I'm sorry, if you raise a flag of rebellion, all 176 members of my family will be killed by the organization! I will accompany you, so you won't be lonely on the road!" The concubine's beautiful and graceful mouth showed a trace of pity. The coldness in his eyes, the luster in his eyes, is showing the dull gray of lifeless,

That night. A woman turned the whole situation around with her delicate body,

Because the Dongque Local Army did not receive an order from the animal husbandry, the departure time was postponed until the morning of the next day. It was also that night that the Murphy Dragon Armor Cavalry followed the plan and launched an all-out raid on Long Yang, the commander-in-chief of the Central-Biya border defense force, regardless of the cost. In this formation, the wind swept across the earth. Longyang's border guards hurriedly responded, and their subordinates resisted desperately, fighting bloodyly all night. The Central and Libyan side suffered 30,000 casualties, but Commander Long Yang was able to survive the raid, laying the groundwork for the subsequent counterattack.

When the Dongque local army arrived, the raid on Longyang had already ended. If the Dongque army could attack from behind in time, under attack from both sides, the back road would be cut off and there would be a large army in front. No matter how hard Long Yang's men fought to the death, all they got was the cold corpse of their commander, and the battle situation in which the Central Asian Empire's more than 100,000 border guards were defeated.

But now. Because the commander-in-chief escaped, the Central-Biya border guards, who were in disarray, immediately reorganized themselves after the chaos. After retreating fifty miles, they finally gained a foothold. Three days later, the Longyang Legion, which received a large number of reinforcements, quickly returned to the army. Taking advantage of the unsustainable attack power of the Gallic army, they pressed on the weak two wings of the Gauls like waves, easily completing the encirclement of the 100,000-strong Gallic army that had no time to evacuate!

The Dongque Intelligence Organization, which received the news of Mu Shou's assassination, immediately chose to defect to Gaul.

Because the betrayal of the Dongque Army was a huge mistake for the entire intelligence organization, the punishment from the top must be the execution of all without exception. There are countless precedents for this in the Central Asian Empire. The local Mu Shou rebelled. , the entire regional intelligence department will regard it as dereliction of duty no matter what. According to the law, the rebel Mu Shou must be assassinated immediately to make amends at all costs. Unfortunately, Dongque Mu Shou is dead, and there is no chance to make up for the mistake! If you don't want to stay and wait for death, the only way is to defect!

Of course there is another theory that cannot be proven

The concubine whom Dongque Mu Shou married three months ago is actually a spy used by the Central and African Intelligence Department to monitor frontier officials. Because it belongs to Longyan, a special department of the Central and African Intelligence Department, she is I don’t even know the information about Dongque. Long Yan, as the surveillance department, had long received news that Dongque Mu Shou had frequent contacts with the Gauls and that there were signs of rebellion, so he inserted this secret agent into his side three months ago in order to kill this man at the last moment. Ming Mu Shou was stabbed to death in one fell swoop.

In this way, you can not only deceive the Gauls, start a war due to wrong judgment of the situation, fall into the trap laid out by the senior officials of the Central Asian Empire, and finally have to completely abandon the Seattle area, but also treat a certain internal high-level official as The entire Dongque Intelligence Department, which is the biggest competitor, is forced into a deadlock. This is a private fight within the intelligence department of the Zhongbia Empire, with Dongque Province as the battlefield! This further involved the life-and-death strangulation of hundreds of thousands of troops from the two empires!

In order to cover up the truth of the fight, the Central Intelligence Department did not hesitate to exchange 34 Gallic nobles captured in the Battle of Seattle for the Dongque Intelligence Department personnel who fled to Gaul. Due to special reasons, Dongque Intelligence Department The most important person in the Que Intelligence Department unexpectedly disappeared. The Central and African people searched for it for two years, but no one expected it. Will appear in Philep's intelligence network, but also, the person who initially covered the defection of the Dongque Intelligence Department was none other than Philep, the general person in charge of the war in eastern Gaul. The report he submitted to the Gallic Intelligence Department Zhong claimed that Xue Lihua, the head of the Dongque Intelligence Department, had been killed by the Central and African Intelligence Department during the defection process.

"You mean, the Gallic Intelligence Department sent a Central Asian to replace us?" At the Orlos Manor, the beautiful woman in black palace clothes who got the news clearly felt something. Behind her, Richie said with a solemn expression. Master, these Central and African people are so determined to be able to track them here, and this time they did so with high We took over everything here in the name of the Ministry of Intelligence, so what should we do? We laid the foundation for the network here. There are more than 300 Gallic nobles and their vassals totaling more than 4,000 people, and there is no shortage of real masters among them. Once such a network is used by them to target us, we may not even be able to escape from the Southwest District!

"We must make plans early. Even the secret place arranged for us by Master Philip, my subordinates think it is no longer safe!"

"You mean, Philippe betrayed our agreement? This possibility should be unlikely. Philippe knows very well that without us hosting this intelligence network, he would never be able to obtain such efficient intelligence in a short period of time. , it would do him no good to sell us out to the Central Asians."

The beautiful woman in black dress and palace dress frowned slightly, and her eyes flashed with a trace of hesitation and confusion. This time, China and Libya used the Gallic intelligence network to find her. To say that there was no problem with the Gallic intelligence department, it was absolutely true. Impossible, this could not help but shake her firm heart. Did the sacrifice of 22 subordinates still not cover up the fact that she was still alive? Or just what the loyal servant Rich said, he should have made plans in advance.

"People's hearts are unpredictable, Master! And a selfish and indifferent person like Shadow Phillip can never be inferred according to common sense! Just like when the eldest sister was deeply passionate about him, she ended up being killed by his hand in the end. A miserable end!" Richie took a deep breath and said boldly."

"That's enough!" The expression of the beautiful woman in black dress changed, she interrupted Richie's words, and said sternly, "I said, what happened back then was unavoidable. My sister sacrificed her own life in exchange for me being able to escape alive. When leaving China, Philip just obeyed his sister He acted according to his will. And in that assassination, Philip himself almost died! If there was any grudge before, it was all canceled out the moment he risked his life to hide it from the Gaul list! No one owes anyone anything!”

"Okay. Even if we don't care about the past grudges, we have helped him do so many things, and he still wants to sell us to the Central Asians..." Richie said angrily with an ugly face.

"Stop talking nonsense. Inform the five tiger guards and we will leave Liad immediately!" The beautiful woman in black dress and palace dress gritted her teeth and made her final determination. "There should be a problem on the Gaul side. Avoid it for the time being and then think of a solution." Well, luckily I was prepared and used the activity funds to secretly buy a manor on the outskirts of the southwest capital. No one knows where it is. I bought it here. Even on the register, it was under a strange name that no one knew. It was a secret location outside the Gallic intelligence network. Fortunately, during this period, we never used the real name. We have met other people with our identity and appearance, and our organizational skills are basically unknown to anyone except a few people who know us through chatting!”

Raindrops hit the roof of the speeding carriage. Just after leaving Liad City, the sky suddenly began to rain heavily, like a silent sky that turned into a crying woman.

Logically speaking, the scenery outside the car window should be more vivid and green in the rain, but as the carriage entered the mountain road with increasing terrain, the green grass around the motorcade gradually disappeared and turned into tall trees greeting the road, and the leaves were not yet fully green. , still retains the sense of chilling accumulated over the past spring and winter.

The carriage avoided the main road and drove on the muddy mountain road. A tense and depressing atmosphere enveloped the entire convoy. Everyone knew that the owner's departure this time would probably disappear from the eyes of the world forever.

This genius in intelligence in Central and Bibia, thousands of miles away from his homeland, is still running away like a rootless duck. Next to the avenue is an endless plain. A beautiful woman in a black dress and palace dress looks at the dense forest on the side of the mountain road with a somewhat confused look.

The wheels splashed water in the quagmire, and the convoy began to drive through the dense forest in the twilight raindrops. No matter which angle you looked at, the danger was getting farther and farther away, but there was no trace of it on the face of the beautiful woman in black dress and palace dress. easy,

Zhongbia is not Gaul, and the masters secretly trained by the Zhongbia Empire are not comparable to the assassins from Gaul.

These are two systems. Western assassins pursue assassination skills more, while experts from China and Libya rely more on their own abilities.

"Attention everyone"

The beautiful woman in the black dress raised her hand while looking at the dense forest in front of her. Everyone became nervous. They could faintly hear the wind passing through the forest soaked in rain, whistling and lowing, as if a ghost was crying.

Sure enough, on a rock high up in the dense forest ahead, a burly man wearing dark light armor appeared in front of the mountain road.

"Defection will lead to death!"

With a thunderous roar, he suddenly raised his two arms as thick as big trees, turning a heavy stone he picked up from nowhere into a whizzing stone bullet, slamming into the gorgeous carriage on the mountain road. ! Its terrifying power can actually turn a person into a long-range slinging siege machine!

The heavy rocks roared and cracked into the air and came at high speed. A branch touched it halfway and exploded into pieces with a popping sound.

The boulder followed an arc, crossed a distance of more than 20 meters unstoppably, and hit the first carriage accurately and coldly! ,

"There are assassins!"

The five cavalry attendants following the carriage reacted quickly, only to hear a muffled bang. The ornately decorated carriage with a solid interior was hit, and it was immediately scattered into a pile of waste wood and rags, with faint blood from severed limbs inside. The expressions of the five knights remained indifferent. They seemed unable to see that the carriage behind them had been turned into garbage, and that the target they were sworn to protect had been shattered into pieces. There was not even a look of surprise on their faces. Instead, they could even see a hint of relief and calmness. meaning.

"Front line, shoot!"

With a low shout, the five knights quickly raised their infantry crossbows. Although the Falcon Empire has restrictions on military crossbows, with the upgrading of equipment, many old crossbows have flowed into the underground market, but the prices are still the same. It's expensive. Each crossbow costs more than a thousand gold coins. The five cavalrymen maintained a stable balance while galloping. The powerful military infantry crossbows with flat ends aimed at the shadow deep in the forest and quickly pulled the trigger. .

Five crossbow arrows shot out from the white rain curtain, tearing open the air in front of them, shooting through the slowly dancing leaves like lightning, and accurately hitting the tall man's body.

There were five consecutive sounds of a sharp weapon piercing the body, and poof, the blood turned into five scattered blood flowers that bloomed in the rain. The strong man who thought he was invincible looked at the crossbow arrow that shot through his body with a blank look, and it was difficult. He stretched out his hand and touched it. A look of disbelief flashed in his eyes, and his lips murmured, 'How is this possible! "

Bang, the strong man's body was like a fallen iron tower, hitting the pond below the ground heavily.

"Stupid guy, this is not Zhongbia! Brute force is just a joke in front of the Falcon Empire's crossbows!" The beautiful woman in black dress wearing a knight's uniform looked at the fallen strong man with a trace of disdain on her lips smile

"What a surprise, Na Ning failed!"

At the other end of the dense forest, a Central Asian warrior wearing a red lock stood up slowly from the rock, holding the hilt of the sword tilted toward the sky. His black hair that reached his waist moved in the rain. , flowing like a black stream on the bright rope, the long sword lying horizontally on the waist began to hum, and the sword in the sheath kept colliding with the inner wall, as if it was impatient to be born and drink blood. . "Zhao! A clear cry! The bright long sword unsheathed itself and turned into a light blue sword light in the young man's hand.

"Jian Ming! Could it be him!" A bitter smile with mixed emotions appeared on the corner of the beautiful woman in black dress. She raised her head and looked at the raindrops hitting her face in front of her. It seemed that she could see the sword light like rolling leaves and cracking wind through the rain curtain (Unfinished) To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!