Chapter 279 The Indecisive Duke Ward
Early the next morning.
Li Si, who had mostly recovered from his physical injuries and no longer affected his normal actions, quietly returned home to Bingfeng City.
Although most abilities cannot be used to avoid worsening of injuries, there is still no problem in using the [Stealth] skill to hide from the soldiers patrolling the streets.
After simply tidying up and pretending to be Ken Simon again, Li Si walked out of the house with a cane, got on the carriage and rushed towards the Ice Castle Palace.
The storm last night seemed to have a huge impact!
Who did this? It’s so abominable!
Li Si, who had no psychological burden, happily looked at the Dillon Kingdom soldiers wearing black armor that appeared from time to time outside the car window, and thought happily.
Now is the most tense moment in Bingfeng City, and it is also the time when control is the most stringent.
In order to prevent others from suspecting the identity of the financial affairs officer, Li Si rushed back before his injury fully recovered.
I think by this time, the legendary berserker should no longer pay attention to this matter.
Li Si thought this in his mind. After all, although the legendary berserker is powerful in front, it is also relatively short in other auxiliary methods, not as comprehensive as the mage's methods.
When Li Si arrived at the Ice Castle Palace and stepped out of the carriage, he found that the entrance to the palace, which was usually guarded by only a few people, was now filled with rows of fully armed soldiers. Look at the sophisticated equipment and The aura of iron and blood clearly represents the elite troops of the kingdom.
The entire palace was shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere, and everyone in sight lowered their heads and hurried away. They no longer had the leisurely mood of the previous days.
The inspection before entering the palace was much stricter. Even Li Si, a senior official, was inspected by the soldiers before he could enter the palace.
When Li Si returned to his room, before his butt was warm, he was called over by Finance Minister Gilberto.
“Ken, you’re here.”
Gilberto said with a smile when he saw Ken Simon pushing the door open and looking serious.
"Sir Gilberto."
Li Si saluted calmly, still feeling a little strange.
Why do you feel that Gilberto is so much more enthusiastic than before?
"Ken, I have something to do with you this time."
Gilberto asked Li Si to sit down on the sofa, walked up to Li Si and said.
"Please give me your instructions."
Li Si suppressed his curiosity and sat upright on the sofa, waiting for the superior's instructions.
"Philip's position has been vacated, and now Hans is in charge temporarily."
"But Hans is just a newcomer after all, and his foundation is unstable. Both the Duke of Ghana and I feel that you need to take on more responsibility, Ken." We have a lot of responsibility.”
“Especially what happened in Ice Peak City yesterday, our task is very heavy!”
Listening to Gilberto’s words, Li Si just nodded.
This is
He is clearly trying to win over himself, wanting to take all of Philip's power into his hands and prevent Duke Ward from continuing to interfere?
I also moved out Ken’s “backer”, the Duke of Ghana. Doesn’t this make me unable to refuse?
However, if Ken is really a person with a desire for power, this is a good opportunity.
A good opportunity to keep climbing!
If it develops smoothly, it may even be possible to accept Gilberto as the finance minister in the future.
But it's a pity that Li Si only borrowed this identity temporarily and didn't care much about the temptation in this aspect.
As if aware of Li Si's doubts, Gilberto waved his hand and said:
"If you are worried that you are not qualified for this job, it doesn't matter."
"Who doesn't learn and grow slowly from scratch? You have to have confidence in yourself! Both the Duke of Ghana and I think you are fine!"
This is what I have said, and if I refuse, it will be more serious. Makes people suspicious.
"I understand, please don't worry, Mr. Gilberto."
Li Si had no choice but to nod and agree.
This is also an opportunity to take a look at the Dillon Kingdom's current preparations for the war.
Although there may not be many opportunities to do anything, it is still a pretty good way to obtain information.
To be honest, the previous Ken Simon was obviously a senior official of the Dillon Kingdom, but he had been idle and had no chance to access the kingdom's confidential information.
But thinking about it, it was probably because of Ken Simon's dull temper that the Duke of Ghana and Gilberto were reassured, allowing them to control Ken and become a pawn in their hands.
——
As night fell, Li Si returned home from the Ice Castle Palace.
Throughout the whole day today, he accepted part of the kingdom's financial work and power from Gilberto. He pretended to study hard and called many responsible small officials into the room to talk.
During this period, he also pretended to know nothing and asked a lot of ridiculous questions, but Li Si didn't care about these seemingly embarrassing behaviors. This was how he wanted to reassure Gilberto.
Although Gilberto gave himself relatively wide authority, he still did not let himself touch the most core financial affairs of the kingdom.
Even so, Li Si also noticed some clues in other work.
For example, the kingdom’s military expenses have increased significantly recently, the allocations for places near the Luoxue Mountains have increased significantly, the kingdom’s current investment in food purchasing expenses has increased, etc.
These are relatively general data. The average person may not pay too much attention to them. After all, these numbers may fluctuate every year.
But for Li Si, who knew the changes in the future situation, it was naturally easy to get the final answer from these clues.
"It seems that preparations for the Kingdom of Dillon started very early."
Li Si poured himself a glass of ice wine, a specialty of the Kingdom of Dillon.
This special type of winemaking is quite cumbersome. It requires delaying the harvesting of mature grapes and leaving them on the vines to withstand the cold wind, ice and snow. The final wine produced will be rich in fragrance. and refreshing taste.
Even in the Kingdom of Dillon, this is a rare treasure.
“It tastes good. Let’s bring some to Ya’er and Risa later!”
Li Si nodded with satisfaction, drank the wine in his glass, lay back on the bed and entered the dream world.
Walking in the dream world filled with colorful light, Li Si was not surprised to see that many dreams were obviously sparse around him.
After all, it was too early for him to enter the dream world this time, and many people in Bingfeng City had not yet fallen asleep.
However, Li Si also has his plan.
Although the main purpose this time is to go to Duke Ward again, Li Si is going to first explore the impact of yesterday's Ice Peak City fireworks on the residents of Ice Peak City and see their feedback in the dream world.
At the same time, we are also making some preliminary preparations for [Dream Refraction].
Li Si was gearing up, eagerly looking at the mysterious and fantastic dream world in front of him.
With the [Sphinx Dream Technique] still unable to be used, Li Si felt more and more that the [Sphinx Dream Technique] was magical, practical and powerful.
It simply opened up another field of operation for Li Si.
Currently, Li Si is not very familiar with dream building and the dream world, and the operation is relatively reluctant, but he is willing to invest more energy in the dream world and accumulate a foundation until Li Si grows up enough to independently develop exclusive The day of dream skills and arcane spells.
The feeling of time passing in the dream world is quite blurry, and Li Si can only guess from the increase in the number of dream spaces around him that the outside world has entered late at night.
What satisfied Li Si was that the dazzling golden light beam appeared in the dreams of most residents of Bingfeng City. One can imagine the shock of the fireworks last night. Li Si roughly estimated that about 50% of the dreams in the Bingfeng City area had visions of golden light pillars.
This is already an exaggeration!
But Li Si also knew very well that this was also because it happened yesterday, and people were most impressed at this time.
Time can erase all memories. In the same way, as time goes by, this vision will gradually disappear from people's dreams.
It is estimated that within a week, this dream vision will still be maintained at 30%. A month later, this number will drop to less than 10%.
However, this time is enough for Li Si.
With the intensification of the conflict between the king and Duke Ward, a direct conflict was about to occur, not to mention that Li Si had already added fuel to the fire several times.
When Li Si finished some of the preparations in advance and came to the place where Duke Ward's dream was, he was a little surprised to find that the dream in front of him also showed the vision of the golden light pillar.
"Hey, didn't you expect that Duke Ward was also shocked?"
Li Si said with a smile, entering Duke Ward's dream.
Control the dreamland and reproduce the familiar long bronze table and backrest seats with simple carved patterns.
But different from the previous two times, the place that appeared this time was not in the dark and sealed mysterious room, but in mid-air above the Ice Castle Palace, as if lurking in the sky.
And the huge golden light pillar is not far away, within easy reach.
[Wrath of the North], the appearances of many royal family members are clearly visible, and even the expressions of fear, determination, hesitation, etc. on their faces are clearly visible.
Li Shishiran sat down on the side of the long bronze table and tapped the tabletop with his right hand.
Tuk~Tuk~
Duke Ward, who was directly opposite, was awakened by the sound of knocking, and he immediately noticed the difference in his environment.
This is clearly the scene when the Ice Castle Palace was attacked last night!
Especially when he saw the majestic figure controlling the golden beam of light to burst into the sky, his eyes instantly became much more serious.
Even Lord [Wrath of the North] took action last night. No wonder there was such a big movement, but the main body of the palace did not suffer much damage.
"How about it, my dear Stellan?"
Lis, still dressed in black robe, looked at Duke Ward and said excitedly.
“Such a grand entrance ceremony is what our Death Secret Order should have!”
"Announce our return to the world!"
Return?
Duke Ward did not respond directly, silently thinking carefully about everything the man in black robe said.
I have to say that the battle last night really shocked Duke Ward.
Such a big deal is not something that a small organization can come up with.
Is it worth making such a big noise just to win your trust?
Not only that, looking at it like this, it seems that he escaped from [Wrath of the North] easily in the end.
Although it is possible that the person was not serious, this is quite remarkable for a legendary professional.
So many things happened in the Ice Castle Palace last night, but because King Lucar strictly ordered to block the news, he directly blocked the entire palace with the most elite troops.
Even Duke Ward, who has many spies in the palace, only just learned from Moriarty that so many things happened last night.
Therefore, although he still seems a little nervous, the status of Moriarty, the man in black robe, in Duke Ward's heart has skyrocketed.
"Indeed, your strength is indeed stronger than I thought."
After a moment of silence, Duke Ward said in a deep voice.
“So, what do you want to do?”
“Don’t say that you support me to become the king to gain support.”
"If your strength is really like what you showed last night, you won't care about the secret support at all, right?"
Duke Ward's eyes fell on the Ice Castle Palace not far away, but his tone was... A touch of certainty and confidence.
He wants to take the initiative in negotiations!
Li Si realized this immediately, but a smile appeared on his lips.
Okay! I'm not afraid that you want to bargain, I'm just afraid that you won't bother.
Anyway, Li Si's ultimate goal is not to get anything from Duke Ward, but to make the Kingdom of Dillon as chaotic as possible.
In Duke Ward’s eyes, the man in black robe relaxed on the back of his chair and said nonchalantly:
“My dear Stellan, I have done so much, Don’t you still believe in our sincerity?”
“Our current enemy is the young King. Isn’t the enemy of our enemy our friend?”
Duke Ward’s expression did not change. , looked at Li Si silently, expressing his distrust.
"Really, where can we find such sincere allies in the world!"
The man in black robe stood up, stretched out his hands and waved them exaggeratedly, pretending to be helpless.
Then, he suddenly stopped his fancy behavior and now stood still, staring closely at Duke Ward.
“Anyway, you have no way out, right?”
Duke Ward tensed up, feeling like he was being stared at by a greedy and vicious wolf, trying to kill him all over. All flesh and blood were swallowed up.
Especially the deep darkness under the hood of the black robe, like a bottomless whirlpool that was about to drown and annihilate his soul.
Weird! crazy!
Suddenly feeling the malice coming from Moriarty, Duke Ward felt like his whole body was completely frozen and his heart stopped beating.
But after all, he is one of the leaders of the Dillon Kingdom, and the tolerance he has developed over a long period of time prevents him from losing his temper at this time.
“Then how can you help me?”
After a short stalemate, Duke Ward spoke up to break the silence.
In a sense, he also gave in first.
“What do you need?”
The man in black robe suddenly became enthusiastic, as if he was selling a product.
“I need to think about this again.”
After hesitating for a while, Duke Ward said.
Still need to think about it?
Li Si frowned secretly, feeling something was wrong.
This time he really felt that Duke Ward was a little indecisive.
We have reached this point and are still so hesitant?
Does he really dare to make up his mind to open the [Devil's Gate]?
Or is there something hidden in it?
"Hehehe, my patience is limited, I hope you won't let me down."
The man in black robe smiled sinisterly, and then kicked Duke Ward out of the dream. .
(End of this chapter)