Vol 5 Chapter 58

In the last days of the Frost Moon, the outdoor weather was cold enough to tremble your teeth. In the deciduous forests around Mintai and Shavrund, you can not escape the bleak scenery, and the trunks have become bare. Since the autumn Since twilight, a thick layer of dead leaves has fallen on it, as if a carpet of gray color, cascaded between the trees. A few snowfalls even slightly northward, although it is not yet silver-clad, but at least it also portends the arrival of the Winter of the Sword Year.

This is the month of the year that is not the best time to start a war. However, the jihad is the beginning of this period. History is always so unreasonable and sometimes more whimsical than the story describes.

In the fir collar, in a solitary atmosphere of war, only the black pine forest outside the baron's castle was still erect, but there was a faint ink color between the canopies, as if the entire tree was a ghost hanging on top of it. When the wind whistled from the tip of the pine tree, it made a strange noise, making the hairs stand upright. Tonigel's guests stomp their feet under the woods in the courtyard, rubbing their hands, watching the ghost weather full of complaints, most of them dressed brightly, covered with the habits of those big cities, it doesn't look like this place Locals. A dozen horse-drawn carriages parked side by side outside the courtyard. The dark body was painted with various emblems, each emblem representing a glorious history of the family. These nobles came from all parts of Eruin, and most of them were still heads. Once in Tonigel, a backcountry.

They came here for one purpose, to serve Cruz.

This is also a rare time for fir firing, although its owner is unwilling to receive these guests.

Although the envoy of the Cruz Empire was nominally headed by Brando and can choose any accompanying members, an ancient tradition made it necessary for the mission to have some fixed personnel seats. These seats were exactly what Brando could not do. Specified. Among them, the royal representative is one. Prince Haruze will serve as the representative on behalf of the Kolkova family. In addition, he can choose two maids, an attendant and an accompanying knight. In this original On the list were Mrs. Windsor and Mrs. Signey—the two nurses of Her Royal Highness the Princes were in Wintertalon, but Haruze temporarily asked Brando to replace Mrs. Windsor with Medusa Lesmeca, He also asked Brando to doubt whether His Royal Highness had reached his age and Chunxin's heart moved for a while.

As for his attendant is a young man from Corcova, Brando has not heard of it before, he must be a member of the royal family, and the accompanying knight is naturally the most trusted candidate for His Royal Highness Princess Nimesis, Not for second person consideration.

In addition to the royal family of Corkova, according to the agreement of the temple-the former royal family of Eruin, the royal family of Sirifah should also send a representative, but it is naturally impossible for this representative to travel a thousand or two across Ampersel. Zhou came here to meet with them, His Royal Highness Princess's e-mail had previously written to tell them that the candidate had been selected, and the envoy and his entourage would meet with them at Grey Mountain, so please call his sister and this Earl, don't worry too much.

Subsequently, four dukes-Viero, Golan-Elsen, Lantoniland, Carasu, and three counts-Janilla Suber, Earl of Yanburg and Earl Grey Mountain, plus one Baltar. Marquis, each has a representative. There should have been representatives of Enlek and Jean-Denell, but these two territories have now been removed and merged into the royal land and Tonigel. The Enlec family is rare, and in Ampelsel After World War I was basically equal to the extermination of the tribe, and it was naturally impossible to send any representative because the Count Deneer and his family were still eating in the dungeon of Maggietan.

Of the four dukes, Archbishop Viero directly sent his youngest daughter, and the envoy of the Grand Dukes of Tolaneland directly sent a meat ball to Grand Dukes of Aiko and Karasu, which is said to be his second son. As for Golan -Grand Duke Elson also sent a daughter, but she was a little girl seven or eight years old. Count Yanilasu was a believer in the Silver Lion Club. He did n’t have a wife, so there was no son-in-law. He sent a sergeant he was optimistic about, a young man with great energy, and the ambassador of Earl Grey Mountain did To Tonigel, naturally, with the envoy of Sifah, he was waiting to meet them at the Grey Mountain.

In the end, there was a slight twist in the choice of the Count of Yanbao, because the Count of Yanbao had no news for a long time. In the middle of the Frost Moon, Baron Dale sent an envoy himself, and his anger was directly directed by His Royal Highness. I hurried back directly; in the end, Dilferi still decided to act as the envoy of Yanbao himself, so that the temple of Yan could leave an impression on her future successor of Yanbao, and could defeat Baron Dale. Conspiracy, considering the physical factors, Brando specially prepared a larger carriage for her.

Most of these noble sons and daughters have their own followers, ranging from one person to as many as three people. Therefore, when added together, they are a bloated team of twenty or five or six carriages, but if they think that this team is already large enough That's a big mistake. Brando soon discovered that there were some unexpected guests in the team. One of them was Princess Magdale, as Her Royal Highness Princess Antobro, she naturally had to travel to Cruz on behalf of her principality-originally The empire thought she was already in the war of Ampersel, so the order was also transmitted to the Principality, hoping that the Principality could assign another envoy to Cruz, but the news came to the nun's ear somehow, and she Knowing this news, he insisted on serving as an envoy of Antobro, and to communicate privately with Antobro's royal family, naturally, Brando could not stop her.

After all, Her Royal Highness was injured in Tonigel, not under house arrest, and he had no reason to restrict her freedom to contact the outside world.

And another uninvited guest is now in front of Brando.

At this moment Brando was standing in front of himself, wearing a thick fur coat, boots, gloves, a scarf, and a bearskin hat. A small face almost barely showed a pair. The young lady with dark eyes and a glance at the big box she dragged with her little hand, finally could not help but ask, "Well, now you can tell me, what are you going to do here?"

"Go to the empire with Brando, I haven't been yet." Romance raised his chin, exposed his small mouth from under the scarf, and answered the white mist as a matter of course.

Brando rolled his eyes: "Of course I understand this, but I have already said that the ambassador is no longer available. Besides, you do n’t seem to remember it anymore. I want you to stay in Tonigel and keep yourself Keep it in a safer place, do n’t worry about me, understand? ”He could n’t help but forehead, this guy obviously promised well yesterday, telling her that the ambassador ’s no longer have a place, let her obediently stay in the territory, Auxiliary Antitina, she clearly promised to swear, saying that she would never occupy the ambassador's seat.

Wait, Brando suddenly froze there, reacted, and glared at the young lady: "Oh damn, you play word games with me again!"

"No," Romance took a sigh of relief into his hands, and replied with a smile: "I'm justified."

"You're right, please," Brando said, holding her cheeks tightly. "Tell me what you want, stay with Tonigel, you won't be allowed to go there."

"Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh," little Roman hasn't been so chewed by Brando for a long time, blinking painfully: "I, I, I'm real ... Brando, you, you, let go ... "

Brando squeezed Miss Merchant's face for a while, but watched her wave her hands straight, trying to get rid of him, but her mouth was still not loose, and she couldn't help but be a little suspicious-this is not the case In line with this young lady's temperament, he could not help but let go of his hand and asked in doubt: "Well, tell me, what are you going to do for the Empire?"

Young Roman rubbed his red cheeks, revealing a fierce look: "I was invited by the Temple of Fire. As the chairman of the Seven Seas Business Association and a distinguished guest of the Temple of Fire, I went to the Cruz Empire to participate The jihad ceremony. "

She deliberately read out the word 'honored guest' and gave the invitation to Brando. Brando opened the parchment stationery and looked at it. He almost fell to the ground in front of him. It is true that the Temple of Fire will invite some famous merchants, poets, and even artists and scholars from various fields to attend the ceremony at a commemorative ceremony such as the annual large-scale celebration or the mobilization of jihad. He never dreamed that there would be Romans on this list-himself, who seemed to be a little confused and less reliable fiancee.

He couldn't help but read the letter over and over and read it several times, and finally confirmed that the magic sealing wax on the letter was the true temple emblem, and then had to admit that it didn't seem to be fake.

He looked up at Roman, as if looking at an alien: "When did you make such a big business?"

"Early, the Temple of Flames invited me during this year's harvest festival, but at that time I went to Ampelsel. I have already been there, so I don't want to go, it's not fun at all." Romance said lightly. He replied, as if the invitation to the Temple of Fire seemed to invite her to go on a tour. Brando almost shouted, Miss, I gave you a kneel. The tradition of inviting celebrities in the Temple of Fire has always existed in the game. At that time, there were some famous business associations among the Eruin players until the second. Before the epoch, those business associations with players who often have major sponsors behind them broke their heads for such an invitation letter. On several occasions, they even caused a war between business associations. At least Brando has seen it. Several times.

This is really more death than others. Brando carefully looked at his magical fiancee, how could he feel that there must be something like a plug-in like Martha's daughter in it.

But in the end, Antitina solved his confusion. Many of the materials produced in the Black Forest, including some precious magic materials and magic crystals, were all strategic materials urgently needed by the Temple of Fire, especially before the jihad began. This period is even more so. Tonigel's bulk exports since this year have long made it an important partner in the eyes of the Temple of Fire, so it is not surprising that Roman, the nominal chairman of the Seven Seas Business Association, is valued in the temple. Already.

However, Brando shook his head, and still felt that Miss Merchant opened a plug-in. To know that to become a trader who can trade with the Temple of Fire, it is not only a source of goods, but also a fairly extensive network of contacts. He could guess without thinking that Romain had gone through the network of Amperth's business associations, but as for how she did it, this was a bit outrageous.

Because this point can only be explained by a miracle to the lady of the staff.

"Can I go, Brando." Romance covered his face and asked pitifully, but there was a little pride in his voice.

"Just whatever you are—" Brando replied angrily. He felt that his IQ and presence as the count had been seriously degraded in the presence of the little fiancee, which made him very hurt.

"So Brando, help me prepare a carriage. I want the one I usually use. It has a charcoal grill."

"No, obediently go to my carriage!"

"Oh!"

Miss Roman and the second son of Grand Duke Karasu who had been trying to get close to him almost the same length and height, Brando managed to get out of the circle of brothers and young ladies. When he came to the side of the team, he just saw that Fro came out of the castle with a notepad. When he saw the sister of the wild elf sister, he knew that she had already done the preparations. Hurrying to greet her: "Fro!"

"Lord Lord."

"Brenhild, are they ready?"

The elf sisters nodded.

"Very well," Brando said with a sigh of relief. He didn't really take this group of young ladies and young masters on a trip this time. It was just a superficial guise. Not to mention that Princess Griffin identified him as the head of the envoy and appointed him as the legionnaire of the Southern Legion-this appointment arrived earlier-apparently in order to allow him to be fine-tuned from within Tonigel's territory, The escorts of the envoy were formed.

This is a default tradition-

Before the jihad began, the empire summoned the envoys of various kingdoms and duchyes. It has become a custom since the first jihad. Today, this is not only the confirmation of the members of the war in the Temple of Fire or the mobilization of war. It has also become a way for subordinate countries to compare each other to seek a higher status among members under the temple of Yan. In this mission, the first is the representatives of various noble families who see the empire supreme. This itself represents a kind of obedience to submission and a way for the subordinate nation to swear allegiance to the temple. Of course, this kind of diligence is after all Less luo naked, looks a little more subtle.

On the other hand, it is the guards accompanying the envoy. After all, jihad is a war. All countries need to show their strength to the temple of Yan to obtain the corresponding status in the war and even later. And the guard of the envoy is a means of display. Generally speaking, the guard of the envoy is the most elite force in each country, representing the highest standards of these principalities and kingdoms, and the face of nobles and royal families. In order to maintain this face and glory, the guards of these envoys will even compete with each other in the Cruz Empire and conflicts. Of course, such conflicts will rarely really bleed, but the embarrassing party will not be very likely after returning home for most of the days. Better than that.

The strongest envoy in the past jihad was the guard of the Black Raven Principality from the west of the empire. This Principality was adjacent to the Hazels and the Temple of the Earth. Although the Principality accepted the belief of the Temple of Fire However, most of the inhabitants in the collar were half-orcs and beasts, the folk customs were sturdy, and the aristocracy was also very brave. At that time, the guards they composed of bear warriors were crushed in terms of quantity and quality. The guards of various countries, but unfortunately, they met the Eruin of that era.

The envoys sent by the Eruins during that jihad were probably the coldest of all jihad. In addition to the representatives of the aristocracy, the ambassadors were composed of non-commissioned officers of the White Lion Corps. . However, the problem is that this twenty-man guard, whose captain is the Earth Sword Saint Darus, and the deputy leader is the scholar Turaman of Mithril Castle. For these two people, they swept even the Cruzians. Everyone.

As for how Brando's famous grandfather later became the marshal of the coalition, that is another story.

The envoy guard is the face of Eruin, and Tonigel now appears to be one of the most powerful territories of the entire Eruin. Therefore, the princess chose Brando as the head of the envoy. Although the kings have objections, but Don't dare to oppose it too much. As for His Royal Highness Brando and Her Royal Highness Princess, these two tacit partners reached a tacit understanding and used this guise to blatantly plunge men into this so-called guard. As for what these people ultimately did to Cruz.

That's hard to say.

Brando took the notepad from Frow, glanced at it, raised his head to look at the entire team, and said gently: "Let's go, see you Cruz."

At the end, he added in a low voice:

"Jihad, here I am."

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(PS: The second one that says yes, by the way, please ask for the monthly pass next month. Students, please help him to cast a monthly pass, and help him to keep the sixth classification.) (To be continued. Please search for floating literature, novels Better update faster!)