Chapter 579： The Lord and the Lord of Songlin

"Despite your instructions, Your Excellency Ke Qing, in order to repay the kindness of His Royal Highness the Princess and His Excellency Ke Qing, I will do my best and die!"

Hodder said with a solemn expression, and gave Lei Xiao and Ariel a standard breast-stroking salute respectively.

"The first point is to take good care of the injury. We have a long way to go in the future, and all this is just the beginning."

After he finished speaking, Lei Xiao waved lightly, and ten Tier 3 healing potions wrapped in exquisite brocade boxes suddenly appeared on the mahogany table beside him.

For a time, a refreshing fragrance suddenly rippled out of the brocade box and quickly spread in the air.

"Is this kind of strong fragrance all third-order potions?"

Realizing this, Hod only felt his throat dry and swallowed involuntarily.

The total value of these potions in front of them easily exceeds the eight-digit golden dragon, and they appear together at the same time. Even if he is sitting in Gelincheng, it is only seen in his life!

As a fourth-order powerhouse, Hod clearly understands.

Different from the potions that permanently enhance strength, healing potions can achieve amazing effects even if they are used across tiers.

For example, when the injury is not serious and the priest cannot get timely treatment, a second-order healing potion can also play a positive recovery role for fifth-order powerhouses.

As a result, the healing potions, which can be called life-saving artifacts, are the same as the potions that permanently enhance their strength. equipment.

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After all, potions are just consumables, quite different from equipment that can be used all the time.

"Three-level healing potions, in many cases, are expensive and unmarketable. They are sought-after items at auctions, and they are no longer precious items that can be bought casually."

Looking at the ten potions surrounded by strange fragrances in front of him, Hodder continued to think in his heart while he was amazed.

"I once heard Master Yatuo mention that another reason why potions are valuable is that most of the natural treasures used as raw materials grow very slowly and cannot be artificially farmed."

"Therefore, even if there are more alchemists, the output has been kept at a low level all year round."

"The miraculous effect, coupled with the limited production, is the so-called rare value, right?"

Thinking of this, Hod refocused his attention on the ten Tier 3 potions neatly arranged in front of him, and asked tentatively, "Your Excellency Keqing, is this... all for you?"

"exactly."

Lei Xiao nodded and responded, "These are orange-whites who are Kingdom generals and fourth-order healing powerhouses. They are specially selected and matched according to your injury, which is enough to allow you to quickly, in a short period of time. return to its original state.”

"Thank you very much, Your Excellency Keqing, and thank you very much, Her Royal Highness!"

Hearing the sound, a look of surprise appeared on Hod's pale face, and he was grateful.

In the current environment of internal and external troubles, being able to recover from the injury as quickly as possible is naturally the best thing for a city lord sitting on one side!

Moreover, this is a potion worth tens of millions of golden dragons. Excluding the taxes and various expenses paid to the royal family, it is enough to equal the total profit of Gelincheng in the past 30 years!

"You're welcome, this is for Gelincheng and for Her Royal Highness."

Nodding slightly, Lei Xiao motioned for Hod to take a seat beside him, and then said, "Okay, this kind of trivial matter is not worth mentioning. Next, let's talk about the second thing."

I saw that Lei Xiao first signaled to the two maids, Aling and Abing, who were waiting on the side, to serve tea, and then said, "However, before that, I have some new news that I want to share with Your Excellency the City Lord."

After taking the tea cup that Ah Bing respectfully handed over, Lei Xiao sniffed the refreshing tea fragrance, and continued, "That's the matter of the mountain fortress..."

Next, Lei Xiao briefly described the fact that he had defeated the Holy Night Army with the assistance of Bai Lao while drinking the fragrant tea.

"I didn't expect Your Excellency Ke Qing and Her Royal Highness the Princess to achieve such a great victory in the frontier battlefield..."

After carefully listening to Lei Xiao's description, Hod, who had been holding a teacup, couldn't help but show a touch of reverence in his eyes, and said excitedly, "Those **** who take advantage of others' danger have finally received their due punishment!"

While excited, Huo De seemed to realize something, and quickly stood up and bowed: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency Keqing, Her Royal Highness Princess, before this, neither the minister nor this Gelincheng had started. to any help."

"It's okay."

He waved his hand slightly and motioned for Hod to take his seat again, Lei Xiao continued: "There are many cities of the Second Prince's faction around Gelin City, if I expected it well, if there is no His Excellency the City Lord, I am afraid that this city will It has already changed hands.”

"You really can't hide anything from Your Excellency."

On the other side, Hod, who was mentioned by Lei Xiao in his heart, first nodded his head.

Then he shook his head helplessly and said: "Some time ago, after rejecting the invitation of the three princes one after another, I thought that this would make Gelincheng alone, but it turned out to be a big mistake. The city was the first to be dragged to the brink of war."

With a light sigh, Hod put down the teacup he had been holding, and continued: "Just a few days before I entered the abandoned mine by mistake, I received an accurate report.

The Second Prince's faction, whose sphere of influence is close to here, has deployed a large number of heavy troops in several cities near Gelin City, and is ready to seize Gelin City by force. "

"The main force of the Second Prince's faction in this area is at least 60,000 people, not counting the reserve force. Whether it is the number of soldiers or the number of strong people, it is far more than the Gelincheng, which has only 10,000 garrison troops. Once the war starts, I am afraid that the city of Gelin will soon be reduced to a scorched earth."

The crisp voice sounded, and Li Xia's slender eyelashes flickered on the side, and added: "Also, there is still some distance between the eldest prince's faction headed by Songluo City and the sphere of influence of the second prince.

Theoretically speaking, as long as the second prince captures the city of Gelin before the eldest prince takes advantage of the fire, he will be able to turn around the main force and form a confrontation with the eldest prince again. "

"Lisha is right."

Reese took the conversation and continued: "In all fairness, Gelin City has a complete and efficient mining system and a large number of mineral resources, which is indeed enough for the second prince to take this risk and forcibly include Gelin City into his sphere of influence."

After a pause, he added: "The most important thing is that during the time when my father disappeared, those elders with ulterior motives were so anxious to change the world of Gelincheng, I am afraid they were bewitched by the second prince's faction. "

"The two of you have made great progress, and it's worth your father's efforts to cultivate."

First, he nodded to the Richards and brothers, and Hodder drank the tea in the cup.

Then he turned to Lei Xiaodao again: "Your Excellency Keqing, at present, the infighting between the three princes has not yet developed into a large-scale war between their respective forces.

Therefore, His Royal Highness the Second Prince still has some scruples, which makes Gelin City worry-free for the time being, and if the war breaks out, Gelin City will definitely be the first city to be devastated by the war in this cold flame eastern area. "

"The meaning of the city lord, I understand it below."

Taking a sip of the steaming fragrant tea, Lei Xiao responded: "The location of Gelin City is behind the second prince's faction. If the second prince is going to concentrate on dealing with the eldest prince's faction, he really needs to be the first to kill Gelin. In order to maintain the stability of the rear, what's more, Gelin City is also the capital of all mines in the Cold Flame Kingdom."

Dandan smiled, Lei Xiao put down the half-drinking tea cup, and said, "However, that was all before the battle of the mountain fortress, and now the second prince's number one target in this eastern region is no longer the song. It's in town."

"Your Excellency Keqing, the number one target in your mouth is the Kongqing Town under your control, right?"

Nodding slightly, Hod said: "To be honest, Your Excellency Keqing, after seeing the presence of such a remarkable character next to Her Royal Highness, I immediately thought of Her Royal Highness's current situation. Kongqing Town where he settled."

I saw Hod picking up the teacup that Aling had just filled, and continuing: "And Kongqing Town just changed a new city lord not long ago, and there are rumors that fifth-order powerhouses are haunting, all this It's all right."

"Since the Lord of the City has already guessed the true identity of the subordinate, there is no need to hide it."

Raising his eyebrows slightly, Lei Xiao, who was about to throw out his superficial identity, smiled and said, "That's right, the next one is the new City Lord Kongqing."

"Is that so? It seems that Her Royal Highness has really got the help of a young and talented expert."

Feeling the scorching heat from the teacup, Huo De pondered for a while, and then said to Lei Xiao puzzled: "Your Excellency Keqing, there is one more thing I don't know, why did Her Royal Highness risk being the one that the three princes lost? Risk, go to support the mountain fortress?"

"Your Excellency the city lord has overcomplicated this matter."

Nodding to Hod, Lei Xiao said, "Your Highness, the princess, is concerned with the thousands of people in the cold flames, and I can't bear to see the innocent people on the borders being devastated by the war, and I can't bear to see the iron hoofs of the enemy, trampling the villages and towns of countless cold flames. , so that the children who have lost their parents are displaced, and only then will they take the initiative to go to the mountain fortress."

"On the frontier battlefield, in order to contribute her meager strength, Her Royal Highness even risked alone to save a group of civilians trapped in the cave, until she personally escorted them all the way back to the mountain fortress."

Dandan smiled, and Lei Xiao continued: "So, Her Royal Highness is only for the people of Leng Yan, how could he forget his original intention because he was afraid of the three princes' covetousness?"

There is no doubt that although what Lei Xiao said is true, it is only based on Ariel's original point of view.

The reason why Lei Xiao chose to help, of course, also has his own considerations.

First of all, Ariel's actions undoubtedly formed a sharp contrast with the three princes who disregarded Li Min's life and death.

After the offensive and defensive battle of the fortress, Ariel's own prestige can be greatly improved, thereby winning the favor of more neutral forces, and laying a solid foundation for supporting Ariel on the throne in the future.

Second, if the fortress of the mountain falls, so that the leader of the Holy Night will drive straight in.

Then, it not only directly destroyed the plan to control the eastern area of ​​Leng Yan first, but also added a strong new opponent out of thin air.

Therefore, naturally, the opponent cannot be allowed to succeed, and he must be kept out of Leng Yan's country.

In the end, it was during this process that Lei Xiao completely made Ariel clearly aware of her own powerlessness and her own strength, and then took advantage of the situation to subdue this arrogant Princess Leng Yan, completing the important staged goal.

As for whether Kongqing Town would be lost, Lei Xiao had already anticipated it.

First, the three princes who are far away in the capital will take a certain amount of time to obtain information, confirm the information, analyze the information, and then respond.

Second, after the attention of the three princes was mainly focused on Kongqing Town, the monitoring of neutral forces such as Lan Lengbao, Gelincheng and Luolongcheng will naturally be reduced, which is also convenient. In secret, he continued to expand his sphere of influence.

All in all No matter from which point of view, helping the defenders of the mountain fortress to repel the attack of the Holy Night Army is a matter of more advantages than disadvantages.

On the other side, upon hearing Lei Xiao's words, Huo De's eyes suddenly filled with a bit of uncontrollable respect, and sighed: "It's superficial, I didn't expect Your Excellency Keqing and His Royal Highness Princess to treat ordinary Limin. Your safety is more important than yourself..."

"Having said that, it's not that Her Royal Highness and I have not thought about the next plan."

With a slight smile, Lei Xiao continued: "City Lord Hod, what do you think the reason for me and Your Highness, the Princess, have spread the news of repelling the Holy Night Army to all parts of Leng Yan with such a big fanfare?"

"Your Excellency Keqing, what do you mean?!"

Hearing the sound, Hod was stunned for a while, and then he couldn't believe it: "Your Excellency Keqing, are you going to assist Her Royal Highness the princess to join the power struggle of the three princes and claim the throne of Lengyan?!"

"Dear City Lord, I need to correct you, we are not joining the power struggle, but to end all this and make Leng Yan united and strong again."

Raising his eyebrows noncommittally, Lei Xiaodan smiled.

"But……"

After being sluggish again for a while, Hod spoke again: "However, the power of the three princes has almost swept all the high-level nobles except a few giants, and the middle and low-level nobles are even more numerous.

Moreover, next to His Royal Highness the eldest prince, there is also a fifth-order powerhouse of the White Knight on his side. With the power of His Royal Highness the Princess and Kong Qingzhen, it is unimaginable to compete with them. "

"Dear Your Excellency the City Lord, the power between me and Her Royal Highness is far stronger than you think."

I saw Lei Xiao continued to keep a smile and said calmly.