Chapter 593

This is clearly the old man, in this moment, the eyes are bright as if they can directly shine into the heart.

But camisillo deliberately lowered his head, did not meet each other's eyes, lowered his head, but gently said a word:

"Have you forgotten... I'm your nephew and grandson-in-law. This family... Will always be mine. Every man must find a way out for himself. "

The words were not very loud, but every word fell into the ears of the old prime minister, which made the old man's face slightly changed.

Finally, robustscher sat down slowly, patted his knee, looked at camisillo for a while, and then laughed: "OK, you get up."

Camisillo then raised his head and looked into the eyes of the old Prime Minister: "I was also very surprised. I can't imagine that you have been standing in the Empire for decades, but you have your people in the palace early. "

"Speak carefully." The old Prime Minister glanced at camisilo.

Camisillo had a mocking smile: "you taught me to pretend to be confused, to get rid of it, and not to speculate on the king's mind. But you have an eyeliner in the palace early, which is different from what you taught.

"It's different." The old Prime Minister sneered, and his eyes naturally showed the majesty of the imperial Prime Minister: "what's your status now? Minister of military affairs... Hum, but you are young and lack of qualification. You may not be able to move those big men in the military headquarters. In your present position, you are a first-class Minister of the Empire. But when it comes to power in your hands. I'm afraid I can't even touch the second rate! The position is high but the power is not heavy... I teach you not to speculate on the king's mind in your identity. That's the right way and also for your own good. "

Then the old man was tired and sighed, "I'm different. I've been wallowing in the water of the imperial capital since I was 20 years old, from the finance department, the imperial ceremonial department, the Inspectorate. The military command rolled all the way and was transferred to the local government for four years. It can be said that I have almost sat in every department and official post of the Empire! It took me half my life to be the Prime Minister of the Empire. In my position, it sounds better. It's under one person and over ten thousand people. It's a little hard to say... "

The old man suddenly smiles and looks ironic: "if I meet a fatuous emperor, I am in power and say that the crow is white, he only knows that it is white!"!! Yes, of course. This is not surrender, I certainly do not have. But... An ordinary minister can be a pure "minister" instead of speculating on the emperor's mind. But... I can't! Not the Prime Minister of the Empire! As a person. More than ten thousand people, even worse! So, what I teach you not to do is from your standpoint. However, in my position, I have to do it! "

Since the old man let go of his mind, he said frankly: "I understood the position of Prime Minister of the Empire in my early years. Holding the government of a country can no longer be regarded as a pure minister, but... Half monarch and half minister! Therefore, I must always understand the mind of the one in the palace. In fact, this kind of thing has existed throughout the ages. I had eyeliner in the imperial city for years. Just this eyeliner. I don't plan big things on weekdays. It's not easy to expose just one piece of safe news. " Immediately. The old man gave camisillo a look: "I just didn't expect that these people knew that I was going to die, and they took refuge in you."

Camisillo said with a dry smile: "as long as you are human, you always have to find your own way. This family will be mine anyway. Are you going to hide from me for the rest of your life? "

Camisillo did not hide, directly said: "a few days ago, you had a disease in the winter, you can't help it. I take care of everything in this family. As a result, in the daily internal affairs of the family, some strange secret letters were sent, but I didn't know where they came from. When I became curious, I checked them and found that they were all written in secret words. Even if ordinary people got them, they couldn't understand them, but you forgot what I do. I was undercover under the crown prince for ten years for the Regent, but I'm familiar with this kind of secret credit code. Besides, the secret words you made with the eyeliner in the imperial palace were not very clever. I took a little thought and cracked them. As a result, I knew that the letter was actually a message from the Royal Palace, but I never expected that you have been wearing eyeliner in the imperial city for so many years. In the letter, there are nothing more than trivial matters, such as how the Regent ate recently, how little emperor Charlie lost his temper, what books Princess Karina read, and how many days the Regent has been busy with government affairs and has not gone to see the queen and the princess.... "

"Well, I don't want to rebel, and I don't need to pry into big things. As long as you know these trivial things, you can have a general grasp of the situation in the palace. " The old Prime Minister shook his head: "if I really spy on what secret news, this eye liner will be exposed for decades."

"It's just that trivial things are valuable in the end." Camisillo grinned bitterly: "there have been many new doctors in the court recently. I'll pay attention to this. "

The old man hesitated for a moment: "now that you know it, it seems that my eye liner in the court has been accepted by you. Well, anyway, sooner or later, it will be handed over to you... "

With that, the old man turned around, found a pen on the table, and slowly wrote down several lines on a piece of white paper.

He looked up at Cami Ciro: "I have been in the imperial city for decades, and I have never deliberately sought out any royal secrets for years. But I do not care much about what seems like a normal day. You know, in fact, many seemingly simple things tell you more secrets!"

He handed this piece of paper: "in the past, the internal affairs of the Imperial Palace and the palace doctors would regularly purchase some medicinal materials for use in the imperial palace. Over the years, it has become a rule to buy what medicine and how much. And the court magicians... Hum. The special potions used by the magicians were originally bought from the magic trade union, but the court magicians and the magic trade union are not the same way, so they have always been the internal affairs of the palace responsible for the regular purchase. Since the beginning of last year, the palace's internal procurement list has changed. With each purchase, there are more special medicinal materials and magic potions than ever before. If it's just a single month, it's not surprising that there's a sudden increase. It may be that a certain magician has a temporary demand for magic research. However, since the beginning of last year, there have been so many things in the list every month. Although the number of varieties has changed occasionally, there are still some medicines in the list. But it has not changed

He flicked the piece of paper in his hand: "what's written on this paper is the new varieties more than usual in the purchasing list in recent months. I didn't care, but it's customary. I still sent people to remote places in the south to ask doctors about the effects of the drugs on the list, and then I calculated them. Our Regent... "

The old man frowned and sighed silently.

Camisillo took a look, but firmly back in the heart, turned to take the paper, went to a candle in the house, put the paper together, burned to ashes.

He stood by the fire, and the fire reflected on his face. His young face was bright and dark: "now that I have spoken all the words... Then. You always have to give me a clear statement... In case, on that day, his highness will be gone, and the Duke of tulip will have a bad relationship with the royal family. I don't know what to do

The old man closed his eyes: "I'm afraid I can't live this spring... I can't see the day you said. However, if there is such a day, you... "

The door was closed. Two important imperial ministers, one old and one young. No one heard the conversation in this room. And the night wind outside is gradually rising, blowing the treetops in the yard and making a rustling noise, which seems to cover up the sound of conversation in the room all in the night

Empire 966, the last day of March.

The eastern fortress of the Kaspersky line.

In winter, some temporary barracks were built on the South Bank of the river for the mobilized River workers and several infantry regiments. In order to ensure that the river will not freeze in winter, these people were prepared to dig ice in winter.

As a result, the warm winter made all these preparations useless. At the beginning of spring, all the river workers and troops stationed on the riverside were transferred back, while in those temporary barracks, there were still a large number of iron chisels, shovels, hoes and other tools that had not been transported back.

Not far to the south is the eastern fortress. Although the scale of this fortress is a little smaller than that of the main fortress in the middle of China, it can be regarded as a rare big city on the mainland. There are six divisions of Imperial troops stationed in this fortress, including three divisions of storm corps as the main force, plus three elite selected from the local garrison mobilized from all over the country, In addition, there are about 60000 River workers, civilian workers and logistics troops.

On the east side of the fortress, a gap was opened on the city wall, and a high water tower was built. Underneath, there was a 50 meter wide approach canal, which led directly to the canal, so that the river transport fleet could directly transport the transported materials to the city.

After the beginning of spring, the weather is getting warmer and warmer day by day, because there is a big river here to act as a natural barrier, there are Imperial Navy warships on the river to patrol, and there is a small-scale warship team stationed here on the ground floor of Shuizhai city on the east side of the fort. As a result, the imperial scouts and cavalry would still patrol the city every day, going back and forth along the South Bank of the canal.

From this point of view, the situation of the eastern defense line is much easier than that of the central main line.

Although the barbarian enemies attacked the fleet underwater last year, they never appeared again after several attacks. Later, the transport fleet stepped up their guard. The tense atmosphere lasted for half a year, but there was no new situation. Finally, it gradually relaxed.

On this morning, a hundred men cavalry came out from the north gate of the fortress. First, they made a tour around the north end of the fortress. Then they divided into two teams, one to the left and the other to the right, along the South Bank of the canal.

These are the elite cavalry of the storm corps, wearing thick armor, carrying a one handed cross sword on their back, and immediately carrying their spears.

Because the weather is getting warmer, the flow of water on the river is slow, and the morning sun shines on the river, dyeing the calm river into a light golden halo.

The cavalry looked relaxed. The eastern defense line had never had any major fighting since the beginning of the war. Those barbarian enemies must know that the river is hard to cross, so they have never attacked here. It's said that after the Spring Festival, the main fortress in the middle of the country fought hard twice. It's said that even the magicians have been sent out, and the Empire has a new saint level strongman to help fight. Under the leadership of the team leader, the cavalry rode slowly and looked at the north bank from time to time. As usual, occasionally, they would see some other wolf cavalry patrolling on the north bank, but they couldn't come over across a big river. At most, they looked at each other across the river for a while, and then left. Today, after less than a meal, the cavalry out of the city suddenly stopped as soon as the leader of the cavalry raised his hand. The cavalry captain looked back, his face a little ugly: "listen to me!" So many cavalry stopped the horse's hoof together, and they heard a thick and rhythmic "Hua Hua" from the north! Whoa, whoa! Whoa, whoa The sound of the wind! It seems that the sound is still far away, but gradually, gradually, vaguely close. Looking at the river nearby, the water on the river seemed to be in the sound. There was a slight and rhythmic shock on the water surface... The cavalry captain immediately took out his telescope and looked towards the north bank. After only one look, he was shocked immediately, and his face suddenly changed! In the small telescope tube, the picture appears: on the vast field north of the river, from a distance, the sky is everywhere, boundless, one by one, like ants, black square array, dense, heads are moving, knives and guns are like a black steel forest! Thousands of feet trample on the earth, with a neat rhythm! The neat sound of footsteps, like thunder, beat in people's hearts. There was also the clanging sound of armor collision during the march of the square array, which turned into a piece of music, like a kind of chilling note