Four hundred and seventieth chapters strange invitation
"People are in the lobby for a while...Mess patted Robben's hand while stroking himself, and said, "Now, let me get up."
Robben was a little strange. He didn't know what was going to do at this time that Mess would have to tell him carefully to help him with the table. Robben sat upright opposite Mess, looking at Mess with curiosity.
Seeing that Robben was a little funny, Mes smiled a little and couldn't stop, "Okay! Don't show that face, I really have something to tell you."
"Yeah! I'm listening." Robben nodded quickly.
Mess shook his head helplessly. He took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Robben, "Robben, this is the letter from Emperor Katun. Because you are not here, I will take a look at the contents in it now."
Robben took the envelope, which was indeed covered with the second prince's private seal and opened it. Robben looked at the content of the letter, and showed a little strangeness on his face. "He" asked me to go to the imperial capital to see him, but why didn't he say anything about it? Before leaving, I had already been to his place. He should know that I am in the Divine Court now."
Metz said a little fork, "Yes, the messenger said, if you come back, be sure to read this letter as soon as possible. I have told him that you are not here and wrote a reply to Your Majesty. However, just a few days later, Your Majesty once again sent a messenger to ask if you have returned. It seems that there is something urgent."
Robben picked up the letter and looked again. The date above was not far from now, "Is that messenger still here?"
Metz shook his head, "The day before yesterday, this messenger has gone back. If I guess it is good, His Majesty will send someone here in these few days.
Robben frowned and carefully read the letter again.
This was 100% written by the Second Prince. His handwriting was sloppy, but he looked very "glorious" and was full of useless nonsense. There were only a few useful sentences. The roughly meaning was to go to the imperial capital to see him as soon as possible. However, the reason was that Robben carefully read the letter, but it was not mentioned at all.
Robben said in surprise: "Does he already know!"
Mess glared at Robben with a angrily glance, "How is this possible? This letter was sent about ten days ago. At that time, you were still enjoying the treatment of a hero in the Divine Court. How could Your Majesty have predicted what happened today?"
"Then what did he suddenly ask me to do? He was still so anxious. We met only three months ago. When I got there, he wouldn't just say that it was because he was so bored that he wanted to drink with me or something like that, right?"
Mess blinked and smiled helplessly. "This" I don't know. According to Your Majesty's temperament, what you said is really, but "Now we are not going to worry about what happened to Your Majesty, but "Do you want to go?"
"Do I want to go?"
"Yes, since there is the first messenger who will urge you, the second one should arrive in the next few days. You are back now, and the messenger will definitely ask to go back to the imperial capital with you.
“But now, how can I still leave here?
Mess's eyes drooped slightly and fell to the letter on the table, "Robben, no one knows the news of your return. Except for us, there are only a limited number of people who have seen you. If you don't want to go to the imperial capital, if you wait for your Majesty's messenger to come, I can naturally say that you have not come back yet, but"
Robben was somewhat puzzled and asked in confusion: "I think this is the best. We should prepare well now, and then leave before the official documents of the pursuit of the Divine Court were posted here. The second prince had a huge thing, and now it had nothing to do with us."
Mess nodded slightly as he heard Robben's words, "Indeed, according to common sense, we should do so, but recently, "I have received some news, which seems very strange. The Empire has made many abnormal moves in this half month."
"Anomalous action? Even if the whole country suddenly no longer collects taxes, it has nothing to do with us." Robben was puzzled and had no idea why Messe said this now.
Seeing Robben staring with an incomprehensible look on his face, Mess said softly: "The information I have received is not known to many important officials in the empire. You also know that I still have the information network that Your Majesty left you. These information were obtained through this intelligence network. Robben and the empire's actions were carried out in an extremely secret manner."
Robben was still puzzled.
Mess smiled" "Robben, these actions are related to the Divine Court!"
This time, Robben seemed even more puzzled, "It has something to do with the Divine Court? What's the relationship?"
With his fingers gently rolled over his shoulders, Metz showed a thoughtful look on his face, "I can't figure out what these actions are for now, and I can't guess what the Empire means after these actions, but in the intelligence, I also got some other things, but I can be sure of one thing about the latter!"
Robben felt a little clouded, "What's the matter?"
"Robben! Empire, now preparing for war."
"Prepare for war!"
Robben was slightly surprised, "Who will go to war with? Let's go to neighboring countries?"
Robben clearly remembers that the Katon Empire is bordered by some relatively small countries, and these small countries are basically dependent on the Katon Empire, which is completely colony of the empire. If those lands are to be transformed into the empire's territory, it is not difficult, and even wars may not be launched. "I don't know the target of the war, but from the intelligence analysis, the empire is indeed preparing for war quickly in secret, and from the flow of some materials, this war has actually been prepared for a long time. Now, it is just moving out all the things that have been hidden in secret for a long time."
"So, the empire is about to start another war to expand its territory."
Robben suddenly remembered that when he just came back to see Mess, Mess once told himself that the empire had been quietly spent many years. This lag empire, the most aggressive on the continent, has been quietly drooling for many years. Mess once inferred that in the short time in the future, the empire that had been fully replenished will soon launch a large-scale war again.
The airship route that Mess secretly bought on the Paser Snow Mountain was prepared for this.
Seeing Mes nodding again, Robben scratched his head, "But" it still has nothing to do with us!"
"Robben, do you know what I just said is related to the Divine Court. What is the strange move made by the Empire?"
Robben shook his head directly.
"In the empire, most of the famous priests with names have been under house arrest. There are even reports that the high priest Hill of the empire has been killed by the knights of the empire during the resistance!?"
"What!?"
Roben's face turned pale in an instant."
"Roben, don't be excited. This news is not reliable, but the fierce fighting in the temple of the High Priest has been confirmed. The situation of the High Priest is not clear yet." Robben and everyone around him have talked about the entanglement between Shuma and Shir and Yero, but there is no telling anyone exactly about the place where Shuma hides. Now, even Sasha doesn't know very well where his master is hiding in the vast snowy mountain of Paser.
Mess also knew that the High Priest Hill Bright of the Empire was Robben's master's wife. Now that he said this news, Robben's excitement was also expected by Mess.
"A fierce fight! How could there be any fierce fight! She is the highest representative of the God Court here. Sometimes she can even exercise power on behalf of the Pope. How could anyone dare to take action??"
Mays showed doubts in his eyes, "This is also something I don't understand, but the reliability of this information is very high. An informant in the intelligence network is in the temple of the high priest, and many other senior priests were under house arrest. This is a matter of thief. One of our informant has now completely lost contact. He is a senior priest."
"Then" What about Hill? What did you say in the news?" Robben is concerned about now, just Hill's safety.
"The temple left many traces of fierce fighting. Many believers heard the fighting sounds in the temple. High Priest Hill did not appear again, but in the middle of the night that day, many corpses were secretly carried out in the temple. "I don't know if there is High Priest Hill."
Robben grabbed his head hard and tried to calm himself down, "Why? Mets! Why is all this? For no reason. How could the Empire take action against the high priest? This is the act of reading God!"
Mess looked at Robben quietly without saying a word.
Robben slowly raised his eyebrows, and a look of incredible expression appeared on his face, "Mayce, aren't you trying to tell me that the target of the Empire is now preparing to start a war...yes"
Looking at Robben, who had a strange face and could not speak the last two words for a long time, Metz gently interjected: "It's the God's Court!"
"How is this possible!" Robben immediately screamed!
"Unless the Second Prince is crazy! Only the madman will make such a decision. The whole continent is a believer of the Divine Court, and all the people in the Katon Empire are believers of the Divine Court. The wives, children, fathers, mothers, relatives and friends of the soldiers are all believers of the Divine Court. These soldiers have no reason to fight. They once fought for a broader land, for more wealth, and for their relatives to live a better life, but why did they go to war with the Divine Court? Why did the Second Prince?"
As Robben finished speaking with a wry smile, Mes said helplessly: "I want to know what you said. This matter seems completely impossible, but all the signs seem to indicate that the Empire is preparing for war urgently, and at the same time, the senior priests are under house arrest. This makes people think of this. You must know that there are no opponents around the Empire that can match the Empire. Such a big fight to prepare for war is not like trying to attack a small country. Moreover, the relationship between the Empire and surrounding countries has been very friendly recently."
Robben picked up the letter on the table again and read it again. Except for the sentences full of jumping thinking, there was really no unnecessary information to show the current situation of the Second Prince.
"What are this little crazy man thinking about? Could it be that this emperor is tired of being so excited that he wants to have something exciting!"
Mess also looked at the letter in Robben's hand, with a little hesitation on his face, "Roben, the situation now is that we have been exposed. The Divine Court will immediately hunt us down, and the Empire will also search for us on the side of the Divine Court. But if it is not, it will become our huge protective umbrella. From the front and back of the matter, the Empire has been preparing before you have an accident. This will definitely not be a false action related to you, but a war with the Divine Court is hard to believe. The only information I have received now is. I don't know, what is the purpose of His Majesty's call you to the imperial capital this time?"
Robben was still on the table and pinched his chin and thought for a long time, "I, the duke, are in charge of military power, right?"
Metz nodded, "Yes, in a sense, you are the highest army commander of the empire."
"I remember, before I went to the Divine Court last time, when I went to meet the Second Prince, I asked about this matter. He said that the military power would be handed over to me soon, and soon "Is it because he called me to the imperial capital this time to start a war?"
Mess was slightly surprised, "His Majesty has he said this?"
Roben frowned and said in confusion: "But if it was like the God Court launching a war, he knew that I would go to the God Court to receive the rewards. After returning, he would definitely be inclined to the God Court. Why would he call me to the Imperial Capital?"
Robben and Metz stared at each other with big eyes, and after thinking for a long time, they couldn't figure out what the second prince meant.
"Robben, what are you going to do? Are you going?"
"What do you think?"
"I'll listen to you!"
"Okay! Since there is still some hope! Then I'll go there! See what the hell is the Second Prince doing!"
In the end, Robben took the initiative. "We will prepare quickly tomorrow. After we get everything done, we will set off together. If there is anything wrong, we will run away directly. I will come and go freely in places like the Divine Court, and I am afraid that a person will not be able to get stuck!"
Mess smiled and looked at Robben, "Okay, everything will be listened to you."
Roben finished speaking with great enthusiasm and scratched his head again. "Don't you object?"
"Of course, because it's your decision."
"What if I'm wrong?"
"That's what you can do."
Robben was a little amused and cried. He walked around Metz, raised his hands and pinched Metz's slightly plump cheek, "My princess wife, you're lazy!"
Mess's face turned slightly red. He looked at Robben and raised his hand to touch his pinched face, "You, do you like this?"
Robben was slightly amused, "I'm talking about the serious matter!"
"Me too
The two of them were quarreling, and a slightly messy sound of footsteps sounded from the inner door in the lobby.
"Please wait a moment, the Duke has given instructions, please wait a moment." An urgent maid's voice came in.
Robben and Mays raised their heads strangely, but found a shaking figure walking out after the screen inside.
"Robben, you're here!"
Hugh panted, looking extremely weak, but his eyes were filled with a hot light. (To be continued
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