[The king of the north will come to build a fortress to capture the strong city. The soldiers in the south will not be able to stand, even the elite soldiers chosen will not be able to stand. - Daniel]

In the palace of Brachna, the old emperor closed his eyes and rested on his throne. Under this crown that everyone was watching, he had been in power for the seventh year. It sounded like he didn't think this time was too long, but compared to the three emperors before, Alexa III's emperor's path was as rare as walking on thin ice until now.

But the price of all this was that Alexa III had to delegate more rights to the Pronian nobles in various military regions to win their support, making the empire, which was originally severely damaged by the rebellion of the Bulgarians, and the financial deficit of the royal family became increasingly serious, and internal and external troubles even more oppressed the old man's fragile nerves.

He was too tired of all this, but he couldn't get rid of it.

"Your Majesty!" At this time, a feminine and flattering voice came from the side of the imperial throne. A trembling eunuch was lying at the feet of Alexa III, waiting for the unpredictable emperor in front of him to deal with it. He was the one who gave Alexa III a bad idea.

"You're here."

His eyes fell on this slave, and the old Emperor Alexei's original muddy pupils suddenly flashed with a splendor. At this moment, he was no longer an elderly man but turned back to the emperor who was in power. The frightened eunuch was so scared that he quickly silenced. He knew that his life was completely at the hands of the His Majesty in front of him.

"Obviously the queen is not satisfied with the explanation given before. She has re-invested the matter through the support of the imperial meeting. How Wattazes was killed? I think you should have a result that everyone is satisfied with." Alexe III said coldly, with a little anger in his voice, blaming the jesters for not being able to handle such a thing. Early this morning, his queen, Dukalina, almost questioned her.

He heard the tone and asked him why he wanted to assassinate the Minister of Finance Vazetas. It was not until this time that Alex III, who was in the deep palace, learned about the "royal scandal" that had been explosive among the people. This completely ruined his face, and naturally made Alex III unable to make any excuses about Queen Dukalina's request. After agreeing to investigate the matter thoroughly, the angry and tired old emperor summoned the eunuch who had given him the advice, the culprit in front of him.

At this moment, the eunuch who was crying in his heart was suffering and could only kneel on the ground and pray to the emperor to give him a chance to redeem his sins.

"There must be something strange about this matter. Your Majesty, I will send someone to investigate now."

"There is no need for this now. The queen's people are more efficient than you. I asked you to deal with another matter." Alexa III rejected the request of the eunuch and issued another order.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will definitely not make any mistakes this time. I wonder what Your Majesty has to give."

"I hope this is the case. The thing I asked you to handle is very simple this time. Let all the people involved disappear. I don't care about how they disappear. But there must be no one who falls into the hands of the queen. Do you hear it clearly!"

As soon as this said, the eunuch crawling on the ground suddenly trembled. It is important to know that the emperor's anger was often buried in millions of corpses. Obviously, this time His Majesty Alexe really wanted to kill, and the only way for those who disappeared without being the queen was to erase their existence.

"As for orders, Your Majesty, what should I do if [Owl]?" The eunuch who stood up tremblingly hesitated slightly. The others were actually easy to deal with, but those people were not easy to deal with.

But Alexe III didn't care at all, "I also let them disappear. I don't want to see them again, nor do they need to do any dirty work to cause me so much trouble. It's necessary to be clean and neat."

Without any hesitation, this is the emperor's posture. He regards everything as a chess piece for his life and can be abandoned at any time. After receiving such a positive answer, the eunuch nodded, leaned over and retreated like a snake and hid in the dark corner.

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Although the sudden martial law caused a commotion, the residents quickly accepted this kind of thing. After all, they had been accustomed to these things in recent years. The rain weakened and the sky became dark at this time. When Constantinople was still in peace, Igor, who had been missing for a long time, was now on a stubborn line.

When he chose to show off with the man in front of him, the atmosphere in the room became tense instantly. At the same time, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and a group of people with bad expressions appeared outside, and the long swords they wore on their waists were also unsheathed at this time. Obviously, their conversation just now was also heard by these people.

Li Xini looked outside the door and looked angry and said, "Whoever asked you to come, I will step back."

"But sir, it's the eldest lady who said..."

"Enough! Do you want me to say it again!" He angrily rebuked, and Li Xini's body exuded a chilling aura, which immediately made the people outside the door who were already aggressive towards Igor shorter and lowered their heads and retreated in silence.

"It seems that I'm really guessing right. That map is useless to most people. You will only need it unless you smuggle the strait to Korsalia." Igor, with a sneer, revealed the real purpose of the man in front of him.

For hundreds of years, Cosalia on the northern coast of the Black Sea was not only the granary of the Roman Empire, but also the source of wealth. Especially after the current trade route to the east was occupied by the Turks, the trade line from Trabisson to Constantinople became a lifeline that emperors of all dynasties relied on. It is precisely because of this that the Black Sea has been strictly blocked and not allowed to be touched by anyone, which made this sea area a mysterious forbidden area, never explored, and even smugglers dared to go deep into it. Unless they have a detailed navigation chart, how rare this thing is, it is conceivable.

After discovering the other party's identity as a businessman whom he pretended to be, Igor had vaguely guessed the other party's intentions. Now, seeing Li Xini's generous bid in front of him, he could finally confirm this.

"Why do I need that navigation chart?" But to Igor's surprise, after saying this, the Italian man in front of him did not fluctuate at all, but instead showed a smile, "I think you must have misunderstood, young man. What I need is not that navigation chart. You must know that Galata's customs does not allow anyone other than the Romans to enter and exit the strait, not to mention that I don't even have a ship. I have said before that I am just an ordinary merchant, but I don't have that much financial resources."

After listening to Li Xini's answer, Igor suddenly burst into laughter and attracted Li Xini's sideways.

"Is there anything funny about this?"

"Hahaha, nothing, I just think that your lies are really incompatible with the image you just now. Hahaha, I don't think even you noticed this! Lord Lisini." Igor stopped his laughter and his eyes immediately became sharp. "You said you don't have a ship, but aren't we just on your ship now, although it's really stopped very steadily. After all, the port of Constantinople is the most excellent safe haven."

"I don't understand what you are saying." Lisini still did not admit what Igor said.

But the young Varyag in front of him said calmly: "Then I will say it more clearly-"

"Although it was late, from the window behind you, I could see the beacon tower on the cliff outside the sea gate of Placia, and there was no other city gate, because it was said that it was built by Emperor Bashir to resist the attacks of the Ross people from the sea. I remember that there should be no buildings here to see it."

"In addition, your impulsive subordinates just now also exposed a lot of useful information. I think ordinary merchants will not have such things. It is the standard configuration of the Imperial Navy. I think this should be your plan, a ship that pretends to be an army is hiding through. But one thing is to remind you that the navy is not using the Romfaya sword, but a shorter sword. Of course, at this time, the people in the customs have been owed for several months in military pay, but I am afraid they are too lazy to care about these details."

"I've said it clearly enough now, Lord Lisini?"

The atmosphere was as quiet as if he was dead. At this moment, the expression on Li Xini's face, who was originally gentle, suddenly became cold. His eyes at Igor changed a lot. He had to admit that he underestimated the young Valanji in front of him. What Igor said was indeed what he thought in his heart, and his appearance was helpless, because his useless subordinates suddenly exposed his identity, and obtaining a navigation chart was an urgent task, so Li Xini chose to meet Igor. However, now it seems that this decision was wrong, and this young Valanji was very dangerous.

"It seems that I really underestimate you, a young man, but sometimes it's not a good thing to be so smart."

A cold light flashed through Lisini's eyes. At this time, the man's heart was murderous for the first time. But he was still weighing how to deal with Igor in front of him. When the transaction was over, he would quietly leave and there would be no intersection with the young man in front of him, but now Igor completely disrupted his plan. Kill him, what a joke, it is impossible to let a warrior from the Valangi Guard quietly erase it. Once the movement is huge, coupled with the inexplicable martial law in Constantinople, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Moreover, the navigation chart has not been obtained yet, so he must leave Constantinople as soon as possible. Now is not the time to erase this potential threat. After weighing the pros and cons, Lisini finally decided to continue the negotiations between the two sides.

Just as Lisini was hesitating, Igor suddenly spoke, "I don't know if it's a good thing, but now the entire Constantinople has begun martial law. If I'm not mistaken, there should be some relationship with you guys. If you can't leave here quickly, the situation will only be worse for you."

Igor's words hit Lisini's pain point. At this time, Constantinople was already in a panic. The Roman guards under the emperor were strictly inspecting all the suspicious people in the city. Lisini had already felt that his situation was getting worse.

After hearing these words, Li Xini's expression became colder and said, "What do you know!"

"It's just a guess." Looking at Li Xini's reaction, Igor was also secretly surprised. It seemed that these mysterious guys were really not small. The words he said caused such a big reaction. Could it be that they were really related to that matter? Igor couldn't help but remember what Uncle Vasily said to him before, and Igor vaguely guessed the connection.

At this time, Li Xini gradually calmed down from her previous shock and said coldly: "You don't need to remind you. Since there is nothing to hide, then just say it. I only want that navigation chart, as long as you hand it over to me, I can guarantee that you can leave here safely. Just pretend that nothing has happened and I will not return here."

Nothing happened? I really think I'm so easy to cheat!

After hearing the so-called promise made by the man in front of him, Igor sneered in his heart. He knew that the other party's words were just a false statement. It has reached this point, even if the book "Chronicles of Past Years" is really in his hands, as long as the other party gets the gesture, he will definitely kill him to silence him. The only choice is to delay time as much as possible to find a countermeasure, but the bigger problem now is that he has nothing to do with his hands now. If the other party knows it, he will probably really have to explain it here.

How to get out of this dangerous situation! At this moment, a layer of cold sweat also oozed out of the young Varyag man's forehead.

And just as the negotiations between the two sides were in a stalemate, the closed door was suddenly kicked open.

A delicate figure walked in. Before Li Xini and Igor could react, a sharp Romfaya long sword was placed on Igor's neck, and the speed of movement seemed to happen in an instant.

At that moment, Igor almost thought that he was about to fall to the ground, but at the last moment, Mr. Lisini scolded him and stopped this scene in time.

When the pale-faced Igor came to his senses, he saw clearly that the sword in front of him was a girl who was about the same age as him. She was followed by the group of aggressive men just now, but at this time they were actually following a little girl.

Igor looked at the other person secretly. To be precise, she was smaller than herself. However, her aura made people dare not look down on her at all. The girl didn't want to say anything powerful. She just used her sword to mount Igor's neck. This was enough.

She skillfully used the sword, allowing the sword body to slide along Igor's neck without hurting the flesh, and finally let the tip of the sword stay at Igor's throat. At this moment, Igor was nervous and didn't even dare to swallow his saliva.

At this time, Igor also saw the face of the girl in front of her - her eyes were dark green, like a lush forest. Even though she had already seen her murderous intent, there was no movement in the forest. And this was the most towering thing - the cold eyes had already shown that the girl in front of her had long been used to the rhythm of killing.

"Enough, Alisa, I haven't said it before, don't act rashly!" Seeing what happened, Li Xini couldn't help but cover her face, her tone full of helplessness.

"Dad, why do we waste so much time on this slick boy?" The girl's waist was very thin and stood straight, while her hands holding the sword were extremely tight, and her eyebrows were filled with a terrifying majesty, which made people dare not get close to her. But she was so beautiful. If the maid just now was as bright as a shiny glow, then the girl in front of her was like a daisy in the cold wind, clear and moving.

"Ahem, I think the previous words are unfair, but I agree with this later. I feel very sorry if you waste your time. I hope you can let me leave here as soon as possible." Igor coughed twice to break the sudden embarrassing atmosphere.

But before there was any time to react, the hilt of the sword in the girl's other hand hit Igor's chest.

"Shut up! I didn't let you interrupt." The girl named Alisa said coldly.

But it would be hard to feel like Igor grinned in pain. He was just a girl under twenty years old, with long brown hair and dark green pupils. She was originally a girl who looked weak, but who would have such a strange power. But compared to this attack, what surprised Igor even more was that the other party's voice was so familiar. When the sound sounded in his mind again, Li Xini's voice sounded at this moment.

"It seems you have remembered it too. It was indeed my daughter who was rude to knock you out and brought you to me." Lisini looked at Igor while holding the sword. "I don't want unpleasant things to happen again. Mr. Igor, as long as you hand over what I want, I guarantee you can leave here safely. I swear in the name of Saint-Bonnifer."

Seeing that the other party made a solemn promise, Li Xini even took out the saint of the Lord's Protective to swear to him, Igor also showed a hint of hesitation on his face. In addition to the pressure brought by the harsh daisy behind Li Xini. Finally, Igor, who made the choice, came up with the last solution he could think of.

"That book is indeed not on me now, so I can't take it out. But--" Looking at the eyes opposite, Igor quickly continued to add: "But, that navigation chart was something I saw since I was a child, so I can draw a picture for you intact. In this case, I think it should be the only good solution for all of us."

In the room, the sound that was already restless stopped with Igor's reply. In such an atmosphere, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and finally they glared at the slick boy in front of them. But in addition, the feeling of helplessness made them not try any more...
Chapter completed!