Realm of Power

The following time was like a year for Fei Ruoan, the imperial guard captain who could kill without blinking an eye. When he came out of the fat man's room, he stood at the stall in the corridor a little upset. The sun was shining brightly outside, even though it was the late autumn season. The huge flower bed outside is paved The pleasing light yellow bell flowers have been placed by careful flower workers. The wind blows and the stamens move with the wind, just like the wind blowing through the fields covered with golden wheat ears, giving a feeling of peace and tranquility. , but Fei Ruoan's heart is filled with ice that can never be melted.

"If I had known this, I shouldn't have let those three girls go!"

There was a bit of depressed sadness at the corner of his mouth. He came from the Fei Ruoben family, so he had been reluctant to contact the other family because he had long decided to cut off everything in the past, because the past was too dark. In private, he did not even admit to himself. It's Riel Dian Ren, as a soldier who was once proud of Rui Erdian, the feeling of being betrayed by the motherland for which he fought desperately was like a sharp dagger thrust into the heart of a soldier who valued glory more than life. I need to stir it a few more times to make it unforgettable

Looking at the pale yellow bell flowers on the flower bed in the distance, he thought of that autumn that he never wanted to think of.

It was similarly calm, with the late autumn wind both warm and somewhat cool. It was an autumn at the end of the Ruidian Kingdom, and the wilderness was as calm as ever. The nobles who originally came out in groups to hunt during the autumn animal fattening season of them, that year there was not one

The great purge launched by Rui Erdian in the three northern counties affected 90% of the nobles in the three northern counties. The Fei Ruo family also suffered a devastating blow. In order to fully search for the belongings of these nobles, they sent them to Kyoto for shooting. Officials from all over the country did everything they could to flatter the eldest prince. They put the men in prison, while the women stayed and suffered humiliation. As one of the wealthy families, the Feiruo family, which was once ranked among the top three in the Rimir region, was like a flower withered overnight, and all the family property was forcibly confiscated by Kyoto for treason.

Two beautiful sisters are planning to get married one after another in a year. One of them is crazy. When she is released, she will unconsciously take off her pants when she sees a man, revealing her lower body covered with bloody scabs. She is like a lonely ghost. laugh at. Being chased and beaten by children throwing stones, the other one couldn't bear the humiliation and had long been killed by hitting the wall pillar of a certain regional official. Even so, he was charged with treason. The naked body of the dead sister was hung in the square in the center of the city by the local sheriff, with her neck stretched out because of a broken collarbone. The wind blows. Like a roast duck hanging in the window, the corpse was swinging on the rope, as if it was trying hard to break away from something. The eyes of the corpse were gouged out, leaving only two black dried vaginas,** It was also cut off by bad guys. Left to the ignorant wild children to kick around in the street.

Fei Ruoan, a Northern Army officer who hurried back from Kyoto, was so angry that he beat the Sheriff and was immediately arrested. For this former Northern Army officer who had the audacity to slap him hard, the Sheriff gave him an unusually generous salary. treatment. He ordered people to hang six iron balls weighing thirty kilograms on Fei Ruoan's body, making it extremely difficult for him to even take a step. His eyes were full of blood as he watched his crazy sister being molested by a homeless man. Finally, we sank into the suffocating bottom water prison filled with corpses and garbage.

Fei Ruoan thought that he was dead at the time, until one day the closed water prison door was opened from the outside, and a female knight in red armor appeared in front of him, Miss Bertrand Bonnie! Fei Ruoan, who was born in the Northern Army, naturally knew the marshal's beloved daughter.

He would always remember the beautiful light and shadow at that moment. Even though he was at the bottom of a dark prison with no light, and even if his eyes were as red and swollen as light bulbs, he thought that what he saw at that time was the most sacred angel in the world. Bertrand Bonnie, who had just recovered from the negotiation attack, did not show any boredom towards the smelly Fei Ruoan in front of her.

The daughter of the marshal, with tears in his eyes, looked at the whip marks all over his body, which were soaked in sewage and turned white. After more than ten seconds, he asked if it was His Excellency Fei Ruoan. After receiving a positive reply, It was Bertrand Bonnie who personally untied the chained iron balls one by one that were almost integrated into Fei Ruoan's flesh and saw the bones.

"I'm sorry for making you suffer. I couldn't save others!" Bonnie's voice was trembling and sad, full of clear apologies. Northern County is the base camp of the Northern Army led by Marshal Berlant. Regarding the injustice he suffered because of his father's defeat in the war, Among the soldiers who came from the northern county, Berlant and Bonnie's heart has been full of guilt. In addition to the so-called treason in the great purge of Kyoto, the eldest prince wanted to completely erase Marshal Berlant's role in the army. A frame-up made with too deep a mark,

She opened seventeen water cells, but no one survived.

Before she arrived at Feiruan's water prison, she saw the body of her father's most loyal captain of the guard, the body of the old man Ruskin, the deputy commander of the Northern Army who had smiled and stroked her head when she was a child, and some others she didn't recognize. people, but the only one saved alive was Fei Ruoan.

After being recuperated in the army for half a month, Fei Ruoan's first request when he was able to get out of bed and walk was to ask Bertrand Bonnie to find his poor sister who was suffering from mental illness and would unbutton her pants when seeing people. Lantbonnie hesitated for a while, and finally agreed without asking again.

That day, just like the late autumn in front of me, in a cold and deserted dark alley, Fei Ruoan limped and personally inserted a dagger into the chest of his sister, who was bruised and without a piece of meat, and who was as thin as a skeleton's foreskin because of hunger. Blood, long time rummaging through dirty city garbage, not eating anything for several days The thin woman in the west, her body could no longer bleed for a long time. The dagger pierced was more like a piece of dry human skin. Her split lips trembled slightly. In the silence, Fei Ruoan seemed to be able to hear " Is that you, my brother?" The woman's empty and scattered eyeballs struggled under the severe pain and calmed down.

"嘡啷!"

The sword fell to the ground. Fei Ruoan held his head in painful hands and knelt in front of the corpse, with blood flowing from his eyes.

"it's all over!"

He murmured in a low voice while holding his sister's head, and buried his fingers deeply into the withered grass-like bun, which once flashed youthful hair like a waterfall. Before coming, he had already skinned the girl alive with his own hands. The Sheriff's skin kicked the meat ball that was still moaning in pain into the sewer ditch

Fei Ruoan calmly buried the bodies of his two sisters together on an unknown cliff. A place that I was destined not to visit again. It was deserted and undisturbed. It was accompanied by a blue and cloudy sky and the sunset that my sisters loved to see. Then, under the personal guarantee of Bertrand Bonnie, he became the most terrifying guard in the empire. On the battlefield, he killed people and drank blood. No matter whether the opponent was a former compatriot or a person of other races, no one knew where he was from. Only he knows that his past is buried on that cliff with his sisters.

"Captain. Your Majesty asked you to prepare. Your Majesty asked me to give this to you!"

A guard came over with a neat set of formal noble attire in his hand. As the guard spoke, his feet stopped two meters away. He could feel a cold breath filling Captain Fei Ruoan's whole body. Like a bloodthirsty beast on the battlefield. That's what the guards called him. bloodthirsty beast,

This man is bloodthirsty. Even among the guards who kill people like chopping vegetables and kick more heads than kicking balls, he is a violent person that not many people want to provoke. Captain Fei Ruoan has never mentioned his past. Among the guards, he is also a mysterious figure. No one will ask after they are full.

Because there are too many such people among the guards. Such people often have a past that they cannot look back on, so no one should laugh at anyone! Just watching the ruthless Captain Fei Ruoan treat this ordinary noble dress sent by His Majesty with the same attitude as treating his lifelong enemy, the guard's mouth slightly raised,

"Help me!" Fei Ruoan said something rare as he struggled to put on his clothes, arranging the messy sleeves with his hands.

"What did you say? Captain?" The guard didn't look sideways and stood nearby pretending not to understand.

"I said help me, it's been so long, who the hell still remembers how to play with this thing, you bastard, don't think I don't know what you are thinking!" Fei Ruoan glared at himself angrily and couldn't bear it anymore. The subordinates who couldn’t stop smiling looked at each other

"Captain, I haven't worn this kind of clothes either!" Konoe looked helpless.

The carriage was traveling on the road in the Southwest District. Fei Ruoan, who was dressed in a traditional Chinese dress, was sitting on the carriage. His body was upright and his buttocks could only sit halfway because sitting opposite him was a fat man who was leisurely reading a book. Fei Ruoan was silent. Looking at the white wilderness outside with complicated eyes , shaved off the messy stubble, put on the black collar of the aristocracy, and arranged the neat hair again according to the technique that he had almost forgotten. Now Fei Ruoan no longer shows any fierce gangsterism, and he is completely charming. A middle-aged high-ranking aristocrat who killed countless girls for free.

"What? Looking at your stern face, do you have a strong opinion about going to Fei Ruo's house?" The fat man opposite raised his head.

"Don't dare!" Fei Ruoan lowered his head and turned pale with fright. "It's just that my subordinate is a rough man and is really not used to treating clothes like this."

"Rough guy? There are not many rough guys like you." The fat man looked out the window at the row of coniferous forest belts passing by the car window, and said slowly, "You have been with me for five years! If I didn't remember, It was you who was recommended by Bertrand Bonnie! I was very curious at the beginning as to why. Recommending a former Ruidian officer when the dynasty is at war with Ruidian will cause very troublesome consequences if this matter is expanded by someone with intentions. Do you know what she said?" Fei Ruoan's face suddenly became tense. , looking lost, the fat man smiled.

"Bonnie said she owed you this! She was helping her father pay off his debt!"

"If it weren't for the fact that you don't have any military merit, she would directly ask you to be transferred to her army. As for why you are assigned to the Guards, it is because my Guards are the easiest place to gain merit among all troops, and there will be no other places. I don’t want to say it anymore, but I also thought that the northern county was really chaotic at that time!” The fat man paused in his pointed voice and said with a smile,

His Majesty Falcon's black pupils were like pearls, showing the sharpness of looking directly into people's hearts. Fei Ruoan had beads of sweat on his forehead and replied in fear, "I owe Miss Bonnie! If it weren't for Miss Bonnie, I would He’s already dead and no longer has any scum left in him!”

"In five years, you have killed more than 500 enemies in total, with an average of 100 kills per year. If you only use the war merit wheel, you can be promoted to the flag commander of the front-line troops! Do you have such an idea?" The fat man stretched out his hand from the carriage. He took out a document from the drawer of the desk. It was Fei Ruoan's battle merit list, which was quite weighty! There are many guards who have beheaded hundreds of people, but there are not many who have beheaded more than five hundred people like this. To put it bluntly, such a person is already surrounded by hostility.

"I never thought about it. I only want to be with His Majesty!" Hearing the fat man's vaguely other words, Fei Ruoan's body trembled slightly and he could no longer sit still. Regardless of the narrowness of the carriage, He knelt down on one knee and expressed that he was willing to follow His Majesty the Falcon for thousands of years. He was content to just be a dog used by His Majesty to drive him!

"Don't be so nervous!"

Seeing Fei Ruoan vowing to show his loyalty in front of him, the fat man felt both angry and funny, and said, "I am very satisfied with the decisiveness you showed in the college incident. Under the circumstances, even though you directly shot a student It seems bloody, but it is the best way to control the scene. As a means, afterwards, you ordered all the students to be taken away, turning the conflict into an open case, which inadvertently put the control of the matter in the hands of the empire. The reason why Fei chose to go there today. Ruo's family, it's because the group of nobles who are eager to become famous are now making a fuss and raining in Fei Ruo's family.

The third daughter of the Fei Ruo family happened to be at the scene. According to the report of the Ministry of Supervision, among the more than two dozen noble families, there are only three or four that can be called wealthy families. The combined power was not under the Fei Ruo family. The joint indictment submitted by these guys fell into disarray at the Governor's Mansion, and the Business Alliance was immediately contacted.

As one of the twelve deacons, Fei Ruo also had troubles to say, although the three sisters mentioned that it was a soldier who did it. However, the denial by the local garrison made the matter even more confusing. Si Duhan, who is in charge of the Southwest District Business Alliance, has decided to personally investigate the matter, and the results will be announced this afternoon! "

"This afternoon!" Fei Ruoan raised his head in a panic, although he thought he had buried everything related to before. But that didn't mean that he was willing to see the Fei Ruo family in such a mess. He thought that the Fei Ruo family might be able to survive, but the fat man's words ruthlessly shattered his luck.

"If according to the regulations of the business alliance, twenty influential business families jointly file a complaint, Fei Ruo's position as deacon will be abolished!" The fat man paused, tapped his fingers on the table, and said in a deep voice. "Do you know whose face I sold Fei Ruo to enter the Twelve Deacons? Bolan Tebony, that woman is alone in the northern part of the empire and has little dealing with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Moreover, Dong Ting Rui Tang Ting Na’s 200,000 Dong Ting Ministry is like a heavy burden on her shoulders. If I hadn’t deliberately let her train Fei If this business alliance is a deacon, do you really think she can live such a happy life in the north? "

The fat man glanced melancholy out of the window. "September is about to pass, and winter is coming in October. In another month, the border connecting the empire and the grassland will be covered with thick white snow, and then it will be the most terrible winter in the grassland. If If the fee responsible for providing funds for the Border Guards is at this time Abolish the position of deacon of the Commercial Union, you can imagine what kind of winter Bertrand Bonnie's 30,000 border guards will spend! That woman is very stubborn. She has suffered so much on the border in the past few years, and she can't even hum. Hey, sometimes I want to help her but I still don’t appreciate it!

The fat man tilted his head, with a hint of helplessness in the corner of his mouth. The sighing expression seemed to be saying that he had a prodigal woman who didn't know how to understand. Fei Ruoan was silent, and his mind was in chaos.

"If you don't want to connect with the past, I can order the carriage to go back, just pretend you don't know anything!" The fat man glanced at his slightly pale face. He knew about Fei Ruo's family. , otherwise he would not take the risk of letting a Ruidian officer become his personal guard. Although it is a bit cruel, the fat man would not be at ease if others were allowed to take over Bertrand Bonnie's current position.

It's not that I don't worry about the stability of the border guard force, but I don't worry about the things that Bertrand Bonnie did in the position of commander-in-chief of the border guard force that cannot be made public, such as privately inciting wars among the prairie tribes and secretly selling iron tools to the prairie people. I even occasionally engage in human trafficking. The border market I went to last time was simply an open black market outside the empire.

Because of this, Fatty appreciates the difficulties behind this stubborn woman even more. The grassland people are her naked and mortal enemies in her heart. For the funds and supplies of the 30,000 border guards, and in order to prevent the grassland people from forming a situation of unity, Uncle Bertrand Bonnie even funded her own mortal enemy, which was already a staggering transformation. The black and white Bertrand Bonnie had completely inherited his mantle and turned into a gray color that could not be seen clearly.

The carriage entered an alley in a villa area, and finally saw Fei Ruoan's house with the crowned trident heraldry emblem engraved on the door. Fei Ruoan's expression suddenly became nervous, and his eyes subconsciously avoided something.

Fifty or sixty carriages of various types were already parked at the door. The fat man did not ask Fei Ruoan to dismount immediately. Instead, he asked the driver to lean not far away and wait quietly. An unknown black carriage was not attractive on the roadside. Attention, the fat man is waiting for Si Duhan. According to the departure According to the report from the Supervision Department, Si Duhan's carriage would arrive later than his own. About twenty other businessmen and nobles had already entered the hall of Fei Ruo's house, and some of them came to watch the fun. If there are many people in the family's large courtyard,

Soon, a carriage with the logo of the Business Alliance appeared at the intersection opposite the fat man's carriage. Si Duhan was looking at the decision in his hand with a solemn expression. There was no room left. The decision to abolish the Fei Ruo family's deacons would soon be submitted to the alliance's deacon meeting. , then the Feiruo family will be abolished, which will affect the entire Southwest District The business situation that has just stabilized is not a good thing. If a deacon is vacant, it is like the clarion call for a war to begin. For the position of this new deacon, a business war with no gunpowder is inevitable. I don’t know how many people will be happy. Several families are worried, but the internal friction caused is very terrible.

"Really, how could such a situation happen? I just hope that the fluctuations caused by this war can be smaller!" Si Duhan sighed helplessly and raised his head. At this time, his eyes saw a black carriage walking on the opposite side. A middle-aged nobleman came down. He was upright and energetic, and his eyes were filled with an indescribable sharpness. "This is Who?' Si Duhan was stunned for a moment. As the head of the business alliance, he did not remember such a middle-aged man with extraordinary temperament. The black carriage opposite started to move at this time, and passed by Si Duhan's carriage. At that moment, the carriage creaked and paused. The curtains of the black carriage were opened, and a simple and honest fat man inside smiled at him through the window.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!" Si Duhan almost jumped up from the seat of the carriage. Suddenly he felt inexplicably relaxed. Nothing mattered anymore. If this was the chessboard laid out by His Majesty, he only had to be a good chess piece. That's it. Si Duhan's hand had already twisted the decision letter into a ball and threw it into the wastebasket unceremoniously. (To be continued...)