Public trial?You deserve it too!

"If the emperor hadn't abandoned Augustus at that time, could it be that he wanted to beat Ludwig and Christina? After all, from our point of view, some behaviors of the other party can be said to be decisive, but from the perspective of the empire From this point of view, it can already be seen as a vicious eradication of dissidents."

Fafuna was not discouraged, but gave another opinion again.

"No, no, you have to understand that Christina's looming presence in Ludwig's forces was inferred from the report of the knight Julien and the irrationality in the rebellion in the Provence province, and it was verified later. , finally judged the horror of this Verdun princess, and in the empire that doesn't know the truth about Provence, they have no way of discovering the existence of Christina."

The man in the robe waved his hand. If Christina is really just a person like Joachim, who cares about her head and doesn't care about her back, she always plots and plots secretly every day, and then studs on inexplicable things, shouting If the rise and fall of the empire depended on it, then I would definitely not feel that the opponent was qualified to stand opposite and make moves on the chessboard.

"The other party is right. Ludwig was attacked in the country, and the chief of the third division cannot escape the blame. Once he is investigated, the third division will definitely fall into turmoil from top to bottom. The intelligence agency The internal strife is the most terrifying! The cronies, the oppressed, the speculators, the ambitious, they will turn the entire intelligence system into a smoky struggle organization, at least until the dust settles on this matter, the Imperial Intelligence The handling of domestic intelligence by the three bureaus will be in a certain degree of chaos."

"Not to mention, after the attack, the emperor has been appeasing and supporting Ludwig. The Intelligence Bureau, which has just had a bad luck, doesn't even have the courage to maintain reasonable observation and surveillance of the forces under his command! But here At that time, in order to divert attention, we launched the Provence rebellion, which made the torn information network of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau worse! Especially the local eyeliner, we basically broke it clean by ourselves! At this time, the province of Provence , is already a black hole in the eyes of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, and there is no effective information to collect."

"Christina immediately seized the opportunity to let the Lightning Knights turn the entire province upside down, uproot the power of the First Prince, and then dump all the blame on the Theocracy, nailing the people of Augustus directly. Die on the pillar of shame. And the Imperial Intelligence Agency, which is already black-eyed, will resolutely kill this conclusion whether it finds out that it has been used or not, because they can't find anything else to investigate or replace themselves The blamed lamb has been blamed."

The woman listened with a vigilant face. The behavior of the other party obviously meant that she was someone who fully understood the operation of the intelligence agency, and facing such a huge force that belonged only to His Majesty, Christina dared to change positions, and even successfully covered it up. In the past, the other party's terrible wisdom can be seen from this.

"So the emperor doesn't know what happened there. What he can know is the same as Ludwig's propaganda. Siegfried's report is the limit. How can he know what Christina is like? People? In his eyes, probably his granddaughter is still that innocent little girl."

The robed man sighed, and Favna also lowered her head.In this way, the inference based on the premise of discussing the heir has once again entered a dead end, but if it was not called because of the heir, what would it be?Still need to summon Ludwig and the two princesses?Especially Princess Christina, summoned twice, the second time even summoned alone.

"Is there any other information related to this matter? It may be related."

Obviously, the man in robe has decided to give up. The only function of thinking about something with no clues is to waste time, but obviously time is not enough now.

"On the day before the consecutive summons, that is, on the nineteenth day of the bud month, we found that three wind knights landed in the imperial capital one after another."

The movement of the robed man suddenly slowed down.

"Although I know it's important news, I can't find out what it is. I only know that it is flying from the north, maybe it is a military newspaper from the north, but when you ask now, I think it seems to be related to this matter. ?”

The robed man's fingers began to tap unconsciously on the table, obviously lost in thought, but he quickly shook his head again.

"Wait and see, Ludwig's place, don't be in a hurry, it's best to put someone in, if not, the priority is to hide our means, after all, there is a chess player who can play against me, and now I am in She is in the dark, and I have the advantage of being the first mover, and I must not lose it. As for the news, no matter what it is, even if Christina can hide it, there will definitely be rumors from there. It is true that soldiers are not easy to bribe, but for non-military affairs It is customary to speak laxly on the topic. Don’t worry, just keep paying attention.”

"Yes, my lord."

Favna responded, and then asked about other things.

"My lord, Augustus will be abandoned by the emperor next, and may even end up worse than Joachim. Since we already have Joachim, should we give up Augustus completely?" What about both? After all, they have already duplicated their positions.”

"Give up? Why give up? His value hasn't been squeezed out yet." The robed man chuckled. "We can't give up on him. Rather, until the emperor is completely disappointed in him, his value can be fully revealed. His value to me and to us."

"His value... can only be realized after the emperor is completely disappointed in him?"

Facing the confused Favna, the robed man nodded, obviously not planning to hide this matter from this competent general.

"Correct you, or one of your views, that is, the feelings and expectations that the old emperor had for Augustus. This kind of thing that could never appear in the emperor's heart in the eyes of others is real. Yes, he does value the eldest prince the most, and he really hopes that he will take over his position the most."

"After all, that poor woman whom I forced myself to death back then is so important to the emperor, so important that besides the empire, all he cares about is her."

The robed man nodded slightly, as if feeling something.

"Is it only something that is lost forever that can leave such a strong memory..."

"……grown ups?"

"It's nothing, it's just a feeling."

The robed man stood up and paced slowly, and Favna followed behind.

"It was already decades ago. At that time, the emperor had just been elected as the crown prince by the late emperor without any warning or reason. The irrelevant prince came to power and was about to break the original rules of the game and attack them directly, so he made a noise with all his strength, and coupled with the fact that the late emperor had been seriously ill for a long time, it suddenly turned into an invisible force to force the palace."

"Of course, some 'little work' we do is indispensable for this. After all, the prince is not easy to infiltrate, and it is very easy for the big nobles to get in touch with. After all, they are all ancestral scum. I can’t raise any other skills.”

The robed man sneered, the disdain evident.

"Originally, I was going to take advantage of the situation to set off a wave and force people to end up standing in line, but these guys are really a bit muddy and can't support the wall. Their initial complaint was that they hoped that the new crown prince would marry someone from a famous family, or even the one who was pregnant. A woman can also give birth to a child. As the eldest son of the royal family, it is no problem to raise her as a mistress outside the palace in the future, so everyone can say it.

"Oh, I'm really blind to my fueling the flames! But fortunately, the current His Majesty's stubborn temper has not changed at all, and he is determined to wear the queen's crown for the woman he likes, so the situation is getting worse and worse. On the verge of control, my plan has even begun to take initial steps, but what happened next has brought an end to everything that may follow—"

"That woman gave birth to Augustus, and after giving her own flesh and blood to her husband, she took poison and committed suicide. So the crown prince married a noble daughter, the great nobles died down, and my plan came to an end without a problem."

Favna looked at the man in the robe in shock. When she said these words, the lord did not feel any frustration or anger about the failure of the plan. Instead, she felt a little lonely, and she even noticed a trace of untraceable... envious?

As if guessing what Favna was thinking, the man in the robe shook his head: "I didn't do this, and I won't hate this woman because of it. Although I should be an unprincipled, heinous, and innocent person in your eyes. I can't be a person, but even I have a bottom line - I will never use any woman who is about to become a mother, and use them as pawns, that is the most vicious thing."

The robed man waved his hand to stop Favna's eager defense.

"I don't need to explain. I know what kind of person I am, but I also know that if I want to be like a human being, I must keep my last bottom line in this despicable wilderness."

After saying these words, he looked up at the sky, as if recalling a long memory.

"I don't know what kind of words and methods the late emperor used to persuade His Majesty who is now on the throne to change his mind and go back to the previous rules of the game, but I know very well that this matter will never This is the end, and the conflict between the royal family and the great nobles will inevitably come to an end in the hands of him and Augustus. Then there is only one chance left for me——let Augustus, give this The heaviest and most terrifying blow to the old man who makes me afraid!"

The robed man grinned.

"Collusion? Civil strife? These are just means to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. The most terrifying thing about the empire is the determination of each emperor to the point that it is completely incomprehensible. So what if this majesty is dead? We still have no way to control the next emperor." , Joachim is bound to sleep with us in different dreams—we can kill one emperor, can't we kill another?"

"So there is only one thing to do, not killing people, but..."

"Kill the heart!"

The rumbling reverberation exploded in Favna's ears, shaking her with trepidation—it was the laughter of the man in the robe, but it was fleeting, as if it was just a hallucination, but she lowered her head and found that her eyes Legs are still shaking.

"What do you think I have been doing with Augustus for so many years? Joachim has almost become dependent on us in just a dozen years, but Augustus has not improved from the beginning to the end? "

In the sentence with a smile, there is a chill that pierces into the bones of the person.

"Because, I just want Augustus to feel that his greatest help comes from those people who forced his mother to death—especially when he didn't know the truth back then."

All Living Beings Are Children: Chapter 122 Chapter 110 Chapter [-] The Destined Trajectory

"Punishment..."

Favna murmured to herself.

"What is terrible about the empire? Is it the vast and endless territory, or the thousands of people, or the loyalty rooted in the millennium?"

The robed man asked a question, then answered it himself.

"No, because these are just superficial things. The territory can be split, the people can be fooled, and the hearts of the people can be used... The most terrifying thing about the empire is the plan that has been in operation for thousands of years."

For the first time, Favna showed a somewhat panicked expression. As a spy, she certainly understands that such a plan is born to be broken. No matter how long or short, there will always be inexplicable variables, and then the whole plan becomes A mess.

But even so, such things as plans still emerge in endlessly—because the gap between having plans and not having plans is too great, even if it is a plan that has been repaired and even changed beyond recognition in the end, as long as it can achieve 80.00%, or even half, It is much better than the result of tossing around.

And the time planned at the beginning of the formulation is directly proportional to the final results brought about by the plan, so after hearing such a long plan, the first thing Favna felt was shock, and then came, It is boundless fear.

As for disbelief, it was not in her mind.

Because the man in the robe said it, then it really exists.

"And the ultimate goal of this plan is to destroy all alien races and make the race the only ruler on the mainland without any shortcomings, and become a whole that can gather all resources and all strengths."

The man in the robe continued talking on his own.

While being shocked by the news, Favna heard something different.

"My lord... You said just now that to destroy all alien races, doesn't the empire's plan include the Church?"

"Hahahaha, very sharp, Favna, that's why I chose you to come to the imperial capital. Your sharpness is the best weapon for an informer."

The robed man applauded sincerely, then lowered his hands and nodded affirmatively.

"Of course, in the original content of this plan, the only enemies it targets are orcs and elves."

"But, but, shouldn't the empire's biggest opponent now be us?"

The woman was very puzzled.

"Yes, it is indeed us now, but when this plan was first formulated, the Holy Church and the Empire were the closest comrades-in-arms."

The words from the mouth of the robe once again shocked Favna to the point where she lost her ability to think. If it weren't for her blind obedience and trust in her boss, she would even wonder if today is her own death day, which is why she heard so many secrets.

"The empire was not the territory it is now. The first pope and the first emperor joined hands to wipe out every human kingdom, and built the empire into the largest force on the continent. The army began the real road to conquest."

"Together, they drove the orcs out of the Vistula River Plain, and let them return to their ancestral land, where they fend for themselves in the snow-capped mountains; together, they took back the Volga River Plain from the elves, and suppressed them to death. Within the stone walls outlined in advance on the map; together they conquered those smelly and hard dwarves, and made the residents in these caves bow down and become the most loyal pawns."

"Of course, the most important thing is that there was no Theocracy at all, only the Empire and the Holy Cult. So naturally, in that plan, there was no plan for the Theocracy, and all the responses were made by the later emperor. I added it myself - so it's not on the same level at all."

The voice of the robed man became sarcastic.

"Painting a tiger is not an anti-dog. Is urbanization that kind of rigid and rigid thing? What's the 'fortress of protecting the country' and 'abscess on the holy mountain' are just things to put gold on your face! Karelia The fortress strangled the neck of the orcs, making this race weaker every moment; the fortress group on the eastern front cut off the protruding claws of the elves, and locked them firmly in the forest."

"Whether it is the northern front or the eastern front, the purpose of these fortresses is to attack, to plunder the opponent's resources and squeeze their war potential. But the Turin fortress, what's the use? It sucks up the annual output of Provence, It also requires a large amount of military materials to be imported, but there is no benefit, and it is completely self-inflicted self-inflicted wounds."

Listening to the sarcasm of the man in robes, Favna dared not say a word. Later, the Holy Cult and the Empire "turned against each other", there must be some inside story, but obviously this kind of inside story should not be known to her.

"So don't be afraid, Favna, those most subtle calculations are not aimed at us."

The robed man patted his subordinate on the shoulder affectionately.

"As for the Millennium Project, I also have it, and it will definitely not be worse than those dog-tailed things!"

The pride of his boss is obviously visible to the naked eye, and the attitude of self-confidence, satisfaction, and wanting to show off to someone is completely on the bright side.

But Favna felt that she was not the one the other party wanted to show off.

"The most wonderful thing is that no one knows that the beginning and end of that plan has been controlled by me decades ago! Now, the orcs are about to die, and this is also a good opportunity for the empire to officially start. You say, if I Now let Augustus rebel against his father from the bottom of his heart, what would the old emperor do?"

"He'll be... angry, no, furious! And that's exactly what you want."

Favna tried to keep up with the robed man's train of thought, and finally fully understood the meaning of what the other party said earlier.

"So that's why you try to get Augustus involved with the great nobles, business alliances, and even the Theocracy. I feel that Augustus united all the forces he hates most to resist him from the bottom of his heart!"

"Yes! I just want this idiot to detonate his father! How much the emperor had expected of Augustus before, so now he will be disappointed with Augustus. Anger is unbearable for an emperor who feels that he is about to lead the empire into a great era."

The voice of the robed man was still smiling.

"Even if we are innocent, the emperor will definitely turn his anger on us in the end, and his plan will definitely change because of this-for example, he will take the action against the Church State as the highest priority deployment, and then For example, he might even lose some rational thinking because of this anger."

"From the point of view of the current empire, in fact, the best order to deal with should be the Merchant Alliance - Orcs - Theocracy. This style of play may take a long time, but it will be very stable, and then continue to appease the occupied areas. Human beings will usher in a heyday by concocting elves. But after we intervene, Favna, do you think the old emperor has the patience to wait?"

The woman subconsciously shook her head.

"Yes! He can't bear it anymore! So even if he knows that to vigorously develop the navy, he must first destroy the business alliance, a fake and powerful guy, the emperor will never tolerate us continuing to make trouble, because if it is done according to the safest plan, his Time is running out. But for an emperor, revenge is meaningless if he does not do it himself! Therefore, the actions against the Church will definitely start, and at least it will be carried out in parallel with the actions against the business alliance , This way, it brings us an opportunity!"

"The power of the road to kingship lies in that once it starts rolling, its frame will be unstoppable, but what if the driver himself has a problem? He wants to drive this carriage for his own selfish desires. What about taking a fork in the road? Especially this fork in the road is not as he imagined, it is a smooth road that has been prepared thousands of years ago?"

The man in the robe stretched out his hands, as if he wanted to embrace the hot sun, or as if he wanted to strangle all the light.

"If the weak want to overcome the strong, they must prepare bit by bit. Every bit of strength that can be used, every bit of obstruction that can be created must be firmly grasped. Then, quietly waiting for the other party to make a mistake, Like a poisonous snake lurking in the dark, one attack is fatal!"

Favna looked at the robed man frantically, her eyes shining brightly, that is the bright future... the future that belongs only to the Theocracy!

"My lord! I believe that such an opportunity will definitely come!"

"Well, I believe it too, otherwise how could I have spanned such a long time?"

The robed man nodded.

"As I said before, we must hold on to every bit of strength - the mud of the great nobles must also have the value of mud. What happened back then reminded me that even if I can provoke internal strife, these rotten guys In fact, it is no longer useful. So in order to make this mud look at least a little bit, in the latest generation, I have been choosing a more normal heir, such as the Grand Duke of Brittany. I use the business alliance to provide financial support for it, after all The power of these guys changes, as long as they have money, they can do anything."

"Of course, this natural disaster came a little earlier. I have to let the race of orcs enter the countdown earlier. It would be better if it could be delayed a little bit. Because we have actually found a few in the great nobles. The heir who is rotten can be. Choose the worst one and put it on it. Anyway, he is so rotten that he can’t see that he is a puppet. The damage could have been a little bit more."

The robed man picked up the files of Gutenberg and Gustav and handed them to Valrhona.

"Next, your mission in the imperial capital is to stare at these two people. You don't have to force it. Just look at Siegfried's investigation results. If there is anything important, find an opportunity to report it to me, or the same sentence As the old saying goes, your own safety is the most important thing, understand?"

"Yes, my lord."

"Then do it."

The man in the robe signaled the woman to leave. Favna took the two reports, bowed deeply, turned and left.The robed man watched her disappear, rubbing his fingers.

"In just a few decades, the plan has to be postponed or advanced twice in a row because of a small person. Although it does not affect the result and is not a critical action, it is somewhat worrying... However, in the empire, there are countless people like Gutenberg. This is probably why the teacher always likes to say, the so-called 'human possibility'?"

The robed man tilted his head, thinking about these questions.

"There's also such a thing as 'love'. It's amazing. Did that woman really see the danger of the empire being split, or did she choose to kill herself simply because of her love for her husband..."

"How about... making up a reason? It is said that the late emperor felt that the time had not come and the crisis could not break out early, so after finding out that persuading his son was ineffective, he took the initiative to send someone to poison her to death? This is probably better than Augustus's. Rebellion can kill the Emperor's heart, right?"

As he spoke, the robed man shook his head.

"No...forget it, I said I won't let the mother-to-be be a pawn, the bottom line is better not to have any contact."

His gaze once again fell on the Barr family intelligence network that had been sorted out before, and finally stopped on Heinz's head portrait.

"Strange behavior... the gap between father and son... and the identity of the military... All of Ludwig's military capital was earned by his own efforts, and even so, what he can really use There is only one lightning knight order, but why did the emperor not respond at all when Heinz was loyal to Augustus? You must know that Joachim just reached out to a second-tier knight order before his arm was broken."

"Could it be... are you also a knife of the old emperor? Heinz?"

The robed man asked softly, obviously the other party's avatar would not be able to answer this question.

"It's very possible... After all, if you want to take down the great nobleman, you can't avoid Augustus. The easiest way to deal with him is, of course, to directly take away the military power of the great prince, and put him to death in your own palace. , A group of dragons has no leader, even if it is a nominal leader, it is enough to defeat them one by one."