Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 59 There is no news in Yanxi City

The Archduke Houston put down his fork, raised his glass, and took a sip.

The sweetness with the sour wine liquid made his throat tighten slightly.

"So... 'Flower of Abundance', what is it?" he asked, raising his head from the glass and looking at Archduke Rosario.

Archduke Rosario's eyes sharpened.

Those gray pupils reminded Archduke Houston of the icy rocks of the Frigid Bone Mountains. Just imagining this concept in his mind made him feel like a slap on his back.

Houston avoided Rosario's gaze and turned to Quentin's chief of staff.

This short man with a shrewd little beard and a well-maintained face with no signs of battle was still chewing the beef in his mouth—Quentin chewed slowly, as slowly as the executioner carefully before the beheading ceremony began. wiping his blade.

The chief of staff of the Imperial Army, while chewing, looked at Archduke Houston with a smile in his eyes.

The Archduke of Houston felt sweat oozing from his palms.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Houston gritted his teeth covertly, continuing the tone he had just said with a strong smile, "What is this 'flower of abundance', what exactly is it?"

"Oh? Don't you know what the 'Flower of Abundance' is?" Seeing that Archduke Rosario's eyes were gloomy and he had no intention of speaking, Chief of Staff Quentin swallowed the meat in his mouth, holding his fork and said steadily, "Then It's strange, because my informant told me that he saw a group of mercenaries from Rock Creek City who transported the 'Blossom of Harvest' all the way from the east to your site."

"I don't know anything about the 'flower of abundance' you're talking about." Houston shrugged as naturally as possible, resisting the trembling of his knees, "Dear Chief Quentin, to be honest, I too Worrying about the bastard mercenaries in the wasteland, this group of bloodthirsty lunatics can do anything... why, are they causing you trouble?"

Chief Quentin, still holding a fork in his hand, leaned back and leaned back in his chair.

The smile on his face didn't change, but his eyes seemed unruly and meaningful.

"Oh, dear Archduke Houston, you probably won't believe it, it's a big, big trouble..."

Houston raised his glass to Quentin, muttered "good luck", and then used the act of drinking to hide his panic.

Grand Duke Grimm Rosario, who was beside him, finally spoke after a long silence.

His voice is just like his appearance, calm and powerful, with the unique magnetism of middle-aged men after the baptism of war:
"I hope you understand, Archduke Houston, that Chief Quentin and I have come all the way from the Eastern Front to recover the stolen 'Blossoms of Harvest'—if, I mean if, you have a question about Any clues to 'Blossoms of Abundance', Chief Quentin and I will pay you enough to satisfy you."

The Archduke of Houston was a little afraid to look into the eyes of Archduke Rosario.

It was obvious that the other party was a generation younger than him, and he was a young descendant in the imperial political arena, but the Archduke of Houston really did not dare to look at him.

The sharp eyes honed on the Eastern Frontier battlefield are far beyond what the Archduke Houston, a wealthy landowner trapped in the south, can afford.

The Archduke of Houston weighed the current situation in his heart while cutting the beef in the silver plate with a dining knife:
Rosario and Quentin, did they know that the "Flower of Harvest" was brought back from Eternal Sun City by themselves?
——No, not necessarily, there is no clue left in the whole process...

The head of Mustafa has always done things cleanly, and the purchase process of "Flower of Plenty" is completed on the black market in the name of the mercenary group.

Now the "Flower of Abundance" is well hidden in the basement of the "Top of the Light Monastery"...

Even if the two old foxes Rosario and Quentin saw something, at most they were just doubting themselves...

Nothing to be afraid of.

Archduke Houston, who had reassured himself, raised his head again, and his tone was much calmer:
"I'm so sorry, but I don't have any clues about what you're looking for - if I get any news about... er, 'Blossoms of Abundance', right...if I get any news about 'Blossoms of Abundance', I will definitely notify you as soon as possible."

Archduke Rosario squinted at him for a moment, but said nothing;
But Quentin, the chief of staff across the table, continued to say yin and yang:
"Oh? I hope your news channel is as strong as your psychological quality..."

"Enough!" The Duke of Houston, who no longer wanted to endure this kind of torment, slammed the table and said solemnly, "I enjoyed the dinner with a few of your Excellencies! I don't care what happened to Quentin, Chief of Staff, in the Eastern Border. What's the use of asking that 'flower of abundance', since I said I don't know, please stop this topic and have a good meal!"

However, Quentin Chief of Staff, who looks suave on the surface, is obviously also a tough stubble in his bones.

Facing the angry master here, Quentin crossed Erlang's legs and pointed his fork at the Duke of Houston with a sneer:

"Archduke Houston, I have experienced countless battles and planned countless operations in my life, and the last thing I believe in is 'coincidence'! Our Eastern Legion just found the 'Blossom of Abundance' from the mountains, and then the 'Blossom of Abundance' was mysteriously stolen. 'The Flower of Plenty' just appeared on the black market of Yongri City, and there was a mercenary team from the southern wasteland on the back, rushing to your territory from the east? Archduke Houston, I warn you, 'The Flower of Plenty' 'Not only is it extremely precious, but it is also related to the general situation of the empire's war. I don't want anyone to try to take it for themselves for their own selfish interests!"

"I! I said it! I! No! I know!" The Archduke Houston also got angry and slapped the knife on the table with one palm.

Patriarch De Ligt, who had been intimidated by the aura of several other high-level executives and kept silent with his neck shrunk, then weakly said the first sentence since the banquet began:

"Kun, Quentin, Chief of Staff, the Holy Spirit will surely bless you to find your lost..."

But this sentence trying to talk to the muddy Pian'er soup scene didn't work at all.

Quentin, whose Jiu Jin was already a little high, even sneered:

"Holy God? How many corps does he have? Our imperial army has always relied on itself to hunt down robbers and robbers!"

The fat patriarch who choked inexplicably, his face turned blue and white for a while.

He sadly realized that with the development of the times, the belief in the Holy Spirit, whose dignity has been diminishing due to its never manifesting the Holy Spirit, has no authority at all for these battle-hardened Eastern Frontier officers!

This made the old patriarch, who had been bullied by the Duke of Houston in the southern border, feel infinite sadness in his heart.

"All in all!" Archduke Houston slapped the table heavily and said in a loud voice, "Chief of the General Staff Quentin, I hope this topic of 'flowers of abundance' can stop here!"

Quentin snorted coldly and wanted to say more, but the dispute was stopped by Archduke Rosario's deep voice:

"Okay, that's it. Archduke Houston, the 'Flower of Abundance' is extremely important to our military operations. If there is any information related to this in Rock Creek City, please pay more attention."

"It's easy to talk." The Duke of Houston hurriedly got off the donkey and sat back in his seat angrily.

However, before he could think of anything to ease the tension with Quentin's chief of staff, a maid hurried into the dining room.

The Justice of Houston wanted to reprimand his servant for his rudeness, but was attracted by a secret letter that the maid sent him;
The letter has a partridge feather sticking to it, indicating that it is from a mercenary of the "Desolation Wind" mercenary group.

The Archduke Houston accused the guests, went to the corner, opened the secret letter and read it.

Then, the old aristocrat who had been planning for a long time and spent a lot of money in order to get the "Flower of Abundance" was completely frightened by the shocking news that the "Top of the Light Monastery" had just been stolen.

(End of this chapter)