Waves at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 40 Difficult Choices
On the Holy Mountain of Rome, Ai Long was silent.

Being a hero has a price, and one of the prices he pays is sacrificing the company of his family. He has not cared much about his son since he was born. Even when Dinard was born, he had already left home to join the army. After that, they only returned home for a short time, paying little attention to the growth of their son. It was their mother who took care of Dinard all the time, and later introduced her student Soroni to become Dinard's teacher.

Recalling the past, Ai Long felt guilty for his son, and couldn't help sighing...

"Father, you don't have to feel guilty. Although you seldom take care of me, you are also one of the people I admire, and you don't have time to take care of me because you have made outstanding contributions to the country, not to mention that I am accompanied and taught by my grandmother and teachers. I also benefited a lot, well, there are some things that we father and son don’t need to say, I want to know what those people said to you..." Dinard still spoke in an extremely calm tone, as if no matter how big it was, he could not disturb his mood.

"Why do you inquire about these..." Although with the foreshadowing, Ai Long no longer treats his son as a child, but the content of the conversation with "those people" before coming here is too important and sensitive. Hearing The son asked again, but Ai Long subconsciously refused.

"Father, there is no need to hide it. Tibes and the others came to see Father. I, Emperor Marco and the teacher all knew about it." Dinard said calmly with a slight sigh.

"Why... you..." Ai Long stood up in surprise but didn't know what to say...

"Father, there is no need to panic. They should be the ones who should panic. Thanks to your outstanding achievements in recent years, the border troubles of the empire have been greatly reduced, and the emperor and the teacher are able to implement the planned domestic policy, especially this time. After the queen, their last chance is not much, so it is expected that the dog jumps over the wall and wants to use you as a straw, so the emperor sent me to talk to you in detail."

"I... How could I become their life-saving straw..."

"That depends on what you think and what they say." Dinard said with a slight smile, in stark contrast to his father's flustered expression.

"I... Well, they want to support me as the emperor of the empire, and are willing to help me lead the empire to restart the road of expansion and conquest..."

"I'm afraid it's more than that. With your character, if you just give the throne, it won't attract you or make you so entangled..."

"The rest is just talking about your grandmother's past, it's not that important..."

"Is it the grandmother who prevented Emperor Anthony from passing on the throne to you?" Dinard interrupted him before Ai Long finished speaking. In his opinion, his father's concealed words were completely unnecessary.

"How do you know this!?" Ai Long clenched his fists again in shock.

"My mother told the teacher about this many years ago. Father, can't we be honest with each other between father and son, or do you think you can't trust Emperor Marco and the teacher?"

Seeing that his father was silent, Dinard asked again with a serious expression: "Father, it seems that you haven't realized what the position of 'Emperor's Hand' granted to you by Emperor Marco this time means. To put it simply In the future, under certain conditions, you can legally and temporarily bypass the House of Elders to make major national policy adjustments or issue war decisions, as well as some other rights. These add up to more than the prime minister of the Eastern Kingdom that my mother said Even if you want to overthrow the emperor, it is not impossible!"

"But I don't want these rights, and I won't use them!"

"Of course, this is also the reason why Emperor Marco and Verus gave you this position with confidence, and it is also the reason why they trust you, but trust does not mean that it must be given to you. The reason why they do this is to let you know Their intentions, and they can trust them in the same way!" Dinard said sincerely.

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Beside Jiaodong official road, Chen Wentian and the people brought by Jilan stood on the mound and watched the caravan slowly pass by.

There are not too many pedestrians passing by on the official road, but when they pass by, they will look at the convoy a few times. Although the goods are covered with a layer of linoleum, their eyes seem to be able to see through everything!
Chen Wentian could even see some people passing by showing some malicious eyes at an angle that the caravan personnel could not see...

But now I will leave these uneasy factors to Ji Lan to distinguish, he has a more difficult situation to deal with...

Chen Wentian asked Qin Li to lead the convoy to set off first, and he himself took Ji Lan to meet the person who came to see him on a horseback and catch up on horseback.

Ji Lan had already found an opportunity to tell Chen Wentian privately that he always felt that there were people monitoring the caravan from time to time along the way, so he insisted on buying horses to strengthen inspections, and those people who were watching were likely to be this group of people who came.

In addition, he also mentioned that the people in front of him were highly skilled in martial arts, and now that they showed their figures and came to meet, they should not be too hostile.

The person who came was dressed as a knight-errant and claimed to be a sword master from the capital called Wang Yue.

At this time, he was observing Chen Wentian who was thinking with great interest, he was already used to seeing the expression of the recruitee...

After all, he is directly recruiting for the emperor, one is credibility, he does have the tokens bestowed by His Majesty, but most people have never seen this thing, even ordinary officials may not know it, and such direct recruitment is not in line with The process, and there is no edict...

Besides, it depends on how these recruits think of His Majesty, after all, Liu Hong's reputation has not been good these years...

So he was very curious, Chen Wentian, what aspect are you thinking about?

"You don't have to worry about it, young man. Based on your good deeds in Huangxian County and your good plan to dedicate to Yanzhuang, if you can make it, you will be appreciated by today's superiors." Wang Yue added with a smile.

But as soon as these words came out, Chen Wentian once again caused an uproar. At this time, his CUP was running at high speed...

It turned out that other forces had already paid attention to what they did in Huang County. Fortunately, he and Lin Lin didn't do anything too outrageous!

In addition, this person said that he knew that he had provided advice to the Yanzhuang manager, and he knew that Yanzhuang is currently a royal property, which is indeed enough to show that Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty is going to make trouble...

But what are we going to do?
In history, Liu Hong was promiscuous and immoral and prostituted himself as an official. Could it be that something has changed because of his predecessors?

It is definitely unrealistic to change the plan and take the goddess to assist Liu Hong, but how can I get out if I don't go?After all, I have already attracted their attention in Huang County...

In addition, I am going to Taiwan with the people from Longwei Mansion, if they find out...

How good is this! ?
(End of this chapter)