Kathmandu is shrouded in shadow, and that shadow comes from the 10 HER warships in the sky that are constantly approaching the city. Although this is a non-combatant zone, seeing such a large fleet appearing, some pedestrians and shops in Durbar Square were still afraid to avoid or close their doors.
"Li Youde! Would it be better for us to go back to the ship?"
Fiona nervously tugged at the corner of Li Youde's clothes, but Li Youde was very calm. He stared at the battleships in the sky outside the window and said, "Don't worry, this is a non-combatant zone, and HER dare not act rashly. I will inform the others first and tell them to be careful. .”
"Are they coming for Elizabeth?"
"I'm afraid that... that would be troublesome."
Li Youde raised his head, and the "Wuhou Class" just flew over his head, and its shadow enveloped the entire street.
…
The single-plank temple is one of the landmarks of Kathmandu. Most of the temple buildings here are wooden structures, usually with two or three floors. The eaves of each floor are wide and have some curvature. The underside of the eaves are connected with colorful cloth straps. These cloth straps float in the wind and are very beautiful. Compared with believers and monks, pigeons seem to be the masters here. They occupy the roof and ground here in groups, and they are not afraid of people at all.
"Wow, I'm standing here, take a picture of me!"
Elizabeth excitedly ran to a building and struck a pose. Lin Ao clicked on the personal terminal on his wrist, the AR camera interface popped up, and he took continuous pictures of Elizabeth.
"No! You have to lower yourself a little and put me in the middle!"
Elizabeth pouted slightly and helped Lin Ao adjust the position of the camera, then ran back to the previous position.
"Don't move! Just shoot like this!"
"Okay, okay."
Just when Lin Ao pressed the shutter, hundreds of pigeons in the Dumu Temple suddenly flew up uneasily. Lin Ao instinctively looked back and saw the HER fleet breaking through the atmosphere.
"Elizabeth, let's go back!"
Elizabeth nodded, but just as they were about to leave, seven or eight men suddenly appeared around them. Some of them were dressed as monks, and some were dressed as citizens or vendors. Although they were dressed differently, these people all had a fierce look in their eyes.
Lin Ao secretly screamed, "You're careless. Although Kathmandu is a neutral zone, HER's spies are everywhere!"
"Cover your mouth and nose!"
Lin Ao reminded Elizabeth to cover her mouth and nose, took out the small smoke bomb she carried with her, and prepared to escape. Unexpectedly, Elizabeth did not listen to him. She swept away the girlish posture she had just taken when taking the photo, and instantly regained the majesty of a princess. She took a step forward, glanced around, and asked them in a solemn voice: "Are you soldiers of the empire? Do you know who I am? What do you want to do!!"
Lin Ao was dumbfounded. He wanted to reach out and pull Elizabeth away, but he didn't expect that as soon as Elizabeth said this, the HER spies all knelt down on one knee. One of the spies dressed as a monk said: "This subordinate deserves to die." ! I didn’t expect it was really Her Majesty the Princess..."
Elizabeth asked him: "What are you doing here?"
"We received orders from our superiors to come here to control... no, to stabilize you."
"Who gave the order?"
"Our superiors said it was an order from New Rome, and the information about you here must not be leaked."
"Ha... You have worked hard and have been lurking here. However, I can go wherever I want. Anyone who dares to stop me will bear the consequences."
The spies looked at each other and no one dared to leave.
"As the princess of the empire, I have the right to execute anyone who disobeys orders! But... what are your names?"
"Jacob."
"Jill."
The spies reported their names one after another, and Elizabeth nodded and said, "I remember. How long have you been lurking here?"
"We've been here since the war started."
"Thank you for your hard work...but I think lurking in a neutral city is a pure waste of your talents and time. You eight, I will give you a chance. If you are still willing to lurk, leave. But if you want to If you do something big and make your relatives and friends proud, just follow me. From today on, you will only listen to my orders!"
Lin Ao opened his mouth wide, and the spies looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to do.
"If you continue to lurk here, you will end up evacuating with meager credit, or you will be arrested or even executed after being discovered. The empire will never recognize your identity. But if you choose to follow me, I can give you a better future. .But you must be absolutely loyal to me!”
After Elizabeth finished speaking, she looked at the spies quietly. After a minute or two, someone finally expressed his opinion: "I am willing to follow the princess!"
"Me too!"
"I am willing to serve the princess!"
In the blink of an eye, the eight spies who just wanted to control Elizabeth became Elizabeth's subordinates.
"Very good. Your first task is to protect me. The man next to me is my husband. Don't ask, in short, his orders are equal to my orders."
This time, the spies opened their mouths, but no one dared to ask. They could only look at Lin Ao with strange eyes and look at the prince-in-law who suddenly appeared.
Lin Ao didn't expect Elizabeth to say that, and he was surprised and happy. He quietly asked her in her ear: "Is this good? How will you arrange them after you take them in? The Osiris won't accept them, right?"
Elizabeth replied: "Think about it, if I am the only one representing the empire in the meeting I want to attend, the empire will say that I was kidnapped by you, and what I said was forced by you. So I need some real empire Soldiers come to support the appearance and look more formal. Diplomacy is the art of saving face. As for settling them, I will ask Captain Li Youde. He is a reasonable man. You don't have to be afraid of these eight people in a ship. And I ask you, what do you think? Who ordered them to come to me?"
"Your dad? They said it was an order from New Rome."
"If it were the father, his orders would be stronger. The person who really gave the orders should be on that ship."
Elizabeth pointed to the southern sky, where was HER's fleet, one of which was the orange-red "Wuhou-class".
"You said it was your cousin..."
"Yes, he definitely wants to see me. Instead of avoiding him, it's better to wait for him here openly."
…
Zhuge Daozi led the fleet to land at the dock in Kathmandu. In fact, there were restrictions on the number of troops allowed to enter neutral areas. The size of this fleet did not comply with the convention. But because Zhuge Daozi had prepared it with gold beforehand, Kathmandu silently allowed them to stop.
The first thing Zhuge Daozi did when he got off the ship was to go to Dumu Temple to meet his cousin. He only brought three followers with him in one car.
As soon as he entered the Dumu Temple, a man dressed as a monk saluted him and then guided him to a secluded place in the temple. Zhuge Daozi was thinking along the way, what is going on?
That's wrong...these imperial spies should be capturing or controlling Elizabeth, but why did they notify me to come to Dumu Temple to see her? According to the plan, he should be on the stage to subdue these spies and comfort the frightened Elizabeth, so that she can rely on him more... What is the situation now.
When he arrived at the place, Zhuge Daozi was dumbfounded. I saw Elizabeth standing on the steps one or two meters higher than where she was, looking at herself from a bird's eye view. Beside her stood Lin Ao. And the spies who were supposed to capture her actually stood in two rows on the left and right like guards. In this formation, he was meeting Elizabeth.
"Sister, long time no see! Are you okay?"
Zhuge Daozi smiled and was about to walk to Elizabeth's position, but Elizabeth made a stop gesture and asked coldly:
"Cousin, if you want to see me, just find someone to send a message. Why send someone to arrest me?"
"This...there must be some misunderstanding. I asked them to send a message."
"Are we going to send so many people?"
"Ah... I'm sorry, it was my negligence. I told their superiors that I wanted to find you. Maybe their superiors wanted to hand you over to His Majesty the Emperor to take credit."
"Ha...forget it. Cousin, do you have anything to talk to me about?"
Zhuge Daozi looked at the people around Elizabeth and indicated that he wanted to talk to her alone, but Elizabeth asked him to speak directly.
"Okay, sister, the meeting is about to start in a month. The envoys from all major forces are on the way. Don't forget your mission. Cousin, I will firmly support you! This fleet I brought , will be your first regiment!"
Daozi spoke very excitedly, but Elizabeth actually asked: "What am I going to say at the meeting? Cousin, please remind me."
Zhuge Daozi was stunned for a moment, then laughed a few times and said, "Sister, I didn't expect that you are quite suspicious. Are you worried that I will change my mind? You force me to tell it here. Okay, sister, you have to denounce it at the meeting. The atrocities of the empire instigated the soldiers and people of the empire to oppose your father. And I will support you and help you become the new queen of the empire! In this way, the war will end."
Elizabeth nodded: "Very good, that's it. I'm going to take these people back to the Osiris. Cousin, please don't disturb the Osiris, otherwise don't blame me for falling out."
"yes…"
Elizabeth left with Lin Ao and the spies in a swaggering manner. Zhuge Daozi looked at her leaving back and said to himself: "Sure enough, what I thought was too simple..."
