Chapter 20

"If you're in angel, what's your identity?"

The king sat by the window and looked at the street.

"No identity. Your majesty. " The knight captain laughed bitterly. "In fact, before I was rescued by the Duke, I had a name, modia leweling."

"Levilin?" The king captured the key words, "you're from the angel family."

"Yes." The knight replied, "a prince's son who has been exiled. Your majesty, this is nothing to boast about. "

The king soon understood why the knight said so.

It has to be put off to 11 years ago, which is a power struggle within the state of angar.

The knight's father, one of the then princes of angel, failed in the competition and was accused of "intending to murder his brother", so he was exiled and had to flee angel.

This is not a rare thing. Stories like this can be found everywhere in this era.

Isn't that what the king is going through right now?

The only difference is that after the knight's father took him away from the sad place, he unfortunately suffered from typhoid fever. Before his death, the knight was entrusted to the Duke of Buckingham by his father. Perhaps for political reasons, the Duke arranged a new identity for the knight.

But the king should not have known.

After listening to the knight's words, the king was not disappointed, on the contrary, he could not help laughing.

He did have a suitable person, he thought.

The enmity between Angel and the royal family has a long history.

It is located in the southwest of Legrand.

The first king of Legrand, with his cavalry and Bowman, went deep into the belly of the state of angar and forced the ruler of angar to surrender by force. Since then, the royal families of Engel and Legrand have been constantly in the process of "submission" and "rebellion".

The most irritating thing for the rose royal family is that three hundred years ago, King angel took part in a murder and killed the crown prince together with the enemies of the royal family. So in 1134, the royal family held a parliament and passed the criminal law which established the humble status of the angul nation.

Since then, the conflict between the two sides has become more acute.

There is no doubt that the ruler of Engel, who has always been full of hatred against the royal family of Legrand, will certainly take part in the unrest caused by Legrand's "death of the king". However, compared with grand duke Glasgow and other people who are not on the right track, angel is just a piece of shit.

They just want to make Legrand unhappy and have no specific goals.

This is one of the reasons why the king chose angel.

Who would have thought that the king would suddenly unite with the anguls, who were the most disagreeable people on weekdays?

Besides, the king also had his consideration.

Thanks to the Duke of Buckingham for his qualified care of his nephew, although pullan I grew up to be a tyrant, he still received the systematic elite crown prince education and had a certain understanding of his territory. So the king was able to dig out the information related to angel from his memory.

If the woodland nobles in the north are often ridiculed by the upper class, then angel is directly regarded as unable to get on the stage.

Angel's natural scenery is very beautiful - large undeveloped forests, turbulent rivers, towering mountains. And it's the mountains, the valleys, the forests, the rivers that limit angel's development. The land there is poor and the internal transportation is difficult.

A joke: "angel can't afford a button on the sleeve of King rogrand with a year's tariff."

The nobles only took angel as a laughing stock, but the king saw what he could borrow and use at this time.

That's angel's soldiers.

The poor natural conditions make it difficult to develop agriculture in angur. Many of them still regard hunting as an important means to make a living. The anguls, who hunt bears and kill leopards in the Taigu mountains, are excellent fighters. Because of this, anguls has been able to set off rebellion again and again.

What the king wanted was to borrow a knife that could kill bears and leopards.

Angel's soldiers do not have strong economic conditions to build armor, nor do they need to prepare many retinues for the knights to fight, as the ordinary nobles do. So they marched fast enough to cross the mountains in the southwest into the middle of Legrand in the shortest time.

Well, here comes a question.

How can the king make angel's hunting knife his own?

He sent a letter to the knight.

The letter had been in the king's hand since the knight came in. After listening to the knight's words, the king added a few lines to the letter. Then he sealed the letter with fire paint.

No one but the king knew what was written in it.

"Take him and go back to angel as soon as possible to see your cousin." The king said in a calm tone, "tell him it's only a week."

The knight received the letter with a long head of mist.

Angel was a painful place for him. He swore to the king that even if he lost his life there, he would hand over the letter to his cousin."Remember."

When the knight came to the door, the king suddenly spoke.

"You are the oath Knight of King Legrand, the representative of the rose royal family."

"Yes, your majesty."

The knight took a deep breath and left with his head high.

………………

"It's amazing, my majesty."

After the knight left, the devil came out of the shadow of the room. He seems to have a new hobby, which is haunting.

"Look at that poor fool who has been completely used. Even if you give him a knife, he will not hesitate to put it into his chest if you give him an order."

"I'm afraid you'll be disappointed." The king said, "if there is such a knife, it will not stab my knight."

The devil pretended not to understand the meaning of the king's words: "ah, I am your loyal hell knight."

The king gave a sneer.

The devil came to remind the king that it was time to go.

At this time, the king's side of the oath knight, in addition to the Knight Chief, there is another also quietly left in the morning. Also on the order of the king, escort a secret letter.

After the carriage set out, it drove in the direction of the palace.

Along the way, more and more cavalry came running down the road. As the king expected, on the third day after the attack, the news that "the king is dead" broke out in the whole land of Legrand with a thunderous speed.

When the king's carriage stopped at the tavern again, the discussion of the matter could be heard.

The fire was warm, the southern harp tune was almost indecent, and the tavern was jubilant.

Yes, I am.

Contrary to what happened when William III died, there was no sense of sadness

To put it bluntly, most people are very happy. The death of the tyrant was the best news they had known this year.

The minstrel fiddled with the broken strings, and the funny clown who also stayed here threw the ball up and down for the crowd. Most of the people here were drunk. They raised their glasses to each other and praised "amen" and "God bless".

The only sober thing is the king's table in the corner.

The king and his knights disguised themselves and sat there in a low profile. The devil looks no different from ordinary young people. Few people noticed their table, but the noise could be heard clearly.

The devil spins the wine glass with his fingertips to make himself look like the drunkards. He observes the king with the help of the wine glass.

But he was doomed to be disappointed.

There was no reaction from the king.

At this time, a smart ghost sang an adapted hymn:

"the merciful Lord bless our king

bless his people and his well-being

let him live a less great life and die a glorious death

let's sing happily

thank God!" [1]

this song was originally sung on the day the king was born, hoping that he would be as great and glorious as his father. At this time, a little change was made to sing out, and the irony was almost to the degree of bitterness - yes, the death of the tyrant was God's blessing to Legrand.

The knights at the table couldn't bear it any longer. They put their hands on the hilt.

The king put down his glass and stopped them with his eyes.

The Knights sat red with anger at the table, while the king listened to the din of the tavern as if he were not the one who was celebrating his death.

At this time, someone has added another paragraph:

" The merciful Lord bless the king

bless his judge and his Sheriff

bless his Forest Officer and his deacons

better let them be like the king

so that we can sing happily

thank you, Lord [2]

then there was a chorus of "thank God."

The king heard the whole story calmly.

………………

However, there are still people who will grieve over the news that the king is dead.

The Duke of Buckingham is definitely the saddest.

But the Duke's grief was soon pressed in his heart. He began to investigate the specific course of the matter in the fastest time, and began to defend the situation for his nephew.

He didn't believe his nephew was dead.

"The blood of the rose family can't die out so easily."

So said the Duke, who had killed the abyssal channel and became a nightmare for the brescians.

The Duke of Buckingham immediately gave up the cautious introspection he had made for his nephew and showed his cold and iron hand. On the day of receiving the bad news, the Duke of Buckingham sent out soldiers. All those who dared to publicize "the king is dead" in the street were thrown into prison by him.The prison in the capital of Legrand was filled in just a few days.

Such ruthless means will undoubtedly damage the Duke's reputation, but the Duke does not care.

You know that?

All I can trust now is you.

The old prince recalled the scene of the day the king set out. He had a vague feeling. Maybe the king had already felt something at that time.

What did he say at that time?

"I'll watch over Legrand for you."

More than a decade ago, he replied. More than ten years later, I still answer like this.

"Bring me my sword."

The Duke ordered.

The Duke of Buckingham put on a red cloak given by the king, on which the badge of iron rose was pinned. He took the sword and hung it around his waist. His scarlet cloak covered it.

He's going to attend the upcoming emergency Council.

The content of Parliament -

who will inherit the throne?

The author has something to say: [1] [2] it is changed from the English ballad of the 15th century, the original text is "may the merciful God bless the king, bless his people and his well-being, let him live a great life and die a glorious death / let us sing happily / thank God". At that time, it was the reign of Henry V, and the national strength was strong and prosperous.

Buckingham Duke persuasion: take the sword.