Chapter 97

Swords, iron gloves, defenders.

The king drew out his sword and put it on General John's shoulder.

"In the name of rose, you will be my defender from now on."

He gazed into General John's eyes and announced.

General John knocked on his heart: "for the glory of the rose!"

Behind the king, the Knights of the rose watched the scene. They drew out their swords and raised them high: "for the glory of the rose!"

Dignity, honor, oath.

This is the knight!

The king turned to his horse, and General John followed him on horseback, just as the Duke of Buckingham did when he went out with William III.

Standing triumphant division to move forward again.

The crowd cheered. The red carpet spread out in the gate of the city passed by. People on both sides threw flowers on the triumphant knight.

The return of Balboa and Newcastle to Legrand was an unusual victory.

When the news of the death of Buckingham Duke and imperial lion came back to China, everyone was sad and desperate. However, following the king's victory, he announced to the people that after the Mad King Henry, the Lion King Charlie and William III, Legrand once again had a strong enough monarch.

He has grown up enough to take over the responsibility entrusted by his father and uncle, and can lead people to victory.

After a thousand years of disintegration, all the Legrand people who are fascinated by the former prosperity are eager to see the scene of the unification of the flag. Balboa and Newcastle are like a prelude. They are seeing the dawn of hope.

The citizens of METZL Castle put on the red clothes symbolizing the rose early, and rushed to the streets to welcome the victorious king and his knights. They extended a warm welcome to the victorious knights. In the streets, people built a huge and exquisite fake castle, in which the actors painted with oil sang songs about generations of outstanding kings.

Even if METZL Castle congratulates her monarch, these plays are also people's requests:

they ask the king to continue to lead his knights to guard the country.

When the king and his knights came to the center of the castle, some little boys and girls with rosettes ran out of the crowd, their cheeks painted red. The boys and girls took the wreaths off their heads and presented them to the brave knights. The king also bent over a little girl to receive the gift of innocence.

After presenting the wreath, the little girl and the little boys held hands. They sang and guided the way for the king:

"long live, flower of the world, brave knight of Legrand!"

A chronicler witnessed the scene when the king took over the wreath from the girl. He wrote such a record excitedly: "excellent, strong and firm king, loyal defender, fearless knight, love their people Such a Legrand, such a rose family, who can say that we can not witness the arrival of glory?

After the long division and disintegration, the great and glorious unity will come true. "

The whole city presented her greetings and cheers to the king and his knights.

Charles, the first mate in a double breasted coat, was standing in the crowd. He watched the king walk into the Rose Palace with General John beside him. Charles was a little relieved. He looked up and watched the play rehearsed in the fake castle, just at the scene when William III made the thirty-six nations bow.

"Is that what the rose family is like? William

Charles asked softly.

Tenacity, silence, no matter how heavy the burden, always straight back, step by step forward, people feel that they are omnipotent. It was not until the moment they died that they realized that they were mortals and would die. So it was with William, and so it was with the Duke of Buckingham.

They will always let people see their own strength, from beginning to end, like a knife, like a sword, like a shield.

Charles's voice was drowned in cheers.

When he received the news of the death of the Duke of Buckingham, Charles could not put down his heart and rushed back from the southeast coast to help General John deal with the internal affairs of Legrand. Before leaving, he asked captain Hawkins if he wanted to come back.

At least, go to the funeral of the Duke of Buckingham.

Charles didn't say that, but Hawkins certainly understood.

With the cold sea breeze blowing, Jeanne, the ghost ship, rose and fell gently with the tide. Captain Hawkins, who always wore a slanted hat, sat on the railing, shaking his wine bottle: "I won't go back. There's not a word the nobles can believe I'll continue to be a coolie for him here. "

None of the noble's words can be believed. Those who once said they would step on the deck died in the war before they saw the old guys again.

Charles raised his collar. He followed the crowd to the palace.

………………

After a successful return, the king came to the palace of the Duke of Buckingham.The palace of the Duke of Buckingham is very close to the Rose Palace. It was given to the Duke of Buckingham by William III. the badge of the rose family is engraved on the front door of the palace. But after walking in, you can feel that as a duke's residence, its interior layout is too shabby.

At that time, the Duke of Buckingham spent almost all of his wealth to support the royal family. But the Dukes never mentioned it to him. After he came of age, the Dukes burned all the IOUs.

When the king was just sober and wanted to collect 20000 pounds to redeem his cousin, he once asked the finance minister about the income of the Duke. He was stunned by the answers he got at that time.

For so many years, the Duke of Buckingham, like a friar, did not pay attention to pleasure. His only hobby was probably to collect weapons and armor.

The king walked on a long corridor with a lot of armor on display.

He looked at sets of armor, which were not antiques, and most of them were broken. General John told him in a low voice that some of the armor belonged to the Duke himself, but more to his soldiers every time. At the end of every war, the Duke of Buckingham would try his best to collect the armor of the dead knights.

"He often looks at the armor."

General John looked at the armor stained with blood.

The king looked around as if he saw the old man with white hair walking alone along the corridor. He put his armor and the armor of the sacrificial Knight together. Did he feel that they would still be with him?

"He has always been a good general."

Said the king in a low voice.

So there are so many people who, when he draws his sword, will charge with him without hesitation, so there are so many people who, after his death, forget to fear fighting on the battlefield, just to let his coffin set foot on the land he wants to recover.

They came to the end of the corridor, the study of the Duke of Buckingham.

"I left my things on the table." General John looked at the king. "Every time he goes to war, he writes to me. If he doesn't come back, I'll give you the letter. If he comes back, burn the letter. This is the only thing I didn't do that he asked me to do I left them all behind. I think you would like to have a look. "

"Thank you."

The king put his hand on the doorknob. He took a deep breath and slowly opened the heavy door.

There are candles burning in the study, the fireplace is still burning, the bookcase is on the ground, and many manuscripts are displayed on it. The desk was against the window, and a chair with worn arms was slightly opened. On the back of the chair was the red cloak that the king had sent to the Duke of Buckingham.

Everything looks like the owner of the study. He just left for a while and will come back.

The king looked at everything in the room quietly. After a long time, he closed the door and went in alone.

He looked around the study, went to the desk and reached for the neat stack of letters.

When I opened the first letter, the familiar strong words came into my eyes:

"your majesty:

please allow me to apologize to you. When you see this letter, I can no longer accompany you..."

The vision suddenly became blurred, and the king slowly slid down against the table. A sense of astringency rolled up, and he could no longer support it.

A cold fact has never been so strong -

in the future, the Duke of Buckingham will never accompany him in dealing with those political affairs No one can read all the letters first and sort out the important ones for him. No one will tell him to go out with me.

The king raised his hand to cover his face. He gasped deeply.

From now on, who else will give him a father like hug?

A thick stack of letters, each representing a battle of the Duke of Buckingham. After the death of William III, what he left for the Duke of Buckingham was not only his infant nephew, but also a turbulent and war-torn Legrand Over the years, the Duke is like this, with one after another do not know whether they can survive the war, guarding the land of the rose family.

Every time he goes to war, he is ready to die in the battlefield.

The king read the letter.

In each letter, the Duke of Buckingham made a detailed analysis of the changes in the domestic situation after his death, from which aristocrat's character to which nation might take what kind of advice, and who was loyal to the royal family

If he died in the war, the king would be able to stabilize the political situation according to his advice. If he won, the king would not know what kind of preparation his uncle took to the battlefield.

So many letters, so many uncertain wars.

Everyone is afraid of the war in which human life is like grass. Any outstanding knight may die in any accident of the war. What kind of people can be prepared to die in battle again and again?

He is the lion of the Empire.The king read them one by one, as if he saw a chaotic political situation gradually subsided in front of Buckingham Duke's determination, and saw himself growing up gradually.

The Duke of Buckingham's letter has always been gentle and firm.

He was a cold general, a brave knight, and a gentle uncle.

Only the last letter was left, longer than all the previous ones.

“…… I'm sorry, sire, to have you bear the whole fate of Legrand from birth. "

This letter was written before this uprising in Pingdi and Beidi. At that time, he was sober from his madness, and the rose family won the crazy bet. In previous letters, the Duke of Buckingham never mentioned it. At that time, he was still in a crazy torment, and the Duke did not want to let him bear more responsibilities.

In the last letter, the Duke of Buckingham told him all about his choice with William.

"One last thing I couldn't tell you before. I hope it will make you happy, my dear child." Duke Buckingham's handwriting finally took some relief, as if the heavy stone that had been pressing on his heart for a long time had finally put down, "about your mother..."

The door was gently pushed open.

The king looked up and realized that the Duke of Buckingham had left him one last gift.

In front of the door, the woman with black hair and green eyes looked at him with tears, trying to show a smile.