Chapter 541： Rebellion Thirteen

The seat of the Lord of Arda cannot remain vacant for a long time, this is what Hansel thinks in his heart at this time.

Should I remind everyone here, don't patronize sorrow, and should determine the candidate for the new lord as soon as possible. The Geliman family has been in the Northwest Gulf for more than a hundred years, and it seems that there are many branches.

Wait... Hansel suddenly thought, if... if no suitable heir is found, the territory of Arda—and Emden, which is now attached to Arda, would logically be taken back by the royal family, including the land all assets.

Thinking of this, Hansel Abbott's heart beat wildly. If... if... he could persuade the people present to dedicate the territory to the royal family, it would be a huge contribution. Arda is now a piece of pure land. It couldn't be more pure than a huge gold brick.

no! Hansel quickly poured a basin of cold water on himself.

If it was two years ago, maybe I would have tried my best to promote this matter without hesitation.

But now Hansel has other considerations. He thinks about how insignificant he is in the eyes of the big shots in the capital. And the property on the land is taken back by the royal family, and he loses his value as a bond. Will those big men take this huge credit on themselves?

Hansel thought for a while, and felt that it was more likely that he would be kicked away.

So he immediately threw this naive idea out of his head, and turned back to finding a new lord.

But, is it appropriate to propose it by yourself?

He turned his gaze to Berna Francis, the lord's secretary who was also from Jingyao, on the opposite side.

The lord's secretary didn't respond to him, but just stared at the candlestick on the table in a daze.

"My lords!" A loud voice broke the silence in the hall.

Lieutenant Bulgan from the training office opened the door and walked in, attracting everyone's attention.

"I know that Master Graham's passing is a sad thing." He said with a serious face, "but now is not the time to mourn."

What is he trying to say? That's what's going on in everyone's head.

"We must have a new lord as soon as possible."

Bulgan's words caused a stir in the castle hall.

Old Ford angrily pointed at the young officer tremblingly, "Do you know what you're talking about, Bulgan!"

"It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable!" Cecil kept shaking his head.

"Master Graman's body is still alive, are you thinking of pleasing your new master?"

"No matter how you say it, the traitor who assassinated Lord Glai must be brought to justice before we can discuss the matter of the new lord."

Everyone was chattering, unanimously condemning this daring officer.

There are even many officials who are not in contact with the army on weekdays. Who is this reckless young man? Does he have a place to speak here?

Hansel said in his heart that he was lucky, fortunately he didn't say anything about supporting a new lord just now, otherwise he would be the one who was lost by everyone now.

Someone started to attack Bulgan: "Did you arrange so many militiamen on the street? The entire Huxin Town has been put under martial law. Who gave you the power?"

It seemed that he had expected everyone's reaction, and there was no panic on Bulgan's face.

He approached the conference table, then unfolded a scroll of parchment for everyone to see.

Then he said in a deep voice: "My lords, Master Schroeder appointed me as the military chief of Huxin Town. The reason for the martial law is because we received top-secret information that there are conspirators lurking in Huxin Town plotting to send out a rebellion. It seems to echo the assassination of Lord Graman." From the eyes of the people present, the paper scroll was indeed the official seal of the General Staff Department. The chief of staff, Schroeder, was the most prestigious and powerful person in Arda's army other than Paul, so it made sense for him to give orders to the army at this time.

"Wait! Where's Schroeder? Why doesn't he come over, and Kelly and Ron?"

Old Ford asked with some doubts, even if the four battalion commanders led the army to field training, the chief of staff and the two heads of the logistics department of the equipment department were also in Huxin Town. What about the director of the training department?

The chief executive of the Government Affairs Council started, and everyone had their own doubts in their hearts.

"How did you know the news that the lord was assassinated?"

"Yeah, who told you?"

There was a rush of questions.

Bulgan frowned. Sure enough, things would not develop according to the most ideal process. Fortunately, he was well prepared.

He called out, "Come in, Stefano."

A man who appeared to be seriously wounded came in. His head was tightly bandaged, only half of his face was exposed, blood scabs formed in many places, and large areas of blood were still oozing from the bandage, while his chest He and his entire right arm were also bandaged up, and he limped when he walked, and he looked extremely weak.

"Stefano?"

Old Ford and Philip recognized him as one of the guards of the Lord's Mansion.

"So, Gra...Greman-sama was indeed killed?"

Philip tremblingly asked the guard.

Stefano lowered his head, as if he didn't dare to look at them, and replied in a low voice, "Yes, Lord Philip."

Berna, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, "How did you come back?"

"I... Lord Gramain ordered me to break out and bring the news of the ambush back to Huxin Town - he was seriously injured and unable to move. I am ashamed, we were the ones who protected Lord Graman to break out of the siege ..."

"Breakthrough?"

"Yes, the traitors surrounded us with the cover of the dense forest. They seem to be very familiar with the landscape there, and there are also a lot of people."

"Do you know who the traitors are?"

"I'm sorry doesn't have anyone I know."

Everyone was about to continue asking questions, but was interrupted by Bulgan.

"Let me answer Lord Ford's question first—why aren't Chief of Staff Schroeder and others here?"

He hesitated for a moment, frowned and said, "In fact, not long after Stefano brought the news back, we received an urgent report from the border—armies in the surrounding territories are gathering."

"Army of other lords?"

Bulgan's words caused everyone present to fall into a state of great shock once again.

Why is it at this juncture, isn't this a proper internal and external trouble? Everyone thought of a terrifying possibility at the same time. This time, the internal and external troubles are closely related. Those who attacked Paul... Are there external forces behind them?

"In view of this..." Bulgan continued, "The army that went out for field training could not be contacted for the time being, so Master Schroeder and the others rushed to the border to deploy defenses."