Before the look of consternation on Earl Mackinto's face had dissipated, the sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the palace gate, and at the same time the guards reprimanded: "Stop! Horseback riding is forbidden in the palace!"

As soon as the words fell, the sound of the whip and the scream sounded at the same time, which was faintly mixed with a scolding: "Blind your dog's eyes, you don't even know Count Eliot, the commander of the Eastern Military District." ”

The noise outside the palace gate attracted the attention of countless people, and Renard and Count Mackinto also turned their heads in the direction of the palace gate.

Then I saw two maroon horses galloping out of the doorway, and rushed to the small square where the nobles gathered without stopping.

The outermost nobles turned pale with fright, the Wuxun nobles instinctively grabbed the saber, and the court nobles involuntarily moved their feet to dodge.

Before the horses could rush into the crowd, a louder voice rang out: "Stop! Horses are forbidden in the palace!"

As soon as the words came out, Count Louis Hart, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, approached directly with his big sword, and ten palace guards followed closely behind him, as if to correct the madman who broke into the palace gate on the spot.

Ordinary small court meetings do not need the commander's personal help, today is different, that is, the big court meeting, and it is also the day when he reports to the king on the work of the whole year, and he collides with the commander of the Eastern Military Region without dying.

No one in Arthur's kingdom dared to disobey this earl, after all, he was an epic warrior, commanding the Praetorian Guard and the Sky Knights, and his strength and power were mostly incomparable, even a figure like the commander of the Eastern Military District had to pay three respects to him.

Seeing that Count Louis personally led the team, the two knights galloping on their horses hurriedly grabbed the reins, and the knight who took the lead explained with a dry smile: "I'm very sorry, Count Louis, the horse was frightened just now, and I didn't mean to force my way into the palace. ”

His explanation was very far-fetched, after all, the Praetorian Guards who chased in still had clear whip marks on their faces, could it be that frightened horses would still whip people with whips?

Count Louis looked back and forth between the two with a cold expression, and finally his gaze stayed on the unruly and rough face in front of him, and said with a cold face: "Count Eliot, this is the royal capital, not your fiefdom, I hope you will be cautious in the future." ”

The man had a gruff face

Han was obviously Earl Eliot, the commander of the Eastern Military District, and he said with a playful smile: "Well! ”

Immediately afterwards, he showed an extremely innocent expression: "But this time you really can't blame me, this horse was caught from the Kissinger steppe, and it is an extremely rare king of horses, wild and untamable. ”

"It's not like those caged horses, useless except to eat, drink, and obey orders, and I spent a lot of money to train it to be what it is, only to have your men scold me and destroy all my training. ”

Renard didn't expect that there would be such a scoundrel in the world, and he would dare to blatantly beat him up.

Moreover, the commander of the Eastern Military Region was thorny in his words, deliberately ridiculing the nobles present as guys who could only eat and drink Lazar, and no one in the nobles was a fool, and he had already heard the meaning of the words, and suddenly many nobles were full of anger on their faces.

However, this commander himself is strong and powerful, and even if he is angry, no one dares to directly refute or reprimand.

Count Louis listened to the other party's ridicule, and did not show any unusual expression on his face, he pointed in the direction outside the palace, and said: "In that case, please give the reins to the court servants, and the great court meeting will begin, so don't delay the time." ”

Count Eliot hurriedly smiled, and when he turned his head, his face changed, and his hideous appearance frightened the court servant who had rushed to lead the horse almost sat on the ground.

He flicked the dust that didn't exist on his body, and sneered at the palace servant with a white face like jade, "Boy, this horse is my favorite mount, remember to feed it with the best forage and eggs." ”

Count Eliot's condescending appearance was very disgusting, but in the eyes of the court servants, he was fierce.

The court servant hurriedly nodded yes, indicating that he would take care of the horse.

The commander was pleased with the other man's fearful expression, and reassuringly handed the reins to the court servant, and finally warned: "If it loses half a hair, no matter who you are, I will skin you alive." ”

The palace servant was almost frightened when he heard this, and tears rolled in his eyes.

His father was just a court boy without any official position

Jue, it took a lot of effort to send him to the palace on an errand, how dare he offend such a fierce god, so he had to endure his fear and nod his head again.

Seeing the other man's extremely frightened appearance, Count Elliot burst out into a wild laugh, and then walked towards the center of the square with heavy steps, and the arrogant expression on his face was not concealed in the slightest.

Earl Mackinto stared at the other party's back, consciously or unintentionally, spat out several demeaning words, such as bastard, villain, garbage, bandit, and so on.

Bandit? Lei Ye felt that this title was indeed appropriate, he looked at Count Mackinto, and asked with a smile: "Your Excellency, is it a bit too much to evaluate your allies like this?"

He clearly remembered that the birthday party of the Marquis Quentin was to invite the father-in-law of His Excellency the Commander, so it seemed that the other party should be considered an ally of the Cronin family, at least not an enemy.

When Count Mackinto heard this, he directly sneered: "Allies, Lord Governor, don't laugh!"

The look of disdain on his face was very strong: "If my father would make friends with this kind of person, there is no need for His Majesty the King to take action personally, and the Cronin family would have fallen on its own long ago." ”

Lei Ye showed an undeniable expression, as the saying goes: If you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like teammates.

Count Eliot is so arrogant and domineering, sooner or later he will suffer a big loss, and anyone who has anything to do with him will be unlucky.

However, there is always an explanation for the Cronin family's invitation to the other party's father-in-law: "At the birthday banquet last night, His Excellency the Marquis invited his father-in-law, Vice President Quiller, didn't he want to win over this commander?"

Count Mackinto immediately understood what he meant, and said helplessly: "If we don't send him an invitation, this guy will definitely think that he has been neglected by the Cronin family, and in a few days, I am afraid that the business of Dongliang County will not be able to continue." ”

"As for wooing, hmph, this commander is a white-eyed wolf who can't be fed, and he has to waste any amount of money to smash into it, and you haven't invested in the Cronin family before?"

He narrowed his eyes, and a painful expression appeared on his face: "This faceless and skinless and insatiable guy often takes money and doesn't do anything, and even goes directly to the door to extort money, if it weren't for his military power, our Cronin family would have turned against him a long time ago." ”