Chapter 20: Undercurrents
Richard had to show some sincerity to Duke Borot, and Frederick, the general of love, also needed to be appeased, so Foss, the chief staff officer of the Hope Kingdom, had to be temporarily imprisoned as a punishment.
Albert had no polite thoughts at this time, and after he had thanked him hastily, he hurried back to his inn, where he lived, after all, his mother and Catherine were his greatest concerns.
Commander Taren Crawford led Adrian and Kegon to greet him at the right time, and Albert whispered in Talen's ear, "Foss wants to disadvantage me, but Richard doesn't seem to be involved."
The Grand Army Master shook his head with a smile and said, "If there is no command from the king or a secret instruction, how dare a little staff officer act like this?"
"Then we won't be able to stay on Hope Island any longer."
"Please rest assured, Duke, that Richard can't do this in public.
Albert looked up to the sky and sighed, "The world is so big, but there is no place for me, and the emperor is really too deceitful."
The dwarf Kai Gong said excitedly: "The Bird Emperor could have been pulled down from the throne a long time ago.
"Whisper, whisper, this is not Solo City, and this is not your hometown." Adrian hurriedly stopped.
"It doesn't matter." Tarun said with a smile still on his face. General Kagun's flesh has been holding on for too long."
"yes, yes, or the military advisor understands my mind." Kaegon shook his head, and a smug expression appeared on his face.
"The annual jousting tournament is about to be held in Aston City, and we in the Duchy of Borot will have to send someone to decorate the 'door'. Tarun looked at the Duke and the two looked at each other and smiled.
"Of course you have to let me go into battle." Kagen jumped out without hesitation, and the posture was full of domineering.
"You can't." Tarun waved his hand. You're too reckless, and although you have to dance a knife and 'get' a gun, this tournament is not a battlefield to kill the enemy, and if you make a mistake and get into trouble, the Duke will also be affected by you."
"Strategist.Strategist." Like a three-year-old doll, Tagon pulled at his arm and sputtered. I'm willing to make a military order.I'm going to compete and I'm absolutely obeying the orders of you and the duke.If you let me fight in the east, I will never go west.If you let me lose the north, I won't lose in the south.That's all right.I've been living a sissy life like a bird all day.But I'm suffocated."
The crowd laughed and said, "It looks like this custom on Hope Island was specially prepared for our dwarven brothers."
......
Cardinal Valentine has been in a constant state of busyness.
Not only did Pope Damasus not see him, but even King Richard could not find him.
Maria, Grand Master of the Knights of the Purple Rose, has asked Richard to 'touch' Valentine's details in front of the Pope several times, what is this young man up to, and will it have an adverse effect on the country?
Richard and Dammasus greeted each other with a smile on their faces, but they would never say a word more, and Captain Maria was suddenly suspicious in his heart, and secretly prepared to take the lead in taking action.
She called her henchman Dureni and asked anxiously, "The fortifications outside the city can be dug properly."
"It's basically formed, Captain, you can go and investigate at any time."
"The work of guarding against the Deseth people must not be slackened for a moment. Is there anything special going on with that Blind Eye Sect in the city lately?"
"Ever since you knocked on the mountain, these people have disappeared."
Maria sneered, "The sewer rats still want to come and act in broad daylight.
"Your Majesty doesn't have his own opinions?" Dureni was a handsome man of about thirty years old, and for the sake of the cause of the Knights of the Purple Rose, he had never considered marrying a wife and having children.
"Your Majesty is still a yellow-mouthed child with no 'hair' on his lips and no firm handling of things, and he has no opinion of his own. If we hadn't supported this family business for him, Hope Island really doesn't know who is in charge."
Durenny took a step closer and boldly put his arm around Maria's waist and said, "We might as well make a decision and get rid of that puppet as soon as possible."
"It's not that easy, Richard isn't very good, but he doesn't lack counsellors and brave generals, and besides, Hope Island has been ruled by his family since ancient times. Maria didn't push her presumptuous hand away, but took the initiative to hook Durenny's neck.
"It's hard. Now Aston City is full of our men inside and out, and the troops that Richard has mobilized are all scattered and stationed in strategic points along the coast of Hope Island, and as long as we can take the king, these troops are not at our disposal."
"It's easy to capture Richard, but we're only going to be the target of public opinion."
"You can blame Bojiao or the Duke Borot who came to defect." The expressions of the two and a series of small actions are like a couple in love.
"Although the vast majority of the people in the Holy See are trembling old immortals, one of them is named Valentine, who is our confidant. I think he can not only please his own palate, but also easily dangle in front of Richard. You go and arrange some manpower for me, check the details of this guy, and if necessary, you can kill him, so as not to have any trouble. As for Duke Borot, it is a good choice to blame. The story of the occupancy of the magpie's nest. Everyone knows that a duke from the mainland has some credibility to do such an ungrateful thing.”
The two lingered for a while, and then Dureni reluctantly walked out of the house, and there was only one thought in his heart, and that was to put himself and Maria on the throne of Hope as soon as possible.
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The outside of Aston City is now surrounded by temporary channels that are 'intertwined', except for one pass left at the south 'gate' and one at the east 'gate'.
The scattered naval bombardment of the Dessertes sometimes occurred in the middle of the night, and the arc of the artillery was high and long, and it could easily penetrate deep into the interior of Hope Island.
The farmer complained in private: "How can the emperor of the Bodi continent tolerate the rampant infidels of the north to such an extent, or has he tacitly acquiesced that Hope Island is not under the jurisdiction of the Tamborance Empire?"
Johnny, the coachman who transported Albert and the others to Aston City, even sipped old wine and cursed while visiting Farmer Jacob: "I don't know what these northerners think about the water in their heads. The area of our Hope Island is not as good as a random principality on the mainland.
Jacob's sister Jenny is happy to be on the side, Johnny is also a member of the family, because as the saying goes, as long as the 'legs' are diligent and diligent, even the most distant and strange neighbors can become your family.
Jacob sees all of this, but he is not prepared to interfere with his sister's free choice. Johnny the coachman, although he has no money and no power, and is a little greedy, but to get married, he needs to be a "door" to be a farmer.
His sister Jenny is also a cheerful and optimistic person.The little girl can't help but blush and heartbeat every time she sees a strange man.What young 'girl' doesn't have 'spring'.
After she and Johnny got acquainted, they talked about everything, from the trivial things of "chicken" and "hairy" to the hope of the future.
"You drink less, my brother said, this stuff hurts your body if you pour too much." One day, after dusk, when the two of them were sitting by the courtyard wall and looking at each other, Jenny said something coldly.
Johnny replied with a hippie smile, "This wine is in your cellar, only your brother can drink it, I'm doing it to help him lighten his burden, or he'll fall ill, what will you do?"
"My brother won't get sick." Jenny pouted.' Lu's face pretending to be angry." You and my brother are my family, how can you get sick, at least until I report to God one day in the future."
"I'm not your family." Johnny deliberately corrected.
Jenny blushed, stretched out her hand, pointed to her lover's forehead, and said, "Hmph, you're a heinous bad person, I'll let my brother drive you away tomorrow, and I'll never let you in again."
"Then you might as well go into the house and talk to your brother now." Johnny laughed as he grabbed his girlfriend's hand.
Not to mention how 'waves' there are between young couples.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the house, and I heard people shouting loudly: "Open the door, open the door quickly, and those who harbor criminals will be punished with the same punishment."
Jenny's brother Jacob opened the door slowly, and when he was about to ask something, the sergeant at the head pushed him away, and several of the robber-like followers rushed in like hungry tigers.
"Is there a young man hiding in your house?" The sergeant at the head finally remembered to ask first.
"What he looks like, what clothes he wears, what crime he has committed."
"Ask you and answer it bluntly, don't talk too much."
"Nope." Jacob immediately added.
"Brother, what's going on?" Jenny took Johnny's hand and rushed over from the backyard.
The sergeants at the head of the sergeant gave their men a look, and the robbers immediately understood, and they went forward to separate Johnny and Jenny stiffly.
This is exactly what happened to fly.' If you want to know what the outcome is, listen to the next time.