From Wangcheng Square all the way to the Dayang Church, the prince passed by three or four bread sheds along the way, and around each cake shed, you can see a similar, such an array of eating cakes.

If it weren't for the fact that he had something to do today, the prince would almost have the urge to return to the palace immediately, even if he was desperately at the risk of being killed by his father on the spot, he would tell his father his truest feelings, and tell him that he was now crazy, and the madness of the entire people of the royal city of Elis.

The surging anger made it almost impossible for the prince to maintain emotional stability, and the more he saw it, the more uncomfortable and regretful he became. If, if he had been a little more bold before, if he had agreed to those hints of the Bishop of the Great Sun Sect......

While making these associations, before he knew it, the prince had already entered the church.

Several of the lords had already arrived, and the church was empty today, and they were talking in the empty hall. Voices travel back and forth in this specially designed church, and ordinary voices seem to be infected with sacred colors.

"Your Highness." When they saw the prince, several people turned around and saluted the prince.

"Uncle Ellen, uncle," the prince called out to the two of whom he had a better relationship, and then turned to the third respectfully saluted, "Lord Duke, the journey has been going well." ”

Duke Anthony gave a slight chin in response. Then he continued the topic from before the prince came: "Your Highness, you have come just in time, I have heard that you have inspected your father's grain storehouse? ”

The prince nodded.

"Then according to your understanding," the Duke pointed to the gate, "how long will those bread sheds last?" ”

The prince thought about it for a moment, thought for a moment and said, "For a long time. ”

After all, it was a three-year stockpile.

"What if there were more people?" The Duke said, "For example, all the people of the kingdom of Elis, who are pouring into the royal city of Elis?" How long can I eat it? ”

The prince smiled: "National? How is this possible? The lords wouldn't allow that to happen. ”

The duke's face did not cooperate with the prince's laughter, his expression was serious. The prince immediately realized this, and at the same time put away the expression on his face, and asked incredulously, "Has this kind of thing already happened?" ”

"There are some, but it will definitely happen in the future."

Noticing a noticeable change in the duke's expression, the prince asked, "What happened?" ”

The Duke handed a letter to the Prince.

The prince took it and first noticed the fire paint of the letter, and the seal on it was the sign of his father. He opened the letter and began to read.

The content of the letter was very short, the handwriting was sloppy, and at first glance it looked like the style of my father's own handwriting. There are still many mistakes in the writing, and he should have written it alone, without asking the clerk to help him consider it. But the contents of this letter were quite important, and together with the bread shed he had just seen, and the Duke's worries, it could be said that it was quite a shock to the prince.

In his letter, the king seemed to have anticipated this situation, and reminded the Duke that he "does not wish to see the lord restrict the right of the people to move freely under any pretext."

King Elis's letter made it clear that he did not want it, both as a sign of respect for the duke and as a warning. If it were other lords, it might have been enough to get them to obey with an official letter, but the king still maintained a great deal of respect for the duke, his best friend who fought with him in the world.

"When I read this letter, I guessed what could happen to you. On the way here, I was going to write a letter to remind you, but I haven't written it yet, and your news has already been delivered," said the Duke to the prince, "and this meeting was intended to comfort you, but...... I'm sorry, but seeing the current royal city of Elis, I don't think it's a bad thing that maybe your inheritance will be annulled. ”

Although the prince was resistant, he did not show anything, but quietly listened to the duke's continuation.

The Duke frowned tightly and said his conclusion: "Mad King Elis...... I've heard this name many times, but I've never taken it seriously. But this time...... Do I remember the four men who helped your father heal? How did they cure your father's illness? ”

"Their faces were very different from ours, they were all black hair, black pupils, and yellowish faces," the prince carefully recalled, "and they spoke to each other in a language that we were completely unfamiliar with. For my father's illness, they used a very sophisticated instrument, took blood for my father several times, made a pact with the devil, and then every time my father ate, they would inject some kind of medicine into my father's body, and from then on, my father could eat and drink normally. ”

"Do you think these people are really oracles? You must know that in the past, in order to win your father's support, the Great Yang Sect and the Little Yang Sect both sent the top priests and doctors respectively, but in the end, they all failed. ”

"No, absolutely not," said the prince, "they are real devils. ”

"Is there a difference between God and the devil?" The Duke was somewhat unimpressed by the prince's answer.

The bishop of the Great Sun Sect on the side seemed to want to stand up and say a few words for his god, but the Duke turned his head and choked him with one sentence: "Lord Bishop, for the sake of my contribution to the Great Yang Sect, can you give us a little quiet?" You've said enough today. ”

The prince did not hear the duke's contempt for the Great Yang Sect itself, or he knew it, but he deliberately pretended not to know, and he continued: "These people made my father abandon the kingdom and his people, abandon his son and his deployment, and they bewitched my father that the end of the world was coming, and that he would flee desperately to the mountains of the south!" It's not what a god does, and if they are gods, they are supposed to save the world. Perhaps they are indeed unique in their treatment of diabetes, and I don't even object to my father making them lords and even rewarding them with titles. But, the loss of the entire kingdom of Elis...... My father must have been crazy. ”

"It doesn't matter whether your father is crazy or not," the Duke said, "I came here today mainly to listen to you, Your Highness, do you dare to rebel against your father?" ”

The prince subconsciously raised his head and looked at the duke, who looked at him without fear. The prince subconsciously looked at his uncle and uncle to the side, and they all lowered their gazes, looked at the ground, and did not say a word.

Apparently, they had already been persuaded by the duke before their own arrival.

Moreover, he doesn't seem to have anything to think about, a prince who has lost his inheritance, what more is he worth losing?

"I have no intention of rebelling against my father," said the prince, "but I cannot sit idly by and watch him fall into the abyss, much less the entire kingdom of Elis." ”

The Duke sighed softly, and seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the prince's tone, but he did not say anything against it, as if he had expected his answer, and accepted it.

"According to your father's instructions, this time I have brought not only almost all the troops and retinues of the realm, but also almost all the stockpiles......," said the duke, "and I thought he might have intended to use them to wage war, but when I went to the city, I found that this was not the case. In the vicinity of the royal city of Elis, there were already large crowds rushing to the royal city, and they all heard the news that the royal city had a free food supply. Your father has succeeded in lighting the fire, and it won't be long before the fire will spread throughout the kingdom. ”

The prince worried: "The grain in the treasury will only last for a few months at most, if it spreads like this." ”

The duke mentioned the important point: "If it were just your father, with the strength of his inventory, I would not object or interfere, but he is now in the name of the king, collecting the materials and manpower of the entire kingdom...... I didn't think much of the Great Yang Sect and the Little Yang Sect before, but now I think it's time to choose a side. Since the king called us together in the name of God, we also oppose him in the name of God. ”

The prince was a little unhappy and said, "God is not just in name! ”

The Duke shrugged his shoulders and did not dwell on such small details, he cared only from beginning to end: "Your father's guard, among them there should be quite a few people you know." ”

Thinking of the attitude of the chief of the guard towards him, the prince shook his head and said, "They can't oppose my father. ”

"Don't think so badly of me, no one will object to them, I'm a knight!" "We're just teaching them to think, madmen are always scary, aren't they?" ”

"But fear also makes them more loyal."

"Yes," said the Duke, "they are faithful to your father, but to God...... I'm afraid that's not the case. Bishop, now you can speak, I heard that this time the Great Yang Sect summoned the Holy War Army to go to the Incisor Fort to relieve the siege, and it did not go well? ”

The bishop didn't want to discuss this topic the most, but there was no way, the duke in front of him had now become their biggest support in the entire Elis Kingdom, and even in the future, the entire Great Yang Sect could become the state religion of the Elis Kingdom.

"The northern nations are reluctant to organize armies to relieve the siege too early," said the bishop, "and they consider it inefficient to do so." They prefer to attack from the Western Front......" This topic has been discussed many times by the bishop and the prince before, and the conclusion is that on the side of the Incisor Fort, unless it falls at the end, when the army of the Little Yang Sect is driven in, the Great Yang Sect will have the determination and will to resist. In addition, the entire diocese of the Great Yang Sect generally believed that the defenses of the Incisor Fort were impregnable and that there was no need to save it. After two years of siege, when their logistics could not be maintained, they naturally withdrew. It is better to wait for this time, when their elites are besieging the city, to organize the holy war army to advance from the Western Front. Plunder the rear of the opposing party.

Breaking the siege of a castle, apart from a little honor and gratitude, has no benefit to the soldiers participating in the war, and plunder is the best propaganda slogan of jihad.

"Finally, the king has arranged to meet me tonight, and I think the greatest reason is to convince me," said the duke, taking a glass of cider from his side, and taking a sip of it, "I would like to be persuaded to fight for God myself, as your father did. ”