Late at night, in the lord's hall on the first floor of the wooden castle, a group of people gathered around the table, watching the earth dog on the ground lick the mutton soup that the kitchen servant had just brought up one bite at a time.

A moment ago, after Oliver entered the wooden castle through the back door with the sheep soup, the two spies who were secretly observing quietly left. One of the people on the surveillance mission went to the wooden castle hall to report to Ron after the thin man slipped into the kitchen and poisoned him, while the other continued to observe the two men's movements. When Oliver entered the wooden castle with the lamb soup, he was immediately stopped by Ron, who was already waiting in the lobby on the first floor.

By this time, the Yate family had already fallen asleep. After learning that the two spies were planning to do it tonight, Ron decided to take the plan and find out the true purpose of the two.

In order to create an opportunity for the spies to make a move, Ron asked Oliver, who was good at disguise, to dress up as a kitchen servant, and after preparing everything, he took the opportunity to run to the hut and let the two guys show their tails. Sure enough, in the interval between Oliver leaving the kitchen, the two guys finally made a move~

"Look, this dog~" Oliver stretched out his hand and pointed to the earth dog who was licking the sheep soup.

After a while, the earth dog was weak, staggered, like a drunk, and walked unsteadily. Then the body began to convulse, then thrashed desperately, and after some struggle, began to vomit blood. Watching the earth dog flutter around the house desperately, causing the onlookers to scatter.

After a few moments, the earth dog, which was no longer struggling, fell to the ground and died of exhaustion. The hall was sprinkled with blood, and it was a miserable situation.

"This~" Ron, who had always been calm, also looked a little overwhelmed.

"Now, Lord Ron, it seems that those two bastards are here to assassinate your lord. MD, I'll take someone to arrest both of them right now! Oliver was furious, rolled up his sleeves and headed out the door.

"Stop!" Ron spoke to stop Oliver. "Don't alarm them yet, just send someone to watch them, but don't let them leave that room again. I'll deal with it after I'll report to my lord early tomorrow morning. ”

"Hey~" Oliver felt a little annoyed. "Yes, I'll arrange for a few more people to watch these two mongrels!"

After Oliver and the others left, Ron walked over to the bowl of mutton soup that was no longer steaming and took a look. Sigh in a low voice: "It's dangerous!"

"Keep this bowl of mutton soup first~" Ron ordered the guards beside him.

"Yes, sir."

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Early the next morning, Art washed up and hurried downstairs.

"Ron?"

"Master~" Ron slowly got up and walked towards Art.

"Why are you here?" Art was puzzled. Ron should still be at home at this time, but I don't know why he was waiting here so early today.

Ron leaned in front of Art and whispered, "Master, those two spies finally showed their tails last night, and they plan to poison you~"

Art rubbed his eyes, his face solemn.

"Where are those two mongrels now?" Art suddenly turned to look at Ron, his eyes suddenly sharpened.

"They're still in the storehouse warehouse, I've already sent more people, and they won't be able to go anywhere today."

Although he had been prepared, Art was still a little angry about it.

"Bring those two bastards to me, and I'll interrogate them myself!"

"Yes, sir." Ron beckoned the five or six guards guarding the door to march towards the merchant's warehouse.

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In the warehouse of the comptoir in the south of the residential area, the two men on duty, although they had only returned in the middle of the night yesterday, had already sat at their tables early this morning, waiting for the news of the death of the Earl of Wales.

On the table was a plate of peas, two beers. The two clinked glasses from time to time, and their faces were flushed with alcohol. Once the mission is completed, they will return to Lombardy, where they will be waiting for a large amount of money and a status increase.

"Hey, I always feel like something wasn't right last night." Nose muttered after taking a sip of beer, wiping the juice from the corner of his mouth, pondering the details of last night's actions.

The thin man picked up the peas on the table and stuffed them into his mouth, skimming his nose. "What, you don't believe me?" After speaking, he took a sip of beer and poured it violently.

"No, no, Brother Joel, the fact that Lord Earl has sent you with us this time is enough to show your ability. But I always felt that this shouldn't be so easy. ”

"Wait in peace, I assure you that Lord Earl is dead. With those doses, it's no problem to poison ten hungry wolves. The thin man said confidently.

"Otherwise," Collapsed Nose suddenly put down the wine glass in his hand, "I'll find a chance to mix around the wooden castle to see if there is anything abnormal, if that bastard is not eliminated for a day, I will not be able to live in peace for a day!" ”

"You be quiet, if someone listens to us, we will lose our heads~" The thin man hurriedly walked towards the door, intending to open the door lightly to check~

Nose Collapse disagreed, then picked up the wine glass and sent it to his mouth, seeing that there were only a few drops of beer left in the glass, tilted his head and poured the beer at the bottom of the cup into his mouth, and smashed it twice. "There's no wine, where is the wine you kid hid? Hurry up and take it out! ”

The thin man stood in the doorway, his hands already ajar, and he didn't make a sound.

"Hey, didn't you hear that? Where did you hide your wine? Nose slowly stood up with the table in his hands, and staggered towards the door. There was some impatience in the tone.

Nose walked up behind the thin man and patted him on the shoulder with his right hand, his half-puffy eyes open.

"Where's the wine?" Nose tried to turn the skinny man facing the door. As soon as he put his hand on the thin man's shoulder, a tremor passed through the palm of his hand to his arm. Collapsed Nose came back to his senses, and when he tried to twist the thin man around, he found that the guy was still unmoved.

So, the guy reached for the half-open door and tried to remove the thin man's hand from the door. The moment the door opened, the scene in front of him surprised the guy.

At some point, seven or eight sword-wielding guards were already standing outside the door, glaring at the two of them viciously. The guy at the front had already put his sword against the thin man's neck.

Collapsed Nose wiped his eyes with his left hand, thinking it was his hallucination. When he looked at the group again, one of them kicked the already drunk guy to the ground. When Collapsed Nose reacted, several other people had already drawn their long swords and surrounded them~

"You~You're not that~" Collapsed Nose was dumbfounded, and the kick just now made his stomach churn.

"I~ What's wrong with me?" Oliver quipped, too, in the guy's tone. Several of the guards burst out laughing.

"Okay, tie up these two mongrels for me and take them away, and the master will interrogate them personally!"

"Yes!"

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In the hall on the first floor of the Valley Wooden Fort, two guys dressed as guards had their hands tied behind their backs and fell to their knees, their faces still red from drinking too much.

Art, seated at the top, sat precariously with Ron, the guard officer standing beside him. Oliver and a few other task forces, along with the guards responsible for Art's safety, stood behind the two spies with swords.

The two people kneeling on the ground gradually sobered up with fear, and they smelled of alcohol. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"I'm only going to give you one chance, and I'll be honest about who sent you here and why you poisoned me. If you lie to me, I promise you won't survive today. The sound of Art tapping the armrest made the two of them tremble.

The two looked at each other, and neither dared to speak. Because they knew that once the mission was revealed, even if they didn't die at the hands of Art, returning to Lombardy would be destroyed by Wald. Execution of Burley. In their opinion, simply refusing to admit it, using this as a weight to negotiate terms with Art, may be able to save a life.

"Don't say yes. Ron~" Art turned his head and nodded lightly at Ron. Ron then left for a moment, and then walked in with a blood-soaked sack.

Art winked at Ron, who reached into the sack and slowly pulled out the bloody head, still in front of the two of them.

"Ahh Spare your life, Lord Earl! Looking at the rolling head on the ground, the thin man Joel shouted.

"Spare your life? Did you two think about sparing my life when you poisoned me last night? Art asked rhetorically.

"I~We~"

"I'll ask you one last time, who sent you?"

The nose bowed his head and was silent, and the thin man knelt on the ground and begged for mercy desperately.

"Shut up! I'm afraid of anything, I don't believe he's going to kill us. Looking at the thin man's cowardice, he snorted angrily.

"You bastard, you dare to be hard-mouthed!" Ron punched and kicked Nose as he went up, then grabbed his hair and raised his head.

"Master, just let this bastard taste the poison they gave you." Ron said breathlessly, grinning teeth and piercing gaze.

"Okay, then fulfill him!"

Then the guard brought in the bowl of mutton soup that had been put away last night.

"You two, pry his mouth open for me!" Ron commanded. Then one of the guards locked his neck, and the other violently opened his mouth.

"Make your mouth hard! Give me a drink! Drink! Ron then poured the lamb soup down his throat, choking the guy and coughing.

"Ah~ah~ save me! Save me! After a while, Collapsed Nose fell to the ground and struggled desperately, and the hands that were tied behind his back were strangled purple from the struggle.

The thin man kneeling beside him trembled uncontrollably, and his face began to twitch. The gaze moves back and forth between Art and Nose.

Burst~

He had been struggling on the ground for a long time, spitting blood from his mouth and coughing incessantly. The guards standing beside him hurriedly retreated. Ron was unusually calm, because he had already seen the reaction of the earth dog after drinking the mutton soup last night, and the guy in front of him was no different from the chicken, both of them were dead ghosts.

"My lord, this bastard is out of gas." Oliver withdrew his hand from the nose of the fallen guy.

"Drag him out, cut off his head and hang him at the gate of the border outpost." Art said lightly. Then his eyes fell on the other guy.

"I say, Lord Earl! I say! The thin man sobbed sideways, and his attitude turned 180 degrees.

"What, I'm scared now?" Art pretended not to care, twisting her face to the side.

Immediately this guy will be several people behind the scenes of the mastermind Wade. Burley shook out. And explain how several people mixed into the valley and how they planned to get rid of Yate one by one.

Even so, this guy did not escape the fate of being beheaded. From the moment Art knew who these guys were, they weren't destined to make it out of the valley alive.

On the second day, these two guys were hung on the gate of the border outpost along with the head of the fat man who had been bitten to death by a hunting dog before~

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After dealing with these spies, in order to prevent such incidents from happening again, officials from the Yateri government will screen the displaced people who have been recruited in recent months. All suspicious persons are to be expelled from the province of Wales.

In addition, eight task forces led by Oliver have also set off to hide and stand by in the Duchy of Lombardy. In addition to probing Wad. In addition to the news in Burley, it is necessary to keep an eye on the situation in Lombardy.

This time is not the other time, and at the moment Wade. Burley already knew what he was doing, and the Duke of Lombardy was ready to make a move. In the future, if the Lombard army takes advantage of the unpreparedness of the Welsh army to attack the Princes of Burgundy, the province of Wales will bear the brunt, and the foundation that they have worked so hard to build up in the past few years will definitely be destroyed.

Not only that, but once the valley was lost, the Lombard army would surely drive straight into the heart of the princedom of Burgundy.

In order to avoid a preemptive strike by the Lombard army, Art successively summoned the high-ranking officers of the Welsh Regiment and the high-ranking officials of the government to deploy the main tasks in the later period.

First of all, while the Lombard army has not yet started, seize this rare period of peace, step up training, and improve the overall combat strength of the legion. The Lombard army, like the Swabian army, was formidable. If you don't take this opportunity to improve the combat capability of the legion, you will definitely be at a disadvantage in the future war.

Secondly, while building the trade road, the Ministry of Construction dispatched some personnel to open a simple road to the south first, which was used by the army when it went south in the later period.

In addition, Art ordered Bob to send a message to the Marquis Flanders to inform him of the emergency. Previously, Art had already informed Flender of the news that the Lombard caravan had infiltrated the Marquis of Burgundy, and Flender was really shocked when he received the news. From that time on, while reviving the production of the Hou Kingdom, he was also focusing on army building and soldier training. If anyone were to take action against the nascent princedom of Burgundy, this army would become a sword in his hand, piercing the heart of the enemy.

Finally, he sent a horse to inform the Viscount of Berrion of Provence that if Lombardy was at war with the Princes of Burgundy, he asked him to join other nobles to lobby the Duke of Provence to unite the two countries against the Royal Lombardy. Of course, all this with the prior consent of Flender.

The reason why Art did this was nothing more than that many of the noble merchants in the Principality of Provence had close ties with the European trading houses. Once Art suffers the scourge of war, those guys will naturally suffer huge losses as well. They had no other way but to put pressure on the Provençal court to assist the Marquis of Burgundy. Because the two have long been tied to the same chariot, one is prosperous and the other is lost.

This is one of the reasons why Art lobbied Provençal merchants to join the European Merchant House. In addition to using the power in their hands for their own benefit, they also found a protective umbrella by the way. Once they encounter difficulties, those people will definitely not die without help. It is not out of justice, but once one's own interests are damaged, it is inevitable to come forward to defend it.