Six days later, the rest of the money, supplies, and men of Fort Rouen, with the exception of some of the grain, grass, and ordnance for the five hundred garrisons, had been transported by boat through the Seine waterways to the Barony of Vernon in Evre.

Perhaps hoping that the arrival of Arrun II, Duke of Brittany, would shock the Count of Cay, the Count William the Younger, and the local nobles of Rouen, William had been leading his troops to guard the Fort of Rouen, anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Duke of Arun.

However, what William was waiting for was Kay, Earl of Mortan, and William, Earl of Eburg, who arrived first with hundreds of cavalry troops, while the Duke of Aaron, whom William had been waiting for, was delayed.

"William, let's come to the Duke's Palace for a court meeting, hurry up and obediently open the city gates, let us in!" Count Kay said loudly with the men outside the castle.

As Count Kay's words fell, the nobles around him shouted loudly:

"That's right! We're just coming to the court meeting, why are you stopping us from entering! ”

"Yes, we are here for your own good, as long as you are recognized by us, you can become a duke!"

"You bastard, you're not a duke yet, what kind of majesty are you pretending, and you don't open the door obediently!"

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After the noble lords under the city failed to coax and lure, their words became more and more unpleasant, and they began to verbally abuse and persecute them.

William on the castle was unmoved by this, and just said lightly: "Just because you have no right to convene a court meeting of the Duchy of Normandy, only the regent of the Duchy of Normandy has the right to convene it!"

No one can come in now, just wait outside! ”

The little Earl William of Eiburg was a little breathless, and was about to order his knights to dismount and attack the castle, but was stopped by the Earl of Cay beside him, shook his head and said: "Give me patience, what tricks can this little bastard turn up?"

When our follow-up army arrives, it's not for us to knead!

I don't want the knights' precious lives to be wasted on this little bastard. ”

"It's me who is impulsive." The little Earl William of Eiburg put down his raised right hand, and said with a distorted expression of hatred: "Let this little bastard get away with it for a few more days, and then see how I concoct him." ”

By the next day, the situation began to deteriorate when the army outside the city had exceeded a thousand, of which more than 400 were knights brought by the two counts, and the rest of the soldiers belonged to the garrison of Rouen, which was controlled by the councillors and merchants of Rouen.

William waited for a long time, and finally at about three o'clock in the afternoon he waited for the Duke of Allen, who had come with his troops.

Looking at Duke Aaron, who only led two hundred knights, William was slightly disappointed, it seemed that it was almost unrealistic to quell the rebellion of the nobles with Duke Aaron's army.

"Count Kaye, Count William, ladies and gentlemen, since everyone has asked for a court meeting, please come in with me, you can only bring two hundred guards into the castle!" Duke Arlen opened his mouth to suggest.

"I can't say yes, Lord Arran. We have come to the Duke's Palace in good faith, and if we don't let all my soldiers in, we'll feel very unsafe!" Count Kay shook his head in refusal.

"So you must bring in three hundred guards, and I will bring in two hundred knights, so that everyone may rest in peace." Duke Arlen looked around at everyone, looked up at William again, and said.

Both Earl Kay and William felt that Duke Arlen's proposal was reasonable, and each nodded in agreement.

Soon, the dignitaries of Normandy gathered in the Ducal Hall in Fort Rouen.

At the last ceremony, most of the nobles of Normandy pledged their allegiance to William under pressure from Duke Robert.

When they left the ducal palace, they were indignant and disgraced for the rest of their lives for kneeling at the feet of a shoemaker's grandson.

This time Duke Robert died unexpectedly, and each of them wanted to be the new duke, and there was a lot of noise and arguments in the hall, but the owner of the place, William, was forgotten in the corner.

Before Duke Arun and his own guards arrived, William could no longer bear the neglect of the nobles, and broke in first, saying loudly: "This is my castle, you all let me out, now!" Immediately! Right away! ”

"Not anymore! This will be the castle of the new duke, and you are just an illegitimate child, and you have no part to do here! Count Kay said with disdain on his face.

"Yes---" William stretched out his voice and shouted loudly, "When my father comes back, he will definitely drive you all away, and you will all be punished!" ”

William, who hadn't seen Robert for nearly a year, had become a bit introverted, withdrawn, irritable, and tantrum after suffering from nightmares and bad news.

William still didn't want to believe that Duke Robert was really dead, and sometimes he deceived himself into living in the lie that Robert was still alive.

"If your dad can come back, then he's in trouble!" The aristocrats burst into laughter.

William was irritated by these nobles to raise his eyebrows, his face turned red, he pulled out the short sword at his waist, pointed at everyone and said loudly: "Don't say that my father is dead, he is still alive, you get out of here, otherwise I will kill you!" ”

Carried away by his rage, William slashed at Earl Kay with his short sword.

Seeing William slashing and slashing, Count Kay smiled contemptuously at the corners of his mouth, reached out and snatched the short sword from William's hand, and screamed exaggeratedly: "Oops! I was slashed by him, I was injured, I was going to die! ”

Earl Kay's exaggerated mockery drew laughter from the crowd.

Earl Kay, who grabbed William's wrist, saw that William was still struggling, looking like he was dancing with teeth and claws, and turned to one of the guards and said, "Guard! Come over here and help me catch this dog mongrel! ”

One of the guards stepped forward and grabbed William's arm tightly with both hands, preventing him from struggling.

Count Kay grabbed a candlestick on the table and leaned in close to William's arm to drip hot wax oil onto it.

"Humph!" William snorted, struggling but not begging for mercy.

At this time, no one stepped forward to stop him, and everyone looked at William as if he were a homeless stray dog.

They all hated and even hated William, and it seemed to them that a lowly bastard wanted to take away the principality they had fought and killed, and they had fought to the death, and that was absolutely unforgivable.

"Stop!" At this time, Duke Arlen rushed over with Osborne's butler, knights, and personal guards, kicked down the guard, and handed over the rescued William to Osborne's butler.

"You'd better stay here and stay in Brittany!" Count Kay said as he slowly approached Duke Arun.

"I am the regent of the Duchy of Normandy, and I ask you to leave here immediately."

"I think you want to be a duke! After we're gone, no one will stop you. Kay asked, reaching into his arms with his right hand, touching his clothes.

"We've all pledged allegiance to William, he's the Duke!" Duke Arlen shook his head firmly and said.

"Really?" Kay smiled contemptuously, and with his right hand quickly pulled a dagger from his bosom and stabbed Duke Arun in the stomach.

"You! Duke Arun looked at Count Kay in disbelief, and his body, which was gradually losing strength, slowly collapsed.