Now is the time of a fierce battle between the Earl of Don and the Archduke of Mulchid, but let's turn back two days to the Earldom of North Munster. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This is the most prosperous commercial town in North Munster, Limerick, which means "barren bog" in Irish, referring to the river beach outside the city.

And it is the most prosperous place because it is a 'river beach outside the city', through which merchant ships, fishing boats, and sea boats pass by, and there are all kinds of people, busy and profit-seeking merchants, wandering gypsies, romantic bards, or rude sailors. Limerick pays a large amount of tax to the Archduke of Mulchid every year, so it can also be said to be the second most important place in North Munster.

The first important place is of course the Grand Duke's castle.

And the Grand Duke was willing to give such an important place to his chief son, Murcheltč, perhaps the Grand Duke was not as dissatisfied with his chief as outsiders imagined, or did the Grand Duke think that he had seen through the heart of his chief and was willing to be a man of inaction all his life?

But after today, perhaps the Grand Duke will think that he has seen the wrong person.

Today's Limerick is as peaceful as ever, the only difference is that the Grand Prince Murcheltci suddenly became interested for some reason, gathered his knights loyal to him, and decided to go hunting outside the city.

Of course, the interest of the aristocracy, how can ordinary people pay attention, not to mention that Murcheltch just went out to hunt, even if the eldest prince suddenly announced that he was an evil alchemist, in this land of the Grand Duke, as long as the Grand Duke has not fallen, he still wants to do whatever he wants.

However, after more than ten miles out of the city, the army, which was supposed to go hunting, stopped and continued in a different direction.

"Philip, do you think I'll succeed this time?"

However, even having made up his mind to rebel, and even having taken actual action, Prince Murcheltč was still uneasy, and on the way, he asked.

Priest Philip: "......"

Of course, Priest Philip was speechless, big brother, you are the leader of this rebellion, you are the boss, more than fifty cavalrymen behind you are watching you, things have come to this point, you ask me if I can succeed? Do you think this is appropriate?

It's useless, tiger father and dog son, this is what Philip Priest said about Prince Murcheltče.

However, Prince Murcheltč really should ask, because this rebellion was not agreed to by himself, but by his wife and clan, and his swordsmanship teacher forced him to agree.

Priest Philip, disguised as an ascetic, met Prince Mulcheltci with ease, but throughout the negotiations, the prince showed cowardice and indecision:

Upon hearing of Priest Philip's coming, the prince immediately wanted to take him to the Grand Duke, but was stopped by his wife and swordsmanship; In the subsequent negotiations, the prince tried to stop the negotiations several times, but was still stopped by his wife and swordsmanship; Finally, when it came time to gather the loyal cavalry, this task was also entrusted to his wife and swordsmanship; From beginning to end, the only thing the prince did was put his fingerprint on the final agreement.

As Count Don expected it, even if this prince has no ambition at all, but his wife and clan, his swordsmanship instructor, these can be counted as people from Prince Murcheltč's lineage, they are both prosperous and lossy with the prince, and the prince has lost power, how can they have a good life?

Therefore, they dreamed that one day they would be able to overthrow the Grand Duke and put the prince on the throne, however, the Grand Duke of Murchid, who was really not an easy man, had always suppressed them to death. But now, an opportunity has arisen.

In order to invade Desmond, the Grand Duke drained most of the power loyal to him in the realm, and for the first time in the castle of Benratti, it was so empty. Even if Philip doesn't come, there is a good chance that they will push Prince Mulcheltch to rebel, not to mention that Philip Priest is coming, which is tantamount to adding another powerful boost to them - although this help is still on paper, and may never even appear.

To put it bluntly, the prince's wife and clan, as well as his swordsmanship instructor, all they need is an excuse, a reason, and as for whether this reason is right or not, whether it is possible or not, they don't care.

"Your Royal Highness, don't worry, the servants loyal to us in Bentratty Castle have sent information, and now the castle's defense power has reached a limit, and even the gatekeepers are running out every day! And so many of us, so many elite cavalry! And it's a sneak attack again, this time it must be a hand-to-hand capture. ”

It was the prince's swordsmanship teacher who said this, as a person who had watched the prince grow up since he was a child, and now he knew exactly what the prince had in his heart, so he reduced the number of soldiers in the castle as much as possible, and then exaggerated the quality of his own soldiers, in order to make the prince feel at ease.

"But once my father came back, and my two younger brothers......"

Even so, Prince Mulcheltci was hesitant, and it almost felt like a piece of waste.

He was meant to be a waste nicknamed 'Incompetent'.

Priest Philip said this to himself in his heart, and then smiled and comforted the prince.

"Your Royal Highness, you don't have to worry about this, the Grand Duke is now invading my lord's territory, and my lord is leading the soldiers to resist him with all his might, the determination of the Desmond people to resist the invaders is obvious to all, it is known to the world, even if the Grand Duke can defeat my lord in the end, how many soldiers can he have left? At that time you are already the rightful Grand Duke of Munster, and the whole of Munster will be subject to you, and your father will only accept your wishes, even if he returns. ”

Hearing Priest Philip say this, the sword instructor immediately answered

"That's right, Your Royal Highness, and we have already sent someone to hire the president of the Irish Union, once we take Bentratty Castle, we can use the money in the castle to hire them, we have soldiers and money in our hands, who else are we afraid of!"

In the end, this swordsmanship instructor was already involuntarily immersed in his imagination, thinking of Prince Mulcheltchi in the future, no, the Grand Duke ascended to the throne, he relied on the identity of the Grand Duke's mentor, how to eat and drink spicy food in Munster, how to beat anyone who was not pleasing to the eye, and he couldn't extricate himself for a while.

"Two fools."

This is the comment of Priest Philip.

No wonder Grand Duke Murchid is such an excellent old man, and in the end there will be such an incompetent son as Prince Murcheltč, with such a foolish mentor, he can't be stupid if he wants to!

"But fools also have the advantage of being fools, that is, fools are better fools, and for the sake of the cause of my lord, the Earl of Donchester, I must cooperate with them well."

At the same time, Priest Philip admonished himself in his heart, and by the way, he showed a special smile that only appears during sermons, and it really looked like a saint.

But the heart of this saint is absolutely black when cut open.

The group reached the gate of the castle and was stopped by the guarded soldiers.

Indeed, as the sword master said, the garrison in the castle has been weakened to a limit, so it is not the Grand Duke's army that is now guarding the castle, but Prince Tad's.

Since it was Prince Tad's, it was normal to stop this group of cavalrymen who were obviously not good at coming.

"Blind your dog's eye! Didn't you see that this was Prince Mulcheltč?! ”

At that time, the swordsmanship instructor opened his mouth and scolded, and then lifted the long sword in his hand to teach the garrison soldiers a lesson, and then he was stopped.

Not by Prince Murcheltči, but by Prince Tad!

"Big brother! What are you doing! You brought soldiers to your father's castle, did you want to rebel?! ”

"I ...... I...... I ......"

Prince Murcheltč was speechless, and even wanted to run away on his horse, but the reins of his horse were so hard grabbed by Philip that he couldn't run away, so he could only say this.

"What am I! You have a point...... What do you want! Come! Come on! ”

At that time, Prince Tad saw that Prince Mulcheltci could not say a word, and he was proud in his heart, and wanted to force him to admit the crime of rebellion, so that he could really get rid of a competitor. But what he never expected was that the closest swordsmanship instructor to him would give him a sword in the abdomen when he returned his hand.

This can't be said to be Prince Tade's laxity, it's all a matter of human inertia, just like the most cowardly person in a class, who is bullied every day, even if he comes with a knife one day, those who bully him will not be frightened, because they have already formed thinking inertia in their minds.

"Teacher! You...... How dare you ......"

"Your Highness! The matter has come to this point, and I have to turn it back! As soon as the swordsman turned his head, he said sharply to Prince Murcheltč, and then raised the long sword with blood in his hand and shouted: "Rush! Enter the castle and stand up! ”

"Whoa—"

In this way, in the end, although Prince Mulcheltci was very frightened and reluctant, the rebellion still began.

Priest Philip also breathed a sigh of relief, and now I have finally completed my mission, and repaid the Earl's trust in me.