When the Earl of Rauzitz complained to the Duke of Abel in the hall, his adviser Brother Robert stopped in the corridor of the courtyard to look at the bright flowers in bloom, and at this moment Duncan, the chief tailor of the court of the Duke of El came over, and the eyes of the two separated when they touched each other, but Duncan took a few steps and stopped about ten steps away from Brother Robert, holding his hands in the wide sleeves, and his waist was tied with a wide purple band, as if he was also admiring the flowers in the courtyard.

"Your information is very accurate, and sure enough, that batch of loot was divided between Arrod and the three major vassals." Brother Robert bent down to sniff a blooming lily, but whispered to Duncan.

"It's my pleasure." Duncan, the chief tailor of the court, nodded slightly, it was he who betrayed the information that Arold had divided the spoils of war with the three vassals, but why did he do this?

"Those who serve Count Lauzitz will be rewarded." Brother Robert was pleased with Governor Duncan's appearance, and he straightened up and walked towards Governor Duncan, and as he passed by, a bag full of money from the Silver Lodge fell into the hands of Governor Duncan.

"Thank you Count Lauzitz for the reward." With a flattering smile on his face, Duncan leaned sideways to owe Brother Robert, who turned around with a look of disdain for the greedy tailor, but because Duncan was now a close vassal at Duke Abel and could do many things for them, his value was important at this time.

"Why did you betray Arold? Didn't you choose to help him? "Just after Brother Robert left, Dylan. Matt walked over hunched. He said to Duncan in a voice that could only be heard by two people, and that Duncan may be seen by many as a greedy tailor, but only Dylan. Matt realizes that it was nothing more than his disguise, behind this mask of greed was the face of an even more ruthless and terrifying Master Assassin, a secret that the old duke had accidentally poisoned by Count Lausitz and lost the opportunity to tell Duke Ebel, a secret that only every generation of Herman patriarchs could know, and Dylan. Matt also learned about it by chance a long time ago.

"Who's to say I'm not helping Arrod?" An eerie smile appeared on Chief Duncan's face, and he casually tossed the heavy money bag to Dylan. Matt, carrying his hands behind his back, slowly left the place.

Unaware of the court intrigue surrounding him, Arold led his knights back to Mason Castle. It's already sunset. Just as he entered the inner city of the castle, a palace guard informed him that Lord Abel had summoned him to the lord's hall, and Arrod, feeling puzzled, had to follow the palace guard to the hall, and when he arrived, he found that he was not alone. The Counts of Praun, Weimar and Thuringia were already waiting here. In the center of the hall of the lords are placed four chairs. It seems to be for them.

"Oh, Miya-sama, do you know why the Duke summoned us today?" The Count of Weimar hurriedly stepped forward and asked when he saw Arrod.

"Nope. I had just learned the news, so I hurried over. Arrod replied. Lord Abel arrived. The Duke of Abel heard the footsteps of Duke Able as the court attendants shouted, followed by several court advisors and retinues, including Chief Duncan, who was in charge of the tailor.

"Lord Duke." Seeing the Duke of Abel walk in, the four counts hurriedly bowed to him and saluted, after formally establishing the relationship between the monarch and the vassal of the feudal contract, as a vassal must show enough loyalty and respect to his monarch, if anyone openly flouts the authority of the monarch to whom he has sworn allegiance, then he may face the danger of the monarch depriving him of the legitimacy of his title.

"Oh, my lords, and our lords, I have called you here today not for any other purpose, but to discuss the aftermath after the victory over the Duke of Bohemia." Duke Abel walked to his lord's seat, stretched out his hand and motioned for his vassals to sit down, treating these vassals as monarchs must also show importance and respect, after all, the duke's strength alone is thin, most of the time these vassals need to share all kinds of risks for themselves, they are an extension of the duke's vast territory rule and power, of course, in Arrod's view, this is also because of the lack of civilization of the barbarians, and the bureaucratic system cannot achieve domination, Therefore, he can only divide his land into small plots and entrust them to manage.

"Oh, is it the spoils of war?" The Count of Weimar reacted immediately, his red wine trough nose became even redder, and he excitedly grabbed the armrest of the seat, and his butt was more than an inch above the seat.

"The Count of Weimar is to observe etiquette in the presence of the Duke." The Count of Thuringia immediately spoke up and stopped, unlike the Count of Weimar, who was simply blinded by interests, the Count of Thuringia thought of why the Duke of Able would gather the four of them at this time, but there was another vassal who did not show up, which vassal who was not present was the Count of Lauzitz, who was the most damaged this time, could it be that the Duke of Ebel's resentment towards the Count of Lözitz had reached this point?

"Hmm." Arold propped his right hand on the armrest of the seat, held his chin and looked at Duke Abel sitting on the lord's seat, always feeling that something was wrong, if the ransom of the Duke of Bohemia and his nobles were to be divided, shouldn't he first discuss with himself, the hero who defeated the Duke of Bohemia?

But Duke Abel didn't reveal any news beforehand, hiss, suddenly Arrod's heart jumped, and an idiom that had endured in the Celestial Empire came to his mind, "Meritorious Masters are high", recalling Duke Able's attempt to reconcile his contradictions with Count Lauzitz, isn't this just trying to play with the power trick of balance? What's next? But in the Middle Ages, there were many nobles who were forced by the monarch to be forced or even rebelled, and the nobles of Europa were all ambitious and fierce, and if they violated their rights, they would immediately move their knives unceremoniously.

"Arrod, Arrod." Suddenly, the Count of Praun, beside him, called out to the distracted Arrod, and pulled his thoughts back to the court of the Duchy of Mason, just when the Duke of Abel offered the Bohemians the price they were willing to pay to redeem their duke.

"Fourteen thousand silver houses, plus the lands of a Bohemian county, and eight hundred captured Bohemian slaves." The Duke of Able spoke to the four counts, and listening to this rich ransom could not help but make everyone's eyes greedy, knowing that these ransoms belonged to the Duke of Able.

"Lord Duke, these are your personal property, why are you telling us?" Count Praun asked curiously.

"I speak to you, anxious Earl Plaun, because I want to give them a fair share among my important vassals, and like all just monarchs, I will share them with you." Duke Abel stood up with a smile on his face, stretched out his arm and said loudly to his vassals, who also hurriedly got up from their seats and bowed to the duke.

"Thank you, Lord Duke, it is our mission to serve you." Any vassals like a generous monarch, and serving a generous monarch is a lot more exciting, and a stingy monarch who refuses to give up a piece of silver will turn the vassals away.

"Yes." Duke Abel looked at the vassals who swore happily with satisfaction, and at the same time couldn't help but glance behind the column on the left, where Princess Josie was standing there behind the red velvet curtain and looking this way, when they saw their brother's gaze, the two looked at each other and smiled, it turned out that this was Princess Josie's idea for Duke Ebel.

"When Arold made an appointment with the three major vassals to divide the spoils of war, on the one hand, the vassals had not yet sworn allegiance to you, strictly speaking, they formed an alliance against the Bohemians for the motive of protecting their property, and on the other hand, at the emergency moment of the war, Arold could only make the vassals swear to serve by the Bohemians, so from these two aspects, Arold did not violate feudal law and tradition, and Count Lauzitz was suspected of sowing discord." Princess Josie advised her brother at the time.

"Even so, now that Arold has formed an alliance with the three vassal counts, then my monarch is simply dispensable to them, and I fear that the rule of the Hermanns in the Duchy of Mason will be challenged, have you forgotten the story of the Carolingian dynasty that our father told us?" Duke Abel said worriedly, he had just inherited the title of duke, and at this time he was extremely sensitive to anything that might threaten his position, Princess Josie sighed secretly, after all, she was a woman who had lived in the court since she was a child, and no one knew better than her what power meant to men.

"Don't worry my brother, you are the rightful ruler of the Duchy of Mason, and now the vassals are only suspicious because they are worried that their rights and interests will not be protected, and the alliance between the nobles is only for self-preservation, you only need to share the spoils of the Bohemians with the vassals, and they will surely agree with your rule and reunite under your banner." Princess Josie analyzed for her brother, she knew that if she left the impression in her brother's mind that Arold was trying to challenge his authority, then as long as the situation was left unchecked, one day her brother and her husband would meet on the battlefield, and she couldn't help but shudder in her heart when she thought of this, if there was a dispute between the two people she loved the most, what should she do? (To be continued......)