In that era of turbulent heroes, Dirk? McNuss gained unparalleled fame, and three years later, he was awarded the title of Imperial Marshal by the Bauhinia Emperor for his meritorious service, along with the title of Count.

This is the Bauhinia Empire's praise for its own warriors, and in the enemy country, Dirk also has a very loud name - the Grim Reaper!

Grim Reaper Dirk!

The emperor of the enemy country, who had suffered numerous losses under Dirk, sent people to rebel several times, but it was all in vain, and after being angry, the emperor of the enemy country personally issued a decree and offered a reward of 100,000 gold coins for Dirk's head.

When the news reached the Bauhinia Empire and reached Dirk's ears, he smiled faintly and said a famous sentence that has been praised by later generations for a long time: "100,000 gold coins? Hehe, is there a better glory than this? ”

Another three years passed......

In the past three years, the Bauhinia Empire has recuperated and worked hard, and its national strength has increased significantly, while correspondingly, the enemy country has suffered a very serious natural disaster for three consecutive years, and the people are in mourning and living in poverty.

Taking advantage of your illness, I want you to die, and the time is ripe for revenge and hatred.

The Bauhinia Empire sent troops, and the war broke out again.

Attacking the weak with the strong and attacking the poor with the rich, at the beginning of the stage, the troops of the Bauhinia Empire were like a bamboo, and they fought successively, and they almost did not encounter any decent resistance, and they attacked the capital of the enemy country.

However, the next thing was not so smooth.

The Bauhinia Empire used its numerical advantage to besiege the enemy's capital, thinking that it could quickly take the enemy's capital, but no one would have thought that this siege would actually be besieged for half a year!

The enemies in the city resisted stubbornly, and the army of the Bauhinia Empire could not be attacked for a long time, and gradually, the high morale also became low.

And the most important thing is that although the army of the Bauhinia Empire besieged the capital of the enemy country, it did not completely occupy the territory of the enemy country, and there were many large and small enemy nobles armed forces, who poured into the capital from all directions, constantly disturbing the supply lines of the Bauhinia Empire, after all, it was an away battle, and as time dragged on day by day, the situation has developed in a bad direction!

sacrificed the lives of countless soldiers and consumed countless grains and grasses, and finally reached the foot of the enemy's capital, is it ...... Do you have to give up like this?

No!

Even if there is still the slightest hope, we must fight to the end!

In desperation, the Bauhinia Empire Emperor had no choice but to invite Dirk out again.

Previously, because Dirk's reputation was too high, even His Majesty's light was covered by him, so when he sent troops to attack the enemy country this time, His Majesty the Emperor did not use Dirk, but refrigerated him in the way of recuperation.

But now, as a last resort, I had to ask Dirk to come out of the mountain again.

I have to say that Dirk is a smart man, and he already has a deep understanding of His Majesty's inner thoughts, so when His Majesty the Emperor asked him to lead the army again, he politely refused.

Refuse?

No!

It seems that the hard-won good situation is about to go down the drain, and no one in the empire except Dirk can have the ability to turn the tide, and His Majesty the Emperor, who is eager to completely destroy the enemy country, can't take care of it much at this time, in order to let Dirk willingly take command to meet the enemy, he changed Dirk's earl title from lifelong to hereditary, and promised that after defeating the enemy country, he can make one of the most fertile provinces in the enemy country as the territory of the McNus family, and His Majesty the Emperor is also in charge, He betrothed one of his younger sisters to Dirk as his stepwife, who was already in his forties, and his original wife had died a few years earlier, leaving Dirk with two boys, and the princess, who was about to marry and become a stepmother, was only seventeen years old this year.

His Majesty the Emperor can be said to have invested enough.

Dirk finally re-emerged from the mountain, and rushed to the front line as fast as he could, stimulated by this good news, the soldiers' originally low morale was reinvigorated: "Look, our Grim Reaper Dirk is here, and they won't last long." ”

Yes, Dirk really did not disappoint the emperor and soldiers of the Bauhinia Empire, and in less than a month, he organized several effective raids, capturing and killing several great nobles of the enemy country who had been constantly harassing the supply lines of the Bauhinia Empire.

In the next two years, Dirk led the soldiers, left and right, swept away the remnants of the enemy country, and planted the flag of the Bauhinia Empire on every inch of the enemy country, and now 90% of the territory of the Bauhinia Empire was formed at that time.

The enemy country was completely destroyed, and the emperor of the Bauhinia Empire was humiliated by the invasion before, and just when everyone thought that Dirk's aura of honor was about to add a thick stroke, no one expected that he took the initiative to resign, except for the title of earl, other positions and powers were all removed lightly.

The merit is high, and generally such people do not have a good end.

Dirk understands this very well.

And his actions, although they were to protect themselves, also moved His Majesty the Emperor greatly.

At the celebration reception held at the court, His Majesty the Emperor took Dirk's hand and made a vow: "From you and me, the McNus family coexists with the Empire!" ”

This is recorded, the words spoken by His Majesty the Emperor himself, although as the emperor of a country, he often makes some bastard actions that turn his face and deny people, but he has done it.

Even the emperors after him were particularly gracious when treating the McNus family, giving them countless honors and wealth, and almost every generation of the patriarch of the McNus family served as ** in the empire.

After a hundred years of development and precipitation, the current McNus family has become one of the top five major families in the empire, with a total population of more than 2,000, and many members of the McNus family are holding official positions in the empire.

However, unlike many small families, which are born in groups, the McNus family is a very loose model, usually working in silos, and only when a particularly major event occurs, the patriarch will make the final decision.

……

Since he came to this world, I have the impression that it is the first time that Count McNus has told him so many things and so many things, and Count McNus is full of interest, and I don't know where so many words came from today, but after all, he was injured, and he talked late at night, and finally his mental exhaustion was a little unbearable. After exchanging goodnight with Du Ang, he lay down in ** and fell asleep, and Du Ang did not return to his room, he set up a small bed next to his father's bed and lay down in his clothes.

As a son of man, he must always do his filial piety, such an opportunity is rare, in case the father needs anything at night, it can be more convenient to have himself by his side, isn't it?

Snoring was already heard from Count McNuss, but Duon couldn't sleep.

The small bed was a little uncomfortable to lie on, and in a panic, Du Ang turned it over and turned it over, not only did he not fall asleep, but he became more and more awake.

Why aren't you sleepy?

It was already very deep outside, the stars were dotted, and the moon was very round, reflecting a cold light, like a huge silver plate hanging in the sky, and Du Ang suddenly had an idea: "If only I could take a bite." ”

How many years haven't you eaten mooncakes?

Du Ang shook his head, in this world, there is no Mid-Autumn Festival, and there is no such thing as moon cakes.

Although he has emotionally accepted his current parents, he still has no sense of belonging to this so-called family, and he still subconsciously regards himself as an interloper, an outsider, and the glorious deeds of the ancestors of the McNus family are just heroes in a wonderful story for Duang, and he can't burn any little bit of pride.

Even, Duang still didn't understand why the ancestor named Dirk, with his prestige and status at that time, as well as his strong force, didn't go further and replace the emperor at that time? If he does, he has a good chance of success.

Du Ang tossed and turned, but at this moment, his gaze suddenly froze.

A very bizarre sight.

In the wall by the window, there was a tiny, tiny hole, not much larger than the one pierced with a sewing needle, and now the moonlight outside the window was like a silver plate, and the silver light shone through this small hole like a straight thread.

Because of the angle, the light shone directly under the wooden bed where Count McNus was lying.

If this were all there was to it, Duon might have thought it amusing and poetic, but he would never have thought much of it, and the reason why he was so surprised was that he found that the light had been refracted by something under the bed, and it had been refracted in a V-shape, and it shot straight out from the other side of the bed, reflecting on the wall on the other side.

And the strangest thing is that Du Ang saw that on the wall on this side, where the light was illuminated, there was actually a small hole, and the light shot out of this small hole, and it was tightly sealed, and there was not even any excess light around the small hole.

Duang sat up from ** all at once.

This...... Is this a coincidence? Or, who made it up like a prank?

Anyway, Duang's curiosity was aroused, and he wanted to figure out what was going on.

The room where Earl McNus is sleeping now is a room that is not commonly used in the Earl's Court, to be precise, it is a special ward in the Earl's Court, which contains many medicines, and even many simple medical tools. In case of any crisis, it will not be rushed, and it can be dealt with immediately on the spot.

In this room, usually only the maid will come to clean and do some cleaning work during the day, and other than that, basically no one will come here. In such a room, who could leave a prank work here?

Duon looked at Count McNus, who was still asleep, gently pushed the door open, and walked out...... (To be continued.) )