Founa opened the letter bag and pulled out the letter inside.

"A detachment of the White Dimen went south, and they bypassed the fortress of Stone City, and drove straight into the Spurry and Qinghe Territories, but Worthinghouse did not send any troops to stop them, and put all their strength on defending the city. ”

"Has Worthhouse become a coward?" Titus snorted disdainfully, his face full of disdain, "The previous generation of Earls of Worthinghouse was still a figure, and in the face of the white people, even if he knew that he couldn't resist, he was willing to fight to the death, and now, hmph, his son has lost all his face. ”

"That cannot be said, the previous generation of Earls of Worthinghouse, though he had made a name for himself, had lost his life. His reputation came at the cost of decades of decay in the House of Worthinghouse. Now the Earl of Woxinghouse can revive the family, and he should understand which is more important than fame and family. ”

Titus pursed his lips, his face a little uncertain, but since it was Funner's words, he didn't refute it.

Arnold took the letter from Funner's hand.

"You go down first, and have food and hot water prepared for him. ”

The young duke said to the messenger who had sent the letter, whose hair was still wet. He came in with ice and snow on his head, and it took a while for him to melt away from the heat inside the castle.

Arnold looked at the contents of the letter.

"Your Excellency. Fonnar leaned over to Arnold's side and whispered, "The main force of the White Lands should still be led by Tiamat, and this southward division is probably only for the purpose of plundering, perhaps to plunder the supplies needed by the army, or it may be the behavior of a clan itself. The Cold Mountain Collar was some distance from the Dragonbone Mountain Range, and they would not have invaded so deeply. ”

Arnold held the letter in his palm and did not speak.

"And ......," Fang Na glanced around and continued, "Leng Shanling's current situation is definitely not suitable for sending troops north. We have no internal stability, and we simply don't have the energy to fight the white people for others. ”

"Thankfully. Arnold put the letter down, "Qinghe Ling did not ask us for help. ”

Fonner frowned.

"They're probably so scared that they can't cower in the city by now. Titus still looked down on Qingheling, "It was the same thirty years ago, when I saw the people of Baidi going south, I couldn't resist it, so I could only beg others, but I couldn't do anything myself." ”

"Titus, just because they can't do anything doesn't mean they haven't done anything. ”

"What consciousness?" Titus was stunned, not immediately understanding what Fonna meant.

"Tiamat is in a hurry, but the empire doesn't even have the strength to send troops to Tiamat to rescue the Kasyia family, even if the dukes agree to send troops at the royal council, it will be a national force to fight against the white people of Tiamat Territory, and the rest of the directions, including the Askar Alliance, including the elves, we need to take a defensive position, it is completely predictable, then the entire empire will be tense, and the strength of each place will be stretched. In this case, many things that are usually very likely to cause friction and even a war can only be ignored with one eye closed. ”

Titus touched the back of his head, still not understanding what Funner meant.

Fonnar sighed, and had no choice but to say it directly. "If the empire is really defeated by the whitemen, or even loses the Tiamat Domain, then all the lords in the empire will see the weakness of the empire. Not only the weakness of the royal family, but also the old state of the empire will be presented in the eyes of careerists, and under such a temptation trend, it is likely that some people will be obsessed. ”

"You mean......" Titus said uncertainly, "will any lord take advantage of the opportunity to attack others?"

"Back then, my father attacked the Holy Helm Collar and almost provoked the interference of the royal family, but now, Tiamat is in danger, and Wang Ji is too busy to take care of himself, who will have the spare energy to care about those opportunistic guys?"

Arnold summoned his attendants and asked them to spread the map on the table.

That's probably what Worthinghouse thought. They are probably not entirely defending the city to guard against the people of the White Land. After the death of the previous Earl of Worthhouse thirty years ago, the other families in the Qinghe Territory took the opportunity to divide the power vacated by the decline of the Worthhouse family. After all, it's the 'Earl of Worthinghouse', not the 'Earl of Qingheling'. ”

"And now the Earl of Woxinghouse, Goodmud Worthhouse can also be regarded as a character, he revitalized the family that had decayed after his father's death, and regained the dominance of the Qinghe Territory, but the thirty years of decline can not be swept away overnight, those families of the Qinghe Domain, although they are nominally vassals of Worthinghouse, but they are semi-independent, and the Earl of Goodmud wants to completely accept these families as vassals all the time. ”

Titus looked at Fonnar, then at Arnold cautiously, and finally had some eyebrows.

"In other words, Woxinghouse wants to take advantage of this war to re-overwhelm those families?"

"The invasion of the White Lands is a good opportunity, the territory of Woxinghaus is located in the east of the Qinghe Territory, close to the side of the Askar Alliance, and this time the Whitelanders are from the Dragonbone Territory to the south, the first to bear the brunt of the territory of other families, Woxinghaus will not be directly impacted immediately, Goodmod is likely to take this opportunity to weaken the other families in the territory, and retain his own strength, so as to completely control the Qinghe Territory. ”

"But what if he can't control it?" Titus's thinking immediately became clear after figuring out these keys, "If the others fail to stop the White Ground and let the White Man directly enter the territory of Worthhouse House, then his fate will not be much better than that of the other families, right?"

"Have you forgotten what I just said?" Fonner sighed and turned his gaze to the map, "The territory of Woxinghaus is close to the Askar Alliance. ”

Titston was stunned.

"Are they ......?"

"Nothing is impossible. Arnold was expressionless, and didn't seem surprised, "At this time, the royal family simply doesn't have the time to care about the affairs of Woxinghaus and the Askar Alliance, after all, Qinghe Ling is too far away from Wangji, they can't control it, and they don't have the heart to care about it." ”

"So, what does this have to do with us?" Titus thought for a moment and asked the plan, "If the Vostar House really colludes with the Askar Alliance, then they should be able to stop the White Division." This should be good news for us. ”

"That's the good news. Arnold bowed his head slightly, the light not shining on his face.

Fonner's eyelids jumped when he saw Arnold's expression.

Inexplicably, he remembered Tegman.

"How are they, Hercasi?" Arnold abruptly interrupted Voxinghaus's question and asked something else, "I've heard that Hercasi has met my uncle. ”

Fonnar lowered his head, his voice muffled. "Lord Duke, with all due respect, this matter is not suitable for discussion at this time. ”

"Why?"

"It's not timely. ”

Arnold looked at Fonnar carefully.

"Helkasi: They're a little nervous, because you've been a little too aggressive since you came back to the Cold Mountain Collar. From Helkasi's point of view, they were the ones who helped you banish Lord Tegman, and they did a great job for you, so they want you to respect them a little more. ”

"For example?" Arnold raised an eyebrow, his voice a little higher.

"You're young, and they want you to at least respect their age. ”

"And what about their respect for me?" said Arnold, as if aroused by the anger in his heart, gritted his teeth, "they have ignored my orders, and would not even have bothered to work their legs to meet me at Lionheart, if it were not for the whitelands' southward journey." Do they feel that since they have already banished a duke, it is not a big deal to banish another one?"

Titus looked at Arnold in a daze, Arnold had always looked very gloomy, but the more gloomy people were, the less likely they were to lash out, they were used to hiding all their emotions in their hearts, and Titus had never seen Arnold expose his inner anger like he did now.

Fonner lowered his head and didn't speak. Although Arnold is not as well known as Tegman, Fonner can still find out Arnold's character, and it is best not to talk back to the young duke in the current situation.

And Fonnard didn't say a word, and Arnold didn't have a chance to continue to get angry, he paced a few steps a little irritably, and his expression was quite unsightly.

"Forget it, that's all for today, and if there's any news, let me know right away. ”

Fonner and Titus bowed their heads, then silently watched Arnold leave.

It was only after seeing Arnold leave that Titus looked up.

"It's like ......," he pondered for a moment how to describe it.

"Protecting the children who love their toys and think that others will come and snatch them. ”

Fonner lowered his eyelids and helped Titus come up with the second half of the sentence.

Titus couldn't help but nod his head, it was indeed this feeling.

"Now I understand a little. Fonner sighed, "I understand why Lord Arnold hates William and his brothers so much. ”

Titus looked at Fonner in surprise.

"Lord Arnold has not changed, although he does not know what happened to him in the territory of Fotagen, what has happened, suddenly he is no longer as sick and weak as before, and even has some strength, but his essence has not changed, and the experience of his childhood still leaves a strong mark on his body and mind. ”

Titus looked around at the guards around him, not quite understanding why Funner was so emotional.

"Arnold was sick and weak as a child, but his personality was not submissive. But because of his body, and perhaps because of family factors, he couldn't get a lot of things he wanted, so he attached great importance to his few possessions, and could even be said to be stingy. He doesn't allow anyone else to take anything from him, because once he loses what little he has left, he really has nothing. He hated the William brothers, because they would take away their identity, and without the identity of the heir of the Cold Mountain Lord, he would not be able to gain a foothold in this land, and it would be difficult for him to even survive. In the same way, he was very sensitive to Herkasi's every move, and he wanted to be respected by those vassals, and he wanted to gain authority and satisfaction in this way. These are all things that he once wanted but did not obtain, so he valued them so much that he even made a fuss. ”

"Because I don't have it, I want to get it...... "Titus roughly understood what Funner meant.

"Lord Arnold is a poor man. Fonner turned and prepared to leave, "But poor people often have something to hate." ”

"You think ......," Titus tensed, "Master Arnold has gone too far. ”

"I don't know. Funner shook his head, "But that's his character, and some things are inevitable. ”

As he spoke, he raised his eyes, and a dim light flashed in his eyes.

"For example, attacking the Qinghe Territory. ”