People in this chapter: (Rutgers Harongoth), (Griffin Prais), (Ralph Maggs), (Haraus Hera), (Rochebas)

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Chapter 017: (The Lion and the Eagle)

The sky was clear, there was not a single cloud in the sky, the sun was scorching the ground, and a south wind blew and a wave of heat rolled up from the earth, suffocating the ground. The weeds couldn't withstand the sun, and the leaves were rolled into thin strips.

In the afternoon, people tend to feel tired, as if they have just woken up, and they don't want to move. Even the birds in the forest rested on the trees with their mouths open, too lazy to fly out to forage for food.

When the feast was over, King Haraus, accompanied by the Duke of Michod and the Count of Sweden, returned to the majestic castle that perched on the top of the mountain, while the lords and lords stationed at the bottom of the mountain went back to the tents that the servants had set up for them to escape the scorching heat.

In the tent of Baron Ralph Maggs. Griffin sat down at a table and said to Rutgers with an amber glass in his hand, "My dear sir, the feast of Your Majesty is truly sumptuous. ”

Rutgers grinned and said with a bitter face, "For this I have to bury hundreds of loyal soldiers with my own hands." ”

Baron Prais waved his hand and said, "All the same, all the same." ”

"These few hundred soldiers are equivalent to half of the army in my territory, and you know, my barren fief can't afford to raise many strong men. Rutgers struggled to suppress his emotions and his voice was as calm as he could, "And when these soldiers die in the Rhodok Mountains, I will have to pay a large pension to their families." ”

"Yes," said Griffin, sour, "for which we will pay thousands of dinars." ”

"I had to pay a heavy price just for a good meal. Rutgers scratched his hair a little anxiously, "Damn, maybe I should refuse to obey the kingdom's edicts like my uncle and stay in my own territory honestly." ”

Griffin replied with an admiring look on his face, "Oh, Rutgers, your ideas are admirable. As he spoke, his face changed suddenly, and he continued with a sharp and hurtful smile, "Then you have to wait until you have the strength to resist the kingdom's decrees, otherwise this lion who is angered by you will probably tear you to pieces as a prey." ”

"I'm not his prey, I'm a black eagle," Rutgers retorted sharply, "and a lion can't catch a black eagle soaring in the sky, even if it's fierce and strong." ”

"But you're just a young eagle, you can't fly out of this lion's territory," Prais's usual cynical tone took on an aggressive air at the moment. "And now you must obediently obey the lion's commands, or wait for it to open its fangs at you. ”

"It's just an old lion. ”

"Speaking of lions, I am reminded of a story about an elderly lion," Prais suggested quietly, "I wonder if you would be interested in hearing it." ”

"Griffin, when did you become a storyteller?"

Prais smiled expectantly, as if he had been waiting for the words, "A clever storyteller is always able to use the power of knowledge to protect himself from harm." ”

"Tell me your story!"

"There was an old lion, who could no longer snatch food with his strength, so he went into a cave, lay down on the ground and pretended to be sick, and when other small animals came to snooze, he caught them and ate them. On the first day, a wild boar rushed to it and bit him hard. The next day, a bison tried to push it with its horns, and many of the animals were eaten by the lion. A fox saw through the lion's trick and stood far away from the cave and asked how the lion was doing. The lion replied, "Very bad." Asked the fox why he didn't go into the hole. The fox said, "If I don't find only the footprints that go in, and none of the footprints that come out, I may go into the hole." ”

"This boar and bison are fools...... Rutgers looked at the fat man in chainmail outside the tent.

Griffin didn't wait for him to finish, and then took over, "What about the fox?"

"It will judge, it will reason, it will learn from the disasters of others. ”

"I wish you were the fox, not the two idiots. Griffin thought to himself. "Very well, at least you're smarter than boars and bison. 」

"I'm an eagle. He pursed his lips with an angry look.

"I'm sorry, you don't want to be this fox. Griffin Prais frowned and reminded the other, "But I'll tell you, as long as your wings are stiff, you will be a crow, and the lion will not be able to help you." ”

"I want to ask a question, Griffin. Rutgers Hallongoth leaned closer to him and said earnestly, "Are you sure this fool is necessary for this plan?" his voice was so low that only the two of them could hear it.

Baron Prais followed his gaze and saw Magus sitting outside the tent leaning against a wooden stool, clutching a huge roasted pork leg in his hand. He sneered in his heart, he was stupid, yes, but you weren't much better.

"Let him go, nothing will hurt, my friend. Griffin said with a smile and a sip of wine. He seems to be interested in Maggs's wild eating.

"Hell," Rutgers said, frowning, "he's going to ruin us." ”

"Don't worry, he doesn't know anything. Besides, as you say, he is stupid, but he has quite a few armies in his own territory, although it is thanks to his unfortunate father. ”

"I'll write a letter to you. Rutgers said firmly, "I must bring up this unsettling factor as soon as possible." "He didn't want a fool to ruin the whole plan.

"What are you talking about?" Maggs staggered closer to them, his words already slurred, "Tell me! ”

"Hey!," said Prais, "I see how many more drinks you can make, and spare my poor belly! I am no match for you......"

Maggs insisted, "It's impossible, it's impossible." ”

"Alright!" Rutgers pushed away the glass that Maggs handed him and said, "You're almost drunk now, and after drinking this bottle, you'll be drunk like a puddle of mud, go drink your wine, don't bother us about it, because this kind of thing needs to make people have a cool mind to think about it." ”

"Drink!" Maggs raised his glass, "don't bother with me!ah! The glass here is really not half the size of Talbolia, guard! Bring me again!" he yelled as he banged the empty wooden glass on the table.

"Look, we're working with someone like that. Rutgers whispered as he looked at the drunken man.

"Well, let's not talk about that," Griffin said, "there's news from the Southern Province that you're interested in. ”

"Don't sell me off!" said Rutgers, impatiently, "You know, I'm in a mess right now. ”

"Drink if you're in a bad mood, my friend!" said Maggs, leaning over again, "and if you're unhappy like me, drinking some wine is the best solution." Just like when I met that guy bastard from Berlands, I'm in a good mood right now, really. ”

Rutgers stood up with an expression of extreme impatience. "Let him shout!"

Prais pressed the young lord's shoulder and said, "Such a person is easier to control, because his every move is too easy to understand. I'm going to tell you now that the Duke of Harongoth has been doing something unusually lately, you know? ”

"Really?" asked Rutgers softly, after a cautious look around.

"What's really fake?" said Maggs, abruptly, "who's sick?

"Shut up!" Rutgers was about to go berserk.

"I'm not going to shut up!" Maggs continued, "why should you tell me to shut up, this is my tent, and you have no right to ask me to do that." He threw away his glass and drank it from a keg.

Prais was in a trance when he saw that the fat man was already shaky. Zhilu said that he immediately fell down and fell asleep, then turned around and continued to whisper, "It's true, friend." My eyeliner is in his castle. ”

"So what? Maybe it won't be long before we don't fight the Rhodoks, but the Rhodoks come and fight us. "Rutgers knew very well that as soon as his uncle died, the Rhodok army would be overwhelming.

"No, it doesn't matter. Griffin Prais pointed out pointedly, "As long as he dies, he will leave you a vast and rich territory and possessions, as well as the Knights of Sanction who are famous on the mainland." ”

"Oh, what are you talking about!" said Rutgers, grabbing Prais's arm, "he has a thirteen-year-old son, and he is the legal heir." I was just an unloved relative of the old man. He wondered if the other party was like this fat pig, drinking too much and talking nonsense.

"Are you talking about the little girl who can only recite poetry and paint?" said Prais, with a chilling smile, "believe me, my friend, that with the help of your lords you will have the wealth and power that all Calradians envy...... As long as you show enough loyalty to adults. ”

"Yes, yes!" Rutgers said from his impatient look to a fervor he had never seen before, "I swear to your lordship, you all know it. ”

"Of course, my friend. You're now unhappy that you're guarding that barren fiefdom and your meager taxes," said Griffin, with a gentle face and a sincere tone, "and I care about you very much, so just right! Friend, this is just right! This is a great time, and if you can take the inheritance of that territory with our help, our chances will be greater." ”

"Yes, we are friends. ”

"Come, now let's find a quieter place to discuss the future of the beautiful Lu. Prais smiled and put his glass down and was the first to step out of Maggs's tent.

At about the same time as the two men were secretly discussing a secret, King Haraus and Duke Michod had returned to the castle of the Count of Sweden.

His Majesty was sitting in the seat of the ruler of the castle hall and stared at an expressionless middle-aged man sitting to the right of his hand, dressed in an old Virgian inlay armor, sitting straight and straight, leaning forward slightly, with a Virgian beard and eyes looking straight ahead for the king's question.

This is Rochebaspoye, a former general of the Kingdom of Vegia. In a war for the throne in the Kingdom of Vidgia, he firmly chose Prince Vidim, and this war for the throne did not last long, and Prince Vidim's support fell apart.

The current king of Vigia at that time controlled almost a quarter of the entire kingdom's army, including the strong support of Vulgradpoye in the military town of Zhivacheze in the north of the kingdom, as the war continued, Prince Vidim was defeated and could only be trapped in the royal capital [Zhivadin], and the lords who were on the sidelines turned to Prince Yaroglek's camp to express their loyalty.

During the siege, which lasted for four months, the distraught Prince Vidim escaped from the sewers of Zhivading through the sewers of Zhivading with the help of a group of the most loyal royalists and sought refuge in another country.

Prince Vidim's arrogant command and the absconding of his loyal followers discouraged Rochebaspoye, and after the general, who had been loyal to the old king, still commanded his soldiers to hold the capital for two months, and then surrendered when he ran out of food, Prince Yarogrk was very angry at his stubborn resistance, but on the other hand, he admired his loyalty to the royal family and his indomitable spirit in the face of despair, so he simply confiscated his territory and property and exiled him.

Now the wise and courageous Virgian general is in the service of the kingdom of Svadia. In order to gain the loyalty of Rochebas, King Haraus gave Fort Rennes and the town of El-Legag to the southwest of the 'Elendeg Forest' as a domain.

"You're as stubborn as ever, Rochebus. His Majesty Haraus sighed and said that he was always annoyed by the tongue-twisting and unpleasant title of "boyer" of the enemy country.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I am against your sending troops to the Duchy of Rhodok. Luo Che Bass still said expressionlessly.

"In keeping with the fact that a Swadian lord should owe allegiance to his country, General, the army has been assembled in Ribolet. ”

"I beg you to take back the king's command!" said Rochebas, looking at his king in a resolute tone.

"I've made up my mind about this, go and gather your army!" the king's tone was unquestionable, "General, before we set out for the southern front, I hope that you have led your warlike soldiers to take the [Amera Fort]. ”

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