In the Black Rock City Lord's Mansion, in front of Meng Fan were ten manuscript papers depicting gorgeous patterns, and these ten patterns had a common feature, they were all shaped based on goshawks. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Picking up a piece of manuscript paper, Meng Fan took a slight look at it and put the manuscript paper to the side, Meng Fan then picked up the next one, looked at it for a while, and then put it down, picked it up six times in a row, and when Meng Fan picked up the seventh manuscript paper, his eyes couldn't help but light up.

This manuscript paper depicts a black eagle with its wings outstretched, the eagle's talons fall on a horizontal silver sword, a circular wreath of green leaves surrounds the eagle, the background color of the manuscript paper is gold, the whole pattern looks beautiful and symmetrical, and the dignity reveals a majesty.

"Tiberius, this pattern...... Who designed it?" Meng Fan asked, looking up.

"Lord Claude, according to your wishes, I solicited family crest designs from scholars in the three cities of Black Rock City, Cold Water City, and Giant Wood City, and in the past two months, I have received more than 100 family crest designs. Tiberius, who was standing at the table, replied.

"Vopshkin?" Meng Fan held the manuscript paper in his hand, "Lord Claude, Vopshkin is a very intelligent and imaginative young man, he is only twenty-six years old this year, and he has already obtained the title of scholar at the age of twenty-two. Tiberius said.

Scholars are different from magicians and warriors, as long as martial arts and magic are used, they can clearly see the user's strength level, but knowledge is hidden in the head, if there is no systematic investigation, no one can see the level of knowledge of the other party at a glance.

There is a learned evaluation agency on the Qinglan Continent, and only through the inspection of the evaluation agency can he be awarded the title of scholar, and it is very remarkable to be able to obtain the title of scholar before the age of thirty, and this man named Vopushkin passed the investigation at the age of twenty-two and obtained the title of scholar.

"Oh, that's a great man, Tiberius, this Vopushkin...... Would he like to come and work under me?" Meng Fan asked.

"Lord Claude, Vopushkin is a cripple, and his left leg is naturally shorter than his right, and it is very inconvenient to walk...... So he spends most of his time in his room reading classics, and he doesn't like to communicate with anyone. Tiberius replied.

"That's a shame. Meng Fan sighed softly, "Tiberius, send someone to send a thousand gold coins to this Vopushkin." Meng Fan put the manuscript paper painted with the design pattern of the family crest in his hand on the table and said.

"My lord, what do you mean......" Tiberius looked at the lord sitting in front of him, "Tiberius, I have decided that this is the pattern of the coat of arms of the Kuru family. Meng Fan stared at the black eagle on the table with its wings outstretched.

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In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.

The royal capital of Kyrgia, Cangyun City.

In the palace, King Landry Pars was half-lying on the bed, and Rand was haggard and breathed slowly.

"Your Majesty, take a sip of medicine. Queen Freya, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, scooped a spoonful of the decoction with a silver spoon and handed it to King Landry's mouth.

With the silver spoon in his mouth, Landry took a sip of the bitter decoction, "Taria, ...... again Add some sugar. Landry gestured to Taria as he stood beside him.

"No, Your Majesty, the imperial doctor said that you can only add a spoonful of sugar, and if you add more sugar, the effect of the medicine will not be good. Queen Freya stopped her.

"Your Majesty, just bear with it for a while, you see, you've already drunk half of it. The attendant Taria, half-bowed, whispered.

Outside the palace, Prime Minister Halson stood with Duke Dulaika. "Why did Your Majesty's health suddenly become so bad?" asked Duke Duraika, the uncle of King Landry Pars, looking at the Chancellor Halson in front of him.

"The Imperial Physician said that this was the result of many years of sedimentation, that His Majesty had to drink alcohol every day for all these years, and that it was those strong drinks that had hurt his body, and that the troops of the Kingdom of Bretain had been gathering on the border recently, and that His Majesty had become more and more depressed, which caused illness. Halson replied.

Two months ago, the army of the Kingdom of Bretan began to gather in the north, and 400,000 troops have been amassed in the Thundering Fortress occupied by the Kingdom of Bretan, and the new commander of the Bretan Army, Crown Prince Christian Sias, is said to have arrived at the Thundering Fortress not long ago, and from the current situation, the Kingdom of Bretan will soon start a war against the Kingdom of Gilgias.

Nine years ago, that is, in 7143 of the Bright Calendar, a war broke out between the Kingdom of Gilgias and the Kingdom of Bretan, which was initiated by the Kingdom of Gilgias.

On the Sand River Plain of the Kingdom of Bretan, the Gilgidian army was ambushed by the Bretian army returning from the division, and the commander of the Bretan army, Voncis Varuan, skillfully divided the Gilgidian army into several pieces, and Vonsis commanded his army to besiege the Gilgidian king Landry Pars, who was besieged because of his carelessness.

In the end, it was fortunate that General Kullum, a fierce general in the Gilgidian army, led people to break through the siege and rescue the king, but it is said that Landry was wounded in that war, and after returning to the royal capital Cangyun City, Landry's personality changed a lot, and the originally cheerful young king became gloomy and cold.

From then on, Landry drank a lot of alcohol every day, and when he got drunk, Landry either stayed alone in his room or vented his anger with a scarecrow with a portrait of the commander of the Bretan Army, Vonse.

After a while, the door to the king's chambers opened, and a beautiful blonde woman stepped out of the chambers.

"Her Royal Highness. Duke Dulaika and Prime Minister Halson, who were standing outside, saluted Queen Freya, who had come out.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please both of you. Freya spoke softly and left with a few attendants, and Dulaika and Halson glanced at each other and entered the king's bedchamber.

The Kingdom of Brettan is about to wage war against the Kingdom of Gilgias, and King Landry Pars is of course too ill to go to the front to supervise the war, and Landry will appoint his uncle Duke Duraika as the commander of the army, and Duke Duraika will be fully responsible for resisting the invasion of the Kingdom of Brettan.

The war between the two countries is on the verge of breaking out, so at this moment, what is Meng Fan, the lord of Black Rock City, doing?

Two thousand miles away from the royal capital Cangyun City, in the Black Rock City, Meng Fan stayed in a room with the tax collector Tiberius and the dark mage Mar Saha.

All three were standing at a table with a map depicting neither the Gilgidian nor the Bretan kingdom.

In front of Meng Fan, the lord of Black Rock City, is a map of the entire territory of the Fran Kingdom. Located in the northeast of the Kingdom of Gilgias, the Kingdom of Fran is the smallest of the nine human kingdoms in the Qinglan Continent.