"I didn't write this letter, and my butler has never been to Buryatia!"

Powerful voices echoed through the empty halls, and Grand Duke Williams, Queen Catherine, and Marquis Golon gathered in the palace conference room to discuss the events that had taken place in the Burya Territory.

Although the Buryat family is the lord of Gambis, it is still only an inappropriate family in the eyes of these three, and the death of the great knight Austin in a decisive battle is not worthy of Williams and Catherine to discuss countermeasures. The reason why the top of the Gambis royal family is so solemn is because the matter involves Sylvia and the York family.

For any royal family, the Golden Knight in the kingdom is both a valuable asset and a big trouble, and the Flame Golden Knight is the most troublesome.

Known as the Knights of the Gods, the Flame Gold Knights are unrivaled in combat but have a short lifespan, no companion and are infertile. In their later years, the other Golden Knights were busy reproducing and training their offspring, while the reclusive Spirit Knights became extremely aggressive and dangerous due to the fire elemental infestation, and they were more eager to challenge their peers, often trampling the Golden Knights of other families under their feet for a small matter. Fortunately, the Flame Golden Knights are extremely rare, and there are only less than 10 of them in the nearly 8,000-year history of mankind, but each of the Golden Flame Knights has left a strong mark in history, and some have even caused the collapse of the old kingdom and the rise of new forces.

It is precisely because of these characteristics that the families with the Flame Golden Knight are extremely aggressive, and they take advantage of the fact that the backers are still there, and they have the courage to expand the family power, annex small families, occupy more territory, and build higher castles, so that other big families are sideways and helpless. At this time, if the royal family cannot lead the Divine Knight family to expand outward, they will cause turmoil within the kingdom.

Gambis is facing the same problem. Just yesterday, Sylvia's messenger brought a letter to the Marquis of Golon. It was this letter that prompted Judy's mother and son to flee to Centaur Hills, which eventually led to the death of Grand Knight Austin in Randall. In the decisive battle, killing the Grand Knight of the Kingdom was a serious event that challenged the authority of the royal family, but now everyone's attention was focused on the intentions of the House of York.

Williams's inward-looking appearance made Catherine a little gloating. Williams meddled in the affairs of the Buryat Lord, ostensibly to stabilize the situation in the south of the kingdom and enhance the control of the royal family over the southern lord, but in fact to prevent the influence of the Wellington family from penetrating into the south of the kingdom, and the Wellington family was Catherine's main supporter. Now, Williams has been slapped in the face by the York family, and everyone knows that the York family and Williams are not of the same heart, and Catherine is of course secretly happy about it.

Williams saw a flash of disdain on Catherine's bright face, and his heart was indescribably depressed. Since the death of King Lane, Williams and Catherine have been in the same boat, and he has not been in the palace to meet the queen for a long time, but today he must not clarify the matter, and most importantly to explain to the Marquis of Goron, because Goron had blocked the night owl's plan to assassinate Viscount Randall, and now this letter has made him suspicious.

"Your Highness Williams, is this really not a letter from you?" Goron stared at Williams with burning eyes, as if trying to see the clue in his face.

"Not really!" Williams shook his head firmly in the face of the Golden Knight's aggressive gaze, and asked again, "Teacher Goron, did the messenger of the York family say anything?"

Sylvia didn't say anything, just sent for the letter. Goron said in a deep voice.

Catherine's eyes flickered, and she asked coldly, "Goronqing, Williams, what are you hiding from me?"

Goron sighed, recounted the reason for the incident, and said, "I believe that His Highness did not secretly carry out the assassination plan, and this matter should have been planned by the York family in order to expand their influence. Whether it is counterfeiting letterheads, or sending someone to pretend to be His Highness's butler, it is not difficult for the York family. ”

"As far as the present situation is concerned, regardless of who wrote the letter, the Grand Duke must admit it, and I will acquiesce in what the letter says about me. Catherine paused and said, "If the night stalkers were complete, we would have been able to detect the Yorks' plans in advance, and we wouldn't have been so passive." I demand that the Night Stalker take back command. What do you think?"

Goron was a little unhappy and a little helpless. Williams is bold and decisive, and has a knack for winning people's hearts, but he is also adventurous. Catherine is relatively conservative, but she is delicate, does things well, and is a little more selfish. If the two of them work together to assist that person, even if that person is a tease, they can keep Gambis in order, and with Sylvia's sharp double-edged sword, maybe they can make the kingdom go further. It's a pity that these two people are vying for power and profit, and the fight is so fierce that Gambis is struggling, and Goron himself is not good at handling internal affairs at all, and he has done his best to stabilize the overall situation.

Golon's biggest concern is that the centaur hills will not satisfy the appetite of the York family, once they will reach out to other lords, and the royal family cannot effectively curb it, there will be an avalanche situation within the kingdom, but if they are at odds with the York family, the Emperor Duoduo or the Rand will definitely not let go of the opportunity to fan the flames. When the time comes, Gambis will be really dangerous.

Although Catherine is a little cautious, she is not an ignorant person, and she still wants to take back the night owl at a critical moment, and most of them already have more definite news.

Thinking of this, Goron's heart moved and asked, "Your Majesty Catherine, is there any news from the Duke of Wellington?"

Seeing that Marquis Goron did not talk about the control of the night owl, Catherine had to sigh in her heart, and said with her head bowed: "The envoys of the York family and the representatives of the Wellington family, as well as the representatives of the Solimme family, have reached a preliminary consensus in Yeliu City. The Yorkists had no intention of interfering in the affairs of the Buryatia, and proposed that the three parties should work together to maintain the independence of the Buryatia and trade ordinary goods fairly through Yehwillow, while also paying taxes to the Buryatia. ”

Williams looked at Goron in amazement and asked incredulously, "It's that simple, they didn't ask for marriages, hunting extravaganzas, or legion tournaments?"

Marriage and hunting events were important ways to expand the family's influence, while clan tournaments were a recruitment fair for lords. When several families jointly hold a clan competition, those unambitious trainee knights or scholar nobles will show their talents through competition, not only can they get rich prizes, but also have the opportunity to join the big family and seek a future for themselves, and the organizer must not interfere with the choice of knights. The House of York had titles, territories, and was very attractive to knights, but for smaller families it was naked talent plunder.

Goron had thought that the Yorks would firmly control the Buryat Territory, and held regular legion tournaments in Yehwillow City to attract talents from other families to join the Centaur Hills, so as to strengthen their own strength. He didn't expect that the York family went to great lengths to trap and kill a big knight, just to ask for a fair deal, or ordinary supplies!

However, when the Marquis of Golon saw Catherine shaking her head slightly, he was still relieved, and Williams said to himself in a puzzled manner: "What does Sylvia mean by this? What materials can be traded in the Centaur Hills? Refined iron? No, the York family is so poor, and the Duke of York has never sold a single piece of refined iron ore! Purple cane wine has been handed over to Sophia's Chamber of Commerce! Snow sugar and coffee, although the profit is large, the amount is too small, and Viscount Ternes has already won half of the share, how many goods can the York family have?"

"Don't guess, it's jaggery and green bricks!" Catherine said coldly.

"Brown sugar?"

Catherine also ignored Williams, turned to Goron and said, "The jaggery sugar is also made of purple cane for civilian consumption, and the price is slightly more expensive than salt, and the quantity is more than snow sugar. In addition, the York family invented a giant brick kiln that could produce green bricks in large quantities. It was these two goods that they wanted to sell. ”

"I see. Marquis Goron nodded and said, "The Yorks are just like us, their finances are tight, and the church is at war with the centaur clan, and the supplies to support the centaur hills are quite limited, so they have to find another way to expand their financial resources. It seems that Sylvia's pact with us is still valid, and she has no intention of making enemies with the kingdom. ”

"Your Majesty Catherine, Your Highness Williams, no matter what twists and turns there are, it is a fact that Austin attempted to kill the heir of the family, and it is also a fact that he invaded Randall's Domain. I suggest that this end is the end of the matter. Goron stood up and spoke to the two royals.

Just as Catherine was about to nod, a crisp voice came.

"Wait!"

The beautiful eldest princess Roland walked over with Prince Edward and said with a smile: "The little baby has been eavesdropping on a boring meeting for a long time, so I have to bring him over." ”

Prince Edward struggled to break free of Roland's jade hand, and said angrily, "I'm not a little baby, I'm ten years old. ”

"Well, the little baby is ten years old. Say whatever you want, and go fishing with me. ”

Roland pursed his pink lips and pressed Edward to the main seat, Williams' eyes moved, but he didn't say anything after all. Catherine patted the back of Prince Edward's hand with great satisfaction, and said softly, "Edward, do you have any suggestions?"

Edward looked at his sister as if pleading, while Roland looked up at the huge painting on the ceiling as if he had never seen it before. Edward bit and stammered, "I'...... I believe that the authority of the royal family is not to be challenged and should be ...... Viscount Randall should be summoned and ordered to give an explanation to the Senate. ”

The atmosphere on the scene suddenly became delicate. Marquis Goron, the Queen, and the Grand Duke had avoided talking about Viscount Randall all along, as they all knew what it meant to Sylvia for three years as a popular archer who had embodied the Void element. Although Sylvia's hope is slim, they all hope in their hearts that Viscount Randall can always be by Sylvia's side. Sylvia also submitted two marriage letters to the Senate and the Church, already indicating her attitude towards Viscount Randall. At this time, holding Viscount Randall accountable is simply moving Sylvia's scales, which is also not in the interests of the royal family.

Catherine smiled bitterly and said, "Honey, things are complicated here, you can't understand it yet......"

"No! I know. Edward stubbornly twisted his head away, dodging Catherine's hand.

"Your Highness Edward, the descendants of the House of Augustus have the right to speak at all times. Please go on. Marquis Goron said solemnly to Edward.

Prince Edward glanced at Goron gratefully, and said, "I can't understand your concerns, but Baster N taught me that if you don't understand something, you have to look at the simple place and see who benefits? Who suffers? The York family needs us to support them, and we also need the York family to guard the hills, we are suspicious of each other, we are all hurt, and it is the external forces that really benefit." I've heard that the House of York had just had a conflict with Duke Erikson of the Kingdom of Dord, and Erikson was stripped of his title by King Dordor and paid a large sum of money to the House of York, which was simply a curry-please!

Catherine's beautiful eyes lit up, and she encouraged softly: "My dear, what you said earlier is very good, but the guesses behind are meaningless. In some cases, the truth of the facts is not important, it is how to deal with it. I'd like to hear your reasons for holding Viscount Randall accountable. ”

"Well, we need to maintain the majesty of the royal family, the House of York needs the support of the kingdom, and we must show each other's attitudes so that outside forces can not take advantage of it. ”

"Well said!" Williams applauded and smiled and asked, "So...... How do you solve the problem of trust?"

Edward exclaimed, "I'm going to visit Blackcastle until Viscount Randall returns to the Centaur Hills. As he spoke, he plucked up the courage to say to Williams, "Uncle Wang, I would like to ask Viscount Sauron to accompany me. ”

Catherine shouted in a gaffe, "No!"

Williams was shocked. Edward walked with Sauron, no less than putting his neck under his knife. The Marquis of Golon, who seemed to know the young prince for the first time, asked slowly, "Your Highness Edward, why did you do this?"

"Hmm...... Hmm......" Edward's little face turned red, and he said quickly: "Sister said that she wanted to see what was so special about the popular shooter, and she also said that Victor turned out to be a small vase, and she was curious...... Oh...... Oh!"

The eyes of the three people looked at Roland in unison, and Roland let go of the hand covering Edward's mouth in a sneering manner, and said fiercely: "Boy, you're finished!

"Don't run!"

Little Edward ran away, and Roland chased after him with his teeth and claws, and in an instant, the siblings were gone. Goron looked at the back of the gradually running away, and there was a lot of hope and pride in his heart.

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In a clearing deep in the dark forest, more than thirty strong alchemy militiamen were constantly digging a huge hole, the depth of the pit and the height of the earth accumulation far exceeded the height of the alchemy militia. Such potholes, all over the ground.

A dozen or so huge mastiffs were divided into six piles and were tearing at the corpses of bear goblins with difficulty, and there were no ordinary goblin remains nearby, only rudimentary weapons scattered on the ground, proving that there had been a battle here, and at least hundreds of goblins had been killed.

"Ding!"

The iron hoe struck the hard object with a crisp sound, and the alchemy militia immediately bent down and used their hands to remove the black dirt, revealing an earthy yellow curved stone underneath. Other alchemy militia also came over and quickly dug around the stones, and as the black mud around them was cut open, the yellow stones gradually revealed their true faces. It is a half-man-tall standard spherical rock, with a smooth surface and no patterns, and its color is earthy yellow, which is clearly different from the surrounding black mud.

A strong barberry militiaman pushed hard, but the stone ball did not move, and he picked up a fine iron hammer and smashed it on the stone ball.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the barberry militia took a few steps back, the hammer head made of fine iron had been deformed, his tiger's mouth was also shaken open, and bright red blood dripped down the handle of the hammer to the ground, and there was not even a small crack on the surface of the stone ball.

The alchemy militia blew a long whistle, and several alchemy crows flew down from the trees.

"Dark Forest, suspicious targets spotted. The alchemy militia said three times to the alchemy crow.

The alchemy crow flashed blood-red eyes, and said with a learned tongue: "Dark Forest, find a suspicious target." ”

"Suspicious targets have been spotted in the Dark Forest. ”

Three alchemy crows flapped their wings and flew through the dense canopy in the direction of the alchemy tower.