The king did not know that two vampire princes were watching them leave Paris—their carriage at first traveled only along the Seine, but when it was time to leave the Louvre, it had to turn southwest— They were going to Versailles, so they had to pass through the town hall, Notre-Dame and Place de la Bastille, and by the canal near the Place de la Bastille, the carriage hidden in the shadows lifted its curtains, and a mob noticed the glitter of the windows, and they ran over to get some advantage from it, but the sharp swords and spears of the monks of Elelius were not only against the creatures of darkness, but also against fallen humans, and perhaps even more intimidating than the king's musketeers, these holy knights who were as silent as stones would not even utter a single rebuke- Of course, no one would say anything to a group of dead people.

Ilallus had been paying attention to the king's countenance, and as far as he knew, the young king seemed to be a very merciful man, who, when he was still in Paris, had quarreled with the Bishop of Mazarin because he could not bear to see the poor people of Paris starving because of the rising prices, and took the opportunity of renovating the chapel to give as many relief as he could, and on the way to the flight, though he himself was not in danger, he could not watch his people die in droves in the famine caused by the war, the "cross of the queen mother" I don't know how many people were saved, but it is not surprising that perhaps they will become a super-holy place in the future, and the exiles who followed the king all the way to Versailles, if it were Louis XIII or Henry IV, they were lucky not to be driven out or executed, and this king not only gave them food and water, but also gave them land, so that they could cultivate it well and live like a human again.

So will he sympathize with these people?

"Why do you think so?" said Louis, to Aralius' astonishment, and then he heard the king say, "I issued a pardon more than a hundred days ago, that my people would go to Versailles, and all those who remain here can only say that they at least did not recognize me as their king—I love my people, but only if they should be my people, and not soldiers of the Duke of Gaston or the Prince of Condé, or premeditated criminals." At this, the king turned his head and smiled slightly, "You see, I have not given them a chance. ”

Louis admitted that his good deeds were not simple, and that the chapel was only repaired to quell the faint signs of rebellion in the city of Paris, and that he erected a cross and sheltered the homeless on the way to exile because he needed his own tenant farmers and soldiers, and he issued an edict more than a hundred days ago to let the poor people of Paris go to Versailles, promising them land, agricultural tools, and seeds, and also to build a city of his own - Paris he would not give up, but he would never believe in Paris.

Those who were reluctant to leave may have many reasons, but the king knew that they were more likely to be made by the Prince of Condé and the Duke of Gaston, who had paid a high sum of money, had a beautiful coat to wear, and a weapon to hold in his hands, or, as he said, had been planning for a long time, and were ready to make a fortune in the midst of the turmoil, or they simply did not want to believe their king, and Louis would not have complied them to obey his will, just as he looked at the city covered with a red cloak of flames, and did not feel sorry that it did not belong to it。

Elelius smiled, his slender fingers moving swiftly through the window, like a white spider crawling in the dark, and the carriage set off again, but after a while it stopped again, and a monk came up to the carriage and said a few words to Elarius, "It seems," said Elelius, "that we need to go on in a different way." ”

The army of the Prince of Condé and the Duke of Gaston met at the Place de la Bastille, with the Prince of Condé himself leading his soldiers, and the Duke of Gaston led by the Duke of Guise.

Although Prince Condé's military strength and military talent have surpassed Gaston, but this war Condé can be said to be caught off guard, perhaps for him, King Louis XIV is his common enemy with Gaston, although under a series of operations by Mazarin and Louis, in order to compete for power, the relationship between him and Duke Gaston is very stiff, but before the sound of fighting, Duke Gaston has always maintained due respect for him - So much so that when he jumped out of bed and tried to summon his officers, he found that several of them who could be relied on had lost their whereabouts.

He was also accompanied by the Duke of Longueville and the Duke of La Rochefoucauld, but the Duke of Longueville was assassinated at the beginning of the war, and now his life and death are uncertain, and the Duke of La Rochefoucauld was injured in both eyes when he protected him from the trap of the Duke of Gaston, and he could not see anything, so he could only fight alone.

Compared to the Prince of Condé, the Duke of Guise is much more calm, their total number may not be as good as the army of the Prince of Condé, but in this area, they have an advantage, and the previous provocation of the Duke of Gaston has caused the Prince of Condé to lose two of his capable subordinates, the Duke of Longueville was seriously injured, and the Duke of La Rochefoucauld also retreated from the battlefield - even if the Duke of Guise is defeated, the Duke of Gaston still has a chance, but if the Prince of Condé is dead or captured, who else can command his army?

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The king at first did not understand what Elelius meant by the other way, but soon he understood, for he and Elelius were carried on the shoulders of the knights of the Inquisition, and when the carriage was impassable, they could walk on the water or on the ridge of the roof even if they were carrying a man, and it was a strange experience, because when you look at them with your eyes, these tall knights or monks are like rocks or steel, but if you close your eyes and feel only the touch of the wind on your cheeks, you will feel that you are being carried by a huge eagle, gliding through the deep, cold night。

Their speed was so fast that almost in the blink of an eye, the carriage was almost left behind them, and the king suddenly turned his head to look, "Is that the Duchess of Montpensier?"

Elarius raised his hand, and they stopped. Yes, it was the Duchess of Montpensier, who was condescending and could see clearly, she was also in the legion, perhaps because the Duke of Gaston intended to use the title of so-called daughter of Orleans to the end, she was deliberately dressed in a shining armor, and the helmet was also embellished with white feathers, which hung down to her shoulders, and her lips were a condensed blood-like crimson in the firelight, and her expression was burning.

"Alas. Elarius said, "Is the rumor true?"

"Elarioch," said Louis, "may I ask you to lend me one?"

"Please, Your Majesty. Elelius humbly replied, "I would love to serve you." ”

Louis paused: "Can you see the man in the dark green velvet tunics?"

"See, he's beside Prince Condé. ”

"Because I told him to go to the prince. Louis said, "Can you get your men to come to him, and then take him to the Duchess of Montpensier?"

"What do you want him to do?"

"Go and say something the duchess wants to hear. ”

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The Prince of Condé was at a disadvantage, which was something that anyone could see, and the most terrible thing was that the Duke of Guise had commanded his soldiers, cut off the Prince of Condé from his legions, and besieged him and a small group of soldiers in front of the fortress of the Bastille, which Charles V had built in the style of the famous military castle of the fourteenth century, and which could be said to be a stronghold standing on the side of the Louvre.

The fortress had been occupied by the Duke of Gaston before the outbreak of war, perhaps considering that the entire square had become a battlefield, so the Duke of Guise let the Duchess of Montpensier enter the Bastille Fortress, and if there was only the Duke of Motmar, he would not have been able to approach the Duchess in any case, but there were monks from the Inquisition, who could be said to have appeared behind the Duchess of Montpensier without knowing it.

The duchess was startled at first, for the soldiers beside her fell silently, but the man who came at once unfurled a necklace - the one that the Prince of Condé had bought for her at the Red Kids' Bazaar, and because of the arrival of the prince's sister and his wife, they had some quarrels, and she returned it to the prince, who knew that it would return to her as a reliable token?

"How is Your Highness?"

"It's bad. The Duke of Motmar said that he was haggard and scarred, and that he was a beautiful man himself, and that the sight of him the Duchess of Montpensier was like seeing the Prince of Condé: "How bad is it?

"Look down," said the Duke of Motmar, "look, you can see him." ”

So the duchess went to the battlements and looked down, where the Prince of Condé and his men were being driven to a small area in front of the fortress, where they had built rudimentary fortifications out of the carcasses of men and horses, but it was only a matter of an eye. But perhaps because the Duke of Guise also did not want to kill a prince, he demanded that the Prince of Condé surrender, so the situation was stalemate.

"Now you're the only one who can save him. Duke Motemar said.

"You can come to me like this," said the Duchess, "why can't you take him away?"

"Because His Highness is not willing to abandon his soldiers. "Just like he wouldn't have surrendered in humiliation," said the Duke of Motmar. ”

"He should surrender. The Duchess muttered.

"Then he will die," said the Duke of Motmar, "if he were dealing with a king, he could, but he was dealing with another usurper, your father, and he could not—don't contradict me, you know, your father would do it." ”

"I couldn't have rebelled against my father. ”

"I suggest you do that. "Because if Duke Gaston wins, it will not do you any good." ”

"What a foolish thing to say," said the Duchess, "that he is my father, and I am his daughter." ”

"He already has three daughters. The Duke of Motemar said cruelly, these three were born to the Duke of Gaston and his stepwife: "If you count the illegitimate daughters, it is four, and you also have an illegitimate brother, who has no shortage of children, and especially you, the venerable lord of the county, look at your father, and think back to all that he has done to you, you may have loved him, but he only thinks that you are a stumbling block to his possession of Montpensier, and he does not need you to be intelligent, nor to be sharp, nor to have a great reputation— He may still need the daughter of Orleans now, but when the war is over and the dust settles, you'll be the one he hates the most. But then, Lord Commander, you don't even have someone around you who will lend a helping hand. ”

He stepped forward: "What can you do then?"

Duke Motmar looked at the necklace in his hand: "But if he fails, of course, I don't mean that he is dead or imprisoned, and His Royal Highness cannot do this, then they will have to return to a state of equilibrium, and at that time, even if he will be angry, he will have to ask for your help, whether as the daughter of Orleans or as the Duchess of Montpensier, and your help to His Royal Highness will be enough to remember him for the rest of his life." ”

"You're going to get a lot more than you do now. ”

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The events of this night have always been talked about by the people of Paris.

In their mouths, forced to retreat under the walls of the fortress of the Bastille, the Prince of Condé in front of the trench saw the Duchess of Montpensier standing on the walls in desperation, and out of trust and affection for his lover, he did not hesitate to cry out to the Duchess: "Lord of the county, help me!"

The Duchess of Montpensier ordered the defenders of the fortress of the Bastille to aim their guns on the walls and fire at the troops of the Duke of Guise (that is, her father).

The artillery fire tore a hole in the dense encirclement at once, and Prince Condé immediately ran out with his soldiers, and then joined his own army.

Much of the story is true, and the soldiers of the Bastille did receive a false order, because there was no one more powerful and powerful in the fortress than the Duchess of Montpensier, and they did fire at their allies and let the Prince of Condé go—but it is almost impossible to say that the Prince of Condé saw the Duchess and cried out for her to save him. Because the Bastille fortress was about 80 feet tall and the tower was 100 feet high, which is equivalent to the height of the current 10-story building, it was dark at that time, and in the era when it could only be lit by torches and candles, it was impossible for the Prince of Condé standing under the walls to see anyone standing on the walls, and if no one reminded him, the duchess might not be able to find the traces of the Prince of Condé in the chaotic battlefield.

But for people, these little things are not to worry about, imagine a delicate and noble beauty, in order to save her lover, do not hesitate to confront her father, and her lover is indeed saved by it, what a haunting romantic thing......

Although Duke Gaston would not think so.

The Duke of Motemar did not think so either, and after leaving the Duchess of Montpensier, he did not return to the Prince of Condé, after all, he had completed all the tasks given to him by the King, and he had done it quite well, whether it was repeatedly encouraging the Prince of Condé to compete with the Duke of Gaston, or inadvertently revealing the whereabouts of the Prince of Condé to the Duke of Gaston, or covering the eyes and ears of the Prince of Condé before the war, and the strange idea that suddenly arose after the King saw the Prince of Condé and the Duchess of Montpensier—he had done it all.

His ability and courage comforted Louie, after all, the Duke of Motemar was not a good man from a moral point of view, and Louis could have been a helper - he could have forced the Duke of Motemar to hand over the Potions Master's wife and daughter, but what did the Potions Master's pain have to do with him, to put it harshly and coldly? If the Potions Master had pleaded to serve the King when he first met him, the King might have considered it, but it was clear that the Potions Master, like Mary's father and uncle, as a wizard in the Inner World, still maintained an arrogant attitude towards the ordinary people of the Outer World, even a king—even if they coveted worldly power or relied on the protection of mortals.

Therefore, the king will not give him any superfluous help, and whatever he wants, he must first exchange his merits.

In comparison, the Duke of Motmar was quite respectful, not only respectful, but also sincere, and the gifts he gave to the king were expensive enough, and he did not hesitate when the king needed him to serve them—perhaps he did love his witch wife dearly, but it is difficult to say that he was not using this to show his attitude.

The Duke of Motmar was hesitant before coming to Paris, but after coming to Paris, he immediately made a decision, Prince Condé and Duke Gaston may have outperformed the young king in many places, but the only thing they lacked was that they had a grasp of people's hearts, and they rarely treated someone sincerely, but this was also a common problem for those in power at this time, especially Prince Condé and Duke Gaston, who were like kings in their territory. But, like a king...... There's a real king here!

As soon as the king saw Motemar, he extended his hand to him and invited him to sit in the same carriage with him—the carriage was a bit rudimentary, and the king saw Motemar moving unnaturally—and the seat was a little uncomfortable, so he ordered the carriage: "My carriage has been left at the Place de la Bastille." He said.

"Did you see me at that time?"

"I also saw the Duchess of Montpensier, and the Prince of Condé. ”

So you thought to yourself at once, Duke Motmar thought to himself, and though he tried best to hide it, Elarius saw in his eyes, 'So you are such a man...... and this look of relief and ridicule, and the presiding judge of the Inquisition laughed happily.

Louis sighed silently, indeed, in this carriage, there is really not a good person.