Volume IV: Bloody Tomahawk Castle

Chapter 1

Hales took Isabel to the captain's office, where she met with Blanca and Stoker, who had been waiting for a long time, and Isabel was surprised to meet them both here, and asked, "Why are you here?"

Blanca grinned and replied, "Of course, to save you back, colleagues have to help each other." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Colleague?"

"I'm also the Ninth Defense, shouldn't we be called 'colleagues'?"

"I always thought you were just a prison administrator. ”

"Isabel, we finally saw your true face of Lushan, I didn't expect you to be so beautiful, no wonder God favored you so much, and sent people to save you again and again. ”

"Thank you!"

"Isabel, it's an honour for me to be the first Englishman to see you personally!" Stoker chimed in.

"I want to know, how did you get me out?"

"Thanks to the timely reminder of the Evil Rat, what happened in London concerning you has been passed directly to the King, who knows that you are in danger and has sent us to save you." To save you, Mr. Graeme risked his life to carry you out of the stinking sewers. To save you, Stoke also borrowed the merchant ship from his Dutch relatives, and if it weren't for the Rat, Mr. Gramm, and Stoker, you'd probably still be hiding from the sewers in London. ”

"I will remember everyone's kindness to me. That 'evil rat' you just mentioned, could it be that he has seen me?"

"Of course I did, but I just didn't have a chance to talk to you. ”

"I must have disappointed the king with my performance. ”

"The king is indeed disappointed, but he is also out of helplessness, because many ministers have expressed strong dissatisfaction with your behavior, and your behavior is likely to attract the British fleet, and if the British really come to retaliate, then Copenhagen will be shelled again, and the people will be in the war again, can the king still sit still? ”

"Will you give me to the British, and you will be able to buy peace?"

"I am afraid that instead of bringing peace, it will undermine the dignity of the country. ”

"Please let me go back. ”

"Where?"

"London. ”

"Are you crazy?"

"I can't just go home empty-handed, if I go home, I can't contain the British, I'm going to assassinate King George and shut up the ministers. ”

"Isabel, you've done it again. Hales said.

"And what do you want me to do?"

"Don't be impulsive just yet. "Most of the people in the country are ministers of the Lord and the Lord," said Blanca, "but the decisions of the ministers do not represent the king's personal decisions, and the king does not want to betray you to our enemies, although he does not say it, but he thinks so in his heart." ”

"How do you know?"

"Remember Duke Odense?"

"Of course I do. ”

"Although I have little power, I also have some friendship with the Duke of Odense, and he has offended many people in order to protect you, and he can guess the king's mind, and I have analyzed with him, if the king thinks that the ministers' decision is correct, and puts you at the disposal of the British, he will definitely be laughed at by the British. But if the king tries his best to protect you, he will definitely offend those ministers, and now our country cannot do without those ministers, once they collectively disagree with the king, it will inevitably cause trouble, and at that time, not only will the king not be able to protect you, but the king's position will also be difficult to sit on. ”

"It seems that I have to die so that I can stabilize the ministers. ”

"Your situation is not optimistic anyway. Although you killed the Duke of Wellington and Admiral Gambier in Britain, the Evil Rat has always felt that this matter is really a bit strange, can the Duke of Wellington and Admiral Gambier be killed so easily?"

"There's no going wrong. ”

"May God favor you again. ”

"Are the ministers so afraid of the British, why do they always make peace with their enemies? Only the victors are qualified to speak of the word 'peace.'" ”

"Yes, you are right, and the king knows this, but the ministers don't talk about it. ”

"Are they afraid that if war breaks out, it will affect their private interests?"

"It's hard to say. ”

"What's so hard to say? ”

"Even if it is, so what? You still have to face the unfair reality, but you can rest assured, as long as the king is not willing to punish you, the Duke of Odense will always intercede with you, and the entire Ninth Defense will also intercede with you, and at that time, if those lords and ministers insist on handing you over to the British, it will be tantamount to deliberately getting along with the king. ”

"I hope so. ”

"Be bold and face it. ”

"Listen to me. "I have something to tell you, and I'm going to tell you about it sooner or later, but I just want to tell you." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Do any of you know Sir Goodrunka Isaksen?"

"Gudlenka, he's a defector from our country. Isabel said.

"Why do you say he's a defector?"

"Hans had given me the task of killing the defector before he left Denmark, and the defector he was talking about was Gudlenka. As a result, I failed to assassinate him, and he escaped. ”

"Did Hans give you such a task?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

"No way. ”

"Stoker, what the hell is going on?"

"Goodlenka was not a defector at all, he fled to London, not to betray the country, but to take refuge. ”

"If he's not a defector, why would Hans kill him?"

"That's exactly what I want to go after. ”

"Stoker, you probably know the trick. Blanca asked.

"Fortunately, Isabel's assassination was not successful. ”

"Wait, maybe I shouldn't be sitting here, I'd better get out of here first. Hales said as he stood up and prepared to leave the office.

Blanca hurriedly stopped him, "Mr. Gramm, we are all my own people, why do you want to see each other like this, we will need your help in the future, sit down and listen together." ”

Isabel immediately pulled Hales back to her seat, "Mr. Graeme, don't leave, listen to them." ”

Blanca asked Stoke to continue.

Stoke continued: "Goodlenka is a loyal vassal of King Frederick, and he will not rebel. He fled to England out of desperation, not so much that he defected to England as that he sought refuge in England. Because it was none other than someone else who really wanted to kill him, it was an undercover agent from the Military Medical Department who had been lurking in the Ninth Defense for many years. ”

Blanca was taken aback, "How do you know all this?"

"Of course I know about the Medics, and although I don't know the spy's real name or have ever met him, I do know that the sleeper's name is 'Grey Sparrow'. ”

"Stoker, this is no joke. ”

"Do you think I'm joking?"

"Where is Goodrunka now?"

"Already...... Dead, the jailer doesn't know how he died. ”

"Hell, it's a quick shot. ”

"He has the information about the 'Gray Sparrow', and it must have been done by someone from the Military Medical Department. ”

"The clue is broken, if there are really spies sent by the Military Medical Department in the Ninth National Defense, then our losses will be great. ”

"Hans once gave me a task to kill Gudlenka, but when my mission failed, he didn't blame me, and it seemed that he had nothing to do with him. Isabel said.

"That's weird, if Hans really wants to kill Gudrunka, he should have reprimanded you when he learned that your mission had failed. ”

"Could it be that he was hiding himself? He was afraid of being exposed, so he pretended not to care. ”

"Could it be that Hans is the 'Grey Sparrow'?

"This matter needs to be considered in the long term. ”

"Yes, we can't guess, no fifth person knows about this except the four of us. ”

"Things are getting more and more complicated, do you want to tell the king?"

"If you tell the king, the king will inevitably do something unusual, and that will arouse the suspicion of the spies, and the spies will inevitably die down, and we will not receive any information, so don't tell the king. It's not too late to tell him when the truth is revealed. ”

"I don't know how the king will send me down this time, and if the king gives me over to the English, you must find out the truth about the 'gray sparrow'. ”

"The king will certainly not hand you over to the British. ”

"I hope not. ”

"You seem to have other things on your mind. ”

"I wonder if His Majesty will be able to carry out the project plan of the mobile island to the end, and in addition to this, it is necessary to build a strong ship force, only in this way can it defend against foreign enemies. ”

"I've heard a little about the moving island, but it's hard to say the specifics. ”

"No news at all?"

"All I know is that the King's cost of living seems to have dropped a lot lately. ”

"Reduced living expenses?"

"Yes, the king called on the princes and nobles to be frugal, and the king ate the same food as the soldiers for all three meals a day. ”

"I see that His Majesty may be raising funds for the establishment of mobile islands and spaceship troops. ”

"No one can say for sure if there is no result. ”

"At the moment, what I have to deal with is how to deal with the ministers of the Lord and the faction. ”

"Wait until you get to Copenhagen, let's go and rest. ”

"Okay. ”

Isabel arrived at the room that Blanca had arranged for her, where the maids had prepared a steaming bath for her, and she took off her clothes and shoes, revealing her fair and beautiful form, and her lustrous blonde hair obscured half of her face, instantly exuding a cold charm. She relaxed every nerve in her body and stepped into the tub. The warm bath water swept away her tiredness, and the bath gel mixed with the water to form an aromatic color foam that seemed to wash away the dust from her body and the worries in her heart.

After taking a shower, she changed into a bathrobe and went to the window, quietly admiring the fantastic ocean under the vast sea of stars. Just after midnight, Hales knocked on the door and brought her a bottle of fresh human blood, hoping to better replenish her nutrition.

"Mr. Graeme, where did you get that?" she asked.

Hales poured a glass, handed it to her, and said, "Drink it first." ”

She hadn't tasted fresh human blood for a long time, so she drank the blood in the cup in one go, making her, who was originally listless, instantly become more energetic, "It's been a long time since I've tasted this taste." She handed the cup to Hales, signaling that she wanted more.

"Don't drink too fast, no one will rob you. Hales poured her another glass, but instead of giving it to her, he put it on the table, intending to let her drink it again later.

"How did you and Blanca meet?"

"We met at a tavern, and while he and Stoke were talking about the Masquerade Apparition, and they mentioned the news from the man named 'Evil Rat', I immediately concluded that you were in trouble in London. I needed their help to protect you in London, so I gave my name and identity straight to the point. At first, they didn't believe me, thinking that I was a spy sent by an enemy country, but they fully believed me when I told them some of your deeds and showed them the badge that the new king had given you. ”

"You are so bold to reveal your identity without concealment, fortunately you met your own people, what if you meet an enemy?"

"I can tell if it's friend or foe, whether it's true or not, don't you think Blanca and Stoke are more daring than mine? ”

"All that can be said is that God has put you together so that you can save me in the future. ”

"At present, it can only be explained by this statement, except for the two of them, no one in the court knows me. ”

"You are our right-hand man, and my mentor, so your identity cannot be revealed. ”

"I'm really helpless, I didn't want to know them, but I had to do that to save you. ”

Your tone sounds reluctant, like I forced it. ”

Hales let out a long sigh and shook his head, not wanting to continue talking about the topic, "Isabel, you better think about how to deal with the impeachment of those ministers against you, I suggest that you offer to serve your sentence in Tomahawk Fort Prison in front of the king and the ministers." ”

"The ministers will rush to send me to prison without me taking my initiative. ”

"'Someone else offers you to go to jail' and 'you ask to go to jail' are two different things entirely. With that, Hales turned and left the room.

Isabel just smiled faintly, completely ignoring his advice, she always thought that what she had done was the right thing.

After several days, the ship finally crossed the North Sea and reached Copenhagen in the evening.

After disembarking from the ship, Isabel was worried about the loss of her mask, she didn't want to expose her face to the public so easily, and just as she was worried about it, Blanca took out the leather mask that had been prepared for her in advance, so she also thanked Blanca for everything. This leather mask looks extremely terrifying when worn on the face, and if you don't look closely, it looks like a disfigured person.

In addition, Blanca repeatedly told her that she would not tell the story of Stoker's defection, and once she did, the British spies hiding in the Ninth Defense would soon find out, and the true identity of the "Grey Sparrow" would never be ascertained. In order to avoid startling the snake and to find out the truth about "Grey Sparrow" as soon as possible, she vows to remember Blanca's instructions. Now she was ready to meet the king and the ministers who impeached her. In order to bear all this on her own, she mustered up the courage to turn around and walk in the direction of the city of Copenhagen, never looking back.

Looking at her fading back, Hales hoped that she could learn from it and avoid making the same mistakes in the future. Blanca, on the other hand, hoped that the king would resist the pressure of public opinion and threats from the British side, so that she could continue to serve the country.

Isabel wanted to go directly to the king and let the king go. However, she felt that if she went directly to the king and did not report to the Duke of Helgen, she would ignore her superiors, so she decided to go to Helgenburg to meet Hans first, and listen to his advice by the way.

She rushed to Helgenburg overnight and entered the castle with the coat of arms given to her by the king, which symbolized the highest permission. When she arrived outside Hans's office, she was about to knock on the door, only to hear the occasional moaning and the muffled sound of desks and chairs colliding. Fearing that Hans was in danger, she pushed the door open and rushed in, the sound coming from inside the bedroom, and she rushed to the bedroom, where she was shocked to find that Hans was sleeping with a woman. When the woman saw a disfigured leather mask suddenly appear in front of her, she couldn't help but scream, which also startled Hans, who was in a state of excitement. Hans instinctively exclaimed, as he turned to look at the woman's frightened eyes, he never expected Isabel to suddenly appear here. The woman shyly picked up her clothes and covered her chest and left the bedroom. Hans also pulled his pajamas and draped them over his body.

Disgusted by what she saw, Isabel took out the code book Hans had given her, threw it on the bed, and left the bedroom to wait for Hans in the office.

Not long after, Hans, dressed only in his pajamas, came to the office, and he seemed to be unwelcome of Isabel's sudden appearance, he poured a cup of coffee, sat down in the office chair, and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

Isabel replied, "I've just returned from England and I'm going to say hello to you." ”

"Why do you have to do it now? Won't it be tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow I will go to the king. ”

"You are so bold, the ministers are busy making trouble for you, and you are going to see the king. ”

"That's something I'm going to have to face sooner or later. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, your mask is ruined, and this leather mask is your backup. ”

"You're right. ”

"If you insist on going your own way and annoying the British, aren't you afraid that the city of Copenhagen will be shelled again?"

"I'd like to do it alone. ”

"If, as the ministers will, they will hand you over to the British, in exchange for peace. ”

"I know. ”

"I have a solution. ”

"What's the solution?"

"You must have more merit than demerit than demerit, and on that basis I will intercede for you in my capacity as duke, and on behalf of the entire Ninth Nation, before the king. ”

"No, I don't want to implicate more people. ”

"Then you just wait for the ministers to hand you over to the British, and when the time comes, not only will you not be a hero, but you will also attract infamy. ”

"Why?"

"Those ministers are the pillars of the country, the country cannot live without them, although the king needs you, but he needs them more, so he can't easily offend them, if no one has stood up to intercede for you, one day, the king will not be able to withstand the pressure. ”

"You mean to say that the king cannot do without those ministers at present, and if he loses them, the country will be in chaos. Therefore, in order to stabilize the situation, the king had to use me as a scapegoat, and even if I was not guilty, he would try to make up charges against me in order to appease the ministers. And I, not only can't I be a loyal minister, but I can't be a hero. ”

"Exactly, therefore, now there must be a group of people who stand up and intercede for you, and the more people who intercede for you, the more balanced the situation will be, and the less pressure the king will have, and at the same time there will be a reason to deal with those ministers. When the king's own power grows, the ministers will not dare to put pressure on him easily, and when the time comes, the king will still use you, you are both the king's loyal servant and the hero of the country. ”

"Then there's Lord Law. ”

"Don't worry, wait until I'm done. Hans stood up and walked over to her, "I will stand for you on behalf of the entire Ninth Defense, and you can rest assured in this matter. ”

"Thank you, then I'll take my leave. She was about to turn away.

"Don't worry. Hans grabbed her wrist, "It sounds good to want to be both a loyal minister and a hero, but you have to know how to give in order to get something in return." ”

"Pay?"

"Yes, I hope you think about it and give me an answer, right now. ”