Chapter 300: The Prince Dominates
It's been ten days since the kobold princess ran away, and no news has come back. Not to mention the princess herself, even the Bright Brave has no news, and if you want to know the specific situation, you have to send someone to the capital to investigate. However, if you send less and die on the road, and send more scattered troops, not to mention that sending them back may not be useful.
According to the order left by the princess, and at the urging of Kevin, the Quilt Brave officially took over the entire main city. However, this process did not go well, the people have already enlightened, unlike other main cities, the commoners do not care who is the lord of the city, the people here urgently need to know where the princess has gone?
In a place of war all the year round, the psychological pressure is naturally quite large, and most of the people in this main city can remain cheerful and optimistic, and work hard, and there is a considerable reason because of the princess. The princess's appearance is like an angel among the kobolds, and the princess's voice is like a natural sound among the kobolds, which is almost the only way for them to relieve their emotional stress.
Now that the princess has disappeared? Everyone is eager to know where the princess who tells stories and sings and dances to everyone every evening has gone? After ten days of not seeing her, the quilt warrior explained that the princess was unwell, and many people were already suspicious, and now that the suspicion is confirmed to be missing, it is even more indignant. The point is, since he has disappeared a long time ago, why don't you sit still? Why don't you go looking for it? If you want to see people alive, you have to see corpses.
Although the kobold is not educated, he is not stupid, and at this time he can't help but suspect that the cotton quilt bravely assassinated the princess, and then usurped the throne himself. Not only among the civilians were suspicious, but also among the soldiers, and for a time the crowd was agitated and protested loudly.
The quilt warrior had never faced this situation, and he was at a loss for a while, and countless problems fell on him, and he couldn't change it, so he could only tell the truth: "The princess went out by herself, and the king was seriously ill, so she went back to visit the sick." ”
Everyone will be skeptical, and the quilt brave man will explain again, but everyone is not so easy to calm down.
"Is there any news for the princess now?" "Don't you leave it alone if you don't have any news?" "I think we'd better go find it?" "If the princess dies, then I'll fight with the king!" "Kill back to the capital!" Rescue the princess!" ......
People are always very excited, especially open-minded. If you don't open your mind and become insensitive, it's easy to control. This is probably also the disadvantage of enlightenment, or the disadvantage of opening wisdom is not complete, at least people with higher wisdom or higher authority need to be able to shock them.
The quilt warrior has no choice, first, he can't yell at them alone, and second, the prestige of the princess involves the soldier class, at this time, even the soldiers agree to kill back to the capital, at least go out to look for it, he has no control ability.
After a long time, the quilt warrior finally used gestures to quiet everyone, and then ordered to the left and right: "All officers, come to the meeting!"
Inside the room, a group of kobold officers gathered around a round table, isolating the frenetic crowd outside, and everyone could finally think calmly. The crows were also present, and Kevin at least had to keep an eye on such a major event.
As long as we discuss it rationally, we can come to an obvious conclusion that it is absolutely impossible to return to the capital. The distance from here to the capital is about two or three days, and even if you march day and night, you have to march for more than a day and night. And the intelligence here is monitored by the Empire, and the princess can barely avoid detection when she goes out on foot alone, but if the legion attacks, it is impossible not to be discovered. The news will be delivered to the capital in an instant, and the main city may also send troops to block it along the way, which is equivalent to an expedition for them.
At the same time, there are not many chariots left on the side of the Quilt Brave, and most of them have been lying on their stomachs due to the Empire's refusal to maintain them. Now their defense mainly relies on the magic array in the city. The main city itself is at a point where it can only be defended but not attacked, in this case, what is there to talk about sending troops?
At most, the only way to do this is to send a team back to investigate, and if you're lucky, then rescue the princess by the way, or find the princess's body. There is already a lot of excitement outside, and this team must be sent out, otherwise they can't explain to the people, and they can't explain to the emotional aspect, and this is already the best way to weigh it. In the follow-up process of the meeting, the main discussion began to be on the question of who to send and how many people to send.
But I didn't expect that before the meeting was over, there were suddenly distinguished guests in the main city.
The guards rushed into the conference room and reported, "Lord Brave, a man who calls himself the kobold prince is here. He is now at the gates of the city. ”
Everyone was stunned, no one had seen any princes, the quilt brave and the like were originally villagers, and the main ones they learned by surprise were Lou Baole Chinese, but their original dog-headed characters were not yet fully recognized, and even if the other party took out the documents, they might not be able to understand them. It's hard to judge whether the other party is true or false, what kind of routine is this?
If it were in normal times, this place would have long been divided by the strong, each occupying one side, and the king would not be able to reach the whip. What prince came over, directly acquiesced that he was fake, and expelled on the spot. But now that the princess's disappearance may have something to do with him, everyone discussed it for a while, and decided to go down to meet the so-called prince.
At the gate of the city, a slightly luxurious carriage stopped on the side of the road, and a clean-faced, well-dressed kobold stood in the middle, with a sword in both hands, his face impatient, and his coachman beside him.
"This is ......," the quilt brave man led a group of officers forward to ask.
"I am the prince of my country, and from this day onwards, it is up to me to take over this city. The other party glanced at everyone in a condescending tone.
Everyone: "......"
"I know you don't believe it, but this is your princess's own letter, take it and see it. The other party took a letter out of his pocket and threw it over.
The quilt was caught by the brave man, and he opened it to take a look, but he saw it: "I'm sorry, I won't come back, and don't come to me." Let the person in front of me take my place. "It is indeed the handwriting of the princess, and there is also the signature of the princess.
"Understood, are you literate?" asked the prince.
The brave man of the quilt read it three times in a row, and then circulated it to the officers on the side, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with the princess?"
"What's the matter?" replied the prince, "what's wrong with letting a woman stay in the castle at the rear?
There was silence.
"Okay, I'll talk about it again, I'm the prince, and I'm going to take over here today," the prince waved his hand, "Gather all the civilians, and I'm going to give you a lecture!"
No one moved, everyone subconsciously looked at the quilt brave, and the quilt brave's eyes wandered, as if they hadn't heard it.
"Hmph!" the prince sneered, and his whole body burst out with fighting energy, and it was still a yellow fighting spirit. This seemingly rich man's strength cannot be underestimated. Then he slapped his sword at an officer next to him, and the officer was completely unable to react and threw himself on the ground. is also glad that the prince did not kill people, but shot people with a scabbard.
Everyone exclaimed in surprise and hurried to help. The prince stood still: "I don't want to say my words a second time. ”
"Gather the people. The quilt brave was helpless and opened his mouth to order. Pick up the overturned officer again.
Seeing that they were finally obedient, the prince was no longer too embarrassed, and walked over to change his tone: "Are you alright? ”
The officer was helped up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said nothing.
"What's his name?" the prince wondered.
The quilt brave replied on his behalf: "He is our newly cultivated excellent brave, call him the pillow brave." ”
Prince: "......"
In a moment, the people were gathered, and the prince stood on a high place and began to reprimand, and when someone asked about the princess, he still used the theory that women should not go to the front. Coupled with the acquiescence of the brave quilt on the side, everyone can only accept it for a while.
But this made Kevin really uncomfortable, and he had to sigh that the imperial people were really clever in this hand. Directly sent someone to take over the princess's main city, although this prince seems arrogant, but he also has strength, and there must be imperial support behind him. If it takes a long time, then this will really become his main city. If you assassinate him, Huang Dou Qi and Little Spoon are of the same level, and it is difficult to say whether the winner or loser will be at the same stage, and the assassination is also risky. If the quilt warrior mutinied, it was possible.
That night, the crow and the quilt warrior privately discussed whether to mutiny, but the quilt warrior seemed confused, and he almost kept repeating: "Has the princess given up?
Kevin was silent, and so was the crow.
After a moment, the quilt warrior clenched his fists: "The princess must have been coerced!
Kevin sighed, he understood the feeling, it was a precursor to the collapse of faith, the guiding light that had been the guiding light suddenly dimmed, and people did not know where to go.
"To tell the truth, the handwriting is indeed princess's, clear, coherent, and powerful, and it is not like something that has to be written after being severely injured by torture. It doesn't look like it's a splicing of her previous words, of course, there is a possibility of being hypnotized," Kevin also gave him a serious analysis, "The key depends on what you want to believe?"
"The princess must have been hypnotized!" the quilt warrior seemed to have finally found a credible argument.
"And what do you want to do?"
The quilt brave is silent.
"You want to save her, but you also know that the main city has left you, and you don't know what this prince will do?" Kevin said directly on his behalf, and then concluded to him, "Since the princess is so important to you, then go if you want, and I'll figure out a way for the prince." ”
"We ...... Just like that, can you save the princess?" the quilt brave also doubted.
"It's very unlikely," Kevin said bluntly, "I don't advise you to go, I still suggest that you just mutini and kill that prince." ”
The quilt warrior was silent for a long time, but still replied: "No matter what, I will go to save the princess, even if I go alone." The rest will be left to the pillow brave for the time being. Anyway, I'm just a villager, and if the gods are fake, then the gods and the brave are also fake. ”
Kevin smiled wryly: "Whatever you want." ”