Florence - Ciudad Meath - Madame Meghan's Mansion.

Howard walked in lightly, feeling like he was back on his own manor, for from top to bottom, the servants and butlers had been transferred from their own manor or two villages.

There were only a few old servants who had served Meghan for many years, and they were not dismissed.

But these people have been under house arrest.

Howard met an old friend under the protection of his men.

Howard was a little surprised, it was only a few months, Megan's black hair was mostly gray, and her face was haggard.

Those eyes were not as bright as before, and there was an air of indifference, like a withering flower.

"Grand Duke...... Your Highness, are you here to laugh at me?"

"Old friend, I'm coming to see you and see if you have any special needs? You can speak. ”

"You also know that we have a deep friendship, and you are such an old friend to you!"

"Don't be angry, don't you also want to use the machines and paper of our manor for your own use, and even send someone to spy on us. If you win the Battle of the Fjord, you are now the queen of the republic, and you will be accompanied by dozens of people on one trip.

And Bran and I can only lie on some unknown cemetery, not even a tombstone, you lose, that's all. ”

Mrs. Meghan listened with anger, "I am willing to retreat, but I hope you can spare Albert, his wife Liana, and Albert's newborn child, they are innocent." ”

"I heard that it's a girl, she looks very good, she inherits your bloodline, and she will be a beauty in the future.

But Liana is Never's daughter, and Never owes the Republic so much money, if he is willing to pay it off, then Liana will be fine, if not?"

"Howard!" Mrs. Meghan walked out of the big house, but the guards beside Howard directly pushed out the spear, and if Megan wanted to break in, her body would pass directly through the spear and then get closer to Howard.

The shiny tip of the sword is like the tongue of a poisonous snake, and when you touch it lightly, it is the junction between heaven and earth.

"You know, he was also asked for compensation by Ashu Kleine, and he can't repay the city's debts in a short time, and he won't bow down to you."

"Don't bow your head? He's just a small county earl, and he will call it a principality with a few thousand people, so it's up to God's arrangement, and you don't have to be angry, do you feel it? The pain of losing everything!

That's how I've felt for the past 20 years.

You are only ruling in a small country, and I am the Grand Duke of Chaman, and my blood is a hundred times more noble than yours!

I will bow my head to you, to the other nobles, and let you give me a bite to eat, and a village to hide in my life. ”

"That's why I shouldn't have helped you back then." Mrs. Meghan sneered.

"Help me? You have taken most of the duchy treasures I have brought, sold them or kept them for yourself, and the gold necklaces that our Chaman family has given to their mistress for generations will be melted away by you!

When I begged you to give me a manor, you made me wait for a day and a night in your mansion.

When I was still the Grand Duke, what did I do to you and your relatives?

What courtesy do I give to the people of your family?

When one of your distant elders broke the law in the Holy City, and was about to be beheaded by the father of the Leper King, because of your words.

I bought the book of atonement written by the Pope himself from Rome, and then directly asked the Venetian navy to drive to the Mediterranean port as fast as possible, enter the holy city to help you redeem people, and finally spent how many gold rubles to save him, do you know?

Just because of your words!

I have repaid my kindness in this life, and I have never owed anything to anyone.

I should have come to see you earlier, do you know why I've waited so long?"

Mrs. Meghan was silent, only to see Howard's eyes turn to resentment.

"When I gathered soldiers on the peninsula to counterattack, I organized more than 2,000 people, but the Italian rebels found out about it and attacked them on the way, and the whole army was annihilated.

I thought it was just my bad luck.

But a few days ago, an old vassal appeared to join me, guess who?"

Mrs. Meghan guessed something in her heart, and her attitude was not so tough at this time, but Howard was unwilling to stop.

"It's Dandoro! I used to be a customs officer, and he told me that you were the one who went to report the news, and you and the other nobles in the city sold me and made all my family money gone.

And you got Reese. Owen's benefits opened up some of the commercial rights to the Eastern Mediterranean.

I'm not wrong, my old friend!"

"I can explain this incident, it was because of ......"

"If you make sense, then I can also explain that this is God's will, what else do you have to say?"

Mrs. Meghan stopped talking, what Howard said was true, and if she had to calculate it clearly, she was afraid that she would lose him more.

"Do you know how many of those two thousand five hundred were loyal to my subjects? Have you been with me for long?"

Howard rarely lost his temper, and even pulled out his sword and pointed it at Mrs. Meghan.

Lady Meghan trembled with fear when the sword slashed, but the sword only cut a part from the corner of her clothes.

"For the sake of you and I having an illegitimate child who died young, you can live, but you'd better not go out of this place for the rest of your life.

If you dare to step out of here, I will send you to a monastery surrounded by walls so that you can hear the Gospel of God.

A generation has a generation's grievances, and I will settle your grievances, and Albert's grievances, Bran will judge. ”

"That'...... Will he kill Albert? Don't! How about the Quake family has been in the Republic for so many years, if you kill the ruling power, it will cause trouble!"

"You don't have to threaten me, I live and die with Bran, as long as he says kill, then kill, you open your eyes and look at it, God gave Bran to our Chaman family, which means that one day, our family's white dragon flag will shine on the peninsula again."

After the Grand Duke said this, he felt refreshed.

He came from a noble birth, and when he was five years old, when his grandfather, the Grand Duke of Shange, was still there, he accompanied his grandfather on a pilgrimage to Rome, and spat on the father of the then Frankish emperor and the god of war, Bilon An.

He endured the bird's anger for twenty years.

Starting today, I can finally spit out some.

Howard left happily, and in the process, his grandson Albert had been trying to see his grandmother's well-being, but was blocked by Bran's men on another floor, and his wife Liana was holding the newborn child behind him.

The two couples' hatred for Bran and the Charman family came to a climax.

……

"Your Highness is here, salute."

”

As Howard walked into the Grand Business Hall, the Teutonic soldiers greeted him with their guns raised.

Howard walked straight to the sixth floor, and this time he didn't breathe at all, and his complexion was ruddy.

When he entered, he pushed open the door, and Bran was discussing with Dandoro how to capture the blue dragon inside, when he saw his grandfather coming, Bran and Dandoro got up to greet him.

Dandoro confessed and apologized to Howard a few days ago, and then used Mrs. Meghan's betrayal information in exchange, and finally got the Grand Duke's forgiveness

Squeeze into the Chaman retainers.

"Grandfather (Your Highness)."

"Sit down."

Howard then said, "Just met Meghan." ”

"If my grandfather wants to let her out, when I finish this battle, the situation is completely irreversible, and I will let her live for the rest of her life."

"What are you raising, it's not a member of our family, it's enough for me to leave her alive, needless to say about her, you wrote to me last time that you want to establish a palace?"

When Howard said this, Dandoro felt that he wanted to leave, but Howard let him stay, indicating that the monarch had a big heart.

Brandau, "Yes, as our power grows, there will be problems with the existing management system, and when Northern Italy is unified, I will establish a small court." ”

"Okay, so we have taken a step forward on the road to the restoration of the country, the hand of the king is the soul of the palace of a country, who are you going to use?"

The hand of the king is the palace minister, and Dandoro up his ears to listen, this person will be the object of his own attention.

"Who else can you use, to Carol." Bran's meaning is obvious, this position can only use the person he believes in the most, regardless of ability and expertise, so the deputy prime minister is based on ability.

Howard nodded, who will do this position at the moment except for him, and the two grandparents will not be able to sleep well.

Howard added, "Then set up two people, one internal and one external, sharing power and responsibility, specifically assisting Carol."

I'll mention one, specifically to Simon, who has been with me for more than ten years, and has worked hard without merit, and he has done things well. ”

Bran had no opinion, and said, "Then the deputy minister in charge of foreign affairs, I'll give it to you, Dandoro." ”

Dandoro didn't expect to mention himself so quickly, and even made himself an important figure in the Charman family.

"Don't be surprised, you have been a nobleman for so many years, you have been to Venice, the peninsula, Byzantium, and even the Holy City, and you are proficient in navigation, law, diplomacy, and trade.

It's a good idea for you to come to the aid of the court. ”

"Your Highness! I will repay it with the rest of my life. ”

Dandoro looked extremely moved, and even squeezed out a few tears, one was willing to act, and the other was willing to watch.

Bran also deliberately made a very relieved look, so that the monarch and the minister sympathized.

Since Dandoro was mentioned, he was drawn a cake, and Dandoro also left with interest.

If you don't need to listen to it, don't listen too much, this is the way of safety for the courtiers.

Leave the two grandparents to continue to discuss.

"The words of the five ministers, the military governor and the chief of the knights, to Desley, his loyalty is also visible, his wife and daughter are in our hands, and Marlene is very well cared for, and even his son has been baptized by us."

"And who are you going to give it to, Treasurer? This position is also very important, and our current capital income is related to business and trade. ”

"Grandfather, I originally wanted to give Simon a concurrent role, but he is not capable enough, I figured it out, you have to be bold and careful in employing people, I plan to give Hilde, this time in the United War of Northern Italy, I will use him more, so that he can establish more credit."

"Heard's really good, he made a lot of noise about the Chamber of Commerce in Rome.

But he still has to put more people around him, and the result of the wild release is that there is such a traitor as Tieshan!"

Howard was a little sentimental that Jack, who he had raised, was killed by a wild man he had rescued from the mountains.

"I know, these retainers are bound to the same front as us, there is no marriage, whoever wants to marry depends on my wishes, I want them to respect us and fear us, grace and power, Chaman is their faith!"

The two grandparents have more and more tacit understanding.

A person who has been thinking about the great cause of restoring the country for 20 years.

A person who has listened to the great cause of restoring the country for 20 years.

All want to return to Venice.

As Bran continued to discuss with his grandfather the choice of the Governor's Minister, a letter came and disrupted Bran.

"Where did you come from?" Bran asked.

"According to the Knights, a letter from an Alpine valley."

"I just sent it, and those mountain lords agreed to my alliance proposal so quickly to reply?"

Bran glanced at it a few times and set it aside, the letter was written by a woman.

More than a year ago, he became the Templar Order's overseer to Swabia, and when he went north with his manor men, in the valley, he had a dewy marriage with the beautiful mountain girl.

Howard glanced at the contents of the letter and said lightly, "If you like it, keep it as a lover, treat her better, and don't let her suffer."

If you want to break it, you can help her find a good nobleman to take care of her.

I've had a few lovers in the past, and I used to be very fond of them, but I wouldn't let them interfere with me.

When they wanted to leave, I didn't stop them.

But you have to remember that if you follow the women of our Chaman family, and follow other people, and you still want to go back, then you must not ask for it again.

A woman's heart, once it changes, is as deep as the sea. ”

It's selfish, but that's Howard's experience.

Who made him the Grand Duke.

He continued, "So, it's time for you to give me a 'legitimate' great-grandson." ”

The word orthodoxy means that you should not pay too much attention to it except for your legal wife.

Grand Duke Shangge has more than a dozen illegitimate sons, but he only recognizes one orthodox son, that is, Lan Ting, who is known as the Holy Duke of Love

Howard learned this too, and he taught Bran the same thing.

"Grandfather, you give me some more time, I want to find Otya. She has been with me through sorrows, and if she has been good to me, I have been doubly good to her. ”

"Okay." Howard patted Bran on the shoulder, "You told me that she accompanied you all the way to escape death, and she is also a member of our Charman family, we must find her and take good care of her." ”

After Howard left, Bran took a quill and wrote a letter to the valley lords of the north, with only a few words, "I will travel north in a few days, and we will talk about everything when I get there." ”

As for the Mountain Maiden, Bran decided to wait until he reached the north and put an end to the matter by the way.