Chapter 167: The Duke's Duties

When Roddy strode in, Andy was lazily lying on the soft cloud on the top balcony of the palace castle, holding a glass of fresh milk in one hand and a fresh "newspaper" in the other, the morning sun had just risen in the sky, and the skeleton emperor sighed contentedly: "This is a happy life......

Then he glanced back at Roddy: "Boy, what happened when you came to me so early?"

Roddy glanced at Andy twice and said bluntly: "How long will I be the Duke of Tulip?"

Andy didn't speak. [No pop-up novel network]

Luo Di already showed an impatient expression: "Thor's whip has also taken over, the opposition forces in the imperial capital have also been swept away, and the Marquis of Caroline has been hiding at home for the past few days and is afraid to go out...... What else do you need for me, Duke Tulip? I don't want to live in front of anyone else's face anymore! And the reader is getting tired of it!"

Andy slowly put down what he was holding, got up from the soft collapse, and walked back into the room.

"I know you're getting impatient. Andy seemed to sigh: "But you can bear with it for the time being...... he smiled: "Now that the situation has just stabilized, we still need a Tulip Duke to shake the scene......"

Roddy frowned, and just about to say something, Andy had already preemptively said: "Boy, don't think I don't know what you're thinking, you want to get rid of this identity as soon as possible...... Then you can go to the Pope for trouble, right? I tell you, it's not time yet!"

Andy sighed: "Do you think I like the Divine Cult very much?" His tone gradually became serious: "The Divine Cult has ruled the entire Great 6 Spirit World for thousands of years, and you alone can compete with them? How about Mr. Qiu? Domain powerhouse! In front of the 'séance' of the Pope and those bishops, they were destroyed in one fell swoop! Do you think you can beat them?"

Roddy's eyes lit up: "No matter what, I will definitely not let go of Corsica VI!"

"You won't let him go, he won't let you go!" Andy frowned, "Have you forgotten the dragon on your body? That chick of the Silver Moon Clan won't let you go, do you think that the Church of God will let anyone inherit the demon dragon? You have forgotten the grudge between the demon dragon and the gods?"

Andy's eyebrows were a little worried: "Sooner or later, they will know! The stronger your strength, the more impossible it is to hide your dragon qi, and when the time comes, if you don't go to the Pope, he will also find you! Why do they want to deal with Mr. Qiu? It is because he is a member of the Kara tribe, and in their eyes, you are more 'different' than Mr. Qiu!"

Roddy said coldly: "So what? I must take the spear of Dracula!" His tone was a little ostentatious: "What else is the blood of the gods!"

Andy said in a deep voice: "I'll tell you, boy, when you face a strong enemy, if your strength is not enough to defeat the opponent, then you'd better not do it first! Be patient, endure until your strength is strong enough, and then decide the victory in one fell swoop! That's the right way!"

Roddy frowned: "What then?"

Andy smiled slightly, "Have you forgotten the prophecy that the vultures said?"

A deep smile appeared on his face, and he slowly whispered: "The shackles of a thousand years have gradually decayed, the eyes of the devil will be on the earth, the blood of the emperor will eventually solidify, and the vicious curse will wrap around every piece of light." They will sprinkle calamity everywhere with curses, they will spread death throughout the earth with calamity, the blood of the gods will wash down the temple, and the withering of bauhinia will take away the end of everything. ”

Luo Di's eyes flashed: "The shackles of a thousand years are gradually decaying, what kind of shackles are they? Could it be that the confinement on the demon dragon's body? The devil's eyes are on the earth, the devil, it's not the magic dragon is Kara, anyway, in the eyes of the people of the Divine Cult, these two are devils...... The blood of the emperor will eventually solidify, and now that the emperor of the empire is dead, and Balang's son is also dead, and the queen's child is not the bloodline of the Bauhinia family at all, then this sentence can also be explained! Needless to say, the withering of Bauhinia will not be mentioned...... The blood of the god overwhelmed the temple...... Does that mean ......?"

A strange smile appeared on the corner of Andy's mouth: "Collapse the temple, don't you understand? In other words, the temple will definitely be destroyed in the future!"

"The blood of the gods ......" Luo Di suddenly said, "What is the blood of the gods? Is it the blood of the gods? But when will the gods appear? How can he make him bleed?"

Andy sighed and shook his head: "I don't know about this, but you probably know...... Aren't you inexplicably having a lot of strange things in your head? How to make the gods bleed, I guess the demon dragon will know better...... Ha ha. ”

Roddy frowned and said, "What kind of curse and disaster, what are you talking about......"

A strange look flashed in Andy's eyes, but that glimmer of gaze only flashed, and then he snorted and said with a smile: "We don't understand these things for a while, and we are not in a hurry, but now I hope you can be patient! I said, be patient! The longer you endure, the more powerful the slap of your enemies in the future! I have said this truth many times, don't you still understand?"

Luo Di was silent and said slowly: "Patience is patience, I can endure it temporarily, but I really don't want to continue to pretend to be this Tulip Duke's identity." ”

He looked up at Andy and said, "I'm going to be myself!

Luo Di said lightly: "I don't know what your plan is, but if you want me to do something, it's best to tell me first." He approached Andy step by step: "I don't like the feeling of being controlled and controlled, this matter is not resolved for a day, I am not at ease for a day." ”

Andy shook his head, "Don't you have a ten-year pact with Darker? There is Rochenthal in the northwest and mountains in the south...... Well, don't worry about the mountains, the vultures are dead, the mountains will be the world of the Silver Moon Tribe in the future, look at the way that the light moon dance looks to you, it is estimated that she is embarrassed to do it against you...... And the Roland in the north 6 ......"

The more Luo Di listened, the more gloomy his face became, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Rochenthal in the northwest? If I pacify the northwest grassland, will I be free?"

Andy suddenly smiled: "Rozenthal, don't be busy dealing with ...... He's very useful...... He should be a very useful stepping stone in my plan...... A stepping stone to complement the hero......"

Andy grinned, and then his expression gradually became weird: "Well, it won't be long before you are satisfied...... Since Seth is really gone, there is no need for this person to continue to exist......"

Roddy's heart moved: "There is no need to continue to exist?"

Andy smiled weirdly: "Boy, I promise you, let you be yourself, be Roddy! But, have you ever thought that when you are Roddy, you can also be Duke Tulip...... I promise you who you really are, and I promise you that you can be with Nicole with peace of mind...... But this Duke Tulip, you still have to continue to be a duke. ”

Andy leaned over and whispered something in Roddy's ear......

Luo Di didn't smile, there was no trace of relaxed expression on his face, he suddenly glanced at Andy very strangely, and said slowly: "Andy, no matter what you are going to do, I said it, don't try to control me anymore, let alone let me do things I don't like to do!"

Andy said coldly: "For Nicole, don't you want to?"

Roddy glanced at Andy deeply, suddenly showed a smile, and said lightly: "Okay! It's just, Andy, I hope you won't make me regret it!"

After Roddy left, the smile on Andy's face gradually disappeared, and he sighed: "This kid has more and more ideas of his own...... Just, alas,...... Is that the damned curse and calamity of the prophecy you? Calamity...... What an interesting thing......"

The Caroline Marquis was well aware of his current situation.

The matter of the imperial capital has been spread, and the news has spread to all corners of the empire, and now everyone understands it very well - the Lionheart family, which was originally favored by the emperor in the empire, is about to fall!

In the past, there was a lot of traffic in front of the door, but now it is a crowd of people, and those who originally bothered themselves now avoid the Marquis's Mansion even when they walk.

But the Marquis of Caroline is, after all, an old fox in politics, and he understands: until the end, no one knows whether to lose or win!

After all, now that the emperor's attitude towards himself has suddenly changed, but the Northern Army is still in his hands! With military power in his hands, then the emperor will not dare to really do anything to himself! Moreover, he has worked hard for so many years, and his influence in the imperial officialdom cannot be eliminated by elimination! No matter what the reason, as long as he supports himself, then there will definitely be a chance in the future!

The Tulip family has been suppressed by the emperor for so many years, and in the end they can get back on their feet, so can the Lionheart family!

Of course, the first thing is how to keep the military power in the hands of the family!

Miró in the Northern Legion and Ruben in the Northwest are not the same!

is also the commander of the legion, and Reuben withdrew when he said that he would withdraw, and that was because he was stupid! A reckless martial artist who does not know how to cultivate his own forces, of course he cannot stand!

However, Miró is the successor that the Caroline Marquis has spent countless efforts to cultivate! No matter the strategy and scheming, he is enough to be in charge of himself! He has run a very good business in the Northern Army over the years, and it can be basically said that he has controlled the hearts of the army, and those forces belonging to the military command have basically been overturned by him, and the Northern Army Miró can be the same.

In this case, the emperor wants to remove him? Is it so easy?

The Caroline Marquis sneered.

Ziggy had been promoted to the deputy commander of the Central Cavalry Corps, but he, the deputy corps, did not have the slightest expression of joy.

Looking at the team of people under him...... They also deserve to be called "Thor's Whip"?

It's a joke!

Those commanders are all wine bags and rice bags, and their ability to count money is better than their ability to fight! Ziggy only watched the drill in the army once, and his face turned almost blue -- Originally, the Central Cavalry Corps had not conducted a large-scale drill for a long time, and Ziggy had only conducted a drill in the Wolf Tooth Army.

A simple march in a platoon actually turned a dozen of a hundred soldiers twisted their feet, and more than a dozen were trampled off their shoes......

A simple cavalry charge drill, actually rushed to half the distance, several cavalry themselves collided with themselves, and a few were injured on the spot, and some people rushed to rush, but rushed to the end, and the scimitar in his hand did not know when he lost it......

Ziggy was so angry that his nose was crooked, but Roddy didn't say a word, and stood aside coldly, without any joy or anger on his face.

"Let all the officers line up!" Luo Di said coldly, and then he looked at the commanders beside him who had long been pale, and said coldly: "What do you see! I said that the officers lined up, didn't you hear?"

More than a dozen chief and deputy commanders hurriedly ran down, and the war horses brought by their own soldiers brought weapons, and Luo Di also walked down, turned over his horse first, looked coldly at the subordinates beside him with shocked faces, and said coldly: "You are all the commanders and commanders of the Central Cavalry Troupe, and many of you were originally excellent soldiers selected from other regiments, are the soldiers you bring today to this level? Now I let you drill in front of me! I'll start with it, you can stop doing it, and if you don't want to do it, get me out of the Central Cavalry Corps!

No one spoke.

Luo Di took a deep breath: "If you want to leave, I will never stop you! But after three days, I will come to watch, I will not watch the soldiers' drills, I will look at the officers first! Whoever can't do it will be executed! Everything will be done according to the wartime decree!" His eyes were as cold as ice, and he said very much: "Thor's whip does not leave garbage!"

After saying that, he rode his horse and left first, without looking at the people.

Zig rode up and followed, his face was worried, and he couldn't help but say, "Lord Duke, this doesn't seem to be good...... These people all have identities, and there are many family backgrounds behind them...... If you do this, you will be driving them out of the Central Cavalry Legion, now...... Now the Duke is said to be trusted by His Majesty, but I am afraid that those families will make trouble, and His Majesty will also ......"

Luo Di said lightly: "You don't have to worry about this. ”

Your Majesty, Your Majesty is the old skeleton! What do I want now, and he will object?

Ziggy was still worried: "It's just that Lord Duke's approach seems to be too intense, it's better to spend time training well, with my Ziggy here, they can always be trained into a qualified Thor's whip!"

Luo Di suddenly stopped his horse, glanced at Zige, and then said: "Zige, the Central Cavalry Legion has completely rotted!" His expression was a little strange: "It can be said that these people, from soldiers to officers, are not soldiers at all! Soldiers are for the generous military salary of Thor's Whip, and officers are just a bunch of scum in order to embezzle more military supplies." Think about it, if they had a little bit of combat effectiveness, would the process of us entering the city that day be so smooth?" His tone gradually became solemn: "Think about it, if it was not us who broke into the city that day, but a group of enemy troops, the cavalry of the steppe Rochenthal, would these people be able to resist it? I'm afraid that in less than a moment or three, it will collapse!"

Roddy sighed: "I admit that there are prodigal sons in this world who turn back, and there are bad people who become good people...... But that's a minority after all! In my opinion, instead of wasting time trying to reorganize this army, it is better to replace all that garbage!" Speaking of this, Luo Di said lightly: "Not only these officers, but also those soldiers! They don't want to say anything about Thor's whip, even ordinary soldiers can't meet the standards! Spend time on them, it's better to re-select new blood in the local garrison!"

Ignoring Zigger's expression, Luo Di said lightly: "Pass my order, re-exercise in three days, and there are all executions like today! Everything is in accordance with the military order during the war! If you want to leave, let them take off this military uniform for me and get out of the barracks!"

"Three days??" Zigger's eyes widened: "These people can't practice in three days......"

Luo Di sneered: "I didn't let them practice...... I didn't expect them to practice at all...... I'm giving them three days to get out of here! Let those guys who are trying to get paid get out of here! I don't want to give them another chance! 'Thor's Whip' is a proud name, and opportunities are given to those who deserve it!"

Duke Tulip's military order was handed down, and there was immediate chaos in the barracks.

The soldiers are almost mutinied—especially those who are just trying to mix up the salaries, and they will have nothing to eat in the future, so how can they do it?

But Luo Di had long expected that 10,000 heavily armed wolf tooth soldiers were guarding outside the barracks, and if there was trouble, they immediately grabbed a military stick.

As a result, under the operation of Roddy, the largest large-scale soldier discharge in the history of the empire was produced......

Nearly 200,000 Central Cavalry Corps, and in the end, after selection, only less than 50,000 remained. The rest of the people have all taken off their military uniforms and become civilians, and their lives and deaths will depend on heaven in the future...... If you want to live, rely on yourself!

The Tulip Duke's Mansion was almost crushed by the families led by those large and small officers, and countless pleas and bribes were all blasted out by Roddy, and finally the guard Rand led a team of people to guard the door of the Duke's Palace.

Those who have some forces in the family finally can't stand it anymore, and if the soft ones don't work, they will come to the hard ones. Tried to unite to put pressure on Roddy, but Roddy didn't even look at it, just threw a sentence to Rand: "There are rude guys, fight out!

The next day, a group of nobles with blue noses and swollen faces ran to the emperor to complain -- too much of a bully! Even Duke Tulip can't be so arrogant! They are all nobles, so many families, can they just beat him?!

But the emperor's words made them completely cold: "In this matter, you can go to Duke Tulip to communicate with each other." ”

There were also crying and crying trying to win the emperor's sympathy in this way, but His Majesty the emperor didn't even bother to look at it, and the guards directly blasted them out of the palace.

In this way, the Central Cavalry Corps, which was originally known as the most powerful and elite of the four main legions of the empire, the famous "Thor's Whip", after rectification, there were only 50,000 people left (including the 20,000 wolf tooth army that was reassigned to Thor's Whip).

And the reserve department of the empire is busy, and it has to recruit 150,000 reserves in one go...... And it's still into the "Thor's Whip"? That's a lot of work......

Duke Tulip has already spoken, the selection work must be meticulous, if any cat and dog want to stuff into the "Thor's whip" - let alone enter the Thor's whip, wait for the Duke's whip first!

Those barons and viscounts who were driven out of the Central Cavalry Regiment by their noses and swollen faces are role models!

While the Central Cavalry Corps was busy expanding, and the corps of the reserve department were busy almost all night, in the middle of the night, Roddy hid in the Duke's Palace to read.

Nicole sat beside him, her face was a little melancholy, and she couldn't help but whisper: "Roddy, are you in such a hurry to straighten out Thor's whip? ”

Luo Di put down the book and smiled faintly: "I know...... Even Duke Tulip had never done such a thing. He pointed to the book in his hand and said with a smile: "I have carefully studied the history of how the former Duke Tulip led his troops to war. ”

Nicole sighed: "You have offended so many people all at once......"

Roddy shook his head and smiled, "Nicole, you're wrong...... It's not me Roddy, it's Seth! It's Seth, the Duke of Tulip!"

Nicole was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Is there any difference?"

"The difference is huge. Roddy sighed: "I'm in a hurry! The sooner I finish doing what is supposed to be Duke Tulip, the sooner I will be free!"

He couldn't help but gently hold Nicole's hand, and said softly: "I don't want to be your 'brother' anymore! Nicole! I don't want to hold your hand and have to secretly close the door! I want to be Roddy! I hope to be able to hold your waist and hold your hand in front of others, and I can kiss you when I want to kiss you." ”

With that, Roddy gently wrapped his arms around Nicole's waist and kissed her on the red lips.

Nicole looked at the blazing eyes in Roddy's eyes, her cheeks were crimson, she gently hooked Roddy's neck, and said softly in an inaudible voice, "Roddy...... I...... I'll be your woman tonight, okay?"