The lord was right, and it didn't take long for Yin Geor to go and return.

There was a dim and gloomy light in the dark chamber.

Scholar Ingor carried a lamp, and it seemed that it was already night outside.

This time, the scholar did not come alone, in addition to a few guards, he also brought another person.

Ms. Filina, also Amy's mother.

"Where's Urgiel, Ulrique? Is he crazy! Don't you know what it means to imprison a nobleman without trial? ”

When she saw Leon on the other side of the bars, Filina became angry almost immediately.

"Your Highness, you should take it as my personal behavior, but in any case, you better not get too angry, I know you are not well"

With a humble smile at Filina, Yin Geor turned his head to look at Leon again.

But Li Ang didn't wait for him to speak, and first said: "Personal behavior? If this is the case, my friend and I can kill you and sell your whole family into slavery on the West Coast without even the slightest responsibility! ”

Yin Geer frowned, and the smile on his face disappeared: "Your Excellency Li Ang, wait until you go out to say such things."

Then he sat down at the table again, and turned his head to look at Filina: "Your Highness, you have seen the person, you are full of energy and unharmed, I think, you should be satisfied"

Seeing this, Filina knew that Leon was being detained, and took the initiative to ask to come and see.

"Leon, you weren't abused, were you?"

Filina ignored Yin Geor and looked at Leon carefully.

The lord shook his head: "Lady Filina, I'm fine, you don't have to worry. ”

"Yingor, take me to Ulrik!"

Filina confirmed that Leon was indeed not injured, nodded, and turned her face to Yin Geor to glare angrily.

"Your Highness, let me be blunt, His Majesty the King will not see you. And I don't think it's a good thing for you to come overnight to visit a friend, which might cause trouble for yourself and Mistress Godric! ”

Yin Geer was a little helpless on his face, he was just the king's backstabber, and there was nothing he could do with a princess like Filina, so he could only explain with good words.

Filina stared at Yin Geor for a long time, then shook her head and pointed to the door: "In that case, I ask you to get out first, I want to talk to Baron Leon alone." ”

Yin Geor sighed, shook his head, lit the candlesticks in the room, and turned to go out with the heavy door.

"Ms. Filina, you"

As soon as Leon spoke, Filina put her index finger in front of her mouth and made a gesture to shut up.

Then she picked up the candlestick from the table, turned and walked to a corner, pulled the candle up alone, and struck the brass candlestick hard in that corner.

"Bell!"

"Ahh

A crisp bronze rang out, followed by a terrible scream.

It seems that there is a copper pipe in that corner leading to other places, and on the other side of the copper pipe, there must have been someone who has been eavesdropping with their ears close to the copper pipe.

However, the operation of metal directly hitting the copper pipe, it is estimated that the eardrum of the eavesdropper has been broken, and the scream is transmitted along the copper pipe

"There's no other mechanism here, Leon, I can't talk to you now, no one can hear."

Filina blocked the hole in the brass pipe with a cloud of wax from the candlestick, put the candlestick back on the table, and walked to the bars.

"Lady Filina, why are you here?"

"It's Ulrik's habit, as long as it's in private, he'll keep people here, I received a letter from Amy this morning, she asked me to tell you that your convoy has gathered all over Lion City, and your men are waiting for you at the Adventurer's Tavern."

Filina handed the candle to Leon and pulled out a small bottle from the lining of her clothes.

"This bottle was also brought to you by Amy, saying that you put it with Miss Lesri."

Ms. Filina explained very quickly, and after speaking, she turned her head to look at the door, and saw that there was no movement, so she turned her head to Li Ang and instructed: "Don't admit treason, find a way to get out first." As long as you don't admit it, no one can do anything to you. ”

"Thank you, Ms. Filina. Of course I won't admit it, I'm not treason in the first place, but I don't understand why the king would so directly steal my inheritance."

Leon asked softly.

A nobleman, if he is treated unfairly by the king, can unilaterally remove his allegiance and will not be blamed.

But the problem is that King Ulrik did not come forward personally, and the blackmail was done by Ingor

This means that the king wants to leave room for things, and if things change, if necessary, let Yin Geor come forward to take the blame, punish this scum who extorts money in the name of the king, and it will be over.

Of course, the king would not kill the nobles lightly, nor would he personally come forward to seize the property of the nobles

In this way, even if Li Ang knew that it was completely at the behest of the king, he could not do anything about Ulrique.

But Li Ang really doesn't understand, the king is so anxious to make money, what is the picture, is it necessary to be like this as a king?

"Ulrik is probably under the spell of those witches, his body is getting worse day by day, and sometimes he becomes a little crazy, and his temper gradually becomes irritable."

A month ago, the House of Lords

Garden.

Filina was still lying on a deck chair in the garden.

Ulrike was still standing by the pavilion, a glass of red wine in his hand.

"Sister Filina, can you write a letter to Godric and ask him to help me capture some of the Noldor Elves?"

Ulrique had always had a lot of respect for his cousin, but that didn't sound like the thing a king should do.

"Ulrik, what the hell is wrong with you? How could your complexion become so bad? What do you do with Noldor elves? ”

Filina sat up and looked closely at Ulrique, the king's face was now gray, and there seemed to be bruises on his arms, like corpses.

"Sister, as you can see, there is something wrong with my body"

Ulrike didn't hide it from his sister: "I could feel life passing through my body, and the bones in my body ached unbearably at night, and sometimes I went berserk out of control. It's been a long time since I've had a good night's sleep, and only alcohol and psychedelics can stop my pain! ”

Filina stood up, her face frightened, and muttered, "Ecchymosis, pain, madness, and drugged Ulrik, your father was the beginning"

That's what the Mad King was like back then!

Ecchymosis all over his body, yelling about pain all over his body every day, often going crazy and out of control, drinking all the time, and taking psychedelic drugs every day

Eventually, he became a real madman.

"Yes, dear sister, you were the one who knew me best. I don't want to be a madman like my father, I have to be cured! ”

Facing the sister he respected most in his youth, Ulrik exuded genuine sadness.

"Is this a bloodline disease?"

Filina asked.

"Maybe, I don't know what's wrong with my bloodline, we have a common grandfather, but he's fine, you and my uncle are okay, only my father and I will be like this, is this a curse that you have to bear as a king?"

Ulrike took a sip of the wine from his glass, then immediately poured it again.

"What do the doctors say? How is it treated? ”

Of course, Filina also hopes from the bottom of her heart that her cousin can be cured, but she also knows that there is really little hope for treatment of this genetic disease.

"Those court doctors are incompetent, they don't know anything! I tried to find the Three Prophets, and they gave me a potion, which is indeed effective, at least after drinking it, it does suppress my pain."

Ulrik pulled out a small bottle with some strange red liquid inside.

"You dare to drink those witches' medicine?"

Filina frowned.

"The Three Prophets just want glory and wealth, they are not witches, in the final analysis, they are just a few women who are good at changing faces. They are also able to live forever thanks to this medicine, which is said to be made from the blood of the elves with magical powers, and can give people the same longevity as the Noldor elves."

Ulrike shook the delicate little bottle, but shook his head with a wry smile.

"Get the Noldor's life force? Ulrique, I'm afraid this is a lie! You shouldn't trust them! ”

Filina thinks Ulrik must have been deceived.

"I don't really care about immortality, I'm not afraid of death. But this medicine does relieve my pain and also makes me more conscious. Even if it's poison, I can only accept it! I want to restore the kingdom to its former glory, and I must at least keep my mind clear while I live! ”

Ulrik looked at the vial of blood-red medicine, and the look in his eyes was also complicated.

"But your body seems to be getting worse and worse during this time, your face is like a corpse now, Ulrik wine and drugs won't make you like this so quickly, is it the reason for this medicine?"

Filina shook her head sadly.

"yes, I have to drink a bottle every month. Every time I drank it, I could feel my strength waning, and the medicine would eat away at my strength, making me weak, like drinking a donkey to quench my thirst. But there is no doubt that it did relieve my pain. According to the Three Prophets, the potions in my hands are made from the blood of ordinary Noldor elves, and the magic remaining in their bloodlines is limited. If I use a nobler and purer Noldor noble girl, then I only need to drink another bottle of this potion, and I will never be plagued by illness again, and I will not continue to become weak."

Ulrike muttered.

"So you want to capture the Noldor elves and make medicine for those three witches? It's still a Noldor noble girl, but, as far as I know, the number of Noldor nobles is not large, and they want to capture the girls among the Noldor nobles, unless they send a large army to start an all-out war with the Noldor elves! ”

Filina understood Ulrique's intentions.

"Yes, sister, that's why I'm asking for your help"

Ulrik let out a long sigh.

"I'm sorry, Ulrique, you should know what kind of person Godric is, he wouldn't do such a thing, if the kingdom goes to war with Noldor in an all-out way, the consequences are unpredictable, Ulrique, you can't do that."

Filina shook her head and refused, she knew the history, hundreds of years ago, the nobles of the entire continent also sent a large army to capture Noldor, but the end result was just the creation of countless widows.

"I understand, I understand, I will not let the soldiers of the kingdom die, I will hire those adventurers to do this"

Ulrique didn't force anything more

He's not unreasonable, and he knows the cost.

Within a few days, Filina got word that Ulrik was raising money and hiring party from place to place.

And the Ebony Handguard Knights also made a big move to the Long River Forest.

In the secret room, Li Ang listened quietly to Filina's narration.

The king seemed to be in a hurry to go to the hospital, but the three prophets did give him the only solution.

"In this case, he needs a lot of money in order to recruit mercenaries to round up Noldor"

Leon understood why Ulrik would take the opportunity to blackmail him.

"Probably yes, although I don't know how big your business is, but Godric has indeed become a lot richer since partnering with you, and it is not surprising that you will be targeted by Ulrike."

Filina nodded, then sighed: "But if a king does this, sooner or later everyone will rebel and leave."

Leon also sighed.

In fact, Leon can understand Ulrique.

The Lion Kingdom is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and the troops must be used to protect the country, and they cannot go to the forest of the Long River to die.

So Ulrik can only make money, and then hire slave trappers and adventure groups from all over the continent to organize a huge mercenary army to capture the Noldor noble girl he wants.

Anyway, this is a one-time task, and it will not continue to be invested, at least not for the country.

But Ulrik obviously also knows that it is difficult to get a Noldor girl in itself, and an ordinary elf girl is still worth a hundred thousand dinars, and there is no market, let alone a girl among the Noldor nobles?

So he needs a lot of money.

And it is understandable that a king has little spare money in his hands, after all, it is an extra, huge expenditure, and there was no such budget before.

As Lehman said, after Ulrik released the Three Prophets, he set his sights on himself, and probably the king not only targeted himself, but also many wealthy little nobles.

Big money is a fat sheep in front of the power machine, ancient and modern.

And Emperor Marius happened to harm himself at this time, and I don't know if the empire got any news, it is estimated that the empire still has many secret spies in the lion realm.

It's just that King Ulrique's approach to making money is really a bit too simple and crude, which is no different from the underworld!

Of course, Ulrik was forced to do so, whether the Three Prophets were deceiving him or not, he was ultimately trying to save his life.

"Can the blood of the Noldor elves really heal?"

Leon was a little curious, if Noldor's blood had this function, then how could they survive to the present, the Three Prophets should be fooling!

"Before this, I had never heard that the blood of the Noldor elves could cure diseases, but, Leon, the blood of the Noldor elves did not contract diseases, not even the Red Death!"

Ms. Filina said seriously.

"Won't you get the Red Death? Can you be sure? ”

"Well, you probably don't know it yet. Your mother, Helen, never got sick, you know, a hundred and fifty years ago, almost all members of the Pander royal family died of the Red Death, and the blood of the Pander royal family certainly could not resist the Red Death. But Helen once rescued a village, and most of the people in that village were infected with the Red Death, but Helen remained safe and sound. ”

Filina looked at Leon, "Helen's maternal grandfather, your great ancestor, was a Noldor elf. Leon, you have one-eighth of the Noldor blood. ”

"Is this really?"

The lord was really shocked at this moment.

"Leon, your father was a famous knight in the world at that time, and your mother was also the kindest girl back then"

Thirty years ago, she helped a village with an outbreak of the Red Death.

You should know that the Red Death is not governed by law and can only be controlled in isolation, but at that time, she had a limited number of people around her, and there were nearly 3,000 villagers in the entire village.

At that time, the lords there had already run away, and the surrounding nobles did not dare to approach, let alone help

In order to allow the villagers to stay in the village and quarantine with peace of mind, she entered the village even though most of the villagers were sick, and told the villagers that she would stay in the village as well.

Since then, she has been helping the villagers in the village.

It wasn't until weeks later, when Leonardo and the Lion Knights came to help, that she brought out more than a thousand survivors who had been confirmed to be uninfected.

That's when I knew her, and I saw her tired, and I couldn't even believe the courage of a noble girl.

But she did not catch the disease, and she even took the surviving villagers to find another place to rebuild a village and continue to quarantine for another month.

Since the more than 1,000 surviving villagers had left their homes and lacked food and clothing, I was too young to understand the dangers of the world and told the Mad King about it, hoping to raise money to help them.

As a result, the Mad King and some nobles slaughtered all the villagers, and planned to take Helen with him, without even mentioning a reason

I don't know why the Mad King captured Helen, but he didn't succeed at the time, and Helen was saved by Leonardo.

After that, you know, Lai Leonardo killed many nobles and became a rebel of the kingdom

After a few years, the Mad King finally caught Helen, but when Helen was just imprisoned in the palace, the Mad King died violently. ”

After Ms. Filina finished talking about the past, she shook her head: "Later, I took in the refugees in the newly built village of Helen, and made it the current Crow Village, and I was forgiven by Aunlado, and I became friends with Helen. But I found out that she was never sick, and when I asked, I found out that she had Noldor blood. ”

Leon suddenly raised his head and looked at Filina: "The Mad King also had a deal with the Three Prophets, could it be that he also took my mother out of a genetic disease?" They don't necessarily want to use Noldor to make medicines, maybe they want future generations to have Noldor blood! King Ulrik's son, the Prince of Aranrik, is probably an adult, right? ”

Filina was stunned.

"Your Highness Filina, you should get out of here!"

The door was suddenly opened, and Scholar Ingor stood in the doorway and shouted.