The person who held Alice hostage was none other than Rohr, the Grand Commander of the Rose Knights, who was holding the sword out of its sheath in his hand at the moment, and the sword was still stained with blood.

A few meters away from Rohr and Alice, the soldiers of the Rose Knights who surrounded them were also vigilantly observing the surroundings with their swords unsheathed, obviously in league with Rohr.

"My lord, as long as you agree to my request, I guarantee your safety, and I hope you don't make it difficult for me"

Rohr was a powerful figure, holding a long sword in his hand, but his tone of voice was sincere.

"Rohr, the Jones family has given you a knighthood and glory, why do you want to betray the Jones family!"

Alice sat on the ground at this moment, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, and until this moment she could not believe that the Grand Commander of the Rose Knights, whom she relied on the most, would betray her.

"My lord, I have not betrayed the Jones family, everything I do now is also for the Jones family, as long as you agree to my request, I guarantee that after a while, the position of the Jones family will be as stable as when the old earl was here!"

"Hehe, you promise, what qualifications do you have?"

Alice smiled coldly and replied sarcastically without mercy.

"My lord, I will become a Golden Knight in the near future, do you think I am qualified?"

"But since you want me to protect the Jones family, of course you have to pay a small price, as long as you agree to divorce the second son of the baron and marry my son Carl, then we are a family, and when I become the Golden Knight, the Jones family will be as solid as a rock."

Rohr didn't care about Alice's mocking tone, and said to Alice seriously word by word.

After hearing Rohr swear that he could become a golden knight, Alice was stunned and instantly guessed the reason for Rohr's rebellion.

"You got the Reiki Essence? Is it the king? No, the king certainly didn't want to see the Jones family strong. ”

"Is it the church? You have been instructed by the church that only they can take out the Reiki essence now? Where is my father? Rohr, are you worthy of my father? ”

"Back then, you were a serf who was about to starve to death, and you could have what you are today without my father? Hungry wolves don't have as much poison as you! ”

"I'm sorry, my lord, although the old earl's disappearance is indeed related to me, but it doesn't have much to do with it, and I don't know where the old earl is now, as for other issues, I have nothing to say!"

"But as long as you agree to my request, even if the old earl is missing, the Jones family can still be strong! Isn't that great? ”

Hearing that the old earl Rohr's face was a little unnatural, but he thought that since he had already done it today, there was no room for reversal.

"You shameless traitor, you want me to marry your son, you dream! You'd better kill me now, or your vassals will be in the castle and you won't die a good death. ”

Alice can already breathe fire in her eyes at this moment, and Rohr can have what he has achieved today, everything is the kindness of the old earl.

It can be said that Rohr is the old earl's most trusted person, but he didn't expect that his father, the most trusted subordinate, betrayed the Jones family and became a traitor, making the old earl disappear, and now he wants to seize the Jones family's property.

Alice is not so innocent, and will really believe that Rohr will be able to keep herself after his plan succeeds.

Rohr frowned, Alice's attitude at the moment was resolute, and he didn't want to say more to Alice, since he could put this plan into practice, he must have expected Alice's attitude, and there were corresponding countermeasures.

"My lord, I know that all your vassals are in the Rose Castle, and there are many dignitaries from the principality here, but it is for this reason that I chose to act at this moment."

"Do you think your vassals will come to your rescue? I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, I don't think they can help you at the moment, even if they knew, because I gave them Grand Canyon bellflower powder in the food at the banquet! ”

"You ......"

Hearing Rohr's words, Alice was a little incredulous, the Rose Castle that she had always thought was the safest was infiltrated by Rohr, and even the food at the banquet was tampered with.

The bellfish peanut is a rare potion plant that grows in the Grand Canyon of the Duchy of Alban, and is the most feared and hated thing by all the knights of the title on the continent.

The bellflower itself is not poisonous, but it is dried and ground into powder and then mixed with several simple herbs, as long as the title knight takes it, the qi veins will be temporarily closed, if you want to recover the fighting spirit, you can only wait until two days later to automatically lift, except for this method, there is no antidote to remove this effect.

Although this medicine will not cause harm to the body except for temporarily sealing the qi veins.

However, if the qi veins are sealed, the title knight will not be able to use the fighting qi, even if the golden knight is poisoned, it will have the same effect.

If what Rohr said was not boo, then with the existence of Rohr's Silver Peak Knight, he could really sweep the entire Rose Castle.

Of course, although the effect of this bellflower is against the sky, it is also the object of boycott by all the nobles, which causes the bellflower to be extremely scarce, and a gram of bellflower powder can be sold for a high price of 100 gold on the black market.

If you want to poison all the nobles at the banquet in enough amounts, it will be at least a few hundred grams, which is definitely a big deal.

Alice's face turned pale, and she was basically sure that what Rohr said was likely to be true, otherwise as the Grand Commander, Rohr would not have betrayed himself so riskily, even if Rohr couldn't have the bellflower potion, but the person who could give him the aura essence would definitely have enough foundation.

"Your Excellency, do you understand your situation now? So please grant my request, so that there will be no unnecessary conflict in the castle, and if you do not grant my request, I will not spare any of the guests in the Rose Castle, and would you like to see those counts die in your castle?" ”

This is Rohr's killer move, using the Jones family as the price for Alice's refusal, killing all Alice's vassals, and then killing all the nobles of the other families at the banquet.

If Rohr really did this, even if Alice didn't die tonight, it wouldn't be a month before the Jones family would be wiped out.

Several nobles up and down the duchy were already eyeing the Jones family, and the vassals of the Jones family were dead, not only was their strength greatly reduced, but they were unable to fight against other families at all.

Moreover, so many of the Earl's heirs died in Castle Rose, and the excuse for the invasion of the other families was completely justified, even the Lord of the North could not intervene, and the Jones family would become a real target of public criticism.

There was an instant silence on the other side of the pool, and even if Alice was angry, she still had to think seriously about the consequences at this moment.

If Rohr was only threatening her own life, Alice was not afraid.

But Rohr is now threatening the Jones family and her vassals, and this trick really hits Alice's soft underbelly.

"My lord, if you still can't make up your mind, I'll have Baron Gervais brought in now, kill him first, I hope you can think about it again!"

Rohr no longer hides his murderous intentions, it has been too long now, and he doesn't want to drag it out.

The only way to do this is to kill a few people first to make Alice realize the facts and make her make a choice right away.

The killing of Gervais was planned for a long time, and as Alice's nominal husband, Gervais had to die to ensure Carl's reputation and status.

"You shameless traitor!"

Alice, who was pale, became angry again when she heard Rohr's words.

……

"My lord! Are you over there? ”

Just as Alice's words fell, Lina's shouts were heard in the distance, and Alice was about to scream, but Rohr was suddenly stuck in her throat.

Lina must have finished patrolling the castle and found that Alice had not returned, so she came here to look for her.

However, because it was dark and blocked by several wooden houses, Lina didn't notice anything unusual, but just walked over looking for the light of the torches.

After the throat of Alice, the lord of Rolca immediately glanced at the soldiers.

Six of the dozen or so people immediately stepped out, put their bloodstained swords back into their scabbards, and walked towards Lina.

"Steward Lina! Adults over here! ”

The six of them replied as they walked towards Lina, who was unaware.

At this moment, Gervais saw a few people coming, and immediately carefully lay down in the flower bed next to him.