Chapter 527

Boom!

Seeing Ruhl's horizontal knife on his neck, Adric suddenly changed into a sè, and the swift chōu came out with his sword, flying over, and the cold light on the blade of the sword flashed, hitting Ruhl's blade, and the blade dàng.

Only this time it was still a little slower, and the blade still cut a hole in Ruhl's neck. Although the knife was not deep, the blood had already flowed out.

Seeing the knife in Ruhl's hand come out of his hand and fall to the ground, blood already flowing down Rul's neck on his shirt.

The two men glared at each other, and finally, Adric took a deep breath and sighed, "I'm sorry, I think you must be disappointed in me." ”

Ruhl smiled bitterly, looked at the sword in Adric's hand, and said in a low voice: "Disappointed, you stubborn fool, if you are just stubborn, you are obviously killing yourself." ”

Adric's face was ugly: "Then what do you think, what can I do?"

Ruhl looked at Adric's face and was silent for a long time, and finally, his eyes gradually became more resolute and resolute, and he slowly said a word.

"Soldier!"

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"Father. ”

When Roddy entered the study, he saw his father standing by the map hanging on the wall in contemplation, and he first shouted, but the old duke did not seem to hear, and still looked at the huge map on the wall.

After a while, Luo Di finally couldn't bear it anymore and called out in a low voice.

Roddy's face was a little dissatisfied, but more of an indescribable complication.

As the heir of the Minas family, although he has a lot of dissatisfaction with his father's actions, over the years, the estrangement between father and son has become deeper and deeper, but after all, as a son of man, he is still the one who knows his father's every move!

He was well aware of the unusual taste of his father's recent actions......

"I remember telling you many times. The Duke of Minas slowly turned around and looked at his son calmly: "Come into my study and knock on the mén." ”

"Yes, father. Luo Di took a deep breath, his eyes were complicated, he looked at the white-haired old duke, and stopped talking, but finally chose to suppress those thoughts in his heart, and said slowly: "Marquis Banks, and Count Bilik, they are here, and they ask to see you in the living room......"

"Let them wait. The Duke of Minas smiled faintly: "Wait a little longer, you won't be able to die." Sit down, I have something to say to you. ”

Roddy hesitated for a moment, and slowly sat down on a chair in the room.

The Duke of Minas looked at his son's face, whose appearance was very similar to his own, and the contours of his eyebrows, eyes, and nose were almost carved out of his own mold. I remember that when I was young, I used to be like him, he was resolute, and he would not easily change his position when he recognized things, stubborn, persistent, and ...... The blood is boiling, and it was once full of those unrealistic ideals...... No, it should be said that it is utopian.

Because Minas knew that his son was very much like him, he also knew that it would not be easy to convince his son.

"You've been upset with me lately. The old man slowly sat down in front of Roddy.

Roddy didn't speak, just lowered his eyelids.

"You're not happy about sending Daphany back to the palace. And also...... Since my comeback, my attitude towards Adric has also made you unhappy. I contacted those nobles, and you don't agree with it, and ......"

"My son didn't dare. ”

"You don't dare. The Duke of Minas suddenly smiled, his smile was a little mocking: "You just feel that you can't communicate with me anymore, so you don't bother to continue arguing with me, do you?"

Looking at his son, who didn't speak, Duke Minas sighed and said in a low voice: "I know you look down on those nobles, hmph, the Marquis of Banks is just a fool who can only talk about it, Bilik, a thing that tends to be inflammatory, and those others, all of them are short-sighted and stupid, but pretentious...... You look down on them, and you think that the existence of these guys will only have a bad impact on the empire, and their existence is the more fundamental reason why this empire is becoming more and more corrupt, right?"

Without waiting for Roddy to speak, the Duke of Minas suddenly smiled again and said lightly: "Actually, from the bottom of my heart, I completely agree with your opinion...... Those guys are simply a bunch of idiots, a bunch of vampires who are attached to the empire and suck the blood of the empire, a bunch of greedy rice worms, rats. ”

Luo Di was stunned, he raised his head and looked at the old man in surprise: "Father, you, you think so too, then ......"

"You want to ask why, don't you?" Duke Minas squinted at his son, "You look down on these guys, you think they are a bunch of nobles who have more than enough to do." But you've forgotten who you are, Roddy, you're a nobleman yourself!"

The Duke of Minas raised his hand, pointed his finger at Roddy, and his fingertips almost poked into Roddy's chest, and said coldly: "You yourself are also a nobleman!"

Roddy stopped talking.

"I don't expect you to understand all my intentions and painstaking intentions now, in fact, I don't expect you to understand all my practices now. Minas said lightly: "When I was your age, I was also full of unrealistic fantasies, so I know that no words can move you now, and no one can reverse the obsessions in your current mind." I don't want to convince you at all. ”

Luo Di looked at his father, and suddenly felt an impulse in his heart, and couldn't help but blurt out: "But father, you, what do you want to do?!!"

"What do I want to do? Everything I do, I'm trying to save this country. The Duke of Minas let out a long sigh.

"Save this country?" Roddy suddenly became angry, and he asked loudly: "Restrain Adric's Northern Expedition plan everywhere?Oppose him everywhere in the military headquarters?Stir up the relationship between the emperor and the prime minister?Secretly contact the nobles to expand the private army?Don't you understand that it is precisely because you instigated the nobles to expand the private army, and more and more military expenses made their leaders in the south endlessly forcibly expropriate, and finally forced the civilians in the south to live and rebelled? Father, this is what you call saving the country?!!

The Duke of Minas glanced at his son, with some disappointment in his eyes: "So I said, I don't expect you to understand all this now. After a pause, the old duke finally added: "The problems of the south are not caused by a day, but by years of harsh taxes, heavy burdens, and one war after another...... I didn't do that, did I?"

Roddy was speechless.

"I said, you won't understand now, and I don't expect you to understand now. The Duke of Minas had already stood up and said lightly: "I just want to tell you that you remember your own identity, you are a member of the Minas family, and you are also a nobleman. ”

Roddy was silent.

"I will soon lead the troops south, you make preparations, you will accompany the army and me to the south. You have been the commander of the city guard for almost a month, but you have disappointed me, you have not been able to subdue any effective subordinates in a month, you have looked at Adric's eyes, you have not been able to really grasp even a little strength in the city guard. You really disappointed me. Before I set out on the expedition, I will ask Your Majesty to remove you from the post of General of the City Guard...... Well, this is also a compromise and jiāo exchange to appease the suspicious heart of our majesty. ”

Speaking of the Southern Expedition, Luo Di finally broke the silence: "You...... Do you really want to lead the troops to the south?"

In any case, the situation in the south is rotten, and if you lead the troops south to pacify the Luàn situation, it will be a matter of benefit to the country. Luo Di felt a little comforted in his heart, but he couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, will he agree? I mean, let you lead the troops south......"

He couldn't help but disagree. The Duke of Minas said slowly, "He has no other candidates. Adric was not trusted by the Emperor, and the others...... That Ruhl guy is already a thorn in the emperor's heart, the emperor will not choose him, and Ruhl is already standing with Adric. Hmph, except for me, no one can pacify the luàn bureau in the south. Whether the emperor is willing or unwilling, he has only one choice. Things will be decided in two or three days, and I just hope you're ready. You have let me down many times, and this time, I hope you don't let me down again. I am ready to take you as the vanguard. Hum...... You don't like my series of actions in the imperial capital, so you are willing to work hard to quell the bandits in the south. ”

"It's my duty. Roditten stood up, his young and majestic body straight.

"Very good, I have prepared the plan to send troops. I'll give you two thousand cavalry, those mud-legged people in the south are just a rabble, and two thousand jīng horsemen are riding south, I think they can't stop you in the field. Your mission is to drive as fast as possible to Efenwether, the most popular county of the rebels. In my judgment, once our army moves south, the rebels will shrink, and although most of them are mud-legged, there are also some smart people among them. They are well aware of the strength of the regular army of the Empire, and they have no cavalry to fight us, so they will only choose to gather and shrink their forces and defend the city. But that's not something you need to think about, I just need you to sweep through the Effenvet army with two thousand vanguard jīng cavalry, wipe out the stragglers who dare to resist, and force them to shrink their forces. ”

"I won't let you down!"

Roddy's eyes lit up.

Duke Minas looked at his son and sighed secretly in his heart: Bī is still a simple young man.

Roddy was about to go out excitedly, but suddenly turned around and looked at his father: "Father, what is it...... Marquis Banks, they're still waiting to see you......"

"I said, let them wait a little longer. The Duke of Minas slowly walked back to his desk, took out a wine bottle from the cabinet below, poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip lightly, and then sneered: "There is the icing on the cake, but there is no carbon in the snow." When I was dormant in Minas, how could these inflamed guys come to me in such a hurry? I am going south this time to use their strength to prevent them from drying properly, how can I make them bleed willingly?"

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"Soldier!"

This voice fell into his ears, and suddenly it was like an earth-shattering shock, and Adric's face changed wildly, and he was furious, and shouted loudly: "Nonsense!!"

Ruhl didn't seem to hear Adric's angry rebuke, and said quickly: "Although the Duke of Minas is becoming more and more pressing, after all, the military power is still directly in your hands, and most of the defenders in the city are your descendants. As long as you give an order, martial law will be carried out in the city, the city will be closed, the communication between the inside and outside of the city will be severed, and then the dead soldiers of the army will be summoned and credible, as long as there are two or three thousand people, and the palace will be besieged immediately, and the army will be admonished! Then the whole city will be searched, and the Duke of Minas will be arrested at once, and then the Duke will be placed under house arrest in a place of choice, and the restless people in the city will be purged, and the ministers will be deterred, and the affairs of the army will be managed! Your Majesty will stripped the Duke of all his official titles and entrusts you with full powers! In this way, as long as we act quickly and decisively, we can achieve great things within a day......!

"Shut up!!!" Adric glared at Ruhl and roared angrily, "You are so bold to dare to say such a rebellious nonsense!

Ruhl looked at Adric calmly, and waited for Adrik's roar to finish before he said coldly, "Why are you so excited?" Or ...... I'm saying the most fearful thought in your heart, and that's why you react so strongly?"

Adrick was speechless.

"If you expect to convince the Emperor with words, I am afraid that even if you Adric weeps blood, the Emperor will not look at you more. Hum...... The only way to force this majesty to give in is to ......"

"I will never do such a rebellious thing, you don't need to say it again!" Adric rebuked categorically: "Ruhl, I didn't hear what I said just now, and I don't want to hear it from your mouth a second time!"

"Well, if you don't want to do this, then I have a ...... plan" Ruhl said slowly: "The matter of going south to quell the rebellion must not be delayed, but the Duke of Minas must not be allowed to lead the army! Since you are unwilling to march to admonish, then immediately go to the army to reorganize the army, that is, to lead the troops out of the city and go south to quell the rebellion! The emperor will be furious when he learns that you have no orders from him and set up troops to march south, but you are in the army, and the army is your descendant, and he has nothing to do with you, and it is impossible to send someone to arrest you in the army." When the time comes, it will be nothing more than an order to summon you back, let's ignore it, once the army goes south, causing a fait accompli, he will be helpless against you. ”

"In this way, wouldn't it be a blatant contradiction, that is, a rupture of the situation! The morale of the army must be unstable!" Adric said coldly: "I forcibly led the troops to the south and disobeyed the order, are the rebels in the north all fools?

Ruhl sneered a few times: "This can't be done, that's not okay, Adric, you are brave and resolute in marching and fighting, why are you indecisive now?

Adric took a deep breath: "I will never do anything that is rebellious. ”

"Hmph, then you will watch the Duke of Minas divide his troops to the south, after going south, with his old man's skill and decades of prestige and qualifications, the army going south will inevitably be firmly controlled by him, he has ten thousand ways to eliminate all the disobedient voices inside, and within a month, the army going south will be purged by him up and down, firmly in his own hands! You and I are both from the Duke's mén, and we know the Duke's military strategy very well, and with his ability, it is not a problem at all to defeat those bandits in the south. I'm afraid that he is using the excuse of quelling the bandits, clearing the places, and then annexing them one by one...... At that time, his old man happily ate and wiped out the southern counties, and you, Adric, you fool who is dedicated to the country, but stupidly defend Osgillia for him, resist the rebels in the north, and have you sit in Osgillia and resist the rebels of Hughes and others in the north for him, which is equivalent to shielding him from the threat behind him. Hum...... Once the Duke of Minas has mastered the military power to go south, has tens of thousands of obedient troops in his hands, and is entrenched in the land of several counties in the south, who else will be able to control him when the time comes?!"

Adric didn't speak.

Ruhl stared into his eyes and continued: "You have thought carefully! Although there seem to be more than 100,000 troops in the city, except for our central army, the other more than 100,000 people have been transferred from the south! Once the Duke of Minas is allowed to go south and control the southern counties, when the time comes, he will put down the bandits in the south, and find a few excuses at will, if he does not come back in the south, who can command him? And if he controls the south, it is equivalent to mastering the lives of those troops from the south in the imperial capital! As long as he makes a little move in the south, except for the central army, the other southern armies in the imperial capital will fall to him! At that time, once the Duke of Minas has already formed his wings, who else will be able to fight against him? Adric, although you can still fight against him now, and even have a slight advantage in the situation, once you let him take the south, the army transferred from the south of the imperial capital will depend on his face! At that time, how can you fight him again? Just rely on the little central army in your hand?! Do you know the consequences?"

Adric's body shook and fell into a deathly silence......

(The camera shifts to the chapters of the imperial capital, and it seems that everyone has some opinions, and they are very concerned about the scenes of the turtle and the god of the earth.) Hehe, after all, the story is to be separated from the two lines. The matter of the earth turtle and the earth jīng god must be treated clearly, everyone can rest assured.

But as far as I am concerned, the role of the Imperial Capital Luàn Bureau is more important in my heart. Although the matter of the god of the earth jīng is important, the name of this book is called hunting "country" after all, not hunting "god", hehe. ）