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Chapter 344 [Cowards and Sacrificed Warriors]

Looking at the dark clouds in the sky, Rose tilted his head and took off his cloak and hat at will.

Behind him were those palace guards with numb expressions, and the young Count of Villa was really a little depressed, and suddenly raised his hand to point to the dark clouds as thick as ink in the sky, and opened his throat and shouted: "Hey, it's raining! It's going to thunder!! Can't you see it?

A knight with a square face and a stern expression came to him quickly, and said coldly, "Count Villa, do you have any orders?"

Rose scratched his head in distress and stared at this guy for a long time before he said coldly, "Can't you see that it's going to rain?"

"What about the rain. The knight's expression was indifferent: "Your Majesty's order is that we will go day and night. Earl, can't you stand this little bit of wind and rain?"

Rose swallowed and watched as the guy rode away from him and ran to the front of the group.

Damn it...... It was unlucky enough to be forced to be this unlucky messenger, and it was unlucky enough to go on this hard trip, but that annoying Shiloh actually sent such a superb "deputy envoy", with a dead face all day long, sleeping in the open along the way, Uncle Ross has never suffered such hardships since he was born!

Although it was gilded in the army, it was just a formality. In the past few days, the horses have been rushed, and more than 20 horses have been scrapped, fortunately, there is a city made by the strong national strength of the Roland Empire, and there are official post stations along the way to the northwest from the imperial capital, and the horses can be replaced at any time.

But the horse can bear it, but my Uncle Ross can't bear it! I have eaten and drunk Lazar on horseback, is this the rhythm of sending my Uncle Ross to the northwest grasslands and those alien races for grazing?

Blood had already been ground out on the inner thighs on both sides of the crotch, and I couldn't stop to take a shower along the way, so the wound had already stuck to my underwear, and when I was riding on horseback, when I was bumping. That kind of taste really makes people want to die.

Forget it, although Uncle Ross has been used to eating and drinking since he was a child, he is also a ruthless person in his bones, and he can grit his teeth at a critical time, and a little pain will not make Uncle Ross really become a soft egg.

But the problem is that the accompanying team of people are all dead faces, and the rigid dogma is extreme, especially the deputy envoy. Along the way, he said less than twenty words to himself, and every time he kept a straight face, as if he owed him ten thousand gold coins.

From the bottom of his heart, Rose was certainly 10,000 unwilling to do this errand. How good it is to be your own earl in the imperial capital, for the political zhì thing, Ross has no interest in the slightest, his own family has a big business, since the Du Wei era, the Villa family is a wealthy family of the imperial aristocracy. Even if Shiloh becomes the emperor and changes the dynasty, the butcher's knife will not fall on the head of a person like Uncle Ross.

However, the hated new emperor chose himself to be the unlucky messenger. Let yourself run to the northwest to negotiate with the duchess of the tulip family.

Negotiation ...... Talk about your sister!

Rose sneezed fiercely, others don't know, don't I Uncle Ross still don't know? The Tulip family just made a big deal in the imperial capital and stormed the palace. Kidnapping important prisoners. I heard that both sides were killed and wounded, and many elites were injured. At this time, it was the most tense stage, and Lao Tzu crashed headlong into the tulip family's lair, in case the duchess became angry. If you want to rebel, and you treat Lao Tzu as the iron rod of Xiluo, and directly cut off the uncle's head to sacrifice the flag, isn't it unjust?

Rose had already made up his mind in his heart, once he arrived in Loulan City, if the duchess raised the butcher's knife against herself...... Then the uncle immediately knelt down on the spot and begged for mercy! If he hit a stump, Lao Tzu would be a bastard!

Alas, your new emperor and the old emperor are fighting to the death, and the Tulip family and the Luo Lin family are turning against each other...... Everybody is just fighting for power...... But these are the things that concern my Uncle Ross!

The goddess is above, the biggest dream of my Uncle Ross in his life is to eat and wait for death, there are beautiful women to hold and drink wine, and to do a few things to tease women from good families to bully and bully passers-by, to be a qualified bully, and finally die in the pile of beauties and wine......

This is called life!

It's been almost ten days since I came out of the imperial capital. Two days ago, I took a clipper, and I could barely get by. In the next few days, he was on horseback every day, and now Rose suspected that he was about to become a horse.

When he arrives in Loulan City, no matter what bullshit mission he has, Lao Tzu will find the softest bed first, and then talk about sleeping him for a day and a night!

As for that nasty dead-faced lieutenant......

With a wicked smile, Rose looked at the guy running at the front of the line, dressed in armor and with a long red feather stuck in his helmet...... Hmph, idiot!

This is the wilderness of the northwest, looking at this day, a storm is coming, these guys have probably never seen a thunderstorm in the northwest.

In this kind of thunderous and lightning weather, dare to run in the wilderness with such a long lightning rod on your head......

Ross watched from a distance, and suddenly saw that the annoying deputy envoy actually didn't know if his brain was broken, and actually snatched the flagpole from the hands of the leading cavalry, held the flagpole high, and led the team to speed up and hurry forward......

Aha! It's not enough to have a lightning rod on your head, you also need to put up a flagpole in your hand? If this thunder doesn't kill you...... If you can go to the northwest alive, Lao Tzu can kowtow to you!

At this moment, suddenly there was a loud noise in the sky, and then a bolt of lightning fell, as if it instantly engulfed a figure at the front of the team......

Uncle Ross finally laughed......

......

"So...... In addition to you, Shiloh has sent an envoy?"

Du squinted slightly, looking at the Count of Villa in front of him.

Rose's face was covered in dust, and the original gorgeous samurai robe was already too dirty to see its original color.

"Well, yes, yes...... But that guy didn't have a good life. Rose spread his hands: "Killed by thunder." ”

"...... Thunder killed?" Du's eyes widened slightly.

"yes. Rose hurriedly shouted: "Hey, Messiah, don't stare at me like that! That fool's death has nothing to do with me! The whole team saw clearly with dozens of pairs of eyes, and the fool alone raised a spear, picked up a banner on the tip of the spear, ran at the front of the team to lead the way, and as a result, a lightning bolt fell, and he turned into charcoal alive! When it happened, I was at least fifty meters away from him!

said. Rose directly found a chair in the room and sat down, and when he sat down, he skimmed his legs, and screamed in pain, and then grabbed the teapot on the table, and didn't care about using the quilt, so he poured a breath into the mouth of the pot, and then sighed: "I said Messiah, everyone has known each other since childhood...... I traveled for more than ten days, and every day I ate on horseback. When I left the imperial capital, I was 180 pounds, and now I have lost 20 pounds of meat! This trip is a big loss, since I have come to you, I expect you to entertain me, so get it quickly. Damn, these days have been gnawing on military rations, and Lao Tzu's teeth are going to be gnawed off. You don't know, I run day and night in the wilderness, drink the wind and eat the ashes, and I spit and froth now. There are two taels of soil!"

Du stared at Rose with wide eyes - she didn't care about Rose's attitude. This guy has always been an outlier in the aristocratic circle of the empire, he does not fight for power or profit, and he has always survived in the gap between several major families and the royal family. The long-sleeved dancing skills are perfected - this seems to be a long-standing tradition of the Villa family.

His unsparing style has become his biggest protective color, and no one will be wary of him if he seems to have no heart and no lungs. Plus his family has a big business. The Villa family has a lot of money, and whoever has the upper hand will have to woo his family. So this guy is the kind of person who really sits on the top of the mountain and looks at the scenery.

"Rose, does the death of that deputy envoy really have nothing to do with you?" Du squinted his eyes slightly, and his voice was a little cold.

"Well, this ......" Rose thought for a moment, and simply told the truth: "If you want to say that it has nothing to do with me, you can't ...... Anyway, I don't like that guy, and he doesn't like me. Since it is not pleasing to the eye, then ...... I watched him run wild in the wilderness with a spear in the midst of thunder, and I had to warn him, right?"

"It's good that you didn't kill it. Du nodded slightly—Rose had always been shrewd, and he would never do such a thing to make trouble for himself.

Syllable!

A letter slapped directly on the table, and Rose sighed, "This is a letter from Shiloh to you, read it for yourself." The letter arrived, and my task was more than half accomplished. ”

"What about the big half, and the little half?" Du Wei smiled.

Rose immediately shouted, pointed at Du Weiwei, and was very dissatisfied: "Hey, Messiah! Everyone grew up fighting together, if you pretend to be stupid in front of me, you really treat my Uncle Rose as a fool! Another small half of the mission? Don't tell me that you really don't understand! Shiloh packed up such a big living person as my Uncle Rose and sent it to your house with a team of red feather horses, this is my task! My Uncle Rose is such a big living person standing in front of you, this is an attitude in itself, don't pretend not to understand. ”

Du smiled and nodded.

Of course she understood what Shiloh meant.

Rose, the candidate for the "messenger", is already a vague expression of Shiloh's attitude.

Obviously, Shiloh didn't want to tear his face with himself, let alone fight a civil war.

If Shiloh wanted to take a tough stance and send someone to ask him for his guilt, then the choice of this messenger would never fall on Rose's head. He should send one of his henchmen, or pick a ruthless character from Thor's Whip.

Sending such a recognized wall-riding party as Ross has a lot of connections with both sides, and it is difficult for anyone to pull down their faces when they see this guy - such a candidate is lost between the two sides, and it is clear that it is a natural buffer zone.

Ross was put in front of him alone, in fact, he didn't need Shiloh to say anything, and his attitude was already understood.

Although Ross is a little unfamiliar with things, he is generally a smart person.

As for the death of a deputy...... Since it was not his hand, the small crime of not saving him in the face of death could not be planted on his head.

Count Villa...... Anyway, he is also an earl, with such a big head, not any hat can be buttoned on his head.

That unlucky deputy envoy died when he died, and even if Shiloh of the imperial capital knew about it, he would not shed a single tear for him.

"Rose ......" Du pondered for a moment, hesitated, and simply stopped going around in circles with this guy, she was familiar with Rose's temperament. If you talk to him vaguely and go around in circles, this guy's ability to pretend to be stupid is unparalleled in the world, and the ghost knows where he will go, and when dealing with this kind of person, he just goes straight and forces him to be unable to pretend to be stupid: "I don't care about what happened to Shiloh...... You and I have known each other since childhood. I'll just ask you one thing, what is your position on this matter?"

As soon as Rose heard this, he suddenly jumped up as if he had been stung by a bee, and stamped his foot and pointed at Du Weiwei. He shouted, "Oh!!!Messiah! It's not so harmful to hurt people! We're all friends!!Don't you know the family motto of my Villa family? The rule of my family is that I don't participate in anything, never stand in line, and never stretch out my hand! What do you mean by asking me that now? Is it because you see that I've been living too comfortably in the past few years, and you want to make some trouble for me?"

Du Weiwei's face sank, and he said slowly: "You also know that we are friends! So are Kaman and Luo puppy your friends? Goth is not your friend?"

Rose shook and sat back in his chair with his head in his hands.

At this moment, Uncle Ross, who had a brain, finally showed a little sadness on his face. After a long time, he slowly shook his head, gritted his teeth and said, "It's a friend, right...... Messiah, I also tell you clearly. If it had been someone else who had killed them, I, Rose, would have avenged them! Or, if I had killed them, I would have done my best. will also go in with a white knife and a red knife out against the murderer!"

A hint of cruelty flashed across his face, but then his face collapsed. His face turned pale, and he said in a low voice: "But I'm not just Rose, I'm also Count Villa, I can't gamble the lives of hundreds of people in my family for my own feelings." I'm not as rich as you, I don't have the power you have, I don't have as many troops as you do. The Villa family has lived safely for more than a hundred years by relying on the ability to protect themselves, and in my generation, I don't plan to change, and I don't dare to change!"

Speaking of this, Rose's face changed before he continued in a low voice: "You...... You just treat me as a coward! Anyway, I'm a Villa clan, and I've always been called a coward behind people's backs, and I'll admit it a long time ago!"

Du sighed slightly, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes, but then he looked at Rose, and his gaze became a little complicated.

She walked over gently, patted Rose on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "Okay...... You're not a coward, I know it. ”

......

Ross was sent down to rest, and the body of the "deputy envoy" was quickly carried to the courtyard outside the hall.

Several elite Tulip family guards stood on either side, not squinting, and the corpse on the ground was covered with a white cloth.

Du Wei stood on the steps, frowning and looking at the corpse as if he was born.

There was a cough behind him, and Du turned around slightly, and saw a familiar face.

"Are you still healed?"

"I'm afraid it'll be a few more days. The nobleman's face was a little pale, but his eyes looked in the northwest direction, and he said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that only by returning to the mountain can this injury be healed." Alas...... I can't cultivate at home, and I forcibly use spells......"

Du thought about it slightly, and his tone was a little guilty: "It's all for my family, delaying your cultivation ...... sir."

"Joining the WTO is also a kind of cultivation. The noble man smiled lightly: "I have also gained some experience after thinking about it in the past few days. I admit that there are times when I envy the penance that my friends who stay on the mountain can do without distraction. But here I will be burdened by the things of the world. But if you think about it carefully, this is not a kind of exercise for your state of mind. After returning to the mountain this time, although my spell was delayed a little, my state of mind has become more and more tenacious, which will be of great benefit to my future cultivation. When cultivating to a high level, the state of mind is far more important than the strength of mana in many cases, and I have only slowly figured it out in the past few days. ”

Du breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and said, "Then I wish Mr. can achieve his wish as soon as possible after returning to the mountain!"

The noble man smiled, and then looked at Du Weiwei with a straight face: "Miss......, what about you? That nephew of yours is not an easy man to deal with. Seeing that he reacted so quickly, he sent Ross as a messenger...... I made such a big fuss in the imperial capital, if I were someone else, I was afraid that I would already be furious, but he only saw the importance of the interests in such a short time, and then quickly endured it and made a compromise, and sending Ross is an obvious signal...... This person can endure what others can't endure, and he is by no means an easy opponent. ”

Du smiled faintly. Her gaze was very firm, and she said slowly: "My tulip family has been around for a hundred years, and the opponent I have met is easy and simple. ”

In this understatement, there is a strong self-confidence.

The noble man nodded and said with a smile: "I am relieved that you have such confidence...... I'm going back to the mountain soon, well, that little girl named Fiona, I've looked closely, although there are still some problems. But it's okay, and this time I brought it back, and it can be regarded as leaving you with a usable person. ”

"The person you recommend, I will definitely use it carefully. Du Weiwei said solemnly.

The nobleman stopped talking, but walked slowly down the steps, and then gently came to the corpse, and bent down to lift the corner of the white cloth......

The poor "deputy envoy" was, indeed, as Ross said, a body of coke. The corpse had been changed beyond recognition, and it was completely impossible to see what it was.

The noble man only glanced at it, then gently put down the white cloth, and suddenly his heart moved slightly. Turning his head to look at Du Weiwei: "This guy's death ...... Was it really thunder and was slashed?"

Looking at Du Weiwei's eyes, the noble man said slowly: "It's not summer now, I've been in the northwest all my life, and I've never heard of a thunderstorm that can kill people in early spring and March." ”

Du Weiwei's expression remained unchanged. But there was finally a hint of coldness in his eyes!

"Naturally, I won't hide it from you, this man...... I killed it, the thunderstorm. It's just a little magic. Du said lightly: "Even if he doesn't have any red feathers on his helmet, even if he doesn't carry a spear and a banner, I have a hundred ways to make this thunder hit his head." ”

The noble man shook his head: "...... Why?"

Du Wei's eyes flashed, and he said coldly: "It's just to let Xiluo know one thing: it's his business who he sends, but this place in the northwest is not where anyone wants to come can come! Without my nod, the living will become dead when they come in!"

......

"Well, do you think that without my nod, whoever the Pope wants to send with me will be able to do it?"

Chen Daolin sighed and looked at the burly man in front of him who was staring at him with wide eyes.

The injuries on Montoya's body have healed, and standing in front of him, his majestic body is like a half-cut iron tower, and his whole body exudes a fierce and powerful aura!

"Montoya, Your Excellency Darling is right. ”

Heynckes spoke calmly.

The Pope spoke, and Montoya immediately turned around and bent down at the Pope.

"Because of what happened before, you can't appear in public just yet...... At least not in the emperor. Heynckes' tone was calm: "Follow Your Excellency Darling, that's what I mean." His Excellency Darling began by asking me to have two men to follow him as assistants, and I thought of you. You've been locking yourself up in the training ground these days and practicing martial arts day and night, and of course I know what you're thinking...... It's just the position of the Holy Knights, and you can't go back for the time being. And your Excellency Darling...... With the responsibility of the church, I think about it, he does need a strong assistant and samurai servant by his side. You are old acquaintances again, and it is only fitting for you to follow him. ”

The Pope spoke, but Montoya did not dare to say anything...... But my heart is getting more and more dazed.

He naturally recognized Darling Chen, and he also owed Darling Chen a life. After the two had dealt with each other twice, Montoya was also impressed by Darling Chen's cunning and wisdom.

But...... But the Pope brought himself in specifically to follow this guy? What does that mean?

Montoya has been hidden by the church these days, and he almost became an outcast of the church in the previous plot to assassinate the emperor, and lost many subordinates, which also made Montoya feel deeply guilty in his heart, this kind of guilt and unwilling feelings are intertwined, coupled with deep loss, so that this fierce general brother can only lock himself in the training ground every day and practice martial arts desperately, practicing until he almost vomits blood, in order to relieve some of the irritability in his heart.

Unexpectedly, today the Pope called himself over, saying that he had a task entrusted to him, but it was such a thing?!

Darlingchen: When did this guy come to church, and what is his relationship with the church?

Although he was hidden by the snow, Montoya knew his value very well: in terms of martial arts, even in the Holy Knights who were so proficient, he didn't think second! Even the current leader of the Holy Knights, Tacitus, did not have to be strong in martial arts cultivation, and even lost half of himself!

Originally, he should have been the best candidate for the leader of the Holy Knights! Even though he was now hidden for special reasons, His Majesty the Pope actually sent a person at the level of the leader of the Holy Knights to this Darling Chen as a servant?!

"His Excellency Darling Chan has a deep connection to the Church. Heynckes naturally knew the doubts in Montoya's heart, but the identity of the divine envoy was inconvenient to tell this guy, so he had to say vaguely: "You just need to remember that Your Excellency Darling has an important task, and what he has to do is related to the development of the church!

"And you have to listen to my commands. Chen Daolin added shamelessly.

Montoya frowned, glanced at Chen Daolin, and then looked at Heynckes.

But to Montoya's surprise, His Majesty the Pope actually nodded, and his expression was actually very strict!

"Montoya, listen, I chose you firstly because of your martial arts skills and worthy of great responsibilities! and secondly, because of your devotion to the church and devotion to your faith! You just need to remember to be with Lord Darling, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't think what you shouldn't think! The only thing you have to do is to obey his command! You ......"

The Pope suddenly hesitated, and then said slowly: "You can just take every order of His Excellency Darling as if it were my words!"

Montoya's heart was shocked, and she looked up at the Pope in disbelief.

What Darling Chen said is equivalent to what the Pope said?

His Majesty's request is to make himself an authority like the Pope?!

"Your Majesty ......" Montoya hesitated for a moment: "I am grateful to His Excellency Darling Chen, if I am asked to protect his safety, I will naturally not refuse this task." But...... His Excellency Darling is not a Catholic, and he has done a lot of things contrary to his teachings, if he asks me to do something...... Something out of the ordinary......"

Before Heynckes could speak, Chen Daolin had already smiled maliciously: "Of course I did! Even if I want to set fire to the church...... You're all responsible for carrying firewood and lighting fires for me!"

Montoya rolled his eyes, but to his surprise, His Majesty the Pope didn't care at all when he heard this, and then solemnly ...... nodded?!!

"Montoya, I know you're having a hard time understanding right now...... But you just have to remember that in order to revitalize our religion, many times, we have to sacrifice bravely! whether it is our lives, or honors, or honors...... Even if you let yourself fall into hell because of this, you will not hesitate!" The Pope's tone suddenly became calm, staring at Montoya, gritting his teeth: "If this really happens...... If Darling really made you set fire to the church...... Whatever he asks you to do, no matter what heinous it is, even if it is unforgivable...... Montoya, this is the time for your sacrifice! Just remember that everything you do is for the revitalization of the church!"

For a moment, Montoya's eyes widened, and she felt as if something was crumbling in her heart...... (To be continued......)