Chapter 33: Waiting
"It doesn't look like it's going to come today. β
Gehr looked up, looked at the oil lamp that had lost more than half of the oil, and then looked at the sky outside the window, so he could only straighten up helplessly and stretch his waist, today is in vain.
Turning around, Sophia was already asleep, with a slight and lovely snoring sound between her noses. Alex, who was on the chair on the side, immediately opened his eyes alertly when he heard the movement, and looked towards the place where the movement occurred, and when he saw that it was Gehr, he immediately closed his eyes again, leaving only a slit, carefully observing Gehr's movements.
After walking to the bed and re-pulling the quilt that had slipped off Sophia's body, Gehr picked up a wooden shield that was large enough to cover most of Sophia's body, walked to the side of the wall, and hung it.
Sitting back at his desk, Gehr finished the unfinished part of today's newly recorded "Advantages and Disadvantages of Active Detection and Analysis of Surveillance Systems" in the words of another world, then closed the notepad and put it on the bookshelf to the side.
Through the window, Gehr looked at the blood-red moon in the sky and couldn't help but feel a sense of loneliness. It's not about being strong-willed or not, it's just about the lack of a sense of belonging to this world.
"Brother......" The girl opened her eyes in a daze, sat up, and saw Gehr still sitting at the desk. Because today Gehr specially took care of Sophia to be vigilant these days, and once something happened, she had to hide immediately, so Sophia slept very shallowly, and she woke up just now when Gehr helped her pull the quilt, but her consciousness has been constantly fighting hard with heavy sleepiness and warm quilts, echoing in a half-dream and half-awake, until now she can sit up.
"Go back to sleep, there's nothing to do today. Gehr turned to look at Sophia, his heart suddenly settled, and the loneliness disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed.
"Oh......" Hearing that there was nothing to do, the girl retracted the quilt lightly, and after a while, a slight snoring sounded again.
Gehr smiled and shook his head, as if to remove the sentimentality that had never been in his mind. Then pick up the pen and put it in your finger and start thinking about the situation at hand.
"Today, the cause of grandpa's death has been publicly cornered, and if there is a backhand, it will be a matter of the past two days, but in any case, their rhythm has been disrupted......"
Now Gehr is obviously inferior if he compares the hard power with the enemies he is facing, the other party has been planning for so long, everything has already been arranged, and the potential strength is far from rising, and Gehr's side can really send only five knights, Sophia is only a potential stock, and as for his lord's heir, it is not always useful.
Geer's only chance is to make the other party chaotic, and if he messes up, he will have a chance, and if he messes up, he will destroy the other party's original plan, so that Gehr can take advantage of it.
The sudden revelation of the cause of Baron Andre's death today is a good opportunity, as if it was a bomb that could create great chaos and catch Lovren and them off guard.
Lovren: They are like a flag, and most people with them in Winterdusk Castle will be on the sidelines and will not make a choice lightly. And once Lovren is forced to leave Winterdusk Castle, it means that there is no suspense about the succession of the title, and Gehr can completely control the cavalry battalion and the city guard within a few days, and at that time, unless he directly sends troops to defeat Winterdusk Castle, Gehr's lordship is secure.
If you don't want to be driven out of Winterfall Castle just like this and let Gehr take this opportunity to reintegrate and control the power of Winterdusk Castle, then Lovren and they must react as soon as possible, so that the coordination between the three of Lovren and the force behind them is prone to problems, the bigger the plan, the more afraid of the sudden situation, Gehr doesn't believe that these uncles and aunts can coordinate with those external forces so quickly, in this case, the actions of the three Loveren will inevitably be out of touch with their support force, that is Gehr's chance.
"Next, it's up to you to surprise me......"
In the night sky, the sudden dark clouds covered the blood-red full moon, and the wind became stronger, bringing bursts of dampness.
It's raining......
......
At the southern end of the AraΓ§o Bridge, groups of soldiers are moving quickly in the moonlight.
The whole team marched in an orderly manner, and did not make any sound except for the crashing of the nail leaves and the sound of neat running.
It can be seen that this is a rare elite, and the team of about 300 people is all on the bridge in a few minutes, heading towards the other side of the bridge.
After the team had passed, a head suddenly stuck out of a bush by the bridge, looked in the direction the team had left for a moment, and then retracted back into the bush again.
Soon, the night sparrow sprang out of the bushes and circled in the sky a few times and flew quickly in one direction.
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Moria, Cross Inn.
A night sparrow sped across the sky and appeared above the inn.
After circling a few times and finding a familiar smell, Nightfinch no longer hesitated to enter a room on the second floor of an inn through an open window.
A young man in a black cloak catches the night sparrow, takes a note from the metal ring it is carrying on its feet, and places it on top of the bird stand on the side.
"Lord Tavron, news has arrived from Dark Stake Seven, and at about eight o'clock in the evening, Earl Carter's elite private army, the Jackdaw's Hand, has crossed the Arasuo Bridge, and at the current rate, it is estimated that it will be five days to reach Winterdusk Castle. The man in the black cloak walked up to another man in the room who was writing and handed the note to the other man, who was the head of intelligence sent by Prince Fajellino to help Hell, Tafren.
Tavron took the note and read it word by word for a while, then closed his eyes and replayed it in his mind a few times, then handed the note back to the man in the black cloak, who took the note and tore it to pieces and swallowed it in his stomach.
After seeing the black-cloaked man wipe out the note, Tavron rummaged through his desk, which was a little cluttered with various documents, and soon found a simple map of the county of Jobna, on which key locations such as Mora City and Winterdusk Fort were specially marked.
Tavron found the map of the Arathas Bridge, wrote the phrases 5.24, night, jackdaw, 300, 5 on the side, and drew a pointing symbol on the side, with an arrow pointing to Winterdusk Castle.
After doing this, Tavren's eyes moved up the map, and soon he saw some phrases that had been written not long ago by a landmark in the northeast of Winterdusk Castle - 5.24, noon, 7th squadron, 200, 5, and the arrow symbol on the side also pointed directly to Winterdusk Castle!
"Valarian, let the brethren run once, the jackdaws are walking too fast, go and let them slow down, let them walk for two more days. Tavron looked at the map for a moment, then gave the order to the black-cloaked man beside him.
"Yes, sir. β
"It's time to send some news to our children......"
Tavron took out a blank piece of paper and wrote the news that the 300-man Jackdaw's Hand had arrived at Fort Twilight seven days later, but after a moment of writing, Tavron directly tore up the white paper and changed it to continue writing, which was still the content just now, but changed the seven-day arrival to ten days, and the matter of the seventh squadron in the north was not mentioned at all.
Folding the paper to record the information, he handed it to Valarian, who was on the side, and asked, "Has the lord arranged it?"
"It's already arranged and ready to go. β
"Very well, you make a preparation, let that adult rest a little more in the next few days, and leave for Winterwilight Castle in four days. β
"Yes, sir. β
"By the way, is there any movement over there in Mora?" Tavron thought for a moment before asking the next question.
"Earl Carter's side, as usual, has no other actions except sending out jackdaws, but the Ashkate family has some strange actions, recently they have been in close communication with the mining giant Bondi Trade in the market, and our people inside got the news that the Ashkate family is looking for Bondi Trade to order a large number of large-scale ore smelting equipment, but the Ashkate family has never been involved in mining before. Valerian didn't pause, and recited the information word for word.
"Ashkett?"
Tavron took out a thick book from the bookshelf next to him, opened it and quickly found the part of the Ashkite family in Mora, his finger slid along the words on it, and after a while his finger stopped, and the place where it stopped was written - Lorcy Ashket.
Closing the book, Tavren asked with some solemnity: "Do you know what kind of ore smelting equipment is the Dao?"
"It could be a precious metal like gold. β
"Gold? Maybe? I don't need it, I want to be sure! Increase the amount of intelligence and find out the most real and accurate situation for me!"
"Yes, sir. β
"Let's go down. β
After Valerian left, Tavron stood up and paced around the room for a while, came to the window and looked at the blood-red full moon, and whispered softly, "Our little friend is really good, he dug up such a big fish, don't let us down...... Is it raining?"
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San Lotaro, Central Province, a suburban estate.
The lights in the main building are still asleep.
Prince Fajellino sat on a chair by the window with a glass of splendid wine, admiring the full moon of blood, which is not seen every day.
"Your Highness, there has been some instability within the Northern Army recently, there have been changes in several squadrons, and the transfer of garrisons has been extremely frequent recently. A middle-aged man stood behind Prince Fayelino and calmly reported the situation.
"Let Eric pay more attention to the movements, and ignore the rest, as long as the overall situation is not messed up. I have given Tavron the right to temporarily mobilize troops, and I am sure he will make an accurate judgment there. Fajellino shook his glass and took a sip when the colors were at their brightest in the light.
"Yes, Your Highness. I ...... "The middle-aged man was a little hesitant.
"Greif, is there anything else?" the prince asked, sensing the mood of the middle-aged man.
"Yes, Your Highness, I don't think it's appropriate to intervene without accurate information, and we don't have a fulcrum in the north, so it's a little too difficult to rely on that stronghold in Mora City to carry the entire northern form. β
"Hehe, Gref, have you forgotten? It's because we don't have accurate information that we have a chance to intervene, otherwise where would we have our turn? As for the fulcrum, I have already found it. β
"Your Highness is talking about the boy who killed Blide?"
"yes, that's right. β
"Your Highness, it's not that I doubt your vision, but is he too young?"
"It's good to be young, then there are infinite possibilities. I'm very optimistic about that little fellow, Gref, have you forgotten that I have a good eye?" a mysterious smile appeared on the prince's face.
"Yes. β