The county keeper Danis's face was a little ugly, his eyes flashing over the silver cavalry, he was different from the two ministers from the capital who did not know the situation very well,

Coldtail County is close to the coastal area, so I know a little more than others.

For example, the real combat strength of the Dunkirk silver cavalry is that it must be a light armor to be able to play, they are the best assault cavalry in the coastal area, and the javelins behind them can pierce the defenses of most of the heavy armored troops, and this time, in addition to a team of light cavalry in front, the more than 100 cavalry behind are inserted with the iconic silver javelins, but they are heavy armored troops,

This is a place that makes people feel uneasy, in the northwest coast region, there are not many troops wearing heavy armor, it is said that on the opposite northwest coast, the Vekia Falcon King, who makes the entire northwest tremble and dare not speak loudly, there is a heavy armored cavalry named after the guard, a black armor like a demon god, it is also a force full of killing names,

"It's close to the northwest coast, will these cavalrymen ......?"

I don't know why, this strange idea came out, even he felt stupid and ridiculous, he was really sensitive enough, these knights who came with the Duke of Dunkirk, although they were wearing official combat equipment, but they were wearing decorative flowing cloaks, and although the thick battle robes looked ugly, they also looked more powerful,

For the sake of the knight's face, the knight was allowed to be accompanied by such gorgeous heavy armor, which was not uncommon in the northwest, not to mention the retinue of a duke,

After all, compared to the light armor with only one cuirass, the heavy armor wrapped around the whole body is much more beautiful, and it can also show the brilliant military exploits of the knights under Xiàn. And he also thinks that the barren Coldtail County has the right to make the Northwest Coast feel that it is ridiculous?

He saw Undersecretary Sidney, who was standing next to Angelio, the Minister of the Interior, whispering something, while the Secretary of State was calm.

'It seems that the Duke is also nervous about the arrival of this Duke of Dunkirk!'

Danis felt that he could already hear such a voice clearly, a qiē table xiàn so lively and friendly, but it always made people feel creepy,

Why? Danis's eyebrows tightened more and more at the thought of this, and what a Minister of the Interior and a Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs could talk about in secret would not be a minor character like himself, or the reason why the Duke of Dunkirk had entered the country from the north-west coast

He saw Angelio and Sidney, the Interior Secretaries, meet the carriage in front of him. The carriage stopped ten meters in front of the two, and a middle-aged man with a stern face stepped out of the carriage, with chestnut hair, wearing a luxurious gold-rimmed dress, and a sense of nobility between the corners of his eyebrows.

'Your Excellency, Lord Duke, I am Angelio, Minister of the Interior of the Lord, and this is Sidney, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and I welcome your Excellency once again on behalf of my Lord Duke' Angelio was in the limelight of the public.

The Duke of Dunkill on the other side nodded and said, 'It's been a long time. Angelio, I remember the last time I saw you was at the Northwest Conference two years ago, when Lord Angelio was still the old duke's chamberlain, but I didn't expect it to be only two years. Mistress Angelio is already in such a high position!'

As this remark came out, which was indescribable whether it was sarcasm or praise, Danis saw that the Home Secretary's face turned slightly blue, and his body trembled slightly,

But soon calm returned. And Sidney next to him looked gloomy,

'This villain who betrays his lord and seeks glory also has today!' Danis was frightened when he heard a muffled voice from the local official behind him.

He heard that this slightly country voice was his own financial officer, Lakdo, a stubborn old fellow, with a full head of gray hair that stood out among the officials behind him.

It is said that thirty years ago, Lakdo was one of the old duke's attendants, and was sentenced to serve as a small treasurer here for offending the Duchess at the time.

'Don't talk nonsense!'

'Am I wrong?' I don't understand how the new Duke could trust such a man!' Danis turned his head and glared fiercely before the argument stopped,

'Your Excellency, we have arranged the reception along the way...... Today we will rest in the front of Chromo......

At this time, he heard the Duke of Dunkill on the other side say coldly, "No need to be polite, I didn't come this time to see the face of a villain."

The Duke of Dunkirk, who had only been outside for less than a minute, walked into the carriage without any face: "I will rest here tonight, and I will continue on my road tomorrow!" I am already very tired from such a long way, why do I want to run to the next county to rest, I really don't know what to say, as for the welcome along the way, it is good not to disturb it!'

The awkward conversation made the atmosphere at the scene tense all of a sudden, the face of the Minister of the Interior had completely turned dead gray, while the face of the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Sidney was unusually calm,

"These two adults don't seem to have any tacit understanding!"

All the officials who greeted him clearly felt this, and the sound of military music stopped at Danis's command, and the gongs and drums stopped beating.

The maids who sprinkled the flowers had long since been dispersed by the knights, and the horse's hooves made a dull sound on the red carpet, and the streets were silent, and no one spoke, as if the whole city felt this dull atmosphere, and the horse team went straight through the central square of the city,

Recruitment notices posted all over the street seemed to attract the attention of a man in the carriage

It is conceivable that as long as we are wiped out, it is not impossible to sweep the entire northwest in one fell swoop with the mobilized troops of the whole country and the 180,000 troops of Kyoto, and avoid future troubles forever!"

The fat man, dressed in civilian clothes, with the sun shining on him through the curtains, sat opposite the Duke of Dunkirk, his gaze swept over the streets and buildings he passed,

Walking through the miles of streets, the original luxuriously decorated, warm atmosphere on the central square is now deserted,

The nobles and their families who were present to greet them had already been notified that the welcome party had been cancelled, and the whole square was empty, except for the dazzling and gorgeous silk ribbons on the welcome tables that had just been tied.

'His Majesty the Falcon thus decided that the new Duke of Woosende was sent from Kyoto?' the Duke of Dunkiel sat opposite. There was some uncertainty in his tone,

Although he is already middle-aged, his appearance can still be regarded as a dignified appearance that can make many young women feel excited, and he belongs to the kind of literary aristocracy that looks very literary and noble.

Compared with the pink of the fat man, the Duke of Dunkill is obviously more convincing,

I know that there is no point in explaining too much, and that the Duke will not believe it until he has seen the real evidence, so I can only say. When you get to the capital of the forest, you will be able to understand it!' the fat man smiled mysteriously, "but I still want to thank the Duke for helping with this."

He entered the country secretly this time, and among the hundred cavalry accompanying him, three-quarters were the Guards cavalry, although it was the costume of the Dunkirk silver cavalry, in fact, it was just three more javelins, and in the earliest order to deal with the Kugit cavalry and the Ryerdian knights, there were javelins in the configuration of the Guards cavalry.

But with the smaller size. A large number of equipment for the more practical assault crossbows, the javelins were replaced by assault crossbows,

Surrounded by these impostor silver knights, the carriage slowly entered the county guard's mansion. Because there was no arrangement in advance, the entire county guard was completely messed up, although Danis has had a better life in the last 2 months, but as a local county guard. Far from the qualifications to entertain a duke,

To Danis's consolation, the Duke of Dunkirk, who had just snubbed the Minister of the Interior. It seems that the requirements in this regard are not high, just let the entourage clean up and move in safely, leaving behind the Minister of the Interior who was depressed and had to be accompanied by a smile,

'Your Excellency, look...... ' Danis looked at the Minister of the Interior with a look of embarrassment

'Arrange a room outside the main hall!' Angelio turned his face, and Vice Lieutenant Sidney, who did not want to be cold next to Angelio, followed him to the small living room on the second floor while the servants of the county guard were busy.

As soon as he entered the room, Danis grimaced and was about to say a few words of compliment, patting the foreign vice-minister on the back. Unexpectedly, Sidney first took out a letter in his arms and handed it to Danis, only to hear him say with gloomy eyes

"Danis County Guard, this is the order of the Duke, from today onwards, the Cold Tail County has entered a high state of combat readiness, and those materials that are hoarded in the Cold Tail County must also be pulled to the capital immediately, that's it, the time is very close, carry out the order!"

Danis looked at the duke's order in his hand, completely stupid, combat readiness! My God, what is combat readiness? There is only a garrison of 1,500 people in the entire Cold Tail County, and even if you add the recently recruited recruits, the number is only 2,500!

Even so, the Duke still has to take away all the supplies in the county! Isn't this forcing the cold tail county into a desperate situation? If it was before, it would have been forgotten, but now the chamber of commerce in the cold tail county has almost half of the resources, if these merchants make a fuss, the entire cold tail county will collapse!

'What's the matter?' Sidney's face was indifferent, and he gave a cold glance, "I've heard that your Coldtail County has been mingling with lowly merchants for the past two months, and the Duke is very unhappy about this, and Coldtail County is the Duke's Coldtail County, not a merchant's!"

Danis was full of sweat, and quickly explained, "No, don't get me wrong, it's just a rumor spread by some people who want to slander me, but in the current situation, I have to give those merchants a little benefit."

'However, rest assured, when the Duke of Dunkiel leaves, the lowly will immediately dissolve the chamber of commerce, and the lowly will definitely be able to control the situation. ‘

Hearing Danis's explanation, Sidney snorted coldly and said, "Even if you are still a little loyal, you also know that the irregular actions of some local county guards recently, I hope you don't get involved in it, if you want to continue to stay in this county guard position for a little longer, you will definitely dissociate yourself from the merchants, although the gold coin is cute, you also have to live to enjoy it."

, otherwise, the little cold tail county can not withstand a finger from the duke

When the last sentence was spoken, Sidney's tone was unusually cold, and Danis felt a strong chill from inside, and he did hear some rumors that someone in the local county guard was questioning the legitimacy of the new duke's succession, and secretly plotting to overthrow the new duke's rule

'Of course, the lowly man understands!'

Danis nodded his head, and waited until the foreign minister left, only to feel that his clothes were soaked. Blown by the wind, the cold was biting, and it was completely possible to feel a huge storm gathering in the sky above the great send, just waiting for a thunderclap to roar, and the storm would surely fall.

In a corner of the deserted complex of the county watchman's house, in a lavishly decorated room, Angelio resting, and the table in front of him was full of delicacies, all of which were left over from the unsuccessful welcome party.

Sidney pushed the door open from the outside and entered. Then close it carefully

'What was the reaction of the county guard of Danis to the order signed with the duke's seal?' Angelio's eyes were sharp, and he looked at him with a look of dejection just now,

'Very hesitantly, he swore in front of me that as soon as the Duke of Dunkiel left, he would immediately draw a line with the Chamber of Commerce'

Sidney sat down at the table, devoured a three-beef steak into his mouth, and said indistinctly, 'But I could see that there was only anger and hesitation in his eyes. Obviously very dissatisfied with this order!'

'That's enough, I believe that at this moment, the position of this Danis county guard is already hovering between the north-west coast of Ronsend!'

Angelio stood up with a calm face. Coming to the window of the room, it was a small separate courtyard, and the two knights of the guard, who had been sent by Duke Locke to keep an eye on, both lived outside the courtyard. The previous performance with the Duke of Dunkiel obviously made the two guard knights relax their vigilance,

The corners of Angelio's mouth unconsciously smiled bitterly. Others seem to see themselves as infinitely beautiful, in fact, whether it is in the local county guard, or Duke Locke, he is not a reassuring object, if it weren't for his own familiarity with the internal affairs of Locke, and the need to be responsible for collecting all the local supplies to the capital, Locke's vicious guy would have killed himself a long time ago.

In fact, Angelio knows very well the inner plan of the new duke, to let himself, a person with a bad reputation, come forward to be a villain, weaken the power of the local county guard to the greatest extent, and then remove himself by Duke Locke, and immediately see that one of his own heads is enough to earn back all the qiē, so that not only can he quickly gain a good reputation in a short period of time, so that the local county guard can be grateful to him, but also can make his already somewhat disobedient duke position become desirable at once." The time should be the time to return to the capital, if not, the local county guards will complain, and the princes who come to participate in the alliance from all over the country will feel that the princes from all over the country are unstable, which is not the demeanor that the leader of the northwest should have," Angelio said secretly in his heart

'Will there be a problem with that changed order?' Sidney put down the wine glass in his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth with his cuff, "After all, the seal on it is our counterfeit, and once it is seen by those who are familiar with it, our plan will be over!"

"Don't worry, I've been with the Duke for six years, and I can imitate the Duke's seal even if I close my eyes!"

Angelio stood at the window, looking at the beautiful summer scenery outside the window, touched his chin, and said coldly, "Open the county of Coldtail, then the county of Chromo, and finally the county of Oliver, and open a passage from the northwest coast to the capital of Osend." The county warden of Chromo, Corion, is a very selfish and stingy person, receiving such an order that is close to plundering, he will definitely turn against the capital, but the last problem is your uncle, Lord Marquis Oliver, who is in charge of guarding the gate of the capital, he is a very intelligent figure, even if he was puzzled about the ascension of the new duke, but when the overall situation has been decided, Ye quickly remained silent, with a garrison of 10,000 people, it can be regarded as a critical moment, a character who can influence the whole situation." That coward, I don't want to mention him again!If he had been braver, my wife's father wouldn't have ......" Speaking of this Marquis of Oliver, Sidney's face immediately turned cold, and he put the wine glass in his hand on the table indignantly, obviously a little drunk, angry" It really makes a chill to say, the duke valued him so much that he handed over the heavy responsibility of guarding the gate of the capital to him, hoping that he could cut off the interference from Kyoto with a sharp sword at a critical moment, but when it was really needed, he retreated! This kind of cowardly behavior is really shameful."

In the hall of the county guard's mansion, there were bursts of laughter and noisy sounds, music, laughter, and the sound of wine glasses colliding one after another, although the Duke of Dunkiel declared that there was no need to welcome the dinner, but it was a pity that the food that had been prepared long ago was wasted like this, and the nobles were accustomed to having fun, completely ignoring the tension and the mystery of the situation, and the luxurious aristocratic carriages that drove into the county guard's mansion one by one, but always hung their curtains,

It can be seen that this pie is only afraid that it will last until the middle of the night. Perhaps in the dead of night, the wagons would carry their exhausted masters back.

The carriages were gathered more and more, and the noise in the drawing-room became louder and louder, and in the drawing-room, the nobles were enjoying their delicacies, and they were gathered together in a heap, playing the harps, singing, and playing as much as they could.

Only Danis stood at the window with a glass of wine in his hand, looking at the rapidly increasing carriages outside, "Could it be that this prosperity is really over?

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a tuxedo walked up to him and stopped beside him, "Dear Lord Gunden, have you encountered any problems? If you are willing to speak up, there may be a good solution!" (To be continued......)