Realm of Power

Coming out of the palace, the eldest prince Alexax took the reins of the war horse from the officer, and rushed to Prais's mansion in the eastern suburbs of Kyoto with his two entourage guards.

It was a manor outside the city. The towering and solid Gothic buildings inside made it look like a small castle. In front of the iron fence, there was a squadron of fully armed soldiers guarding it.

In the courtyard, there are 50 palace guard knights on duty 24 hours a day. d These knights ride tall Boliang horses, with brocade feathers on their helmets representing the status of palace guards. They patrol the yard every ten minutes, with 10 people in each team. These handsome and powerful young knights, every time When passing by the yard, the sound of the horses' hooves on the pebbles is like a fixed pendulum, always so accurate that it makes people sigh. They will not be one second earlier or one second later. They often make a full circle of exactly ten seconds. Minutes, just like measured in advance,

In fact, this is their homework. As the knights guarding His Majesty the King, they must be able to adjust their positions in a timely manner according to the position of their protector at any time, so as not to overwhelm others and prevent others from taking advantage of them.

They would only bark when they passed a small corner on the east side of the manor. After confirming that no one was watching them in the small attic, they would resume their original pace and leave with some regrets.

Plais, who discovered this unique phenomenon, could only respond with a helpless wry smile to the boring actions of the knights. It is the virtue of Ruidian men to freely pursue the person they like. They can pursue the same girl at the same time, but When the girl expresses that she is interested, other suitors must withdraw. This is also the tradition of the Ruidian nobles.

That small turret is the residence of her eighteen-year-old second daughter, Pradiele, who is a famous beauty in Kyoto, a perfect combination of the noble bloodline from a thousand-year-old family and the dreamy and changeable Doroke woman's personality. ,

She has a beautiful appearance that will make any man fall in love with her, and a magical and changeable style. Sometimes she is beautiful and flawless, sometimes she is pure and cute, which is enough to enchant any man she has ever seen.

Although there are very few people who have seen her true face, because she is not in Palaven now, but those who have really seen her insist that Pradiele's beauty is more beautiful than the one that made the entire Palaven crazy. The Princess of Dreams is no less generous.

Plais made no secret of his views on this point,

His daughter's appearance is more similar to his own, and she should be more beautiful than his mother from the Dorok Mountains. This is the only opportunity for him to dare to comment on his wife with confidence.

Even his best friend Dale William laughed at him because he was such a henpeck.

"The most famous and noble young master in Kyoto back then was so controlled by a Dorok woman. It really embarrasses the Ruidian man's face."

Plaice would respond with scorn to his almost blind partner, "Respect is the most basic virtue of a man, and it is much better than a guy who was abandoned by a woman."

This once caused the relationship between the two people to be completely severed after the Kyoto incident.

Of course, Plaice also heard some alternative versions afterwards, such as William Dale being deported to a remote area, and most of the people who were passionate about him were tortured to a greater or lesser extent, and he was the only one who turned against him. My partner is safe and sound in this storm and can still live happily in the outskirts of Palavon.

Winter is not a comfortable season for Ruidian in the central part of the mainland. Heavy snow often falls endlessly. Due to the lack of the most basic urban management, a large amount of domestic garbage and waste residue accumulate in the streets and streets of the city. The piles of alleys are like a boring night, sometimes even making people unable to get out for a week.

This is undoubtedly a kind of prison-like torture for the lively and active Pradiere. For this reason, in winter, Prais will take his wife and children to his grandfather's territory for vacation.

It is a dense and rolling hill on the border of Dorok. The snow-capped mountains not only make people feel extremely happy, but also a place with endless sights. The fat and big elk stand in the snow with their ears erect. The little white rabbit jumping inside,

Adults will go hunting in groups, and the galloping hunting dogs will roar into the woods and use their loudest voices to drive out the prey in the woods, while the children will gather around the campfire and open their eyes. With fearful eyes, they were crowded together in fear, listening to the fat cook who was making food cutting off the limbs of animals with one knife while recounting the terrible rumors about the old man-eating witch in the mountains.

As for the boys and girls who have just begun to fall in love, they can take advantage of the opportunity of hunting in the wild in winter to get to know each other. If there is someone they like, they can kill a strong male elk with their own hands and give it to the girl they love.

"Pladiere is always the one who gets the most gifts from young people." Whenever he thinks of this, Plais always has a sweet feeling.

What a wonderful time it was there, how could it be like now, surrounded by a pile of death compensation lists for those killed in battle, various intelligence analyses, and requests for troop deployments piled on my desk. In addition to calculating the enemy, I also had to be prepared for those coming from behind. The hidden arrow, just like Dale William who has left, devoted himself to serving the country, and finally ended up being despised by thousands of people.

In fact, even Plais himself was not very clear about the assassination. He only remembered that Dale William and he were drinking in the same room. When he woke up, what he saw was his own sword, which was deeply embedded in Dale William's blood-coagulated body. His face looked as bloodless and pale as a piece of paper. The secret document he had seen was scattered on the table, but where his signature was supposed to be, there was a person's name written on it.

"William Dale"

Then the knight captain of the escort, Ty Triggs, walked in from the outside with a solemn expression. After a brief inspection, he immediately arrested himself on the charge of murdering his boss without any explanation. After that, everything got out of control like a dream. The former leader William Dale became a traitor, and he, a temporary role, was suddenly promoted to the position of an important minister of the kingdom and the Minister of Military Affairs.

Even his plan to go to Dorok in winter could not be realized, so he could only ask his wife to take their daughter there first. Every time he thought of this, Plais felt a sense of regret.

Fortunately, after a period of restrictive combat strategies, the war situation in the north has now stabilized.

From the current point of view, it is difficult for the Kugits to launch a major offensive, because the heavy snow will expose their horse hooves, and even if they want to maneuver, they will be quickly noticed. The attack method will be discovered by dedicated scouts before the squadrons scattered in various areas have completed their assembly.

This can be seen from the repeated encounters of the Dongting Cavalry recently. Every time they either ran into a cage that had been set up, encountered a superior force and had to retreat, or the target was already empty and ran away. For most of the night, I couldn't even drink hot water. For this reason, the number of Dongting Cavalry's front-line troops was reduced from the original 60,000 to the current 40,000. The rest were sent to the occupied areas to grab food.

The scope of activities of the Kugits gradually shrank due to this invisible strategy, and the other party seemed to have discovered this, so they began to slow down the frequency of previous raids and instead focused on the occupied areas. It seems that we are preparing to survive this winter.

"Dong dong"

After two clear knocks, the young official Pula Shao came in hurriedly from the outside with a letter in his hand. The rapid footsteps made Pula Shao raise his head from the file table in dissatisfaction.

"What happened? You're in such a panic."

Prais spit out the pen in his hand seriously. He is making a rough framework of the plan discussed last night, and then let the officials at all levels of the Ministry of Military Affairs below complete it.

This attack involves more than just combat issues. It is a huge and meticulous project that requires an extremely quiet environment.

The guard had followed his instructions and put up a do not disturb sign on the bridge, indicating that he would not allow anyone to disturb him, not even his own son.

"I'm sorry, father, but I hope you can read this letter."

Pula Shao put down the letter in her hand with an ugly face.

The blue on his father's face made him feel his heartbeat. Plais was born in a noble family and had served in the army. He was very strict with people and things. Even his own son was raised with the standards of a warrior. of.

Yu's quirky daughter is a different matter. After all, she still has a wife to hold her back.

"Who sent this?"

Plais looked at his son and confirmed that it was really important. He hesitated for a while before picking up the letter on the table.

Dale William

The signature above made Plais' eyes freeze for a moment, and his breathing became rapid.

Dale William, this familiar signature,

Jean Prais can be sure that this is not a forged letter, because only the two people who knew their respective habits back then,

Only when I signed my name, I deliberately made a tiny dot in the lower right corner, which looked like an inadvertent drip of ink.

That represents my beloved dark traveler, and it is the title of the most blood connection between them.

"This was just delivered by Lord Knight Tetriggs himself."

Pula Shao said in a deep voice with a solemn expression.

"He said this was what Mr. Dale William personally ordered the night before he left. If Mr. William cannot come back, when you, father, are about to lead a large-scale counterattack, I will send you this letter."

"You go down first. No one should say anything about this before confirming it." Plais waved to his son, picked up the letter again, stood up from his seat and walked back and forth.

"My partner, why did you leave me this legacy?"

After hesitating for a while, Plaistine stepped forward and opened the letter in his hand as if he had made up his mind. The familiar words sounded in Plaistine's ears like a friend's call.

"Three Northern Counties... - What could happen..."

After reading the letter, Plais sat down on his seat with a sad and angry face, and asked several questions in a row. Big tears fell from his strong cheeks, falling right on the black dots on the signature of the envelope, invading The cover got wet and the signature got blackened.

The registration officer's voice came from outside: "Sir, Prince Alexax wants to see you." f

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