After Becoming The Tyrant

The leader of the cavalry saw a silver light flashing on the carriage.He realized it was bad, but it was too late.

Zhu Chi was simply a lunatic. He bore the pressure of the cavalry approaching by himself, and he endured until the distance between the two sides narrowed to within range before raising his bow.

"Be careful--"

the chief yelled.

Zhu Chi pulled the tiller with moleskin gloves on.The beak at the front end of the crossbow disengages from the nut bayonet. The nut rolls and the bowstring is released. [1], a cold light shot out from the carriage like a meteor, and in a blink of an eye it reached the unsuspecting knights.The sharp arrow pierced through the air, and pierced through the chain mail the next moment.

A cloud of blood splashed up, and the leader let go of the rein and fell from his horse.The horses behind stepped over his body.

"crossbow!"

The rest of the knights were startled and angry.

As we all know, the crossbow is called "cursed thing".

With simple training, ordinary peasants can shoot knights with it.Not even the finest chain mail can defend against it.Therefore, as early as more than 300 years ago, it was absolutely forbidden to be used in the battle of the saints.

The anger of the knights had no effect on Zhu Chi in the carriage.

His light blue eyes seemed to be frozen with ice.

The sharp iron arrows "咻", "咻" and "咻" shot out continuously.

The rest of the chasing cavalry fell down one after another. They mistakenly believed the master's words, and regarded the lonely king as a prey that was easy to catch, and they chased and killed the king with light cavalry.At this time, the lonely carriage was no longer an easy reward, but a terrifying devil.

The cavalry became frightened and began to retreat.

At this time, the body of the carriage shook violently. Zhu Chi was not so lucky this time, and his shoulder hit the wall firmly.The lips were chipped a little by the teeth.He stuck out his tongue and licked it, it was the familiar smell of rust.

By the light of the moon, the last cavalryman could clearly see the face of the bow-wielding man inside the carriage.

The king, who was regarded as "empty and useless", had a delicate and pale face, with a trace of scarlet on his thin lips, and held a cursed weapon in his hand, as if he had come from hell.

The cavalry shivered, lost the courage to fight alone, turned their horses and rushed into the night.

At this time, the crazy horse had already pulled the carriage and rushed to the wooden fence at the entrance of the canyon.

The soldiers guarding behind the wooden fence were scared out of their wits by the out-of-control carriage, and crawled away to both sides.The steeds with white breath from their snouts looked like devil's mounts at this moment, and they smashed through the fence with the carriage.

Thanks to the solid oak and metal of the king's carriage, it barely fell apart.

The canyon is neither long nor short, and soon rushed to the end.

"Your Majesty! The floating bridge has been cut off!"

As soon as he rushed out of the canyon, the head of the inner court turned pale with shock at the scene in front of him.He frantically pulled back the rein, trying to stop the horses that happened, his voice distorted with panic.

Out of the canyon is the meandering Doma River. At this time, it is the middle of winter, and the river bank and the river surface are frozen together.The moonlight shone on the blue-white glacier, and it was clearly visible that half of the pontoon bridge that was erected on the river had been cut off, leaving only a few holes where a thin layer of ice had just formed.

"Pass by the side!"

Zhu Chi didn't have time to see the situation on the river with his own eyes, and sternly reprimanded him.

As soon as the voice fell, there was a burst of dizziness.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

At the last moment, the steward of the inner court reluctantly changed the direction of the galloping horses.The carriage slid through the ice hole and rushed halfway across the river, leaving a long white mark on the smooth ice instantly.When approaching the river bank, the connection between the carriage and the front axle completely collapsed.

The carriage was thrown out and overturned on the ice.

The head of the inner court fought with William III on the battlefield, and his reaction was fairly quick, and he jumped onto the ice at the last moment without any damage.

Before he had time to rejoice at his good luck, the head of the inner court jumped towards the overturned carriage in horror.

"His Majesty!"

His voice was high-pitched and urgent.

"To shut up."

Zhu Chi climbed out of the carriage, pressed the ice surface with one hand, and covered his head with the other.He panted, and white mist came out of his mouth.My brain has not recovered from the dizziness.

Seeing that he was safe and sound, the head of the inner court fell to his knees on the ice with a "plop", and stretched out his hand to touch his chest: "Holy Lord bless you, Holy Lord bless you."

He wept with joy.

"Get over here."

Zhu Chi almost laughed angrily at him.

God bless, no one can bless a person like him who sold his soul to the devil.

"Oh oh oh."

The head of the inner court came to his senses and hurried over to help Zhu Chi up.

Fortunately, it was already close to the river bank, and the ice was frozen solid.With the support of the head of the inner court, Zhu Chi boarded the river bank.

The carriage was damaged, and one of the four horses pulling it had a broken neck and a broken leg.The remaining two were slightly injured, and stopped on the river bank at this time, shaking their horseshoes uneasily.

Zhu Chi ordered the head of the inner court to burn the carriage, and he held his wrist and looked at the other side.

Seeing the flames starting to appear in the canyon on the other side, those people finally reacted.They stopped by the river, not daring to rush across the ice like Zhu Chi did. The water level in Doma is very deep, and the river is often rushing under the ice. .

While the carriage was being burned, the steward saw the crossbow thrown on the ice.

His face changed and he didn't dare to say anything.

There was a fire here, and a torch was burning there.

Zhu Chi looked at it for a while, then sneered, and said to the head of the inner court, "Let's go."

………………

Morne Castle.

This is the place where the Doma River and the Naxi River meet, and the Moen Castle is a strong riverside fortress here.

Under normal circumstances, even if nobles are imprisoned, their prison life will not be too bad, and it can even be called a decent luxury.However, for the past month, the old Duke of Buckingham, as the king's only uncle, has been imprisoned in the notorious prison of Mern Central Tower.

The Men Tower is full of torture, extortion, cold, and the environment is even more dirty.

The old Duke of Buckingham was William III's half-brother, and he followed William III on the battlefield for 30 years.He used to be an extremely radical military strategist, but during these years of ruling for his nephew, the old duke gradually settled down and became extremely cautious.

A month ago, his son suffered a defeat in the expeditionary invasion against the Bracy Kingdom. Not only did he lose three important towns, he was even captured by the Bracy Palace.

The ransom demanded by the Kingdom of Bracy was 2 pounds[[-]], which is a staggering sum.

This defeat made the people very angry, and a rumor spread:

——The old Duke of Buckingham accepted bribes from the enemy to deliberately defeat his son, because he knew that the king would not abandon his cousin.

The king in the palace was offended.

So the Duke of Buckingham was tightly imprisoned in the Moen Tower.

However, these are only superficial reasons.

"Did you show him the king's execution order?"

The old Duke of Buckingham was guarded by the Lord of Merne Castle, Earl Walter.

"Looked."

replied the earl's steward.

"Did he agree to choose us?"

"No."

The old Duke of Buckingham only glanced at the order, threw it on the ground, closed his eyes and said nothing.

Earl Walter snorted coldly and cursed: "Then let him go to hell..."

"I don't know why, my lord."

The butler hesitated for a moment, and spoke cautiously.

"I felt a little uneasy, like something bad was about to happen."

"The guillotine and executioner are ready."

Earl Walter said contemptuously.

The count even made a cold joke in his spare time.

"He's not going to get away with it—unless the king is there."

The author has something to say:——The following are notes, which can be omitted——

[1] The crossbow structure refers to Zhong Shaoyi's monograph "Golden Ge and Iron Halberd"

[2] Legrand's economic system is set in reference to England around the thirteenth century: in pounds, shillings and pence. 1 shilling = 12 pence, 1 pound = 20 shillings.The only coins in circulation are silver pennies. 240 silver pennies equal one pound.The average annual income of an aristocrat was about 200 pounds. At that time, even a person with an annual income of 20 pounds lived relatively well-off.Therefore, the [-]-pound ransom offered by the Kingdom of Bracy would be considered a sky-high price, which would be jaw-dropping.

[The economic and monetary system will be introduced later when it is involved in the article, and the notes can be ignored if you don’t understand it]