Lord Duke

Chapter 30 Deadlock

The war finally broke out on this land in an all-round way.Suddenly, caught off guard, it swept across the entire Principality of Eaton with the momentum of a prairie fire.

First, the people of Harta City, the southernmost city in the central part, were violently suppressed by the guards sent by Wangcheng. The panic of the people turned into dissatisfaction: When we were suffering, Wangcheng never sent people, but now they are violently suppressed unreasonably. !They were angry and excited.

In the beginning, the guards of the royal city were just unilaterally slaughtering, but then the situation reversed, and all the people gave up their panic, abandoned their hesitation, and unanimously spoke out...

Later, a person with leadership ability emerged from the chaos, and he began to command the people to form an army, and the people followed him and obeyed him.

Then starting from Harta City, moving forward to Mans City, Bushkel County, the entire central and southern region was in chaos.A lot of careerists took advantage of the chaos and led troops to join in. For a while, several armies cooperated and restrained in the central part, and marched towards the royal city tacitly.

The flames of war spread like weeds, so the king sent documents to the leaders of several armies, inviting them to come to discuss peace, and at the same time strengthened the defense of the royal city.Prince Arizona also assisted in the deployment of troops, making as many preparations as possible.

Everything was stagnant.

However, Princess Bella, who had gone to the central region before, was found out by careerists and executed.It's as if those rebellious parties have torn off the last layer of mask, revealing the hideous ambition inside.

In this way, the majesty of the royal family was greatly violated, and the royal family officially declared war, and there was no reconciliation at all.

It's messy enough now.Ambitious people, those who want to overthrow the king's rule, those who want to overthrow the kingdom system, dissatisfied people, spies from other countries who are mixed in the army and are very close to provoking, small nobles who fish in troubled waters and want to make a fortune. The chaos in the middle is getting bigger and bigger. In the melee, blood and fire began to permeate the longer and longer front.In the end, they seem to have reached an agreement strangely, to attack the royal city!

The aristocrats in the east and west faintly check and balance each other, standing still and in a wait-and-see state.

In just one month, the situation has changed rapidly, and it is still changing rapidly and unclear.

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Payne let out a long sigh.He has some headaches.

All the materials on the abolition of serfdom prepared quietly were of no use at all, and the king had no intention of holding a deliberation meeting.After discussing with Slant, he decided to take advantage of the initial chaos to extinguish the flames as much as possible.

They rode together in a carriage, but had to go back to their respective territories, one east and one west.

Unable to send troops.Can't act rashly.This is the best way now.Payne came to this conclusion with some headaches.

He has no way to ensure that the people of Ward County will not be affected at all. Apart from him, all the nobles in the east have formed an alliance to fight against him. Is it because he is afraid that he will take this opportunity to suppress and eliminate them?Payne's eyes were completely calm, without any emotion, and he gave various orders in a steady voice.

All kinds of subordinates gathered around the study room were respectful and listened to him.These people are used to obeying orders, because for so many years, they have become accustomed to the Duke of Payne taking everything into consideration, and they are basically unable to play a planning role.

The Silver Knight, the chestnut-haired Rab and Scheid, Laurie and other people in charge of the army stood on one side, and some people in charge of more detailed things such as transportation, supplies, food, letters, etc. stood on the other side.

Their eyes were all completely convinced, and after they responded "Yes!" in unison, Payne waved his hand and told them to back off.

Payne thought that Wangcheng could last for a while, and for the present plan, it was necessary to find out those troops that really harbored malicious intentions.

He poured himself a cup of bitter tea, and the bitter taste lingered on his tongue for a long time.Even though it was so bitter, Payne's expression remained unchanged. He felt that the bitterness had suppressed his fluctuating mood well.

There are now five major armies in the central region.

One is a mixed army of serfs, civilians, and priests.The leader of this army is called Chabu, but he is a capable man. Because he is a serf, he has a high degree of recognition in the army.

— This army cannot be suppressed violently.Payne made a definition in his mind.He couldn't help but have a headache, because the people are the foundation of the country, and he tried his best to shake up the serfdom because he was afraid that this situation would happen one day, but now, it really happened.

Then there are the Protestant congregations.This army is even more difficult, because they started the war in the name of preaching, preaching the supremacy of theocracy, the irrationality of the royal family, the tyranny of the nobles, distorting things or adding oil and vinegar to make the people think that all the nobles are standing opposite them, and the people suffer. Bewitched deeply.

There are still a few left...

Payne thought about it over and over again, and suddenly there was a thud on the window pane. He pulled the curtains aside in surprise, opened the window, and couldn't help but smile on his face——

A pure white pigeon flew towards him in a state of pomp, and stared at him with mung bean-sized black eyes. By the way, it cleverly raised its leg to signal the small cylinder tied to its leg.

Payne gently picked it up, touched its white feathers, grabbed its small beak with one hand and shook it, and said softly, "You are called a little fool, right?" The little guy seemed to hear Knowing the same, he pecked Duke Payne angrily.A pair of hands deftly unwrapped the letter paper on the snow-white pigeon's legs, and this cute little thing turned around and gave him a "coo" sound.

Taking off the letter paper, Payne thought for a while, rolled up the small note that he had written before, stuffed it into the small cylinder, patted it, and said softly: "Go."

Take my thoughts with me, let him know my joy, my troubles, and all my emotions.

Payne stood there and saw the snow-white dove fluttering its wings, seeing it fly farther and farther until it finally disappeared.He suddenly wondered if it would fly over a few quiet mountain villages, over a few emerald green slopes, over a battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke, the farther it would fly, the higher it would fly...

And finally, thousands of miles away, a handsome young man with blond hair and blue eyes smiled and untied the letter on his lap?

Payne's expression became very gentle, he didn't want to care about anything at this moment, he just stood in front of this window, looking long into the distance.Half of the light illuminates his half, and the light and shadow harmonize on his body. The gentleness is in harmony with his somewhat sharp beauty, and the whole person has a strange beauty.

He unfolded the note and began to look at it. In his heart, it seemed that thousands of flowers on thousands of flower trees began to bloom, and then a gust of wind blew the petals away, and it was like snowflakes falling lightly.Then the crossing wind blows and the snow disperses.My heart is a little empty and a little full.

As he rubbed the note with his fingers, he could still smell a vague tulip fragrance at the tip of his nose, which turned out to be the wind.A large field of red tulips bloomed brilliantly outside the window, but Payne was not in the mood to appreciate it.He just held on to the note, and read it word by word, his brows and eyes relaxed, and he was rarely happy.

It was just a few simple sentences, but Payne read it over and over again, then carefully put the note into a patterned wooden box, opened the lock, and there were already several such notes inside. Little note.

There is one that says I want to watch Fireflies all over the sky with you.

There is one that says I want you to see my water palace.

There is one that explains the situation, and only adds an understatement at the end: Long time no see.

One after another......

Payne stood back in front of the window, his eyes flicked away from the large red tulips outside the window, and then looked at the knight guards who were training a little farther away. At this time, the wind subsided slightly, and the rustling of leaves disappeared. Presumably, he had already It has been about a month since I returned to Water Manor.

Suddenly, a gust of tulip-scented wind came fiercely, but when it approached him, it was extremely gentle.The wind blew up his black hair, dimmed his eyes, and fell all over his body.

Payne raised his eyes, the blue eyes were dark to dark, with the deepest and deepest tenderness, unexpectedly a little warm and moist.He raised his hand, felt the wind but couldn't hold it, as if trying to hide something, he thought casually: The wind is blowing, and I... miss you very much.

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Slante was not good at fighting, so he could only try his best to do what he could do at this time.Turning over a wooden sign, he finally put it down, he told himself: it is not the time to use this wooden sign.The wooden sign given by Uncle Duck cannot be used lightly, perhaps it can play a certain role in the battle if used well.

He had obtained a quick way to smelt weapons from Payne before, so he ordered someone to do it.After all, his wealth can fully support it.

Slante's eyes were half-closed and half-opened, but there was no glimmer of light in those half-closed eyes, it was complete darkness.He thought almost grimly: It's time to take this opportunity to gather more wealth.Of course, it is to get a fortune from those few armies in the middle.Why are you always so worried?

As for the part of the army in his hand, Slante did not mobilize easily. He thought, this is not what he is good at, and everything needs to be calculated carefully before moving.Now the west seems to be in peace, but in fact there are faint checks and balances, just waiting for an opportunity to disrupt this balance.He...doesn't want to do and can't do this opportunity to break the balance.

The servants in Brunn Castle still go about their business.The irises in the vase were newly picked, the copper candlesticks were polished and polished, the retro red carpet was replaced with another pattern, and the footsteps of the servants were very soft.The floating castle seemed unaffected by the chaos of the outside world at all.

But it's just as if.Standing on the protruding balcony on the third floor of the castle, Slant thought, sooner or later.With a movement of his ears, he stretched out his hand to catch the white dove that fell on his fingers like a light cloud, and the sound of flapping wings was very obvious.

Slanter showed a bright smile mixed with anticipation, the haze was swept away from his eyes, and he reached for the note in the small cylinder.

The white dove jumped on his head angrily, its black pea eyes seemed to be dissatisfied and only focused on the note, regardless of its owner.It ruffles Slante's hair with its foot in a bored manner. After a long time without any response from the owner, it flies away sullenly.Slante smiled indifferently, only looking at the letter with a slight smile on his lips.

He picked out the note carefully and put it in a brown-covered cardboard book. Several pages had already been written in the book. He turned to the cover and looked at the words "something he doesn't know" that he had written in a flying pattern. He revealed a silent smile, the corners of his lips curved just right.

When he closed the book, he hesitated for a moment, and then looked at the note, thinking about it in his heart, growing wildly like weeds, and the greenery wanted to cover the sky in his heart.He said softly: "I miss you too."

He looked into the distance.His gaze seems to be over thousands of mountains and rivers, across the distance of space, and fall on the person he cares about, like the softest spring rain, like the faintest morning light.

Slante slowly rolled up his sleeves. There was a sleeve arrow tied under the dark pattern on the edge of the wide black sleeve. He touched the sleeve arrow and fastened it tightly. His eyes flashed, and he thought: Hurry up, hurry up.

The day we meet is coming soon.

As long as the balance between the east and the west is broken and the country is in chaos, they can get together.The driving force behind the current situation is indispensable, and he and Payne cannot fully figure out which forces are behind it.The enemy is in the dark, I am in the light, they can't stop the spread of the war.Perhaps the last way is to break and then build.

Get into chaos, and then open up a bright road among the thorns.

He tilted his head slightly, and his smile was inscrutable, without much warmth, like a tiger finally stopped pretending to be a big cat and stretched out its sharp claws. Eight of the Kingdom's laws No.70 are not pleasing to the eye.It's time for a change.

The clear water of the lake reflects the light of the sky, the shadows of the clouds, and the shadows of the whirling trees, which are crushed by the wind.

The author has something to say:

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Depressed to death, I am afraid that I will not be able to pass the make-up exam. It is very difficult.

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Inexplicably thirty chapters, thank you for your company~^W^