glorious fall

In the dark and changing night, a carriage was driving on the central street of the main city. The sky was not completely dark, but huge black clouds could still be seen rolling up, imposing an invisible threat on the ground. The carriage rushed all the way to the city gate , as if to break through this oppressive restraint.

When he was jolted awake, Bellan was horrified to find himself lying in a shaking space. He wanted to get up on his elbows, but found that he was tied up without strength, so he wanted to break free from the soft cloth that bound his hands. He opened his mouth to shout, but the cork wrapped in a soft cloth in his mouth could only make his mouth feel sore.

This is how the same thing?

His mind was a little confused by the shock of the carriage, and he barely held back his headache and thought about everything that happened just now.

He sang a song, and was given a glass of wine by Tangglass. After retreating, he felt a little wandering, so he was brought to the banquet hall by an attendant named "Bana" who came to remind him in the morning. In the waiting room outside, afterward, the attendant named "Ryan" who guided him into the arena at night brought in a group of singers from the hymn orchestra. Naturally, he and they didn't like each other, so Ryan awkwardly brought them in first. Some of the singers who were about to perform went out to prepare, but there were still more than a dozen singers, and it was said that Bana was specially guarded by his side in accordance with the Pope's order.

It is naturally impossible for His Majesty Tanglas to let him fall into such a confusing and unknown situation, so who could it be?

Is it Bana?No, he shook his head secretly in his heart, but he obeyed His Majesty.

Then there are the remaining ten or so singers who didn't get along well with him.

Probably... jealousy... right?

He was rubbed against his forehead by the wall of the carriage, feeling some burning pain, and then he started to smile wryly.

"I was tied in a carriage like this, and was given to others as a 'gift' or something. In such a messy situation, I was still thinking about these inexplicable and meaningless guesses. What's the point? use it?"

Unfortunately, these words, he couldn't make them float in the air with a bright voice.

After an unknown amount of time, just as his consciousness was about to sink and become blurred, the carriage door opened with a "squeak".

He couldn't see who opened the door, and the darkness above his head was quickly covered by a blindfold.

Then he could only hear an excited, frenzied and distorted voice saying: "Carry him in, let's tidy him up."

He closed his eyes and squeezed his hands tightly into his sleeves.

"Boom—"

This year's spring rain finally came late, but it still has to worry about it. The spring thunder always takes the lead, so people who have fallen into sweet dreams are often awakened, still feeling at a loss.

The sound of the rain was not loud, and the patter was enough for people to hear. Sandra put on some clothes and sat up. It took him a long time to realize that he was in a hotel in a small town on the border between the main city and the province of Leman. , He stared blankly at the night outside the window, his mind was blunt, and it took him a while to remember that this was the first rain this year.It snows in the north in winter. Although the thick snow cover can ensure that the rye will not be frozen in winter, but when the snow melts, it is said that the weather is too cold, and the melted snow flows back into the wheat fields and freezes again. Many people starved to death because of the disease, and even the survivors left their homes and homeless.After the truffle festival last year, the Holy See expropriated food from the southern provinces to support the north. However, at the beginning of this year, the southern provinces failed to receive a single rain. After discussing with the cardinals and the archbishop, the Holy See issued an order from Tanglas, The same "tithe" is still levied, half of which is used for the expenses of the Holy See, and half is still used to relieve refugees from the north.

At the same time, Tanglas signed a contract that allowed some monasteries to accept or hire poor people as foreign labor for the monastery in exchange for the food and clothing provided by the monastery.

"Duk tuk, tuk tuk, tuk tuk."

The knock on the door brought back his scattered thoughts. He checked that there was no wooden bar tied behind the door, and said loudly, "Please come in."

It was Caelius who opened the door. Although he looked like he had just woken up, he was neatly dressed and energetic, and there was no trace of haste.

"I'm sorry, my lord, for affecting your rest, but I think I have to tell you something right away."

Sandra said sternly when she heard the words: "Mr. Sharin, there is no such thing. I have been awake for a while. If you have anything to say, tell me now."

Caelius was not restrained, he pulled a stool and sat down in front of the bed, and then asked: "My lord, I want to confirm a few things with you first." Seeing Sandra nod, he continued, "I think, The Monterey family at the entrance of the Seal Forest in Piedrius Province must have a very close relationship with you, right?"

"How?" Sandra crossed her legs and asked with her chin resting.

"Before we found you, we found traces of Karen Kidd's subordinates fighting with others, and we found the seals printed on the clothes. Ordinary nobles would never advertise their origins on the clothes of their subordinates." , because it will be easy to cause trouble, unless no one dares to provoke it, and there are not many families with such strength in Leman Province-I have to admit that His Majesty really thinks about you a lot, because he didn't treat you like Foley The group of merchants in Lanta Province who can blow black into white, or the hot-tempered hunters in Bourson Province, or even those old gentlemen with pretentious faces in your hometown in Monta Province. Correspondingly, After these exclusions, and the sudden appearance of Wood Monterey you mentioned, as well as your reaction at the time, I don't think the other party is just trying to make friends with a young man who has just made his way in business... So , After I asked the butler Hillary Reed, I was sure that you and the Monterey family may not have a friendly relationship."

"Papa papa!" Sandra applauded and smiled, "Kelius, your deduction ability really amazes me. Tangglass must think that with an assistant like you, there will be no worries."

Kailius coughed a little embarrassedly, and said: "Please listen to me to continue, my lord, Wood Monterey has already arrived, so his cousin, the head of the Monterey family, Dave Monterey Why wouldn't it be possible for Monterey to come? Maybe he has already had someone set him up and stole all your information."

Sandra was silent for a while before answering: "As you speculate, I have also thought about this possibility, but six and a half years ago, I learned that Dave Monterey fell off his horse and his legs could not move. The news of walking, so it is unlikely that he came here, but maybe he is secretly manipulating, directing others to help him achieve everything, all his disgusting, trembling wishes."

The hatred in his tone was too obvious, and Caelius hesitated, before asking: "It may make you unhappy, but in order to be able to further guard against this dangerous person, I would like to ask, has he ever treated you, or you Did your relatives do anything bad?"

Sandra sneered, shook her head and said with a sigh: "It's not a bad thing, but a deliberate murder, even murder. He is one of the culprits and the mastermind who killed my parents."

Caelius was startled, and before he had time to regret it, he murmured: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my lord, I beg your forgiveness."

Sandra waved her hands meaninglessly, "It's almost dawn, go check on everyone's spirits first, although it's raining today, you still need to hurry, and you will arrive in the main city this afternoon, I hope they can achieve their goal The desire to rest on the ground continues on.”

Caelius quickly agreed, and quietly retreated and closed the door.

Sandra got up, dressed everything slowly, and touched the wooden box with the golden scepter on the table with his eyes. After thinking for a while, he put on the ring and went out with the wooden box in his arms.

The rain was getting lighter, Sandra and Caelius were sitting in the carriage, swinging with the advancing carriage, while the knight captain Pfister and others outside were wearing raincoats made of animal skins, guarding around the carriage vigilantly.

Kailius lowered his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking, but suddenly raised his head and said, "You didn't let General Schlott follow you on this trip. I think you have prepared something?"

Sandra didn't sleep well, and looked a little tired, "Yes, he returned to Love City soon after we left, because Von Bo Kukulkan and several other school officers were waiting for him to go back and make a The order—the order to hunt down Karen Kidd and Wood Monterey, even if they can't be caught in the end, they must change their courage from tigers and lions to hippos and rhinos."

Kelius was curious, "What if they left long ago?"

Sandra glanced at him and said: "No, because they are still waiting for an important person, and that person, most likely, is the person you speculated. Wood wants Karen Kidd completely If he trusts him, or in other words, completely obeys him, then he will let Karen see an existence that is enough to frighten him. Wood has a bad reputation, Karen is just afraid of him but never thinks that Wood has a place to rely on, and another person , is quite different.”

Kailius nodded and stopped talking.

When it was getting dark, a group of people finally arrived in the main city, and the rain stopped. Every household in the city put away the earthen pots that had received the rainwater. Sandra opened the window slightly, and the cool wind came in from outside. , with his hair flying around his shoulders.

After entering the palace gate, the carriage still drove towards the Saint-Vier Square, but Pfister and the others could only follow behind on foot with their horses. Caelius got out of the car first, and then turned around to help Sandra out.

"Sandra."

The archbishop who was getting out of the car was startled, then looked up, and saw Tang Glass standing not far away with a smile on his face, staring at him.

His lips moved a few times, and in the end he walked over quietly without saying anything, and then put his arms around the other person's waist.

"Okay, good boy," Tanglas patted his back lightly, "I know that you have been wronged a lot these days."

However, there was a slight choking sound coming from his chest, which made him a little dumbfounded, "Hey, Sandra, are you really that sad?"

What responded to him was a heavy bump on the forehead and chest of the man in his arms.

"Ugh—bad boy!" Tanglas pinched his ears, looked up and looked around, but found that it was already empty, so he hugged the awkward boy in satisfaction and went to Fengse Palace.

"Go back and settle accounts with you, disobedient child."

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