Can move around the Silver Castle.
They are definitely the cronies of Duke Silver.
They even understood the Duke's rebellion against the Empire and were unconditionally loyal to their lord.
The Far North is different from other places.
It is here that the lord system is still maintained.
As the saying goes, the master to whom my master is loyal will not be my master.
The vassal's first allegiance is to their lord, and then to the empire behind the lord.
The empire turned a blind eye to hundreds of years of barrenness and famine in the Far North, allowing the Silver Duke to maintain his position as lord here for generations, and ensuring the loyalty of the Silver Shield Legion.
So at this moment.
There was a trace of anger in Duke Silver's heart.
It doesn't matter if the earl of the Northland rebels against him. After all, the identities of the two parties are not much different, which is also expected.
But there is also a rebellion within the Silver Castle.
This is an unforgivable sin!
…
However, after hearing Duke Silver's explanation, the messenger did not continue to be aggressive and seemed to accept the statement.
He walked forward and stood beside the bed.
"It seems that the strength of the ice and snow elves is indeed extraordinary. They can actually make the legendary invincible Silver Duke bedridden for several days. But I heard that during that battle, you also let an elf escape into the mainland. This responsibility, Has the Duke thought about how to bear the burden?"
Looking at the weak man lying on the bed, the messenger had disdain in his eyes.
However, after saying this.
The two people who secretly observed him felt shocked again.
Xu Shuo stood calmly by the window, but his thoughtful eyes fell on the messenger.
Released an elf?
The battle report sent to the royal capital from the North was clearly that the elves who came out of the Far North Mountains had been killed.
Although it was not said how many ice elves actually walked out of the Far North Mountains, it was not said that any elves escaped.
However, this kind of false report cannot be hidden for long.
Although Duke Baiyin was pretending to be seriously injured, his face remained expressionless after hearing this, and he just looked at the messenger who was approaching Chi Chi.
He did not answer this but asked: "I wonder where the messenger came from?"
"Of course it's a Frankish city-state."
The messenger said with a stinky face: "It's because you failed to guard the Far North Mountains that I was sent to a remote mountain area like this. It's freezing cold. There are actually bandits on the road. As expected, there is a group of barbarian mobs here!"
When he scolded him, no one in Beidi showed any displeasure, which made the housekeeper feel embarrassed.
The Franks city-state is the eastern mainland city-state closest to the Northland.
It makes sense when you think about it.
The messenger was able to reach the Silver City-State within six days after the Warcraft Army incident. It was difficult to do so from the royal capital, but if personnel were transferred from the nearest city-state, he could catch up.
So, the purpose of this messenger's trip is already clear.
He's not here to be a spy.
Nor is it to bring orders from the royal capital.
He's just -
He just came here specifically to die.
Therefore, the king does not need to send a special messenger, and this messenger does not need to be smart and steady, because he only needs to be able to bring trouble to the Silver City-State. ….
Either the Silver City-State is hindered by trouble.
Either the Silver City-State couldn't bear it anymore and killed the messenger directly to reveal its intentions.
Of course, all this is based on the fact that the Silver Duke has rebelled.
In the end, the king did not suffer any loss.
The Duke of Silver lowered his eyes: "It is indeed my fault for poor management of the North, but I am also unable to do what I want now. I don't know what instructions there are from the royal capital."
The messenger gathered up his fur cloak and curled his lips and said: "I heard that the Duke is seriously injured and has not recovered. His Majesty the King sent me here to take charge of the bank for you.
The Shield Legion continues to guard the Far North Mountains. "
——As expected, it’s still for the Silver Shield Legion.
The silver duke in sheep's clothing looked confused: "Then I wonder how long the messenger will be kept in custody?"
The messenger sneered: "It depends on what Your Majesty wants."
In fact, although the messenger is also interested in the Silver Shield Legion, he is not interested in this far north at all.
if you can.
He hopes to take this powerful legion directly to the Franks city-state after the incident is over!
However, His Majesty the King had no further instructions for this, and just asked him to take charge of the Silver Shield Legion first, and the rest will be discussed after the Silver Duke's injury recovered.
It's just that he didn't convey the subsequent meaning.
Because as a viscount, he could now stand on the head of a duke and feel proud, the messenger felt a sense of pleasure in his heart!
Look at this room full of people who only dare to be angry but dare not speak!
Duke Silver sighed and said, "In that case, I will first hand over the Silver Shield Palm Seal to the envoy for safekeeping."
As he spoke, the Silver Duke winked at the butler on the side.
The housekeeper understood, and with a sad expression on his face, he went to the closet in the corner of the bedroom and took out a silver-white falcon jade sculpture from it.
He got the Silver Shield Palm Seal so easily.
No matter how arrogant the messenger is, he still feels a little suspicious at this moment.
He rubbed the cold palm print on his hand and saw the golden laurel leaf logo of the San Varro Empire engraved on the base, confirming that it was a real palm print.
At this time, Duke Baiyin coughed a few more times and said, "The three thousand troops in the martial arts arena would also like to ask the envoy to lead the team to the Far North Mountains immediately. Those monsters are watching with eager eyes and launching attacks all the time."
The messenger looked unhappy: "There is no need for you to order me. Since the Duke is seriously injured, he should rest well during this period."
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Shi walked over and reached out to open the heavy window.
The cold air rushed into the bedroom instantly, and the fire in the wood-burning fireplace flickered and jumped a few times, but it stood firm in the cold wind.
「卍~」
Xue Biao gave a thin cry.
Xu Shuo looked at Duke Baiyin.
The latter said: "He should be the only one sent by the royal capital, but when the messenger came to the castle, a ten-man team went to the Far North Mountains and met with the Silver Shield Legion stationed at the foot of the Eiger. "
Xu Shuo thought thoughtfully: "Are you back?"
Duke Silver shook his head: "Not yet. They seem to have known for a long time that the messenger would get the silver shield palm print, so they were waiting there for the messenger to go."
After saying this, Duke Silver paused.
He looked at the young man thinking and asked, "So when will you take action?"
Xu Shuo smiled and said, "Let's wait until this group of people meet up at the foot of the Far North Mountains. We can catch them all at once to avoid any mistakes."
After hearing this, Duke Silver did not continue to ask what his solution was.
Anyway, if it doesn't work, just kill them randomly.
…
In the afternoon.
The spy who was the informant was found out.
The Silver Castle is located in a corner of the city, backed by snowy mountains, and the martial arts field is set up on the edge of the city, so that the usual nighttime military training will not cause any noise in the city.
There are no buildings covering the edges of the city, so you can see everything at a glance.
Therefore, if the informant was not a spy from outside the castle, he could only be from inside the castle.
What's more, the informer seemed to have accurately said that the person who was at the martial arts arena last night was the Silver Duke.
Unless the other party knew that the Silver Duke was not seriously injured.
The housekeeper checked inside and found a maid.
"Your Majesty the Duke..."
The maid knelt on the ground with a pale face, her forehead pressed against the floor covered with thick blankets, her whole body trembling, and she did not dare to raise her head at all.
The Duke of Silver looked at her expressionlessly: "I remember that you are the granddaughter of old Yinsen. Before old Yinsen passed away, he sent you in."
The maid's back stiffened, probably because she didn't expect that she could be remembered by the Duke. ….
"I want to know whether the Silver Castle has done you any harm, or whether it has given you so many benefits that you are willing to take risks to cover up and betray me." Duke Silver asked calmly.
"I don't have... Your Majesty the Duke..."
The maid raised her head abruptly, but when she touched those cold silver-grey eyes, she suddenly couldn't utter a word of excuse and felt a sudden chill all over her body.
She looked to the side and realized there was another person in the study.
Apart from that, there are no extra people.
The housekeeper who sent her here just now is not here either.
The cold wind from the north blew in from the tower.
The maid was trembling. She knew that there might be no room for improvement in this situation, and she had already been sentenced.
This is not an interrogation, just a simple declaration.
After realizing this fact, the maid's emotions suddenly burst out.
With red eyes, she gritted her teeth and shouted, "I don't want to stay in this place anymore! I don't want to stay in this place forever with only endless snow and endless wars!"
The Silver Duke was stunned upon hearing this.
The other party's emotions seemed to be real, not some pretense or excuse.
He looked into the maid's eyes and asked, "So you want to leave here?"
The maid also looked at him: "Yes, I want to leave!"
"I understand."
The Silver Duke said expressionlessly: "But why would you rather believe in outsiders than in the Northland where you have been born and raised for generations? Nor do you believe that your lord will take you away after this incident?"
The maid bit her lip and shed tears.
"You won't...you will just let yourself go...
"
The Silver Duke was slightly startled.
He looked at the maid and met the light gray eyes.
The other party also has the silent elf bloodline and is a native of the North.
But most human beings actually don't like to live forever in a place where they can't see flowers blooming all year round, in a barren and desolate place where it's always ice and snow.
Most of the indigenous people in Silver City-State today.
In fact, they all moved here to resist the elves and monsters. The descendants of the Silver Shield Army are also the subjects of the Silver Dukes for generations.
The Duke of Silver, who has been stationed here for thousands of years, wants to leave here, let alone the other people who are also trapped here.
The maid was taken down again.
Duke Silver did not give the other party an answer to that question, but he was lost in thought at the moment.
Xu Shuo leaned to the side and said, "So what you are thinking about now is how to leave the North with the hundreds of thousands of people in the Silver City State, right?"
Hearing this, Duke Silver was noncommittal: "You don't have to leave the North, you just need to stay away from the Far North."
The harshest environment is definitely the Far North.
Half of the year it snows and the other half hails.
For example, Castle Castle also belongs to the Northland, but the climate there is far less severe than here, and you can even often see green grass and trees.
The Silver Castle is in the far north.
This is a city-state that was originally established to resist Warcraft. It is only a dozen kilometers away from the Far North Mountains. Looking from a high place, you can see the rolling mountains and the non-stop wind and snow all year round. ….
Be with snow all day long.
Be with the monsters all day long.
It is also accompanied by the endless war.
Duke Silver suddenly sighed: "I probably know the meaning of completing that matter."
[Side mission: Let the Silver City State no longer be attacked by Warcraft. 】
Side missions appear along with character cards, so this is also linked to the character's wish, but the character does not simply want to solve the crisis of World of Warcraft.
This is the wish of a lord for the sake of the people of the entire territory.
Even in order to get that character card, he had to move the entire Silver City State out of the Far North.
"So?" Xu Shuo tilted his head.
"What else can we do? Just migrate directly after this incident. It just so happens that the elves are gone, so the existence of the Silver City-state in the far north is not that important." The Silver Duke said calmly.
"That's it? I thought you were going to get crazy right now, mobilizing the entire population on the spot for the Silver City State." Xu Shuo said with a smile.
"Not really."
Duke Silver twitched his lips.
It's better to finish the camp mission now.
…
…
Towards evening.
The messenger also made some moves.
He planned to go to the Far North Mountains to express his condolences to the Silver Shield Legion, express his current identity, and then deploy a plan to guard the mountains.
Hear the news.
The Silver Duke sent a Silver Knight to lead the messenger to the Silver Shield Army's station in the Far North Mountains.
then……
Along the way, this knight took the opportunity to express how loyal their duke was to the empire, how much he loved the Far North, and how much he hated those monsters.
And then when the messenger becomes extremely impatient.
He also said secretly: The northern land is barren, and I wonder if the royal capital can allocate more military pay.
The messenger sneered upon hearing this.
After talking for a long time, it turned out that it was just for money and food.
"How can His Majesty's thoughts allow us to comment? I will report the situation in the North truthfully, but please don't mention it again."
The messenger glanced contemptuously at the knight.
Xu Shuo, half of his face covered by the douche, smiled.
, and stopped talking.
The fast horse ran across the familiar ice field, heading towards the mountains ahead in the endless white land of ice and snow.
There is no heavy snow today, just cold wind.
In the pale sky thousands of miles high.
Occasionally, a flock of northern geese pass by, and a single snowfly among them does not feel out of place.
On the back of the withered snow, the Silver Duke narrowed his eyes slightly, lowered his body and hid in the black feathers, and shuttled through the misty clouds condensed with frost.
The Far North Mountains loom ahead.
….
Ji Chun October
