king of ros

Chapter 13 The Grand Duke's Conspiracy
When the Ross people woke up from the hangover and joy, they suddenly found that yesterday's loser had come under the city wall again, and it was even more powerful.

As the wise men of old once said, pleasure begets evil, and now it is true again.

Rostislav and the others followed the Grand Duke to the city wall. Many nobles were still in the aftermath of hangover and joy, but they tried their best to suppress their discomfort in the face of the war so as not to show it.

Rostislav is also in a bad state. He slept very late last night, and was awakened by the war horn early this morning. Fortunately, the young man's body can withstand the ordeal, which is nothing to him.

He was standing beside the Grand Duke now, and on the other side was Vishata, with the nobles arguing about the war behind him.

"On this scale, not only the Chuds in Aral, but also the Vikings and Karelians?"

Veshatta stood on the city wall, holding on to the wooden battlements, with a very serious expression on his face. As a Noble nobleman, he knew the situation of the surrounding ethnic groups well, and he could see the composition of the enemy army at a glance.

Rostislav followed Veshata's words, and all he saw were Chude warriors wrapped in furs, but if he looked closely, he could see the armor belonging to the north, which was the Norse people of the Northwest Archipelago.

At a glance, there was a murderous look everywhere, and the barbarians were making intense preparations for the siege. Seeing how busy they were, Rostislav understood that they were serious.

"This is Alar's card? So many people came, this barbarian is bleeding a lot this time, I don't know what he promised to get these."

The Grand Duke narrowed his eyes, but there was an unexpected meaning in his words, and Rostislav was keenly aware of the emotions involved.

"Grandfather, do you know what's going on now?"

Rostislav subconsciously asked what he was thinking.

"It can be said that I am here for this, for the present."

Yaroslav's eyes shone with a different color, and his words contained the meaning of being in control.

This shocked Rostislav and Veshata. The Grand Duke knew this was a trap all along?Then why would he risk his life?

The wise man could see their doubts, and the Grand Duke, known for his wisdom, just smiled lightly, and immediately began his explanation. It has reached this point, and there is no need to hide anything.

"Over the past few years, the north has always concerned me a lot. The rise of Alar is too sudden, and it seems that someone in Kyiv is hooking up with Estonia, and I discovered some unusual weapons and armor flows... It's very interesting, this It's all fun."

"I just took advantage of the opportunity of my son's death to go to the north to have a look, and to investigate this matter. By the way, I will solve the hidden danger of Aral. I also want to see if anyone in Kyiv will suddenly jump out. It turns out that I just arrived Not long after Novgorod, Alar came up."

When he said this, Rostislav saw a gloomy look on his grandfather's face, as if he was very unhappy about something, but this emotion was then covered up.

"Alar is a cautious and scheming person. Vladimir's report made me understand him. Such a person will never act unless he is fully prepared. The battle under Yuriev's wall is obviously A bait."

"Since you already know that there is a conspiracy behind this...then why did you enter the city?"

Veshatta collected his expression and continued to ask, he still couldn't figure out why the Grand Duke jumped into this trap.

"Because I'm not in the game, how can they act? How can I know what they will do if I'm not in the game?"

Yaroslav just dropped this sentence to make Veshata stunned, and then continued to look at the Chude army outside the city.

But the prince immediately realized what his grandfather was talking about, and he remembered the interception and killing of him, as well as the chain mail from Kyiv on the enemy's body.

Rostislav's heart moved. He understood that his grandfather was using himself as bait to lure out some people from the darkness. Thinking that his uncles didn't go north this time, it might be part of his grandfather's plan...

But for him, what is more important now is that his grandfather has realized some problems, and the things on his side are just right, so now is the best chance to tell his grandfather everything.

"Grandfather, I have a situation that I must report to you."

Rostislav plucked up his courage, and met his grandfather's glance.

"Oh? Tell me."

Accompanied by Rostislav's narration, the grand duke observing the besiegers no longer looked at the Chud army camp, but at his grandson, and his eyes became more and more serious.

Facing his grandfather's serious eyes, Rostislav couldn't help but feel a little pressure, but he continued to talk, because it was related to whether he could find clues about the mastermind who killed his father and wanted to kill him!

"That's... amazing."

After listening to everything Rostislav narrated, complex emotions flashed in Yaroslav's eyes.

"Vladimir's death... I also thought about whether the person I wanted to dig out did it, but there is no clue to prove it, and being out of battle is extremely common, and I don't want to... Oh, look The man who came here has a big plan."

Yaroslav put his hand on his grandson's shoulder, and patted Rostislav, and it seemed that because of something he had thought of, the Grand Duke was a little depressed,
"You have worked hard, my child. It must be hard to hold back this, but I know it now."

Rostislav was finally relieved by the Grand Duke's words. After bearing the pressure alone for so long, he was finally able to speak out about it, and he even told his powerful grandfather.

There was some sadness in Yaroslav's expression, and he realized that the child was under so much pressure, and he was a little speechless for a while.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to say something, there are more important things now."

At this moment, Veshatta's voice suddenly appeared, interrupting the communication between them. The nobles of Nordic City were also very surprised that there were so many secrets behind the death of their friend Vladimir, but compared to this, they still have a lot of secrets. There are more important things.

"Now the number of enemies outside the city is higher than ours, and the soldiers are very disturbed. How do you plan to solve this problem? I believe that since you jumped into the trap on your own initiative, you must have a corresponding backup. Who is the king of Kyiv?" Will the guild lead the army to help?"

As Veshatta said, the most important thing now is to stabilize the morale of the army, and the soldiers below are full of anxiety.

"It's not that any of my sons will come, and they are not suitable to come this time. Just wait a few more days, and the person who waits for a few more days will come. Just tell the soldiers that I only need them to stick around for a week, and someone will come." Save us."

This answer made Veshatta's face twitch unnaturally. Why is the Grand Duke still hiding here at this time, and there is still that playful expression on his face.

"Your will."

In the end, Veshatta could only say this, his words were full of helplessness.

But what no one saw was that when he turned to leave, there was a trace of relaxation on his face, and he finally didn't have to listen to their sensitive topic.

Veshatta realized just now that this was an internal dispute in the Rurik family, which was not something he should have known.But to be precise, Yaroslav, who is the head of Rurik, must not know that he knows these things—at least on the surface.

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(End of this chapter)