Riding and Slashing

Chapter 171 Destined Karma

Sarleon City, Tower of the Old House of Lords.

"Your Highness, your father has not been in power for more than ten days, and he has not even seen anyone. Probably the only one who can see him now is Princess Felina. I think you should go to the palace and find a way to see him ,just in case……"

Grand Maester Igor was still talking to Alanrick respectfully.

"My dear uncle, I can probably figure out why he doesn't see anyone. Now he may be a little delirious and can't control himself. It won't help if I go to see him. Maybe there will be danger... He may still be I didn't find the fierce lion imprinted on my hand..."

Alan Rick looked better, but this was probably due to mental factors. He had already put on long sleeves to cover his arms, but there were also some red spots on his cheeks and neck.

He was still leaning against the window, playing with a seal in his hand—it was a pure gold seal with a lion showing its teeth and paws.

That is the authority of kings.

"Your Highness... Maybe I should call you Your Majesty now? In fact, in my opinion, the best way is to make your father never wake up again..."

Igor lowered his head, his voice was very soft.

"Shut up! He's my father! He didn't abuse me! I want everything I deserve, but I won't murder him! Just like he didn't murder my grandfather!"

Alan Rick turned his head back, with a gleam of coldness in his eyes.

"Alan Rick, son, you probably don't know what your father did back then... I mean keeping him awake, but not killing him... Your father, to your crazy grandfather, That's what it does!"

Igor raised his head suddenly, with a mocking smile on his face.

Alan Rick stopped the hand playing with the gold seal, and he looked at Igor fixedly, with some surprise in his eyes.

"What did he... do?"

The sarcasm on Igor's face became more obvious: "King Ulrik was a 'filial' prince back then. He knew that your grandfather had been suffering from pain, so he used hallucinogens to relieve the pain of your grandfather every day. ...And he, like you, took away the lion seal when your grandfather was unable to govern, and asked me to write a will in imitation of your grandfather's handwriting..."

"He tampered with the inheritance? Why... I mean that will, is it necessary? He is my grandfather's only son!"

Alan Rick already had an expression of disbelief all over his face.

"Because your grandfather didn't intend to pass on the throne to him... the one who was supposed to become the Lion King was your grandfather's younger brother, Prince Raymondrick, Princess Felina's father. I was very Young, but I can probably guess the reason—Princess Felina has never suffered from this genetic disease...and that prince has a wide range of friends and a high reputation, and almost all the big nobles support him."

Igor sighed deeply: "Actually, if it hadn't been for the unexpected death of His Royal Highness and the help of Princess Felina, your father would have found it difficult to secure the position of king. Until ten years ago, Bruno The Duke of Nuss helped him rebuild the Knights of the Lion, and he really gained a foothold."

"Prince Raymondrick's death...has something to do with him?"

Alanrick asked this sentence with some difficulty.

"...Maybe not, after all, it was indeed an accident. That prince doesn't like power struggles, he prefers to travel around the mountains and rivers outside every day. And he was the Prince of Cliff Bay at that time, rich and powerful, rich and powerful, life Life is much more nourishing than that of a king. He didn't want to be a king in Sarleon City to deal with government affairs every day-there will always be some people in this world who don't like busy official duties and just want to live a happy life. What's more, he does have The capital of a happy life... Besides, being a king who needs to clean up the mess for the mad king is not a pleasant job for him."

Igor also seemed to have some feelings, he shook his head, probably laughing at himself.

After all, he himself has been pursuing power all his life.

"Then...how did he die?"

Alan Rick's expression was also a little complicated.

Speaking of which, he can also live his life freely, and he also has the capital...

"Not long before your father came to the throne, His Royal Highness fell during a rock climbing activity, was seriously injured, and died not long after--you can imagine that at the age of 50, he still loves adventure sports like rock climbing and diving. The temperament of a prince. In fact, he died without any regrets. I saw him for the last time with your parents. He even died with a smile. I guess there should be no conspiracy in his death. But due to the unfortunate timing , So many people really thought it was King Ulrik who did it, and as a result, your father encountered a lot of difficulties and doubts in the ten years when he first came to the throne..."

Igor sighed deeply: "Actually, King Ulrik had no power at that time, and he had to deal with your crazy grandfather while cleaning up the mess left by your grandfather. That ability to murder the prince..."

Alanric let out a long breath, and seemed to relax a little.

"Dear uncle...forget about the hallucinogenic drugs you just mentioned..."

Alan Rick turned the topic back and shook his head at Igor: "I think my father probably doesn't like to drink that kind of thing, he probably would rather endure the pain. If I give him the hallucinogen, I will It is estimated that he will draw his sword and hack me to death. On the contrary, I am very interested in tampering with the will, and you may try to write one for me. Your ability to imitate handwriting is really amazing."

Igor sighed: "You father and son have exactly the same temperament... But Your Highness, why did you hand over Changhe Town to the Duke of Alma, that Duke will not be loyal to anyone!"

"Hmph, as long as he is loyal to himself, it's fine. Do you think I'm handing over Changhe Town to him? Hahaha... Igor, I came to you to let you put the seal of the fierce lion in Lion Lake City - Alma Stealing the king's seal and forging the king's decree, do you think my father will lead troops to attack him?"

Alanric laughed, he seemed to enjoy the feeling of being in control of others.

"you……"

Igor's eyes widened and he wanted to say something, but at this moment Alanrick had already thrown the gold seal in his hand.

The grand maester caught it in a hurry, but at this time Alanrick had turned his back: "A king should die gloriously on the battlefield, not in a secret room or toilet... If he can't suppress the rebellion, then let me do it!"

……

Maybe it's because they have their own destiny somewhere, maybe it's because the goddesses do have some divine power to protect them.

The causes that Li Ang had planted before bore fruit together at the most dangerous time.

After all, history is always made up of various coincidences.

Although Dalion was captured by the troops of Lion Lake City, he was not taken to Changhe Town.

Because not long after the troops of Lion Lake City left Kewen Village, they accidentally ran into an army of nearly a thousand people—'Alaric the Noisy' and his group of drunkards.

No one knew where the Drunkards had been before, but there was no doubt that Alaric cared about the place of Kwin Village.

Because here is the largest winery in the whole continent.

And thanks to Leon, this is the only place willing to do business with him...

So Alaric came to 'purchase', and this time, he even brought enough money.

It is the beginning of August, which happens to be the ripening season for the grapes in Kewen Village. The climate in Kewen is good, and the grapes here will ripen at the end of summer every year.

Alaric and his group of drunkards came to buy wine at this time, probably originally with the idea of ​​wrapping up the production of the countess winery...

As a result, they happened to meet the troops of Lion Lake City.

The troops in Lion Lake City didn't know that the drunkard group was just passing by. They thought it was Dalion's army—a guy who claimed the throne, but there were only twenty people under him. In the eyes of the troops in Lion Lake City, they thought it was quite abnormal. of……

You must know that Alma did not drop by Kewen Village directly on the way south to Changhe Town, but sent people over after going to Changhe Town to ambush Godric. She was worried that there might be a large number of rebels in Kewen Village.

In order not to waste time, and to ambush Godric more smoothly, he chose to control Changhe Town before sending people to Kewen Village.

And after taking control of Changhe Town, he even sent thousands of people out—Alma was actually not sure how many people Dalion had under his command, after all, he heard that there was a claimant to the throne in Kewen Village three months ago , He really doesn't know what the situation is now.

Logically speaking, it should be normal to have hundreds of people, right?
After all, it seems unscientific to dare to claim the throne with twenty people!
But in fact, when Dalion first claimed the throne, he didn't have a single person under his command - half a month ago, he had only a dozen people under his command, and now these 20 people actually got the help of Leon and Eric these days , I only got it when I had some money in my hand.

Therefore, the Lion Lake City troops naturally thought that the drunkards might be the main force of the rebel army.

As a result, the two sides fought an unexplained and rotten battle, and it was the drunkard group that won in the end...

Although Alaric's troops are just a bunch of rabble, this group of drunks are not afraid of death and have a fighting goal—for the sake of the wine here, their fighting power is extremely terrifying.

In addition, Alaric would go crazy when he was in battle. No one could stop this kind of heavy-armored man with terrifying supernatural power from going crazy. After adding dozens of dead souls under his huge long-handled hammer, the people of Lion Lake City The troops were scared.

The soldiers Alma sent were not considered elite soldiers. In fact, they were the troops that were once stationed in Changhe Town that were fooled by Li Ang. Among them, the cavalry had followed Li Ang to fight the Three Prophets, but the leading knight had changed now.

This group of people would certainly be afraid of a monster player like Alaric who has the same power as the Three Prophets. This reminded them of the power of the Three Prophets...

As a result, the troops in Lion Lake City were generally somewhat restrained. After the casualties exceeded [-]%, the troops in Lion Lake City began to retreat in the direction of Changhe Town.

Of course, this is also a normal situation for human troops. It is not bad to retreat before the casualties exceed [-]%.

In fact, Alaric's drunkard group has lost more than [-]% of its manpower, but they are still chasing and killing the troops of Lion Lake City with high spirits - these drunkards may not even know how many people died on their side... …

When Alaric led this group of drunks to fight wildly, it was indeed quite scary.

These drunks didn't feel pain or fatigue, and they didn't have any tactics. They just swarmed up and beat them up, but in the hilly areas near Kewen, the beating effect was quite good.

As a result, Dalion was rescued in such a strange way, and after the troops of Lion Lake City left him and ran away, Alaric's drunkard group also chased after him - Dalion and his few remaining men were actually thrown in the Nobody cares there.

Alma apparently did not expect that the army of thousands of people he sent would be defeated, and the return of the defeated army also caused him to make a misjudgment. He also thought that there were indeed a large number of rebels in Kewen Village...

Under such circumstances, he did not send any more troops to Kewen Village. Instead, he gathered his troops to defend Changhe Town, and then publicly accused Baron Leofric of treason.

If there are a large number of 'rebels' in Kewen Village, it means of course that Leofric is indeed a traitor. Alma thought that he had found the truth by accident. In fact, he was not worried about losing the battle. excited.

Because in this way, he doesn't even have to frame him anymore.

Alma originally planned to capture Dalion, and then concocted some evidence of the loyalty of the three barons in the east to the 'rebels'.

But now it seems that this evidence does not need to be concocted...

It is easy to have loopholes in framing without reason, but there will be no problem in accusing real crimes.

Just like the reason why Alma wants to use Raphael to create real crimes, it is actually to make it legal for him to attack and imprison Godric.

Raphael will definitely be taken in by White Hart Castle, and White Hart Castle is Godric's territory, so Alma's arrest of Godric will become reasonable.

Even if the king intervenes, he can hold on to Godric.

Since Raphael had indeed attacked him, he could absolutely insist that Godric ordered Raphael to do it.

While this charge is unlikely to yield concrete results, it would give him reason to keep Godric in custody.

As long as Godric is in his hands, Leon and Amy will naturally come to their door.

And Leofric's territory, Kewen Village, had a large number of rebels, which was considered ironclad evidence, so he directly sent people to Fort Yongshield to arrest Leofric.

If Baron Leofric dared to resist the arrest, he would be a real rebel...

But if you don't resist, then you can catch them back and beat them up, and use Leofric's testimonies to characterize Godric, Leon, and Leofric as traitors loyal to the Dalion rebel organization '.

Such an accusation was likely to stand, since Godric had already been captured by Alma, and the evidence was easy to manufacture.

You don’t even need to beat them into a trick—making a few documents of allegiance, stamping a few seals, etc., doesn’t require the parties to do it themselves...

If Alma had determined the three barons in the eastern region as rebels as he wished, then all his operations would be justified, and he would definitely be able to control the entire eastern region.

Coupled with the imperial edict issued in the name of the Sarleon King in his hand, Changhe Town will be taken back by him justifiably, and maybe it can also bring Yongshield Castle and White Hart Castle along with it.

Although the imperial edict was only issued by Alan Rick, the golden seal of the Sarleon King was genuine.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible for King Ulrik to take back Changhe Town, unless Ulrik is willing to kill his only son Alan Rick—stealing the king's seal and falsely passing down the king's decree. Everywhere is a capital crime, absolutely unforgivable.

So Alma felt that everything was fine. Although the strength of Kewen's rebel army was a bit unexpected, at least there was no threat to Changhe Town. She just had to stay in Changhe Town and wait.

If nothing unexpected happens, he really just needs to wait...

Alma has achieved almost everything he set out to achieve...

Maybe, just a night or two more.

But an unexpected 'outsider' appeared unexpectedly at this time.

Milgan Kirik.

After Milgan brought Ms. Nelda back to Lion Lake City with the Griffin Sword Mercenary Group, he has been thinking about how to kill Alma secretly.

But in Lion Lake City, he didn't get any good opportunities.

Later, Alma led the army to go out, and Milgan felt that the opportunity had come, so he brought the Griffin Sword Mercenary Group and followed Alma's army.

Follow until south of Penn Village.

The Sword of the Griffin is all cavalry, and the footsteps are very fast. After judging that Alma's destination is Changhe Town, Milkan simply came to Changhe Town first, and asked others to ambush everywhere, while he brought a few The individual is lurking in the inner fort of Changhe Town.

Inner Fort in Changhe Town is where Duke Elfwan and Mrs. Bella used to live, and it is also the residence of Godric's Chief of Military Affairs.

Milgan felt that Alma would definitely enter here, so he hid in the most dangerous but safest place - Godric's office.

He was right, Alma did come here.

Alma was busy dealing with various affairs before, until he felt that everything was sure, and finally came to this room that meant victory.

He put the imperial order on the table, staring at the imperial order in a daze.

He was probably feeling grateful, or maybe he had a kind of satisfaction and relief that he had completed all the important affairs.

Changhe Town was lost from him, and now he has taken Changhe Town back with his own hands.

The murderer who killed his son Forcher is also about to become a traitor, and sooner or later he will die under the army.

The east will soon be calm again, and it will all be under his control.

Soon, the king will be unable to do anything to him...

Maybe he can take the opportunity to establish a Holden Principality?
Today is the best time for the entire Holden family, full of opportunities to lead to greater heights - and just a month ago, he was still struggling with an accusation.

This is really easy for an old man in his 60s.

But after a few minutes, Alma's smiling and satisfied expression was permanently fixed on her face.

He fell asleep in a chair.

Milgan used the Snake Heart Stone that Li Ang gave him, and all the nearby guards fell to the ground silently.

Then, at the moment Alma closed his eyes, Milgan fell from the top of the room and stabbed the Duke from behind with his sword in the vest.

Alma is dead.

Died in the Changhe town he just got.

He died silently in his sleep, with a contented smile still on his face.

Probably at that time, he was dreaming that he fulfilled the family's long-cherished wish, not only becoming the master of Changhe Town again, but also leading the family to a higher throne.

The place where he died was exactly the same as the place where Alf Wan died.

(End of this chapter)