When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 549 I was deceived, let alone you?
The sky was shrouded in a thin layer of morning mist, and the earth was full of chaos under the gray-blue sky.

The broken shields and arrows scattered in the mud showed that this was a battlefield a few days ago.

On this old battlefield, military tents were scattered in an orderly manner. The roofs of the gray coarse cloth tents were covered with mud and dust, and there were several bonfires burning in the center of the camp.

The wood crackled in the fire and a thin wisp of smoke swirled in the air.

The area is surrounded by fortifications built with earth walls, and occasionally a few fully armed soldiers can be seen standing on sentry posts.

The war horses were tied to wooden stakes, snorting from time to time, and they kicked the mud, looking restless.

In the morning, the mercenaries gathered in twos and threes around the campfire, yawning and drinking soup from rough wooden bowls. They looked tired and pale, with a bit of numbness in their eyes.

It was not until a series of rapid horse hoofbeats were heard that they raised their heads alertly and looked in the other direction.

Dozens of knights appeared at the edge of the camp with the flag of Lacunio. Knowing that they were Prince Conde's teacher, the sentries immediately opened the checkpoints to welcome them.

"Sir Lacunio, let me do it." A knight's page saw the arrow wound on Lacunio's thigh and asked flatteringly.

"Get out of here." Lacunio whipped the boy in the face with a whip.

He dismounted his horse and limped towards Prince Condai's tent.

Two days ago, on the day Wayne was assassinated while leaving the city, he had already led two companies of imperial orders to fight against Meliati's vanguard.

If Prince Conde arrived immediately after the city was captured, then with the arrival of follow-up troops from both sides, this small encounter could turn into a large-scale battle.

Judging from the current strength comparison between the two sides, and with the spread of the news of Wayne's surrender, if they are lucky, they can even decide the outcome in one battle.

But Prince Kongdai was slow to arrive, and even when Meliati's follow-up troops arrived, there was still no sign of His Royal Highness the Prince.

After holding out for a day, as the news spread that Wayne had been assassinated after surrendering, Meliati made a prompt decision and led his troops to retreat towards the High Castle.

Lacunio tried every means to stop her, but in the end, Meliati ran away from the battlefield.

Although Prince Kongdai has come, can time go back? Can the beans be stewed? It's all useless.

But the changes in the battle situation and the extension of the battle time are not what Lacuno is most worried about at the moment.

What worried him the most was the divisive plot that Wayne had used his life to cause.

The main reason why Prince Kongdai was delayed for so long was that he was digging deep underground near the sentry fort to find the so-called "evidence".

But in Lacuno's opinion, this divisive tactic was too crude.

As Meliati's uncle, you, the last person to surrender, actually surrendered. It is not believable in itself.

Secondly, how did the nobles' letters come into your hands? Why is there no direct evidence so far?
In the end, the man who shot him was a nearby farmer.

Who says that the fleeing soldiers can't buy their lives with money and cooperate? Why can only the nobles of Hotam County buy their lives?
The only redeeming thing is that he is exchanging his life for trust, which is indeed impressive.

But Lacunio has been fighting with the Flesh and Blood Court for many years. If he can't see through this, he shouldn't be the leader of the Border Knights.

The helpless thing is that Lacunio knew it, but he knew Prince Condé's character better.

With his personality, he would definitely explode. If it weren't for the powerful enemy in front of Meliati, he would have probably run back. His only hope now was that Prince Kongdai could remain calm and not do anything impulsive.

Lifting the curtain of the military tent, Lacunio stared: "Charles, how come you are two days late?"

"Look for evidence." Prince Condé, who was sitting behind the table, was holding a leg of lamb in his mouth and looking blankly at Lacunio who had barged in. "Don't worry, their retreat is cut off, they can't escape."

Seeing Prince Conde's clear and lifeless face, Lacunio felt something was wrong: "What do you think about those nobles in Hotam County?"

Prince Condé still trusted Lacunio and comforted him softly, "Don't blame yourself too much. I know you have also been deceived by these damn nobles. I have been deceived, let alone you?"

His cheeks twitched, and Lacunio opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

However, he was used to being Prince Kongdai's nanny on the battlefield, so even with such a high blood pressure scene, he just smiled and got over it.

"Are you going to let them go?"

"Of course not. I'm just planning to deal with them after the war is over. This is a critical moment, so a little punishment will suffice. I didn't even kill Garrinon. He's still locked up."

Prince Condé put down his greasy leg of lamb, picked up the glass, and poured Lacunio a glass of wine.

This undoubtedly made Lacuno breathe a sigh of relief. Over the years, this kid has made some progress.

After taking the wine glass, Lacunio took two sips and looked at Prince Condé belatedly: "You didn't do anything impulsive, did you?"

"Don't worry, I'm not such an irrational person, but I'm not someone who can be bullied. We'll settle this account slowly later. Now I'm just charging you some interest."

Prince Condé responded in a slurred voice while munching on a roast chicken.

Collect interest?
Lacunio had a bad feeling in his heart. He grabbed Prince Condé's sleeve and asked in a stern voice, "What did you do?"

"I have ordered that the evidence of Sampoli and Garinon's collusion with the enemy and heresy be submitted to the church court. The imperial decree company stationed at Feiliu Castle be dispatched to immediately arrest Sampoli and bring him to trial!"

Before Prince Kongdai finished speaking, there was a clanging sound.

After taking a half step back, the dizzy Lacuno could no longer hold the wine glass in his hand and dropped it heavily to the ground.

At the same time, hundreds of miles away in Hotam County.

"Open the door, Imperial Command Company!"

"Sampoli, we know what you did!"

Amid a series of bangs and shouts, the gate was forcibly pried open by dozens of foot knights, and then more than thirty knights of the Imperial Company riding on fine war horses filed out one after another.

This luxurious earl's palace was now filled with soldiers wearing chain mail. They used their battle axes to chop open the door panels and rushed into the houses like Norn pirates.

"Where are the people? Have they been caught?" asked the captain of the imperial company to the soldiers and knights who were carrying valuables.

A priest in a woolen robe squeezed through the soldiers' arms and said, "No, only the servants and the housekeeper are there, and the property is also there, but Sampoli and his wife and children are gone."

"God damn it, issue a warrant and send the guards after him along the road!"

(End of this chapter)