Chapter 333 In the Last Days of This Winter

A gust of cold wind blew the nearby flags, making a clattering sound. Ropeney Grant raised her head and stared silently at the ancient castle in the distance.

The two-hundred-year-old Cracked Stone Castle sits quietly on the top of the hill. The steep cliffs on the side of the castle stand like a blade on the horizon. Layers of pale gold radiance plated on those lines.

It was a rocky mountain with a steep and dangerous side. The Cracked Stone Castle was located at the top of the cliff, as if crouching on the edge of a blade. The outer wall of the ancient castle was already mottled, and there were signs of cracking in many places. , when the setting sun shines on the castle from the right angle, part of its outer wall will even reveal the opposite light, showing bright crack lines like leaf veins on the city wall.

People often worry about when the ancient castle will collapse in the setting sun, and countless tons of heavy boulders will roll down from the top of the cliff. The surname is buried hereafter.

But Luo Peini remembered her husband's words, and remembered the ancient agreement about this castle and the earth element spirit. It was reached by the ancestors of the family and the earth element allies when the Glenn family was only a marginal vassal of the Cecil family. A contract: As long as the surname "Glen" still rules this land, then the Rock Crack Castle will never collapse naturally...

But the cracks in this fortress have really increased over the years...

"Mistress," the butler's voice interrupted Luo Peini's thoughts, the stable and reliable middle-aged man handed a wooden box to the baroness, "This is the soil sample you want."

Luo Peini looked at the deep-colored soil in the wooden box, stretched out her fingers, grabbed a little and rubbed it gently, and then a little magical brilliance appeared between her fingers, and the soil turned into blue smoke drifting in the wind in the magical brilliance. .

"The potion is working," Luo Peini's always gloomy expression seemed to ease a little, she nodded slightly to the housekeeper, "Half of the farms in the territory need this Druid potion to restore the balance of the land, spring It must be done before. You go and negotiate with those Cecil pharmacists and see what price they will offer."

"Yes," the housekeeper lowered his head, and then couldn't help but add, "Mistress, you don't have to leave the castle, you don't have to come to this filthy countryside, here are all rude and ignorant farmers, they It may offend you."

"You've said enough things like that," Luo Penny glanced at the housekeeper lightly, "Just do your own thing."

The butler hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to express any more opinions.

"Gawain Duke Cecil will visit in five days." After a few seconds, Ropeni broke the silence, "Let's start preparing when we go back."

"The Duke is going to visit?" The housekeeper was immediately taken aback, but after seeing the calm and indifferent expression on the hostess' face, he immediately swallowed all the doubts and nonsense back in his stomach, "I understand, I The most appropriate welcome will be arranged. But I don’t know why the duke is here, do I need to arrange anything extra?”

"It's just an ordinary meeting," Luo Peini said indifferently, "The Kant area has finally become the legal fief of the Cecil family."

"Kant... I understand."

a few days later.

A double carriage with the Cecil family emblem hung on the road east of Kant's Land, in front of the carriage, was the place where the Glenn family ruled for generations.

Aside from the coachman driving the carriage and the three soldiers in the back half of the carriage, there were only two people in the carriage, Gawain and Kohaku.

"This is really less than the last time I went to Kant," Amber sat opposite Gawain and couldn't help muttering, "I said, you are a duke to some extent, even if you are going to visit lower than yourself The nobles, you should also pay attention to your pomp, at least two more cars and more followers or something..."

Gawain glanced at the half-elf girl across from him amusingly,

He knew the thoughts in this guy's stomach. Amber didn't care about whether he had enough platoons, she just felt that she had finally served as the duke's valet, but she still hasn't enjoyed going out in a caravan, with eight hundred followers before and after, walking The war drums cleared the way, and the treatment of entering the city to blow horns was a bit uneven. This guy's yearning for a better life can be said to be extremely simple and straightforward, and the scenery is glorious and rich.

If she has to say it, her only spiritual pursuit is probably who can organize a cheating tournament in her lifetime, and then she will go up and win a championship...

"You're still laughing!" Amber saw Gawain's half-smiley expression, and immediately gave him an unhappy glance, "I saw an earl go out with seven or eight carriages back then~"

"Things like carriages... will be eliminated sooner or later," Gawain shook his head with a smile, "When the time comes, I'll let you sit on something more interesting than a carriage."

"Something more interesting than a carriage?" Amber suddenly became curious, "What new things have you come up with?"

"Not yet, it's just an idea at the moment, but the timing and technical conditions are still immature," Gawain waved his hand. "Compared to this, let's continue to talk about the Glenn family. Except when Viscount Glenn died unexpectedly a few years ago. Besides a few suspicious points, what else have you investigated?"

"Then we have to start from an earlier time. Before the accidental death of the previous Viscount Gulen, he had implemented a series of almost unbelievable 'new laws' on the territory. At that time, not only his territory, but even the surrounding territories. The nobles have been affected to a certain extent…”

"The new law?" Gao Wen frowned, "Tell me about this part carefully."

"Oh, then let's start with his liberation of serfs and slaves throughout the territory..."

...

When Duke Cecil's carriage drove towards Glenland, a messenger wearing a red and blue burqa and holding a flag high was riding a fast horse and galloping on the avenue in the center of Saint-Sunil City.

The flag is the token of the king. No one dared to stop the messenger holding the token. Pedestrians on the road all panicked and feared to avoid the galloping horse. The people of Wangdu, who had long been accustomed to a peaceful life, were broken on this day. , but at this moment, they didn't know what was going to happen next - they just hid by the road, looking at the direction of the messenger with astonishment and curiosity, guessing what exactly this man on horseback was carrying news.

The messenger ran across King Street, across the curved square in front of the Silver Castle, and then dismounted from his horse in front of the castle, holding the flag high all the way to the place where the King was.

Only a few minutes later, a piece of information from the western region of the Holy Spirit Plain was sent to Francis II.

This urgent information made Francis II quite unhappy, because today is a rare day when Veronica left the cathedral and came to reunite with him at Silver Castle. For the father who is the king, the daughter who is a saint. It was a very special and precious time, but this good time was disturbed.

Veronica looked at the piece of information just sent, she showed a reassuring gentle smile, and said softly: "Father, government affairs are important."

"I know," Francis II sighed and picked up the information on the table, "but I don't want to receive any news of 'unexpected situations' at all at this time... Those greedy nobles can never be fed, they simply don't want to be fed. Will not think about the kingdom at all, but will only cause trouble for me."

Veronica smiled lightly: "Perhaps this is not news about nobles?"

Francis II forced a smile and opened the envelope of the intelligence.

Over the next half-minute, the smile on his face faded away.

Veronica noticed the change in her father's expression: "Father, this is..."

"Look for yourself," Francis II handed the secret letter to his daughter. "This is something you can look at—because I'm afraid it will soon reach the Cathedral of Light."

Veronica frowned and took the letter curiously, and the content on it jumped into view:

"...The conflict between the believers of the Holy Light and the believers of the Blood God in the Holy Spirit Plain is becoming more and more serious... On xx month xx, believers on both sides in the Stone City clashed by force, and the radical blood god believers smashed the statue in front of the Church of the Holy Light... The next day , the Holy Light devotees revenge, and the Church of the Blood God is burned down.

"Lord..." Veronica sighed in astonishment and sorrow, and drew the emblem of the Holy Light on her chest with her hand, "Even if you maintain your faith, why do you need to do this?"

Francis II glanced at his daughter, shook his head and said, "Keep looking down."

Veronica looked at the second half of the secret letter and couldn't help taking a deep breath:

"...The Bishop of the Blood God Sect led the believers to fight back. He was hit by a dark arrow on the way to the Holy Light Church, and exploded when he was on the verge of death... It mutated into a monster of flesh and blood, and there were a large number of witnesses at the scene...

"The lord of Boulder City and the bishop of the Church of the Holy Light jointly killed the monster... Then they searched the Church of the Blood God, and found a secret room in the basement of the church, and found a lot of bloody sacrifices... There are also emblems of the end of all things and records of various blasphemy. Notes of knowledge, evil speech...

"...All Blood God Churches in Stone City have been blocked... Half of the believers have been expelled..."

"A person at the bishop level of the region is actually a believer of the Society for the End of All Things..." Veronica muttered to herself with an incredible expression, "They actually penetrated to this point..."

"So you should understand, my daughter," Francis II said with a bad expression, "understand why I keep saying that Ansu is not ready for war with Typhon at all...especially this year. "

Veronica was silent for a moment, and returned the letter in her hand to the old king: "Father, what are you going to do with this matter?"

"The royal power does not interfere with the divine power, and the divine power does not interfere with the royal power. This has always been the rule, but now someone is bleeding for this, and the king must act," Francis II said in a low voice, "We have been searching The whereabouts of those cultists have even begun to investigate every nobleman and mortals registered by the royal family, but they have ignored the Holy See... The Holy See, which was thought to be the least likely to be corrupted by cultists, has also become a breeding ground for evil."

Francis II clenched his fists and couldn't help but knocked on the table: "Veronica, the church must be inspected, but... I can't let this further affect the stability of the kingdom."

"Father, I can guarantee the cooperation of the Holy Light Church. Any reasonable follower of the Holy Light will understand this - it is good for everyone to find out the cultists who are hiding around them," Veroni said. Ka said with a solemn expression, the power of the Holy Light was stirring around her, creating a holy halo, "I believe that other sects will also actively cooperate after learning about the Jushichengsheng... No one wants to Cultists lurk in their homes."

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