Kingdom’s Bloodline Chapter 49: What’s the reason?

After self-reporting, the hostage in the banquet hall caused quite a stir, and the guests onlookers talked a lot.

　　Earl Godwin, who was in charge of the negotiations, sighed.

　　"Please accept my condolences, young man."

　　"Your father’s heroic act welcomed back the heir to the Star Kingdom. If he died for it, it would be worth remembering."

　　 Anke did not speak.

Earl 　　 spoke with a turn, slightly reprimanded:

　　 "But this cannot justify your behavior."

　　 Anke remained silent, but his eyes were blurred.

　　 Looking at the other person's expression, Lord Godwin frowned. He realized that things might not be so easy to solve tonight.

　　The earl looked up subconsciously, but there was no one on the king's seat.

　　Only in the first-tier seat, Duke Xinghu, the boy who is said to be a genius. Being surrounded by a large group of guards.

　　 has a heavy expression and bows his head silently.

　　 Thales looked at Anke in a daze.

　　 He still remembers when he woke up on the Ghost Prince Tower.

　　At that time, Yordel told him:

　　 It has been a day and a night since the orcs invaded Bladetooth Dunes, and Legendary Wings returned to the army for assistance.

　　 Thales opened the window of the tower, and saw only the dying endgame left by the battle in the Yaga camp, after Roman regained the victory.

　　 But what he didn't see, or what he thought he didn't see, was the real blood in the war that day.

　　 and those who changed their destiny because of it.

　　【Death? sacrifice? interest? cost? Victory? These are just the most superficial things in the war... the fate of thousands of people... will all be tested in this cruel furnace. 】

　　Old Crow Hexer’s words resounded in his mind:

　　 [Please remember... In addition to hypocritical moral accusations, in addition to simple profit calculations, in addition to the illusion of soldier honor, let alone the war itself-it is far less simple than you think, it is not Either win or lose, or profit or price, or survival or death. 】

　　 [And you and me, whether you are a high-powered lord or a Limin who is floating in the wind, are just the weakest chess pieces, because it is not determined by us in many cases, even if you are the initiator of the war or the victory By. 】

　　 There was a noise from behind, interrupting Thales' emotions.

　　"New information about the flag wing."

　　 Deputy Guard Captain, Vogel took a few letter papers from his subordinates and said carefully:

　　"Anke Bailar is indeed a nobleman in the Western Wilderness, and the eldest son and heir of the Baron of Yachi Town."

　　 "You are right, he had been working on the Tower of End until the death of his father."

　　 Mallos pondered for a while:

　　"Father died in the act of welcoming the prince back, so this little Bailar is upset and wants to destroy the prince's banquet?"

　　The watchman shook his head:

　　 "It doesn't make sense."

　　 Vogel nodded, obviously suspicious.

　　 "More."

　　He then changed a piece of paper:

　　"A few days ago, Anke Bailar applied to the Aristocratic Affairs Institute to squeeze into tonight’s knighthood ceremony, and the Supreme King will grant him knighthood and inherit his father’s title."

　　 Taylor's thoughts moved.

　　He remembers the knighthood ceremony tonight. Among the several nobles who were granted hereditary titles, there were both new nobles who started from scratch, and old nobles who inherited his father’s inheritance, including an illegitimate son who was actually not so legal. .

　　 but there is no Anke Bailar.

　　 Vogel snorted and continued reading:

　　"The office of affairs approved: ‘Bailaer is a minister of the Western Desolation, and it is not in accordance with the practice of the Viet Master to appoint servants’."

　　 Mallos frowns:

　　"Unconventional?"

　　"How do I remember that among the candidates to be named tonight, there was an illegitimate child who also belonged to the ‘Vietnam Master’s Servant’?"

　　 Vogel glanced at him, and folds the letter paper in his hand in half calmly:

　　"The blade-leaded duchess and the royal family are intimate, and naturally there is no problem."

　　"As for the Western Wilderness..."

　　 He didn't continue.

　　 Is it unconventional to appoint a servant?

　　 Thales suddenly remembered the ancient imperial sword that Duke Falkenhaus gave him.

　　 "Okay."

　　 Mallos pondered:

　　 "But why did he look for Baron Doyle?"

　　 Vogel snorted slightly:

　　"Hem, hatred, advantage, harm-nothing more than these four, you can combine them at will, there is always the truth."

　　In the middle of the hall, Lord Godwin took a deep breath:

　　"Young Bailar, your father died for his country and died well. You should not tarnish the glory behind him."

　　Anke wakes up from the grief of losing his father.

　　 "You are right, Viscount, I shouldn't."

　　 He breathed tremblingly, as if suppressing something, and kept repeating:

　　 "I shouldn't."

　　 But Anke's expression quickly became savage.

　　 "Until I found out when I returned home in a hurry," he looked at everyone, gritted his teeth and said: "My father borrowed money to raise military funds in order to recruit the army..."

　　 "I owe him a huge sum of money that he will never finish in his life."

　　 Many people were all startled.

　　 In the next second, Anke picked up old Doyle’s collar:

　　 "Come on, you old silverfish!"

　　 the hostile’s voice is quick:

　　 "Tell Your Highness, tell you, tell the whole kingdom, what you do!"

　　 "Tell everyone, the sins you committed to my father and the Bailar family!"

　　 Baron Doyle is crying:

　　 "I did nothing..."

　　 But Anke’s sword immediately forced the old baron’s neck, and even a few traces of blood were drawn:

　　 "Think about it again?"

　　Old Doyle trembled and changed his words quickly:

　　 "I, I, I lent money to your father to help him tide over the difficulties..."

　　 Thales frowned.

　　 Anke gave a scream!

　　 "Shit!"

　　He kicked the old baron's back, and the latter was smashed into the middle of a meal, dirty and panting.

　　 Seeing his father suffer, D.D squeezed his fist, but Glover quickly held his shoulder and stared at the former sternly.

　　 "I investigated, when the mobilization order of the Duke of the Western Wilds came, you appeared!"

　　"It happened when my father was in financial difficulties and had nothing to do."

　　Anke glared at Baron Doyle and stepped on his back:

　　"You are ingenious, loaned huge sums of money, deceived and deceived, made great profits, incited him to conscript, arm the army, venture into the desert, and chase war."

　　"Finally, he was wiped out, he lost his money and was in debt."

　　 he almost roared:

　　"In the hospital bed, I was seriously injured and depressed!"

　　 Lord Godwin looked solemn, and had a headache what to do with the next negotiation.

　　 Baron Doyle’s voice is a little bit crying:

　　"My father is loyal, he must respond to the call to go to the desert to fight for the country... I can't help it if I want..."

　　 Anke interrupted him angrily:

　　 "No! You! It was you who made up the excuse that ‘war is profitable’, pretending to lend him generously and lure him into it!"

　　The old baron hissed with pain and inhales:

　　 "I didn't lie to him! The last desert war made so many people rich..."

　　 Make a fortune.

　　 Thales felt a blockage: He thought of the camp of Bladeya, of the Falkenhaus soldiers who were plucking their feathers at the gate of the camp, and of the Falkenhauser soldiers who collected the tolls, and of the large amount of goods that Tomding was going to smuggle out. .

　　Anke laughed sarcastically:

　　 "You mean those war merchants?"

　　He loosened his steps and pulled the old baron up again, letting him face everyone in the banquet hall:

　　 "Those vampires who knew from nowhere that my father was going to mobilize for the war and took the opportunity to sell him supplies?"

　　"Half of them are secretly communicating with you, even in partnership! You have long been colluding and cooperating."

　　 Baron Doyle seemed to have learned the way of interrogation in front of him, and quickly replied:

　　 "Is there a business relationship, it is normal to know each other..."

　　 "Shut up!"

　　The captor stared at the old baron angrily, with painful words:

　　 "You used my father's generosity and financial incompetence, using trapped grammar and dazzling numbers to trick him into signing an unfair contract and owing a huge sum of money several times the original debt."

　　 Old Doyle seemed to have accepted his fate, and he tried to squeeze an "understanding" smile.

　　 "Well, borrowing, how can there be no interest? And your family is noble, the family is big, the interest is higher..."

　　 Anke suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the hair on the back of Baron Doyle's head, forcing him to raise his head!

　　 Amidst the baron’s hiss and his wife’s exclaim, Anke gritted his teeth:

　　"But in the deliberate trap of your contract, the unpaid debts are all collateralized with the land and population in the town of Yachi!"

　　 "Land, population!"

　　The crowd made small exclamations.

　　 "Ah, hiss, no," Old Doyle refused to let go despite the pain:

　　"The collateral, these are the contract terms witnessed by the authoritative accountant of the Royal Bank. Repayment of debts is justified and reasonable..."

　　 "Unless you have planned!"

　　 Anke roared loudly!

　　"Unless you lent out the debts because of his failure in the expedition, the debt is so high that he is unable to pay off and can only cede the land!"

　　 The next moment, Anke suddenly turned around and pointed his sword sharply at a guard who wanted to attack him.

　　 pushed the latter and his imitators back to a safe distance.

　　 "This is ridiculous," the old baron said sharply:

　　 "Could it be that I was certain that he would lose the battle? Could it be that I knew that the orcs would attack the camp..."

　　 Thales' heart moved.

　　 I'm sure I will lose the battle...

　　 I knew that the orcs attacked the camp...

　　Star Lake Duke frowned fiercely:

　　 Unfortunately, these two points are really known.

　　 And the Doyle family...

　　 Thales glanced at Doyle next to him subconsciously: It is the highest rank among the vassals directly under the royal family, the Seven Stars.

　　 Obviously, Anke was also not satisfied with what the Baron said.

　　"Stop pretending to be garlic! I know it all!"

　　 the captor raised his head and said loudly in front of the guests in the hall:

　　"Old silverfish, you have put your claws into the Western Wilderness a long time ago, into our Crows Town!"

　　"Our two families belong to two places, but they are adjacent to each other. For many years, you have used geographic advantages, coercion, temptation, and clever plundering to connect certain vassals under my father's hands and the corrupt officials in Yachi Town. Officials, secretly conspired, and have been unruly for a long time."

　　 Anke resentfully said:

　　"Those scumbags concealed my father’s surrender to you, illegally sublet the tenant population, privately set up the land and concealed tax reporting, and let the field labor in Yachi Town work for you."

　　"And you are up and down your hands, stealing the sky, and even the transportation pathway from Jinghe to Yachi Town, across the Central West Wilderness, was repaired early."

　　Old Doyle wanted to explain, but Anke's hand strength was obviously getting stronger, so that he closed his eyes and could only moan in pain.

　　 "So, my father can only see his territory is drying up, the harvest is dwindling, and the more difficult..."

　　 Hearing this, the old baron can’t help it anymore:

　　 "I lease land with them, you love me, your father knows..."

　　 Ke Anke roared again:

　　 "Know a fart!"

　　His blade clings to the Baron’s neck:

　　 "Do you want to go down and confront him now?"

　　 The guests exclaimed in unison.

　　 Seeing that the scene was out of control, Lord Godwin interrupted the opponent immediately:

　　 "Mr. Bailar!"

　　He is serious and authentic:

　　 "There is no proof, you can't accuse Baron Doyle so arbitrarily, let alone use lynching..."

　　 Anke sneered after hearing this:

　　"Credentials?"

　　The captor sneered, and after a few seconds, he finally withdrew the dagger from Old Doyle's carotid artery.

　　"Doyle, your fief has a bumper harvest this year, right? Even to the point of export?"

　　The old baron hesitated.

　　Anke slapped old Doyle angrily:

　　 "Say it!"

　　The painful Baron Doyle spoke quickly:

　　"Feng, Feng, Fengnian..."

　　"Feng Nian?" Anke laughed in anger:

　　 "But not only this year!"

　　He gritted his teeth and looked at the onlookers:

　　"And last year, the year before, and the year before the first year... for a full eight or nine years, your grain production has been'harvesting', driving the circulation of commodities, and the market is thriving! The financial surplus is enough to feed a small army! "

　　"On your long and narrow land in Jinghe? On the worst soil in your entire central collar? On those of you who have been squeezed into Yongxing City by the prosperous capital of the kings, and your minds are squeezed into Yongxing City. Can the central leaders really grow so much harvest and squeeze so much money out?"

　　"And you even have surplus food, which can be circulated out of the country and reselled to the desert or even the Northland, making a fortune?"

　　 Hearing this, Thales was shocked!

　　 He subconsciously looked at the other seats, and found the head of the pot among the crowd of people standing on tiptoe.

　　 Levi Trudida.

　　 At this time, the Northlander who rebuilt the tower lowered his head in a low-key manner, feeling nothing at the eyes cast by the Duke of Xinghu.

　　 [I'm going to buy some souvenirs to take home... to eat, to wear, to play... Damn bureaucrats and merchants colluded with merchants, lowering the price...]

　　 Damn it.

　　The boy clenched his teeth.

　　 "Those are our farmland, our food, our wealth! And God knows, are there any other victims besides Crow Crow Town?" Anke's cold words echoed in his ears.

　　 The discussion among the crowd resounded again.

　　 This time, there was a lot less controversy, mostly in whispers.

　　At this time, Mallos began to ponder:

　　"Speaking of this, Glover..."

　　The watchman suddenly looked up:

　　 "Remember what your brother, Viscount Lozano Glover said when he met with His Royal Highness before the feast?"

　　 Glover, nicknamed "Zombie", changed his expression slightly.

　　 He subconsciously looked at a certain dining table, the other Glover with a steady and free expression.

　　 "Losano?"

　　 Brother Luofu hesitates and seems to be extremely sensitive to this name:

　　"Luo, Lozano, he said to D.D, telling his father not to give money to the Taxation Department anymore?"

　　 Doyle, who was held firmly by Glover, trembled and looked at his colleagues in disbelief.

　　 Mallos nodded.

　　"Viscount Lozano was respectful and decent when he saw His Royal Highness. He didn't even have time to talk to his half brother."

　　"Why did he look for D.D and bring up this matter which is considered the internal affairs of the Taxation Department? Just to speak ill of the Doyle family?"

　　Doyle was taken aback, and Glover's expression became ugly.

　　 "I remember."

　　 zombie recalled, his face paled:

　　"Lozano also said to D.D that even if he sent the money, he couldn't avoid this year's land settlement and tax inspection?"

　　Land settlement...

　　 Thales took a deep breath and returned his attention to the center of the court.

　　 I saw Anke shook his short sword and sneered:

　　 "So, old silverfish, how long did you plan to do this?"

　　"Do you intend to keep it forever? Anyway, why not do it at the expense of others?"

　　Old Doyle was almost crying:

　　 "I said it wasn't..."

　　 the captor interrupted him:

　　 "But you didn't expect it."

　　 "Six years ago, in the face of the war crisis in Exeter, the princes complained at the National Conference, complaining about financial difficulties, insufficient food production, difficult recruitment, difficult expedition..."

　　"So as soon as the crisis passed, His Majesty Kessel re-issued the "Land Quantity Order" of King Eddie's period to revitalize agriculture and encourage production."

　　Anke’s smile made Old Doyle’s heart cold:

　　 "According to the law, the buffer period has expired, and the deadline for land liquidation is approaching. You can no longer be fooled."

　　 Many people whispered again in the hall.

　　 "Seeing that the liquidation is imminent and the **** is burning, you don't care about the long-term plan, and you are not willing to cut off your wealth and give up your tail to survive."

　　Anke is like biting on the tip of the tongue, biting out blood:

　　 "You can only rush and rush to use the most simple and convenient way to finish this matter, do it to death, and make a headless iron case."

　　Anke's eyes are gloomy:

　　 "For example, my father's debt contract."

　　 Thales’ side, Mallos sighed slowly.

　　"Viscount Lozano worked in the Department of Finance and Taxation of the Kingdom. Whether it was bribery, grain production, taxes, or land, he must have noticed the hidden dangers in the Jinghe area."

　　 "The words he said before the banquet were actually to the Doyle family who are also the Seven Stars..."

　　 But at this time, another voice interrupted him.

　　 "More than just."

　　 The watchman and the deputy captain looked up together, and they were a little surprised when they found the person who made the noise.

　　 "He said more than that." Thales said in a daze.

　　 Vogel narrowed his eyes.

　　What?

　　 "According to my royal etiquette classes these days, Glover is a subordinate vassal of the Canstar royal family, and I am the Duke of Xinghu and heir to the throne, and I am his future prince."

　　 Thales looked at the center of the hall and succeeded in stealing the prince from the limelight today:

　　 "Regardless of status or affiliation, I should make an invitation for our contacts, or Viscount Lozano should make a visit. After getting permission, he will come to visit me again, but..."

　　 Mallos raised his brows, and he also remembered:

　　"However, he unusually and concealedly invited you to condescend and condescend, go to Dongcheng District, and go to his mansion for a "report"."

　　 Thales feels heavy and nodded:

　　"That is the reminder and warning from Viscount Lozano to me."

　　 "It's just that we didn't understand."

　　D.D trembled again, and regret appeared on his face.

　　 The prince didn’t say anything, he just sighed:

　　"And I guess Lozano did not expect that this hidden danger would happen so fiercely and so quickly."

　　 "I can't even wait for a meal."

　　 Thales looked away and found that the attitude of the Seven Stars was getting more serious: the oldest Patterson bit his lip, panting and staring; Stuart and Adrian were expressionless and silent. Just paying attention to the situation; Mrs. Eleanor seemed to have only her son left in her world; Lozano, who had reminded them earlier, looked down at the table, seemingly indifferent to what happened.

　　 But in the whole hall, as Anke's narrative gradually became clear, many people couldn't help but look at the calm Duke of Xinghu himself.

　　 "The problem is," Thales felt a little headache when he felt their eyes:

　　"How do I end up in a while?"

　　 Vogel hummed softly.

　　 "It's okay, Your Highness," the deputy captain looked at Anke with disdain: "He pretends in the public. The picture is just to use you and the name of the banquet to make grandstandings for his family. Love, make a big news."

　　 "When he finishes talking nonsense and achieves his goal, Your Majesty, if you speak to comfort and comfort you, he will have no reason to continue acting."

　　"But there is one thing: no matter how the guy induces, you will never judge, let alone stand in line, and you will not show any tendency towards any party, even just a smile or a blank eye."

　　 Thales raised his eyes:

　　 "Any party?"

　　 Vogel looked at him, and this time, only sternness was left in the eyes of the deputy captain:

　　 "Any."

　　"As for the rest of the investigation, torture, trial and conviction, it will all be the matter of the courtroom, the court of noble affairs, and even the imperial council after tomorrow."

　　"This person’s actions will not harm your reputation except for adding a little more talk to tonight’s banquet."

　　 Thales pursed his mouth, but Mallos next to him frowned:

　　 "At least, let the sniper team stand by?"

　　 Vogel glanced at him and said nothing.

In the field, the confrontation between Anke and the old baron is still going on:

　　"You, you and those under the banner of my father, you have conspired to meet the inside and outside, waiting for the debt period to come, forcing the desperate father to cede the land."

　　"You get new land seamlessly in compliance with laws and regulations, avoiding future troubles and avoiding land liquidation, and they change their banners and become your lackeys."

　　 "But you didn't expect that my father died under the weight of pressure, and I, who took his place, was a dead brain."

　　 Anke raised his dagger and pointed at the nose of the old baron, his voice getting colder and colder:

　　 "Tell me, did you think about today when you set a trap to plot my father and eventually kill him?"

　　"Have you ever thought about his legacy, his blood, and his descendants one day, will you find revenge in full view of you!"

　　"Doyle of Mirror River!"

　　 Looking at the point of his sword, Old Doyle trembled suddenly!

　　 Baron was stunned for a long time, his entire face turned red, and he could only spit out a few single notes from his mouth forced by the sword.

　　 "No, you, you... him, he..."

　　 At this time, Lord Godwin’s roar sounded in the banquet hall:

　　 "Anke Bailar!"

　　His tone is harsher than ever, leaving no room for it:

　　 "No matter what kind of injustice or reason you have, don't forget, the kingdom has its own laws, and this world has its own reason!"

　　Anke appeared in God for a while.

　　 "Fadu? Reason?"

　　 He dropped his sword and turned his head.

　　 Lord Godwin breathed a sigh of relief.

　　"As a noble, you should know how to use lawful means and loyalty, and you should know how to use legal methods, use normal channels, or appeal based on reason, protect your rights, or communicate rationally, negotiate settlement, seek justice and Fair."

　　 earl’s righteous word:

　　"Why do you go to the meeting with a knife and kill someone..."

　　"At the banquet of the Duke of Thales, resort to violence and take risks!"

　　"Do you want to get ahead for your father and your family, but you want your father's honor and family reputation to be completely destroyed in your hands?"

　　The last sentence was obviously useful, and Anke trembled and looked at Godwin in a daze.

　　 "I did it."

　　 Lord Godwin was taken aback:

　　"What?"

　　 "When I just returned to China," Anke said frustratedly: "Legal means."

　　 "At the earliest, I want to wait for the next year's harvest and repay the debt."

　　He stared at Lord Godwin painfully, hissed: "But he was told that the deadline for the contract is only before the land is liquidated."

　　"After that, I want to invoke the law of nobility and appeal for an extension."

　　 He stared at the dagger in his hand, and muttered: "But I was told that I have not inherited the title and I have no right to file an extension petition."

　　 "Finally, I want to inherit my father's title early,"

　　 In the end, Anke looked at everyone desperately: "But I was told that this would cost a lot of recognition fees, and I could only wait for the next year's harvest."

　　Earl Godwin was speechless for a while, but he hesitated for a while, then spoke:

　　 "If you can't solve it by yourself, you can ask for help..."

　　 Ke Anke roared back with a louder and more excited voice!

　　 "I did it!"

　　His blade trembles constantly with the movement, waving in vain in the flames of the entire hall:

　　"I went to the ruins and the Valiant Castle to ask the big figures of the Western Desolation for help, but they said that the battle in the Bladeya camp was flat. During the extraordinary period, they did not want to offend the vassal of the Fuxing Palace, saying that this is us and Doe They have no right to intervene in your personal affairs."

　　"I arrived at Yongxing City and filed a complaint to the trial hall according to the procedure, but was rejected many times. A secretary who collected the money quietly told me that the Doyle family had just climbed to the Duke of Star Lake, and the Mindis Hall was of great significance. They can't afford to commit crimes."

　　"I went to the aristocratic affairs institute and wanted a special case to inherit the title, but they told me that the prince had just returned, and the kingdom was prosperous and everyone lived in hope, so don’t take your own trivial troubles to distract you. ."

　　 Thales listened to his account with a heavy expression, and found uncomfortably that these reasons were related to him.

　　 Anke took a sharp breath.

　　 "So, in the end, I can only go to the Fuxing Palace, guard the palace gate, waiting for your majesty to appear, but the moment I saw your majesty's team, saw the royal guard, came forward and spoke..."

　　He grinned, showing calm and giving up:

　　 "I was sent to prison."

　　 Amid the small but unignorable buzzing from the crowd, Lord Godwin didn't say a word for a long time, and he seemed a little lost.

　　 "I am reasoning with you, but you are telling me about the law, I tell you about the law, but you tell me about tradition, I tell you about tradition, but you tell me about reality, I tell you about reality, you But you have to turn around and reason with me."

　　 "I did it," Anke put the blade on the shoulder of the old Baron Doyle, his eyes blank, and he muttered in a daze: "What method, what means, what is possible..."

　　 "I did it all."

　　He slowly raised his head:

　　"Only the last one is left."

　　 Thales' inner anxiety is getting heavier.

　　 "Three days ago, I spent the last bit of travel expenses and finally let the Security Department release me."

　　 Anke’s arm slowly increased ~ IndoMTL.com~ The old baron's face gradually changed and he groaned in pain.

　　"So I found him and said to this old silverfish: I am willing to execute the contract and cede the fief."

　　"Just ask for a sum of funeral expenses for my father."

　　"And the expensive funeral expenses allowed me to buy the most marginal seat in the Mindis Hall tonight."

　　 Anke smiled.

　　 smiled happily.

　　 "Anke!"

　　Earl Godwin seemed to have a premonition of what he was going to do, and for the first time there was a panic in his voice.

　　 "No—" D.D struggled to step forward, but Glover hugged him tightly.

　　 just listen to Anke coldly:

　　 "If you don't kill people, no one will listen."

　　 His wrist sinks slowly.

　　 "If you don't shock the world, there will be no way out."

　　 His teeth slowly clenched.

　　 "If you don't want to fall, you will swallow the bitter fruit."

　　His eyes gradually darkened.

　　"Please tell me, Lord Godwin, Your Highness Thales..."

　　 Amid the painful screams of old Doyle, his wife's heartbreaking lungs, and the horrified eyes of the guests in the hall, Anke raised his head.

　　His gray eyes passed through the bright lights and fell straight on Thales:

　　 "What the **** is this?"

　　:. :