Chapter 78: Rebuilding a family and country (VI)(1/2)
"... Grove Magnus had planned to secretly surrender to his garrison to block the kings' forts overnight - they didn't even wait until dawn, and the members of the parliament went to the Grand Council for meetings before taking action - until Grove's lackey came to catch people, many members of the parliament did not know the government's defeat in the Xinken land..."
Kay Morran's hands were holding his knees tightly as he spoke.
He restrained his mood swings and tried his best to remain calm and demeanor. Despite this, others could easily see how scared he was from his body language.
After the Battle of Hegu Village, the King Fort government immediately blocked the land passage with the Xinkendi Province.
So much so that the military and political officials in the newly reclaimed land had only the understanding of the process of pseudo-speaker Grove Magnus's "purging local MPs and welcome the entry of the Union-provincial army" from the rumor in the folk letters.
Through the personal story of the party member Kay Morland, the three school officials present finally saw the sun and figured out the whole story of the "Second Kings Fort Coup" shrouded in the fog.
"It seems that Grove Magnus has some similarities with the newly graduated officer student." Lieutenant Colonel Magash Kolwin looked at several alumni and joked: "Although the 'first' is embarrassed, I still learned a lot. By the time I was doing the work in the 'second', I became much more skilled."
Lieutenant Colonel Magash tried to use a dirty joke to liven up the atmosphere, but among his three target audiences:
Winters didn't understand because the unfortunate Captain Montagne had no chance to participate in the "Victory Parade" - a graduation carnival journey that was full of money and was full of money.
As a serious man, Colonel Skur Mecklen blushed and had no nerve to respond; as for Colonel Geisa Adonis, he was not amused by Lieutenant Colonel Magash's vulgar jokes at all.
"You said Grove had been planning for a long time and caught all the opponents in one night." Colonel Geisa stared at Kay Morran, half of his face covered with scars twitched slightly, looking very terrifying.
He asked the latter loudly: "Then how did you get out?"
"It's all up to Major Claire Ronald to report the message in advance." Kay Morran was not scared by Colonel Geisa and calmly replied: "I changed my clothes and pretended to be the major's adjutant. Following the major, he escaped from the Kings' Fort overnight."
Colonel Geisa did not intend to let Kay Morland go easily. He asked aggressively: "But you are the only one here now, where are the Ronalds?"
"I don't know." Kay's eyes became darker.
"You don't know?" Colonel Geisa's tone became increasingly severe.
"At that time, Grove's lackey was chasing me. Major Ronald replaced his horse and turned around to lead the pursuers away... So I don't know how the major is now." Kay Morland's eyes were slightly red and he said emotionally: "But without Major Ronald's sacrifice and help, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to sit here today."
Seeing this, Lieutenant Colonel Magash took out the silk handkerchief from his arms and placed it gently in front of Kay Morran.
Kay Morran nodded gratefully and took the handkerchief to wipe the corners of his eyes.
Colonel Geisa curled his lips contemptuously: "Save it! Who knows if you betray Ronald so that you can escape back to the new land."
"Col." Kay Morran put down his handkerchief and looked directly at Geisa Adonis: "I can point at my father's grave to swear--everything I say today is true."
"Is that true?" Geisa sneered: "But I don't believe it."
Kay Morran clenched his fists under the table and took out the most sincere tone: "What should I do before you believe me?"
"No matter what you do, I will not trust you." Gaisa replied mockingly.
The smell of gunpowder in the conference room became stronger and stronger. Colonel Skur looked at Winters Montagne who brought Kay Morran to everyone, hoping that the latter would take action.
However, Winters never said a word and was outside the scene to observe Colonel Geisa, who suddenly became extremely aggressive, and swallowed his anger and struggled with Kay Morland under the colonel's attack.
From the moment we met Colonel Geisa at the entrance of the town hall early in the morning, Winters was keenly aware that "Mr. Councillor" did not tell him everything.
At least, Kay Morran deliberately concealed his relationship status.
Because Colonel Geisa immediately showed unconcealed hostility when he saw Kay Morran; Lieutenant Colonel Magash seemed very surprised when he saw Kay Morran walk into the conference room, as if he had no idea at all - of course, this is likely to be a disguised effect.
Because of surprise, Lieutenant Colonel Magash welcomed Kay Morran, hugged and kissed the latter enthusiastically.
It seems that the two of them had a very private relationship in the past.
In this case, it would be a bit suspicious if Lieutenant Colonel Magash had no idea that Kay Morland had already returned to the new land.
On the other hand, Colonel Skur Mecklen showed complete shock when he met Kay Morland.
Suspicion followed, so most of the time, Colonel Skur's eyes were on Winters rather than Kay Morland.
Colonel Skur seemed to want to see from Winters' face that he had colluded with Kay Morland, what was his intention?
Winters saw all the above.
Winters even found that in terms of seat selection, Kay Morland unconsciously showed tendencies:
Although the latter sat next to Winters, he chose a position farthest from Colonel Geisa and faced Lieutenant Colonel Magash.
This forced Winters to rethink the value of Kay Moorland.
Because for Winters, the most important task is to win two votes from Colonel Geisa and prevent the rebirth of the new Palathus from becoming the second federal province from the root.
So at this critical moment, the last thing Winters wanted to see was that he had a conflict with Colonel Geisa.
Winters was also a little unhappy about Kay Morland's intentional concealment of his relationship with Colonel Geisa and Lieutenant Colonel Magash.
So Winters watched coldly as Kay Morran was bitten by Colonel Geisa.
Seeing that Kay Morran had explained everything he knew about the Second Kings' Coup, Colonel Geisa asked the former without hesitation: "Do you have anything else to say?"
Kay Morran took a sneak peek at the expressionless wolf blood, and observed the atmosphere in the conference room. Even if there were ten thousand words in his heart, he swallowed them all back.
He shook his head.
"Take him away." Geisa knocked on the table hard and directly ordered the military police who opened the door of the conference room when he heard the sound.
The members of the military police from Baishan County were about to step forward and take Kay Morran, but were blocked by two figures - it was Charles and Heinrich.
Everyone here knows that Charles, who is also a Venetta, is the close attendant of the Blood Wolf, and Heinrich, the "executor", is the flag bearer of the Blood Wolf.
With the two of them in front, no one dared to act rashly for a moment.
Kay Morran looked at the Blood Wolf with help, and Colonel Geisa also stared at Winters with his eyebrows.
"Mr. Kay." Winters, who was at the center of everyone's eyes, stood up and spoke politely: "If there is no other place that needs my help, please leave first."
Kay Morran expressed his gratitude to everyone here. Although he could see that he was reluctant, he walked out of the conference room under the protection of Charles and Heinrich.
As soon as the gate of the conference room was closed, Colonel Geisa pulled open the two buttons on the top of the military uniform and asked Winters angrily: "How did you, a stinky brat get into it with Kay Morland?"
"[The bird is chased by an eagle and fled into his arms, and the hunter will protect it all]." Winters said a proverb that exists in the Land of Racing Horses and the Heard Wasteland at the same time, and then sighed: "What's more, he said that Major Ronald asked him to come and ask me for help, and I can't kill him directly, right?"
Colonel Skur couldn't help but frown when he heard this and looked at Lieutenant Colonel Magash on the side, who shrugged.
Hearing Winters' words, Colonel Geisa's anger subsided a little, but it still did not calm down. He asked Winters: "Do you know who Kay Morland is?"
Winters cleverly replied: "I know only what Kay Morland himself told me now."
"Then you might as well come and listen to what I told you!" Colonel Geisa took a deep breath and said viciously: "Kai Moorland is the hardcore Red Rose! Grove Magnus' lackey! After the first coup in the Kings Castle, he was the one who swore allegiance to the pseudo-government on behalf of Xinkenland! He was the one who had always been the one who was the least against us in Xinkenland!"
"Senior." Lieutenant Colonel Magash interjected with a smile: "To be precise, it should be the most unfavorable thing for you."
"Is there any difference?" Colonel Geisa immediately glared back.
"No difference." Lieutenant Colonel Magash waved his hand to surrender, "No difference."
Colonel Geisa turned around and said earnestly to Winters: "Anyway, this kid is very bad, don't get along with him..."
"If he was Grove Magnus' lackey." Winters was never an obedient child, frowned and asked the colonel: "Why did Grove Magnus still arrest him? Chase him?"
"Damn it! Who knows whether what he said is true or not." Colonel Geisa slapped the table and sweared: "Anyway, Ronald doesn't know life or death, and he just lets him say it alone. Then he just wants to say whatever he wants? Maybe it was Grove Magnus who sent him back to Xinqing to disagree with us!"
"There is also a possibility." Winters replied calmly.
"You can talk about Kay Morland's affairs later. Anyway, he is in Maple Stone City and can't escape." Colonel Skur tried to stop the meaningless discussion, and an excitement flashed in his eyes: "The most important thing at the moment is to prepare the troops as soon as possible and launch the Xinken Land Province."
Colonel Skur analyzed: "If what Kay Morland said is not false, then the second coup of the Kings is by no means a simple military coup, but Grove Magnus cleaned up all the local MPs who opposed him and the United Nations intervention.
In other words, Grove Magnus is now a complete lonely man. Without the United Provincial troops suppressing him, the citizens of the Fortress could have risen and overthrew him."
"If so, we must seize the opportunity and make a new land as soon as possible!" Colonel Skur said eagerly: "Before the kings' forts re-establish their rule, bring the cities that are alienated from Grove Magnus and the Paratus who are as disgusted with the invasion of the United Provinces as we do, to our side."
Finally, Colonel Skur rarely imitated other officers and patted the table hard, and emphasized firmly: "The faster the better!"
"I agree!" Lieutenant Colonel Magash immediately raised his hand to express his support, and proposed: "We should merge and manage the prisoners in the hands of the county troops as soon as possible, recruit people from the prisoners to supplement our losses. Captives are the best sources of troops. As long as they offer sufficiently generous conditions, they will be happy to pick up their weapons again."
"I agree, too." Winters also raised his hand. The management of prisoners was his always supported opinion: "Unified management of prisoners is also conducive to screening and statistics. However, the recruitment scope should be limited to soldiers, and officers should be placed separately, and they will not be considered for the time being."
Colonel Skur exchanged gazes with Lieutenant Colonel Magash, and the former nodded happily: "The officer should indeed inspect for a while."
Here, the three people discussed how to manage the prisoners and were involved.
Over there, Colonel Geisa, who was depressed, suddenly spoke: "Where does Kay Morran live now?"
Winters raised his eyebrows: "He is now hiring at Mikesh Kellemin's house, and I have sent someone to protect him."
"No, no! It's not about protection, it's about monitoring him and guarding him - guarding him! If you don't control him, God knows what kind of trouble this kid will cause us!"
Geisa gritted her teeth and slapped the table: "Just catch him directly and lock him in the dungeon of Maple Leaf Fort! He is from Hong Rose, so it is legitimate to capture him! No one else can say anything."
"I support your decision." Winters paused: "However, at this critical moment, I'm afraid that Kay Morland can't be easily arrested."
Winters glanced at Colonel Skul with a meaningful look: "If we are going to fight."
"Why can't you catch it?" Gaisa asked angrily.
"No, it's true." Colonel Skur reacted and quickly persuaded him: "No matter what, Kay Moorland is also a local faction who opposes the interference of the United Provinces, and the Red Rose that opposes Grove Magnus, and may even be the only member who escapes from the Fortress. At this time, if he is arrested openly, he will definitely send out wrong messages. We cannot arrest him, but also use him to persuade those cities that are still bewitched by Grove Magnus, and let him prove the madness of Grove Magnus..."
Colonel Geisa would not be easily convinced by Winters, but he could listen to Colonel Skur's opinion.
He sat there, feeling humiliated for a while, and finally said unwillingly: "Even if you don't arrest him, you have to take care of him! Be careful not to make tricks for us!"
"I'll also send a few people to look at Kay Morland." Colonel Geisa looked at Winters: "Is it okay?"
"Of course there is no problem." Winters replied with a smile: "You sent someone to save my energy."
"That's what it is today." Colonel Geisa tied the collar buttons, picked up the coat hanging on the back of the chair, and said in a rough voice: "I'm tired and won't come in the afternoon."
To be continued...