After Wayne Langdon took the Emperor to the dungeon, the Emperor kept trying to chat with him.
The topics range from "What do you think about killing your father?" "How does the paladin atone for his sins?" to "Will the new mage marry your sister in the future?" They cover everything.
But Wayne Langdon just responded, never revealed his thoughts, and adhered to his responsibilities.
Until the third day, a new guard came to the prison.
He was a burly warrior, carrying a huge sword on his back, and the flesh on his face looked like tumors.
Wayne Langdon immediately recognized that this was his brother's confidant. Because he could not use his skills underground that day, he did not participate in the operation to deal with Erwin, thus saving his life.
Wayne: "Why did I send you here?"
The soldier sat down across the table, crossed his legs on the table, and then put a small glass bottle on the table: "For this. I told you, as long as I have a chance, I will
Poison the old man on the door behind you who is looking out."
Wayne said seriously: "You don't look like someone who is good at using drugs."
"Anyone can do it by opening the cell door and pouring it into their mouths, right? But you, this old man wants to kill your whole family, and you actually protect him. Are all you paladins stupid?"
Wayne looked down at his hands: "I can't break my oath. Maybe the old man behind me deserves to die, but he can't die in front of me."
"You came down to protect him? If you weren't here, he would have died countless times!"
Wayne: "My oath allows me to..."
"Oath, oath! Doesn't your god still advocate necessary evil?"
Wayne: "If after trial, this old man deserves to die, I am willing to be the executioner myself! If he meets me on the battlefield, I am willing to kill him with my own hands! If I propose a duel now and he agrees, then I will not do anything.
Kill him without hesitation!"
The emperor's words came from the cell behind him: "I'm not stupid. Even if you throw your gloves at my face, I won't fight. I'd rather bear your humiliation."
Wayne spread his hands.
The strong warrior shook his head: "Why did our boss deal with a brother like you? But having said that, when you come to protect him in the future, we confidants can also feel at ease. But that is all in the future, I
Now I can tell you, you can't take it lightly for a moment, even if you are distracted for just a moment and take a nap, the old bastard behind the door will be dead."
At this time, the old bastard laughed: "That little devil wants to tie you up here. Maybe he will do something up there that is harmful to nature and violates public order and good customs. Can you just sit back and watch this happen?
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Wayne held the hilt of the sword tightly with his hand until the knuckles turned white and his wrist trembled slightly.
The warrior looked at the paladin's hand with an expression of pity.
Wayne said word for word: "I don't know what my brother is going to do."
The emperor snorted: "What else can be done is nothing more than some trivial things, such as putting a poisonous snake on the Duke of the Valley's bed to severely intimidate the electors and let them vote in parliament."
Wayne said: "That's a slur you made on my brother. I'm not sure what he's going to do."
The emperor laughed loudly and leaned on the cell door, his whole face stuffed into the small window, letting the grille sink into his flesh: "Paladin, if you deceive yourself like this, your god will not feel that he has been fooled.
Did you? You clearly know what kind of person your brother is! You sit back and watch cruel and despicable things happen!
"Paladin! You will lose your Holy Light tomorrow! Your grace! Because of you, you indulged your own desires and condoned your brother's sinful behavior! You will never, ever be able to atone for your sins!"
Wayne replied calmly: "Then let my God test me. He will make his own judgment."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and the holy light came as usual.
**
On the third day after capturing the emperor, the king stood in the audience hall and looked at the Duke of Riverdale who was saluting Duke Langdon.
His position was behind Elizabeth's chair.
At this time, there were a total of two empty chairs in the audience hall. One belonged to the Duke's brother, Wayne Langdon, the current commander of the Duke's army. The other one was next to the Duke's seat and belonged to the Duke's spouse, Langdon.
The Duchess of England - but Bruce Langdon is currently unmarried.
This is actually very rare. Generally, children from noble families have a marriage contract from birth and will get married when they reach adulthood. In this way, when the child inherits the throne, there should also be a mistress on that chair.
But it certainly cannot be considered a general situation now.
Bruce said coldly: "You actually have the nerve to come, Your Excellency the Duke of River Valley."
The Duke of River Valley spread his hands: "Coming to surrender to the victor has nothing to do with whether you have any face, right? As a general of the defeated army, I promise to advance and retreat together with Duke Langdon in the future Imperial Council and share the same fate!"
Bruce snorted and didn't respond.
The Duke of Riverdale continued: "If you think my guarantee is unreliable, I have a proposal. Please allow me to introduce my daughter Ruth to you."
The Duke of River Valley took a step aside, and a girl who looked to be the same age as Elizabeth took a step forward, pulled up her skirt and saluted Bruce.
The king raised his eyebrows, then looked down at Elizabeth, no longer looking at the daughter of the Duke of River Valley - there are differences between people, even if they are all the daughters of a duke.
Bruce raised his eyebrows: "Miss Ruth, I have admired your name for a long time. But I don't know what your father's intention is in introducing you now?"
The Duke of the River Valley took a step forward: "Of course I want to arrange a marriage. In fact, I have been exchanging letters with the old Duke for a long time, and I have mentioned this matter before."
Bruce smiled: "You shameless thing, you collaborated with the Emperor to backstab me, and now you still want to be my father-in-law? Isn't your wishful thinking too loud?"
The Duke of the River Valley smiled apologetically and said: "Don't dare. But you may already know that I don't have a son, and my daughter is my first heir. After a hundred years, she will be the Duke of the River Valley, and then we will be two dukes.
Together they can monopolize the trade on the Lai Enlan River and form a hundred-year alliance forever.
"You and her children can even become co-owners of two duchies!"
Bruce asked coldly: "What if you give birth to a son later? I remember that in the River Valley Territory, men have priority in inheritance."
The Duke of the River Valley laughed: "I am already sixty years old!"
Bruce: "What's strange is that my father also had Elizabeth at about the same age. She is much younger than our two older brothers."
The Duke of the River Valley rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Then I will change the inheritance law when I go back! Make it the same as our allies!"
Bruce stared at him for a while and laughed.
The Duke of the River Valley also laughed.
Only Ruth, who was used as a marriage tool, stood there awkwardly. She looked at Elizabeth, who was sitting on the high platform, and both of them looked at each other with a look of sympathy.
But Elizabeth immediately turned to look at the king.
Wang: "I'm not looking!"
Elizabeth frowned.
At this time, Bruce stood up, strode towards the Duke of the River Valley, and held his hand: "Great, what's this called, letting go of grudges with a smile! Come on, bring some wine! We will hold an engagement ceremony today!
Tonight, all the twelve electorate masters will get drunk together!"
Everyone cheered.
Bruce turned around, and the moment he turned around, the smile on his face disappeared completely. After meeting Wang's eyes, he squeezed his eyes slightly and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
**
Coming out of the audience hall, Elizabeth pulled the king's sleeve: "Did you see it? Without you, Ruth's fate is my fate."
Wang: "But don't you think your brother agreed a little neatly?"
Elizabeth sighed: "He is a profit-driven animal. Of course he would do such a profitable thing. I just feel that that girl is so pitiful. My second brother doesn't love her at all, not at all. This is what he was born in
The fate of a girl from a noble family."
Elizabeth paused and looked at the king in a daze: "So, please take me away, no matter what, take me away."
Wang nodded: "That's my plan. You are a very important firepower projection point in small-scale encounters. I need your scorching ray."
Elizabeth looked helplessly at the ceiling.
Wang: "By the way, don't wear a skirt that is difficult to move tonight, and remember to wear those wristbands. This is the captain's order."