Francisco, the manor's butler, hurried towards the door of the manor in astonishment, shouting loudly: "Who are you, so brave. This is a private manor, how dare you break in?"
There was a sound of laughter coming from the opposite side, and there were sparks burning brightly in the darkness, which was very dazzling.
"Francisco, get down quickly," Almeida yelled.
But it was already too late. There was a boom, which startled the birds perching on the treetops in the manor and flew up. Francisco screamed and fell to the ground.
Without saying a word, Almeida ran towards the gate of the manor. As she ran, she shouted orders.
"Quickly, close the castle door. Get my musket... Helena, hurry into the house and close all the windows."
Helena was shocked at first, then hurriedly flew into the house, put down the candlestick and shouted to the servants to quickly lock the windows in the castle hall. The doors and windows of the castle were equipped with iron nets, and they were pulled up and locked. Even if the windows were broken, no one could get in.
Come.
At the gate of the castle, Almeida and a dozen servants had already closed the heavy door of the castle and fastened the iron bolts. Almeida quickly rushed to the study on the second floor, took out two exquisite matchlock guns and rushed down.
Outside, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and dozens of cavalry had rushed outside the castle. Someone lit a torch, illuminating the people who rushed in. The tall and thin man wearing a black gift and riding a tall horse was Alfonso.
Next to him, the man sitting on the horse was short and fat, with his head tucked into his collar, as if he wanted to hide his face. But Almeida, who was standing in the small doorway of the castle gate and looking out, recognized him at a glance.
That was Governor Goya, his friend for many years.
"Mr. Almeida, we came to your manor as guests, why did you stay behind closed doors? This is not the courtesy of hospitality. As the saying goes, God loves polite people. If you are so rude, God will blame you.
"Alfonso held the reins in one hand and the musket in the other, and proudly said loudly in front of the castle door.
Almeida shouted angrily: "Alfonso, you bastard. You dare to break into my house and act wild. Who gave you the courage? Aren't you afraid of being punished for doing this?"
Alfonso laughed loudly and said: "Mr. Almeida, who told you to disobey? Prince William has a secret order. If Almeida disobeys, she will be rebellious and intends to establish an overseas kingdom and support herself with troops. You can resist arrest immediately.
Send it to the Senate for trial. Your refusal to recognize Prince William's appointment is rebellion. I don't want to come to this point either. You brought this on yourself."
Almeida sneered repeatedly and shouted loudly: "Man-eating jackals never need any excuse. Alfonso, don't think that I don't know your intentions. You have been coveting my position for a long time. You have tried your best to please William, no?
Do you just want to get my position as Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Fleet? You have been eyeing this position for a long time."
Alfonso laughed and said: "Since you know, why not be smarter. Hand over your position and hand it over to me. I won't embarrass you."
Almeida shouted in a deep voice: "Don't even think about it. The Eastern Fleet is my life's work, and it is also the powerful naval force of our Franco Kingdom. If it falls into your hands, it will be destroyed in your hands. Alfonso, don't think
I don’t know what Prince William wants to do. He wants to control the powerful military force of the Eastern Fleet, and his intentions are evil. You, a lackey, want to follow him to rebel against the king. You can hide your evil thoughts from others, but you can’t hide them from me."
Alfonso was furious and shouted sternly: "Almeida, you have one more crime, which is to frame the prince and sow discord. It is obvious that you are incompetent and cannot control the situation. You allowed the Ming Empire to massacre our Francois.
Soldiers, invade our harbor
.Not long ago, the harbor was invaded and the ships were burned, and we were defeated by the Ming Empire's small fleet at Furong Cliff. Do you still have the nerve to rely on this position? You have betrayed His Majesty the King's trust and the Kingdom.
Everyone’s trust. Removing you from your post is already the most
Good preferential treatment. You should be punished and sent to prison to be exiled and tortured. You are the sinner of our Franconian country. The Eastern Fleet is in your hands and will soon be destroyed. Prince William ordered me to replace you.
Just to save the Eastern Fleet. Listen carefully, this
If you don't know how to praise me once, don't blame me for being ruthless. Do you think you can escape by hiding in the castle? Let me tell you, most of the generals of the Eastern Fleet are dissatisfied with you, and they have all obeyed my orders. If you don't believe it, you
Ask Governor Goya."
Governor Goya was originally shrinking, but when he heard his name, he had to stretch his neck and cough in embarrassment.
Almeida looked at Goya and sneered: "Mr. Goya, my old friend, I didn't expect you to get together with these people. You are my most trustworthy friend. You are already loyal to them.
Really?"
Goya coughed twice and stammered: "Mr. Almeida, it's true that we are friends. But I can't help you this time. Your repeated defeats mean that you are old and not qualified to be the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Fleet."
position
Mr. Alfonso is in the prime of life, so why not give way to someone more worthy? Besides, that is the letter of appointment signed by Prince William, and that is the king's order. I cannot violate it. You and I are personal friends, and public affairs must be handled publicly. I'm really sorry.
"
Almeida laughed loudly and said: "What a clear distinction between public and private affairs. That's not what you said when I conquered Managa and recommended the candidate for governor. You came all the way to talk to me about our friendship.
You even revealed the relationship between our ancestors for several generations. You said that because of your friendship with me, the position of governor must be given to you no matter what. Hahaha, you didn't say anything about distinguishing between public and private at that time."
Goya's face turned red and he was speechless for a moment. After a while, he said loudly: "That was then, and now is now. Mr. Almeida, you'd better see the situation in front of you clearly. Don't be obsessed with it."
Helena's voice sounded: "Uncle Goya, I'm so ashamed of you. If Catherine knew you were such a person, she would be ashamed to death. You must have done this without telling Catherine."
Alfonso listened to the voice and laughed loudly: "This one must be Miss Helena, the famous beauty in France. Just listening to the voice fascinated me. Miss Helena, your good friend Catherine has already
I was betrothed to me by Governor Goya to be my wife. You are good friends, why don’t you also be my lover."
Helena scolded loudly: "You don't even look at your appearance. You have a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and you are so ugly. I'm afraid you are just dreaming. If I look at a person like you, my eyes will be stained."
Alfonso was furious and said with a ferocious smile: "Wait until I catch you and see how I treat you. At that time, you will probably kneel down and beg me to fuck you. Because that is the only way to please me, so I can spare your wretchedness."
My father’s method.”
Helena was shaking with anger. She had never seen such a shameless person since she was a child. She was really disgusted.
Almeida reached out and patted her shoulder and sighed: "Helena, what do you tell this kind of person? This is a mad dog, a devil from hell, don't pay attention to him."
Helena's chest heaved, feeling angry and sad.
"Mr. Goya, it turns out that you and Alfonso have been hooking up for a long time. You actually want to marry Catherine to this man. You are shameless for the sake of your future. Do you know how he treated his ex-wife? Forget it.
, I won’t say anything until now. Mr. Goya, from now on, the friendship between us is cut off. From now on, you and I are unrelated strangers."
Almeida tore off the sweat scarf around her neck, tore it in half, and threw it out of the doorway. This was a ceremony for the Francois to sever ties, similar to the Han people's cutting of robes and mats to sever ties.
Woya's face turned red and white, and he said nothing.
Alfonso shouted loudly: "Almeida, I give you the last chance to surrender immediately and hand over the seal and ribbon of the Eastern Fleet. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."
Almeida responded with a musket. He quickly loaded the gun, lit the matchlock and fired a shot outside.
Unfortunately, the people outside had been on guard for a long time. Alfonso yelled and rode his horse to avoid the blind corner. With the sound of gunshots, the two sides began to fight.
Dozens of knights brought by Alfonso rode around the outside of the castle, firing their muskets at the doors and windows of the castle. For a moment, the roar was deafening, and smoke was everywhere. The stained glass in the castle shattered, and inside the house
The statue decorations were also smashed to pieces by the bullets that were not fired. Even Almeida's self-portrait was smashed to pieces.
There were only a dozen guards and servants in Almeida and the castle, and they only had six muskets. Although they kept firing back, the opponent's firepower was too strong and they were no match at all.
Soon after, ammunition was about to run out, and three servants were hit by bullets fired from the window and fell in a pool of blood. The situation was no longer sustainable.
Originally, Almeida had hoped that once there was a fight here, his loyal generals would come to the rescue immediately. No one came to the rescue for such a long time, which only meant that all of these people had either betrayed him or were all killed by Almeida.
Suo and Woya took control.
"Helena, Helena." Almeida called her daughter loudly in the smoke.
Helena hid at the corner of the stairs to avoid the fight. When she heard Almeida's call, she hurriedly agreed to come to him.
Almeida reached out and stroked her daughter's long golden hair, looked at her frightened face, and smiled: "Helena, are you scared?"
Helena said: "Father, I'm not afraid. The worst I can do is die here."
Almeida smiled and said: "She is indeed my daughter, she is brave. But I can die because I am old. And you are still young, I can't drag you down. You must escape."
Helena shouted: "I'm not leaving, I'm staying here."
"What are you doing here? Are you being insulted by Alfonso? What will happen if that devil catches you?" Almeida scolded.
Helena shuddered, with a look of horror on her face.
"Listen, Helena, you have to escape. Not only for yourself, but also for me. Remember, to escape from Manraka, first go to the opposite Sumon Island, find a ship to return home, and tell what happened here
Find a way to report the matter to the king and expose their conspiracy. His Majesty the king must not know about this matter. It is an act of rebellion by William on his own initiative. Of course, if you find that this is not the case, don't show your face and hide overseas with your mother. Hide in
teach
Go away. They won't dare to chase you. Helena, my good daughter, go quickly. Your horse is in the fence. I will open the side door to attack them and attract their attention. Then you can go from the second floor
Jump out of the window and jump onto the flower bed. Don't worry about anything, go to the stable and escape on horseback. That horse is a good horse, they can't catch up. Take this, this is my commander-in-chief's seal ribbon, and this is the dagger, you can take it with you to save your life.
." Almeida said quickly.
Helena shouted: "Father, I..."
"Go quickly. I'm going to take action." Almeida shouted.
With tears in Helena's eyes, she reached out to hug Almeida and kissed him on the face. She turned around, picked up her skirt and ran up to the second floor.
Almeida stood up, carried the musket and went straight to the west side door. Opening the iron bolt of the side door, she stood at the steps of the side door of the castle. She shouted loudly: "I'm here, you bastards."
"Boom." Almeida fired at the figure shaking in the dark.