Rise of the Lord of Mount and Blade

“You should also see that my body is not as good every day. I must pave the way for you and Richard before I can move.”

“No…” Although she was psychologically prepared for father’s physical condition, when Duke Olsson said it herself, Teresa’s previous preparations became useless. Her eyes Suddenly it was red, and there was a cry in his voice.

“You can live a long time…” she whispered and said.

“I know my body, you don’t need to say it.” Olsson stroked his daughter’s face affectionately. At this time, he no longer had the baleful aura and heroic figure on the battlefield of the past. It is the same as many ordinary fathers, “My biggest wish now is to be able to hug you and Richard’s heirs. Can you satisfy my wish?”

“I, I can.” Trey Sha lowered her head, buried between Olsson’s arms, her body twitching slightly from crying, and her words were intermittent.

The other people present looked at this scene with a heavy heart, especially the two elderly dukes. They knew very well that they might die at any time when they were old. From the front of Olsson In the Duke, they seemed to see their future.

To comfort Teresa, the Duke knew that he could not waste time on it, so he coaxed her to go back to the room first. After Teresa left, the Duke used his only one-eyed eye looked towards Richard and said: “Richard, Mortyen and Otis are all my former comrades and friends, and Bourville, he is your uncle, and they are all trustworthy people.”

“I understand, my lord.” Richard responded.

“After I die, you and Teresa will inherit my title… Richard, the duke is different from the earl. You have to manage the many nobles in your domain and maintain the relationship and balance of power between the nobles. , You can ask Mortyen and Otis on this point.”

“In addition, after the conquest of Niang, Valantia is no longer the front line between the two countries. Your focus should be put on In the construction of the territory, we should also pay attention to what happened between the king and the aristocratic house.” Speaking of this, he paused, looked towards the other two dukes, and said: “I have already talked to them…cough cough cough ……No matter what happens, as long as they don’t endanger their own interests, Mortyen, Otis, and Bourville will stand by your side and support you. Don’t stand in line easily, just stick to my policy, everything All remain neutral…cough cough cough…unless you are confident and have an idea.”

“I understand.” Richard nodded, remembering all the words the Duke just said in his heart, this is from the old man I can’t help but listen to his advice.

Seeing that Richard listened, the old Duke’s face showed a gratifying smile.

……

Because of the poor health of the old duke, the dinner only lasted for a while and ended in a hurry. At the end, the old duke left Richard and let him Follow me to the study to discuss matters.

Although I don’t know what else Olsson wanted to tell him, Richard obediently followed him into the study room. Before entering the study room, the old duke asked the guards to leave the study room and guarded him. The corridor leading to the study room is not allowed to approach anyone.

From his cautiously behavior, Richard can vaguely guess that the content of the next conversation is so important that it cannot be heard by a third person besides the two of them.

After entering the study, the two of them took their seats, and then Richard heard the old duke open the mouth and said in a serious tone.

“Richard, the next dialogue is very important. I hope you can write it down carefully and don’t disclose it to others.”

Sure enough.

Richard secretly said in one’s heart, he was nodded, and agreed: “I remembered, my lord.”

“Yeah.” The old duke replied with a nasal sound, and he considered After a bit of wording, he said: “I already have a suspicion for the employer behind the Berry group that attacked you this time.”

“Who is it?”

“That’s my nephew, Viscount Alville Lelis, Viscount Redcar.” The old duke said in a low tone. “He is the only son of my young brother who died, and the second heir to Duchy.”

Richard was a little bit wrong when he heard that, he was puzzled: “Since he is the second heir to Duchy, even if he wants to assassinate, he should assassinate Teresa, why did he target me? “

“Do you think he didn’t do that before?” The old duke snered and said: “In the past few years, he tried to plot the murder of Teresa, but all ended in failure. I didn’t at first. The evidence proved to be his instructions, but after investigation, my spy chief Sander reported the evidence to me not long ago.”

“I don’t know why he targeted you But what is certain is that the master of this incident is very likely to be him.”

Richard asked puzzledly: “Since you have evidence of his murder of Teresa in your hand , Then it’s fine to just arrest him for interrogation, why didn’t you act?”

“I did that.” The old duke said, his hand tapped on the desk lightly. Said: “Before the dinner party, I asked the spymaster to take someone to arrest him. If nothing happened, he should have been arrested by now.”

“What will you do after the arrest? He?” Richard asked again.

“Deportation.” The old duke coldly said, “It is enough to deport him with the evidence currently available, and I can only make such a disposition.”

Richard Knowing what he meant, although Alville instigated the murder of Teresa and himself, he did not achieve his goal, so he could not be executed directly. At present, deporting him from the country and not allowing him to return to Valantia is the best result. .

What they didn’t know was that Alville knew about the arrest of him in advance. In order not to be arrested and imprisoned, Alville took all the property that he could take away as quickly as possible. Go, escaping from his castle at night, and when Sand’s capture team arrived at the castle, they found that Alville had already escaped, leaving only a mess and shiver coldly unknown and so on servants.

Although Alville escaped, he did not take away the evidence of his plot to assassinate Richard. Sander thoroughly searched the entire castle and took all the evidence away and sent it to the Duke of Olsson’s table. On the case.

This is all for a while.

The conversation between Richard and the Duke of Olsson continued. After talking about Alville, the old Duke changed his conversation and slowly brought the secrets of the Lylis family to Richard…