Riding and Slashing

Chapter 112 I'm Coercing You

Not long after, Changhe Town returned to normal order, and everything seemed to be calm again.

Ten minutes later, Amy was brought into the administrative hall by the cavalry.

"Lee Ang!"

After seeing the lord, Amy rushed over directly.

Amy was a little emotional, and she didn't even use the usual 'teacher'.

"I thought I was going to be stuck there forever!"

At first, it seemed that she was planning to give her a hug, but when she ran to see Li Ang holding Fawcett clearly, she stopped in her tracks.

Obviously, she realized how Li Ang rescued her...

The knife in Lord Lord's hand never left Fawcett's neck for a moment. Although outsiders may not be able to see it, Amy is quite familiar with this scene - at White Hart Castle, when her teacher kidnapped the two governors of Bacchus That's it.

Amy can naturally think that the kidnapping of Fawcett may not end well, and this matter is not over yet.

"Teacher, you'd better go to Inner Castle to have a look..."

Li Ang realized that there were still many things he didn't know: "Amy, what's going on?"

Amy looked at Fawcett, but didn't speak.

Li Ang nodded, and took off Fawcett's helmet: "Your Excellency Fawcett, please cooperate, let's go to the inner castle to talk."

……

Changhe Town, the main building of the inner castle.

Klose has been guarding here, and Amy didn't let anyone enter the main building.

"Klose, close the door and find a rope to tie him up..."

The lord is still quite tired of dragging a hostage. There are no outsiders now, so there is no need to cover up. It is more appropriate to tie Fawcett up.

But Fawcett was a little unwilling to cooperate now: "Leon! If you treat me like this! The Horton family will not let you go!"

Li Ang shook his head, and leaned closer to Fawcett: "I have no doubt that your family must be capable of forcing me into exile—but as long as I don't die, I guarantee that our family will not be able to sleep from now on I feel... I am helping you solve the problem now! If you don't cooperate, I may not die, but you will!"

This threat is quite useful, Fawcett took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and nodded: "If you can solve the problem, I swear I won't retaliate against you!"

Klose came up and stuffed a towel into Fawcett's mouth: "My lord, I will keep an eye on him!"

The lord nodded approvingly at Klose: "Keep this building safe and keep no one from entering. Amy, tell me what happened?"

Amy nodded and took Li Ang directly to the fifth floor.

Mrs. Bella was bound hands and feet, still in a coma, breathing very weakly.

Amy explained the whole story quickly all the way. After more than ten minutes, the lord finally figured out the cause and effect.

"It was just to buy food, but I didn't expect so many things to happen... and heresy..."

Li Ang shook his head and smiled at Amy: "There are quite a few people who pursue you. You are the most popular girl in the Lion Kingdom, right, Amy?"

"Teacher, you are still in the mood to joke now! You kidnapped Fawcett, Duke Alma will definitely not let it go..."

Amy is still a little nervous, her troubles have been resolved, but Li Ang has been involved in the kidnapping case.

Amy is more anxious now than when she was trapped.

But looking at the unconscious Mrs. Bella, Li Ang felt much more relaxed.

"At first, I still found it tricky, and I didn't know how to deal with this Fawcett——I don't want to become a sworn enemy with a grand duke at this time. But since their family is harboring and concealing heresy..."

Li Ang grinned and shook his head: "That's easy to solve!"

Amy frowned: "But, Duke Alma must also know that Mrs. Bella is a heretic?"

"Amy, it is precisely because Alma must know that it can be properly resolved... Didn't Fawcett want me to testify that you are a heretic? I plan to let him testify that his father is harboring a heretic... Ha!"

But at this point, Li Ang frowned suddenly: "Wait a minute...Amy, has she been in a coma for three days?".

Amy nodded.

Li Ang walked to the unconscious Mrs. Bella and took a closer look.

The wounds on Mrs. Bella's body were very small, and although they were densely packed like scales, they would not be in a coma for so long.

It should be the wound on her chest that made her unconscious. The wound has turned into a blood hole, which looks quite scary.

Li Ang tried to touch Mrs. Bella's wrist, but there was still a slight pulse.

"Which tall woman did you say could use poison? Did she mention the prophet?"

The lord turned his head and asked Amy.

"Yes, teacher, you mean Mrs. Bella..."

Amy walked over frowning: "We were worried that she would die before, so we didn't dare to touch her. Was she unconscious because of the poison?"

Li Ang took off the water bag on his body, took out Artemisia annua powder from his waist pocket, mixed it with water, and poured it into Mrs. Bella's nostrils.

The lord is not worried about whether a heretic will die. This is the method Anson once mentioned to wake up the people who were stunned by the snake heart stone, and he plans to try it.

"...Ah Choo!"

Artemisia aurantiasis indeed played a role, and Mrs. Bella actually woke up with a fit of coughing.

But this way of waking up is really dangerous for a person who hasn't eaten for a few days and has a lot of scars all over his body - Mrs. Bella's chest spurted out a bloody arrow because of coughing.

The way she looks now looks like a flashback.

After weakly opening her eyes, Mrs. Bella looked at her bound hands, then turned her head to look around.

When she saw Li Ang, she slowly opened her mouth with a hoarse voice: "Hmph... stupid people... Goddess Eredar will not let you go! The prophet's legion will avenge me!"

Still looking a little crazy.

Li Ang waved his hand to tell Amy not to speak, and said softly, "Ms. Bella, we are here to help you!"

Mrs. Bella looked at Li Ang seriously again, and then turned her head to look at Amy: "Amy...goddess...is he the hero you summoned?"

Amy nodded a little at a loss, she really didn't know how to deal with lunatics.

However, the lord realized that this seemed to be a good opportunity to obtain information, and he handed the water bag to Mrs. Bella: "Madam, drink some water, it is the prophet who directed me to help you!"

Hearing the "Prophet's Guidance", Mrs. Bella laughed, looking at the lord as if seeing a relative.

She pushed the water bag away: "I'm about to die, I can feel my life disappearing... If I sacrifice my blood, I will indeed get a response from the goddess... Hero of Pande, you have captured Changhe Town Yet?"

Li Ang nodded thoughtfully: "I have controlled Fawcett, how are you going to deal with him?"

Mrs. Bella was stunned, and then sneered: "Let him die! The Horton family should die! I want to dedicate Longhe Town to the goddess Ereda! The prophet's legion will come soon...I want to meet here The coming of the goddess!"

Her eyes gradually became dull, and she stretched her hands vigorously into the air, as if she wanted to grab something.

Then, she turned her head and looked at Amy: "Amy... Goddess... She is right... Sure enough, only a perfect virgin can become the carrier of a goddess and bring the hero of Pender..."

The voice gradually decreased.

Li Ang put his finger on the tip of her nose and tried: "She's not dead yet, but maybe she can't be saved."

Amy hasn't recovered yet: "Teacher, what does she mean by these nonsense?"

"I don't know, but I don't think she's talking nonsense. She's probably just brainwashed by heresy."

After careful consideration, Li Ang went downstairs to find Fawcett.

"Fawcett, now, we have to end this matter together... I don't intend to start a war with Duke Alma, but I don't think you should be hunted down by me and Lord Godric together, right?"

Li Ang stared at Fawcett closely, and tore off the rag Klose stuffed in his mouth.

Fawcett retched twice, his eyes were full of anger, but he still nodded slowly: "Then, how do you plan to end it?"

This guy is really calm, but it's a pity that he didn't act decisively enough, otherwise he wouldn't be held hostage by Li Ang.

"I have to find out the reason of the matter first...Your Excellency Fawcett, are you worried that the Duke of Alma will know about your sister and you will make such a big incident?"

Li Ang was a little unbelievable: "But it's just such a small thing, isn't it normal in a rich and noble family? Don't go to war!"

Fawcett shook his head: "You don't understand, it's normal in other noble families, but my father won't tolerate this kind of thing... If my father finds out, I will be exiled!"

Li Ang was very surprised: "Duke Alma cares about this?"

Fawcett was silent for a while, hesitated for a while, and said: "My father doesn't care how we play outside, but the family does not allow relatives..."

He shook his head, as if unwilling to expose his family scandal.

"Teacher, the Horton family has always pursued pure bloodlines and completely intermarried with brothers and sisters in the family. But by the time of the Duke of Alma, more than one-third of the Horton family were dwarves and imbecile... "

Amy gave Fawcett a contemptuous look, and explained the reason: "Twenty years ago, the Duke of Alma personally killed a dozen of his brothers... It is said that those are all inhuman morons, He didn’t know anything except harming the family’s territory, and even killed his youngest sister. At that time, this incident caused a lot of trouble, and Alma even lost his territory because of this—his former fiefdom was Changhe Town, and Lion Lake City made great contributions later owned."

Fawcett gritted his teeth, probably because he didn't expect Amy to know these old things, and his face was a little ugly.

Li Ang nodded. Alma rescued the mad king from the last lion knight, and thus obtained the territory of Lion Lake City. He heard about this from Mrs. Felina in the garden of the Noble House of Sarleon City.

With such experience, it is easy to understand that Alma would have such strict requirements on the family members.

If Alma knew about Fawcett and his sister, Fawcett would indeed be evicted from the house, and would most likely lose his inheritance rights.

No wonder he took the risk, not only to cover up the matter with his sister, but also to cover up Mrs. Bella's heresy by the way.

"Fawcett, you know about Mrs. Bella... your father, Duke Alma, also knows about it, right?"

Li Ang patted Fawcett on the shoulder: "You concealed that she was a heretic. It should be to find a child of the Horton family and take back Changhe Town in the name of Al Fuwan's heir?"

"Yes, Elfwan has no heirs, and my father must take back the territory that originally belonged to the family...Leon, I might as well tell you the truth, Duke Elfwan was murdered by Lady Bella! A few years ago he would Being paralyzed in bed is the poison of Mrs. Bella! My father took over Changhe Town because Alfwan sent a distress letter before he died!"

Fawcett's words shocked Li Ang, and Amy was also shocked.

"You didn't lie to me, did you? Mrs. Bella murdered her husband?"

Li Ang felt that the amount of information in the families of these great nobles was too great.

"I was the first to receive the distress letter. This is absolutely true. Changhe Town was the territory of my Horton family a hundred years ago. My father lost Changhe Town because of impulsiveness. He really wanted to get it back... but I Father is not going to kill Duke Alfuwan in order to regain the territory, they used to be close comrades-in-arms!"

Fawcett frowned and said the inside story: "Use the children of the Horton family to take back Longhe Town in the name of Mrs. Bella's posthumous son. This is the suggestion of Duke Elfwan before his death. He has no heirs, rather than being murdered His Madam Bella will inherit, he would rather let my father take back Changhe Town!"

Li Ang took a closer look at Fawcett and felt that he was not lying.

The lord really didn't expect that it turned out that Alma's plan to seize Changhe Town came from Alfuwan's own suggestion.

That is to say, Mrs. Bella was able to obtain Longhe Town as a matter of course, but was disturbed by Alma in the middle... She said that she would dedicate Longhe Town to Ereda, the goddess of darkness, and she did kill Elfwan's motivation.

"What's going on with Mrs. Bella and these female soldiers? Don't say you don't know."

Li Ang pointed to the bodies of those female soldiers and asked Fawcett.

The corpses had been collected, covered with cloth, and sprinkled with lime, and were neatly placed in the hall.

"That's Mrs. Bella's subordinates. I know that Mrs. Bella worships evil gods, but I'm not interested in what she's doing... After all, I just need her to live!"

Fawcett seemed to know about these female soldiers: "Actually, I have never entered this building. These women never let my men in. In order to keep Mrs. Bella's cooperation, I did not force my way into the building." But... after all her only request was to keep men out of the building."

"You didn't kill the people around her?"

Li Ang thought this was unbelievable—he wanted to control Mrs. Bella to seize Changhe Town, and left so many people around her. Is Alma a fool?

"We tried, but Mrs. Bella is not a person who is afraid of death... In fact, she has always been reluctant to cooperate with us. My father also told me not to force her, otherwise it would be of no benefit to anyone."

Fawcett explained: "We need her cooperation, so we don't force it too much. Anyway, Changhe Town will change hands in three months... We still need her to show up occasionally during these three months."

In this way, Mrs. Bella probably hates the father and son the most, but she seems to be pretending to be false.

Li Ang suddenly thought of what the Countess had said - Mrs. Bella in Changhe Town asked her to buy a lot of food!

"Fawcett, have you ever bought food from the Countess of Yonshield Castle?"

Fawcett shook his head in confusion: "Changhe Town has a lot of food in stock, so there's no need to buy it..."

Amy gritted her teeth and looked at Fawcett with anger on her face, probably thinking of Fawcett's plan to use 30 pounds of grain to make herself respond to his pursuit.

Fawcett looked at Amy, with a hint of loneliness in his eyes.

But Li Ang let out a long breath—Alma and Fawcett did not buy the food.

Mrs. Bella bought it herself.

So, Lady Bella...she was bought for the Legion of Prophets!

Li Ang closed his eyes and shook his head, turned around and looked at Fawcett seriously: "I think you will face big trouble... I will give you a solution, it depends on whether you are willing..."

Fawcett was a little puzzled: "How to solve it?"

"You took Mrs. Bella to Sarleon City to surrender, and made public the fact that Mrs. Bella was a heretic, accusing your father, Duke Alma, of harboring a heretic... There is enough evidence here to prove that Duke Alma is indeed harboring a heretic." Mrs. Bella, he will probably not be able to return to Lion Lake City for several months. You are his eldest son and the first heir, I think you can understand what I mean... As long as you do this, the matter between you and your sister It doesn't matter at all."

Li Ang frowned and said, but he knew that this guy probably wouldn't immediately agree.

If Mrs. Bella's heretic status is made public, her 'posthumous son' will also become a heretic son. No one in Changhe Town will be able to inherit it, and it will be taken back by King Ulrik.

The Horton family will get nothing.

Sure enough, Fawcett shook his head: "This is impossible, even if it is death, I will not let my father..."

But the words stopped abruptly in the middle, and Fawcett lowered his head and became silent.

Li Ang smiled, and his smile was full of contempt: "Have you already figured it out?... If you are not willing, then Grand Duke Alma will soon know about the mess between you and your sister, and I will hand you over to you." To Lord Godric. As for how Lord Godric will deal with you, then I don't care... The fact that Mrs. Bella is a heretic will still be made public by Amy and me, and your family still won't get Longhe Town. And you... oh...you choose."

Amy was puzzled: "Teacher, we can use the second solution directly..."

Li Ang shook his head and glanced at Amy: "Let him choose."

Amy didn't speak anymore, she saw hints in Li Ang's eyes.Although she didn't know why Li Ang let Fawcett go, she chose to trust her teacher.

Fawcett was silent for a long time, then sighed, and said quietly: "Your Excellency Li Ang, you are threatening me!"

The lord nodded his head as a matter of course: "Yes, I am coercing you. You know, I can even kill you now, and then fall on the heresy Mrs. Bella. In fact, I have every reason to do so ...But you gave me a chance to choose outside the city, so I will also give you a chance to choose."

But in fact, Li Ang knew that he couldn't kill Fawcett—he couldn't even take Fawcett away.The two hundred cavalrymen knew that Fawcett had looked for him. If Fawcett died here, he would face Duke Alma's vengeful army no matter what.

He was just terrorizing Fawcett, just as Fawcett had terrorized him before.

Fawcett finally chose to surrender himself to Sarleon City.

It seemed incredible—he chose to accuse his father, Alma, of harboring heresy.

　Does anyone know why Fawcett made such a choice?

　　And why did Li Ang force Fawcett to make such a choice?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)