Riding and Slashing

Chapter 407

On a summer afternoon, Dilingang is extremely hot, and the sound of cicadas everywhere makes people feel irritable.

There were no pedestrians on the street, and the sun in the southern harbor was extremely scorching. Except for the busy fishermen, no one would directly expose themselves to the sun.

The sea is calm and the sea is calm, which is indeed a good time to go fishing, but it also means that there is no breeze in this place today. Even if you stay in the shade, you will feel hot and humid.

Dilingang in September may be the hottest place on the whole continent except the Desia Desert.

In Kailos' house, everyone was too hot to wear clothes—for example, those maids...

Well, they all had a little bit of cloth on their bodies, although this little bit of cloth didn't do anything.

There were a lot of people in the courtyard today, probably because Wendy wasn't here.

But Alina is here, she is talking with Li Ang, but her face is not very good.

Li Ang was distractedly talking to Alina while being wiped by several maids.

The wounded can't take a bath, but they have to wipe off their sweat.

I just don't know why it takes so many people to wipe off the sweat...

There was also a long row of beautiful girls standing beside them, some were holding basins, some were holding towels, and many of them were dancing—and they were probably sex dances, after all, normal dances usually don’t flaunt their breasts and wink at others of……

There are a few guards standing outside the yard, they are actually old guys like Klose and Summer.

In fact, these old Mettenheim boys are all officers now—at least they are all squadron leaders of the Silver Hand.

As Li Ang's pro-military officers, these guys are also the targets of everyone's fawning outside. It stands to reason that there is no need to stand guard in person under the scorching sun.

But they insisted on "leading by example and not fearing the scorching heat" and "going out in person to closely protect His Majesty Li Ang"...

Of course, this is not because they suddenly have noble morals. In fact, they forcibly snatched this job from their brothers-they "grateful for the hard work of the brothers" and "very kindly" changed the shift order , gave a leave of absence to the guards who were supposed to undertake the task of standing guard.

The main reason why these guys suddenly became so kind is very simple, from the eyes they glanced inside through the cracks in the door and the hollowed-out fence...

"Oh...so big and white...cough cough! The sun is so dazzling! I have to go on patrol..."

Klose wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth and the sweat from his forehead, and stared intently at the maids in the courtyard through the hollowed-out flower wall, ready to 'patrol'.

For a job like a guard, it is really important to find a good viewing angle...

"Boss, don't you feel hot?"

Sammer, who has been sticking to the crack of the door and carefully observing the movement, fanned the wind with his helmet, and his shining bald head was covered with glistening sweat beads - the porch of the courtyard can still provide shade, but Klose's 'patrol' ...

The shining helmet on Klose's head reflected the venomous sunlight. This kind of sky is patrolling under the sun, which is basically equivalent to putting a frying pan on his head and waiting to be heated. Summer felt that the head of his team It is estimated that it will be cooked in a short time.

But...they would probably get used to it faster if they didn't wear helmets—these old Mettenheim guys shaved their heads because of the hot weather a few days ago, and now they're all bald men.

"Cough... hiss..."

Klose turned a deaf ear and walked back and forth outside the flower wall step by step, smacking his mouth from time to time, patrolling very seriously.

It's just that his eyeballs are always staring in the same direction...or the whole head seems to be fixed, no matter how he walks, his head is always facing the same direction.

Summer swallowed, determined not to let his head suffer alone, so he buckled the helmet on his head and followed Klose's footsteps.

"Your Majesty Li Ang! I have already found all the most beautiful girls in Dilingang...don't be so dissatisfied!"

In the courtyard, Alina's voice gradually became louder, as if she was a little angry.

"Then what are you doing loudly... I said it all, I want to choose a concubine! Choose a concubine, understand? Then you must choose the best one from among the many beauties..."

Li Ang's volume also increased a bit, and his tone became a little wretched: "Actually, you don't need to find so many girls, and you clearly know who I want... You are the most beautiful girl in Bacchus..."

"Li Ang! Don't bully people too much!"

Alina seemed to be angry: "I didn't expect you to be such a person! Are you not satisfied with a wife like Amy and Wendy?!"

"Look at what you said... This kind of thing is all about what you want and what you don't want to be satisfied... Alina, you made the request for the truce yourself. I have to counter the price, right? You want to Tell me to withdraw troops, but also want me to return Sava River Fort and Almera Fort, but don't want to give me any benefits, who is not satisfied? Although you and Wendy have a good relationship, you can't let me Offer up the land you have already occupied?!"

Li Ang's words became louder and louder.

"Aren't you afraid that Wendy will break with you once she finds out about your shameless request?!"

Alina angrily threw the cup in her hand.

"Wendy is the Queen of the Principality of Noldo. She needs Fort Almera, and she also needs me... Haha, otherwise, why do you think she would let me enjoy singing and dancing here?"

An evil smile appeared on Li Ang's face: "Alina, I can agree to your terms, truce, return Sava River Fort and Almera Fort, and I can even return Walwin and Karen Deer Castle to Bacchus , but you also have to agree to my conditions..."

"Dream! I'd rather fight you to the end!!"

Alina was completely angry, kicked over the table in front of Li Ang, turned her head and left.

"Then you have to think about it... Now that Emperor Lingang's troops are gone, your guards are probably no match for the Silver Hand. Besides, my large army is 'cooperating' with General Ivaylo to pursue the Snake Cult army. , you also know that once you enter the Noldor Forest, who can come out alive, then the Noldor elves have the final say..."

Li Ang didn't turn his head, and said threatening words.

Alina stopped in anger, trembling all over, but probably couldn't restrain the anger in her heart, stomped her feet and left the courtyard.

Opening the door to the courtyard, just in time to see these people from Mettenheim sneaking around outside, Alina kicked down the flowerpot in front of the door and left angrily.

"Hiss... did you actually quarrel?"

Summer showed an incredulous expression, and rubbed his elbow against Klose: "Miss Alina will lose her temper with Her Majesty?"

"Hey, it's normal to quarrel... We didn't see anything, and we didn't hear anything, understand?"

Klose reluctantly withdrew his gaze from the courtyard, and gave Summer a look.

Seeing Klose's eyes, Summer was stunned, and then followed Klose's eyes.

In the corner of the courtyard where Li Ang was, there were two unobtrusive maids standing there without looking sideways, in stark contrast to the other maids who were poking around and whispering to each other.

Summer nodded to Klose, and once again set his sights on Li Ang... the girls beside him.

……

At night, in Alina's study, Alina paced back and forth anxiously.

Her study was always brightly lit, all night long.

But this time, she didn't read a book, nor was she alone, but discussed important matters with a few confidants.

"General Sura is arresting those on Agathon's list, and the shadow wolves will not return for at least a month..."

Brutus is lowering his head to report the situation: "Including the Immortal Legion, almost all the elites of the Empire and the troops around the Emperor's Port that can fight have been taken away by General Ivaylo, and there is currently no one else available. I only have [-] guards in my hand now, it is impossible to fight against Li Ang's Silver Hand."

"Leon and his Silver Hand once helped the empire, the Knights of the Radiant Cross and most of the citizens will not be their enemies...and we can't hurt Leon, if he dies in Emperor Lingang, Ivaylo I'm afraid none of the troops brought out by the general will come back, and the Empire will face the revenge of the New Pendor Kingdom when its troops are scarce..."

Elena, who looks similar to Alina, also added the situation worriedly.

"Do I have to be coerced by him like this?! Cassian, is there anything your poisonous snake can do?"

Alina turned her gaze to another man with an expressionless face.

This is Cassian, the leader of the secret espionage organization 'Viper', Justus' former subordinate, and now Arina's subordinate.

"Li Ang knows us very well... It's very difficult for us to sneak in. Even if we do, there's nothing we can do. His silver hand guards him very tightly. Those guys are not afraid of the Serpent Heart Stone. We have tried it."

Cassian shook his head.

"Isn't there anyone who can deal with him? I just need to make him worse! As long as General Ivaylo brings back the imperial army, or until General Kryon brings troops, he will stop trying to intimidate him." We... we can coerce him instead!"

Alina gritted her teeth and looked at her confidants in front of her.

"Maybe...someone has a way..."

Cassian said hesitantly.

"Who?"

Alina paused and turned her head.

"...Master Ales, your elder brother, he is in Emperor Lingang now."

Cassian looked at Alina and said slowly, "He came to see me this afternoon."

"How could he be in Dilingang? Shouldn't he be in Ahuen?"

Alina frowned.

Ales is Alina's brother, five years older than her.

Although Justus prefers his daughter Alina, the relationship between the brother and sister has always been good, because they have a common distress - father Justus.

It's just that Alina's distress was being urged to marry by her father, while Ales was just the opposite - Justus didn't allow him to marry...

In Dexia before, Alina participated in the bidding for Aishekman in the name of Ales, but at that time Ales had no idea about Luha.

Because Alles has a girl he likes.

But the problem is, the girl he likes is a slave.

It was an ordinary female slave bought home from Singal when Alles was in the same place as the livestock, and was openly selected by everyone next door to the livestock market.

Justus is actually an enlightened person, but no matter how enlightened he is, it is impossible for him to let his son marry a bought slave—it can be kept by his side, or he can be treated as a concubine, as long as he has no status. It's all right, but it's impossible for any father to agree to their marriage!

But Alles is a lover, and young people always have a bit of rebellious psychology. The more Justus disagrees, the stronger his reaction will be.

In the end, Alles simply used his status as an imperial knight as a guarantee to let the female slave have the status of a free citizen, then gave up his position in the army, and eloped with the female slave...

This was several years ago, when Justus had just perfected the espionage organization 'Viper'.

Ales has been living in seclusion in the town of Ahuen near Boshi City, and he only told Alina about his residence.

In fact, Justus also knew that his son was in Ahuun-this fact could not be hidden from his spies.

But since they were all forced to elope, and knowing that there was too much estrangement between him and his son, Justus didn't intervene again.

It was later rumored that Justus preferred his daughter to his useless son.

But in fact, Justus was just hiding Arles on purpose.

Arles is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Siyuan City. He has the status of an imperial knight. He is capable of both civil and military skills, but he has never had a clear ambition, that is, he has no ambitions and no goals in his heart.

It is normal for the eldest son of an aristocratic family to have no goals to strive for—because they are usually given by their parents when they are born.

For a young master like Alos, if the Bacchus Empire hadn't experienced those major changes, then his life would have been doomed from the day he became a Knight of the Empire.

In his 20s, he would serve in the military, amassing meritorious service on non-dangerous missions, and then transfer to the local government to gain experience in governing under the tutelage of Justus;

At the age of 30, he will become the governor of Boshi City or the chief of military affairs;

When Justus retires at the age of 40, he will naturally become the Governor of the Empire, inheriting Justus's reform philosophy—yes, even the governance philosophy will be determined, after all, he is the son of the initiator of the reform.

When everything in the future is in front of us and the course of our life is already doomed, it is normal to have no goal to strive for.

Just like Fawcett, he had no goal before meeting Li Ang. On the contrary, after his father, Duke Alma, was assassinated by Milgan, Fawcett really found his own way.

Alles elopes with his female slaves to live in seclusion, which is actually expressing his resistance in this way.

Justus is a smart man, so he can naturally understand Ahlers' rebellious mentality, so he put on a gesture that he prefers his daughter, seemingly ignoring his son, but in fact he has been letting his son be in charge of distributing information Pass the message.

This job just happened to be very suitable for people like Allers who had no goals in life.

Moreover, the father and son have a working relationship, but they don't have to meet and quarrel. This kind of relationship is just right, and it really eases the relationship between father and son.

Alena was able to get so much information because her brother Alos had been silently supporting her.

Brothers and sisters rarely meet each other, but the relationship has always been harmonious.

"What did Alles come to see you for?"

Alina is a little confused now, she knows her brother too well.

In terms of martial arts, Alles can at most support three moves under Klose; in terms of strategy... Come on, if Alles had a great strategy, then he would not have eloped in the first place; plus he really has no ambitions , I just want to live with that slave sister-in-law - what is he doing in Emperor Lingang?

"Master Arles came to me this afternoon to find out what happened between you and His Majesty Li Ang..."

Cassian said a bit awkwardly: "But I didn't know what happened at the time, so I didn't say anything... But now that I think about it, Lord Arles seems to know what happened to Leon, that is to say, he probably They quietly placed people beside Li Ang..."

"So, among the maids I sent to Li Ang's side, there are people from Alos?"

Alina frowned even deeper.

"It should be, and it's not ours... It's probably Lord Arles's own hands."

Cassian nodded—this is the reason for his embarrassment. As a professional spy leader, his team has nothing to do with Leon, but Ales, an intelligence distributor who has become a half-way monk, can put spies next to Li Ang. go……

"But those girls would have been my maids..."

Alina sneered: "Ales, my brother... He came to Dilingang quietly, and quietly planted spies by my side, but he didn't tell me anything..."

(End of this chapter)