Alien Knights

　　 Todd was stunned by the scene in front of him. When he reacted, Huggins was stepped on the ground repeatedly by the old man in his armor.

Holding Edgar and Jerry, who rolled up their sleeves and wanted to fight, Todd stepped forward, pointed at Huggins who had given up struggling, and said to the old man: "Sir, I don't know who you are. I don't know what happened, but this man is my guard, please let him go first."

　　 The old man shook his beard, glanced at the person under his feet amusedly, pressed **** his leg, and said in a deep voice: "Little bastard! Why didn't I tell Father Todd my identity!"

Huggins raised his head laboriously, and on his muddy face, a smile that was uglier than crying appeared: "This is Baron Cumberland, my master knight (the master of the knight attendant stage), I The commander of the battle group that was once..."

　　 "Uh..." Todd was stunned. He looked back and didn't know when, all of Hudgens' subordinates who stood behind him all ran away.

　　 After thinking for a while, Todd, who was trying to organize the language, said to Cumberland: "My Lord Baron, Huggins has the last resort..."

"A deserter is a deserter! What's more, I personally witnessed his knight awarding ceremony back then. This **** is the first knight I have seen in my life to abandon the beloved, the title, and even the honor!" Campbell Lan kicked Huggins hard and yelled angrily: "Do you know that because of you, I was laughed at by my colleagues and friends for a whole year!"

　　 Hudgens is ashamed and shameless.

Todd felt that things were getting more and more troublesome, and he hurriedly dissuaded the Baron and said, "Master Cumberland, please calm down your anger. There are many complicated reasons for this incident, and no one wants to see it happen. But Huggins is now I am a follower, and as a master, I am willing to do everything possible to make up for his mistakes."

　　 "...Oh? That's fine." The anger on the old man's face disappeared instantly, and he nodded calmly.

Um?

what happened?

　　 Todd looked at Cumberland, whose face changed faster than the sky, and his brain was in a state of downtime for a while.

The baron patted the dust on his trousers, as if nothing had happened, and said: "Forgot to tell the truth, Father Todd, Your Majesty the King and Your Majesty the Queen invite you to the palace for a gathering. I don't think you will refuse, right? "

　　 The muscles on Todd's face twitched, and a smile was pulled out from the corner of his mouth: "Extremely happy..."

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　　 On the way to the palace, Todd talked with Baron Cumberland.

　　 The old man’s temperament is completely different from the first impression, he is witty, talkative, and quick-thinking. Todd faintly understood that Huggins's character was fascinated by whom.

　　 Cumberland was born in poverty. At the age of fourteen, he joined the war with the northern barbarians as a peasant soldier. The fearless and heroic figure on the battlefield made the lord at the time notice him at a glance. After that, nearly a thousand wars, big and small, returned triumphantly in the blood sea of ​​the corpse mountain again and again, making the name "Cumberland" be remembered by every enemy. And he also relied on his military merits, from sergeants, knight attendants, trainee knights, knights, and was eventually made a non-hereditary baron for life.

"My Lord Baron, may I ask your Majesty the King and the Queen, why are they looking for me?" Todd still has some psychological shadows about what happened to the banquet yesterday. If the royal family recruited him this time just to give the nobles a chance, then It is better to plan to run as soon as possible.

　　 Cumberland looked at the priest, smiled and said, "I don't know."

　　 Todd was speechless.

　　 The meeting place was not arranged in the audience room or the side hall, but in the government hall of the palace. Todd was a little surprised, because the royal family met a small priest. It was a bit unreasonable to do so.

　　 The moment Todd stepped into the hall, the bustling crowd in the hall made him a little dizzy.

　　While he was observing everyone in the hall, others were also observing him.

　　 A halo of mystery and glory has made this priest, who is only fifteen years old, tall and unpredictable in everyone's eyes.

　　 In the crowd, Todd only found two people he knew. One was naturally Queen Mary sitting on the side of the throne, and the other was Viscount Kennard who made a fool of herself at the banquet yesterday.

　　 Slowly paced to the center of the hall, Todd held the cross on his chest in one hand, and drew a cross in the air with the other hand, chanted prayers of blessing to the king and queen, and nodded slightly to show respect.

　　 Seeing the priest's actions, the people in the hall began to whisper in a low voice, some of them were louder, and could vaguely hear the words "Even the bishop, I would not dare to...".

Comparing other people’s dissatisfaction and discussion, Guy VI just frowned slightly, exchanged a glance with Queen Mary next to him, and then said to Todd in a pleasant manner: "Father, do you know about your legend? The story has spread in every corner of Silver Ring City."

　　 Todd shook his head and said, "People praise the power of Heavenly Father, it has nothing to do with me."

　　 The king was taken aback, and then asked: "I heard that this time you brought a strange flower, but different varieties of rose flowers grow on a tree?"

　　 "That is the gospel flower of the miraculous land "Musi Town", and it is a gift from the Father."

　　 Gay VI moved his body, and asked with interest: "Can you tell me exactly what's going on?"

"A farmer in Muxi Town, one day inserted the fallen rose flowers and wood roots together, buried them in the town’s soil, and watered the well. The next day, the farmer unexpectedly found the rose Grows on the roots of trees..."

　　 "Father! The farmers you mean are those fleeing serfs who have abandoned the divine contract, right?"

　　 Everyone was shocked when he said this.

　　 Todd, who was interrupted by someone, looked at where the voice came from.

　　 A few well-dressed nobles stood together and cast malicious eyes at him.

Todd said in a questioning tone: "I think there is something very strange in what you said. These farmers who betrayed the "sacred" contract should be punished by God, but why did Heavenly Father use their hands to achieve miracles? Woolen cloth?"

　　 Seeing the aristocrats pause for a while, Todd continued: "I think these farmers were inspired to come to Muxi Town..."

"Nonsense!" Several nobles were furious. When they were about to refute, seeing the king who was in the wrong situation, he quickly changed the subject: "Father, I heard that you won 30 million silver at the banquet yesterday. moon?"

　　As soon as he heard this, everyone in the hall immediately got excited, and yesterday's crazy gambling game had spread all over the streets.

　　 Todd is still in that calm appearance, and slowly said: "Your Majesty, that is also the sacred judge of Heavenly Father, it has nothing to do with me."

　　 Viscount Kennard called out suddenly: "You were cheating yesterday!"

　　 Todd gave him a funny look. The skill at the card table is not good, and the thief's ability to shout and catch the thief is first-rate.

　　 Standing next to the young Viscount, a fat middle-aged bald man stood up and said: "Father, I think your game with my son is unfair. There has never been a reason to change the rules at will."

　　 Todd curled his lips, sneered in his heart, and quarreled for a long time. It turned out to be "Son gets angry, I pick up the bag".

　　 "Earl Kennard also makes sense." The king smiled and rounded up: "Otherwise, how about everyone giving way?"

Todd looked at Kennard and his son calmly, paused for a moment, and suddenly said something inexplicable for everyone: "The royal guard who escorted me yesterday is the most disciplined and neatest I have ever seen. army."

　　 Gay VI did not understand why the priest mentioned this, but after all, the other party praised his guard, and his face still showed a proud smile.

　　 Queen Mary, who was sitting next to him, frowned instead. She looked at Todd's mouth and her body tightened.

　　 "But what makes me sigh is that their saddles have been worn to make their fur bald, and the bottom of their scabbards have been rusted, and even dinner is divided between two people."

　　 The king's face suddenly lost his smile.

　　 He couldn't understand the reasons for these situations because of lack of money.

　　 Some people may find it strange that, as the richest country in the Western Continent, the royal family will also have no money?

But this is the fact. At the beginning of the establishment of the Silver Ring Kingdom, it still adhered to the medieval rule that "the king should live by himself". However, with the frequent occurrence of wars and the expansion of internal expenses, the income from the real estate and sovereignty of the royal territory And judicial income is far from covering the royal family's expenditures.

　　 Taxation to the subjects became the only option, and the tax rates and types of taxes became more and more stringent with the requirements of the monarch. The people of Silver Ring City even began to circulate such a sentence-"Excessive taxation is like a rat, fattening oneself harms the people".

　　 But what the lofty king didn't know was that most of these huge amounts of taxes flowed into the hands of the nobles who held the power of finances and taxes.

　　 Seeing King Guy VI's face become solemn, Todd said suddenly: "I voluntarily give up the right to recourse against Lord Viscount..."

　　 As soon as he said this, everyone felt relieved, but what they didn't expect was that the priest hadn't finished speaking.

Just listen to him continue to say: "If there weren't those royal guards guarding all night, I would even doubt if I could fall asleep peacefully last night. Therefore, I hope Lord Kennard and Viscount Lord can see these guards do their best for the kingdom. For the sake of Shou, donate a little money to improve their equipment and food~www.readwn.com~ The voice of this speech just fell, and everyone in the hall looked different.

　　 The guards standing in and out of the hall cast grateful eyes at Todd. Not only is the priest fighting for their benefits, more importantly, the royal family and nobles always ask them to do this and that, but few people can pay attention to the hard work and dedication of the guards.

　　 The nobles didn't have any objection, instead they nodded one after another. On the one hand, it was because Todd took the initiative to give up the right to recover the astronomical gambling debt; on the other hand, the royal guards did protect his safety, whether it was day or night, and the priest fought for them a little reward. Completely reasonable.

　　 Gay VI was overjoyed and smiled openly. First, after Todd listened to his advice, he immediately gave up the right to recover gambling debts. Whether it was face or lizi, he really gave him enough; second, he said he was a reward for the royal guards. First of all, don't you have to fall into your own pockets before you can divide it out again? When the time comes, you will get the big head and the guards will take the small head. Wouldn't it be another profit?

　　 Queen Mary’s look is probably the strangest one in the hall. She stood up, first opened her eyes and looked at Todd, and then she saw her husband’s happy face, she wanted to say something, but she didn’t know how to say it. His expression became more and more alarmed and at a loss.

"Father, your inner life and your conduct are truly perfect and true." Guy VI coughed and looked expectantly at Kennard and his son: "My two courtiers, what do you think? "

　　 The earl and his eldest son discussed with embarrassment for a while, and finally raised a finger tremblingly: "One... a hundred silver moon?"

　　 The king's face collapsed instantly.

　　 Todd lowered his head and almost laughed.