MTL - Medieval Empire Soldier-Chapter 135 · Open and honest conversation

   All kinds of things that happened in the throne room of the palace, Lallen knew all too well that the heroes in the north of the empire were more like a bargaining chip, a bargaining chip placed at the table of the elector.

   Neither Emperor Karl-Franz nor Leron tacitly refrained from mentioning the knighthood.

   "Okay! Okay!! Yeah!."

   A burst of cheers from the corner caught the attention of Karl Franz and Lellen.

"Let's go, let's go and have a look." The emperor became interested in what was happening on the street corner, and walked directly in the direction of the sound. The flag-holder Ludwig hurried to the front and put the emperor at the front. behind you.

Turning the street corner, a group of excited citizens, craftsmen and other professionals of all kinds were surrounding a propagandist who was standing on a high platform holding a clerical decree. , his face flushed, his speech was sonorous and powerful, and he waved his body from time to time. The citizens under the wooden stage were excited. Whenever a word was said on the stage, there would be a sensational applause and support from the audience.

   The Rick guards subconsciously held the hilt of the sword around their waists. The places with many eyes and mixed eyes are the easiest to make troubles. Within the Rick territory, the Rick guards have the right to kill anyone who is deemed a threat on the spot.

"Street speech, interesting." After seeing what was happening on the street corner, Karl-Franz smiled and said to Leren: "The working class that first emerged in Nunn City, lived in peace and harmony for decades, As a result, the free atmosphere of Nuen City spreads very fast, and it gradually radiates to the surrounding electoral provinces. As for whether the citizens are discussing whether it is good or bad, let's listen first."

"They say that it is the duty of the Empire to help the country bumpkins of Nord in the north! I don't think so! My compatriots in the south, my friends! The elector of the south, speaking with grandeur, put our gold, food, and Take a handful of land and give it to the country bumpkins in the north! We loosen our tight pockets to pay provincial taxes, and tighten our belts to turn in the little leftover food, in exchange for a better life ?!" The speaker on the wooden platform roared: "No! My answer is, no!!"

   "Yeah yeah!!"

   "Yes, yes, that's right!"

   "Damn aristocrats, tax collectors with a thousand cuts!"

"No, no!" the speaker on the wooden platform continued to roar: "The price of goods in the market remains the same. Friends of the merchants, the price of goods has risen, and your pockets have become larger because of this? The workshops are getting fewer and fewer orders. , too many dwarves and artisans across the mountain poured into our great city, and the lives of artisan friends were implicated!"

  Under the wooden stage, a small group of craftsmen and market vendors nodded their heads in agreement.

"We are glorious imperial people, and even more glorious Madame Aldau! There are too many corrupt and foreigners in the capital of the empire. I want to say, friends, we should find the root, the root of all this! Who is responsible? Who That's the root cause?! That's right, it's our newly elected Emperor, His Majesty the Emperor we support as always!"

   "Aldolph is the Aldolph of Rickland. We will never allow hillbillies and foreigners to encroach on our glorious land!"

   "That's right! Say a lot!!"

   "It's all the fault of the emperor, the greedy nobleman, the miser!"

  The tide was surging, and the townspeople who were infected by the speech complained about the difficulties of life and cursed the nobles and tax collectors.

   "Presumptuous! You stupid pigs! Shut up!" Suddenly, a group of patrolling swordsmen surrounded the place, and no one was allowed to leave.

   "Especially you, **** stupid pig, you've been giving speeches on the street again and again, have you forgotten all the previous warnings?!"

The    patrol officer stepped forward and shouted: "Everyone, put their heads in their hands, and all squat on the ground. In the name of Emperor Franz, you have been arrested! The charge is for slandering the Elector and His Majesty the Emperor!"

The citizens who were excited in one second, disappeared in the next. Their faces were terrified, and they regretted their abusive and venting actions just now. The speaker on the wooden platform was pale and stunned. , posing uncontrollably, he is just an ordinary citizen, he has recently encountered some dilemmas in his life and only gave a few speeches on the street.

"Your Majesty, I will now order the city guards and patrol knights to take that daring fellow into the black prison, and this kind of person should be rotten in prison!" Ludwig Schwarzheim, the emperor's flag officer The gray beard trembled, and he was very angry at this unreasonable accusation against the emperor. He put one hand on the hilt of the sword, and a few Rick guards around him also prepared to move forward to arrest the blasphemy.

"." The emperor was silent for a while. After a while, Karl Franz sighed and stepped forward to reveal his identity. The Rick guards took off their burqas outside their armor, revealing the bright plate armor. The emperor He said to the patrol officer: "I order you to let them all go and withdraw all the great swordsmen."

The    patrol officer looked at the Rick guard who suddenly appeared, and the emperor himself, his breathing was a little short, he tried his best to show respect, and whispered: My... Your Majesty, these little pig citizens are slandering your achievements! Don't let it go so easily! "

   "Let them all go." The emperor only repeated one sentence.

   "Yes, Your Majesty!" The patrol officer responded repeatedly, waving at the great swordsmen.

   Soon, the crowd dispersed, and only the daring speaker on the wooden platform squatted down with his head in his arms, slandering the emperor was undoubtedly a felony.

  Karl Franz just warned the patrol officer, then turned to leave, the latter looked a little strange, but he didn't dare to refute, so he respectfully responded.

  Lairn finally saw the two great swordsmen dragging the poor fellow back to the castle of the City Guard with one arm each.

  The emperor and his party continued to walk on the street unhurriedly, but the atmosphere was a little silent. Karl Franz set his eyes on the gloomy sky: "If you have any questions, ask them boldly, hero of the Empire."

   "Your Majesty, what did you say to that patrol officer?" The Kingdom Knight asked curiously.

"I asked him to send the daring guy to the dark prison of the city guard's castle, imprisoned for seven days, fined five gold coins, and released after a week." The emperor glanced at Laylen's expression and continued: "Lord Laylen, I know what you are going to say. Maybe in the north, he is not at fault, but slandering the emperor is a felony, and not being sentenced to death is an extra kind. Without any punishment, my prestige will follow other nobles. The method is provocative one after another, gradually weakening."

  Lyren shook his head and said with a smile: "My Majesty, in my opinion, your handling method is very good, even beyond my expectations."

  Karl Franz was stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile, "Really?"

"I swear in the name of my Lord Sigma, I am sincere." Laylen nodded and replied, "Sometimes power is a disaster. If you can't bear it but do it reluctantly, in the mortal world, everything is only for one goal, a certain An unremarkable choice is a call for destruction, Your Majesty, time will tell of your great deeds to Nord and the Empire as a whole."

  "." Karl Franz stopped, staring at Laylen, the emperor was genuinely surprised, the kingdom knight in front of him looked as usual, as if he could see through his thoughts and ways of thinking.

   "Please tell me, Lallen, in our previous meetings, I would like to know what your opinion of me is, a high-ranking noble with mediocre abilities, or a new emperor worthy of the title?"

"If you want a real answer, I can only say that the emperor is full of charisma." Lailun replied calmly. He calmly glanced at the direction of the palace. .

   "Let's talk in another place." Emperor Karl Franz smiled slightly, his expression did not change, the emperor raised his hand and motioned for Leren to follow him to the corner of the town.

   There is the secret mansion of the Altdorf Honor Guard, with heavy troops stationed and heavily guarded, the words of the conversation between the two will never be known by a third person.

  The 30-year-old Emperor of the Empire was a mature statesman and political promoter, and he obviously had some private questions to talk to Lallen.

  As a knight of the enthroned kingdom led by Midden, avoiding suspicion is the most sensible way to protect oneself in a situation where the north and the south are at odds, so as not to arouse suspicion from the northern powers.

  From the point of view of practice, Karl Franz is undoubtedly a principled statesman, all actions are within a reasonable method, and Lehren believes in the emperor's principles.

   Noticing the unfriendly gaze coming from the corner of the street, Laren glanced at it and followed quickly.

The group came to the mansion of the Honor Guard, which was also one of the emperor's secret palaces in Altdorf City. It was located in the south of the city, surrounded by the shrines of the Church of Justice, the Goddess of Fortune and other sects. .

A square table and two chairs were placed in the courtyard of the mansion. Rick guards and mansion guards guarded the interior of the mansion and the corners of the courtyard. Adrian and Francis were also blocked from the courtyard, leaving only the emperor's palm. The flag officer Ludwig stood behind the emperor, the champion swordsman of the empire wearing a laurel kite helmet, no one questioned his character, and Lailun was not worried that Ludwig would do anything bad to him.

When Lailun sat down in front of the emperor, a maid immediately brought a tin cup and red wine, and the emperor held up the tin cup with a smile on his face: "Lord Laylen, I think we are friends, a sincere meeting. Talking will improve our friendship a lot, you and I are smart people, so I will be open and honest."

"To be honest, I like this kind of beginning." Lallen picked up the glass and took a full sip: "But first, I hope Your Majesty can explain clearly about Intelligence Chief Siegfried's actions and the box of gifts. "

The emperor sat on the wooden back chair and said to Lallen: "Siegfried always completes the tasks I have arranged very well, but his style of speaking tends to be obscure. I hope Siegfried does not. It arouses you too much disgust. As for the gift box, it is my personal congratulations in advance."

   "A box of gold coins, doesn't your Majesty feel a little marketable?" Lailun narrowed his eyes.

Karl Franz's face is only sincere and concerned: "If you and I exchange identities, I will think that practical gold coins are better than nominal titles, and they will only be replaced after mastering the power to a certain extent, and what you need most. things, I can offer more."

  Lyren nodded noncommittally.

The red wine is produced in the private winery of the Duke of Boldero in the Principality of Boldero, the Kingdom of Knights. It is a high-class luxury. The price of a bottle ranges from dozens of gold coins to hundreds of gold coins. The emperor provides , is the best Mannann wine, also known as Poseidon's rare wine, the wine has a strong smell, the wine is full of aroma, and Lallen's eyes are on the emperor's face.

"You must know what happened on the day of the electoral meeting." The emperor leaned back on the seat and looked directly at Lallen: "I am surprised by the arrival of the Archbishop of Walkma, the Archbishop has never been extremely important. It's impossible to come to the palace, and he took a war chariot with a whole team of Templars and battle priests, and his presence makes me very worried."

Karl Franz smiled self-deprecatingly: "Let me tell you a secret, Lallen, I've always been a little bit afraid of Archbishop Walkerma. He didn't like me being elected emperor at first, and he has a precious vote on behalf of the Church of Justice. , so the Archbishop once tended to be neutral or abstain from voting, but if I hadn't received the full support of the Church of Justice from the very beginning of the council, maybe a second 'wolf emperor' would appear in the empire."

   "Why?" Lallen asked the question every listener would ask.

"Why, because the assassination against me before the Imperial Parliament was held, it was midnight, a twisted dagger was only two inches away, and it could pierce my heart, until now I still remember the man who was covered in black. The assassin under the robe, with extremely deep blue pupils, with death and madness." The emperor recalled the thrilling assassination, and heard the exclamations of Rick Guard and Heilberg at that time. Fine cold sweat seeped from his forehead.

A few seconds later, the emperor picked up the square towel, wiped his forehead, and his expression returned to normal: "Then, the assassin was smashed to death by Archbishop Walkma with a hammer, and the power possessed by the Archbishop is only limited to It can be described as terrifying, so powerful that people can’t forget it, he recited the holy words aloud, hundreds of soul flames fell from the sky, and nearly a hundred assassins were swept away.”

   "Sometimes, I will be glad that the Empire has such a devout and resolute strong man who sits in the Church of Justice." The emperor took a tin cup and took a gulp: "Every time the Archbishop appears, it means that something big will happen."

   "He came because of me, didn't he?" asked Lallen.

"I like to communicate with smart people." The emperor smiled and said, "Yes, he did come because of you, Laren, who killed the Khorne God's Choice champion Kamala Dragon-Bloodhound, the great Sculins. A warlord, a true hero of the Empire, or rather, a Chosen of Charlemagne and Sigmar!"

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