Chapter 54 "Bad News"

Pei Luo did not expect that he would revisit the old place so soon.

He originally didn't want to leave his warm house in such a cold winter, especially when evil beasts were raging, but the Duke of Lane asked him to hand over this hot document to the fourth prince.

Of course he knew the content of the document—in fact, the entire upper class of the Graycastle was discussing this shocking news: the King of Graycastle fell due to a murder, and the one who murdered him was Gron Wimbledon, the king's eldest son . Then the second son rushed to the capital and announced that the country could not live without a king, and that he would ascend to the throne as the second in line heir.

However, this behavior was not accepted by everyone. Some people claimed that Goron's trial was very strange. After the whole interrogation, he only showed his face a few times, and he could not speak, and his hands were tightly tied. I hope to wait until the matter is thoroughly investigated before deciding on the ownership of the throne.

There were also rumors that this was just a scene staged and directed by the second son Timothy Wimbledon, and the real murderer was the second prince who pretended to be sad but couldn't wait to take the throne.

Regardless of who is right and who is wrong in this debate, with the full support of the former Prime Minister, the second prince still temporarily seized the right to be the supreme ruler of Graycastle as the acting king. At the same time, he issued a recall order to all his competitors—the battle for the king has ended, and the princes and princesses should return to the capital before the end of winter after receiving the order. The new king will officially confer territories and titles based on his six-month reign.

Of course, Pei Luo could see the urgency in this order.

Whether Timothy Wimbledon can secure the throne depends entirely on the reactions of other princes and princesses. If everyone obediently gave up fighting for the king and returned to the royal city, then he would naturally become the undisputed Wimbledon IV.

The documents sent to Border Town will be forwarded to Longsong Stronghold first, and Duke Ryan himself scoffed at this recall order. When the king was alive, he still had a relatively high degree of control over the lords in various places. As for the second prince, the forced enthronement alone was extremely blunt. Coupled with the precedent of Goron being sent to the guillotine, I'm afraid no one would want to return to the capital alone.

However, in the eyes of the six families of the fortress, this is a timely order.

More than two months ago, Earl Elk's unauthorized plan made the Duke very displeased, especially when it failed. The reaction from the prince was also very fierce, and he directly sentenced Hills Med to be hanged. This time, the two sides can be regarded as openly tearing their faces apart.

Originally, the duke planned to wait until the end of the month of demons to solve this trouble. Now that he has this official document, he can do it in a more justifiable way. When Roland Wimbledon returns to the capital, Border Town will naturally belong to the Duke of Lane. If he doesn't return to the capital, he can force him by force - under the banner of the new king.

The Duke didn't care too much about who would get the crown in the end.

As an ambassador, Pei Luo was obviously not very comfortable. Last time he swore that he would bring a new trade contract, but it turned out that it was the black hand of the Elk family. Now he is here, bringing the same bad news—whether it is the news of Wimbledon III's death or the new king's recall order, Peiluo believes that the fourth prince does not want to see either.

The sailing along the way was fairly smooth. Graycastle is a country to the south of the mainland. Even in winter, the river will not freeze.

From time to time, Pei Luo looked at the river bank through the window, and he saw neither the dead starving nor the fleeing people along the way, which meant that Border Town had not yet fallen.

This surprised him a little. After all, when he visited the city wall last time, he witnessed how the other party built the city wall. He really didn't have much confidence in these stone walls made of mud.

Then something that surprised him even more happened. A sailboat with the flag of Liuye Town slowly sailed past the right side of the river—this scene seemed familiar, but now it was the Moon of Demons! They actually have time to do business while fighting evil beasts? How could it be possible to resist those brutal monsters without transferring all the mining workers to the defense line!

Three days later, the boat arrived at the dock in Border Town.

It was still the dilapidated wooden pier, but there was an extra simple wooden shed beside the pier. After the boat docked, two guards came out of the wooden shed and watched every move of the boatmen.

Pei Luo immediately understood Roland's purpose of setting up a sentry here.

The fourth prince obviously didn't want anyone to sneak out of the town by water.

He jumped off the side of the ship, and after explaining his identity to the guards, one of them brought a horse and accompanied him to the castle.

Same as last time, Prince Roland Wimbledon met him in the drawing room. Not only that, although it was not time for meals at this time, the prince still ordered his attendants to serve a rich set of meals.

Charcoal-roasted pork leg, sliced ​​dried fish, a pot of cold wild vegetables that cannot be named, and buttered bread and vegetable soup that can be seen at any banquet.

It seems that the prince likes to eat first and then talk about business.

Peiluo thought so, but his hands didn't stop for a moment, after all, there were not many chances to have a full meal. Even for the Honeysuckle family, when there are no banquets for guests, they basically eat potato bread with bacon jerky.

After the main meal, when the dessert was served, Peiro respectfully handed over the paperwork.

Roland took it, cut the sealing wax with a dining knife, took out the scroll and took a quick glance, then froze.

The king is dead?

For this nominal father, Roland has no feelings at all. He was already in Border Town when he crossed over, and he had never even met him, let alone the memory of the fourth prince who only had complaints and dissatisfaction with his father. Because of this, he felt himself caught in an inexplicable embarrassment—should he appear sad or not?

And the following content made him smell a hint of conspiracy. Wimbledon III killed by eldest son's murder? As the new king, the second prince announced the end of the king's struggle and ordered him to return to the capital of Graycastle immediately?

Roland coughed twice, raised his head, and saw Pei Luo's apologetic eyes.

So that's the case, he thought, the Duke of the Fortress might be happy to see the success, whether he obeys the new king's order or not, it will be a dilemma for himself.

He didn't bring the agreed contract, but brought bad news like a reminder, I'm afraid he would feel bad about it. Roland smiled secretly, and folded the document again, "I see."

"Uh, Your Highness, then you plan to..."

"Even if I want to leave, I have to wait until the end of the Demon Moon. It's freezing and snowy now. If I leave, what will the people of Border Town do?"

If it was someone else, Pei Luo would definitely say something perfunctory like "Don't worry, the fortress will help you handle it properly", or other diplomatic responses. But in front of this fourth prince who had only met twice, he couldn't speak easily. For the first time, Pei Luo felt disgusted by his status as an ambassador. In the end, he just nodded, "I see, do you need me to deliver a reply letter for you?"

Roland asked the attendant to bring a pen and paper, quickly wrote a reply letter, stamped the sealing wax with his own seal, and handed it to Pei Luo. The latter glanced at the envelope. It was clearly written on the cover that it was addressed to Timothy Wimbledon, Second Prince of Graycastle, not King Wimbledon IV.

He has shown his attitude, Pedro thought.

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