Hearing the shocking news, Qiaoqiao was so frightened that he couldn't care less at this moment. He jumped up and pointed at the noses of the three people and cursed: "Site is actually lost!! You are officers of the empire! The coach is missing, He’s still sitting here peacefully! Don’t you know how to send someone to find him!”
Ziege smiled bitterly and just said what he thought, but Qiaoqiao didn't pay attention at all. His face was pale, but his whole body was shaking with anger. I thought about how I had gone through so much trouble to get His Majesty the Emperor to send me here. I just wanted to see the lover in my heart, but I got this kind of news. Seeing that Seth's armor was sent back by the enemy, she thought more and more, her body swayed, and she almost lost her balance.
Gordon gritted his teeth and said: "We were still discussing just now. I want to take some people and sneak into the grassland to look for..." Before he could finish his sentence, Qiaoqiao immediately said loudly: "Okay! Then why don't you go quickly?" !”
Sieg wanted to object, but when he saw this powerful and powerful envoy of His Majesty speaking, how could he express his objections
Gordon immediately took the order and went out to gather the troops to prepare to leave the city. Ruben and Zig introduced Jojo into the backyard to rest, and at Jojo's insistence, they let her stay in the Duke's room.
At the end of the day, Qiao Qiao would shut herself in her room and cry secretly, feeling panicky in her heart for fear that someone would come in and report some bad news.
Sitting on the bedside, looking at Seth's clothes in the room, I couldn't help but think and fear in my heart. But the more scared I felt, I still couldn't help but think about the worst...
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and then a pretty girl came in with a basin of water.
The girl gently handed a wet face towel to Qiao Qiao. Seeing Qiao Qiao looking lost and lost, she couldn't help but whisper: "You don't have to cry... Your Majesty the Duke will be fine."
Qiaoqiao was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the girl, stopped her tears, and whispered: "Who are you?"
The girl lowered her head and whispered: "I was sent to serve the young lady."
Qiaoqiao nodded and asked again: "What's your name? How do you know that the Duke is fine?"
The girl lowered her head and said slowly: "My name is Gadalena. I have met the Duke... I... I just think that people like him will not die easily."
This girl was the daughter of the village chief whom Roddy took away from the village he passed on his way to Watt Fortress. After she followed Rody into the city, she was surrounded by battlefields. How could she, a girl, go back alone? Seeing her young age, and thinking of her desperate plea for mercy that day, Roddy was quite courageous, and he took a special liking to her. He kept her in the garrison and planned to send her home after the war was over.
After Qiao Qiao came, Qi Ge was still cautious, thinking that there were no other women in the garrison. He and Ruben were both rough men. They usually served him with soldiers, but how could he let those rich and powerful soldiers take care of Miss Qiao Qiao? So Zig found Gadalena and asked her to take care of Qiaoqiao's daily life.
Qiao Qiao was in a soft mood at this moment. Someone comforted her, and she felt moved in her heart. He wasn't busy practicing, he just talked to Gadalena.
Night is coming.
Above the gate of Watt Fortress, several soldiers were looking warily into the distance. Today they saw the envoys from the Kingdom of Dayue entering the city. The soldiers were just suspicious, not knowing whether this was going to be a war or whether the two sides were making peace. Suddenly, I saw two horses running faintly in the distance, gradually approaching under the sunset.
On the horse in front sat a strong man with a strange-shaped long bow on his back. On the horse behind him, he could vaguely see a woman, holding the reins with one hand and holding a man in her arms. The three of them were all wearing leather jackets from the Dayue Kingdom, and ran in from a distance and stood under the city wall.
These three people were Roddy, Muse, and the strange prairie hunter Duck.
After Roddy woke up from a serious injury that day, he immediately set off on the road, regardless of Muse's dissuasion and the severity of his injuries. Although he tried to dissuade her with tears, Rody refused to listen. He knew in his heart that he had been delayed on the grassland for so many days, and without him in Watt Fortress, the morale of the army might be unstable. His current identity is the Tulip Duke, the flag of the Imperial Army! The two sides are now at war. Although Reuenthal has said that he has withdrawn his troops, how can we completely believe this? The injury on my body will definitely not heal in ten days and a half, but how can I wait more than ten days? ? If anything goes wrong at Watt Fortress, it will be too late to regret it.
Dak knew that the two of them were leaving, and when he saw that the young man insisted on going to Watt Fortress regardless of his injuries, Dak didn't say anything, but there was a strange look in his eyes. Muse was anxious and angry, but Roddy struggled and insisted on leaving. Dak took the initiative to send them.
After all, Muse is a girl with a delicate mind. She only thinks that this prairie hunter is weird in everything. Not to mention his archery skills. Muse has never seen anyone in Roland Continent who is as good as him!
Roddy was seriously injured and could not ride alone, so Muse could only hold him and the two of them rode the same horse. Although the journey was bumpy, fortunately, Dake's herbal medicine was very effective. Roddy's body was already strong. Although he was sweating profusely in pain, he managed to survive.
Muse was exhausted, and it was somewhat unbearable for him to ride a horse and hold someone in his arms. Dak originally wanted to find an excuse to hold Roddy by himself. But in the blink of an eye, I saw the look Muse looked at Rody, and he smiled slightly in his heart, and stopped talking.
With Dak leading the way, the journey went extremely smoothly! Two days later, he walked out of the grassland and bypassed Loulan Fort, which was occupied by the Dayue Kingdom. Duck seems to be extremely familiar with the terrain of the northwest. He knows where there are major roads, where there are villages and towns, and where there are small roads. He knows everything like the back of his hand! Muse saw it, and although it was strange, she didn't think too deeply about it. Rody looked at it, but he was filled with surprise and uncertainty.
What also made Roddy uneasy was that since he was seriously injured, he could no longer talk to Andy. For a while, he and the acrimonious skeleton seemed to have lost contact. Without that clever and eccentric old monster around him to give him advice all the time, Roddy felt as if he lost someone to rely on...
The soldiers on the city wall shouted and asked, but the bows and arrows in their hands were opened and pointed at the city. Dak smiled slightly and looked back at Rody. Rody sighed, managed to pick up his energy, and shouted: "Open the door! It's me who's back!"
While the soldier was still dazed, an officer walked beside him and saw Rody on his horse at the foot of the city. He was so shocked that he immediately called people to go down and open the city gate! This officer was from the Central Cavalry Regiment, so he naturally knew his commander.
The city gate opened, and a group of soldiers ran out. Seeing Rody's weak appearance, they immediately lifted him down and placed him on a soft bed. At this moment, Rody finally settled down. He lay on the soft bed, smiled at Muse, and whispered: "Your Excellency, Black Veil Saint, please enter the city." After speaking, he blinked. Muse dismounted and stood there, looking at the city wall just a few feet away, feeling lost in her heart. Although she and Rody were dependent on each other all the way at the moment, she suddenly remembered her identity - this time she went in? Wouldn't he really become a prisoner? He wanted to get on his horse and run away immediately, but looking at Rody lying on his back, he couldn't move a step.
Seeing her frightened, Rody smiled and said loudly: "Idiot, what are you thinking about?"
This shout fell in Muse's ears, and she felt an unusual warmth in her heart. Her worries immediately disappeared, she smiled, and finally walked over.
Rody looked at Duck and said loudly: "Mr. Duck, let's go in together. I still have many things to ask you."
Dak smiled faintly, his eyes always shining, but he pretended to glance at the tulip flag flying at the top of the city inadvertently.
Seeing that Dak was about to follow them into the city, suddenly the officer ran down from the city gate. When he saw Rody lying on the bed, he immediately knelt down on the ground and said loudly: "I have seen the Duke!!"
The Duke shouted out, but it hit Dak's heart like a thunderbolt. He suddenly stopped and his expression suddenly changed! A pair of eyes looked directly at Rody, with the same look in his eyes.
Rody noticed and frowned: "Mr. Duck, what's wrong?"
Duck couldn't help but take a step back, with a gloomy expression on his face. He looked straight at Rody and said in a hoarse voice: "Are you the Tulip Duke?"
Rody smiled faintly: "That's me. It's just that I was in enemy territory a few days ago and didn't dare to tell you."
Dak's expression changed several times, he took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Are you really the Tulip Duke? The Tulip Duke of the Bright Empire's generation??"
Rody frowned and just replied: "Yes, I just obtained the title not long ago."
Dak stared at Rody, and suddenly laughed three times. The laughter did not stop. He had already pulled out the scimitar under his waist like lightning, and rushed towards Rody with a roar!
No one expected this sudden change, and a soldier next to Roddy had not yet reacted. Dak had already knocked him away, raised the scimitar in his hand, drew a bright blade, and slashed towards Rody on the ground!
Roddy was in a hurry and could not dodge, so he could only roll on the spot and narrowly avoided the knife. He only heard a scoff, and the soft bed he was carrying was cut in half by Duck! Dak saw Roddy rolling out and hit him with another knife with his backhand!
Muse's reaction was the fastest. In her haste, she didn't care that Dak had already slashed with his knife, and fell to the ground on top of Rody. With a scream, Duck's knife had already been slashed behind Muse. It's just that this knife was shot in a hurry, but it didn't hit the vital point. Muse felt a sharp pain in her back, then her eyes darkened and she fainted.
The officer kneeling on the ground also reacted very quickly. Dak's third slash was already held by him with his sword. The other soldiers had already drawn their swords and greeted Dak.
Rody saw Muse throwing herself into his arms and screaming, feeling confused. He hugged Muse, but he felt the blood behind Muse. Seeing Muse fainting, Rody felt a sharp pain in the deepest part of his heart and almost burst into tears.
Several soldiers scrambled to drag Roddy and Muse behind and protected them.
Duck kicked the officer next to him and saw from the corner of his eye that Rody was already being protected by people. Knowing that he would not succeed today, he was filled with hatred. I could only take a few steps back and run.
The soldiers continued to chase, but Rody suddenly shouted: "Don't chase!" Then he used his eyes to signal the archer beside him who was ready to shoot to put down his long bow. Dak ran a few steps and saw that no one was chasing him, so he couldn't help but look back.
Rody slowly stood up with the help of the soldiers, and first said loudly: "No arrows are allowed without my order!" Glancing at Muse beside him, Rody gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Duck! You Why do you want to kill me?"
Duck stood in the distance, his face was ashen, and he said fiercely: "I don't do secret things! I didn't know you were the Tulip Duke earlier! I only thought you were a noble or something, and I heard that the Tulip Duke is now in Watts Fortress, I wanted to sneak into the city with you and assassinate you! If I had known your identity before, I would have cut you in half!
Rody was extremely angry and shouted: "I respect you for saving our lives, but why do you hate me so much! You must kill me!"
Dak raised his head, looked at Roddy without hesitation, and said loudly: "I'm not afraid to tell you! I was originally an officer under your father's command! It's just that your father killed my brother with his own hands! That's why I escaped to the grassland. ! My biggest wish in this life is to kill your Tulip family members to save my brother’s life!”
Rody sighed. Although he was surrounded by soldiers at the moment, as long as he gave an order and the archers shot together, it would not be difficult to kill this guy on the spot. But the other party finally saved his life, so Roddy really couldn't do such a thing.
Gritting his teeth, Rody shouted: "Lead him his horse! Let him go!"
The soldier was stunned, but he still obeyed the order and led Dak's two horses over. Dak didn't even look at it, he just said loudly and hatefully: "Duke Tulip! You don't kill me today! I will still kill you when I find a chance in the future!" After saying that, he pulled down the long bow behind him and bent the bow. arrow. With a swish, there was only a "grab" sound, and a spiked arrow was nailed to the gate of Watt Fortress. The arrow body was trembling. After shooting the arrow, Duck turned around without even looking at the horse. Stride away with head held high.
Rody was angry in his heart. He looked at Muse in his arms with his eyes closed, feeling hurt in his heart. He shouted: "Go to the military doctor quickly! Also! Call all the warlocks in the city who know the healing arts!!"
His body was already weak. Just now he could barely stand, and he forced himself to speak loudly. Now that he relaxed, he felt that his mind was filled with drowsiness. After saying this, he couldn't hold on anymore, and he closed his eyes and slowly fell down.
It was just that he fell unconscious, but he still held Muse tightly in his arms.