Who is going to assassinate Duke Kenmes? Don't look at Lorist's insistence that it was the Duke of Kenmes' love affair that brought him this disaster, but in fact he was also muttering in his heart, and at the same time he was also thinking about this issue nervously. As for the self-righteous intuition of the Duke of Kenmes, Lorist didn't take it seriously. Everyone knows that the Wixas knight is just the illegitimate son of the Second Highness, especially the newly married queen of the Second Highness gave birth to Krissen. The importance of the royal family's legitimate son, the Vixus knight, and the possibility of inheriting the throne have long since declined greatly.
Although the Knight of Wixas is now canonized as the Earl of the Territory, and has obtained the understanding of the Second Highness to continue to stay in the imperial capital, he has been deprived of the post of commander of the palace guards, and now he is nothing more than an idle nobleman, so he will go Opening a chamber of commerce to find something to do, nothing more than wanting to use his identity as the illegitimate son of the Second Highness to search for some money. Lorist didn't take him seriously. With his wealth alone, he couldn't afford to support a great swordsman, let alone spend a huge sum of money to buy a great swordsman to assassinate a great swordsman. Duke of the territory.
Could it be that the black hand behind the scenes is the Second Highness? After thinking about it, Lorist realized that the most suspicious person was actually the Second Highness who was about to ascend the throne. If His Royal Highness really ordered it, then it is obvious that His Royal Highness is still very afraid of the power of the Norton family until now, especially the Northern Alliance of Four Families headed by the Norton family has become the largest territorial noble faction in the empire. His Highness had to make repeated arrangements in terms of governance, so as not to damage the interests and sphere of influence of these four families.
Lorist shook his head. Although he didn't know whether his guess was reliable, he still doubted that the Second Highness could be so unwise. Because no matter how you look at it, sending someone to assassinate a duke of a territory is a very taboo thing. With the rationality of the Second Highness, it is impossible to make such a mindless arrangement. Once the great swordsman who came to assassinate is caught and confessed to be instigated by the Second Highness, the current good situation in the Antinac Kingdom will be ruined by the Second Highness himself. In this case, he himself is about to ascend the throne and become the revived Kerry. At the critical moment of the Zhongxing Emperor of the Sen Empire, the Second Highness should not have taken such a deadly behavior, and besides, the Duke of Kenmes is not a hindrance to the Second Highness.
Could it be that someone is framing it? Business alliance? Unlikely, the business alliance that has just experienced a rebellion is now too busy to take care of itself. If it has the energy to send a great swordsman to the kingdom to make trouble, if it fails, it will not be able to afford to go around. Grand Duke Camberlet will not be so stupid thing. In addition to the business alliance, Lorist thought of all the forces in the kingdom and surrounding areas, but he couldn't think of anyone who would have such a big feud with Kenmes. It's impossible for a first-level swordsman to assassinate Kenmes twice.
Lorist rubbed his temples, feeling a little headache thinking about it. He is now sitting in a very spacious and luxurious cabin, opposite to Reddy, the master and apprentice have been guessing for a long time about who is the mastermind behind the assassination of the Duke of Kenmes, but nothing has been found, and the guessing has become more and more chaotic.
"It can't be Grand Duke Feisabrun, how could you guess that he is on him?" Lorist reprimanded: "The great sword master of the Feisabrun family is just the old man, the great sword master Sandi and Christo Three husbands and viscounts. In recent years, the Feisabrun family has not recruited great sword masters, and the family's children have not been promoted to great sword masters. Besides, the Feisabrun family is standing with the second highness. If the second highness does not make a move, then It is impossible for the Feisabrun family to take action against Kenmes. Besides, killing Kenmes is not good for the Feisabrun family. Instead, it will offend our four northern alliances. The Grand Duke of Feisabrun will not So stupid."
Reddy shrugged: "Your Highness, you know I don't like to use my brain very much, but you still insist on letting me guess. According to what you said, then I still think that the Second Highness is the biggest suspect. After all, the whole kingdom is only the Second Highness. As a king, His Highness has the strength and influence to recruit new great sword masters to serve the royal family. The Duke of Kenmes also said that the great sword master who came to assassinate him is very strange, not anyone in the kingdom he has ever seen. A Grand Duke's personal swordsman guard. Didn't the Second Highness just recruit two new royal swordsmen last year? Perhaps that assassin is one of the two great swordsmen."
Lorist still shook his head: "It's even more impossible, the Second Highness will not be so stupid as to send the two great sword masters he just recruited to assassinate Kenmasi, besides, it's not that Kenmais doesn't know these two newcomers. The Great Sword Master recruited by His Highness the Second Highness, he has made it clear that he is a completely unfamiliar Great Sword Master... "
"It's a queer thing," said Reddy. "If I hadn't seen the Duke of Canmes change the bandages on his chest wound, I'd have thought he was joking. Who would kill such an insignificant man? Besides He is not the only one in the Kenmes family. Even if he is assassinated, there are many candidates to inherit the duke position. It is even less likely that the Second Highness will take back his family territory because Duke Kenmes was assassinated. It looks more and more like you are talking about someone venting personal anger, maybe it was really a disaster caused by his flirtatiousness... "
"No, the most unlikely thing about this assassination is the romantic reason I mentioned. No one would assassinate a duke of a territory because of private affairs. And although Ken Max is romantic by nature and has provoked many women, he will not go Forcing others, every time it is easy to get together and leave, and the ones involved with him are noble ladies with no foundation, ********* is just playing around, it is impossible to pull out a great swordsman who wants to be jealous because of jealousy. Come and kill him."
Lorist tapped his fingers on the table: "As for you saying that Kenmes is an insignificant person, you are wrong. In fact, I suspect that the Second Highness is the reason for the assassination. The strength of our family is now The largest noble in the kingdom, even His Highness the Second Highness is powerless to compete with us as a king, so even if I am promoted to Sword Master, I can’t dispel His Second Highness’s suspicion. Under such circumstances, if the Second Highness wants to deal with us and reduce our In terms of the family's sphere of influence, the best target is the Four Northern Alliances."
"Your Highness, in fact, our family doesn't need the help of those three alliances right now, and to a certain extent, these three allies will only hinder our family..." Reddy said a little unconvinced.
Lorist nodded: "You're right, but it's just that the development of our family far exceeds the development speed of our three alliances, and they can't keep up with us now. But what can this do? Should we tear up the alliance agreement? No, we can't rely on our own family to conquer the world, and we can never do without the help of our allies.
Now our family does not have any conflicts or conflicts with those three alliances, and only by standing with us can the sphere of influence of our family be expanded to a greater extent, especially in dealing with the Second Highness. We stand together so that our family will not appear to be alone and isolated from the circle of nobles.
Therefore, if the Second Highness wants to deal with our four northern alliances, the Duke of Kenmes is the key. Don't look at Kenmes, who looks like a businessman, with a romantic nature. But in fact, he is the most critical link to maintain our four alliances. Even I didn't expect that the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce proposed by a whim would become the best interest community among our four alliances in the hands of Ken Max.
For our family, the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce is another big purchaser of goods produced in the family territory, and the spokesman for the monopoly of the Andinak Kingdom market. For the Shaheen and Felim families, the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce has become One of the pillars of their financial income is precisely because of the large annual dividends from the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce, which supports the establishment of the family armed army and the development of the territory. For the Kenmes family, the Snow Salt Merchant gave their family, which was transformed from a merchant to a territorial noble, three strong and reliable allies, which were enough to make their family a century-old noble family.
So for the Duke of Kenmes, the better he manages the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce, the more stable the foundation of the family will be, and the longer the alliance of our four families will last. Then let's think about it in reverse, if the Second Highness wants to dissolve the alliance between our four companies, as long as the Duke of Kenmes is removed, then the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce may not be able to operate, without the involvement and distribution of interests, maybe he will Being able to use favorable conditions to win over the Felim family and the Shaxin family to become his supporters will make the alliance between the four of us unsustainable and isolate our family.
That's why I know why the Duke of Canmas was so angry after being assassinated. This is indeed the biggest weakness between our four alliances. Perhaps in the eyes of others, among the four Northland alliances, the Kenmes family, who was born as a merchant, is the weakest and most inconspicuous, with little force. But in fact the Kenmes family is the most important part of our four alliances. Without interest as the bond of alliance, even the most beautiful oath of alliance is in the end nothing more than a dead letter. "
Reddy was a little taken aback: "Your Highness, do you think that without Duke Kenmes, Duke Felim and Duke Shaheen would withdraw from the covenant with our family?"
"It's possible, and no one knows what other changes might happen." Lorist waved his hand to stop Reddy from continuing to ask: "I know what you want to say, do you think our family is invincible in armed forces again? Do you need to take these three allies into consideration? Reddy, as a territorial noble, you still have a lot to learn. In the world of Galintia, every territorial noble first thinks about their own The interests of the family, followed by the turn of the upper lord, allies and the country to which he belongs.
If there is no Duke of Kenmes, then Duke Felim will consider whether it is worthwhile to maintain the alliance. It is true that being an ally of our family would ease the pressure on their family from House Fessabrun. But Duke Felim is also worried about whether he will become a vassal of our family. This is intolerable to him. After all, they have already known the strength of our family's armed forces. Therefore, if the Duke of Felim decides to withdraw from the alliance of the four Northern Lands, he may soon change his position and treat our family as an enemy to guard against.
Sometimes the overpowering of our family creates greater insecurities for allies than foes. If you look at the map, you will understand that the Filim family's territory is Southern Province, which is adjacent to Winston Province under our family's jurisdiction. It is also our family's first line of defense against the Feisabrun family. If the Felim family withdraws from our alliance and instead joins the Second Highness and the Feisabrunn family, our family will have to deploy legions in Winston Province and Muyeyuan Province to take strict precautions. Even the southern provinces can block our family's trade routes to those provinces in the middle of the empire...
Therefore, sometimes the significance of the alliance is to reduce the financial burden and expenditure of the family, and let us have allies to speak for us. This is also the attitude that I have always been willing to maintain the alliance of the four Northlands. This time the Duke of Kenmes was assassinated, but luckily the assassin failed. I sent you to be the personal guard of the Duke of Kenmes, and I hope that if you encounter an assassin attack again, the first is to protect the safety of the Duke of Kenmes, and the second is to try to injure and not kill. Capture that assassin swordsman and see who is behind it. I still have confidence in your skills..."
Lei Di said solemnly: "Your Highness, please rest assured that Duke Kenmes will be safe and sound with me here."
The sea voyage went smoothly, and they arrived at Qilin Port in eleven days. Afterwards, Lorist and the Duke of Kenmes stayed in Qilin Port for a day, waiting for a garrison team of 1,000 people drawn by Lorist from Hilovas Island to arrive at Qilin Port, and then packed up and gathered more than 3,000 people. Large troops marched towards the imperial capital.
The day I arrived at the Imperial Capital was August 4th, and the Second Highness was very considerate. First, he sent Knight Lipire, the head of the Royal Guards, to lead a thousand-man brigade ten miles away to meet him. The nobles of the kingdom were waiting at the city gate. Lorist had no choice but to get off his horse early, and at the gate of the city, he and His Highness performed a good show of reviving the empire in harmony with one heart and one mind, and showed all the nobles of the kingdom present and the residents of the imperial capital who were watching. The sincerity of the sword master of the country to serve His Royal Highness loyally...
Having just arrived in the imperial capital, Lorist felt a little upset when he was given such a trick by the Second Highness, but there was nothing he could do about it. As a king, it was already a very solemn ceremony for His Highness the Second Highness to greet Lorist at the gate of the city in person. Generally, the nobles go to the palace to meet the Second Highness, so there is no reason for His Majesty the King to personally greet them after the city gate. This is already very face-saving, and it can even be said to be an excessive courtesy.
Therefore, Lorist had no choice but to dismount and show humility and respect to His Highness the Second Highness. In the eyes of others, this is the expression of the Second Highness and Lorist's respect for each other and their love for each other. At the same time, His Royal Highness showed everyone that Lorist, the sword master of the country, stood on his side and was loyal to his staunch supporters. My Brother Locke.
It was only five days before the enthronement ceremony of His Highness the Second Highness. The entire imperial city was decorated with lights, flags and flowers, and the streets and alleys were cleaned very clean, and the passers-by were also wearing new clothes.
The Second Highness was very satisfied and happy that Lorist brought his whole family, wife and children to the grand ceremony. He arranged the Lorist family in a luxurious courtyard near the palace, and because of Lorist's request, he arranged the Duke of Kenmes next to the courtyard where Lorist lived, and decided to serve Lorist at night. Lister and the Duke of Kenmes held a grand welcome banquet.
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