Bailu City, the gate of the city.
The guard stopped the person in front of him and asked routinely:
"Name? Where did you come from? What are you doing in Bailu City?"
The man glanced at the absent-minded guard and spat out a name: "Vincent San Pros."
"Oh, you need to pay an entry tax of three copper coins to enter the city..." The guard said subconsciously, but then he realized it, and finally looked up at the person in front of him in surprise.
"Hou... Lord Marquis!" The guard finally recognized Vincent and immediately bowed to salute.
His exclamation also caused a commotion at the gate of the city. Not long after, the knight on duty at the gate rushed over and welcomed Marquis Vincent into the city.
Marquis Vincent did not delay at the city gate, and went straight to Bailu Castle. However, his speed was not fast, and he rode his horse around the city, not only to see the changes in his long-lost hometown, but also to give Bailu Castle some preparation time.
Marquis Vincent was very curious about his father's expression when he saw him later.
All the way to Bailu Castle, the butler has already led a team of attendants to line up at the gate to greet him.
"Master, you are back!"
Marquis Vincent nodded, got off his horse, handed the reins to the attendant, and asked the steward, "Where's father?"
"The master is in the study. Would you like to take a bath and change clothes first, or go to see the master directly?"
"I'll go see my father directly."
Marquis Vincent took the wet handkerchief brought up by the maid and wiped his face, then walked to the study.
Everything in the castle remains the same, as if nothing has changed, but Marquis Vincent clearly understands that since he was captured in Silvermoon City, many things here have changed.
Although the attendants he met along the way were still respectful, Marquis Vincent could still keenly feel the subtlety in their eyes.
Following the spiral staircase to the third floor of the castle, Marquis Vincent stopped in front of the study, straightened his collar, and knocked on the door.
Boom boom boom.
"Come in."
Marquis Vincent took a deep breath, pushed the door open and entered.
"Father, I'm back!"
The Duke of St. Pros, who was playing chess with the Duchess, put down the crystal chess piece, looked up at his eldest son, and said expressionlessly:
"I didn't expect you to dare to come back?"
Marquis Vincent smiled lightly and said, "Father, what are you talking about. This is my home, why would I not dare to come back?"
Sensing the tense atmosphere between father and son, the Duchess got up slowly, walked up to her son, stretched out her hand to help him straighten his slightly messy hair, and sighed: "You have suffered during this trip to Silvermoon City."
Marquis Vincent's heart warmed up, the smile on his face became more sincere, and he said: "Mother, going to Silvermoon City is my own choice, no matter what I go through, I will not hold grudges against anyone, moreover, this operation failed I do need to take responsibility, and I won't run away from it.
However, I must not allow someone to stab me in the back! "
The Duke of St. Pros' eyes flickered, and he asked, "Who do you say stabbed you in the back?"
Marquis Vincent sneered, and said, "Besides my good brother Evan, who else?"
The Duke of St. Pros did not speak, and seemed to be thinking about something.
The Duchess took her son's hand, told him to sit down on the sofa, and poured him another cup of black tea. When she heard Evan's name, she immediately asked:
"By the way, what about Evan? Didn't he come back with you?"
Marquis Vincent looked at his mother wrongedly, and said in an angry tone: "How dare I come back with him? Who knows if Evan will confirm my 'death' on the way?"
The Duchess frowned and reprimanded: "How can you doubt your brother like this!"
"Did I wrong him?" Marquis Vincent showed disdain, "Didn't he always insist that I was assassinated in Silvermoon City?"
The Duke of St. Pros did not answer this question, but asked: "How did you come back?"
"Of course you exchanged half of the Tianma navy fleet for it!" Marquis Vincent took it for granted, "Isn't the terms all negotiated? Earl Angelet got those warships, and they are in Clover City. I was released. But I didn't dare to meet the good brother who kept cursing me to death, so I went down the Nushui River in a small boat by myself and returned to Bailu City."
After listening to Marquis Vincent's narration, the study suddenly fell into silence.
After a while, the Duke of St. Pross asked, "You don't know what happened in Clover City?"
"What happened?" Marquis Vincent looked confused.
The Duke of St. Pros picked up a letter from the desk and said, "This is a letter from Evan from Clover City. You can read it yourself."
Marquis Vincent put down his teacup, got up and came to the desk, picked up the letter and read it carefully.
Boom!
"He is slandering!" Marquis Vincent smashed the letter on the table heavily, and shouted with indignation, "I don't know what happened behind Clover City, and I don't know how it happened like this, but he It is a big joke to say that I colluded with the northern border to instigate the rebellion against Earl Hall!
Why should I do this
And if this is the case, how dare I go back to Bailu City alone
Evan made it clear that he wanted to blame me for the defeat! "
The Duke of St. Pros carefully observed his son's expression, as if trying to find a flaw in it.
This look obviously angered Marquis Vincent, he yelled at his father angrily:
"Father, don't you understand by this time? This matter was a conspiracy planned by Evan from the beginning to the end, but he messed it up by himself!
He first asked Lord Feiyin to lie, saying that I had been assassinated and died in Silvermoon City, so that you could make up your mind to support him as the heir to the Duke of the Eastern Realm, and then used the excuse of revenge for me, nominally to take revenge on the Eastern Realm , but in fact it is clearing away the forces that support me and paving the way for his future succession.
Why did I collude with the North to instigate Earl Hall
Obviously, he was the one who turned against Earl Hall in order to eradicate dissidents!
Father, for such a person who used all means to frame his elder brother, force Earl Hall, and destroy the largest barrier in the East, do you still want to continue to believe his nonsense! "
The Duke of St. Pros did not speak, but just looked at his son silently, wondering if he believed what the Marquis Vincent said.
After a long while, the Duchess still broke the silence: "Okay, Vincent, you are tired from the journey back, so go back and have a rest first. Your father and I will definitely find out what happened in Clover City. "
"Okay." Marquis Vincent nodded, and then left the study.
When the door was closed again, the Duke of St. Pros looked at his wife and asked:
"Do you believe what he just said?"
The Duchess shook her head and said:
"Do not believe."
(end of this chapter)