"What's going on outside?"
Earl Lloyd, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was awakened by the noise, immediately got out of bed, and asked loudly.
At this time, there was also a little confusion in the manor, and the housekeeper hurried over and explained:
"Master, just now I heard the bugle call of the imperial guards. It should be that Yulong City has been attacked."
"Attack?" Earl Lloyd frowned, "Could it be the orcs who fled to the rear?"
"It's possible. I've already sent someone to inquire. There should be definite news soon."
"Okay, let me know anytime."
Earl Lloyd gave instructions and went back to lie down.
It's just that he was gone and didn't sleep, and seeing his wife beside him woke up, he said:
"Do you think the orcs will attack the city?"
Countess Kexia asked back: "If it wasn't an orc, what would it be?"
Earl Lloyd was silent for a moment, then said:
"Could it be Colin Angelet?"
Kexia raised her eyebrows and said, "Colin Angelet? What can he do? Launch a military coup?"
Earl Lloyd turned his head and found his wife's glimmering eyes in the darkness, and said:
"Who says he can't? This person has actually controlled the most powerful army in the empire now, and he has just become a paladin. If he really wants to launch a military coup, is there anyone in the empire who can stop him?"
Kexia shook her head, and said with certainty:
"No, I have been paying attention to the Earl of the North for some time. He is a man of rules and likes to do things within the rules of the game. Besides, it's not that Princess Judy has no hope of inheriting the throne. He won't do it. It's a risk."
"Perhaps he really won't take risks, but he may not tolerate our provocation. You know, paladins have always acted extremely domineering, and this person has just commanded a key victory in a battle. When you are invincible... "
"Why are you panicking!" Kexia thumped her husband angrily, and said dissatisfiedly, "You just didn't go to see him, and you didn't reject him directly. Even if the situation is not right in the future, we still have room for change.
What's more, the first thing Colin has to deal with now should be Pamela. This guy is the younger brother of Prince Lehi, and he also controls the Imperial Guard.
We can wait and see for a while. "
Earl Lloyd stopped talking, apparently moved by his wife.
After all, what they are planning now, once it succeeds, will bring great rewards, and even if it fails, there is not much risk—
At least in their view there is not much risk.
Boom!
Hearing the knock on the door, Earl Lloyd temporarily suppressed all kinds of thoughts in his heart, and said:
"How is it? Have you found out the situation?"
"Yes, sir." The steward's voice sounded outside the door, "It is indeed the orcs who are attacking Yulongcheng."
Earl Lloyd sat up straight and asked:
"How many are there?"
"There shouldn't be many. The offensive is only concentrated at the west gate. However, according to the news I inquired just now, the orcs have already entered the city..."
"What? How could it be so fast? Didn't you just say that there are not many orcs?"
"This... It seems that the chain of the city gate drawbridge was cut off, which allowed the orcs to come in..."
"The chain was cut off?" Earl Lloyd couldn't sit still any longer, and immediately got out of bed, put on a coat, opened the door, stared at the butler outside the door, and asked in a deep voice, "You It means that the orcs have internal support?"
The steward hesitated for a moment, lowered his voice and said:
"Now it seems that there is indeed this possibility..."
Earl Lloyd frowned even tighter. Before he could speak again, his wife came to the door and asked anxiously:
"The orcs broke through the west city gate? Is Darren alright?"
Only then did Earl Lloyd remember that his son Darren was the city defense officer of the XC district, and quickly ordered:
"Let Knight Theodore lead three hundred guards to the west city to assist Darren immediately!"
"Yes, sir."
Just as the butler was about to take the order to leave, he heard Kexia behind him say:
"Also, go find Ryan."
The butler glanced at Earl Lloyd and saw that he did not object, so he nodded and said:
"Yes, ma'am."
After the butler left, Earl Lloyd asked with a worried face:
"What are you doing with that kid Ryan?"
Of course, Kexia knew that her husband was a little uncomfortable. After all, Ryan said that she was also an illegitimate child born to another man, but she still explained:
"I know you don't like Ryan, but now he is the most important card in our hands, so please take care of him."
"Are you worried that someone will take advantage of the chaos and attack Ryan?"
Kexia nodded and said in a low voice:
"That's right, don't forget that when Prince Lexi died, the orcs also attacked the city."
Earl Lloyd's complexion changed, and he said:
"You don't suspect that the orc should be Colin Angelet, do you?"
Kexia rolled her eyes and said, "What are you thinking? Colin is the biggest contributor to the collapse of the orc empire, so how could he be an internal agent of the orcs.
I just think that since last time in Winter Springs, Colin killed Prince Leahy while the orcs were attacking, and blamed the orcs on their heads, and this time the orcs came again, you said he would Won't you take this opportunity to repeat the same trick and attack Ryan? "
Earl Lloyd no longer objected when he heard the words. After Ryan was called, he gathered the family knights and elite guards nearby, surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside.
In this way, unless Colin really made up his mind to exterminate the Lloyd family, he would never be able to touch the illegitimate son Ryan.
As time went by, the brilliance of dawn gradually tore through the heavy night, and the sound of fighting at the west gate also gradually subsided.
Earl Lloyd had just finished his breakfast when he saw the butler running over with a happy face and reported:
"Master, the orcs have been repelled, and the crisis is over!"
Earl Lloyd breathed a sigh of relief and asked:
"That's good, Darren?"
Before the steward could reply, he saw a heroic young man striding in. The armor on his body was covered with blood. It was obvious that he had just experienced a fierce fight.
Kexia hurried forward and asked anxiously:
"Darren, are you hurt?"
"I'm fine, mother." Darren said deadpan, his voice mechanical and hoarse.
"What's wrong with your throat? Are you too thirsty? Come and drink some milk."
As he spoke, he took his son to the dining table.
"Good morning, father." Darren saluted Earl Lloyd first, then looked at Ryan aside.
Earl Lloyd saw Darren's unkind expression and stiff expression, thinking that he was dissatisfied with Ryan's existence, and just about to open his mouth to ease the atmosphere, he saw Darren suddenly drew out the long sword from his waist and stabbed Ryan like lightning!
Chi!
Ryan obviously didn't expect this scene, and was caught off guard and stood there stupidly, watching Darren thrust the long sword into his chest.
"Darren! Are you crazy!"
With Earl Lloyd's roar, the entire manor fell into chaos.
(end of this chapter)