Roger's voice is very familiar to many people. After hearing his voice, everyone on the stage had different reactions. [] Anna was naturally very surprised. Although Roger hadn't arrived yet, the pretty face had already appeared on her face.
He smiled sweetly; Button was frightened and panicked, especially when Anna
After the expression, there was a look of resentment on his face; Alonso III was purely surprised. The report he had received before was that Roger had died on the battlefield, and now this pretty good young man actually came back alive.
Well, this is good news for the king.
As soon as Alonso III was happy, he forgot to continue announcing the engagement of Anna and Button. Roger, who was blocked by the people, jumped up high, holding a large bundle of items under his arm, and stepped on the shoulders of the people surrounding the ceremony platform.
He rushed up to the high ceremonial stage. Massa, who was responsible for protecting the king, also recognized Roger and stopped his eager men in time, thus avoiding many unnecessary troubles for Roger.
"Your Majesty the King, I came in haste, please forgive me." Knowing that Alonso III had not yet had time to announce the news of Anna's engagement, Roger went up to the podium with a relieved heart, and first bowed to apologize to Alonso.
Alonso, who was in a good mood, did not take this little commotion to heart. Instead, he smiled and said to Roger: "I thought you had died defending the country, but I didn't expect you came back safely. Very good, very good! As for just now
Don’t worry about it.”
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Roger stood up straight and whispered to Alonso III: "Your Majesty, since this is a celebration for the victory over the Three Desert Kingdoms, it is better not to announce other things for the time being."
Roger's words were a bit excessive. How could he, a small viscount, have the right to dictate the kingdom? Alonso III was also a little unhappy. He frowned and was about to rebuke Roger, but found that Roger had something else to say.
Looking deeply at Barton who was not far away, his heart moved and he swallowed back all the words he wanted to say.
Alonso III sincerely did not want to see the marriage between the Hamilton family and the Button family. Of course, he also knew about the unusually close relationship between Roger and Anna. Since Roger appeared to be confident, Alonso III
Naturally, I am happy to let him disturb the situation. It would be great if he can ruin this marriage.
Seeing that the king did not mention the engagement anymore, Roger smiled at him, then walked directly to Raikkonen and said: "Lord Raikkonen, I finally lived up to your expectations and successfully attacked the enemy's supply line.
Their army is strong enough to fight again!"
Ever since he saw Roger reappearing, Raikkonen began to feel a little uneasy. After hearing Roger's words, he didn't know what to do. He just responded with some confusion: "Ah? That's it, that's good.
very nice……"
"Now that I have completed the task, should you fulfill your previous promise?" Roger still stared at Raikkonen closely and said: "Don't forget, we swore an oath in front of all the nobles.
oh!"
Roger's voice was neither soft nor loud. Although the people in the audience could not hear what he was saying, Alonso III and other nobles on the stage could all hear him clearly. Many people, including Alonso III, could
The few people immediately guessed part of the truth. The reason why the enemy retreated was precisely because Roger successfully attacked their supply line.
In order to let Roger carry out this dangerous mission, Raikkonen must have agreed to his corresponding conditions. However, after the Noble Expeditionary Force returned to the capital, Raikkonen only said that Roger was unfortunately killed in action, which was obviously not true.
I planned to give him corresponding honors. Unexpectedly, Roger came back alive, and now things are getting interesting.
The nobles of the kingdom are also divided into several camps. Since Raikunin has chosen to join the Barton family, there will definitely be nobles who are against him. Many nobles who disagree with Raikunin have already made a low noise, although they have not
He clearly supported Roger, but his words explicitly or implicitly pointed out that according to the laws of the kingdom, defrauding and falsely claiming military merit from others was punishable by hanging.
The Kingdom of Thorne was founded on war, and military merit was also very important. Raikkonen's face became even more troubled after hearing the rumors of those nobles, but he didn't know what to say to refute Roger. After all, there was a question at the military meeting.
There were so many nobles present, and many of them were dissatisfied with Barton taking most of the credit. If these people all stood up to speak up for Roger, Laikuling would be in big trouble.
While Raikkonen was panicking, Button secretly screamed in his heart that it was terrible. This time, he relied on his reputation as the number one military leader to get Alonso III to agree to announce his engagement to Anna. He would never watch Roger appear.
Destroy your own plans. See
Raikkonen was speechless, and Patton quickly stood up and said loudly: "Military merit is a serious matter, how can you just talk about it? To calculate how much military merit you have achieved, of course you still need to have tangible evidence, such as enemies.
Only the military flags can count!"
Barton's words were very high-sounding, causing some nobles to nod secretly. However, many nobles who had participated in the southern war were shaking their heads, secretly cursing Barton for being shameless. In this war, he only won one enemy's flag. In fact,
It has nothing to do with Patton either.
It was Raikkonen who put this greatest military achievement on his head in order to please the Patton family. At this time, Patton actually mentioned this in public, which shows that his face has reached a certain level. If he and Luo
Jie changed his position and must have been so angry at his words that he vomited blood.
However, Roger didn't look angry at all after hearing Barton's words, and even laughed happily. Under everyone's surprised eyes, Roger said word for word: "You have to rely on real evidence, right? Okay, what do I want you to do now?
It’s real evidence!”
As soon as Roger finished speaking, he threw the pile of things under his ribs onto the stage, and suddenly raised his voice and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please let someone come over, what are these things!"
When Roger made such a fuss, Alonso III also became interested and immediately motioned to the guard behind him to check the pile of things that Roger had thrown away. The guard just picked up a piece of cloth and took a look at it, and his expression immediately changed and he said: "
Your Majesty, this is the military flag of the Desert Kingdom!"
Everyone was surprised at this time. Alonso III immediately said: "Hurry up!"
Under the urging of the king, the guard checked the pile of things as quickly as possible, then raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, these are all... all the enemy's flags!"
At this time, all the nobles on the stage were shocked. There were so many military flags in such a large pile. There must be dozens of them? Many people secretly took a breath and looked at Roger, who was originally a veteran noble.
The young man known as the nouveau riche looked at him differently. For one person to win so many military flags, it was a huge military achievement. Even the Senate could not prevent Roger from rising to another level.
"There are a total of thirty-one military flags here, including most of the front-line legions of the three desert countries!" In front of the king and the nobles, Roger said coldly to Barton: "Mr. Barton, you just said that calculating military merit still needs to be done.
Real evidence, now...do you know what real evidence is?"
Originally, Patton was very proud of himself for getting a military flag, but he didn't expect that Roger would immediately launch such a powerful counterattack. Patton only felt that his face was being slapped, and he couldn't say anything for a moment.
.Other nobles looked at Barton with contempt. In their eyes, this guy who claimed to have made the most military exploits in the war was simply a joke.
Of all the people present, only Anna didn't pay attention to Barton's expression at all. Since Roger came to the ceremony, Anna's eyes have never left him, and she has been watching Roger's every move with affection.
When her sweetheart showed off so many enemy flags, Anna's pretty face shone with pride. For Anna, it was more joyful for Roger to receive honors than for herself to receive honors. What could be better than seeing her man do such a thing?
What makes a woman more happy about her amazing achievements?
Even Alonso III was surprised by Roger's achievements. He looked at the military flags spread out on the ground and said in surprise: "These armies...were all destroyed by you?"
Alonso III's words seemed to remind Patton who was standing aside, and he immediately shouted crazily: "No, these armies were destroyed by me and other nobles. This shameless man just picked up the military flag on the battlefield. He was so shameless."
Plagiarizing the results of other people’s hard work!”
Patton's words aroused the contempt of many people. I had never heard anyone mention this before. Now that Roger appeared with so many military flags, Patton jumped out and accused him of stealing the fruits of other people's labor. This kind of statement
The flaw is too big.
In fact, not only did the nobles secretly despise Patton, but even the people in the audience booed his words. Since Roger showed everyone the military flag he had recaptured, many people have come out to see the two nobles on the stage.
There was a dispute over who had achieved more military exploits. The vast majority of civilians only believed in what they had said, and naturally regarded Roger as a great hero. But now Barton's words undoubtedly aroused everyone's dissatisfaction, and some courage
The older guy had already begun to scold him for being despicable and shameful.
The people's scolding made Barton feel like a thorn in his back, but at this moment he had to hold on and stick to his statement. If Roger took away the title of No. 1 in military merit, it would not only be impossible for Barton to marry Anna, but
Simply, he himself will be punished more severely, and even the reputation of the family will be affected. For Barton, as the heir of the family, this is something that is absolutely unacceptable.
However, Roger was not in a hurry to explain to everyone where these military flags came from. He just walked to the end of the street with some expectation. When Roger saw a carriage approaching from a distance, his face immediately showed