First of all, businessmen traveling between Kent Town and Mendos City brought strange rumors. It was said that Lord Hamilton, who went to the Rund Peninsula, was recuperating from his injuries in Kent Town. He seems to have recovered now and looks very good.【】
At first, everyone did not believe this legend, but then more and more people spread it, and each one of them told the truth, including where the Duke was injured, when he arrived in Kent Town, and who he saw when and where.
His details are so consistent that others can't help but believe him.
However, everyone who knew that Hamilton was in Kent Town had the same suspicion, that is, why did the Duke not return to Mandos City to recuperate, but rushed to Kent Town, which was further away? In any case, the conditions in Mandos City were better than those in Kent.
The town is much better. It is completely unreasonable for Hamilton to do this.
Every time when the audience raises such a question, the businessmen who spread the news will smile mysteriously, and then lower their voices and say: "Of course there is a reason for this, do you want to know? Come on... let's find a quiet place.
I’ll tell you the place well.”
So the merchants would believe that Hamilton was actually jealous of the king and was deceived into the dangerous Lunde Peninsula to die. At the critical moment when he was seriously injured and surrounded by undead creatures, it was only thanks to Earl Lee's timely arrival that he rescued the Duke and Miss Anna.
Earl Lee not only took the risk to rescue the Duke and his daughter, but also eliminated hundreds of thousands of undead creatures. At present, there are only a few undead creatures left on the Lunde Peninsula, and this is all due to the Earl.
The businessmen gushed about the whole thing, and the whole process was smooth and lively. It was as if they were on the battlefield and witnessed the whole process, and it seemed that the businessmen had become troubadours, and the audience was stunned.
For a moment, I subconsciously believed what they said.
After these businessmen from Kent Town told the whole story, they smiled mysteriously at the audience and said, "Tell me, in this case, should the Duke return to Mandos City to recuperate or go to Kent Town?"
What’s better?”
"Of course we go to Kent Town and then go back to Mandos City. It would be a fool." The audience always gave the same answer every time, and then told more people what they heard with great enthusiasm.
It’s no wonder that the citizens of Mandos are so excited. It’s not that they don’t have a high level of awareness and like to believe and spread rumors. It’s that the inside stories revealed by these businessmen are so explosive, involving royal power struggles, conspiracy and betrayal.
, heroes and beauties, undead creatures and so many other elements that everyone likes to see and hear, it would be really hard for these citizens not to spread the word.
It didn't take long for almost all the citizens of Mandos City to know about this matter. Even when the nobles attended gatherings, someone would mention it in a vague way and quietly exchange opinions on this rumor.
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Compared with the common people, the nobles have more resources and know more information, so they can treat this so-called rumor more objectively.
First of all, the significant reduction of undead creatures on the Lunde Peninsula has been confirmed by the army guarding the Lington Pass. The army reported that the pass had not been attacked by undead creatures for many days, and at the same time, it sent a scout team deep into the Lunde Peninsula for three days.
After three days' journey, it was confirmed that there were indeed very few sightings of undead creatures in the front lines of Galen City. As for the deeper areas, we had not yet had time to conduct reconnaissance.
At the same time, the pass authorities also confirmed that Earl Roger Lee did lead a group of soldiers into the pass some time ago, and claimed that Duke Hamilton and his daughter Anna were also in the group, and that he would take the duke back to Kent Town to treat his injuries.
From these two points, it shows that the rumors outside are very likely to be true. Roger may indeed have entered the Runde Peninsula and not only rescued Duke Hamilton, but also at least eliminated a large number of undead creatures.
Thinking back to the recent chaos in the kingdom, including the "accidental death" of Finance Minister Marquis Anthony in the palace, all the nobles believed that what caused the uproar in the city was definitely not a rumor, but probably a fact.
This made all the nobles secretly vigilant. It is true that Duke Hamilton is very powerful in the kingdom, but there are also many nobles who are watching every move of the powerful Duke, waiting for him to do anything deviant.
He complained to the king to seize the duke's power. But even in this case, Hamilton never let anyone catch him. This doubtless shows that the duke is very restrained in his power.
But even so, Alonso III actually made a move against the Duke. And this move was a deadly move. He actually took the Hamiltons and his daughter directly to the Rende Peninsula. This was intended to wipe out the Hamilton family, even if
Real political enemies rarely use such ruthless tactics.
Alonso III's actions not only broke the balance of power between the king and the nobles, but also allowed the nobles to truly realize what kind of person their king was. Some nobles who originally wanted to fight for higher positions planned to give up their activities.
less timid aristocrat
He even decided to return to the territory as soon as possible, as far away from the ruthless king as possible. The nobles who did not have territory were pitiful, and they could only stay in Mandos City in fear. Who knows if one day the king himself does not like it, so he will leave.
He was sent to die on the Lunde Peninsula.
As for the nobles who were already following Duke Hamilton, they were even more uneasy. As soon as they confirmed the news, they left Mandos City under various excuses. Some of these people went directly back to their own territories, while others
They found some safe places to settle down and all watched the situation nervously. But they all did the same thing, which was to send envoys straight to Kent Town to try to get in touch with Duke Hamilton.
Many of the nobles originally sent by Hamilton really had no place to go, so they went directly to Kent Town. Instead of staying in Mandos City and waiting for the king to attack them, they might as well just go to the Duke. Anyway, both sides are now
The situation is already in turmoil, so why not follow Hamilton and gamble your luck?
The nobles of the kingdom still maintain harmony on the surface, but there are undercurrents surging in the interior. Many nobles are planning for their future, hoping to gain more benefits for themselves in this turmoil, and to say the least, they can maintain their current situation.
Interests are also ok.
Although many nobles had political disagreements with Hamilton in the past, the vast majority of them sided with the Duke this time. After all, Alonso III's behavior this time went too far. Not only did it cross the bottom line that everyone abides by,
What's more important is that everyone in the nobles is in danger, so it is naturally impossible to gain the support of everyone.
While the nobles were looking for a way out, rumors about the grudges between the king and the duke were spreading among the people. Unlike the rational speculation of the nobles, the people gave full play to their rich imagination on this matter.
It didn’t take long for various versions of the story to spread among the people. Because when Hamilton was in charge of the Privy Council, he did some good things for the country and the people, so the various versions of the legend among the people were sympathetic to the Duke.
, putting the king on the evil side.
Some of these different versions of the legend say that the king was jealous of the duke's talent, so he looked for an opportunity to frame him; others said that the king and the duke fell in love with the same woman, and the woman actually liked the duke, so the kingdom took a vicious step to get rid of his love rival;
Others say that Alonso III planned to surrender to Baithos, the old enemy of the Kingdom of Thorne, and the Duke tried his best to stop the king's despicable behavior, so he was plotted against him.
There is another theory that is the most exaggerated. The person who came up with this version was obviously inspired by the fact that Walter was disguised as an undead creature, and Alonso III also wanted to use the undead creature to get rid of Hamilton, and believed that the king was also disguised as an undead creature. The undead creature
The reason for doing this is naturally because they have a terrible conspiracy.
Turning the entire Kingdom of Thorne into a world of undead creatures and ruling the entire continent from there, the Duke was persecuted precisely because he discovered the king's conspiracy. Now all the people of the Kingdom of Thorne should take action.
, overturn the rule of the undead king and avoid the catastrophe that is about to sweep the entire continent.
In short, after the merchants from Kent Town spread the "inside information" to Mandos City, various versions of rumors gradually spread within the kingdom. Not only did the nobles and commoners panic, but even the army was somewhat worried.
The morale of the military was unstable. In addition to the kingdom's first-line troops, some second-line troops and reserve troops even began to have deserters. This has not happened in the Kingdom of Thorne for nearly a hundred years, which shows how influential these rumors are.
In fact, these businessmen from Kent Town are all subordinates of the big businessman Cage. Cage, under the instruction of Roger, asked the businessmen to spread such rumors everywhere. Roger, who has lived on earth, is well aware of public opinion.
Strength, although he and Alonso III have not yet officially dueled, they have actually gained the upper hand.
For various reasons, neither the nobles, the army nor even the palace guard captain Massa reported these matters to Alonso III. In addition, the king's attention recently has been on the palace and his own safety, and how to
When mobilizing forces to deal with Roger, he did not notice the power of these rumors at first.
However, there are a few nobles who are absolutely loyal to the king, but they have been isolated by other nobles, so they learned very late that there were so many unfavorable rumors circulating outside the king. These nobles hurriedly told Alonso III the news,
The king was furious and immediately ordered the people not to talk about any rumors about the king, otherwise they would be punished with death.
The nobles who were loyal to the king also did the same thing and hanged several civilians who talked about the matter that day. Originally, both Alonso III and the nobles thought that the incident would be over. However, Alonso III and the nobles
What no one expected was that things were developing in a worse direction and would soon be beyond their control.
Chapter 470: Undercurrent
Chapter 470 Undercurrent surges, arriving at the location