Conspiracy (Part 1)
Chapter 45:Conspiracy (Part 1)
When the moon began to sink westward, Golon Wimbledon saw the contours of the walls of the royal capital looming in the night.
A few months later, he finally came back, he thought.The fatigue of the long journey suddenly disappeared a lot, but he was still vigilant, strangling the mount under his crotch, and motioning his deputy to investigate the situation.
If the plan does not change, the master should have replaced the guard of the city with his own cronies, and put down the side-door suspension bridge after the deputy signaled.
He stared wide-eyed ahead, afraid that he would miss the faint light of fire.
This waiting time was not long, but Golon felt that time seemed to be frozen, and when the eyelids were about to hold out, he finally saw the flicker from the distance - two under the wall, three below, as agreed in the plan.He took a breath and waved to his people and marched forward.
In this way, you are only one step away from the throne.
Golon rode through the side door of the city wall, and the deputy walked side by side with him.
Behind him were more than twenty cavalrymen, all of whom did not say a word, pulling the reins, and controlling the rider to move forward slowly.
The walled materials of the castle are taken from the fallen dragon ridge, and this gray-brown stone shines dark red under the torch, as if it had been soaked in blood.The entire wall was twenty feet wide, and more than a thousand hard workers, slaves, and stonemasons died on the site in order to build this unscattered wall.
The iron wall of the copper wall that the army of ten thousand cannot conquer is now easily crossed by itself, Golon thought, and any loopholes start from within.Somehow, he remembered the new holy city, the more magnificent and unbreakable wall, will also be broken from the inside?
"Your Highness, I have been waiting for you for a long time."Through the city gate, the master and the team were waiting at the door.Seeing Goron appear, the bachelor quickly turned over and got off the horse and saluted.
Golon put aside the thoughts, probably too excited, can not help but think nonsense, "You are doing well, the royal palace guards have also changed?" 」
"Return to your Highness, there was a little accident in the plan, and the Silver Knight, who had already said that he would be willing to serve you, was transferred to the Southland three days ago, and now he has only time to replace the guard of the dormitory."
Golon frowned, which meant that he could not have brought more than twenty men into the palace.The guards will not stop themselves, but they will not allow so many heavily armed men to enter the royal palace.
"It's just that the bedchamber team splits two to follow me, and the rest keep the door open, don't let the outsiders come in and disturb me," he hesitated for a moment and made up his mind, although the plan changed, but the situation is still under control.His father's guard would usually stay in the outer room for the night, and as long as someone could drag them for a moment, he was sure to cut him under the sword.
Entering the inner city as if everything had returned to what he had been when he left.Even though it was at night, he could still identify every street.This is his place, no doubt.Everyone jumped off the horse, quickly marched toward the palace, and when they reached the door, more than 20 people dispersed according to the new plan, lurking outside the palace.As Aung said, although the doorman wondered why the prince returned to the royal capital at night, when Golon deceived himself that something was behind him, he opened the door and put him in.
After all, he was the eldest son of the king of the Grey Fort, the first heir of the Fa-religion.
The prince and the master passed through the garden and the hall, and the castle ahead was the residence of Wimbledon III.The master raised the torch in his hand and shook it to the left and right, and immediately a bodyguard came out of the darkness and knelt down to the two men on one knee.
Golon sucked his nose, and he smelled a bloody smell.
Isn’t it true that the guards of the dormitore have all been replaced?He looked at the bodyguard by the fire, indeed, a man he knew well—a knight under the earl who supported himself to ascend to the throne.It made him a little more reassuring.
“Has anyone entered the castle?”
“Return to your Highness, your majesty summoned the maid in the evening, and when she came out, she saw our substitution,” replied the other, “reassurance, we have dealt with it.”
The maid?My father hadn’t touched a woman in a long time – since his mother’s death.Golon felt a little surprised, but now it was not the time to dwell on such a small thing, he nodded, did not say anything more, followed the guard into the castle, the others followed.
For Golon, the castle can go from the beginning to the end with its eyes closed.He has lived here for more than 20 years, where there is a secret road, where there are dark doors are clear.However, the purpose of his trip was to persuade his father to pass on the throne to himself, and it made no sense to sneak into the dormitory, and he had to solve the guards stationed outside, so that his father could sit down and seriously talk about the ownership of the inheritance.
If you can't convince him...
Golon Wimbledon took a deep breath and reached out to signal the crowd to stop and pull out the sword in his hands behind him.
The bronze gate at the end of the corridor is the only entrance to the dormitory, behind the door is the outer room, but also the last line of defense in front of the dormitory, where two or three guards are usually stationed, and when an accident is encountered, you can rush into the dormitory to protect your majesty in the first time.
Golon first pushed the door open a small slit, then hit the side shoulder, quickly into the room, raised the sword to make a face-off position - but the outside room is quiet, there is no one.At the same time, a strong smell of blood came to the nose.
He felt an unmistakable feeling in his heart and ran straight to the bed.
Goron saw an implausible scene.
Wimbledon III sat at the head of the bed in a nightgroom, leaning obliquely on the pillow mat, the robe open, a sword hilt in his chest, and the blood flowed down his bulging stomach, soaking the quilt.
His father was standing beside his brother, Tifeko Wimbledon.
“How... how?”Golon is in place.
"Like you, brother," Tifeko sighed, "I didn't want to do that."
He clapped his hands, and quickly poured into a group of iron warriors behind the door, surrounding the big prince group, "This is a chess game, I wanted to finish in accordance with the rules."Brother, you know?The third sister didn’t plan to play this game from the beginning, of course... you did too.Otherwise, how can you hear the astral prophecy of Master Aung and run thousands of miles to the royal city?Seriously, if you don't come, I'm really powerless."
“The Master!”
He gritted his teeth and looked back, and the master stepped back, and stood up: "I have not lied to you, the apocalypse is far away from the blazing sun, the metaphor means that the seeker has strayed from the right path, but it also has the meaning of falling."
Now Golon understood perfectly, and from the very beginning he fell into a well-designed trap.The bloody smell of the castle door is probably not left by any maid, and so is the statement that the silver-handed knight was transferred.But what made him most desperate was that the master who had taken care of him for more than ten years and taught him from a young age to understand and write words had finally chosen two princes - like his father.
“The Tifeco Wimbledon!The same son, but he only poured so much effort into you, the best territory to you, did not expect you to bite him first!You are the devil from hell!”
There was a flash of anger in Tifeko’s eyes, but it soon disappeared, “Do you really think so?”Dear brother, if this trip does not convince him to succeed him to the throne, will you really plan to stop?Don't lie to yourself."
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