The dungeons of the castle were not as damp and gloomy as the border town jail, and probably the duke did not want his basement to be turned into a haunted house, or to smell the disgusting stench as soon as he went down the stairs.In general, the dungeon is cleaner.Different cells are decorated in different grades, some are empty, some not only have beds, but also wardrobes, desks and chandeliers are available.Probably the duke originally regarded this place as a place for the detention of certain nobles, and the basic etiquette was still to be guaranteed.

Roland also found a special cell in the corner, a large bed half the size of the room, with chains hanging from the ceiling, but a layer of sheep's skin on the iron on the chain head, and all kinds of whips hanging on the wall.It seems that Prince Lane has studied in some respects, he thought, but unfortunately he will leave here in a few days, and he can't think about it.

Shalafi Hermon, as the most valuable prisoner, was naturally kept in the best cell.If you don't look at the iron railings on the outside, you think it's a luxurious bedroom.He was one with him, and the vicomes of the Maple Leafs and the Peng Wolf's, the eldest son of the wild roses, and the second son of the elk's family, which, together with the lions, formed the long-song fortress of six, of course, the Lane faction had been disintegrated by Roland, and his wife and son were all locked up next door.

When he saw His Royal Highness the Prince appear in the dungeon, and the nobles stood up without waiting for them to ask, and Roland began to say, "Count Hullmont, you can come out."As for the others, when the ransom is delivered, I will let you out.”

"Father," said Perot, seeing the count's rosy face, and he looked at his friend, and then looked at Roland, "I have not seen the name of the Count of Elk on the list, and if he dies on the battlefield, his eldest son should still be in the royal capital, and there is no one in the house."Is it possible to release Ryan Meade first and let him go back and raise his own ransom?I want to give him a guarantee.”

“The eldest son of the elk, do you mean Jacques Med?”Roland shook his head, “He’s back.Not only did I come back, I came to the castle yesterday.But ... I don't think he intended to pay the ransom."

Hearing this, Ryan couldn’t believe it and put it to the cage, “Why?”

"He said you couldn't protect your father on the battlefield, and you were the executioner who killed Count Med."

“Why did he say that, killing his father,” Ryan suddenly closed his mouth.

Roland said, "You want to say that it is I who killed the count, don't you?"He went to the cage and said, “Your father sent someone into my castle before the month of the devil, trying to burn the grain and grass.”Now with the duke, with the great knights attacking my territory, I was only fighting back and repelling the invaders.So am I the murderer?Who is more to blame than the Duke of Lane and the accomplice of the Earl of Meade?Moreover, if Hils had not said that you knew nothing about the food burning, you would have been dead now.”

“...” Ryan couldn’t speak.

"Your Highness," asked Perot, worriedly, "if no one is willing to pay a ransom, will you put him to death?"

"No, I've always been kind," Roland grinned, "probably to take back to the border town and dig twenty years of mines in the North Slope to make atonement."

“How much is the ransom?”

"As a second son, there is no opportunity to inherit the title, the price is naturally not as good as the count of honeysuckle, as long as a thousand values of material."Roland looked at him with interest, “Why, do you want to pay the ransom for him?”

“What’s the value, a thousand golden dragons?”The Count, who was released by the guard, interjected.

"Your son will tell you," said the prince, "and let it go, there is nothing to be done here."As for the matter of Med's second son, you don't have to rush for a while, you can slowly go back and think about it.

When the men left the dungeon and went to the gate of the castle, the count suddenly stopped: "Dear Highness, I know that Prince Lane's act is inexcusable, but ... his wife and son are innocent."

"Perhaps," Roland said, "I have no intention of sentencing them to exile, to hang or anything, but to bring them back to the border town to prison."Until the day I ascended the throne, he thought.Now is not the time for the benevolence of women, and if they are acquitted, there is no benefit to the eldest son having the right to inherit the law except to stir the water of the long song fortress more mixed.

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"What do you say!?" said Charaphe Hermon, glaring at Perot in disbelief, "Your Highness does not intend to live in the long-song fortress, but will leave the city to you to govern?"

Returning to the Countess of Honeysuckle, Perot immediately recounted what had happened in these three days with his father, and when he heard the proxy deed, the count could no longer resist, and after receiving his son's affirmative reply, he stood up in a circle in his study, obviously in a complicated mood.

“Father, are you all right?”Perot asked worriedly.

“It seems that our opponents are mainly Elk’s family, and in addition to them, the other three, whether it is background or strength, will be inferior to us.”

“What?”He did not return to God for a moment.

“The opponent, the opponent!”The count cried out, "You have disappointed me so much, Your Highness has given you such a good opportunity, have you not yet analyzed what your opponents are?"

“Are you not surprised?”

"Strange why His Royal Highness the Prince insisted on returning to the border town?""It is strange, of course," said the count, touching his beard, "but what that has to do with us, as long as the contract is true."

It is, Perot thought, His Highness can't just want to make fun of himself, as for the reasons for his favorite border town can be slowly thought again.But he did not expect his father's ability to accept it so much.

“I heard that the boy in Med’s house was your friend?”Shalafi suddenly stood up and said, "Tomorrow you go and get him out."

“You agree that I will spend a thousand to redeem him?”Peel nodded.

"Come to think of it, the Count of the Elk is dead, and the eldest son is unwilling to redeem the second son, and in this battle there is hardly any loss except for a few knights.Once Jacques Mede succeeds to the title, it will inevitably prevent you from taking charge... No, the escrow fortress.”The count explained, “Why didn’t Jacques want to redeem Rennes?”Because he's afraid of each other threatening himself."

Well, for that reason, Perot laughed bitterly in his heart.But he knew that his father was right, Ryan had loved swords and long guns since childhood, and the knights in the territory were very close, unlike his eldest son Jacques, who thought that hand-to-hand fighting had lost aristocratic style, and preferred the royal wind and snow moon.Although Wren has repeatedly shown that he prefers to be a knight, that is without inheritance.Now there is no count's restraint, and who knows whether he will gather the knights under his command and kill the eldest son with a knife?Spending money to redeem a man who fidgets himself, Jacques's decision is very simple and ruthless.

“My friend wouldn’t do that,” he said.

"Perhaps, but after you redeem him, Jacques will have a headache, whether he intends to do so or not."Shalafi continued, “As for a thousand-valued goods, we can choose craftsmen with higher scores.”

"In preparing the ransom for you, I have already drawn some of the craftsmen, and if I fill in more, the craftsmen in the territory will not be enough."

“Don’t worry, do you know that the North is a mess?”The count said, "All the Allied forces of the four kingdoms were destroyed in Helmes, and the lords were forcibly conscripted and enlisted in the army, and there were already a large number of fugitives."We can take advantage of this opportunity to eat a little more, and then even save the monthly payment of supplies.”

Perot found that his father was also at least a master of business who was much stronger than his ability to go to war.(Unfinished.