Chapter 129 New Family Coat of Arms
It rained continuously this spring. It rained for four or five days. Just after seeing the sun for one day, there were raindrops in the thick clouds. It seemed that it didn’t last for two or three days. Can't stop.
On the fifth day after Richard Naer left, a team disembarked from the dock and entered Weisenberg City with colorful flags.
They walked to the square The flag was hanging wetly on the flagpole, and the leading magician's robe was stained with water. The knights behind him could only endure the cold rain seeping into their armor. The horses snorted from time to time, which was completely different from the time in the royal capital. High-spirited.
Wearing traditional clothes, Frederick stood quietly under the castle gate, watching the team move slowly over like a turtle crawling.
Behind him, all the civil and military officials were present. The expressions on their faces were either indifferent, angry, or gloomy.
Especially Judge Otto and Police Officer Dominic looked like they were gnashing their teeth and their eyes were on fire.
The messenger team from the royal capital finally moved to the front of the castle. The leading deputy leader of the royal mage group, Heinrich, dismounted, took a golden mailbox from the servant and walked to Frederick.
"Alas..." He talked for a while, covered his face with one hand, handed the letterbox to Frederick with the other hand, and said: "You can see for yourself, I am embarrassed to read it."
< br>Behind him, the knights were studying the dark clouds in the sky or the surrounding flowers and plants, not daring to look directly at Wesson and the others.
Frederick quietly took the mailbox and said calmly: "Your Excellency and everyone have worked hard. Please go to the castle to change and rest. I will invite you to attend the banquet later."
"Alas..." Heinli Xi sighed again, "Sorry for bothering you."
Afu immediately stepped forward and asked Heinrich and the knights to enter the castle to take a shower and change clothes.
Frederick looked at the coat of arms on the mailbox in his hand. It was from the Heraldry Academy.
The House of Heralds is an institution under the king that manages vassals. The king’s decrees on the canonization of nobles, rewards and punishments are issued from there. The last time Frederick received the king’s decree through them was when the Wesson family was From earl to baron.
The content of this decree had been transmitted through other channels the day before yesterday. Frederick opened it and took a look. The content was exactly the same as the information, and then handed it to everyone behind him.
Everyone was extremely angry after seeing the king's latest decree and couldn't help but curse.
Frederick just sneered and said nothing more.
King William first brought up the matter of Frederick's father. The original fine of 5,000 florins was changed to 8,000 florins, and he requested that half be handed over to Heinrich to take back.
The next step is the highlight. On the grounds that Frederick killed nobles without permission, William announced that the original coat of arms of the Wesson family would be stripped. The new coat of arms could only use two colors, and the pattern could not be used in the world. things.
The first is to steal money, the second is to slap in the face.
The coat of arms of a family represents the facade of the family. It shows the identity, honor and territorial characteristics of the family. The longer the history and the higher the status of the family, the more complex and gorgeous their coats of arms will be.
Now the king has deprived the Wesson family of their original coat of arms, and restricted the color types and content of the new coat of arms. The only thing missing is to explicitly say that they will deprive the Wesson family of their status as a baron and demote them to a knight.
"Sir!" Otto looked at Frederick, his hands holding the parchment were trembling a little, and his eyes were a little red.
The reason why the Wesson family was deprived of their coat of arms was that in Chaper's case last year, Frederick directly executed Chaper, a nobleman, by executing a commoner.
Although there were a lot of behind-the-scenes operations in this case, the entire process was flawless on the surface, and the defense lawyers on both sides cited impeccable evidence.
Otto has always been proud of this case, and even organized a book to tell the story of the case one by one, and analyze the defense statement one by one.
Now the things that he was proud of have become a basis for attacking the master, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
Frederick saw what he was thinking and asked seriously: "If this trial could be repeated, would you uphold the original verdict?"
Otto did not hesitate. The answer is: "Yes!"
"I can do it too." Frederick said, "There is no need for a reason for wolves to eat sheep. Without this reason, they will find other reasons."
"But the fruits of our labor are It can’t be taken away with a piece of parchment!”
“What we have to do now is to unite and let those evil wolves know that we are not lambs to be slaughtered!”
Hai! Inrich did not go to rest, but quietly watched the reactions of Frederick and everyone behind the gate of the main building of the castle, listening to their conversation with his listening skills.
He did not hide it from others, Ah Fu stood quietly aside.
"Afu," Heinrich asked, "How old is your master this year?"
Afu replied calmly: "As many as your fingers."
Heinrich sighed, raised his head and looked at the rolling dark clouds of spring thunder, and whispered: "In a blink of an eye, we are all old."
"Do you still remember that day, we said it by the campfire? "It was many years ago," Ah Fu replied. "At that time, you were a virgin who had never even touched a girl's hand. Now you are the grandfather of two grandchildren." ”
Heinrich smiled and sighed: "After so many years, I have accomplished nothing. Now I am the deputy leader just for today's things."
"From now on, it will be the age of young people. I It’s time to find a place to retire.”
Afu said: “We have long said that you are not suitable for the intrigues of the royal mage group, and you are more suitable for studying knowledge like Diesel.”
< br>"You can come to teach at my university. With your knowledge, maybe you can decide how much bonus to give Diesel in a few years."
"Yes, Diesel is here too!" Heinrich's eyes narrowed slightly, "We still haven't avenged the food explosion that caused us to cook our leather shoe belts for three days."
He changed the topic and asked: "Can Baron Wesson win this battle?"
Afu sneered and replied confidently: "If all your royal mage group comes here, you can lose well. "
"Go and take a rest. Do you still think you are old enough to walk in the rain for three days and three nights?"
Heinrich turned and followed Ah Fu to the bathroom? He walked over and said helplessly: "We are different from His Majesty. We still want shame."
That night, Frederick hosted a banquet for Heinrich and his party.
The castle's dining room was brightly lit, and the original Wesson family heraldic flag on the wall behind the main table was taken down and replaced with a new heraldic flag that was rushed to be made the day before yesterday.
Frederick was very open to the idea of changing the family coat of arms. Just change it. The coat of arms carries the family history, and the Wesson family has to create the new history by himself.
Even if the new coat of arms only has two colors and a simple pattern, as long as the Wesson family becomes powerful, everyone will think it is heroic.
“This is the new coat of arms of the Wesson family.” Frederick pointed to the heraldic flag and said to Heinrich and others, “It meets the king’s requirements.”
Heinrich and others' mouths twitched when they saw this. They thought Baron Wesson would be furious, cry, and be at a loss at first, but they didn't expect that he actually slapped the king in the mouth legally and reasonably.
The original coat of arms of the Wesson family had three patterns: a white castle, a blue river, and an eagle representing the royal heritage of the Second Puran Empire.
The current new coat of arms still has a red background, and the main body is a golden eagle that represents the royal inheritance. The spread wings of this eagle are composed of eight thick radial lines of different lengths on the left and right. , there are four rows and three columns of twelve feathers in total on the chest, and below are three tail feathers and two claws with five claws. In order to better meet the standard of "the pattern cannot use anything seen in the world", this eagle has two Looking at the left and right heads respectively, there are two feathers on each crest at the back of the head.
No one knows what the various parts of the new coat of arms represent. They only know that the eagle in the coat of arms of the Rhine League region represents the ancient royal heritage.
The royal inheritance of the Wesson family was recognized by the late king. At that time, Frederick's great-grandfather was driven out of his home and shamelessly went to join the late king. At first, it was embarrassing to have an eagle in the family coat of arms, but later it was still the late king. The one who was added was also given the title of earl.
That’s why the first Earl of Wesson worked particularly hard when he came to the south to work as a nail. After several generations of hard work, Wesson has grown from one town to five cities now.
In terms of seniority, King William and Frederick were of the same generation.
Now Frederick alone used the eagle to make the new coat of arms of the Wesson family. In the eyes of everyone, it firmly grasped the recognition and grace of the late king, and also reflected the Wesson family's loyalty to the royal family. , which is a great irony when compared with what the king is doing now.
Heinrich replied: "The new coat of arms fully meets the requirements."
Others also thought that the new coat of arms was fine.
After everyone was seated and before serving the food, Frederick said: "I don't have that much money, but I can use other treasures instead."
Afu came over with a gold-plated plate and gently placed it in front of Heinrich.
Heinrich looked at the golden beans in front of him, reached out and picked one up, and found that it was the seed of a plant.
Frederick began to tell lies with his eyes open: "These are precious beans bought from Peach Blossom Stone. Do you think they can be used to offset the debt?"
The skin of the pumpkin is used for cooking. The water will turn golden after watering, and when concentrated it can be used for dyeing, but it will fade over time. Now the two kilograms of soybeans on the plate have been dyed, and they look golden.
As for whether William will use it to grow or grind pumpkin-flavored soy milk, it’s up to him. If he can’t grow golden beans, just insist that it is their technical problem.
Besides, when the soybeans mature, Frederick will either lose his fortune and run away, or he will swallow up the surrounding neighbors and his strength will increase so much that no one will dare to despise him.
Heinrich immediately replied: "That's certainly possible. I think His Majesty will be very happy."
His intuition told him that there was something wrong with it, but he was too lazy to care about it. Just take your things back and finish your errands.
Frederick curled his lips slightly and asked the maids to bring up the roasted whole lamb sprinkled with dried tea powder, and the restaurant was immediately filled with fragrance.
(End of this chapter)