Chapter 136 Goodbye, Carrie
“Casty was dismissed?”
When the refugees who cleaned the river returned to the new camp, Horn learned from their mouths An unexpected and reasonable news.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Since we are in a refugee camp, these refugees will not call Horne by names such as Wan Piao.
A bearded refugee couldn't help laughing and said: "You haven't seen that scene. When the wet Duke was picked up, he was going crazy.
The Duke brought him back this time His aristocratic fiancée, and Lord Castil made the Duke lose face in front of his future wife.
Lord Castil was scolded so much that he was ordered to stay at home and stop drinking. After success. He was not allowed to come out before, so the position of secretary of the city hall was given to another French courtier."
Horn couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly. This old boy was drunk every day. This is. He deserves it.
"Actually, this is quite strange." Sissi walked up from the side. After arriving at Castle Joan, he quickly changed into a simple skirt that he wore more often.
"Why? Isn't it just a normal personnel transfer?"
"How could that big bald man like Dardenne find a pure-blood French lady as his wife?"
"Is that what you said? A bit impolite?"
Sissi rolled her eyes at Horn: "I'm serious, the imperial aristocratic circle has been rejecting Darnay for a long time.
You want him to marry someone. I can still trust Norn or Lady Leia, but he is marrying Lady Farlan.”
This actually made Horn startled.
This has to mention the particularity of the Kingdom of France.
Of the three major kingdoms in the empire, the Kingdom of France is the only kingdom that has successfully completed the centralization of monarchy with the dual blessing of the emperor and the pope.
You must know that most of the nobles of the Kingdom of France do not rely on fiefdoms, but on the noble annuities paid by the kingdom’s finances. One-third of the nobles in the country are concentrated in the capital of the Kingdom of France, Huaqiu City. .
Due to its centralized nature, the nobles were attached to the king of France.
Compared with Leia and Norn, who have scattered opinions, the French noble circle is small, and their position is very unified on this matter.
“You can’t be a liar, right?”
Pretending to be a French noblewoman to deceive an older single male noble from the countryside is a special feature of the empire and must be tasted.
"I don't know about that." Sissi shook her head, "Duke Dardenne has been deceived several times. He has more experience than us, so he won't be fooled again."
"No matter, please contact him for me and I will visit him tomorrow."
"I have already sent someone to contact you." Sissi seemed to have remembered something, "One more thing, you'd better buy three months' worth of food for your old camp first."
"What's wrong? "
Sissi smiled bitterly and said: "I got some news that Beixi Avenue has been destroyed. It will be difficult to transport cheap disaster relief food from the coast into the Qianhe River Valley
The canal here. After being hit by the Duke, the big ship is almost unable to pass. Next, the price of food is expected to skyrocket. "
Horn rubbed his temples, thinking about the situation of goats in Qianhe River Valley today.
"Then please help me buy some." Horn looked at the lights rising in the big tent in the new camp. "The medal ceremony is about to begin. I have to go there."
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The gorgeous hall is filled with exquisite bone fragments, and the empty walls display the glorious history of the Papal State.
The long, greasy table was filled with large bread bags and a dazzling array of farmhouse bitters in various cups.
Beside the long table, there were the senior dignitaries of the Papal State who elegantly crossed their legs and spitted. They raised their heads and watched Madeleine, who was presiding over the ceremony, read out their names one by one.
"...A total of five people were awarded the title of generalissimo..."
The five generalissimo came on stage and Horn, who was on the side, personally tied new baize bags for them.
"...Saint Jeanne, with outstanding military exploits, was promoted to Grand Master of the Holy Grail Knights, and the Holy Grail Knights recruited a new division!"
"...Twelve people from the above list The senators, due to their outstanding merits, grant each person one additional vote. "
This is equivalent to the twelve senators, each of whom can enjoy two votes when voting.
Thirty-four new elders have only one vote.
“Because Saint Sun Horn led everyone through many difficulties, Myrcella sent a message last night, crowning Horn the marshal, and adding one hundred votes!”
In Madeland In the loud voice, the most important person in this investiture ceremony, Horn, finally appeared.
As the first leader of the Papal State, Horn was naturally happy to take the stage and delivered a short and powerful speech to the elders and upstarts present but received countless applause:
“Everyone, Eat well and drink well!”
The ceremony was very simple, with only ten household heads and some active refugees invited to participate.
Due to the large number of people, the food was only wild vegetable soup and wheat bread, but Horn still spent his own money to buy them some sausages, sesame water and bitters.
As for the refugees, they also received extra meals and bone broth in the evening.
In a jubilant atmosphere, in the brightly lit Papal Palace, the elders and upstarts of the Third Reich gathered together to toast.
The elders wore gorgeous burlap robes, and the nouveau riche were not to be outdone, showing off their elegance through unique hollow fashion clothing.
During the banquet, the upper-level officials discussed equally profound issues.
Unlike the imperial nobles who like to talk about family gossip, the senators prefer to talk about metaphysical philosophy.
“I think this cream soup should be mixed with lime slurry, because because of the length of this iron nail, it can easily directly affect the stained glass window of the pickaxe.”
“I I disagree, because the large amount of magic produced at that moment, commonly known as oatmeal, will seriously affect the development of woolen fabrics!" In this increasingly cheerful atmosphere, no one noticed that His Majesty the Pope had quietly left the scene.
In the bend of a tributary more than three miles away from Xinying, Horn stopped his horse steadily. Under the laurel tree, he saw Carrie in a white dress.
Leading the horse, stepping on the moonlight, the river flows with a roar.
Horn walked up to Carrie and it would have been better if he didn't look up at her.
"Are you really in such a hurry to leave?"
"My sister went out to play, and I missed a lot of important things. The situation is a mess. If I had gone back just a second earlier, the situation would have been better. Less.”
Standing by the river bend, the night wind blew Carrie's skirts in all directions, and her curvy figure was shaped by the wind.
Horn looked at her but said nothing.
"What? You can't bear to leave me?"
"That's not true, I'm just feeling a little emotional."
"Seriously." Carrie took a step forward and came to Huo In front of En, his face was serious: "How about you come with me now, and the evidence can be handed over to others."
After a long silence, Horn smiled and said: "Be careful on the road, remember to cover yourself with a quilt, don't catch a cold."
Holding Horn's arm, Carrie's red pupils stared closely at Huo. En: "Horn, I have a premonition."
"Have you become a divination witch?"
Patting Carrie's head, Horn stepped back with emotion. One step, so that you can see the full view of Carrie.
Looking at Carrie, Horn suddenly felt as lonely as a father watching his daughter go to elementary school alone.
"You know what? You remind me of my sister..."
Before Horn could finish speaking, Carrie stuck her tongue in.
Then the nostalgia disappeared completely.
Horn tilted his head back, forcing Carrie's tongue out of his mouth.
“Let’s see if you still dare to look at me and think about Jeanne.” Carrie said viciously.
"I'm not talking about her."
"Do you have other sisters?" Carrie looked at Horn suspiciously.
"No!" Horn replied immediately, "I'm done with your kiss."
Carrie didn't dwell on it too much. She took out a glass whistle from her chest and stuffed it into it. Horn's hand: "In six days, you go here and blow this whistle, and on the seventh day, my people will take you and Sissi to the place where you board the ship.
If you meet If it's dangerous, blow this whistle too. It has no sound, but my people can hear it."
"Got it." Horn solemnly put the glass whistle away, and looked at Carrie, but didn't know what to say.
In fact, both Horn and Carrie, to a certain extent, know nothing about each other.
But to a certain extent, the relationship between the two is somewhat like the strange relationship between a Pokémon and a trainer.
In the mist on the water at night, torches are floating on the water like UFOs.
When the boat docked, a short black-haired woman held a torch and stood at the bow of the boat, looking at Horn and Carrie silently.
Without looking back at the woman, Carrie stared directly into Horn's eyes:
"Are you really not going to come with me?"
"I still have something to do. Besides, we will meet again soon."
Over Carrie's shoulder, Horn nodded towards the black-haired woman behind her. He reached out to pat Carrie's head, but he retracted. Just half a step back.
"Then I'm leaving. See you in ten days!"
"Goodbye!"
Standing where she was, Carrie watched Horn's figure disappear into the night, then turned around and stepped across the plank onto the boat.
"Long time no see, Carrie." The white-haired witch said indifferently towards the visitor.
The black-haired woman immediately complained to her: "Mr. Meliati, you are really too impulsive this time. How could you go in person?"
"I didn't suppress it. Stop and let my sister run out. She was too careless and almost let me fall into the hands of a rough rural bishop..."
Narrating her closest experience to being exposed so far, Meliati covered her face with an iron mask as if nothing had happened: "Have there been any changes in the territory recently?"
When the boat reached the middle of the river, , there was only a tall samurai wearing a two-color war robe and a mask left on the ship, talking to the black-haired woman.
"Everything is going according to your plan..."
"Have you found the person who exposed the news that 'Carrie' went to River County?"
"Found Yes, but we have four suspects, namely your minister Sounke, the secret party messenger Badatunuan and two Norn merchants. We have not yet determined who they are.”
"Then hang them all."
"Isn't Thornke the son of your biological uncle?"
Meliyati did not answer, just stared straight at Carrie.
The red eyes under the iron face glowed with blood in the moon.
"I understand, I will follow your order..." Carrie half-knelt on the board of the ship, "Dear Duke."
(End of this chapter)