People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 138 The Death of Stephanie
At first glance, the tree of life looks like a very ordinary oak sapling.

Its skin is very smooth, showing a light taupe, and the tender green branches give people who are used to seeing the long yellow sand a lovely feeling.

But its actions are really not cute.

Its roots rooted in the ground were rapidly stretching out towards the water pool where the dragon's blood gathered, until the water pool dried up, and even the blood in the soil faded away, then began to crawl towards the dead dragon's body again.

That kind of greedy and eager look made people subconsciously feel chills.

But under Lothar's will, it stopped the movement of continuing to extend.

Lothar could sense the desire from the Tree of Life, but this dragon corpse was a very important trophy, how could it be allowed to devour it all?
Furingilla exclaimed in amazement: "This tree seems to be more keen on sucking blood than our vampires. My lord, is this the tree of life you mentioned?"

"Yes."

"It's really unexpected that those elves who claim to be pure and noble, actually planted this kind of tree in their territory."

Jeanna was also surprised: "I have met the elves in the New World, and they often talk about 'praising the tree of life'. I didn't expect it to be such a thing?"

Prajna said lightly: "There is nothing surprising, life is always born from death."

Lothar found a high ground suitable for building a city. The outer layer of the rock here has been weathered, but the inner part is still very hard. From here, a tower can be seen clearly for a hundred miles.

Moreover, Sego Village is the main throat linking Transjordan and Hebron. After peace gradually comes, this place will definitely return to the old scene where there are endless caravans everywhere.

He pressed his palms to the rough rock face.

The next moment, the ground began to tremble.

One after another, bricks and stones broke out of the ground, as if they were alive, deeply embedded in the rock wall, laying a perfect foundation underground, and piled up layer by layer.

In the blink of an eye, a wide outer wall of the castle was formed.

The hussars watched this scene in amazement.

Another miracle!
They looked at Lothar fanatically, with crosses drawn on their chests.

Lothar helped up a hussar and said, "No need to marvel, the Heavenly Father has given me the authority to perform miracles, and you are a member of the miracles."

The hussars said piously: "Praise Heavenly Father, praise Your Excellency!"

"Send someone to Fort Yogryus and ask Leonard to bring [-] armored sergeants and a sufficient number of artisans to garrison here to supervise the establishment of the new city."

"In addition, send two more people to Saige Village to recruit artisans for building the city. At the very least, they must first build a wooden fort inside the city wall for the soldiers stationed here to rest."

The Tree of Life is still eagerly waiting to be fed.

Lothar looked at Prajna and said, "Your shield should be the only weapon here suitable for cutting off this dragon's head."

Prajna nodded.

She stood in front of the ground dragon's head, and the black triangular shield began to spin rapidly.

She said: "The scene will be a little bloody, try not to watch it."

Calleburg.

The dilapidated castle that suffered the baptism of war has now been repaired in sevens and eighties.

The new city bricks are in stark contrast to the old bricks that have been blackened by the flames.

Leonard paced back and forth in the lord's hall violently.

Confetti all over the ground.

When it was intact, it was a letter sent by Lothar to Kaleburg, stamped with "the seal of the earl of Transjordan"-requiring "Baron Renard" to perform the oath of allegiance to him.

"Ha, Baron Leonard, he actually called me a baron!"

"It's really ridiculous, that lucky son of Werner, who just won one or two victories by chance, actually rode on my head all of a sudden, and took away the most precious pearl in my territory. "

"Now, he doesn't secretly rejoice and thank him for his good luck, but sits on the throne that belonged to me in the past, and calls me 'Baron' to me?"

"Shit, I used to be the Grand Duke of Antioch, with such an eminent position, even that damned king who is cursed by leprosy has to respect me in front of me!"

"I once won the battle of Mengisa and severely defeated Saladin's face!"

He growled hysterically.

Leonard's life is legendary. From Gaul, when the family was separated, the knight who only got a small piece of real estate in Châtillon changed himself and married Constance, the Grand Duchess of Antioch, and became Antiochus. Grand Duke.

He was imprisoned by the Saracens for another 15 years. When he came out, because Constance had already died, his position as Grand Duke was gone.

So he married Stephanie, the widow of the Earl of Transjordan, and became the Earl of Transjordan again.

With such a legendary experience, if Leonard is said to be a brainless idiot, no one would believe it.

So, after he was furious, he calmed down again.

He frowned, thinking.

After a while, he actually picked up the scattered letters on the ground again and placed them on the table.

In any case, he is already a legal vassal of Lothar, and most of the courtiers who were loyal to him in the past have voted on the opposite side.

"Reply to Earl Lothar, saying that Leonard is willing to swear allegiance to him, but Kaleburg is the front line of defense against heretics, please forgive me for not having time to go to see him."

The knights under his command were shocked and angry: "My lord, do you really want to bow your head to that immature kid who doesn't even have a beard on his mouth?"

"No, if my lord bows his head, if he wants to take back the title of earl, it will no longer stand up in legal terms."

"My lord, we agree that only you are worthy of being the Earl of Transjordan. He is just relying on the favor of the little king who has only one breath left!"

"Ah."

Leonard sneered.

Only those with mud legs would think that a weak feudal monarch would not be able to secure his position.

The lords of Transjordan will be very willing to accept the leadership of a weak lord, which at least means that this lord is incapable and will not interfere in their internal affairs.

For example, some time ago, he had a very unpleasant dispute with Baron Argon Rudolf because of the inheritance of Petra.

Sure enough, as soon as Lothar took office, the baron couldn't wait to praise the lucky boy's stinky feet.

"Since you all know that he has the favor of the king, let him be proud for a while, anyway, that person won't live long."

Leonard's eyes were full of anger and unwillingness, but his tone was unusually peaceful.

"I swear, I will take back everything that belongs to me!"

He paused slightly, and said again: "How is Madam?"

The knight sighed softly: "It's still the same, only drinking a little water every day, eating a small piece of bread, standing on the balcony all day long, looking into the distance. The young master's death hit her too hard."

Someone was filled with righteous indignation and tears all over his face: "That murderer, the king not only did not punish him, but instead granted him the honor of earl, I refuse to accept it, my lord!"

"That's right, we should immediately send troops to attack his Fort Yogryus, kill all his citizens and soldiers, and let him know that we are not easy to mess with."

Leonard sat slumped on the lord's throne.

It is true that he doesn't like Humphrey, the son of Stephanie and her ex-husband, but he still has feelings for Countess Stephanie.

At his most desolate time, it was impossible for him to obtain such a wife if he was not grateful.

Hope, your plan can be successful.

Leonard felt conflicted. He knew about Stephanie threatening two vampires to assassinate Lothar.

But if Lothar died suddenly, he would have nothing to do with him. Now, there are only more than 1000 troops left in Kaleburg's army. Including Montreal, there are at most 3000 people left.

If the king sent his two knights to attack, he might not be able to withstand it.

However, he really couldn't bear to stop Stephanie. After all, there is no pain more painful than losing a child in middle age.

At this time, there was a sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

His face changed slightly, and he couldn't help feeling an ominous premonition.

"What movement?"

All the knights looked at each other and got up one after another.

Leonard rushed out of the hall first, following the sound.

Then, he saw his wife, Countess Stephanie, like a lifeless corpse, with her head on the ground, falling on the edge of the fountain in the courtyard.

The spring water has been stained red with blood.

Her face was pale, with no blood on it.

He stepped forward quickly.

His fingers tremblingly placed on Stephanie's neck, and the next moment, he quickly moved away like an electric shock.

Julia, who was hiding in the dark, looked smug. Who said that an assassination has to be done by herself?
On the balcony where Stephanie often looked into the distance, she used spells to observe the position of the fence that she supported most often, and then used spells to corrode it.

Sure enough, the stupid woman grabbed the handrail with a dazed expression, and fell down without paying attention.

Live it!

Do you know the fate of blackmailing a noble blood family?

She looked at Leonard's face full of unbelievable pain, and felt that all the anger suppressed in her heart these days had been vented.

"Who, who did it!"

Leonard let out a distraught growl.

The whole castle was shaking.

Numerous sergeants and knights rushed upstairs to check.

A knight with a face full of grief came forward and said in a low voice, "My lord, Madam told us that if she dies, it must be those two vampires."

Leonard froze in place.

He ran back into the hall like crazy, and pieced together a sentence from the scraps of paper on the ground.

The font is elegant.

The wording is also very gentle, like an old friend who has not seen for many years.

"By the way, I want to tell Baron Leonard that I have deprived Julia and Huaiya of their titles and territories, and severely punished them because they said something wrong. Your bad words."

Signed: Your Friend and Lord Lothar von Habsburg.

"Lothar!"

"It's you!"

He clenched his fists so hard that his nails pierced his flesh.

He gritted his teeth, but instead there was a chill in his heart.

To be able to kill his wife in this way in front of the guards who were already prepared without anyone noticing, doesn't that mean that he also walked through the gate of hell?
for a long time.

He let out a long breath.

"Madam fell to her death because she was in a trance. This was an accident and it had nothing to do with anyone."

He has realized that this is Lothar sending a signal to him-things outside the rules, stop here, play outside the game, you are not my opponent at all.

"However, all the servants and soldiers guarding the lady are guilty of dereliction of duty, and all of them will be sentenced to beheading!"

(End of this chapter)