Chapter 296: Frame-up, who doesn’t know how to do that?
Baron Leo Fwan's family actually lives in Guihu Town.
The environment in Tarboa is too bad to be a suitable place to live. Moreover, quarries are usually places where criminals are exiled. Nobles certainly won't live here.
In fact, after being tricked, the first person Amy thought of was Leo Fuwan - whoever led her to the Weird Fox Town was the implementer of this conspiracy.
Therefore, after Amy had a conflict with the Lion Knights outside the tavern, she immediately found the Leofwan family's manor.
But when she arrived at the manor, she only saw corpses everywhere and a dozen fallen people wandering around.
The whole estate had been slaughtered, not even the children or the dogs were spared.
At the same time that Amy was investigating the manor, a team of the Lion Knights and the security patrol team of Weird Fox Town arrived here, led by Baron Leo Fwan.
Obviously, this is no coincidence.
Thus, Amy was charged with one more crime - summoning the Fallen to brutally massacre Baron Leofwan's entire family...
Amy knew she couldn't explain. Leo Furwan himself was the leader of the Lion Knights. Since he used his own manor to frame Amy, he didn't leave any chance for Amy at all.
The Lion Knights did indeed launch a direct charge.
As a result, the female soldiers of Griffin Claws fought a fierce battle with the Lion Knights in the manor, and the final result was that both sides were injured and no one gained the upper hand.
Originally, the few hundred people of the Lion Knights were not enough to trap Amy, but right after Amy had a battle with the Lion Knights, the garrison of Lion Lake City rushed to Guihu Town - they arrived much faster than expected, as if they had rehearsed it in advance.
As a result, Amy failed to break out, and had to defend the manor after nearly a hundred people were killed or injured.
Several brave female knights volunteered to break out and report the news, and they successfully brought the news to Godric.
But sometimes, reinforcements coming to rescue may not necessarily be a good thing - Godric did successfully rush into the Fox Town, but he was also trapped inside and was labeled as a treasonous rebel.
Of course, Godric's rescue still played a role. At least he brought a lot of troops. The father and daughter had more than a thousand soldiers together, so they should be able to hold on for a short time.
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When Li Ang organized his troops and prepared to set out for Guihu Town, the king's messenger arrived in Changhe Town.
This messenger turned out to be Malbert!
"The King's decree... Godric, his eldest son Andrew, and his second daughter Amy... committed heresy, murdered the prince, and committed a massacre. Their crimes are unforgivable! Countless residents witnessed their crimes... The King's decree: The rebel, the Kingdom Marshal, and the Earl of Changhe Town, Leon, will lead the troops to eliminate the rebellion and kill the traitors and their followers for the kingdom!"
This royal decree is very long, but the key points are the above keywords.
The king ordered Leon to lead troops to eliminate the rebellion...and the so-called rebels were Godric and Amy.
Li Ang was a rebel fighter, and it was his duty to fight against rebellion. However, when the king issued the order, he faced a huge problem...
Once the king's order is received, everyone in Changhe Town and other places will regard all of Li Ang's subsequent military actions as "fighting rebellion under orders."
In other words, this is equivalent to Leon regarding Godric and Amy as heretics and rebels.
No matter what he actually does, as long as Leon leads his troops out, everyone will think that he is acting in accordance with the king's order, which is equivalent to agreeing with everything said in the king's order - then Godric and Amy's guilt will never be cleared.
Of course, he could also delay by using excuses like reorganizing the troops, or simply not take the troops out - but if he didn't send out troops to rescue immediately, how long could Amy last trapped in Weird Fox Town?
At this point, Li Ang finally understood the intention of this conspiracy.
This is not only to harm Godric's entire family, but also to use Amy as bait to harm himself!
But if Li Ang disobeyed the king's order, he would probably be regarded as a traitor - as a rebel, if he received the king's order but did not eliminate the rebellion, it would be obvious that he was colluding with the rebels and would be a traitor...
People in Li Ang's own territory might believe him, but people in other regions would probably regard him as an accomplice of heresy and treason.
The people are blind. Except for Bailu Fort and Maixiangling, people in other places will regard Leon and Amy as enemies. Even the people in Changhe Town will be difficult to control.
Anyway, if Leon did not obey the king's order, or sent troops to rescue Amy, Amy and Godric would be charged with the crime and he would be regarded as a heretic.
But if Leon didn't go to rescue them, Godric and Amy would die in Weird Fox Town sooner or later...
Moreover, it is impossible for Leon to raise the flag of rebellion at present with the reason that "the king's order is unfair" - this reason is not very sufficient. In fact, there are no major problems in the rule of the Kingdom of Sarleon. Not many people will support him in the rebellion at this time.
In addition, this matter involves heresy, and "countless residents witnessed his crimes". Even if Leon and Godric's family succeed in the rebellion, what awaits him is rebellion in various places and countries declaring war on him together...
No one would agree to a heretical and rebellious rule.
You can't become king just by defeating the king - if you don't have a sufficient foundation for ruling, people will at most regard you as a regicide assassin or a tyrannical warlord.
There are many things that you cannot get away with just because you have a big fist.
General 'Conqueror' Osa led tens of thousands of troops , and his fist was much bigger than Leon's. But although he forcefully proclaimed himself emperor, he was also unable to make the people of the continent of Pendor regard him as an emperor throughout his life.
The Bacchus Empire has been the enemy of all countries until now, and it has no ally except Mettenheim. Although it has a wise ruler in power, it still nearly perished.
This is a conspiracy of yin and yang, no matter how Li Ang handles it, it will be difficult to deal with...
But what was the purpose of setting up this scheme to harm Godric and his own people?
Leon couldn't figure it out - if this was planned by Malbert, then he wouldn't be able to gain any benefit from it!
Amy and Godric were framed as heretics or traitors, and White Hart Castle and Eagle Claw Castle would only be taken over by the king as direct territories - if Leon "led the troops to eliminate the rebellion alone", then these territories would only become Leon's territory and would not fall into the hands of Brunus and his son.
And if this was done by King Ulric... Godric is the king's brother-in-law! There is no reason for Ulric to force his own relatives to rebel, right?
Could it be the three prophets or the princess who did it?
But at the same time, they don’t get any benefits either!
"Count Leon, you should take the order..."
Malbert held the scroll in one hand and covered the hilt of the sword with the other, reminding Leon who was in a trance.
"Lord Malbert, why did you become the king's envoy? Logically, you should be in Sava River Castle now..."
Li Ang did not reach out to take the order, but deliberately talked about irrelevant things, while thinking about how to solve this dilemma.
"I just came back from Savoy River Keep and returned His Majesty's things to Sarleon. Then His Majesty gave me this errand and asked me to come and apologize to you - you should know that those things are the spoils you brought back from D'Shar..."
Malbert smiled amiably. "But the people you sent to deliver the supplies were so careless. How could you not inform the Lion Knights of a convoy that was paying tribute to the king? ... That Eric is your man, right? He and I had a long lawsuit before, and in the end we found out that it was a misunderstanding caused by the Lion Knights. Eric's convoy was full of D'Shar horses, so the Lion Knights' patrol mistook them for D'Shar spies! This misunderstanding almost led to my exile by the king... But fortunately, my father is the Grand Master of the Lion Knights after all, and all the spoils were recovered intact."
It seems that this guy really failed to propose marriage to Governor Justus, so he returned the supplies that Ulrich had robbed - the supplies he was going to use as a betrothal gift to marry Alina - to the king.
Moreover, according to this statement, it was Duke Brunus who took the blame?
The king asked him to come and apologize to Leon, which was what he should do. After all, something happened in the Sava River Castle, so Malbert really needed to apologize to Leon and the king.
The father and son said that the Lion Knights were responsible for this incident, and they probably found a few scapegoats in the Lion Knights, which meant that it was Brunus's fault.
Of course, as long as he admitted his guilt with a good attitude, apologized to the king and Leon, and returned all the things, Brunus should be fine - the king needs the Lion Knights, and as long as the things are recovered and the name is acceptable, Ulrich will not make a big fuss about it.
Brunus took the initiative to take the blame, claiming that it was the Lion Knights who robbed Eric, which was obviously to ensure that Malbert would no longer be involved in any lawsuits.
In this situation, he actually wants Malbert to remain clean and flawless?
Logically speaking, since the princess was already pregnant, they could have taken the property worth 500,000 or 600,000 dinars for themselves. Even if the king was dissatisfied, he would not do anything to them without real evidence...
Besides, the reputation of a duke is more important than that of Malbert, the lord of the Sava River Castle. It is normal for Malbert to help Brunus take the blame, but Brunus is helping Malbert take the blame?
unless……
Unless it is for a bigger plot - for example, Brunus needs to retain Malbert's identity as the king's adopted son and cannot let Malbert be involved in any lawsuit.
In other words, Malbert still has to maintain his status as heir to the king.
However, if the princess gave birth to a boy, Malbert would definitely have no hope - with the means of the three prophets, the princess's 'child' would definitely be a boy!
Does this mean that Malbert and his son will cause the king and Prince Alanric to die suddenly before the princess gives birth to a child?
Only in this way could Malbert succeed to the throne.
And Alanric did die suddenly...
So this is the motive?
After realizing the motive, Leon could easily make the rest of the inferences.
Killed Prince Alanric, framed Amy, and dragged himself and Godric into the quagmire.
Malbert knew he would save Amy...
If he were regarded as a rebel, or suspected by the king, he would definitely ask the king to lead the army in person, instigate the king to attack him, and then make himself... the regicide!
It is estimated that he had this intention. After all, the king's order was too targeted. If he did not accept the order, Malbert would have sufficient reasons to say that he "might be an accomplice of the traitor", and the king would definitely come to his door.
Once the king sets foot in Changhe Town, he will probably die a violent death - Malbert must be quite good at killing the king and framing himself.
Li Ang figured it out.
So, Leon waved to Lisa Dilan and said, "Lord Malbert is a guest from afar. Please prepare a room for him and entertain him well."
Then he held out his hand to Malbert, gave him the King's Order, and stepped forward to hug his shoulders and kiss him on the cheek.
This happened on the main street in the center of Changhe Town, in full view of everyone, and the king's order had to be accepted.
"Malbert, you're too polite. Since it's just a small misunderstanding, why bother apologizing... I misunderstood... Ah!! You!!!"
The kiss on the cheek was naturally Leon's response to Malbert's so-called "apology", but just after the two of them got close to each other, Leon covered his chest and fell headfirst at Malbert's feet - as if he had been assassinated.
The crowd watching let out a cry of fear.
"My lord! My lord, what's wrong with you?"
Lisadilan and a large group of guards came over in a panic, and the scene suddenly became extremely crowded.
Then, Lisa Dilan squeezed in, helped Li Ang sit up, waved his hands and shouted: "Get out of the way, everyone!"
The guards slowly spread out and formed a circle to protect the scene, while Leon sat on the ground gasping in pain, one hand covering his chest, blood flowing out from between his fingers.
"Malbourne! You! You...why did you do this? You also forged this king's order, right?!"
Li Ang covered his chest and shouted weakly.
And Malbert... this movie star was looking at his own hand in surprise - he didn't know when a bloody dagger had been stuffed into his hand.
"You actually attacked Lord Leon in public, and even falsely conveyed the king's order... You are so bold! Surrender immediately, or don't blame me for being rude!"
Lisadiran drew his sword and pointed it at Malbert.
"Ha! Leon...what are you going to do? Isn't that too childish?"
Malbert was so angry that he laughed - this was too obvious!
Although Li Ang's acting skills are no worse than his and the blood is flowing very realistically, it only takes a little bit of thinking to understand that this is a frame-up!
"You said you came to apologize... Is that how you apologize? Malbert... We did have a little conflict, but it was because you stole the spoils that I presented as tribute to the king! How could you do this... Do you really think you can do whatever you want just because you are the king's adopted son? You are committing treason!"
Li Ang was very angry, as if he had suffered a great injustice.
Malbert was stunned for a moment - yes, he said that he came to apologize on the king's orders, so everyone would realize that he had a grudge against Leon, which meant he had a motive!
"Tie him up!"
Lisadilan directly blocked Malbert's mouth, leaving him no room to maneuver - the elf assassin fully understood Leon's intention this time.
Lisa Dilan is the captain of the guard, not a maid, so he is not in charge of the other rooms except the prison.
Since the lord specifically asked him to "prepare a room for the distinguished guest", it obviously meant to prepare a clean prison, so he cooperated quite well.
Seeing Leon fall, he immediately led his men to surround him and create an opportunity - he was the one who slipped the bloody dagger into Malbert's hand during the chaos.
