Alien Knights

Mistakenly thinking that Todd had agreed to his proposal, Rutledge was overjoyed: "Your Majesty the Holy King, it's great that you can figure it out! If possible, I really want to open a bottle of red wine right now, and let's sit together come down..."

Todd interrupted the other party: "I want to know, how will you deal with the Silver Ring Kingdom?"

Hearing this question, Rutledge, who was originally excited, immediately calmed down.

The issue of Yinhuan Kingdom is, after all, the basis of the current cooperation between the two parties. It is natural for the other party to have doubts.

Rutledge nodded and said: "Although the Dawson family is a member of the old ministers of Yinhuan, they have lived in Muxi City for many years, and they have already seen clearly the aspirations of the people in this city. Let the citizens of Muxi today go to Accepting the rule of the Silver Ring Kingdom is tantamount to wishful thinking."

"What's more, the current ruler of the Silver Ring Kingdom, that six-year-old boy, is just the distant nephew of Guy VI. This makes the restoration of the Silver Ring Kingdom seem like a joke."

"Over the years, on the one hand, the Dawson family, through infiltration and bribery, has mastered the entire list of Yinhuan's former ministers and all their assets; consortia and clans.”

Rutledge said proudly: "It is no exaggeration to say that the Dawson family has now directly or indirectly controlled nearly one-third of the economic lifeline of the entire Muxi Kingdom."

"Out of this city, the Dawson family not only signed an offensive and defensive alliance with the pirate king Barbarossa, but also had a secret arms trade with the Southern Empire, and even maintained good cooperation with those well-known mercenary armies. relation."

"So, as long as you agree to abdicate, Holy King, to solve the problem of Yinhuan's remnants, in the eyes of the Dawson family, it is just a trivial matter."

Rutledge pointed to the subordinates who were processing the corpses behind him, and said in a deep voice, "Did you see these people? I have arranged killers around every old silver ring official. They may be guards, cooks , a gardener, a tailor, or even a mistress, as long as I give an order, they can immediately deal with the target person."

Todd nodded and said: "It seems that the Dawson family has made complete preparations for the upper echelon."

Rutledge smiled all over his face: "So, Holy King, your worries are unnecessary. I can assure you that cooperating with the Dawson family will be the most correct decision you have ever made..."

"Rutledge, tell me, once the Dawson family owns Muxi City, how do you plan to manage the kingdom?"

Rutledge was stunned by Todd's unexpected question.

Rutledge frowned and repeated: "Manage the kingdom?"

Todd stood up from the throne, ignored Mary's warning, walked in front of Rutledge, looked at this bright and ambitious young man, and said calmly: "If you are the king of Muxi Kingdom, you plan to How to run this country?"

Rutledge was puzzled. For ordinary people, shouldn't they start bargaining at this time? For example, after abdicating, how much wealth can you have? How to ensure personal safety? Are some privileges allowed?

But the sage king actually asked him how to govern the country?

Rutledge pondered for a while, and replied: "If I were the king, I would take advantage of the discord within the Southern Empire and stir up their internal strife. And take advantage of this opportunity to capture the major kingdoms in the diocese in one fell swoop, through production , trade and commerce to enhance the kingdom's economic and military strength..."

Todd shook his hand and interrupted Rutledge: "You misunderstood me, I want to ask how you plan to continue the prosperity of this kingdom?"

Rutledge looked puzzled.

Todd made the words more clear: "When you are in power, your intelligence and strategy may make Muxi Kingdom prosperous. But you will die one day. How can you guarantee your offspring? It will not destroy the empire you worked so hard to build."

Rutledge was stunned, and he said incomprehensibly: "That may be decades, or even a hundred years later! Is it meaningful to think about it? As a king, I will develop Muxi City into a great empire. It is enough for my own name to be kept in the annals of history for future generations to look up to! As for those things in the future, it is too far away, who will care?"

There was endless disappointment in Todd's eyes: "For you, decades, a hundred years, may be a long time. But for humans, for races, this period of time is like As insignificant as a drop of water."

Todd turned around, walked back to the throne with heavy steps: "Rutledge, you have been thinking about yourself, your vision is limited to the world of the wellhead... I thought you would be a wise man. people, but the facts let me down..."

"Are you crazy?!" Rutledge yelled at Todd: "Which king would think about what will happen a hundred years later! Isn't it enough to have wealth, power, women, and fame in this life? ? The world after death, only those idiots will care about it!"

Todd sat back on the throne, stared at Rutledge's arrogant face, and said quietly: "You are no different from those people. When you were alive, material and satisfaction blinded your eyes, making you never There's no way to see into the future, into forever."

Rutledge, who lost his patience, yelled at Todd: "Stop delaying with me! Tell me, would you choose to cooperate with the Dawson family, or choose to die?!"

Todd looked at Rutledge with a half-smile: "If I reject you, what are you going to do?"

"Todd Fisher! Don't take yourself too seriously! Without you, the sun will rise and the sea will flow!" Rutledge pointed to the corpse on the ground with one hand and said, "At the beginning, for In case you don't cooperate, I have specially designed an alternative plan."

"Do you think I'm lying? I'll tell you! I have prepared some props and witnesses to disguise the riot of the former Yinhuan minister as an attack on the Church of the Heavenly Father!"

Rutledge took out a letter from his bosom, raised his hand and shook it: "The cardinals of the Church of the Heavenly Father, in order to punish those Protestants who misinterpreted God, and those atheists who kept shouting Long Live the Righteousness, specially launched launched a jihad against Muxi City."

Looking at the letter in Rutledge's hand, Mary sneered: "You want to forge the cardinal's signature and seal?"

Rutledge opened the letter, laughed and said, "Forgery? Why would I forge it? This letter is real."

Looking at the handwriting and seal on the letterhead, Mary, who possesses super memory powers, opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Rutledge put the letter back into his bosom, and proudly said: "In this world, there is nothing that money cannot buy. Even the church in the hands of God has to surrender to the magic power of money!"

Todd stroked his chin, and said softly: "Put the responsibility for this turmoil on the church, firstly, it will allow you to cover up the traces of the silver ring, and secondly, it will mobilize the public's hatred of the church, and then you will become the leader." The cabinet paved the way."

"That's right." Rutledge nodded and said, "So, Todd Fisher, let me ask you one last time! Are you willing to cooperate with the Dawson family?"

Todd looked into Rutledge's eyes and shook his head: "You are not fit to rule this kingdom."

Rutledge's face was flushed with anger.

He looked at the aloof Todd, and said loudly: "I guess, there is nothing more to say between us! Holy King of Muxi, you must die here!"

There was no expression of fear or panic on Todd's face. He sat there as if he was listening to something that had nothing to do with him.

Rutledge snapped his fingers, and his men quickly brought kerosene and poured it around the hall.

Smelling the pungent smell in the air, Rutledge showed Todd a cruel smile: "The rebels of the church entered the palace through secret passages, and died with the king in the fire... sounds like a good idea." Script, no? Thank me for giving you a decent way to die."

Rutledge turned around and was about to leave when he suddenly stopped, looked back at the cold and proud Queen Mary, and said to her, "As for you, I can give you a chance..."

Mary stood by Todd's side, her cold night-like eyes radiated a little cold light, and there was no trace of a smile on her white face like snow. Before Rutledge could finish speaking, she softly uttered a word.

"roll!"

Facing Mary's angry reprimand, Rutledge watched the fire slowly igniting in the hall, shrugged helplessly, then ordered his men to close the door, and locked the door completely with iron hoops, then left the scene satisfied .