Section 2 Who is the traitor

"No, sir, I am humble and have not received the honor of your reward from Lord Duke." Schwab lowered his head and said to the Duke.

"What? Do you know that you reject my reward? You are likely to have lost a good opportunity." Duke Han Ruowei said curiously. You should know that any noble in the north tried every means to serve the duke, with the purpose of being able to obtain the duke's reward. Whether in terms of land or wealth, Duke Han Ruowei would satisfy him.

"Sir Schwab, we all know that you are a noble knight. But the Duke is generous. Since the Duke said he would give you a reward, then as a knight, you cannot refuse such a gift." Countess Carolina said, in order to repay Schwab's rescue, the Countess hoped that Schwab would receive a fair reward.

"Thank you, Countess. But I don't think my service can be rewarded. After defeating the Novedes, if you think my credit is consistent with my reputation, I hope to be your vassal and be loyal to you." Schwab certainly would not miss this good opportunity in front of me, but Schwab knew that his reputation was not enough to convince the public and could not be accepted by the Duke, so he hoped that after helping the Duke defeat the Novedes, he would become the Duke's vassal.

"Hmph, if you want to become a vassal of the Duke, you must not only be noble, but also have outstanding military achievements and serve the Duke's family for a long time. Can you do this?" Earl of Baden was also worried about Schwab's victory in the Hanruowei Knights Competition. He raised his chin and said without objection.

"Please wait and see, sir." Schwab pressed his hand on his chest and said humbly to the Earl of Baden.

"If Sir Schwab can help my brother Duke Hanrowe in this war, I am willing to serve as your guarantor and ask my brother to accept your allegiance." Countess Carolina saw Schwab and his men's heroic battle with her own eyes during the defensive battle at Fort Marenko. Of course, she hoped Schwab would join her own camp.

"Well, if you make outstanding achievements in this war, I will consider agreeing to you as my vassal." He had a good impression of Schwab, who won the championship in the Hanruowei Knights Competition, and with the recommendation of Princess Mary and her sister, Duke Hanruowei made such a promise.

"Thank you, noble Duke." Schwab quickly knelt down on one knee to express his allegiance to the Duke.

"Okay, everyone, let us enjoy the joy of the banquet." Duke Han Ruowei raised his glass to pay tribute to the counts and nobles. The atmosphere of the banquet became lively again. The maids carried buckets of ale wine and then delivered fine wine to the nobles. Under the stimulation of the fine wine, the nobles began to hug the young maids for fun.

"Sir Schwab, we meet again." As Schwab was drinking the wine in the cup, a nobleman in a yellow closed vest came to him. Schwab looked up and saw that it was Gong Xiangyas, the conspirator behind the duke looked at Schwab with a smile.

"Oh, it's you, Lord Yas." Schwab picked up the wine glass and paid tribute to Yas, a smile on his face.

"What an amazing tactic, I'm curious how you deceived the OVID and passed through their camp."

"It's just some kind of trick, respected Lord Yas."

"Is that true? So have you deceived a friend who has ever been kind to you?"

"Where did this start? I have never deceived my friends." Schwab looked at Yas with a look of surprise, and then looked at him with a little sadness, because both parties were carefully covering their expressions during the banquet, as if they were talking very ordinary.

"You are actually going to be a vassal of the Duke. Are you going to go against me?" Yas picked up the wine glass as if he was about to drink, but said threateningly to Schwab in a fierce tone.

"How could that be, Lord Yas, I have always been on your side. The reason why I proposed to be a vassal of the Duke is also a little trick." Schwab also picked up the wine glass as if he was about to pay tribute to the nobles next to him, but he quietly said to Yas.

"Do you want the Duke to relax your guard?"

"Yes, do you think the Duke will let me, a strange nobleman, become his vassal?"

"Your status is indeed very low, but according to my observation, the Duke still has a good impression of you, which is also good. I only hope that one thing is that in this war with the OVID people, I hope the Duke will lose."

"Of course, I will help you and tell me how to do it." Schwab wanted to know Yas's plan, but to give it to him first, he had to gain his trust, but how could he gain his trust?

"Very good, I knew I could trust you. When the time comes, I will let someone tell you how to do it. Don't forget our agreement in the manor." Yas said satisfied, but Schwab knew that Yas could only use him and would not really trust him, but what was his plan.

At noon the next day, a messenger secretly left the Marenko Fort with a secret message and ran towards the camp of the Ruviders. After a period of bumpyness, the messenger came outside the camp of the Ruviders.

"Your Majesty, we have caught a spy from the Southern man outside the camp. He insisted on seeing General Sauron and let us bring this to the general." A Royal Guard in scales, holding a roll of parchment paper covered with red seals, came to King Regod's tent. At this time, King Regod and General Sauron were studying tactics against a map provided by merchants of Roved.

"Oh? Show it to me." General Sauron, the close friend of King Regod, took the parchment paper and tore the red wax seal on it, which was a heraldic seal with a snake pattern.

"What is it said?" King Ruigede asked.

"It was the traitor in the Duke of Han Ruowei's army. He said that the Duke planned to hide in the castle and wait for the arrival of the severe winter. What should we do? The war cannot be delayed for too long, and we do not have so much supplies." General Sauron asked King Regod.

"Duke Han Ruowei, this turtle shrunk, is going to drag us down?" King Ruigede clenched his fist angrily and pounded it hard on the wooden table.

Although King Regod was angry, he knew very well that if Duke Han Ruowei did not go to fight, the Ruowei people in the ice and snow would be frozen to death one by one, while Duke Han Ruowei's troops could hide in the warm castle, wait for the opportunity and defeat the depressed Ruowei people.

"We must take the initiative to defeat Duke Han Ruowei's troops before the severe winter comes." Sauron suggested.

"No, let me think about it again." King Regod waved his hand at Soren. He walked a few steps in the tent through the cracks of the tent cloth curtain and saw a group of crying prisoners escorted by the soldiers of Ruverd. They were serfs who were plundered from the surrounding territory by the Ruverd warriors. These serfs would become slaves and be sold. King Regod said to Soren with a sudden inspiration, "I have an idea, my friend."

"Oh, my Majesty, do you have a way to defeat Duke Han Ruowei?"

"Yes, write a letter to the venomous snake hiding beside the Duke, let him speak for us at the right time, and sometimes a traitor is better than an army."

"Yes, your majesty, I'll reply now." Sauron picked up the parchment letter and was about to throw it into the fire to destroy it.

"Wait, leave that letter." King Regod stopped Soren from destroying the letter and leaving the letter with the other party's seal as evidence.

"Why is this?" Sauron did not understand that in the initial negotiations with the noble traitor, one of the agreement was that the letters of both parties had to be destroyed on the spot, but King Regod violated the agreement.

"That kind of traitor is not trustworthy, and this is the guarantee for him to serve us." King Regod raised the letter in his hand and said to General Sauron.

"Father, when are you going to lock me up?" Just as King Regod and General Sauron were discussing how to deal with Duke Hanruowei, the princess Sari rushed into King Regod's tent. Since King Regod discovered that Sari who had followed the battlefield without authorization, Sari was locked in a tent, guarded by the Royal Guard of Ruvid. Today, Sari took the opportunity of the guards' shift and rushed into King Regod's tent.

"Sari, what are you here to do?" King Regod was the best among the people of Novede in terms of courage and strategy, but when he got to his own baby daughter, he had no choice but to frown.

"Your Majesty, I'll go down and prepare first." General Sauron saw the princess Sari rushing in, and hurriedly said goodbye to King Revid.

"Hmph, you locked me up for so long, and you should be angry." Sari was not afraid of the majestic king at all. She stepped forward and grabbed King Regod's braided beard. Regod quickly grabbed his manly charming beard, fearing that his daughter would break them.

"Isn't your trouble enough? If it weren't for Roddy, you'd almost been caught by those damn Southerners."

"Who said that we were surrounded because Roddy was too stupid, and I saved his life." Sari said dissatisfied.

"Nonsai, I said you were not allowed to go to the battlefield. Fortunately, God Odin's blessing, the commander of the Southern is very kind and asked you to leave. If you are injured or caught, I will explain to your dead mother." Thinking of this, King Regod was scared and swore in his heart that he would tie Sari to him no matter what, and never let her stay away from her sight.

"That's also a fool, and an unknown fool." For some reason, Shari's mind has always appeared in her mind recently. The southerner who let herself go was full of curiosity about the young knight who shouted Marty at her, "Matty? Who is Marty?"
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