When the king died, the ministers and the queen were foolish.


    The interior minister looked back, pointed to the queen and shouted, "you killed the king!"


    The ministers pointed the spear at the queen. The queen quickly stood next to bucken and was too scared to speak.


    "Shut up!" barken shouted. The ministers felt a sharp pain in their hearts and immediately calmed down.


    Bucken said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has passed away, but Romulus must have a new master. Since we can''t prove which imperial edict is true, we can only listen to the queen."


    After a long time of silence in the bedroom, the great prince nealos suddenly opened his mouth: "the government minister gave us the imperial edict. He can prove the authenticity of the imperial edict!"


    The Minister of the interior hurriedly said, "that''s right! Lord lesio personally handed over the imperial edict to me, and the guards can testify for me!"


    "Nonsense!" said the queen angrily. "The government minister clearly gave me the imperial edict, and the bodyguard can testify for me!"


    The crowd went to the minister''s residence, and the waiters were busy cleaning up the dust in the bedroom.


    No one seems to have thought that these dust are the only remains of the king.


    In the quarrel between the two sides, bucken had understood everything. It was the ghost of lesio.


    He immediately ordered the divine punishment army to surround the government minister''s residence. It can be imagined that lesio had left the king''s capital long ago.


    "It seems I''m late," barken said to himself, "but it doesn''t matter."


    He went out of the government minister''s residence and said to the ministers: "lesio betrayed the kingdom. I will contact the divine punishment army everywhere to round him up. According to the king''s last wish, I announce in the name of the Lord that reyas Gaius will inherit the throne and become the new king of Roma road!"


    The queen led the bodyguard to cheer, and the ministers were stunned and speechless.


    The interior minister gritted his teeth and said, "do you declare that you are qualified?"


    Barken said grimly, "who do you think is more qualified than me?"


    The divine punishment army behind him pulled out the long sword neatly, and the ministers retreated several steps one after another.


    The great prince nealos said, "according to the law of the Kingdom, the imperial edict must have the seal of the Minister of state before it can take effect!"


    "Lesio has betrayed the Kingdom, and his seal is of no use!" bucken glanced at the people. "Don''t worry, your majesty will appoint a new government minister and fill in another seal at that time."


    "You, you, you are usurping the throne!" the interior minister trembled with anger and turned to nealos. "Let''s go!"


    "Stop, you''re not going anywhere," barken smiled. "The new year''s prayer is not over. It''s almost dawn. Come with me to the cathedral."


    The Minister of the interior was surprised, and bucken seemed to want to imprison them.


    He pretended not to hear and wanted to leave immediately with nealos. As soon as bucken waved, the divine punishment army surrounded the ministers and the big prince.


    "Don''t you understand me? I''ll let you go to church!"


    The ministers were at a loss. As soon as the interior minister winked, several guards wanted to draw their swords. Bucken waved his fingers and a holy light flashed. The guards turned into pieces of meat scattered on the ground in the blink of an eye.


    The ministers looked pale. Bucken stepped forward slowly and patted the interior minister on the cheek: "don''t be stupid. First pray with me, and then participate in the new king''s succession ceremony."


    After half a month''s trek, Prince tikas and government minister lesio finally arrived at the territory of Archduke bessalu, the largest city in the south, Longyin city.


    It is said that more than 2000 years ago, a giant dragon appeared in the southeast. It is a dragon that can spray poison. All creatures will be killed wherever it passes.


    People living in the local area United and fought with the dragon to the death, but the dragon was so powerful that more than half of the people in the whole southeast died in the hands of the dragon.


    Until the great hero Heracles came here and stabbed the dragon''s wings and claws with a sharp sword. The Dragon had no way to escape and had to go underground to avoid the pursuit of Heracles.


    Hercules encouraged people to build a city here and suppress the tyranny and arrogance of the dragon with faith and courage. Therefore, Longyin city was born.


    Because the minister had sent a letter in advance, Archduke bessalu was ready. He led the six earls under his rule and led a thousand guards of honor to welcome the prince to the city with the highest etiquette of the monarch.


    The minister showed bessalu the king''s edict. Bessalu swore allegiance to the new king in public and gave the most gorgeous manor to tikas as the palace.


    The scale of the manor cannot be compared with the palace, but the degree of luxury is no less.


    Among the three great princes, bessalu''s territory is not the largest and his troops are not the largest, but he is the richest. Thanks to the maritime trade in the southeast region, the taxes collected from local businessmen every year exceed half of the income of Wang Du.


    At the dinner, bessalu promised tikas again to form a strong army to help the king recapture the king''s capital within two years.


    Tikas did not know how to express his gratitude. He was completely moved by bessalu''s loyalty.


    But the Secretary of state remained silent. He knew that the grand duke''s promise was not free. When the banquet was over, he discussed the remuneration with tikas.


    "He is willing to help, and you should reward him accordingly. Free loyalty is too expensive for us to afford."


    Tikas agreed with the Minister of state, but the immediate question was, what kind of reward could move bessalu?


    Bessalu is not short of money, and any promise of money will not work.


    Land is not very attractive. Bessalu already has the richest land in the kingdom. Moreover, the only foothold of tikas is provided by bessalu, and all promises about land seem pale and powerless.


    The only feasible thing is that commitment is status, but what kind of status can be higher than Dagong? Do you want ticus to give up the throne to him?


    After a night of deliberation, I couldn''t find the answer. "I''ve engraved it for you." the government secretary took out the seal already prepared and handed it to tikas.


    "Learn to face, learn to bear!" ticas gritted his teeth and stamped the seal on the imperial edict.


    The Minister of state also sealed his own seal, and this imperial edict came into force.


    Bessalu was very excited when he saw the imperial edict. He immediately issued the first order as an assistant minister and asked Archduke shertai in the south to meet the new king in Longyin city immediately.


    The minister said with a worried face, "as far as I know, sheltai likes to watch the fun, but he doesn''t like to join the fun."


    Bessalu smiled: "Lord lesio, we don''t need to be so vague. I don''t intend to give sheltai room for discussion. This is an order from the king. If he doesn''t want to meet the king, I will treat him as a traitor and even use force against him. Only by unifying the South can we have the power to fight against the punisher. Sheltai is our first goal to conquer."


    The Minister of state was very satisfied with bessalu''s idea: "conquering sheltai, the next step is the southwest."


    Bessalu said with a worried face, "there are some troubles in the southwest. To be honest, I don''t know who is the master of the southwest now."