The night before the expedition, the son found his wife and cried bitterly.


    He didn''t want to go, but he had been on guard against Shizi all his life. Shizi was twenty years old and had never experienced war.


    He knows nothing about the military camp and hates it very much. He hates marching and riding. He hates all weapons such as swords, bows and crossbows. What he hates most is sleeping in a tent and enduring the torture of mosquitoes and insects all the time.


    "Why did my father ask me to suppress bandits? I haven''t fought a war and don''t want to fight. Why don''t you leave this to Brayton? Where has Brayton gone?"


    The lady sighed, stroked her son''s hair and said, "Brayton followed your father to fight in the southwest. You will inherit the throne of Archduke and experience the test of war sooner or later. This is your father''s intention to temper you."


    "I don''t need any training. Doesn''t he trust that bastard very much? Why don''t you let him do such a thing?"


    Madam seems to know the Duke''s mind very well. Before she became pregnant with the son of God, she had a relationship with the son of God and other men. But now the Duke has verified the identity of the son of God. He admits to his face that the son of God is his own son. He will certainly not be detrimental to his own son. The only reasonable explanation is that he wants his son to have an army.


    The lady lowered her voice and said to the son: "this army is carefully selected by me. I directly appoint the centurion and above. They are all aristocrats. They are real aristocrats. They are dissatisfied with the illegitimate son. You should seize this opportunity and let them become your loyal subordinates. After you inherit the title, they will become your most loyal ministers."


    No matter how much the prince begged, no one could take his place. The next day, the prince led a large army to leave Miaoyin city. Looking at these young soldiers, the wife who went to see them off was full of confidence. They would soon become the strength to check and balance Manda claudesai.


    Manda also knows something about the army. He deeply agrees with his wife''s wise measures.


    This saved him a lot of things. It took a lot of time to dig out all these secret hostile forces one by one. Now he just caught them all.


    Manda entrusted the task of suppressing bandits to Toka: "don''t let one of more than 1000 people go. Can you do it?"


    Toka said to Manda, "boss, it''s better to let a few go. Someone has to collect the body."


    "That makes sense!" Manda pinched Toka''s face. "The soldiers and horses are ready. They are in the brittle stone valley. Do things clean."


    After arranging Toka, Manda should set off. In another 20 days, it will be the day of canonization. Manda can shuttle through the underworld and reach Kushui town in half a day, but it''s against the rules.


    He is about to become a marquis. The Marquis naturally has a matching guard of honor when he goes out. Even if Moritz is beaten and runs away from the city, he has never reduced the specification of the guard of honor.


    Manda led the Marquis''s due guard of honor to bitter water town. The day before the canonization ceremony, he received a letter from Duke de enko again.


    De Enke said that Manda''s actions have exceeded his tolerance. If he dares to accept the canonization of pseudo king tikas, he will kill Manda''s father.


    At the same time, he also sent a letter to bessalu. If bessalu insists on canonizing Manda Claude as Marquis, it means that the deep friendship with the north will be completely interrupted.


    "Do I have a deep friendship with you?" bessalu looked at the messenger with a mocking face. "Tell you, Archduke, this is your Majesty''s will. As your Majesty''s courtiers, we must abide by your Majesty''s orders."


    After the messenger left, de enko looked melancholy. The government minister said, "are you worried that de enko will do something to us?"


    "He doesn''t have the courage and strength. Bucken is still in the north. I''m afraid he''s scared out of his mind," whispered denko, looking at the newly erected flag outside the castle. "I''m worried about Manda Claude, who is about to become a marquis. Denko threatened to kill his father. Not everyone can bear this kind of thing. I''m worried that he will secretly turn against me."


    The Government Secretary, who has always been very confident in Manda, also hesitated: "we have to see his reply to de enko."


    "What do you think? Ask him directly? Do you expect him to tell the truth?"


    "I''m not going to ask him. I''m going to ask the messenger myself."


    Bessalu shook his head and said, "it''s not necessarily the same person who delivers the letter to me and to Manda."


    "I guess it''s the same person," the Minister got up. "Don''t forget that denko communicates with the Styx island. There are too many secrets hidden there. Only one person can master the password of the island."


    Seeing that the Government Secretary was going to set out, bessalu stopped and said, "let my department do it. You don''t need to risk it."


    The Government Secretary shook his head: "deenko dares to give the island to the messenger, which proves that the messenger is definitely not an ordinary person. I''m afraid your subordinates are not his opponents."


    The Government Secretary was right. The messenger was a fifth order believer of the goddess of hunting. After leaving Kushui Town, he immediately went into the mountain forest. In the mountain forest, the combat effectiveness of the believers of the goddess of hunting will increase sharply, and most believers of the same class are not his opponents.


    But the Government Secretary was one class higher than him. Even so, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.


    Finally, the messenger chose to compromise. He was hired by de Enke to pay 2000 gold coins a year. He had strong strength, but his loyalty was limited. It is also reasonable that powerful fifth order believers cannot serve as messengers unless there is enough interest temptation.


    The messenger took out Manda''s letter. The government secretary looked at it carefully and looked at the messenger with round eyes.


    The messenger stepped back two steps: "I don''t know the content of the reply, and count Claude Sai didn''t let me pass a message. I''m telling the truth. I don''t have to lie to you. I''m not worth the risk."


    The Government Secretary believed that the other party had not lied, but the content of the letter was really unimaginable. He put the letter back in the letter box and handed it to the messenger. The messenger shook his head and said, "the seal mud has been damaged. I won''t give this letter to the Archduke, otherwise I will be punished."


    "Will you not be punished if you don''t receive a reply?"


    The messenger shook his head and said, "it''s Claude''s responsibility not to reply. It has nothing to do with me. The Grand Council of denko regards it as Claude''s contempt for him."


    The minister nodded and said, "someone once told me that many wars were started by messengers. I''ve always been joking. It seems that it''s true. You go to bitter water town with me again and I''ll ask the Marquis of Claude to seal you again."


    The messenger said in surprise, "Claudius will listen to you?"


    "It''s not a command. It all depends on the friendship between friends. Remember to call him Marquis, and he will be very happy."


    Back in bitter water town, the government secretary found Manda and described the story again.


    Manda expressed a little dissatisfaction with the minister''s private opening of the letter, but after the minister called the Marquis twice, Manda was elated and sealed the messenger again.


    When he saw bessalu, the Government Secretary described Manda''s reply again: "he said that the glory of the claudesai family will last forever, the son of the claudesai family will never bow his head, he will pray for his father day and night, and let his brother and sister live strong!"


    Bessa looked at the minister with drooping eyes. "Is this how he replied? Does he want to kill the whole family?"


    The minister nodded.


    After a long silence, bessalu asked, "are you sure that the identity of Manda Claude is true?"


    "Stop asking," sighed the minister. "I''m not very familiar with him. I don''t want to answer any more questions about him. Finish the canonization as soon as possible."