At dawn, Alexander's party finally reached Billyselli, a very arduous and even dangerous journey, for they had to stop again and again to send men in front of them on the way through the mountains at night, and to send sentinels to guard them when they were about to pass through some rather dangerous sections.

Such caution is not superfluous, except for the insecurity of the road, anything can happen in this turbulent time, and the noble nobles may still have a feared status in the city, but even God cannot guarantee safety in the wilderness.

So when he finally saw the shadow of Billy Shelly's city, the horse-mounted Shosha let out a cheer of excitement, watching the beautiful feather from the travel hat on her head and waving it, and even putting the feather to her mouth and blowing it away with the wind, Alexander seemed to see the blonde girl who was holding a bow and arrows and bathing in the sun like a forest elf when he first saw her a few years ago.

Alexander couldn't help but clamp the horse's belly hard, allowing Pagasus to catch up.

The team picked up the pace, but the "cheerful" trip lasted only until the corpses of the slain hunters on the outskirts were seen.

Seeing the corpses of the hunters, the whole team instantly became nervous, Schell shouted and rushed over with people to surround the Earl brothers and sisters tightly, and at the same time, the Balkans who had heard the change behind them also began to quickly spread out in formation, everyone was extremely nervous, they were not afraid but worried, because they didn't know how many enemies there were, but there were two characters in their team who absolutely could not afford to make a mistake.

"Your Excellency, you and the queen shall go to the carriage at once." At this time, the Balkans had completely forgotten the respect they deserved, and while staring around warily, Scheer urged Alexander.

"What's the panic," Alexander got off his horse, he first examined the body carefully, and then showed a hint of worry on his face, "they must have died in the night, they were attacked, as if there was no chance to fight back." ”

"And Billy Shelly?" Tsusha tensed.

"Let's go and see what happens," Alexander said, turning on his horse, ignoring the attempts to continue to block Scheer, but instructed the Neapolitan officials who had already heard the noise and had caught up from behind, "I want you to protect the queen, and if we have not heard from us since we entered Bilischerly, you should leave here at once and return to Naples." ”

"No!"

Josha tried to refuse, but was interrupted by Alexander's hard hug.

"Listen, I'm just going to take a look, but I'll be distracted if you're around, you know I'm not going to be so stupid to take unnecessary risks, not to mention that we have two whole companies in Billy Shelly, and I don't think there's any army in the world that can kill all two companies of Montina's army in one night, and not even one of them will tell us, so as long as we can see people, we will know what is going on."

Alexander's comfort calmed her down a little, but she still grabbed Alexander's hand a little melancholy, watching this scene, Xell, who was standing not far away, coughed slightly unnaturally, and then deliberately shouted to her subordinates to be vigilant.

"Go, everybody," Alexander reminded in a low voice, and then he hurried again, "Listen, Chelsa, if anything really happens to Billy Shelly, these ministers who come with us are the key, and we must make sure they do exactly what we need them to say." ”

"Don't worry, I know what to do," Josa instantly changed from a sister who was worried about her brother's safety to a queen, she took a step back and saluted Alexander very formally, and after receiving the salute in return, Josa turned to look at the restless courtiers, "Everyone, we are here waiting for news from the Count of Montina, let's pray for Alfonso, Duke of Billyselli, may God bless the Duke safe and sound." ”

God apparently did not hear the Neapolitan prayers, and when Ofleiuil, who had heard that the Count himself had come out of the city to greet him, walked into the chapel of the castle and saw the hard corpse lying on the stone floor in front of the altar, Alexander first raised his head helplessly with his lips and looked up at the ceiling, and then he kicked over a chair next to him with a furious kick.

The huntsmen, who had never seen the Count so furious, were silent, and the Balkans, who had always been lazy, were much more honest at this time, and for a moment there was only the angry footsteps of Alexander walking back and forth in the chapel.

"Tell me what's going on, the people outside, and this ......" Alexander pointed to Alfonso's body, whose head had been blown off with a musket, "What's going on?" ”

"We were attacked, and a soldier rushed back to report the news, and we were very hasty from the time we got the news to the time we organized to meet it......"

Offrey began to tell what had happened the night before, and when he told him that Alfonso had been shot from the shadows just as it was all over, Alexander raised his hand to stop him.

"The Duke wasn't in the room at the time?" Alexander asked, looking at Oflei.

"It was my mistake, my lord, Alfonso thinks he has a mole under his command, so he would rather be with our Montina army," said Ofleyi with some annoyance, "We never thought that at such a time there would be someone desperate to kill the Duke." ”

"You didn't expect that," Alexander stared sternly at Oflei, "I don't think you would be attacked at all, your comfortable life has been too long, and your victories have made you think that you are invincible, look at our losses, those dead soldiers are actually the result of your arrogance and underestimation of the enemy, captain, I am really disappointed in you." ”

Ofrei opened his lips slightly to say something, but in the end he just lowered his head in shame.

"What about the man who killed Alfonso, don't tell me you didn't even catch him, I've noticed that you didn't take him, but I can understand that you should have been angry and desperate to kill the enemy, but you have to tell me the whereabouts of the murderer, otherwise I really doubt that you can continue to be the captain of the army." Alexander suppressed the anger in his heart, he was actually angry with himself, I don't know why, under the surface that seemed to be going well during this time, there were all kinds of unpleasant things, which made him wonder if all this was Jisha's "marriage", which made his heart a little confused.

"We've got him, he's still alive." Offrey wiped the sweat from his face, and when he saw Alexander's gaze, he shrugged his shoulders, "But I'm injured, it's not good." ”

"Take me there, I hope I can see the living." Alexander urged that the medical conditions of this era were already very bad, and as for the preferential treatment of prisoners, no one had thought that such a thing would probably be ridiculed as madness.

After sending a message to Josa, Alexander followed Oflaiyi to the door of a heavily guarded room.

"My lord, this is murder," after waving his hand to the guards to retreat, Ofleiyi suddenly whispered, "The Duke was not killed in battle, he was secretly murdered after the battle, so ......"

"So what are you going to do, to play a mole among the Billy Shellies?" Seeing Ofleiyi's expression, Alexander knew that his guess was indeed correct, "You are very good, but now we must first know who ordered all this, and since you killed all the enemies in order to vent your anger, the only clue we have now is the man inside." ”

Seeing the look of shame on Oflaiyi's face because of his words, Alexander patted him lightly on the shoulder: "But it's nothing, this lesson is a good thing for you, it will make you really mature, you know that smooth sailing is good, but the right setback can make a person's foundation more stable." As for who is behind this, I think I can probably guess. ”

Alexander took the strangely shaped sword from the hand of Schell next to him, and looked at it: "It seems that our friend is really in a hurry, which is not a good thing." ”

The wooden door was pushed open, and a smell of blood mixed with the dampness of the room came to my face.

Alexander looked down through the low, semicircular arch into the half-sunken room, and was slightly stunned when he saw the man leaning against the corner and seeming to be unconscious.

This person didn't feel strange to him, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he was sure that he didn't know this person, at least not very well.

The captive's leg was broken, and the short leg where the wound had been bandaged was black, and the blood from the wound was no longer flowing, but the way he looked made it doubtful that he would be able to live.

The man had a scarred face, and he couldn't tell his size because he was leaning against the wall, but Alexander vaguely felt that he wasn't tall.

At the sound of the voice, the captive seemed to wake up slightly from his coma, but he only moved and was silent.

Schell scooped a spoonful of cold water from the broken bucket in the corner and splashed it on the man's face, and he immediately became alert, and then slowly woke up.

Alexander crouched down and looked carefully at the unrecognizable face in the sunlight from the small window above his head, this person must have been seriously injured before, the scar on his face was more like being injured by a beast than by some weapon, looking at this face that was always vaguely familiar, Alexander thought about it and finally decided to give up the guess.

"Tell me why you killed Alfonso." Alexander asked, and seeing the other man's unmoved eyes, he thought for a moment and took the spoon from Schell's hand and slowly pressed it against the wound on the man's short leg.

Screams of pain rang out of the room, and several of the Billy Sheri courtiers standing outside were terrified.

"Even if you don't say it, I know it, but I'll tell you to hear it yourself," Alexander tossed the bloodstained spoon aside, then leaned forward and whispered to the man, "Tell me what Ferdinand told you to do, did he just want you to kill Alfonso or did he order you to kidnap him?" ”

The scar man looked at Alexander in surprise, as if surprised that he already knew where he came from, but then he closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to say anything.

Alexander looked at the man carefully, and suddenly he asked, "Have we met somewhere?" ”

The man's face trembled, and the criss-crossed scars looked like the parched earth was cracking and shaking.

"Tell me who you are," Alexander's expression grimaced, "I can have someone treat you, or you'll be completely rotten in a few days just by throwing you here." ”

The man opened his eyes and struggled to move down, then leaned against the damp wall and stared at Alexander.

"Of course you don't remember who I mean, sir, how could a little man like me remember," the man said sarcastically, and then gasped in pain, "But I can tell you that I've been staring at you, and I've been waiting for an opportunity for a long time, and I'm going to be your nightmare, because you've pushed me into hell, so I'm going to give you a taste of it." ”

The man struggled to get up but fell, looking at his clumsy appearance, Alexander raised his hand to stop the hunters who were trying to go up and catch him, and then studied the man carefully.

He heard something from the other party's words, and it was clear that this person had more personal grudges against him, but he couldn't remember who this person was for a while.

"You will say," Alexander stood up and looked at him condescendingly, "maybe you think you know some secret, but I tell you, I know almost all the so-called secrets you know, even more than you know, and I don't care who you are," said Alexander bent down slightly and looked at the man with his hands on his knees, "You said I pushed you into hell, I don't think you know what hell is, I promise you, if you are so stubborn, you will definitely see the real hell." ”

Alexander walked out of the gloomy dungeon and looked at the courtiers of Billy Sheli who were already waiting at the door, and he pointed inside: "This man is the murderer of the Duke, and the Duke has pointed out that Billy Sheli has a mole before he died. ”

The courtiers' expressions changed instantly, they looked at each other suspiciously, and then they all looked at Alexander again.

"We need to find out who directed this shameful murder, and this man and his accomplices must pay for their actions." Alexander's stern gaze swept over the men, and then continued, "My marching captain will be in charge of tracking down the traitor, and I must report the unfortunate death of the Duke to the Queen as soon as possible, but Your Majesty should be outside the city now, and I hope that the Duke's death will not make her too sad." ”

There was a faint gasp among the Billy Sheli.

Alexander's sudden arrival came as a surprise to them, but the sudden arrival of the queen surprised the people of Billy Shell.

Someone was keenly aware that something big was about to happen, and they looked at each other silently, seeing obvious uneasiness in the eyes of others.

The sudden arrival of the Queen of Naples by Billy Silly caused a huge shock as soon as the news spread, and some of the Billy Shelly Silly people, who had not yet recovered from the shock of being attacked and the death of the Duke, had a vague premonition that Billy Silly might be about to change.

The march of Jossa entered Billy Shelly Castle after dawn, and there were no flowers, no cheers, no colorful dresses and the pomp and circumstance of the strangely dressed nobles, only the glittering spears in the hands of the vigilant soldiers, the vigilant eyes of the musketeers, and the terrible muzzles of the black holes.

As she looked out of the carriage, she saw the corpses of the houses on the street corners that had not had time to cover up, and the wreckage of the house that was still smoking after being set ablaze during the battle.

This was the battlefield, not a remote ducal territory far into the interior of Naples, where the lord had just been murdered and his body lay on the altar of the church.

Ji Sha got out of the carriage with a serious expression, looking at the group of courtiers standing in front of him who were bowing so much that he could only see the back of his head, Ji Sha couldn't help but move the corners of his lips slightly.

"I'm going to see the Duke."

Seeing the courtiers' hesitant expressions, Khosa ignored them and walked straight through them, while beside her, a group of heavily armed huntsmen pushed the Billy Shelli aside in an almost rude manner, and then, with the sound of weapons and armor colliding, Kissa walked into Billy Shelli Castle under the protection of the Balkan guards.

The entire castle of Billy Shelly was completely controlled by the Balkans, and when Zhisa walked into the chapel and saw the back of Alexander standing in front of the altar, she finally let out a sigh.

Somewhat surprised, Ofleigh saw that the chief of the guard named Schell beside the Count waved to the guards guarding the church without receiving an order, signaling them to stand down, and then the Schell simply turned to look at Oflei, and the look in his eyes was obviously urging him to leave.

Ofrei looked at Alexander, he felt that this time should explain to the queen what had happened as soon as possible, so that the queen could understand what kind of situation they were facing now, after all, the possible changes caused by Alfonso's death were really numb to think about, and of course he could not leave as the commander of the army in Billyselli.

To the surprise of the marching captain, Alexander seemed to acquiesce to the Scheer's actions.

However, when he had to temporarily retire and walk out of the chapel, Ofleiyi inadvertently turned back and saw a scene that made his heart beat through the crack in the door that had been quickly closed.

He saw the queen rush towards the Earl without waiting for the door to close, and as the two embraced each other, Ofrey could clearly see the Count's lips kissing the Queen's lips.

Offrey swore that what he saw was not what should have happened between brother and sister, which made the captain's head buzz and a little dazed.

"It's still a half-grown child." Schell, who was busy closing the wooden door of the church at the end, smiled at the dazed Ofley, touched the two mustaches on his lips and whistled in his mouth, and then stood on the steps, holding his saber in front of him, pressing the hilt of his hand with his hands on it, staring at the Billy Shelly nobles who had gathered outside the church.

Offrey looked at the closed church door, and suddenly he felt that there was still a lot he didn't know.

But then he shook his head, ignoring the Billy Sheri who seemed to want to strike up a conversation with him, and walked out of the courtyard.

Oflaiyi felt that he still had a lot of work to do, at least by this time he was already pondering how to learn from the near-defeat he had encountered.

"Trumpeter, trumpet, lineup!"

Oflai's shouts rang out in the distance, causing another wave of unease among the Billy Shelles waiting outside the church.

"Alfonso is dead?"

Inside the church, Jossa looked over Alexander's shoulder at the stiffened body lying on the altar, she was not afraid, the Balkan trip had transformed her from a noble lady into a brave warrior, and she had placed the sword she had used in the battle in the city of Slobozia in Bucharest in a prominent place in the castle of Kosenza, and she wanted her children and grandchildren to know what an ancestor they had that made him proud.

"That's exactly what I'm going to tell you," Alexander said to her, "Alfonso's death is so unexpected, it's actually very passive for us, and without Alfonso it would cause us a lot of trouble to annex Billy Shelly, and it might even make people think that we killed him, even though he should ......have died a long time ago."

Apparently not understanding the meaning of Alexander's words, she walked around Alexander to the lying body of Alfonso and looked at his corpse, and after a while Chelsa suddenly looked back at Alexander: "Is the murderer who killed Alfonso still there?" ”

"Yes, they imprisoned him in the castle dungeon."

"This man might be useful," a sly glint in Tsusha's eyes "What if, I mean, it was his 'own' who killed Alfonsu?" ”

Listening to Josha's words, Alexander's heart moved, and a wonderful thought flashed through his mind.