Rise of Rurik

"Why did you wear their clothes?" Gisla's question hit Alicia's heart directly.

She let go of the princess gently, and under Jisra's shocked gaze, she wiped away tears, got up and stood beside Askad.

The intensity is a sense of alienation and a mental stimulation for the princess, but Alicia knows that this will stimulate the princess, so she can only be so decisive due to the reality.

Standing beside her new master, she shook her head and apologized helplessly: "I'm sorry, Your Highness. I am already unclean, and I am not qualified to be your maid again."

"You? Alicia, you..."

Gisla gritted her teeth and stood up, suddenly changing her cowardly image out of anger.

"Why? Why did you leave me. I never regarded you as a maid, but now you want to leave me voluntarily."

"I'm sorry. Maybe...my fate is like this. Your Highness, Alicia in the past is dead. Now I..." She couldn't continue, and simply turned her face away without saying a word.

Askad couldn't understand the intense conversation in Frankish, but the blue fox listened to it.

He thought Princess Gisla was just a weak doormat, but unexpectedly she also showed anger.

Askad's purpose for coming here was very pure, and he was quite surprised to see the angry face of the princess. For a moment, he was really moved. If the princess also has a rebellious inner nature, it is still possible to conquer her and possess her, but that would be breaking his promise.

"Ghisla!" He snapped his mind and said sharply, "Your maid, Alicia, is now my woman. You! No longer her master. Me! Askad, is her new master."

"You? Wicked man. You took my sister away." Gisla responded forcefully in Latin, changing her cowardly image from yesterday.

"Wicked? She's not your sister, she's my wife now. Look. Alicia's new clothes, even the shoes, all belong to me. I've seen her body clearly. , and you... I have no interest in you."

"You!" Jisla was so angry that she had nothing to say, she grinned and clenched her fists and trembled.

She was already weak, and she couldn't stand still in this rush, so she simply sat back on the wooden chair, and then curled up covering her face and crying silently.

Because she saw that her sister, Alicia, was really decisive. She always stood beside the young Norman who claimed to be Askad, standing straight and silent. Even if she changed her clothes, she looked like a maid. attitude.

A deep betrayal is more painful than death.

She cried for a while, then slowly raised her head, panting like a she-wolf in grief and indignation: "Alicia, you betrayed me! You betrayed your faith."

Like thousands of piercing hearts, Alicia, who really felt sorry for the princess, really wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in. She continued to stand and pretend to be a statue, listening silently to the princess's constant curses. She had never seen the princess so sad and angry, and she stared at the indecent words and uttered them from her noble mouth that she would never say in normal times.

"Go to hell!" Gisla finally said with grief and indignation: "You sold your soul to the Norman savages, and you will receive eternal punishment in hell. You are no longer my sister. Go to death!" "

The last cry was so loud that Alicia was so startled that her whole body went limp and she knelt on the ground. Although she was quickly angered by Askad, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and looking at his face, she seemed to have lost her soul.

Their relationship is clearly broken. Askad couldn't understand Frankish, and he could feel the strong complaints and disgust in the language.

And this is what Askad wants to see. He is afraid that his woman will be cut off from her former master. Now that she has lost her mind, she can imagine what Alicia can do in the future.

"The farce should be over." The sullen blue fox clapped his hands vigorously. Since Princess Gisla is not a cowardly "dumb", she can act on her own in the future.

He asked Askad to retreat first, and he stayed to appease the broken heart of the princess. Although it was comforting, it behaved in this room like a daughter whose father taught her to lose her composure.

For the first time, the blue fox showed the hidden sterling silver cross in front of the princess, and this one object completely suppressed the princess's crying.

"You! Do you actually believe in God?"

"Yes. My godfather is Archbishop Eskil of the North, maybe...you know this man."

"I know." The surprised princess suddenly asked back: "In this case, why did you bring the barbarians to attack Aachen?"

"I told you yesterday that this is a kingdom war. Your father is my enemy and your uncle's enemy. It was never my intention to capture you, but you are here in Aachen."

It must have calmed down before Gisla began to recall the many details of yesterday's experience.

As the king's daughter, that's sadly the status of this daughter. Gisla envied her eldest brother and younger brother very much. In this era when male nobles ruled over the king, even the king's daughter was nothing more than a bird in a cage. She was not happy, so the departure of the personal maid was a strong mental blow to her.

Stimulated by this, in Lan Hu's view, the princess finally became able to communicate. He was even very grateful for Askad's reckless placement, and now he could directly ask the princess herself about some things.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Blue Fox took Jisla to a room alone.

The disheartened Ghisla felt that she would be violated by this Norman nobleman today, but she no longer wanted to resist. She thought of dying. If it weren't for the restraint of faith, she would have killed herself already.

As a result, the Norman nobleman behaved extremely strangely.

In the absence of other Frankish nobles present, Princess Gisla is the only Frankish nobleman in the entire city of Aachen, and Blue Fox wants to make some deals with her.

Just like a business negotiation in business, the blue fox sat on a wooden chair, facing the princess as well.

Gisla didn't know what he was going to do, so he listened attentively with his eyes wide open.

"Why be nervous? I am the Earl of Gothenburg, and your Uncle Ludwig had... a very close friendship many years ago."

close friendship? In a sense, they are too close together, and it has risen to a life-and-death fight.

"I can tell you all the truth. I am a vassal of the Kingdom of Ross. We made a deal with your uncle. He knew about the attack on Aachen."

"Ah?! Could it be that my uncle knows everything? Did he do it on purpose? Why! Are you... are you trying to tell me that all this is your deal?"

"Yes. Not all of them. Your father is going to kill your two uncles, and all your cousins. I have learned that you Frankish nobles can kill each other very viciously. Your uncle can only fight back if he doesn't want to be killed. Attack Asia Chen was also part of the Frankish Civil War. And you! It was a surprise."

"Assault on Aachen, you're killing people everywhere. Are you... not afraid of going to hell?"

"Hehe. Little girl, don't try to scare people like priests." Blue Fox shook his head: "Most of my army is the Normans you know. The more you kill, the more happy the northern gods are. Do you know us? What did you see when you broke into the cathedral?"

"What?"

"The bishop stupidly led a group of priests to pray, but God didn't respond. What does this mean?"

"What is it?"

Feeling that this girl is really easy to coax, Blue Fox continued with a smile: "It means that the priests here are not pious at all, they have fallen! If you learn from the fallen priests, you will also fall. On the contrary, it is our army who believes in the North Gods, we have been sheltered and blessed, and this is an easy victory. God has abandoned Aachen, and your father has abandoned you."

"You... nonsense."

"Nonsense? Child, don't put on an angry face anymore." The blue fox's smile showed his confidence. Compared with the caged bird-like princess, he did know more about the whole Frankish situation. "Your father Lothar is in Strasbourg, which is a city in the east. Your uncle Ludwig said that all members of this Lothar family are in Strasbourg, and you should not, it is impossible, to stay here." In Aachen. How do you explain that? The way I see it. Your father doesn't like you at all! Perhaps... he would have liked you to be killed by us."

"You... just talking nonsense. How could my father abandon me?!"

Gisla blushed. She couldn't believe the words of the Norman nobleman, but this man knew too much about the royal family.

"Of course. I have known your uncle for a long time. I know your royal family very well. Your father took his sons to Strasbourg, where he organized a large army and prepared to march with all his strength to kill your uncle's family. Once your father Victory, including your cousins, will all be killed by your father."

"It's...impossible. My father is not such a villain."

"No." Blue Fox shook his head: "He is. He is the eldest grandson of Charlemagne. Your great-grandfather Charlemagne killed unarmed civilians on a large scale in Saxony. If you say our methods are cruel, your great-grandfather is the same Cruel, and so is your father. Child, you are so well protected that you don't know the dangers of this world."

Gisla was taken aback by what was said. It felt like a bunch of fallacies, but it sounded so.

Blue Fox continued to emphasize like a repeater: "Your father abandoned you. He doesn't love you at all. If he loved you, he would take you by his side! Your father only likes sons, and your existence is superfluous! Aachen is not Your city! You are just a canary raised by Lothar. When you grow up, you will be given to a certain nobleman as a gift. Can't you see the situation clearly? Your maid has accepted a new destiny, you ...you should think about your future."

Gisla was speechless, and at this moment she was simply depressed.

The blue fox still fired: "Lothair doesn't like you! Listen! Lothair doesn't like you at all! On the contrary, I think your uncle Ludwig is a good person. You might as well be Ludwig's adopted daughter, You are his niece."

This is of course very against my will, such a description is just to coax this girl. Blue Fox never thought that Ludwig was a good guy, that guy was really a militaristic type, but he really didn't have the determination of Lothair.

In the final analysis, Ludwig didn't want to kill his elder brother, and he didn't want to fight for the title of "Roman Emperor". The eldest brother Lothair continued to maintain the highest and only king status, and it was enough for him to maintain the huge fief on the right bank of the Rhine River, and even gave up part of the Rhineland that he currently occupies.

That way, Ludwig probably wouldn't hurt his niece.

As Blue Fox said, catching Princess Gisla was an unexpected joy, and giving it to Ludwig was to help him have a bargaining chip to threaten Lothar. Secondly, this princess is only twelve years old, and she has never seen the world. so coaxing. Based on yesterday's experience, if he really frightened her and threatened her, the girl curled up and cried. Coax her, give her a hope, some things will be done.

"I will send you to your uncle intact, and we will withdraw from Aachen soon. However, my army is very barbaric. We have to give them a lot of gold, otherwise, they will set fire to the city. "

"You just burn it. I don't care."

She would not cooperate with the slightest threat, Lan Hu simply stopped wasting words on this.

He continued to emphasize unilaterally: "Your father doesn't love you, your uncle Ludwig loves you more, she will never lock you in the palace, you will live with your cousins..."

This is not over yet, and the blue fox develops an offensive from another side: "I am nearly twenty years older than you, and I have never been married. If I had a daughter early, I would probably be as old as you. I can Guarantee your safety, give you good food, comfortable clothes, and comfortable sleep, if anyone hurts you, I will order this person to be executed."

This is a promise of security, even...

Princess Gisla heard something different, thinking that this Norman nobleman really should be close. Can I still be his daughter? absurd!

However, my biological father, Lothar, has never in his memory talked to him face to face as he does today. It was precisely the noble Roman emperor who always blamed himself for being a nobleman. Since his third sister was kidnapped by Count Ramongao, he was even forbidden to leave Aachen, and the garden became the only place for recreation.

He clearly knew that the Norman noble in front of him was the leader of a bandit and a murderous demon.

Now, Gisla was surprised to find herself empathizing with him a little bit.

The blue fox went to coax a little girl, of course not to take care of the girl's emotions. Feeling that the time is almost here, he bared the fox's fangs: "You...Ghisla. You can't go to see your uncle empty-handed, can you? Aachen must Do you know that there is a place where the royal family hides money?"

"This...I..."

Indecisive? Sensing the trembling in the girl's eyes, Blue Fox was sure that she knew absolutely.

"Think about it, you bring a lot of money to see Ludwig, might he treat you badly? Your father doesn't love you, and your uncle absolutely loves a niece who comes here with money. Besides, you keep What is the use of that money? The only use is to tell me where the money is hidden. We take some of it away, and you take another part. After all, your father doesn’t love you, so you take us to take his money, it’s yours Justice retaliates."

At this moment, Jisla was having a fierce ideological struggle in his heart.

Blue Fox was still repeating his words, and under the uninterrupted offensive, the little girl's inner defense line was broken by him.

"Okay! I do!"

Jisra stood up abruptly: "Take the money! Take the money my father hid! He doesn't love me, and I don't love him."

Looking at the girl's pouting and angry expression, it's like a loving father and daughter.

This is the purpose of the blue fox. Instead of the army digging around to find gold and silver, it is better to learn the exact way to find the money from the princess who probably knows the truth.

Of course Gisla knew about Lothair's secret room in the palace where he hid money. Even though he was a noble "Roman Emperor", the means of hiding money still lacked imagination.

Blue Fox regards Princess Gisla as a business partner, such as negotiating between businessmen, forcing Jisla to rebel against his father, but for the princess, it is the invading outsiders who recognize their independent personality.

The father did not protect Aachen well, and some of the money hidden by the father was taken away by the Normans as a matter of course.

Lothair controls the financial resources of the Frankish elite area. Based on the principle of not putting all eggs in one basket, he hides money in different regions, and many palaces have small warehouses for the royal family. The Royal Palace of Aachen is supposed to be the largest royal palace, but Lothair has regarded Strasbourg as the most important activity base in the past few years. In addition, there has been a civil war since 838. He spends a lot of money, especially now that the entire kingdom is full of In war, there are many places to spend money.

Aachen had a limited stash of money, which was also one of the backup sources. It also includes Maastricht and Liege. There are also places where money is hidden. However, the places where money is hidden are very secret. The Ross coalition forces can only loot superficial wealth locally. The real money hiding place is true unless an insider guides the way. Hard to find.

Jisla is an insider in Aachen, so she simply became the guide.

No, suppressing the strong panic, she walked through the pile of corpses in the palace, and walked into her father's bedroom with the "treasure hunting team" led by Lan Hu herself.

However, this palace room has been rummaged, furniture and cloth are tossed everywhere, and even the wide bed is covered with foul-smelling filth. Obviously, the conquerors used this place as a toilet.

In a sense, it cannot be said that yesterday's Seventh Banner Team was not simple, because the entire city of Aachen does not have any toilets, even the palace.

The blue fox covered his nose subconsciously, and criticized Askad and his warriors in Norse.

He asked the princess again: "This is where Lothair hid his money?"

I saw Jisra's immature little hands pointing directly at the bed full of filth.

"Huh? The wooden bed is full of cash boxes?"

"No. There is a secret passage under the bed, leading directly to a small stone room. I found that place during the hide-and-seek..." Gisla didn't want to mention the past, and the illegal hide-and-seek with the personal maid Alicia turned out very badly.

As a princess, she was not beaten, but was locked up by her father for a day of self-reflection. But her maid was hung up and whipped. At that time, Alicia stopped all crimes and then did things with injuries.

That's Alicia, she's a traitor!

Gisla couldn't forgive her rebellion, but she was rebelling against her father now, too.

Now that the location was determined, Lan Hu gave an order, and the strong man beside him rushed up and pushed the bed away, revealing the entrance of the cellar...

Everything became logical~www.readwn.com~ One of the blue foxes was able to make a fortune, and as a result, he brought ten beautifully decorated wooden boxes. Each chest has a bronze lock, and as luck would have it, it also has a matching key.

The boxes were opened, and all the cash boxes were filled with high-quality silver coins. There was even a box filled with gold coins. Looking closely at the patterns of the gold coins, it seemed that the gold came from various sources. Gold is gold, dented to the bite, and they're all pretty good.

Now it's all right, the gold coins just go to King Ross, and the rest of the silver coins will definitely be taken away by the soldiers of the Ross army.

Of course, Jisla can't be treated badly, so just give her a box! Just as a gift from her to her uncle.

The face of the blue fox showed the joy of a good harvest, while the meritorious Jisla was depressed.

Because, her move has betrayed her father! Three years ago, he was punished by his father for playing hide-and-seek when he strayed into the entrance of the secret room. Now he can't...

She knew that she had no turning back.