There are three days left for the new year, and bucken is preparing some special activities.

This year, he prepared many programs for the king, including three days of prayer and five days of repentance. Some short stories were interspersed between the programs, including the execution of a group of heretics and some nobles and civilians who participated in the war.

With humiliation, intimidation, patient persuasion and sincere blessing, the whole process fluctuated and orderly. In this new year, bucken was confident to drive the king crazy.

But unexpectedly, there was something wrong with the king\'s body. He seemed to have become a madman.

At first, bucken thought the king was pretending, but after visiting in person, he found that the king really had a situation. He seemed to be lost. The rest of the time should be running out.

That\'s good news. It saves bucken from doing it himself.

Of course, sitting directly on the throne is still a little abrupt. After all, the king has three sons who have legal inheritance rights.

Bucken took the third prince Leias to the cathedral. Because his mother was the current queen, he was the most promising successor to the throne.

He personally baptized the prince and shaved the prince\'s head. The prince only promised to become a Protestant, but bucken didn\'t want to do so. He believed that the punisher should follow the tradition, and there was no difference between Protestants and heretics.

After taking full control of the three princes, he was patiently waiting for the king\'s death, but unexpectedly, Dwight, the general of the solitary legion, suddenly returned to the king\'s capital, bringing him a news he couldn\'t dream of.

"False, everything is false," Dwight calmly described. "It\'s no use for LAN Pigou to capture Blackwater. He and the werewolf army have been staying outside Blackwater. All relevant war reports are false."

Barken roared, "it\'s impossible. Go and call Amado to me. Call me at once!"

The waiter said, "Sir, Deacon Amado has gone to turbulent city."

Bucken was silent. He sat in the cathedral all day without saying a word.

Dwight was not in the mood to see him in a daze. After saying what to say, he got up and said, "please deal with this matter as soon as possible, otherwise I will report the whole thing to the Pope."

……

The minister came to the palace and stood by the king\'s bed.

The king was covered in a quilt, half sitting and half lying, looking up at the minister.

Looking at his appearance, he still has a bit of spirit. He is not terminally ill, but the government secretary knows very well that he has seen believers when they are lost.

It\'s no wonder that the king rose from level 1 to level 4 in less than a year. With his physical talent, it\'s almost no different from suicide.

"Praise the great lord of the gods, lesio, you\'re here. Where\'s longersen?" the king asked to see the government minister every day. Every time he met, he had to ask the same question, as if longersen was still in the king\'s capital or his general.

"Your Majesty, general longson has left the capital."

"Where has he gone? This disloyal man, the king needs him so much now. Where has he gone?"

The Government Secretary didn\'t know how to answer. Before, he would patiently make some explanations, but he found that it was futile. No matter what he said, the king\'s memory would return to the origin in the blink of an eye.

"Howitt is planning something. I see. You have to find a way to stop him."

"Your Majesty, Howitt is dead."

"Dead? Who killed him?"

"He killed himself... Your majesty, have a good rest and I\'ll see you tomorrow."

Lesio turned and shook his head. The king suddenly grabbed his clothes and said mysteriously, "call Craig munchke. He\'s a smart man. He can find my baby."

The minister knew what the king said about the baby. It was an artifact of Zeus. Unfortunately, he knew it too late.

The king\'s class is not suitable for keeping artifacts at all, and the erosion of artifacts also aggravates the king\'s loss.

"Count munchke also left the king\'s capital."

"What did he do again? They are disloyal! They are all disloyal!" the king\'s body began to tremble, as if it had come back to reality in an instant.

He took the minister\'s hand and whispered, "you are the most loyal. What I trust most is you. Will you never leave me?"

"I won\'t." no matter what happened before, the government secretary still felt some pain when he saw the king.

The king looked around and whispered, "Howitt is dead. If the Pope blames him, let longson take the blame. Don\'t tell him in advance. He\'s not loyal enough."

The sympathy that had just sprouted disappeared in an instant, and the government minister looked at the king coldly.

The king then said, "I\'m afraid a longson is not enough. If the Pope still refuses, will you sacrifice for me?"

The Minister of state was silent.

"You are a loyal man, but if you are not enough, I\'m afraid I have to cede some territory to the Pope. Three cities should be enough. If you can\'t, you can cede two more counties..."

"Your Majesty, that\'s the territory of the kingdom." the minister frowned.

The king roared, "so what? Everything in the kingdom is mine! The Kingdom has meaning only if I live! Are you loyal to the kingdom or me? I gave you everything today, not from the kingdom!"

The Government Secretary didn\'t want to listen to the king any more. He left the palace and just returned to the residence, only to find that a special guest had been waiting for him for a long time.

"My Lord, I need your help." the second prince tikas bowed deeply to the Minister of state.

The Government Secretary hurriedly invited the prince into the mansion, waited for irrelevant people, and asked, "Your Highness, what do you need me to do?"

Ticus said, "my Lord, I want to be king."

The minister looked up and down at tikas. Of the king\'s three sons, he had the least hope of succeeding to the throne.

The third prince is the son of the current queen and has the support of bucken.

The eldest prince is the grandson of the Minister of the interior and has the support of all ministers.

The second prince has no resources, because he has a straight temperament and has been hated by many people.

Of course, although I know he has no hope, lesio won\'t say it too directly.

"Although the king is ill, he is still healthy. I\'m afraid it\'s not appropriate for you to tell me about it now."

"Sir, with all due respect, when my father leaves the world, I\'m afraid I\'ll go with him. No matter my brother or brother, no matter who becomes king, it\'s impossible to accommodate me. Sir, I need your help!"

Looking at the sincere second prince and recalling his previous actions, the government secretary found some differences. He was different from the king and the other two princes.

The minister looked solemn and said, "the premise of becoming a king is to let you leave the king\'s capital. Are you willing?"

The prince clenched his teeth and said, "I will, I will do anything!"

The minister nodded and said, "go back and make some preparations. We may start at any time."

……

Amado stood in front of Ryan Pigou and said nothing.

LANN was embarrassed. He wanted to explain, but Amado punched him hard.

LAN rubbed his cheek and whispered, "I have something to discuss with you."

Amado sneered, "what else do you say? Do I have any other choice?"

LANN fell into silence and heard Amado sigh: "in short, it\'s good for you to live."

……

On New Year\'s Eve, all the guests arrived in the village of Weixing mountain.

The cook brought the hot pot and the New Year dinner officially began.

Manda sat in the master\'s seat and took the lead in picking up the glass.

Sitting at the top of the guests were the Marquis Almon of Blackwater, the Marquis webner of bluestone, the Marquis Moritz of parrot and the Marquis Selin of turbulence.

Sailin arrived at the seven star mountain last night, because he came last, he could only sit at the last guest of honor.

Fortunately, he came in time, otherwise he wouldn\'t be able to eat the new year\'s Eve dinner. Manda raised her glass and said, "for our friendship, have a drink first."

They drank it all at once. Manda looked at the expressions of the four marques and said with a smile, "how\'s the taste?"

"Very mellow and beautiful!"

"Very sweet!"

"This is the best wine I\'ve ever drunk!"

"Such mellow wine will never get tired of drinking for a lifetime."

Manda taught people to rinse mutton with chopsticks. Marquis sailin was scalded and spit it out directly.

Moritz was also scalded and didn\'t dare to vomit. Almon and webner weren\'t scalded. They seemed to be used to eating.

Manda stared at sailin. Sailin hesitated for a moment and ate the mutton back.

Manda smiled, looked at the four marques and asked, "how does it taste?"

AI Er Meng said: "it\'s delicious. I can\'t eat enough."

Webner said, "this delicious food should be a gift from the gods."

Moritz said, "it\'s the glory of my life to eat this delicious food."

The Marquis of sailin licked the blisters on his lips and exclaimed, "this is the first time I have tasted such delicious food. Thank you, Lord munchke."

Manda was very satisfied with their answer. She raised her glass and said, "happy new year, gentlemen. May Hermes bless you."

(end of Volume III)