Lord of Riders

Chapter 20



In the evening, a grand banquet was going on in the great castle of dehram.

Shao Yu was still resting in the tavern and received an invitation from King harlaus

"Your Majesty, please go to the castle hall to attend the banquet. Please go on time." the messenger handed the invitation to Shaoyu and said respectfully

"OK, please tell your majesty that I will go soon." Shaoyu nodded and sent the messenger away

Shao Yu took the invitation and thought that the banquet had begun for a while. The king sent the invitation. It was obvious that he had forgotten himself. But I finally remembered.

Shao Yu didn\'t think much. He took the invitation and went to the castle hall to attend the banquet.

Most of the people who attended this banquet were the Lords and their brothers and sisters, wives and children, and the nobles of the kingdom. They would take advantage of the banquet to enhance their feelings.

Shao Yu was invited to the banquet. Although he was not the Lord of the kingdom of Swadia, at the invitation of King harlaus, the bodyguards also respectfully let Shao Yu into the castle hall. When Shaoyu came in, the party had already started for a while. The Lords and ladies of these nobles were greeting each other and chatting about something painless.

Shao Yu had no friendship with these nobles, and no one came to welcome him. He had to sit anywhere and drink the malt wine set on the table. This malt wine is also a specialty of deherim area. The villages near deherim are rich in wheat, and the malt wine is especially mellow. Shao Yulian had two drinks.

"Shao Yu" Shao Yu was drinking when someone shouted

Shao Yu saw that it was count grenword and Lord Ruis. They are also old acquaintances. Shaoyu also saved count grenward. Seeing that these two people also came, Shaoyu was more comfortable at last. It\'s a little embarrassing to be there alone.

"Count, Lord Ruis, you\'re here too. I\'ll be everyone I know at the banquet." Shaoyu asked them to come and walked over happily

"Come and have two drinks."

"Well, well, we have nothing to do," said count grenword

The three sat down casually and talked about recent things.

After returning to Fort rendee, count grenward re recruited his troops and trained hundreds of recruits to participate in the battle. Although the casualties were not small, they did not hurt the root cause.

"I heard that you led the army to annihilate more than 500 enemies this time, accounting for one third of the number of enemies annihilated by our army. Sure enough, you are still young people who have made a difference," grenward praised Shaoyu

"That\'s because you surrounded the main force of the enemy. The reinforcements are just a mob. Otherwise, how can we be their opponents?" Shaoyu smiled

"Although you say so, you have offended the field marshal of Sweden. The count of Sweden invested a lot of strength this time. When the city attacked, King harlaus felt that his contribution was not as good as you, and did not grant dehram to the Lord of Sweden. The count of Sweden now has a grudge against you. I heard that he talked to the king about you, and King harlaus began to treat you The uncontrolled armed forces are dissatisfied. Be careful recently. I\'m afraid someone will be against you. "Glenward nodded and then told Shaoyu

Shao Yu smiled and nodded. Shao Yu had long expected and planned that Sweden was dissatisfied with him, but unexpectedly, count grenward came to remind himself. It seems that the count really thinks of himself as a friend.

Shao Yu received the arms and horses of King harlaus. These equipment are valuable. Shao Yu naturally wants to serve king harlaus, but in fact, Shao Yu never promised king harlaus to be loyal to him. I made plans for my independence in the future. Shao Yu deliberately offended the count of Sweden during the siege. Sweden is a famous general, but his ruthlessness and narrowness are also famous.

Offended the count of Sweden, he would not let Shao yu feel better in the kingdom of Swadia. In this way, Shao Yu had a good reason to leave king harlaus without carrying the name of ingratitude.

Shao Yu talked with count grenward and Lord Ruis for a while, and they went to discuss other things with other lords. Before long, King harlaus sent someone to invite Shaoyu to meet him in the inner room.

The waiter took Shaoyu to the lounge inside the castle, where King harlaus was waiting for Shaoyu.

"Your Majesty," Shao Yu shouted to King harlaus

"Mr. Shaoyu, I\'m glad you can come to my banquet," said King harlaus with a smile on his face

"It\'s my honor to be invited by your majesty," Shaoyu replied

"Well, you have made great contributions to our king swadian country this time. I want to make you my vassal. What do you think?" King harlaus asked with a smile

As soon as Shaoyu heard this, he silently smiled and said, "the king really doesn\'t want to be strong and uncontrollable". However, once granted, it means to be bound by King harlaus, which Shaoyu doesn\'t want.

"Your Majesty wants to grant me land?" Shao Yu asked, pretending to be surprised

"Well, Shao Yu, swear allegiance to me. I will grant you land and people. I will protect your rights and security. You just have to fulfill the obligations of a vassal," said King harlaus

"Your Majesty, that\'s great, but I\'m afraid I can\'t be accepted by other lords now." Shaoyu politely refused to see King harlaus\'s enthusiasm

"Well, forget it if you don\'t want to," King harlaus said unhappily when he saw that Shaoyu didn\'t want to be granted the title

"Well, it\'s all right. Please help yourself, Mr. Shaoyu," continued harlaus, with a cold tone

"OK, your majesty, I\'ll go back first. Thank you for your invitation," Shaoyu said and left the inner court

Now there is no one to call on. I just rejected the enfeoffment of King harlaus. I\'m afraid harlaus is also very dissatisfied with himself. Shao Yu doesn\'t want to stay here any more.

Shao Yu went out to the guard, got his weapons, went out of the castle, and was ready to go back to the tavern and lead the team to leave dehram.

Shao Yu stayed in the castle for several hours and came out late at night. There are few pedestrians on the road. Only some important places are guarded by a few soldiers.

Shao Yu walked in the street, surrounded by silence. Suddenly, a sound of arrow feather breaking through the air broke the order of the night. Shao Yu had long guessed that someone would deal with him. With the reminder of count grenward, Shao Yu had been on guard and easily avoided the cold arrow. Then he quickly took down the shield light crossbow and shot it in the direction of the cold arrow.

Only a dull hum came from the darkness