Therefore, Senator doronin no longer insisted. Everyone sat down again. Next to the mayor of Fyodor, the attendant arranged a chair for Miss Helena, and he sat next to his father.

The first topic of the meeting was, of course, the deployment of defense. In fact, this issue is a repetition of the old tune. Franco and the old commander of tatarchuk made a brief report on the fortification repair and personnel training in their respective defense areas, and bishop kisher also reported on the comfort of the people in the city.

Since the deployment of defense is only an introduction to today\'s meeting, the mayor of Fyodor is absent-minded. Whenever the three reporters finish a speech, the mayor unconsciously nods to express his agreement.

The little count anzumov\'s mind was also not on the meeting. He knows very well that he is the protagonist of today\'s meeting. When the head and bishops finish, the stage will give way to himself. What a wonderful play it is! There are wise and wise protagonists, foolish and irritable fathers, debauchery and adultery mistresses and her lover.

With the development of the plot, today\'s protagonist will pull out the adulterers in public and throw gloves symbolizing duel at the man.

Thinking of this, little anzumov couldn\'t help smiling. His lips were slightly upturned, but his eyes drifted to another man, the real adulterer Catherine.

In the count\'s eyes, that was already a dead man. After he successfully brought down doronin and married Helena, the value of his existence was gone. At that time, he was casually assigned to a dangerous post - in which the death rate of officers was also very high. You can kill him by the hand of the Czar, the Russian or the Cossack. And I don\'t have to bear any responsibility at all.

"Mm-hmm, Mm-hmm." the mayor of fiordo made several continuous "mm-hmm" sounds. As everyone familiar with him knows, this shows that the meeting can move on to the next topic.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the next topic is about some secrets, so some people need to avoid it." little anzumov stood up and spoke for fiordo.

Franco and tartar chuck stood up, and the latter pulled the adoptive son\'s sleeve. Such meetings that need to be avoided generally refer to them, Cossacks and mercenaries.

But at this time, an unexpected thing happened.

"Just a moment, please. I have something to say," Catherine stood up and said to everyone.

Then, ignoring the eyes of the participants, the young mercenary walked up to miss Helena and took her hand.

Catherine knelt on one knee, raised her head and said: "My beloved city Lord, my benefactor. I\'m sorry that I haven\'t had the courage to stand up. Yes, I am the one who secretly made love to Helena. I love miss Helena\'s intelligence and elegance, her angelic pure heart and natural voice. We love each other so deeply. But we know that this love will not be blessed by you. Although I was born into a noble family in Scotland and my family had a small fortune, I was kidnapped by the traitor of Cromwell in the royalist war. My family and 43 family members died in the war. Now I am the only descendant of the family, alone and alone. I don\'t deserve the noble Helena, I know. Here comes the love, Qiu Bit\'s divine arrow hit me, and I can\'t help it. I can only say that this is God\'s will. "

With that, the affectionate Scottish youth took Helena\'s father\'s hand and kissed it on his lips.

At this time, everyone present had different expressions. Fiordo was completely stunned. His brain was blank, his eyes stared at Catherine kneeling on the ground, his mouth opened unconsciously, but he couldn\'t say anything.

The expression on little anzumov\'s face was completely distorted. He stared directly at Catherine and Helena, like a bloodthirsty hungry wolf. Catherine\'s appearance completely disrupted her plan. The victim had turned himself in, and her plan to blame doronin was a complete failure. Catherine, the former coward, jumped out at this time, which was a great surprise How can we not make little anzumov angry.

Franco and doronin\'s expressions were the most calm. They looked at fiordo and Catherine, looked at each other and smiled at each other.

Oleg was gloating on his face. He was fed up with the anger of the nobles. How could he not be happy to see that fiordo, the incompetent City Lord, was so ugly this time.

"God," bishop kisher crossed his chest to say something.

"Death penalty," roared count anzumov Jr. in a loud voice directly over bishop kisher.

At this time, everyone\'s attention was directly transferred to the little count anzumov.

"Death penalty." little anzumov repeated, "father, this Scot has defiled my honor and deprived my love. Only death can compensate me for this pain."

"Yes, death penalty. I will meet your wishes. My son-in-law." fiordo also recovered. Between a helpless mercenary and a powerful son-in-law, fiordo naturally stood on the side of little anzumov.

Helena burst into tears when fiordo said so. The poor noble lady also fell to her knees, took her father\'s hand and begged fiordo\'s forgiveness. But the city Lord, who is usually indecisive, seems to be determined this time.

"Then take my life. If love is a mistake, I am willing to pay any price for it." Katherine looked very calm in the face of death.

"Mine too," Helena said, closely following Catherine\'s words.

"Praise God."

At this time, bishop kisher, who had just been interrupted by little anzumov, opened his mouth again. He spoke to fiordo.

"Praise forever."

"My friend," said bishop kisher: "Helena is my goddaughter, and I have always regarded her as my own daughter. I am also very sad that she and this young man made such a mistake today. This is indeed an insult to the count anzumov\'s family. But young man, who hasn\'t made a mistake for love? If this Scot is sentenced to death, your daughter and my goddaughter will be heartbroken and depressed Widowed. Is this what a father wants to see? "

The Bishop\'s words came to a father\'s heart. A feeling of love for his daughter came to fiordo\'s heart. His eyes looking at Helena were full of doting again.

"Lord, love is not to blame." doronin also helped. Of course, the young Congressman would like to see his opponent eat.

"It\'s terrible." looking at fiordo\'s eyes, little anzumov knew that the balance in fiordo\'s heart had been biased towards his daughter. The noble young man turned his mind, hoping to find the way that was most beneficial to him.

Give up the marriage with Helena? In that case, his family\'s plan to marry fiordo will completely fail. This is the way he will never go.

Ask for monetary compensation? Of course, it\'s her own right. But Catherine herself said that she was a poor man, and she could get several Taylor from him? Besides, Taylor of anzumov\'s family was more than enough to fill a house.

But obviously, it is unrealistic to ask Catherine to be executed on the spot. Making such a cruel request in front of so many people is obviously not in line with the image he is trying to establish.

"Of course love is not to blame," said little anzumov. After thinking about it, he finally made a decision. And his first sentence gave Helena hope and made her mistakenly think that little anzumov had changed her sex. She couldn\'t help but come forward and kiss little anzumov\'s hand and thank him for his generosity.

"But," continued little anzumov, "I will not give up my marriage to miss Helena, because it is an engagement determined by two families. Breaking the engagement is betraying the family."

Helena turned pale. As a result, her lover was saved, but she still had to fall into the clutches of count anzumov Jr.

"Of course, the engagement will not change." fiordo did not want to give up his marriage with the anzumov family.

"And Catherine, I ask to make him famous from the mercenary immediately, put on a linen bag and hang a scabbard around her neck, and walk from the castle to the city gate."

Parading in sacks is a great insult to an aristocrat.

"Count anzumov," Catherine heard and stood up.

"I won\'t give up Helena, and I won\'t put on a linen bag as you ask."

"Oh?" little anzumov raised his eyebrows. He couldn\'t think how big waves Catherine could turn.

Pa. Catherine threw a glove on little anzumov\'s shoulder.

"I want to duel with you."