Chapter 862 Andre rebelled?

At night, Horn and a group of Holy Armor monks carried fluorescent lamps and went down the Honey River until they arrived at Peat Town.

This town is the seat of one of the priestly orders of the Honey River Society.

The entire town is just a crossroads, with the four corners consisting of the Xinmin Square, the Priest Church, the market and the town hall.

Then along the road radiates houses, a blacksmith shop and a grocery store.

Horn had just pushed open the oak door of the town hall and sat down when he saw the local priest, Mosmantel, stumbling in.

“I, you, Your Majesty, I am that that that that that that…”

Looking at the dishevelled priest, Horn turned his head away.

Two holy-armored monks forced him to sit down on his seat. He took two sips of hot coffee and spoke only after he had calmed down.

“Tell me, what happened?”

“Your Majesty, this is terrible.” Mosmantel cried and slumped over the table, “The Border Knights are coming!”

“Nonsense!” A Holy Armor monk slammed the table heavily. It was Laurent, who was promoted from a corps commander of the Guards to the tenth captain of the Holy Armor Guards.

Horn has always been close to these officers who have been trained personally, but he does not really use them as bodyguards.

“This is Honey River Township. There’s an entire High Castle Township between this and Adam Castle!” The former tailor glared at him, “Where did these border knights come from!”

“It’s true, it’s true!” Mosmantel was about to cry, “The border knights have rushed to Dongbule Manor, and my two followers were shot to death by them.”

Two followers? Horn found it irritating. They were his wandering monks. They should be called fellow believers!
But now he couldn’t care less. The border knights appeared behind the defense line, which was weird no matter how you looked at it.

“Tell us everything from beginning to end, don’t miss any details.” Horn took a sip of the bitter coffee. People who knew him well knew that this was the standard way His Majesty thought about problems.

Sitting on a small stool, trembling, Mosmantel’s face turned blue and red. He was so frightened and anxious that he became incoherent.

“Your Majesty, after you and I discussed the matter, I waited for the order from Reverend Valentyl. After receiving the order yesterday, I went to check the land.”

This was known to Horn and was part of Valentyl’s plan.

The purpose of land inventory was not to reclaim the land or collect taxes, but to legalize military settlements and fix the land in the form of land deeds.

Their purpose was to steal Andre’s land, because Andre asked them to plant crops secretly, while Horn gave them the land in a solid way.

In any case, no matter what Andre does, he has neither the right nor the ability to make legal guarantees.

If you accept Horn’s land, you will become Horn’s soldier.

“I will take two roving monks to the farthest 100-household district, which is the military settlement district, to promote legalization.

As a result, halfway through the journey, they encountered a group of archers wearing chain mail and robes.

It was dark at the time and I couldn’t see clearly. I thought they were soldiers from the Iron Fist Regiment, so I asked them to make way. Unexpectedly, they immediately drew their bows and shot.

My two followers were shot dead immediately. I pretended to fall off my horse and hid in the bushes. When they came to collect the bodies, I saw the flag of the Border Knights.

When they left, I quietly crawled out of the bushes, borrowed a horse from a farmer, and then escaped back.”

Thinking of the thrilling moments, Mosmantel couldn’t help but feel scared and even started to vomit.

He was originally a middle-aged monk in a monastery. He had never seen blood in his life, so how could he have never seen such a scene.

At this time, a large number of Holy Armor Guards gathered inside the town hall, in the corridors, on the stairs, by the doors and even outside the windows, looking around.

Listening to the middle-aged priest’s story, many people were eager to try, while others began to whisper.

“Is it the Holy See devil that’s roaming here?”

“If they want to come here, they have to bypass Adam Castle and then cross the foothills of the Red Iron Mountains. There is not much else there, just a lot of cliffs and sentry towers. It is impossible that there were no warnings.” “After walking all this way, our soldiers should be tired.”

“Go make another pot of coffee.” Horn picked up the empty cup and took a sip before he belatedly ordered.

After that, he thought for a moment and continued to say to the several Holy Armor Guards at the door: “You are all good at riding, go over there and check it out, and come back as soon as possible.”

“Your Majesty, why are you still trying to find out the truth?” Mosmantel, who had just finished retching, jumped up and said, “It’s only half a day’s journey from here.

If the Border Knights marched at night, they would be there in a moment.

To be on the safe side, you should immediately head south and hide in the sentry fort!”

“Even if they can come, there will be no more than 2,000 of them. We have three hundred-man teams in the Holy Armor Guards. It will be no problem to wipe out 3,000 of them. What are you afraid of?”

“That’s not what I’m afraid of.” After hesitating for a long time, Mosmantel finally spoke out his true feelings, “What I’m afraid of is that this group of border knights was intentionally allowed in by Captain Andre!”

“What nonsense is this!”

“Don’t stir up trouble!”

Laurent and Bonard stood up at the same time and scolded Mosmantel.

Mosmantel was desperate: “How could it be such a coincidence? No warning was given? And it happened to be here? And it happened to be during the implementation of the Land Settlement Law?”

When Mosmantel said this, the entire town hall fell silent for a moment.

Even Horn’s action of pouring coffee paused for a moment.

Everyone only had some vague guesses about this matter, but they didn’t dare to guess in that direction.

You know, if it is true as Mosmantel said, and Andre was forced into rebellion, that would be no small matter.

Whether Horn and his Guards Regiment could escape was secondary. The overall situation in the Thousand River Valley was about to collapse.

What’s even more terrible is that the Leia people are now holding the banner of “Eliminate Horn’s tyranny, and the Thousand Valleys belongs to Meliati.”

As for welcoming back Meliati, they are absolutely welcome, and when the flag is changed, they might follow and head south.

This is indeed no small matter.

Bonard immediately changed his position: “Your Majesty, Mosmantel’s speculation may not be true, but if it is true, then your safety is the top priority.”

“Andre dares to rebel?” Horn’s ambiguous words sounded like a rhetorical question.

Mosmantel rushed over and hugged Horn’s calf: “Your Majesty, why do you take this risk? Let the three hundred guards stop us. You should hurry to the dock and meet up with the two hundred guards at the dock, then quickly hide in the sentry fort.”

Shaking his coffee cup, Horn said nothing, as if refusing to admit that he had acted too hastily.

The few monks around had to wait anxiously until the Holy Armor Guards outside the house started to make noise.

There were hurried footsteps, the door opened wide, and the Holy Armor Guard came back.

As soon as he entered the room, he shouted, “Your Majesty, what Mosmantel said is true. The enemy has at least a thousand men.”

If there are a few hundred people, it might be a misunderstanding, but the probability of it being a misunderstanding among thousands of people is extremely low.

Everyone in the town hall looked at each other, and finally focused their eyes on the silent Horn.

“Your Majesty…”

Bonard handed Horn a whip.

(End of this chapter)