Not long after, Long River Town returned to normal order, and everything seemed calm again.
Ten minutes later, Amy was brought into the administrative hall by the cavalry.
"Li Ang!"
After seeing the lord, Amy rushed towards him at full speed.
Amy was a little excited, and she didn't even use the usual 'teacher' as she usually called her.
"I thought I was going to be stuck there forever!"
Initially, she seemed to be planning on giving him a hug, but after running up to her and seeing clearly Li Ang holding Forster in her arms, she stopped.
Obviously, she realized how Li Ang rescued her...
The knife in the lord's hand never left Forster's neck for a moment. Although outsiders may not be able to tell, Amy is very familiar with this scene - it was this action when his teacher kidnapped the two Bax governors in White Deer Fortress.
Amy can naturally imagine that the kidnapping of Forster may not end well, as this matter is not over yet.
"Teacher, you'd better go to the inner castle and have a look..."
Li Ang realized that there were still many things that he didn't know. "Amy, what's going on?"
Amy looked at Forster but said nothing.
Li Ang nodded and took off Forster's helmet. "Sir Forster, please cooperate and let's go to the inner fort to have a chat."
Long River Town, the main building of the inner fort.
Kloze has been staying here, and Amy has not let anyone enter the main building.
"Kloze, close the door, find a rope and tie him up..."
Lord, it is quite tiring to drag a hostage around all the time. There are no outsiders now, so there is no need to cover up. It is more appropriate to tie up Forster.
But Forster was a little unwilling to cooperate now. "Li Ang! If you treat me like this! Horton Family will not let you go!"
Li Ang shook his head and came closer to Forster: "I have no doubt that your family will be able to force me to flee - but as long as I don't die, I guarantee that your whole family will not be able to sleep from now on... I am helping you solve the problem now! If you don't cooperate, I may not die, but you will definitely!"
This threat was quite useful. Forster took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and nodded. "If you can solve the problem, I swear I will not retaliate against you!"
Kloze came up and stuffed a torn towel into Forster's mouth. "Sir, I will keep an eye on him!"
The lord nodded approvingly towards Kloze: "Guard this building and don't let anyone in. Amy, tell me what happened?"
Amy nodded and took Li Ang directly to the fifth floor.
Madam Bella's hands and feet were tied, and he was still in a coma, breathing very weakly.
Amy quickly explained the whole story. After more than ten minutes, the lord finally figured out the cause and effect.
"Originally I just bought some food, but I didn't expect that it would cause so many things... and even lead to heresy..."
Li Ang shook his head and smiled at Amy, "There are so many people pursuing you. Lionheart Kingdom The most popular girl is you, right, Amy?"
"Teacher, you are still in the mood to joke! You kidnapped Forster, Duke Alma will definitely not let it go..."
Amy is still a little nervous. Her trouble has been solved, but Li Ang is trapped in the kidnapping case.
Amy is more anxious now than when he was trapped.
But looking at the unconscious Madam Bella, Li Ang felt much more relaxed.
"Originally I found it difficult and didn't know how to deal with this Forster - I don't want to become a mortal enemy with an archduke at this time. But since their family is harboring heresy..."
Li Ang grinned and shook his head. "That's actually an easy solution!"
Amy frowned. "But, Duke Alma must also know that Madam Bella is a heretic?"
"Amy, it is precisely because Alma must know that it can be properly solved... Forster doesn't want me to accuse you of being a heretic? I plan to let him accuse his father of harboring heretics... Ha!"
But just as he said this, Li Ang suddenly frowned. "Wait a minute... Amy, has she been in coma for three days?".
Amy nodded.
Li Ang walked over to the unconscious Madam Bella and took a closer look.
Madam Bella's wounds were very small. Although they were densely packed like scales, they did not cause him to be unconscious for so long.
What caused her to become unconscious was probably the wound on her chest. The wound had turned into a bloody hole and looked quite scary.
Li Ang tried to touch Madam Bella's wrist, but there was still a slight pulse.
"You said before which tall woman could use poison? She also mentioned a prophet?"
The lord turned his head and asked Amy.
"Yes, teacher, you mean Madam Bella..."
Amy frowned and walked over. "We were worried that she would die, so we didn't dare to touch her. Is she unconscious because of the poison?"
Li Ang took off the water bag on his body, took out the crosswort powder from the pocket on his waist, mixed it with water and poured it into Madam Bella's nostrils.
The lord is not worried about whether a heretic will die. This is the method Ansen once mentioned to wake up people who were stunned by Snake Heart Stone. He plans to give it a try.
"... A sneeze!"
Crosswort really worked, and Madam Bella actually woke up from a cough.
But this method of awakening is really dangerous for a person who hasn't eaten for several days and is scarred all over his body - Madam Bella's chest spurted out an arrow of blood due to coughing.
The way she looks now, she looks like she has returned to her former glory.
After opening his eyes weakly, Madam Bella looked at his tied hands, then turned his head and looked around.
When she saw Li Ang, she slowly opened her mouth, her voice hoarse. "Humph... foolish people...Goddess Eredar will not let you go! The prophet's army will avenge me!"
Still looks a little crazy.
Li Ang waved his hand to tell Amy to stop talking, and said softly, "Madam Bella, we are here to help you!"
Madam Bella looked at Li Ang seriously again, then turned his head and looked at Amy: "Amy...Goddess... Is he the hero you summoned?"
Amy nodded somewhat at a loss. She really didn't know how to deal with a madman.
The lord realized that this seemed to be a good opportunity to obtain information. He handed the water bag to Madam Bella: "Madam, drink some water. The prophet guided me to help you!"
After hearing the 'Prophet's Guidance', Madam Bella laughed and looked at the lord as if he were seeing a relative.
She pushed away the water bag. "I'm about to die, I can feel my life disappearing... Use my blood as a sacrifice, and you can get a response from Goddess... Hero of Pendor, have you occupied Long River Town?"
Li Ang nodded thoughtfully. "I have controlled Forster, how do you plan to deal with him?"
Madam Bella was stunned, and then sneered, "Let him die! Horton Family should all die! I will dedicate Long River Town to Goddess Eredar! The prophet's army will come soon... I will welcome the arrival of Goddess here!"
Her eyes gradually became dull, and her hands stretched hard into the air, as if she wanted to grab something.
Then, she turned her head and looked at Amy: "Amy...Goddess... She is right... Sure enough, only a perfect virgin can become the carrier of Goddess and bring the hero of Pande..."
The voice gradually became lower.
Li Ang put his finger on the tip of her nose and tried. "She's not dead yet, but she may not be able to be saved."
Amy hasn't come back to his senses yet. "Teacher, what do these nonsense she said... what do they mean?"
"I don't know, but I feel like she's not talking nonsense. She's probably just been brainwashed by a heretic."
After careful consideration, Li Ang went downstairs and found Forster.
"Forster, now, we have to end this matter together... I don't plan to start a war with Duke Alma, but I think you don't want to be hunted down by me and Lord Godric, right?"
Li Ang stared at Forster closely, and pulled off the rag Kloze stuffed in his mouth.
Forster retched twice, his eyes full of anger, but he still nodded slowly. "Then, how do you plan to end it?"
This guy is really calm, but it's a pity that he wasn't decisive enough, otherwise he wouldn't have been hijacked by Li Ang.
"I have to figure out the cause of the matter first... Mr. Forster, are you doing such a big thing because you are worried that Duke Alma will find out about your sister?"
Li Ang is a little unbelievable. "But just such a small thing, isn't it normal in the homes of rich and noble families? We shouldn't go into a big fight!"
Forster shook his head. "You don't understand, it is normal in other noble families, but my father will not tolerate this kind of thing... If my father finds out, I will be exiled!"
Li Ang was very surprised. "Duke Alma cares about this very much?"
Forster was silent for a while, hesitated for a while, and said, "My father doesn't care how we play outside, but within the family, relatives are not allowed to interact..."
He shook his head, as if he didn't want to expose his family scandal.
"Teacher, Horton Family once always believed in pure blood and only intermarriage between brothers and sisters in the clan. But by the time of Duke Alma's generation, more than one-third of the people in the Horton Family are dwarfs and imbeciles..."
Amy glanced at Forster with contempt and told the reason, "More than twenty years ago, Duke Alma personally killed more than a dozen of his brothers... It is said that those were all imbeciles with no humanity, except for harming the family. He didn't know how to do anything in the clan territory, and even killed his youngest sister. This incident caused a big fuss at the time, and Alma even lost his territory because of it - his previous fiefdom was Long River Town, and Lion Lake City got it after he made great contributions."
Forster gritted his teeth, probably because he didn't expect that Amy would know these old events, and his face looked a little ugly.
Li Ang nodded, Alma rescued Mad King from the last Lion Knight, and thus obtained the Lion Lake City territory. He heard this from Mrs. Philina in the Lion City Noble Council garden.
With such experience, it is easy to understand why Alma would have such strict requirements for his family members.
If the matter between Forster and his sister is known to Alma, then Forster is indeed likely to be kicked out of the house, and there is a high probability that Forster will lose his inheritance rights.
No wonder he took the risk, not only to cover up the matter with his sister, but also to cover up Madam Bella as a heretic.
"Forster, you know the situation of Madam Bella... your father Duke Alma also knows, right?".
Li Ang patted Forster on the shoulder. "You concealed that she is a heretic, maybe you are trying to find a child of the Horton Family and regain Long River Town in the name of Elfwan's heir?"
"Yes, Elfwan has no heir, and my father must take back the territory that originally belonged to the family...Li Ang, I might as well tell you the truth, Duke Elfwan was originally killed by Madam Bella murdered him! He was paralyzed in bed a few years ago because of the poison given by Madam Bella! My father took over Long River Town because Elfwan sent a letter asking for help before he died!"
Forster's words shocked Li Ang, and Amy was also stunned.
"You didn't lie to me, did you? Madam Bella murdered her husband?"
Li Ang feels that the amount of information in the homes of these wealthy nobles is really too great.
"I was the first to receive the letter asking for help. This is absolutely true. Long River Town was my Horton Family's territory a hundred years ago. My father lost Long River Town due to impulsiveness. He indeed always wanted to get it back... but my father would not kill Duke Elfwan just to regain the territory. They were once close comrades!"
Forster frowned and said the inside story, "Using Horton Family's child to get Long River Town back in the name of Madam Bella's posthumous son, this is It was Duke Elfwan's suggestion before he died. He has no heirs, so instead of being succeeded by Madam Bella who murdered him, he would rather let my father take back Long River Town!"
Li Ang looked at Forster carefully and felt that he was not lying.
The lord really didn't expect that Alma's plan to seize Long River Town actually came from Elfwan's own suggestion.
This means that Madam Bella could have obtained Long River Town naturally, but was disturbed by Alma in the middle... She said that she would dedicate Long River Town to the dark Goddess Eredar, and she indeed had the motive to kill Elfwan.
"What is going on with Madam Bella and these female soldiers? Don't say you don't know."
Li Ang pointed at the bodies of the female soldiers and asked Forster.
The corpses had been gathered up, covered with cloth, sprinkled with lime, and placed neatly in the hall.
"That's the person under Madam Bella. I know that Madam Bella worships the evil god, but I'm not interested in what she is doing specifically... After all, I just need her to live!"
Forster seems to be well aware of these female soldiers. "In fact, I have never entered this building. These women never let my people in. In order to keep Madam Bella cooperative, I did not force my way in... After all, her only request is not to let men enter this building."
"You actually didn't kill the people around her?"
Li Ang thinks this is incredible - she wants to control Madam Bella and seize Long River Town, and she has so many people around her. Is Alma a fool?
"We tried, but Madam Bella is not a person who is afraid of death... In fact, she has never been willing to cooperate with us. My father also asked me not to force her, lest forcing her to death would be no good to anyone."
Forster explained, "We need her cooperation, so we won't force it too much. Anyway, Long River Town will change owners in three months... During these three months, we still need her to show up occasionally."
In this way, Madam Bella probably hates the father and son the most, but she seems to be playing tricks on them.
Li Ang suddenly thought of what Countess said - Madam Bella of Long River Town went to her to buy a large amount of grain!
"Forster, have you ever bought food from Countess of Brave Shield Fortress?"
Forster shook his head in confusion. "Long River Town has a lot of food in stock, there is no need to buy..."
Amy looked at Forster with an angry look on his face and gritted his teeth, probably thinking that Forster planned to use 300,000 pounds of grain to make himself respond to his pursuit.
Forster looked at Amy, with a hint of loneliness in his eyes.
But Li Ang took a long breath - the food was not bought by Alma and Forster.
It was bought by Madam Bella himself.
So, Madam Bella... she bought it for the Prophet Legion!
Li Ang closed his eyes and shook his head, turned around and looked at Forster seriously. "I think you will be in big trouble... I will give you a solution, it depends on whether you are willing..."
Forster is a little confused. "How to solve it?"
"You took Madam Bella to surrender to Lion City, made it public that Madam Bella was a heretic, and accused your father Duke Alma of harboring a heretic... There is enough evidence here to prove Duke Alma is indeed harboring Madam Bella, and he will probably not be able to return to Lion Lake City for several months because of this. You are his eldest son and first heir, I think you can understand what I mean... As long as you do this, the matter between you and your sister will not matter at all."
Li Ang said with a frown, but he knew that this guy probably wouldn't agree immediately.
If Madam Bella's heretic identity is made public, her 'posthumous son' will become the son of a heretic. Long River Town will have no one to inherit it and will be taken back by King Ulrich.
Horton Family will get nothing.
Sure enough, Forster shook his head. "This is impossible, even if I die, I will not let my father..."
But the words stopped abruptly midway through, and Forster lowered his head and became silent.
Li Ang smiled, his smile full of contempt, "Have you figured it out yet?... If you are not willing, then Grand Duke Alma will soon know about the affair between you and your sister, and I will hand you over to Lord Godric. As for I have no control over how Lord Godric will deal with you... The fact that Madam Bella is a heretic will still be made public by me and Amy, and your family will still not get Long River Town. And you... heh... make your own choice."
Amy was puzzled. "Teacher, we can definitely use the second option directly..."
Li Ang shook his head and glanced at Amy: "Let him choose."
Amy didn't speak anymore, she saw the hint in Li Ang's eyes. Although she didn't know why Li Ang let Forster go, she chose to believe her teacher.
Forster was silent for a long time, then sighed and said quietly, "Lord Li Ang, you are threatening me!"
The lord nodded matter-of-factly. "Yes, I am coercing you. You have to know, I can even kill you now and then fall on the head of the heretic Madam Bella. In fact, I have every reason to do so... But you gave me a chance to choose outside the city, so I will also give you a chance to choose."
But in fact, Li Ang knew that he could not kill Forster - he could not even take Forster away. Those two hundred cavalrymen knew that Forster had come to find him. If Forster died here, then he would definitely face Duke Alma's revenge army no matter what.
He is just threatening Forster, just like Forster threatened him before.
Forster finally chose to surrender himself to Lion City.
This seems incredible - he chose to accuse his father, Alma, of harboring heretics.
Does anyone know why Forster made such a choice?
And why did Li Ang force Forster to make such a choice?