正文 第八十九章 交易章(1:35)
整整三天<span class='character' ></span>慕尼城都沉浸在狂欢之中<span class='character' ></span>
人们通宵达旦的跳着舞<span class='character' ></span>喝着酒<span class='character' ></span>尽情释放着被战争压抑一年多的情绪<span class='character' ></span>在这三天里<span class='character' ></span>没有什么禁忌<span class='character' ></span>无论你是喝醉了在大街上睡觉还是光着膀子跟着吉赛舞女跳肚皮舞<span class='character' ></span>大家看了都只是哈哈一笑罢了<span class='character' ></span>
城里的酒馆通宵营业<span class='character' ></span>马戏团和剧院的戏码加了一场又一场<span class='character' ></span>角斗士的生死搏杀和骑士的比武更是吸引了上到达官贵人下到平民百姓的所有观众<span class='character' ></span>哪怕隔着几条街<span class='character' ></span>也能听到比武场里不时爆发的欢呼声<span class='character' ></span>
贵族们的聚会也是连轴转<span class='character' ></span>安排紧凑得没一点空闲<span class='character' ></span>上午去某伯爵家的私人猎场玩个尽兴<span class='character' ></span>中午就在某个只向贵族开放的会所里抽着雪茄喝着威士忌<span class='character' ></span>而晚上自然是排得满满的宴会和舞会<span class='character' ></span>
音乐<span class='character' ></span>灯光<span class='character' ></span>美酒<span class='character' ></span>再加上美丽小姐们的娇笑<span class='character' ></span>勾魂的媚眼<span class='character' ></span>小客厅或花园树林中的意乱情迷<span class='character' ></span>一切都是那么的美妙<span class='character' ></span>
当然<span class='character' ></span>无论是在贫民区的酒馆里还是在贵族华丽的府邸中<span class='character' ></span>战争的话题<span class='character' ></span>永远都是这场胜利狂欢的中心<span class='character' ></span>男人们不厌其烦地讨论着当下的局势<span class='character' ></span>热烈地议论着美丁大捷之后<span class='character' ></span>下一场大捷到来的时间和地点<span class='character' ></span>
所有人都坚信<span class='character' ></span>斐烈人既然尝到了一次惨败<span class='character' ></span>他们就会尝到更多的败绩<span class='character' ></span>
随着边军第十二军团以及卢利安以北的数十位大小领主的军队的到来<span class='character' ></span>现在的卢利安兵力<span class='character' ></span>已经超过了八万人<span class='character' ></span>而且<span class='character' ></span>这个数字还在随着一刻也没停止过的士兵招募而上涨<span class='character' ></span>比起美丁城战役的时候<span class='character' ></span>兵力翻了一倍<span class='character' ></span>
大家已经不考虑怎么抵挡斐烈人的进攻了<span class='character' ></span>现在他们讨论的是<span class='character' ></span>如何把斐烈军全歼<span class='character' ></span>为南方数十万在战火中无辜死去的平民复仇<span class='character' ></span>
女人们对战争的话题没有一丁点的兴趣<span class='character' ></span>虽然她们表面装出一副兴致盎然的模样<span class='character' ></span>可暗中的哈欠却打了一个又一个<span class='character' ></span>如果不是因为照顾男人们的面子<span class='character' ></span>她们才懒得听这些无聊事儿呢<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>这种情况在胜利狂欢的第二天天明时得到了改善<span class='character' ></span>因为她们从男人们的口中<span class='character' ></span>发现了让她们感兴趣的话题<span class='character' ></span>
一个叫罗伊的家伙<span class='character' ></span>
虽然参加舞会的贵族们都谨慎的三缄其口<span class='character' ></span>可是<span class='character' ></span>没有什么事情是能永远保密的<span class='character' ></span>第二天天还没亮<span class='character' ></span>发生在昨夜舞会上的事情<span class='character' ></span>就从不同人的口中以一块块信息碎片的形式<span class='character' ></span>传遍整个慕尼城<span class='character' ></span>
继美丁城之战过后<span class='character' ></span>那个少年魔法师<span class='character' ></span>再一次出现在人们的耳边<span class='character' ></span>也再一次引发了轰动<span class='character' ></span>
人们谈论着关于他的一切<span class='character' ></span>瞠目结舌的听人讲述他和贵族子弟们之间发生的冲突<span class='character' ></span>当大家听说了他和斯嘉丽郡主的那个赌约之后<span class='character' ></span>所有人简直都傻了<span class='character' ></span>
正在狩猎的贵族手一松<span class='character' ></span>一箭偏到了十万八千里；正在举行宴会的餐桌前鸦雀无声<span class='character' ></span>宾客们傻傻地握着刀叉<span class='character' ></span>如同一尊尊泥塑；嘈杂的酒馆里<span class='character' ></span>更是一片一片倒吸凉气的声音<span class='character' ></span>喝酒的佣兵们连酒洒到了衣襟上都不知道<span class='character' ></span>被捏了屁股的女招待也忘了将手中的托盘向酒鬼的脑袋砸下去<span class='character' ></span>
慕尼城作为卢利安的首府<span class='character' ></span>繁华热闹<span class='character' ></span>南来北往的人形形色色<span class='character' ></span>什么样的都有<span class='character' ></span>大家也算是见多识广了<span class='character' ></span>可是<span class='character' ></span>他们从来没见过像这小子一样胆大妄为无法无天的家伙<span class='character' ></span>
圣帝作证<span class='character' ></span>一个没权没势的平民小子就敢干出痛揍贵族<span class='character' ></span>让郡主当女奴的事儿来<span class='character' ></span>若是他日后实力再强一点<span class='character' ></span>身份地位权势财富再高一点再多一点<span class='character' ></span>这个大陆还盛得下他老人家<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>不管表面上是震惊也好<span class='character' ></span>傻眼也罢<span class='character' ></span>许多人其实暗地里也在悄悄拍手称快<span class='character' ></span>平民们就不说了<span class='character' ></span>就连许多正直且有远见的贵族也认为那帮贵族小子实在应该教训一下了<span class='character' ></span>
斐烈人兵临城下<span class='character' ></span>整个卢利安南方烽火处处血流成河<span class='character' ></span>而这帮家伙还在惹是生非同室操戈<span class='character' ></span>将一个个优秀的平民骑士排挤出去<span class='character' ></span>这种行为<span class='character' ></span>说轻一点是愚蠢<span class='character' ></span>说重一点<span class='character' ></span>就是自毁长城<span class='character' ></span>
若是放在百年前索兰大公的时代<span class='character' ></span>给他们安上个叛国的罪名也不为过<span class='character' ></span>
有着这样的短视和傲慢<span class='character' ></span>未来还怎么指望他们去抵抗帝国的百年大敌<span class='character' ></span>怎么期望他们成长为帝国的中流砥柱<span class='character' ></span>
别人揍他们<span class='character' ></span>他们或许还不服气<span class='character' ></span>可罗伊揍他们<span class='character' ></span>就连旁观者<span class='character' ></span>也想不出他们还有什么理由放出个屁来<span class='character' ></span>
论军功<span class='character' ></span>人家罗伊是美丁城战役的头号功臣<span class='character' ></span>论天赋<span class='character' ></span>人家十八岁就已经是龙月魔导士<span class='character' ></span>
当他们在学院里好勇斗狠的时候<span class='character' ></span>人家在美丁城浴血奋战<span class='character' ></span>当他们站在中央广场上看着上台受封的功臣拍红了巴掌的时候<span class='character' ></span>人家却放弃了他们眼中的无上荣光<span class='character' ></span>就那么安安静静地站在台下<span class='character' ></span>
把他们和人家放在一起比一比<span class='character' ></span>别说他们自己<span class='character' ></span>就是旁边人想想都为他们觉得脸红<span class='character' ></span>
正因为如此<span class='character' ></span>罗伊不但没有因为他在舞会上的所作所为受到指责<span class='character' ></span>反倒在卢利安人心目中的地位愈发的高了<span class='character' ></span>尤其是美丁城一线城市的居民和饱受战争之苦的南方难民<span class='character' ></span>更是一股脑的倒向罗伊<span class='character' ></span>谁要是敢帮着那帮让人恶心的贵族小王八蛋说好话<span class='character' ></span>准被大伙儿骂个狗血淋头<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>另一方面<span class='character' ></span>大家也有些担心<span class='character' ></span>
虽说大家伙都听说阿道夫大公和那位帝都来的墨雅小姐挺回护罗伊<span class='character' ></span>可是<span class='character' ></span>他们只能代表他们自己<span class='character' ></span>在这个各种势力林立的帝国<span class='character' ></span>还有许多人是不喜欢<span class='character' ></span>甚至会憎恨罗伊的<span class='character' ></span>
如果他们真的要对罗伊动手的话<span class='character' ></span>哪怕只是一个小贵族<span class='character' ></span>就已经够让无权无势的罗伊喝上一壶的了<span class='character' ></span>
年轻人之间的冲突<span class='character' ></span>至今还控制在规则的范围之内<span class='character' ></span>虽然贵族子弟们的许多做法有些让人厌恶<span class='character' ></span>可他们至少还没有无耻到突破规则的底线<span class='character' ></span>就连斯嘉丽郡主<span class='character' ></span>不也默认了女奴的身份了吗<span class='character' ></span>
可是<span class='character' ></span>随着这件事的发生<span class='character' ></span>未来已经变得不可预测<span class='character' ></span>各种势力的加入<span class='character' ></span>会让之后的一切充满变数<span class='character' ></span>到那个时候<span class='character' ></span>可怜的罗伊才会发现<span class='character' ></span>某些贵族的行为之卑劣<span class='character' ></span>就连最下三滥的恶棍也只能甘拜下风<span class='character' ></span>
胜利狂欢的第二天上午是在对昨夜舞会事件的热烈议论当中度过的<span class='character' ></span>不过<span class='character' ></span>这还不是全部<span class='character' ></span>就在这一天的晚些时候和第三天的上午<span class='character' ></span>两个更让人震惊的消息传来<span class='character' ></span>立刻让震个世界一片哗然<span class='character' ></span>
第一个是不知堂发布的战争信息<span class='character' ></span>斐烈帝国在沉默了一段时间之后<span class='character' ></span>终于再度启动了他们的攻势<span class='character' ></span>前一段时间大量集结的军队<span class='character' ></span>已经开始缓缓向美丁城南六十公里的卢利安防线逼近<span class='character' ></span>
而在西北和西部<span class='character' ></span>也同时传来了斐烈帝**异动的消息<span class='character' ></span>大量的斐烈猎鹰出现在双方交战区前沿<span class='character' ></span>刺杀、侦察、下毒、俘虏落单士兵<span class='character' ></span>双方在小队规模的交锋频率已经达到了一天二十次以上<span class='character' ></span>
就连白痴也知道<span class='character' ></span>这意味着不了半个月<span class='character' ></span>战火就会再度被点燃<span class='character' ></span>而且<span class='character' ></span>未来的战斗将比以前更加惨烈<span class='character' ></span>更加惊心动魄<span class='character' ></span>
第二个消息是奥古斯都晋升为人类有史以来最年轻的圣骑士<span class='character' ></span>
那是四月二日的早晨<span class='character' ></span>也就是狂欢日的第三天<span class='character' ></span>其时<span class='character' ></span>天际天国大门开启<span class='character' ></span>圣歌嘹亮<span class='character' ></span>号角齐鸣<span class='character' ></span>梵丁堡教廷宣布这一喜讯之后<span class='character' ></span>旋即派出了一支由十二位红衣大主教<span class='character' ></span>和隶属教廷的各大教廷骑士团的高阶骑士组成的豪华队伍<span class='character' ></span>前往兰里斯公国道贺<span class='character' ></span>
没有人能够用语言形容自己的震惊<span class='character' ></span>而震惊过后<span class='character' ></span>大家心里剩下的<span class='character' ></span>就只是深深地敬畏<span class='character' ></span>
这一刻<span class='character' ></span>黄金龙家族的血脉、权势、财富、传承以此铸就的强大实力<span class='character' ></span>在二十二岁就晋升为圣骑士的奥古斯都身上体现的淋漓尽致<span class='character' ></span>他们的声望<span class='character' ></span>在天国的号角和十二位红衣大主教衬托下<span class='character' ></span>超越了大陆的所有家族<span class='character' ></span>以无可匹敌的姿态<span class='character' ></span>攀上了顶峰<span class='character' ></span>
关于罗伊的话题<span class='character' ></span>很快就被这两个更加震撼人心的消息所淹没了<span class='character' ></span>人们或震惊于黄金龙家族的强大<span class='character' ></span>或忧心于战火重燃之后自身的处境<span class='character' ></span>已经顾不上议论几个年轻人之间的争斗了<span class='character' ></span>
只有墨雅和索菲娅等很少几个人<span class='character' ></span>才知道这看似不相干的三件事中隐藏着什么样的联系<span class='character' ></span>也只有她们才知道<span class='character' ></span>未来的一系列风波<span class='character' ></span>或许都将围绕这这个黑头发的男孩旋转<span class='character' ></span>
三天的时间一晃就已经过去<span class='character' ></span>胜利狂欢<span class='character' ></span>也落下了帷幕<span class='character' ></span>因为前线吃紧<span class='character' ></span>阿道夫大公在四月三日一早<span class='character' ></span>就已经赶赴了前线<span class='character' ></span>墨雅和前去帝都就任新组建的火凰军团军团长的索菲娅<span class='character' ></span>也乘坐空魔船离开了慕尼城<span class='character' ></span>
约克亲王走了<span class='character' ></span>阿什利侯爵父子和前来参加胜利庆典的嘉宾们也相继离开<span class='character' ></span>当最后一夜过去<span class='character' ></span>街道上乱七八糟的狂欢垃圾迎来新的一天的阳光的时候<span class='character' ></span>生活又重新回到了没有人知道方向的轨道上<span class='character' ></span>
只有一股暗流<span class='character' ></span>在悄无声息地涌动着<span class='character' ></span>越来越急<span class='character' ></span>
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当熟悉的城堡轮廓从帝都西山葱郁的林荫掩映下渐渐露出来的时候<span class='character' ></span>马车里依旧是一片死寂<span class='character' ></span>
马蹄声和车轮声在清晨的山中小路上显得有些孤寂<span class='character' ></span>晨曦的光茫从树梢透进车厢窗户<span class='character' ></span>照在斯嘉丽的脸上<span class='character' ></span>清晰勾勒出她精致的轮廓和苍白的脸色<span class='character' ></span>
从南方的卢利安到帝都<span class='character' ></span>只是一夜的时间<span class='character' ></span>可是<span class='character' ></span>从离开阿道夫大公城堡的那一刻开始<span class='character' ></span>整整七八个祷时对费尔南来说<span class='character' ></span>每一秒都是度日如年<span class='character' ></span>
在这段时间中<span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽一句话也没有说过<span class='character' ></span>对任何人的话都保持着一种完全不理会的状态<span class='character' ></span>给人的感觉就像是她已经完全陷入了一种未知的世界当中<span class='character' ></span>留在这里的<span class='character' ></span>就只是一个没有生命的躯体<span class='character' ></span>
马车驶入了城堡<span class='character' ></span>
一看见斯嘉丽的马车<span class='character' ></span>整个城堡顿时就乱作一团<span class='character' ></span>卫兵队长大声吆喝着放下吊桥大开大门<span class='character' ></span>等候在城墙上的仆人飞奔着穿过空中跑去给亲王和夫人报信<span class='character' ></span>管家和侍女们匆匆穿过城堡前院<span class='character' ></span>准备迎接斯嘉丽的到来<span class='character' ></span>
整个城堡都洋溢在一片忙碌而欢乐的氛围当中<span class='character' ></span>不过<span class='character' ></span>这热闹的景象<span class='character' ></span>依旧没能让斯嘉丽的脸上有那怕一丝表情<span class='character' ></span>
她下了马车<span class='character' ></span>走进城堡主楼<span class='character' ></span>直到安东尼亲王和夫人惊喜地跑下楼梯<span class='character' ></span>出现在她的面前<span class='character' ></span>她的眼睛才变得有了一丝神采<span class='character' ></span>
斯嘉丽沉默地投入了母亲伊丽莎白的怀抱<span class='character' ></span>当夫人惊慌失措地搂住自己的宝贝女儿时<span class='character' ></span>忙碌而喧嚣的亲王城堡<span class='character' ></span>一下子安静下来<span class='character' ></span>空气仿佛都凝固了一般<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>发生了什么事<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
当王妃搂着斯嘉丽走上楼的时候<span class='character' ></span>仆人们早已经知趣地散了个干干净净<span class='character' ></span>只有几名护卫骑士静静地站在门廊边和门厅角落里<span class='character' ></span>与安东尼亲王一道<span class='character' ></span>冷冷地注视着费尔南<span class='character' ></span>
安东尼今年四十岁<span class='character' ></span>长得和他的至尊哥哥爱德华一样英俊<span class='character' ></span>如果说有一点区别的话<span class='character' ></span>那或许是这位擅长绘画和雕塑的亲王<span class='character' ></span>比学者型的爱德华少了那么一点严肃<span class='character' ></span>多了一点艺术家的洒脱<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>在看见自己的爱女受了委屈而跑回来的时候<span class='character' ></span>任何一个父亲都无法保持自己的理智<span class='character' ></span>在安东尼怒火中烧的注视下<span class='character' ></span>费尔南吞了口唾沫<span class='character' ></span>讲述了昨夜在阿道夫大公府发生的一切<span class='character' ></span>
随着费尔南的叙述<span class='character' ></span>安东尼和几位护卫骑士的脸色<span class='character' ></span>也一次次的变化<span class='character' ></span>当听到最后<span class='character' ></span>房间的温度几乎下降到了冰点<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>女奴<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>安东尼不敢置信地看着费尔南<span class='character' ></span>
费尔南的目光躲闪着<span class='character' ></span>不敢和安东尼对视<span class='character' ></span>身为斯嘉丽的管家<span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽遭受这样的侮辱<span class='character' ></span>他难辞其咎<span class='character' ></span>
房间里一片死寂<span class='character' ></span>
不知道过了多久<span class='character' ></span>安东尼不声不响地转身上楼<span class='character' ></span>留下一句冰冷的交代<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>准备马车<span class='character' ></span>我要出去旅行写生<span class='character' ></span>这段时间<span class='character' ></span> 我不见任何人<span class='character' ></span>有什么话让他们和夫人说<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
这是安东尼在震惊帝都贵族圈的<span class='character' ></span>女奴<span class='character' ></span>事件发生后所说的最后一句话<span class='character' ></span>
几个祷时之后<span class='character' ></span>这位一向温和且没有野心的艺术家亲王<span class='character' ></span>就离开了帝都<span class='character' ></span>并在之后风起云涌的几天时间里不知所踪<span class='character' ></span>
而就在他离开之后不到一个祷时的时间里<span class='character' ></span>亲王府大管家就向帝国皇家管理部递交了皇室成员卫队南下公干的备案<span class='character' ></span>同一时间<span class='character' ></span>二十名亲王卫队骑士和四十名扈从士官策马飞驰出了城堡<span class='character' ></span>向南而去<span class='character' ></span>
这一幕<span class='character' ></span>立刻就惊动了帝都<span class='character' ></span>就在人们惊讶地观察并讨论着亲王府这一异常的动作的时候<span class='character' ></span>从南方卢利安传来的消息<span class='character' ></span>也摆上了包括爱德华一世在内的贵族们的书桌<span class='character' ></span>
一石激起千层浪<span class='character' ></span>帝都一片哗然<span class='character' ></span>
有震惊得<span class='character' ></span>有同情的<span class='character' ></span>有愤怒的<span class='character' ></span>有冷眼旁观看热闹的<span class='character' ></span>也有直接备好马车直奔帝国纹章院<span class='character' ></span>要求彻查此事维护贵族尊严的<span class='character' ></span>更有要求帝国警政部<span class='character' ></span>把那个狂妄的平民缉拿归案的<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>依然有一部分人明智地保持了沉默<span class='character' ></span>
在他们看来<span class='character' ></span>一个平民小子做出这种事情固然让人吃惊<span class='character' ></span>可更值得人注意的是消息提供者对于阿道夫大公<span class='character' ></span>墨雅<span class='character' ></span>卡列尼奇<span class='character' ></span>菲利普以及第一训练营的教导们反应的描述<span class='character' ></span>
这使得他们嗅到了一丝不同寻常的味道<span class='character' ></span>尤其是已经消失了近两年的卡列尼奇称呼那小子少爷以及墨雅对他的袒护的事实<span class='character' ></span>更让许多人对这个小子的身份感到好奇<span class='character' ></span>
疑问并没有持续多长时间就得到了解答<span class='character' ></span>部分消息灵通的家族<span class='character' ></span>很快就查到了那个少年并没有刻意保持神秘的真实身份<span class='character' ></span>
当他就是一年半之前那个波拉贝尔小杂役<span class='character' ></span>同时也是艾蕾希娅公主的守护骑士的消息公诸于众的时候<span class='character' ></span>喧嚣的帝国<span class='character' ></span>在这一瞬间<span class='character' ></span>陷入了一片死寂<span class='character' ></span>
所有人的目光<span class='character' ></span>都投向了皇权山上的皇宫<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>从消息传开的那一刻开始<span class='character' ></span>皇宫就保持着沉默<span class='character' ></span>至始至终<span class='character' ></span>没有发出一点声音<span class='character' ></span>
而这个时候<span class='character' ></span>亲王府的动作也越来越大<span class='character' ></span>
之前派出的骑士都是安东尼亲王的贴身侍卫<span class='character' ></span>因为不允许拥有领地和私人武装<span class='character' ></span>因此<span class='character' ></span>亲王的侍卫人数并不多<span class='character' ></span>而且在离开帝都的时候<span class='character' ></span>必须备案<span class='character' ></span>
可是<span class='character' ></span>那只是第一批<span class='character' ></span>
当更多的骑士从四面八方集中到亲王城堡的时候<span class='character' ></span>就连皇室管理部和纹章院<span class='character' ></span>也无法掌握情况了<span class='character' ></span>
这些骑士<span class='character' ></span>来自于帝都和周边地区的四个不同的贵族家族<span class='character' ></span>
虽然纹章不同<span class='character' ></span>姓氏不同<span class='character' ></span>不过<span class='character' ></span>他们都有一个众所周知的相同之处<span class='character' ></span>那就是他们都和王妃伊丽莎白的娘家有着千丝万缕的关系<span class='character' ></span>其中两家<span class='character' ></span>还是黄金龙家族旁支中同嫡系血缘较近的<span class='character' ></span>
正因为如此<span class='character' ></span>这些家族平日里反倒比较低调<span class='character' ></span>他们一贯奉行的处世哲学<span class='character' ></span>是把自己当作圣索兰贵族中的一员<span class='character' ></span>而不是成为惹人反感的另类<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>低调归低调<span class='character' ></span>在必要的时候<span class='character' ></span>他们也会用某种方式提醒那些平日忘记他们和兰里斯家族关系的人们<span class='character' ></span>他们的族谱文书<span class='character' ></span>是单独放在帝国纹章院档案室一个独立的架子上的<span class='character' ></span>
在这个帝国<span class='character' ></span>他们是独立的势力<span class='character' ></span>
就像现在<span class='character' ></span>
当王妃伊丽莎白的信使策马飞奔向四面八方的时候<span class='character' ></span>这四个距离最近的家族<span class='character' ></span>迅速派出了自己的人<span class='character' ></span>没有任何的推脱和犹豫<span class='character' ></span>其家族最精锐的骑士<span class='character' ></span>就已经聚集到了亲王府<span class='character' ></span>
诛杀一个平民少年<span class='character' ></span>似乎是不需要这样的力量的<span class='character' ></span>这与其说是行动<span class='character' ></span>倒不如说是一种姿态<span class='character' ></span>
圣索兰帝国的局势<span class='character' ></span>从来都没有如此复杂过<span class='character' ></span>
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伊丽莎白站在阳台上<span class='character' ></span>宠溺地看着自己的女儿<span class='character' ></span>不时伸手轻轻抚摸她的长发<span class='character' ></span>
在阳台下方的城堡前院<span class='character' ></span>超过六十名全副武装的骑士和他们的扈从<span class='character' ></span>正整装待发<span class='character' ></span>一眼望去<span class='character' ></span>就只是铮亮的铠甲和森冷的枪林<span class='character' ></span>
这不是某个小贵族的私人卫队<span class='character' ></span>也不是边军骑士团的一个普通骑士大队<span class='character' ></span>只有知道这些骑士实力的人才明白<span class='character' ></span>这样一支队伍<span class='character' ></span>对任何一个卫队人数在千人以下的贵族领地来说<span class='character' ></span>都是灾难性的<span class='character' ></span>
而现在<span class='character' ></span>他们都集合在这里<span class='character' ></span>就等着一声令下<span class='character' ></span>便启程向卢利安<span class='character' ></span>去诛杀那个给这个家庭带来耻辱的平民<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>他是艾蕾希娅的守护骑士<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽不敢置信地看着自己的母亲<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>那个波拉贝尔男爵府的杂役<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>是他<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白点了点头<span class='character' ></span>这是一个有着让人嫉妒气质的女人<span class='character' ></span>岁月和生育<span class='character' ></span>并没有在她的身上留下任何的痕迹<span class='character' ></span>她的身躯曲线依然和未婚女孩一样诱人<span class='character' ></span>她的皮肤依然光滑娇嫩<span class='character' ></span>
在楼下的骑士们看来<span class='character' ></span>漂亮的王妃和斯嘉丽站在一起<span class='character' ></span>与其说是母女<span class='character' ></span>倒不如说是姐妹<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>叫罗伊这个名字的人<span class='character' ></span>虽然有成千上万<span class='character' ></span>不过恰好<span class='character' ></span>这两个人<span class='character' ></span>就是同一个<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白轻轻拨动斯嘉丽的长发<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>不然<span class='character' ></span>你认为卡雷家<span class='character' ></span>卢利安家和墨家<span class='character' ></span>怎么会这么在乎一个平民<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>那这么说来<span class='character' ></span>这些事情都是艾蕾希娅在背后指使的了<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽浑身都在发抖<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>她<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白轻轻搂住女儿<span class='character' ></span>摇了摇头到<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>虽然我和你一样讨厌你的这位公主堂姐<span class='character' ></span>不过<span class='character' ></span>我倒更愿意相信<span class='character' ></span>这只是一个巧合<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
说着<span class='character' ></span>她扭头看向楼下的骑士们<span class='character' ></span>缓缓道：<span class='character' ></span>当然<span class='character' ></span>可以肯定的是<span class='character' ></span>你的这位堂姐和尊贵的皇帝陛下<span class='character' ></span>倒是很乐意见到现在的场面<span class='character' ></span>那小子为他们争取到了宝贵的缓冲时间…..<span class='character' ></span>
她的声音越来越冷<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>只要他一天不死<span class='character' ></span>我们家族就会背负一天的耻辱<span class='character' ></span>你的外公<span class='character' ></span>你的舅舅们<span class='character' ></span>还有你的表哥奥古斯都<span class='character' ></span>站得越高<span class='character' ></span>就越抬不起头来<span class='character' ></span>尤其是现在……..<span class='character' ></span>
伊丽莎白凝视着斯嘉丽道：<span class='character' ></span>所有的眼睛都看着我们<span class='character' ></span>包括我们的盟友<span class='character' ></span>我们的敌人<span class='character' ></span>还有圣女殿和这个帝国的贵族们<span class='character' ></span>就像一场拔河比赛<span class='character' ></span>谁展现的力量更大<span class='character' ></span>谁就能赢得更多的合作者<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>我没想到表哥会在这个时候晋升……<span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽情绪低落地道<span class='character' ></span>她可以想象<span class='character' ></span>在奥古斯都最春风得意的时候<span class='character' ></span>自己闹出的这件事<span class='character' ></span>会让整个家族如何恼怒<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>这不怪你<span class='character' ></span>亲爱的<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白安慰道<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>你表哥原本是想给你一个惊喜<span class='character' ></span>才没告诉你<span class='character' ></span>我相信<span class='character' ></span>如果你提前知道这一切的话<span class='character' ></span>以你的聪明<span class='character' ></span>一定不会给那个小子任何机会<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>可是<span class='character' ></span>这还是我的错<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽愈发难过的红了眼眶<span class='character' ></span>
她当初负气去了卢利安<span class='character' ></span>整整一年多时间<span class='character' ></span>再没跟奥古斯都再说过一句话<span class='character' ></span>可没想到<span class='character' ></span>他还是记挂着自己<span class='character' ></span>而原本属于他和自己的喜悦<span class='character' ></span>却被那个该死的罗伊给破坏了<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>我要杀了他<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽看了一眼楼下的骑士们<span class='character' ></span>转身抓住母亲的胳膊<span class='character' ></span>急切地到<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>让我和他们一起去<span class='character' ></span>我要亲手杀了他<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>不<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白抚摸着斯嘉丽的脸<span class='character' ></span>微笑着道<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>我召集他们<span class='character' ></span>不是为了我们自己动手<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
远方<span class='character' ></span>传来了一阵急促的马蹄声<span class='character' ></span>数十名身穿皇家骑士团制服的骑士<span class='character' ></span>簇拥着一辆带着纹章院标志的马车出现在城堡前的山坡马路上<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>你的那位大伯<span class='character' ></span>不会允许我们派人去杀那个小子<span class='character' ></span>他不但使他女儿的守护骑士<span class='character' ></span>还是美丁城战役的功臣<span class='character' ></span>如果我们的陛下眼睁睁的看着我们的人南下而不阻止的话<span class='character' ></span>以后再没有人愿意为他卖命……<span class='character' ></span>
伊丽莎白看着飞驰而来的皇家骑士手中迎风招展的旗帜<span class='character' ></span>淡淡地道：<span class='character' ></span>尽管我不想承认<span class='character' ></span>可是<span class='character' ></span>你姓索兰<span class='character' ></span>是皇室成员<span class='character' ></span>无论出什么事情<span class='character' ></span>都是索兰皇室的内部失误<span class='character' ></span>不容外人干涉<span class='character' ></span>况且<span class='character' ></span>一年半之前<span class='character' ></span>你表哥的朋友亚历克斯…..那个又英俊又有礼貌的小伙子<span class='character' ></span>就因为试图杀那小子而被赶出圣索兰<span class='character' ></span>当时教廷派了一位红衣大主教来<span class='character' ></span>才平息了这件事……<span class='character' ></span>
说到这里的时候<span class='character' ></span>皇家骑士和马车已经到了城堡的护城河外<span class='character' ></span>城墙上的卫兵正在一阵嘎吱声中摇动绞盘<span class='character' ></span>放下吊桥<span class='character' ></span>
伊丽莎白静静地看着<span class='character' ></span>口中接着道<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>…….所以<span class='character' ></span>我们那位尊贵的陛下<span class='character' ></span>有足够的理由阻止你外公和舅舅们插手这件事<span class='character' ></span>如果需要<span class='character' ></span>他会毫不犹豫地宣布你和那小子的赌约是公平有效的……<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>那我们……<span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽咬着嘴唇<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>我们现在要做的<span class='character' ></span>就只是给你表哥一个插手皇家内务的理由……<span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白冷冷地看着驶入城堡的马车<span class='character' ></span>看着从马车上走下来的一个老人<span class='character' ></span>目光相交<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>你是爱德华的侄女<span class='character' ></span>是帝国的天潢贵胄<span class='character' ></span>这种事情<span class='character' ></span>他即便再不情愿<span class='character' ></span>也需要给皇室成员一个交代<span class='character' ></span>而这个交代<span class='character' ></span>就是规则……..<span class='character' ></span>
伊丽莎白微微颔首<span class='character' ></span>向代表爱德华一世而来的首席纹章官示意<span class='character' ></span>扭头对斯嘉丽道：<span class='character' ></span>他可以阻止我们<span class='character' ></span>以避免引发皇室内部纷争和因此产生的公然对立<span class='character' ></span>不过<span class='character' ></span>他需要付出的代价就是<span class='character' ></span>他不能阻止你其他的亲人为你洗刷耻辱……<span class='character' ></span>
说着<span class='character' ></span>她挽住女儿的手<span class='character' ></span>微微一笑道：<span class='character' ></span>走<span class='character' ></span>我们该下去招待客人了<span class='character' ></span>既然你父亲不在<span class='character' ></span>我们的首席纹章官大人<span class='character' ></span>也只能来和我们两个女人讲讲条件了<span class='character' ></span>如果我所料不差的话<span class='character' ></span>他们或许需要我们在找那小子麻烦的时候<span class='character' ></span>保证公平…….<span class='character' ></span>
当阳台的阳光<span class='character' ></span>被挡在静谧的走廊外时<span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白在斯嘉丽的耳边悄声道<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>….不过<span class='character' ></span>我不认为这对他们是一个好交易<span class='character' ></span>相信我<span class='character' ></span>他们付出的代价<span class='character' ></span>绝对比他们想象的更多<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
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人们通宵达旦的跳着舞<span class='character' ></span>喝着酒<span class='character' ></span>尽情释放着被战争压抑一年多的情绪<span class='character' ></span>在这三天里<span class='character' ></span>没有什么禁忌<span class='character' ></span>无论你是喝醉了在大街上睡觉还是光着膀子跟着吉赛舞女跳肚皮舞<span class='character' ></span>大家看了都只是哈哈一笑罢了<span class='character' ></span>
城里的酒馆通宵营业<span class='character' ></span>马戏团和剧院的戏码加了一场又一场<span class='character' ></span>角斗士的生死搏杀和骑士的比武更是吸引了上到达官贵人下到平民百姓的所有观众<span class='character' ></span>哪怕隔着几条街<span class='character' ></span>也能听到比武场里不时爆发的欢呼声<span class='character' ></span>
贵族们的聚会也是连轴转<span class='character' ></span>安排紧凑得没一点空闲<span class='character' ></span>上午去某伯爵家的私人猎场玩个尽兴<span class='character' ></span>中午就在某个只向贵族开放的会所里抽着雪茄喝着威士忌<span class='character' ></span>而晚上自然是排得满满的宴会和舞会<span class='character' ></span>
音乐<span class='character' ></span>灯光<span class='character' ></span>美酒<span class='character' ></span>再加上美丽小姐们的娇笑<span class='character' ></span>勾魂的媚眼<span class='character' ></span>小客厅或花园树林中的意乱情迷<span class='character' ></span>一切都是那么的美妙<span class='character' ></span>
当然<span class='character' ></span>无论是在贫民区的酒馆里还是在贵族华丽的府邸中<span class='character' ></span>战争的话题<span class='character' ></span>永远都是这场胜利狂欢的中心<span class='character' ></span>男人们不厌其烦地讨论着当下的局势<span class='character' ></span>热烈地议论着美丁大捷之后<span class='character' ></span>下一场大捷到来的时间和地点<span class='character' ></span>
所有人都坚信<span class='character' ></span>斐烈人既然尝到了一次惨败<span class='character' ></span>他们就会尝到更多的败绩<span class='character' ></span>
随着边军第十二军团以及卢利安以北的数十位大小领主的军队的到来<span class='character' ></span>现在的卢利安兵力<span class='character' ></span>已经超过了八万人<span class='character' ></span>而且<span class='character' ></span>这个数字还在随着一刻也没停止过的士兵招募而上涨<span class='character' ></span>比起美丁城战役的时候<span class='character' ></span>兵力翻了一倍<span class='character' ></span>
大家已经不考虑怎么抵挡斐烈人的进攻了<span class='character' ></span>现在他们讨论的是<span class='character' ></span>如何把斐烈军全歼<span class='character' ></span>为南方数十万在战火中无辜死去的平民复仇<span class='character' ></span>
女人们对战争的话题没有一丁点的兴趣<span class='character' ></span>虽然她们表面装出一副兴致盎然的模样<span class='character' ></span>可暗中的哈欠却打了一个又一个<span class='character' ></span>如果不是因为照顾男人们的面子<span class='character' ></span>她们才懒得听这些无聊事儿呢<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>这种情况在胜利狂欢的第二天天明时得到了改善<span class='character' ></span>因为她们从男人们的口中<span class='character' ></span>发现了让她们感兴趣的话题<span class='character' ></span>
一个叫罗伊的家伙<span class='character' ></span>
虽然参加舞会的贵族们都谨慎的三缄其口<span class='character' ></span>可是<span class='character' ></span>没有什么事情是能永远保密的<span class='character' ></span>第二天天还没亮<span class='character' ></span>发生在昨夜舞会上的事情<span class='character' ></span>就从不同人的口中以一块块信息碎片的形式<span class='character' ></span>传遍整个慕尼城<span class='character' ></span>
继美丁城之战过后<span class='character' ></span>那个少年魔法师<span class='character' ></span>再一次出现在人们的耳边<span class='character' ></span>也再一次引发了轰动<span class='character' ></span>
人们谈论着关于他的一切<span class='character' ></span>瞠目结舌的听人讲述他和贵族子弟们之间发生的冲突<span class='character' ></span>当大家听说了他和斯嘉丽郡主的那个赌约之后<span class='character' ></span>所有人简直都傻了<span class='character' ></span>
正在狩猎的贵族手一松<span class='character' ></span>一箭偏到了十万八千里；正在举行宴会的餐桌前鸦雀无声<span class='character' ></span>宾客们傻傻地握着刀叉<span class='character' ></span>如同一尊尊泥塑；嘈杂的酒馆里<span class='character' ></span>更是一片一片倒吸凉气的声音<span class='character' ></span>喝酒的佣兵们连酒洒到了衣襟上都不知道<span class='character' ></span>被捏了屁股的女招待也忘了将手中的托盘向酒鬼的脑袋砸下去<span class='character' ></span>
慕尼城作为卢利安的首府<span class='character' ></span>繁华热闹<span class='character' ></span>南来北往的人形形色色<span class='character' ></span>什么样的都有<span class='character' ></span>大家也算是见多识广了<span class='character' ></span>可是<span class='character' ></span>他们从来没见过像这小子一样胆大妄为无法无天的家伙<span class='character' ></span>
圣帝作证<span class='character' ></span>一个没权没势的平民小子就敢干出痛揍贵族<span class='character' ></span>让郡主当女奴的事儿来<span class='character' ></span>若是他日后实力再强一点<span class='character' ></span>身份地位权势财富再高一点再多一点<span class='character' ></span>这个大陆还盛得下他老人家<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>不管表面上是震惊也好<span class='character' ></span>傻眼也罢<span class='character' ></span>许多人其实暗地里也在悄悄拍手称快<span class='character' ></span>平民们就不说了<span class='character' ></span>就连许多正直且有远见的贵族也认为那帮贵族小子实在应该教训一下了<span class='character' ></span>
斐烈人兵临城下<span class='character' ></span>整个卢利安南方烽火处处血流成河<span class='character' ></span>而这帮家伙还在惹是生非同室操戈<span class='character' ></span>将一个个优秀的平民骑士排挤出去<span class='character' ></span>这种行为<span class='character' ></span>说轻一点是愚蠢<span class='character' ></span>说重一点<span class='character' ></span>就是自毁长城<span class='character' ></span>
若是放在百年前索兰大公的时代<span class='character' ></span>给他们安上个叛国的罪名也不为过<span class='character' ></span>
有着这样的短视和傲慢<span class='character' ></span>未来还怎么指望他们去抵抗帝国的百年大敌<span class='character' ></span>怎么期望他们成长为帝国的中流砥柱<span class='character' ></span>
别人揍他们<span class='character' ></span>他们或许还不服气<span class='character' ></span>可罗伊揍他们<span class='character' ></span>就连旁观者<span class='character' ></span>也想不出他们还有什么理由放出个屁来<span class='character' ></span>
论军功<span class='character' ></span>人家罗伊是美丁城战役的头号功臣<span class='character' ></span>论天赋<span class='character' ></span>人家十八岁就已经是龙月魔导士<span class='character' ></span>
当他们在学院里好勇斗狠的时候<span class='character' ></span>人家在美丁城浴血奋战<span class='character' ></span>当他们站在中央广场上看着上台受封的功臣拍红了巴掌的时候<span class='character' ></span>人家却放弃了他们眼中的无上荣光<span class='character' ></span>就那么安安静静地站在台下<span class='character' ></span>
把他们和人家放在一起比一比<span class='character' ></span>别说他们自己<span class='character' ></span>就是旁边人想想都为他们觉得脸红<span class='character' ></span>
正因为如此<span class='character' ></span>罗伊不但没有因为他在舞会上的所作所为受到指责<span class='character' ></span>反倒在卢利安人心目中的地位愈发的高了<span class='character' ></span>尤其是美丁城一线城市的居民和饱受战争之苦的南方难民<span class='character' ></span>更是一股脑的倒向罗伊<span class='character' ></span>谁要是敢帮着那帮让人恶心的贵族小王八蛋说好话<span class='character' ></span>准被大伙儿骂个狗血淋头<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>另一方面<span class='character' ></span>大家也有些担心<span class='character' ></span>
虽说大家伙都听说阿道夫大公和那位帝都来的墨雅小姐挺回护罗伊<span class='character' ></span>可是<span class='character' ></span>他们只能代表他们自己<span class='character' ></span>在这个各种势力林立的帝国<span class='character' ></span>还有许多人是不喜欢<span class='character' ></span>甚至会憎恨罗伊的<span class='character' ></span>
如果他们真的要对罗伊动手的话<span class='character' ></span>哪怕只是一个小贵族<span class='character' ></span>就已经够让无权无势的罗伊喝上一壶的了<span class='character' ></span>
年轻人之间的冲突<span class='character' ></span>至今还控制在规则的范围之内<span class='character' ></span>虽然贵族子弟们的许多做法有些让人厌恶<span class='character' ></span>可他们至少还没有无耻到突破规则的底线<span class='character' ></span>就连斯嘉丽郡主<span class='character' ></span>不也默认了女奴的身份了吗<span class='character' ></span>
可是<span class='character' ></span>随着这件事的发生<span class='character' ></span>未来已经变得不可预测<span class='character' ></span>各种势力的加入<span class='character' ></span>会让之后的一切充满变数<span class='character' ></span>到那个时候<span class='character' ></span>可怜的罗伊才会发现<span class='character' ></span>某些贵族的行为之卑劣<span class='character' ></span>就连最下三滥的恶棍也只能甘拜下风<span class='character' ></span>
胜利狂欢的第二天上午是在对昨夜舞会事件的热烈议论当中度过的<span class='character' ></span>不过<span class='character' ></span>这还不是全部<span class='character' ></span>就在这一天的晚些时候和第三天的上午<span class='character' ></span>两个更让人震惊的消息传来<span class='character' ></span>立刻让震个世界一片哗然<span class='character' ></span>
第一个是不知堂发布的战争信息<span class='character' ></span>斐烈帝国在沉默了一段时间之后<span class='character' ></span>终于再度启动了他们的攻势<span class='character' ></span>前一段时间大量集结的军队<span class='character' ></span>已经开始缓缓向美丁城南六十公里的卢利安防线逼近<span class='character' ></span>
而在西北和西部<span class='character' ></span>也同时传来了斐烈帝**异动的消息<span class='character' ></span>大量的斐烈猎鹰出现在双方交战区前沿<span class='character' ></span>刺杀、侦察、下毒、俘虏落单士兵<span class='character' ></span>双方在小队规模的交锋频率已经达到了一天二十次以上<span class='character' ></span>
就连白痴也知道<span class='character' ></span>这意味着不了半个月<span class='character' ></span>战火就会再度被点燃<span class='character' ></span>而且<span class='character' ></span>未来的战斗将比以前更加惨烈<span class='character' ></span>更加惊心动魄<span class='character' ></span>
第二个消息是奥古斯都晋升为人类有史以来最年轻的圣骑士<span class='character' ></span>
那是四月二日的早晨<span class='character' ></span>也就是狂欢日的第三天<span class='character' ></span>其时<span class='character' ></span>天际天国大门开启<span class='character' ></span>圣歌嘹亮<span class='character' ></span>号角齐鸣<span class='character' ></span>梵丁堡教廷宣布这一喜讯之后<span class='character' ></span>旋即派出了一支由十二位红衣大主教<span class='character' ></span>和隶属教廷的各大教廷骑士团的高阶骑士组成的豪华队伍<span class='character' ></span>前往兰里斯公国道贺<span class='character' ></span>
没有人能够用语言形容自己的震惊<span class='character' ></span>而震惊过后<span class='character' ></span>大家心里剩下的<span class='character' ></span>就只是深深地敬畏<span class='character' ></span>
这一刻<span class='character' ></span>黄金龙家族的血脉、权势、财富、传承以此铸就的强大实力<span class='character' ></span>在二十二岁就晋升为圣骑士的奥古斯都身上体现的淋漓尽致<span class='character' ></span>他们的声望<span class='character' ></span>在天国的号角和十二位红衣大主教衬托下<span class='character' ></span>超越了大陆的所有家族<span class='character' ></span>以无可匹敌的姿态<span class='character' ></span>攀上了顶峰<span class='character' ></span>
关于罗伊的话题<span class='character' ></span>很快就被这两个更加震撼人心的消息所淹没了<span class='character' ></span>人们或震惊于黄金龙家族的强大<span class='character' ></span>或忧心于战火重燃之后自身的处境<span class='character' ></span>已经顾不上议论几个年轻人之间的争斗了<span class='character' ></span>
只有墨雅和索菲娅等很少几个人<span class='character' ></span>才知道这看似不相干的三件事中隐藏着什么样的联系<span class='character' ></span>也只有她们才知道<span class='character' ></span>未来的一系列风波<span class='character' ></span>或许都将围绕这这个黑头发的男孩旋转<span class='character' ></span>
三天的时间一晃就已经过去<span class='character' ></span>胜利狂欢<span class='character' ></span>也落下了帷幕<span class='character' ></span>因为前线吃紧<span class='character' ></span>阿道夫大公在四月三日一早<span class='character' ></span>就已经赶赴了前线<span class='character' ></span>墨雅和前去帝都就任新组建的火凰军团军团长的索菲娅<span class='character' ></span>也乘坐空魔船离开了慕尼城<span class='character' ></span>
约克亲王走了<span class='character' ></span>阿什利侯爵父子和前来参加胜利庆典的嘉宾们也相继离开<span class='character' ></span>当最后一夜过去<span class='character' ></span>街道上乱七八糟的狂欢垃圾迎来新的一天的阳光的时候<span class='character' ></span>生活又重新回到了没有人知道方向的轨道上<span class='character' ></span>
只有一股暗流<span class='character' ></span>在悄无声息地涌动着<span class='character' ></span>越来越急<span class='character' ></span>
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当熟悉的城堡轮廓从帝都西山葱郁的林荫掩映下渐渐露出来的时候<span class='character' ></span>马车里依旧是一片死寂<span class='character' ></span>
马蹄声和车轮声在清晨的山中小路上显得有些孤寂<span class='character' ></span>晨曦的光茫从树梢透进车厢窗户<span class='character' ></span>照在斯嘉丽的脸上<span class='character' ></span>清晰勾勒出她精致的轮廓和苍白的脸色<span class='character' ></span>
从南方的卢利安到帝都<span class='character' ></span>只是一夜的时间<span class='character' ></span>可是<span class='character' ></span>从离开阿道夫大公城堡的那一刻开始<span class='character' ></span>整整七八个祷时对费尔南来说<span class='character' ></span>每一秒都是度日如年<span class='character' ></span>
在这段时间中<span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽一句话也没有说过<span class='character' ></span>对任何人的话都保持着一种完全不理会的状态<span class='character' ></span>给人的感觉就像是她已经完全陷入了一种未知的世界当中<span class='character' ></span>留在这里的<span class='character' ></span>就只是一个没有生命的躯体<span class='character' ></span>
马车驶入了城堡<span class='character' ></span>
一看见斯嘉丽的马车<span class='character' ></span>整个城堡顿时就乱作一团<span class='character' ></span>卫兵队长大声吆喝着放下吊桥大开大门<span class='character' ></span>等候在城墙上的仆人飞奔着穿过空中跑去给亲王和夫人报信<span class='character' ></span>管家和侍女们匆匆穿过城堡前院<span class='character' ></span>准备迎接斯嘉丽的到来<span class='character' ></span>
整个城堡都洋溢在一片忙碌而欢乐的氛围当中<span class='character' ></span>不过<span class='character' ></span>这热闹的景象<span class='character' ></span>依旧没能让斯嘉丽的脸上有那怕一丝表情<span class='character' ></span>
她下了马车<span class='character' ></span>走进城堡主楼<span class='character' ></span>直到安东尼亲王和夫人惊喜地跑下楼梯<span class='character' ></span>出现在她的面前<span class='character' ></span>她的眼睛才变得有了一丝神采<span class='character' ></span>
斯嘉丽沉默地投入了母亲伊丽莎白的怀抱<span class='character' ></span>当夫人惊慌失措地搂住自己的宝贝女儿时<span class='character' ></span>忙碌而喧嚣的亲王城堡<span class='character' ></span>一下子安静下来<span class='character' ></span>空气仿佛都凝固了一般<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>发生了什么事<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
当王妃搂着斯嘉丽走上楼的时候<span class='character' ></span>仆人们早已经知趣地散了个干干净净<span class='character' ></span>只有几名护卫骑士静静地站在门廊边和门厅角落里<span class='character' ></span>与安东尼亲王一道<span class='character' ></span>冷冷地注视着费尔南<span class='character' ></span>
安东尼今年四十岁<span class='character' ></span>长得和他的至尊哥哥爱德华一样英俊<span class='character' ></span>如果说有一点区别的话<span class='character' ></span>那或许是这位擅长绘画和雕塑的亲王<span class='character' ></span>比学者型的爱德华少了那么一点严肃<span class='character' ></span>多了一点艺术家的洒脱<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>在看见自己的爱女受了委屈而跑回来的时候<span class='character' ></span>任何一个父亲都无法保持自己的理智<span class='character' ></span>在安东尼怒火中烧的注视下<span class='character' ></span>费尔南吞了口唾沫<span class='character' ></span>讲述了昨夜在阿道夫大公府发生的一切<span class='character' ></span>
随着费尔南的叙述<span class='character' ></span>安东尼和几位护卫骑士的脸色<span class='character' ></span>也一次次的变化<span class='character' ></span>当听到最后<span class='character' ></span>房间的温度几乎下降到了冰点<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>女奴<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>安东尼不敢置信地看着费尔南<span class='character' ></span>
费尔南的目光躲闪着<span class='character' ></span>不敢和安东尼对视<span class='character' ></span>身为斯嘉丽的管家<span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽遭受这样的侮辱<span class='character' ></span>他难辞其咎<span class='character' ></span>
房间里一片死寂<span class='character' ></span>
不知道过了多久<span class='character' ></span>安东尼不声不响地转身上楼<span class='character' ></span>留下一句冰冷的交代<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>准备马车<span class='character' ></span>我要出去旅行写生<span class='character' ></span>这段时间<span class='character' ></span> 我不见任何人<span class='character' ></span>有什么话让他们和夫人说<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
这是安东尼在震惊帝都贵族圈的<span class='character' ></span>女奴<span class='character' ></span>事件发生后所说的最后一句话<span class='character' ></span>
几个祷时之后<span class='character' ></span>这位一向温和且没有野心的艺术家亲王<span class='character' ></span>就离开了帝都<span class='character' ></span>并在之后风起云涌的几天时间里不知所踪<span class='character' ></span>
而就在他离开之后不到一个祷时的时间里<span class='character' ></span>亲王府大管家就向帝国皇家管理部递交了皇室成员卫队南下公干的备案<span class='character' ></span>同一时间<span class='character' ></span>二十名亲王卫队骑士和四十名扈从士官策马飞驰出了城堡<span class='character' ></span>向南而去<span class='character' ></span>
这一幕<span class='character' ></span>立刻就惊动了帝都<span class='character' ></span>就在人们惊讶地观察并讨论着亲王府这一异常的动作的时候<span class='character' ></span>从南方卢利安传来的消息<span class='character' ></span>也摆上了包括爱德华一世在内的贵族们的书桌<span class='character' ></span>
一石激起千层浪<span class='character' ></span>帝都一片哗然<span class='character' ></span>
有震惊得<span class='character' ></span>有同情的<span class='character' ></span>有愤怒的<span class='character' ></span>有冷眼旁观看热闹的<span class='character' ></span>也有直接备好马车直奔帝国纹章院<span class='character' ></span>要求彻查此事维护贵族尊严的<span class='character' ></span>更有要求帝国警政部<span class='character' ></span>把那个狂妄的平民缉拿归案的<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>依然有一部分人明智地保持了沉默<span class='character' ></span>
在他们看来<span class='character' ></span>一个平民小子做出这种事情固然让人吃惊<span class='character' ></span>可更值得人注意的是消息提供者对于阿道夫大公<span class='character' ></span>墨雅<span class='character' ></span>卡列尼奇<span class='character' ></span>菲利普以及第一训练营的教导们反应的描述<span class='character' ></span>
这使得他们嗅到了一丝不同寻常的味道<span class='character' ></span>尤其是已经消失了近两年的卡列尼奇称呼那小子少爷以及墨雅对他的袒护的事实<span class='character' ></span>更让许多人对这个小子的身份感到好奇<span class='character' ></span>
疑问并没有持续多长时间就得到了解答<span class='character' ></span>部分消息灵通的家族<span class='character' ></span>很快就查到了那个少年并没有刻意保持神秘的真实身份<span class='character' ></span>
当他就是一年半之前那个波拉贝尔小杂役<span class='character' ></span>同时也是艾蕾希娅公主的守护骑士的消息公诸于众的时候<span class='character' ></span>喧嚣的帝国<span class='character' ></span>在这一瞬间<span class='character' ></span>陷入了一片死寂<span class='character' ></span>
所有人的目光<span class='character' ></span>都投向了皇权山上的皇宫<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>从消息传开的那一刻开始<span class='character' ></span>皇宫就保持着沉默<span class='character' ></span>至始至终<span class='character' ></span>没有发出一点声音<span class='character' ></span>
而这个时候<span class='character' ></span>亲王府的动作也越来越大<span class='character' ></span>
之前派出的骑士都是安东尼亲王的贴身侍卫<span class='character' ></span>因为不允许拥有领地和私人武装<span class='character' ></span>因此<span class='character' ></span>亲王的侍卫人数并不多<span class='character' ></span>而且在离开帝都的时候<span class='character' ></span>必须备案<span class='character' ></span>
可是<span class='character' ></span>那只是第一批<span class='character' ></span>
当更多的骑士从四面八方集中到亲王城堡的时候<span class='character' ></span>就连皇室管理部和纹章院<span class='character' ></span>也无法掌握情况了<span class='character' ></span>
这些骑士<span class='character' ></span>来自于帝都和周边地区的四个不同的贵族家族<span class='character' ></span>
虽然纹章不同<span class='character' ></span>姓氏不同<span class='character' ></span>不过<span class='character' ></span>他们都有一个众所周知的相同之处<span class='character' ></span>那就是他们都和王妃伊丽莎白的娘家有着千丝万缕的关系<span class='character' ></span>其中两家<span class='character' ></span>还是黄金龙家族旁支中同嫡系血缘较近的<span class='character' ></span>
正因为如此<span class='character' ></span>这些家族平日里反倒比较低调<span class='character' ></span>他们一贯奉行的处世哲学<span class='character' ></span>是把自己当作圣索兰贵族中的一员<span class='character' ></span>而不是成为惹人反感的另类<span class='character' ></span>
不过<span class='character' ></span>低调归低调<span class='character' ></span>在必要的时候<span class='character' ></span>他们也会用某种方式提醒那些平日忘记他们和兰里斯家族关系的人们<span class='character' ></span>他们的族谱文书<span class='character' ></span>是单独放在帝国纹章院档案室一个独立的架子上的<span class='character' ></span>
在这个帝国<span class='character' ></span>他们是独立的势力<span class='character' ></span>
就像现在<span class='character' ></span>
当王妃伊丽莎白的信使策马飞奔向四面八方的时候<span class='character' ></span>这四个距离最近的家族<span class='character' ></span>迅速派出了自己的人<span class='character' ></span>没有任何的推脱和犹豫<span class='character' ></span>其家族最精锐的骑士<span class='character' ></span>就已经聚集到了亲王府<span class='character' ></span>
诛杀一个平民少年<span class='character' ></span>似乎是不需要这样的力量的<span class='character' ></span>这与其说是行动<span class='character' ></span>倒不如说是一种姿态<span class='character' ></span>
圣索兰帝国的局势<span class='character' ></span>从来都没有如此复杂过<span class='character' ></span>
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伊丽莎白站在阳台上<span class='character' ></span>宠溺地看着自己的女儿<span class='character' ></span>不时伸手轻轻抚摸她的长发<span class='character' ></span>
在阳台下方的城堡前院<span class='character' ></span>超过六十名全副武装的骑士和他们的扈从<span class='character' ></span>正整装待发<span class='character' ></span>一眼望去<span class='character' ></span>就只是铮亮的铠甲和森冷的枪林<span class='character' ></span>
这不是某个小贵族的私人卫队<span class='character' ></span>也不是边军骑士团的一个普通骑士大队<span class='character' ></span>只有知道这些骑士实力的人才明白<span class='character' ></span>这样一支队伍<span class='character' ></span>对任何一个卫队人数在千人以下的贵族领地来说<span class='character' ></span>都是灾难性的<span class='character' ></span>
而现在<span class='character' ></span>他们都集合在这里<span class='character' ></span>就等着一声令下<span class='character' ></span>便启程向卢利安<span class='character' ></span>去诛杀那个给这个家庭带来耻辱的平民<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>他是艾蕾希娅的守护骑士<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽不敢置信地看着自己的母亲<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>那个波拉贝尔男爵府的杂役<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>是他<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白点了点头<span class='character' ></span>这是一个有着让人嫉妒气质的女人<span class='character' ></span>岁月和生育<span class='character' ></span>并没有在她的身上留下任何的痕迹<span class='character' ></span>她的身躯曲线依然和未婚女孩一样诱人<span class='character' ></span>她的皮肤依然光滑娇嫩<span class='character' ></span>
在楼下的骑士们看来<span class='character' ></span>漂亮的王妃和斯嘉丽站在一起<span class='character' ></span>与其说是母女<span class='character' ></span>倒不如说是姐妹<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>叫罗伊这个名字的人<span class='character' ></span>虽然有成千上万<span class='character' ></span>不过恰好<span class='character' ></span>这两个人<span class='character' ></span>就是同一个<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白轻轻拨动斯嘉丽的长发<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>不然<span class='character' ></span>你认为卡雷家<span class='character' ></span>卢利安家和墨家<span class='character' ></span>怎么会这么在乎一个平民<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>那这么说来<span class='character' ></span>这些事情都是艾蕾希娅在背后指使的了<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽浑身都在发抖<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>她<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白轻轻搂住女儿<span class='character' ></span>摇了摇头到<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>虽然我和你一样讨厌你的这位公主堂姐<span class='character' ></span>不过<span class='character' ></span>我倒更愿意相信<span class='character' ></span>这只是一个巧合<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
说着<span class='character' ></span>她扭头看向楼下的骑士们<span class='character' ></span>缓缓道：<span class='character' ></span>当然<span class='character' ></span>可以肯定的是<span class='character' ></span>你的这位堂姐和尊贵的皇帝陛下<span class='character' ></span>倒是很乐意见到现在的场面<span class='character' ></span>那小子为他们争取到了宝贵的缓冲时间…..<span class='character' ></span>
她的声音越来越冷<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>只要他一天不死<span class='character' ></span>我们家族就会背负一天的耻辱<span class='character' ></span>你的外公<span class='character' ></span>你的舅舅们<span class='character' ></span>还有你的表哥奥古斯都<span class='character' ></span>站得越高<span class='character' ></span>就越抬不起头来<span class='character' ></span>尤其是现在……..<span class='character' ></span>
伊丽莎白凝视着斯嘉丽道：<span class='character' ></span>所有的眼睛都看着我们<span class='character' ></span>包括我们的盟友<span class='character' ></span>我们的敌人<span class='character' ></span>还有圣女殿和这个帝国的贵族们<span class='character' ></span>就像一场拔河比赛<span class='character' ></span>谁展现的力量更大<span class='character' ></span>谁就能赢得更多的合作者<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>我没想到表哥会在这个时候晋升……<span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽情绪低落地道<span class='character' ></span>她可以想象<span class='character' ></span>在奥古斯都最春风得意的时候<span class='character' ></span>自己闹出的这件事<span class='character' ></span>会让整个家族如何恼怒<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>这不怪你<span class='character' ></span>亲爱的<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白安慰道<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>你表哥原本是想给你一个惊喜<span class='character' ></span>才没告诉你<span class='character' ></span>我相信<span class='character' ></span>如果你提前知道这一切的话<span class='character' ></span>以你的聪明<span class='character' ></span>一定不会给那个小子任何机会<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>可是<span class='character' ></span>这还是我的错<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽愈发难过的红了眼眶<span class='character' ></span>
她当初负气去了卢利安<span class='character' ></span>整整一年多时间<span class='character' ></span>再没跟奥古斯都再说过一句话<span class='character' ></span>可没想到<span class='character' ></span>他还是记挂着自己<span class='character' ></span>而原本属于他和自己的喜悦<span class='character' ></span>却被那个该死的罗伊给破坏了<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>我要杀了他<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽看了一眼楼下的骑士们<span class='character' ></span>转身抓住母亲的胳膊<span class='character' ></span>急切地到<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>让我和他们一起去<span class='character' ></span>我要亲手杀了他<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>不<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白抚摸着斯嘉丽的脸<span class='character' ></span>微笑着道<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>我召集他们<span class='character' ></span>不是为了我们自己动手<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
远方<span class='character' ></span>传来了一阵急促的马蹄声<span class='character' ></span>数十名身穿皇家骑士团制服的骑士<span class='character' ></span>簇拥着一辆带着纹章院标志的马车出现在城堡前的山坡马路上<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>你的那位大伯<span class='character' ></span>不会允许我们派人去杀那个小子<span class='character' ></span>他不但使他女儿的守护骑士<span class='character' ></span>还是美丁城战役的功臣<span class='character' ></span>如果我们的陛下眼睁睁的看着我们的人南下而不阻止的话<span class='character' ></span>以后再没有人愿意为他卖命……<span class='character' ></span>
伊丽莎白看着飞驰而来的皇家骑士手中迎风招展的旗帜<span class='character' ></span>淡淡地道：<span class='character' ></span>尽管我不想承认<span class='character' ></span>可是<span class='character' ></span>你姓索兰<span class='character' ></span>是皇室成员<span class='character' ></span>无论出什么事情<span class='character' ></span>都是索兰皇室的内部失误<span class='character' ></span>不容外人干涉<span class='character' ></span>况且<span class='character' ></span>一年半之前<span class='character' ></span>你表哥的朋友亚历克斯…..那个又英俊又有礼貌的小伙子<span class='character' ></span>就因为试图杀那小子而被赶出圣索兰<span class='character' ></span>当时教廷派了一位红衣大主教来<span class='character' ></span>才平息了这件事……<span class='character' ></span>
说到这里的时候<span class='character' ></span>皇家骑士和马车已经到了城堡的护城河外<span class='character' ></span>城墙上的卫兵正在一阵嘎吱声中摇动绞盘<span class='character' ></span>放下吊桥<span class='character' ></span>
伊丽莎白静静地看着<span class='character' ></span>口中接着道<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>…….所以<span class='character' ></span>我们那位尊贵的陛下<span class='character' ></span>有足够的理由阻止你外公和舅舅们插手这件事<span class='character' ></span>如果需要<span class='character' ></span>他会毫不犹豫地宣布你和那小子的赌约是公平有效的……<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>那我们……<span class='character' ></span>斯嘉丽咬着嘴唇<span class='character' ></span>
<span class='character' ></span>我们现在要做的<span class='character' ></span>就只是给你表哥一个插手皇家内务的理由……<span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白冷冷地看着驶入城堡的马车<span class='character' ></span>看着从马车上走下来的一个老人<span class='character' ></span>目光相交<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>你是爱德华的侄女<span class='character' ></span>是帝国的天潢贵胄<span class='character' ></span>这种事情<span class='character' ></span>他即便再不情愿<span class='character' ></span>也需要给皇室成员一个交代<span class='character' ></span>而这个交代<span class='character' ></span>就是规则……..<span class='character' ></span>
伊丽莎白微微颔首<span class='character' ></span>向代表爱德华一世而来的首席纹章官示意<span class='character' ></span>扭头对斯嘉丽道：<span class='character' ></span>他可以阻止我们<span class='character' ></span>以避免引发皇室内部纷争和因此产生的公然对立<span class='character' ></span>不过<span class='character' ></span>他需要付出的代价就是<span class='character' ></span>他不能阻止你其他的亲人为你洗刷耻辱……<span class='character' ></span>
说着<span class='character' ></span>她挽住女儿的手<span class='character' ></span>微微一笑道：<span class='character' ></span>走<span class='character' ></span>我们该下去招待客人了<span class='character' ></span>既然你父亲不在<span class='character' ></span>我们的首席纹章官大人<span class='character' ></span>也只能来和我们两个女人讲讲条件了<span class='character' ></span>如果我所料不差的话<span class='character' ></span>他们或许需要我们在找那小子麻烦的时候<span class='character' ></span>保证公平…….<span class='character' ></span>
当阳台的阳光<span class='character' ></span>被挡在静谧的走廊外时<span class='character' ></span>伊丽莎白在斯嘉丽的耳边悄声道<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>….不过<span class='character' ></span>我不认为这对他们是一个好交易<span class='character' ></span>相信我<span class='character' ></span>他们付出的代价<span class='character' ></span>绝对比他们想象的更多<span class='character' ></span><span class='character' ></span>
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