Chapter 38: Departure

I have to say that the efficiency of the Kingdom is still quite fast.

Two hundred thousand gold coins were given 150,000 yuan, but this was beyond Lanlie's expectations. In fact, Lanlie was very satisfied with the account of 100,000 yuan.

Among the 1,000 fully armed soldiers, there were 300 cavalry and 700 infantry. The great King even sent twenty elite royal guards to the Marquis as personal guards, and the leader of these guards was Morgan, the deposed guard captain. This was also a disguised exile to Morgan!

His Majesty the King gave Lanlie a week to prepare, and Lanlie only took five days to complete all the preparations.

The Marquis' Mansion only had a few servants left, the rest, including the old housekeeper, Ronnie, Benita, and Lena, all of them were going to Celtan with Ranle.

A thousand well-trained soldiers guarded more than a hundred carriages, stuffed with boxes filled with gold coins and sets of exquisite armor and weapons.

Instead of riding in the gorgeous carriage, Lanlie chose to ride a horse. Although the place where he was about to take office was not very beautiful, looking at the guards with brightly-clad armor and neat steps, the Marquis could not help but feel a bit energetic, so he decided to ride a horse and enjoy the pleasure of commanding thousands of troops for a while!

The scene of seeing off was very grand. His Majesty the King, the Prime Minister, Duke Pecron, as well as the two princes, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, etc. all participated in the bid for seeing off.

Princess Yafel was sitting in the carriage, her beautiful eyes were filled with tears, and her snow-white teeth bit her lower lip, suppressing the urge to lift the curtain and look out.

Eliza, who was sitting next to her, looked at her friend with sympathy. She didn't know how to comfort her, but just gently stroked her back with her hands.

The carriage slowly drove, and Princess Yafir's heart also floated. It was hard for her to imagine that without Eliza's company, would she cry out in a daze. This was the first time she had stayed away from Gerdo and her own relatives!

Lanlie's heart also became complicated and inexplicable as the convoy moved forward. If the place of this trip was a wealthy city, if there was no accompanying His Royal Highness and the Prime Minister's daughter, then he believed that this would definitely be a pleasant and unforgettable journey!

He did not expect that His Majesty the King would ask Princess Yaphir to go with him to Celtan, and of course, he did not expect that Eliza, the only daughter of the Prime Minister, would also accompany him.

This puzzled him. Did the king and the prime minister know what kind of place Celtan was? They really had the will to let their precious daughter suffer in that place, and even if there was a conflict at the border, even their personal safety would be seriously threatened!?

Lanley shook his head, and he couldn't help but remember what the old king said to him last night.

"Lanlie, I have handed over my daughter to you. You have to swear to protect her with your own life. If you can't do it, I will kill you!"

"If one day something happens to Celtan that you cannot solve, then I will allow you to come back, provided that you must ensure that you bring Yafei and Eliza back intact. Do you understand what I said?"

Lanlie didn't understand everything, but he could still feel the old king's reluctance to leave his daughter to travel far away. He was very envious of this expression of fatherly love!

Finally left! Ranley looked up at the blue sky, and his mood suddenly became wider. He did not have much nostalgia for the royal city of Gerdo that had only stayed for more than a month. Of course, nostalgia was useless. His end was destined to be in the north--Seltan Wasteland.

In the dark and deep night sky, under a bright moon, huge wings stretched out, and the green eyes that had not appeared for a long time were beating like flames.

"Korana...!Korana...!" Angry and sad voices kept echoing in the boundless night sky.

Then, there was the ancient and desolate song: "At the moon well, kissing the silver light, hidden deep under the black cloth, is it confusion? Or sadness...!"

It seemed that he was infected by the singing, and two lines of tears couldn't help but flow down his cheeks, and then, Lanlie woke up from his dream.

Touching his wet cheeks, Ranlie knew that this was not an illusion, and that he was indeed crying! When he recalled the dream, the inexplicable sadness was still filled with his chest for a long time.

It has been a long time since he dreamed! Lanlie looked at the black cloth strap wrapped around his wrist and fell into deep thought! Now he could sleep peacefully without blindfolding his eyes. The troubles of nightmare have been completely eliminated! His body has returned to his perfect state before his weakness. He rode a horse or walked for five days in a row, but he did not feel tired at all!

Of course, all this is based on the close-fitting black cloth belt. He has tried that as long as the black cloth belt leaves his mastery, the extremely weak feeling will immediately rush up, turning him back into a waste that needs to be helped by people even when walking!

This is his biggest weakness now and his biggest secret!

Affected by this dream, Lanlie no longer had sleepiness. It was getting brighter outside the window. After a while, it should be time to get up.

This is the fourth day he left Gerdo. Now the convoy's destination is one of the two eternal pains in Lanle's heart - the rich Cria!

The fertile farmland and the large-scale wine estate made his envious eyes heat up.

If His Royal Highness hadn't insisted on staying for a day, he would have wanted to leave this sad place immediately!

With the Marquis’ random thoughts, the sky finally dawned.

After having breakfast in a hurry, he was patient and waited for His Royal Highness and the Prime Minister's daughter to finish the dressing. Lan Lie immediately ordered the team to set off.

More than a thousand people drove out of Kriya in a mighty manner and continued to advance south.

The morning sun was particularly bright. Lanlie, who was riding on the horse, was in a good mood. He hummed an out-of-tune song in his mouth and shook the whip in his hand and shook the left and right, making Miro, the strong bull-headed man beside him blurred his eyes.

The sound of the soldiers walking forward and the sound of the squeaking and twisting wheels forming a unique marching song.

I have to say that marching and rushing on the road is an extremely dry and impatient thing.

Lan Lie stared at the big box tied to the carriage. He knew that there were yellow and golden coins in the box. 150,000! He had never seen so many gold coins in his life, and even in his imagination, he never expected that he could have so many gold coins. Now, this large amount of gold coins really belongs to him!

Putting aside everything else, just opening the box, grabbing the cold metal handful, listening to the crisp sound of gold coins, it is a pure enjoyment!

"Henry, where is our next place to stay?" Lanley turned around and asked in a bored state.

"About dusk, we can reach Corey!" A man in his forties came to Lanley.

This man named Henry was the assistant sent by His Highness Alice to Lanle. He and another man named George were good at territorial management. Prince Alice's opinion was that one of them could be in charge of the territory finance and the other was in charge of the internal affairs!

"Oh!" Lanley responded. In fact, he didn't know where Corey was, but he was too lazy to ask.

"Cory is the territory that Lord Carlton was granted!" Henry explained a little.

"So it's Old Carlton's home!" Lanley suddenly became a little interested and then asked, "Is Old Carlton back?"

"It shouldn't be yet! Sir, you know that Count Carlton has just succeeded in winning the honor. He may have to stay in the King's capital for a long time to handle the long and tedious procedures!" Henry smiled, revealing his white teeth. His appearance was very honest, which made people feel very fond of him. Unlike his weak partner who was hiding in the carriage and was lazy, Henry was very strong and rode his horse around Lanle for several days. By the way, he was also an excellent guide!

The sun turned over the head, and the soldiers gradually felt sweat on their faces. The cavalry were a little better, but they also began to feel hungry. So, the demoted guard captain Morgan came over on horseback and asked the Marquis for a rest.

Lanlie immediately satisfied the other party's request and ordered the team to stop moving forward.

Duke Pecron did not fool the Marquis. These thousand soldiers were indeed well-trained and obeyed orders, and did not show any laziness or laziness.

The soldiers sat on the ground, drinking cold water from their skins and chewing their own dry food, and starting their lunch.

The Marquis called Henry, the powerful man Miro, the captain of the guard, the old housekeeper Ambrose, and Ronnie, Benita and Lena to gather together.

"Do you want to eat a fragrant and crispy grilled suckling pig? Do you want to eat soft and sweet apple pie? Do you want to drink cold and sweet Creya wine!?" The Marquis used a series of tempting adjectives to describe various delicacies, which attracted everyone's saliva!

"Think!" The simple little Roni couldn't stand the temptation, and her little face was full of greed.

"Master, are you kidding?" The old butler Ambrose asked with courage. He knew that the young master was easy-going and would not blame him for his rudeness.

Morgan and Miro were a little unbelievable. Most of the dry foods for the march were pickled bacon, rye bread, etc. Even the Marquis was a little better than them. Eat some fine white bread and wine, but it would not be cold in this hot summer. As for roasted suckling pigs, let's forget it. If it was brought from the city of Clear, it might not be enough for the Marquis and His Royal Highness the Princess, how could they have the portion of these servants!

"As long as you shout three times, 'Mr. Lanlie is omnipotent,' the food I just mentioned will immediately appear in front of you!" Lanlie said seriously.

Uh!? Everyone couldn't help but look at each other. A smart person like Henry had already thought that this was the Marquis who was bored and wanted to make fun of them!

"What the hell is this guy doing?" Princess Yafir, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't help but mutter in a low voice when she saw this scene.

"I don't know!" Eliza was biting the bread in small mouth and said vaguely. After hearing the delicacies that Lanlie said, she was also attracted by greed, but she was just thinking about it.

"I can do anything else, I can drink cold wine, but I won't be cheaper than that annoying guy!" Princess Yafel snorted coldly and took her eyes back.

"Lord Lanlie is omnipotent!" Or little Roni, with a red face and shouted three times in a crisp voice.

"Congratulations, little Ronnie, you got a portion of apple pie!" The ring on Lanlie's hand shone brightly, and a plate of apple pie appeared out of thin air in his hand.

"Wow!" Roni covered her mouth and looked at the plate of steaming pie in disbelief, thinking that she was in a dream.

Henry, the powerful bullhead Miro, the captain of the guard Morgan, the old housekeeper Ambro and Berta, and the elf maid Lena couldn't wait to shout, "Master Lanlie is omnipotent..."

The royal guards and soldiers around looked here with blank eyes, and they didn't understand what was going on!

"This guy actually used such a precious ring to hold food!" Princess Yafir said in a half-jealous and half-envious tone.

"But I have to admit that using a seven-degree gold space ring to hold food is a good idea! Did you see it? The roasted suckling pig is still hot!" Eliza looked out of the carriage, where the Marquis was putting the food on the blanket.

"I don't want to eat bread!" Eliza threw the white bread aside, clapped her hands and said, "I'm going to attend the Marquis' luncheon, Yafel, are you interested in going together!?"

"Why not!" Yafei said hatefully, then took Eliza's hand first and jumped out of the carriage.

"Uh! Under the public land...!" The guard captain Morgan was stuffed with a large piece of oily pork leg meat in his mouth. Suddenly, he saw His Royal Highness and Eliza appear, and he couldn't help panic because he knew that he was so rude in his current appearance.

"Your Highness Princess!" Seeing the princess appear, everyone, including Henry, stood up in a hurry, then bowed down to salute.

Of course, the Marquis was not here. He was sitting cross-legged on the ground, driving the silver table knife with an extremely gorgeous movement, cutting off a roasted pork leg and putting it on the plate in front of him.
Chapter completed!