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Chapter 47 Conspiracy

Roger thought of an old oriental saying: People can use it, but not know it.

He didn't know if Danny was right to do this, but since nothing happened, he thought it would be OK.

Then, Roger instructed: "When the Navy Marshal Christo Dulles comes, tell him to take care of these people who leave their hometowns on the way."

He felt that it was necessary for him to write a letter to his wife Elvira, asking her to take over these immigrants to provide them with some convenience as much as possible so that they can adapt to life in Sicily as soon as possible.

He thought that he would be considered to have done his best.

That night, just after Roger finished writing the letter, Henk reported: "Lawrence is here again."

Roger met with Lawrence at his temporary station.

He asked the servants to leave, leaving only Henk.

Lawrence came in and looked around, then he lowered his voice and said:

"Your Excellency, after consultation, the nobles decided to continue to abide by the previous agreement with you.

“Of course, a little bit of change is needed.

"We hope that you will take the Sicilians, and go after them and find Baldwin, and bring him back."

Roger shook his head slightly and said, "This is not a little change."

Lawrence nodded and said, "Yes, I know, so we will send more Turks, Sarasen people over."

Roger shook his head and said, "Badwin had not made the final decision when I promised to stand up for you before.

"I can give up the unrealistic idea of ​​conquering Egypt by threatening, persuading or directly negotiating conditions.

"But now that Baldwin has made a decision, it is not that easy to call him back."

Lawrence rubbed his hands, looking constipated, he said:

"We know what you said, that once Baldwin is determined to do something, he will definitely stick to success or not until he can't do it.

"But we really don't want to accompany him to conquer Egypt."

Lawrence was excited as he spoke.

He said: "We are no longer the people who had nothing but a sword and a horse when we first came to Jerusalem.

“We all have family, foundation, and things to protect.

“If we can expand the territory of the Kingdom of Jerusalem on the basis of preserving these things, then we will.

"But in this situation, attacking Egypt means giving up everything you already have.

"This is something we absolutely do not want to accept."

Roger poured Lawrence a glass of wine.

Lawrence took a sip and drank it dry, then he let out a sigh and said, "Sorry, I'm so excited."

Roger persuaded, "If you don't want to go, don't go, anyway, Baldwin didn't order you to follow."

Lawrence shook his head and said, "I don't know who leaked the news. Now everyone in the camp knows that the king has set out to fight in Egypt.

"And the Patriarch Anurf still jumped out at this time.

“He bewitched the soldiers at the bottom and asked them to follow the king to make achievements.

“He shouted: ‘This is the best time to completely eliminate the pagans!’

"Did he know how many people there are in Egypt?!

“Even if the Egyptian jihad army was wiped out, there were still countless pagans in Egypt.

"Those people may not be satisfied with the rule of the Fatima dynasty and are unwilling to obey the Caliph's command.

"But if Christians raise their butcher knives to them, they will definitely resist.

"At that time, it would be nice to say "completely eliminate the pagans" and not completely eliminated by them."

Roger patted Lawrence on the shoulder, so that the other party would not be too excited.

Lawrence was deflated and said depressedly: "The soldiers below questioned us why we didn't follow Baldwin to fight.

“The priests also use God to suppress us.

"Only our nobles in the entire camp knew how dangerous the situation was.

"But they didn't believe it, and they said something: 'Will the king be wrong?', 'If you don't follow His Majesty, you will betray Jerusalem.'...

“There are also people who question the courage of the nobles and say that we are cowardly.

"We nobles are now doing their best to appease the soldiers and have no more energy to do anything else.

"So, Your Excellency Roger, now, only you have the ability to solve this problem for us."

Roger followed the other party's words and said, "I have soldier, I have it. It's not a big problem if I go there once.

"But so what if I find Baldwin, he will definitely not come back with me."

Lawrence said with red eyes: "Our inner supporter, the one closest to Baldwin, once leaked the wind and said that Baldwin's illness might not be cured, and Baldwin was just holding on.

"Although he is just suspicious and not sure, we think the news is likely to be true.

"So, maybe after you catch up with Baldwin, he happened to die."

Roger sneered: "Did you die if you have an illness? Is it 'just'?"

Lawrence said coldly in his tone: "Yes, 'just' he died!"

Roger curled his lips and said, "So, I just need to bring his body back and I will be able to complete the agreement?"

Lawrence said: "Yes, he is the king and must be buried in the city of Jerusalem."

Roger pretended not to understand the other person's meaning, and he said:

"If I find Baldwin, I find that the news you have received is fake.

"Or maybe although he is seriously ill, he is not yet dead..."

Lawrence reminded: "Your Excellency, do you not want to take revenge on us, and on your mother?"

Roger said lightly: "Of course I want to take revenge, but this matter will be delayed. It's okay to do it next month or next year, and I'm not in a hurry."

Lawrence bewitched: "Your Excellency, I am forgiving, now is the best time.

"No matter what you do this time, we nobles will cover it up for you.

"In the future, you may not have such a chance."

Roger was unmoved and calm as if Jiang Taiweng was fishing.

Lawrence shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay, what are the conditions?"

Roger looked at the air and said a name lightly: "Anulf."

Lawrence narrowed his eyes and said with certainty:

"Patriarch Anurf and Baldwin have a good relationship, so after receiving the news of His Majesty's death and completing the funeral for His Majesty, he will definitely die due to excessive grief."

Roger nodded and repeated, "Sure?"

Lawrence said firmly: "Sure!"

The next day, Roger asked Danny as the acting city lord to lead 500 horse-riding soldiers to stay in Ashkillen City.

He instructed Zarro to continue to lead people to put out the fire, and asked the other party to bring people to repair the city lord's mansion after extinguishing the fire.

He also instructed Shana: "As long as the weather is right, let the hot air balloon fly.

"With it, many people will not have any thoughts they shouldn't have.

"But be sure to be safe and don't get close to Ashkillen City."

Then, Roger took 100 camel cavalry as his guide.
Chapter completed!
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