Chapter 109: The escaped dwarf princess
Beishan Mountains, Beishan Kingdom.
The dwarf king Morton Golden Hammer, who was inspecting the mine, followed the spiral steps dug into the stone wall of the passage to the top of the mountain. He took a deep breath, held his already protruding belly, and then turned to follow his followers. Asked:
"I'm a little tired after only climbing three mountains. When I was young, I could run up and down the mountains day and night. Do you think it's time for me to resume exercise, Paz?" "Huh... if
... Your Majesty, you just feel a little tired... Huh..." The somewhat elderly attendant gasped for breath, "I think you don't have to worry too much about your physical strength at least, but if you want to resume exercise, I think when It's always a good thing in the beginning."
The Golden Hammer King hasn't held a battle ax for more than thirty years, and he hasn't exercised much. He eats and drinks without restraint, and his figure quickly started to lose shape like an inflated balloon.
The king of the hill who once looked like a fortress of muscles has now become thicker than before, even to the point of being rounded, but most of his body has turned into fat.
But no matter what, he is still the most powerful legendary warrior among the North Mountain dwarves of this generation, and the great king who commands many dwarf clans in the North Mountains.
After Morton Golden Hammer became king, he did two major things. First, he pacified several dwarf clans that were fighting against the Beishan Kingdom headed by the Golden Hammer clan, and officially unified the dwarf clans in the North Mountains. The second is to choose to form an alliance with the empire and jointly develop alchemy and mechanical technology, which has greatly improved the military strength of Beishan Kingdom.
The Beishan dwarves also benefited a lot from the empire's war against Mu Xia.
"What you said makes sense." Moton looked at the remaining hills. "Then let's take two more steps today and inspect the remaining mining areas at once." "Please show mercy and let me do
this first. " Old Bones, take a rest." The attendant was still trying to adjust his breathing. "At least let me take a sip of the flaming wine to save my life." "
You made me want to drink it too. I have to call a messenger to get some wine! "Moton became addicted to alcohol and began to look around, looking for the sentry tower set up in the mining area.
This mining area is large and the people are scattered, but the distance is not a big problem. His war cry can send orders thousands of meters away.
When he turned his head, he didn't see the sentry tower yet, but he happened to find a dwarf cavalry riding a goat running along the ridge towards the top of the mountain.
The iron-horned goats specially tamed by the dwarves have strong limbs that ordinary goats cannot match. The hooves are equipped with special dwarf shoes, which can carry a fully armed dwarf cavalry on the steep mountain walls.
"That's right, what a coincidence!" Morton was very happy, and now he just asked the cavalry to help them get some wine.
"My Majesty, that goat is here to report to you. The goat is covered with a command flag!" the old attendant reminded.
"Oh, it's true!"
Moton was just thinking about the wine and didn't notice this detail. The golden flag was embroidered with crossed warhammers and axes. Only heralds who issued orders for the king and went to report to the king were allowed. Use this command flag.
"This way!!" He shouted directly at the cavalry several hundred meters away.
The herald was startled by the king's majestic roar, and then he found that the king he had been looking for happened to be on the top of the mountain ahead, and he quickly speeded up.
When the goat's front hooves climbed up the steep slope to the top of the mountain, Molton Golden Hammer said unhappily: "You'd better not bring a troublesome thing that will disturb my drinking." "I'm really sorry, my lord
, But the matter is urgent..." The young herald got off the sheep's back in fear and saluted, "His Royal Highness Mo La, who was sent to Xihe, escaped halfway!" "Huh?"
King Beishan glared, "You Make it clear!"
"That's it. Yesterday we went to the town of Xihe Principality to contact the wedding team there. When Her Highness Mo La was about to leave with them, she said that her hair was loose and she needed to dress up again and entered the house. Then he found an opportunity to climb out of the window, knocked out the guard, snatched the horse and ran away!" the herald reported in panic.
The attendants on the side took two steps away from the king with some worry after hearing this. Their king was very scary when he got angry. Although he rarely angered innocent people, when he broke things, others who were too close could easily be attacked. accidental injury.
"She still escaped? Doesn't it sound like you've caught her yet?" Morton glared at the herald and asked.
A few months ago, the Beishan Kingdom and the Principality of Xihe, which belonged to the empire, reached an agreement on a marriage. The King of Beishan, Moton, married his youngest daughter Mo La to the Duke of Xihe as a continuation of the marriage.
For this reason, the father and daughter had many disputes. The old attendant was lucky enough to hear the two of them having a "friendly discussion" about marriage: "Who
wants to marry an old human man? Why the hell don't you marry yourself if you want that mine?" Princess Mora's roar at that time could be clearly heard hundreds of miles away from the palace.
"He is over fifty and you are over forty. Isn't that about the same?" Morton didn't care about his daughter's protest at all.
"Listen to what you are talking about! I have just grown up, and he is so old that he can only live for 20 or 30 years at most!" "
So you can only wait for 20 to 30 years at most before he is dead. Don't worry, he will be alive in another ten years." I can't do anything to you."
"Not even for a day!! Why should I suffer this?"
"Your two sisters are both married, and you look like this. No one has ever proposed marriage except this Grand Duke. , do you really think you can get married?"
"I would rather not marry! If I couldn't beat you, an old ghost, I would have to slap you now!!" ...
Conflicts
like this will occur every time after the marriage is settled. It happens every few days.
In the last half month, Princess Mo La finally calmed down and seemed to have given up her struggle.
As a result, I didn't expect that something like this would happen when the time came.
"I'm really sorry. The teams sending off and welcoming the bride are all chasing each other now, and no news has been sent yet..." The herald reported apologetically, and then said as if he was walking on thin ice, "Well, Your Majesty, His Highness Mora also left a letter and A small package for you.”
"You brought it here, right? Show it to me." Moton frowned and waved.
The herald carefully took out a letter and a small cloth bag from the bag hanging on the goat's back and presented it to the king. The envelope of the letter read "To my dear father" in dwarf script. The same small words were also written on the cloth bag.
Morton rolled his eyes when he saw this line of words. His little daughter had never called him that. Given their relationship, he would only get upset if the other party called him that. Goosebumps covered his body.
He first tore open the envelope and read the letter. There was only one sentence on it:
"Go eat shit, old man!" ! "
There was also a "friendly gesture" commonly used by dwarf clans drawn at the bottom.
Morton glanced at the cloth bag still in the herald's hand. Based on his understanding of his daughter, he had basically guessed what it was, but for the time being, he still I opened the bag and checked it.
The cloth bag was opened, and inside was a crumpled paper bag. When the paper bag was opened again, there were several round balls of sheep shit inside.
"Throw it away." "Moton ordered angrily.
The herald was eager to do this quickly and immediately threw the things in his hand down the mountain.
Then Morton clapped his hands casually, and the letter in his hand fell apart like dried leaves and turned into pieces. The wind drifted away. The
attendants looked at the king's face and surprisingly found that Moton seemed surprisingly calm, so he asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, what should we do now?
"Nothing to do, just run away. " We have already sent her to the principality. What does it have to do with us if the principality didn't take her seriously and let her run away? Moton looked indifferent, "Anyway, we have got the mines, let them chase after them. If they can't catch up, it's because they don't have the ability." "
The mine as a betrothal gift has already been handed over to the Beishan Kingdom. Even if the marriage fails and Grand Duke Dipu asks for it from the Beishan Kingdom, Morton Golden Hammer will not pay it back. Moreover, the
marriage is just a political bridge in the first place. The reason why He Principality and Beishan Kingdom have established such a relationship is mainly because they have common interests in various aspects.
"But they can't save their face after all. If they suspect us of deceiving them, it may affect our alliance with the empire." Sui whispered.
"Oh, it's so troublesome!" Moton looked very impatient, "Then let's recruit a hundred people to help them symbolically. Anyway, they don't want to make such a shameful thing a big deal, right?" "Should we send more people
? It's better to light it carefully. If the Principality of Xihe captures His Highness first, who knows what kind of treatment His Highness will receive?" The entourage advised cautiously.
"She can't die. I don't care about her? That dead girl is a ghost. Those people may not be able to catch her." Morton said and turned to the herald, "You go and get us some flaming wine first, and the rest Let’s talk about it later!”
(End of chapter)