Vol 7 Chapter 277: Take the oath!

Although it was late, Sebastian Don Capendi was not asleep, and he had a vague feeling that something serious had happened.
In fact, when the news came that Juana and others had lost their tracks, people already knew something was wrong, but for some reason, his feeling was particularly strong tonight.
Don Capendi asked himself to bring him a supper. Usually the servant would prepare for him two slices of granola bread, a half-cooked sausage, and a small bottle of wine, so that the warden would be very satisfied after he was full. You can fall asleep soon.
But today the food has not changed much, but Don Capendi asked him to prepare a large bottle of wine for him.
The warden sits in a chair by the window. From here you can see the prison gate. He used to sit here during the day and examine his territory, but at night he liked to sit on the bed and have a drink alone.
But today he has been staring at the door, and as long as there is a slight disturbance, he will immediately wake up.
The night was getting deeper, and the servant had already taken a nap in the corner outside the door because he couldn't hold on, but Don Capendi was still staring at the door.
Although it was getting late, his hunch became stronger and stronger.
He didn't know how many people felt the same way as him. In fact, it has been three days without any information about the whereabouts of the fugitives. This can't help but give people the worst idea.
Once this kind of thinking appears, people will naturally think about what should be done if the most worried thing becomes a reality.
Juana is the legal Queen of Castile, and she already has children, so if she has anything short, she and Philip's children will be the heirs of Castile and Aragon.
This seems to be taken for granted, but for some people this result is not what they want to see.
In addition, for a smaller number of people, there is another layer of thought about Juana's whereabouts.
That is, if she comes back safe and sound, what consequences will it bring?
No one knows how many people have such an idea. After all, this idea is so terrible that even close relatives and friends dare not speak frankly.
This suspicion is even stronger in Madrid, but this does not include Don Capendi.
When Alexander arranged for his people to find Juana's whereabouts, Don Capendi, who accepted the task, knew that he had no way out.
As for why the Duke of Romethesia chose him, Don Carpenti had some speculations, but he didn't specifically ask.
Because he knows that the person who recommended him may not be willing to let this matter be congratulated by the public.
"Juan Fernando Don Banderas." Don Capendi murmured after taking a sip.
He knew that the mayor of Madrid should be the one who recommended him to the Duke, but he felt a lot of pressure for this kind of "valuation".
Don Banderas should have made up his mind to follow the duke to the end, and for this he even used the lives of the rebels to prove his loyalty to the duke.
And he recommends Don Capendi as a means of showing loyalty, because he not only knows that Don Capendi is really capable, but also knows that he can do things for the duke at this time.
Only in this way, Don Capendi was not only forced to board the ship called "The Duke of Rome Thesia", but there was no chance for this ship to go down along the way.
Although he was very upset at this forced act, if he hated Don Bandraz for it, Don Capendi couldn't do it.
On the contrary, he was faintly excited. Not only was the warden not disgusted with the mayor of Madrid dragging him onto this boat, he even wanted to drink a glass of wine to celebrate.
Faintly, there was a rush of horseshoes in the night, and the warden immediately got up from his chair.
He walked a few steps to the window and looked at the door. He heard the rush of horseshoes becoming more and more obvious, and then seemed to have stopped outside the prison. He immediately turned and went out, kicked the servant who was sleeping, and then ordered him. Wake up your men.
And he walked down the stairs quickly by himself and walked out of the house.
When the warden came to the yard, the gate was already open and a group of people rushed in.
They were all hot, and when they jumped from the horse to the person in front, the sweat on their heads splashed directly on the warden's face.
In the light of the torch, the warden saw the look on the faces of the people he sent, and he had vaguely guessed something in his heart, but he still hurriedly asked: "How about? Did you find it?"
"My lord was found." The leader of the search team responded dullly. He quickly turned his head to look at the companions behind him. Seeing that they were all watching him, he turned to report to the warden in a low voice, "We are on the other side of the ferry. The person I was looking for was found in the village, but..."
As the chief whispered, Don Capendi showed a dull look on his face.
Although he had guessed what the result would be, when he heard it with his own ears, he still felt as if he was in a dream.
It was not until the leader whispered that Don Capendi suddenly remembered something to look at the search team behind him. When he found that the soldiers of the Gonzalo faction were indeed not found in the crowd, he could not wait to hear the order and rushed over. His men: "Hurry up and prepare, I'm going to the palace."
The men immediately got busy, some of them prepared horses and vehicles, and some were busy preparing weapons.
"All of your people settle down first," the warden glanced at the chief, and when he saw what the man was going to say, he didn't wait for the other person to speak and continue to say, "I promised you will be honored, but now I don't want this. Things spread, so you have to listen to my arrangements."
The leader who originally wanted to distinguish nodded helplessly. He knew that Don Capendi was the master in this prison. If he didn't want to cause trouble or hoped to get the promised things, he could only do what he said.
The search team was taken away by Don Capendi’s men. They were placed in a small building. The sturdy buildings and thick iron fences were sufficient to prevent them from escaping, but Don Capendi can no longer take care of them. Them.
He knew that those soldiers would definitely report everything they found to Gonzalo, so if he didn’t want to be robbed of the credit for nothing after he worked hard, even if he was destined to be no faster than Gonzalo, he must go to the Duke to report this as soon as possible. thing.
And Don Capendi knew that besides demonstrating merit, it was more important to show his attitude to the Duke of Rome Thesia.
Especially at this time!
The dark clouds in the sky are so heavy that you can't see a star, and you can feel the heavy pressure of the clouds in the sky even at night.
Even though I bought a car and walked quickly, I still felt that the surroundings were hot and humid, a light flashed, and a faint thunder sounded from the sky, and Don Capendi couldn't help pulling at the collar of his robe.
Traveling on such a night is somewhat dangerous, so Don Capendi brought his trusted men and the manuscript of the establishment of the national security system that he had prepared with painstaking efforts.
This is certainly not the best time to recommend himself to the Duke of Rome Thesia, but Don Capendi still intends to try his luck.
El Pardo Palace was also brightly lit tonight, except for Gonzalo and Don Bandraz, many people stayed in the palace without leaving.
So when someone found out that the warden was not here, they were a little surprised.
It's no secret that Don Capendi was summoned by the Duke alone, so some people originally guessed that the warden might have time to run.
But he didn't stay in El Pardo Palace at this time, which made people wonder what happened.
Among these people, in addition to Gonzalo and Don Bandraz, the three nobles who were first summoned have undoubtedly become the most prominent of these new Madrid nobles who are attached to Alexander.
This is certainly because they themselves have great rights, but also because they are obviously the most important to the duke.
So when the Duke and the two chief military and political officers were not present, the three nobles became the leaders of everyone, but they obviously had different relationships, so a group of people divided into three circles and gathered in the hall to whisper.
Although the room was hot and humid, it did not hinder people's emotions, and when everyone looked at others, there was a bit of weirdness in their eyes. It was like there are secrets that everyone knows that cannot be told.
A rush of footsteps came from the far side of the corridor, and people's attention was immediately attracted.
A few sweaty soldiers appeared at the entrance of the hall. They saw that a group of nobles in the hall couldn't help slowing down because of some accidents, but immediately one person walked towards them.
Someone recognized the man as Gonzalo’s adjutant, and the soldiers had only had time to bend over, but before they were able to salute the man who took the lead, Gonzalo’s adjutant had caught Gonzalo’s adjutant through the nobles with their twinkling eyes. Go to the room.
People's eyes became hot, and they looked at the soldiers who remained at the entrance of the hall, but those people had obviously been ordered, so they were led by the guards who came to exit the hall.
People couldn't help but whisper again, the strange look between their eyes made the atmosphere in the room even more weird.
The possible results flashed in people's minds, and they were also wondering how to face what might happen.
"My lord, I think we should make suggestions to the Duke at this time," the civil officer Johar Binagaros suddenly raised his voice. Seeing the success that attracted everyone's attention, the civil officer coughed and continued." We should ask the Duke to declare his responsibility to the city to the people of Madrid."
"What responsibility are you talking about?" Moradato, the tax collector, stepped forward and asked, "Know that the Duke is the monarch of Rometesia, not the Duke of Madrid, so would it be inappropriate to declare the responsibility for Madrid?"
"Why is it inappropriate?" Hohalbinagaros didn't seem to expect to be rebutted. He looked at the tax collector with a slightly exaggerated and unexpected expression. "Do you think the Duke does not have the right to assume the responsibilities and obligations to Madrid? ?"
Hoharbinagaros's rhetorical question immediately caused people to issue low exclaims. The nobles who had been vaguely divided into two factions looked at each other, and their eyes could not help showing the fighting spirit that seemed to be ready to argue with each other at any time.
"Of course it is inappropriate."
The president of the court who had been watching coldly from the side suddenly joined in. Standing between the two of them, he seemed to be playing the role of arbitration, but his words had proved to be inclined towards whom.
"If the Duke declares the so-called responsibility for Madrid, although this will make it easier for the Duke to rule Madrid, it will also imprison the Duke in this city," the president of the court said and looked at Huo deeply. Harbinagaros "may be a good thing for some people, but it is not good for the Duke himself."
The president of the court's unceremonious refutation made Hoharbinagaros's complexion instantly difficult to look at, and the next words of the tax officer made everyone breathe in secret:
"Because it means that even if he is the ruler of Madrid, he still has to obey the orders of a certain Castilian monarch, but don’t forget that the Duke is the son of Enrique IV, and more importantly, he is A pure Castilian prince."
Hohal Binagaros's face was very ugly with iron gray, he noticed that even the nobles surrounding him showed hesitation, which made him vaguely feel a little bad.
Just when the civil officer was going to continue to argue a few words, the door to the inside suddenly opened.
Schell appeared at the door, and he nodded slightly to the three nobles to ask them to enter. Looking at the few people who filed in and the door that closed again, the people outside were lost in a daze.
A dull thunder sound suddenly came, and the people who were whispering couldn't help looking out the window.
Lightning in the night sky pierced the dark sky, and there seemed to be something terrible struggling on the large expanses of dark clouds, as if to penetrate the clouds that seemed to be torn at any time and land on the ground.
There was another sound of footsteps. After hearing the reputation, people were surprised to see the Madrid warden appearing at the door.
And Don Capendi obviously didn't take the time to deal with the nobles who came around to strike up a conversation. He walked through the crowd to the door of the room, and after speaking to the guard at the door, he stood there waiting for a response.
After only a short while, Schell came out with the guards. When he invited Don Capendi to enter the door, he looked at the nobles waiting outside, and then slammed the heavy door. .
When Don Capendi walked through the small aisle and entered the room, he saw people gathered in the room.
There was Han Jing in the room. Everyone was standing except Alexander. They gathered around Alexander and looked at him silently, as if waiting for his decision.
Seeing Don Capendi coming in, the three nobles couldn't help looking at him.
But Don Capendi did not respond. He walked up to Alexander sitting in a semi-circular chair, and did not speak but waited silently.
"You already know?" Alexander asked, seeing Don Capendi nodding, Alexander stretched out his hands and rubbed his face vigorously before raising his head to look at these people standing in front of me. "Who can tell me what this means? what?"
"His Royal Highness, the news brought back by the search team is clear," Don Capendi finally said, and he looked at Uomoto, who was standing at the farthest distance. "According to the search team's report, the Queen and Tango After leaving the place called Blackpool Village, Pastor Ma took a shortcut because of what the villagers said. As a result, their carriage sank into the mud ditch that had previously collapsed due to the rain."
Although he had heard the report, Alexander looked at Uomoto.
Seeing the Duke looking over, Uomoto immediately stepped forward and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, as the lord said, Her Majesty’s carriage sank into the mud ditch, because the mud and sand around it has been collapsing because of the rain. They had no time to escape from the cart, and then flooded the entire cart until..."
When Uomoto said this, he made a cross on his chest, his face pale and stopped.
"What about the villagers? Tell me what they did?" Alexander looked at Don Capendi.
"To be precise, they didn't do anything." The warden thought for a while and shook his head. "They just pointed the way, and then watched the queen's carriage sink into a mud ditch and was eventually submerged. This is from... the body It can be seen from the traces of, they have no obvious wounds on their bodies, they are suffocated alive."
"This is murder," Don Bandraz started, and people looked at him immediately. "Those villagers just watched them die, and then what are they going to do? Wait until the wind passes and digs out a carriage to rob the dead. ?"
"This is indeed a murder," Gonzalo nodded. "Those people must be punished the most severely. The entire village is guilty. They will be hanged. I am willing to supervise the execution myself."
Alexander nodded silently. He knew that if the only person in this room who regretted Juana's death was Gonzalo.
As Isabella’s heir, if Juana is a wise queen, Gonzalo will undoubtedly become her strongest and most reliable supporter, and will become her in the future fight with Ferdinand The most powerful support.
It's a pity that Juana is like that, and this naturally disappointed Gonzalo.
Gonzalo de Córdoba was never a foolish person. He was loyal to Isabella only because she had the capital to make him loyal. Once Juana didn’t see such capital, Gonza Luo will no longer be nostalgic.
After Gonzalo finished speaking, there was a strange silence in the room.
Uomoto looked at the big people inexplicably, if it wasn't for no one to tell him that he could leave, he didn't want to stay in this room at all.
Now that everyone suddenly fell silent, the Musketeers couldn't help but secretly look at them curiously.
There was a long silence, and a subtle atmosphere brewed in the room.
The three nobles were also secretly looking at the two giants. They wanted one of the two to speak first, but they were soon disappointed.
Finally, seeming to realize that the next words can only be said by himself, the president of the court took a step forward: "His Royal Highness, besides punishing the murderer, there are more important things to do now."
Alexander raised his head again, his gaze slowly swept across the few people in front of him, and then he nodded slightly: "Just tell me."
There was a little bit of dampness floating in the window, but the hall was still very hot and stuffy.
Although I was a little impatient in waiting, the nobles could only use chat to pass the time during this long wait.
Suddenly, the two closed doors opened without warning.
Alexander walked out of the room surrounded by a group of people.
The nobles swarmed up, but before they could speak, Don Bandraz took a step forward, holding a document written in fine parchment in his hand. When he opened it, everyone's eyes were Involuntarily focus on the past.
"The gift of God and Castile created this pious kingdom..."
Don Bandraz began to recite the words and sentences in the declaration. Although it was impossible to make words carefully because of the rush of time, the profound knowledge of the Mayor of Madrid played an important role at this time.
"...Although we don't want to admit it, we announce to everyone with an extremely sad heart that God-given monarch, the legal heir of Queen Isabella, the legal queen of Castile, Juana of Aragon , Unfortunately died..."
At this moment, an exclamation suddenly sounded in the hall. Whether or not they had already thought of it, everyone still exclaimed in disbelief when they heard the news.
"Queen Isabella’s sudden death was like a thunderbolt. Although UU read www.uukānshu.com, the kingdom was shaken, but the orthodoxy was not shaken. However, the death of Queen Juana put the throne of Castile at risk. In the hands of outsiders, those who covet the crown stealing the throne are not false words!" Don Banderas suddenly read aloud, his voice overwhelming people's exclamations, making everyone look at him blankly.
"In view of the decline of the orthodoxy of Castile, when the kingdom changes its ownership, I will announce the recognition of Joel Modillo, the Duke of Rome Thesia, Combre, as the legal prince of the Castilian royal family. He is the legal heir to the throne, and thus establishes his legal status. This declaration is made. God is the proof!"
Following De Bandraz's announcement, under the watchful eyes of the nobles, the five giants knelt down at the same time!
"King of Castile, long live!"
The cry resounded through the hall at this moment.
At the same time, thunder was raging outside, and the wind rose suddenly~
The air is trembling, as if the sky is burning, and a storm is coming!