Chapter 167: Dukes of Dukes

Chapter 167 Duties of the Duke
When Roddy walked in, Andy lay lazily on the soft cloud-like couch on the top balcony of the palace castle, holding a glass of fresh milk in one hand and a fresh one in the other. Newspaper", the sun just rose from the sky, the skeleton emperor sighed contentedly: "This is a happy life..."
Then he looked back at Roddy and said, "Boy, what happened to me when I came to see me so early?"
Roddy glanced at Andy and said straightforwardly: "How long will I be the Duke of Tulip?"
Andy didn't speak.
Roddy already showed an expression of impatientness: "Thunder God's Whip has also taken over, and the opposing forces in the Imperial Capital have been wiped out. The Marquis of Caroline has been hiding at home these days and dare not go out...Is there anything else that needs me. The Duke of Tulip? I don’t want to live in the face of others anymore! And readers are already a little bored!"
Andy slowly put down the things in his hands, got up from the soft couch, and walked back into the room.
"I know you are impatient." Andy seemed to sigh: "But you have to bear with it for a while..." He smiled: "Now the situation has just stabilized, and a Duke Tulip is needed to shake the scene... "
Roddy frowned. Just as he was about to say something, Andy had already preemptively said: "Boy, don't think I don't know what you think, you want to get rid of this identity soon... Then you can go to the Pope to trouble, yes Did I tell you, it's not yet time!"
Andy sighed: "Do you think I like the sects of the gods?" His tone gradually became serious: "The spiritual world of the whole continent has been ruled by the gods for thousands of years. You Can people compete with them? How about Mr. Qiu? A strong man in the field! In front of the pope and the bishops' "descension", he was wiped out at once! Do you think you can beat them?"
Roddy's eyes shone brightly: "No matter what, I will never let Corsica VI go!"
"You won't let him go? He won't let you go!" Andy frowned, "Have you forgotten the dragon on your body? That little girl from the Silvermoon Clan will not let you go, you think the Church of God Let anyone inherit the dragon? Have you forgotten the grudge between the dragon and the god?"
Andy's brows were a little sad: "They will know sooner or later! The stronger your power, the more you can't hide your dragon spirit. Then, if you don't go to the Pope, he will also find you! Why do they deal with Qiu? Sir? It’s because he is a member of the Kara tribe, in their eyes, you are more "alien" than Mr. Qiu!"
Roddy said coldly: "So what? I must take Dracula's Spear!" His tone was somewhat public: "What else is the blood of the gods!"
Andy said in a deep voice: "I tell you kid, when you face a powerful enemy, if your strength can't bring down the opponent, then you'd better not do it! Be patient, and be patient until your strength is strong enough. Then, the winner will be determined in one fell swoop! That is the right way!"
Roddy frowned: "What should I do?"
Andy smiled slightly: "Have you forgotten the fable Wuya said?"
There was a deep smile on his face, and he slowly whispered: "The thousand years of shackles have gradually decayed, and the eyes of the devil will look at the earth. The blood of the emperor will eventually freeze, and the vicious curse will entangle every piece of light. They spread disasters everywhere with curses, and they spread death all over the earth with disasters. The blood of the gods will overwhelm the temple, and the withering of thorns will take away the end of everything."
Roddy's eyes flashed: "The thousand-year-old shackles are gradually decayed, what kind of shackles is that? Could it be the shackles on the dragon? The eyes of the devil are looking at the earth, the devil, it's not the dragon or the Kara. Anyway, it's the gods. In human eyes, these two are both demons... The blood of the emperor will eventually solidify. Now the emperor of the empire is dead, and Baron’s son is also dead. The queen’s child is not the blood of the Thorns family at all, so this sentence It can also be explained! Needless to say the withering of the thorns... the blood of the smashed the temple... Could it be that..."
A weird smile appeared at the corner of Andy's mouth: "Crash the temple, don't you understand? In other words, the temple will be destroyed in the future!"
"The blood of the gods..." Roddy said suddenly: "What the is the blood of the gods? Is it the blood of gods? But when will the gods appear? How can he bleed?"
Andy sighed and shook his head: "Is this, I don't know anymore. But you might know... Don't you have a lot of strange things in your inexplicable mind? How to make the gods bleed, maybe that magic dragon I will understand better... Haha."
Roddy frowned and said: "Then what curse and disaster, what are they talking about..."
A strange gaze flashed in Andy's eyes, but that gaze only flashed by, and then he slapped haha, and smiled: "We don't understand these things for a while, and don't worry, but now I hope you can bear it. Come on! I said, be patient! The longer you endure, the more powerful you will slap your enemy in the future! I've told you this truth many times, don't you understand?"
Roddy remained silent and said slowly: "Patience is patience, I can endure it temporarily, but I really don't want to pretend to be the Duke of Tulip anymore."
He raised his head, looked straight at Andy, and said word by word: "I want to be myself! I want to be Roddy!"
Roddy said lightly: "I don't know what plans you have, but if you want me to do anything, you'd better tell me first." He stepped closer to Andy: "I don't like being controlled by others. I feel under control. If this matter is not resolved, I feel uneasy."
Andy shook his head, "Didn’t you have a ten-year appointment with Dak? Right now there are Luoyantal in the northwest, and mountains in the south... Well, don’t worry about the mountains. Wuya is dead. It is the world of the Silver Moon Tribe. Looking at the way that Danyue Dance treats you, it is estimated that she is embarrassed to do it right with you... and the North Roland Continent..."
Roddy's face grew gloomy as he listened, and gritted his teeth, "Is it Luoyantal in the northwest? If I calm the northwest grassland, will I be free?"
Andy suddenly smiled: "Luo Yan Tal, don't worry about it... he is very useful... in my plan, he should be a very useful stepping stone... a piece to set off the hero The stepping stone..."
Andy smiled, and his expression gradually became weird: "Well, you will be satisfied soon...Since Seth has really gone, there is no need for this person to continue to exist..."
Roddy's heart moved: "There is no need to continue to exist?"
Andy smiled weirdly: "Boy, I promise you, let you be yourself and Roddy! But, have you ever thought that you can be the Duke of Tulip at the same time as Roddy... I promised You, return your true face, and assure you that you can be with Nicole at ease... But this Duke Tulip, you still have to continue to be."
Andy leaned over and said something softly in Roddy's ear...
Roddy didn't smile, did not show a relaxed expression on his face, he suddenly looked at Andy very strangely, and slowly said: "Andy, no matter what you are going to do, I said, don't try to control me anymore. Don't let me do things I don't like to do!"
Andy said coldly: "For Nicole, don't you want to?"
Roddy took a deep look at Andy, and suddenly smiled, and said lightly: "Okay! Just, Andy! I hope you won't make me regret it!"
After Roddy left, the smile on Andy's face gradually disappeared. He sighed: "This kid has more and more ideas of his own...just, alas...the of the curse and disaster in that prophecy, can it be Is that you? Disaster...what an interesting thing..."
The Marquis of Caroline is very clear about his current situation.
The affairs of the imperial capital have been spread, and the news has spread to all sides of the empire. Now everyone understands that the Lionheart family, which was once favored by the emperor in the empire, is about to fall!
There used to be a lot of traffic in front of the door, but now it is a lot of people. The people who had flattered themselves, now even walked to avoid the Marquis Mansion.
But after all, the Marquis of Caroline is an old fox in the political arena. He understands: Before the end, no one knows whether to win or lose!
After all, the emperor's attitude towards himself has most changed, but the Northern Army is still in his own hands! With military power in his hand, then the emperor dare not really treat himself! Moreover, after so many years of painstaking efforts, the influence in the officialdom of the empire cannot be eliminated by eliminating it! Regardless of the reason, as long as you support yourself, you will have a chance in the future!
The Tulip family has been suppressed by the emperor for so many years, and finally can stand up again, so can the Lionheart family too!
Of course, the first thing is how to keep the military power in the hands of the family!
Milo in the Northern Army and Ruben in the Northwest Army are different!
The same is the commander of the army, Ruben said he withdrew, and that was because he was stupid! A reckless martial artist who doesn't know how to cultivate his own power, of course he cannot stand!
But Milo is the successor that the Marquis of Caroline has spent countless efforts to cultivate! Whether it is a scheming strategy, it is enough to be alone! He has been doing very well in the Northern Army over the years, and he has basically controlled the military's mind. Those forces belonging to the military command headquarters were basically emptied by him. Miro, the Northern Army Corps, is one thing.
In this case, the emperor wants to replace him? Is it that easy?
The Marquis of Caroline sneered.
Zieg has been promoted to the deputy commander of the Central Cavalry Corps, but he, the deputy commander, has no expression of joy at all.
Looking at the team of people under his team... They are also worthy of being called "Thor's Whip"?
It's a joke!
Those leaders are all wine and rice bags, and their ability to count money is better than that of war! Zieg only watched the exercises in the army once, and his face was almost ashen. Originally, the Central Cavalry Corps hadn't had large-scale exercises for a long time, and Zieg was only performing in the Spike Army. Although I knew that other barracks had been ruined in military discipline, it was finally open to the extent to which they were so bad.
Simply marching in a line, a dozen out of a hundred soldiers twisted their feet, and a dozen others had their shoes trampled off...
In a simple cavalry charge exercise, halfway through the distance, several cavalrymen collided with themselves and injured a few on the spot. Some people rushed, but when they rushed to the end, they found the scimitar in their hands but didn’t know when they were lost...
Qige was so angry that his nose almost crooked. Roddy didn't say a word, standing aside coldly, without any emotions on his face.
"Let all the officers line up!" Roddy said coldly. Immediately he looked at the pale-faced commanders beside him, and said coldly: "What are you looking at! I said that the officers lined up, didn't you hear?"
More than a dozen commanders and deputy commanders ran down in a hurry. The war horses brought by their respective soldiers brought weapons, and Roddy went down, turning on his horse first, staring coldly at the suspicious subordinates beside him. Coldly said: "You are all the commanding officers of the Central Cavalry Corps. Many of you were originally excellent soldiers selected from other regiments. Are the soldiers you bring today at this level? Now I let you be here. Perform it in front of me! Just follow the marching array! I'll say it first, you don't need to do it. If you don't want to perform the exercise, get me out of the Central Cavalry Corps! Take off your uniform!"
No one speaks.
Roddy took a deep breath: "If you want to leave, I will definitely not stop! But I will watch three days later. I don't watch the soldiers' exercises. I watch the officers first! Who can't do it will be executed! Everything is done according to the wartime laws!" His eyes were as cold as ice, and he said cruelly: "Thunder God's Whip does not leave trash!"
After he finished speaking, he rode his horse and left first, without even looking at these people.
Zige followed up on horseback with a worried expression on his face. He couldn't help but said, "My lord, this doesn't seem very good... These people all have identities, and there are many large and small family backgrounds behind you... Doing so is equivalent to driving them out of the Central Cavalry Corps. Now... Although the Lord Duke said that he has received the trust of his Majesty, I am afraid that those families are making trouble, and your Majesty..."
Roddy said lightly: "Don't worry about this."
His Majesty? Your Majesty is the old skeleton! What am I going to do now, he will object?
Zige was still worried: "It's just that the Duke's approach seems too intense. It's better to spend time training. With my Zige, you can always train them into a qualified Thor's Whip!"
Roddy stopped the horse suddenly, took a look at Zieg, then said: "Zig, the current Central Cavalry Corps, has completely rotted!" His expression was a little weird: "It can be said that these people, from soldiers to officers. , It’s not a soldier at all! Soldiers are for the generous salary of Thor's Whip, and officers are for embezzling more military supplies and a bunch of scum. Think about it, if they have a little fighting power, how we entered the city that day Will it go so smoothly?" His tone gradually became solemn: "Think about it, if it wasn't us who broke into the city that day, but a group of enemy troops, the cavalry of Rayantal on the grassland, could these people resist? In less than a quarter, it collapsed!"
Roddy sighed: "I admit that there are prodigal sons in this world who turn back, and bad people will turn into good people... But that is a minority! In my opinion, instead of wasting time trying to reorganize this army, it is better to replace all the garbage. Drop!" At this point, Roddy said lightly: "Not only these officers, but also those soldiers! They don't need to talk about Thor's whip, even ordinary soldiers can't meet the standards! It's better to spend time on them. Wash and pick new blood in the local garrison!"
Ignoring Zieg’s expression, Roddy said indifferently: "Give my order and re-run the show three days later, and if it is like today, all will be executed! Everything is in accordance with the wartime military orders! If you want to leave, let them give me everything. Take off this uniform and get out of the barracks!"
"Three days?" Zieg's eyes widened: "These people can't practice in three days..."
Roddy sneered: "I didn't let them practice... I didn't expect them to practice... I gave them three days to get them out! Let the guys who spend their lives for the military pay get out of here! I simply I don't want to give them another chance!'Thunder God's Whip' is a proud name, and chances are given to those who are qualified!"
The Duke of Tulip's military order was passed down, and the barracks were immediately chaotic.
The soldiers are almost going to mutiny--especially those who are just deliberately mixing military salaries. What if they are out of food in the future?
But Roddy had expected it a long time ago, and the 10,000-armed Spike army was guarding outside the barracks and staring. If there is a disturbance, immediately grab a military baton.
Thus, under Roddy's single-handed operation, the largest large-scale soldier demobilization event in the history of the empire occurred...
Nearly 200,000 Central Cavalry Corps were selected. Only less than 50,000 people remained. The rest were taken off their military uniforms and became civilians. From now on, life and death are up to the sky... If you want to live, rely on yourself!
The Ducal Tulip Mansion was almost squeezed by the family led by the officers, large and small, and countless pleading and bribery people were blasted out by Roddy, and finally let the guard Rand lead a team to guard the Duke. At the gate of the house.
Those people with some forces in the family finally couldn’t stand it anymore. They tried to unite and put pressure on Roddy, but Roddy didn’t even look at it, and just threw a sentence to Rand: "Is there any Lily guys, fight! Throw out this street!"
The next day, a group of nobles with blue noses and swollen faces ran to the emperor to file a complaint-too bullying! Even the Duke of Tulip can't be so arrogant! Anyhow, they are all aristocrats, so many families, just let him fight? !
But the emperor's words made them completely cold: "This matter, you can talk to the Duke of Tulip."
Some were crying and crying trying to use this method to win the emperor’s sympathy, but His Majesty didn’t even bother to look at them, and the guards blasted them out of the palace.
In this way, originally known as the most powerful and elite Central Cavalry Corps among the four main forces of the Empire, the famous "Thunder God's Whip", after reorganization, only 50,000 people are left (including the reclassification Twenty Thousand Spikes with Thor's Whip).
And the reserve department of the empire was busy with its hands and feet, trying to enlist 150,000 reserve in one go... and still enter the "Thunder God's Whip"? The selected job is huge...
The Duke Tulip has already spoken, and the selection work must be meticulous. If you want to put someone with cats and dogs into the "Thunder God's Whip"-let alone the Thor's Whip, wait for the Duke's whip first. !
Those barons and viscounts who were driven out of the Central Cavalry Corps by their swollen noses are role models!
Just when the Central Cavalry Corps was busy expanding, the officers of the reserve department were busy almost all night. In the middle of the night, Roddy hid in the ducal mansion to read.
Nicole sat beside him, her face a little sad, and couldn't help but whispered: "Rody, are you too anxious to rectify Thor's Whip like this? There are things you can't do too much."
Roddy put down the book and smiled faintly: "I know...Even the Duke of Tulip has never done such a thing." He pointed to the book in his hand and smiled: "I have studied the past carefully. The history of how the Duke Tulip led soldiers to war."
Nicole sighed: "You offended so many people all at once..."
Roddy shook his head and smiled: "Nicole, you are wrong... I am not Roddy who offends people. It's Sete! It's Sete, Duke of Tulip!"
Nicole froze for a moment, then smiled: "Is there any difference?"
"It's a big difference." Roddy sighed, "I'm in a hurry! In order to let me be Roddy one day earlier, I can only do this. The sooner I finish these things that should be done by the Duke of Tulip, The sooner I can get my freedom!"
He couldn't help holding Nicole's hand gently, and said softly: "I don't want to be your'brother' anymore! Nicole! I don't want to hold your hand and secretly close the door! I I want to be Roddy! I hope to be able to hug your waist and hold your hand in front of others. When I want to kiss you, I can kiss you."
Having said this, Roddy gently swept Nicole's waist and kissed her red lips gently.
Nicole looked at the hot eyes in Roddy's eyes, her cheeks were flushed, and she gently hooked Roddy's neck, and whispered in a low and inaudible voice: "Rody...I...I'll be yours tonight Woman, okay?"