Chapter 185 Yasha's Monologue
Chapter 185 Yasha's Monologue
The high walls of Snow Rock City looked particularly lonely in the morning light. With almost no resistance, Carl's army entered the city smoothly. When the news of Thomas' defeat reached Snow Rock City, Gamond was completely panicked, and the lords from all over Dolonso also responded and stood on Carl's side.
In desperation, Gamond immediately sent an envoy to ask for surrender.
But when Carl saw the other party's messenger, he couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Tell him that I have no say in this matter. His life is in Mia's hands. But if he is willing to surrender, I can plead for him."
"This... My master wants to surrender but can't even save his life?" The messenger was speechless for a moment.
But I heard Carl say:
"This is an internal matter of yours, Torrentso. It's not appropriate for an outsider like me to interfere too much."
The messenger continued:
"The walls of Xueyan City are high and thick. If we defend it, I'm afraid it will take a while for you to take it. But once the Prime Minister's reinforcements arrive, what will you do?"
But I saw that Karl waved his hand nonchalantly:
"Then I can tell you that Aaron will not come. It's up to him to surrender or not. If he is willing to surrender, I can at least protect the lives of his family. If he continues to resist, then I will not care."
After a pause, he said again:
"By the way, his second son is still imprisoned here. Why is the second son less valuable?"
Having said this, the envoy had no choice but to take his leave. Two days later, Snow Rock Castle actually surrendered.
At this time, Karl was riding his warhorse majestically on the main road in the city. The streets were particularly deserted at this time. Every house was closed and no one dared to go out. Occasionally, someone would secretly look at them through the window, but when they were discovered, they would quickly shrink back, like a frightened bird.
Carl knew very well that the level of civilization in this world was equivalent to the barbaric Middle Ages. It was normal for the army to break into cities, burn, kill and loot. Ordinary people had long been accustomed to such things and regarded the army as a scourge.
Thinking of this, he once again instructed Altai:
"I must emphasize again that you are not allowed to disturb the people after entering the city. Brothers, you have won the battle, and I will not reduce the reward by a cent, but if you do anything rash, don't blame the military law for being ruthless."
"Yes~ Khan~" Altai said respectfully.
Carl nodded in satisfaction. He did this not out of kindness, but because the plundering had caused too much damage to the local area. Whether it was the population or the economy, it would take a few years to recover. And these were all important things to him. From now on, these lands were his territory, so how could he plunder his own? Moreover, if he wanted to develop industry quickly, he had to ensure local peace first.
As for other warlords who condoned their soldiers to plunder, it was because they could not afford the military expenses. This time, the total number of soldiers he mobilized was less than a thousand. With Rickburg's current industry, it is no longer short of this little money.
Yasha finally returned to Snow Rock City. She lay on the stone chair in the corridor outside the hall and stared at the ceiling. She fell asleep unknowingly, and then she had a dream.
In her dream, she returned to the past, to the dirty streets, and became the slovenly beggar again. She was wearing ragged clothes and begging with lifeless eyes. The pedestrians on the street walked by indifferently, and no one was willing to give her a bite of food. She seemed to be forgotten, tortured by cold and hunger.
She wanted to close her eyes and sleep for a while, but she heard someone shouting:
"The lord's little daughter is giving out porridge, everyone hurry up!"
Ah~ She knew about this. Every noon, the lord's third daughter would come to this street to give alms, but in her opinion, it was just the upper class nobles showing off. Although there was alms every day, she had never had a drink. Those strong beggars and hooligans always occupied the seats in advance and drove people like them away with fists and feet. Then those bastards began to shamelessly ask for bowl after bowl, and they would not share even if they were full.
After a long time, she became desperate. Looking at the people around her gathering towards the charity point, she just shook her head helplessly. If she couldn't get a drink, it would be useless to go. She would also get beaten for nothing. Why bother?
She smiled bitterly and narrowed her eyes, thinking to herself that she wouldn't be hungry when she fell asleep.
Just as she was thinking, a clear voice suddenly sounded in her ears:
"Come, have some porridge!"
Yasha looked up and saw a girl in a dress standing in front of her. The girl had a warm smile on her face, her long golden hair shone in the sun, her sapphire eyes were full of kindness and innocence, she held a bowl of porridge in one hand and a piece of bread in the other.
She quickly took the porridge and bread and began to devour them.
The girl smiled and patted her on the back:
"Slow down, don't eat too fast."
She ate and swelled up:
"Don't you usually give out soup across the street? Why are you here this time?"
"Hmm~ How should I put it~" The girl tapped her chin with her hand and said mischievously:
"My guards told me that every time the porridge is distributed, it is always young men who come. There are obviously many old people and children around here, but they are unwilling to come. Since you don't come, then I will go over!"
"It's not that we don't want to come, but those people... they occupy that place and won't let us come. They'll beat anyone who comes!"
"I really don't know about this." The girl's expression suddenly became serious.
"Hmph~ What can a little noble kid like you know? You have no idea of everyone's suffering." Yasha said as she finished the food in two bites.
"Then teach me!" the girl said suddenly.
"What?" Yasha was stunned. She didn't expect the girl to say such a thing and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
But I heard the girl say solemnly:
"Tell me about your lives, tell me about this city, I want to do something for you!"
Yasha was stunned again, and then sneered in her heart, a naive guy, his head is full of idealism...
However, when the girl reached out her hand, she felt like crying for some reason. She looked at her dirty hands, feeling a little embarrassed, and wanted to find something to wipe them clean. However, the girl had already grabbed her hand first, and she didn't seem to care at all.
"Come with me~" she said to her.
Yasha nodded dumbly.
"What's your name?"
"Ya...Yasha..."
"Mia Dorenzo, please give me your advice!"
At this point in her dream, Yasha slowly woke up. She scratched her head and sat up. She actually dreamed about the past at this time. How long ago was it? She still remembered that at that time, she was taken into the castle by Mia and became her personal maid. She told Mia about the current situation of the old street and provided a more reasonable strategy for Mia's charity. Since then, the ruffians could no longer attack, and the elderly and children were truly helped. At that moment, she felt a sense of accomplishment.
Everything was so beautiful. That period was her happiest days. She and her master and servant lived a peaceful and leisurely life and constantly helped the poor in the city. However, fate never gave them peace.
Until that happens:
Mia's two brothers have been fighting openly and secretly for the title, which has nothing to do with them.
But in the end, because of their lack of bottom line, the innocent Mia Ye was dragged into it.
The cause of the incident was that the second brother poisoned the eldest brother's food, but as fate would have it, Mia accidentally ate the poisoned food.
After rescue, the girl survived, but she became unconscious and crazy and stupid.
Yasha still remembers those days when she stayed by Mia's bedside, watching this once kind and gentle girl become unrecognizable. At that moment, the anger and pain in her heart reached its peak.
Later, she learned that her eldest brother knew that the food was poisonous, but he deliberately gave it to Mia. He did this just to deal with his second brother. Once Mia died of poisoning, he could take the opportunity to expose his crime in front of his father. In order to kill his brother, he didn't care about the life of his younger sister. Such cruelty and calculation made Yasha's anger burn completely.
Looking at the girl who had already gone mad, she secretly made up her mind to avenge her. Fortunately, she was still pretty and successfully pleased the lord and became his personal maid. She also took this opportunity to get close to Mia's two brothers and became a double agent.
For a long time, she had been sowing discord between the two brothers, taking advantage of their suspicion and hatred, and inciting them to kill each other. In the end, both of them died in the fierce battle.
Finally, the old lord, Mia's father, found that he was left with only his crazy and foolish daughter, and had to pass the title to her. At this moment, the fate of her and Mia was completely reversed, and the two who had no chance of power became the final winners.
However, things are not that simple. A female lord who is crazy and stupid naturally cannot get the support of other family members. As her uncle and the most senior person in the Doronso family, Gamond began to lead the tribesmen to make constant provocations.
In the end, Yasha took on the heavy responsibility alone. In order to protect Mia, she recruited Hilde and Dongfang Yao as her helpers. After one struggle after another, she managed to stabilize the situation so that Mia could inherit the title legitimately. But she also knew that Gammond would not give up. That person had always coveted the title and had always been dissatisfied with their power.
But starting from today, all this will end. Gammond finally crossed the line and failed!
From this moment on, he had completely lost and had no chance of a comeback. Mia's title would also be completely secure from today on, and no one could shake it.
The castle bells rang at this time, and then she heard footsteps, the sound of iron boots hitting the ground. She understood that Karl had come, and they would conduct a final trial of the traitors in this hall, and this trial would also determine the final fate of Gammond. Yasha stood up with a smile, gently adjusted her dress, and walked towards the direction of the hall.
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