The bloody scene at the Marquis' funeral soon spread throughout Besanson. The rumors spread throughout the streets and alleys early on the third morning. The group of black-robed men who attacked the prince Robert in the temple of Besanson Cathedral were the killers bought by the Earl of Ballwin, the deputy prime minister of the palace.

It is well known that Baldwin had a disagreement with the inner court faction, but no matter what, people would have thought that Baldwin would buy murderers on the day of the Marquis' funeral, and he committed the crime openly under the witness of many powerful and prominent people and many civilians. At first, many people did not believe it, and even the stupidest person would not use such inferior means to kill people at that time.

But that night, Bernard, together with the temporary court composed of the Marquis of Ode, the Principal of Burgundy and many special envoys of AIA, publicly tried the captured men in black robes, who could not withstand the torture and explained them in full.

The man in the black robe was a group of assassinations that had just been formed. They were bribed by a powerful man who claimed to be a magistrate. According to the confession of the man in the black robe, the palace guards found the man in a cellar west of Besanson, but his neck had been cut from behind with a sharp weapon.

After investigation, this ** was originally just a small vendor in Besanson City, but since this spring, the small vendor suddenly changed his identity and became the owner of several southern goods stores in Besanson City, and became one of the leaders of the southern goods guild of Besanson City.

Such a sudden rise must be an abnormal reason. The temporary court led by Count Bernard showed extraordinary investigation efficiency. In less than half a day, they found out their true identity - he was the brother of Count Ballwin.

The interim court did not conclude that Ballwin assassinated the prince, but combined with the assassination of Bernard several weeks ago and the sudden departure of Ballwin on the day of the funeral and the previous charges sent to the Principal of Burgundy, people have reason to believe that Ballwin's shadow is behind all this.

On the fourth day of the bloody funeral, the special envoy who attended the funeral had just left Besanson, and a manifesto jointly issued by the Marquis and Prince Robert came from the inner court.

The manifesto declared Ballwin as a regicide and would submit the Burgundy Principality to deprive Ballwin of the Count and take back the territory of Jonah Province. All those who continue to support and hide Ballwin will be punished for treason, those with titles and fiefs will be stripped of merit, and all the troops following Ballwin will be regarded as rebels and rioters to become enemies of the entire Belarus...

Fortunately, Baldwin had killed the enemy at the back door of the temple before the gates of Besanson closed the martial law throughout the city, and retreated to the Third Regiment of the Imperial Guards. When the temporary court of the palace touched Baldwin's brother, he got the news and felt that something was wrong. Baldwin had led hundreds of war soldiers of the Imperial Guards' Third Regiment to head overnight toward the border of Yona Province in the eastern border.

Ballwin escaped without any hesitation, but the rest of Ballwin's sect were not so lucky. Although the court officials and the ministers in charge of seals were Counts, they all had only a few earl territories near Besanson, and they did not have actual power such as military power and financial power. So in the face of the sudden crisis, they could only sit and wait for death.

Fortunately, they still have the title of Earl, and Bernard will not attack them directly for a while.

However, the little nobles and wealthy merchants who followed Baldwin were in trouble. Early in the fifth day, the palace guards and the Imperial Guards Infantry Legion, the First Second Regiment and the Cavalry Legion entered Besanson. The entire city declared a state of war, followed by the army's great purge in the city...

Why did the Imperial Guards become the sword in Bernard's hands? That's right, the court military minister "Rebellion Day".

As early as two years ago when the Marquis was ill, the military ministers who originally belonged to the Bernard faction began to watch. He felt that the Marquis was not too long and he was more interested in getting closer to the crown prince Robert. In addition, although Baldwin was a military deputy, he operated military affairs everywhere in the name of the deputy prime minister of the court. Even the Imperial Guard Infantry Corps, which was originally the commander of the military minister, was rudely taken away by Baldwin. The Imperial Guard Corps was regarded as a forbidden body by the Military Minister. He would not allow others to peep in any case...

When Besanson was upside down, Baldwin had already led his army back to Jona Province. He also issued a manifesto in Jona Province, denying Bernard and the Marquises who were loyal to the monarchs, and announced the true identity of the Crown Prince Robert to the world for the first time in the name of the deputy prime minister of the court and the guardian of the Eastern Front. He refused to recognize Robert's inheritance rights, and claimed that the Marquis and Bernard were the real murderers of the assassination of Marquis Ivreya. Baldwin claimed that Besanson had no monarch and the court had been broken.

On the same day, all the leaders of the Eastern Province of Yona announced that they would refuse to accept the rule of Robert and Besanson's courts. More than 1,500 Eastern Province troops appeared in the border areas of Yona...

............

Yat held an emergency secret letter from Lucesen in his hand. He didn't expect that the result would be like this, which was not what he expected.

The people around him are still arguing.

"Earl Ballwin sent someone to assassinate the prince at the marquis' funeral? How is this possible? Who would believe such a thing? Even if you really want to assassinate Robert, you wouldn't be able to choose that time." In the hall of the manor residence of Wincheston, after hearing the news that Ron brought back from the North, the Wells Legion shook his head repeatedly with the army's priest Robert. He had lived in Besanson for many years and had heard a lot of stories about the powerful and powerful palaces. In his eyes, although Ballwin was not the most powerful person, he would never be stupid enough to do such things, otherwise he would not be able to become the deputy prime minister of the court and the deputy military minister step by step.

Ron, who had just rushed back from the north, stood up and said to the people in the hall: "I didn't believe it at first, but we saw the scene in the temple of Besanson's Cathedral with our own eyes. The black-robed assassin was indeed going to the prince Robert."

"I also thought that it was the one sent to the southwest, but soon the court found the elder brother of Earl Ballwin, and Earl Qíngfù also admitted that his elder brother had said not long ago that he would do something shocking for Ballwin."

"Just two days ago when I was heading south, I received a quick letter from the fast horses. The Eastern Army appeared on the border three days east of Besanson. There were rumored to be 3,000 people, and there were rumors that there were 5,000 people. However, according to our Hawkeye Reward, the border army was about 1,500, and it should be the vanguard of the Eastern Army. In addition, only one infantry regiment of the Palace Guards had left Besanson with Earl Ballwin...."

“…”

"Sir, how do we deal with the crisis?"

"Sir?" Odo woke up Att in contemplative.

"What did you say just now?" Yat didn't hear Odo's question clearly.

"Sir, how should we deal with this situation now? The situation is too complicated now."

The officers in the hall didn't know everything behind the whole matter, and the group spoke out.

Yat slapped the secret letter on the wooden table, got up and scolded everyone in the hall, "What are you doing!"

Everyone was not panicked, but suddenly became villains and might be treated as traitors and rebels. The people who always regarded themselves as palace troops were somewhat difficult to adapt. Moreover, more importantly, they were currently at a disadvantage. Bernard controlled the prince. Although they had not yet been enthroned by the Principality of Burgundy, people in the world regarded Robert as the marquis and successor to the rule of the country. This concept could not be broken by Ballwin's manifesto.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Yat slowly paced around the long table, "You are all people who came from the civilian patrol with me. Which battle is not a broken bone and a corpse all over the field? Are a group of people who took their heads as weapons afraid of the so-called rebels' false accusations?"

"And I can tell you with certainty that the so-called prince of Besanson is not the legitimate son of Marquis Ivreya, he is just the bastard of the inner court and a court servant!" Yat felt no longer in his heart after saying this.

"The prince is not born in the legitimate family?"

"Beast?"

The officers whispered to each other, many of them did not know these shocking secrets.

Yat and others slowly recovered from their shock and continued to whisper: "That's right! Robert is not the son of the marquis. The Count married three wives in total. The first two marquises had not given birth to children. The court doctor also said that the marquis could not give birth."

Everyone nodded. Many of them knew that Ivreya had not given birth to a child for more than ten years, and had never even heard of an illegitimate child.

"That so-called "monarch" does not have the right to inherit the title of marquis and the country of Be, so we are not rebels."

The mentality of the officers gradually stabilized. Angus stood up first and whispered to the wooden table in the hall: "Sir, since we follow you, let alone the one in the palace is a bastard, we will not shake your resolution even if he is really the so-called monarch! Over the years, you have led your friends to fight for a bloody path, and you have given us dignity and glory. The Marquis of Ivreya once gave us a foothold, but the old marquis passed away. The lord of the lord is not my lord. We only know you, a lord. We will hit whoever you ask us to hit, and we will hit wherever you ask us to rush!"

Odo, Kazak, and Ron also stood up and shouted: "Search to the Lord to the death!"

The other officers also stood up and shouted that they would follow him to death.

Yat turned his head and looked at Robert, the priest who had been silent and silent, and asked, "Father Robert, you are not my vassal, I will not make you embarrassed."

Robert's face was calm but his heart moved slightly, "Mr. Att, I am God's man. I should not have been involved in secular affairs, but God sent me to you, and I must have given me a mission of the Holy Spirit. I am willing to accompany you under the guidance of God." Robert is a clergyman, and he will not point out if he swore allegiance.

"Send the order! The Wells Legion and the Wells Baron are in wartime, and all the troops are ready to fight."

"yes!"

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At the end of June, the Burgundy Kingdom began to split.

On the fourth Wednesday, the entire territory of Yona Province in the eastern region mobilized and announced its separation from the palace rule;

On the same day, Flander, the Earl of Longsha, did four things. First, he submitted a certificate to the Principal of Burgundy, requested to be granted the title of Burgundy Marquis and inherited the rule of the Bernard, and renamed it "Flander Otto"; second, he declared Robert as the regicide in the name of the crown prince of Burgundy, and deprived Bernard and all the lords of his command; third, he temporarily moved the Burgundy Court to the city of Jona, and established the Palace of Longsha, and ordered all the troops of the Bernard to swear allegiance to Flander Otto I and kill the Bernard faction; fourth, he declared that all neutral provincial nobles could retain the lord fiefs and military power, and the neutral army would not be pursued by the Jona court.

On the fourth Thursday, the three autonomous cities of Burgundy declared neutrality;

On the fourth Friday, the province of Cordore declared neutrality, neither recognizing the court of Besanson nor Jonah, who declared awaiting the ruling of the Principal of Burgundy;

On the fourth Sunday, Luces-N. Province declared neutrality;

On the same day, Viscount Pierre, the governor of the county of Tignes, who was directly under the Marquis of Ivreya, declared neutrality.

Tinets was the first direct marquis to declare neutrality, but on the same day, Tinets demarcated Baron Wells of Ate out of the county...

In early July, the entire province of Soon was mobilized in Bernard, and 2,200 troops gathered to the city of Besanson to join the palace guards. Another thousand Western border troops went to the southern border with Kodor to guard against the Longxia army;

In early July, Ballwin's Jonathan was assembled, with a total of 1,800 soldiers stationed on the border of Yona Province, and another 1,400 soldiers stayed at Yona City;
Chapter completed!