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Chapter 26: Starting a War (16)

The guards on both sides rushed over and grabbed Dust's left and right arms. Dust tried several times but couldn't break free, and immediately changed into a crying face. Two lines of tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes. He cried loudly, crying and shouting: "Why is my life so miserable? Because of this face, I was bullied by women everywhere, bullied by men, and bullied by bullies. Now I don't even say anything, and I just convicted me directly. Oh my god, what did I do wrong? Why did I give me such a handsome face..."

"What are you pretending?" Duke Aquitaine sneered, "I can determine a person's identity by temperament. If you are like this, you must not be a villager; and your bow is just a decoration, so you are not a mercenary of any profession. You are not a villager or a mercenary. You are lurking nearby, and there are important clues? You are not a spy, who is a spy?"

"Duke Gao, I am indeed not a mercenary or a farmer. I had other jobs before." Dust sobbed while rubbing the corner of his eyes, "I used to be a teacher in the Almani noble court, responsible for teaching the underage noble princess' studies. At that time, I got up earlier than a chicken and slept later than a dog, and worked diligently there every day. As a result, because this face looked better, I was jealous of the princess' brother, and I repeatedly excluded me, and finally even slandered me for being ill-intentioned to the princess, and even arrested me and beheaded!"

"I saw that I couldn't stay in Almani anymore, so I dispersed all the funds I earned from being a teacher, bribed the soldiers who came to arrest me, fled overnight, and fled to the Qiqiu Empire. I bought some weapons there, and prepared to live a steadily life as a mercenary. As a result, because this face was so handsome, I was suddenly attracted by the princess there again. Without saying a word, I forced me to tie up. I was her entourage, got up earlier than a chicken and slept later than a dog, and did it day and night, but not only did I have no reward, but I was often beaten by the willful princess.

They arrested me just to be happy, and they didn't treat me as a human being. They gave me food that made me diarrhea every day. I suffered so much grievances there, but the princess's father saw that I was so handsome, and thought I was seducing the princess and was going to punish me again. I saw that the situation was wrong in advance, so I ran out overnight and ran back to the Almani Federation. This bow was from the palace. I had no money on me. I was thinking about selling this bow for wine and drinking. Today I came here just to ask for a reward. I am really not a spy!"

Dust said this in tears, and was so sad that he scared the Duke of Aquitaine. He believed that Dust was a spy and had no sufficient reason. If he thought about it carefully, it was indeed inappropriate to pull the person out and punish him.

"Okay, then tell me, what clues do you have?" said the Duke of Aquitaine coldly, "If I want me to hear any flaws, I will immediately let you have a different body and head!"

"Dude, how can I have any clues? I am now penniless, just a rag picker. I see a large army stationed in Monfore, waiting in the village with their eyes bulging. When the army retreated, they pounced on them and picked up some pots, bowls, unburned wood and so on in the barracks. This job is very tiring, there are only so many valuable things, and the old men and women in the village are staring at them, and they are gone after being taken first. Fortunately, I am young and strong, and those old men and women are going to sleep, but I can rob them all overnight. I was lucky last time and I picked up a complete wine pot. Hehe, there are still a lot of wine in it, and I probably forgot. I took this pot of wine and drank it beautifully for several days... burp!"

"Who wants to listen to you!" Duke Aquitaine frowned. He had suspected that Dust was a spy before, but now after hearing this big nonsense, he only felt that this person was completely unreliable. "Where are you here for no clue?"

"Don't worry, Duke, wait until I finish my words... Where did I say? Oh, I said I picked up a pot of wine. The wine was really delicious, but unfortunately it was not a good product. Although I was beaten every day when I was in the Qiqiu Empire, the wine there was so beautiful. I put it in the cup and swayed gently, and I could see the sand under the cup..."

"Blow this drunkard out with a stick!"

The Duke of Aquitaine had no doubt that Dust was a spy. Any intelligence work required to be concise and clear when reporting, but as he was like this, he would be a intelligence officer. I am afraid that his boss would have to spit out half a liter of blood after listening to the report.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, right!" Dust waved his hand and shouted, "Another army came to Monfore to station that day, and I was staring at me all night to see if I could find wine to drink. The result..."

"The result?" The Duke of Aquitaine concentrated.

"So many wines were found! Unlucky!"

"Come, give him to me..."

"But I found this! This!"

Just as he was about to be beaten, Dust finally took out a stack of paper from his arms and shook it in the air.

"What is this?" asked the Duke of Aquitaine.

"I don't know what it is! It was discovered from the military camp after the withdrawal! Duke, look, if it is useful, give me some rewards. If it is useless... I have said so much, I have to give me a sip, okay?"

The Duke of Aquitaine snatched the stack of paper from Dust's hand. The papers were burned with fire for some reason and were already broken and could not see the full picture. Only the words "1,000 silver coins", "700 coins", "Duke the Duke of Mandy", "Repay the Number of Words" and so on.

What shocked the Duke of Aquitaine was not these contents, but the signatures in the remaining corners. Although some of them were burned by the fire, they could still vaguely identify the names above - there was no doubt that they were the group of lords whom he sent to besiege Aquitaine. Moreover, the handwriting of these names was almost the same as the handwriting of the lords in the Duke of Aquitaine.

"What does this mean?" Duke Aquitaine pulled Dust over and asked with his eyes wide open.

Dust looked at Duke Aquitaine with a pure face: "I don't know, Duke! I just picked it up... I should have burned it, right? It seems that it has not been completely burned. Are these things useful?"

The Duke of Aquitaine lowered Dust's body and began to ponder: "It seems like it was an IOU. Burning the IOU means that the loan has been paid off. But why is it an IOU? The handwriting on it comes from more than a dozen lords with territories, and they actually burned it together with a fire... Who are they doing a deal with?"

Dust shrank his head and hid aside, looking scared: "Duke, even if you ask me, I don't know? I'm just picking up rags now..."

"Wait a minute, this one!"

The Duke of Aquitain carefully grabbed one of the pieces of paper. The burned piece was a little different from the others. The place where the lord should have been signed by the lord can no longer be seen clearly, but it was left next to the lord's names, another signature-
Chapter completed!
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