Chapter 569: "The Betrothed"
The voice of the Great Elder of the Huwen Family was cold and angry, and even a little silent, from which he could feel the irrepressible fear.
At this time, almost all the Huwen family members gathered in the hall of Mandala Fort, the men with weapons in their hands, and the women shivering in the corners with their children in their arms. The men were faintly enclosing a man in the middle, a young nobleman with a swaggering expression, who sat on the main seat of the drawing-room, and almost lifted his legs in the tight brown-and-red stockings into the sky. Despite being pointed at dozens of weapons, instead of fear, he still had time to enjoy the wine in his glass.
Behind the young nobleman stood a scruffy man dressed in a beggar's outfit in an ornate and expensive samurai leather armor, yawning lazily, clubbing his sheathed sword to the ground like a crutch, his bones as listless as falling apart, oblivious to the hostile Huwen of the hall.
The middle-aged samurai was clearly the personal guard of the young nobleman and one of his guarantees of impunity. The young nobleman stared boredly at the glass of wine, and from time to time he stepped on a corpse lying at his feet, a girl only thirteen or fourteen years old, with a smile still on her lips, apparently killed before she could react to what was happening.
"Hey! Michelle...... Hasn't she come back yet, my fiancée, and I'm running out of patience?"
Hearing what the young nobleman said, the Great Elder was trembling with anger, and he gasped for a long time before he could barely suppress his anger and said loudly: "Young Master Robin, have you forgotten that just a month ago, your family publicly issued a statement to cancel your marriage contract with Michelle, the acting patriarch of the Huwen family, and also severed all contacts, and has no relationship with our Huwen family. ”
"Well, it seems that there is such a thing, so let's take it as such, in that case, do we have to go through the following procedures? ”
In the face of such a scoundrel answer, the Great Elder trembled with anger, this young man was Michelle a long time ago, in the golden age of the Huwen family, the marriage contract was made, when the pillar of the Huwen family, Count Amanda was arrested and imprisoned, and was sentenced to death, various aristocratic families rushed to dissociate themselves from the Huwen family, and Robin White's family was the same, publicly announced the cancellation of the marriage contract with Michelle, and at that time Michelle was not yet appointed to become the acting patriarch of the Huwen family.
This matter is nothing to the Huwen family, which is in an eventful season, Michelle herself has forgotten about it, but I don't know what's going on, this "former" patriarch marriage contract was suddenly killed today, and with a large number of family private soldiers, as well as a personal guard with unfathomable strength, as soon as he came, he killed people unscrupulously, clearly trying to find trouble.
"Please forgive the old man for being foolish, I can't think of any procedures that have not been completed between my Xiuwen family and Young Master Robin?"
"Of course, it's a matter of compensation for the dissolution of the marriage!" the corners of the young man's mouth twitched. Showing a sinister and mocking smile: "That slut Michelle rudely unilaterally dissolved the marriage contract with me in order to become your patriarch, which is a great shame for me and my family, so I formally request to your Huwen family, in addition to compensating our White family for 500,000 gold coins, I also want to hand over the first night rights of fifteen direct members of the Huwen family, including Michelle's slut, to me, otherwise, I will officially submit a 'force appeal' to your family in accordance with the laws of the empire!" ”
After hearing this tough and shameless request, not only the Great Elder, but everyone with Xiu Wen in their surname gritted their teeth angrily. However, there was nothing they could do, the young man's family had a deep ingraining power in the imperial justice system, and it was up to them to decide who would unilaterally break the marriage.
The "armed appeal" mentioned by young people refers to a way in which a conflict arises between a nobleman and a nobleman, and after the mediation fails, the two sides finally decide by force who bows their heads and admits defeat and who wins and eats chicken. It can be regarded as the "family mobilization" version of the aristocratic duel.
Because this method allows the nobles to consume each other's strength, which is in the interests of the imperial rulers, the imperial family has always turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, but the elders, which symbolize the overall interests of the nobles, strictly prohibit the "armed appeal" between two nobles whose strength is too different.
However, with the current situation of the Huwen family, there is no need to expect the Presbyterian Church to administer justice for them.
The current Huwen family is a big cake waiting to be divided, although it is big enough, but after all, the number is limited, and in the end, not everyone can get a satisfactory share. It's just that everyone is staring here, checking and balancing each other, watching the situation, and no one really does it for a while. But that balance has apparently been broken now, and someone has finally reached out to Huwen's cake.
"Master Robin, have you heard that a member of our family, Gloria Huwen, has officially returned, and he has another identity...... He is the adopted son of the dragon rider Rethus, whom he publicly admitted not long ago. After being cornered, the Great Elder thought about it again and again, and finally threw out the hole card of "Goron".
Hearing the name Golia Huwen, Robin's body suddenly stiffened, and his face changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal, and said with a sneer: "Don't you say that I forgot, I heard about that child, he seems to be wearing women's clothes, and was introduced to others by Ysera's stupid dragon as a clown plaything, whether the adopted son or something is a joke or is it true, and now the whereabouts of Lord Rethusus are unknown, and no one can confirm it." Besides, even if he is really some kind of adopted son, so what can he do, now the Dragoon Regiment has long since ignored the affairs of the Empire, and they don't even have the heart to care about the Cool Bear Principality that is about to hit their doorstep, do you think they will do something for a clown in women's clothing?"
"But since you all mentioned that child, then even if I suffer a little loss, he can be counted in the list of fifteen first night rights, which is really cheap for you. ”
Hearing this, the muscles on the Great Elder's face were about to twist and deform, and he was not angry that Goron was humiliated, but purely because of the young man's full of malice, the naked humiliation of the Huwen family.
The Great Elder was about to make a final struggle, but he didn't think about it, and continued: "Then Young Master Robin, do you know that Golia is still the leader of a subordinate unit of the Dragoon Regiment, and he is now working with Patriarch Michel to contact that force, I advise you to withdraw the decision of the 'Force Appeal'." Otherwise, when our patriarch comes back with that army, you will suffer heavy losses!"
As soon as the Great Elder's words came out, some clear-minded people in the hall suddenly changed color, and secretly cursed in their hearts that this old thing had been completely stupid, and he actually said something that should never be said.
The Black Hand Blood Banner Legion is their last hole card to turn the tables, and it is their ulterior secret, the nobles don't care about raising some private soldiers in the empire, it is a big taboo to collude with the army privately, not to mention the dragoon regiment with a special and sensitive identity.
In order to scare Robin, and even more to embolden himself, the Great Elder actually said this kind of thing without a word, if this sentence came out of this hall, then the next time it would not be these greedy nobles with ghosts, but the gendarmerie of the Empire.
As soon as the Great Elder's words fell, sure enough, after hearing these words, Robin's expression changed suddenly, but it was not fear, but ecstasy. The scruffy warrior standing behind him had his eyes lit up, and then returned to normal.
"Hahahahaha...... Well, in that case, let me wait for them to show up and see if they can defeat these family warriors I have brought." ”
Outside the Mandala Castle, the carriage of Goron and Michel and the elven priest who incarnated as a goblin was parked outside the walls of the manor, and they did not continue to advance, because through the fence of the fence, they could see that on the spacious square lawn of the Mandala Castle Manor, hundreds of heavily armed warriors were frolicking wildly, some soldiers took off their helmets, wore some of the noble animals in the manor with spears, and set them up on a campfire lit with felled ornamental plants, and they were surrounded by the corpses of slaves, and some warriors pressed some young maids to the ground, and were taking turns bullying and playing……
A luxurious manor built with a lot of money is as if it has been invaded by a group of unscrupulous robbers at this time, and the scene is terrible.
"What happened? Are they really robbers? How did they get here without the city guards?"
Goron asked Michelle beside him, but found that no one responded for a long time, he turned his head to look, only to see his aunt looking at the group of robbers with blood-red eyes and gritting teeth, and after a while he heard her say: "No, not robbers, those bastards have family crests on them...... They were the personal soldiers of the White family. ”
"Noble private soldiers, so is the Emperor already taking action against the Huwen family in advance?" said Goron, frowning.
Michelle observed for a moment before replying affirmatively: "No, absolutely not, if that is the case, then it must be the Royal Praetorian Guard or the Gendarmerie, and the White family is far from that qualification." Therefore, they should have come to test us, or they could not resist greed and were ready to be the first to attack us. If I'm not mistaken, that bastard Robin White should be in the castle right now, waiting for me to go back. ”
"So what are we going to do?" the Elven Priestess interjected. This matter has nothing to do with her directly, and she will not sympathize with any human deaths. But now that her life is tied here, in the hands of Goron, she still has to do her part when she encounters something, even if it's just pretending.
Michelle frowned when she heard this, obviously very embarrassed, and then couldn't help but look at her nephew, only to find that Goron seemed to be suddenly relieved, and said to himself: "I'm worried about bringing so many ogres here, what should I use to fill their stomachs, but fortunately, someone has helped us deliver food." ”
"What did you deliver? Why didn't I see the vehicle in which they were carrying supplies?" The two women were still inexplicable, when they saw that Goron had jumped out of the carriage, and said to the nest of goblins crowded into sardines on the carriage behind: "Okay, everyone, we have arrived at the place, I know that everyone is hungry, and your rations are inside, listen, now you can dispose of everything that is alive and kicking around, you can dispose of it at will, just be careful not to waste food, and leave everything that cannot be eaten to be put away." Also, don't go near the main castle building for now, and wait until the outside is sorted out. ”
After hearing this, I saw that the "goblins" who had been tormented by the bumps all the way were instantly rejuvenated, jumped out of the carriage like a group of crazy mice, and rushed straight towards the manor wall, the solid and heavy wall was easily smashed into pieces like paper paste in front of this group of small 'goblins', and I saw a sea of green surging, which soon completely submerged the square lawn of Mandala Fort......