Three miles southeast of Lane Manor, in a very secluded mountain nest clearing, dozens of bandits were busy carrying grain, cloth, horses, cattle, fine utensils, salt and spices, and other valuable goods into a cave in the mountain nest. Tied to the trunk of a tree near the entrance to the cave were several guys who had been beaten to an inhuman shape.

A row of burning torches lit up the cave, and in a small, guarded cave, three bandit-like men were surrounding a man dressed as a caravan leader and carrying a tomahawk on his back, counting the looting of the last few days.

Angus fastened a large iron box full of shining gold and silver coins, and said to Redogan, "I have written down all the 135,800 pfennigs in total. If you bring it here, I won't let you go. ”

Lei Doan hurriedly asked the second and third leaders around him to put the large iron box that had been counted by Angus into the deep pit that had been dug a long time ago, bury it and cover it with old soil camouflage, and then said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have always been loyal to your lord and you. ”

"I'm reassuring to you, but you need to be careful with your men. If Rig hadn't noticed this time, those guys would have to swallow six thousand Dopfenes. Angus was referring to the bunched up men at the entrance of the cave.

In yesterday's "borrowing" operation, these guys were in charge of a small estate. The little boss had long been greedy, and he led five of his men to kill everyone in the small manor, and after looting the money in the manor, he was ready to flee with the money. However, the bandit leader Rig {one of the eyeliners} had already noticed the abnormality of these guys, and specially sent his minions to follow and capture the bandits who were about to defect.

A cold sweat broke out on Lei Duoan's forehead, he is really not strict with his subordinates on weekdays, after all, people follow him as a bandit, and he eats severed food, so he can't be too harsh, "This~ How do you think these guys are suitable?" Do you want to chop off their fingers again? ”

Angus turned sharply and stared at Redogan with a cold look, and Redogan's hair stood on end at the star.

"Big~Adult~" Redogan said weakly.

"Redogan, you are about to be reorganized and officially become a team under the command of your lords. Do you think it's better to wait for the adults to get rid of the smashes for you in the future, or do you want to clean them up now? I've been leading you all along, and I have to warn you that it's best not to have people in your team who are disgusted by adults, especially those with different intentions, and it's better to deal with them as soon as possible. ”

"Yes. I know how to do it, their heads will be hanging at the door of the cave tonight~" Redogan said no more.

Angus said to the other two leaders in the small cave: "Your Excellency told me that you will become a patrol team under the command of the Border Inspector, and the long trade route from the southern border post to the northern town of Tignets County will be handed over to you to patrol the city, and you will be the Border Patrol approved by the palace in the future, and the original bandit habits will be changed sooner."

"After becoming a border patrol, you no longer have to fear the army's purge, let alone other bandits. You will be the officers of this army, you will be well fed and well paid, your wives and children will live with your heads held high in the valley, and your sons will not have to grow up with the infamy of bandits. ”

"In the name of God, be faithful to your lords!" The second leader of the bandits raised his fist and said.

"Loyal to your lordship. Allegiance to Your Excellency! "Redogan and the three chiefs also showed their loyalty.

After the three of them stopped, Angus eased his complexion and showed a rare smile, "The brothers have also worked hard these days, I am in charge of picking out a pig and three sheep from the "borrowed" materials and slaughtering them, and holding a celebration banquet for the guys at night, well, in addition, slaughter some of those chickens and ducks, two people have a roast chicken and roast duck, and the wine is enough!" ”

The three of them were naturally happy, and the second and third leaders immediately went down to arrange a celebration banquet.

After the two left, Angus said meaningfully to Redogan: "At the celebration banquet tonight, you can make it clear to the guys, and bluntly say that you want to take the guys to surrender to the adults, and if someone doesn't want to follow you, you don't force it, they can leave."

After hearing this, Redogan looked at Angus in surprise, "My lord~?" ”

Sure enough, Angus added, "I'll send Rig to lead someone to quietly kill the people who left!" ”

"Huh?"

"It's nothing, no, do it!" Angus's tone leaves no room for doubt.

Angus reminded again, "In the future, if you call me Sergeant Major or Master Angus, we can only have one "Adult" in our hearts, and that is Arte?" Wood? Baron of Wales. ”

"Yes, yes, big ~ Lord Angus." Redogan finally couldn't help but lift his cuffs to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead......

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To the north of the cave, in the private residence of the magistrate next to the hall of the lord of the county town of Tignats, the butler of Wincheston Manor fell to one knee, buried his head low, and cried to Pierre, who was sitting on the chaise longue, with a handful of snot and tears: "...... Lord Viscount, our Dean family will never be so frustrated, this is obviously someone framed my master and young master Sir behind his back, you are a friend of the Dean family, you have to clear the grievances of my master and young master. ”

Pierre glanced at the wooden box next to the butler and waved his hand, "What can I do?" The Inspector is the direct subordinate officer of the Minister of Security of the Palace, and I have no authority over it. He has already sent a warning letter to Besançon, and if your master really wants to clear his grievances, he should go to the palace to intercede. ”

"Lord Viscount, although Baron Yate is a border patrolman, he is also a frontier baron under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate, you can let him not act rashly as the county magistrate and the marquis's agent......"

"Alright, go back with your things. How useful can I be as a county magistrate, but others don't know, don't you Dean family know yet? Are there still few nobles in the county who do not obey the orders of the county magistrate? ”

The butler was dumbfounded.

"If Lord Dean really wants to settle the matter, he should go to Baron Yat in person, and there are some things that can be said thoroughly in person."

"My lord has gone in person~"

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In front of the gate of the garrison camp in Boulder Town, five or six patrol teams wearing cotton armor jackets and burqas and holding short spears were tightly surrounded by a four-wheeled carriage, and after a while, a sentry came out of the gate with Obote, the leader of the patrol team.

"Master Dean, this is the captain of the patrol team under the Patrol Officer, and the chief of the knight squire Obote." The sentry said to the carriage.

The old man sitting in the carriage saw that the steward was coming, put down the shelf, stepped out of the carriage, stepped on the servant's back, got out of the carriage, bowed slightly to Obote, and said: "Lord Obote, I am the father of the palace guard knight Dean, I have important matters to discuss with Lord Baron Art, and I ask you to allow us to pass." Old Dean's attitude was very humble, without the slightest attitude of a wealthy businessman.

"Old Mr. Dean, I am only a knight's squire, and I dare not call me 'my lord', but your Excellency calls me Obote. Obote doesn't have a good impression of the Dean family, so he doesn't eat the flattery of the old Dean.

"As for Your Excellency's statement that you want to go in and find my family, I guess Your Excellency came here to say that there has been a group of robbers who have been looting around under the banner of the Dean family recently, and they hope that my family will not listen to the conspiracy of the wicked."

Old Dean nodded, "It's for this purpose, but Lord Obote only guessed half right, and my personal visit to Lord Baron this time is mainly to discuss the matter of helping Lord Baron's military expenses." ”

"In the past two days, there has been a sudden bandit in the county, and the Baron will inevitably send elite warriors to go around to eliminate the bandits, in order to show that my Dean family really has nothing to do with those bandits, as long as the Baron can ignore the past suspicions, we are willing to donate 120,000 Fennig to Lord Yat and his army. This time I brought 20,000 pfennigs, and if the Baron is willing to talk in detail, I will have the remaining 100,000 pfennighs delivered to the Baron at once. "Since you have come to seek peace, of course, you have to show sincerity, not to mention that the other party is still a mortal enemy.

Obote showed a hint of hesitation, and after a while he replied to Old Dean in a soothing tone: "Master Dean, this matter is too big, I dare not make the decision, please return first, I will send someone to convey your wishes to my family word for word, if the adults are interested, we will come to your manor to ask you to discuss."

Old Dean looked a little embarrassed for a moment, but then regained his composure, and if he was let in like this, he would have to be on guard, "Okay, I'll wait for Lord Obote's message." ”

Old Dean beckoned behind him, and a servant carried a heavy wooden box from behind the carriage and walked in front of Obote.

Old Dean patted the box and said politely to Obote: "This wooden box contains gold coins and silver marks worth 20,000 fennigs, please pass them on to Lord Baron, just say that this is a little sincerity of the Dean family, I hope Lord Baron can accept it with ease."

Old Dean glanced at another servant, and the servant hurriedly removed two large barrels of wine from behind the carriage and stacked them at the gate of the village, "You patrol brothers have worked hard, this is a little bit of my heart to you, and please Lord Obote must accept it." ”

"Master Dean is worthy of being a wealthy businessman, I thank you for my brothers. Please go back and wait for news. "Obote gave a send-off.

Old Dean didn't bother anymore, got into the carriage and turned around and left.

Looking at the carriage that was drifting away, Benson, the deputy captain of the patrol team, asked Obote in front of him, "Lord Angus really didn't guess wrong, Dean's old wolf actually wags his tail."

Obote looked coldly into the distance, "Your Excellency once said that no matter how much he wags his tail, he is still a bloodthirsty and flesh-eating old wolf after all. ”

"What do you do with these things?"

"Wine, let the prison rogues taste it first and then give it to the brothers. The money, intact and sent back to the valley immediately. ”

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