Before they could enter Zack's manor, they saw the pillar of blood, and Bruce hurriedly asked Danny to put the groom off the pillar, but the groom, who had his eyes gouged out and was dying, soon followed his poor wife.

"Put the bodies on the side of the road, and we go to the village to find someone to bury them." Bruce frowned and looked at the two corpses in front of him, he really didn't know what terrible things they had been through, but Bruce felt that they should be buried anyway.

"Lord Bruce, I'd suggest you leave them here." Baron Leopold suggested at this point.

"Why?" Bruce looked at the baron suspiciously.

"They are being punished by the local lords, and if we bury the bodies without permission, we may make the local lords think that we do not respect their rights." Baron Leopold explained to Bruce.

"What a bastard." Bruce cursed, and he unfastened his cloak and put it over the corpse.

Zach and his party gathered in the house to drink and merry, and this time three new village girls were forced to join the feast, Zack had one of the prettiest girls in his arms, while the other two girls trembled like sheep in a wolf pack.

"Lord Zach, someone is approaching." Suddenly, from the watchtower on the roof, an archer saw Bruce and the others approaching on horseback, and he hurriedly walked down the stairs and said to Zack and the others in the hall.

"Someone approaching, is it a robber or a guest?" Zach frowned and turned his head to the archer, who was still half leaning on the wooden staircase.

"I don't know, but judging by their appearance, they should be nobles." The archer remembered the family coat of arms on Baron Leopold's cloak, and he replied to Zach.

"Noble, who could it be?" Zach touched his chin, the news of his return from abroad has not yet spread, and the Duke will definitely not send someone to visit him, so what is the matter with these uninvited guests?

"Lord Zack, could it be the sheriff?" The bald soldier asked a little nervously, the most feared of these deserters was the local sheriff, and if the identity of the deserter was discovered, I was afraid that it would be a little troublesome.

"What if you are the Duke's sheriff under my protection?" Zach smiled disdainfully, but at the same time the idea of teasing came to his mind.

Bruce, Leopold and the others slowly came to Zack's house, a small fortress built on a hill with a certain defensive function, and the archers on the watchtower next to the house could shoot from a high position.

"Lord Bruce, we are here to mediate, there is no need to be too excited, if Lord Zack refuses to listen to our advice, we can also appeal to Lord Duke, Lord Duke will not disobey him!" Baron Leopold seemed to be afraid that Bruce would be acting in a hurry, and before entering the house, he gave some advice.

"I understand, Lord Baron." Bruce nodded slightly, it was indeed unwise to go against a person from the Duke's family at this stage, but the dead couple still appeared in front of Bruce's eyes from time to time.

"Master Bruce." While they were waiting outside the house, Danny Shield Splitter walked up to Bruce's side.

"What?" Bruce asked, turning his head curiously.

"As long as you're a code, I'll break the neck of the person inside." Shield Splitter Danny gestured to the house with his eyes, and he said to Bruce.

"Ha, we're here to negotiate, not to kill people." Bruce smiled and patted Danny on the shoulder, and just then, the door to the house opened.

Bruce and Baron Leopold dismounted, and they strode in, stepping up the five stone steps of the house, where the sunlight seeped through the roof, and the dust weaved between the sunlight, and Zach sat on a chair draped in a bear skin, and a window opened above the wall behind him, so that the sunlight shone on his back, and although his body seemed to be bathed in light, his face and chest were hidden in darkness.

"Honorable Lord, I am a vassal of Duke Bemessi, Baron Leopold."

"I am a vassal of the Duke of Bemessi, Baron Locke, and the county warden of Theodore." Bruce and Baron Leopold said to Zack.

"Oh, two adults have come from afar, I don't know what you are doing here?" Zach, who was sitting in the wooden chair, straightened his back, and asked Bruce and Baron Leopold.

"That's right, we followed the Duke on an expedition to the Eastern Territories, and we have just put down the rebellion of the serfs." Baron Leopold and Bruce glanced at each other, he didn't expect that this Zack lord would disregard aristocratic etiquette so much that he wouldn't even invite them to sit down, but considering the other party's superior bloodline, the baron could only continue.

"Really? Congratulations to both adults. At this time, before Lord Zach could speak, a young nobleman came out from beside the column, wearing an ordinary leather armor jacket, holding a wine glass in his hand, and his facial features were like carvings, but a pair of eyes could not help but remind people of an eagle.

"This is my retainer." Zach, who was seated, raised his hand and pointed to the young nobleman who had come out of the wooden column, introducing Bruce and Leoper.

"Oh." Bruce looked at the other with interest, the young nobleman was bowing slightly to Zack who was seated, looking very respectful, but there was always an indescribable feeling.

"Tell me about your intentions, two adults?" Zach, who was seated, shook the bearskin over his shoulders and said to Leopold and Bruce.

"Well, that's right, my friend Baron Bruce and I, on the way back, were guests at Ignas's house, and unfortunately we heard about some unpleasant disputes between you and him, so I would like to mediate the misunderstanding between you and Ignas." Baron Leopold said to Zack who was seated.

"Mediation, ha, you yourself are just passing by, you don't know much about the dispute between us, and you think you can mediate?" The young nobleman leaning on the pillar sneered and touched his lips with the wine glass in his hand, and he said with a mean face.

"Please don't say that, we've heard about the specifics, it's just an ordinary land dispute, if Ignasken pays you some fees, can he make plans after he finishes harvesting the crops on the land?" Baron Leopold frowned, this arrogant young nobleman was really annoying, but in front of Zack, he could only try his best to endure it.

"You know what Ignath did, he not only tried to steal his land during the time Lord Zach returned to the territory, but also incited the serfs to defect and shelter the fugitive slaves on Lord Zack's land, you will not give up, right, Lord Zack." The young nobleman said loudly, and saluted Zack, who was seated.

"Well, yes, there can be no forgiveness." Zach, who was seated, also shouted, seeming very angry.

"This is a negotiation between lords, how dare you humiliate me so much?" Baron Leopold's face turned red, and he glared at the young nobleman with his eyes, but the other party didn't seem to be afraid of Baron Leopold, with a provocative smile on the corner of his mouth.

Baron Leopold himself is also a bloody nobleman, and he does not flinch in the face of enemies on the battlefield, but at this time he was humiliated by a young nobleman, and in a fit of rage, he put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, and was about to pull out the sword at his waist, but at this moment, one hand held the baron.

"Huh?" Baron Leopold turned around and saw that it was Bruce who was holding his hand.

"Don't get excited, Lord Baron." Bruce said indifferently to Baron Leopold.

"Please don't stop me, someone who insults a nobleman will accept the challenge." Baron Leopold said angrily.

"But are you going to duel with Lord Zach now? Challenging someone from the Duke's family, I'm afraid this kind of behavior is too reckless, right? Bruce said to Baron Leopold with a smile.

"What, what Lord Zach?" Baron Leopold glanced at Zach, who was still sitting in his chair, in surprise, not understanding what Bruce meant.

"This is supposed to be the real Lord Zack, am I right?" Bruce smiled at the young nobleman standing next to the column, and the other man narrowed his eyes and smiled at the corners of his mouth.