Augustus Farrell was a typical Romanesque aristocrat who liked to learn the same shawl robes as the ancient Roman aristocracy, as well as the semi-shirtless bodybuilding, which was not possible in the Anatolian highlands winter. His family sent him to this important town in the East, hoping that he would be able to stand on his own, but unfortunately the local military had raised a guy like Hux to fight him.

Even if he had the edict of Constantinople, he could not win the hearts of the people, and the ostracized Augustus began to decade, not the decadence of self-abandonment, but the inability to repress with high spirits.

When Knua reported that his nephew had been captured, Augustus' first reaction was numbness, and he was hit by Hecks a lot, and he had some inertia of failure. After Knua left, the salt merchants also went to rest, and he reacted, what garbage merchant dared to provoke his own Farrell family? Dare to provoke yourself, the governor of Ankara?

Angry, he really wanted to return to Ankara immediately and lead his troops to hang all the merchants who dared to bully his nephew on the gallows, but the cold air of the plateau at night wiped out his excitement. Cold and tired and dark night were his worst enemies, and his pleasure-loving nature flooded in his soul, and he lingered on his bed until dawn with the warm tent on one side and the cold night on the other.

Then a few people who had fled back from Ankara came to report to him the bad news that his subordinate Knua led a large group of men to attack the merchant at night, which failed and hundreds of people were killed. You must know that even if a big battle comes down in this era, the casualties are only a thousand, and it is only a small-scale night attack, and those people can't even escape.

Augustus felt his bones grow cold, and he didn't even have the energy to punish the deserters. It would be nice if they were in Constantinople now, but Ankara's affairs must be faced, and the Farrell family will not accept a coward who only knows how to escape as a child of the family.

Augustus, who had been thinking about it for a long time, really couldn't help it, so he ordered his servants to drive the magnificent carriage on the return journey.

When the sun was about to go overhead, the rickety carriage took Governor Augustus back to Ankara. The worried Augustus looked at the passers-by around him, as if he heard them talking about his failures behind their backs, and his face became even paler. As the son of a veteran political family, he knew better than anyone that he was now a prisoner who had to go to the execution ground.

By this time he was no longer in the mood to return to his governor's palace to change his clothes, and ordered the coachman to go directly to the so-called merchant's station, and he wanted to see what the man who had made him so embarrassed looked like.

When Augustus arrived, Lao Luo was chatting with Hex with some idleness, and after the previous night's sympathy, and another night, Lao Luo could no longer find that feeling of pure dialogue between soldiers. Hux was no longer as outspoken as he had been in the previous night's exchange, but tried to find out the secret of the victory of Lao Luo and his gang. So the arrival of Augustus was a relief for Lao Luo.

Under the towering flagpole, there is Antiano who is almost unconscious, and Lao Luo is next to Hex, and in front of him is Augustus, the governor of Ankara, this is a bit of a dramatic scene, Lao Luo said to himself secretly.

"You are His Excellency Augustus, the governor of Ankara?" Lao Luo's question was not so polite.

"You damned pariah, salute Your Excellency the Governor, be respectful!" Augustus had not yet spoken, and a young man beside him, dressed in fancy clothes, had spoken.

"Is it respectful to a rogue uncle who bullied a merchant's family? Or is it to be respectful to a governor who colludes with bandits or horse thieves? Lao Luo didn't even glance at the clown who spoke, and looked down at His Excellency the Governor in front of him with a chill in his eyes.

"Well, I admit that my people did something wrong," Augustus's expression was very pale, his straight body still retained the dignity of the Roman aristocracy, and his short golden hair was attached to his head meticulously, but his eyes always involuntarily looked at the captives on the ground behind Lao Luo, "My servant, I believe that Your Excellency Hux should know that Knua has misunderstood my orders, and I will also compensate Your Excellency for all losses." ”

Lao Luo couldn't believe it, this was the governor that Hux was talking about? Or is there something wrong with that? He turned his head to look at the sheriff next to him with some confusion.

"That's right, Mr. Bartol, the one with his legs bandaged over there is the Knua that His Excellency the Governor is talking about." Hux couldn't figure it out for a while, but his words confirmed that the other party was not lying.

A weak voice came from behind, "Your Excellency the Governor is right, I attacked Your Excellency on my own initiative. ”

It was Augustus who spoke of Knua, the one who could be shot through the thigh by Lao Luo's arrows at night. Sheriff Hecks spoke beside him, "Even so, according to Roman law, Lord Augustus could not escape the crime of lax rule, and Knua is your servant, and his statement cannot be used as testimony in the House of Elders." ”

"Your Excellency the Sheriff is right," said Augustus, with a twinkle of joy in his eyes, but his face remained unmoved, "I will provide valid testimony to prove that I have never lied. ”

"Well, I'm not involved in this as a trader." Lao Luo heard the strangeness in the middle, but this is not his business Lao Luo, it is what he should do, "Please talk to my subordinate Stan about the ransom of the prisoners, and as for this Mr. Antiano Farrell on the flagpole, please also ask Your Excellency the Governor and the Sheriff to give an answer as soon as possible." ”

"Well said, well said, according to the ...... Mr. Bartol: Right? Augustus was a little overjoyed, and when he saw Lao Luo's nod, he followed up with a sentence, "According to Mr. Bartol, everything will be settled before lunch." ”

Hux's expression became more and more confused, but he didn't have anything to say, if he had sent someone to help Lao Luo's team at night, then it might have been a little different at this time, but now, everything is different.

This is the end of the matter, and Ronald returns to his camp with a somewhat confused Stan, Alke, and Alki, who is on standby.

Stan couldn't hold his breath the most, originally thinking that the governor would definitely not accept the ransom price he wanted, but the other party did not have the slightest intention of counter-offering, but directly handed the ransom to him in the shortest time: "Boss, that governor is weird, this thing feels so awkward." ”

"That's right, that white-faced playboy keeps staring at the captives, and there must be something wrong." Alc's eyes were the keenest, and he directly detected the mistake of His Excellency the Governor.

However, Alki is often silent, but the execution is still good, because he often stays by Lao Luo's side, and he now thinks that things are centered on Lao Luo, "If you want me to see, there is no need to think so much, whether it is His Excellency Hukes or His Excellency Augustus, it has nothing to do with us, the boss means to go to the East as soon as possible, there is no need to interact with them too much." ”

Of course, Lao Luo, who was walking in front, heard the conversation between the three people, and was very satisfied with a few people in his heart, "What you said is right, we have not interrogated those prisoners, so in addition to that Knua, there must be other important people who have been missed, and this person Hux does not know, but he can help Augustus." ”

"So, isn't the ransom we want too little, boss?" Stan is a little unwilling, he is a Viking nature, when did he lose his eyes.

"Hehe," Lao Luo looked at the big guy with some amusement, "Stan, don't be too greedy, more than two dozen captives, and a thousand gold solidus, it's already very good." Besides, didn't Alki just say that the most important thing for us is to go to the East as soon as possible, and it is really boring to deal with these politicians here. ”

"Boss, you were still optimistic about Hux yesterday, why did you ......" Alke was a little strange that Lao Luo's attitude towards the sheriff today was very different from the night before.

"You're wondering why I didn't tell Hux today when I knew there was a secret in the captive, right?"

"Yes, boss, Hux doesn't look bad."

", according to Hux's status, he must have understood Augustus's temperament, and he would have understood that someone would sneak up on us at night, but did he warn him? And, with such a loud voice at night, did he come to our rescue? ”

"But when you were drinking last night, he seemed to hint at it, and didn't he also say that sending troops at night is easy to cause chaos?"

"Alck, you're still too naïve, he's a sheriff, and he wants to buy us off with a few kind words. If he really wanted to help us, there were many ways to do it, at least by stationing troops next to us the night before, or by sending troops over early this morning, which would have been a trivial matter for him. The result? Didn't you? So he's not our friend. ”

"That's right, it's the boss who sees it thoroughly." It was Alki who interjected, and he often followed Lao Luo to deal with things in recent days, and Alki's growth was not small, and he was also a little good at sycophancy.

"Boss, so this is the end of this matter?" Alc said hesitantly.

"Well, the rest of the matter will definitely not be over, but it basically has nothing to do with us." Lao Luo thought about it carefully, and then said: "Hux has taken the lead this time, and it is estimated that the position of governor of Augustus will not be kept, but it is nothing great, but in the long run, Hux will definitely suffer from Augustus in the future." ”

"Why do you say that?" Alke was a little curious, and he asked so much because Lao Luo was deliberately cultivating his ability to analyze intelligence.

"After all, Augustus is a family heirloom and has a rich background, so the crime of negligence can be big or small, which is much lighter than befriending bandits, and Hux is a newcomer to politics, greedy for small profits and forgetting righteousness, and not decisive enough to do things, even if he can become a governor this time, it will not last long." In fact, as Lao Luo said, a month after Lao Luo left Ankara, Augustus left his post and Hux succeeded him, but less than a year later, the Farrell family made a comeback, and Hux was transferred to the Bulgarian defense zone.

At that time, Lao Luo had already started a farming life in the far east.