Chapter Seventy-Six—Nepotism and Meritocracy
In the early morning, before dawn, one of the soldiers guarding the gates of Paris City was horrified to find a hundred terrifying knights standing in a terrifying manner running towards Paris City from afar, and he couldn't help but shake the alarm bell. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
But as a result, he was slapped the back of the head by the captain, and then he heard the captain scolding angrily: "What are you doing, why don't you open the city gate!" ”
"But ......"
"But what is it!? That's the knight of Odysseus, our own army!! ”
Kicked hard by the captain, the soldier hurried to join the other soldiers in opening the gates of Paris City and allowing the knights led by Odysseus to enter the city.
However, when the knights arrived here, both he and the captain were shocked to find that among the knights, there were two viscounts. It's just that the treatment of the two of them is completely different, one is a lord who rides a horse and is majestic under the protection of all the knights, and the other is a prisoner who is dragged behind the horse and runs with difficulty!
It can be said that although these two have the same title, their status is very different. The status of the nobles with a territory is much higher than that of the nobles without a territory, so in Mira Caiza, there are often cases where the lord disagrees with the nobles without the title and fights against the nobles without the same title.
However, when the captain of the soldiers defending the city saw who the viscount who had been dragged away was, he was astonished and sent to the Earl's Court to inform the master of Nivelheim, Count Nero Catolo.
And he himself had to go and save the viscount who was being dragged away for the time being.
With great courage, he walked up to the knights and made them have to stop. Then, he shouted loudly to the viscount who was guarded by the knights: "I am the defender of Paris City, dare to ask the lord of Odysseus, why did you come to Paris City today?" ”
Lu Ming, who was riding on a horse and was protected by the knights, glanced at the soldier captain lightly, smiled slightly, and said to his guard: "Tell him what we are here for." ”
Suddenly, one of the knights rode up to the captain of the soldiers guarding the city and said, "Our lord has discovered that Viscount Epius Catolo of the Phaetong Warcraft Cultivation Base is suspected of treason, so he has been specially captured and handed over to the Earl. If you don't want to be imprisoned, get out of the way and let us go to the Earl's Court!" ”
Hearing this, the soldier was immediately shocked, and couldn't help but hurriedly retreat to the side of the road, letting the knights and Lu Ming head towards the Earl's Palace. After all, treason is not a trivial matter, and if you get a little bit of it, you may die without a place to hide!
In this way, Lu Ming and the knights drove their horses towards the noble district, and Epius, who could barely catch his breath, had to be dragged and ran again.
Just a few minutes later, Lu Ming and the others reached Nero's Earl's Palace.
Turning over and dismounting, Lu Ming asked most of the knights to look at Epius outside the Earl's Palace, and he walked into Nero's Earl's Palace with only two personal guards.
When he arrived at Nero's office, he heard an old man and a woman inside asking Nero to put him to death.
When Lu Ming heard this, he couldn't help sneering, pushed open the office door, and said to Nero with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I wonder if Lord Earl is okay?" ”
"Sit down." Nero, who was annoyed by the old man and the old lady, saw that his friend was looking at him with a lively expression, and couldn't help sighing, pointing to the sofa in the room and said.
And when the old man and the old lady saw Lu Ming coming in, they didn't say anything more, just glared at Lu Ming viciously.
Rubbing his forehead, Nero asked Lu Ming, who had just sat on the sofa, with a headache, "Why did that guy Epius provoke you?" ”
"His grandson led someone to wound my daughter, and his son, as a nobleman in my territory, not to mention apologizing to my daughter with his son, fled with his family to Lake Faetong. You say, what should I do? Lu Ming smiled and tightened his gloves as he asked Nero.
Nero did not answer, for he knew that in Miracaisa it was a felony to attack the lord and his family, and to run away with his family was an even greater crime. And Epius, nine times out of ten, shielded Uslika, which caused Lu Ming's anger.
However, if he didn't speak, it didn't mean that the old man and the old lady wouldn't open their mouths to question Lu Ming.
The two of them pointed to Lu Ming and asked, "Is this the reason why you tortured Epius?" As a lord, you should know that torturing the earl's family for no reason is also a felony, right!? ”
Looking at the aggressive appearance of the two old men and old ladies, Lu Ming asked his guards to hand over a ledger to Nero, and said to the two old men and old ladies with a smile: "Of course I know. You don't seem to have figured it out, though, do you? The lord's family here refers to the lord's wife, children, and parents. Others, whether they are brothers or sisters, uncles or aunts, are not included in the list of family members designated by the law. And those of you relatives who can't fight with the lord's eight poles are even more excluded! ”
As soon as they heard this, the old man and the old lady were immediately furious, if they didn't think they couldn't beat Lu Ming, maybe they would fight hard with Lu Ming, but at this moment, they could only scold angrily: "You don't know that bastard boy from a ghost place, do you know that you are talking to each other!?" Do you think that if you are very powerful, Nero cannot ......?"
"Shut !! up"
Suddenly, Nero Catolo slapped the table and roared, interrupting the old man and the old lady and startling the two of them.
Because of Nero's roar, the old man and the old lady immediately stepped aside, not daring to say anything more. The two of them were not nobles originally, but distant relatives with a little relationship with Nero, if it weren't for Nero's old mother interceding and making Epius a viscount to manage the Warcraft cultivation base on the other side of Lake Faetong, the two of them wouldn't even be able to see Nero. So now that Epius was captured by Lu Ming, if Nero was really set on fire, they would not be able to eat and walk around.
Seeing that the two old guys closed their mouths, Nero ignored them, and instead took the ledger and asked Lu Ming, "Is this all true?" ”
"Before I came, I interrogated the keepers of Phaethon, and their confessions were not much different from the number in this ledger. Moreover, this is a ledger written by Epius himself, not by someone else. So I can guarantee that the above stuff is true! Lu Ming reported to Count Nero, the boss, on official business.
Hearing this, Nero couldn't help but be furious, and slapped the ledger on the table with a bang!
Seeing this, the two old men and old ladies were angry at Nero because of what was on the ledger, but for the sake of Epius, the two of them were still bold and said nonsense: "Ledger? What ledger? This must be Lu Ming's own misfortune and wants to slander our family......"
"Shut !! up"
Again, however, Nero interrupted them with a roar.
Regardless of the two useless distant relatives, Nero immediately walked towards the outside of the office, and Lu Ming naturally followed out of Nero's office.
When the two old men and ladies saw this, they knew that something was going to happen, and they couldn't help but follow.
After leaving the office, Nero walked directly out of the Earl's Court and came to the knights of Odysseus.
Seeing a gesture from their lord, the knights immediately retreated to both sides to make way for Nero.
Walking straight to Epius, who had been dragged behind his horse and had run all night, and was no longer human, Nero did not have the slightest mercy, but came up and slapped Epius in the face.
"You have a weak soul, I believe in you so much, and this is how you repay me?!" Nero angrily grabbed Epius by the collar and asked angrily.
The two old men and women were shocked and tried to persuade Nero, but they didn't know why Nero was so angry with Epius. Then, the two of them heard their son Epius crying and saying to Nero, "I'm sorry, I betrayed your trust, I didn't resist the temptation of the elves, and sold all the evolved ghost stones and monster cultivation materials to the elves......"
Hearing this, Epius's parents were so dizzy that they almost fainted to the ground.
The elven clan of Alpha is going to war with Mirakaisa, which is something that almost all Mirakaisa people know. And at this time, their son, Epius, made the matter of selling the demonic beasts and cultivation materials of the Warcraft cultivation base to the elves of Alpha, which is undoubtedly treason!
It was an unforgivable felony, and no one could save him, so they had nothing to do but grieve.
Looking at Epius, who was crying and apologizing to himself, how could Nero not know that he wanted to let him go, but how could it be?
He didn't like Epius very much, if he wasn't worried that if he handed over such an important project as the Warcraft cultivation base to someone else, something might happen, how could he talk about Epius? Not to mention anyone else, even Eslika, the son of Epius, is much better than him!
Therefore, Nero will not let him go at all, especially when this dull soul has become his own political stain. Without saying a word, he ordered, "Someone! Prepare for the gallows! ”
"Yes!"
Hearing Nero's order, Lu Ming's knights and his own knights immediately mounted their horses and ran in the direction of the city's security office, asking the soldiers of the security office to prepare the gallows and see off Viscount Epius.
Seeing this, Epius fell to his knees and cried, "Cousin, you can't do this! I don't want to die~! ”
Looking at Epius coldly, Nero snorted coldly and said angrily: "If you do such a thing as treason, who will die if you don't die?!" ”
As he spoke, Nero waved his hand, and the knights on both sides immediately dragged Viscount Epius away.
No matter how much he cried, Nero didn't look at him anymore.
After Epius was dragged away, Nero turned around and returned to the Earl's Court with Lu Ming. As for the two parents of Epius, who were almost over a hundred years old, they left here on their own.
Now that the eldest son has made such a mistake, he can't be saved, but he can't help but breathe this breath. So he planned to find his daughter who had married far away to the Duchy of Yalu to avenge Epius. It's a pity that they don't know that now Yaru has declared war on Erebos, so the two old men ran to the Duchy of Yaru, and if they have no return, they will definitely die!
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Back in the Earl's Palace, as soon as Lu Ming sat down, Nero sat opposite him and said, "This time, fortunately, you found out about his treason, otherwise when I was fighting with Alpha, I would have been investigated and I would have been hanged by the Grand Duke." So, anyway, thank you very much. ”
"As long as you don't blame me." Lu Ming smiled slightly, and then said to Nero: "The matter over there is very big on Faetong's side, if it can't be handled properly, the Grand Duke is likely to be furious. ”
"Yes! After cultivating for more than a year, the ghost stone that was finally cultivated was sold to Alpha. And, in addition to this, a large part of Yongjira and Cocodora and Kodora were sold to Alpha. This time, I'm going to be out of luck! With a wry smile of helplessness, Nero sighed.
"The most important thing now is to replace all the people over there with people you can trust, and there can't be any more people with connections to Alpha. Otherwise, even if the Grand Duke doesn't kill you, he will let you kick you out of this position. ”
"I know all of this, but there aren't many people on my side who can replace Epius. Although he did this kind of thing, his understanding of the cultivation of Warcraft was undeniable. The newly sent person in a short period of time may not be able to do it so well. ”
Seeing his friend's worried look, Lu Ming couldn't help laughing and said, "I have two people here, and it's very suitable to do this." ”
"Who?"
"Harx Thatch and Elmi Lecode."
"Who? Yusaha and Miral's brother Hax? Nero looked at Lu Ming with some surprise, a little surprised.
Smiling slightly, Lu Ming explained to Nero: "Yes." Hax couldn't survive in Paris City because of Yusaha's affairs, so I took him to the village of Polyphemus in Odysseus to cultivate the monster for the school of magic. Elmi, on the other hand, was the niece of Artus's fellow, and she escaped because she was not in Errepos in the first place. It's just that because I killed Artus, she's a little hostile to me. ”
"Aren't they supposed to hate you so much? Especially that guy Hax, but it's because of you and Yusaha that you can't get along in Paris City! ”
"yes, they both hate me. But that's not why I don't need them! Moreover, Hax and Elmi's talent for cultivating Warcraft is still very good. So I chose to have them both breed Warcraft for the school, and they didn't disappoint me. ”
After listening to Lu Ming's words, Nero frowned and thought about it, and then replied: "Then you give me Hax." I still trust my family more than Elmi, even though the child is not my uncle's child. ”
"You still like nepotism!"
"I don't have your meritocracy."
After making a joke with each other, Lu Ming stood up and said to Nero, "I'll leave Epius to you." Two days later, Hax will also go to Faetong. So if there's nothing to do, I'll go back first. After all, there's still work to be done over there. Melia is waiting for me to get back. ”
"Apologize to Melia for me, and say that my Uncle Nero is sorry for her."
"I'd better wait for when you come to Odysseus, and then tell her yourself." Laughing and joking, Lu Ming walked out of Nero's office, took his knights, and went back to Odysseus to receive it.
After all, now Eslika, the soul and his son, have been captured by the knights and returned to the Odysseus Domain, and they can be sentenced to death just waiting for Lu Ming's ruling.
And for the sake of the lovely Melia, Lu Ming will not let them go!
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Here is the author's life. Yesterday, I didn't notice it, and I actually beat Nero into a distant cousin of Epius, but it was actually a cousin. So here, I apologize to all of you. (To be continued.) )