"I pushed the door and walked in, and saw these so-called nobles standing or sitting, and the closed room was filled with a disgusting smell because they had not bathed for many years, and when they saw me enter, some bowed to me, and some looked at me calmly, but it was evident that most of the people's bodies trembled slightly under the gorgeous clothes......"

- Leo's Diary

With a few people and Aldalian, who was belated, Leo went to the room where the nobles of the Northern Lords were temporarily imprisoned, and since most of them cooperated with the order of his soldiers to lay down their weapons, Keith did not make it difficult for them, in addition to being tightly guarded, he did not restrict their free movement in the room, and even provided some food and water. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Pushing open the door, Leo almost vomited with a smoky smell, "Damn, aren't they coming to take a shower?" Or who pulled the poop here? He asked out loud after a few retchings.

Viscount Leicester behind him scratched his head in confusion and said, "My lord, why do you have such doubts?" Don't the people in Pande pay attention to the prevention of diseases? You must know that bathing can make people weak and then contract various diseases......"

The viscount's answer made Leo feel a little thunderous, and it took him a long time to recall some rumors about the Middle Ages, such as a certain king bathing only three times in his life, a certain dignified queen only bathing once in his life, and even some pious nuns and monks even regarded bathing as a blasphemy against the gods.

I didn't pay much attention to it before, but now that I think about it, it seems that I have never seen Lester wash his face, and he wipes his face with a dry towel, thinking about it, Leo can't help but secretly mourn for the Viscount's beautiful wife, and at the same time he has made up his mind that he must implement sanitary regulations in his own territory, at least he can't tolerate a group of stinking men.

Seeing his lord's strange eyes sweep by, whether it was Finn, Keith, or Aldaryan, they all raised their hands and hurriedly argued, "My lord, don't look at us like that, we have never had such a custom!" Lord Noldor even uttered the words that the noble elves should bathe many times a day.

Haha smiled, Leo was completely relieved, and at this time, the conspicuous few people at the door also attracted the attention of the nobles in the room, and after a little hesitation, an elderly nobleman who looked quite prestigious stood up and bowed deeply to Leo in the center before speaking

"Good day, honorable lord, please forgive me for my presumptuousness, and may I ask if you are the lord of Stormwind, Leo...... Grand duke? ”

As the saying goes, raise the qi and move the body, after such a long time, in addition to treating a few close subordinates, Leo is also majestic in front of outsiders, not to mention that he is his own captives in front of him, and he snorted softly at the moment, "It's me, report your name and title, sir"

"Barr, Count Barr Hohenzollern, my lordship, I am lord of Glenway Castle and its annexed villages...... Raising his head, Barr replied in a simple language, and Leo could clearly see a hint of pride in his eyes when he spoke of his surname and title.

Perhaps knowing that Leo didn't know much about these nobles, Lester whispered in his ear, "The Hohenzollern family, one of the old nobles of the Empire, one of the 12 noble councilors in the Imperial Capital House of Nobles, is surnamed Hohenzollern. ”

Leo didn't speak, just nodded to show that he understood, and looked at Baal with a slightly warm look, "Then Dear Earl Hohenzollern, why did Your Excellency get involved in this war?" You know, because of you I have lost a lot of soldiers, and later you may also be charged for involving civilians in the war. ”

"No, we will not accept such accusations!" Before Barr could speak, a nobleman behind him, who was visibly overly drunk, shouted, "This is you, you have taken the initiative to wage a dishonorable war against us, not only will we not accept your accusations, but you will also guarantee our rights and give us treatment commensurate with our status......"

Uh, is there really an idiot who is not afraid of death? Looking at Leo's puzzled gaze, Lester introduced in his ear, "Baron John Auguste, Duke of Orlando's most hardcore follower and lackey, but because he is really annoying, there are only two villages as fiefs so far!" ”

"Interesting!" After seeing John dancing up, Barr next to him moved a few steps away without moving, and it seemed that as Lester said, he was really a nuisance.

Seeing John, who was chattering and demanding treatment, Leo, who was worried that there was no chicken to kill, was like a sleepy pillow, and there was a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth at the moment, "Dishonorable war?" Your Excellency? Where is your territory? Where is this? Why did you come here with knights and soldiers to fight against me? ”

"Also, what is the war that the Duke led you to wage against me before? Any idea what I think? I call this revenge, and revenge means that if you punch me, I'll return the knife, and that's fair, isn't it? "Not only Leo, but even some of the noble lords looked at Baron John like idiots.

As he spoke, Leo ignored the baron, who was frightened by his tone, and walked to the only table in the room, seemingly casually looking at the food in the basket, smacking his lips, "Treatment?" As the murderer of my loyal soldiers, do I feel that I have treated you too well? Look, look here, there's brown bread, there's beans, salt, and even a few apples......"

Throwing an apple up and down in his palm, Leo approached the baron and suddenly raised his voice, "What more treatment do you want?" Kindness? Don't forget who you are, you're just a captive of my men who can kill as much as you want, and you're no longer a nobleman, and you dare to bargain with me? ”

"Take him away, put him in the cellar first, and after returning to Stormwind City, I think the other two nobles in captivity will be happy to see the arrival of their new friend, and let the Baron enjoy his treatment before receiving the family ransom."

With a wave of their hands, as if doing such a trivial thing, the two knights of punishment dragged the baron who was struggling and crying like dogs under the horrified gaze of the nobles in the room.

"Alright, we can continue our conversation now," Touching his chin and beard, Leo smiled as he looked at the shocked Count Barr in front of him.

Gritting his teeth, Count Bar hesitated for a while, but still mustered up the courage to ask in the most gentle tone possible, "Honorable lord, we can all recognize your status and rights in the northern realm, but I still want to ask you to mercifully forgive him, although we also hate Baron John, he is also a nobleman, and he should be respected......"

"Respect? No, in my eyes there are no nobles and commoners, there are only two kinds of people for me, do you want to know? Earl"

"I would like to hear about it, my lord!" The Count looked at Leo with some strange eyes

"My people, and my enemies!" Nodding to the Earl, Leo turned and walked out the door, "By the way, there is not much time for you to think about it, I hope to hear everyone's answers before taking full control of White Moon City, oh!" By the way, whatever you choose, you have to write back and ask your families to prepare the ransom......," he finally added.

When Leo went out, the room was in chaos, and because of the highest status and prestige of the Count of Barr, there was a mess of voices calling his name or title.

"Shut up," the earl, who couldn't hear anything clearly, could only shout, and as the room grew quiet, he coughed lightly and said, "That foreign ...... just now You have all heard what Lord Leo said, so tell us what you think."

"Lord Earl," a middle-aged nobleman who also maintained a good appearance in this environment, first saluted seriously before speaking, "I'm afraid we must agree to that Excellency's conditions, become his subordinates, and pay a high ransom for our defeat this time, if we are lucky, then maybe we can still retain our fiefdom and status." ”

With a wry smile, the middle-aged nobleman spread his hands to his companions around him, "My castle now has less than 50 soldiers, which makes me very worried about the safety of my wife and children, I think your situation is similar, right?" ”

"You mean, that Lord Leo doesn't want to kill or imprison us? If we pay enough? A person next to him interjected and asked

"Yes, I agree with this opinion, as an outsider, this Excellency does not have enough nobles to help him rule the territory, which is why he needs us with such a strong army, of course, provided that we maintain enough respect and loyalty!" Nodding apologetically to the middle-aged nobleman, Count Barr answered the question first.

"In addition, don't do anything that you shouldn't have, don't mention those terrifying archers, even if Lord Leo's one hundred and ten knights of the personal guard are enough to destroy our seemingly huge army after losing the protection of the city walls, this is not an enemy we can contend with, Orlando can't, the dead Root and John have set an example for us......"

After that, the earl sat down and closed his eyes and stopped talking, listening to the arguments in the lower voices around him, and couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, "Even if we are willing to be loyal, I'm afraid this lord won't believe it easily, there must be more embarrassing things waiting for us......"