"I know these so-called nobles too well, fickle, deceitful, any ugliness that can be found in human nature can be seen in them, and I don't believe that I have the legendary 'king spirit' on me, so I can only use the handle to catch them, and then slowly connect us as a whole with interests, so that trust and loyalty can slowly produce ......"

- "Lei Ao's Diary"

Suffering! Viscount Leicester felt that he would rather face 20 Punishment Knights than face the slightly yellowed parchment in front of him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As a nobleman, although the family is not as good as the previous generation, and now he is divided into the remote northern territory, he does not have much respect and respect for the empire and the royal family, but this does not mean that he can easily write the documents that Leo asks for.

Touching his head, which was already quite low in the hairline, Lester couldn't help but think of his lord's exaggerated smile when he had just written the first sample

10 minutes ago......

Leo took the first draft of the document that Leicester had managed to hold, and after only reading it roughly, he laughed out loud regardless of the exaggerated image, stretched out his hand and pointed at Lester and asked, "My friend, when I see this document, I think that the first thing I will do is not to be angry and angry, he will definitely praise you for your elegant and artistic rhetoric."

After a few more glances, Leo smiled and said, "Of course, and your wonderful writing."

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After thinking about it, Leo put the parchment in his hand into his arms, walked around the place a few times with his back hand, and then said seriously: "Lester, my friend, you must know that I don't need this, I want a document, the content of which is extremely harsh and vicious, full of disappointment and dissatisfaction with the empire, especially the royal family. ”

Looking at each other without any evasion, Leo continued slowly, "Such a document, whether it is completed by Orlando himself or not, it doesn't matter to us, even if everyone knows that it is forged, it doesn't matter, because the most important thing is that Your Majesty will be angry when you see it, and the nobles believe that if you betray us, I will give it to Your Majesty, it's a simple cycle, isn't it?" ”

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Well, poor Lester could only grit his teeth and search his mind desperately for words that he would hardly have come into contact with, and even regretted that he had been so detached from the civilians that he was so unfamiliar with them now.

It is impossible for everyone to look at Lester and worry about himself, except for Leo, with the help of others, it took nearly an hour for this flawed document to finally come out, just like Leo said, it doesn't matter if it's really or not, if the superiors of this era want to maintain their authority and status, even if they know that it is fake, it is impossible to give up easily.

After reviewing it repeatedly, although Leo still felt that the wording on the document was a little too cautious, but thinking that the people sitting here were either nobles or knights, and it was not good for him to handle it himself, so he made do with it, anyway, for the nobles who wanted to save face, the wording was extremely vicious.

After waiting for a while, and after the ink had completely dried up, Leo rolled up the parchment seriously and said to everyone, "Okay, who wants to go with me now to meet those poor nobles?" ”

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"No, you're blatant slander, you're flouting the intelligence of all of us...... We have never seen a document like this, God! It's not even Orlando's handwriting! ”

As Leo had predicted, upon seeing this document, Count Bar Hohenzollern was the first to jump out and roar in opposition, even disregarding his decency and old health, and rushed up to him, almost snatching the parchment from his hand.

Looking at the old earl who was separated and subdued by the quick-eyed Keys, Leo let out a sigh of relief, no one expected that he would lose control of his emotions because of a forged document.

Honor? Dignity? Forget it, if they had these things, they wouldn't easily abandon Duke Orlando and make the choice to surrender, but they were just unwilling to have a handle in their hands.

Leo, who figured this out, didn't procrastinate, it was a joke to pay attention to respecting the old and loving the young in this era, and said coldly at the moment, "Bar, Count Barr Hohenzollern, please pay attention to the current identity of you and your companions behind you, you are still my captives!" ”

Leo looked around at everyone, and after seeing that no one of the other nobles who were about to move dared to look at him, he nodded with satisfaction, "Gentlemen, this is not a request, but an order, all of you have only two choices, first, sign this document, and then hand over the ransom that matches your identity, I can mercifully allow you to return to your territory with the family knights, and promise to be your protector and overseer, and retain all your legal rights!" ”

After changing his tone, Leo continued, "The second way, without signing the documents, I will accuse you of deliberately provoking a war between nobles, as well as killing my soldiers and civilians in White Moon City, without trial, directly hanging outside White Moon City, I think the scene of your bodies being tied to a wooden frame and dried is something that everyone doesn't want to see, right?" ”

Quietly, the strong words made the faces of all the nobles present instantly pale, and they realized that Leo did not follow some unspoken rules of the war between nobles at all, and this unreasonable strength made it difficult for them to adapt suddenly.

In order to give them more time to think, Leo did not urge, and sat at the table under the escort of Finn's several people, his fingers habitually tapping on the tabletop, and the whole room was quiet only the sound of suppressed breathing, and his rhythmic "da~da~da" percussion.

After a long time, a young baron could not stand this atmosphere, and staggered from behind, and said with a little trembling lips, "Respect... Adults, please... Please give me a pen, I'm willing... Willing to swear allegiance to you, and sign... This document..."

"Good!" Leo knew that as long as anything was opened, it would be easy to do it later, so he patted the nobleman approvingly, and after asking his name, title and territory in a rare and cordial manner, he took the delicate quill from Lester's hand and handed it over

After watching the baron carefully sign his name on the sheepskin, Leo motioned for the Punishment Knight on guard at the door to take him away, "Go, my friend, please forgive me for not letting you go for the time being, but you have gained my friendship, and after a banquet to celebrate your allegiance to me, I will have your knight and some soldiers escort you back to your territory, oh, and to thank you for making the right choice first, the ransom of 4000 gold you should have paid can be waived ......"

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"I'll sign, I'll sign!"

"Damn, don't squeeze me in front!"

"Bastard, I'm a viscount, how can your little baron get ahead of me......"

After a good example, Leo smiled and sat and watched these nobles finally can't hold it back, and began to fight, maybe in their opinion, people are swords, I am fish and meat, and there may be benefits if they sign, and if they don't sign, they will die here, since they are not the first to give up the struggle

Well, in front of these, what can dignity and aristocratic decency count.

Motioned for Finn and Keith to bring people to keep order, and asked the nobles to sign each other and take them away, and formally accept their allegiance at a later banquet.

Leo stood up and walked over to Count Barr Hohenzollern, who had been squeezed into the back corner

With some surprise, he glanced at the only middle-aged nobleman behind the earl who was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Now, Lord Earl?" Can you tell me your options? ”

Without waiting for the struggling count to answer, the middle-aged nobleman behind him stepped forward gracefully, first saluting in a proper manner, showing good upbringing and demeanor, and then asked

"Honorable lord, I have a small question, do you know that if this document, this document you forged, is not only that we will face the wrath of His Majesty the Emperor and other nobles, but that you will not be able to escape as the initiator, have you considered this?"

"Oh?" Now that Leo was genuinely interested in this humble nobleman, he spoke with great interest, "Can I know your name before I answer your question?" ”

"Sebastian Clovis, Viscount, master of Rheinberg...... Of course, whether it will be in the future or not, it depends on your benevolence" The middle-aged nobleman softly introduced his identity with aristocratic standard etiquette.

"Well, Your Excellency Viscount Sebastian, regarding your question, first of all I don't think that I will accidentally lose this document...... Of course, if you're not lucky enough to have what you're looking like, I think you won't feel like a nuisance when you're loyal to me and see what I'm capable of. Leo said confidently.

With the system and the Twin Knights of Punishment Dawn in hand, as long as Leo is given time, how can the natives on this continent be looked at by him who is currently in high spirits.

"You can look down on us losers, even His Majesty the Emperor, but what about God? What about the churches and the supreme gods they revere? After hearing what he had just said, Count Barr, who was on the side, couldn't help but interject in a mocking tone.

Who knows, Leo shook his index finger at him after hearing this, "Count, I'm sorry, for me from Pande, the 'god' you refer to can't stop me from ......"

"You are blasphemous, the Church will definitely launch an expedition to destroy you heretic completely, my God, I would rather not hear this from you today, you will kill all of us" The unexpected answer not only frightened the Earl, but even Sebastian, who had been calm, changed color on his face.

"If you had signed this document with His Excellency the Viscount and sworn allegiance to me afterwards, I don't think the church would have known that we had such a conversation, would it?"

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In the end, the two counts still signed the document, otherwise no matter what word about the church just came out, even if they were not blasphemers, the church would never let them go for the sake of authority.

"You are really a demon, and now that all of us have our lives, property, and dignity tied to you alone, you must be very proud at this time!" After the earl signed his name, he couldn't help but taunt.

Smiling and shaking his head, Leo made a gesture of invitation to the Earl, and said, "On the contrary, my friend, after a long time, you will find that I am actually a very good person, and you can ask Viscount Leicester in detail at the banquet in the future, and I will also help you to obtain benefits and ...... Power! ”

"We have no choice, Lord Barr, we can only hope that this lord can do better than the Duke of Orlando......" Sebastian gently persuaded behind the old count.