Smith and Corlis, the big farmers in the village, looked at each other, looked at each other firmly, and stood up and walked to Adams with their families.

Collis had been afraid to look at William.

Smith, on the other hand, looked at William apologetically, and persuaded with a sincere expression, "Lord Baron, the small village of Nisse in winter is too dangerous, why don't you go to Patras City with us?" ”

William ignored him, but turned to his escort team member and asked with a calm look on his face, "Jack Smith, Mike Collis, what about you?" ”

The two men were the children of Smith and Collis, a large farmer.

The other members of the escort looked over in unison.

A wordless pressure arose, and the two guards broke out in a sweat, their faces showing embarrassment, and their mouths were speechless.

At this time, Mike's father, Corlis, interjected, and spoke quickly and urgently, "Mike, come here, come to me!" ”

Mike Corlis, who was shouting, looked at his earnest father in embarrassment, and then at William, who was expressionless, his eyes closed suddenly, and when he opened them again, he had already made a decision.

"Lord Baron, thank you for your teaching during this time, I will always remember it!" Mike said to William with real feelings, but William still had that indifferent expression.

Mike sighed inwardly and said softly, "I'm sorry, Lord Baron. ”

With that, he silently took off the uniforms and weapons of the guards on his body, and then walked quietly behind his father.

The same goes for Jack next to him.

Seeing that there were a few "important people" around him, Adams also had a lot more confidence, the corners of his mouth were unobtrusively smiling, looking at a few old friends standing in a group of hesitant villagers, urging, "Mr. Hughster, Mr. Fryck, what are you waiting for?" ”

"Andrew, what about you? What about the opinion of your father, Mr. Gretel? Ah, Mr. Gretel is a smart man and believes he has made the right decision! ”

"But be quick! Lord West's time is precious and limited, and trust me, he doesn't have much patience! ”

This feeling of being in the spotlight is really good for Adams. He felt that he was about to float, and his words became more and more floating, and his tone was a little unpolite.

The Western Knight stood quietly with a proper demeanor, and his eyes showed that he was holding the victory!

Yes, he felt that things were moving in the direction he wanted them to go.

He saw that the eyes of the untouchables were already full of hesitation and uneasiness, and as soon as a few more untouchables came forward, these brainless lowly creatures would cry and shout, and rush to take their food, in order to get a chance to spend the winter in the slums of the city of Patras.

And if there is no one in the small village of Nisse, Baron Dicass will not have the courage to persevere, and can only obediently become the puppet of Lord Viscount Grien.

The Western Knight was convinced of this, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile.

Little by little, time passed.

The villagers were still talking, and the hesitation and uneasiness in their eyes were not less.

However, none of the villagers named by Adams have ever come forward.

The most anxious thing is that the old Gretel's son Andrew, he keeps persuading his father, but the old Gretel always keeps a straight face and does not say a word.

"What's going on?" West Knight felt bad in his heart, and he frowned and looked at Adams with a threatening look.

Adams saw that his heart was cold, he was a little panicked, and said hurriedly, "Mr. Hust, Mr. Flake, didn't we say okay?" Don't keep Lord Western waiting! ”

"What do you think, Mr. Gretel? Look no further! ”

The swineherd, named by Adams, was silent and Huster was indifferent, but the cowherd Flake looked up and gave a complicated wry smile in return.

And old Gretel's gaze was only at William, ignoring his eldest son Andrew, who was becoming more and more anxious next to him.

Adams' face turned pale, this was not a script he had written, and the reality of the script was already out of his control.

The Smith and Collis families, who were standing next to him, were also a little uneasy with their originally calm faces.

"Mr. Adams, I said you don't represent all the villagers!" William's calm words came, but Adams felt a chill in his heart.

He looked at the swineherd and cowherd among the villagers, and then at William, who looked at him with interest, and his heart kept falling into the abyss.

"Frak, Hust, are you crazy? Didn't we say yes? ”

Neither of them answered him.

Adams threw his last hope at Andrew, and said angrily, "Andrew, what about you? Come to me now! These idiots are willing to die, and we can't stop them! Never! ”

"Father, look! The small village of Nisse in winter is a Jedi, I don't know what you're hesitating about! Call my brother, and let's go to Patras City together as a family. Andrew constantly persuaded his father.

"Hey! Andrew, do you know what I'm hesitating about? Old Gretel sighed suddenly.

"Father, what are you hesitating about?"

"Andrew, you come closer, I'll tell you!" Old Gretel waved at his son, "Yes, get closer, yes, this is the position!" ”

"Father, what are you going to tell me?" As soon as Andrew, who was near, opened his mouth when he saw the stick his old father holding in his hand falling from the sky and striking him in the neck.

Soreness is a mixture.

Andrew looked at his father in disbelief, and then his brain went into a daze, and he passed out and fell to the ground.

"That's what I hesitated, Andrew." Seeing his wife supporting his eldest son in distress, old Gretel sighed and said, "Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

The action was too hard, and old Gretel couldn't help but cough a few times in a row.

"What do you mean, Mr. Gretel? Are you going to kill your own son? You are cruel, Mr. Gretel! Adams had calmed down a little by this time, and questioned old Gretel.

"No, Addams! I'm not trying to kill my own son, I'm just trying to keep him from going down the wrong path! Old Gretel calmed his cough and said.

"Hehe......" Adams sneered, with a mocking expression, "Old Mr. Gretel, you are my father's most trusted friend during his lifetime, and you are also my respected elder, but you know that you can't resist those monsters in winter with the wooden fence of Nisse Village and the mouth of Lord Baron, you are ......"

Old Gretel interrupted Adams, nodded, and said, "I know, Adams, I know what you say!" ”

"You're right, too!"

"But I'm tired!" Old Gretel said lightly.

"Tired? Mr. Gretel, what does it mean to be tired? There is no one in this world who is alive and not tired! Adams had an ominous omen in his heart, but he tried to save it.

"No, Adams, you're a smart kid, yes, I never doubted it. It's just that I'm tired, and many villagers, like me, are tired! Turning over most of the harvest every year, just for a chance to live in peace, such a day, it seems that there is no end in sight, and I am tired! ”

"But Mr. Gretel, we have no choice. At least, we're not the hardest of the bunch. ”

"No, Adams, we have a choice. We have Lord Baron. We pay him a lot less than the city of Patras, and he promises to protect us! ”

"Do you think he can protect us?" Adams was completely out of his mind, and dared to say such an impolite thing. If you change to another brutal lord, you will kill him right now!

But William didn't say anything.

"Ever since the Baron came to our village, the Baron has not deceived us! Lord Baron says he will protect us, so I have faith in him! Old Gretel said in a strong tone, "Moreover, the Baron's life is much more noble than ours, and he is not afraid of it, so what are we afraid of?" ”

Adams was silent, paused, and looked at the swineherd and cowherd, "You don't think so, do you?" ”

The swineherd did not reply to him, and Flake the cowherd said, "Yes, Adams. ”

"Then why didn't you tell me in advance? Didn't we always say yes? Adams sensed he had been betrayed and roared angrily.

No one replied to him.

Only old Gretel stood up, but he faced all the villagers, and said in a sincere tone, "Guys, there has always been an abyss in front of us, and we had no choice before, so we could only cross that single-plank bridge!" ”

"Now, the fog has lifted and a new path has appeared before us. We don't know where it leads, but I thought maybe we could give it a try! ”

The villagers all understood what old Gretel meant, and they all fell into deep thought!

William also took advantage of this opportunity at this time and solemnly promised, "Lords, I am your lord, and it is my natural right to collect taxes, but it is also my unshirkable responsibility to protect my people!" ”

"I will protect you! I will build an impregnable wall for us! I will take you to a better life!"

"I haven't lied to you yet! Not before, not now! “

"So, trust me! I beg you, I beg you, stay, with me, with us, to change the past! ”

There has never been a nobleman who has "whispered" like William!

But the effect was striking, and the villagers began to waver.

William felt the change in the hearts of the villagers, and said, "If you really want to leave us, I won't stop you!" But he wouldn't be my Dicas! They won't be welcomed by me in the future! ”

"Just like they, Adams, Smith, Colis, their land will be dispossessed, and I will give their land to those villagers who have merit!"

William pointed to the three of Adams.

Before Adams and Smith could say anything, Corliss couldn't help but howl, "No, Lord Baron, you can't do this, this is my land, my family's land, you don't have this power!" ”

"Fuck off! You stinky gutter from your bones, you are no longer from the Dicas, and the Baron has the right to deal with these ownerless lands! Old John found an opportunity to scold Corliss viciously.

Corlis's face turned white, his eyes were red, and he couldn't speak.

At this moment, old Gretel suddenly stood up and shouted, "Lord Baron, I believe in you, I will stay!" ”

The voice of the old man was heard throughout the village!

The swineherd looked up, followed suit, and said calmly, "I'll stay too!" “

"How can you be without me?" The cowherd also laughed.

"Hahaha, Lord Baron is the first and only lord who has made me so much money and learned new techniques, how could I leave?" Merton, a skillful hand, also stepped out and spoke to the villagers.

At this time, Old John's son Drake suddenly moved his heart and shouted, "I swear to be loyal to Baron Dicasus forever, to be his sword, to be his shield, to split thorns for him, to cut down darkness for him!" ”

"I swear to be kind to the weak!"

"I swear to be brave against rape!"

"I swear to fight all mistakes!"

"I swear to fight for the unarmed!"

"I swear to help anyone who asks me for help!"

"I swear I won't hurt any woman!"

"I swear to help my brothers!"

"I swear to be sincere with my friends!"

"I swear that I will die for what I love!"

The rest of the guards roared along, and the impassioned and familiar words echoed through the village.

The mentality of the villagers has changed.

"Perhaps, it's not bad to stay!"

"That's right, Lord Baron is not afraid, what do we have to be afraid of?"

"I'm fed up with the dark days of the winter in Patras every year. If I really want to die, let me die in the small village of Nisse! ”

"I'm going to die! We're not going to die! Lord Baron will lead us to miracles. I decided, and our family stayed! ”

"We're here too!"

"Haha, I'm going to work hard for Lord Baron so that he can give me those fields!"

"What's yours? It's mine! My lord, our family is here! “

……………….

Seeing this scene, the corners of Old John's mouth couldn't help but open, and finally he couldn't close his mouth!

William's eyes also showed joy, and he showed an appreciative look to Old John in the crowd: Good job!

And the Western Knights, their faces were as dark as night and as cold as winter.

Adams, they're all white-faced!

"Humph! Let's go! Knowing that it was useless, the Western Knight snorted coldly, turned around and left!

"You'll regret it one day!"