Regarding the matter of the follower contract, Wang Xu did not seem very anxious.

He came to the knight world to cultivate the meditation method, and he asked the black mang wizard for a follower contract, or he should wait until he cultivated the black mang meditation method and returned to the wizard world.

Anyway, in the knight world, Green can't escape the palm of his hand.

Even if he really wanted to run, Wang Xu gave an order, and countless people were willing to arrest Green back for him.

After all, although Green has the strength to enter the second order, but in addition to his physical fitness, he can't do any combat exercises, just like a brute bull with only brute strength, I'm afraid that a wizard of the first order of great perfection can easily defeat him.

Wangcheng...

After a few months of absence, he saw the royal city of the Iron Cross Kingdom again, and Wang Xu still saw it as if he had only seen it yesterday.

The royal city of the Iron Cross Kingdom is built between the canyon and the river, and the whole city is built on the mountain, half by the canyon and half by the river, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack at a glance.

Outside of the royal city, wheat fields, farms, plantations, fruit groves and the like can be found everywhere.

Not far away, there are merchant ships riding the wind and waves on the river, and fishermen casting their nets and returning at sunset, and the two complement each other, forming the Iron Cross Kingdom, the prosperity and prosperity of the largest city-state.

"In ancient times, a city with a population of one million was already a rare metropolis." Looking at the huge gate of the royal capital and the countless arrow towers on the city wall, Wang Xu thought with interest.

It's a pity that the knightly world is not a pure medieval era, and the city walls and arrow towers here are more like props to show the majesty of the empire in front of ordinary people.

In fact, there has not been a war in the entire Iron Cross Kingdom for more than two hundred years, because the wizard who established the Iron Cross royal family is currently in the limelight in the academy, and no one will offend his descendants until the wizard falls.

Of course, there are no wars at the national level, but rebels and skirmishes are inevitable.

Not everyone knows that behind these royal descendants, there are wizards who can change the world, ambitious and eyeless fools, and there will be no shortage at any time.

"Spread out, all spread out!"

When Wang Xu was about to enter the city, a large group of soldiers suddenly poured out of the city.

These were no ordinary defenders, all palace guards wearing red cloaks and heavy armor.

If you want to join the palace guard, you must first have a requirement, that is, to become a quasi-knight with a strength of more than eight hundred catties.

Without the strength of a quasi-knight, people don't even want you to show the gate to the palace, let alone accompany the king.

Stomp Stampede...

The palace guards took over the city gate on this side, and on the other side, there were heavily armed court knights, and a team of eight people advanced outward in a neat manner.

After ten teams of court knights walked out in a row and surrounded them on all sides, a huge royal carriage pulled by eight white horses walked out of the city gate.

"Who is in the carriage, why are the palace guards and court knights coming out?"

"I don't know, let's see."

Amid the whispers of the crowd, the carriage slowly stopped at the city gate.

A moment later, as the court knights rolled out the red carpet for the carriage, an old man wearing a crown and looking to be in his sixties walked out, accompanied by his attendants.

"See His Majesty!"

Seeing the old man appear, all the civilians and soldiers knelt on the ground, and the people with knighthoods stroked their chests and saluted.

"Subjects, I have the sad news to tell you that your third prince, my dear son, has committed an unforgivable crime."

Standing on the red carpet, his face full of sorrow, the king whispered: "His sins are unforgivable, his deeds are unforgivable, and I have decided to personally carry out the flogging on him to remove his iniquity." ”

"Come on, bring it!"

With the king's words, a young man, gagged and bound hand and foot, was brought up by two knights.

"Woo, woo..."

The young man was the prince, who stared at his father and shook his head for forgiveness.

The king waved the knight back, raised the long whip with his own hand, gritted his teeth, and struck the prince with a single whip.

After a few blows, the prince was beaten to the flesh, but the old king had no intention of stopping.

"Third Prince, isn't he His Majesty's favorite son, what mistake did he make to be whipped like this?"

"Who knows, could it be that our Royal Highness the Third Prince, worried that His Majesty is old, personally appeased the princess in the harem for him?"

"How is it possible, with the king's favor for the third prince, I'm afraid that the third prince really did that, and the king can't make such a ruthless move."

"What's going on, this whip is not a joke, it can't be that the third prince wants to usurp the throne and be discovered by His Majesty, right?"

Everyone muttered in unison, and no one knew what crime the third prince had committed, so that he was whipped by the king himself.

At the same time, what also makes everyone strange is that His Majesty does not know what is wrong, and after a while, he will take a look at the crowd, and then continue to fight.

Is the king tired?

Everyone couldn't figure it out, and the same people couldn't understand it, as well as the nobles who followed and witnessed the execution.

Unlike the commoners who knew nothing, the nobles present knew very well that His Royal Highness the Prince had not made a mistake.

If there is one, that is, a few days ago, the prince was dissatisfied with the illegitimate son who went to Black Iron City and assumed the position of earl, and secretly sent his men to assassinate him.

Could it be that it was precisely because of this that the old king was so angry.

With this in mind, some nobles followed the old king's gaze, and what caught his eye was the tulip Count family crest hidden in the crowd.

Hiss!!

Many people gasped, the old king was so angry, was it really because of Count Tulip?

No, no matter how favored an illegitimate child is, he can't beat his own son-in-law.

Or, the identity of Count Tulip is not as simple as everyone rumors, so that the old king can't help but make the decision to kill his relatives in righteousness.

In the distance, Wang Xu stood on the carriage, looking expressionlessly at the process of the old king whipping the prince under the city gate.

The old king's strength was very strong, and every whipping hit the third prince was merciless.

After more than 20 lashes, even if the third prince had a knightly cultivation, he was still beaten and rolled all over the ground, bleeding from his mouth and nose.

Wang Xu still looked at it expressionlessly, without any emotion on his face, nor any unbearability.

Sensing his expression, the old king struck harder, as if he had struck not his own son, but his father's enemy.

"Your Majesty, stop fighting, stop fighting, please spare him."

A middle-aged woman in palace clothes broke through the knight's barrier and broke in, and stopped in front of the old king with open arms.

"Get out of here!" The old king took the whip and spoke sharply to the woman in the palace clothes.

The woman in the palace costume is the queen of the old king, the biological mother of the third prince, she cried to protect the third prince, and said with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, he is your own flesh and blood, what mistake did he make to make you so ruthless?" ”

"The mistake he made was enough to wipe out the royal family and cut off the Iron Cross lineage, do you know what he did!"

The old king panted and shouted to the court knights, "Take the queen down!" ”

"Yes—" The court knights only listened to the king's orders, and the king asked the queen to be brought down, and naturally someone did so.

Looking at the crying queen, the old king gently closed his eyes and slowly raised his whip.

Syllable...

The whipping sounded again, and this time, no one was gloating, and everyone's breathing involuntarily quieted.

One, two, three...

At some point, the third prince's clothes were torn, but the old king did not stop.

A moment later, the skin of the third prince was torn open, and the old king still did not stop.

Slowly, the third prince, who had been struggling on the ground like a loach, began to become motionless.

But in this way, the old king still did not stop, and still whipped hard.

In this way, the high third prince, in front of many people, was whipped into a mess by the old king.

Seeing this, Wang Xu nodded with satisfaction, turned around and returned to the carriage, which also made the old king breathe a deep sigh of relief.