Zhu Ping's response once again surprised all the nobles present.

No one thought that he would back down and sell Viscount Lin Zheng's face, isn't this a reckless man who doesn't know how to communicate? How did you change your character?

This kind of behavior can be seen as a person who knows the times as a handsome, or a bully who is afraid of the hard......

Some ridicule and despise, while others appreciate.

Zhu Ping's choice, different people, put it from different angles, will get different results, this is the complexity and variability of the choice.

However, he understood the current situation in Orlanton, and it was useless to ask for money.

What you want is manpower, and it can quickly be transformed into manpower of its own.

Peggy's family property can't give these, and even if it does, there will be troubles, so it's better to sell personal favors and develop steadily.

Viscount Lin Zheng's eyes flashed, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Baron Hall has given Sir Ben face, and that Sir naturally can't help but express it."

The treaty of the Holy Duel will naturally not be violated.

However, Sir Ben felt that the Peggy family's liquid fortune was worth about a thousand gold coins.

In this case, the compensation of the thousand gold coins was paid by Sir Ben as a repayment for the life-saving grace of the old Baron Peggy. ”

The treaty of the Holy Duel is a rule established by the "Wizard King" of the Holy Kingdom, not to mention the viscount, even if the King of Orlanton mixes up and is stabbed out of the Holy Kingdom, he may be punished by the "people above".

Of course, rules are dead, people are alive.

There are rules above, and there are ways to circumvent the rules below.

The money was paid by him first, and then the statistics were changed, after all, in this era, who can see that the accounts are fake!

Viscount Lin Zheng used a little money to clear the friendship, and in his opinion, the money was well spent.

"It's not appropriate for Viscount Lin Zheng to pay this money alone, Sir Ben just brought five hundred gold coins here, as compensation for Peggy and George's innocent confrontation with Baron Hall before." Viscount Xiao Nong beckoned the butler behind him and told him to hurry up and go to the treasury to get the money.

As soon as Xiao Nong's words came out, the nobles all showed a playful look.

The aristocratic friends who originally wanted to come forward to comfort Peggy also stopped and faintly stayed away from Peggy.

Baron George's eyes showed a look of surprise, he stepped forward and bowed slightly, and said, "Viscount Xiao Nong is too polite, how can you take this kind of money, I just have a harvest of five hundred gold coins here......"

said that it was just there, but in fact, he hurriedly urged his housekeeper to take out all the money in the house.

George is very smart, he knows that he can't buy Viscount Lin Zheng's friendship with money, and he will also have a bad relationship with Viscount Xiao Nong, this money is five hundred gold coins, and it must be five hundred gold coins.

Then he inadvertently glanced at Peggy, stood beside Viscount Xiao Nong, and threw Baron Peggy out alone.

Of course, he was also alone on the field with Baron Jupin Hall.

At this moment, King Orlanton suddenly beckoned, called Zhuping Hall over, took his hand and smiled kindly: "Little Hall, you really look like my old comrade-in-arms!" ”

Zhuping Hall's grandfather, Old Hall used to be the old king who fought side by side and overthrew the rule of the previous king, which can be regarded as a fateful friendship.

This information is known to everyone, and Zhu Ping also knows it, which is why he wondered why the old king ignored him before.

But at this time, he looked at the deep ravines and cloudy eyes on the old king's face, and couldn't help but feel the emotion of "heroic twilight" in his heart.

Because it can be seen with energy vision, this old king is too old, and the magical energy in his body is rampant, almost out of bondage, and Zhu Ping's heart is beating when he sees it, for fear that the old king will explode himself in a minute.

The old king pulled Zhu Ping to talk about his family routine, and Zhu Ping was also very good-looking, and he touted the old man, saying that he looked cordial, and the relationship between the two families had a long history, and he should be closer and move around more.

It is important to note that you must not use any words about "old" in advance.

When speaking, it seems casual, but in fact, you must be particular everywhere.

The more the old king chatted, the happier he became, and finally with a wave of his hand, he asked the Minister of the Interior, that is, the chief butler, behind him, to take out five hundred gold coins from the treasury and suppress Zhu Ping's shock.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward." Zhu Ping didn't expect that there would be so much, his face was happy, it would be a fool not to make money, these five hundred gold coins plus the one thousand that Viscount Lin Zheng also befriended, it was a net profit of one thousand and a half.

And, of course, the eight hundred that came from the gambling board.

This thousand five plus the two thousand that he had deceived before, and the nine hundred and five that the gems were auctioned off, plus eight hundred, at this time, the liquidity in his hand had passed the five thousand mark.

Outside the circle of nobility.

The lonely Baron Peggy looked blankly at the aristocrats who were talking and laughing, he wanted to greet his "old friend" George, and after waving his hand, he found that the other party was still standing beside Xiao Nong, not moving.

It's even like he doesn't exist.

The other nobles were also changing cups, talking and laughing with each other, as if he was completely absent.

Peggy wanted to step forward, as usual, but stopped, knowing that no matter how he moved forward, how close he was, the old friends would still be as far away from him.

This is a distance that cannot be shortened no matter how you walk or how you chase it.

He was isolated.

Just like when he and Baron George isolated Zhuping Hall.

His eyes were full of confusion and bewilderment, and he lowered his head and dragged his fat body away silently.

At this time, Zhu Ping, who was surrounded by all the nobles, looked at Peggy's lonely back, without the slightest pity, and even wanted to laugh a little.

"Does Peggy think it's okay to return the Viscount's favor? The relationship between the aristocracy is a 'zero-sum game'.

It's not a partner, it's an adversary.

As a member of the Xiao Nong faction, Peggy holds the favor of two viscounts, which is a big taboo, stepping on two boats, pulling one away, and then falling into the water.

Peggy did all this on his own, and he managed to push himself step by step into a cliff that no one could help, and finally managed to jump. ”

When Zhu Ping's gaze immediately converged, his face was already full of smiles, and when he met the nobles who were originally cold-eyed, they were like "old friends", talking and laughing.

It's like you want to start a banquet on the spot to help the fun!

"Expensive" will play!

Lin Zheng had a standard "modern service" smile on his face, and said, "Your Majesty hasn't communicated with us old friends for a long time, why don't you have a drink tonight?" ”

"Your Majesty shouldn't give us two faces!" Xiao Nong laughed heartily and raised his eyebrows, as if to say: No! No way!

Undisguised invitation, pressure in disguise.

In the small and remote kingdom of Orlanton, although the king is one level higher than the viscount, he is not much higher, for the reason mentioned before.

1. Divided into feudalism, each nobleman has private property under his hands, even territory and private soldiers.

This is not obvious for Orlanton, the "gemstone exporter".

But power is also divided, the king is nominally the king, and the real power is only in his one-third of an acre.

The existence of the Holy Kingdom, although these small kingdoms of Orlanton can be called kingdoms, and there are also kings, but these kings are more like big princes, faintly attached to the Holy Kingdom.

This kind of social structure is not unusual, in Zhuping's hometown of the Great Europe, the ancient Roman period was played.

I still play Thief 6, but I collapsed in the end.

Interestingly, until now, there were a whole stack of countries vying for Roman legitimacy.

Kingship is not above all else, and even some kingdoms play up the entertainment of changing kings from time to time.

……

The two viscounts just wanted to test the old king with these words, because they knew that the old king's energy and physical strength were not good, and most of them would not be able to participate.

They did this for no other purpose than to send the "old king's weak state" as a signal.

Pass to the minor nobles present.

Increase confidence for the minor nobles of the viscount faction and put pressure on the minor nobles of the king's faction.

However, he didn't expect it......

"In that case, there is no need to change the day, just today, right here, this king can catch up with you juniors." The old king replied with a smile.

One word shocked the nobles.

Lin Zheng's smile stiffened, and Xiao Nong accidentally shattered the stone bricks under his feet, including Zhu Ping, and all the listeners present were shocked.

What's going on? Is the old king worthy?

Wasn't this 200-year-old guy very empty before? The head of the guard said that he couldn't get off the stage soon, no matter how he said that the energy in his body could not be faked...... Zhu Ping's brows furrowed fiercely.

pondered: "Could it be that the old king is dead wood and spring again?" ”

There was silence in the audience, as if it was a night self-study "thinking" that the teacher was coming.

Of course, the silence only lasted for a moment, and after a while, the two great nobles, Xiao Nong and Lin Zheng, took the lead, and continued to talk and laugh in a fake way, but the tone of the nobles was no longer as relaxed as before.

Including the petty nobles of the king's faction, some of them were also terrified, after all, when the old king's line was in decline, they did not do repeated vertical behavior, and they did not betray the interests of the royal family once or twice.

Zhu Ping and Yu Guang peeked at the audience, and saw the expression of the king's nobles, and they were still familiar with everyone on their faces, which was completely inappropriate.

In the afternoon, it was time to enjoy the musical.

Some nobles were always present, and some nobles temporarily left the scene to deal with the property.

During this time, Zhu Ping, who had been staying here, saw a baron who was not too old and kept peeking at him, which made him a little disgusted.

It's late afternoon.

The banquet is still the same as the old, the big man speaks, the small nobles compliment, find a female companion to dance, and have a casual meal.

During this period, Zhu Ping kept sweeping his gaze to the old king, and found that this old man was very ordinary, ordinary when eating, ordinary when drinking, and even more ordinary when chatting.

It was completely unrecognizable that it was an old man over two hundred years old.

And yet at this very moment.

Zhu Ping heard a message that stirred his heart and couldn't calm down for a long time......

Viscount Lin Zheng shook the wine glass in his hand and walked to King Orlandon's side, and asked with a smile, "Why didn't Baron Holden come to the banquet!" It felt like I hadn't seen him in a while. ”

"Haha, maybe this old guy is merry and forgets the time." The old king humorously perfunctory.

Viscount Lin Zheng shook his head and smiled lightly: "Baron Horton is really, he doesn't care about his body bones at such an age." ”

“……”

In an instant, Zhu Ping's nerves were like an overcurrent, his hand muscles tensed, and the half-shaken wine glass in his hand was stopped in mid-air by him for 0.1 seconds.

After 0.1 seconds.

Zhu Ping's brain was still buzzing, but he could still continue drinking as usual.

Who is he? It is a warrior who is promoted by controlling his emotions.

Professionally trained, no matter how easily shocked, he will not show it.

It's just that this message carries too much information and is too amazing......