Leaving the tavern, Zhao Li returned to the stinking streets of the town.

Zhao Li's current goal is to go to the castle in the center of Peel Town and ask the lord Baron Paine for the address of the griffon's lair.

Dare to go directly to the lord with such a big grin, it is not that Zhao Li is too inflated, but he made a decision after carefully reading Franken's memory.

Although each lord is the emperor of the soil in his own territory, it is said that he is a unique existence, and he has the power to kill and seize all the lords.

But it may not be as terrible as imagined, the so-called "Lord Paine" will only manage the town of Peel and several nearby villages, at most a few thousand people - if it is placed on the earth, it is just the head of an ordinary medium and large village, and he can't even meet the standard of the village head.

On the streets of the town, Zhao Li walked more carefully than in the dense forest, trying to avoid all kinds of unspeakable filth and garbage on the ground, and after a long journey, he soon came to the center of Peel Town, which was also the castle of Lord Paine.

Since Peel is a big village, you can't ask too much for the Lord's Castle built in the middle of Peel Town.

First of all, there is no castle moat like in the movie.

Secondly, there are no strong walls that are tens or tens of meters high - only a stone brick wall about three meters high, but it is made of stone, which is a far cry from most houses in the town.

Zhao Li walked around the wall for a while, and soon found a wooden door.

The wooden door was open, and in the doorway stood a soldier armed with a spear—at least a decent piece of chain mail and a pointed iron helmet, the first regular soldier of the Temoya Empire that Zhao Li had seen in Peel Town.

Zhao Li stood at the door, and could see that there was a fairly large courtyard inside, with stables, gardens, and many people working in the courtyard, and then inside was the main building of the castle.

"This is Baron Paine's castle, please step back. ”

The guard standing at the door looked like an honest young man in his twenties, and when he saw Zhao Li coming in, he stopped him with some hesitation.

"I'm looking for my lord. Zhao Li didn't plan to stiffen the relationship at the beginning, so he didn't break through and stood at the door.

"You are..."

"My name is Francon, and I'm a wandering mercenary, let me in and tell me about it, I've heard that there's a griffon north of Peel Town, and I'm here to get rid of it. ”

Zhao Li directly said his intention.

Help get rid of the griffin beast for free, Zhao Li didn't believe that any lord would refuse such a good thing, in Zhao Li's opinion, this trip to ask the address of the griffin's lair should be nine out of ten.

But the guard didn't move, hesitated for a moment, and then shouted into the courtyard, "Steward Giessen!

I saw that under the shouting of this guard, an old man who was sitting in the courtyard stood up and walked towards Zhao Li.

"You want to see Baron Paine?"

The old butler looked to be in his sixties, with more than half of his hair gray, but he still looked quite energetic, and he walked up straight.

"That's right, my name is Francon, and I'm a wandering mercenary, I..."

Zhao Li frowned, and still repeated what he had said to the guards to this Jisen steward again.

In a small rural place like Peel Town, although the lord is the emperor of the soil, he can't afford to support any advisers and courtiers, especially small nobles like low-level barons, and the general butler plays the role of an auxiliary minister.

From a certain point of view, this Peel Town is a bit like Zhangjiabao in Zhao Li's last martial arts world, the lord of Paine is the lord of Zhangjiabao, and the housekeeper is almost the second-in-command of real power, managing the castle people below and the tenants nearby.

After listening to Zhao Li's words, the old butler did not go to report to the lord in the castle as Zhao Li expected, but directly refused.

"Thank you for your kindness, but griffons are powerful monsters. The old butler directly rejected Zhao Li, and the reason was quite sufficient: "And now there are no business travelers in the north of Peel Town, only the damned Nigadian scouts, may the griffin beast eat more people!"

Zhao Li's brows tightened: "I said, I want to see the lord." ”

"Your Excellency, there is no need to see you. ”

The old butler's brows also furrowed, in his opinion, this wandering mercenary who ran out inexplicably really didn't know whether he was alive or dead, not to mention whether the griffin beast was something that ordinary people like him could challenge, even if it was, he made it clear that he didn't need it.

"I don't want you to die, and I warn you once more that it will be inconvenient for your lord to see you when you leave here. ”

Zhao Li sighed, directly stretched out his hand, pushed the old butler aside, and walked directly into the lord's castle.

Although he wants to communicate with others, it's obviously not so easy, forget it, it's better to be more convenient and how to come.

The guards guarding the door saw that the old butler was pushed away, and the strong wandering mercenary also broke in directly, and immediately raised the spear in his hand, wanting to stop it.

Zhao Li easily grabbed the guard's spear.

Smack!

Zhao Li added force to his hand, and with a slight twist, he broke the head of the guard's spear.

"Baron Paine, please come out. ”

Zhao Li casually threw the broken spear head to the ground, and then shouted as he strode in.

"Guards, someone, stop him, someone has invaded the castle!"

The old butler, who had been rudely pushed aside, also shouted at the top of his voice.

Immediately, several soldiers who were also armed with weapons and wearing simple armor ran out of the castle, and there were also soldiers in the courtyard with weapons, a total of about twenty people.

Zhao Li simply ignored the appearance of these soldiers and continued to shout.

Judging from Franken's memory, this kind of small country lord, with only a few thousand people, is really not engaged in production, and there are only dozens of full-time soldiers at most, and it is difficult to say whether there are knights under his command or not.

According to the social rules of this world, each lord is a soil emperor, and how many soldiers he can raise under his command depends on the lord's financial resources - generally there are not many real professional soldiers, and in the event of war or the situation requires, farmers and militias are recruited on the territory to expand the troops, and even simply spend money to recruit mercenaries.

And some nobles with larger territories will divide the land in their hands to the knights who follow them, and each knight will train his own soldiers according to his own territorial financial resources.

Under the shouts of Zhao Li and the housekeeper, the small castle was full of chickens and dogs, and with the appearance of all the soldiers, the owner of the castle also appeared.