"Pierce, how far is this ruby mine from Redwood?" Mark asked.

"It's about eighty miles west of Honglin Town......"

Mark's eyes lit up: "Honglin Town is my fiefdom, and everything within a radius of a hundred miles belongs to me, doesn't this mean that this red jade mine is mine?" Peirce, who's mining the ruby mine now? ”

Pierce said in a low voice: "It should be Viscount Kebby, I remember that when the ruby mine was first discovered, he sent someone to occupy it." ”

"Viscount Kebby, this is an acquaintance......"

Strictly speaking, the entire Red Clay Ridge is a fief of the Xiwen family. However, the roots of the Xiwen family are in the imperial capital, and Honglin Town is relatively barren, except for those who have been assigned like Mark Xiwen, few descendants of the Xiwen family come here. In order to develop Hongtuling, the Xiwen family has a rule, that is, people with foreign surnames who have made significant contributions to the family can also get the fiefdom of Hongtuling.

However, the fief is the most important capital of the aristocracy, and the Xiwen family has a very strict control over the outer fief of the Red Clay Ridge, and for hundreds of years, only less than one-tenth of the land has been sealed, most of which is still in the southeast by the sea, and the fief of Viscount Kebbi belongs to this situation.

"Viscount Kebbi is bold enough to privately occupy mineral deposits outside of his fiefdom." Mark couldn't help but sneer, no matter what, Viscount Kebby took possession of his red jade mine, and Mark must take it back.

"Pierce, you immediately send someone to deliver a letter to Viscount Kebby for me!"

Back at the Baron's Palace, Mark wrote a letter to Viscount Kebby, which was immediately sent out. The next day, Mark received a reply from Viscount Kebby. However, this letter is not ordinary......

"Lord Lord, you must avenge Lem!" Pierce knelt in front of Mark, with the head of Lyme in front of him. Lem had his mouth open, his eyes filled with anger and fear, and his expression stayed for the moment......

"Bang!" Mark dropped his own cup.

"Okay, Viscount Kebby, are you asking me a challenge?" Mark's hand gripping his wand burst out, showing the anger in his heart. But after the anger, Mark quickly calmed down.

"Although I don't know Viscount Kebby, he is a nobleman from my father's body, and normally speaking, he will not have this attitude towards me."

Mark's eyes twinkled, and he began to analyze Kebby's motives.

"Kebby's killing of my emissary is tantamount to declaring war on me, and he will never do it without a sufficiently large enough stake. So, what kind of interests make him not hesitate to break with me? Hehe, I'm afraid this is Horner's trick again! ”

Kebby's motives are not difficult to analyze, if it wasn't for Horner who promised him benefits, why would he offend Mark? You must know that the output of a red jade mine in a year is only a few thousand gold coins, which is not even a drop in the bucket for the huge Xiwen family. Viscount Kebby's reaction didn't need to be so fierce at all, because this profit Mark may not be able to see it!

"Evan, what is the strength of this Viscount Kebby?" Mark thought through this and turned his gaze to Evan.

Ewen said without thinking, "Master, Viscount Kebby is a fifth-level warrior. ”

"Fifth-level warrior, that's right, otherwise Mondel Sivin wouldn't have made him a viscount." Mark nodded.

"Level 5 warrior?" Pierce didn't expect Viscount Kebby's strength to be so strong, a fifth-level warrior, it was already a legend to him!

Looking at Mark's reaction, Pierce thought to himself that Lem's revenge seemed to be unavenged.

In Kebby City, Viscount Kebby, who is more than two meters tall, looked at Riley angrily and almost couldn't help but move.

"Riley, you dare to kill someone without my orders!" Viscount Kebbi roared angrily, "Don't you believe it, if I give an order, you will immediately become a corpse!" ”

Riley is a man of medium stature, he has an ordinary appearance, ordinary facial features, and is a person who can be forgotten at a glance.

Riley fiddled with the wide-brimmed hat in his hand and said calmly, "Viscount Kebby, do you dare to kill me?" ”

Kebby smashed the table next to him with a palm: "You think I don't dare?" ”

"Of course!" Riley looked at Viscount Kebby and replied very seriously.

The two looked at each other, and the smell of gunpowder filled the air.

"Whew......" Viscount Kebbi gasped and struggled in his heart, but in the end, he sat down. As soon as he sat down, the momentum of the whole person was like a balloon that had been punctured, and it ran out at once.

The corners of Riley's mouth curled for a moment, and he immediately returned to normal.

"Viscount Kebby, I'm sure you'll make the right choice." Riley Road.

Viscount Kebby sneered: "Do you think that if you kill Mark's messenger, I will be on your side?" Dream! You know, Duke Mondell hasn't shown up yet! ”

Riley said calmly: "Viscount Kebby, I always thought you were a smart person, and now it seems that this judgment may have to be revised. Until now, you thought Mendel was still alive? ”

Viscount Kebby stood up in surprise: "What do you mean?" Could it be that Lord Dukes Mondel is dead? ”

"What do you think? If not, how would Master Horner be able to secure the support of the Presbyterian Church? Riley looked at Viscount Caby with a playful look in his eyes.

"No, I don't believe it!" Viscount Kebby shook his head and said, "Lord Lord Mondell is a seventh-level peak warrior, how can he be trapped by a magic trap?" ”

"Don't be delusional, there's no way Mondell will ever come back. Viscount Kebby, the future Siwen family, and even the Roman Empire, are the world of Lord Horner. If you're smart enough, you should know how! Riley's gaze suddenly became as sharp as a knife.

Viscount Kebby suddenly smiled: "Riley, if it is really like what you said, then why didn't Lord Horner kill Mark with his own hands, as well as the other children of Lord Lord Mondell, why did he send you to me?" ”

Riley looked at Viscount Kebby and said slowly: "Viscount Kebby, don't you know, it's Lord Horner who is giving you a chance." ”

"I think he's afraid of the clan elders." Viscount Kebby was merciless in his debunking.

Suddenly, Riley turned into a black light and shot at Viscount Kebby. Two daggers appeared in his hands, and the daggers were like the teeth of a poisonous snake, one left and one right, and they bit towards Viscount Kebby!

"Dingding!"

Viscount Kebby was tall, but his reaction was not slow at all, he picked up the shield with his hand, and the dagger stabbed into the shield more than a meter high, making a crisp sound.

"Viscount Kebby, I'm here to remind you what to say and what not to say." Before Viscount Kebby could fight back, Riley had already arrived outside the door, "I'll come back in three days and tell me your decision then!" ”

Seeing Riley disappear, Viscount Kebby's face was gloomy, and two thumb-thick holes appeared in his shield!

"Golden-eyed bee, it really lives up to its name!" Viscount Kebby muttered, "Looks like it's time for me to make a choice......"

Two days later, another heavy snowfall fell, and the red soil ridge was white everywhere, and the roads were also covered. Early in the morning, more than twenty knights roared from the west on golden-veined wildebeests and entered the town of Red Forest.

The knight at the head was a young man, who reined in the golden-striped wildebeest and stopped in front of the baron's palace.

"Boss, this baron's mansion is shabby enough." One knight scoffed, and the others echoed it, the noble mansion was elegant and luxurious, and Mark's baron's mansion was built with the cheapest red pine forest, a material that even those knights would not use.

The knight leader did not smile, his face tensed, and he looked very cold.

"Call the door!"

Hearing movement outside, Pierce came out.

"Imperial cavalry!" Seeing the outfits of these people, Pierce immediately knew who they were. When he was younger, Pierce also went out and saw the world.

"Who are you?" Pierce was a little afraid.

"We're here to collect the land tax, what about the lord of Redwood?" The cavalry leader said.

More than twenty cavalrymen surrounded Pierce in the middle, and Pierce felt a tremendous pressure. Being able to become a cavalry of the Empire, at least a first-class warrior, even if they have no killing intent, the momentum they exude is enough to make Pierce tremble.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'll inform the lord right away!"

Pierce turned and entered the gate, where some of the horsemen looked impatient.

"Boss, let's go straight in, a little baron actually made us wait in the snow, it was too indifferent to take us seriously."

The cavalry leader shook his head: "Don't say more, wait quietly!" ”

"But if he doesn't come out, do we have to wait until it gets dark? Today, we're going to run more than 30 towns. ”

"Like, yesterday we broke into the house of a viscount, didn't he say anything?"

The cavalry leader still shook his head: "This baron is different, his background is not small, and he can't be easily offended." ”

"Oh?" The other cavalrymen knew that their boss was also from a noble background, and it was normal for them to know about this thing.

"This baron is a descendant of the Siwen family." Said the cavalry leader.

"Descendants? So how did you get to Redwood? ”

"Stupid, you must have been assigned. Do we still hear less about the dirty things of the aristocracy? ”

As the crowd spoke, the door of the Baron's Palace opened again, and a fat man walked out.

"Which of you is in charge, follow me in!" Evan raised his voice.

Many cavalrymen were angry and let the person in charge in, didn't they just let them continue to wait in the snow? This down-and-out aristocrat doesn't take them seriously!

"Your lords haven't shown up until now, is it because you want to resist taxes?" A red-haired knight stepped forward and shouted, suddenly clasping Evan with a large hat.

Evan was taken aback, resisting taxes was a big crime in the Romance Empire. However, after all, Evan had seen the world, so how could he be intimidated by a knight?

"Who said that my master should resist taxes?" Evan said loudly, "My master is an official magician, what is the value of fifty gold coins?" ”

"A full-fledged magician?"