Dawn Kingdom, at the foot of Cage Mountain, Thorn Town.

A motorway of carriages slowly drove through the streets and stopped in front of the lord's mansion.

"When you get to the place, get down to Lao Tzu, and your hands and feet are sharp!" The steward's dressed man waved the horsewhip in his hand and shouted at him one by one, "If you want to live, you can get acquainted, and you will answer whatever the adults ask later, do you understand!"

Most of the people who got out of the car were ragged and pale, and their hands were tied together by a hemp rope like a string of grasshoppers. There is no doubt that they were all slaves, and the lowest kind.

This kind of scene has recently become the norm in Thorntown - the town that is usually untouched has gradually become lively since the exploration team of the Grey Keep was stationed, not only with caravans, but also with many emissaries sent by lords from all over the world. They either stayed or set up tents and barracks outside the town, and in just over a month, they made this remote town look a whole circle.

"Lord Marr, how about you look at these people?" one of them was Forin Sheffield from Maple Song City, who rubbed his hands and looked at Mar Tokart, the representative of the great nobles of Glowing City, and asked with a flattering smile, "Good health, no defects, and the best products that Xia personally selected from his prison." Don't look at them as thin and weak, they are actually fierce and vicious, as long as they are fed two full meals, they will definitely meet your requirements. ”

"Alright," Mar waved his hand impatiently, although the other party had the surname of Lord Fengge, but at a glance, he knew that it was not a person who needed to care, and it was not worth talking to him more. "It's not me who wants to buy the prisoners, but the Lord of the Grey Keep, Mr. Sean, who is beside me. ”

"Hara, so that's what happened," Fulin saluted again, "As soon as my lord heard the call of the Lord of Dawn, he immediately decided to respond, and told me to prepare to leave as soon as possible. Please forgive me for such omissions in a hurry. ”

"It doesn't matter. Sean walked up to the group and swept them one by one. Compared to the first few batches of prisoners sent by the Lord of Dawn, the quality was obviously much worse, but the Temple of the Damned was now in full excavation and needed a lot of manpower, and he didn't plan to worry too much about it, as long as it could be used.

Just as he walked to the center of the line, suddenly a prisoner knelt down at him, "My lord, I was wronged, please let me go!"

Because his hands were tied to a long rope, the opponent had just done half of grabbing the ground with his head, and he was pulled by the human wall, and he could only kneel on the ground and beg bitterly.

"You're looking for death!" the steward suddenly had a hateful expression, if it weren't for the presence of the other two adults, I am afraid that he would have whipped the whip long ago.

"Where's the wrong?" Sean paused.

"I didn't kill or rob, I just slaughtered a neighbor's nest of chickens!" replied the prisoner hurriedly, "This will only be punished by whipping or exile in Fengge City, and the crime will not lead to death, my lord!"

"Is that so?" said Sean, looking at Flynn.

The latter hurriedly said, "Yes and no, Your Excellency." Just one day before receiving the call from the Lord of Dawn, the Earl of Sheffield happened to make a small adjustment to the laws of the realm - in order to combat the increasingly rampant rats and underground crime, all punishments were raised by one level, and theft was no exception. ”

"W-what?" said the prisoner, dumbfounded, "to kill a few chickens for the death penalty?"

"Is there anything hard to understand?" Fulin glanced at him contemptuously, "There was a war just broke out in the kingdom, and in order to eliminate the rebels, Maple Song City was also greatly damaged. In addition, the number of displaced people has increased dramatically, and if you don't give a heavy sentence, how can you dregs be suppressed? Today, if you steal your neighbor's chicken, maybe one day your neighbor will starve to death because of it, and what is the difference between this and murder? In my opinion, it is just a matter of course. ”

"My ......, my lord"

The prisoner still wanted to plead, but Sean directly interrupted the other party, "Since you are not innocent, let's take this labor as atonement." He paused for a moment and raised his voice, "I think you all already know that as long as you work for ten years, no matter what crime you commit, you will be pardoned, this is a promise made by both the Grey Keep and the Dawn King!

After signaling his subordinates to take all the prisoners down, Fulin immediately came over with a smile, "I knew you would take them all, according to the agreement on the call, one person is ......"

"One golden dragon, a hundred and six in total, right?" Sean replied.

"Absolutely!" Flin's eyes lit up.

"Just go to the Lord's Mansion and get it, and someone inside will receive you. ”

"Yes, I'll go!" he said with a smile.

"And," Sean suddenly said just as the other party turned around, "don't do this a second time." ”

"You mean......" Fulin was slightly stunned.

"I don't care if the lord of Maple Song City really changed the decree the day before, according to the agreement, the trader must inform the prisoner of the purpose of the trip and the reward and punishment before leaving. This kind of person who didn't realize that he was sentenced to death at all, and only shouted injustice before leaving, next time I will deduct part of the golden dragon. Sean said in a deep voice.

He had no interest in being a judge of impartiality, nor was he sympathetic to the plight of these people, and the most important thing for him was to complete the tasks assigned to him by His Majesty Roland, while at the same time avoiding the disrepute of His Majesty by mercenary aristocratic merchants.

"I ...... I see. Fulin bowed his head and replied, "I'll pay attention next time." ”

After the other party left, Marr shrugged his shoulders, "You're really hard." ”

"There is nothing hard to do for Your Majesty. ”

"Really?" said Marle, looking at the increasingly crowded town, "even the purchase of death row prisoners must be done with such care, and it should be said that His Majesty Wimbledon did it on purpose...... Or is it merciful by nature? I heard the eldest brother say that he is about the same age as me, but he is already the undisputed king of a country, and the two should obviously be opposed to each other. Now even his personal guards are so good, I really want to meet him in person. ”

"As one of the three major families, it is not difficult to meet the King of Greykeep. Sean said expressionlessly, "And if I were you, I wouldn't say these words in front of that guard." ”

"What's the matter, you don't like to hide more than you admit it?" said Marl.

Sean can see that this guy is a self-acquaintance, worthy of being the second son of the Tokat family, and is quite similar to the rumored enthusiastic and righteous Oro Tokter.

The best way to deal with such people is to ignore them.

He turned his back and was about to take a look at the storage yard area where the First Army was stationed, when a soldier ran briskly.

"My lord, there is a stranger who wants to see you, and he claims to know the whereabouts of the 'treasure'. ”

Sean frowned, since the news of the cursed treasure spread, such a number one person would come to the door every few days, but so far they have been scammers who have come for the bounty. "Didn't you say that you don't need to notify me until you get a specific clue?"

"The man asks for it," replied the soldier, "and he says that he is one of the last survivors of Hermes, and that in addition to the whereabouts of the treasures, the whereabouts of the Church exiles are also in his hands, and we have taken him under control. ”

Hermes ...... Church?

Sean's eyes narrowed suddenly, "Got it, I'll go over now." ”