Chapter 29: The Castle Falls
When Wang Zifeng blasted open the main gate of the Baron's Palace, the escort team launched a charge. The destruction of the main gate was a blow to the remaining guards. Seeing that the general trend was gone, the few guards who were left came out and surrendered. When Maleno appeared at the Baron's palace with the baron's body on his shoulder, the remaining sporadic guards gave up their resistance.
Most of the scattered guests were caught by the militia of the Mutual Aid Society on the periphery, these people may not have enough level of fighting, but they are extremely useful to block people and arrest people, even if someone escapes into the alleys of the town, they will still be quickly pulled out by these familiar militiamen. Several knights and merchants, and even the fleeing guards, were subdued by the squads and captured.
After several groups of people from the Tower of China gathered, they moved the corpses out of the main hall and put them in a side room, and locked up the prisoners in the main hall.
The captives were bound hand and foot and sat on the ground. Anyone who has mastered magic or vindictive energy will wear a collar.
This is a Ring of Imprisonment found in the dungeon of the Baron's house, and has a similar effect to the Soul Shackles, depriving the wearer of the ability to cast fighting energy or magic. It is the easiest way to limit capabilities. However, because it is too easy to take off, it can only be used on captives with their hands tied behind their backs.
The Baron's family is now left with Aclair, Hahn, Ruth, and Jenny. Both Aclay and Hahn were locked in by the Ring of Imprisonment, and Ruth and Jenny were both ordinary people who were not brought to the Ring of Imprisonment. Ruth had a broken hand, and Glade stopped the bleeding, but she had fallen into a coma. Jenny hugged her sister and let her lie on her lap, her eyes were red, her nose was dragging and she watched nervously as people came and went, not daring to move.
Akle watched Chen Hansheng and them busily deal with post-war matters, and there were many ordinary townspeople who looked stunned behind them to do this and that, and a very ridiculous feeling welled up in his heart.
"Lord Chen. He stopped Chen Hansheng who was passing by, "I have something very important, can we talk about it in private." ”
Seeing that Chen Hansheng didn't answer immediately, as if he was thinking about something, he immediately emphasized: "Very important things." ”
Chen Hansheng carried him into a room connected to the hall, threw him on a chair, closed the door and said, "I'm busy, let's talk about it." ”
Akle said: "Lord Chen, you have already won. It was a war between the Magic Tower and the nobility. I hope the four of us can get the treatment that nobles deserve. ”
Chen Hansheng looked at him condescendingly, "Oh, what is the treatment of a nobleman?"
Aclay's heart sank, the other party must have not thought about this matter when he said this, is he going to kill them for the future? Despite the apprehension in his heart, he still stubbornly said, "Please give us a separate cell." Waiting for my big brother to pay the ransom. If you can, please don't let these civilians run around the room, they're all vulgar people, their hands and feet are not clean, and we want to redeem some of the things in this house. ”
Chen Hansheng shook his head and said, "Mr. Aclay, it seems that you still haven't understood that this is not a war between nobles. This kind of aristocratic treatment is useless to us, maybe I will use it for some foreign nobles and merchants, but not for you. ”
Akle's face was gloomy, and his expression was full of nervousness: "Do you want to kill them all? In the past, only those untouchables rebelled that they would do such a thing." As a magic tower, you can't afford not to be decent, right? Regardless of the casualties on the battlefield, it would be a rule-breaking thing to kill us after we surrendered. ”
Chen Hansheng leaned against the wall and looked at this pretentious guy, looking panicked at this time: "No, you will be judged, and in the end your life or death will be decided by the judge." ”
"Judge?" said Aclair, blankly.
Chen Hansheng patted his head and said, "Ah, I forgot, you usually judge cases with the lord's final say." What a judge is, you'll find out in two days. ”
"Like the courts of the Empire?"
"The judges of the Empire judge cases according to their own judgment and sentence as they please, while you face accusations from the townspeople. We pay attention to the code and the evidence. ”
The panic on Akle's face was gone, replaced by anger and a sense of humiliation, "You're going to hand over our fate to those untouchables?
The corners of Chen Hansheng's mouth curled: "If this is what you want to say, then I think our words are finished." ”
"No, no, wait a minute, I still have something to say. Aclay wriggled his bound body and said, "I'm here to make a deal." ”
Seeing that Chen Hansheng didn't speak, he hurriedly continued: "My sister is married to Baron Suarez, and his territory is not far from here. Their family is thin, the baron has only one illegitimate cousin, as long as that guy is killed, the family will have no successor, and my sister will have hope of inheriting that land. If you can spare our family, I will help you deal with the heir and convince my sister to cooperate with you and support you in acquiring that land. As long as I support my sister to inherit the territory, she can invite your magic tower to send a magic advisor to manage her territory in its entirety. ”
"Ha, you took advantage of the death of your brother-in-law and the death of your sister, and your sister was in a coma, so you sold her like this. Will she agree?" Chen Hansheng said, shaking his head. The aristocratic faces that Kalanda spoke of were really perfectly revealed in this person.
Aclair said, "How can this be said to have betrayed her? She is a wounded woman, even if she is redeemed by my brother." I can't hold that place. But if you go, you'll be the real masters there. By the way, my sister won't be swept away by the new lord either. Master Chen, at all times, we have to find a way to survive, don't we?"
"And there's a coal mine there. It's the coal used to make iron and make fires. So Alvita is a valuable territory. Aclair added.
"A new town? Well, I'll refer this to my superiors. Chen Hansheng said.
"If you can agree to this condition. I'll be happy to be of service to you, too. Aclair said.
Chen Hansheng said curiously: "We just killed your parents. ”
"My lord, if a person cannot distinguish between inside and outside the war, he will not be able to become a qualified nobleman. I am saddened by the tragic death of my parents, but I do not hate you. If there is really hatred, I also hate fate, so that when our family is not strong enough, we also provoke a strong enemy like the Tower of China. It's a collision of two war machines, and everyone can be a victim. On the contrary, if you killed my father in a private fight, then I would be desperate to duel you. "And as a person who is not qualified to inherit the title, my original destiny is to serve a powerful lord. ”
Chen Hansheng was speechless at Aclay's cheekiness and strange logic, "Okay, I have one more question, who killed Erin?"
"Israel. Aclair blurted out.