"Oh, you're going to put your sword around your cousin's neck and force them to throw in the towel?" asked Lockin.

"It's a last resort, and if you can, I hope they'll be a little more interesting. But I don't hesitate when I have to, whether it's a dungeon, poisoned wine, or a noose. ”

Sherlock snorted coldly and said angrily. It can be seen that the last bit of affection for his cousins has also disappeared after the interception just now.

Listen, don't talk about poisonous wine, even the word noose comes out.

The world is not very particular about the concept of "whole corpses are precious", and criminals who are hanged will struggle for a period of time before they die, rolling their eyes, sticking out their tongues, foaming at the mouth, and even incontinent...... Not only is it a great deterrent to the viewer, but it is also a humiliation to the executed. Therefore, it is rarely used on the aristocracy, except for the most heinous sinners, who can only be said to be barely touching the throne.

One can imagine what kind of fire Sherlock had in his heart.

Lockin believes that Sherlock will not hesitate to pay an extra amount of money, and directly let himself and Grant kill the other heirs to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

The only reason he did not do so was the tradition of the nobility. Neither Luo Ming nor Grant is a qualified assassin, like Nie Zheng, it is easy to go directly to the door, kill dozens of guards and then take the target's head, if you want to leave no trace, there is absolutely no way.

Doing so will definitely produce a lot of unfavorable pretexts against Sherlock, making it difficult for him to convince the public after inheriting the title, and even being ostracized everywhere in the circle of the nobility, and anyone can use this as an excuse to trouble him for profit.

He values the honor of the family as extremely important, and of course will try his best to avoid every stain in order to keep the family flawless in his generation.

However, this is not bad. At such a young age, if he first chose to kill his cousin to ensure his inheritance, and was so ruthless and had no taboos, Luo Ming would have to be careful and keep a safe distance from him.

After walking for more than ten minutes, during which they were very forceful to send away the two tax collectors who collected the road tax, and the group finally arrived at their destination.

A small castle sits on the left side of the road, backed by a small hill, a stream artificially channeled into the moat, and a drawbridge that can be stowed away at any time.

Although the scale is small, covering an area of about 2,000 square meters, its defensive role is genuine.

Of course, this kind of military architecture that simply strengthens the defense is not destined to be very comfortable - even during World War II, the "Wolf Castle" that Hitler built for himself was not as comfortable as ordinary villas, so no one would want to live in the castle in peacetime.

Not far from the castle, there was a country house, and on the grass next to the villa, several people were wearing armor and wielding wooden sticks.

Luo Ming could easily see that this was not only an ordinary teaching of martial arts, but also included a certain amount of recovery training.

Unless someone like Luo Ming has a love for martial arts, even those professional soldiers, knights, and mercenaries will not really insist on high-intensity training every day.

But in this way, we can only barely maintain the feeling of fighting, so as not to be completely unfamiliar, and before the battle, we have to add an additional period of recovery training to ensure that we can exert a high combat effectiveness as soon as we enter the battlefield.

Sherlock looked out the window and looked happy at this scene.

Sure enough, he was a loyal man, and at this time when there might be a battle for the inheritance at any time, he took the initiative to do recovery training, and despite his old age, he was ready to fight against those who tried to usurp the throne at the call of Sherlock.

Sherlock dared to come back in part because of the support of people like the old knight.

After seeing the carriage and the large group of people around it, the first reaction of the few people who were training there was to rush into the villa and take out their weapons, and sent a person to ride a horse to meet them.

Everyone could see that the rider was in a hurry, not to mention riding a gun, and he didn't even have a saddle.

"Excuse me, who are you and what is the purpose of coming here?"

At the same time as he was questioning, he was already holding the reins tightly, and seemed to be prepared to retreat if the situation was not good, and he was very vigilant.

"Johansen? It's me, Sherlock! I've brought these people!"

When he heard this, the rider's panic was swept away, and he hurriedly waved his hand behind him, chanting Sherlock's name.

At the door of the villa, two other riders and four infantrymen were already waiting for them, and only then did they lay down their weapons.

The first horseman threw his spear to his men, and soon rode his horse in front of the group, and then cheered loudly.

"Oh, Mr. Sherlock, you're finally back!"

Jumping off the horse with a fitness hand that a young man might not be able to do, the old man with silver hair in his hair gave a salute outside the window.

Then, he spoke again: "There is no time to wait, please come to my house and rest for a while." Whatever is commanded by my servant, as in your own home. I will send someone to contact those who are still faithful, and I ask you to wait patiently for good news. ”

Sherlock did not object, he saluted again, and immediately mounted his horse and gave orders to the riders.

Immediately, the riders split up and went in several directions.

"Why, aren't you afraid that he has actually betrayed and is now passing on your message to the other rebels?" asked Granty curiously.

Such suspicions are understandable, after all, she is still from the Knights of the Church, and she trusts the commoners and the faithful, but she is still slightly biased against those nobles who are easy to hide dirt.

It is not uncommon for pious or upright aristocrats to be absent, but more nobles only consider their own interests, do not take a firm stand, give in to rich interests, and do not be a common thing.

Sherlock smirked: "He used to be my teacher and taught me military knowledge for three years under the arrangement of my uncle. And he was an extremely upright man, even a little pedantic, and sighed from time to time to my three cousins. If he has defected, who will be the faithful in this territory?"

"That's good. But even now you shouldn't be careless, we are here, and everyone will soon know that even if the other party does not dare to attack in a grand manner, it is useless to send a few more 'bandits', but anyone can think of such a thing as an assassin or poisoning. ”

Luo Ming said lightly: "Your life is not only about my reward, but also the life and death of so many people, of course we will support it strongly, and you must be cautious and firm." ”