Chapter V: Punishment
"Lord Duke, there are people outside who ask to see him, and it seems that he has come to plead guilty, and he has been kneeling at the door. The little maid trotted in from outside, a little anxious, so that her breath was unsteady, and her little breasts fell together.
Green nodded and said, "I see, you can go about your own business first." β
"Lord Duke, what about the man outside, do you want him to come in?"
Green thought for a while and said, "No, just let him kneel there, if he does something wrong, he will always be punished." β
Immediately, Green looked at the two thieves and said, "Your luck is that your accomplices didn't leave you two and run away alone, so you don't have to answer the first question." β
"Second question, what is the purpose of your sneaking into the castle?"
Mel looked at Renault again and asked, "Renault, how shall we answer?"
Renault did not answer Meier, but said directly: "We came in to steal." β
"What's that?"
"A gift from Viscount Brown. Renault paused for a moment and said, "Also, by the way, stealing something valuable, we want to exchange some money for food." β
"So, someone must have asked you to steal a gift from Viscount Brown?"
"Yes, but we don't know this person, not from our town, he found us the day before yesterday and told us to sneak into the castle and steal something, and then Peak came to find out. β
Green frowned, since it involves Viscount Brown, then that person must know his identity, and when he knows his identity, he dares to let people steal things, which is really not small.
Green decided to check out the gifts from Viscount Brown to see what was inside, and people couldn't wait to get them in such a risky way.
Offending a prince is not a matter that can be easily solved, even if Green is no longer a prince, just a duke with a false name, but Green's relationship in the palace is still there.
Once Green decides to take revenge, not many people in the Duchy of AndrΓ© can afford it, except for those powerful dukes or earls and the like, but that kind of person is unlikely to be interested in Viscount Brown's things.
But before that, Green decided to deal with the three thieves first.
"Sally, let the kneeling one in the doorway come in. β
After a while, a man came in after Sally.
"I've seen the Duke, and I hope the Duke will forgive me!" As soon as he came in, Peak knelt down in front of Green with a "poof" without the slightest hesitation.
Peak knows that Green can easily decide his life and death, and he has no way at all, the only chance to survive is to get Green's forgiveness, and this requires a sincere enough attitude to admit his mistakes.
"Peak?"
"Lord Hui, it is the villain. β
"How much do you know about the man who asked you to come and steal?"
"Back to the Duke, it was the first time we had seen the man, and he told us that he needed us to steal a gift from Viscount Brown to the Duke, and that he would give us ten gold coins in return. β
"Do you remember?"
"Remember, if I see it again, I'll recognize it. β
Green nodded, knowing this, Green knew that he should not get any news from the three of them, and because of this, Green didn't ask any more questions.
In fact, Green didn't pay much attention to the whole thing, whether it was Viscount Brown or the person behind the secret hiring of the three Peaks to steal things from the castle, Green didn't pay attention to it.
The reason why these three thieves were allowed to break in this time was only because there was a real lack of manpower in the castle, and when the castle was replenished one after another, it would not be so easy for outsiders to want to enter.
And even if the strength of the mastermind behind this incident exceeds Green's expectations at this time, it is not easy to take advantage of Green, who has become an official wizard.
Things have developed to this point that the mastermind behind the scenes will only have two options, the first is to give up, and the second is to wait for a while and try again.
The first type of Green is happy to face, although there may not be a chance to catch the culprit behind it and punish him, but Green himself does not want to devote his time to such a small matter.
Green would rather spend a little more time exploring the wizarding profession.
The second kind of Green is not afraid at all, as long as the mastermind behind the scenes dares to send someone over again, Green has enough means to arrest all the people involved in this incident.
Then it will be time for the other side to sign a series of unequal treaties.
"According to the laws of the Principality of AndrΓ©, trespass on private premises, and I can kill all three of you. Greene paused and said, "I think you should know that." β
Melton trembled and was terribly afraid.
Peak and Renault are slightly better, these two are much calmer than Mayer, and their personalities are somewhat similar, to put it bluntly, they are the kind that can do big things, but to do big things, you also need luck.
However, in this three-person group, Meier is also an indispensable factor, Peak and Renault have similar personalities, if there is no Meier factor, the cooperation will not last long.
"But since I've kept you until now, I think you should understand that I don't really want to kill you, in fact, I don't like to kill people very much, and I will take another way until I have to. β
Green's gaze wandered around the three of them, and said: "The death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, I will punish you to work in the Duke's Castle for ten years, and within ten years, everything you have belongs to the Duke's Castle." β
"There is no freedom, no remuneration, the Duke's castle only provides food and shelter, my order, you must not disobey in the slightest, even if I let you go to death, are you willing?"
Green's conditions sound very harsh, in modern society, basically a normal person will not agree, isn't there a poet who said, life is precious, love is expensive, if it is for freedom, both can be thrown.
Losing his freedom and putting his life in Grimm's hands at all times sounded terrible.
But the three of them immediately nodded and chose to agree, even if Meier's reaction arc was a little longer and his brain was not very good, he also chose to agree at the first time.
Because they have no choice, if they don't agree, they will die, and if they choose, they can still have food and clothing, you must know that the reason why they sneaked into the Duke's castle with great risks this time is just to eat.
"Renault, your job is a porter, Mel, and you're in charge of cleaning up the manor. β
Green looked at Peak again and said, "Peak, you go and call the mayor over, I have something to announce." β
"These are three contracts, you have signed them, and if you break them, you must know the consequences. β