62 A miser who dies to save face and to suffer sin

When Frederick came to the rear, he heard the light infantry clearing the battlefield muttering discontentedly:

"Anything that can catch up with him will be rewarded, hum, deceitful, it's all deceitful!"

"I fought hard to kill six Red Raptors, six! I thought I could always get a reward, but the result was ...... Ah, I don't believe in this bounty anymore!"

Frederick walked over to the silver carriage and saw a bloody Otto leaning against a carved iron railing to polish his sword. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Frederick asked, "You're teasing the soldiers again - how many Red Raptors have you dealt with?"

Otto raised his power sword and looked at it carefully, and said slowly, "Nineteen." ”

Frederick immediately sympathized with the soldiers' grief and indignation, and secretly wanted to earn Otto's bounty. He asked, "Do you stop killing 19? ”

"The rest was dressed as a meat skewer by that man. Otto glanced at Farragut in the distance.

Frederick turned his head to look at Sir Farragut beside the crossbowman. Like a glorious statue, Farragut stood motionless beside the crossbowman, as steady as Mount Tai. On the two-meter-long flag gun, four flimpy red raptors were playfully dressed, standing there like sugar gourds, as if they were arguing with Otto.

Farragut was Frederick's die-hard bodyguard. He suspected that Otto was trying to win hearts by performing swordsmanship, so he also killed the Red Raptor, who tried to sneak attack the crossbowman, and used his spearmanship to fight Otto.

"You ......," Frederick cried and laughed. In the distance, Farragut glanced at Otto in silence before he reserved his spear and shook off the dragon's corpse for the light infantry to skin and dig out the liver.

"Dragon skin can be made into dragon scale armor, which is lighter and tougher than cowhide armor. As soon as Sheffield, who had escaped death, mentioned his profession, he immediately chattered excitedly: "The young dragon's blood can be used to refine red powder, although the meat is rough, it can be air-dried into marching dry food, and the liver can slightly improve the knight's cultivation, and the value is even higher after being mashed into medicine." Your Highness the Earl, we can make a small fortune. ”

"Only people with impotence need to be aphrodisiac. Otto dismissed it, pressed his left fist on the liver area, closed his eyes and said, "I only trust my liver." ”

Sheffield was saved by Otto, and quickly changed his words in awe: "The cultivation of eating liver to improve is like the weight lost by a fat person on a diet, and sooner or later there is a hidden danger of rebound." The strength you gain through sweat and practice is more solid than the strength you gain through diet. ”

The panting useless knight Florian leaned over, lifted his visor, and smiled happily: "Your Royal Highness, if you cut off the head of the Red Raptor, if you make a specimen and collect it, it will be very popular in Wiener! ”

"Yes. Wiener was the capital of the dynasty, and the upper circle was unfathomable. If you want to gain a foothold in Wiener, you have to manage your reputation. Jacob, who was dressed in civilian clothes, walked over with a frown and moved his freshly connected shoulders: "Please declare to the outside world that the Red Raptors were hunted down by you, don't feel guilty, because gaining a foothold in Wiener requires these strategies - tactical propaganda, nothing to do with honor, this is the basic cultivation of military lords." ”

Frederick frowned and was about to refuse, but Otto had already jumped out of the car in a hurry, took Jacob's arm and looked at it: "Why are you injured like this? Dislocated? The joints are swollen and bleeding so much!"

"I think the swelling will go down in three days. Just practice it for a few days. Jacob nudged Otto and said intently to Frederick, "For the sake of your reputation, be sure to wear this aura of bravery and tell the vain nobles of Vena that this fierce and mighty uranium beast is dead at your handsβ€”and if you feel indebted to me, reward me with ten gold coins." I'll gladly accept it. ”

Frederick wanted to agree, but after all, it was the work of others, and it would be very thick-skinned to take it without changing his face and heartbeat. So he excused himself sternly: "How can I rob it, that is your honor, and ten gold coins are too few." ”

Otto looked at Jacob and said, "Yes, I have twenty." ”

Frederick's face turned green, and he forgot to defend himself against Otto.

Jacob looked blankly at Frederick's blue face, and cautiously tentatively said: "If you don't want to go, thirty gold coins are fine, it is really enough, this honor is willingly given to you by me, for the common good." ”

Frederick felt the warmth from his subordinates, looked at Jacob's sincere face, and said with a touched face: "This ......"

Otto squinted at Frederick, and then reminded Jacob in a matter-of-fact manner: "The Count is a man of face, and he will never openly take advantage of his subordinates." It looks like he won't agree to anything less than 50 gold coins. ”

Frederick glared at Otto. Otto stared at his brother defiantly and raised his chin slightly, as if to say, "Bite me." ”

"Otto," Frederick smiled as he steadied Jacob, then stared at Otto with a warm smile and asked word by word, "Why did you do this?"

Although the smile on his face was like a flower, Frederick's heart was galloping, and he thought in great distress: "Bastard Otto!

Otto gracefully admired Frederick's distressed expression, and politely told Frederick: "Because it is pleasing to me to let Scrooge spend money." ”

Frederick was calm on the surface, but the muscles on his face were twitching.

Jacob said solemnly, "Earl, I heard that the black market sells the specimen of the dragon head for 200 gold coins, you must be thinking about that price, right?"

"Stop!" said Frederick, scrambling against time to stop the two fraudsters, "50 gold is good, 50 gold is too suitable, so give Jacob 50 gold." Since it's your own person, then you don't see the outside. ”

Otto squinted and gloated at the Count: "The Count is really cute when he is serious." He smiled brightly, and his lips seemed to say, "(You're going to show me again?)"

Frederick was so annoyed that he wanted to twist Otto's ears. He was cheated 40 gold coins for no reason, and his mind was already rapidly converting the loss: 40 gold coins = Fort William's net income for two weeks = 4000 silver coins = two months' rations for a family of three.

This calculation suddenly made Frederick suffer a severe pain equal to the loss of love, and he whirled for a while, holding his forehead and gasping: "Then, the 50 gold coins, I, I will reward you when I arrive in Wiener." I have remembered both of your faithfulness. ”

"Are you alright, Count?" said Jacob.

"Otto, you and Florian lead the light infantry and crossbowmen to protect the silver carriage. I lead Ser Farragut on a quest to track down the fallen knights who instigated the dragons. Frederick lost his soul and staggered away, no matter how rich he was, he felt that losing money was more painful than losing his life: "Also, you wait for me, and I will 'repay' you well, dear brother." ”

Jacob looked at the Count's distant back, tilted his head slightly and said to Otto, "Aren't we too cruel?" ”

"I just wanted to see how far he could pretend. It's obviously a stingy ghost, and he pretends to be arrogant with the two of us. Hum. Otto put away his sword, wiped the blood from his body with a wet towel in disgust, and lazily instructed Jacob: "Leave the defense to me and Florian." You go to rest in the baggage car and recuperate from your injuries. ”

"Yes, Your Highness. Jacob was supposed to address Otto as "Your Excellency", but he used the title "Your Highness" as always, proving his loyalty to Otto.