Chapter 221: The Lord Lord's Arrival

The sudden sound of the horn echoed over the square where the crowd gathered, one long, two short and one long, sounding three times in a row, which represented the meaning of the lord's arrival. The crowd turned and looked like a big stone thrown into the calm lake, rippling in circles, and more and more people looked at the place, and the noise and inquiries were all in one place, and they all wanted to know what was going on here.

The crowd in front of him began to retreat left and right, revealing a passage leading to the center of the square, and in the face of the family guards who were heavily armed and dressed in standard equipment, the people gathered in front of them involuntarily showed a look of fear, and automatically retreated to both sides. Although they didn't know who it was, it was obvious that it must be another high-ranking person.

Jim, the captain of the guard battalion, and nine guards hung a swallow-tailed flag with the badge of the angry bear on their spears, lined up in two rows, and protected Lorist and the others in the center, El and Pat stood in front of Lorlist, Lorist's right hand was Schward with a horn, behind him were Fat Man, Joske and Dorus, and Farrea commanded more than a dozen sailors who went ashore to line up in four columns and follow behind the team.

"Come here. Lorist said to the sailor who kept retreating, "What's your name?" ”

The sailor man immediately collapsed to the ground: "Great, my lord, please spare me, I shouldn't offend my lord......"

A glittering goldford landed beside the sailor man, and Lorist beckoned to him: "This is your reward, you have not offended me." Get up, lead the way with your head......"

The sailor man looked at the gold coins around him a little stupidly, but he quickly came back to his senses, grabbed the gold coins, and was about to put them in his mouth to bite, when he saw the guards staring at him next to him who seemed to be smiling, and quickly got up and bowed deeply to Lorlist: "My lord, my name is Potter, and I am willing to serve you......"

Lorist didn't speak, and pointed ahead. Potter immediately consciously ran to the front of the group, and soon came his fox and fake tiger shout: "Dodge, dodge, Lord Lord has arrived ......"

"What did you say, Potter?"

"Lord, where is it?"

"What do you mean, Earl Norton?

Ahead was in the middle of the square, surrounded by a crowd of crows, and Potter was dancing in front of several cloth-clad guards armed with spears and leather shields. El walked over and shouted, "Who are you and why are you in the way!"

Potter hurriedly said, "My lord, they are the garrison of Shiratori Town......"

"Since it's a garrison, let's step aside, the lord has arrived, hurry up and line up to greet you!"

Several cloth-clad guards hurriedly ran to the side and saluted Lorist and the others who came over.

The circle in the center of the square surrounded by the crowd was not very large, and in the middle was a wooden hanger, on which was tied an old man in his sixties with gray hair, naked* and naked, and looked very strong, but at this time there were three more blood marks on his body that had been whipped by whips. Under the hanger, there were more than 100 soldiers with spears, swords and shields and black and gray leather armor, and they were confronted by more than 200 garrisons wearing variegated cloth clothes and also holding weapons.

"Huh, the garrison here is really good, and they even know how to maintain order?" Lorist was a little surprised.

Now all the people in the square turned their heads to see the arrival of Lorist and his party.

Pointing to the old man tied to the hanger, Lorist asked, "Potter, is that the mayor Hugo?"

Potter nodded hurriedly: "Yes, my lord, Daddy Hugo is a warm-hearted and fair man, and the residents of the town are very convinced of him. Five years ago, after the Second Highness's people withdrew, they left a mess, that is, Daddy Hugo led people to restore order in White Bird Town, so that everyone had something to rely on, so everyone chose him as the mayor of the town......"

Loris nodded, "El, Pat, go and bring Daddy Hugo here." ”

"Yes, sir. ”

El and Pat swaggered over, and came to the hanger as if no one was around, and several armed soldiers next to them were taken by the momentum of the two of them, and they all stepped back.

Pat drew his sword and slashed, breaking the rope that was tied to Father Hugo's body. Daddy Hugo went straight ahead. El stepped forward and held him up, "Are you okay?"

Hugo's father said: "It's okay, it's just that the body is a little stiff after being tied for a long time, and I still walk." ”

Pat said, "Come with me, my lord wants to see you." ”

Several armed soldiers next to him came to their senses and stopped in front. El didn't raise his eyelids: "Get out of the way, death to those who stand in the way!"

"What a big breath!Who are you, obediently leave the old man for me!" a knight in cyan armor appeared in front of El and Pat on the left, and drew his sword with a "poof", and the golden sword light wrapped around the sword, this was actually a knight of the golden rank.

"Hmm, Locke, isn't this the standard armor of the Royal Guards, are they really sent by His Royal Highness?"

"Joe......" said Lorlist, "be careful, don't hurt the onlookers......"

The long arrow was like green lightning, and the middle of the long sword with a golden sword flashed in the middle of the "bell", the sword broke, the arrow flew, and it was half a foot deep into the ground. The golden knight in cyan armor was like a lightning strike, and he took three steps back in a row, and spat out a mouthful of blood when he opened his mouth. He never dreamed that this arrow would be shot so skillfully, and at the same time as he shot the long sword in his hand, a huge fighting spirit in the arrow pressed all on his body, and immediately injured his inner abdomen.

The golden knight was wounded, and the rest of the soldiers were startled, and several armed soldiers who stopped in front of El's three hurriedly flashed to both sides, and just watched El and Pat bring Father Hugo to Lorlist.

"My lord, I salute you, I don't know who you are, why are you here in Shiratori Town?" said Father Hugo in respect by bowing his head and touching his chest in front of Lorliste.

"I am Lord Norton, and your lord. Are you the mayor elected by the residents of Shiratori?, Daddy Hugo......" Lorist said, looking at the sixty-year-old man in front of him, who was still unusually strong.

Father Hugo was stunned and looked at Lorliste: "My lord, you are really the Earl of Norton, please forgive me for my presumptuousness, can I see your title and territory certificate?"

Schward plugged the horn in his hand, took out the sealed document from the leather pocket on his back, and opened it. Father Hugo knows how to read, he carefully read the document, breathed a sigh of relief, and then bowed to Lorist again: "Welcome, my lord, I am Hugo, the temporary mayor elected by the residents of Shiratori Town, and I now hand over to you the management of Shiratori Town......"

"No, you will continue to serve as the mayor of Shiratori Town first, and then adjust your position when I understand the situation in the territory. Lorist said, and looked at the guard again: "Daddy Hugo, who is the captain of the guard now, I want to meet him." ”

"Uh......" Daddy Hugo immediately turned around and yelled at the White Bird Town garrison gathered over there, "Victor, get out of here, why don't you hurry up when the lord arrives?"

A middle-aged man in a shabby leather armor limped out of the garrison and walked this way. When he got closer, he saluted casually: "Victor, the captain of the garrison of White Bird Town, has seen the lord. ”

Lorist stared straight at him, this middle-aged man named Victor was finally stared at by Lorist's sharp eyes, put away his indifferent face, lowered his head and avoided staring.

"You did a good job of not forgetting the safety of the crowd around you when confronting the enemy, and sending out guards to maintain order, which is very commendable. Lorist said.

"My lord, Victor is an officer of the Tempest Legion, and if he hadn't been injured and retired, he would have been the captain by now. Daddy Hugo said beside him.

"What about you, Daddy Hugo, you also have a strong military temperament. Lorist laughed.

"My lord, I used to be the logistics quartermaster of the White Lion Legion, and I came back after the White Lion Legion was disbanded. White Bird Town is my hometown, and I have been a soldier for thirty-five years, and I am many times luckier to be able to return to my hometown to die old than those brothers who are buried in the battlefield......" Father Hugo sighed.

"Oh, the White Lion Legion, it seems that Father Hugo is not an outsider, several knights of my family are from the White Lion Legion, such as Boderfinger, Rod Wells, and Malek, do you know them?"

"Bodfinger? Of course I know, I know his hometown is from the Northlands. Rose has also run away to your family as a knight? Oh, by the way, this guy is good friends with Bodfinger. However, it is really surprising that Malek, a ruthless boy with an iron face, has also become an adult, your knight, he has always been expressionless, and he only recognizes military law and does not remember human feelings. I remember one time when Rose was caught drinking by Malek and was given ten lashes by himself. Rose scolded Malek for not being a friend, and Malek said that it was a friend who beat you personally, otherwise you won't be able to remember the lesson...... "Daddy Hugo is really the head of the road when he talks about these three, like a few treasures."

"My lord, there is time to reminisce, let's solve this matter first, let the residents of White Bird Town disperse, and it's not a matter of surrounding it like this. Fat Smith interrupted the conversation between Lorist and Daddy Hugo, and he pointed to the armed soldiers in black and gray leather armor.

"Alright, Daddy Hugo, we'll talk later, and I'll see why they came to my family domain to collect taxes. Lorist led the way towards the gathered group of armed soldiers, and a group of people hurriedly followed.

"I am the Earl of Norton, and I will tell your heads to speak. ”

Although there were more than a hundred armed soldiers in this group of armed soldiers wearing black and gray leather armor, they did not have the courage to fight against Lorist, not to mention, just twenty sets of silver-gray standard armor blinded their eyes, and the golden knight who brought them was wounded by an arrow, which made them lose the courage to resist. At this moment, when Lorist wanted to see their heads, all the soldiers looked at the golden knight in unison.

"Is he your head?" Lorist was a little puzzled, he thought that these armed soldiers were the soldiers of the family brought by Viscount Aslan to collect taxes, but he didn't expect that it was actually brought by this golden knight wearing the standard armor of the Royal Guard.

Lorist walked towards the Golden Knight: "Who are you, and why did you bring troops to my family territory?"

The golden knight looked at Lorist with resentment: "You bullshit count dare to let people plot against me, do you know what the consequences are?"

Lorist spat disdainfully: "I don't know what the consequences are, but you led troops into my family territory without my invitation or permission, which means invasion and war for me, give you a chance, tell me your identity and the origin of these soldiers, otherwise I will hang you as robbers." ”

"If you dare to touch me to try, aren't you afraid of incurring the thunderous wrath of Your Second Highness and destroying your family?"

With a "snap", Lorist raised his hand and gave him a slap: "Second Highness's Thunder Fury? Hehe, I'm so scared! What can you do now that you are moved?"

The Golden Knight was furious: "I'm fighting with you!" and pounced with open hands.

"Uh......" This is the Golden Knight who has been punched in the stomach, and the whole person has bowed into a lobster.

"Poof..."A punch was taken to the right cheek, and the Golden Knight spat out two teeth.

"Vomit..."Another blow to the chest and abdomen, the Golden Knight knelt on the ground and wanted to vomit but couldn't vomit, his face was full of blood and tears.

Lorist reached out and grabbed the Golden Knight, and gave him seven or eight big slaps, beating the Golden Knight's face into a pig's head, and throwing it to the ground, and the Golden Knight was already unconscious.

"Put your weapons down, I'll count to three, and if you haven't put down your weapons yet, you'll be killed!" Lorist looked at the armed soldiers in black leather armor: "One ......"

Before the second could exit, there was a loud noise, and all the armed soldiers threw their weapons to the ground. What are you kidding, as the head of the Golden Knight, the high head of the corps is like a sandbag in the hands of this lord, and he will lie down in just a few clicks, and the highest level of fighting spirit among our hundreds of people is just a black iron, who will resist and ask for their own hardships......

Lorist didn't expect that these hundred or so armed soldiers would give up their weapons and surrender so easily, and said in a daze: "You are very clever, I also want to hang a few people who are not long-eyed to give you a long memory, but I didn't expect you to refuse to fulfill my little wish." Tell me for yourselves, who is your squad leader?"

So all the soldiers' eyes fell on a soldier in front of him who was sweating profusely.

"Did you come out on your own or did I ask you to come out?" asked Lorist with a smile.

This frightened guy with a slightly pale face knelt directly in front of Lorist: "My lord, my lord, spare my life......"

Why do these soldiers look like this?Lorist didn't expect the shock he had brought to these soldiers by knocking down the Golden Knight with three punches and two kicks.

"Tell me where you came from......

"My lord, I am the squad leader of the seventh squad of the second squadron of the first brigade of the third corps of the reserve first corps of the Iberian kingdom, and my name is Cilit. Our corps was stationed in the port of its Lim. The Golden Knight Fervin Mante is our Legion Commander, and he is ......" The squad leader named Celit pointed to the Golden Knight lying on the ground: "Today we are here on his orders to follow him here to assist Viscount Aslan in collecting taxes for the kingdom and His Royal Highness. Spare us, my lord, we are just doing what we are told......"

"Collecting taxes?What about the Viscount Aslan?Why didn't he come to see me?I was about to hear how His Highness asked him to collect taxes in my domain......" Lorist looked at the soldiers gathered around, and found no one like the Viscount Aslan.

That's right, since the lord of this territory is here, then the Viscount Aslan who came to collect taxes should come out to negotiate, why haven't you seen anyone for most of the day? Even the golden knight was beaten down and didn't pay attention, this is too strange? The soldiers of the reserve legion who came back to their senses hurriedly turned back to look for it, and for a long time a voice shouted: "That viscount has escaped, damn it, we were fooled!"

The soldiers shouted and cursed.

"Escape?Where else does he want to run on the island of Hilowas? Jim, take two guards and four sailors back to the docks to keep guard, let Wilson pay attention, don't let a ship set sail without my permission, and sink it directly if there is resistance!"

"Yes, sir. ”

"Victor, you are the captain of the garrison of White Bird Town, the soldiers of this squad will find a place to hold them first, they are not prisoners, they are also deceived, they must not be mistreated, get them something to eat and drink, and settle down first. Understood?" commanded Lorlist.

"My lord, we don't have money to feed or drink...... Victor said.

Lorist smiled: "Schward, give this garrison captain ten gold fords, and let him give a small silver coin to each of the garrison members as a reward for them to protect White Bird Town, and I think the rest should be enough for them to eat and drink." ”

Ten gold fords can be exchanged for a thousand small silver coins, one for each garrison, and the rest is not a feast, but a feast and drink for several days.

Victor finally bowed his head and saluted respectfully: "Thank you, Lord for the reward, I will settle these soldiers." ”

"Alright, Daddy Hugo, you let the residents disperse first, and I won't provide lunch for all of them. ”

Father Hugo touched his chest with his hand and saluted: "Yes, lord." ”

...... (To be continued.) )