Chapter XVIII
"Even a bunch of rotten guys have their use, plan ahead and officially raise the flag tomorrow. www.biquge.info"Will stood up and said majestically, and everyone in the tent knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice, "Yes!"
"Hey, you see it's the city lord!"
"Who is that man next to the city lord? How come I've never seen one?"
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"What?"
"Lord of the City, you have to be the master for everyone! these black-hearted merchants are going on like this, and they can't survive!" said a civilian, kneeling in front of Tia, and said in a wailing voice.
"Everyone, please be patient, I will return the former Finney City to everyone in three days!" Tia said loudly, looking at the civilians gathered in front of her.
"Tomorrow at noon! All the officials who have oppressed you in the past will be beheaded in the bazaar!
"Oh my God, Finney City is going to change. ”
"Tomorrow there will be a river of blood!"
"I just hope the lord knows what he's doing," the civilians said.
After speaking, Tia returned to the mansion with Ao Xingfeng, and in the study of the mansion, Tia said to Ao Xingfeng: "Xingfeng, tomorrow's execution will encounter very huge resistance, and I need to trouble you." ”
"It's okay, but I'm curious, won't the king ask about your casual handling of the Maleni officials?" asked Ao Xingfeng, sitting on a chair near the window.
"Hehe, Xingfeng doesn't seem to know the relationship between the nobles, let me explain. The first is the titles, from barons, viscounts, counts, marquises to archdukes, these titles and nobles are divided by the king himself, and no one else has the right to dispose of their life and death. The Grand Duke had two marquises, four counts, sixteen viscounts, and thirty-two barons, and each of them had its own sub-vassals, that is, minor nobles. The life and death of these petty nobles were completely controlled by the nobles who were divided into them, and the king had no right to intervene. Tia patiently explained.
"So that's the case, since their life and death are controlled by you, why do you dare to go against you?" Ao Xingfeng asked suspiciously.
"Quite simply, I have just taken the throne and do not have full control over the military power under my command, and those officers discriminate against me for my age and gender, and I would not have fallen to this point if I had not wanted to rely on the power of other nobles. Tia said helplessly, compared to these stupid little nobles, those nobles with titles are the real threat, and if they use their military power, they will inevitably find an excuse to intervene in their rule.
"In any case, these officials are really too stupid, why can't they wholeheartedly assist their lords? Ao Xingfeng shook his head, angry at the actions of his vassals.
Tia got up and walked to Ao Xingfeng's side, and said a little desolately: "Xingfeng, unlike you magicians, mortals are ambitious, if there are enough benefits, mortals don't care who the previous owner is, but show their minions to their former benefactors." If it weren't for your help, it wouldn't be long before I was in a different place. ”
Ao Xingfeng stood up, put his hands on Tia's shoulders, and said softly, "We're already friends, aren't we? I'll help you." ”
"Thank you, Xingfeng. Tia held Ao Xingfeng's hands on his shoulders and said gently, and the atmosphere seemed very ambiguous for a while.
The two froze in place for an unknown amount of time, until a maid's knock on the door interrupted their ambiguous atmosphere.
"What's the matter?" Tia asked in a deep voice, arranging her hair in a bit of a panic.
"Lord Earl, the guards are ready. The maid whispered.
Tia and Ao Xingfeng glanced at each other, and led a group of guards out of the city to crusade against the wandering group of undead.
Ten miles south of Finney, a small village was besieged by hundreds of undead, and the simple wooden fence was pushed by the undead without much effort, and all the villagers hid in their homes and did not dare to make a sound, but from time to time there was the sound of a wooden door being broken and screaming. Everyone desperately prayed for a savior.
"Woo~" A horn sounded, and the undead in the small village were all attracted to it, waiting for them was a battle formation of a hundred-person team.
The flying arrows slowly blocked the undead's pace, and a small number of the undead were already engaged in close combat with the soldiers, and more were still coming from behind.
Ao Xingfeng is waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the undead to gather more intensively, intending to clean up with the arcane ball at once, face-to-face fighting with the undead will undoubtedly increase more psychological pressure, with the death of the first soldier, the whole formation began to be chaotic, Tia pulled out the long sword on his waist and charged forward, and kept killing the undead around him, the undead are very tenacious, if they don't hit the weak point, even if they are cut in half, they can continue to crawl forward, seeing that the soldiers have signs of retreating, Ao Xingfeng knows that he can't wait any longer.
"Arcane Ball!" A black sphere gathered in Ao Xingfeng's hands, and the panicked soldiers looked at Ao Xingfeng one after another, expecting the magician's shot, and lived up to their expectations, Ao Xingfeng threw out the arcane ball and hit it in a denser place where the undead were dense, the black sphere swelled out, blooming its gorgeous posture in front of people's eyes, and with a loud bang, the undead in the orb turned into dust, and the huge impact tore the undead on the periphery.
The soldiers stared blankly at the terrifying power of the Arcane Orb, and they clearly realized what kind of existence the mage was, but as the strongest backing of their own side, the soldiers burst out with stronger morale, and charged forward more bravely to fight the group of wandering undead into a pile.
With Ao Xingfeng's support from time to time, it didn't take long for no undead to stand on the field, and the soldiers broke out with a cry of victory.
He didn't stay long, after explaining the situation to the village chief. Tia led the soldiers to another place and galloped away, until the night, when more than half of the soldiers were killed and wounded, they helped each other back to Finney City, and the news that Tia had received the help of the magician spread, and the nobles around Finney City weighed their strength and quietly retreated.
When the citizens and refugees of Finney City heard the news of the victory, they greeted the triumphant return of the army at the city gates, and the glorious history of this army will be drawn a strong stroke, and it has become the most desirable place for the recruits of Finney City.
In the evening, in the earl's mansion, after washing the stinky sweat on his body, Ao Xingfeng, who had been tired for a day, lay lazily on the bed, dragging his tired spirit into sleep.
A fragrant fragrance came into Ao Xingfeng's nose, "Tia.... What's wrong?Why are you here?" Ao Xingfeng looked at Tia who was sitting beside him and said suspiciously.
"Xingfeng, can you talk to me?" Tia's expression was a little unnatural, Ao Xingfeng got up, waved his hand and motioned for Tia to continue, Tia lowered her head and said: "Actually, I am ....... about tomorrow's execution" Speaking of this, Tia shook her head and seemed to be firm in her thoughts, and then said: "Xingfeng, is what I did really wrong? The servants of the mansion looked at me..... They were all scared of me and thought that was my nature. I really don't know what I'm going to do anymore, those white-eyed wolves trying to subvert my father's Finney City, and they want to ........" Tia's eyes turned red as she spoke.
"I've never been a nobleman, I've never had the power of life and death over anyone else, and I've never even experienced betrayal, so it would be very funny for me to try to tell you something. Until now, I still think that what you did was not wrong, you should be firm in your heart, the reason why they are afraid of you, I think it is because they haven't received your favor yet, it's just a momentary fear, come on Tia, I will help you. Ao Xingfeng looked at the night outside the window and said his opinion.
"Thank you, Xingfeng. Tia said seriously as she looked at Ao Xingfeng's eyes.
"You must be hungry after a tiring day, right? Let's go eat. Tia stood up and pulled Ao Xingfeng out of the room.
Diamas sat down on a chair, saw Tia holding Ao Xingfeng's hand, and teased: "Xingfeng, I've heard about it, and I've won a victory outside the city, but it seems that the victory in some aspects is also coming soon." ”
"It's the first time I've seen someone who vomits, and you've really opened my eyes. Ao Xingfeng said jokingly.
"You, you ....." Diamas pointed to Ao Xingfeng and couldn't say a word for a long time, it turned out that the undead who were going to sweep the city before were that Diamas had eaten too much, causing vomiting and diarrhea, and his physical condition was still very poor, and the whole person was very weak and slumped in the chair.
After talking to Diamas for a while, the night was getting late, and they each went back to their rooms.
Ao Xingfeng lay on the bed and said to himself: "Today is really full enough, and I am tired enough, so let's sleep like this if I can't play." ”
At noon the next day, Finney City Fair Criminal Desk.
There were many civilians gathered around, the crowd was surging, the whole market was blocked, the vassals were held in front of Xingtai, the executioners sharpened their axes, Ao Xingfeng and Diamas watched the movement around them, Tia spoke in front of everyone, and a priest prayed to the mortals.
When Tia finished speaking, the vassals were escorted to the guillotine, and the crowd suddenly parted, and a large group of mercenaries wearing hoods walked in, and the person at the front stood directly below the platform and lifted his hood.
The guards of Finney City quickly surrounded the group of mercenaries, Tia looked at the man in front of her, and asked calmly, "Who is coming?" Will did not answer, but turned to the talking civilians and said, "My name is Homir Slav Will, the son of the previous lord of the city, Homir Slav Victor. As Will spoke, one of the mercenaries pulled out a piece of identification, stamped with the seal of the Homir family.
"Nonsense! Do you think you can do whatever it takes to forge a certificate?" Tia snapped.
Will shrugged his shoulders and said that it didn't matter, "Yes, just a certificate doesn't mean anything, but what about this?" as he spoke, he took out the saber at his waist and held it high in front of people's eyes, the hilt of the sword was the coat of arms of the Homir family, and with a sword groan, the sword was unsheathed, and the creed of the Homir family could be clearly seen on the sword.
"This is the sword of Homir."
"Could it be that this man is really the son of the Lord of Victor?"
"I said how come I have never seen the little city lord take out this sword, it turned out to be in this person's hand"
Seeing the people around her talking, Tia gritted her teeth and said, "So what?
Will put the sword back into its sheath, tossed it to Tia, and said, "Then try it, can you pull it out?"
Tia took Homir's sword and pulled it out, but it didn't move, and she gave up.
"Hey, what's going on, the little city lord can't pull out Homir's sword!"
"Could it be that the little city lord ......?"
"This ......"
Will held his right hand, and the long sword flew out of Tia's hand and returned to his hand, "That's right, this woman in front of you has deceived you, she is not a member of the Homir family at all, and of course she can't pull out the sword of Homir." Will exclaimed.
Behind him, Tia looked dazed, and muttered, "Impossible, this can't be." ”
Pointing at Tia with his right hand, Will said with an impassioned expression: "I don't think she has the right to govern Finney City, everyone must know that since she was in power, Finney City has been worse every day, she has relied on her identity to act recklessly, regardless of everyone's advice, and put all the refugees into Finney City, these refugees are spreading chaos and evil everywhere, and to this day, she even tries to exterminate those who oppose her! Who can guarantee that her next target will not be you?"
"Yes, yes!"
"Get out of Finney City!
"My child is still lying in bed and unable to move because he saw the group of refugees stealing!
"Get out of Finney City! Get out of Finney City, get out of Finney City!" finally the words of the crowd converged and shouted rhythmically, and the guards on the side did not dare to act rashly.
Because of the heckling of some of the people arranged by Will, the whole scene was very chaotic in the blink of an eye, and the civilians denounced Tia one after another, threatening to drive her out of Finney City. Tia on the side looked at a loss, opening her mouth but not making a sound. Ao Xingfeng stepped forward and patted Tia on the shoulder with his left hand.
Looking at the group of impassioned civilians in front of him, Ao Xingfeng felt a wave of anger in his heart, his right hand condensed a black ball full of power, and flew into the sky with a wave, and then changed his hand and exploded in the sky, a huge explosion sounded, and a huge black ball shining with starlight was on people's heads, and the powerful impact shattered the surrounding glass windows, and the civilians were also hit on the ground and wailed in pain.
Will and the group of mercenaries behind him looked at Ao Xingfeng with solemn expressions, and the civilians who fell to the ground did not dare to make a sound, for fear that Ao Xingfeng waved his right hand again and released the terrifying magic in the crowd.
"Whether Tia has the right to control Finney City or not, it's not up to you to decide, I think, with Tia who has been by the side of the previous city lord, the previous city lord will not know Tia's identity, not to mention that Tia's appointment is replaced by the previous city lord. Take a hundred steps back, and even if there is a problem with Tia's identity, it should be King Maleni who should cut it off, not you, Mr. Will. Ao Xingfeng's calm voice slowly came out in this silent scene.