Chapter Seventy-Six: The Council of the Nobles

Yuri sent a small group of light cavalry to escort the representatives of the coalition of seven nobles to the city of Gerdos.

Lorist and Fat Man politely welcomed them into the Grand Duke's Mansion and sat down to begin the conversation.

However, Lorist soon realized that something was wrong, and instead of rejoicing at the fall of Earl Corbilly, the representatives of the aristocratic coalition took aim at the Norton family's northbound convoy. They believed that Lorlist's convoy had attacked Count Corbilly and seized and possessed his city, which was clearly beyond the limits of a merchant convoy and could not be tolerated by the aristocratic coalition.

The representatives of these aristocratic coalition forces demanded that Lorist must immediately withdraw from the city of Gerdos, as well as William Mills Castle and Burdock Manor Castle, seal all materials and belongings, and wait for the noble coalition to receive and dispose of them. In particular, one of the old men with a goatee, almost pointing at Lorlist's nose, rebuked him, believing that Lorlist's crucification of Count Corbilly was an affront to the dignity of the nobles, and a provocation to the nobles of the entire kingdom of Redlis, and that no nobleman could tolerate a nobleman to be hung on a cross like a lowly thief.

"Who are you?" asked Lorlist, who was amused, staring at the old man with a goatee who was flying up and down, waving his fingers and feet.

"I am Viscount Schnave, and as a nobleman, I ask that you, the head of the merchant fleet, must respect me, what qualifications do you have to sit at the head of our nobles?" replied the old man proudly.

"Very well, Viscount Schnave. Lorist stood up: "I think what you have done is an insult to the Norton family, which is unforgivable, and for this reason, I declare war on your family on behalf of the Norton family, and I will not stop dying." ”

"Ross Knights ......"

"Here, do as you command!" Rod Wells stepped forward.

Looking at the map, Lorist smiled: "This Viscount Snave's territory is not far from William Mills Castle, I will give you three days, and you will lead your heavy armored spear squadron to gather the forces of William Mills Castle and sweep his territory clean." Let no one of his family slip through the net. What Count Corbilly didn't finish, I don't mind doing for him. ”

"Yes, please rest assured, your will is our mission!" the Ross knight glanced disdainfully at the representatives of the seven noble alliances, and strode out majestically, and his loud cries and the noise of people and horses gathered could be heard from outside. Soon, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded, and gradually faded away.

There was dead silence in the hall, and the arrogant Viscount Schnave had collapsed on the ground, pointing at Lorlist, whose face was pale and speechless.

The faces of the remaining six representatives of the noble coalition were earthy, and they seemed to find themselves ignoring something.......

Finally, another old man with hundreds of hairs stood up: "May I ask your lordship, aren't you, aren't you a convoy of comptoirs?"

"Hehe, I'm glad someone found out, didn't you inquire when you came? We're not a comptoir, I'm Baron Norton Lorlist, the head of the Norton family in the Northland. I was leading a family convoy that passed through here and headed north back to my family's territory. Lorist said.

"But my lord, as a nobleman, your act of crucifying Count Corbilly is indeed not in line with the status of a nobleman, and Viscount Schnave is right. "The old man with a hundred hairs is very courageous.

"You're right, but I didn't treat him like a nobleman, he was crucified by the red-bearded bandits who had robbed and killed caravans in the province of Puerto Org in the past. If you don't want to believe it, then please take a look at this diary. This is the Count of Cobilly's own account of the robbery of a merchant in the province of Puerto Org, and there are several such diaries. Reddy, give these diaries to a few adults to look at. Lorist said.

The evidence was ironclad, and the representatives of the six noble coalition had nothing to say......

"Excuse me, my lord, are the Norton family the roaring bears of the Empire who once guarded the Northlands, and how did you come into conflict with Count Corbilly?" asked another obese representative, standing up.

Loris nodded, "Yes, our family is the Roaring Bear of the Northlands. I studied in the city of Molente for ten years, and some time ago I received a letter from my family, asking me to go back to inherit the title and the territory, because I was a little wealthy, so I organized this convoy to go north. As a result, when passing through this place, he was suddenly and inexplicably attacked by the lancers of Count Cobilly, but fortunately, the family forces escorting the convoy were still quite strong, not only annihilating the invading lancers, but also capturing many prisoners. ”

"It was these captives who confessed that Count Cobilly was the red-bearded bandit who had run amok in the province of Puerto Org many years earlier. If you're interested, check out the archives of the province of Puerto Org about the Redbeard Bandits, where our Norton caravan was wiped out by the Redbeard Bandits seven years ago. Our family has been searching for the Redbeard Bandit for years, and now we have finally found a clue. We declared war on Count Corbilly and succeeded in wiping him and his bastards out of him. ”

"My lord, we misunderstood. We thought you were a convoy of merchants, which is why we objected to your occupation of Earl Corbilly's territory. Those who don't know are not guilty, please spare Viscount Snave. He would apologize to the Norton family for his misdeeds. "The representative of the obese aristocratic coalition interceded for Viscount Schnave.

"Hehe, maybe Viscount Schnave shouldn't apologize to me, but to you. Lorist laughed, turning to pull out a few letters from a box on the table next to him.

"You may check it, after the capture of the city of Gerdos, we found these letters in the study of Count Corbilly, and the person who wrote the letters was Viscount Schnave, who informed Count Corbilly of the actions and plans of the aristocratic coalition several times, and said that he would do everything in his power to destroy the unity of the aristocratic coalition, provoke civil strife, and so on. I wanted to take advantage of this meeting to hand over these letters to you, so that you could dig up the poisonous snake hiding within. I didn't think he would jump in front of me on his own, isn't this self-defeating?"

The representatives of the six aristocratic coalitions looked at the letter in their hands in disbelief, and their bodies trembled......

Suddenly, the gray-haired old man threw the letter in his hand, rushed over and grabbed Viscount Schnave who was paralyzed on the ground, hugged his head and covered his face, and even kicked and kicked it was not enjoyable, but he opened his mouth and bit one of Viscount Schnave's ears fiercely, causing Viscount Schnave to scream in pain.

The other delegates hurriedly rushed over and finally pulled away the two entangled, and the gray-haired old man was ruthless enough, he actually bit off one of Viscount Schnave's ears and swallowed it raw, and sat there with his bloodstained mouth open and cried: "My son, my Benny, you died so unjustly......

The fat representative smiled wryly and explained to Lorliste: "Baron Dowkla is overbroken, and his son Knight Benny once led a team to attack a warehouse of Count Corbilly, but unexpectedly fell into an ambush and wiped out the army. Just now, Baron Dowkla read the letter and found out that the attack was revealed by Viscount Schnave, and Count Corbilly sent someone to ambush him......"

Lorist has deep sympathy for Baron Dowkla: "The fact that being betrayed by one's own people led to the sacrifice of one's relatives is indeed a difficult fact to accept. Please convey my condolences to Baron Dowkla on my behalf and ask him to pay his respects. As for Viscount Snave, I will leave his family and realm to the noble coalition to deal with. There have been so many unexpected circumstances today, and it seems that our talks cannot continue, so I would like to ask you to rest for a few days before we can discuss. ”

The fat representative bowed deeply to Lorlist: "Dear Lord Norton, may I take the liberty of asking what you want to discuss with us?"

Lorist bowed his head and saluted back: "May I ask ....... Your Excellency?"

The fat representative straightened his belly: "I am Baron Henderson, and my family coat of arms is a sharp spearhead." ”

"Hats off, Lord Baron. What I'd like to discuss with the aristocratic coalition is what to do with Earl Corbilly's domain, because our Norton convoy continues north, and I don't want to leave a mess behind. And we also rescued seven noble ladies whose whole family was in distress, and as a nobleman, I must lend a helping hand and not turn a blind eye. When all this is arranged, we will leave the city of Gerdos. Lorist said.

"Uh......" The obese Baron Henderson was a little stunned, according to the unwritten tradition among the nobles, there is a war between the nobles of the two territories, and the winner has everything, so naturally he has the right to dispose of the loser. As a nobleman, Lorist defeated Count Corbilly, so he naturally had the right to dispose of the victor's territory occupied by Count Corbilly, and everything was his spoils. Therefore, when the aristocratic coalition received the news that the armed leader of the convoy that had defeated Earl Corbilly wanted to consult with them, it was natural for them to regard the convoy as a convoy of a certain chamber of commerce, so they were so arrogant, and they considered themselves to be superior to others. Even the family crest and the angry bear banner worn by the hussars who escorted them were regarded by them as the emblem of the Chamber of Commerce.

"Lord Norton, do you mean that you are still going to leave and abandon the city of Gerdos?" Baron Henderson, although fat, was quite agile and quickly reacted.

"Yes, my family territory is in the Northern Wastelands, and the Norton family has always remembered the oath to defend the frontier of the Empire, and although the Empire no longer exists, I will return to the Northlands. Passing through here, the elimination of Count Cobilly's family was not only for old grudges, but also for the cruelty and viciousness of Count Cobilly's treatment of the nobles of the territory. Now that the Count Corbilly family has been wiped out, our Norton family's convoy will naturally go north, and the thirteen territories that Count Corbilly wiped out, the nobles' territories, as well as William Mills Castle and Gerdos City, I think we should discuss with all of you in the noble alliance, after all, your noble alliance was also established to resist Count Corbilly, and you have this qualification. ”

Lorlist's words smashed on the heads of several representatives of the aristocratic coalition like a big pie, and even the Baron Dowkla, who was sitting on the ground and crying, stopped crying and looked at Lorist with his mouth wide open.

The fat man next to him walked over, gave a knightly salute, helped him up, and asked the servant to bring the basin and bring a fine linen towel for cleaning. Then he waved his hand and motioned to the guards to take Viscount Schnav, who was lying on the ground and covering his ears and humming miserably, down and imprisoned.

Baron Henderson was the first to react, and bent down deeply: "Dear Lord Norton, your character is enough to compete with the sun and the moon, and we vulgar people feel ashamed. I just don't know what our noble coalition can do for you? ”

This time, Baron Henderson had automatically ignored the fact that Lorist had not yet inherited the title, and instead of calling him Your Excellency, he directly pressed the title of Baron on Lorlist's head. Moreover, Baron Henderson knew the meaning of the proverb that there is no feast for free, and asked straight to the point what Lorist wanted.

Lorist glanced at Baron Henderson appreciatively: "Actually, I only have a few small requests. One, our Norton family has a long history with Viscount Turbury and is regarded as a friend and family. Unfortunately, the Viscount of Turbery family was killed, and now only Mr. Tim's bloodline remains, and our convoy has received great assistance from Mr. Tim in the battle with Earl Billy. Therefore, I decided to make Mr. Tim the heir of the Viscountate of Thiberley, continuing the bloodline of the Thibury family, hoping to be recognized by the noble alliance so that Mr. Tim can inherit the Viscountdom smoothly. ”

"There is no problem at all, Mr. Tim, many of us know him, since the whole family of Viscount Tim is in trouble, it is natural that Mr. Tim should continue the bloodline and inherit the viscount. Baron Henderson agreed.

"Second, the Baron of Enreel, who was connected to the Viscounty of Turberly, was also martyred by his entire family, leaving only one Miss Enreel imprisoned. Now we have rescued Miss Enreel. She and Mr. Tim admired each other, so I decided to marry them and hope that the newlyweds would receive your blessings......"

"That's as it should be, we will bless them and give them a wedding gift. The representatives of the six aristocratic coalition said in unison.

"Thirdly, it is well known that the Viscountate of Tubberly and the Baronate of Enlehr have been poisoned by the Earl of Kobili several times, and their territories have been abandoned and lifeless. So I decided to compensate by giving the Tims and Tim the Castle of Burdock Manor, hoping that this would also be recognized by the noble coalition and that they would not be violated, so as not to disturb the peace of the long-suffering couple. Of course, as compensation, I will hand over William Mills Castle and the city of Gerdos to the noble coalition, as well as the thirteen lost lords' domain certificates, and the six noble ladies who were also imprisoned by Count Koubilly and rescued by us, and by the way, the relatives of nearly 10,000 soldiers killed in battle under Count Koubilly can also be handed over to you. ”

Baron Henderson only felt his throat dry and speechless, and glanced at the other delegates and said, "Lord Norton, if you have any other requests, please put them together, this is not for us to decide." I will report your request back to the members of the Noble Alliance, and ask them to come here to a meeting of the nobles to discuss the disposition of these matters, you see? ”

"Of course, my final request is that our family convoy will stay in Gerdos City for a while, about a month, because the convoy is large and large, so we have to do a lot of preparation work to continue north. I look forward to your understanding in this regard. Of course, our convoy has carried a lot of weapons and equipment on this trip, and we can provide it to you at a good price if you need it. ”

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In the days following the letters sent by Baron Henderson and several other delegates, nobles have arrived in the city of Gerdos with their attendants. And Bodfinger and Rose Knights, with a squadron of heavily armored lancers, swept away the Viscount of Schnave with a surprise attack, which also made the noble coalition recognize the strength of the Norton family's armed forces.

Seven days later, the Council of Nobles was finally convened in the city of Gerdos, and on the first day, all the participants of the Council of Nobles agreed to Lorist's request. Lorist also handed over half of the control of William Mills Castle and the city of Gerdos to the Council of Nobles, and handed over documents such as the certificates of the six noble ladies and thirteen families who had lost their lords, and handed over the relatives of nearly 10,000 Sir Colbilieber soldiers imprisoned in the slave camp to the Council of Nobles, and even the Viscount Schnav and his family were also transferred to the Council of Nobles.

From that day on, the Council of Nobles was locked in a state of daily quarrels and daily fights, and the only decision made was to execute Viscount Schnave and the male members of his family as betrayers. But what to do with Viscount Schnave caused the Council of Nobles to start a new round of quarrels.

Shi Fatzi has been very happy these days, he looks at the aristocratic meeting as fierce as possible, these days the aristocrats who came to the convoy to buy weapons and equipment are endless, grain, horses, cloth and other materials and resources are constantly transported to the convoy's warehouse.

Today Lorist had four squadrons of heavily armored lancers and two squadrons of spearmen. Even the golden mercenary Zino Farea, who was moved by Josque's words, agreed to follow the convoy north. Lorist appointed him as the captain of the newly formed spearmen brigade. As Shi Fatzi said, with the current armed force of the family convoy, it is easy to crush any nobleman of the territory who is not long-sighted, and it is not worth mentioning.

February arrived, and after saying goodbye to the knights of the family such as Fat Prince, Bodfinger, and El, Lorist quietly left the convoy and embarked on the journey north. He only brought with him Sedkamp, Pat, Reddy, and Joske, who had to go with him.

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