Chapter 229 slap in the face

Second Highness Ogceiro was still in a very good mood when he received the news that Count Norton had come to meet him. Five years ago, he used the Norton family's northbound convoy to skillfully turn over and regain control of the Kingdom of Antinac, and then dumped the huge number of displaced people to the northbound convoy as a package, and used the convoy to purge the kingdom's disobedient nobles, and the goods and goods distributed from it enabled him to reorganize the Royal Guard. Eventually, with the help of the Norton family, they fought a series of glorious battles, making themselves famous and laying the foundation for the now powerful kingdom of Antinac.

Today's Second Highness is no longer the wretched worm who relied on the Norton family's northbound convoy to arm unarmed soldiers. He now has an army of 300,000 at his disposal, and his every move can set off a huge storm in Gaylinthia. All the nobles of the kingdom humbly fell at his feet and obeyed. Therefore, even the Norton family, who are far away in the Northlands, should respectfully obey his orders like those nobles of the kingdom.

However, His Royal Highness is majestic and strategic, and he clearly recalled the invincible scene of the Norton family's convoy in the past, and the nobles of the territory with such a powerful family force must be fully respected in order to make them willing to use it for themselves.

Especially some time ago, I received a tip, it seems that the Iberian Kingdom and several nobles in the Northland have a big conflict and even a big war, but the Duchy of Madras has no news, and the news from the Duchy of Melain is unknown, just ask the Count of Norton, maybe you can use the strong force of the Norton family to increase the certainty of victory in the battle to unify the empire.

Therefore, His Royal Highness ordered a grand banquet to be arranged to welcome Earl Norton, in order to show his importance to the Norton family, and let the nobles in the imperial capital attend this banquet, which is also to show off that the nobles of the entire kingdom are as single-minded as himself, and are united under his command and ready to unify the empire at any time.

His Royal Highness believed that the Earl of Norton would be convinced of his ambitions, willing to be a pawn, and make his due contribution to the unification of the Empire.

And with the Norton family joining, then he will have a little more unexpected options in the future strategy, he will make the powerful Norton family armed force become a surprise army, break into the enemy's center, and attract the attention of the enemy's main force. At that time, he will be able to use this opportunity to surround the enemy from the outside, so that the Norton family forces can blossom in the center, so that he can annihilate the enemy's main force in one fell swoop, and achieve the greatest victory with small losses.

Of course, the casualties of the Norton family's armed forces are not included in the calculation of the Second Highness, as the lower lords of the Andinac royal family, they should have the consciousness of doing their best for the royal family, which is their obligation and responsibility.

The script has been written, but what His Royal Highness didn't expect was that Lorist didn't act according to the steps he arranged, to put it mildly, Lorlist's audience this time was to smash the scene.

The place where the audience banquet was arranged was a palace in the royal court, but there was a hint of twilight in the splendor. Leaning on the railing to hang the prosperity of the empire in the past, recalling the current situation of fragmentation, people can't help but feel a lot of nostalgia......

His Royal Highness was very kind to introduce the nobles, ministers and his cronies to the banquet for Lorist. Lorist met many acquaintances, such as the beautiful boy David, and the delicate and frosty Princess Carrey, who was inviolable and frosty, and of course they were all dressed up. There are also several captains who have participated in the park party because of their size or voice movements.

Seeing them without clothes, and then looking at their serious appearance at this time, Lorist really wanted to laugh, he had a smile on his face, but he nodded at these people introduced by His Royal Highness and swept by like the wind, not caring about their identity and power. Even Princess Kerry, who was highlighted by His Royal Highness, Lorist pretended not to see the princess handing over the kiss to be done, Yun nodded lightly, turned around and left on his own.

Lorlist's behavior made the nobles present dumbfounded, and they didn't understand why this earl of Tubao from the north was so arrogant and rude. Princess Carry's face was red with anger, she had never encountered such an embarrassing thing, fortunately, the beautiful man David saw the opportunity quickly, stepped forward to hold the princess's plain hand and kissed it lightly, so that the princess would not stretch out her hand and no one kissed her.

His Royal Highness didn't pay attention to this little episode, and just exchanged a few words with a nobleman next to him, only to find that Lorist had walked away and was admiring the murals on the walls of the palace, which all described the great achievements of the previous emperors of Clesson, either the enemy was killed to the ground, or the Cliffant Emperor was commanding on the battlefield.

His Royal Highness hurriedly walked over and said, "What, are you interested in these murals? Soon we will accomplish the same great work as the previous emperors, and I will paint all the soldiers who have made great achievements on the walls as a commemorative ......."

Lorist smiled: "Your Highness, I just sighed when I looked at these murals, I will become famous and have a dry bones......"

The second highness was pondering, and a palace steward came to report that the banquet was ready, and his highness was invited to sit down first.

The court feast is not the kind of long table that ordinary nobles entertain guests, but a separate table system, two people at a small long table, for example, a nobleman brings his wife to come, just arrange a table. A man like Lorist who is single-handed, has his own master to arrange for the company of a noble lady.

As a guest from afar, and in order to show his goodwill to the Norton family, Lorist was arranged to be the chief on the right side of the Second Highness. To Lorlist's surprise, the female companion arranged for him by His Royal Highness was not the cousin Chrisya he thought he had, but Princess Kerry, who was cold and angry.

Lorist was stunned for a moment, but remained silent, and after bowing slightly to Princess Carey with a smile, he sat down generously, and then heard a disdainful "hum" from the side.

The musicians changed the tune and began to play a relaxing and melodious tune to cheer up the feast. The Second Highness raised the golden cup in his hand, wishing the emperor heaven and earth, and then a long essay looking back on the past and looking forward to the future, Lorist shook his head, thinking in his heart that no matter how good His Highness said, he forgot the most important point, that is, based on the present. People who don't even know that they are sitting on the crater of an imminent eruption have no qualifications to look into the future.

“...... In the not-too-distant future, in the great cause of unifying the Empire, I look forward to your great achievements, the royal family will not hesitate to reward titles and domains, and the future of your family depends on the performance of your monarchs. The Second Highness finally finished the long nonsense, and then the audience cheered three times Long live the Antinac, and there were more radical chanting of the name of the Second Highness, Long live Ogcero, and then everyone drank the wine in their glasses, and the banquet officially began.

This royal sheep sausage looks good, try it first, I was already a little hungry after accompanying His Royal Highness for a long time just now. Lorist picked up the fork and forked a piece of red sheep sausage and just put it in his mouth, when he heard the silver bell-like voice of Princess Kerry next to him.

"Earl Norton, when Your Highness was speaking just now, I saw you shaking your head disapprovingly, do you have any opinions and dissatisfaction with what Your Highness said?"

"Uh......" Lorist almost choked, the most poisonous woman's heart, he just has some contempt for the princess who has a watery and flowery character, and the princess who has seen the bare-bottomed spring * palace drama in public naturally loses respect, so he doesn't want to kiss the hand that I don't know how many men have touched. This faux pas was actually remembered by Princess Carrey, and she embarrassed herself at the beginning of the banquet.

When the princess spoke, everyone naturally listened. Lorist immediately found himself the center of attention.

There is no good feast. Lorist stood up, didn't look at Princess Carry, walked to the middle aisle, and saluted the second highness of the head: "Your Highness, I have come to meet Your Highness this time, first, to express the loyalty of the Norton family and bring offerings to the royal family, and second, there are a few questions I want to ask Your Highness......

"You say, what's the problem?" Second Highness was a little impatient, what did he need to explain in public? What matters now is that the Norton family first agreed to how to cooperate with their plan for the battle to unify the empire.

"Your Highness, I have arrested a few people, and I need to bring them in for His Highness to see, and only His Highness can dispose of them if he has seen me first. Lorist said.

The Second Highness was curious, nodded and said, "Then bring it in." ”

Fareaa brought two guards to escort the children of the eight noble families who were captured from Wanghai Manor in, during this time these eight pampered noble children can be regarded as having suffered enough, not to mention the whip that was smoked on the first night, and the next day it is common to gnaw on black bread and drink a bowl of wild vegetable soup, and one bad is a fat beating, all of them are unkempt and dirty, trembling, and bitter, and they don't know how to say anything.

Well, this feast has been stirred into a pot of porridge. His Second Highness's face sank like water: "Count Norton, can you tell me what is going on?"

Lorist asked, "Your Highness, is the island of Shiroas the territory of the Norton family?"

The Second Highness was stunned: "Of course it's the territory of the Norton family, there's no doubt about it." ”

"Then these eight noble sons and daughters occupied the Wanghai Manor on the island of Hilois for five years, and expelled the steward of my family domain who had sent them to manage the estate, forcing me to come from the north to deal with the matter myself. I would like to ask these eight families, are they going to declare war on our Norton family? Our family forces are ready, and we would like to replicate the scene when the convoy returned north and swept through the three provinces of the kingdom. Lorist proclaimed loudly and unashamedly.

The anger of the Second Highness came up at once, Earl Norton, are you here to make trouble. Even if you are in charge, don't be so domineering, if you have something to say, can you still think that the Kingdom of Antinac is the weak royal family of a few years ago? Even if the former convoy is armed again, in the face of the 300,000 army in his hands, do you still want to run rampant again?

An old man stood up next to him: "Earl Norton, Xiao'er has always been arrogant, disobedient to discipline, and privately ran to the territory of the adult to cause a lot of trouble to the adult. Let the Earl spare them this time for the sake of their youth and ignorance. Now that His Highness's army is preparing to unify the empire, at this juncture, we, as lords of the kingdom, should not cause another trouble. Everyone should unite as one, and dedicate their strength to the Empire, His Highness, and to the Empire......"

His Royal Highness almost couldn't help but admire, look at how well others say this, and how clear the reason is, it's not that I'm afraid of the armed forces of your Norton family, but that we are doing our best for the unification of the empire, and we don't have time to pay attention to you. See how reasonable others are......

"Who are you?" asked Lorlist.

"I'm the Marquis of Red, and that is the unsuccessful boy of our family, so please let them go, Lord Earl, raise your noble hand. The old man said.

"Your Highness, what do you think should be done?" Lorist turned and asked Second Highness.

The second hall said expressionlessly: "They are all children messing around, I don't think Lord Norton has to deal with them." ”

"Very good, then I will let them go for the sake of His Highness's face. Lorist was as good as he could, and instructed Farea, and they released the eight noble children.

So the eight children of the nobles went straight to their relatives, crying out about the mistreatment they had suffered, and shouting for revenge from their families.

Fools who don't have long eyes, and don't look at what kind of occasion this is, still think that they are the hearts and souls of the people in the family? Sure enough, a few of them were slapped by their parents on the spot, and they were ordered to go home and think about it behind closed doors.

His Royal Highness was about to say a few words to slow down the atmosphere of the scene, but he heard Lorist shouting, "Bring it up." ”

And everybody's eyes widened to see whose turn was unlucky......

This time it was El who came in, and he brought two guards with him to take the captured Golden Knight Fiwenmant.

"Your Highness, this is the Golden Knight Fivinmante, the commander of the Third Corps of the First Legion under your command. He took a hundred soldiers to the town of Shiratori on the island of Lower Lovas, and hung the mayor to extort money, which we all stolen. I would like to ask Your Highness the Second Highness, is this an invasion or a private act?"

With a "bang", His Royal Highness slammed the table and stood up: "Very good, Fivenmante, the First Reserve Legion reported that you have been missing for many days, it turns out that you went to Earl Norton's territory to be a robber!

Day, how can this be reasonable, Lorist scolded secretly, lifting high and falling lightly, it seems that he will not be punished severely, but in fact he is lenient, just letting go of this golden knight makes Lorist very unwilling. Very good, if you deal with the next Viscount of Aslan, if you do the same, labor and management will turn against you on the spot.

"Next!" Lorist exclaimed.

The Second Highness trembled, and?

Viscount Aslan was brought in by Jim with two guards, causing a sensation on the spot, is this monster covered in chicken feathers and duck feathers a human being? It took a long time to recognize that this was Viscount Aslan, the tax inspector of the Second Highness.

When the Second Highness recognized the person lying on the ground as Viscount Aslan, he couldn't help but get angry: "Count Norton, why do you treat a nobleman like this, or the tax inspector appointed by me?

"Your Highness, I asked you just now, you said that the island of Hilovas is the territory of the Norton family, so Your Highness should know very well how much the island of Hiloas earned as a prince's domain, which is only two thousand gold fords? So is this the tax inspector you appointed? I thought he was the new lord of the island of Hilois that you appointed? Why did he collect nearly six thousand gold fords in taxes from the island of Hilowas, and he collected it for three consecutive years. Not only did he wantonly increase all kinds of miscellaneous taxes, but he also caused almost civil unrest on the island, which is a provocation to our Norton family!

I would like to know if he was going to collect the tithes that our family could not invite in the old territory of the Northlands because of the disconnection of the borders, and was this at His Highness's behest? He also threatened to raise an army of 300,000 to wash the island of Hirowas if he did not pay this tax, is this true? "Lorist fought against each other, not afraid of the wrath of the Second Highness.

The Second Highness understands now, Lorist is not here to make trouble, he is here to slap his face, but this will make the Second Highness think, talent, Viscount Aslan was able to squeeze 6,000 gold fords from the barren Shilovas Island, but what he received was only 30% of the previous 2,000 gold fords, that is, 600, this guy must be beaten hard, let him spit out those embezzled money, and let people monitor him to collect taxes in the future, then he doesn't have to worry about the huge military spending.

But what should I say to Lorist now so that he can let Viscount Aslan go. After all, Viscount Aslan has gone too far and has touched the dignity of the Norton family. His Royal Highness knew very well in his heart that if he hanged Viscount Aslan, then he would be able to give an explanation to the Norton family, but the problem was that he now wanted to save Viscount Aslan's life.

"You dare to treat my brother like this, our Aslan family and the Norton family are incompatible!" a sudden roar rang out in the palace.

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