Chapter 490 Convictions

Director Codan looked at the head of the welcome line, and wanted to laugh in his heart, don't look at the previous days, Manager Hanks was in charge of power, and he had the power of one person under ten thousand people in the family, so he was thrown into prison if he didn't agree with each other, and even he could only act with grievances and cooperate, and tried his best to ensure the operation of the administrative system of the family territory. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But as soon as he received the news of Lorist's return to the Northlands, the governor of Hansk seemed to be more than ten years old, and he no longer had that sense of arrogance, and not only became gentle and cautious, but also vaguely trembling and fearful. Knowing that his position as the administrator of the Norton family is self-appointed, Lorist may tolerate his eldest son Leskett becoming the heir to the family, but he will never let go of Governor Hansk.

So now standing in front of the team to welcome Lorist's arrival, Captain Hansk, with an inexplicable glow of holy self-sacrifice on his face, was whispering to Leskett next to him how to greet Lorist when he saw him, and then respond to Lorlist's inquiry. Perhaps in Governor Hansk's heart, even if he gave his life to take responsibility for this family strife, then making Young Master Leskett the heir of the Norton family would be the greatest victory. From this point of view, Governor Hansk is indeed very loyal to the Norton family, which of course he thinks.

In the distance, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was heard continuously. Soon, Lorist appeared in front of the party, followed by Cresya, Reddy, Targer, Bodfinger, the Guards Battalion, and the Rock Legion......

The bodies of many people in the greeting team were trembling, and the chief Hansk and Young Master Leskett at the front were no exception. When Lorist stopped at the front of the greeting procession, everyone bowed their heads and bowed, at this moment, everyone understood that Lorist was the heaven of the Norton family, becoming a sword master, which was the greatest glory and protection of the Norton family.

"Welcome home ...... Your Highness"

According to the traditional aristocratic etiquette, Lorist should throw the stirrup and dismount at this moment, cordially excuse everyone, and then comfort these family officials who greeted them one by one. You don't need to say much, just a sentence or two, just pat these officials on the shoulder, say a hard word, and show your closeness and appreciation for these left-behind officials.

But Lorist has always been on horseback, silent. Almost all the family officials who came to greet them felt a sharp look fall on them, and the welcoming scene was suddenly silent, and the mountain-like coercion made those family officials who had ghosts or some weak hearts couldn't help lowering their heads and bending their waists even more, as if they wanted to hide in the shadow of others......

"Your Highness!" Governor Hansk straightened up proudly, breaking the silence.

Lorist waved his hand unheard, and behind him, Reddy rode up to the welcoming crowd, picked up a silver cylinder from his horse, poured a scroll out of it, opened it, and began to announce the name: "Cruise, Evanson, Ekfar, Moslin, Baiachius......"

Every time Reddy announced his name, several guards rushed up and pulled the person who reported his name out of the welcoming crowd. Those who are interested can find that all the people who have been reported are people trusted by Chief Hanks, who have just been promoted, or who were born in Maple Grove Villa, and most of them are veterans of the garrison battalion, and they have made great contributions in the mutiny that promoted Young Master Leskett to become the heir of the family. It's just strange that Reddy seems to ignore the presence of Chief Hanks and Grand Young Master Leskett and don't report their names.

"What do you want to do?" Captain Hansk was startled and stopped in front of Reddy's horse, as if that would stop Reddy from signing up.

Reddy clamped his legs and sat down and moved two steps sideways, turning sideways to face Hanks. Then Reddy raised his right foot and kicked it on the face of Director Hanks, who flew seven or eight meters away, raised his head with difficulty, and a bruised shoe print on his face, "poof" and spit out blood, and the blood was mixed with two teeth. Reddy, on the other hand, continued to read the names on the scrolls in an unchanging tone like a wild dog barking in the way.

More and more people were pulled out by the guards and stood aside, and when there were about forty or fifty people, Reddy finally stopped, put away the scroll in his hand and put it back in the silver cylinder. At this time, Lorist dismounted, walked to the remaining family officials, showed a kind and kind smile, helped them up one by one, patted them on the shoulder and said, "Hard work, I have wronged you." ”

On behalf of the remaining thirty or so grateful family officials, Director Kodan expressed their apologies to Lorlist: "Your Highness, I'm sorry that it was our incompetence that caused the family to go through this turmoil......

Lorist waved his hand: "Needless to say, you are right, you are the civil officials of the family, there is no need to use your blood to stain the swords and spears of the traitors." I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for your dedication to maintaining the operation of the administrative system of your family domain and keeping order and tranquility in most parts of your family domain even when the family was in turmoil. ”

Lorlist's words moved the family officials in front of him beyond measure, but made the forty or fifty people who were escorted to the side turn pale, this is Lorlist's own characterization of this family strife, and the adjective he used was traitor, that is to say, this was a rebellion within the family.

"I, we're not traitors!We're the most loyal retainers of the Norton family!Your Highness, you can't insult us!" Chief Hanks' face flushed, and nothing angered him more than Lorlist's claim that they were the rebels of the Norton family. With the bruised shoe print from Reddy's kick in the face, he rushed to Lorist again and shouted excitedly.

"Look, who is this?" Lorist finally looked at Hanks, "I'm curious, Baron Hanks, why are you here? For the sake of your family, I graciously forgive you for your mistakes and only let you return to your fiefdom. So can you tell me who made you show up here and yell at me, the head of the Norton family?"

"Uh......" Governor Hanks suddenly finds himself in a dilemma, and all the arguments and arguments that had been thought out in advance were useless before Lorlist's questioning. Lorist was referring to his knighthood rather than his position in the family, and it was clear that he had kicked him out of the upper echelons of the family, and he could not find a reason for his presence now.

If Governor Hanks claims to be a loyal retainer of the family, then he should obey the orders of the current head of the family, Lorlist, and stay in his own barony and reflect on his mistakes. He really shouldn't be here without Lorlist's permission.

"I, I'm here to support Young Master Leskett as the heir to the family, and it's the duty of every retainer who is loyal to the family......" Chief Hanks finally found a reason.

"Hehe, heir to the family?" Lorist turned to the other side of the young master Leskett, who was trembling and pretending to be an ostrich, looking at the fat figure, a look of disgust flashed in Lorlist's eyes.

"I remember never having a family heir. Lorist said softly. The voice was low, but everyone present could hear it clearly: "Lesquet, my dear son, time flies so fast, and in the blink of an eye you are more than seventeen years old. Ever since you were a child, I have been so busy with family affairs that I neglected to nurture you. It's just that I didn't expect you to be so eager to become the heir of the family, is this your wish?"

Although Leskett rarely saw his father, and was afraid of Lorlist, Lorist threw him at Mark's house to be severely disciplined by Mrs. Malek, and he made a mistake at Nicol's Academy, so Lorist did not hesitate to order Reddy to strip him naked in public, hang him in public, whip him fiercely, and then throw him back to Maple Grove Villa, covered in blood and scars. These lessons were deeply remembered in his heart, and even now that Lorist asked him kindly, he still felt chills all over his body and couldn't stop shivering......

Under the contempt of Lorist's gaze, Leskett remembered his mother's instructions and the words of Chief Hanks to cheer him up, no matter how you say that you are also the eldest son of His Highness, His Highness will not give Leskett the courage to speak at all: "Mother, mother and, and Hanks, Uncle Hanks said, saying that I am the natural heir of the Norton family, everything in the Norton family belongs to me, no, no one can, can be compared with me......"

"Born Norton heirs?" Lorist smiled dumbly, and held out a hand, and Targer walked over and placed a scroll in Lorlist's hand.

"I don't blame you at all for being injured and losing contact with my family's territory, and you came out and claimed to be the heir to the Norton family. My dear son, as a man, it is right to be ambitious, but to listen to the encouragement of others and do whatever you want is self-righteous, that only means that you are a fool with no brains. ”

Lorist opened the scroll in his hand, "You've been in Raging Bear City for seven months, haven't you? Let me see what you've done in those seven months......

Wow, you did a great job, for in seven months you played with and raped twenty-one maids in the lord's house, killed four servants, and one was a cook, and after arguing with you about the venison he roasted, you drew your sword and killed him, and threw his head into the fire. Your Uncle Hanks also gave you a gag order and buried the corpses in the garden......

By the way, you also wrote a letter to the Dawn Academy, asking the Dawn Academy to send your cousin Herriles to you, so that you can avenge the revenge he took for stopping you from molesting your two half-sisters at Nicol Academy, and the Dawn Academy refused your request, and you were furious and asked the First Guards Army to attack the Dawn Academy, but your cousin Krisa also refused. So you scolded your cousin at the City Lord's Mansion......

Well, since you can't summon the First Guards Legion commanded by your cousin Cresya, you sent the guard team that Uncle Hanks formed for you to arrest Mrs. Malek's family, and want to repay her for her harsh discipline of you, isn't it? Fortunately, Mrs. Marek's family got the news and left the manor first, and your guards burned down the manor given to Marek by the family to vent their anger......

Also, in the past seven months, you have been out of the city lord's mansion four times, and in these four times you have robbed three women, killed two women's families, and killed three people in a horse-drawn carriage on the lively streets of the city, and injured more than ten people, and at the same time ordered all those who opened a business house in the city to present you with rare and interesting treasures before allowing them to continue their business......

My dear son, I admire you for doing what I have always wanted to do but have not done. Since I was a child, I have been looking forward to being as unscrupulous as you, bullying men and women and no one dares to take care of them. But I don't dare do the same as you. Do you know why? Because if I did, your grandfather, my father would have hanged me on the spot, as a way to accuse the fathers of the Norton family.

Your mother's pampering and indulgence of you since childhood raised you into a monster in human skin, and you have no tolerance and humanity. As your father, I have decided to correct the mistakes I have made. First of all, I will disqualify you from the surname Norton, you do not deserve this great and glorious surname, and it is your deeds that have brought this noble surname to shame. At the same time I will learn from my father, your grandfather, and I will make all your sins known to the public, and I will hang you on the gallows. Anyone who tarnishes the glory of the Norton family will be punished as he deserves......"

Lorist was calmly announcing his eldest son's charges and the punishment he was about to receive, the fat Lesket turned pale and stepped back, he never dreamed that all his actions were under Lorlist's gaze, he looked left and right at the family officials present, no matter who it was, he felt that he was an informant.

"Father, father, forgive me......" Leskett didn't know what was going on, and sat down on the ground, and then a smell of urine came, and he turned out to be incontinent.

"Your Highness, you can't do this, this is Your Majesty's will, Your Majesty appointed Leskett to be the heir of the Norton family, and you have no right to dispose of him!"

"Your Majesty's will?" Lorist chuckled, "Are you joking? Or did I hear it wrong? Baron Hanks, when will Your Majesty be able to directly intervene in the internal affairs of my Norton family? Especially since I, the head of the family, can Your Majesty designate who is the heir of my family? Could it be that Your Majesty wants to break with the aristocracy of the entire kingdom and then break out into a civil war?"

"Well, that's because His Highness was seriously injured in the duel with the Tempest Sword Saint and lost news from the family, so just in case, we asked His Majesty to appoint Leskett as the heir of the family to oversee the family ......territory in His Highness's absence," Supervisor Hansk argued.

"Just in case, it turns out that Baron Hanks has been cursing me to die early," Lorist said with some strikingness, but it was true. Promoted to the Sword Saint, Lorist can live to be at least two or three hundred years old, just like the Flying Fire Sword Saint who has been living in seclusion in the Kingdom of Chigeda, it is said that he has lived for more than two hundred and sixty years. If nothing else, if Leskett couldn't become a Juggernaut, even if he was Lorist's son, he would only age faster and die earlier than Lorist.

"So Baron Hansk can let the soldiers of the garrison take those great swordsmen who want to assassinate me everywhere to find my whereabouts, no, he would rather expose the family's most top-secret production and training base, and let a large number of top-secret drawings and materials related to the future of our family fall into the hands of the enemy, nearly two thousand of the family's most loyal soldiers sacrificed their lives to protect the family's secrets......" Lorliste's tone was already full of anger.

"I, I'm just trying my best to maintain the security and stability of the family territory, and help Young Master Leskett supervise the family's internal affairs, and I'm loyal to ......" Chief Hansk was still arguing.

"Loyalty, hehe, do you deserve to mention that word?" Lorist sneered, "What qualifications do you have to oversee the family's administration and territorial affairs, I don't remember what position I entrusted you." Is it a sign of loyalty to the family that the Golden Knight of the family is under house arrest, taking over the troops under his warrant, attacking the administrative capital of the family domain, closing the border passages of the family domain, cutting off the food and salary supply of the family's armed forces, and burying the evil deeds of Leskett? If so, I'm sorry, I don't need such allegiance, in my mind, this is rebellion!"

"Take all these rebels with you, and I'll make their treason public and punish them!" Lorist ordered coldly. Watch as the guards take Captain Hansk and Lesket, as well as those who were called by name.

Chrisya walked up, "I'm sorry, Locke, I don't know what Leskett did. If I knew, I think I'd stop him. But are you really going to deal with him? He's your eldest son......

Lorist was silent for a while with a gloomy face, and finally spoke: "The prince broke the law, and he is guilty of the same crime as the people!"

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