Chapter 154: Changes Caused by Time
"Attack Zhenlin? That's impossible. Sophia shook her head and said calmly: "Count Louis, I am also one of the witnesses, why don't you ask me what happened at that time?"
Count Louis stared at Sophia, trying to find clues, but Sophia seemed very calm, and looked back at Count Louis without flinching, and after a long time, Count Louis sighed.
While many people treat justice as a nice-to-have, there are times when nice-to-haves can work, especially if the forces on both sides of the confrontation remain evenly matched.
If Baron Don didn't have so many old brothers to help, for Count Louis, things would be extremely simple, reprimanding Sophia's sophistry, ordering the samurai to immediately arrest Sophia and bring her back to the county for trial, as for the roaring beast, of course, it must belong to Count Louis, this is a triple win, first of all, the pain of losing a daughter has a place to vent, and the roaring beast, which is important to his own strength, also fell into his hands, and finally hit Donn, and he can even take advantage of the situation to deprive Don of his title, and be more ruthless, simply let the father and daughter be judged together, and completely solve the troubleγ
But Don's strength is not inferior to him at all, he can't ignore the existence of justice, in fact, after getting the reward of Zhenlin's retinue of the warriors, he doesn't believe that Sophia will do such a thing, whether in the barony, or in the county, Sophia has a good reputation, in other words, if Sophia is really the kind of villain who will do anything to achieve the goal, those noble children in the county will not compete to pursue Sophia. Marrying a wife can not only look at appearance, even if those noble children covet Sophia's appearance, the elders of the family will give a warning, they acquiesce or support the younger generations of the family to pursue Sophia, obviously because they take a fancy to Sophia's ability and character, thinking that marrying Sophia will definitely become a great help to the family in the future.
One person, a few people may be wrong, so many people are optimistic about Sophia, it is impossible for everyone to be wrong.
As the saying goes, if you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse, but that is based on the serious imbalance of power between the two sides, at this moment, where does Count Louis dare to recklessly and forcibly frame Sophia?
"Count Louis, who told you that Sophia's warriors attacked Zhenlin?" Don frowned, "Otherwise, call someone over and we'll confront you face to face." β
"Let's stop here for today. Count Louis stood up slowly, he deliberately avoided Donne's suggestion: "Baron Donne, find me a place to rest first, I'm too tired and a little confused, I'll ...... tomorrow Let's talk about it again. β
"It's fine. Don smiled and stood up, "Lord Earl, please go this way." β
Seeing that Count Louis had left, the warriors belonging to the county also found their own reasons and left the restaurant.
"The old boy is still a little unconvinced. Spike laughed, "Is he going to think about it carefully, should he have a hard time with us tomorrow, or should he walk away with his tail between his legs." β
"By the way, Sophia, did you even have someone attack that Jenrin?" asked Theodore suddenly.
"Nope. Sophia said lightly, "At that time, we were ready to give up hunting that roaring beast. β
"Really?"
"Of course it's true. Sophia's expression was a little displeased.
"Your heart is much stronger than that old boy from Donne. Spike smirked, "If it's Donn...... Hehe, none of them want to run, and no one will report it. β
"It seems...... You shouldn't judge people in front of other people's children, right?" Sophia said without humility or arrogance: "And it's a little rude to use this kind of ridiculous and joking attitude." On this occasion, she must maintain her father's dignity, not to mention that the other party's attitude is indeed a bit excessive, she is really a little angry.
Several men on the other side became quiet, and even Steven, who was munching and swallowing, stopped his movements and looked at Sophia silently.
Sophia had seen their style, and knew that they were all murderers who were used to killing and setting fires, but she was not afraid at all. Sophia has a unique opinion in this regard, if they are true friends of their father, they will never be angry because of these words, if they and their father are inseparable partners, and there is no emotional basis, then sooner or later they will split, and may even become enemies, because the barony has its own rules, and it cannot tolerate these few lawless people.
"The little girl seems to be a little dissatisfied with us. Theodore laughed, "Isn't it...... Because we're too vulgar? Or are we too cruel?"
Sophia sighed in her heart, so you know it...... But she shook her head: "No, I just don't like people talking about my father with such words." β
"Do you know your father?" said Theodore.
"I ......" Sophia could not speak any more than one word, yes, did she know her father?
"Actually, we were all good people. Theodore said with a smile, but he bit the note "originally" very hard: "Later...... It's because we've been through so much that we're here, like him, Steven!"
"What do you mean I?" said Steven, muttering, chewing.
"When we first came together, we were a bunch of big kids who didn't know anything, and one day, we were hungry and hunted a wild boar, and then Steven found a piglet in the boar's nest that had just opened its eyes. Theodore smiled while reminiscing, his smile seemed a little strange: "Later, Steven raised the little piglet, bathed it every day, and found wild vegetables for it every day, haha...... The little piglet was raised by him to be white and fat, and it was extremely cute. β
Sophia couldn't help but glance at Steven, she didn't expect such a giant to be so loving, even to the point of overflowing, however, she noticed something strange, Steven's expression was stiff, and Spike's cheeks were twitching, as if he was holding back a smile.
"Then for several days we didn't find anything. Theodore said, "Don couldn't help it, and sent Steven out to explore the way, then picked up the little piglet and threw it into the boiling pot, uh-huh...... I still remember the day we had a delicious picnic. β
"Ah......" Sophia was taken aback and glanced at Steven again, of course a little piglet is nothing, the problem is that Steven raised it as a pet?
After a while, Steven came back, saw us eating meat, and scolded us for not being righteous and not waiting for him to come back. Theodore laughed: "Then he snatched the iron pot, hehe...... One person ate half a pot of meat and drank up the broth, of course, he has always eaten a lot, and we won't mind. β
Steven's face flushed, and Spike's shoulders twitched one after the other, as if he couldn't hold back.
When he had eaten and drunk enough, he remembered his little piglet, and searched all over the camp, but could not find it. Theodore said, "Then I took pity on him and told him that the piglet was in our belly, good fellow...... The man was crazy and cried loudly, crying and trying to duel Don as he could, but before Don could do anything, he ran outside the camp and vomited, vomiting everything he had just eaten. β
"Hahahaha......" Spike finally couldn't help it, maybe it was really funny when Steven cried out loud, after all these years, he still laughed and fell.
"Hahaha......" Theodore laughed as well.
"You ...... To put ...... This thing...... Tell me for a lifetime?" said Steven, word by word, his eyes as big as a brass bell.
"No, no. Theodore smiled and waved his hand, "I'm proving to the beautiful Miss Sophia that we were all good people once." β
"If you dare to say a word about me again, Lao Tzu will duel with you!" Steven said coldly.
"Don't you dare...... So, let's talk about Spike again. Theodore said.
β...... What's my turn?" Spike's smile stiffened.
"This guy, when he was young, always thought that he was the purest and most upright samurai in the world. Theodore pointed at Spike: "Before every fight, he has to point to someone's nose and tell them when and where you shouldn't bully anyone, or you shouldn't rob anyone, etc., etc., in short, he must let his opponents know that they have done something wrong, and this most upright samurai in the world is here to punish them." β
Sophia looked laughing and crying, this style is too old...... "However, he has only persisted in this good habit for more than a year, and then he can't stick to it anymore, Sophia, do you know why?" said Theodore.
"Why?"
"Because he couldn't finish his sentence every time, and then he was beaten in the head and in the face, hahaha......" Theodore laughed again.
However, this time no one laughed, Sophia's expression was a little embarrassed, she really didn't expect that Spike, who created a tragic scene at the city gate, turned out to be an extremely naΓ―ve stunned young man.
Spike doesn't smile either, he squints, not knowing what he's thinking.
"Hey, why don't you laugh?" asked Theodore, who laughed for a long time, and when he saw that no one responded, he was puzzled.
"What's so funny?" Spike said lightly, "Actually, among us...... It's Donn's change that's the biggest. β
"yes......" Theodore sighed.
"What kind of man was my father?" asked Sophia.
"Want to know?" said Theodore.
At this moment, Don pushed open the door and walked in, "What are you talking about?"
Theodore smiled and lowered his voice and said to Sophia, "I'll tell you tomorrow." β
(To be continued)