And at this time, Zhang Xiao's side didn't seem to be having a good time, these villagers looked at the beaten companions in front of them, and they all began to tremble, when a person loses confidence, never think of them to make rational judgments and behaviors, even if Zhang Xiao has the heart to lead them forward again, I'm afraid no one will follow. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"See! If we lose today! It's not just the five of them, all of us have to be treated like this by them!" Zhang Xiao planned to encourage these villagers again, but it seemed to have a negative effect, and at this moment, the sharp-eyed Zhang Xiao noticed that several women appeared from behind the entrance of the village, although the voice was not heavy, Zhang Xiao also heard some crying voices in the village.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiao immediately waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brothers! The 17 brothers who were with us are about to come back! They have taken the old homes of the group of grandsons on the other side! Now they are in a hurry to rush home! What do you say we should do?"

Obviously, Zhang Xiao overestimated the IQ of these villagers, and they didn't understand what Zhang Xiao meant from his words, so Zhang Xiao had no choice but to use the most direct method: "Brothers! Rush! Who can save the five brothers in front of me, save one and give me a copper coin! This time everyone will rush with me! There are not so many rules and orders! Just beat me when I see someone! When I see the head of Yicun later, remember to tie me up!"

Hearing the money and unruliness, these villagers understood, and with Zhang Xiao's roar, they also rushed out with Zhang Xiao, and the villagers of Yicun, who were still concentrating on beating five people on the ground, saw that the enemy, who was running faster than a rabbit just now, was launching a "charge" towards them at this time, which made them a little unable to react for a while.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion behind the villagers of Yi Village, more and more children and women ran out of the village entrance, and more and more villagers of Yi Village turned their heads and ran in the direction of their homes.

It's like a plague, the news of a "smashed home" quickly spread to more than 100 people, and all the villagers of Yicun are thinking about their smashed and dilapidated homes at this time, and their homes are gone, what kind of fight?

And Zhang Xiao and his entourage, who rushed over, looked at the other party's panicked escape, but their morale was greatly boosted, and they all copied the guys in their hands to chase the enemy they could see, and the five people who were originally beaten also got up from the ground very neatly at this time to join the chase.

Zhang Xiao, who was in the crowd, kept shouting: "Catch the village chief of Yicun for me! Don't chase and fight! Grab the village chief and reward a copper coin!"

The temptation of money is always irresistible, and soon, the strong man village chief was brought to Zhang Xiao by the villagers, and at this moment, Zhang Xiao saw two people riding donkeys together to his Alonso.

"You did a good job, Alonso, didn't disappoint me!" Zhang Xiao stepped forward and patted Alonso on the shoulder.

"Come on, tie this village chief to the donkey, and we'll go to the center of their village! Alonso, you run again, and let those brothers who ride donkeys also go to the center of the village to meet!" Zhang Xiao quickly gave an order.

"You, you despicable villain, how dare you smash our house! I will definitely report to the mayor of the town! Let him punish you for trespassing on the house!" The strong man village chief was tied to the donkey, his head downward, and his face at this time was not known whether it was red or caused by blood backflow.

"Hehe, are you cutting the land, or are you paying compensation?" Zhang Xiao chuckled and said.

"What do you call it?" On the small church in the center of Yicun Village, Zhang Xiao sat on a bench, and opposite him sat the head of Yicun.

The village chief of Nayi Village looked a little embarrassed with a slight bruise on his face, but he still replied without showing weakness: "Cross, Cross Andre!"

"Andre?!" Zhang Xiao frowned and muttered, and then asked with a smile, "May I ask if you have the honor to feel the glory of your family?"

Close Andre, this name is not just as simple as it seems, according to the memory in Zhang Xiao's mind, those who can have names in this world are basically from aristocratic families, and ordinary people only have names or surnames, among which there is a single surname, indicating that there are women from noble backgrounds in the family, Zhang Xiao's Bonaparte is like this, as for the commoners who are only famous, such as Hillman and Alonso, the distinction between father and son can only be distinguished by little Hillman and old Hillman.

And those slaves only have a unique code, just like the car license plate in today's society, any slave can find their information according to the code imprinted on their body.

Although this Cross was born into a noble family, but in this era the aristocracy has long been everywhere, they are the moth of the state finances, they endlessly take the state's aristocratic allowances, but do not produce, relying on the property of their ancestors or exploiting the commoners in their own territory to maintain their extravagant life, most of the poor management of the aristocracy has collapsed, slowly declining in the long river of history.

The aristocracy is so unbearable, they can be the backbone of this world, they have been educated since childhood, they have carried the glory of the family since childhood, these people are the existence that dominates this world, so even if he knows that this Cross is a declining nobleman, Zhang Xiao still has to be polite to him, and Zhang Xiao finally tactfully tested the situation of the other party's family, and he was also careful.

"The Kingdom of Lindu, the Founding Duke, Grand Duke Andrew!" Cross replied in a deliberately majestic gesture, raising his head and pride.

Hearing this surnamed Zhang Xiao, he couldn't help sneering in his heart, Grand Duke Andre, it is very bluffing to hear the name, but he can only bully those civilians who have no knowledge, Grand Duke Andre, with the king of the Lindu Kingdom, the only duke after the founding of the country, the only one in the history of the Lindu Kingdom, but this duke is not only brave in battle, but also very good at life.

There are dozens of sons of Duke Andre alone, and the Andrei family disappeared in the circle of high-class nobles a few decades ago, and now the surname Andre is like the surname Liu in the late Han Dynasty, and even a seller of broken straw shoes can say that he is the emperor's uncle.

"Okay, honorable Your Excellency Andre, I think we should discuss the aftermath of this incident!" Zhang Xiao didn't want to talk to him, so he went straight to the point.

"This time, your village came to our village to fight, this matter is expressly forbidden by the laws of the kingdom, I will sue the town mayor, you better apologize to me now!" Cross looked arrogant.

"No, no, no, how can this incident be defined as a fight? It should be a kidnapping incident, as a member of the Andre family, you and the villagers of Yi Village kidnapped Hillman, the most famous warrior in our village, and finally defeated by the villagers who led me to justice. Zhang Xiao drew circles on the table with his fingers to himself, and paused: "I believe that the bards in the town prefer these stories." ”

"You are framing! I will complain to the city lord of Paravon that you slandered the honor of the nobles!" Hearing Zhang Xiao say this, Cross was anxious at first.

"To Paraven? It's more than 100 kilometers. Zhang Xiao gestured to the two villagers behind Cross with his eyes: "This is more than 100 kilometers, I am also afraid that Your Excellency's road is not safe, I still send someone to protect and take care of Your Excellency." ”

As soon as Zhang Xiao finished speaking, the two villagers came to Cross's back with a stick, one left and one right, and Cross was caught off guard with a muffled sound, and shrank on the chair like a lobster.

"I said, this incident is just a simple kidnapping, in front of God, do you still want to lie?" said Zhang Xiao, who lightly tapped his finger to the huge cross not far away.

"You devil! God won't let you go. ”

"How can I be a devil? Dear Excellency Andrei, now I still need to sue you for slander, I am the most devout believer in God, it is God who has given me wisdom, thank God Almighty!" Zhang Xiao still had a smile on his face.

"Please admit the characterization of this incident first, of course, we will also keep it secret for you, otherwise I can guarantee that the name of Cross Andre will spread throughout Paravon tomorrow, and all members of the Andre family in Paravon will know that there is such a guy in the family who has insulted the honor of the family. ”

Hearing Zhang Xiao say this, Cross's breathing, which was already uneven because of the severe pain, became even more intense, and Zhang Xiao could even see the green tendons on Cross's neck, obviously extremely angry.

But after the anger, Cross began to tremble, for the declining aristocratic children like them, they have received an aristocratic education since they were young, even if the family conditions are poor, they will educate honor from their parents in their bones, and aristocratic education is in other words honor-based education.

This kind of honor education will teach children from an early age what honor is, they must get honor, and honor is their life, so that all of them will become extreme.

The most famous aristocratic education or honor education is a certain island country, their social upper class and the bottom have a natural gap, they also have many different classes from the emperor, shogunate, ronin, samurai since ancient times, this is also a disguised aristocratic tradition, they have been instilled from an early age how to obtain honor, for the emperor's victory, loyalty, etc., so once they receive frustration or failure, let them think that they are sorry for the honor or do not get the honor, they will commit suicide by breaking their stomachs, in the name of the name: abstain from mistakes.

In fact, what is the most important thing in a person's life? Ceaseless self-improvement! This point was already realized by our ancient sages: Heaven is strong, and a gentleman should be unremitting in self-improvement.

"Okay, as long as you keep it a secret, I admit the characterization of this incident!" There are countless filths among the nobles, and as long as this matter is not brought to the table, Cross can accept it.

"Now that you accept the characterization of this incident, it's easy to do. Zhang Xiao took out a piece of parchment from his arms, picked up the scissors at hand and cut it into three pieces, and then wrote the story he had made up on one of them, and then handed it to Cross.

Looking at the parchment in his hand, Cross asked with some confusion, "What is this?"

"Lord Cross, please sign this confession so that we can proceed to the next step of deliberation. Zhang Xiao replied with a smile.

"No, I can't sign it!" Cross knew that if he did, he would be at the mercy of this parchment for the rest of his life.

"Relax, Lord Cross, I swear by my parents and my life, as long as this negotiation is successful, this parchment will be returned to you!

Seeing Zhang Xiao's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, Cross thought of what Zhang Xiao had threatened him just now, at this time, signing or not signing is just the difference between the 99th layer of hell and the 100th layer of hell, gritted his teeth, and Cross signed his name on the parchment with difficulty.

Seeing that his trick really worked, Zhang Xiao couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart: "Since Your Excellency is a nobleman, even if Hillman is a warrior, we still have to solve it according to the laws and rules of the nobles, this matter is too important, we will discuss it later." ”

Hearing that Zhang Xiao agreed to use the aristocratic law to solve Cross's heart, I couldn't help but be overjoyed, in this class world, there are naturally laws for different classes, and the nobles kidnap civilians in the aristocracy law, and if they don't have an impact, they are not guilty, but if according to the story made up by Zhang Xiao, it is Cross who gangs up with the villagers of Yicun, then it has to be defined according to the crime of gathering a crowd in the aristocratic law and the kidnapping crime in the civilian law.

"Before that, we should first discuss and discuss the incident of the villagers of Yicun gathering to kidnap the warrior Hillman, do you have any opinions?" Zhang Xiao asked casually when he saw that Cross was a little relaxed.

Cross said, "Yes, let's discuss the matter of the villagers of Yi Village first. ”

Seeing that Cross agreed, Zhang Xiao took out another piece of parchment and wrote: "The villagers of Yi Village, kidnapped the Hillman warriors of our village without authorization, although in the end the villagers of my village worked together to rescue them, and there was no big problem, but they still need to be punished, but the law does not blame the public, according to the coordination between the head of my village and the head of Yi Village, it is now decided that Yi Village will compensate my village for the following amounts: the mental loss of the Hillman Warriors, the loss caused by the delay in the tuition of the little Hillman Warriors, and the delay in production of the villagers of our village, a total of 2 silver coins (can be used as collateral for assets). ”

Zhang Xiao read softly, and wrote on the parchment by himself, without caring about Cross on the other side: "In addition, in line with the principle of friendly neighboring villages, because there is a contradiction between the water source in the east of my village and the water in the west of Yicun Village, our village has decided to sell all the land in the east of the village to Yicun, and Yicun will pay 3 silver coins. ”

Soon Zhang Xiao finished writing a lot of clauses and handed them to Cross, and said with a smile: "This is my solution, are you satisfied?"

"Exchange all the land in the east of your village for 5 silver coins" Cross asked with a trembling parchment in his hand, he knew at first that Zhang Xiao was bold, but he didn't know that Zhang Xiao was so bold, and he actually sold a quarter of his land in exchange for only 5 silver coins, if he knew that Zhang Xiao still did this without informing the villagers in the east of the village, he didn't know if he would be scared to death by Zhang Xiao.

"5 silver coins is too much, our village can't come up with so much money." Although Cross was very impressed by the terms on the parchment, 5 silver coins, equivalent to 500 copper coins, which was equivalent to a year's income of Imura, made him undecided.

"Your Excellency is too worried, Yicun is different from our village, I estimate that Yicun's income for most of the year can have 5 silver coins, of course, I also know that the tax task given above this year is relatively heavy, so I think you can use assets as collateral, for example, as a large grain-producing village, Yicun will take out 2,000 loads of grain for 2 silver coins, this is not a problem, right?" Zhang Xiao asked with a chuckle.

"What about the other three silver coins?" Cross asked after a moment's hesitation.

"Since the land in the east of our village has been sold to Yi Village, then you can hold an auction and sell this land to a villager of Yi Village, the wool is out of the sheep, plus some deposits in Yi Village, I think 3 silver coins will not be a problem. ”

"Okay! Yes!" Cross saw that Zhang Xiao thought of it for him, and he signed his name without hesitation.

"Okay, you can sign this too. After Zhang Xiao received the parchment signed by Cross, he handed him another piece of parchment that he had just written: "After this one is signed, the confession just now will naturally return to your hand." ”

Hearing that he could get back the confession made Cross's heart happy, and he picked up the parchment and looked at it, but he was shocked: "What!? Transfer the village chief!"