The firelight jumped in Eric's hand, instantly reducing a small piece of paper to ashes.

The two officers who rushed out finally stopped in front of Leon, they really didn't dare to make a move against an earl lord, and even if they did, they couldn't take the IOU back.

The five officers had witnessed the scene just now from beginning to end, and they already had a deep understanding of the young lord's strength, and Li Ang's actions, words and deeds at the moment clearly revealed a meaning.

"Come on, I can fight five at a time!"

......

The face of the leading officer was so gloomy that he could almost drip water, and he almost gritted his teeth and said: "Count Leon, please explain your actions! Otherwise, you will be the enemy of the entire border guard!"

He was almost angry, and he had no scruples about what he said in a hurry.

Earl Darren is an upright person, the other party is his descendant, and now he is also an earl lord, there are so many people around, and even a few nobles from the royal capital are not far away, the officer is relieved to hand over the IOU, and it is expected that Li Ang will not do anything in public.

I never expected that the other party would really do it, and it was done so thoroughly, it was extremely despicable!

"What's there to explain?" Leon shrugged his shoulders and said innocently, "I didn't do anything, everyone here can prove it, right?"

The young lord looked back, and most of the people behind him were silently watching this side, and their expressions were the best footnote to his words.

The officer's gaze fell on a few nobles from the royal capital.

However, at this moment the Earl of Donn and Viscount Peg were turning their backs to them, facing the faint forest to the north, discussing nothing more than the scenery and properties of Campbell, and they were talking quite engagingly, as if they had just missed what had just happened here.

And the terrifying Duncan still sat at the table, muttering to himself while tasting the delicious food, "Yes, yes, it's really beyond my expectations......"

......

The result was not unexpected.

Don and Peg exonerated Cork in completely different ways before, but the intentions revealed were obvious, Leon took advantage of the situation, and it was also a favor for them, Peg was the secretary of the royal family, and Don was a slick old aristocrat, and with their wisdom, of course they understood this.

And they know what it means for Li Ang to burn the IOU in public next, although they don't want to get involved in a dispute between a lord and the border guard, but in return, pretending not to see it can be done, and at the same time it is the best way to deal with it, because doing so will not offend the garrison too hard, after all, the highest commander of the garrison is not a character to mess with.

As for Duncan, although he appeared as the bodyguard of Earl Don and his party, both his demeanor and the attitude of Don and Peg towards him proved that he was simply responsible for the safety of these people, and was actually not subject to their constraints and jurisdictions, and his status seemed a little detached, and for Leon, this person's appearance was worth savoring.

Of course, there was also a young viscount who was in a trance from the moment he appeared, so much so that almost everyone ignored him, and Leon didn't take him to heart either.

Faced with this situation, Li Ang turned his head with satisfaction, "I'm right, right?"

Then, ignoring the expressions of the officers, he raised his head and said in a condescending manner: "Besides, what qualifications do you have to say that you are the enemy of the entire border guard?"

"Earl Leon......" The officer at the head narrowed his eyes, his eyes sharp and full of anger, "There were many people present when Earl Darren signed the IOU, and more people have seen this IOU in the past ten years, do you think you can deny this fact by burning it?"

"No, it can't be! This only proves your naivety and ignorance! It proves your arrogance! It proves your meanness and shamelessness!"

"Your actions have completely tarnished the reputation of the Earl of Darren! and completely disregard the dignity of the Border Guard, we will inform all the soldiers of the garrison, we will appeal to the courts, and we will appeal to the royal family!"

"Count Leon, soon you will regret what you just did!"

The officer spoke passionately, and the faces of several people behind him were full of anger, and they looked completely open-minded.

As they spoke, Li Ang was very quiet, and as soon as the officer's voice fell, he sighed and said, "The soldier is different, full of fighting spirit, much stronger than the idiots like Cork......"

"But...... It's just a pity that your fighting spirit is in the wrong place. ”

Li Ang looked coldly at the officer in front of him, "Can you explain to me why this IOU is ten years old, but you have never asked my grandfather for it?"

"That's the border guard Gu Nian......"

The officer had just finished half a sentence when he was interrupted by Li Ang, "Don't talk to me about any nonsense about affection! If you really have this heart, you won't come here with the so-called IOU to ask for old accounts at this time!"

"When my grandfather was in the army, he made countless feats for the kingdom, and after receiving the fiefdom, he always tried his best to protect the safety of the southern frontier of the kingdom, and when he suffered a misfortune and died, you, as a soldier, did not feel sorry for the death of a former colleague, and did not worry about Campbell's increasingly frequent border troubles, but immediately took an IOU to force his descendants......"

Speaking of this, Li Ang suddenly shouted angrily: "What kind of intentions do you have?

The momentum of the officers was suffocated, but the face of the leading officer did not change, and he said coldly: "Count Leon, merit is merit, and debt is debt, don't mix it up, besides, no matter how you say it, you can't hide the fact that you burned the IOU and denied your grandfather's arrears, and everyone here has witnessed it with their own eyes, and not everyone will cover it up for you!"

"That's a good thing, but it's meaningless," Leon said with a smile, "Although you tell everyone the truth about today's events from top to bottom in the kingdom, and I will also tell the Border Guard to fabricate the facts and force Darren Redfield to be the only descendant of Darren Redfield with a false IOU, and see which of us has more effective words." ”

Then he took a few steps forward, came to the officer who was on guard, and said in a low voice in his ear: "Think about it, after a nobleman who fights alone...... A young man who earns face for the kingdom in the city of chaos...... A young lord who has repelled foreign invasions from the southern frontier of the kingdom several times...... A successor earl who subdued the hill tribe of the Bronze Helmet Mountains...... Who do you think it will be easier for such a young and promising field nobleman to win sympathy when he is forced by the border guard to ask for a debt owed by an old soldier who has made countless contributions to the royal state?"

"And I'm sure you don't know about Fort Edward, and what do you think would happen if I were to spread the word about them letting a foreign enemy invade at the same time?"

The officer fell silent, and his heart sank.