Chapter 82: The Scapegoat
"Are you trying to kill me!" Clark said to Bird, "You have followed me since the time of the Baron, don't you still know which is more important!"
Bird was woken up by this yell, of course he knew what Clark was referring to, but in front of so many people, he had to pretend to be a fool.
"Smack!"
Bird turned around and slapped the soldier in the face, "Say, what the hell is going on!"
Truth be told, the whole town of Brolane who doesn't know about this Bird. Holtz's viciousness, of course, the soldier also knew, his hand covered the half of the face that was fanned, but his head was full of Bird's sentence 'The whole family is dead!', for a while, the soldier was stunned again......
"Smack!"
In front of Clark, Bird slapped the soldier again, a vicious look that only the soldier could read. "Why slander me!"
"I ...... I ...... "The soldier's heart was at war at this time, like tens of thousands of ants crawling over the heart, and it was uncomfortable, but when he saw Bird's eyes, the warring side of his heart was defeated by the other side.
"I lost the letter......"
"Whew!"
As soon as the words fell, Bird immediately pulled out the soldier's saber and stabbed it into his chest! "Dereliction of duty, blame the official, damn it!"
Seeing the cold blade of the sword pass through his chest, the soldier's eyes widened, and he looked up at Bird, his lips trembled, and he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, blood gushed up from his throat......
With unwilling eyes, the soldier slowly fell, and a scream of horror came from the hall......
Clark has long been a sword domain master of the Heavy Sword Domain, and for Bird's actions just now, he can actually prevent this tragedy from happening, but he chose to close his eyes.
At this point, Clarke naturally has a certain number in his heart, but in any case, Bird has followed him for nearly twenty years and has always been loyal to him, even if he made a big mistake this time, but fortunately, Pirka has survived this catastrophe smoothly, and even if it has not caused a catastrophe, if it is pursued further, it will cost his life......
Since he has the heart to let him go this time, then this kind of ending is the best ending, and after a deep glance at the corpse on the ground, Clark sighed deeply, and let everyone disperse.
But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, in order to let Bird remember this lesson, Clark on the spot for the crime of privately executing the prisoner, sentenced Bird to a year's imprisonment, and also looked at him meaningfully.
Bird naturally understood the meaning in Clark's eyes, after all, he had been a classmate for twenty years, but receiving such a punishment still made him feel guilty, especially the slap he slapped in front of everyone.
Exiting the hall, Bird's face was gloomy, his teeth were grinding to the ground, and the hint of sinister in his eyes became more and more obvious.
All this hatred and hatred was once again counted by him on the head of Li Yunyang, who was unaware......
After sorting out the ins and outs of the matter, Clark wrote a letter himself after the meeting, and then went to the letter yard and tied the written letter to the pigeon's leg.
Watching the pigeon disappear into the clouds, Clark's thoughts were thrown into the vast sky, and after a long pestle, he slowly left the temple.
After nearly an hour of reporting by Osde and the old butler Robin, Li Yunyang finally knew the number of casualties in this battle between humans and beasts: 613 people were killed, more than 340 people were seriously injured, and countless people were lightly injured!
Two horsemen who had followed him for more than half a year died, and there was only one Oster left by his side, and even Steward, who had just taken over as the current Johnson leader not long ago, died on the battlefield in vain......
There were more than 5,000 demonic beast corpses, and in the end, only 700 were left......
This made Li Yunyang, who had just eaten some food, and his body was a little better, almost burst out another mouthful of blood, and the chopsticks were unconsciously broken in two, and Li Yunyang's face was extremely ugly.
"Letter to the Viscount's Mansion! Lao Tzu wants to hear how they should explain!"
"No need. Following the prestige, he saw Stanny walk in through the door, still holding a letter-like object in his hand. "The Viscount's Mansion has written. ”
"Oh?" Li Yunyang's eyes flashed with a strange essence, and then he took the letter from Stanny's hand that was still stamped with the unique seals of two viscounts, his eyes paused slightly, and he tore off the seal.
From top to bottom, Li Yunyang read it twice, his eyes kept jumping a little uncertain, and handed the letter to Stanny's hand, Li Yunyang's expression was a little weird.
"Look at it, what do you think?"
Stanny took the letter, sat down on the stool and placed it on the table to read it carefully.
At this juncture, Li Yunyang knew what was going on with his knees, but he read it completely twice, but it was still far from what he imagined.
Li Yunyang recognized Clark's handwriting, and was sure that it was written by Clark himself, but the letter only mentioned in passing the issue of reinforcements: a drunken soldier had lost the urgent report that came in the middle of the night, and had already been executed in the morning!
That's it, and then the rest is a letter of commendation, with the power of a barony, it has resisted a wave of Warcraft and beasts, and its achievements have been praised by thousands of people, in addition to these two words similar to commendation, Clark also expressed his love and trust for Li Yunyang concisely and clearly in his words, and rewarded Li Yunyang with a thousand gold coins to reward Li Yunyang for his achievements this time.
Even if there were casualties among the soldiers, Clark made it clear that he would immediately report to his superiors and deal with the aftermath with the standard pension for martyrdom, and finally said two words of encouragement, and the letter ended in a few words.
"Judging from this letter, he thinks very highly of you. After reading the letter, Stanny said thoughtfully.
"Didn't you find out?" Li Yunyang disagreed with Stanny's opinion, and pointed to the letter in his hand with an unhappy face: "It's just that the reinforcements are not mentioned, and what kind of bonuses and pensions, don't you think he wants to use money to appease me in the name of rewards?"
"Hehe......" Stanny smiled: "My lord, don't forget, you are now his subordinate, if it weren't for you, would it be necessary for him to be so solemn to appease you?"
Seeing that Li Yunyang was a little interested, Stanny paused and continued: "If there is an accident in one of the territories he manages, then he can't avoid being held accountable, then it means that he really didn't receive the letter you sent, as for the reason...... If he doesn't value and appreciate you very much, then he doesn't need to appease you at all, no one will leave a person who has a grudge against him around, and the person who can achieve the position of viscount is also a smart person, as long as he wants, he can completely put a charge on you for not reporting it, and then you will be the substitute ghost, so that he will kill two birds with one stone?"
"But now, he actually took out a whole thousand gold coins to appease you, if he doesn't value you very much, even if he doesn't embarrass you, then there is no need to spend so much money to reward you? And he also promised you to help this group of soldiers who died in battle to ask for martyrdom pensions, which shows your position in the heart of the viscount!"
Slowly recalling Stanny's unique insights, Li Yunyang suddenly opened his mouth, and his heart was full of thoughts.
Yes, in such a world where human life is like straw, as a boss who holds the power of life and death, can do this to himself, what else do you want?