The nobles of the Seine Peninsula, led by Abigai, rushed to the Hou Mansion in high spirits. When the subordinates of the Hou Mansion saw the menacing appearance of these old men, they thought that something big had happened, and they did not dare to delay, so they immediately reported to Caroline.

"They're finally here! I didn't expect them to be even more anxious than us, so let's let them in and see what they want to say?" Li Zijun said with a smile as he looked at Caroline, and then ordered his subordinates to bring these guys into the large living room of the Hou Mansion.

"Caroline, how did you lock down the city of Salat, what the hell is going on?" said Abigai before she could sit down.

"Last night, our patrol found a large number of unidentified armed men outside the city, who suddenly launched an attack on our patrolmen. Our men were caught off guard and suffered great losses, and only a few people escaped. Before we could react, they attacked some of the villages and towns around us. We can't figure out their specific intentions, and we fear that they will be detrimental to the city of Zarat. For the safety of the city of Sarat and of you, we have temporarily closed the gates. If this has caused any inconvenience to you, I am here to thank you on behalf of the Hou Mansion. Once we have eliminated the hidden danger outside the city, we will immediately open the city gates and resume traffic!" Caroline said with a strong spirit, and those who did not know the truth really thought that she was worried about the situation outside the city. In fact, Caroline did worry about it for a night, but the object of her concern was Li Zijun.

As soon as Caroline's words came out, the entire living room immediately became a mess. Don't look at those nobles who usually look high, but when they hear that there is danger, their performance is not even comparable to that of ordinary civilians, and they ask Caroline to strengthen their protection.

Only Abigay and a few people close to him had no change in their faces, they had agreed in advance to teach the Caroline siblings some lessons in the next few days, and they thought that their men had done it first! Not only did they not feel panicked at all, but secretly happy in their hearts.

"What the hell is going on outside the city, and how many troops do they have?" asked Abigay, pretending to be nonchalant.

"It was so dark last night that our people didn't even know how many they were. But according to those who ran back, they were at least tens of thousands of people, and their combat effectiveness was also extremely strong, and their strength was far above that of our city defense army. As for the specific situation, we are still investigating. Caroline said worriedly.

It seems that no matter how strong a woman is, she is still a woman after all! Just such a little wind and grass scares her like this! Abigai knows that the Liliang that Rainey can use will never reach the number in Caroline's mouth! But since it can give Caroline such an illusion, Abigai will certainly not tell her about it.

"It seems that this bandit outside the city is extraordinary, and if they don't reach their goal, it will be difficult for them to withdraw like this. But there are still a lot of things to deal with in the territory, and what will we do if they stay outside and don't leave?" Abigai deliberately pretended to be worried, but in fact he was reminding the Caroline siblings of the possible threat to Sarat City.

"Count Abigai, this time you have come to see off your father, and you have brought a large number of guards, if you are willing to help, I believe that the trouble outside the city will be solved immediately! Please rest assured, we will not let you help in vain!" Caroline hesitated, as if she had finally made up her mind, and pleaded.

"We belong to the Seine Peninsula, and we deserve such help! It's just that the guards under our command are all armed by us at a great price, and if the losses are too great, we really can't afford it. And they're all people in our territory, and we can't explain anything to their families if there's any damage!" said Abigay, his eyes still on Caroline, waiting for her reply.

Seeing Abigai's expression, Caroline and Li Zijun suddenly realized! It seems that Abigai should have attacked Sarat City a long time ago, and today he misunderstood that his subordinates had done it in advance, so he behaved so relaxed and calm! Caroline and Li Zijun glanced at each other, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice, if they hadn't done it last night, the current area around Sarat City would have been attacked by Abigai's men. Thinking of this, the two of them were even more determined to kill Abigai!

"Count Abigai, we are willing to provide everything your guards need. If there really are any casualties, we will definitely give them the highest compensation!" Li Zijun's voice began to tremble, and his voice was already full of pleading. Since this guy is still self-righteous, he might as well be more proud, so that he can unconsciously walk into the trap he has set up haode.

Seeing Li Zijun's expression, Abigai was really even more proud! But after all, he was also an old fox, and his face did not show any joy, but on the contrary, his face was full of sadness.

"Virtuous nephew, those guards of mine have been born and died for me for so many years, and I have long regarded them as my sons and nephews, and I really can't bear to let them take such a big risk!" Seeing that the Caroline siblings had never gotten to the point, Abigai shook her head and said no more.

The other nobles of the Seine Peninsula were not stupid, and they also guessed something when they saw that Abigay and several nobles close to him were so calm when they heard about the situation outside the city. They were all looking at Caroline, and they hoped that Caroline would speak first so that they would get the most benefit.

"Count Abigai, if you have any conditions, you might as well say it directly. As long as you can help us eliminate the group of robbers outside, I am willing to meet any request you have!" Li Zijun said anxiously.

Caroline couldn't help but shake her head secretly when she saw Li Zijun's expression! Her younger brother's acting skills are really good, if she didn't know the inside story, I'm afraid she would have believed what Li Zijun said.

How could a child and a few women be his opponents! It seems that the Seine Peninsula will be my world in the future! Abigay couldn't help but say obscenity in his heart, and the corners of his mouth were already smiling uncontrollably.

"If the Marquis of Edlaide is willing to sign these agreements with us, I promise to help the Marquis eliminate those Xiaoxiao outside the city!" Abigai glanced at the nobles around him, and took out the haode agreement from his bosom and put it on the table. When the other nobles heard Abigai say this, they hurriedly put the agreement they had prepared on the table.

"You want to lease Alexandria?, Count Abigai, are your conditions too high!" Caroline simply glanced at the papers on the table, and her face immediately sank.

Alexandria is the largest city on the Seine Peninsula, with nearly one-fifth of the Seine's population and one-third of its arable land under its jurisdiction. It has always been the political, economic, and cultural center of the Seine Peninsula! Originally, Caroline waited until after the funeral of Count Acheson to prepare to move Li Zijun's marquis to Alexandria. Abigai's request to lease Alexandria at this time was actually tantamount to grabbing Li Zijun's position as a marquis. Hearing that Count Abigai's goal was to go to Alexandria, even the other nobles thought that Abigay was too greedy!

"If Miss Caroline thinks I'm asking for too much, there's nothing I can do!" said Abigai, snorting coldly, and got up to leave.

"Big sister!" Li Zijun looked at Caroline with wide eyes, expressing his nervousness just right.

Seeing Li Zijun's expression, Caroline almost couldn't help laughing directly, but at this time, it was obviously not a good time for her to poke Li Zijun.

"Count Abigai, how can you be sure that you will be able to destroy the bandits outside the city?" asked Caroline, deliberately angry.

"How about having your housekeeper show us around the city of Zarat?" said Abigai, pretending to be generous.

"What if you can't do it?" Li Zijun hurriedly asked.

"If I can't eliminate the group of robbers outside the city within a month, I will compensate you all the income of the territory for thirty years!"

"Count Abigai, you're a nobleman, I don't think you should break your word and get fat, right?" Li Zijun was waiting for Abigai's words, and he immediately provoked him.

"If you don't worry, we can write this matter into the agreement!" Although Li Zijun forced it here with his words, Abigai did have some confidence in Rainey. So he looked at the Caroline sibling with contempt and said.

"A word?"

"It's a deal!"

"Okay! I agree to your request!" Li Zijun agreed to Abigai's terms despite Caroline's stopping, and the two sides quickly signed the revised agreement.

"Count Abigai, now that the agreement has been signed, please send troops to exterminate the robbers outside the city!" Caroline said helplessly, looking at Abigai.

"Don't worry, Miss Caroline, we're going to mobilize the guards outside the city, and we'll be able to wipe out the robbers soon!" said Abigay, confidently. He then summoned one of his men from outside, told him to go out of the city with his orders, and informed Rennie to eradicate the bandits around the city of Zarat.

The other nobles also signed the agreement, and fearing that the Caroline siblings would regret it, immediately sent their cronies to assist Rainey in his work.

Caroline arranged for the old butler Brenda to send them out of town, and she nodded to Brenda secretly while no one was paying attention.

Originally, according to Abigai's idea, as long as the news of this place was passed on to Rainey, Rainey would immediately withdraw the troops. When the time comes, they just need to take a casual walk outside the city of Zarat, and they can leave.

But I don't know Weishenme, the men sent out by Abigai have not returned for a long time. Not only him, but also the cronies of other nobles have no news. Abigay and the other nobles grew anxious, and they couldn't sit still any longer, pacing back and forth in the living room.

The Caroline siblings, who had been acting very flustered before, calmed down, looking at Abigai who was like ants in a hot pot, their hearts were already happy!

Abigai's patience was completely exhausted, and he was about to send someone out again to see what was going on?, but at that moment, there was a sudden sound of fighting outside the living room, mixed with the whistling of bows and arrows breaking through the air. The nobles of the Seine Peninsula did not know what was happening, they all looked nervously outside, but none of them dared to step out of the living room door to see what was going on.

Fortunately, the sounds didn't last long, and soon it was quiet outside.

"Old butler, old butler, what's going on outside, why is it so noisy?" Li Zijun looked out of the door with a blank face and shouted loudly. Everyone followed his gaze and looked out.

"Young Master, a group of black-clothed men just attacked the Hou Mansion outside!" said Brenda as she hurriedly ran in.

"What?" Li Zijun didn't wait for Brenda to finish, and stood up suddenly, his performance startled Caroline, who had been prepared.

"Don't worry, young master, they've been repelled by us!, it's just—" Brenda looked at Abigai and the others with a look of embarrassment on her face.

"What the hell is going on? You are about to kill me!" Li Zijun looked at the old housekeeper pretending, forced back a smile, and asked urgently.

"Those black-clothed people don't seem to be familiar with the Hou Mansion! When they raided in, they happened to meet the guards of the masters. Although the guards were all heroic, the strength of the man in black was obviously stronger than those guards, and in just a few moments, the guards all fell to the ground. By the time our Hou Mansion arrived, all the guards had already been sacrificed!" said Brenda with a sigh.

In fact, this is also one of Caroline and Li Zijun's jihua, as long as these nobles sign an agreement with conditions, Colorado, who has sneaked into the city, will immediately take people to kill these guards. In this way, it is equivalent to completely cutting off the dependence of the nobles, and at this time, they can only act according to the baton of Caroline and Li Zijun!

As soon as Brenda finished speaking, the people who had just been sent out by Abigai and them also ran back in a panic.

"Master, something is wrong!" Abigai's men had a frightened look in their eyes, as if they had seen something terrible.

"Don't panic, what's going on?" said slowly!" Abigai asked, holding his hand.

"Sir, our camp outside the city has been attacked! It has been burned to ashes by fire, and there are charred corpses and blood all over the place!

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Abigai asked aloud as she grabbed the collar of her clothes and didn't expect such a big change.

"Sir, it's true! We inquired about the peasant households living in the vicinity, and they saw that there was a fire burning in our camp last night, and they kept hearing shouts of killing, and it was not until this morning!

Abigai couldn't believe it was true, and he looked at the others who had returned with inquiring eyes. But he had found the answer in the eyes of the men, and Abigay slumped into his chair.

"Count Abigai, it seems that your people have also been attacked, what do we think we should do next?" Li Zijun asked as he looked at Abigai with a frown.

"Master Hou, this matter has to be discussed in the long run! Don't worry, we will definitely help you eliminate that group of robbers!" Hearing Li Zijun's question, Abigai suddenly thought of the agreement he had just signed with Li Zijun. If he did do so, he would be bankrupt! He was not willing to let things come to this, and Abigai was ready to put it on forever.

"Think about it in the long run? You all need me to protect your security now! You tell me how to think about it in the long run?" Li Zijun's face changed, and he looked at these people coldly and said.

"Now I will give you two ways, one is that you will send another group of people to kill the group of people outside the city, or you will send me the money according to the agreement we have reached, and I will form an army myself to destroy them. Li Zijun no longer looked cowardly, looking at these nobles and said viciously.

"Edlaide!" Abigay didn't realize that he had fallen into the trap set for him by the Caroline siblings, and he was a little uncomfortable with Li Zijun's sudden change of attitude, he stood up abruptly and glared at Li Zijun and shouted loudly.

"Count Abigai, please pay attention to maintaining the demeanor that an imperial nobleman should have, are you polite to a marquis like this now?" Li Zijun looked at Abigai without showing weakness and said coldly.

Hearing Li Zijun's reprimand, Abigai was a little speechless, but at this moment, a thought also rose from the bottom of his heart, and after the lightning flashed in his mind, he finally understood a little.

Within the confines of Salat City, if you want to hide the Li family's attack on the coalition forces outside the city, it is simply impossible! Immediately Abigai thought of the agreement he had just signed, and he would have completely understood, so he took the initiative to jump into the pit dug by the Caroline siblings!

"You, you attacked our guards outside the city!" shouted Abigai's anger as he pointed at Caroline and Edlaide with trembling fingers.

"Count Abigai, you are a nobleman! Please take responsibility for what you say! It is you who say that you can help us eliminate the robbers outside the city, and you have put forward so many harsh conditions for this! In exchange for the peace of the city of Zarat, we have granted all your requests. But now, instead of fulfilling your promise, you've put the news of your attack on our heads!Abigai, don't you forget where this is? This isn't your Earl's Palace!" Li Zijun slapped the table hatefully, and a large number of guards immediately poured in outside, isolating the other nobles from Li Zijun, leaving Abigai alone to face Li Zijun.

"Edred, what are you doing here, do you want to rebel?" Abigai only then remembered that their guards had all been killed in battle, and he barely straightened his back, looking at Li Zijun and asked.

"Rebellion? I don't have that much guts! I just know that your guards have just taken up the heroic duty, and send some people to protect your safety, so that you can better fulfill the agreement between us. Li Zijun glanced around with his eyes, the nobles had long since lost their arrogance just now, and they avoided Li Zijun's gaze one after another.

"Edlaide, you're imprisoning the nobles of the Empire, this kind of behavior is tantamount to rebellion!

"What did you say?" Abigai's voice was about to lift the roof, but Li Zijun didn't seem to hear what he said, and he unconsciously took a few steps forward and walked in front of Abigai.

Abigai thought that Li Zijun was teasing him, and she was even more angry in her heart, and she stepped forward half a step forward to repeat what she had just said above Li Zijun's head. But Abigai never expected that Li Zijun suddenly kept retreating with a frightened expression.

"You, you, how dare you slander Emperor Bixia!" Li Zijun secretly gave a gesture to Colorado, who had just mixed in, and Colorado, who had just gotten the signal, rushed out.

Abigai was still hesitating about Li Zijun's performance when he felt a vicious wind blowing towards him. Abigai is just a swordsman, and he has no resistance to the sneak attack of Colorado, who is about to become a high-level swordsman. By the time Abigai saw Colorado, the sword had already pierced him in the chest!

Everyone didn't expect that Li Zijun would dare to kill Abigai, the Imperial Earl, in front of everyone, and for a while, they were all stupid.

"I didn't say ・・・・・・" Abigai tried to defend herself, but how could Colorado let him say it, smirking and twisting the sword in his hand. Blood immediately poured down Abigai's chest, and his eyes gradually lost their light before he could get his words out.

Colorado sensed that Abigay had completely stopped breathing, quickly drew his sword, and exited the living room.

The surrounding nobles unconsciously dodged behind the others, and they didn't even dare to look at Li Zijun when they saw it, for fear of setting themselves on fire at this time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you must have all heard it just now, Abigai actually dared to slander Emperor Bixia! Of course, we nobles can't allow such a situation to happen in front of us!

The nobles in the living room couldn't stop nodding when they heard Li Zijun's words! They all understood that Li Zijun was referring to the deer as a horse, but in their hearts, even Count Abigai had been slaughtered, how could they dare to express other ideas.

"Since everyone has this idea, then please write to the court with me and explain this matter!" Li Zijun nodded to Brenda, who instructed a few of his subordinates to hand over the pen and paper to the nobles present.

"Old butler, some people may have forgotten what happened just now, please remind me on the side!" Although Li Zijun was talking to Brenda, his eyes were looking at those nobles.

These nobles are not fools, they don't need to seek justice for the dead Abigai, they all wrote down the specific situation according to Li Zijun's request, and of course all the fault was pushed to Abigai.

"Guys, if I'm not mistaken, your guards stationed outside the city must have been attacked by the bandits. I didn't expect those robbers to be so bold and reckless, and to dare to launch an attack of such a scale! But this also shows the strength of those robbers in disguise. If we continue as before, we will probably be defeated by each of them! It is imperative that we first unite and form a unified leadership, so that we can drive those robbers out of the Seine Peninsula and return peace to us!"

"This is a jihua book that I drafted, everyone take a look at it and give some advice!" Li Zijun asked the old housekeeper to hand over the haodejihua books that had been prepared to the nobles.

The nobles picked up the jihua book in their hands, and when they saw the name of the jihua book, they were a little dumbfounded--"Jihua for the Joint Defense of the Seine Peninsula"! They opened the jihua book with confusion, and after only a few glances, they were stunned! They kept exchanging glances with each other, but none of them dared to make a sound casually.

The book is very simple, it proposes to bring together all the military liliang of the Seine Peninsula and receive unified training and command to protect the security of the Seine Peninsula. This Jihua doesn't seem to be a problem on the surface, but as long as you think about it a little deeper, you will understand that Li Zijun is trying to incorporate all the strength in their hands. Once they agreed to Li Zijun's request, their life and death were completely controlled by Li Zijun from now on.

"What do you think of my Jihua book?You can all give me any opinions!" Li Zijun tried his best to keep his smile relaxed, but in the eyes of these nobles, he was getting more and more terrifying! None of them dared to say anything, and they all chose to keep their silence confrontational.

"Since you haven't figured it out yet, let's go back first! I have one more thing to tell you, as long as you sign this jihua book, the previous agreement can be canceled. Of course, if you are willing to help us eliminate the gang of robbers outside the city, we welcome it, and we will fulfill our obligations according to the agreement! At the same time, I also remind everyone that your guards are righteous, and I hope you will protect your own safety!" Li Zijun waved his hand and let them leave.

"Uncle Brenda, open all the gates, and restore normal life in the city of Salat, and send some men to clear out the camp of the coalition army, and let the guards be buried in the ground!" said Caroline to the old butler when all the nobles had left.

"Yes, but what if the old men leave secretly?" the old butler asked, a little uneasy.

"The old butler is too worried! we just want to let them escape, so that we can find the chicken that scared the monkeys!" Li Zijun said with a smile.