After reporting their home, the hijackers in the banquet hall caused quite a commotion, and the onlookers talked a lot.

Earl Godwin, who was in charge of the negotiations, sighed.

"Please accept my condolences, young man. ”

"Your father's heroic deeds brought back an heir to the Kingdom of Stars, and if he died for it, he should be remembered. ”

Anker didn't speak.

The Earl's words changed sharply, and he rebuked slightly:

But that doesn't justify your actions. ”

Anker remained silent, but his eyes were foggy.

Earl Godwin frowned at the other man's expression, and he realized that tonight's matter might not be so easy to solve.

The Count subconsciously looked up, but the King's seat was empty.

Only in the first order of the seat, the Duke of Star Lake, the boy who is said to be a genius. Surrounded by a large group of guards.

His expression was heavy, and he bowed his head and was silent.

Tails looked at Anker in a daze.

He still remembers when he woke up on the Ghost Prince's Tower.

At that time, yodel told him:

It has been a day and a night since the orcs invaded the Bladefang Dunes and the Wings of Legend returned to help.

Tails pushed open the tower window, and all he saw was a withered remnant left behind by Camp Bladefang's great battle and Roman's regained victory.

But what he didn't see, or what he thought he didn't see, was the real bloodshed of that day's war.

And those whose fates are changed by it.

[Death, sacrifice, profit, cost, victory or defeat, these are only the most superficial things in war...... The fate of thousands of people...... will all be tested in this cruel furnace. 】

The words of the old crow Sixer sounded in his head:

[Please remember...... In addition to hypocritical moral accusations, beyond the simple calculation of interests, beyond the illusory honor of the warrior, let alone despise the war itself - it is far from being as simple as you think, it is not a game of winning or losing, not profit or cost, not survival or death. 】

[And you and I, whether it is a high-ranking lord or a Li Min who rises and falls in the wind, are only the most powerless pawns among them, because it is not up to us to decide many times, even if you are the initiator or winner of the war. 】

There was a noise behind him, interrupting Tails' mood.

"New information on the Flag Wing. ”

Deputy Captain of the Guard, Vogel took a few pieces of stationery from his subordinates and said cautiously:

"Anker Al is indeed a nobleman of the Western Wilderness, and the eldest son and heir of the Baron of Raven Town. ”

"You're right, he had been studying at the Tower of the End until his father died. ”

Marlos groaned for a while:

"My father died in the act of welcoming back the prince, so this little Al Bailal is upset and wants to ruin the prince's banquet?"

The watchman shook his head:

"It doesn't make sense. ”

Vogel nodded, clearly suspicious.

"And. ”

He then changed a piece of paper:

"A few days ago, Anker Al applied to the House of Noble Affairs to squeeze into tonight's knighthood ceremony, where the High King would bestow him the title of father and inherit his father's title. ”

Tails' mind moved.

He remembered tonight's knighthood ceremony, and among the several nobles who received hereditary titles, there were both self-made new nobles and old nobles who inherited their father's business, including a bastard son of Blade Collar who was not so legitimate.

But there was no Anke Al Baylar.

Vogel snorted and continued reading:

"The Secretariat replied: 'Bailar is a minister of the Western Wilderness, and it is not customary to be a servant of the lord'. ”

Marlos frowned:

"Unconventional?"

"How do I remember that among the candidates for knighthood tonight, there is a child born out of wedlock, who also belongs to the 'Yue Lord Servant'?"

Vogel glanced at him and quietly folded the letter in his hand in half:

"The Duchess of the Blade Leader is close to the royal family, so naturally there is no hindrance. ”

"As for the ...... of the Western Wilderness. ”

He didn't go on.

Is it unconventional?

Tails suddenly remembered the ancient imperial sword that Duke Falkenhause had given him.

"Okay. ”

Marlos pondered:

"But why did he go to Baron Doyle?"

Vogel snorted lightly:

"Hatred, hatred, benefit, harm - nothing more than these four, you can combine them at will, there is always the truth. ”

In the center of the hall, Count Godwin took a deep breath:

"Young Baral, your father died for his kingdom and died a well-deserved death, and you should not tarnish the glory behind him. ”

Anke comes to his senses from the grief of losing his father.

"You're right, Viscount, I shouldn't. ”

He breathed tremblingly, as if suppressing something, and kept repeating:

"I shouldn't. ”

But Anker's expression quickly turned hideous.

"Until I returned home in a hurry," he said, looking at everyone, gritted his teeth, "my father borrowed money to raise military funds in order to recruit the army......"

"I owe him a huge sum of money that he will never pay back in his life. ”

Many people were stunned.

In the next second, Anker scooped up the collar of old Doyle:

"Come on, you old silverfish!"

The captor's tone was hurried:

"Tell Your Highness, tell you, tell the whole kingdom, what you have done!"

"Tell everyone about the sins you have committed against my father and against the Al Al family!"

Baron Doyle wept with a sad face:

"I didn't do anything......"

But Anker's blade immediately pressed into the old baron's neck, and even cut a few traces of blood:

"Think again?"

Old Doyle trembled, and quickly changed his words:

"I, I, I lent money to your father to tide him over......"

Tails frowned.

Anker snorted!

"Bullshit!"

He kicked the old baron in the back, who was stumped a piece of food, dirty and panting.

Seeing his father suffer, D.D clenched his fists, but Croover quickly pressed his shoulders and stared at the former sternly.

"I investigated, and as soon as the mobilization order of the Duke of the Western Wilderness arrived, you appeared!"

"It was when my father was struggling financially and had nothing to do. ”

Anker glared at Baron Doyle and stepped on his back:

"Thou hast spoken cleverly, lent huge sums of money, deceived and coaxed, promised heavy profits, instigated him to conscript, to arm his army, to go on adventures in the desert, to chase war. ”

In the end, he was completely wiped out, with nothing to return and a lot of debts. ”

He almost roared:

"Died of depression in a hospital bed!"

Count Godwin's face was solemn, and he had a headache as to what to do with the next negotiations.

Baron Doyle's voice was tinged with a hint of weeping:

"It is to make Zun loyal and to respond to the call to go to the desert to fight for the country...... I can't pull it even if I want to......"

Anker angrily interrupted him:

"No! You! are you who made up the excuse that 'the war has huge profits,' and pretended to lend him money generously to lure him in!"

The old baron hissed in pain and inhaled:

"I didn't lie to him! How many people have been rich in the last desert war......

Rich.

Tails thought of the Bladetooth camp, of the Falkenhause soldiers who plucked their feathers at the gates of the camp and collected the tolls, and of the large pile of goods that Tom Ding had intended to smuggle out.

Anker laughed sarcastically:

"You mean the war merchants?"

He let go of his footsteps, pulled the old baron back up, and told him to face everyone in the banquet hall:

"The vampires who somehow learned that my father was going to mobilize for war and took the opportunity to sell him supplies?"

"Half of them are secretly in agreement with you, or even in partnership! You have long been colluding and colluding with you. ”

Baron Doyle seemed to understand the interrogation method of the person in front of him, and hurriedly replied:

"It's normal to know each other when we have business dealings......

"Shut up!"

The kidnappers stared at the old baron with resentment, and the words were painful:

"You took advantage of my father's generosity and lack of finances, and used trap-ridden grammar and dazzling numbers to trick him into signing an unfair contract and indebted him a huge sum of money several times the original debt. ”

Old Doyle seemed to resign himself to his fate, and he tried to squeeze out a smile of "understanding".

"How can there be a debt that does not count interest? And your family is noble, your family is big, and the interest rate is a little higher......

Anker suddenly reached out and grabbed the back of Baron Doyle's head by the hair, forcing the latter to look up!

Amid the baron's screams of pain and his lady's cries, Anke gritted his teeth:

"But in the deliberate trap of your contract, those debts that cannot be paid off are all mortgaged by the land and population of the crow's cry town!"

"Land, population!"

The crowd let out a small exclamation.

"Ah, hey, no," said old Doyle, though in spite of his pain, refused to let go:

"Collateral, these are the terms of the contract under the witness of the authoritative accountant of the Royal Bank, and it is natural to repay the debt, ...... right."

"Unless you premeditated!"

Anker roared!

"Unless the reason why you lend your debts is for the day when he fails on his expedition, and his debts are piled up, and he is unable to pay them off, so he can only cede the land!"

The next moment, Anker suddenly turned around and raised his sword, the tip of which was keenly pointed at a guard who wanted to find an opportunity to sneak attack.

Forced the latter and his imitators back to safety.

"This is ridiculous," said the old baron, in a sharp voice:

"Could it be that I was sure that he would lose the battle......?"

Tails' heart moved.

I'm sure I'll lose the battle......

I knew that the orcs were attacking the camp......

Duke Xinghu frowned fiercely:

Unfortunately, these two points are really known.

And the Doyle family......

Tails subconsciously glanced at Doyle beside him: he was the highest rank among the vassals directly under the royal family, the Seven Servants of the Bright Stars.

Obviously, Anker was also dissatisfied with the baron's words.

"Stop pretending to be garlic! I know that very well!"

The kidnappers raised their heads and said in a loud voice in front of the guests in the hall:

"Old silverfish, you have long ago stretched your devil's claws into the Western Wilderness, into our Crow Town!"

"Our two families are two places, but they are next to each other. Over the years, you have taken advantage of your geographical advantages, coercion and temptation, and clever seizures, connecting some of my father's vassal scum and corrupt officials in Crow Town, secretly conspiring and committing misdeeds for a long time. ”

Anker said resentfully:

"Those scum have secretly surrendered to you from my father, illegally subleased the tenant population, privately allocated land to conceal taxes, and let the field laborers of Crow Cry Town cultivate and produce for you. ”

"And you have been working on it, stealing the sky and changing the day, and even the transportation route from the Mirror River to the Raven Cry Town, across the Central Western Wilderness, has been repaired early. ”

Doyle Sr. tried to plead, but Anker's hands were clearly getting stronger, so that he even closed his eyes and could only moan in pain.

"My father could only see that his land was drying up, that the harvest was dwindling, and that it was becoming more and more difficult......"

Hearing this, the old baron couldn't help it anymore:

"I lease land with them, you and I will, your father knows it......"

But Anker roared again:

"Know a fart!"

The blade of his sword clung to the baron's neck:

"Do you want to go down and confront him now?"

The guests exclaimed in unison.

Seeing that the scene was out of control, Earl Godwin immediately interrupted the other party:

"Mr. Bailal!"

He said solemnly:

"You can't accuse Baron Doyle so arbitrarily without evidence, let alone lynching......"

Anke sneered when he heard this:

"Credentials?"

The hijacker sneered, and after a few seconds, finally evacuated the dagger from the carotid artery of Old Doyle.

"Doyle, your fiefdom has a bumper grain harvest this year, right? Even to the point of exporting?"

The old baron hesitated.

Anker angrily slapped old Doyle:

"Say!"

Baron Doyle, who was in pain, hurriedly spoke:

"Abundance, abundance, harvest......"

"Harvest years?" Anker laughed angrily.

"But not just this year!"

He gritted his teeth and looked at the bystanders:

"And last year, the year before last, the year before last...... For eight or nine years, your grain production has been 'bumper harvest,' driving the circulation of commercial goods, and the market is thriving! The financial surplus is enough to feed a small army!"

"Just with the narrow plot of your Mirror River, with the worst soil in your entire central collar? and with your central collar people who have been raised by the prosperity of the royal capital and want to squeeze into Yongxing City, can you really grow so many harvests and squeeze out so much money?"

"And you even have surplus grain and surplus goods, which can be circulated out of the country and resold to the desert or even the northland, making a windfall?"

Hearing this, Tails was shocked!

He subconsciously looked at the other seats, and found the pot lid in the crowd of people standing on tiptoe.

Levi Trudida.

At this time, the northland people who rebuilt the tower were lowering their heads in a low-key manner, and they didn't feel any sense of the look cast by the Duke of Star Lake.

[I'm going to buy some souvenirs to take home...... Food, clothing, and play...... Damn bureaucrats and businessmen conspire to suppress volume and raise prices......]

Damn it.

The boy gritted his teeth.

"That's our farmland, our food, our wealth!, and God knows, are there any other victims besides Raven Cry?" Anker's cold words echoed in his ears.

The chatter in the crowd rang out again.

This time, there was a lot less controversy, mostly whispered whispers.

At this point, Marlos began to mutter:

"Speaking of which, Glovo ......"

The watchman suddenly looked up:

"Remember what your brother, Viscount Lozano Clofo, said before the feast?"

Nicknamed "Zombie", Glovover's expression changed slightly.

He subconsciously looked at a certain table, the one with a steady expression and a free manner, the other Glovover.

"Lozano?"

Croat slurred and seemed to be unusually sensitive to the name:

"Luo, Lozano, he told D.D to tell his father to stop sending money to the Department of Finance?"

Doyle, who was held firmly by Glove, shuddered and looked at his colleague in disbelief.

Marlos nodded.

"Viscount Lozano met His Royal Highness, which can be described as respectful and decent, and even his half-brother did not have time to deal with him. ”

"Why did he go to D.D. and mention this matter that is an internal affair of the Department of Finance and Taxation, just to speak ill of the Doyle family?"

Doyle was stunned, and Glove's expression became ugly.

"I remembered. ”

The zombie recalled, his face turned pale:

"Lozano also said to D.D. that even if you send money, you can't avoid this year's land liquidation and tax inspection?"

Land Liquidation ......

Tails took a deep breath and focused his attention back to the center of the field.

I saw Anke shake his short sword and sneered:

"So, old silverfish, how long did you plan to do this?"

"Are you going to keep it up forever? Anyway, why not do it at the expense of others and for yourself?"

Old Doyle was almost crying:

"Didn't I say ......"

The hijacker interrupted him:

"But you didn't expect that. ”

"Six years ago, in the face of the war crisis in Exeter, the princes complained bitterly at the national council, complaining about financial difficulties, lack of food production, difficulty in recruiting troops, and difficulties in expeditions......"

As soon as the crisis passed, His Majesty Kessel made a drastic move and reissued the "Land Measurement Order" of King Eddy to revitalize agriculture and encourage production. ”

Anker's smile sent a chill down the hearts of old Doyle:

"Now that the grace period has expired and the deadline for land liquidation is approaching, you can no longer be fooled. ”

The hall once again resounded with the whispers of many people.

"Seeing that the reckoning is imminent, the fire is burning your butt, you don't care about the long-term plan, and you are not willing to cut off your wealth and abandon your tail to survive. ”

Anker's words are like biting on the tip of his tongue, biting out blood:

"You can only hurry and hurry to use the simplest way to finish this thing, do death, and make it a headless iron case. ”

Anker's eyes were gloomy:

"For example, my father's deed of debt. ”

Beside Tails, Marios sighed slowly.

"Viscount Lozano works in the Department of Finance and Taxation of the Kingdom, whether it is bribery, grain production, taxes, or land, he must have noticed the hidden dangers in the Jinghe area. ”

"The words he said before the banquet were actually to the Doyle family, who were also the Seven Servants of the Bright Stars......"

But at this point, another voice interrupted him.

"More than that. ”

The watchman and the deputy captain of the guard looked up in unison, and when they found the person who spoke up, they were a little surprised.

He said more than that. Tails said in a trance.

Vogel's eyes narrowed.

What the?

"According to my royal etiquette lessons these days, Glovo is a subordinate vassal of the Bright Star Royal Family, and I am the Duke of Star Lake and the heir to the throne, and I am his future lord. ”

Tails looked at Anker, who had managed to steal the prince's limelight today, in the middle of the hall:

"Regardless of status or affiliation, our dealings should have been invited by me, or by Viscount Lozano, and after permission had been obtained, he would come to my door to see me, but ......"

Marlos raised his eyebrows, and also remembered:

"But he uncharacteristically and subtly invites you to condescend to the East Quarter, to his mansion. ”

Tails was in a heavy mood and nodded:

"That was Viscount Lozano's reminder and warning to me. ”

"It's just that we didn't get it. ”

D.D shuddered again, his face showing remorse.

The prince didn't say any more, but sighed:

"And I don't think Lozano expected that this hidden danger would attack so fiercely and so quickly. ”

"I can't afford to wait for a meal. ”

Tails looked away and noticed that the attitude of the Seven Bright Stars was becoming more and more grim: the eldest Patterson bit his lip and glared as he gasped, Stoke and Adrian were expressionless and just concerned about the situation, Lady Eleanor's world seemed to be left with only her son, and Lozano, who had reminded them earlier, stared down at the table, seemingly indifferent to what was happening.

But in the entire hall, as Anker's narrative gradually became clearer, many people couldn't help but look at the Duke of Star Lake himself, who was as calm as ever.

"The problem is," Tails felt a slight headache as he felt the look in their eyes:

"How does it end in a while?"

Vogel snorted.

"It's okay, Your Highness," the deputy captain of the guard looked at Anke with disdain, "He is pretending to be in front of the public, and the plan is just to use the name of you and the banquet to make a big splash, to make a big news for his family." ”

"When he finishes talking nonsense and achieves his goal, Your Highness, if you say words of comfort and appease each other, he will have no reason to continue acting. ”

"But there is one thing: no matter how induced the guy is, no matter what he says, you will never judge, let alone take sides, and you will not show any inclination towards either side, even if it is just a smile or a roll of the eyes. ”

Tails raised his eyes:

"Either side?"

Vogel looked at him, and this time, there was only sternness left in the eyes of the deputy captain of the guard:

"Whatever. ”

"As for the rest of the investigation and torture, trial and conviction, it will be a matter of the trial hall, the noble court, and even the imperial council after tomorrow. ”

"This man's actions will not damage your reputation except to add a little talking point to tonight's banquet. ”

Tails pursed his lips, but Marhros next to him frowned:

"At the very least, let the sniper team be on standby, right?"

Vogel glanced at him, but said nothing.

In the field, Anker's confrontation with the old baron is still ongoing:

"You, you and those subordinates under my father's banner, you conspired together, inside and outside, waiting for the deadline for borrowing to come, and forcing your father who was in a desperate situation to cut the land. ”

"You get the new land in compliance and seamlessly, avoiding the troubles and avoiding the land liquidation, and they change their name and become your lackeys. ”

"But you didn't expect that my father died under heavy pressure, and I, who took his place, was a dead brain. ”

Anker raised his dagger and pointed it at the old baron's nose, his voice getting colder and colder:

"Tell me, when you set a trap to plot against my father, and finally kill him, did you think about today?"

"Have you ever thought that one day his legacy, his bloodline, and his descendants will seek revenge on you in full view of everyone!"

"Doyle of the Mirror River!"

Looking at the tip of the sword pointed at him, Old Doyle trembled violently!

The baron froze for a moment, his whole face flushed, and he could only spit out a few single notes from his sword-pressed mouth.

"No, you, you...... He, he ......"

At this moment, Count Godwin's roar resounded in the banquet hall:

"Anker Al Baylar!"

His tone was unprecedentedly harsh, leaving no room for error:

"No matter what grievances you have or what reason you have, don't forget that the kingdom has its own laws, and this world has its own reasons!"

Anker was out of his mind for a moment.

"Testimonies?"

He lowered his sword and turned his head.

Earl Godwin breathed a sigh of relief.

"As a nobleman, you should know how to use legal means and methods, take normal channels, or appeal on the basis of reason, protect rights and interests, or communicate rationally, negotiate a settlement, and seek justice and fairness. ”

The Earl is stern:

"Why don't you bring a knife to the meeting and take people's lives......"

"At the Duke of Tails' banquet, resort to violence and take risks!"

"Do you want to completely destroy your father's honor and the family's reputation for the sake of your father and family?"

The last sentence was clearly useful, and Anke shivered and looked at Godwin in a trance.

"I did. ”

Earl Godwin was stunned:

"What?"

"When I just returned home," Anker said dejectedly, "legal means." ”

"At the earliest, I wanted to wait for next year's harvest and pay off my debts. ”

He looked at Count Godwin in anguish and hissed, "I was told that the deadline for the deed was only before the land was liquidated. ”

"After that, I would like to invoke the law of nobility and appeal for an extension. ”

He stared at the short sword in his hand and muttered, "I was told that I have not yet inherited the title and have no right to appeal for an extension." ”

"Finally, I want to inherit my father's title early,"

In the end, Anker looked at everyone in despair: "I was told that this is a lot of recognition fees, and I can only wait for the next year's harvest." ”

Earl Godwin was speechless for a moment, but he hesitated for a moment before speaking:

"If you can't solve it yourself, you can ask for help......"

But Anker roared back in a louder, more agitated voice!

"I did!"

The blade of his sword trembled with his movements, swinging in vain in the firelight of the entire hall:

"I went to the Wasteland and the Heroic Soul Fortress to ask for help from the big people in the Western Wilderness, but they said that the battle in the Blade Tooth Camp had just been settled, and they didn't want to offend the vassals of the Fuxing Palace, saying that this was our personal affair with Doyle, and they had no right to interfere. ”

"When I arrived in Yongxing City, I reported to the Inquisition Hall according to the procedure, but it was rejected many times, and a secretary who received the money quietly told me that the Doyle family had just climbed to the Duke of Star Lake, and that the Mindis Hall was of great significance, and they could not afford to be offended. ”

"I went to the House of Nobles to take on the throne, but they told me that the prince had just returned, that the kingdom was thriving, and that everyone was living in hope, so don't mess with your own trivial nonsense. ”

Tails listened to his account with a heavy expression, and found out uncomfortably that these reasons were all related to him.

Anker took a sharp breath.

"So, in the end, I could only go to the Fuxing Palace, guard the palace gate, and wait for His Majesty to appear, but the moment I saw His Majesty's team and the royal guards, I stepped forward to speak......"

He grinned, showing calm and giving up:

"Sent to prison. ”

In the small but unignorable hum of the crowd, Earl Godwin did not say a word for a long time, and seemed a little at a loss.

"I reason with you, but you talk to me about the law, I talk to you about the law, but you talk to me about tradition, I talk to you about tradition, but you talk to me about reality, I talk to you about reality, but you have to go back and reason with me. ”

"I did," Anker muttered as he rested his sword on the shoulder of the old Baron Doyle, his eyes blank and in a trance, "what a way, what means, what a possibility......

"It's all done. ”

He looked up slowly:

"There is only the last one left. ”

Tails' inner uneasiness grew.

"Three days ago, I spent my last bit of money and finally got the Alert Department to release me. ”

Anker's arm slowly strengthened, and the old baron's face gradually changed, and he let out a groan of pain.

So I found him and said to the old silverfish, "I am willing to execute the contract and cede the fief." ”

"I just ask for a sum of money for my father's funeral. ”

"And that lot of funeral money allowed me to buy a seat at the very edge of the Medis Hall tonight. ”

Anker smiled.

Laughed a lot.

"Anker!"

Count Godwin seemed to have a premonition of what he was going to do, and for the first time there was panic in his voice.

"No—" D.D struggled to step forward, but Croover held on to him.

Just listen to Anker said coldly:

"If you don't kill and die, no one will listen. ”

His wrist sank slowly.

"If you don't shock the world, there is no way out. ”

His teeth clenched slowly.

"If you are not willing to fall, you will swallow the bitter fruit. ”

His eyes darkened.

"Please tell me, Earl Godwin, His Highness Tyres......"

Amid the screams of pain from old Doyle, the heart-rending of his wife, and the horrified eyes of the guests in the room, Anke looked up.

His disgraced gaze fell through the bright lights and straight down on Tails:

"What the hell is this?"

Wujian didn't go home until five o'clock this afternoon, and he didn't finish dinner until eight o'clock, so it was obviously impossible to code words.

So, this chapter is written by me, the neighbor's dog next door without a sword!

Wang (to)!Wang (month)!Wang (ticket)!

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