A trace of surprise flashed in Lorist's eyes. He didn't expect that the thin clown-like man in front of him could recover so quickly under his own mental shock, and could calmly fulfill his mission as a messenger after being humiliated by himself. Responsibility, it seems that this baron has a strong willpower, this man is not simple.
Putting away his cynical smile, Lorist stood up straight and said solemnly, "You are welcome. As the head of the Norton family, I, Norton Lorist, respect the Lord Duke's orders on behalf of the Norton family."
Baron Camorra looked at Lorist very cautiously. He didn't dare to underestimate the young man in front of him. Unlike all the nobles he had come into contact with, the new head of the Norton family was very polite. But he doesn't seem to be respectful to the Duke. On the contrary, no matter his tone and demeanor, he seems to regard the Duke as a nobleman with the same status and status. What is brimming with him is not the annoying arrogance, but a confidence...
"Your Excellency Norton, as the grand duke in command of the Northland, what Grand Duke Lukins wants to ask is why the second prince has put all the nobles in the Northland under the jurisdiction of the Grand Duke for nearly three years, and the Norton family has not gone to see him. Is this a violation? The morality of the nobility? Even after the death of Baron Norton, the new lord did not report to the Grand Duke and ask for permission. The Duke has waited patiently for three years, and he cannot bear this humiliation, so he wants to know whether the Norton family He regards him as an enemy?" Baron Camorra did not recognize Lorist's lord status, because he did not have the Duke's consent, so he called Lorist Your Excellency, not Your Excellency.
Lorist smiled calmly: "The Norton family has never regarded the Duke of Lukins and his family as enemies, and they also recognize the Duke's jurisdiction over the Northland, otherwise the Norton family would not have paid taxes on time. But the Norton family does not think that the Duke is our superior lord, and as we all know, the Norton family has always been under the direct control of the Christon royal family, may I ask my lord, when did the Duke of Lukins become a member of the Christon royal family?"
"Didn't the second prince transfer the ownership of all the lords in the North to the Duke's jurisdiction?" Baron Camorra asked.
"My lord, can the second prince represent the royal family of the Christen Empire? I'm afraid not. All the nobles know that the third prince of the Antinac Kingdom represents the orthodoxy of the former royal family of the Christen Empire. So why should the second prince The ownership of our Norton family is transferred to the Duke? This matter is as ridiculous as your neighbor wanting to sell your house. Of course, if the Duke of Lukins obtains the consent of the third prince, he will officially issue a document to transfer the ownership of our Norton family. Pass it over to the Duke, then I will go to see the Duke immediately. As for now, as you said, my new lord is busy with affairs, so I can only visit the Duke when I have time in the future." Lorist said.
"Uh..." Baron Camorra didn't expect Lorist's answer to be this, and it was justified: "So, your Norton family is determined to oppose the Duke?"
"Whether we are right with the Duke is up to the Duke himself. If he thinks what I said is reasonable, he should discuss with the third prince about the ownership of our Norton family. If he thinks that our Norton family is against him, then he wants to do it." Whatever you want, you can send his Northland Legion to conquer us. Although our Norton family is weak compared to the army of the Duke, we are the roaring bears of the Northland. It's still possible to hurt both sides." Lorist didn't care about Baron Camorra's threat.
It seems that there is a lot of wrangling on the issue of ownership. The Norton family is different from other nobles in the territory. They really don't care about the threat of the powerful Northland Legion of the Duke. Baron Camorra couldn't, and decided to skip this topic. The purpose of this trip is not whether the Norton family will go to see the Duke, but the one hundred thousand Goldford.
"Your Excellency Norton, I think we should shelve this controversy for now. I will report your Norton family's reply to the Duke. As for the decision of the Duke, we can only wait." Baron Camorra said: "Can we discuss the other two things next?"
"Of course, please sit down, I'm all ears." Since it was a discussion, it didn't have to be so formal, Lorist warmly asked Baron Camorra to sit down and discuss again.
In the short round of verbal confrontation just now, Lorist couldn't help but look at this thin man with admiration. Seeing that he was at a disadvantage, he was unreasonable and unable to use threats to force the Norton family to bow their heads. This thin man immediately changed the subject without hesitation. It's really neat and tidy.
"First of all, I hope you don't spread the word. The Duke doesn't want to be discovered by the second prince, because the second prince has been obstructing the Duke's formation of the Northland Legion overtly and covertly, setting up many obstacles, so the Duke secretly raised a sum of money. , and entrusted the Kenmes family to secretly purchase a batch of military supplies for him. It was just that the Viscount Kenmes transported the funds to the Red River Valley Manor Castle for storage. As a result, due to the war between your Norton family and the Kenmes family, you burned Red River Valley Manor Castle, this fund has fallen into your hands. His Excellency the Duke hopes that you can return this fund to him, and express his heartfelt thanks to the Norton family for this."
"The funds are 100,000 goldfords, and they are packed in five large iron boxes with corners." Baron Camorra told the lies he fabricated very sincerely. The strength of the Norton family seemed to surpass that of the Duke and his family. out of expectation. The straight-forward methods such as coercion and coercion that were originally set up seem to be useless, so I can only try a roundabout route.
Lorist really wanted to applaud Baron Camorra, he is really talented, he can make up such a smooth lie, people who don't know it will easily believe it when they hear it, even one hundred thousand goldfords are packed in five large tin boxes , doesn't it just mean that the money belongs to the Duke? It's a pity that the Duke certainly didn't expect Boris to take refuge in him. He knows everyone in the Red River Valley Manor Castle, and the confidant and entourage of the Viscount Kenmes who stayed in the Red River Valley Manor Castle to guard the money has been identified. , fifty leather whips made him obediently confess the reason for the viscount's private money.
The Duke of Lukins got the news from nowhere. The one hundred thousand Jinford seemed to make the Duke jealous, and immediately stretched out his greedy claws, and sent such a powerful armed force. It seems that the one who should fight is Wen. It's not an idea to come to Wu. It's a pity that he underestimated the strength of the Norton family, and now it has become difficult to ride a tiger.
Lorist looked at Baron Camorra with a half-smile, with an expression on his face that he continued to make up nonsense for me.
Baron Camorra blushed a little unnaturally, and asked carefully: "Your Excellency Norton, look at this matter..."
Lorist said "En En" a few times: "Let's put this matter aside for now, what is the other thing? What does His Excellency the Duke want to discuss with us?"
"Oh, it's like this. Due to the impact of the wars in the past few years, the Duke's Mansion is very dilapidated. In addition, the city defense of the capital Gildusk City has been in disrepair for many years, and the city walls have already appeared cracks. The Duke is unable to carry out renovations due to lack of funds. And tidy up. I heard that the Norton family won a big victory in the war with the Kenmes family and obtained a large number of city building materials from the Kenmes family, so the Duke hopes to get half of the building materials for the Duke's mansion and the conquest of the city. The reconstruction project..." Baron Camorra reduced the amount from two-thirds to half on his own initiative.
"It's over?"
"It's over." Baron Camorra nodded.
"Hehe, just these two requests?" Lorist asked with a smile.
Baron Camorra nodded again: "Yes, just these two requirements."
"I haven't said it yet, I also have a request..." Tabek next to him was very angry that Lorist ignored his existence, and deliberately interrupted the conversation between Baron Camorra and Lorist.
Lorist took a surprised look at the golden-ranked knight: "Then, my lord knight, what request do you have, please let me know..."
"I see that there are a lot of iron armor in your family. Even ordinary soldiers wear iron armor. Our Northland Legion has more than 20,000 people and less than a hundred pairs, so I ask you to strip off the iron armor on your body and let me take it back... "
Tabek has always looked down on Baron Camorra, and he can't figure out why the Duke would confer the title of baron on this clown, even if he is a court baron, he has no territory. This time, Tabek was very reluctant to go to the Norton family as an envoy. Firstly, he felt very honored to accompany this clown baron on an envoy. Didn’t the clown just lose face once? Fortunately, he still pretended to be fine and talked with the head of the Norton family. The second is that he thinks that anyone from the Norton family must obediently obey orders. With the Northland Legion, Tabek does not believe that there is any lord in the Northland who would dare to disobey the Duke's orders.
It wasn't until the lightning-like green arrow nailed his mount to the ground in front of the Rock Castle that he realized that there was still a golden-ranked sharpshooter in the Norton family that he couldn't afford, so he restrained his temper, very rule. Even when molesting the silver female knight of the Norton family, he had been paying attention to the movement of the golden archer, and when he heard that soft snort, he stopped.
No one is a fool, otherwise Tabek would not have been promoted to the gold rank. Only when the head of the Norton family came in, he found that things had turned for the better. First of all, the golden archer gave up his vigilance, and he relaxed and looked up at the roof in a daze. Secondly, the head of the Norton family was sitting in front of him, within reach. Tabek had carefully observed and sensed that the kid in front of him was not even silver, otherwise the vindictiveness circulating in his blood would not be enough for a golden knight, at most this kid would be a black iron rank.
Tabek has long been impatient with Baron Camorra and Lorist's nice discussions. When the Duke's envoy wants to talk to people on an equal footing, isn't it always in a commanding tone? Although the Norton family has a golden-ranked sharpshooter, what can they really do to the Northern Land Legion? One mouthful of phlegm drowned him.
Before Tabek obeyed the rules, he was honestly afraid that he would be unlucky. If the sharp archer proposed a duel to him, wouldn’t he suffer? Don’t say that he knew he was not an opponent. Even if the sharp archer didn’t hurt him, he would beat him up Shame on you. Tabek doesn't want to be a joke of others after he and the clown go back together...
But now is a god-sent opportunity, the Norton family boy just sits in front of him so carelessly, as long as he is taken down, the Norton family has nothing to do but surrender, even the golden archer, there is nothing he can do about himself, Unless he doesn't want his lord, is this possible? There are also 20 Silver Knights that I brought here. At that time, the leaders of the Norton family will be controlled here, and then the gate of the castle will be opened to let 200 soldiers of the Northland Legion come in. At that time, the overall situation will be settled...
As long as I can take down the head of the Norton family in front of me, then all the Duke’s requirements can be fulfilled. The biggest hero of this mission is myself, and the clown next to him will become a big joke. Maybe the Duke will be angry He would be stripped of his title and made a pariah again. And maybe I will be conferred a territory and a title by the Duke because of this credit, then I will become a territorial nobleman...
Tabek thought a lot and was very beautiful, but he was a cautious person and kept observing the movement around him, but he soon let go of his mind. The golden archer seemed to have fallen asleep. Will sleep so at ease. The two guards of the kid in front of him were obviously not thinking about it, they were whispering something in whispers. Now there is only one excuse to do it.
It’s not that Tabek didn’t want to stand up and make trouble, but it would be too unrefined. After all, he is also a gold-ranked knight, and he still needs to rely on sneak attacks to deal with a black iron. Even if he succeeds, he will be accused by the nobles of not having the sense of honor of a knight , and this shame will accompany him for the rest of his life. The best result would be that the kid in front of him fell out with him, and it would be perfect to attack himself first and then take him down.
Tabek thought this way and did so, so he made a request that in his opinion was absolutely unacceptable to Lorist.
When Baron Camorra heard Tabek's request, he felt a thud in his heart, as if a string had been broken. He knew he was about to suffer, and it was impossible to achieve any purpose of this trip.
Sure enough, Lorist sneered, and the more he laughed, the colder his voice became...
"What are you laughing at?" Tabek asked angrily.
"See that door?" Lorist said, pointing to the door of the big dining room.
"What's the matter?"
"Turn right when you go out and go straight to the gate of the castle..."
"do what?"
"Are you stupid? Don't you understand that I'm telling you to fuck off? I really don't understand how such a pig brain can be promoted to a golden knight. Maybe it's because stupid people have dog luck." Lorist said.
Even though he intended to cause trouble, Tabek was almost fainted by Lorist's anger. This kid spoke too harshly. Is this a human thing? As a Golden Knight, no one has ever insulted himself so rudely.
"You have to pay for what you said..." Tabek said grimly, and he slapped the long table with his palm. Two-handed Tabek rushed towards Lorist...