"Lord Jim?!"
Looking at the fat figure with a distorted face, who suddenly fell to the ground, the fair faces of Tina and Tiya were full of surprise and confusion.
You know, as the loyal henchman of the Marquis, or rather a vicious minion, this guy often does things that are harmful to nature.
However, because he was originally a profiteer, he exchanged the golden dragon for his low-level noble status, and the endorsement of the city lord, the Marquis, made the diligent free farmers in the surrounding villages of Tiegebao dare not speak out.
Moreover, his strength is quite impressive at the second level peak level, and he is also a fire magician, which gives him the terrifying ability to personally execute those who resist on the spot.
But how could such an aristocratic bully, who had to avoid even the surrounding mercenaries and the village's own guard team when they saw it, get beaten and flew away?
Tina and Tiya, who were confused but also felt happy, looked further into the distance along the broken wooden gate.
I saw a young man in simple clothes walking slowly over, surrounded by a group of servants also in simple clothes.
"The Evil God"
"You bastard, who are you?!"
Struggling to get up his fat body, Lord Jim, who was used to being domineering, had an uncontrollable murderous look on his face, and said fiercely: "Do you know who I am? I am the grain collection officer of Lord Marquis! I offend you.
If you offend me, you will offend the entire Iron Gate!"
"There's so much nonsense, I love so and so."
An indifferent voice sounded, and the young man said expressionlessly: "Weren't you clamoring just now to break the legs of us foreigners?"
"Now I not only want to break your legs, but I also want to kill you!"
On the other side, Lord Jim's fat face full of strands of flesh showed murderous intent.
Next, with a greasy fat hand slashing down in the air, four fireballs formed out of thin air, swept by the scorching wind, roared towards the young man who was leading it at extremely high speeds!
"Is this also called fire magic?"
A crisp sound sounded with disdain, and just when those fatal fireballs were about to approach the young man, a slender and tall female figure was already blocking the young man.
She stretched out a slender hand and pushed forward gently, and the four scorching fireballs that were already so close disappeared in mid-air in an instant, as if they had never appeared.
Needless to say, it was Hong Ye who took action, and the young man standing calmly behind her was naturally Lei Xiao.
Of course, in order to deceive others, Lei Xiao and his party all used illusions to disguise themselves.
"How is this possible?!"
Lord Jim, who had a murderous look on his face, was stunned when he saw that his tried and tested magic was easily broken.
Immediately afterwards, a flattering look appeared on his fat face, and he said with a smile: "Your Excellency, there must be some misunderstanding between us. How about I apologize to you?"
"I'm sorry, I hate guys like you who bully the weak and fear the strong."
Dandan glanced at the other person, Lei Xiao nodded to Hong Ye and said: "Go ahead and let him pay the price he deserves."
"As you command, my lord."
Hong Ye bowed slightly to Lei Xiao and responded respectfully.
Next, with a movement of her body, she appeared behind Lord Jim, like carrying a big bag of garbage, dragging the man who was constantly cursing and verbally threatening to the back of a big tree not far away.
"You bastards, you are so ignorant! I will make you, like those cheap slaves, all die at my feet!"
Under the shadow of the big tree, Lord Jim's face was ferocious, with a twisted and fat face covered with horizontal stripes of flesh, and an expression full of resentment: "I am a noble, and I want to kill you lowly slaves..."
The next second, a ball of orange-red flames mixed with a bit of white rose into the sky, and everything suddenly became quiet, leaving only the thin black smoke, still signaling the other party's final sin.
"Sir, just like the soldiers who are preparing to attack you,
That maggot has completely disappeared from this world."
In the blink of an eye, Hong Ye returned to Lei Xiao's side, bowed and saluted.
"very good."
Looking at the black smoke that had gradually dissipated in the air, Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction.
On the other side, after seeing this scene, Tina and Tiya looked at each other, and a look of surprise and joy appeared on both of their fair and delicate faces.
Although their appearance has changed, the two of them can never forget that calm and indifferent male voice. It is the Lord Chensha that they miss deeply!
"Chen..."
In her excitement, just when Tiya was about to step forward to say hello, she was stopped by Tina again.
"Tiya, since Lord Chensha and his group have already disguised themselves, they obviously don't want to reveal their true identities, so we'd better act according to the situation."
Nodding towards her sister, Tina nodded and prompted.
"Sister is right, let's act according to the situation!"
Hearing the sound, Tiya's reaction was also very quick, and she immediately made an expression of confusion.
At the same time, Lei Xiao naturally would not come into direct contact with the two of them. Instead, he nodded vaguely at the two of them and took his own steps again.
In this way, after confirming that no one else was following around, Lei Xiao and his team finally met with Tinatia in a hidden place under a barren mountain outside the village.
"You two, I haven't seen you for a few days."
Taking off the illusion mask on his face, Lei Xiao waved his hands to the subordinates to disperse and be on guard, and said with a faint smile.
"Sister, it is indeed Mr. Chensha!"
Seeing Lei Xiao's true appearance, Tiya couldn't help but jump up with excitement.
But then, Tia, who realized that she was a little out of sorts, blushed and hid behind Tina, only revealing most of her head.
"Your Excellency Chensha, I am so happy to see you!"
Pulling Tia out from behind her again, Tina said with equal excitement: "And, thank you for removing a scourge for Iron Gate Castle!"
"It's just a little effort."
Dandan smiled, and Lei Xiao couldn't help but frown slightly.
Before this, although I had passed through the area around Iron Gate several times, I had never stopped.
Unexpectedly, the shabby environment and emaciated people in these villages did not look much better than those in Red Arrow Town and Magnet Town.
This desolate and lifeless scene is undoubtedly very different from other cities under his control and the surrounding subsidiary villages.
"Sorry, Lord Chensha, I made you laugh."
Looking at Lei Xiao's frown, Tina sighed softly and said: "This phenomenon of squeezing free farmers is extremely common in this area. The people in power here only care about their own immediate interests and enjoyment.
But they don’t know that only by truly allowing the people under the rule to live and work in peace and contentment can the fiefdom’s population, food production, and even the quality of its soldiers and other aspects achieve healthy development.”
"The way to get along with the people should never be to use long whips and torture, but to share the benefits with each of the people. Only in this way can a territory be indestructible."
After a pause, Tina lowered her eyebrows and said, "Although I really don't want to admit it, I haven't seen smiles and hope on the faces of people in these villages for a long time."
"No wonder there are such scumbags who take advantage of others."
Hearing this, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
Then, Lei Xiao changed the topic and asked curiously: "If that's the case, why do the Knights of the Blue Rose still stay in this hopeless land?"
"Back to Sir Chensha, in addition to wanting to help these people as much as possible, I also have another reason why I have to stay here, and that is because our roots are here."
I saw Tina first glance at Tiya, who was also frowning next to her, and then continued: "To be honest with you, Mr. Cinsha, two hundred years ago, this city named Iron Castle was originally built by Leng Yan.
, it has always been the fiefdom of my family and Tiya’s family.
At that time, because my ancestor, who was the lord of Tiege Castle, died early due to illness and his heir was just born, the family of the current city lord saw the opportunity and finally completely annexed Tiege Castle and became the other party's territory."
"So there is such a thing. Are you and Tia both members of the declining traditional aristocracy?"
Feeling the sadness and helplessness in the other person's words, Lei Xiao gently patted the other person's thin shoulder to express comfort.
Regarding the friction and struggle between Lengyan's traditional nobles and the new nobles, Lei Xiao once heard Ariel mention it, and he also knew that the situation did not get better until Ariel's father was crowned.
After pondering for a moment, Lei Xiao's eyes softened and he asked again: "In that case, the Knights of the Blue Rose were originally established by the newly born heir of the former city lord, right?"
"Your Excellency Chensha is right. The first leader of the Blue Rose Knights was my great-great-grandfather and Tia's great-grandfather."
Nodding towards Lei Xiao, Tina couldn't help but have a hint of sadness on her fair face, and murmured: "So, this Blue Rose Knights is already the last symbol of the family that Tia and I belong to, no matter what
No matter what, we also want to do our best to protect it to the death."
Speaking of this, Tina looked at Lei Xiao gratefully and said sincerely: "Originally, faced with the increasingly embarrassing environment and the run-in against the current Lord of Iron Gate Castle, Tia and I were almost unable to hold on.
To be continued...