There are dozens of military short crossbows. This kind of short crossbow is not equipped by ordinary armies. Only the elites of the empire's main battle legions or the elites of the imperial guards are equipped with them.
This kind of short crossbow is fired with a mechanical noose. It can break through the armor of soldiers in twenty steps. It is known as an "armor-breaking arrow". Each one costs a lot of money, and only a person with Du Wei's status can give it to him.
All the guards around him are equipped with such lethal weapons. These grassland people are just a mob. Let alone armor, it is very rare to have a leather armor on the ship. Most of them are just wearing leather robes and coats.
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Moreover, Du Wei was even more sinister. He secretly ordered the arrows of the short crossbows equipped by his men to be modified and designed into a three-diamond shape. In this way, once the arrow hits the target, it will miss the target.
, the person who was shot will also bleed more severely, and it will be extremely difficult to sew up afterwards!
Du Wei gives the order and kills people freely. These Tulip family guards will not show mercy!
After a round of short crossbow volleys, half of the prairie people had fallen. Seeing the other party firing short crossbows and their companions being hit with arrows, these prairie talents turned from fear to resistance. They finally understood: These Roland people were going to
So cruel!
The prairie people howled loudly. Most of these prairie people were fierce people. Seeing helplessness, they waved their scimitars and rushed towards the guards of the Tulip family. At this time, most people had made up their minds. Only
Only by fighting to the death can there be a way to survive!
It's a pity that their stunned efforts just now and the distance of about twenty steps were enough for the Tulip family's guards to complete the second volley!
The second volley of short crossbows left less than half of the grassland people still standing. Most of the people who were hit by the arrows fell down. Even those who were not dead fell down bleeding and moaning softly.
The guards all threw away their short crossbows, and everyone drew their swords and rushed towards the remaining prairie people!
Although these grassland people are ferocious, they are not regular troops after all, but a mob. How can they stand up to Du Wei's guards? Many of these guards have formal imperial warrior levels, even if they are to deal with ordinary people
Soldiers, one can fight several!
Thirty guards rushed into the crowd of prairie people. They slashed with their swords without leaving any room. These prairie people originally wanted to rely on their fierceness to fight for a chance of survival, but they soon became desperate. These tulips
The family guards were just like chopping melons and vegetables, and blood and flesh flew everywhere among the crowd.
In less than a cup of tea, there was no longer a prairie man standing on the deck!
None of the thirty guards died, but everyone was covered in blood. Du Wei was still standing on the second deck, squinting his eyes and a gentle expression on his face.
The river transport officer next to him had never seen such a bloody scene in his life. After all, he was just an official from a small town. How could he have seen so many people die in front of his eyes in a matter of seconds? What's more, these guards of the Tulip family were like
He was like a madman, attacking fiercely, slashing and slashing. Just now he saw with his own eyes two severed arms of prairie people flying over. Some of the flesh and blood was splashed on the railing of the second deck.
The river transport official looked pale and almost wanted to vomit. Du Wei seemed to have a happy expression on his face.
Some of the guards of the Tulip family were selected from veterans who had experienced the battle of Gilliat City. Many people stood on top of the city that day and saw the cruelty of the prairie people. They chopped off their dead colleagues.
The head was turned into a human head frame. How could these people be soft on the prairie people when they took action?
Rivers of blood flowed on the deck, and broken arms and limbs were everywhere. There were also some prairie people who had been hit by arrows and were rolling on the ground in pain. They didn't care to cry out in pain at this moment. Some of them were already trying desperately to pull them apart.
His voice screamed for mercy.
But these guards carried out Du Wei's orders very faithfully! Several guards carried swords and walked back and forth among the corpses everywhere, whether they were alive or dead. Each one added a sword! Then they chopped off their heads.
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Of course, the river transport officer was so frightened that he couldn't help but whisper: "Duke, Your Majesty the Duke... Well, they are all dead, so there is no need to...don't need to chop this head off..."
Du Wei didn't answer, just smiled, and Lao Yan said coldly: "Mr. River Transport Officer, you don't know. Building human head towers is the grassland people's favorite custom! If you want to object, you can go down and ask me about this.
Brothers, there are many of them. Their brothers and friends were built into towers of human heads by the prairie people!"
When the river transport officer heard this, he quickly shut his mouth.
At this time, there was a splashing sound of falling into the water. Du Wei thought it was a dying prairie man jumping into the river to escape, but someone immediately reported it.
But it was the sheriff who had been down below who was so frightened when he saw such bloody massacre that his feet gave way and he fell into the river.
Du Wei smiled disdainfully, and then while asking people to go down to salvage and rescue the sheriff, he patted the shoulder of the river transportation official beside him and said with a smile: "Okay, the smell of blood here is too pungent, you and me
Let me go to the cabin and talk."
"No... no need." The river transport officer took a few deep breaths, and then solemnly said: "Sir, this happened here... Well, there are still two or three prairie people's business groups in the town. These prairie people are the most
They are in a group. Once they learn the news here, I am worried that they will make trouble..."
Du Wei's eyebrows were the same and he smiled lightly: "Oh? Is that so?"
Then Du Wei called out to Lao Yan loudly: "You personally take half of the brothers and follow this river transport officer off the boat to the town to help him deal with the matter. If any prairie people dare to provoke and cause trouble, you know what to do."
"I know." Lao Yan's cold voice made the river transport officer next to him tremble: "If someone makes trouble, we will just kill him!"
"Very good, go ahead." Du Wei nodded.
The river transport official suddenly felt that his legs were weighing a thousand pounds, and he kept praying in his heart, asking those grassland merchants to be more honest and peaceful, otherwise... something big might happen in this town today.
Oh! If these Tulip Duke's men kill several prairie business groups in the town at one go, then... Goddess of Light bless you. Let these prairie barbarians know how to behave...
Du Wei's men were very efficient in their work. In less than an hour, all the heads of the prairie people were chopped off. Du Wei had people set up several tall wooden stakes on the pier.
All the heads were pierced on sharp wooden stakes and turned into several large human heads.
This incident has already spread throughout the port and town, and all the people watching around have been frightened by this bloody scene. No one thought that this noble lord could be so cruel and ruthless, killing hundreds of living people.
Just kill him! Even if he kills him, he chops off his head and hangs it on the dock to demonstrate!
Many people were inquiring about Du Wei's background. Some of them were close. When they saw the tulip flag on Du Wei's boat, they immediately understood and secretly said that it was no wonder! I am afraid that only the young Duke would dare to do this to these grassland barbarians.
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And the river transport official's prayer seemed to have an effect. The other two or three grassland caravan members in the town originally heard the news, and some of them wanted to draw their swords and fight for their lives when their minds were hot. But then they saw Lao Yan carrying all the weapons
Armed and murderous guards came over. Many of the guards' armors were still stained with blood. They were deliberately not scrubbed off.
Dozens of guys covered in blood and full of murderous intent lined up and surrounded them. The prairie people were originally bullies and afraid of the strong. I heard that more than a hundred people in a business group were killed. The opponent was the Tulip Duke who the prairie people feared the most.
, everyone suddenly lost all thoughts of resisting, and stayed in their camp honestly, not daring to cause trouble at all. Some quietly sent people to the pier to inquire about the news, and the people who came back talked about the pier,
Hundreds of heads were rolling around, and a human head rack was built. Speaking of that scene, these prairie barbarians, all of them were discolored, their courage was gone, and they would never dare to cause trouble again.
After Du Wei was killed like this, the grassland people who came and went in Mingfan Port Town no longer dared to pick fights and make trouble. Such scenes inspired the courage of many imperial business groups. Occasionally they had disputes with the grassland people.
They also dared to fight loudly with each other, often saying the last word. They pointed at the straight chest of the dock and loudly said: "Last time, a hundred heads were chopped off and hung in that place! Do you want to be a hundred and one?
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Often when these words are said, the prairie people don't dare to act helpless anymore.
After such an incident, the public security in Mingfan Port was improved. The people in the town, the river transport workers on the dock and the caravans all felt grateful for the Tulip Duke. Although they all felt that the Duke was ruthless, he was really cruel.
People are afraid of him. But the more he is like this, the more he feels full of awe for this fierce Duke.
After killing so many people, Du Wei couldn't leave right away. He asked people to clean up the corpses, and brought up the river water to wash away the blood on the boat. He was so busy that half a day passed. Moreover, if he did it himself, if
Once he left, the river transportation officials here were in bad luck. After all, Du Wei was not the kind of person who did things regardless of the consequences. After he was satisfied, there was no need to ruin the career prospects of others. After the river transportation official wrote the report
, Du Wei read it and signed his name on the bottom. In this way, the matter was reported to the authorities, and the officials above saw his signature and knew what to do. No one dared to embarrass this river transport official.
As for the Sheriff, Du Wei didn't bother to care about that guy. Judging from today's performance, as a Sheriff, although this guy is low-level, he can be regarded as an official and ranked military attache of the empire! But when facing the prairie people,
Weak and incompetent, in the end he was a dignified imperial military attache, and he was so frightened that he fell into the river!
As a military attache, Du Wei would not protect him if he was such a fool! It would be better if he was withdrawn!
In this way, after staying in Mingfan Port for another day, Du Wei's ship set sail.
When leaving the dock, they originally had to wait in line on the berth to go out, but as soon as the other ships saw Du Wei's flag, they immediately turned around and gave way to the river. After entering the canal, other merchant ships saw Du Wei from a distance.
Wei's ships all took the initiative to give in.
The sailors below informed Du Wei, and Du Wei realized that this was all because of his massacre yesterday, which made these imperial merchants who had suffered so much from the prairie people very happy. This was all a sign of gratitude and respect from these merchant ships to him.
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"Your order yesterday is different from what I know about your human customs."
On the deck, facing the gentle wind, Queen Medusa and Du Wei stood side by side. She whispered her own question.
"Well, tell me." Du Wei smiled.
"According to what I know, most of you humans believe in the goddess of light. The teachings of the goddess of light are mainly forgiveness and kindness. She does not advocate taking violent actions. Well, and I also heard that a philosopher among you humans said a very famous saying: 'Violence
You can't solve all the problems, can you? But yesterday, you directly adopted the most violent and bloody method to solve the problem. I always feel that you seem to be different from the descriptions of human nature in the books I know.
, big difference.”
Du Wei pondered for a while, then said with a smile: "Okay, dear Miss Nicole, let's continue with class today."
Looking around, I suddenly saw a small ship moored on the shore not far away. That ship was different from other cargo ships and merchant ships on the river. Looking from a distance, the sails of the ship were actually all different.
It was brightly colored, and there were also faint and laughing sounds coming from the ship. In addition, the ship was very full, and the people standing on the deck were not sailors, but several women in gorgeous clothes. Outside the cabin,
There is also a faint smell of strong aroma and alcohol.
"There is a boat in that place." Du Wei pointed to the distance. Then he smiled and said, "Although you don't need to see it with your eyes, I know that with your mental power, you can sense what it looks like, right?"
"Yes." Medusa replied.
"Well, let me tell you, that boat is not a serious place. To be precise, it is a brothel on the river. These merchant ships and the sailors on the ship walk on the water all year round. The life on the ship is the most boring. These
Adult men have nowhere to vent. After a long time, they always need to have some fun. And this kind of boat is the most popular on the water."
As he said that, Du Wei inadvertently looked at the deck of his ship. Sure enough, several sailors couldn't help but their eyes drifted to that place. They couldn't help but have a look of yearning on their faces.
"A brothel?" Medusa frowned slightly: "What kind of place is a brothel? It's not mentioned in the books I know."
Du Wei laughed: "The books you know are all read to you by my fiancée. Hehe... That little girl is so shy herself, how can she read such a thing to you? Besides, we humans
In most of the books, they only talk about some sanctimonious things, and this kind of thing is generally rarely recorded in books and documents."
"You don't have to laugh at me, what on earth is this place?"
"A brothel is just a place where men find women." Du Wei said calmly: "Men always want to vent their desires, and these women make money with their bodies. It can be regarded as an exchange."
"You mean...mating?" The word Medusa said made Du Wei speechless. However, he smiled bitterly and replied: "Well...yes, it is mating."
Medusa's originally calm and indifferent face couldn't help but have a faint blush. This blush was extremely rare on Medusa's face, which had always had a calm expression. And her previous appearance
Although beautiful, it always makes people feel a little less human. That "too beautiful to be human" appearance makes people feel breathless after looking at it.
But now, there is a hint of blush on her cheeks, which immediately makes her beautiful, but that intimidating edge has become much softer.
She was originally a stunning beauty among stunning beauties, comparable to Mrs. Liszt, who was a disaster to the country and the people. Such a shy look at this moment made Du Wei, who was close at hand, stunned for a moment.
With her cheeks dizzy, Medusa frowned, her expression slightly disgusted, and then she whispered: "But... I heard that your human books claim that one of the biggest differences between you and beasts is that you
Regarding the sublime nature of mating. The mating of beasts is blind and pure estrus. But you humans... often have physical contact because of love, isn't it like this? But you can mate with money...
…What about love? I remember it was written in your human books that money cannot buy love.”
After hearing this, Du Wei felt as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
God, the simplicity of this Queen Medusa is really comparable to the little stutter in our family!
"Okay, my respected Miss Nicole. I have to say that you were deceived by the book again." Seeing that Medusa was a little unhappy because of his laughter, Du Wei quickly said: "I remember I said it a long time ago.
Well, human beings are complicated. Let me tell you, human beings are the most duplicitous race in the world! Human beings tend to set a very lofty moral standard, and then write these things in books to flaunt themselves... But
Most people in the world cannot live up to those seemingly lofty moral standards! That’s what it means to say one thing and do another.”
"You mean...lying?"
"Yes, it's just lying." Du Wei replied unabashedly: "Dear Miss Nicole, I know you don't like lying. But I also want to tell you clearly. Human beings are naturally a race that is good at lying.
Moreover, most people can lie. Lying is also one of the skills that must be possessed to survive in the human world! If you want to integrate into this world and become a real human being, then sooner or later, whether you are willing or not, you will
You must learn to lie! Otherwise..." Du Wei said this and smiled faintly: "No matter how powerful you are, sooner or later you will die ugly. In this world, the only person who can't lie is
It’s hard to survive.”
Although these words are a bit extreme, I have to say that they are indeed wise words. The human world is originally like this.
However, Du Wei ignored an extremely important thing at this moment!
Queen Medusa was originally a very simple piece of white paper!! She still had large blanks in her understanding of human nature. Just like a newborn baby! Whatever you teach her, she will learn!
And Du Wei, a guy with some evil thoughts, instilled these dark "truths" into a "blank piece of paper"... which is equivalent to shaping the "personality" of Queen Medusa step by step!
Although Du Wei is smart, he is not a qualified educator. He blindly tells this "blank paper" about the evil and ugly dark things among human beings. In the future, the humanity of Queen Medusa will be destroyed.
What he looks like is really interesting!
Du Wei naturally didn't think so much at this moment, he just smiled softly and finally made a summary.
He pointed to the prostitute boat in the distance and said with a smile: "Look at this prostitute boat, and then think about the fact that I killed so many people at the dock yesterday."
After a pause, Du Wei took a deep breath and said calmly: "Money can't buy love, but it can buy women! Violence cannot solve all problems. But it is often the most effective and direct solution."
Queen Medusa is deep in thought. The expression on her face is really unpredictable. What is Her Majesty the Queen thinking at this moment.
After traveling on the river for two days, the ship stopped at a small port on the way to replenish food and fresh water. The ship had just docked, and to Du Wei's surprise, there were already local officials waiting at the port.
It turns out that the news of Du Wei's commotion in Mingfan Port has already spread, and there are fast horses on land to spread the news. However, the boat is moving slowly on the river, and Du Wei's people have not arrived, but the news has long been spread.
has arrived.
Duke Tulip's ship was anchored here, and the local officials from the local port town did not dare to neglect it. Du Wei originally was too lazy to pay attention to the flattery of these local officials, and just wanted to stay behind closed doors and stay on the ship.
But someone from below came to report that the local official in the town had important matters and wanted to see him. Du Wei reluctantly agreed to let the mayor in.
The mayor met Du Wei, and after bowing respectfully, he said something.
This matter was not too difficult to handle, but when he said it, he was very cautious for fear of offending the Duke.
"What did you say? Someone wants to take my boat to the imperial capital?" Du Wei smiled.
"Yes, it is Lord Maximus, the chief archbishop of the north-central diocese of the Temple of Light, and his entourage." The mayor smiled bitterly: "Sir, the thing is like this, Archbishop Maximus and his followers, from the north-central diocese
Rushing to the imperial capital to participate in the year-end ceremony. Unfortunately, you also know that in this damn season, it is really hard to find a boat on the river. Originally, Archbishop Maximus had his own boat, but it was a pity that it was that damn boat.
, suddenly broke down, and the archbishop and his party were stopped on the journey. Now they have abandoned the ship and landed, and are heading to our town along the way. The order given to me is that I must do it within one day no matter what.
Within a day, a boat was dispatched from the pier so that the archbishop could take the boat to the imperial capital. It was absolutely not allowed to delay the bishop's schedule. Dear Duke, this order was issued directly from the Governor's Palace of this province. You know
.Our Lord Governor is a devout believer."
"So you chose my ship?" Du Wei smiled half-heartedly.
The mayor broke out in a cold sweat. He looked like he was about to cry without tears. He almost knelt down: "Sir... I'm at the end of my rope. I don't know which damn bastard told those on the dock this order in advance.
Guys, after hearing the news, several merchant ships that were moored at the pier immediately weighed anchor and ran away for fear of being caught! The remaining ships were too small, and the bishop brought a lot of entourage and salutes. I'm afraid the small ship was
It can’t be accommodated... The only big ship here is you..."
At this point, the mayor murmured bitterly: "Those black-hearted businessmen actually refused to let the archbishop take a boat and ran away. These guys who don't respect the gods. Next time they come here, I will definitely give them a hard time."
eat."
After hearing this, Du Wei immediately understood that those businessmen who ran away were naturally unwilling to take the bishop and his party with him!
The cargo on the ship is full. The Bishop and his party must be quite a lot of people! If they want to take the ship, they will definitely have to move the goods out to make room for the Bishop and his party. In this way, the merchants themselves will of course suffer losses.
Merchants value profits the most. In the face of profit, who cares about God? Besides, the people in these temples will never pay any compensation. For them, dedication to the gods is a matter of course.
Du Wei is not a stingy person. Although he has no good impression of the temple, he is not willing to offend the temple.
The archbishop of a diocese is already considered a very powerful figure in the Temple of Light in Roland Continent! The Temple of Light divides Roland Continent into eight dioceses. Each diocese has an archbishop, and there are four deputy bishops responsible for
In charge of all religious affairs of a parish, including collecting taxes, appeasing believers, managing temple real estate, and promoting doctrines, etc.
Speaking of which, he is almost the same as the "Governor" under the temple!
Moreover, from the perspective of the territory controlled by a diocese archbishop, it is much larger than the governor of the empire. After all, a governor is only in charge of one province. According to the division of the temple, more than 40 provinces of the empire are divided into eight
A diocese is equivalent to a diocese covering three to five provinces.
The important thing is that as the academic directors of a temple, these archbishops not only control the collection of taxes and the property in the name of the temple... but also their own military power!
The Holy Knights of the Temple are stationed in various parishes, and each parish has about a few thousand knights.
With his own finances and military power, what is the difference between this kind of "archbishop" and the governor of the empire? Moreover, he has greater power and a more transcendent status, but there is more!
The most important thing is that according to the tradition of the Temple of Light, the archbishop of each diocese is the real core figure in the temple. After the death of each pope, if a new pope is to be established, he will be from the eight dioceses of the empire.
Choose one of the archbishops to succeed the pope!
When selecting, the public standard is to list the achievements of each archbishop during his tenure in the local diocese, including tax revenue, the education of believers, the number of new believers developed, etc.
In other words, the archbishop who asked to take his own ship back to the imperial capital, regardless of his political achievements or his status in the temple. At least in name, he is also one of the future successors of the pope!
The name alone is enough to make people awe.
Although Du Wei didn't want to deal with this kind of person, he didn't want to offend him either. So, after thinking about it, he agreed to the mayor: "Okay, anyway, I still have a lot of empty cabins on the ship. This Bishop
When will it arrive?”
"It should be tomorrow morning." The mayor breathed a sigh of relief and quickly replied: "After Archbishop Maximus's ship broke down, they have abandoned it and gone ashore, and are coming by carriage. They will definitely arrive here tomorrow morning.
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"Then, I will stay here for one day and wait for the archbishop to arrive."
After sending the mayor away, Du Wei sighed.
After all, the mayor asked himself, if he refused, then the matter would definitely reach the ears of the archbishop. There was no need to offend anyone.
Besides, although I am afraid of the temple, at least the most wanted criminal Hussein is not around now, and I have no reason to be afraid.
As long as... Du Wei touched his head.
He has become accustomed to growing his hair long. The long and thick hair covers the little devil's horns on his head, and Du Wei also specially designed a hairstyle for himself to make the hair on his head even thicker.
One layer up.
Moreover, at worst, I will wear a magician's robe and hat tomorrow! Well, an archbishop can't just come and pull off my hat to check my hair.