Chapter five hundred and sixty-ninth engagement
The voice of the elder of the Xiuwen family was cold and angry, and even a little lost. From it, you could feel the irrepressible fear.
At this time, almost all the members of the Xiuwen family gathered in the hall of Mandra Castle. The men were holding weapons in their hands, while the women hid in the corners of the walls with their children in their arms. These people faintly surrounded one person in the middle, a domineering young nobleman. He sat carelessly on the main seat of the living room, almost raising his legs in brown and red tight stockings to the sky. Although he was pointing at dozens of weapons, he not only did not have a trace of fear, but he still had the time to enjoy the wine in the glass.
Behind the young nobleman stood a sloppy man who could wear a gorgeous and expensive warrior leather armor into a beggar's uniform. He yawned lazily and held the long sword inserted in the sheath on the ground like a crutch. His bones were as listless as they were, and he did not take the hostile Xiu Wen all over the hall seriously.
The middle-aged warrior was obviously the personal guard of the young noble, and one of his fearless guarantees. The young nobleman stared at the glass of Chinese American wine bored, and from time to time he stepped on a corpse lying beside his feet. It was a girl who was only thirteen or fourteen years old. There was still a smile on the corner of the girl's mouth, and it was obviously killed before she could react to what had happened.
"Hey! Michelle...Isn't my fiancée back yet? My patience is almost exhausted?"
Hearing what the young noble said, the elder was so angry that he shivered all over. He gasped for a long time before he barely suppressed his anger and said, "Master Robin, have you forgotten? Just a month ago, your family issued a public statement, canceling your engagement with Michelle, the acting leader of the Huwen family, and also cutting off all contact, and has no longer had any relationship with our Huwen family."
"Well? It seems that this is the case, so let's just take it as such. Since that's the case, do we have to go through the subsequent procedures?"
Faced with such a scoundrel's answer, the elder was so angry that he was trembling all over. This young man was the engagement contractor that Michel had been set in the golden age of the Hugwen family a long time ago. When the pillar of the Hugwen family, Earl Amanda, was arrested and imprisoned, and sentenced to death, various noble families rushed to separate their ties with the Hugwen family. The same was true for Robin White's family, and publicly announced the cancellation of the engagement with Michel. At that time, Michel was not yet appointed to become the acting patriarch of the Hugwen family.
This matter is nothing to the Xiuwen family, which is in a troublesome situation. Michelle himself has forgotten it, but he doesn't know what's going on. The "former" patriarch's engagement dealer suddenly arrived today, and he also brought a large number of family private soldiers and an unfathomable personal guard. He killed people unscrupulously and established his authority, which was obviously trying to find trouble.
"Please forgive me for being foolish and rude. I can't think of any procedures that have not been completed between my Xiu Wen family and Mr. Robin?"
"Of course it's the compensation for the termination of the engagement!" The young man glanced at the corner of his mouth and showed a sinister and mocking smile: "In order to become your patriarch, that bitch Michelle unilaterally terminated the engagement with me unilaterally. This is a great shame for me and my family. So I formally requested your Huwen family. In addition to paying our White family 500,000 gold coins, the first night power of the fifteen direct members of the Huwen family, including Michelle, would also give me the first night power of the fifteen Huwen family direct members, otherwise, I would have to formally file a 'mistress complaint' to your family in accordance with the law of the empire!"
After hearing this, the tough and shameless demand was made, not only the Great Elder, but also the people with Xiu Wen in the surname were gritting their teeth in anger. However, they were powerless. The young man's family had a deep-rooted force in the imperial judicial system. Who could unilaterally terminate the engagement could be left to them.
The "mistress complaint" mentioned by young people refers to a way in which the two sides finally decide who bows their heads and admits their defeat and who wins the chicken after the mediation fails. It is considered a version of the "family mobilization" of the aristocratic duel.
Since this method allows the nobles to consume each other's strength and are in the interests of the imperial rulers, the imperial royal family has always turned a blind eye to this kind of thing. Instead, the Presbyterian Church, which symbolizes the overall interests of the nobles, strictly prohibits "armed appeals" between two nobles with too much strength.
However, in the current situation of the Xiuwen family, there is no need to expect the Presbyterian Church to preside over justice for it.
The Xiuwen family is now a big cake waiting to be divided. Although it is big enough, the number is limited after all. In the end, not everyone can get satisfactory weight. But everyone is staring at here, checking and balancing each other, watching the situation, and no one really takes action for a while. But this balance has obviously been broken now, and someone finally stretched out a greedy hand to the Xiuwen cake.
"Master Robin, have you heard that our family member, Goria Huwen, has officially returned, and he has another identity... He is the adopted son who was publicly recognized by the Dragon Rider coach Retuss recently." After being forced to a dead end, the Great Elder thought about it over and over again and finally threw out the trump card of "Golong".
Hearing the name Goliath* Huwen, Robin's body suddenly stiffened and his face changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal. He sneered and said, "I forgot if you don't say it. I've heard of that child. He seemed to be wearing women's clothing and was introduced to others by the foolish dragon of Iserra as a clown toy. Is the adopted son a joke or something? Now Lord Retuss is unknown and no one can confirm it. Besides, even if he is really an adopted son, what can it do? The Dragon Cavalry has long ignored the matter of the Empire. They don't even care about the Ku Bear Principality that is about to hit the doorstep of the house. Do you think they will do something for a woman's clown?"
"But since you all mentioned that child, even if I suffer a little loss, he can be counted on the list of fifteen first night rights. It's really a bargain."
Hearing these words, the muscles on the elder's face were almost twisted and deformed. He was not angry that Ge Long was humiliated, but because of the young man's full of malice, he was nakedly humiliated to the Xiuwen family.
The elder was planning to make a final struggle. Without thinking, he continued: "So Master Robin, do you know that Goria is also the leader of a subordinate unit of the Dragon Cavalry Regiment, and he is now contacting that unit with the leader Michel. I advise you to take back the decision to "request for force". Otherwise, when our leader brings that unit back, you will suffer heavy losses!"
As soon as the Great Elder said this, some people with clear minds in the hall suddenly changed their color and cursed in their hearts that the old man had been completely silly and said things he shouldn't have said.
The Black Hand Blood Flag Legion was their last trump card for the comeback, and it was their ulterior motive for them. No matter how the nobles raised some private soldiers and empires, it was a taboo just to collude with the army privately, not to mention the Dragoon regiment with special identities.
In order to scare Robin and to encourage himself, the elder said that there was nothing in the eight characters. If this sentence came out of this hall, then the next time they would not be these greedy nobles, but the imperial gendarmerie.
As soon as the Great Elder finished speaking, Robin's expression suddenly changed after hearing this sentence, but he was not afraid, but ecstasy. The sloppy warrior standing behind him lit his eyes and then returned to normal.
"Hahahahahaha... Well, since that's the case, let me wait for them to wait for the 'legion' you mentioned to show up to see if they can defeat these family warriors I brought."
In addition to Mandra Castle, Goron and Michel and the carriages of the elves who turned into goblins were parked outside the manor wall. They did not continue to move forward because they could be seen through the fence railings. On the spacious square lawn of the Mandra Castle Manor, hundreds of fully armed soldiers were playing wildly. Some soldiers took off their helmets and put some precious animals in the manor free-ranged house with long spears, and barbecued them on a bonfire ignited with chopped ornamental plants. They were surrounded by corpses of slaves, and some soldiers crushed some young maids to the ground, taking turns to bully and play with them...
A luxurious manor built with a lot of money was now invaded by a group of unscrupulous robbers, and the scene was terrible.
"What happened? Are they really robbers? How did they come here by hiding the city defense force?"
Goron asked Michel beside him, but found that no one had responded for a long time. He turned to look and saw his aunt looking at the bandits with bloody eyes and gritting teeth. After a while, he heard her say, "No, it's not robbers, those bastards have family emblems... They are private soldiers of the White family."
"Nether's private soldiers? So has the emperor attacked the Xiuwen family in advance?" Ge Long said with a frown.
Michelle observed for a moment before answering affirmatively: "No, absolutely not. If that is the case, then the Royal Guards or Gendarmerie must be coming. The White family is far from qualified. So they should be here to test us, or they can't help but be ready to attack us first. If I'm not wrong, that bastard Robin White should be in the castle now, waiting for me to go back."
"So what should we do?" asked the elf priest. This matter has nothing to do with her, and she will not sympathize with no matter how many human deaths are. But now her life is tied to her tightly and is in Ge Long's hands. After all, she still has to exert efforts when encountering things, even if it's just pretending.
Michelle frowned and was obviously very embarrassed when she heard this. Then she couldn't help but look at her nephew. Then she realized that Goron seemed to have suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said to herself: "I'm worried about bringing so many ogres here, what should I use to fill their stomachs? Fortunately, someone has brought us food."
"What have you sent? Food? Why didn't I see the vehicles they transport supplies?" The two women were still wondering, and saw that Goron had jumped out of the carriage and squeezed into a nest of goblins in the carriage behind and said, "Okay, everyone, we're here. I know everyone is hungry, your food is inside. Listen, now you can deal with all those who are lively and jump around at will, just be careful not to waste food, and keep all those who can't finish it. Also, don't get close to the main castle building for the time being, and wait until the outside is solved clearly."
After hearing this, I saw the "goblins" who were tortured by the bumps all the way and instantly rejuvenated. They jumped out of the carriage like a group of crazy mice and rushed straight towards the manor wall. The solid and thick wall was easily smashed into pieces in front of the short "goblins" like paper. I saw a green ocean surging, which soon completely submerged the square lawn of Mandra Castle...
Chapter completed!