our family is gone

Chapter 775 Attack
Lance did not let the Royal Guard join this war because the army needed fighting to screen out soldiers who were more suitable for war, and also to properly place some soldiers who were not adapted and retire them to relieve pressure.

At the same time, when the army launches a full-scale attack, the city’s defense force will be empty, and there must be sufficient force to guard it, otherwise problems will easily arise.

But Lance didn't mind using those heroes to influence the war situation. Reynald and Barristan were both in the army.

Before the war, Disma was sent to infiltrate the Baron's territory to contact the spies lurking there, responsible for collecting intelligence and surveillance, and then communicating with the outside world through Laura's falcon.

After getting the defense map and knowing the configuration and number of the enemy's army, it is certainly impossible to let go of the most critical Baron and the people around him.

So there was no surprise. When the Baron saw his disheveled son being brought up, he felt as if the whole world was about to collapse.

How is it possible? There are only three people who know about this, it is impossible...

But he still had some brains, and his confused mind's first reaction was not to go crazy, but to shout at his son.

"Even if you catch him, it doesn't matter. I'm the only one who knows where those things are! If you dare to touch us, you'll never find them."

These words were undoubtedly meant to remind my son that as long as he kept silent, they would not dare to hurt us as long as those things were there.

"Your butler has already told us everything, including where the rest of your family is. He was the one who led us to the exit of your secret passage."

Lance's words immediately caused the Baron to collapse. How could it be possible... that the traitor was the butler?

It was not surprising that the official betrayed him, but it was really incomprehensible that the butler betrayed him. There was no reason at all.

"The butler is dead. I saw it with my own eyes. I don't know where those things are."

The heir seemed to realize something and shouted. Although he was trained to be a playboy, his brain was not completely gone.

Although he was frightened after being caught, those people did not interrogate him. He knew that he had to grasp the life-saving straw handed to him by his father.

It's just that their struggles seem so ridiculous to others...

Lance felt that they had misunderstood something. Neither the family property nor the secret passage were betrayed by the butler as the baron thought.

It’s because the Baron’s actions in the past few days, whether it was transferring assets or sending his family away, were all under surveillance.

As long as we keep an eye on the butler, we can use him to find the hidden treasure, as well as the family members and, of course, the location of the secret passage.

But Lance had no intention of explaining.

"I don't need your information at all. I called you two here today to inform you of the results of the trial."

Lance flipped a stack of documents from the table and patted them. "You have done a lot of things. For this war alone, you forcibly requisitioned supplies and ate up most of the donations. You also allowed those so-called soldiers to rape and plunder..."

Lance easily confessed a host of crimes, while also exposing the Baron's despicable nature.

This guy actually took advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune and collected a huge amount of war tax. It took him fifty years to collect it. To exaggerate a little, he had completely taken all the money. No wonder he just gave up so easily.

It can only be said that it would be unfair for these idiots not to lose under the leadership of the smart Baron.

"In the end, you even wanted to burn down the entire town. Do you know how many people will die? Since they are all sentenced to death, you can't escape it either."

"You think you are a good person, dictator, you are the one who invaded..."

"But~Hamlet's law emphasizes the relationship between the master and the servant of the criminal. The main criminal must be severely punished, but the unwitting accomplice may not necessarily be sentenced to death..."

The Baron wanted to say a few more words, but he immediately shut up after hearing the second half of Lance's sentence because he smelled a hint of hope.

But instead, Lance stopped and stared at him and asked, "What did you just say?"

"I said... it's all my fault. No one else knows about these things." The Baron pleaded guilty. It seemed that he wanted to take all the blame on himself and beg for his family to be spared.

Unlike the baron who was hesitating, Boudica, who was bored to death and almost fell asleep, suddenly became very excited.

"The boss scolded you! Kill him!"

These words clearly had nothing to do with the heir, but his face turned pale instantly after hearing them.

Lance was not angry at Boudica's instigation.

"You should be thankful for two things. First, Hamlet's law cannot be changed because of you losers. Second, your son is really a loser. He can't do anything except bullying men and women."

But if Lance really followed the rules, he wouldn't be sitting here. He was the one who made those rules.

"But since you scolded me, your son will be punished for many crimes. Although none of these crimes are too serious, Hamlet believes in accumulation. If they are accumulated one by one and classified as a serious crime, it will be a capital crime."

Lance smiled. There was such a huge stack of charges. If they couldn't convict you of crime A, then they would be convicted of crime B. Their fate had already been determined when they were caught.

The influence of the nobles here must be completely wiped out, and there is nothing better than physical erasure.

For the two prisoners, their mood was up and down like a roller coaster, but fortunately, they still gave up in the end.

The Baron knew that the man was playing tricks on him, but he couldn't help but wonder if there would be... even a little hope if he hadn't said anything nonsense?
As for the son, he couldn't hold it in any longer. He didn't have to die. It was all because of the old man who insisted on talking too much. Now he had no place to cry.

Lance is a kind person. Seeing them like this, he just said a few words of comfort.

"But don't worry. It will take some time for the rest of your family to be brought back. I will definitely let your whole family meet by then. After all, a family must be complete."

Lance had no intention of wasting time on them and was about to leave after saying so.

But the baron completely collapsed, because the lord really didn't ask where those things were hidden, and he said that he had found the family members who had been sent away a few days ago.

Lost, completely lost...

"Oh, by the way, when those people were sent back, all the males were castrated and sent to labor camps, and the females were sent to brothels. As a lowly person, I want to see if the nobles are so noble."

Lance didn't say this to the Baron, but to Greendale who was standing beside him.

Others didn't know, but Grindel knew that the Baron had repeatedly cursed Lance in public, saying that he was not a real noble but a pariah, and questioned his status as heir. In order to promote his family's long heritage, he even dared to establish a relationship with the ancestor and wanted to touch Hamlet's inheritance rights.

Well now, no matter how long it has been passed down, it is gone today.

The only possible offspring of their family in the future will be a prostitute son who doesn't know who his father is. Now you have seen how stingy our lord is...

Greendale secretly complained in her heart, but this kind of thing... after a little hesitation, she still spoke out to give some advice.

"Intelligence shows that the baron's two granddaughters are still young. Should we..."

"You are still too kind." Lance sighed before she finished speaking when he heard her words.

Greendale couldn't say anything after hearing what Lance said. I'm just asking you whether a few of the women here want to be deflowered by you before being sent to a brothel. What does kindness have to do with me?

However, Lance didn't like to vent his anger on others, so he agreed. "I'll leave it to you to screen them. Ask a few former servants if they have done anything bad. If they have bad personalities, then they can be sent to labor camps, even if they don't go to brothels."

Lance continued walking, looking like he didn't care what happened to the few people.

There are no innocent people. They enjoy the life provided by the Baron, so just eat as much as you can and spit it out.

"I think it would be better to chop them all up." Boudica's head started itching when she heard this. These were the things that annoyed her the most.

"I chopped you down to build the road?" Lance raised his hand as if knocking something, which scared Boudica so much that she covered her head and dared not say anything.

Greendale lagged behind and watched the two people's funny interaction, but did not say anything. The lord was still kind-hearted.

But all this would be complete hell for the Baron, and his proud family would fall because of him.

Fear, regret, madness... complex emotions tormented him. It was only because the ancestor was dead that such strong emotions would attract some strange things.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard he struggled, begged for mercy, or even cursed, Lance's receding figure could not stop at all.

Lance still has a lot of things to do, no one will care about a loser...

In fact, the Baron's manor was more lively after the war than before, because it was used by Lance as a place to handle affairs, where rounds of interrogations and judgments were being carried out.

Because of the advance arrangements and intelligence gathering, it was possible to capture all the war criminals in a targeted manner after the army entered the city, and at the same time control all the ruffians and gangsters.

Only after getting rid of these people can we resettle the refugees caused by the lord setting the territory on fire.

To be honest, it doesn't take much effort to interrogate many of those people, because many of them don't care at all about the crimes they have committed. Some gangsters even take pride in it and use it to intimidate their enemies.

No one cared about this kind of thing before, but then Lance took a heavy blow, uncovering one case after another and then putting them to trial.

Lance really likes this, seeing those beasts who were once high and mighty now only have fear and begging for mercy.

Why do many people like to talk on the keyboard and express their opinions on various things?
Because of the desire for power.

Just like before, Lance trampled the baron, who originally had a considerable social status, under his feet with just one sentence, and even his wailing seemed to become beautiful.

And now the criminals were being judged, and at his word those who were well versed in the laws of Hamlet went up.

The feeling of controlling other people's life and death is addictive. The taste of power is something you can't miss!

But Lance did not indulge in it. He was more focused on grasping the direction and reviewing the files submitted to him. Only the particularly bad ones would attract his attention.

But Lance is not a baron who needs to worry about anything. He dares to investigate everything and get to the bottom of it. After all, building Hamlet still requires a lot of people.

Many victims came forward to testify after receiving the notice, and because of Lance's appearance, many old cases were waiting for belated justice.

The Baron had not reacted for so many years, but when Hamlet came, he not only did not burn, kill or loot, but instead took charge of the situation for them.

So for them - the lord has come, and the blue sky will be there!
Coupled with the spread of a large amount of negative information about the nobles' collusion with profiteers and gangs, bureaucratic corruption, and the depravity of the church, the people's complete disgust with the baron's rule has become difficult to suppress. Some people even waver in their faith in the church and turn to embrace Hamlet's order.

Lance didn't care how many of them were sincere, how many still had illusions about the church, and even if some people began to fanatically worship him, it didn't matter.

Because the advancement of some things is not dependent on the will of ordinary people, they either accept it or leave. If they want to cause trouble, they can build roads.

Only by completely smashing the old can they accept the new, and Hamlet's hope is shining on them.

Lance seemed to have anticipated a large number of cases, because similar situations had occurred in those places before, so he transferred a group of people from home.

Forget about any training, just practice makes perfect. Anyway, you have basic education, and you can learn the rest on the job.

Similarly, Rance also intends to promote the improvement of Hamlet's law through a large number of cases.

Because the corrupt bureaucrats under the feudal aristocracy have warned Lance that power is good, but it must be kept in a cage.

Lance devoted himself to governance and didn't seem to care much about the outside world.

But some people can't stay...

Although Hamlet's army advanced smoothly all the way, it still took several days of fighting, and the surrounding nobles already knew about it.

Although they did not directly send troops here, they kept sending people here to obtain more information.

However, the more they learned, the more terrified they felt. They had originally thought that even if the Baron could not win, he would at least consume Hamlet, but the battle collapsed before even half a day had passed.

The knights were all annihilated and captured, and the baron did not escape either...

None of this matters. What is truly terrifying to those nobles is what Lance did after he captured the city.

They had heard about Hamlet's special system before, and like the Baron, they thought Reims was a dictator and a freak.

But it was only what they heard, but when those things unfolded before them, panic began to spread.

The nobility, bureaucracy, church and various forces were purged from all sides, and those who were once high and mighty were all turned into criminals, slaves and dead.

It really hurts us to see how it happens to them.

We have also encroached upon Hamlet's territory. If they attack us, won't we be captured and made slaves like them?
No one was willing to accept such treatment, and even surrender was not even an option. Their reactions were even more intense than the Baron's, and could even be described as crazy.

In a short period of time, he desperately pulled out a 6,000-man army and attacked the newly captured barony...