Lord of Rot

Chapter 234

After returning to the castle, the soldiers disbanded and rested.

Li Qi refused the hot bath arranged by the butler to relax, and directly called for Quick Blade and Glenn.

"What's the effect of the Honor Knight's implementation?" Li Qi looked at Grant.

Grant bent down and said, "The effect is very good, my lord! People have begun to learn from honorary knights, and they have longed to become honorary knights. In recent days, there have been fewer disputes, but theft is still happening."

Theft, no matter which era exists, can never be eradicated.

In different territories, the punishment for theft is different. Some territories will choose to degrade the thief into a slave and lose their freedom forever.

Some cut off the hand of the thief.

Of course, there are still others who are just beaten and released after a few days of detention. If they can pay some ransom, they can also be released earlier.

At present, the porcupine collar adopts the most gentle method, which is to beat them up and lock them up for a few days.

It seems that the effect is not very good.

There are thousands of reasons for stealing, and Li Qi never thought that the territory is full of well-behaved and obedient animals, who can do whatever they are asked to do, and never do what they are not allowed to do, that is impossible.

Human nature is doomed, even if you know there is danger, you will not be able to resist the temptation.

"Remember those who are caught stealing, those who steal frequently, refuse to correct after repeated admonitions, or are in very bad situations, and throw them to Ake to be slaves," Li Qi said.

"Yes"

The punishment should not be too severe, otherwise some people who originally only wanted to steal some money may choose to kill to protect themselves after being discovered.

"Since honorary knights are useful, then... the selection rules for honorary knights must also be formulated more carefully." Li Qi said: "One thing that must be guaranteed is fairness, especially the investigation of background and previous behavior. Parents If there are serious and bad behaviors, it will affect the selection of honorary knights of your children."

No matter which world they are in, parents are more willing to restrain themselves for the sake of their children.

In order to make some restrictions and make people "conscious", Li Qi intends to briefly implement the "Three Generations Check" to make a sample.

The premise of doing all this is that the selection must be fair and just, and only fairness can be authoritative.

The current population of the porcupine collar is small, but it's okay to say that when there are more people, if there are loopholes in the rules, it will be difficult to deal with.

Quick Blade on the side was a little puzzled, not knowing what these things had to do with him.

He was just about to go to the tavern for a few drinks when he was directly called to the castle by the lord.

Li Qi looked at Quick Blade: "You need to collect the information of the two soldiers who died in this battle, and then hand it over to Glenn. According to their situation, there are families and children who need to compensate the family and children."

"No!" Quick Blade said without thinking: "Scythe and Jeff are good boys without parents, and they have no relatives in Porcupine Collar."

I am used to seeing the fast blade of death and killing, so I can't help feeling a little excited.

These soldiers trained with him every day, went to drink, shed blood and sweat, and never retreated on the battlefield. Everyone is full of expectations for a better tomorrow for Hao Rent.

But when war comes, death cannot be avoided.

"No, everyone in the porcupine collar is their family."

Li Qi looked at Gu Lan: "I want to build a square in Maitian Village to commemorate the dead soldiers."

"Sacrifice? The square?" Grant didn't understand what it meant to pay homage to a soldier.

People will be buried after death, and people believe that after death, people will go to the Kingdom of the Four Gods to obtain eternal peace and happiness.

Moreover, the Lurea continent has never had the concept of "sacrifice", and most of them will choose to entrust all their emotions to the gods.

"Forget it, go find the person in charge of the mason construction team, and I'll chat with him slowly."

……

Philip and the knights traveled day and night, and finally returned to East Harbor City. After disbanding the team, they went to Howling Castle without stopping.

After reporting to the castle guards, they were not summoned, but waited in the courtyard of the outer castle.

But after a long time, no news came.

Everyone was exhausted, and there was inevitably some complaints in their hearts.

It was already dark, but they didn't dare to leave, they just stood in the yard.

"Sir Philip?" came a surprised voice.

Philip turned his head and smiled: "Good night, Xiduo."

"Good night." Xiduo Haishui came and nodded to several other people nearby.

Although Xi Duo is one of the few illegitimate children recognized by the Grand Duke, and the only illegitimate child who is reused among them, illegitimate children have no status.Not aristocrats either.

"Are you here...?" Xiduo Haishui paused and said, "You want to see Pine, right?"

Philip has always thought that Xiduo is very smart, and often the other party can guess the general idea just by his own expression.

"Yes" Philip nodded.

Jochen spoke directly: "We have been waiting for a long time, and Lord Pine has not received us until now."

Xiduo said: "I can help you find Pine, but don't report too much, maybe he is busy now."

Philip said, "Thank you very much for your help."

"Please wait."

Xi Duo turned around and walked towards the inner castle. He didn't walk towards the study or the meeting hall at all, but turned his head and walked towards Pine's room.

Pine will be busy?That's strange!

There is only one reason why Pine can't talk to others!
At the door of Pyne's room stood a footman.

"Pyne is in there?" Siddall asked.

"Yes" the valet nodded.

"Did you tell him Sir Philip they were waiting outside?"

"Yes." The servant lowered his head, "but my lord told me to wait."

Xi Duo walked to the door of the room and put his ear on the door to listen.

There was the sound of clapping wet hands.

"Okay, leave the next thing to me." Xi Duo said, pushing the door open and entering.

The male servant was startled and wanted to stop him, but after thinking about it, he covered his mouth and hid aside.

Pretend that he is not there, and let Xiduo bear Pine's anger alone.

"Who!" The person who was working hard on the bed was startled when he heard the sound of the door being pushed open, and turned his head abruptly.

Payne, who was sweating profusely, smiled when he saw that the person walking was his younger brother. : "It's you, Xi Duo, what's the matter?"

While talking, he still didn't forget his other job.

Xiduo Haishui's expression was calm, as if he hadn't seen anything: "Philip and the others are waiting for you outside."

"Oh, right." Pine seemed to have just remembered this, and asked, "Have they settled the matter?"

"What did you ask them to do?" Xi Duo asked.

"Agnes, who married into the Three Forks River Fort, was kidnapped by a group of black cavalry of unknown origin. I asked Philip and the others to go to the nobles of the East Gorge with a conscription order to recruit soldiers to save people."

"Conscription order? It's not a war right now." Xi Duo was surprised.

"The soldiers of the family don't listen to me, so don't we just ignore our Leopold family when we are kidnapped?" Paine was very upset, stopped his movements, turned around and put on his clothes and said, "Now my father is seriously ill. , I am the heir to Roaring Castle, in order to preserve the family's reputation, I have the right to order them to do anything."

"But it doesn't include ordering the barons to send troops for you because of a kidnapping incident, which will make them think that the Howling Castle can't solve even a small matter."

Xi Duo could almost imagine how arrogant Pine's tone would be when he ordered people to send troops. It's strange that those people were willing to obey his orders.

But he still underestimated Pine, and he could write a conscription order.

But he is not the Grand Duke, and the conscription order must be recognized by someone.

Only the loyal Philip and the group of second sons of nobles who are in desperate need of merit will obey.

Saving Agnes is my duty, but how to save it is a matter of ability. Obviously, Pine does not have the ability to be recognized by his subordinates. Only he himself thinks that the status of the Duke's heir is more important than anything else.

Well, at present, it is indeed bigger than everything.

Pine got out of bed, walked up to Xi Duo and patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "You are not the future duke, and you don't have a title, you can't understand this responsibility, my brother; well, I Now I’m going to see Philip and the others, and I hope they can bring me some good news.”

Pine opened the door and left.

"It should be good news, my brother." Xi Duo turned to look at the woman on the bed, nodded to her, and left with Pine. .

(End of this chapter)