A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

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Cass is a squad leader in Twilo City.

In Aaron Landis, whether it is the city guards guarding the city or the battlefield army, the most basic is the squad. A squad is equipped with about a dozen to twenty soldiers. The captain of the squad is called the team rate .

In the city of Twirl, he can be said to be an unknown team, and he nodded to his boss every day.

However, by virtue of his nepotism, he embraced the thighs of the gate guards, and he did not need to work hard to guard the gates or patrol the streets every day. The lord of the city is a very strict person, and his discipline is also very strict. The soldiers are forbidden to disturb the people at will, and there is no oil or water to do these things.

Now, the city gate guard has given him the taxation of some surrounding villages and towns.

This is a lot of oil and water, especially if these soldiers have to be their men with their tails in the city. When they leave the city and go to small villages and towns, they can do whatever they want. After all, the power to collect taxes is in his hands, and I don’t dare to talk much about these mud legs.

Due to a slight movement a while ago, the area of Twiluer was slightly affected, so the tax situation in the past two months was not very good. Kas's thigh city guard is in a bad mood, and he has been urging Cass to collect the taxes in his area as soon as possible.

Of course, the thigh's command must be done with all my heart. The Cass team took the lead without saying a word, and led their own team to start urging taxes in the villages and towns he was responsible for.

As for the amount of taxes collected more and less, mainly depends on the mood of Cass.

If you are in a good mood, you will only be charged a little more than the prescribed taxes. If you are not in a good mood, you will double it.

Of course, the extra part is naturally a pocket of money. Anyway, as long as the full amount of the tax paid is paid, his thighs will not be taken care of other things.

After all, this is also a commonly known agreement.

Let’s say that Cass is collecting taxes in this small village. I originally looked at the poor search here and planned to collect less, but the people here didn’t know each other and angered him.

Wasn’t he just looking at the little girl who served him tea, and he touched it, screaming and pouring hot water on himself?

Row!

Not obedient, right?

Originally much lazy, as soon as the anger came up, Cass arbitrarily doubled the taxes directly.

The village chief tremblingly said that the village was too poor, and suffered a lot of disasters not too long ago. He couldn’t pay so much. He begged him to reduce some taxes. After selling it to pay off the taxes, the girl who had just splashed him was naturally the first to bear the brunt.

This time, the whole village was disturbed. The families of the girls who had been arrested desperately begged, holding their children in their hands, and refused to let go. Many people knelt on the ground and begged the soldiers.

Some soldiers showed an unbearable look on their faces and looked at Kas. He was reprimanded a few words by Kas and had to harden his heart to forcibly drag the girls away.

Amidst the chaos, Cass sneered and stood looking at the group of lowly civilians who were kneeling and begging for mercy. They did not notice that the faces of the men in the village had grown out of anger, and they looked badly. Stare at him.

The nearby villages are close to the mountains. Many people make a living from hunting. The folk customs are stronger and stronger than other flat towns. If they can live on, even if they are barely able to make ends meet, these men will be honest, but the disaster was suffered a while ago. It was the time when life was difficult. These soldiers have to force their loved ones regardless of their lives. Selling, they are already on the verge of breaking out.

The crying was getting louder and louder, an old woman holding her daughter dead was kicked away by the soldiers, fell to the ground, her arms were bloodied with stones, and the young girl who was dragged away was also sad Crying.

In the crowd, the grief in the eyes of a strong man dressed as a hunter could not be concealed. He stepped forward, and his hand touched the hunting bow behind him.

At this moment, a sudden sound of horseshoes broke the noise here.

Everyone subconsciously looked over there and saw a blonde teenager riding a horse and trotting over the road.

Running here to see them, the young man stopped and looked at them.

"What are you doing?"

The teenager looked at them with a curious look, as if he had never seen this scene before, so he felt very rare.

Cass, who originally wanted to warn the passerby not to do much work, apparently seemed to watch the curiosity of the teenager, and then he didn't care.

Although this teenager looks pretty, he is also male even if he looks good, and he has no interest. And looking like a teenager, he was raised very delicately, and his family should be a little bit underwhelming.

"These guys don't pay taxes." He responded casually. "It's just a bunch of people, you better leave it alone."

Cass just doesn't want to be troublesome, but if this teenager is really flesh and blood about to intervene in a lot of business, he won't give in.

And looking at this teenager’s attire, it doesn’t look like he has a lot of power. It is estimated that there is a little money at home. If the other party dares to do it, he will directly grab this ignorant little fart boy and just knock it hard. A little money in the kid's house.

"Is that so?"

The teenager showed a sudden realization, then shook his head and sighed.

"The state stipulates taxes. Since you are protected by the state, you have to pay taxes according to the rules. How can you do something like resisting taxes? This is a violation of national law."

He seemed angry and rebuked with a high voice. That kind of nobility, like the sage, was a little proud.

Then he looked at Cass.

"They resist taxes because you can't do it properly, and you are also responsible for not punishing them properly."

The young man spoke with a pronounced domineering tone, and this tone seemed to be used to it.

Suddenly being reprimanded by a kid like this, Caston was upset and he would scold back.

However, he hadn't spoken yet, and the teenager riding the horse seemed to raise his hand casually, and put a strand of blonde hair on his forehead behind his ear.

Cass stared suddenly.

When the teenager touched the blond hair that fell on his ears behind his ears, the bright sunlight illuminated the long golden hair, and the refracted light reflected the little emerald green on the earlobe of the teenager to be fresh and dazzling, and it was extremely conspicuous.

Malachite... earrings?

Cass froze.

But his brain was moving quickly.

Although this blond boy is dressed in ordinary clothes, the tone of speech, the style of that body... the most important thing is the earrings made of malachite...

This is definitely not an ordinary person!

Definitely a noble!

And it is not an ordinary little nobleman.

You know, the precious gems such as malachite, even if ordinary nobles can get them, don’t dare to wear them at random——

The appearance of the precious gemstones that symbolize several major deities is almost inscribed in the heart of the Aaron Landis.

Even if he couldn't wear it, he had secretly fantasized in his heart since childhood, so Cass recognized it at a glance.

Reminiscent of the young man's arrogant look that he seemed to want to cover up, but apparently developed from childhood, and his condemned attitude of condemnation, Cass secretly guessed.

This seemingly well-dressed young boy is probably a playful young man of a large aristocratic family, deliberately dressed up and ran out like this.

After all, those young noble children have read more adventure novels, and have nothing to do with fantasizing.

At this thought, Caston was nervous.

He thought carefully about whether he had been rude or not, and what was wrong in answering the boy's words.

At this moment, the young man glanced contemptuously at the circle of civilians and spoke again.

"As the people of Aaron Landis resisted taxes, this behavior is really shameful. You will arrest them all and put them in prison. I will tell Uncle Canille..."

As if I realized I had leaked my mouth, the teenager coughed, as if covering up something.

"...Will tell Lord Twirlour of their guilt and severely punish them."

Canier... Uncle?

The team was dumbfounded.

Canier, this is the name of Lord Twirlour!

Can this boy actually call out his name, so close?

This, this-

and many more.

What did the noble young master say?

Say you want to tell the lord Lord?

Cass was agitated.

No way!

His boss, the gatekeeper of the city, opened his eyes and closed his eyes, no matter what the following people were fishing for, but the lord of the city was an upright person. He was upright and treated with sternness. Once the lord knew this, he sent someone to check ...

"No, wait, this little master is not like this, not like this."

Cass's cold sweat had come down, and he hurried forward to explain to the teenager.

But he used the honorific title to make the teenager glare unhappy.

"Don't yell, I'm not a young master, just a bard!"

Bah, how can a minstrel like you.

Cass was sullen in his heart, and the teenager denied it so firmly that he also determined that this is a playful little master of noble family.

He leaned over and laughed.

"Yes, this... bard, in fact, these tricks... no, these civilians have paid most of them, and there is only one thing left, I just scare them and let them pay taxes Just make it up."

He suffocated in his heart.

I had wanted to teach this group of people a good meal, but now I'm unlucky enough to meet such an ignorant aristocratic child. Not only can I not teach them, but I have to help them to say good things.

"Actually, because of the recent ground movements in their neighborhood, it was not easy for their family to be affected." He said to the teenager with a smile, "You see, all these things have to be arrested and alarmed. Isn’t it too much for Master Cheng?"

"Has been hit?"

The teenager blinked and thought about it.

He said, "Well, although it is not in conformity with national laws to not pay taxes, but since it was hit by disasters, it is justified."

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"Yeah yeah, it was a disaster." Cass said quickly, "I just scared them a little bit, they have made up the remaining taxes, and when you came, I was about to let them go."

"This..."

The teenager nodded slightly.

Cass smiled flatly at the teenager and relaxed.

This relaxes, and the nervous brain starts to turn again.

He suddenly felt something was wrong again.

Even if the noble young master is disguised as a play, but the elders cannot rest assured that this innocent young master who has not passed through the world at a glance will be alone.

There is no servant, which is impossible.

Cass thought so, his thoughts turned, his eyes darkened. He looked up carefully at the earrings on the ear of the teenager, while raising his hand to grab the reins of the horse the teenager was riding.

He opened his mouth to try a few more words, and suddenly, a cold wind rushed.

I saw a sharp arrow shot from afar, inserted from the hand of Cass and the reins that were about to touch.

The arrow even scratched Kas's fingertip, and then pouted, plunging into the tree behind him.

Kas turned his head and suddenly sweated, and saw that the sharp arrow had not been submerged in the hard trunk, showing the terrible strength.

If the arrow was aimed at his head, he was dead now.

He turned his head again, and saw a young man, also dressed as a bard, galloping from afar.

The young man was still holding a bow in his hand. Apparently the young man shot the terrible arrow.

"Shy guy!"

As soon as the dark-haired young man arrived, he yelled at Cass.

"How dare you approach—"

He seemed to want to say a name, but he swallowed it halfway.

He said, "Humble guy! Retreat immediately!"

The young man's eyes seemed to grow on top of his head, looking down on them from a condescending look, with a look of pride.

However, as soon as he turned his head to see the teenager, his proud attitude softened immediately, revealing a pleasing smile.

"Little master, if you wait for me, how can you go first?"

He said nervously, "Fortunately, you're okay. If there is a chance, how would you tell me to explain to..."

When he saw Shulos suddenly come out, Gallan's eyes flashed a little stunned.

At the moment Shulos said this, he immediately reacted, pretending to be impatient.

"I've done it. I'm nagging every day, just like an old man, I'm so annoyed."

He pointed to Kas and said, "This guy is not bad, I think he is very devoted, and he is also Kanile...anyone who is under the master of the city, why are you scaring him?"

The dark-haired young man who smiled at the teenager changed his arrogant attitude when his eyes fell on Cass.

However, Cass dared not say anything at all.

There was some doubt just now, but when he saw that this young man with amazing arrow skills turned out to be a servant of this young man, he suddenly had no doubt.

He stood there with a low eyebrow, looking very honest.

The young man glanced at him, seeming impatient to talk to Kas, and casually lost ten Aaron coins to him.

"Okay, there is no more business for you here. This is my medical expenses that hurt you. Let's go."

Cass catches the silver coin and his heart bursts out. With money, he also talked to a nobleman and was praised by the other party. He was in a great mood. The group of villagers was completely forgotten by him. He nodded and bowed his waist, carrying the team of soldiers. We are gone.

Halfway through, he secretly looked back.

He saw that some of the civilians seemed to step forward to talk to the blonde teenager, but the teenager didn't look at the civilians. He held his head proudly, turned his horse's head and walked away.

The dark-haired youth followed closely behind the teenager and ignored the group of civilians.

Seeing this, Cass no longer doubted and took the soldiers on the road back to the city.

A man stepped forward and helped the old man.

The old man was the civilian who had just stepped forward to talk to Garland, but was ignored. The man glanced angrily at the two who had left on horseback, his face full of anger.

"Every one is the same. We don't take us seriously, and the noble young master-"

"Shut up, what do you know."

Cried the old man.

He remembered a look from the blonde boy before he left, a pair of eyes that were as clean as the bright sky of the sun.

He sighed: "That little master is saving us..."

"Ah? Save us? Like him?"

"You can't see it, so the team leader didn't see it."

"But if he wants to help us, can he just order the soldiers to stop?"

"Stupid, if he did that, he would save us at that time, but the anger of the team leader will be thrown at us, and when he leaves, we will suffer in the end."

After the old man finished, he looked up at the back of the blonde teenager who was about to disappear in the distance, and muttered: "I don't know which noble noble young master, good heart, so smart...the gods will bless him."

At the moment, the two who had left were talking while riding on horseback.

"I said that you arrogant and self-righteous wayward young master performed well~"

"Your dog legs are also in place."

"Ha ha ha ha ha, after all, it's my job to perform as much - but that's just acting, it's completely different from my nature."

Shu Luosi reiterated that he knew his personality.

"...I thought you would go."

"Well, so to speak, I was watching from the back. If you raised the sword and rushed up, I would turn around and run away, far away from you, and save you from being involved."

Shuloston took a moment and pouted.

"But it's really not cost-effective. The silver coins you gave me are gone, and I have to catch more. Hey~ I can't eat big meals.

"I will pay you back."

Suddenly remembering something, Garland sighed.

"However, as a result, we cannot enter the city."

As soon as he entered the city, in case he collided with that team of soldiers, it would be exposed.

"There is no way. We will go directly to Mount Twirl and wait for it to go to other cities. After that, you can ask me to eat again."

"Good~"

Garland laughed and smiled happily.

"Hey, it's a pity that the beauty of Twirl City can't appreciate the style of Aaron Landis' first handsome bard."

Shulos raised his hand and stroked the black hair that fell on his cheek, and said with regret.

".........You are just as happy as yourself."

In the conversation between you and me, two horses gallop in the wind.

By the time night fell, the two had already set foot in the area of Mount Twilul.

It is worthy of being a prestigious scenic spot, with lush woods, greenery and clear springs flowing through it. When the night wind passed, the dense canopy made a rustling noise.

Even at night, the scenery is extremely beautiful.

While Garland was walking along the mountain path, he suddenly saw something passing by in the corner of his eye.

He turned his head to see that there was a dense forest, and there was nothing quietly under the bright moonlight.

"what happened?"

Shulos asked when he saw his movements slow down.

"I seem to see a white shadow in the woods over there..."

Shulos looked over.

"Nothing?"

The bard is very confident in his vision, even in the dark, he can see everything.

At this time he looked into the forest, but there was nothing but trees.

"Well, it was probably that I was wrong."

Garland withdrew his gaze.