I'm the one running the game

At night, a group of bandits took advantage of the darkness to break into the Black Earth Territory, but they did not target ordinary civilians, but rushed straight to the castle where Lu Xingshi was.

Then... they were completely wiped out.

"I have to say that you are indeed well-trained." Lu Xingshi looked at the scarred man who was the leader, and he was not a good guy at first glance.

The other party was the leader of this group of bandits. Even if he was caught, he still looked unruly, and cold snorts came from his nostrils from time to time.

"Let me go, otherwise..." The other party threatened as soon as he opened his mouth.

However, Lu Xingshi slapped him in the face, not only stopping him from speaking, but also breaking his good teeth.

"I don't care what you want to say, nor do I care who is behind you. I just want to torture you. It's that simple." Lu Xingshi said with a smile.

As soon as the other party started, he went straight to the castle where he was, and directly confirmed that the other party was not a bandit, but a white glove of some nobles.

The purpose must be the perfume formula.

Lu Xingshi actually didn't expect that this group of nobles had such a narrow vision.

But this was a good thing for Lu Xingshi.

The more short-sighted they were, the higher the success rate of sowing discord.

When chaos began to arise, he would be able to take advantage of the situation.

Hearing Lu Xingshi's words, the scarred man's face changed. He had thought of many possibilities, but he had never thought that Lu Xingshi would say this.

Under normal circumstances, the other party should be so angry that he wanted to find out the mastermind from his mouth.

And he lightly revealed a little clue about his loyalists, and then watched the other party's fear and uneasiness after learning the truth.

He had plenty of experience and means to deal with this lucky person who got the title through good luck.

However, he never expected that Lu Xingshi didn't care who he was at all.

And he was going to really take action, which made him panic. He actually met a young man, and a brutal young man.

Then he would not only die, but also suffer before death.

"Wait, I follow..." He spoke hurriedly, not caring about the burning pain on his face.

As a result, he didn't finish his words, and was slapped by Lu Xingshi again.

"No matter who you follow, drag it down and lock it up in the dark prison." Lu Xingshi sneered.

The dark prison is similar to a confinement room, and there is no light source.

"Stay for three days first, enjoy it."

As soon as Lu Xingshi finished speaking, a guard dragged the other person away.

The other party was of course shouting something, but the voice was vague and no one could understand what he said.

"As for you." Lu Xingshi's eyes swept across the remaining bandits: "There is no value, just kill them directly."

"My Lord Viscount, yes, we are valuable!!!" Several bandits hurriedly stood up and wanted to say something, but this action directly angered the guards, and they punched and kicked them on the spot.

Did they do too much?

If they were the losers, would these bandits let them go?

It's nothing more than giving them a taste of their own medicine.

"Tell me what the value is. If you don't satisfy me, you can wait to be beaten to death." Lu Xingshi has never been a kind person when facing an enemy, even if the enemy is very weak.

Since they are all enemies, there is no distinction between strong and weak.

"It was Grand Duke Haipa... who sent us, and the leader is Grand Duke Haipa's illegitimate son." A bandit shouted while enduring the pain.

Lu Xingshi narrowed his eyes. With a certain amount of noble knowledge, Lu Xingshi quickly knew who this Grand Duke Haipa was.

But that's all. According to his age, this Grand Duke Haipa should be sixty years old.

In this world, the average life expectancy of most people is around thirty, and it is indeed a long life to live to this age.

Although the nobles have good living conditions, in fact... it's hard to say.

Especially in terms of medical treatment, there are only two most commonly used treatment methods, bloodletting and enema.

Coupled with all kinds of messing around, nine out of ten nobles will have syphilis.

So it is normal for nobles to die early.

"It's the scarred one, right?" Lu Xingshi didn't care too much when he heard it. It was just an illegitimate child.

Every nobleman would be embarrassed to go out if he didn't have a dozen illegitimate children, and some could have hundreds of them.

As for whether they were biological children or someone deliberately came to their house to be attached, the nobles didn't care. For them, illegitimate children had no inheritance rights and were almost the same as slaves.

"Give orders to treat the illegitimate son of Grand Duke Haipa well. If he doesn't have dementia when he comes out in three days, beat him until he has dementia." Lu Xingshi ordered again.

Afraid?

Not to mention the illegitimate child, even if Grand Duke Haipa's eldest son came, Lu Xingshi would take care of him.

"Okay, who else among you is also the illegitimate son of Grand Duke Hepa? You can enjoy a life worse than death together." Lu Xingshi asked again: "If not, when you die, your heads will be sent to Grand Duke Hepa's fiefdom together with your leader."

The faces of the bandits became more and more ugly. They never expected that after what they said, Lu Xingshi would actually kill them.

Then they naturally cursed one by one. Anyway, they were going to die, so they might as well curse to their heart's content.

Lu Xingshi waved his hand, and the guards dragged the bandits away directly, naturally to execute the hanging.

"It's reasonable for a duke to covet the perfume formula." Lu Xingshi didn't think there was much wrong with it.

He didn't know much about the world, but he had a certain understanding of the kingdom.

Although the other party was a duke, his living standard was not as good as that of an ordinary family in modern times.

Another thing was that the other party didn't dare to retaliate against him openly.

The nobles were a system of interests, and at most they could only use some secret means to exclude and frame him.

If they really sent troops over, the kingdom would not only have Grand Duke Hepa.

He also had a mortal enemy.

After all, the title of duke represented huge power and interests, so naturally someone wanted to tear a piece of meat off him.

So the nobles were not as high-ranking as imagined, but more like an enlarged version of profiteers.

"Since we know who it is, let him not dare to mess with me." Lu Xingshi's idea was very simple, and he directly threw the tortured Scarface and the heads of the other bandits back to the Duchy of Hepa.

The duke's territory was called a duchy, and the following was a title plus a territory, just like Lu Xingshi's Black Soil Territory belonged to the Viscount Territory in the hierarchy, so it was also called the Landon Territory.

As for whether his actions would anger Grand Duke Hepa, and then he would fight to the death with him?

The other party came to take his life. Even if he didn't kill him and sent him back respectfully, would he let him go?

How is that possible? He would just think you are cowardly and continue to attack.

Moreover, the other party's behavior is equivalent to saying that this matter cannot be ended until Lu Xingshi dies. They have been fighting to the death for a long time, so why would he care whether he is angry or not.

Lu Xingshi not only wants to anger the other party, but also to provoke the other party.

"My lord, this matter may be troublesome. Grand Duke Hepa's power is not something our Landon family can afford to provoke." The housekeeper said with worry.

"Grand Duke Hepa? What Grand Duke Hepa?"

"You also believe the words of the bandits." Lu Xingshi said disdainfully.

"After the bandit leader is tortured to madness, bring the heads of the dead bandits to him and send them to the Principality of Hepa."

Lu Xingshi said without hesitation.

This made the housekeeper's eyes pop out. Killing someone's illegitimate child has already offended someone. Are you afraid that you haven't offended them enough?

"Doing this will anger Grand Duke Haipa, sir, you need to be careful..." the housekeeper said hurriedly.

"Even if you don't do this, will Grand Duke Haipa let the Lanton family go?" Lu Xingshi asked back.

The housekeeper was silent when he heard it. He was not stupid, but he was not very knowledgeable.

If it were him, he would not let it go.

"That can't be so radical, we can..." The housekeeper was speechless for a moment.

They really didn't have any way.

Fortunately, the Duchy of Haipa was not close to their Black Soil Territory at all. After the death of an illegitimate child who was a white glove, they would definitely not use such a rough method directly next time.

Instead, they would use other means to target, such as bribing the nobles around the Black Soil Territory and let them target Lu Xingshi together.

However, this is exactly what he wanted.

The local chaos continued to expand into the whole chaos.

Just like the original cry of "Are there any kings, princes, generals or ministers of different races?", rebellions began everywhere.

Grand Duke Haipa is not invincible in the kingdom. If he makes a plan to target others, there will definitely be other grand dukes to counterattack.

When the chaos expands, Lu Xingshi will be able to fish in troubled waters.

As for the other party being angry and leading a large army to kill him.

If he does this, all the nobles will join forces to resist, and even the royal family will take this opportunity to suppress him.

A dignified grand duke of the kingdom, tearing his face off just to deal with a viscount, bullying the weak, this kind of thing is absolutely not allowed in public.

If Grand Duke Haipa is smart enough, he will not go to this step, and even the targeting will be carried out in a way that is hidden.

"By the way, have someone send the perfume formula of Blue Sea Anthem to the royal family and say that this is the last perfume formula."

"While saying that you want to exchange it for the original version of "Earth Element Breathing Method", tell them that we have caught a bandit leader who claims to be the illegitimate son of Grand Duke Hepa."

"If they are willing to return the breathing method, you can take it."

"If they are not willing, then exchange it for White Rock Potion." Lu Xingshi did not mind the big deal.

He directly brought the matter to the royal family.

Of course, the royal family may not necessarily help him, but they will definitely cause trouble for Grand Duke Hepa.

The royal family does not care about the life and death of Lu Xingshi, Viscount Lanton, but they care about the perfume monopoly, the hen that lays golden eggs.

In the eyes of the royal family, the other party's actions are no less than wanting to break the monopoly and cut off their financial resources. How can the royal family tolerate this?

The butler's eyes widened even more. He naturally understood what Lu Xingshi wanted to do with this behavior.

However, he did not refute it. This was a bit normal, at least more normal and reasonable than angering Grand Duke Haipa before.

In his opinion, Lu Xingshi was seeking the protection of the royal family.