king of the castle

Chapter 222

Bonnie's words shocked everyone immediately, not only the security guards stared at Roger in horror, but even the townspeople who came to the scene showed astonishment. 【】Everyone was smiling Roger. Unexpectedly, this young man who had a conflict with the tax officer was actually the rumored new lord of Kent.

Jason, on the other hand, was so frightened that his face turned pale. He never expected that his tax collection would be paid to the head of the new lord, and he even picked up on the woman around him.As a result, the situation is very bad, let alone wanting to stay in Kent Town, I am afraid that the new lord will not give him good fruit.

Roger sneered coldly at Jason, whose face changed drastically, and then raised his voice: "I declare that Jason, the tax officer of Kent Town, enriched his pockets in the name of tax collection, colluded with horse thieves to intercept and kill passing merchants, and oppressed the townspeople to extort money. Forgivable, he is now sentenced to beheading and executed immediately! As for the former guards in the town who bullied others and caused harm to the people, they will all be hanged!"

"Coax!" Roger's words immediately caused an uproar among the townspeople.Many people didn't believe this was real at all, and thought they were dreaming. It took a while for everyone to realize that the lord was not joking, but really wanted to severely punish these scum who did harm to one side, and they couldn't help but become overjoyed mad.

"Long live the new lord!"

"Good job, Lord Baron!"

"Welcome to Kent County!" All the townspeople cheered Roger all of a sudden, expressing their welcome to the new lord.However, all the high-spirited guards turned pale with fright, and some of them glanced around, looking for a possible direction to escape.

Jason has been working as a tax officer in Kent Town for more than a year. He has extorted money and committed crimes, which has caused all the townspeople to suffer.Originally, the land around Kent Town was barren, and most of the townspeople lived by doing business with merchants.Jason's actions drove away the merchants and also cut off the livelihood of the townspeople.

But Jason didn't care about the life and death of the townspeople at all, and still charged them high taxes. Anyone who resisted would be severely suppressed. Those who wanted to leave here to seek a living elsewhere often died tragically in the out of town.So after more than a year, the townspeople hated Jason to the bone, but they were afraid of his power so they dared not speak out.

Now that the new lord announced that he would severely punish Jason and the others, he immediately won the support of everyone.Although Roger only announced the first order, he was already a wise lord in the eyes of many people.

"Hahahahaha!" Just as the crowd cheered, Jason suddenly laughed wildly, and under the astonished gaze of the others, he loudly said to Roger confidently: "My lord, this time I admit that I was negligent and let you get caught. I have nothing to say about this. But just because you want to punish me, I'm afraid you are not qualified!"

"Presumptuous!" Chris yelled: "My lord is the lord here, and he has every right to severely punish you, a villain!"

Jason ignored the knight at all, but stared at Roger and said: "You also know that I have connections with horse thieves. Thousands of horse thieves can bloody the entire town of Kent at any time! I have already contacted horse thieves, and they will It may appear outside the town. Lord Baron, you are too careless to bring only such a few people to the territory!"

Jason's words contained a naked threat, which caused an uproar among the townspeople.Threatening the nobles of the kingdom in public is already a very serious crime, but Jason actually intends to kill the new lord. This is not only against the entire kingdom, but even against all the nobles on the mainland.If Jason really did this, he could only spend the rest of his life escaping from hunting and killing.

Jason didn't care how shocking his words were, anyway, he would be dead if he surrendered to Roger now, so he might as well gamble with the last chips in his hand.In Jason's impression, the nobles cherished their lives very much, especially the nobles like Roger who had just owned a territory, they would never have the courage to die with him.

Jason believed that his threat would work, forcing Roger to make concessions.Jason felt that as long as he could keep his life and the accumulated wealth, he could live a very comfortable life no matter where he went.Maybe he can use this money to buy an official position in other places for himself, and then he can continue to use the same method to make money in the local area. It is definitely a very cost-effective investment.

So although Jason seemed to be at a disadvantage, he was very determined in his heart.He even looked at Roger with a bit of sarcasm, just waiting for this greedy nobleman to bow his head and give in, and then he would be able to regain his freedom and take that wealth with him.

However, Jason's wishful thinking was completely wrong.Although Roger is also afraid of death, it is definitely not comparable to the nobles he used in his impression.Facing the naked threat from the tax officer, Roger's expression did not change at all, and he smiled calmly and said: "If you don't tell me, I really forgot, those horse thieves hiding in the green sea forest are really annoying. But you don't need to remind me about this, as the lord of Kent, I will never allow such a gang of villains to exist in my territory. These years of horse thieves are... history for me!"

As soon as Roger said that the horse thief was hiding in the Green Sea Forest, Jason's expression changed immediately.This was Jason's biggest secret. Now that Roger knew about it, he felt that his brother and his subordinates were not safe anymore.

However, Jason was only worried about his brothers, and did not believe that the newly arrived lord had the strength to deal with them.After all, there are more than 600 fierce people, all of whom have killed people. In addition, Watson still has the strength of Bronze Advanced, no matter how you say it, it is impossible to be solved so easily.

So after Roger said that horse thieves are already history, Jason couldn't help but shouted: "You're lying! You don't have the ability to deal with so many people!"

"What is this?" Roger didn't even bother arguing with Jason, and threw a long sword directly in front of him.

Jason subconsciously picked up the long sword and glanced at it, and immediately recognized that it was his brother's saber, and his expression changed dramatically.Watson loves this sword very much, and usually puts it by his pillow even when he sleeps, but now that this sword has fallen into Roger's hands, it is self-evident what it means.

When Jason's face changed drastically, Roger knew that the other party understood the fate of the horse thief, and smiled deliberately: "I wanted to bring the owner of this sword, but this guy's head is broken, and it's broken into pieces. It’s inconvenient to bring him, so we can only leave him in the Green Sea Forest, and he probably has become food for maggots now!”

"I'll kill you!" Jason, who had always been calm, was finally enraged by Roger, and rushed towards him waving his long sword.

But as an ordinary person, Jason is not Roger's opponent at all.Roger unhurriedly drew the long sword from Bonnie's waist beside him, and slashed straight at Jason's neck.The sword edge quickly cut across the tax official's throat, and cut off his head neatly, a stream of blood sprayed into the air at any time, it was as high as a two-story building.

Jason's headed body ran forward two more steps before it collapsed to the ground.This villain who has been in the town of Kent for more than a year has finally turned into a headed corpse under Roger's hands.