king of the castle

Chapter 253

"What?!" The caravan leader couldn't believe his ears, and asked Huck loudly: "Isn't the transaction tax only three thousandths? When did it become so much?"

Speaking of which, this caravan sells some ordinary goods, and they came to Kent Town to trade in order to save some tax money. 【】Seeing that this "tax official" wanted [-] gold coins as soon as he opened his mouth, the merchant certainly couldn't accept it.The sum of all his goods is only worth about [-] gold coins. If he really has to pay taxes, he will lose all his money.

"This is the latest decree promulgated by the lord!" Huck said without compromise: "All caravans have to pay this toll, and they will pay other taxes when they arrive in Kent Town. If anyone doesn't pay..."

Speaking of this, Huck showed a sinister smile on his face, and suddenly raised his hand and swung it down forcefully.The subordinates behind him had long been prepared for battle, and upon seeing this gesture, they aimed the crossbow that had already been wound up at the caravan leader, and at the same time buckled the trigger.

"Swish, whoosh, whoosh" several piercing sounds rang out, and several deadly arrows appeared on the caravan leader's body immediately.He lowered his head and glanced at the arrow stuck in his chest, his eyes widened and he fell to the ground, with an unbelievable expression on his face until he died.

Huck chose the busiest road in Kent, and several caravans arrived in a while.The businessmen saw that the "tax official" killed a colleague without saying a word, and they all showed angry expressions mixed with fear, and gathered together to silently watch what happened before them.

Huck didn't care what these merchants said to him, he grinned and shouted loudly: "Anyone can go there if they want, and pay a tax of [-] gold coins per cart. This is the order of the lord, otherwise this guy will end up like this!"

Paying [-] gold coins per cart, this tax is higher than before Roger came here, how can the merchants accept it?In fact, the combined strength of several caravans has already surpassed Huck and his men.However, Huck now represents the authority of the local lord. If the merchants dare to resist, they are not only challenging the local lord, but also violating the kingdom's laws.The purpose of these businessmen's hard work is only to seek money. Even if they have such strength, they will not go head-to-head with the "tax official" under the lord unless they are forced to.

Originally, merchants came to Kent Town to trade because of the low tax there. Now that this advantage is gone, many people also feel that there is no need to go to Kent Town again, so they turn their carriages around and prepare to leave.

Huck's purpose was to come to Kent to make trouble. When he found out that the merchants planned to leave, he immediately shouted: "As long as you enter the county, you have to pay taxes! No one is allowed to leave. If you want to leave, you must pay the money first!"

Unexpectedly, Huck was so unreasonable, and the merchants were in an uproar. At this moment, a young man on a horse walked unhurriedly from the direction of Kent Town to the intersection, and was yelling loudly with great interest. Huck who asks merchants to pay taxes.

"What are you?" Huck shouted at the young man arrogantly, "You have to pay taxes too!"

"I'm just passing by, and I didn't bring any goods." The young man asked with a smile, "So I have to pay taxes?"

"The lord has promulgated a new decree. Everyone passing by will have to pay a tax of fifty gold coins!" Huck would not let go of any opportunity to make trouble, and said fiercely to Roger: "If you don't pay the tax, you will be hanged, you Do it yourself!"

"I do have a question." Roger said meaningfully to Huck, "Who is the lord you're talking about? I don't remember ever promulgating such a decree!"

"What do you mean..." Huck didn't understand Roger's words at first, but he quickly reacted and shouted at his opponents with a murderous look: "He is Roger Lee, let's go together and kill this guy! "

One-eyed Huck used to be a bandit leader who was active in Terry County. Although he led his men to surrender to Viscount Wood, the murderous nature in his bones never disappeared.It is precisely because of this that Wood sent him to Kent to pretend to be a tax official.

Now that he knew that the other party's lord was right in front of him, of course Huck would not miss this opportunity to get rid of him.Perhaps assassinating nobles is a great crime in the eyes of others, but it is nothing to Huck, who was originally a bandit leader.What's more, he is still under the protection of Viscount Wood. After he succeeds, he just needs to kill all the merchants. Not only will he be fine, but he will also be rewarded by Viscount Wood!

Huck's words also shocked the businessmen. It was a bit too weird for the tax officer in the territory to call his subordinates to kill the local lord.Some quick-witted people immediately thought that this tax official was probably pretending to be so bold.

"Want to kill me?" Roger looked at Huck with some pity and said, "Go ahead and try!"

As soon as Roger finished speaking, Huck and the others heard the sound of neat footsteps.He hurriedly walked towards the direction of the sound, and was surprised to find that a large number of soldiers appeared not far away, and they were coming towards him in a neat formation.

"Damn it, get on your horse and retreat!" Huck didn't think that only a dozen of his men could contend with a large army. At this moment, he could only give up the idea of ​​killing Roger and run for his life first.

Huck and the others rode their horses to escape more than ten steps away, and arrows shot straight at them from behind the soldiers.Many people fell off their horses with arrows behind them without any precautions, and only a few were lucky enough to have no arrows.However, none of their horses were spared, and all hissed and fell to the ground under the wave of arrow rain.

Huck and others who had lost their horses didn't dare to stop at all, and continued to run wildly after getting up from the ground.But how could Roger let them escape? A group of light cavalry had rushed forward to kill these guys.Even Roger himself urged the horse to catch up, and his target was naturally the leader Huck.

Although Huck is also a strong bronze junior, it is no longer enough in the eyes of Roger now.Roger rode his horse and chased after him, and hit Huck hard on the back with the spine of his sword.Although Huck heard the sound of the wind behind him, he couldn't dodge it at all, and took it firmly.

Huck only felt a pain in his back, opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of blood, and then fell to the ground in a somersault.He knew that at least three of his bones had been broken, and he had no strength to resist, so he could only lie on the ground and wait for the judgment of fate.It's just that at this moment, Huck couldn't understand why Roger could respond so quickly when he just started to do it, as if everything was in his expectation.But even if Huck thought about it, he would never have thought that Roger had already established a [-]-hour surveillance system in all important areas of the territory.

Just as Roger captured Huck alive, other light cavalry also captured several other fleeing guys.But in a short time, Huck and others who were still proud just now were all prisoners, leaving those businessmen dumbfounded. Things in this world are changing so fast that it is too late for people to adapt.

Roger grabbed Huck by the clothes over his back and lifted him up to the barricade.He threw Huck to the ground mercilessly, and then said to the merchants who were still watching: "I, Baron Roger Lee, the lord of Kent, announce that this person is not my tax officer. It’s just making trouble in my territory. All taxes will be collected in accordance with the decrees I have announced before, and there will never be any increase!”

"Long live the lord!"

"That way we can rest assured!"

"Damn this impostor!"

After hearing Roger's words, the businessmen also cheered.They had doubts about this "tax official" before, and after what happened just now, even a fool can be tricked by it.Now that the lord has announced that the tax rate will not change in front of everyone, the merchants are finally relieved.

"Go on to Kent Town, all the rules are the same as before." Roger waved his hand to let the merchants continue on their way, but found that none of these guys wanted to leave.

"My lord, can we go with you?" A businessman summoned up his courage and said, "I think you also know that there are often orcs here, so it's safer to go with you."

What the businessman said made Roger laugh dumbfounded. These guys really want to take advantage of it, and they actually treat the dignified lord as a free bodyguard.However, Roger also knew that this was a good opportunity to establish a good image for himself, so he quickly nodded and said: "Of course you can go with me, but you have to wait a while, I have to deal with these guys first.

The "these guys" in Roger's mouth certainly refer to Huck and others.The businessmen also hated these guys who pretended to be tax officials to kill and rob. Naturally, they would not have the slightest objection to Roger's arrangement.

"Tell me, who sent you here?" Facing Huck and his subordinates, Roger said coldly: "Say it quickly, and I will give you a happy one too!"

"Anyway, it's just death, you don't want to ask a word from us!" Huck was kind, knowing that he would definitely not be able to survive this time, he simply confronted Roger to the end.

"Hehe, it's really easy to die sometimes. As long as it hurts, you don't know anything." Roger sneered, "But sometimes even death is a very extravagant wish. I can guarantee that you will definitely have it before you die." Suffering so much pain. Knowing that the skin of the whole body has been peeled off inch by inch, but what is it like not to die?

Use a dagger to cut off the muscles of your whole body bit by bit. Cut hundreds of knives every day, and cut you thousands of knives in a few days.

What is it like to let you sit on a sharpened stake and wait for the stake to slowly poke through the chrysanthemum until you sit on the whole stake in your stomach and still not die?

Don't worry, I will cut off your eyelids before carrying out these criminal laws, so that you can clearly see what happened to you, and you can't even close your eyes! "

Roger's words were like ice water pouring on his body, making Huck and the others tremble involuntarily.Imagining the horrors of these things happening to them, several people finally collapsed one after another.