king of the castle

Chapter 258 Trial

"A lot of food!"

“Enough for everyone to eat!”

"I said earlier that the lord will not harm everyone!"

"Long live the lord!"

The townspeople expressed their opinions one after another, and even the well-informed businessmen were very surprised. 【】The storehouses are full of golden wheat, with bundles of straw and heaps of bran.

As long as you are not blind, you can figure out that the food shortage in the town is not like what Lei Nuo said, there is enough food for everyone for a long time.This made the townspeople who decided to stay cheered, feeling that there was nothing wrong with completely trusting the lord.Those who expressed their intention to leave turned pale, knowing that they were on the wrong team this time.

The instigator this time, Renault, had already collapsed to the ground, and when he saw the food for the first time, he knew that he had no chance.No lord will let the instigator go. Now for Renault, the outcome is settled, the difference is whether he can die happily or not.

"Everyone is here. Is there any shortage of food in Kent Town?" When everyone's voices became quieter, Roger raised a hand and said loudly: "I announce that we will continue to sell food at a low price in the future. All decisions Those who stay in Kent Town, no matter men, women, old or young, each will get a silver coin as a reward for your loyalty to me!"

Roger made such a decision not on a whim, but to better buy the hearts of those townspeople who decided to stay.Anyway, the food was originally intended to be sold at a low price, and it would not be a big expense to give each person a silver coin, but it would get more favor from the townspeople, so the deal was definitely worthwhile.

Sure enough, as soon as Roger's words fell, the townspeople who decided to stay cheered happily.Although a silver coin per person is a small amount of money for Roger, it is an extra income for these townspeople.What's more, only the lords have been collecting taxes from the people in the territory all the time, so how can there be any reason to send money to the people?

This made these townspeople feel grateful to Roger, and made up their minds to follow the lord no matter what.In layman's terms, if you have meat to eat with Roger, who would betray such a good lord?

But some are happy and some are sad.Those who just said they were going to leave Kent Town are stupid.In the face of the facts, these people understand that the food shortage and the like are all rumors.There is no shortage of food in the town at all, and I was deceived by that bastard Renault.

"My lord, please forgive me." A guy who said he was going to leave the town suddenly knelt down and said to Roger in tears, "Our family has only come to Kent Town not long ago. If we leave now, we will have no way out!"

Somebody started, and others pleaded with Roger.Compared with other places, the life in Kent Town can definitely be described as "happiness". There are no taxes that are too high to be affordable in other territories. If you buy it there, often as long as one person works, you can support a family of four, which is simply unimaginable in other places.What's more, anyone with a little foresight can tell that as long as the food problem can be solved, Kent Town will definitely develop better day by day, and there will be a lot of opportunities to stay here.

But because of a wrong judgment, these people lost the right to continue living here, which made them both regretful and unwilling, and wanted to make a final effort to impress Roger, the lord known as "benevolent".

It's a pity that because Lisa was seriously injured, Roger's heart was as hard as steel at this time.He didn't pay attention to the pleas of these people at all, but immediately announced loudly: "Drive these people out of the town, and I will send people to keep an eye on them until these people leave my territory!"

Those people still wanted to cry and beg for a few words, but Roger's soldiers would not give them such a chance.Forced by unsheathed weapons, these people reluctantly walked out of the town, saying goodbye to the good life in Kent Town.

"Since these people want to leave, I will do as they wish!" Roger said loudly: "Whoever wants to leave in the future can come and go freely, and this lord will never interfere!"

Although Roger said so, no one would be stupid enough to actually do it.Everyone knows the future of Kent Town, and it may not be easy to move here in the future, and that idiot will give up the right to stay here?After what happened today, even many businessmen were a little moved, thinking about whether to transfer most of their industries to Kent Town.After all, the tax here is so low, and the transportation is convenient, it is really suitable for businessmen.

Roger waited for a while, but no one made a sound, and then he turned his eyes to the more than a hundred tied mobs and said coldly: "Now it's time to settle the score with you!"

These mobs were swept away by Roger's murderous eyes, and they were all frightened like quails facing eagles.But Roger didn't have the slightest sympathy for them. He was aware of what these guys did in the baron's mansion. The most important thing was that the knife that hurt Lisa had already decided the fate of the mob.

"You take part in the attack on the baron's mansion, intending to assassinate the lord, an unforgivable crime!" Roger said mercilessly: "I sentence all of you...to be hanged!"

As soon as Roger's words came out, those mobs all collapsed to the ground.Originally, they still had a glimmer of hope, thinking that this lord with the name of "benevolence" would let him survive, and it would be fine to serve a few years of hard labor at most.When he thought that Roger would sentence everyone to hang without blinking, he didn't hesitate at all.There are more than 100 people here, and Roger just opened his mouth to decide their tragic fate.

In fact, even other townspeople and merchants were surprised, and many couldn't help but re-examine their lord.It was only then that it dawned on everyone that their lord was more than just a benevolent man.If he really angered Roger, he would kill him without hesitation.

In fact, these people have never seen Roger's performance on the battlefield.As long as he faced his own enemies, he had never been soft-hearted. In fact, far more people died at the hands of Roger than everyone imagined.

"As for Renault and Auden, one instigated and the other participated in the attempt to kill the lord's maid, both of them are more guilty!" Roger looked at the last two and said: "I declare that these two people will be sentenced to stakes! "

Hearing the punishment of "sit on a wooden stake", not only the others were puzzled, but even Lei Nuo and Auden themselves were at a loss.There is no such penalty in the world of Turonzo, so I don't know what Roger means.

But soon everyone understood what it meant to sit on a wooden stake, and even those well-informed businessmen were frightened by this unprecedented and terrifying punishment.

Two sticks with sharpened tops were erected at the mouth of the town, and Raynor and Oden, who were bound hand and foot, were carefully placed on top of the sticks, and their misery began.

The two people who were tied up couldn't stand at all, and they sank involuntarily once they were placed on the wooden sticks.Then the sharpened tip of the stick slowly penetrated into their assholes, and the pain made them cry out loudly, which could be heard clearly by the whole town.

Although the two of them grabbed the wooden stick with all their strength, their bound hands and feet could not use any strength at all to prevent the wooden stick from going deep.Renault and Auden screamed and desperately prevented themselves from falling, but they still sank little by little, and blood soon gushed out from their lower bodies.

All the people who saw this scene turned pale with fright. No one thought that there would be such a terrible punishment in this world.A businessman was sweating all over his head, and asked the sneering Roger tremblingly, "My lord, how long will this punishment last before the prisoner dies?"

"It depends on the skills of the executioner. If the wooden stick is cut well and placed in a suitable position, it should be no problem to persist for two or three days." Roger, who has no experience himself, began to talk nonsense: "But my subordinates have no experience. , the two of them can survive for half a day."

Roger's words made everyone around him gasp. Such pain would take two or three days, which is more terrifying than the church's burning at the stake.Even if he could die for half a day, it would be a terrible thing to suffer for such a long time.

Originally, those mobs were still mourning what happened to them, but after seeing Renault and Auden, they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Although death is inevitable, it is better than dying after suffering so much pain.

In the evening of that day, all the mobs were hanged on the big trees at the entrance of the town.Fortunately, the tree was big enough to hang so many people without falling down.The punishment in front of the tree is still going on, Renault and Auden are still sitting on the wooden stick, but a long section of the wooden stick has already entered their bodies, and while they have caused terrible damage, it has also brought great harm. pain of.

Oden, who had been injured before, had swallowed his last breath because of his weakness, while Renault was still lingering.However, his screams already had strength, but he instinctively held the wooden stick, but suffered more pain because of it.

The townspeople who watched have dispersed, and only two guards are still standing firm.Roger Shiran came to Renault, and said without any emotion: "Tell me who ordered you to come, and I will give you a happy time."

"Wu...Wood!" At this moment, Lei Nuo wanted to get rid of the pain quickly, and said the name without the slightest hesitation.

Roger was not surprised when he heard the name that he had expected, and just nodded to a guard.The guard drew out his long sword knowingly, and cut off Renault's head with one stroke.

"It's Wood again..." Roger had had enough of this neighbor, and decided to settle the accounts between the two of them once and for all.

But now that Roger is already the lord of a place, he can't leave as he wants like before.Before leaving Kent Town, there are still many things that need to be arranged by him, and there will definitely be a delay of one night.And the baron's mansion hadn't been tidied up yet, so Roger could only spend the night in the hotel in the town that night.

As a dignified lord, he had to spend the night in a hotel in the territory, which made Roger really feel very embarrassed, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Roger had just settled down in the best guest room of the hotel when there was a soft knock on his door.Hearing the familiar knock on the door, a smile appeared on Roger's face.