Chapter 91 (1/2)
The two groups were escorted by the knights to the town hall, the most spacious hut in the middle of the village, and the young count went in and sat in the original position of the village elder.
Although they had been disarmed and arrested, these nobles still couldn't see the appearance of being convinced. They were very stubborn. No matter how many times the Knights around them kicked them, they were proud to refuse to say a word, and their eyes stared angrily at Lu Wen sitting on the top.
Loren, who stood behind the count, was thoughtful. When he was still at vimpal college, he had heard from the young wizards about how the nobles of shenlinbao were keen on fighting.
Even not only the nobles, but also the village farmers like to ”solve problems with their fists”. From a sweet well to the right to use the mill, it often leads to a fight between two families and even several villages. Whoever wins will listen to who.
They would never go to the Lord for judgment unless they had to, as if such a move were very humiliating; The Earls of all dynasties never took the initiative to intervene in these private fights, and even used this to weaken those prickly nobles.
But speaking of it, it seems that Ayn Rand was born in shenlinbao
”Tell me, what's going on?” Lu Wen, sitting in the chair, put on a serious face and pointed to the young man who stood up against him: ”start with you!”
”Yes, count.” the still unconvinced young man held his neck: ”on behalf of the butch family, I accuse these Rand family bastards. They are not aristocrats at all, but a group of greedy wild dogs and scoundrels!”
”When the hunters of our family are away, this bastard sneaks their people into our hunting ground, hunts the immature pheasants and deer everywhere, and scavenges all the wild fruits and mushrooms. The whole hunting ground looks like a garbage dump!”
The more the young man said, the more excited he was: ”please, Lord count, do justice for us. We don't want them to compensate, as long as we can drive them out of Shenlin castle!”
”I will make a fair judgment, but not just by your words.” Luwen nodded majestically: ”who is the leader of the RAND family?”
”I, I am.”
A fat man lying on the ground stood up trembling, sweating like a slurry, trembling, even the atmosphere did not dare to breathe, narrowed his eyes, showed a flattering smile, and kept bowing to the count.
”The butch family accused you of poaching and destroying their hunting grounds.” Lu Wen was the least fond of such people, frowned and said, ”do you have anything to say?”
”We can't help it, count!” the fat man cried and fell on his knees with a burst of tears. ”The harvest in the field this year is really poor. Not to mention that we are barely enough to eat and pay taxes. If we don't find a way to change, all the people in the farm will starve to death!”
Seeing that he cried so miserably, the count, who didn't like the fat man very much, was a little softhearted. He also knew how barren Shenlin castle was. The fat man should not have lied.
”The farmers in the countryside don't know how to hunt. They won't do anything except pick some wild fruits. We are willing to compensate the butch family. Just ask you not to drive us out of here!”
The head of the RAND family, who was in tears, really moved people with his humble look and performance. Even Lu Wen looked at him with a lot of eyes - it would be better if all the nobles in Shenlin castle were so docile.
”Don't be fooled by his appearance, count!” butch, who stood aside, immediately stood up angrily: ”this guy is lying. What harvest is not enough? It's all excuses!”
”Although he pretends to be poor here, he is usually a vampire who eats people and doesn't spit bones - the farmers in his land are poor because he has occupied all the land, and those people have to farm for him to live!”
The head of the RAND family kneeling on the ground didn't explain anything. He was still crying there. Just looking at it made people feel soft hearted. It's really hard to blame.
But the young man named Butch doesn't seem to be lying, but he can't rule out this possibility. Devoid of hesitation, Lu Wen kept silent and scanned his eyes back and forth between the two people.
”Well, the RAND family must compensate the butch family for their losses, strictly control the people on your land, and no more poaching is allowed.” Luwen made the final judgment: ”but at the same time, both sides are not allowed to have any more fighting. If there is any violator, I will expel him from Shenlin castle!”
It took him a long time to come up with this result - although the RAND family was at fault this time, they were much more docile and manageable than the butch family.