Urban Sims

38 Handover
"Lian, do you really want to do this? They are just a few women, can't they be driven away or locked up?"

In the room, Downey spoke to the other person in a trembling voice.

"It must be done! If they are just ordinary women, it doesn't matter if you let them go, but they are the precious daughters and granddaughters of Baron Sean of Nathan Land. If Baron Sean knows that his son-in-law died at our hands, then At that time, not only your right to inherit the territory will be questioned, but your life and mine will also be taken away by the knights under Baron Sean... You should know in your heart how to choose."

Zhou Ming's tone was cold and authentic, and he told Downey to stop when he had to.

After Edward's death, he left behind a wife and two daughters who were only three or four years old. His wife's name was Fanny, and she came from Nathan Land, which is adjacent to Gran Land. Baron Na is a family friend for several lifetimes, and the two families have a history of marriage for several generations.

After Edward and Fanny got married, the relationship between husband and wife was quite harmonious, and they gave birth to a pair of lovely daughters, who were very much loved by their husband and wife and Mrs. Madeleine.

"But, but... I can't let go of that hand!"

Thinking of those innocent and lovely little nieces, Donnie struggled painfully holding his head.

"You don't need to do it yourself, Snake Girl, you go there, remember not to let them go too painfully."

Zhou Ming gave instructions to the snake girl behind her. The snake girl nodded, took out a small purse from her belt, and quietly exited the room.

Zhou Ming patted him on the shoulder and said: "Donnie, don't be too sad. Now that we have reached this point, we have no way out. If we take a step back, we will be on a cliff! Forget about these troubles, tell yourself, Brother Edward met a thief and unfortunately died. Miss Fanny and her two daughters died of the plague. It was all accidents. You became the lord of Granland only because God blessed and gave the Burns family (Donny’s surname) ) left a single seedling, you originally just wanted to be a knowledgeable bachelor."

Listening to these comforting words, Downey quickly came out of the struggling state, and he kept hypnotizing himself: "Yes, accident, it's just an accident, it's not that I want to be a lord, I just want to be a bachelor. It's God's arrangement for me..."

……

the next day.

A burst of grief-stricken cries came from the corridor on the third floor of the castle.

"Fanny! What's the matter with you?"

"Avril Lavigne! Louise! My cute little baby, why aren't you moving?"

"Donnie! My ruthless son, why don't you let go of a woman and two children? Is your heart occupied by the devil? Why are you more ruthless than the devil!"

Madame Madeleine flung herself on top of one large body, two small bodies and three bodies, crying wildly. The servants around wanted to pull her away, but she grabbed her away with her hands in a frenzy, and no one dared to step forward.

"Snake Girl, why did you let Madame Madeleine come out of her room, please send Madam back to rest, Madame Madeleine is overly sad now, she needs to take a rest."

Zhou Ming walked over with his hands behind his back, and said to the Snake Girl beside him with an unhappy expression after seeing this scene.

"Lane?"

Seeing Zhou Ming, Madame Madeleine suddenly raised her head and glared at him, and suddenly rushed towards him with claws and claws. After being stopped by several servants, she still stared at him and cursed: "Devil, you The devil! It's all brought about by you, you damned devil!"

Zhou Ming didn't pay attention, and didn't even look at the three corpses on the ground, passing by with a calm face.

That's right, he was a devil, and from the moment those high-ranking nobles didn't give him the slightest chance, and tried their best to humiliate and frame him, he had already turned into a devil.

A devil that is about to devour all the nobles in this world.

It's just a little bit of interest.

……

After being "sent" back to the room by the snake girl, Mrs. Madeleine, from crying and making noises at the beginning to the calm and calm later, it only took one day, and then she began to eat and sleep normally, obeying Zhou Ming's arrangements for her such as The activities of inspecting the territory and appeasing the townspeople even publicly announced that from now on, all affairs in the territory and the castle will be handled by his son Downey.

After a week like this, seeing Zhou Ming "relaxed" her vigilance, Madame Madeleine took the opportunity to visit Baron Connor, who was getting worse and worse, and quietly stuffed an envelope into the hand of Maurice Knight in the ward. inside.

"Madame Madeleine, this..." Maurice Knight was a little embarrassed, and pushed the envelope back.

"Morris, you have served the Burns family for 13 years since you became Connor's knight squire at the age of 30. Could it be that you are not willing to help the Burns family even a little favor at the most dangerous moment? Hurry up! ! Take this letter to Baron Sean, now only you can stop that devil Downey and Ryan."

Madame Madeleine looked into Morris' eyes and said in an almost pleading tone.

"...Okay ma'am, I will take this letter to Baron Sean."

Knight Maurice quietly hid the envelope in his sleeve, and nodded to Madame Madeleine.

……

One morning three days later.

Taking advantage of the chance that the mercenaries guarding the castle gate were drunk last night, Knight Morris took a horse from the stables and asked the gatekeeper farmer to open the city gate in the name of patrolling the territory. Sen Ling galloped away.

However, just after turning over a mountain ridge, in front of a small slope, Knight Morris saw a figure who seemed to be waiting here for a long time, and his heart sank immediately.

"Cavalier Maurice, where are you going?" Sitting on a horse, Zhou Ming asked with a half-smile.

"I stayed in the castle for too long, and I want to go back to the fief to see my family." Morris explained.

"Isn't your fief in the west? What are you doing going south? Could it be that you want to go around to your fief from the south?"

"Ryan, you'd better get out of the way now, or don't blame me for being rude." Morris pulled out the long sword at his waist, not wanting to talk nonsense anymore.

"Knight Maurice, you'd better go back to the castle now and fulfill the oath of allegiance you swore in front of Master Downey yesterday. There is only one knight left in Grandland, so don't force me to do it." Zhou Ming Sincerely persuading him, he still does not want to be completely reimbursed for the only high-end force left in Grandland.

"Stop talking nonsense, get out!" Morris mobilized his horse and rushed towards him with a sword.

"Boom~"

However, before reaching Zhou Ming, the ground in front of him suddenly sank, and Morris, man and horse, fell into the pit together.

"kill!"

More than a dozen thieves with crossbows in their hands rushed out together, first sprinkled a few handfuls of lime into the pit, and then took a crossbow with strong penetrating ability, and fired dozens of bullets at Morris Knight in the pit. A crossbow bolt coated with venom.

"Puff puff puff!"

Just like that, the only Maurice Knight in the Grand Land who was decent in Zhou Ming's eyes died in the pit with his eyes wide open and unwilling.

……

After disposing of Morris and returning to the castle, Zhou Ming asked the Snake Girl to strengthen the restrictions on Madame Madeleine's activities, cutting off all possibilities of reporting to the outside world.

At this time, Baron Connor was about to run out of fuel, and the time he spent consciously awake was less than half an hour a day, and it was decreasing every day.

Zhou Ming had no choice but to hurry up and, after some discussions with Downey, drafted a will for the inheritance of the territory on a blank roll of parchment.

"My lord, Grandland cannot be without a lord for a day. Your health is about to fail. Please sign this will and hand over the territory to Master Downey."

Kneeling on one knee beside the bed, Zhou Ming, who was holding a will in his hand, spoke earnestly to Baron Connor, who was not yet conscious.

Hearing this, Baron Connor's eyes opened suddenly, and a terrifying light shot out, taking his soul away.

But this ray of light is just a flashback before the arrival of death. Baron Connor also realized this, and took the quill pen handed over by Zhou Ming with a slightly trembling hand. The handwriting was clear, and he signed himself on the will. name.

"Ly...Lynn."

"Yes, I am." Hearing Baron Connor calling himself, Zhou Ming hurried forward and put his ears close.

"Ryan, G... Grandling, it's yours, please... please... don't hurt... Hurt Donnie again, treat it as... my last request, can you answer... promise me?"

Baron Connor's intermittent words, although the sound was as weak as a mosquito's snoring, were clearly transmitted to Zhou Ming's ears.

Zhou Ming was shocked and couldn't believe it.

Although Baron Connor had barely left the hospital bed for more than three months, he had already seen through all of this in his heart.

Even, after realizing Zhou Ming's true purpose, he, who has been noble all his life, actually used the word "begging".

"Yes, Lord Baron, I assure you!" Zhou Ming nodded and said.

"Okay, okay..." Baron Connor sighed, his body relaxed, and he passed away.

So far, the small baronial territory of Grand Land has completed the final handover of two generations of lords.

(End of this chapter)