The system gave the wrong traveler

Chapter 249 - Nepotism and meritocracy

In the early morning, before dawn, a soldier guarding the city gate of Paris City was horrified to find that there were hundreds of well-equipped terrifying knights standing here running from a distance to Paris City. Ring the alarm bell.

But in the end, he was slapped severely on the back of the head by the captain, and then he heard the captain scold angrily: "What are you doing, why don't you open the city gate!"

"But."

"But what!? That's Odysseus' knight, our own army!!"

After being kicked severely by the captain, the soldier hurried to join other soldiers and opened the gate of Paris City, allowing the knights led by Odysseus to enter the city.

However, when the knights arrived here, both he and the captain suddenly found that there were two viscounts among the knights.It's just that the treatment of the two of them is completely different. One is a majestic lord riding a horse under the protection of all the knights, while the other is a prisoner who is dragged behind the horse and running hard!
It can be said that although these two have the same title, their status is very different.Territorial nobles have a much higher status than non-territorial nobles, so in Miracesa, there are often cases where lords fight against non-territorial nobles with the same title when they disagree with each other.

However, when the captain of the soldiers guarding the city saw who the viscount was being dragged away, he couldn't help being frightened and sent someone to the Earl's Mansion to inform the master of Niflheim, Nero Ca. Count Toro goes.

As for himself, he must temporarily rescue the Viscount who was being dragged away.

Boldly, he walked up to the knights, forcing them to stop.Then, he shouted loudly to the viscount who was guarded by the knights: "I am the defender of Paris City. Dare I ask Lord Odysseus, why did you come to Paris City today?"

Lu Ming, who was riding on the horse and protected by the knights, glanced at the soldier captain faintly, smiled slightly, and said to his personal guard: "Tell him what we are here for."

Immediately, one of the knights came to the captain of the defending soldier on horseback, and said, "Our lord discovered that Viscount Epius Katolo, who is in the Phaetong Warcraft Cultivation Base, is suspected of treason. , deliberately captured him, and handed it over to the Earl. If you don’t want to be imprisoned, then quickly get out of the way and let us rush to the Earl’s Mansion!"

Hearing this, the soldier turned pale with fright, and hurriedly retreated to the side of the road, letting the knights and Lu Ming head towards the Earl's Mansion.After all, treason is not a trivial matter, and even a little bit of it may lead to death without a place to hide!

In this way, Lu Ming and the knights drove their horses towards the noble district, and Epius, who had finally caught his breath, had to be dragged and ran again.

Just a few minutes later, Lu Ming and the others went straight to Nero's Earl's Mansion.

Turning off his horse, Lu Ming left most of the knights outside the Earl's Mansion, looking at Epius, while he walked into Nero's Earl's Mansion with only two personal guards.

When he came to Nero's office, he heard a pair of old men and women inside asking Nero to execute himself.

When Lu Ming heard this, he couldn't help but sneered, opened the office door, and said to Nero with a smile: "Long time no see, I wonder if the earl is okay?"

"Sit down." Nero, who had a headache from being annoyed by the old man and old lady, couldn't help sighing when he saw his friend looking at him with a look of excitement, pointing to the sofa in the room.

And when the old man and lady saw Lu Ming coming in, they didn't say anything more, they just stared at Lu Ming fiercely.

Rubbing his forehead, Nero asked Lu Ming who had just sat on the sofa with some headaches, "How did Epius offend you?"

"His grandson led someone to hurt my daughter, and his son, as a nobleman in my territory, not to mention apologizing to my daughter with his son, even fled with his family to Lake Phaethon. Tell me, what should I do?" Do it?" Lu Ming smiled and tightened his gloves, and asked Nero at the same time.

Nero did not answer, because he knew that in Miracesa, attacking the lord and the lord's family was a felony, and fleeing with his family was even more serious.As for Epius, 9 out of [-] shielded Oslika, which aroused Lu Ming's anger.

However, just because he didn't speak, it doesn't mean that the old man and the old lady won't question Lu Ming.

The two of them pointed at Lu Ming and shouted: "Is this the reason why you tortured Epias? As a lord, you should know that torturing the count's family for no reason is also a felony, right?"

Seeing the aggressive looks of those two old men and old ladies, Lu Ming asked his personal guard to hand over a ledger to Nero, and said to the two old men and old ladies with a smile: "Of course I know. However, you seem to Didn’t make it clear? The lord’s family mentioned here refers to the lord’s wife, children, and parents. Others, whether they are brothers, sisters, uncles or aunts, are not included in the legally designated family members. And you and the lord The relatives who are out of reach are not included in this list!"

Hearing this, the old man and old lady were immediately furious. If they didn't think they couldn't beat Lu Ming, maybe they would fight Lu Ming desperately, but at this moment, they could only curse angrily: "You don't know that ghost You bastard who came out of this place, do you know that you are talking to me!? Do you think that you are very capable and that Nero cannot."

"shut up!!!"

Suddenly, Nero Catolo slammed the table and roared, interrupting the old man and the old lady and startling them both.

Because of Nero's roar, the old man and old lady immediately stepped aside, not daring to say anything.The two of them were not nobles at first, but distant relatives who had some relationship with Nero. If Nero's old mother hadn't interceded and let Epius become a viscount to manage the monster breeding base on the other side of Lake Phaethon , neither of them even met Nero.So now that Epius was arrested by Lu Ming, if Nero really got angry, they wouldn't be able to eat it.

Seeing that the two old guys shut their mouths, Nero ignored them and asked Lu Ming with the ledger, "Is it true?"

"Before I came, I had interrogated the breeders of Phaethon, and their confession was almost the same as the amount in this ledger. Moreover, this ledger was written by Epius himself, and it was not written by someone else. So I can guarantee that the above What you said is true!" Lu Ming reported to Earl Nero, his boss, in a business-like manner.

Hearing this, Nero couldn't help but became furious and slammed the account book on the table!
Seeing this, the two old men and old ladies made Nero angry because of something in the ledger, but for the sake of Epius, the two of them still had the courage to say nonsense: "The ledger? What ledger? This must be Lu Ming, this soul, made it up on his own, trying to slander our family."

"shut up!!!"

However, Nero once again interrupted their words with an angry roar.

Regardless of the two useless distant relatives, Nero immediately walked out of the office, and Lu Ming naturally followed out of Nero's office.

Seeing this, the two old men and old ladies knew that something was going to happen, so they couldn't help but followed.

After leaving the office, Nero walked out of the earl's mansion and came to the knights of Odysseus.

Seeing a gesture from their lord, the knights immediately stepped back to make way for Nero.

He went straight to Epius, who was dragged behind the horse and ran all night. Nero didn't show any mercy to Epius, who was no longer human. Instead, he came up and slapped Epius on the face.

"You are weak, I trust you so much, but is this how you repay me in the end?!" Nero grabbed Epius by the collar very furiously, and asked very angrily.

Seeing this, the two old men and women couldn't help being shocked, and wanted to persuade Nero, but they didn't know why Nero was so angry with Epius.Then, the two of them heard their son Epius crying to Nero and said: "I'm sorry, I failed your trust, I didn't withstand the temptation of the elves, and put all the evolved ghosts and ghosts together. All the materials for cultivating monsters were sold to the elves."

Upon hearing this, Epias' parents couldn't help but feel dizzy and almost fainted on the ground.

Almost all the people of Mira Caesar knew that the elves of Alfa were going to fight against Mira Caesar.But at this time, their son, Epius, sold the monsters and cultivation materials in the monster breeding base to the elves of Aifa, which is undoubtedly treason!
It was an unforgivable felony, and no one could save him, so there was nothing they could do but grieve.

Looking at Epius who was crying and apologizing to himself, how could Nero not know that he wanted to soften his heart and let him go, but how could it be possible?
He didn't like relatives like Epias very much. If he wasn't worried that something might happen if he handed over an important project like the Warcraft Breeding Base to others, how could he talk about the trash like Epias?Not to mention others, even Erlica, the son of Epias, is much better than him!
Therefore, Nero will never let him go, especially when this faintness has become his own political stain.Without saying a word, he ordered: "Come on! Prepare for the gallows!"

"Yes!"

Hearing Nero's order, Lu Ming's knights and his own knights immediately mounted their horses and ran towards the security post in the city, asking the soldiers of the security post to prepare the gallows and see Viscount Epius off.

Seeing this, Epias suddenly fell to his knees on the ground and cried: "Cousin, you can't do this! I don't want to die~!"

Looking at Epius coldly, Nero snorted and said angrily: "If you do something like treason, who will die if you don't?!"

As he said that, Nero waved his hand, and the knights on both sides immediately dragged Viscount Epius away.

No matter how much he cried, Nero never looked at him again.

After Epius was dragged away, Nero turned around and led Lu Ming back to the Earl's Mansion.As for the two parents of Epius, who are about to reach more than 100 years old, they left here by themselves.

Now that the eldest son has committed such a mistake, he can no longer be saved, but he can't let out his breath.So he planned to find his daughter who was married to the Principality of Yalu to avenge Epius.It's a pity that they don't know that Yalu has declared war on Erebos now, so the two old men went to the Principality of Yalu, and they will never return, and they will definitely die!
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Back in the Earl's Mansion, just as Lu Ming sat down, Nero sat opposite him and said, "Fortunately, you found out about his treason this time, otherwise, if I was investigated during the war with Aifa, I would have Might be hanged by the Grand Duke. So, anyway, thank you."

"As long as you don't blame me." Lu Ming smiled slightly, and then said to Nero: "Phaetong's affairs are very big. If you can't handle them well, the Grand Duke will probably be furious."

"Yeah! After more than a year of cultivation, all the ghost stones that were finally bred were sold to Aifa. Besides, there are also a large number of Yongjila and Cocodora, Cocodora I was sold to Alfa. This time, I am going to be unlucky!" With a helpless smile, Nero sighed.

"The most important thing now is to replace all the people on Faethon with people you can trust. There should be no more people connected with Alfa. Otherwise, even if the Grand Duke doesn't kill you, he will let you die." Get kicked out of this seat."

"I know all this, but I don't have many people who can replace Epius. Although he has done this kind of thing, his understanding of the cultivation of monsters is undeniable. The new people sent in a short time , may not be able to do him so well."

Seeing his friend's worried face, Lu Ming couldn't help laughing, and said, "I have two people here, so it's very suitable for me to do this."

"Who?"

"Hucks Thatch and Elmi Lecord."

"Who? Usaha and Milar's brother Hux?" Nero looked at Lu Ming in surprise, a little surprised.

With a slight smile, Lu Ming explained to Nero: "Yes. Hucks couldn't survive in Paris because of Usaha, so I took him to Odysseus's Polly Phimos Village is a magical beast bred for the magic school. Elmi is the niece of the guy Artus. She escaped because she was not in Erepos at the time. It was only because I killed Artus, She's kind of hostile to me."

"Don't they both hate you? Especially that guy Hucks, but it's because of you and Usaha that they can't live in Paris City!"

"Yeah, they hate me very much. But it's not the reason why I don't use them! Moreover, Hucks and Elmi's talent for cultivating monsters is still very good. So I chose to let them be the school's Breeding monsters, and they didn't disappoint me."

After listening to Lu Ming's words, Nero frowned and thought for a while before giving an answer: "Then give me Hax. I still trust my family more than Ermi, although that The child is not my uncle’s child.”

"You still like nepotism!"

"I don't have your meritocracy."

After joking with each other, Lu Ming stood up and said to Nero: "I'll leave Epius to you. In two days, Hux will also go to Phaethon. So if there is nothing else, I will leave it to you. Go back first. After all, there is still something to do over there. Melia is also waiting for me to go back."

"Apologize to Melia for me, and say that Uncle Nero is sorry for her."

"I'd better wait for when you come to Odysseus, and then tell her yourself." Lu Ming made a joke with a smile, and then walked out of Nero's office, and brought his knights back to Odysseus. Hughes took it.

After all, Eslika and his son have been taken back to the Odysseus territory by the knights, and they can be sentenced to death just waiting for Lu Ming's ruling.

And for the lovely Melia, Lu Ming will not let them go!
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Here is the author's work.Yesterday, without realizing it, he actually labeled Nero as a distant cousin of Epius, but he was actually a cousin.So here, I apologize to everyone.

　Yesterday, without realizing it, he actually labeled Nero as a distant cousin of Epius, but he was actually a cousin.So here, I apologize to everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)