Codex Pirates

Chapter 157 The Frog at the Bottom of the Well

Because the person who died happened to be the nobleman who suggested poisoning William, this made other people inevitably have some bad associations, but they didn't have any evidence, they just suspected.

William glanced at the questioning nobleman, ignored him at all, moved a chair directly, sat across from everyone, and asked lightly: "Are you still worried about where I am going now? You shouldn't be concerned about your own situation. Is it? No wonder there are a bunch of people huddling together, but Arcadio will drag them out one by one and kill them like pigs!"

A group of nobles were furious when they heard the words, and one of them scolded angrily: "If it weren't for the help of you and Crowe, two despicable and shameless villains, how could Arcadio push us into this situation?"

"Crow and I are indeed villains, but we also know how to reciprocate kindness. Earl Arcadio supports us. Don't we help him, help you?"

"Okay." Earl Rild stopped the subordinates who wanted to say anything, to prevent the further intensification of the conflict between the two sides.

"Captain Stolt, I have called you here this time to ask whether you and your people belong to the armed forces of the Navia Kingdom or Arcadio's private armed forces."

William said: "Of course it belongs to the Kingdom of Navia."

"In this case, I hope that you will put the country's affairs first."

"How do you say that?" William sneered, "His Majesty the King has a lot of trust in Count Arcadio, and I am only following His Majesty's wishes."

"Your Majesty is sometimes deceived by others. Only then can you see who is truly loyal to state affairs." When Earl Reard was speaking, he winked at a nobleman at the edge of the crowd, and the man walked slowly. Move to the corner.

William has practiced swords for many years, with eyes in all directions and ears in all directions, he naturally noticed the movements of the two of them, the corners of his mouth tugged, revealing a sarcasm smile: "You have said so much, but you want me to abandon Arcadio, and even directly Standing on your side, the question is why should I do this, relying on your righteous empty words? Arcadio’s words would not violate peace.”

"What do you want?" Earl Rild held back his anger.

"I want the command of other standing armies of the kingdom." William Lion said loudly.

Earl Rild flatly refused: "This is impossible, the command of the kingdom's standing army can only be controlled by real nobles!"

William curled his lips. It seems that these nobles are not all fools, but because the class has solidified, there are too many people who are divorced from reality. After experiencing this incident, these nobles have a long memory and begin to understand the importance of force .

"Then I want the liquor franchise!"

Earl Rield finally couldn't bear it anymore. In his opinion, William had no sincerity in negotiating, nor did he have due respect for these real nobles.

With a wave of his hand, a nobleman who did not know when he came to the corner pulled a pull rope. William had outstanding hearing, and could faintly hear the sound of a bell coming from the outside world.

Earl Reid stared at the expressionless William with a stern face. As time passed, there was no movement inside or outside the house. A sarcastic smile appeared on his face.

The noble standing in the corner was in a hurry and pulled the rope again and again. The bell on the other end of the rope shook even more urgently, but the whole room was still silent.

...

In a room not far from the conference room, Edmund was wiping the ribs he carried with him with a piece of buckskin.

He threw the blood-stained deerskin on the ground, and at his feet were already covered with blood-stained guards.

The door was gently opened from the outside, and Edmond looked back, only to see Aramis approaching.

"I thought you were still entangled with that maid." Edmund grinned.

Aramis raised her eyebrows: "I knocked her unconscious and threw her into a corner where no one was around."

At this time, Edmund had already looked at the bell hanging in the corner of the room. It had been ringing non-stop since the very beginning. Edmund felt agitated, so he stepped forward and pulled the bell off.

The room was finally quiet. Edmond looked at the bell, then at the guards on the ground, and commented disdainfully: "These nobles are really a bunch of frogs in a well. They think they can subdue William with such a waste?"

"For hundreds of years, as long as the background is good enough, you can eat and drink well, even if there are smart people, they will be made into stupid pigs," Aramis said with a smile: "Besides, they are enemies, the more stupid the better for us, isn't it? "

...

When half a day passed and there was still no response from outside the house, Earl Rild's expression finally changed, and he could no longer pretend to be confident. He looked at William with a playful smile on his face: "You, what did you do? ?”

"Do you think that just arranging a few random people can threaten me as long as there are enough people?" William stood up, and this simple movement actually scared Earl Rild back, and some standing nobles also retreated involuntarily. two steps.

"I think you haven't recognized the situation clearly, so you are still deciding your identity in front of me," William straightened the hem of his jacket, and said slowly, "I am indeed a villain, so I put my best interests first, and I will see you soon Arcadio, you two, I will help whoever bids the most, you should think carefully about it."

"Also," before going out, William stopped and said, "in case you pigs can't think clearly, I warn you, it's best not to use any crazy brains before getting my consent. The slum area is now a Gunpowder keg, as long as someone adds fire, the aristocratic district will be captured by angry poor people, and you will be lucky if you die at that time."

"In addition, the law and order in the slum area is not good recently. I am short of manpower, and I may not be able to protect the noble area well. If you want to make small moves, don't blame me for not reminding you, be careful that your head will be taken off at night."

boom!

The door was slammed shut by William, and all the nobles in the room opened their eyes wide at the same time, as if they hadn't recovered from William's threatening words.

"He, he...," a nobleman pointed at the door dumbfounded, "He talks like that, he dares to talk like that!"

"Arcadio, that bastard, who has he brought among us?"

Earl Rild didn't speak. He waited for a while, then opened the door and walked out. Seeing this, the other nobles quickly followed, wanting to see what he was going to do.

Earl Reid went all the way to the door of the guard he had arranged before, and pushed the door open.

The room was like a slaughterhouse, the ground was full of corpses, the carpet was soaked red by the pooled blood, stumps and broken arms were everywhere, some hung on the wall, and some fell on the chairs.

After a group of nobles followed through the open door and saw the situation inside the house, several of them vomited out on the spot, others were also pale, and Earl Reard was even more pale.