Chapter 837: Grand Duke Hypa’s illegitimate son?
At night, a group of bandits took advantage of the darkness and entered the Black Territory. However, their targets were not ordinary civilians, but went straight to the castle where Lu Xingshi was located.
Then...the whole army was wiped out.
"I have to say, you are indeed well-trained." Lu Xingshi looked at the scar-faced man at the head, and it seemed that he was not a good person.
The other party was the leader of this group of thieves. Even if he was caught, he looked unruly, with cold snorts coming from his nostrils from time to time.
"Let me go, or else..." the other party threatened.
However, Lu Xingshi threw away his hand and slapped him, which not only stopped him from speaking, but also broke his good teeth.
"I don't care what you want to say, and I don't care who is instigating you behind your back. I just want to torture you. It's that simple." Lu Xingshi said with a smile.
As soon as the other party made a move, he went straight to the castle where he was, and directly confirmed that the other party was not a bandit, but the white glove of some nobles.
It must be the perfume formula.
Lu Xingshi actually didn't expect that this group of nobles had such a narrow vision.
But this is a good thing for Lu Xingshi.
The more short-sighted one is, the higher the success rate of sowing discord.
When chaos begins to arise, he will be able to take advantage of it.
Hearing Lu Xingshi's words, the scar-faced man's face couldn't help but change. He thought about many possibilities, but he never thought that Lu Xingshi would say this.
Under normal circumstances, the other party should be angry and want to know from his mouth who is behind the scenes.
And he lightly revealed some clues about his allegiance, and then looked at the fear and uneasiness of the other party after learning the truth.
He has plenty of experience and means to deal with this kind of lucky guy who got his title through good luck.
However, he never expected that Lu Xingshi would not care who he was at all.
And he actually planned to take action, which made him panic. He actually met a stupid green man, and a cruel stupid young man at that.
Then not only will he die, but he will also be tortured before death.
"Wait, I'm following..." He said quickly, ignoring the burning pain on his face.
As a result, before he could finish speaking, Lu Xingshi slapped him again.
"No matter who you follow, drag him down and put him in a dark cell." Lu Xingshi said with a sneer.
A dark cell is similar to a solitary cell, and there is no light source.
"Stay for three days and enjoy yourself."
After Lu Xingshi finished speaking, a guard dragged him away.
Of course the other party was shouting something, but his voice was muffled and no one could understand what he was saying.
"As for you." Lu Xingshi glanced at the remaining bandits: "They are of no value, so just kill them."
"Sir Viscount, yes, we are valuable!!!" Several bandits hurriedly stood up and wanted to say something, but this action directly angered the guards, who punched and kicked them on the spot.
Overdoing it?
If they were the losers, would these bandits let them go?
It is nothing more than treating others in their own way.
"Tell me, what's the value? If you don't satisfy me, you'll be beaten to death." Lu Xingshi has never been a kind person when facing an enemy, even if the enemy is very weak.
They are all hostile, and there is no distinction between strong and weak.
"It was Grand Duke Haipa... who sent us here, and the leader is Grand Duke Haipa's illegitimate son." One of the bandits shouted while holding back the pain.
Lu Xingshi narrowed his eyes. Through a certain amount of noble knowledge, Lu Xingshi quickly knew who the Grand Duke Haipa was.
But that's all. Based on his age, this Grand Duke Haipa should be sixty.
In this world, the average lifespan of most people is around thirty. Living to this age is indeed a long life.
Although the living conditions of nobles are good, in fact...it's hard to describe.
Especially in medical treatment, there are only two most commonly used treatment methods, bloodletting and enema.
Coupled with all kinds of chaos, nine out of ten nobles will suffer from the disease.
Therefore, it is normal for nobles to die early.
"It's the one with the scarred face, right?" When Lu Xingshi heard this, he didn't pay much attention to it. He was just an illegitimate child.
Every nobleman would be embarrassed to go out if he didn't have a dozen illegitimate children, and those with more could have as many as hundreds.
The nobles didn't care whether they were biological children or someone who came here deliberately. For them, illegitimate children had no inheritance rights and were almost like slaves.
"Go down and treat the illegitimate son of Grand Duke Haipa well. If he doesn't have dementia when he comes out in three days, beat him until he becomes dementia." Lu Xingshi ordered again.
Afraid?
Not to mention the illegitimate child, even if Grand Duke Haipa’s eldest son came over, Lu Xingshi would take care of him.
"Okay, who else among you is also the illegitimate son of Grand Duke Haipa? We can enjoy life together, which is worse than death." Lu Xingshi asked again: "If not, when you die, your heads will be sent to Haipa together with your leader. In the feudal kingdom of the Grand Duke."
The faces of the bandits became more and more ugly. They never expected that Lu Xingshi would kill them even after he had told them.
Then naturally, everyone started to say dirty things. They were going to die anyway, so it was better to just curse them out.
Lu Xingshi waved his hand, and the guards dragged the bandits away, naturally going to hang them. "It's very reasonable for a Duke to covet the perfume formula." Lu Xingshi didn't think there was much wrong with it.
His understanding of the entire world is not very clear, but his understanding of the kingdom already has a certain foundation.
Regardless of the fact that the other party is a duke, his actual living standard is not as good as that of an ordinary modern family.
Another thing is that the other party would not dare to retaliate against him openly for this kind of behavior.
The nobility is a system of interests, and at most they can only use some secret means to exclude and frame them.
If troops were to be sent over openly, there wouldn't be only one Duke in the kingdom, Grand Duke Hypa.
He also has a mortal enemy.
After all, the title of Duke represents huge power and interests, so naturally some people want to tear a piece of flesh from him.
Therefore, nobles are not as tall as imagined, but more like enlarged versions of profiteers.
"Now that we know who it is, let him not dare to mess with me." Lu Xingshi's idea was very simple. He directly threw the tortured and crazy Scarface and the heads of the other bandits back to the Haipa Principality.
The duke's territory is called a principality, and the following territories are based on title and territory. Just like Lu Xingshi's Black Earth Territory is a viscounty territory in the hierarchy, so it is also called Langton Territory.
As for saying that if he does this, he will anger Grand Duke Haipa and then fight him to the death?
The other party came here to take his life. Even if he didn't kill him and still sent him back respectfully, would the other party let him go?
How is that possible? I will just think you are cowardly and continue to do it.
Furthermore, the other party's behavior was equivalent to the fact that this matter could not end until Lu Xingshi died. He had already continued to die, and it didn't matter whether he was irritated or not.
Lu Xingshi not only wants to anger the other party, but also provokes the other party.
"Sir, I'm afraid this matter is troublesome. The power of Grand Duke Haipa is not something that our Langton family can afford." The butler said with a worried face.
"Duke Haipa? What Duke Haipa?"
"You believe what the bandits say." Lu Xingshi said disdainfully.
"After the bandit leader is tortured to the point of madness, bring him the dead bandit heads and send them to the Principality of Haipa."
Lu Xingshi said without hesitation.
This made the housekeeper's eyes almost pop out of his head. The murderer's illegitimate son has already been offended. You are afraid that the offending is not severe enough.
"Doing this will anger Grand Duke Haipa. Sir, you need to be careful..." the housekeeper said quickly.
"Even if you don't do this, will Haipa Grand Council let the Langton family go?" Lu Xingshi asked in return.
When the housekeeper heard this, he was silent. He was not stupid, he just didn't know much.
If it were him, he really wouldn't let it go.
"That can't be so radical. We can..." The housekeeper was speechless for a moment.
There really wasn't anything they could do.
Fortunately, the Principality of Haipa was not close to their Black Territory at all. After the death of an illegitimate child who was used as a white glove, they would definitely not use such brutal methods directly in the future.
Instead, they will use other means to target him, such as buying off the nobles around the Black Earth Territory and asking them to target Lu Xingshi together.
Yet this was exactly the result he wanted.
The local chaos continues to expand into the entire chaos.
Just like when the princes and generals were convinced, rebellions began in various places.
Grand Duke Hypa is not invincible in the kingdom. If he plans to target him, other Grand Dukes will inevitably counterattack.
When the chaos expands, Lu Xingshi will be able to fish in troubled waters.
As for the other party, he became so angry that he directly led his army to the border to kill him.
If he does this, all the nobles will join forces to resist, and even the royal family will take this opportunity to suppress him.
It is absolutely unacceptable for a majestic grand duke of the kingdom to break up like this in order to deal with a viscount and bully a small one.
If Grand Duke Haipa was smart enough, he would not have gone to this point, and even the target would be hidden in the thick of things.
"By the way, you asked someone to send the perfume formula of Hymn to the Blue Sea to the royal family, and just say that this is the last perfume formula."
"He said that he wanted to change back to the original version of the "Earth Elemental Breathing Technique" and then tell them that we caught a bandit leader who claimed to be the illegitimate son of Grand Duke Haipa."
"If they are willing to return the breathing method, you can take it."
"If you don't want to, just change it to white rock potion." Lu Xingshi didn't mind the big deal.
He brought this matter directly to the royal family.
Of course, the royal family may not necessarily stand up to him, but it will definitely cause trouble for Grand Duke Haipa.
The royal family does not care about the life and death of Lu Xingshi, Viscount Langton, but they do care about the hen that lays golden eggs for the perfume monopoly.
In the eyes of the royal family, what the other party did was no less than an attempt to break the monopoly and cut off their financial resources. How could the royal family tolerate this?
The butler's eyes widened even more. With Lu Xingshi's behavior, he could naturally understand what he wanted to do.
However, he did not refute, which was rare and normal. At least it was more normal and reasonable than angering Grand Duke Haipa before.
In his opinion, Lu Xingshi was seeking asylum from the royal family.
(End of chapter)