Law of the Devil

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Chapter 279 [Boat] (seeking a monthly pass~)

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Chapter 279 [Boat]

Dozens of military short crossbows, this kind of short crossbow is not equipped by ordinary troops, only the elite of the main battle armies of the empire, or the elite of the Royal Forest Army.

This kind of short crossbow is fired with a mechanical noose, and it can shoot through the armor of soldiers in twenty steps. Known as "armor-piercing arrows", each one costs a lot of money, and only a person like Du Wei can equip all the guards around him with such a powerful weapon. These prairie people are nothing but a mob, not to mention armor, it is very rare to be able to have a piece of leather armor on board, most of them are just wearing leather robes and jackets.

Moreover, Du Wei was even more ruthless. He quietly ordered to modify the arrows of the short crossbows equipped by his subordinates, and designed the arrows into a triangular shape. , the person being shot will also bleed more, and it is extremely difficult to suture afterwards!

Du Wei's order to let go of killing people, these guards of the Tulip family will not be relentless!

After a short crossbow volley, half of the prairie people fell down. Seeing the opponent shoot short crossbows, and the companions around them were shot to the end one after another, these prairie talents turned from panic to resistance, and they finally understood: These Roland people are going to attack ruthlessly!

The prairie people howled loudly. Most of these prairie people were vicious people. Seeing helplessness, they waved their scimitars and rushed towards the guards of the Tulip family. At this time, most people made up their minds, only Fight to the death. Only then might there be a way out!

It's a pity that they were so dazed just now, and the distance of about twenty steps was enough for the guards of Tulip's family to complete the second volley!

The salvo of the second Lundu crossbow left less than half of the prairie people still standing. Most of those shot by the arrows fell, and if some did not die, they fell down bleeding and moaning in a low voice.

The guards dropped the short crossbow together. Everyone drew their swords and rushed towards the remaining prairie people!

Although these prairie people are vicious, they are not regular troops after all. It's just some mob, how can they beat Du Wei's guards? Many of these guards have the official rank of imperial warriors, even if they are dealing with ordinary soldiers, one can fight several!

Thirty guards rushed into the crowd of prairie people, swiping their swords and slashing without leaving any room. These prairie people originally wanted to rely on their fierceness to fight for a chance of survival, but soon they were desperate. The guards of the Tulip family are like chopping melons and vegetables. Blood and flesh flew across the crowd.

In less than a cup of tea, there was no prairie man standing on the deck!

None of the thirty guards died, but everyone was covered in blood. Du Wei was still standing on the second deck, squinting his eyes, with a soft face.

The river transport officer next to him had never seen such a bloody scene in his life. After all, he was just an official in a small town. How could he have seen so many people die in a short while? What's more, these guards of the Tulip family are like lunatics, and they are ruthless. He slashed and slashed, and just now he saw two severed arms of prairie people flying over, and some flesh and blood splashed on the railing of the second deck.

The river transport officer's face was pale, and he was about to vomit. Du Wei seemed to have a contented expression on his face.

Some of the guards of the Tulip family were selected from the veterans who had experienced the battle of Giliat City. Many people stood on the top of the city that day and saw the brutality of the prairie people. Cut off the heads of his dead colleagues and turn them into human head frames. How could these people be soft on the prairie people when they took action?

Blood flowed like rivers on the deck, broken arms and stumps were everywhere, and some prairie people who were hit by an arrow just now and survived for a while, rolling on the ground in pain, now don't care about crying out for pain, some people have already tried their best to tear apart His voice begged for mercy.

But these guards faithfully carried out Du Wei's orders! Several guards carried their swords and walked back and forth among the corpses lying everywhere, no matter whether they were alive or dead, each of them made up a sword! Then cut off the head!

The river transport official was frightened out of his wits, so he couldn't help but whispered: "Duke, Mr. Duke... this. They are all dead, so there is no need... no need to cut it off..."

Du Wei didn't answer. Just smiled, and Lao Yan said coldly from the side: "Mr. He Yun, you don't know that building human head towers is a favorite custom of grassland people! If you want to object, you can go down and ask my brothers, among them Many people, their brothers and friends were built into human head towers by the prairie people!".

When the river transport officer heard this, he quickly shut his mouth.

At this time, there was a sound of plopping into the water. Du Wei thought it was some prairie man who was dying and jumped into the river to escape, but someone from below reported it immediately.

It was the sheriff who had been down there all the time, seeing such a bloody massacre, he was so frightened out of his wits, his feet went limp, and he fell into the river.

Du Wei smiled disdainfully, and then asked people to go down to rescue the security officer, patted the shoulder of the river transport official beside him, and said with a smile: "Okay, the smell of blood here is too pungent, you and I went to the cabin to talk."

"No...no need." Officer He Yun took a few deep breaths, and then said solemnly: "My lord, this incident happened here... Well, there are still two or three prairie people's business groups in the town. These prairie people are the most It's a group, once I hear the news here, I'm worried that they will start a fight..."

With the same eyebrows, Du Wei said with a faint smile, "Oh? Is that so."

Then Du Wei yelled at Lao Yan: "You take half of the brothers yourself, and disembark with the river transport officer to the town to help him deal with the matter. If any prairie people dare to provoke and make trouble, you know what to do."

"I know." Lao Yan's cold voice made the river transport officer beside him tremble: "If someone makes trouble, we just let go and kill people!"

"Very good, go." Du Wei nodded.

The river transport official suddenly felt that his legs weighed a thousand catties. I couldn't help praying in my heart, I just hope that those prairie merchants should be honest and peaceful, otherwise... something big is going to happen in this town today! If these Duke Tulip's subordinates killed several grassland business groups in one go in the town, then... Goddess of Light blesses them, so that these grassland barbarians can understand a little...

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Du Wei's subordinates were very efficient in doing things, and it took less than an hour. All the heads of the prairie people were chopped off, and Du Wei made people stand on the pier. Several tall wooden stakes were erected, and all the heads were pierced on the sharp wooden stakes, turning into several adult head frames.

This incident has already spread throughout the port and the town, and all the people watching the excitement around have been frightened by this bloody scene. No one thought that this noble gentleman would be so ruthless. Hundreds of living people, said to kill Just kill! Killing doesn't count. They even chopped off their heads and hung them on the pier to demonstrate!

How many people inquired about Du Wei's background, and some of them were close. When they saw the tulip flag on Du Wei's boat, they immediately understood it, secretly saying that it's no wonder! I'm afraid that only the young Duke would dare to do this to these prairie barbarians.

And the prayer of the river transport official seemed to have worked. The other two or three members of the prairie caravan in the town had heard the news, and there were some who wanted to draw their swords and fight desperately when their brains got hot. But then he saw that Lao Yan was fully armed. The murderous guards came over, and many of the armors on the guards were still stained with blood, so they didn't scrub it off on purpose.

Dozens of bloody and murderous guys lined up to surround them. Grassland people were originally bullying and fearing hard. I heard that more than 100 people in a business group were killed. The other party was Duke Tulip, whom the prairie people feared the most. Immediately, everyone lost the will to resist, and stayed in their own camp obediently, not daring to make trouble at all. Some quietly sent people to the pier to inquire about the news. The people who came back mentioned that there were hundreds of human heads rolling on the pier, and the head frame was built. Speaking of the scene, everyone of these prairie barbarians changed color. My guts broke. Absolutely dare not make trouble again.

After Du Wei killed him like this, he was in the port town of Mingfan. The prairie people no longer dared to provoke and make trouble, and such a scene inspired the courage of many imperial business groups. Occasionally, they dared to fight loudly with the people in the prairie, and often pointed at the pier in the end. With a straight chest, he said loudly: "Last time, a whole hundred heads were cut off and hung there! Don't you want to be one hundred and one!"

Often when this is said, the grassland people dare not play helpless anymore.

After such an incident, the law and order of Mingfan Port has been improved. The people in the town, the river transport workers on the wharf and the caravan, everyone is grateful for the Duke of Tulip. Although they all felt that the Duke was cruel and ruthless, it was truly terrifying. But the more this happened, the more I felt full of awe for this fierce Lord Duke.

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After killing so many people, Du Wei left immediately. It took half a day to get people to clean up the corpses, and to wash the blood on the boat with the river water. Moreover, the matter is done by oneself, if one leaves, the river transport officials here will be out of luck. After all, Du Wei is not the kind of person who does things regardless of the consequences. When he is happy with himself, there is no need to ruin the career prospects of others. After the river transport official wrote the report, Du Wei read it and signed his name below. In this way, the matter was reported to the top, and the officials above knew what to do when they saw their signatures. No one dares to embarrass this river transport official. .

As for the sheriff, Du Wei didn't bother to care about that guy. Judging from today's performance, this guy is a sheriff, although he is low-level, he can be regarded as an official military officer of the empire with a high level! But when facing the prairie people, he was weak and incompetent. In the end, the dignified military officer of the empire was so scared that he fell into the river!

As a military officer, Du Wei wouldn't protect him if he was such an idiot! It's better to be withdrawn!

In this way, after staying in Mingfan Port for another day, Du Wei's boat hoisted its sails.

When they got out of the dock, they had to wait in line on the berth, but when other ships saw Du Wei's flag, they immediately turned around and let out of the river. After entering the canal, other merchant ships saw Du Wei from afar. Wei's boats all voluntarily backed down.

The sailors below reported to Du Wei, and Du Wei knew about it. This is all because of the massacre I did yesterday, which made these imperial merchants who have suffered enough from the grassland people very happy. This is the meaning of these merchant ships expressing their gratitude and respect to themselves.

"Your order yesterday is different from your human customs as far as I know."

On the deck, against the gentle wind, Queen Medusa and Du Wei stood side by side. She asked her question in a low voice.

"Well. Say." Du Wei smiled.

"According to what I know, most of you humans believe in the Goddess of Light. The teachings of the Goddess of Light are mainly about forgiveness and kindness. Violent actions are not advocated. Well, and, I also heard that a philosopher among you humans said a famous saying 'violence' It can’t solve all problems’, can’t it? But yesterday, you directly adopted the most violent and bloody method to solve the problem. I always feel that you are like the description of human nature in those books I know , makes a big difference."

Du Wei pondered for a while. Then she smiled and said, "Okay, dear Miss Nicole, then we will continue to attend class today."

Looking around, he suddenly saw a small boat moored on the shore not far away. That boat was different from other cargo ships and merchant ships on this river. Looking from a distance, the sails of the ship are actually brightly colored, and there are faint and laughing voices coming from the ship, besides. The ship was very full, and there were not sailors standing on the deck, but several gorgeously dressed women. Outside the cabin, there was a faint smell of strong aroma and alcohol.

"There is a boat in that place." Du Wei pointed to the distance. Then he smiled and said, "Although you don't need to see it with your eyes, I know that with your mental power, you can sense what it looks like?"

"Yes." Medusa replied.

"Then, let me tell you, that boat is not a serious place. To be precise, it is a distillery on the river. These merchant ships and sailors on board walk on the water all year round, and the life on board is the most boring. These grown men have no place to blow off. After a long time, they always need to have some fun. And this kind of boat. It's the most popular on the water."

As he said that, Du Wei casually looked at the deck of his ship. Sure enough, several sailors couldn't help but look to that place, and their faces could not help showing yearning expressions.

"The jiyuan?" Medusa frowned slightly: "Where is the jiyuan? It's not mentioned in the books I know."

Du Wei laughed: "You know the books are all read to you by my fiancée. Hehe... That little girl is so shy herself, how could she read this kind of thing to you? Besides, we humans Most of the books in the book only talk about some sanctimonious things, and such things are generally rarely recorded in books and documents. "

"You don't have to laugh at me, what is this place?"

"A brothel is a place where men find women." Du Wei said calmly: "Men always want to vent their desires, but these women rely on their bodies to make money. It can be regarded as an exchange."

"You mean... **?" The word Medusa said made Du Wei a little speechless. However, he gave a wry smile and replied, "Well... that's right, it's **."

On Medusa's originally calm and indifferent face, a faint blush could not help but appear. This trace of blush was already extremely rare on Medusa's face, who had always had an expressionless expression. Although her previous appearance was beautiful, it always made people feel a little less human. The "beautiful" appearance made people feel breathless.

But now, there was a blush on the cheeks, and her beauty immediately increased, but the intimidating edge was softened a lot. .

She was originally the most beautiful among the most beautiful, and compared with Mrs. Liszt's level of calamity for the country and the people. Du Wei, who was close at hand, was stunned by such a shy appearance at this moment.

Her cheeks were flushed, Medusa frowned, her expression was slightly disgusted, and then she said in a low voice: "But... I heard that in your human books, one of the biggest differences between you and beasts is that you For the sublime of things like sex. The desire of beasts is blind and innocent. But you humans... often have physical contact because of love, isn't it like this? But you can spend money **...What about love? I remember it was written in your human books that money cannot buy love.”

After hearing this. Du Wei, however, seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, and couldn't help but let go of his throat and burst out laughing.

God, the simplicity of this Queen Medusa is really comparable to our little stutterer!

"Okay, my respected Miss Nicole, I have to say, you have been deceived by the book again." Du Wei saw that Medusa was a little uncomfortable being laughed at by himself. He hurriedly said: "I remember that I said long ago that human beings are complicated. Then let me tell you. Humans are the most duplicity race in the world! Humans often set a very lofty moral standard, and then put These things are written in books to flaunt themselves... But most people in the world cannot live up to that kind of seemingly lofty moral standards! This is what it means to say one thing and do another."

"You mean... to lie?"

"Yes, it's lying." Du Wei replied without concealment: "Dear Miss Nicole, I know, you must not like lying. But I have to tell you clearly. Humans are born to be a race that is good at lying. Moreover, most people can lie. Lying is also one of the skills that must be possessed to survive in the human world! If you want to blend into this world and become a real human being, then whether you like it or not, you will sooner or later You must learn to lie! Otherwise..." Du Wei said with a faint smile: "No matter how strong you are, sooner or later, you will die ugly. In this world, people who can't lie are very Difficult to survive.”

Although these words are a bit extreme, but I have to say that they are indeed wise words. human world. That's the way it is.

However, Du Wei has overlooked an extremely important thing at this moment!

Queen Medusa was originally a very simple blank sheet of paper! ! There are still large gaps in her understanding of human nature. Just like a newborn baby! She learns what you teach her!

And Du Wei, a guy with some evil thoughts, instilled these dark "truths" into a "blank paper"... It was tantamount to shaping Queen Medusa's "personality" step by step!

Although Du Wei is smart, he is not a qualified educator. He blindly told this "blank paper" about the evil and ugly dark things among human beings. In the future, what kind of human nature this Queen Medusa will be shaped by him is really interesting. !

At this moment, Du Wei naturally didn't think so much, just smiled lightly. Finally made a summary.

He pointed to the chicken boat in the distance. He smiled and said, "Look at this chicken boat, and think about how I killed so many people at the pier yesterday."

paused. Du Wei took a deep breath and said lightly: "Money cannot buy love, but it can buy women!! Violence cannot solve all problems, but it is often the most effective and direct solution."

Queen Medusa was contemplating, and the expression on her face made it impossible to guess what Her Majesty the Queen was thinking at this moment.

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After two days on the river, the boat stopped at a small port on the way to replenish food and fresh water. But the ship had just landed, and to Du Wei's surprise, there were already local officials waiting on the port.

It turned out that the news of Du Wei's riot in Mingfan Harbor had already been spread, and the news had already been spread layer by layer by horses on Lu ground. It's just that the boat moved slowly on the river, and the Duwei people didn't arrive, but the news had already arrived.

Duke Tulip's ship is moored here, and the local officials of the local port town dare not neglect. Du Wei originally didn't bother to pay attention to the flattery of these local officials, so he wanted to stay behind closed doors and just stay on the boat.

But the people below came to report that the local officials in the town had important matters and asked to see him. Du Wei reluctantly agreed to let the mayor come in. .

The mayor met Du Wei, and after saluting respectfully, he said one thing.

This matter is not too difficult, but when he said it, he was very cautious, for fear of offending the Duke.

"What did you say? Someone wants to take my boat to the imperial capital?" Du Wei smiled.

"Yes, it is Lord Maximus, the chief bishop of the North Central Diocese of the Temple of Light, and his entourage." The mayor smiled wryly: "My lord, the thing is like this, Archbishop Maximus and his entourage, from the North Central Diocese I rushed to the imperial capital to participate in the year-end ceremony. It’s a pity that you also know it. In this damn season, it’s really hard to find a boat on the river. Originally, Archbishop Maximus had his own boat, but it’s a pity that the damn boat Suddenly, it broke down, and the archbishop and his party were stopped on the road. Now they have abandoned the ship and landed, and they are heading to our town along the way. The order given to me is. Let me no matter what, within a day Inside. A boat was dispatched at the pier so that the archbishop could go to the imperial capital by boat. It is absolutely not allowed to delay the bishop's itinerary. Dear Duke, this order came directly from the governor's mansion of this province. You know, Our Lord Governor is a devout believer."

"So you chose my boat?" Du Wei smiled.

The mayor was in a cold sweat, and he looked like he was about to cry, and he almost knelt down: "My lord... I am at a loss. I don't know which **** bastard told this order to those on the pier in advance." Guy. As a result, several merchant ships that were originally moored at the pier, after hearing the news, were afraid of being caught, and immediately lifted anchor and ran away! The remaining boats were too small, and the bishop brought a lot of entourage and salutes. It can't fit...the only big boat here is you..."

Speaking of this, the mayor muttered angrily: "Those unscrupulous businessmen actually refused to let the archbishop take a boat and ran away. These guys who don't respect the gods, next time they come here, I will definitely give them something to eat." eat. "

After hearing this, Du Wei immediately understood in his heart that those businessmen who ran away naturally refused to carry the bishop and his party!

The cargo on the ship is full. There must be quite a few of the Bishop and his party! If you want to take a boat. It must be necessary to move the goods out to make room for the Bishop and his party. In this way, the merchant himself will of course suffer losses. Merchants value profit the most. In front of profit, who cares about being godless? Besides, the people in these temples will never pay any compensation. For them, devotion to the gods is a matter of course.

Du Wei is not a stingy person either. Although he didn't like the temple, he didn't want to offend the temple.

The archbishop of a diocese is in the Temple of Light on the mainland of Roland. He is already a very powerful person! The Temple of Light divided the Roland Continent into eight dioceses. Each diocese has an archbishop with four vicars. Responsible for all the religious affairs of a parish, including collecting taxes, appeasing believers, managing the property of the temple, and preaching teachings, etc.

Speaking of it, it is almost equivalent to being a "governor" under the temple!

Moreover, judging from the territory controlled by a diocesan archbishop, it is much larger than the governor of the empire. After all, a governor is just in charge of a province. According to the division of the temple, more than 40 provinces of the empire were divided into eight parishes, equivalent to one parish covering three to five provinces.

The important thing is that these archbishops, as the directors of the temple's academic affairs, not only control the collection of taxes and the property under the name of the temple... but also their own military power!

The holy knights of the temple are stationed in various parishes, and each parish has about a few thousand knights.

With its own finances and military power, what is the difference between this "archbishop" and the governor of the empire? Moreover, the power is greater, the status is more serious, and there is more!

The most important thing is that according to the tradition of the Temple of Light, the archbishop of each diocese is the real core figure in the temple. After the death of each pope, if a new pope is to be established, one of the archbishops of the eight dioceses of the empire will be selected to succeed the pope!

When selecting, the public standard is to list the achievements of each archbishop during his tenure in the local diocese, including tax revenue, enlightenment of believers, number of new believers, and so on.

In other words, the archbishop who asked to take his own boat back to the imperial capital. Regardless of his political achievements or his status in the temple. At least in name, he is also one of the future Pope's successors! .

The name alone is enough to make people awe-inspiring.

Although Du Wei was unwilling to deal with this kind of person, he didn't want to offend him either. So, after thinking about it, he agreed to the mayor: "Okay, anyway, I still have a lot of empty space on the ship. When will the bishop arrive?"

"It should be tomorrow morning." The mayor breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly replied: "After Archbishop Maximus' ship broke down, they have abandoned the ship and are coming ashore in a carriage, and they will definitely arrive here tomorrow morning. "

"Then, I will stay here for a day and wait for the archbishop to arrive."

After beating the mayor away, Du Wei sighed.

After all, the mayor asked himself, if he refused, then this matter would definitely reach the ears of the archbishop. Can't offend people.

Besides, although I am afraid of the temple, at least Hussein, the most wanted criminal, is not around now, and I have no reason to be afraid.

As long as... Du Wei touched his head.

He is used to long, long and thick hair, which covers the little devil horn on his head, and Du Wei specially designed a shape for himself, making the hair on his head even thicker layer.

Moreover, at worst, I will wear a magician's robe and a magician's hat tomorrow! Humph, an archbishop can't come and pull off my hat to check my head.

(Spitting blood and asking for a monthly pass!!!)

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