The 69th Tavern Blood Case

  "What did you say?" the boss exclaimed in alarm.

  The poor Taoist turned his head and didn't bother to reason with him! One of the guards behind me naturally understood my intention and announced my identity: "This is Long Family's Fifth Young Master, who has been conferred as a First-Class Baron of the Kingdom by His Majesty the King, with the entire province of Bolaizi as his fief!"

  What! The people in the tavern were all shocked and murmured! The boss's face also turned green immediately. According to the kingdom's law, if the vassals on the fief dare to insult their lord, the lord has the right to dispose of them freely, from beheading to confiscating property, it's up to me!

  At this time, a waiter came running over and whispered a few words in the boss's ear. With his keen ears, he still heard the content, "Boss, we are surrounded by at least 1,000 crazy warriors outside!"

  The boss's face turned pale and he quickly knelt down, saying: "Lord, I was momentarily confused earlier! Please spare me!"

  "Do you know what's wrong?"

  "I know! I really know!"

  "Good! Now I ask you, how many slaves are there here?"

  "This!" He was still hesitating

  "Hurry up and speak! Are you looking for death?" The poor Taoist angrily said

  "There are still a few, all of which were unsold before!" He hastily said: "I am willing to present them to you immediately!"

  "Who else has it in their hands? Don't think you can fool me, that's asking for death!" I asked the people present.

  "I still have some! But I don't want to give it to you! Can the lord take things by force?" The leader from just now said to me, looks like he's not very satisfied with my attitude! Guess I'll just have to satisfy him then!"

  "Yes! We also have it, but don't want to give!" Some people started echoing

  I was too lazy to bother with those who wanted to die, but I found the boss kneeling on the ground winking and making eyes at them, sending secret signals. When he saw me staring at him, he quickly stopped and knelt honestly, how ridiculous!

  "Let me tell you something!" The poor way spoke, and they all shut up. "I now exercise the rights granted to me by His Majesty the King as the Lord, and formally promulgate my first decree since becoming the Lord - the Decree of Equality for All Beings!"

  After finishing, the poor Taoist gave them a cold glance. Seeing that they were all shocked by my words, he continued to say with satisfaction: "From now on, in my territory, all alien races will enjoy the same rights as humans. No one is allowed to capture them as slaves. Those who violate this rule will be killed without pardon!"

  The words full of killing intent stunned them for a moment, and after a while, the leader said: "Lord, you are clearly trying to take away our livelihood!"

  "Heh heh! What's up?"

  "Sir, you must leave us some way out? We were disrespectful to you just now, we are willing to offer all the slaves as an apology, and we are willing to pay the slave tax to you in the future, what do you think?"

  "Firstly, the slaves you mentioned have already been declared free by me, so it's none of your business. Secondly, don't you ever ask around, when did I, Long Wu, ever lack this small amount of money?" The poor monk said disdainfully.

  "Haha! You don't let us live, so don't blame us for being impolite! Brothers! The heavens are high and the emperor is far away, kill this damn leader and we won't have any more troubles!" He first drew out his sword.

  "Right! Kill him!"

  "How dare you be so reckless with just this few people!"

  At that moment, sixty or seventy people stood up, and some of them retreated far away, indicating that they would not help either side. Soon, they divided into two groups, with those sixty or seventy people rushing towards me under the leadership of that young man!

  "Hah! Finally some good show to watch!" The poor Taoist shouted with excitement

  Just as neutral people were suspecting that I had gone crazy, my super luxurious bodyguard team made a stunning appearance. A Sword Saint, a pseudo-Sword Saint, and eight Golden Warriors joined forces, creating an extremely rare sight. Ten terrifying golden auras flashed chaotically in the crowd, and for a moment, only severed limbs and flying blood were seen. The battle ended in just tens of seconds. Dozens of sturdy men turned into corpses, no, they should be called chunks of flesh, without even leaving intact bodies. The ground was dyed red with fresh blood, with pieces of rotten meat scattered everywhere. Xian Ya didn't even have the chance to add a supporting spell before it ended, but she immediately vomited and fainted after just two heaves. I quickly supported her, complaining: "Can't you be more civilized? Don't you know there's a lady present? It's over, I reckon she'll have nightmares for a year this time!"

  "Heh heh! Got a bit too excited and forgot!" Carlo scratched his head in embarrassment, saying pitifully: "It's all their fault for not being able to withstand a beating, I haven't even warmed up yet? We've only exchanged two moves in total!"

  "Damn it! You're still not satisfied? Look at you, you've already killed more than half of them!" Old Ma said in a loud and discontented tone: "If I hadn't dodged quickly, your two 'Reincarnation Slashes' almost cut me down too!"

  I also saw it, Carro is indeed the Sword Saint. His "Reincarnation Slash" is a move that instantly rotates his sword around his body from top to bottom five times in one go. The tip of his sword has a blade made up of aura over five feet long, so when he uses this move, anyone within an eight or nine foot radius around him is cut into pieces, and it's always fatal. No choice, who let his aura be so strong? Just now, he quickly charged into the crowd and used two consecutive slashes, killing about 40 people. Only Old Ma's speed could barely keep up with him, but he was almost injured by Carro's "Reincarnation Slash". When he dodged in a sorry state, the battle had already ended. Old Ma only managed to use one move, killing two or three small fries, of course, it wasn't satisfying!

  "Haha! Mistake! Mistake!" Carro laughed and said, "Besides, even if I use my full strength to slash 'Wheel of Rebirth', it wouldn't hurt you anyway?"

  "Hmm!" The old horse couldn't help it and just hummed in agreement.

  At this time, the guards outside also heard the sound and came in. I ordered someone to carry Xianya back to the carriage, then turned to the frightened boss and neutral mercenaries: "They intended to attack the lord, a crime punishable by death, did you all see that?"

  "Look at them, they're going to die!" The boss hastily said

  "Alright, you can rest assured that I have no grudge against mercenaries! Although slave-catching is no longer allowed here from now on, there are plenty of business opportunities for you to take advantage of. As long as you follow the laws I set, you don't need to worry!"

  "Understood!" they quickly replied, fearing to offend me and suffer a terrible fate.

  "Alright, bring out all the slaves, and let bygones be bygones!"

  "Yes! Yes! Let's exchange!"

  It's too smelly here, I don't want to stay any longer. "Alright! I'm leaving now, you guys cooperate with my people to collect the slaves. Later, the leaders of each mercenary group will come to the tax official's house for a meeting, and I'll assign tasks to you all! Also, lock up those dead men from the same group first!"

  After finishing, he left a few officers and those mad warriors behind, and ran out of that disgusting place with the others. Under the guidance of the guide, they arrived at the mansion of Tax Officer Basak. It was a huge estate, covering hundreds of acres, gardens, lakes, grape trellises, and it was said that there was also a very large and historic wine cellar. A typical Western-style aristocratic garden! Haha! This time I really made a profit!