Jilan and Silver Hand looked at these nobles who once relied on their status and did not take them seriously. Now they all have smiling faces, and some people took out gold coins and stuffed them secretly.
Kieran slapped away a hand that was holding the money bag, looked at the owner of that hand, a certain imperial earl, and said with a serious face.
"What are you doing? What do you want to do? I tell you that I am the most upright person and I will not accept bribes."
Yin Hand already had a ruby in his pocket, but after hearing what Kieran said, he reluctantly took it out again and echoed, "That's right."
The earl was a little embarrassed and said, "Sir Kieran, you have misunderstood. This is not a bribe, it is just some local products I brought."
"Really?" Kieran's expression softened a little, he took the bag and weighed it twice in his hand. He felt that the amount of local products was quite sufficient, so he accepted it with satisfaction.
"I heard that the cherries from Langling taste good, so I'll try it reluctantly."
"Ah, you can eat whatever you want. If it's not enough, I'll have someone bring it over." The count smiled apologetically while cursing secretly in his heart.
"It's such a cold winter, you're eating a bunch of cherries, can't you be more careful when making up lies? Are you treating this guy as a fool?"
However, he could only hold these words in his stomach and did not dare to say them out at all, because today was different from the past, even though Kieran and Silverhand were only the lowest barons.
But he was a baron conferred by Solomon, and his count was a vassal of the Vespasian family, and he was no longer very useful.
In such a comparison, his status is not as good as the two little bards who were completely ignored by him before.
The earl never thought that one day he would have to kowtow to such a guy, and he couldn't help but feel an inexplicable sadness in his heart.
But before he could continue to feel sad, Kieran curled his fingers at him and said, "I know what you want to know. Just put your ear to it and I'll tell you."
The earl was overjoyed when he heard this. He didn't even bother to lament that the world was declining and people's hearts were no longer what they used to be. He immediately joined in with all his might.
Kieran lay down and spoke quickly in his ear. A look of confusion appeared on the earl's face. He wanted to ask again, but Kieran waved to him again, "Okay, let's go quickly, don't delay.
Next person."
After that, Kieran and Silverhand gave the nobles advice while collecting money.
In just a short period of time, I earned almost a thousand gold lions. The remaining people either thought it was too expensive, or those who had paid to listen to the information had dull faces, feeling that the information was not that valuable.
So he gave up his plan to bribe the two bards.
Jilan held a pile of souvenirs and looked around. Seeing that no one came to give money anymore, he distributed 500 gold coins to the team of wing warriors guarding the door.
Then he took the remaining money and left with Silver Hands.
The nobles who came to surrender waited anxiously until the seventh day, when Solomon placed the venue for the tourney next to King's Landing Tower.
Looking at the ruins of that place, the nobles of the empire had mixed emotions. Moreover, Solomon did not appear after that. Instead, they saw a group of Wing Clan warriors escorting about a dozen prisoners.
When the prisoners got closer, someone noticed that they all had red hair, but the color varied.
There is no doubt that they all come from the same family and are royal members of the empire.
Also coming with them was Yin Wang, the former intelligence chief.
Yin Wang's face looked a little ugly. Even though he had seen too many strong winds and waves, his scalp still felt numb when he thought of what was going to happen next.
But thinking of Solomon's explanation, he had to bite the bullet and speak.
"Welcome everyone... to watch this martial arts show. In order to avoid everyone getting hungry later, Lord Solomon specially prepared an... appetizer for everyone."
"Where are the appetizers?" A nobleman looked around and saw no sign of food.
But then he saw Yin Wang pull out a silver knife from his waist and walk up to a prisoner.
That prisoner should be the oldest among them, and he was estimated to be over 200 years old.
He saw Yin Wang walking towards him, but his face was filled with joy and fearlessness, and he opened his mouth to curse, "Traitor! You shameless traitor, you have betrayed your lord, and you and the family behind you will be punished.
Cursed by God!
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Yin Wang sighed, "Prince Solman..." The former intelligence chief seemed to want to defend himself a few more words, but he didn't know what to say when he opened his mouth.
In the end, he could only put the silver knife on the old man's left arm and use a slight force to cut off a piece of bloody flesh from it.
Yin Wang pinched the piece of meat, put it into his mouth, and swallowed it while suppressing the feeling of vomiting.
Then he handed the knife to the stunned imperial nobleman who was standing closest to him.
"Please, please have a meal."
"No, it's better not to, I'm not hungry." The noble said in horror, taking two steps back.
However, Yin Wang did not take back the knife and said seriously, "This is Lord Solomon's order. If you want to serve him, you need to prove your loyalty to him.
"Eating this appetizer proves that you really intend to stand with him."
"No, this is too cruel." A nobleman's face showed an unbearable look, "I can't do it."
After saying that, he wanted to leave, but found that the way he came had been blocked by a group of Wing Clan warriors.
And at some point, they were surrounded by Wing Clan warriors, surrounding them in the center.
The noble stopped and turned to look at Yin Wang.
The latter had gradually regained his composure at this time, "If you don't want to die, just do as I say."
All the nobles were silent after hearing this.
Solomon recruited new allies with very generous conditions, and when they arrived at Lionheart Castle, although Solomon did not entertain them, he also arranged accommodation and food for them.
So much so that some of them even had the illusion that Solomon needed them very much now, and they also had the capital to negotiate with Solomon.
But in fact, those Wing tribesmen were the conquerors of this continent, and Solomon was more training hounds than looking for allies.
As a hunting dog, loyalty to the owner is always the most important thing.
After a while, a noble came forward, took the silver knife from Yin Wang's hand, and walked towards a young man.
The young man looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, and he was not as tough as the old man before. When he saw someone walking towards him, he was trembling, and even peeed out of fright, and he kept begging for mercy.
The noble's hand holding the knife was also trembling, and finally he was cruel and cut it off. The screams rang out, making everyone's skin crawl.
Then the third person, the fourth person... the nobles who came to surrender walked up one by one, and in the end only six of them stayed where they were.
Including the noble who planned to leave before, he seemed to want to wait for the competition to end and leave quietly, but the next moment an arrow shot from his side and accurately penetrated his neck.
At the same time, the other five people around him were also hit by arrows. They opened their eyes wide and fell to the ground with unwilling expressions. Some of them wanted to regret it, but they were shot to death before they could say anything.
The remaining nobles were terrified, and they could still hear the wails of the dying members of the Vespasian family.
Every sound reminded them of their situation at this time.
After everyone had taken action, Yin Wang stood up again and announced the start of the martial arts competition, but just when everyone was curious about where the contestants were.
The former intelligence chief added, "The competition has begun. You are free to choose your opponent. The person who kills the opponent will not only serve Lord Solomon, but also get the opponent's land.
"I would like to remind you again, for those who deliberately do not participate in the competition, you should have seen their fate just now."
This chapter has been completed!