Chapter 177 177 Consecration

Chapter 178 178. Conferring the Title

With the end of the annual celebration and the birthday party of the Marquis, nobles from all over the country were preparing to return to their respective territories.

However, before they officially set off, they were more curious about how Wushan Fort would deal with Baron Leisen, and some people even delayed their return to the territory because of this.

In the afternoon, nobles of all sizes gathered at Wushan Fortress.

Although they were whispering in groups, most of them were discussing the purpose of the Marquis's summoning them.

Many people speculated that this meeting was either related to Leisen or Ronin.

Among the people present, Ronin was probably the only one who knew the purpose of the meeting, but he sat in a chair and watched his nose, and even if someone came to ask tentatively, he would not reveal a word in advance.

Not long after, Lu Lans arrived, followed by the great magician Miroslav, as well as Brol, Blanche, and Knight Missy.

As they sat down, the hall of the fortress became quiet.

Lu Lans smiled slightly, "There are two main reasons for calling everyone here today."

"The first thing is to deal with Leisen Sean."

The old marquis paused and looked at Toru who was sitting below. The other party had prepared the testimony of Leisen's followers.

"After last night's interrogation, Leisen's occupation of Wushanbao's resources and repeated attempts to kill Ronin have been confirmed, and he is also highly suspected of participating in the assassination of Princess Blanche and Wiggins."

"With such a crime, the laws of the nobility cannot protect him. Now I officially declare..."

Everyone concentrated their minds. Although they already knew Leisen's fate, they still wanted to hear it with their own ears.

"Deprive the Sean family of their hereditary baronial title, deprive the Sean family of their swamp town territory, and put Leisen and his family in jail. As for whether he participated in the assassination of Her Royal Highness the Princess and Wiggins, the royal family and Wushan Castle will jointly send people to investigate."

"But regardless of whether he participated in the latter two events, after the matter is investigated, Wushan Castle will hang Leisen to cleanse his crimes!"

In short, Leisen will not escape death, but the specific time of the death penalty will have to wait until the follow-up investigation is completed.

Lu Lans waved his hand, and Sir Toru took two steps forward holding some testimonies.

"This is the result of yesterday's interrogation. Everyone who is interested can take it and have a look. Anyone who has objections to my verdict can raise it."

Soon, many nobles raised their hands to see the interrogation results, including Viscount Marvin and Earl Orson.

They did not suspect that Wushan Castle was cheating. In fact, most people were curious.

The next step was to check the time.

Orson read through the testimony carefully for a long time until he had finished reading all the testimonies. "I have no objection."

Ronin was a little surprised.

He thought Orson would defend Leisen in an attempt to save his life, but he didn't expect that he would directly and publicly express that he had no objection.

At this time, more nobles had also finished reading it one after another, and they all expressed that they had no objection to the Marquis's verdict.

"Since no one has any objection, the verdict on Leisen will take effect."

Rulans said, looking at Blanche who was sitting at the bottom, "If Leisen is found to be related to the assassination, Wushan Castle will hand him over to the royal family for disposal, and will also assist the royal family in hunting down the assassins and the people behind the scenes."

Blanche nodded slightly, "Broll, you arrange a knight to cooperate with Wushan Castle for follow-up investigations."

"As you wish, Your Highness!" Broll responded respectfully.

The fortress hall was quiet for a moment, and then Rulans continued, "After the Sean family was deprived of their titles and territories, Swamp Town became a no-man's land."

After the voice fell, everyone was alert.

The nobles all hope that their territories can be bigger and bigger. Unowned territories are very attractive to them, especially territories with development foundations.

Although the industries in Swamp Town are not very good and the population is not large, it has a specialty - black buffalo.

This animal performs very well in farming. Lei Sen can earn a lot of gold coins every year by selling cattle.

Whoever can take over this unowned land means that he can take over the black buffalo industry.

Roning noticed that the eyes of many nobles have changed. Even Viscount Marvin has a burning look in his eyes, but Earl Orson is relatively restrained.

"During the assassination in the Colosseum, it was Ronin's protection that kept Princess Blanche unharmed."

"Ronin resolved the crisis of Her Royal Highness and made indelible contributions to the Alduin royal family! At the same time, he also avoided a disaster in Wushan Castle, and his contribution to Wushan Castle cannot be concealed!"

Lulans looked at Ronin, "Now, as the Marquis of the Alduin Kingdom and the Lord of Wushan Territory, I will name the Sen Territory and the land to the north as 'Wubei Territory', and officially confer 'Ronin Wushan' as the Viscount of Wubei Territory!"

Many nobles held their breath. Wubei Territory, what a huge area it must be, but it all became Ronin's territory?

This is too...

However, thinking of Ronin's performance, thinking of Ronin's contribution to saving Princess Blanche, and thinking of Lulans's mentality, they seemed to understand.

Orson frowned slightly.

In fact, he had long guessed that Sean Territory would become Ronin's territory, but he didn't expect that Lulans would play big enough and actually gave the entire northern area to Ronin.

The area of ​​Wubei Territory would not be small if it was considered an earldom, let alone a viscount territory.

Of course, these are secondary. After all, Wubei Territory is extremely poor and has almost no population. It is extremely difficult and time-consuming to develop and operate it.

Orson is more concerned about what Lulans said.

If he remembers correctly, Roning had changed his surname when he became the Baron of Shanlin Town, and it was no longer "Wushan".

But in the announcement just now, Lulans used the name "Roning Wushan", which means that Roning has used his original surname again.

The meaning can be imagined.

Orson clenched his fist under his robe and thought: "Lulans, do you really want to abolish my grandson and re-establish Roning as the heir?"

It is easy to deprive Roning of his inheritance because Roning's maternal line has died out and he has not received support from other nobles;

But depriving Breton of his inheritance is not a matter of a word. He Orson will be the first person to jump out and oppose it.

Lulans let the discussion in the hall continue for a while, and then he smiled and asked: "Regarding this enthronement, anyone who has any opinions can raise them."

Enthroning a baron, or a baron in a remote area like Shanlin Town, Lulans and even Wiggins can decide, because this does not hinder the interests of other nobles.

But enthroning a viscount, and the area of ​​Wubei Territory is so large, this may cause dissatisfaction and disgust among other nobles.

In the noble world, vassals have the obligation of loyalty to the lord, and the lord must also provide protection for the vassal.

If the enthronement infringes on the interests of other nobles, then the lord has not fulfilled his protection obligation, and the vassals under his command can naturally raise opinions.

So it is reasonable for Lulans to ask this question.

Many nobles looked at each other.

Although they coveted the area as large as Swamp Town and even Wubei Territory, they did not raise any objections to Lulans's decision.

Because anyone with a discerning eye could see that Lulans wanted to support Roning.

Seeing that no one raised any objections, Luo Ning secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He did not expect that things would go much more smoothly than he expected.

But just as he was celebrating, an inappropriate voice sounded.

"My Lord Marquis, I have an opinion!"