Chapter 8 8 Betrayal

Chapter 8 Betrayal

Outside the castle, everything was ready for Ronin's trip.

In addition to food, the six carts were also loaded with books, bedding, etc. The weight distribution was just right, so that one horse would not be too heavy to pull.

If it weren't for the limited carrying capacity of the carriage, Ronin would have wanted to pack up all the murals in the room and take them away. After all, they were things from Wushan Castle, so they must be worth some money if they were sold, right?

"My Lord Baron, my Lord Marquis asked you to come back more often when you have time."

Rulans's servant, the old butler of the castle, Most, was coming to see him off on behalf of the old Marquis. Standing next to him was Hallwart, but the latter represented Diane instead of Wiggins.

"I will."

Ronin looked up at the magnificent castle, wondering what it would be like when he came back?

He waved to the two butlers and asked Chahar to drive the carriage. Under the escort of nine guards, he began his journey to Shanlin Town.

Wushan Castle was not built in Wushan City, but on a hillside in the southwest, with Wushan Avenue connecting the castle and Wushan City.

There are some manors (somewhat similar to villages) on both sides of the avenue.

Some of these manors belong directly to the castle and are managed by servants, while some are awarded to knights (the lowest level of nobles) who have made meritorious contributions.

Five or six miles northeast along Wushan Avenue is Wushan City.

This is a large city with a population of nearly 100,000. If the people in the surrounding manors are included, the population of Wushan City is definitely more than 100,000.

Because the places where his predecessor went in and out rarely involved cities, Ronin wanted to see the city of another world with his own eyes.

However, as he got closer to Wushan City, the stench in the air became stronger.

"What's going on? Is there a pig farm nearby?" Ronin thought subconsciously.

Soon, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

At the end of Wushan Avenue is a wide but winding long street. On both sides of the street, there are houses of different styles, which are basically one-story buildings. There are very few two-story buildings.

If you only look at these, it is just a little backward and a little shabby, but what Ronin can't stand the most is the hygiene!

On this dirt road, all kinds of feces can be seen everywhere, thin, hard, yellow, black, small lumps, large piles, all kinds of.

Ronin was lucky enough to see an old horse stepping on the dung pile, and it was flattened immediately, making it close to the soil.

Such a scene directly blew Ronin's visual nerves!

"Is this a place for people to stay?"

Although some houses in Wushan Castle are relatively damp and shabby, the hygiene is still good, at least there is no feces everywhere, but here... It's really hard to describe.

"The reason why the castle was built five or six miles away from the city is not to avoid this stench, right?"

Roning pinched his nose and retracted his gaze, "Chahar, why is it so dirty here, doesn't the castle care?"

Chahar, who was driving, was a little surprised by such a question, "Master, why does the castle care about the sanitation here?"

Chahar's wise question made Roning not know how to answer for a while.

Yes, why does the castle care about the sanitation here?

Can it get any benefits?

The nobles only care about their own lives, and the lords only care about their own taxes.

Civilians or serfs are just tools of the nobles. As long as they don't die, they don't care whether they live well or poorly, or whether the sanitary environment is dirty or clean.

Just like a pig farmer, he doesn't care whether it's wrong for the pigs to live in pig manure.

For a while, he felt uncomfortable.

Big cities like Wushan City are like this, so what will his small mountain town be like?

Roning didn't even dare to think about it.

"Leave Wushan City quickly, I can't stand this smell at all!"

"As you wish, sir!"

Chahar waved the whip, and the carriage ran faster.

From Ronin's perspective on Earth, a population of more than 100,000 is not a big city? It doesn't even have the population of a county.

However, Wushan City is not small in size, and the convoy stopped and started for more than three hours before it completely left the territory of Wushan City.

The farther away from the city, the more uneven the road.

Ronin raised the window and found that there were dense forests on both sides of the road, unlike before when he could see manors and fields. Now they have come to the mountain road in the wilderness.

Considering that the horses have been walking for more than an hour, Ronin ordered: "Chahar, stop and rest, the horses are tired, and we have to prepare lunch."

"Okay, sir!"

Chahar shouted and conveyed Ronin's order.

The six carriages in front and behind also stopped one after another.

Luo Ning walked out of the carriage and breathed in the fresh air outside. He felt much more comfortable than when he was in Wushan City.

He looked at the distant mountains and ordered: "Let six guards go to the mountains to get some grass to feed the horses, and the rest of the people should prepare lunch. Everyone should eat before setting off."

"Okay, sir!"

Chahar walked towards the carriage filled with sundries and prepared to take down the only iron pot to cook a broth.

After giving instructions, Luo Ning stepped into the forest.

He planned to take this opportunity to collect the reward for the first day of the seven-day login.

In this way, he had one more knight among his subordinates, and the safety of the team was more guaranteed.

But before he took two steps out, Chahar's exclamation came from behind him.

"What do you want to do!"

Then he heard the sound of the iron pot falling to the ground.

What happened?

Luo Ning turned around in shock, only to see Chahar fall to the ground, the iron pot fell to the side, and the guards who were supposed to be busy actually drew their swords and walked towards him.

Is this... a rebellion?

Luo Ning had seen big scenes in TV dramas, and he realized what these guys wanted to do at the first time.

However, he still subconsciously asked: "What do you want to do?"

"What?"

The leading man had a playful look on his face, and he did not have the respectful attitude that he should have towards his master.

"Sir, Shanlin Town is too remote and too poor. We don't want to go with you, so we want to borrow some money from you to leave."

"You are betraying, betraying!" Chahar understood and became even more angry.

"You not only betrayed the Baron, you are also betraying the Wushan family! Aren't you afraid of death?"

Not only him, but even Luo Ning did not expect that these nine "elite soldiers" would betray him.

In this world, being able to serve the nobles in the castle is something that many people dream of. Betraying the nobles usually only happens to people with strength or status.

What do these people have?

Roning narrowed his eyes: "You want to kill me?"

This made Chahar so shocked that he forgot to accuse. Kill the nobles? They actually wanted to kill the nobles?

How is this possible! How dare they do it?

"Hehe, everyone says that the baron is a stupid donkey. Now it seems that you are not that stupid."

The leading guard showed a cruel smile, "If you want to blame, you can only blame your father for not looking down on you. He gave you so much money, but did not choose a loyal professional knight to protect you."

Hearing this, Roning laughed instead, "Then I feel relieved."

Roning was naturally relieved.

When he saw the guards trying to kill him just now, he subconsciously felt that this was Wiggins's arrangement. It was a very terrible thing that an earl was determined to take his life.

However, from what this group of people said, the other party was just tempted by money and was not instructed by Wiggins.

The bloody plot of a father who wanted to kill his son did not appear.

That's why he said he was relieved.

But this sentence made the betrayers feel confused. In their opinion, Roning was going to die, so why should they be relieved?

"I think you are talking nonsense because you are scared?"

The backstabber raised the long sword in his hand, "Brothers, kill him, and the supplies and gold coins on the carriage will all be ours!"

With a voice of encouragement, the hesitant and timid guards all strengthened their hearts to betray. They roared and killed Roning.

"My lord, be careful!"

Chahar didn't know where he got the courage from. He pulled out the dagger he carried with him and wanted to rush up to help, but he fell to the ground after running two steps. He wanted to stand up, but his legs didn't obey him.

He was too nervous.

Roning was also very nervous. He had never seen such a scene in his life.

But as a dual-professional extraordinary person, he didn't lose his ability to move because of too much adrenaline secretion.

He sneered, turned around and ran towards the woods, so fast that the nine guards didn't react.

"How can he run so fast?"

The guards were puzzled. Didn't they say that the eldest grandson of the Marquis was exhausted by alcohol and sex and was very weak?

The speed he just burst out was far beyond their reach.

At this moment, he felt something was wrong.

But since the cards have been revealed, there is no turning back. Ronin must die today!

"Kill, kill Ronin!"

The betrayer gathered all his strength and roared into the forest.

A burst of light suddenly broke out in the mountain, and a steady and loud voice sounded:

"Macken Sallyton greets you, my master!"