"The Hede family?"
Eluma and the others who were far away at the Goblin Farmhouse did not know that the two city-states of Silver City and Victoria had been shaken by the challenge in their hands.
Of course, Zhou Li must have known that he was the one who paid for the thief and that he distributed the flyers in the middle of the night.
But they know that this person named Hede family has been suffering from bad luck for eight lifetimes.
"You said this family challenged you not for profit, but for chivalrous virtue?"
Eluma sat on the chair and looked at Zhou Li in disbelief: "Are you kidding? This is too strange..."
"Hode..."
Azi frowned slightly on the side. After thinking for a moment, he slowly said, "I seem to have an impression of this family."
"Their next head of the family seems to be called Don Quixote. I met her last time when I went to Silver City to do business. I saw that she entered Baiyin when she was only twenty-two years old, so I was curious to find out about her. Later, someone told me, The Hede family has almost become a joke and legend in the aristocratic world, and is rarely mentioned, and even if it is mentioned, it is used as a negative case to teach the next generation."
Aziyu tapped the wooden table with her fingers, her long purple hair draped softly behind her back, like a beautiful piece of satin, "However, among the civilians and the mercenary group of Silver City, the reputation of the Hede family is surprisingly good. Even The sewer rats in the Black Alley all praise them highly, and rarely do they avoid any business related to the Hede family."
"So, if it is this family..." Ah Zi tilted her head and said with some uncertainty, "It seems... it is really possible to challenge Zhou Li for honor and justice."
After listening to Azi's words, the expression on Eluma's face became even stranger. Although she was kind-hearted, she did not object to Zhou Li using despicable but not despicable means to improve himself, but this image of a knight family in fairy tales was too fair. But now it is obvious that this family has fallen into the trap set by Zhou Li. According to Zhou Li's habits, the fate of this family...
Eluma pursed her lower lip slightly and coughed hard with a firm look. Then she looked at Zhou Li and asked with a serious expression: "Zhou Li, tell me, did you ask the Hede family to challenge you?"
"Roughly the same."
Zhou Li, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, sighed lightly, then sat up straight and said seriously: "The Hede family's challenge is indeed related to me."
"Throw a page of the hero's exclusive page near the territory of the Hede family, inadvertently mail them a magic photo of the hero lying in a pile of gold coins, and get some evidence that the hero is not enterprising. These things are enough to make this group of people have only one brain. The knights of Xian are awake and awake at night, worrying about the future of mankind."
"Ah, no wonder."
Ah Zi suddenly realized that when she was preparing the first batch of gold coins to be sent to the Goblin tribe, Zhou Li had approached her, hoping to exchange half of the gold feathers, which were "banknotes" representing ten gold coins. Although she had some questions, she didn't think much about it. She hired a carriage and a mercenary team to transport a thousand gold coins to Zhou Li, as well as a magical video equipment that he designated to purchase.
"You know them very well."
Azi didn't take it to heart at all about Zhou Li's trap for the Hede family. For her, she would be more than happy if the Kenghod family could develop the Goblin tribe. After all, she is just a businessman. For Azi, there is only profit in the world of businessmen, and the so-called virtues can also have a clear price tag.
But Eluma didn't think so. For her, deceiving and entrapping a knight family full of justice was a threshold that was difficult to cross and a barb on her conscience. Eluma faced Zhou Li and opened her mouth. Just as she was about to say something, Zhou Li suddenly stretched out his hand and interrupted her words. He looked at Eluma and said calmly:
"But I'm not trying to trick them."
"Instead, I was saving her."
"Oh ho."
Azi made an unclear sound from the side, while Eluma's face was full of doubts.
"Is this the rumor?" Azi turned the wooden cup in her hand on the table and explained to Eluma beside her: "The Hede family has not paid territory tax for six consecutive years, and has not made any noble contributions. If If they still do this this year, the Hede family will have their noble name and their territory taken back."
"But what does this have to do with Zhou Li?" Eluma, who was completely uninterested in the aristocratic system of the Magnum Kingdom, was a little confused. At this time, Zhou Li on the side spoke.
"A brave man can have a retinue family." Zhou Li coughed, and then continued: "The retinue family is the subordinates of the brave, independent of the major kingdoms, and the territory and the name of the nobility are protected by the Twelve Churches."
"well?"
Eluma understood what Zhou Li meant. She stood up and asked Zhou Li happily: "Are you going to recruit the Hede family to become your retinue?"
"Ang, that's right."
Zhou Li nodded, but Eluma had questions again, "Then why did you use this... roundabout way to collect them? Can't you just tell them directly?"
"If it's other nobles, of course it's possible." At this time, Azi raised an eyebrow and explained to Eluma: "But it's not feasible for a group of people like the Hede family who are single-minded."
"If I were to write a letter directly, with a brave badge engraved on it, telling the Hede family that I would take you as my retinue. No one would dare to take your territory and name from you in the future, what do you think they would say?"
Looking at the somewhat enlightened Eluma, Zhou Li smiled and gave the answer.
"We did not pay taxes, nor did we make any noble contributions. The punishment we received is deserved, and although your help is appreciated, we must be responsible for the regulations of this country."
"So, I have to set up a trap to make them willingly become my followers."
"Oh~~" Eluma nodded, sat back on the chair, and rubbed her stiff cheeks, no longer having any doubts.
"What about the plan?" Azi faced Zhou Li and said with great interest: "Mr. Zhou Li asked me to come here, shouldn't he just talk about this matter? If there is any need for the Zisha Chamber of Commerce's help in the plan, I can do it at any time. Serve.”
Although she doesn't care about virtue, it would be a good thing for the Goblin Farmhouse and the Purple Veil Chamber of Commerce to have a group of strong professionals without the weird XP and temper of the nobles. So, she was happy to help in this matter.
"plan?"
The appearance of these two words caused a smile that was very familiar to Eluma to appear on Zhou Li's face.
This kind of smile will definitely bring out the smiles of several lucky and unlucky people.
