The castle's dungeons weren't as damp and gloomy as the Bordertown prison, and probably the Duke didn't want his basement to become a haunted house, or smell a disgusting stench as soon as he walked down the stairs. Overall, the dungeon is relatively clean. The cells are decorated in different grades, some are empty, others have not only beds, but also wardrobes, desks and chandeliers. Presumably, the duke originally used this place as a place to hold some nobles, and basic etiquette still had to be ensured.

Roland also found a special cell in the corner, with a large bed that took up half the room, chains hanging from the ceiling, but a sheepskin wrapped in the iron chains at the end of the chain, and various whips hanging on the walls. It seems that Duke Lane has also studied some aspects, he thought, but unfortunately he will be leaving here in a few days, so he can't figure it out.

As the most valuable captive, Charafel Hermon was naturally kept in the best cell. If you don't look at the iron railing on the perimeter, you think it's a luxurious bedroom. Living with him were the Viscounts of the Maple Leaf Family and the Running Wolf Family, the eldest son of the Wild Rose Family, and the second son of the Elk Family, which, together with the Lion Ryan, formed the Six Families of the Long Song Fortress - of course, the Ryan faction had been disintegrated by Roland, and his wife and son were all locked up next door.

Seeing His Royal Highness the Prince appear in the dungeon, the nobles stood up one after another, and without waiting for them to ask, Roland spoke first, "Count Hermon, you can come out." As for the others, when the ransom arrives, I will naturally let you out. ”

"Father," Perro was relieved to see the Count's ruddy face, he glanced at his friend, and then looked at Roland, "Your Highness, I didn't see the name of the Count Elk on the list, if he died on the battlefield, the eldest son of their family should still be in the royal capital, and there is no one in the family who can take charge." Is it possible to release Wren Dmitry first and let him go back to raise his own ransom? I'm willing to vouch for him. ”

"Elk family's eldest son, do you mean Jacques Dmide?" Roland shook his head, "he's back." Not only did I come back, but I also came to the castle yesterday. But...... I don't think he intended to pay this ransom. ”

Hearing this, Wren stuck to the edge of the cage in disbelief, "Why?"

"He said you failed to protect your father on the battlefield, and that you were the executioner who killed Count Dmitry. ”

"Why did he say such a thing, the one who killed his father was obviously -" Wren suddenly shut up.

Roland said disapprehantly, "You want to say that it was I who killed the Earl, right?" he walked over to the cage, "Your father sent men to infiltrate my castle before the Demon Moon to burn the grain and grass. Now that I have followed the Duke and led a large group of knights to attack my territory, I am only fighting back and repelling the invaders. Am I the murderer, then?Who is more to blame than the original author, Duke Lane and the accomplice Count Dmitry? Besides, if it weren't for Hills' confession showing that you knew nothing about the grain burning, you would have been dead by now. ”

"......" Wren was speechless.

"Your Highness," Perro asked worriedly, "if no one is willing to pay the ransom, will you put him to death?"

"Not really, I've always been merciful," Roland grinned, "probably to bring it back to the Frontier and dig for twenty years in the North Slope Mines to atone for my sins." ”

"Ransom...... How much?"

"As the second son, he has no chance to inherit the title, and the price is naturally not as good as that of the Earl of Honeysuckle, as long as the materials of a thousand values. Roland glanced at him with interest, "What, you want to pay the ransom for him?"

"What value, a thousand golden dragons?" chimed the Count, who had been released by the guards.

"Your son will tell you," said the prince, with a gesture of invitation, "go away, there's nothing to do here." As for the matter of the second son of the Medder family, you don't have to rush it for a while, you can go back and think about it slowly.

When the group left the dungeon and walked to the gate of the castle, the count suddenly stopped, "Your Royal Highness, I know that Duke Lane's behavior is unforgivable, but...... His wife and son are innocent. ”

"Perhaps," Roland said undeniably, "I don't intend to sentence them to exile or hanging, but only to take them back to the border towns and imprison them." "Until the day I ascend the throne, he thought. Now is not the time for the mercy of the woman, and if they are acquitted, there will be no benefit except to muddy the waters of the fortress of Changge - the firstborn has the right of legal inheritance.

"What are you talking about!?" Charafel Hermon's eyes widened and he looked at Pero in disbelief, "Your Highness doesn't plan to live in the Changge Fortress, and you want to hand over this city to you to manage?"

Returning to the Earl's Court of Honeysuckle, Pero immediately told his father in detail what had happened in the past three days, and when he heard the agency contract, the Earl could not bear it any longer, and after receiving his son's affirmative answer, he stood up and walked around the study, obviously in a complicated mood.

"Father, are you alright?" Perro asked worriedly.

"From this point of view, our opponents are mainly the Elk family, in addition to them, the other three families are inferior to us in terms of background and strength. ”

"What?" he didn't come back to his senses for a moment.

"Opponent, opponent!" exclaimed the Earl, "you have disappointed me so much, Your Highness has given you such a good opportunity, have you not yet analyzed what your opponents are?"

"Uh, don't you feel weird?"

"Strange why His Royal Highness insists on going back to the Frontier Town?" of course strange," the Count stroked his beard, "but what does that have to do with us, as long as the contract is genuine." ”

That's right, Pei Luo thought, it is impossible for His Highness to go to such great lengths just to amuse himself, as for the reason why he loves the border town, he can think about it slowly. But he didn't expect his father's receptivity to be so strong.

"I heard that the boy from the Mmet family is your friend?" said Sharafi suddenly, "tomorrow you go and fish him out." ”

"Do you agree that I will spend a thousand to ransom him?" Pero was stunned.

"Think about it, the Count of Elk is dead, and the eldest son is unwilling to redeem the second, and in this battle there is almost nothing to lose, except for a few knights. If Jacques Dmitry inherits the title, it will inevitably prevent you from taking the helm in the future...... No, the escrow of the Long Song Fortress. The Count explained, "Why is Jacques reluctant to redeem Wren, for he fears that he will be threatened." ”

Well, it turned out that it was for this reason that Perrot smiled bitterly in his heart. However, he knew that his father was right, Wren had liked swords and spears since he was a child, and he was very close to the knights in the territory, unlike his eldest son Jacques, who thought that hand-to-hand combat was not noble, and preferred the wind and snow of the royal capital. Although Wren has repeatedly shown that he would prefer to be a knight, that is without inheritance. Now that he is not bound by the Count, who knows if he will gather his knights and kill his eldest son with a single sword?

"My friend wouldn't do that," he insisted.

"Perhaps, but if you redeem him, whether he intends to do it or not, Jacques will have a headache. "As for the materials of a thousand values, we can choose the craftsmen with the higher scores. ”

"When I prepared the ransom for you, I had already drawn some craftsmen, and if I filled in more, there would not be enough craftsmen in my territory. ”

"Don't worry, do you know that the Northlands are in chaos right now?" the Count said confidently, "The alliance of the four kingdoms has all been wiped out in Hermes, and the lords have forcibly conscripted their subjects into the army, and there have been a large number of fugitives there. We can take this opportunity to eat a little more, and in the future, we will even save the supplies that we hand in every month. ”

Only then did Perro discover that his father was also a master of business—at least much better than his ability to go to war. (To be continued.) )