Phoenix Grand Lord

The sounds of fighting and screaming in the lord's tent caused chaos in the originally peaceful camp.

Most of the serfs looked numb. Only a handful of serfs picked up the farm tools at hand and ran to the lord's tent to help.

After confirming that the assassin was captured, Luo Wei stopped "Feather Insight", returned to his normal perspective, got up from Charize's bed, and walked outside the tent.

Seeing the lord's young master appear unharmed, the panicked people in the camp finally calmed down.

Rowe asked Maester Durdy and Knight Charlize to interrogate the assassin overnight.

Before he could be executed, the weak-willed young assassin had used all he could.

The assassin's name is Yabo Hailis, a trainee member of the "Assassin Brotherhood". This is his third mission.

His first two assassinations went well, one was to kill a 7-year-old aristocratic heir, and the other was to kill a pregnant aristocratic mistress.

They were all simple tasks, except this time, the assassination mission that seemed to be simpler was overturned.

The poisonous milk before was caused by him smearing the colorless and odorless magic poison on the milk basin in advance and blaming it on the maid Susan.

In order to survive, the assassin Yabo also voluntarily handed over his belongings and expressed his willingness to prepare a magic antidote to remove the remaining magic toxins in Master Luo Wei's body.

As for the most critical question, "Who is the financial master behind the scenes?" Assassin Yabo really can't answer it.

The Assassin Brotherhood is the largest assassin guild in the world, with an extremely strict organizational structure. Assassins like Yabo who have just joined the guild are assigned assassination missions by their superiors alone. Yabo is just an executor, and he really can't Get in touch with the financial backers behind the mission.

Seeing that no other useful information could be found, Bachelor Doherty invited Rowe outside the tent and said worriedly:

"Master, this matter is very difficult! Once the Assassin Brotherhood issues a mission, it will never stop until the mission is completed.

"Even if we kill this assassin to satisfy our hatred, the Assassin Brotherhood will definitely send stronger assassins to Merrill Valley Manor to assassinate you. By then I'm afraid..."

Maester Durdy's concerns are justified.

If the Assassin Brotherhood sends a stronger assassin, then even if the loyal female knight Chariz is desperately protecting it, even if Luo Wei can plan the plan, he will not be able to stop it.

Luo Wei has not officially started yet. Whether it is in terms of social status, territorial development, or personal sequence cultivation, it is equivalent to zero.

Under this premise, if you go head-to-head with the powerful Assassin Brotherhood, there will definitely be no chance of survival.

However, although this matter looks terrible on the surface, it is actually not difficult to solve. There is no need to confront the Assassin Guild head-on, as long as the financial backers behind the scenes can be relieved of the assassination mission.

Luo Wei knew without even guessing that the financial backer behind this assassination mission must be his young, beautiful and ruthless stepmother.

The stepmother must be worried about the long nights and dreams, and wants to solve the hidden danger of his family inheritance once and for all.

It would definitely be impossible to let her go if she begged her stepmother to let her go, not to mention that it was definitely not Luo Wei's style to beg for mercy.

Rowe likes to go hard to the end.

Only by overthrowing his stepmother and regaining his title of Baron of the Purple Forest can the Assassin Brotherhood's endless assassination operations be lifted.

The problem is, even if he knew that his stepmother was behind the scenes, with Luo Wei's current comprehensive strength, there was no way he could fight against the Purple Forest Territory controlled by his stepmother.

As a baronial territory, the Purple Forest Territory has more than 20 awakened knights, 100 regular territory soldiers, and can immediately mobilize at least 500 serf soldiers to fight. The territory's economy can be self-sufficient and can afford a protracted war of attrition.

As for Merrill Valley Manor, there was only one knight, Charlize, and the 100 serfs were all brought by their families. More than half were old, young, women, and children, and none of the young and middle-aged serfs had received any military training.

Moreover, Merrill Lynch Valley is a desolate enclave. Not only does it not have any infrastructure, nor does it have any economic output capabilities, it is not bordered by Zilin Town, and is separated by the territory of another Baron "Marigold".

Even if Luo Wei really has soldiers and wants to push his stepmother forward, he must first solve his own economic and geographical problems.

Therefore, taking a long-term approach to defeating your stepmother needs to be considered.

Now Luo Wei's advantage is that he and his stepmother have not yet come to terms with each other, and Merrill Valley Manor can be regarded as the territory of the Purple Forest Territory.

Even if the stepmother had soldiers, she would not be able to launch a nameless crusade against the small lords in her territory. At most, she could only engage in underhanded tactics in secret.

Although Merrill Lynch Valley is desolate, it is a remote corner geographically. As long as Luo Wei can establish a firm foothold, it will have a chance to develop.

Moreover, the stepmother would never have imagined that Luo Wei is no longer the weak and incompetent young master...

Luo Wei thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this, Bachelor Doardi, let the serfs build a cage and use the best iron chains in our manor to lock the assassin in the cage to prevent him from escaping.

"In addition, in addition to asking him to prepare the magic antidote for me, I also need him to write to his Assassin online every month to say hello.

"Let him tell his superior that the mission to assassinate Rowe Valentine is going smoothly, but he has encountered some material difficulties. He hopes that his Assassin superior will give him more high-level magic toxin materials. Support, remember, is monthly.”

"Huh? This..."

Durdy couldn't help but widen his eyes, unable to believe that the young master who was once labeled as a "coward" could come up with such a bold idea.

"Young master, as your bachelor, I must remind you that imprisoning an assassin is not a long-term solution. The Assassins will find out sooner or later.

"If the Assassins find out that you are...deceiving them, their revenge will be even more fierce."

Luo Wei smiled calmly, "So, we must seize the time to develop our territory.

"Master Durdy, please register the names of all the people in the Merrill Valley Manor and the types of work they are good at before I have lunch tomorrow, as well as the resources we have now, including the number and condition of rations, livestock, and tools, and report them to me in summary."

"...Yes." Bachelor Durdy was stunned, obviously shocked by Luo Wei's calmness.

But soon, Bachelor Durdi said with a face full of satisfaction: "Oh, great, young master! You are like a real lord now!"

"No," Luo Wei looked directly into Bachelor Durdi's eyes, his tone calm and firm: "I am the real lord."

"Oh, right! My mistake! Young master! Yes! You are the real lord! Please allow me to leave first, I must hurry to supervise the construction of the cage."

Durdi piously covered his chest and bowed to leave, turning around and immersing himself in the vast night.

Looking at Bachelor Durdi's hunched back, Luo Wei's expression did not change at all.

The old bachelor's loyalty is not high, but he still has experience and ability to manage the territory.

Lu Wei can't fully trust Bachelor Durdi now. After all, catching an assassin only solves the crisis on the surface. Except for Xia Liz, the people in this manor actively followed, no one else did.

If the stepmother is smart, she would not arrange only one Assassin assassin, there must be other backups.

So, we still cannot relax our vigilance now.

As soon as Bachelor Durdi left, Knight Xia Lizi came over with a bunch of things and a stern expression.

"Master, this is the magic antidote that I personally supervised the assassin to prepare. I have let him taste it himself and there is no adverse reaction.

"This magic hanging bag is the trophy handed over by the assassin. I just checked it and there is nothing wrong with the things inside.

"Oh, by the way, this is the assassin's weapon, a level 2 enchanted poisonous dagger."

"Okay, give it all to me." Luo Wei calmly took the trophy, "You have worked hard today, go back and rest early."

Xia Lizi's lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she just said "um" and turned away.

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