Chapter 58: My Militia

  Laddie thought Old Larry had sold them out, or at least that he had been hoodwinked by him, so he didn't hide anything and told everything about his dealings with Laddie Brown, the deputy lord of Chrysanthemum City!

  Lari? Brown is the indigenous aristocrat of Chrysanthemum City, with the title of Earl. The Brown family is also a local prestigious family, and due to their good reputation in Chrysanthemum City, they were granted the position of Deputy Lord of Chrysanthemum City by Mercedes VII. In Chrysanthemum City, they can be said to have a great influence!

  Originally, Chrysanthemum City was prosperous under his rule, but soon he colluded with the bandits led by Reddy Gagga, frequently robbing passing merchant caravans and even looting within the city. Larry Brown petitioned Mercedes VII to organize a militia in Chrysanthemum City, which was actually an excuse for him to build his own guard under the name of suppressing bandits.

  Due to the bandits, Chrysanthemum City's economy plummeted, and most merchant teams bypassed Chrysanthemum City and went directly to Sunflower City for trade. And Lari Brown, who contributed to the decline of Chrysanthemum City's economy, became more and more outrageous, turning Chrysanthemum City into a private territory, taking advantage of the mountain being high and the emperor being far away, selling slaves in Chrysanthemum City, smuggling magical beasts, doing black market transactions, etc. Now Chrysanthemum City is a paradise for criminals and a purgatory for the poor!

  As for why Reddy Gagai would rob Lee Jia's convoy, that was also the information provided by Larry Brown!

  Normally, Raidi Gakka would also measure the danger of the merchant team. If it's normal, Li Xie's scale of horse-drawn carriages, Raidi Gakka has the ability to rob and will not take action!

  But Larry Brown told Reddy Gagga that the team was owned by a wealthy man in Tokyo, with average strength and not much influence, but with endless money! One job can rest for several years!

  This made Reddy decide to rob the Li Xie car team. Originally, he also felt suspicious and didn't plan to take action. But thinking that doing one job would allow him to wash his hands clean, he realized it was the Duke's car team and still decided to take action.

  "Acting City Lord?" Li Xie stroked his chin: "The Duke has arrived at Chrysanthemum City, and this Acting City Lord must have received the news. It seems he's quite welcoming to the Duke!"

  At this time, another shout came from the woods, a bandit rushed over quickly and shouted: "Boss, it's not good! The militia team is here!"

  "What's the hurry! Go and call them back! Tell them it's the Duke of Evil's carriage!" Redi Gahga shouted.

  "Boss, this time is different! The militia is fighting us! The brothers can't hold on and have scattered in the woods! Boss, hurry up and escape!"

  "What?" Reddy's eyes snapped open, his face purpling with rage!

  Li Xie stood by, watching with a cold gaze, and smiled: "I suppose our Young Master knows you have Sleeping Dream Fragrance?"

  "He knows!" Reddy exclaimed, clenching his fists: "Sir, I won't let my brothers suffer, I'll take my leave first!"

  "Wait! Don't be in a hurry!" Li Xie smiled: "How many people did the Minwei team bring? What strength?"

  The bandit hastily replied: "About five thousand! Most are four or five levels, a few six or seven levels! Sir, you don't hurry, we do! Our brothers are still being pursued and will soon be killed on this side!"

  Li Ye ignored him and turned his face to Zaynab: "Five thousand cavalry, are we in danger?"

  Zayn snorted: "If it were in this forest, I alone could kill them all!"

  In the open terrain, Zainnarde didn't dare to make a bet, but in the forest, the 5,000 cavalry would be divided into many small groups by the trees. Zainnarde could kill them all without breaking a sweat. In fact, what Zainnarde said next was left unspoken, if he revealed his true form, these 5,000 miscellaneous soldiers wouldn't even be enough to fill his teeth!

  Li Xie nodded slightly, and the little worry in his heart disappeared. He smiled and said: "Go call your brothers to come over to this duke's side, this duke will protect you."

  "Hurry up and go!" Reddy was overjoyed, the bandit who came to deliver the message was also extremely surprised, and hurriedly ran into the forest.

  Li Xie took out a sofa chair from the space ring, sat down by himself, and then took out two bottles of fine wine. He gave one to the little cat on his head, which was shaped like a hat, and drank the other himself: "Ledi, you colluded with Larry Brown, now the militia is coming to kill you both, what do you think?"

  Lei Di clenched his fist: "This vendetta, I will definitely avenge!"

  "No, no, you still haven't realized, you're already doomed! Unless, I, the Duke, save you!"

  "What does it mean?"

  Li Xie took a sip of wine and said with a sneer, "Can't you see? Lari Brown wants to kill the Duke, and you are the scapegoat! He knows you have Sleeping Dream Fragrance, so he probably guessed that we've been drugged. Then, he can kill us in one go and frame you for it! After that, he'll eliminate all of you, and no one will be able to testify against him. Everyone will think it was you who killed the Duke! He can even get a reward for eliminating bandits! Even if you hadn't drugged us, those 5,000 militiamen could still have killed the Duke, and it would still be framed on you! The worst outcome for them is that those 5,000 militiamen couldn't kill the Duke, but your ending will be the same. You'll be accused of robbing the Duke, do you know how serious that crime is?"

  Raidi Ga heard it and was shocked!

  No matter which situation, he is a dead man! Even in the last case, but being crowned with the title of "Duke of Robbery", unless he escapes abroad, otherwise, there is no room for survival in the Tudor dynasty! Moreover, Larry Brown knows his situation, and it's easy to kill him!

  "Please, Your Excellency, save me from the Dragon Tiger Fortress!" Reddy Gagah was still unable to comprehend at this moment. The calm duke in front of him was his last straw to cling to!

  "Give this duke a reason." Li Xie said with a light smile.

  "Lord, if you don't mind, I, Thunder Lei Di, will follow you from now on! Although I know my strength is nothing compared to yours, but if you need someone to do some things that you don't want others to know about, I can take care of it for you!"

  Li Xie smiled: "This duke does things openly and honestly, is a straightforward person, there's nothing that can't be made public! However, this duke likes to have more underlings, so I'll take you in, as well as your Dragon Tiger Gang!"

  Lei Di? Ga Ga Da Xi: "Thank you, sir!"

  Actually, Li Xie didn't really want to subdue these bandits, it was just a casual remark, discussing terms only! You can't save people for nothing, right? As he himself said, having a few more followers, even if they are bandits, is still useful! At least, Li Xie wouldn't think that this group of bandits he casually recruited would bring him such great help in the future!

  "How many people are in the militia?" Reddy asked, but Li Xie didn't think much of it. After all, he had two tenth-level experts by his side and a hundred guards who were stronger than this group of bandits, so he wouldn't be too excited about it.

  "Sir, Lari? Brown's militia has a total of 30,000 people! These people are not weak, mostly gathered from local criminals, with the majority being four or five-tier professionals, a few six-tier, and several seven-tier masters, as well as one eight-tier summoner!"

  "Three thousand!" Li Xie laughed brightly: "Ledi, you're wrong."

  Lei Di was taken aback, what's wrong? Did the evil Duke know more details? He hastily said: "Please enlighten me, Your Excellency."

  Li Xie drained the wine in his cup, and a small white canine tooth appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Not Larry Brown's militia, those are this duke's militia!"

  Upon hearing this, the people beside the evil duke's mansion all revealed knowing smiles. They all knew that whenever their lord raised the right corner of his mouth, he was preparing to take down someone else, and this time it was Larry Brown's 30,000 militia!

  Soon, a group of bandits from Longhu Village all arrived at Li Xie's side. Taking advantage of their familiarity with the forest, they suffered little damage, only killing some of the vanguard, but making Ledi Ga's anger even thicker.

  In just a short while, the forest on the left side transmitted a burst of noise, and a large team of people rushed over. The person in front could already be seen clearly by the firelight, and looking at them wearing gray cloth clothes with two crossed swords embroidered on their left chest, it can be confirmed that they are the 5,000-strong civilian militia who came to suppress the bandits.

  "Sir, let me intimidate them! Lest they come together and rush in, disturbing you!" said Van der Meer.

  "Hmm, what to do, you guys decide for yourselves." Li Xie said.

  Van Dyke took a deep breath, let out a loud roar, and golden light burst forth from his body, whipping up the air around him into a frenzy as he slowly rose upwards, hovering three meters above the crowd's heads, the golden light on his body shining even brighter in the night, like a miniature sun!

  "The Tenth Level Sword Saint!"

  "He is the Tenth-Ranked Sword Saint!"

  "Halt! Everyone stop!"

  The militia rushed in, some people exclaimed and shouted loudly, but the noise of their running stopped quickly, and the crowd did not continue to rush forward. There were only three men riding fine horses, who seemed to be the leaders of the militia.

  All three dismounted, with two in the rear and one in front approaching Li Xie's side. The leader, Fan Di? Se, cupped his fists: "I am Roy, deputy commander of the Chrysanthemum City Militia, ordered to suppress the bandits in Jilongpo, disturbing Your Excellency, please forgive us."

  Roy said, his eyes scanning around, and the people in front of the carriage fell into his eyes. It was obviously two groups of people!

  One group is bandits, so the other must be Duke Evil's men! The city lord asked us to kill Duke Evil without mentioning he has a tenth-stage Sword Saint protecting him! Hmph! It wasn't asking us to come and kill, but rather to come and die!

  In an instant, Roy had already figured out the situation. With a tenth-level Sword Saint protecting him, it wasn't just that killing the Evil Duke was impossible - if he were to make a move, how many of his own side would be able to survive? At the same time, he also recognized the opposing party's leader - the young man wearing black formal attire, with a straw hat on his head and a wine cup in hand, who was deliberately being shielded by the others at the center - the Evil Duke!

  Roy stood up straight and bowed in the direction of Li Xie, clasping his fists: "Duke Li Xie, I am Roy Rodel, Deputy Commander of the Chrysanthemum City Citizen Guard!"

  Li Xie was greatly surprised: "Oh? You still recognize me? My great name may have spread throughout Doudou, but my appearance shouldn't have been circulated yet! To be honest, you only recognized me because I'm the strongest and most handsome one here, with a crane standing out from the flock, right?"

  Roy's forehead was covered in cold sweat: You're the most arrogant one here, if you weren't Duke Evil, you would have been beheaded long ago! How could he not be Duke Evil? Of course, he didn't dare to say what was on his mind, and hastily said: "Your Excellency's aura is extraordinary, like a bright moon in the night sky, making it impossible for people to ignore."

  "Ah, good, good." Li Xie nodded in satisfaction: "You're Roy, right? The bandits here have all been eliminated by me, the Duke. It's none of your business now, you can all leave. Also, help the Duke deliver a message: tomorrow, the Duke will be arriving at Chrysanthemum City and staying overnight. Have Larry Brown prepare everything for the Duke."