Even if the head of the Gladstone family came, he would not dare to say: My son came to seize your pioneering territory, but you beat him to death. I want revenge. They could only keep the reason to themselves and ask the investigation team to collect evidence and hold River Bay accountable for the murder of the nobles. But even a villain would not want to help the evil without any benefit, let alone an Investigative Knight whose mission is to uphold law and justice. Moreover, this River Bend Frontier Territory was obviously an emerging family supported by the Square Banner Knight Rigolav. Although the pioneer lord was a low-ranking civilian soldier, such a person would be more easily won over by the Petukhov family. The Fangqi family in the North has a status equal to that of a baron under the Earl in the South, or a thousand-man under the Burke in the West. They usually have more than just a knight's title. However, while accepting the loyalty of the knights, the major earl rulers would not allow these square flag families to become more and more powerful, and would usually limit the number of their territories. These are among the reasons why Nelson, as Count Freilov's nephew, could not even get a piece of knighthood. The Frelov family is a great noble family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, and there are almost no fools among the heads of the family. The contemporary earl was unwilling to let a relative with negative territorial management ability waste his own property.
They also do not want their side branches to become too powerful and threaten their own rule. The largest square-banner family in the Earldom of Freilov has no more than ten knight territories, and even fewer that have all their territories connected into one. If the Fangqi family wants to continue to expand its family's power, it has to find another way. Marriage, alliance. There is also a third method, which is to train knights of other surnames and have them pledge their allegiance in secret. Their investigation team was caught between the two major flag knight families, so of course it was best for them to pretend that they knew nothing. If they took the initiative to do anything, they would be making a mistake. If Hewan is not efficient and professional enough and reveals something wrong, the investigating knights will have no choice but to present the collected evidence to the town court. If there is no evidence that Nelson died at the hands of Riverbend, then the subsequent conflict is no longer the business of their investigation team. Before the investigation team entered the river bend, the patrolling wild folk scouts had already reported, and Uliyan and Leo rushed to the village gate to welcome the investigation team into the river bend. The knights of the investigation team looked at the bright legion chain mail, steel swords, and iron-clad crossbows of the infantry on guard, and nodded, confirming their previous prediction. The River Bend Frontier is truly a new breed of knights that is strongly supported by the Petukhov family! As for the source of these sophisticated equipment, the investigating knights could only think positively. This must have come from the Petukhov family's arsenal of equipment. The village infrastructure, armed forces, villagers' status, and level of commerce in Hewan far exceeded their expectations. Not to mention the pioneers with civilian status, even the noble pioneer knights with family support could not reach this level and scale in just half a year. Near Isenpol, almost all of the newly developed territories in recent decades were built by noble lords who first built logging camps or mines, which were then gradually transformed into villages through continuous accumulation over five to ten years. Some of them develop slowly and invest less, and they cannot reach the level of the Knights even after ten or twenty years. Some of them could not even survive the frequent attacks by foreign races and savages, and were eventually abandoned. Several investigating knights were secretly awed. The Petukhov family already had an extraordinary knight territory to the south of the western watchtower, and now they had such a large territory and population in the northern river bay.
The Western Watchtower is regarded as the traditional border of the Earldom of Freilov. Outside the mountain pass of the Western Watchtower, there are almost no knight lords, and many ambitious pioneers have ended in failure. But now, the Petukhov family has two. In the area west of Isenpol, although Rigolav was omnipotent, at least no one could resist him. Nelson rashly came over to grab such a territory, and it can only be said that his death was not unjust. The investigating knights did not even explain their purpose. They just took a quick walk around the river bend, interviewed a few villagers, recorded their information, and then entered the lord's house at Uliyan's invitation. The knights of the investigation team knew who killed Nelson, but they could only pretend not to know. Ulian and Leo could also see that the other party had guessed the whole story, but could only pretend not to know. Only the Holy Light Brother DeWitt Jefferson from the investigation team stated his purpose in the chat, but he did not intend to pursue the matter too much and only talked about the Holy Light Brother Lawrence. "My brother Lawrence has been missing for almost three months. No one has seen him so far. I'm afraid he has met with an accident." Wu Liyan had no choice but to say, "My condolences, Master Monk." After killing Lawrence, Urian and Leo learned a lot of knowledge about the Church of Holy Light. The "monks" of the Church of Holy Light are the same as the word "brothers" in the Imperial language, so the monks of the Holy Light all call each other brothers. The Southern Holy Light Sect - the Brothers of the Holy Light, is also known as the Brotherhood of the Holy Light. So the two were not too surprised when they heard what Brother DeWitt said. Unlike Ivan, who thought a father had come to the village and thought that the other party was really Lawrence's brother. "However, some of Brother Lawrence's actions are indeed against the teachings of the Holy Light, and I have advised him before." Brother Dewitt added, "It is really difficult to say more about the unexpected encounter." "It's just that Lawrence's family is still waiting for news, even if it's just to bring back his body." According to the teachings of the Holy Light, the remains of believers can only be buried in cemeteries. If they are abandoned outside, it will be difficult for their souls to ascend to heaven. DeWitt's request was sincere, but Urian and Leo were not moved at all. Who knows whether he was just being tactful or speaking sincerely, but the Lawrence incident is over and has nothing to do with Hewan. Besides, Friar Lawrence had now become the ogre's favorite doorbell, so Leo didn't dare to take it away rashly. So Uliyan could only pretend to be ignorant and promised to help him find it. DeWitt saw that they refused to give in, but he did not care. Instead, after the lavish hospitality of the Lord of River Bay, he visited the temple of River Bay. The original small temple, which was like a land temple, was rebuilt after there was surplus labor in Hewan. Wildfolk and refugees participated in the construction, and a few additional idols were added. Now it is a building similar to a rural ancestral hall. In the center of the altar is a wooden sculpture of the god of war Tyr, and on both sides are placed the emblems of the hundred sons of the god of war, including Odaro, Ferra, Basaka, Lavard, etc. The people of the North have many gods and a variety of beliefs. In addition to the Hundred Sons, the god of war who represent their ancestors, there are also all kinds of strange gods. Some earls believe in their own beliefs, while others believe in everything.
But for hundreds of years, the Church of the Holy Light has also spared no effort in preaching in the North. In the southern part of the North, that is, on the south bank of the Anzeno River, there are already many northerners who believe in the Holy Light. Many knight territories built Holy Light Churches, which gradually became an indispensable part of the village. The various gods that were originally believed in were now worshipped at home. Therefore, many people in the North go to church to pray during the day and pray at home at night, and they do not feel any conflict. The Holy Light Sect in the south still has the habit of burning heretics to death, but the Holy Light monks in the north tend to ignore this topic. After all, those who dare to advocate burning pagans will often be burned to death by the barbaric northerners first.