Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 225

Jahouyan, Master Laurie, and Cousins ​​were still poking around in the courtyard of the Basil Manor like a Beacon Hill. Eldridge, who was wearing a red scarf around his neck, suddenly poked his head out from the gate.

"Hello? Are you there?" Eldridge blinked at the lord.

"Why are you here?" Xia Houyan was taken aback, "Didn't you say you were going to roam around the town?"

"I saw a group of sneaks in black clothes in the town, ah, very mysterious, it seems to be coming towards the manor..." Eldridge shrugged, "I'm afraid someone is trying to harm you, so I will , ah, follow me to see... all right?"

"Something has happened." Xia Houyan smiled wryly and turned to his side, showing the surrounding scene to Eldridge.

The jeweled banana fields that are still "sizzling" with green smoke, the broken glass windows of the manor, and a thick hemp rope that is connected to the roof of the manor and is still floating in the wind like an answer, almost blew Eldridge's eyes. The children are scared out.

"Shocked, shocked!" The leader of the East Territory said, "What... what happened here?!"

The lord talked about the shocking surprise attack just now with a gloomy expression.

"Stop! Stop!" Eldridge opened his mouth wide, "It's alright that the Earl of Halladayne was robbed! It's still in front of you, Master Laurie, and good brother Allen." ? Awesome!"

Master Laurie and Lawrence's distorted expressions were filled with "If you can't speak, don't speak".

Xia Houyan gritted his teeth: "The arrows of this group of people are also coated with green poison, probably the group of forest robbers in the sunset forest..."

"Fuck? Is it reasonable for the forest robbers to come to the town to commit crimes?" Eldridge obviously had never heard the story of Obinham on Earth, "...Wait! Poison? Your lord, are you not injured? "

"We're fine..." Xia Houyan snorted, "The few local gentry invited by the Earl are really bad luck..."

Eldridge looked over the lord's shoulder, stretched his neck and looked into the hall of the manor:

Although it was too far away to see clearly, the clear cries and howls clearly revealed the casualties in the hall.

"It's the end..." Eldridge retracted his neck and muttered.

"My lord, what should we do now?" Cousins ​​looked at Xia Houyan in confusion, "Earl Hallardine was robbed by forest robbers in front of us, this is not a trivial matter..."

Xia Houyan sucked his teeth and said:

"It's not suitable to stay in a place of right and wrong for a long time, let's take the team away quickly..."

"Go?!" Eldridge didn't respond.

"Why don't you stay and wait for the table?!" Xia Houyan glared at his knight commander, then turned and walked towards the hall.

The three Shuangfengling horse boys looked at each other in dismay, and hurriedly followed.

Xia Houyan didn't take a few steps, just in time to meet the old butler of the manor who was driven out of the hall.

"Y-Master Igor..." The old butler, who had just undergone a major change, was almost covered in blood, and even his lips were trembling, "Ha, where is Mr. Halledine..."

"Abducted by those men in black." Xia Houyan replied sullenly.

The old butler was struck by lightning for an instant, and his face turned pale.

"Guai...guai..." The old man muttered twice, unable to utter the next syllable. If Cousins ​​hadn't reached out his hand to hold him up in a hurry, he would almost have fallen to the ground with his old bones.

"What is the origin of those men in black, do you have any idea?" Xia Houyan waved his hand in front of the old housekeeper.

"What's the reason... what's the reason..." The old butler gasped for several breaths in Cousins' arms, and finally regained his composure, crying with tears streaming down his face, "It's those goddamn forest robbers ! I reminded the Earl to be careful! The Earl just doesn’t believe it!”

"Have you been reminded?" Xia Houyan raised his eyebrows.

"He, they sent a threatening letter to the manor a few days ago..." the old butler covered his face tightly and cried regretfully, "They said they wanted to settle accounts with the Earl! I mentioned this to the Earl at the time , But the master didn’t take it to heart at all! I knew that I should insist on letting the master arrange more guards! Master Joe and Master George are also dead... It’s all my fault! It’s all my fault..."

Cousins ​​patted the loyal old servant who had almost collapsed, and shook his head at the lord.

Xia Houyan sighed, and walked into the hall with his hands behind his back.

Cousins ​​also helped the old butler, and followed in with Master Laurie and Eldridge.

The extremely irritating blood color almost filled the field of vision.

The bodies of the guests who were shot were still lying softly in the luxurious armchairs. The body was not cold, and the arrow shafts were still there, but the blood had already flowed into rivers, drowning the exquisite patterns of tiles.

The frightened female guests were still weeping and sobbing, and a few manor servants who rushed over were at a loss and pale in the face of the blood and flesh all over the floor.

The chief mage of Halledine, who was chatting and laughing with Master Laurie just a moment ago, is now lying quietly on the cold floor, and the master he tried to protect before his death has long since disappeared.

Faced with this tragic scene, even veterans like Master Laurie, Cousins, and Eldridge couldn't help feeling extremely heavy.

The lord of Shuangfengling is even more upset:

The landlord who entertained him was robbed by forest robbers right under his nose, and the dignified lord, junior magister and knight commander were all helpless...

To be honest, since the establishment of Frost Maple Ridge, the Igor family has rarely suffered such a big loss.

"Leader, my lord..." Master Laurie said cautiously.

"Don't talk about it, let's pack up our things and let's go—so as not to cause chaos in Spring Leaf Town." Xia Houyan shook his head, "Unfortunately, Earl Halladine was robbed, and it is our bad luck to encounter this shit, but these forest robbers The Eastern Army will take care of things..."

The master nodded silently.

Although this sudden robbery was staged tragically in front of them, to be honest, the Igor family has absolutely no position to participate in this matter:

They just passed through Chunye Town on the way to the imperial capital, not to mention that Earl Halladine was kidnapped, even if the town suddenly caught fire, and Shuangfengling stood by the side warming his hands, no one could say anything—

The imperial system is originally that each lord is responsible for his own territory. It was imperative to confront the attackers in a critical situation just now. Now that the enemy is retreating, and the Igor family has not lost its manpower, why take the risk to meddle with the Earl of Halledine? What's wrong?
However, just as Xia Houyan was about to take his subordinates to run quickly, a withered hand suddenly grabbed his sleeve.

Xia Houyan turned his head and looked at the old butler of the manor with snot and tears on his face.

What the old man said next did not exceed his expectations at all.

"Yi, Master Igor..." The old butler said tremblingly, "I beg you...help the Earl...send someone to save him...please..."

"This is the matter of your Earl Halledine..." Xia Houyan was full of compassion, and his mouth was full of nothing to do with himself, "Besides, hasn't the Earl already written to ask the Eastern Army to suppress the bandits? Don't worry, they should The Sunset Forest will be wiped out soon, and the Earl will be rescued! Our Igor family is actually just passing by..."

"I, I know..." The old butler spit out a crystal clear snot bubble, "But, but there are not many soldiers in our territory, and wait, wait for the Eastern Army to arrive... Lord Earl, sir, I'm afraid he has already... ... Please, Lord Igor, you must have warriors under your command, please show kindness, for the sake of being the lord of the empire, and save the master..."

Master Laurie and Eldridge couldn't bear to look away.

Being caught by forest robbers, anyone knows how inhuman treatment Earl Hallardine will suffer. It would be considered light to light a lamp with his fat body;
But out of self-interest and safety considerations, Shuangfengling really has no reason to risk the lives of the leaders to help...

Of course, in fact, according to the most traditional "chivalry spirit", at this time the Igor family should roar at the injustice, whoever will go to hell if I don't go to hell, take all their belongings and fight desperately with the forest robbers, and even die Lord Hallardine rescued;

But the problem is that the only real "knight" present is named Aaron Cousins...

"My lord, let's go!" Cousins, the Lily Knight of the Empire, blew a whistle that had nothing to do with him. "If we don't leave, it will be dark..."

"Master Igor!" The old butler hugged Xia Houyan's leg tearfully, and kissed his trousers frantically, "I beg you...for the sake of Lord Halladine..."

Xia Houyan let out a long sigh:
"Don't blame me for saying that, but I can't manage my own people... Besides, I'm really not familiar with Earl Hallardine..."

"But, but!" The old housekeeper shook his head desperately, "Didn't the Earl treat you to dinner just now... Aren't you and the Earl friends..."

Xia Houyan looked up at the starry sky and sighed:

"This is just an ordinary meal. If you invite me to a meal like this, you will be friends. Wouldn't the whole continent be my friends? Besides, I don't like roast suckling pig..."

The two parties were standing at the entrance of the banquet hall, arguing, when Alice Comstock hurried over from the other end of the hall.

The lord, who was worried that he couldn't get rid of the begging of the old housekeeper, hurriedly called out to the female swordsman:

"Alice, we should go..."

"Ai... Your lord." Alice bit her lips, "You...you come here."

Xia Houyan, who noticed something wrong with Alice's expression, froze for a moment, then threw off the old manor housekeeper who was sobbing on the ground, and walked quickly with Alice;
Then, he saw his sister Katerina, who was leaning against the corner with a pale face.

He saw Katerina's bandaged left arm, still bleeding slowly;
He saw the feathered arrow lying on the tiles beside him, still stained with blood;

The arrowhead is green, burning quietly like a will-o'-the-wisp.

In an instant, Xia Houyan felt that he could not hear any noise.

Only Master Laurie, Commander Cousins, and Eldridge who were standing aside could clearly see a cloud of gloomy black air pouring over the stiff face of the lord.

"Miss Katerina..." Alice said softly, suppressing the crying in her voice, "During the scuffle just now, Missy's arm was accidentally rubbed by a feather arrow... The injury is not serious, I have already bandaged it , but on the arrowhead..."

"I see." Xia Houyan stared at the green arrowhead on the ground, his voice hoarse.

Katerina was only scratched by the forest robber's feathered arrow;
But just like this, seeing the "Jianshan Chuang" with blood sealing his throat is enough to be fatal.

Alice gave Katerina a sad look.

Katerina raised her head with difficulty, looked at her brother and smiled weakly, but did not make a sound.

"That old housekeeper, get over here." Xia Houyan looked down at Katerina's face that had lost all color due to pain, and shouted in a deep voice, supporting the wall with his hands.

The old butler ran over, looking at Katerina in the corner and the blood-stained feather arrow on the ground, opened his mouth in astonishment, and even forgot to continue crying.

Because he vaguely remembered that this beautiful noble lady seemed to be the sister of Lord Shuangfengling...

"You are a local." Xia Houyan asked softly, "Tell me, how long can you live after being hit by 'Jian Shan Chuang'?"

"One, one day!" The old housekeeper hurriedly replied, his tongue almost tied in a panic, "Within a day, there will be no life-threatening!"

"Two days!" Master Laurie said resolutely, "If I cast 'Ice Sleep', it can slow down the blood flow and the spread of toxins in Missy's body, and it should buy me some time."

"Please cast the spell now." Xia Houyan pursed his lips and turned to the old housekeeper, "Then I'll ask you again. 'Jianshan Chuang'...does it have an antidote?"

"We don't." The old housekeeper wiped the tears from his face, gritted his teeth, "but...but those forest robbers should have a cure for 'Jianshan Chuang'!"

"You locals have lived for so many years, but you haven't found the antidote for 'Jianshan Chuang'..." Xia Houyan closed his eyes and asked, "Why do forest robbers have an antidote?"

"Because...because...they found a way to extract poison from tree sap. And, also because..." The old housekeeper clenched his fists, then reached out tremblingly, and picked up a masked man's head from the ground, Gritting his teeth, he lifted off the mask wrapped around his head, "Because...they are not local 'people'."

Cousins ​​and Eldridge gasped at the same time when they saw the slightly greenish skin of the head, the mass of dark eyes, and the sharp fangs protruding from the corners of the mouth.

Xia Houyan just glanced casually, then turned his eyes away from the old butler's hand, and stared at Cousins ​​and Eldridge:
"From here to Sunset Forest... Are the soldiers we brought from Shuangfengling fast enough?"

"We never lost when we were racing against the god of death!" Eldridge wrapped the red scarf around his body chicly, and together with Cousins, saluted the lord with a murderous military salute.

Katerina, who was leaning against the corner weakly and waiting for Master Laurie to cast "Ice Sleep", suddenly let out a chuckle.

"What are you laughing at?" Xia Houyan lowered his head and asked softly.

Katerina smiled sweetly: "My brother looks pretty handsome when he's worried about his sister."

(End of this chapter)