Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 288
After Quentin's chief of staff was sent out of the mansion, the Igor family's troubled times in the imperial capital finally came to an end.

The Kemal Manor tragedy brought enormous turmoil to the empire: the result of the loss of a court mage and countless territorial elites meant that the representatives of the territories who came to the imperial capital with great ambitions could only end up with pain and sorrow. and resentment leave this sad place;
Due to unexpected circumstances during the hunting contest, the entire St. Augustus Festival celebration was cast in a layer of gray, and the much-anticipated series of competitions also ended hastily without any disturbance.

In view of the tense situation in the imperial capital, Xia Houyan thought over and over again, but still did not dare to let Bob Brook participate in the debate competition:

To put it bluntly, the real role played by the Igor family in the Kemal Manor tragedy is a bit disgraceful. Although it did not show its feet, the feat of bringing down the "inner ghost" Earl Netwan is still impressive. Elliot Igor, the young lord of Frost Maple Ridge and the son of Vincent Igor, has become famous in the imperial capital. The lord really dare not let Bob out and cause trouble during this sensitive period;
However, the results of the Igor family in the major competition units can be regarded as to some extent, the east is not bright and the west is bright:
Although the god of debate, Bob Brook, who is recognized by everyone in Frost Maple Ridge as "the invincible opponent in the world", missed the competition, another person whose family placed high hopes successfully completed the task:

Alice Comstock beheaded eight opponents all the way, and finally won the championship of the martial arts competition, and brought back a shiny corundum laurel crown for the lord!
No way, the captain of the female guard who was born in Eagle's Rest was originally an unworldly genius who was enough to surprise the sword master "Thunder Dragon" Samuel, and he was still at the golden age of a warrior—unlike most magicians who are older and older. The bigger and the stronger the cultivation base, the saying "fist is afraid of the young" is really not a joke in martial arts competitions;

All the warriors of the empire who were stronger than Alice were already old, and the warriors who were about the same age as Alice were not as talented as her. In addition, in the tragedy of the Kemal Manor, the Red Flame Vulture killed another vote. Competitors with a chance to win...

As a result, Alice Comstock was like no one in the martial arts competition, and directly became the first legendary figure in the empire to win the martial arts championship as a woman in the past 200 years!
However, after the victory in the final, the scene where Alice flung herself into the lord's arms recklessly because she was too excited, just provided the idlers in the imperial capital with countless romantic topics.

Another result of the Igor family on the St. Augustus Festival completely baffled Xia Houyan:

In order to honor the family, the lord once allowed the members of the team to freely sign up for the games they are interested in;

In the end, a small captain of the Igor Pioneering Army actually passed the chess competition and returned with another ivory crown for Shuangfengling!
A territory, and it was a poor wasteland territory, actually won two laurel crowns at once!

Moreover, the lord of this territory is Lord Elliot Igor, who became famous in the imperial capital during the Kemal Manor tragedy!

All of a sudden, the imperial capital was full of wind and rain, and the boring people who wanted to have a glimpse of the lord's demeanor almost stepped through the threshold of Igor's mansion.

Only Xiahou Daguan himself, Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out:
According to his impression, the leader of the pioneering army who won the chess championship has always liked to play chess, but his chess skills are not at the top level - about half a year ago, Xia Houyan played a game with him personally, it was amazing It is powerful, but it is obviously too far away to win the championship in the imperial capital where there are many famous chess players;
How come in just half a year, this guy is no longer Wuxia Amon, but has become a super master who dominates the empire?
If it weren't for the fact that technology is too backward in this era, Xia Houyan would think that he opened the software.

As a result, Xia Houyan learned the secret after asking the team captain for the reason;
Of course, the truth also made Xia Houyan even more speechless:

The reason why the pioneering army leader's chess strength has improved by leaps and bounds is that he has been learning from a super super chess king in the past six months——

—The man's name was Juan Clemente!
God is sorry, Clement was locked in Simon Adrian's underground laboratory for 800 years, and he played chess with himself for 800 years!
In other words, the death knight wrapped in the nether metal armor is not a human being, it is clearly a deep neural network that has been trained in continuous self-play for 800 years!
Based on Clement's 800-year understanding, the current chess player's routine is a thoroughly inferior strategy that is limited to a local optimum, and he just taught the team leader a set of opening procedures, completely making the rotten and rigid The imperial chess circle killed everyone without leaving behind, and turned everyone on their backs!
It's a pity that due to the sensitive identity of the death knight, Clement couldn't play in person. Otherwise, this [-]-year-old chess-playing machine would definitely kill the master chess players sent by various territories into cerebral palsy in the chess tournament, making this The hematemesis spectrum passed down to future generations in this competition is so thick that it can be compiled into a dictionary!
This ivory laurel wreath, which was never expected, can only make Xia Houyan sigh, there are really people beyond people in the world, there is a sky beyond the sky, and there is Shuangfengling at the outermost layer.

The two champions, the Martial Arts Tournament and the Chess Tournament, won Shuangfengling not only honor, applause and jealous eyes, but also real prizes:

Don't forget, the championship prizes of this year's St. Augustus Festival are all sponsored by the Mage Academy!

In addition to the "Golden Majestic Sword" secretly ordered by His Majesty Emperor Basil III, Alice's corundum laurel crown brought a set of "Liverpool Sacred Armor" made by master dwarf craftsmen to Frost Maple Ridge:
It is rumored that this set of armor once resisted the deadly kick of the terrifying monster "Manchester Giant Ape" for the ancient warriors, and its sturdiness can be seen;
As for Clement's apprentice, he won back a "La Masia Pearl of Eternal Sleep" for the territory-this object can be called a peak of craftsmanship among illusion magic props, whether you are alive or alive, as long as you wear it Wearing this magic pearl, you will immediately look like a gossamer, and your life will not be long!
——This effect actually has no practical effect, but the complex magic mechanism behind it is enough to make any elemental user yearn for it. It is a complete magical work of art!
However, there is a saying that people have joys and sorrows, and the moon has cloudy and sunny waxes and wanes. This matter is difficult to complete in ancient times;

In the end, the prize that Shuangfengling wanted most did not fall into the hands of the lord:
Lena Leslie, who hadn't been able to progress to a senior mage on match day, was eliminated in the quarter-finals without any suspense.

However, the one who won the Mage Contest was not a young talent sent by any territory, but an unknown young free mage—this free mage practiced the unpopular summoning magic. Agile managed to avoid the opponent's rain of flame arrows, and then summoned a group of low-level monsters out of thin air, scaring the opponent so much that he peed his pants;

Even the group of monsters left in the arena after the game, the imperial court took a lot of effort to dispose of them safely——

——No way, after the death of Master Mephisto, the rest of the court mages were a little panicked, and their performance was not as good as before.

As a result, the manuscript of Simon Adrian, the champion prize of the mage contest that the lord was thinking of, fell into the hands of this young free mage, and disappeared in the vast crowd ever since.

The only thing that makes Xia Houyan feel lucky is that handsome man Tie is a necromancer after all, and his manuscripts are also taboo. Someone was brave enough to take the risk of studying its contents.

As the celebration of St. Augustus's Day went up and down, and the curtain came to a hasty end, a few words about the war situation in the east finally flew into the homes of ordinary people in the imperial capital like wings.

All of a sudden, those who are ignorant of the situation are fine, but those who have any sources of information are all panicked, and there are many people who pack up their household items and run away when the situation worsens:
The orc army may not be able to attack the "city that will never fall" in the imperial capital, but with the influx of refugees from the war in the East, the entire Central Plains may fall into unprecedented chaos-under such circumstances, Moving the whole family to the western region is obviously a more reliable choice.

But in the midst of the storm, the Igor family, which was at the core of the political storm after the Kemal Manor tragedy, was surprisingly calm:
The only thing Shuangfengling has done in the past few days is to hold several dinner parties in the mansion.

The reputation of the Igor family has fallen into a trough since the Vincent Igor treason case, but the brilliant performance of Frost Maple Ridge in the imperial capital these days has made the human nobles realize that they are witnessing a The second rising of the political star;
As a result, the banquet held by Katerina was immediately regarded by the imperial nobles as a signal of the return of the Igor family to the political circle of the empire. With a cold attitude, he is extremely kind and flattering to the Igor family.

At the banquet, countless aristocratic chicks rushed to the side of the high official Xiahou whether intentionally or not, and even Katerina's warning eyes did not play a dissuasive effect.

A certain unscrupulous lord thought complacently that it was because he was charming enough to attract many fans;

After a few more conversations, he found out that these aristocratic girls were not interested in drinking, they were just trying to figure out the plot development of the next romance novel of "Flower of Abundance"...

Yes, with the big distribution of the novels of the Igor family, Shuangfengling’s novels have become popular in the cultural circles of the imperial capital—although quite a few of them still bear the name of the Stardust Protectorate’s literary institution "Biqu Pavilion", The writers of Shuangfengling didn't earn any money.

As for the aristocratic girls of the imperial capital, even if they are really interested in the young and handsome Lord Shuangfengling, most of them are not good at showing it in public:

After all, Lord Elliot Igor's fiancée, Countess Isa Sandria, is watching from the side!
Speaking of which, no one in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital knows who doesn't know. Although this pair of dogs and men have not officially married, they are still very hot. More than once, someone with good intentions saw it. In the early morning of that day, the Lord of Shuangfengling came from Sander. Came out of Countess Leah's mansion with her clothes on!

However, this gang of filthy people really misunderstood the official Xiahou:
The reason why he stayed at Yisha's house for several days in a row was mainly to discuss the business affairs of the "Thin Burial Sect"!

——As for doing something else, it’s purely a matter of whim, by the way.

In view of Isa's insistence on staying in the imperial capital, the lord simply handed over the affairs of the "Thin Burial Sect" to this deeply hidden "mourner":
This cult organization is a sharp blade planted by Shuangfengling in the heart of the empire. Nowadays, the racial conflicts of the human race and the beast race are the main line of the times. Xia Houyan doesn't mind letting this knife pointing inward be hidden in the sheath for a while;

However, he also told Isha that the influx of refugees from the East is the best opportunity to develop the sect:
The so-called religion is just a spiritual opium that seizes the psychological void of human beings and sneaks in. The refugees from the East who have just been ravaged by the orcs and left their homes with their families are the most desperate, most empty, and most in need of spirituality. A group of people who are entrusted!

Xia Houyan has reason to believe that developing the belief in the god of death among the refugee population can definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, developing the refugees into church members is not about wanting them to riot and make trouble—Xia Houyan told Yisha that the current "Thin Burial Sect" must organize more novel "church activities" while expanding the number of believers. ".

—The word is written as "church activity" and read as "money making".

The great teacher has long taught us in "German Ideology" that the world on the other side can never surpass the world on the other side. No matter how many religious beliefs, peaceful evolution, and male and female rights, the ultimate goal is to use the UES knife in vain. Le——have you never seen how the churches in the Middle Ages on Earth collected a lot of money by collecting "tithes"; you have never seen how many hundred yuan bills it costs to burn a stick of incense and ask for a lottery in temples and Taoist temples, large and small!
Taking advantage of the development of the "Thin Burial Sect" and providing more development funds for the Igor family, this is the right way in the vicissitudes of life!
Finally, after dealing with such trivial matters, the Igor family's convoy also packed up and prepared to go home and rush back to Shuangfengling:
According to the forecast of the Imperial Army, the orcs of the Glorious Federation are still focusing on sweeping up the occupied areas in the east. They will not launch a sneak attack in the south in a short time, but no one can make a conclusion on the military situation. The land, Xia Houyan can seek peace of mind.

However, just the night before he left, His Majesty Basil visited Igor's mansion again;

This time, His Majesty the Emperor also brought countless documents, attendants, and guards of honor.

Standing in front of the mansion, Xia Houyan ignorantly took from His Majesty the flag and scepter symbolizing the dukedom of Shuangfengling, as well as a ceremonial command knife representing the power of "Interim President Southern Military Affairs".

He felt that he had completed his merits and virtues by coming to the imperial capital.

(End of this chapter)