Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 327
When heading towards Earl Dimitri, Governor of the Southern Territory, Xia Houyan was actually ready to fight Ya.

——After all, when the troops were first dispatched, Shuangfengling ignored this guy's opinion, and then directly put her under house arrest so as not to get in the way.

If it were any governor with a bloody side, he would definitely not be able to swallow this breath, right?
However, as Xia Houyan approached, he read something unusual from Count Dimitri's expression.

Because at this moment, Earl Dimitri is standing on a piece of scorched earth in the Red River Valley, looking blankly at the mountains of Frost Maple Ridge loot boxes, the busy Frost Maple Ridge workers, and countless restrained orcs. Burnt corpse.

The earl's eyes showed that he was obviously thinking about something.

And what Xia Houyan was most afraid of in his life was that these imperial politicians were planning some kind of evil plan in their hearts.

So the Duke of Shuangfengling, who had just won a great victory, made up his mind, said hello to the governor of the southern border, and left as he fulfilled his etiquette obligation—now that the "Hammer of Purgatory" has been wiped out, Shuangfengling I am no longer afraid that someone will dictate the strategic plan, and Earl Dimitri will never be able to control the land where the emperor is far away. It is of course best for the two sides to take this opportunity to laugh away their grievances and go their separate ways. situation.

——Xia Houyan originally planned this way.

However, as soon as he approached Earl Dimitri, before he had time to speak, he saw the Governor of the Southern Territory jolted like an electric shock, and turned his head in a daze.

The governor's expression at this time is really too weird.

So much so that Xia Houyan couldn't say the polite words he had prepared.

Then, Count Dimitri said dryly:
"Master Yi, Lord Igor...that orc division...was...you...solved it?"

At this moment, the demeanor of the Governor of the Southern Territory was no longer the feigned madness he had when he was in Shuangfengling, but he looked more like a calm and normal person.

However, facing Count Dimitri's question of being too mentally retarded, Xiahouyan could only wave his hand at the orc morgue not far away, and replied lazily:

"The orcs who invaded the land of broken souls, the lord can't guarantee that they will be wiped out, but you have already killed 90.00% of them now, this is still certain."

Count Dimitri swallowed hard, was silent for three seconds, and then said:
"Then...then...our line of defense at the Lion Heart River...what should we do?"

"It's useless, let's withdraw, what else can we do?" Xia Houyan sneered sarcastically, and poked the chest of the legal boss with his finger, "I told you, Shuangfengling can do it in the land of cracked soul." Get rid of the orc invaders, why are you always thinking about your useless Lionheart River line of defense?"

"But... can... but..." Earl Dimitri muttered a few times, and finally covered his face with his hands with a "snap", and shook his head in despair, "... But it is clear that the Lionheart River is stationed. It's the plan of the Imperial Army... You... How could you solve the battle with just 2000 people on the plains of the Land of Cracking Souls... The military will definitely not believe it... My Holy Spirit... that is A whole ten thousand orcs..."

"How to report to the military department is the problem you have to solve." Xia Houyan waved his hand impatiently, "You can write the battle report as you like, and you can take as much credit as you like. Earl Mitri was possessed by the Holy Spirit, and a Pegasus Meteor hammered the orc army, and this lord has no objection at all—however, this lord only has one request."

"What do you want—" Earl Dimitri hadn't finished asking, but the lord of Frost Maple Ridge stretched out a hand, grabbed the collar and picked it up.

As a result, Count Dimitri saw a pair of dark pupils full of murderous intent, like evil spirits.

The governor kicked his legs in a panic, trying to keep himself away from the vicious Duke of Shuangfengling, but failed.

"Tell the Imperial Army and Quentin—and Rosario, I have completed the task these bastards assigned to Shuangfengling." Xia Houyan looked directly at Earl Dimitri, gritted his teeth, and said, "I I don’t want to see anyone in the future—including you, Quentin, and those idiot southern aristocrats wandering into Lao Tzu’s territory, understand?!”

Count Dimitri nodded desperately like a chicken pecking rice, as if he was afraid that he would be eaten alive by the demon lord in front of him in the next second.

——No way, after anyone commanded the army of the undead to slaughter ten thousand orcs, there would be a frightening bloody smell all over his body.

Xia Houyan squinted his eyes to examine Count Dimitri again, and then put the girl back on the ground.

"Then...then...then you..." Earl Dimitri hooked his fingers around his neckline, coughed a few times, and asked miserably, "Then the necromancer you used on the battlefield, I don't know I saw... this matter... how should I explain it to the Imperial Army?"

The expression on Xia Houyan's face was as cold as an ice dragon, and he froze for a moment.

Earl Dimitri was extremely convinced that in just half a second, he read at least fifty words of "killing the mouth", "cutting the grass and eradicating the root", and "ending the trouble forever" from the narrowed eyes of the lord of Frost Maple Ridge. Class synonyms.

Purely out of love for life, Earl Dimitri hurriedly grabbed the lord's sleeve like a drowning man grabbing driftwood:

"You, you, don't get me wrong! I, I, and I have no intention of reporting you to the imperial government! You, you, you are the heroes who guard the country, and I, me, and Keke attach great importance to your friendship!"

"Oh?" Xia Houyan squinted his eyes and said, "But the necromancy magic used by this lord is a taboo recognized by the empire?"

Count Dimitri saw from the corner of his eyes that the hand of the young Duke of Shuangfengling had already pressed the handle of the command knife of "President Southern Military Affairs"—in the second half of his life, the Governor of the Southern Territory will rejoice countless times. Because of the keen observation he showed at this moment.

Because, with almost no time to react, Count Dimitri solemnly waved his hand and replied solemnly:
"Lord Igor! These days in Frost Maple Ridge, I have been studying the educational textbooks of the Political Department of your Pioneer Army! I think that Mr. Sean Mountbatten was right when he said that day--"If you don't run the army well, the country will be lawless." Ancient'! The so-called 'taboo' is nothing more than a deep-rooted but unfounded cultural concept! Lord Igor, I think that protecting the lives of the people in the south and the citizens of the empire is better than some shitty 'taboo' Much more important! No matter the forbidden magic or the main magic, it is good magic that can resist the orcs!"

Rao Xia Houyan was almost shocked by this politically over-conscious speech;
His palm even involuntarily moved a little from the handle of the command knife.

"It can be seen..." The lord rubbed his chin, and re-examined the governor of the southern border with the posture of three days away, "...you were soft...cough, during your stay in Shuangfengling, you suffered a lot. A lot of education..."

"Of course!" Earl Dimitri apologized while wiping his cold sweat secretly, "Master Igor, these days, I read the territorial daily newspaper compiled by your Political Department every day..."

"District Daily?" Xia Houyan was taken aback.

He vaguely remembered that at the beginning of the month, he did mention to Lawrence that he wanted to run a newspaper and occupy the propaganda front;

However, the orc invasion was imminent, and military affairs were the most important thing, so Xia Houyan didn't take this task to heart afterwards;

He never expected that Lawrence, who went out to lead troops to chase and wipe out the remnants of the enemy, and returned to Phoenix Terrace from the front line, actually took advantage of the battle situation to set up this territory weekly magazine!
"That's right! It's edited by Mr. Tom Lawrence!" Earl Dimitri hurriedly nodded, "I can't...cough cough...I can't go out these days, so I read the newspaper every day. You won a big victory on the front line I also saw the happy news in the newspaper—no, I couldn’t help myself, and ran to the front line to congratulate you...By the way, I also saw your undead army—really, really a group of strong ...Strong 'corpse', hahaha..."

Xia Houyan sneered again and again: "Trying to escape from prison with death" as "can't help but come to congratulate", this Governor-General is indeed a talent.

However, after killing [-] orcs, the lord's heart has become much wider, and he doesn't bother to care about these stupid things.

He sneered and asked:
"So, what is the name of Lawrence's newly published Frost Maple Ridge Daily?"

Count Dimitri replied: "What does the lord eat today?"

Xia Houyan was not surprised at all.

"So..." Xia Houyan wrote another note for Lawrence in the small notebook in his heart, then looked at Earl Dimitri and said, "Mr. Governor, you do not intend to expose the use of necromantic magic in our territory to the Supreme Church thing?"

"Of course not!" Earl Dimitri resolutely said, "If it weren't for you, we, and countless southern people, would have died under the iron heels of the orcs! Nor is it a villain who repays kindness with revenge!"

Xia Houyan stared at the Governor of the Southern Territory with eyes dedicated to looking at villains.

Earl Dimitri obviously believed that the Duke of Frost Maple Ridge's distrust of his own character was a huge discrimination and prejudice.

Because in the next second, he nodded and said with a smile:
"So, so, Lord Igor, what I mean by mentioning this to you is that regarding the necromancer part of the battle situation, we have to find a good way to cover it from the military headquarters and His Majesty the Emperor, so as not to It caused public outrage... Holy God, I am the governor of the southern border of the empire, and you are a grasshopper on the same rope. You were burned to death by the Inquisition, and I can't get away with it..."

"Yo yo yo...'Grasshopper on a rope'?" Xia Houyan sneered eccentrically, "Why, don't you stand on the same front with those southern nobles and force me to abandon Shuangfengling and set up defense on the north bank? ?”

"The southern nobles are all trash!" The statement made by the southern governor made Xia Houyan look sideways, "Master Igor, you also know that those southern nobles have been talking nonsense since they were conscripted, and they No one puts the overall situation of the empire and the people of the south in their eyes, and no one thinks highly of me, Anthony Dimitri!"

"Be more confident, I also look down on you." Xia Houyan sneered.

Count Dimitri choked on this sentence for two seconds before laughing and saying:

"It's normal for you to look down on me, I don't deserve it! As the governor of the southern border, I, Anthony Dimitri, can't do anything in the war. I can only watch you lead troops to kill the enemy on the front line. Of course I don't Worthy of your respect—but by the Holy Spirit, you have seen with your own eyes the virtues of those southern nobles, right? No matter how bad I am, I never escaped back to Lionheart with my tail between my legs like those sons of bitches On the north bank of the river?"

This makes sense.Xia Houyan shrugged and replied:
"It's hard not to be supportive."

"What I want is your support!" Earl Dimitri was so excited that he jumped up when he heard this, "Master Igor, I have a showdown with you-the entire south of the empire is in chaos. Loose sand is just a group of carrion insects! I, Anthony Dimitri, the dignified governor of the empire, actually have to look at the faces of these idiots every day and speak well to them before I can ask them to contribute a little food and soldiers to protect the country and the people ——Lord Igor, I’ve had enough! I understand now that if you want to govern the southern part of the empire well, you must punch hard!”

Xia Houyan rolled his eyes.

He had already seen that Count Dimitri, as the governor of the empire, dealt with a group of southern nobles like a grandson every day. He must have been dissatisfied and wanted to strengthen his own power.

But he really didn't expect that this guy would actually confide all the thoughts in his heart to himself like this.

"So?" Xia Houyan sneered.

"But I don't have heavy punches..." Earl Dimitri blushed, "But you have! Think about it, Mr. Igor, I am the governor of the southern border. You have such a powerful army under you. If we force you Join forces, isn't the entire southern border of the empire owned by me and you, Shuangfengling?"

"Mr. Dimitri..." Xia Houyan said coldly, "Didn't I make it clear to you just now? This month, I took Shuangfengling to kill a total of [-] orcs... [-] orcs! We have already I’m tired! Let me tell you! Frost Maple Ridge is Frost Maple Ridge, and the land of broken souls is the land of broken souls. This place only belongs to the Igor family, that’s it! We are not in the fucking mood to mix in your south Stirring shit in the quagmire of the noble circle!"

"That's the truth..." Earl Dimitri rubbed his hands in embarrassment, "No, but, look, haven't the troops gathered by the southern nobles on the north bank of the Lionheart River not been disbanded yet... You are the 'President of Southern Military Affairs' appointed by His Majesty the Emperor, I think if you are interested, you might as well lead the coalition forces of the southern nobles to fight another battle..."

"Still beating?!" Xia Houyan stared at the governor of the south with idiot eyes, "All the orcs are fucking dead! Who are you beating?!"

"I don't know if you are interested in... that... Rock Creek City..." Count Dimitri looked weakly at Mr. Xiahou.

Xia Houyan's eyes instantly became deep.

"Let me tell you that." The lord patted Earl Dimitri on the shoulder, "Soulbreaker and Frost Maple Ridge are good enough. I'm not interested in Rock Creek City. That old and immortal Grand Duke of Houston in Rock Creek doesn't matter to me either."

Then, he took out a cigar from his pocket and put it in his mouth, and continued while lighting the fire with his fingers:

"But, without the Duke of Houston, it does mean a lot to me."

(End of this chapter)