Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 41
Xia Houyan walked all the way to his tent, looking at the people on the side of the road who were busy packing their bags, with mixed feelings in his heart.

It only took a few days to cross into this world, but he seemed to be busy all the time.

Besieged by corpses, food shortages, and the desperate situation in the infected area didn't give him much time to think. Xia Houyan almost forced himself to try one after another without pause. With all kinds of escape methods.

Now, with the corpse tide under control, escape is just around the corner, and Xia Houyan, who was finally able to relax for a while, inevitably entered a state of collapse.

Of course, he also felt fear in his heart at the same time.

Xia Houyan knew very clearly that after leaving the infected area, he would lead the people to his new territory. Speaking of exploration, combat, and magic, he thought he had enough experience to manage a whole area. territory?
He was a little timid for the first time.

"Lord Lord." In his ear, Alice's soft voice interrupted his chaotic thoughts, "What you said to Deputy Knight Commander Juan Clemente just now was very generous - not all noble lords are willing to let go Such an elite knight left his command."

Xia Houyan shrugged and said:
"First of all, if Clement really wants to leave, we will definitely not be able to keep it based on the strength of our territory; secondly, if he is an antique from 800 years ago, where can he go if he really wants to leave? If this is the case, then I might as well directly To tell him that he is free to leave, to create an image of a benevolent and tolerant lord—this is not my generosity, but it is just a way to buy people's hearts."

The lord's overly sincere answer made Alice stunned.

"Look, I'm telling you my thoughts truthfully. This is also a trick to buy people's hearts." Xia Houyan grinned.

So Alice's eyes became more complicated.

"What about you, dear Captain Alice Comstock?" Xia Houyan didn't look at Alice, but looked up at Suyueminghe in the night sky, and sighed, "I promised you, I will find a way Let you return to normal - let's assume that there is a day when you are no longer a living dead wandering between the world and the nether, and regain your body temperature and heartbeat - when that day comes, you will still be in Egg The Er family?"

Alice tilted her head slightly and asked:
"Do you want me to stay?"

"Master Laurie told me that the new territory granted to our family by the empire is a wasteland at the southernmost tip of the border, and there is nothing but robbers from the Federation, demons and humans." Xia Houyan did not answer Alice's question directly. Instead, he said leisurely, "That would not be a suitable place to live and live, and you, Alice Comstock, you are a talented female swordsman who is only 21 years old, you can be in the social circle of the imperial capital." You can call the wind and rain, or you can seek high positions in the imperial army...but the wasteland will only devour your young soul, drag down your vigorous body, and corrode your beautiful skin."

"So, you don't want me to continue working for you?" Alice bit her lip and looked away.

"I have no reason for you to continue to pay for me." The lord smiled apologetically, "Remember, you have already died for me once... If you can truly be reborn one day, I hope you can live a peaceful and happy life, and Not with a desperate lord in the wasteland. You, Lawrence, Chris, all the same..."

Xia Houyan licked his lips and let out a long sigh:
"...So when the convoy is completely safe, I will hold a territorial meeting and let everyone decide for themselves, whether to leave the family and stay in a safer empire, or go with me to the dangerous frontier wasteland to pioneer the wilderness: Before I As old Joel said, this territorial transfer is just the bitter fruit of the political struggle between nobles, and there is no need for ordinary people like you to taste it together."

Alice's eyes seemed a little hazy in the moonlight:

"What are you talking about to buy people's hearts?"

"Unfortunately, this is not." Xia Houyan laughed.

As the two of them spoke, they had unknowingly walked to the lord's tent.

"Come in with me." Xia Houyan tilted his head towards the tent with a smile, "I told you to follow me all the way, of course not just to chat with you."

Alice pursed her lips and glanced at him, then bent down slightly, lifted the curtain and got into the tent.

The interior of Lord Lord's tent still maintains a consistent clutter-before Anjie Randall strictly abides by the rules of Eagle's End, and carefully cleans and organizes the tent every day, but this is too out of place in the infected area. Xia Houyan's work has been resolutely stopped.

Therefore, at this time, his tent was like a machine gun position that had just been bombarded, and unfortunately caused the ammunition to explode, and it was a mess.

Xia Houyan walked into the tent and found that the maid An Jie was not there, presumably she was packing her luggage, so he performed a flame technique and lit the friendly lion lantern.

The warm light illuminated the tent and Alice's cheeks.

Xia Houyan picked up the lion lantern and found with satisfaction that a bulging cloth package had been added to the floor in the center of the tent.

"This is...?" Alice also noticed the package.

"It's the treasures that Master Laurie scavenged from Adrian's laboratory." Xia Houyan kicked the wrapping cloth with his toes, causing a sound of metal pieces colliding with each other, "Master must be trying to sneak up on himself. , but this lord is already prepared, and once he returns to the camp, let Lawrence grab this package and put it here! Hmph, if this lord does not take care of the harvest of this trip first, Master Laurie will not want to touch it!"

Alice was speechless.

Xia Houyan handed the lantern to Alice, and then squatted down inelegantly, picking and choosing among the cloth wraps for a while, and quickly pulled out a gorgeous sabre that shone brightly and was enchanted at a glance.

"Ha, I just remembered Laurie, the shrewd man, taking a big sword!" Xia Houyan smiled, turned the sword upside down, and handed the hilt to Alice, "Dear Captain Alice, you are on the move! The saber that was damaged in the middle, this lord will make it up for you!"

Alice took the long sword and inserted it into her belt without looking at it, her eyes still staring at the lord.

"Then what?" she asked.

"No, what more do you want?" Xia Houyan shrugged, "It stands to reason that all equipment lost in battles must be registered and distributed uniformly. This sword is a good thing made of magic metal and enchanted, I'm afraid Lawrence's bastards looked greedy, and they were secretly given to you, so don't tell me!"

Alice lowered her head, looked at the new sword at her waist, and said nothing.

"Okay, it's getting late, you haven't packed your own luggage yet?" Xia Houyan remembered what Lawrence said before, and couldn't help but joke, "If you stay here with me, someone really wants to say that I will let you go. You warm the bed!"

Alice's face flushed instantly, she gave the lord a fierce look, turned her head and left, but stopped abruptly before leaving the tent.

The female swordsman supported the door curtain and turned her head, bit her lip, and asked:
"Do you...want it?"

Now it was Xiahou's turn to be embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)