I'm the one running the game

Time passes day by day, and the time for winter hunting is coming soon.

All the nobles invited by the king came to participate in this winter hunt.

Lu Xingshi also saw other nobles, each with knights and soldiers. In addition, there were many female companions and lovers.

It's not like Lu Xingshi, who was just sitting there casually.

"Are you Lu Langton? The fourth great knight of the kingdom?" A thick voice came over.

Lu Xingshi glanced at the noble family crest on the other person's chest and recognized him.

Pollock Tell, one of the great knights of the kingdom.

He was a burly man with beards, wearing thick half-armor.

The territory is in the south, and the title is marquis.

He is one level higher than Lu Xingshi, mainly because he was originally an earl, and after rising one level, he will naturally become a marquis.

Lu Xingshi still had little time. The king could not give Lu Xingshi two ranks at once. Only when Lu Xingshi's black soil territory expanded to a certain area, would he upgrade Lu Xingshi's title again.

Otherwise, there will be a situation where the title is high but the territory is small and poor, which is very embarrassing for the kingdom.

That's why he suppressed Lu Xingshi and gave him the right to develop.

"Yes, it's me." Lu Xingshi did not deny it. Even if you want to deny it here, everyone has obvious family crests.

Lu Xingshi has the crest of the Langton family on his body, and he can recognize who you are at a glance.

And those without a family crest are definitely not nobles, and are either family members or servants and guards.

"It doesn't look like it has the seeds of life." Pollock said directly.

"Oh? How does it look like?" Lu Xingshi asked back.

The other party seems to be here to cause trouble. How about teaching him a lesson?

The Tire family is not small in the south. Even though it is just a marquis family, the Duke does not dare to mess with Pollock because of him.

While speaking, Lu Xingshi stood up and reached out to pat Pollock on the shoulder.

In just an instant, Pollock's eyes changed.

He could sense that Lu Xingshi's power was far superior to his, and there was no way he could break free.

"Grand Duke Haipa has doubts about your strength." Pollock betrayed the person who asked him to come over without hesitation.

"Marquis of Tire, you are the great knight of the kingdom. Even if a person who is just an honorary knight doubts you, I can believe it. Your level disappoints me so much." Lu Xingshi said this with force at the same time.

Honorary knight is the opposite of wandering knight, which means that he only has the title of knight but has not received any knight training, which is equivalent to being a showman.

It wasn't until Lu Xingshi made an extremely obvious five-finger mark on the opponent's armor that he stopped.

Pollock opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.

They are all adults, let alone someone who has been in a high position for a long time. Naturally, he understands that you can do it, but you have to bear the cost and consequences after doing it.

As for opening his mouth and scolding Lu Xingshi for committing a crime? If he dares to do this, he will only become a laughing stock.

"This power...his life seed is definitely not simple." Pollock looked at Lu Xingshi's figure solemnly.

The other party didn't want to talk to me anymore, so he changed seats.

Then he unobtrusively changed into a new set of armor and came out, otherwise it would be very shameful to come out with the five-fingerprint armor.

The four great knights of the kingdom are all nobles, and none of them are commoners.

It is difficult for a commoner to become a knight, let alone a great knight.

Even the wandering knight who was Lu Xingshi's predecessor had to be a branch of the nobles or a bastard. It was difficult for ordinary people to live. How could they have the money to train as a knight, let alone eat meat? This alone would be enough to win. Lose ninety-nine percent of people.

Then you have to be literate, you have to be able to raise horses, you have to buy your own equipment, etc., each of which is a major expense.

The civilians used limited circulation copper coins and could not buy any equipment and supplies that the knights needed.

After such an episode, many nobles came to chat.

Most of these nobles are feudal nobles in the royal capital who have no territory, that is, they do not have much real power.

As for those marquis and dukes, they ignored Lu Xingshi at all. Firstly, it was because Lu Xingshi had offended Grand Duke Haipa, and secondly, Lu Xingshi was an earl.

How could they condescend to come and get to know Lu Xingshi, but Lu Xingshi had to go and get to know them.

But Lu Xingshi didn't care about this at all, so it didn't matter.

After dealing with these nobles who had no real power, the king arrived belatedly. He took Princess Catherine with him and began to speak.

Lu Xingshi's eyes fell on Princess Catherine, and there was something wrong with her situation.

‘The mental power is active, but not consolidated, similar to outward expansion rather than inward concentration? ’

'It stands to reason that this situation would lead to depression, malaise, etc., but she didn't. Is it a bit strange? ’

His first thought was that the princess would not start meditating, but he quickly rejected it. He knew the operating logic of the meditation method.

If you really start meditating, your spirit will not be in this state.

‘But there is something almost cold in the fluctuations of mental power...no, it should be a strange feeling of death. ’

‘So…what’s going on? ’

‘It’s not really like pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. ’

Catherine seemed to have sensed Lü Xingshi's gaze, and she scanned the area for the first time, but found nothing.

Lü Xingshi had a mask on his face, which physically blocked the other party's prying eyes.

'Sharp perception, dead and expanding mental power...'

'This family is not simple. '

'Especially this Princess Catherine, I'm afraid she has even concealed it from the king and queen. '

Lü Xingshi retracted his gaze. Fortunately, his strength had broken through, otherwise he might not have been able to detect Catherine's weirdness.

"This winter hunt..." The king was still giving an impassioned speech, and the nobles' acting skills were very good, and each of them seemed to have been injected with chicken blood.

In fact, none of them had any waves in their hearts.

Rewards have no value for the powerful noble lords.

That is, those feudal nobles who have no real power and are kept in the capital want to take this opportunity to show their faces in front of the king to leave a good impression.

Lu Xingshi wanted the reward a little. Just choosing a treasure from the royal treasury was enough to make him very excited.

For other nobles, this reward was the most useless.

After all, the so-called treasures were useless. They were just antiques with a long history. Moreover, because they had the family emblems of other nobles, they would be unlucky even if they got them.

Treasures that could be collected by the royal family were counted as one. They were either exterminated or cut off. What was the use of taking such things back?

Because they were given by the royal family, they could not be thrown away or sold. They could only collect them with gritted teeth.

They were not like Lu Xingshi who could exert their power, so they could only give up in the end.

Lu Xingshi thought about it and finally gave up the idea of ​​being in the limelight.

A group of powerful noble lords came here not to compete for the so-called first place, but to go through the motions and enjoy themselves.

The main body of the real hunting competition was still the feudal nobles in the royal capital.

The winter hunt officially began. The nobles of the capital galloped on their horses, while the nobles of the territory entered the warm royal tent in the crowd.

Lu Xingshi was also in this group. After all, he was also a powerful person, even if this power might be smaller.

"Earl Lanton, you should take off your armor and put down your shield. This is not your poor north. No wild man will attack you." Grand Duke Hepa spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"Earl Lanton's situation is special. Don't worry too much." The king spoke to help Lu Xingshi out, then glanced at Grand Duke Hepa and warned him not to make trouble, otherwise you will be in trouble.

Lu Xingshi sighed in his heart. It would be a pity if the king hadn't spoken up at the first time and someone else had added fuel to the fire.

He promised to show everyone present what the toughness of meatballs is.

"Grand Duke Haipa has been noble since childhood, so naturally he has never experienced the hardships of defending the country."

"After all, he is just an honorary knight. It's normal that he doesn't know the responsibilities we bear." Lu Xingshi said sarcastically.

He even fired a map cannon.

In the entire royal tent, there are few nobles who have truly completed knight training. Most of them just give themselves the title of honorary knight.

But everyone present was calm. This little thing was not enough to make them hostile to Lu Xingshi. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the king was biased towards Lu Xingshi and was taking sides.

If he plunged into it, it would not be a fight with Lu Xingshi, but a fight with the king.

Grand Duke Haipa's face changed slightly, but he just snorted with a bad look, and there was no more.

The king left the field at the first time. No matter how stupid he was, he could see the situation clearly.

"Honorary knights are also knights, but the honors they have are different." The king rounded it out for Lu Xingshi.

He could understand Lü Xingshi's sarcasm. After all, it was Grand Duke Hepa who was wrong first, not to mention that he had just reached some kind of deal with Pollock Tell and deliberately embarrassed Lü Xingshi.

If Lü Xingshi didn't reply to such words, the king would not be at ease. On the contrary, he approved of such recklessness.

This is the drive that young people should have.

"Your Majesty is right, but it does not include certain people." Lü Xingshi first agreed with the king's words, and then continued to ridicule Grand Duke Hepa.

The atmosphere became stiff all of a sudden.

But the smile on the king's face became brighter and brighter, and he opened his mouth to further smooth things over.

Grand Duke Hepa began to restrain his emotions, pretending that he could not hear Lü Xingshi's words.

With the king's attitude, Lü Xingshi could be sarcastic, but if he dared to say something sarcastic or something inappropriate, he would definitely be criticized by the king.

Everyone could see that the king was preparing to build momentum for the Earl of Lanton, and anyone who came over would be uncomfortable as a target.