Annan's carriage was stopped by the viscount's men some distance away from the manor.
He was the only one who was invited into the Viscount's mansion. The other three players on the carriage had to wait outside.
And Annan and the players accepted this request very calmly.
It's not that Viscount Barbour wanted to trouble Annan with such a small matter, and let Annan walk over to humiliate him.
This is Viscount Barber's caution.
He is now in his eighties, and his mind and body are far inferior to those of young people. Even if he sits on a stool for a while, he will feel very tired.
He can only rely on experience - the experience of three dynasties, four wars, and countless power struggles in the past.
Yes, Viscount Barber thinks he has won now, and he has won a big victory.
Don Juan Geraint was supposed to go to "Roseburg", the most prosperous city in the North Sea Territory, to become the lord. This is the tradition of the Kingdom of Noah—the lords of each territory usually live in the most prosperous areas.
Because the economy is prosperous in this kind of area, there is at least one bishop of silver knights. It can effectively avoid the possibility of nightmares and wild superhumans interfering with the lord's normal life.
But the Northern Sea Territory is an exception.
The original core city of Beihai Territory was Frozen Water Port. As the lord of Fort Rose, Viscount Barbour was merely a vassal of Earl Geraint.
However, following the incident that happened forty-five years ago, Frozen Water Port was gradually closed, the economy of the entire Northern Sea Territory declined accordingly, and the district bishop was also withdrawn by the Archdiocese. So Earl Geraint no longer sent his direct descendants to the distant North Sea Territory.
After all, Earl Geraint was the chief intelligence officer trusted by the king, so he couldn't leave the capital easily. And their family was also sealed by the king for several hunting grounds and manors near the king's capital, and their wish to not return the crow family to Frozen Water Port was very clear.
Although there is a sea between Frozen Water Port and the Duchy of Winter, it is geographically adjacent to the Duchy of Winter after all.
Although the king trusted the old crow emotionally, he still had to be prepared for the possible betrayal of the old crow—and the smartest way was not to give him the chance to betray.
Preventing the Geraint family, which has too many secrets, from returning to Frozen Water Harbor can effectively prevent the Duchy of Winter from sending spies to contact him.
After all, Earl Geraint has a wife who was born in the Duchy of Winter. This precaution is very reasonable.
And the entire North Sea Territory is just an earldom. After removing the frozen water port, the income is much smaller, so it is simply handed over to the most loyal follower of the old earl, Viscount Alvin Barber.
In exchange, the young king also compensated the Geraint family with the positions of two royal guards.
Years passed after that, and the old earl returned to his birthday.
The newly appointed Earl simply couldn't suppress Alvin Barber's behavior with letters from such a long distance.
After all, Viscount Barbour has done nothing bad.
He only made Roseburg the new economic center of the North Sea Territory under the premise that the frozen water port was blocked, refocused the resources of the entire territory, and concentrated on the development of internal affairs; The way the population keeps weakening the economy of Frozen Waterport.
Finally... Thirty-eight years ago, the acting bishop of the Beihai Diocese was recalled, and Wangdu sent the first district bishop.
—This means that the desolate and remote Northern Sea Territory has fully restored its perfect trading functions. Therefore, it was once again recognized as a parish by the Silver Knight.
But this time the bishop did not go to Freezing Water Port.
Instead, he went to Roseburg.
This means that the transportation, culture, military and politics of the entire Northern Sea Territory must be re-planned with Roseburg as the center. But the name of the most important city in the Beihai Territory, the Viscount was so clever that he never touched it.
In this way, although he did not get the title, he had actually won the North Sea Territory belonging to the Geraint family.
Even the citizens of Roseburg don't think they have a lord. They always thought that Viscount Barber was their lord—they didn't know what a Viscount was like.
But Viscount Barber still had a loophole after all.
That is, the North Sea Territory still belongs to the Geraint family.
That's why, before he got "Don Juan Geraint" and was about to arrive in Frozenwater Harbor, he started to make trouble for him.
—If you can kill him, it is naturally the best; even if you can't kill him, make him confess. At least let the little guy shut up, and he must never be allowed to go to Roseburg, go through the formal process, and rebuild his lord's mansion into Roseburg.
Because Annan can really do it.
This is completely in line with the process and rules!
Even if Annan's lord's mansion has not been built, the Geraint family will be gone... But that also means that Annan will remind the citizens of Roseburg and remind them of one thing:
Viscount Barbour's power was stolen.
It's just that he stole it too early. He stole it forty years ago. At that time, he was the savior, and naturally he would not be criticized by people... But now, this matter has long been forgotten by people.
Once the people of Roseburg began to doubt the authority of Viscount Barbour, his plan would fall short.
The reason why it is said that Alvin Barber has already won is that the only "Don Juan Geraint" who can affect his plan has been successfully suppressed by him, and he dare not oppose him;
The evidence that he bought the black fire has been completely wiped out—personal evidence and physical evidence are gone, and it wasn’t even wiped out by the Viscount, but by Annan himself;
After Salvatore killed Gerald, he should also return to the Black Tower, and he will not be able to return in a short time.
His grandson is almost six years old.
another year...
The ceremony is complete.
This is an extremely long, complex, massive, and unethical life-extending evil ritual:
First let his son inherit his power for seven years, and then murder him; then let his son's descendants inherit the same power for seven years, and then murder him; then he himself inherits the same power for seven years, will All the descendants of his grandson were murdered—at this time, no matter how many of these descendants there were, they should all be seven years old.
The first stage of the ceremony will add seven years to his lifespan;
The second stage will add fourteen years to his lifespan;
But in the third stage of the ceremony, he would be killed directly.
He could then reincarnate with all his memories as one of the seven-year-old children in the third stage—that is, one of the great-grandchildren he had murdered. And directly bear the resentment and curse of the descendants, become a born extraordinary person, start with bronze, and live a lifetime of glory.
The only price is that he will become a "heavenly eunuch".
Because this ceremony comes from the false god "Rotten Fu", an evil god who has been wanted for a long time by the buried mother-in-law and the old grandmother.
He is said to have been a eunuch, so his ceremonies are usually related to his own or other people's descendants, and the price is usually "like him". But a considerable part of those life-continuing rituals came from him.
In order to hide it from others, the old Viscount specially let his first son and his wife have offspring. In name, his grandson would be disguised as his second son.
However, Viscount Barbour never expected that the most difficult part has already been completed...
But now, the "same power" is not stable.
He had to worry that Annan might have hidden Black Fire in the carriage; or ambushed killers and thieves, sneaked in while they were talking, and searched for evidence against him.
Though Viscount Barber knew not of Justin's spell;
But Justin didn't know the purpose of the old Viscount either.
He just wants to live in peace for another year and a month—
However, even this goal was not achieved.
"Good evening, Lord Viscount."
Annan walked into the hall, looked at Viscount Barber who was looking at him in shock, the corners of his mouth gradually raised:
"... It seems that you know Don Juan Geraint. Do you also know who I am? Yes, after all, you have lived long enough..."
If so, all the better—