Your choice determines whether you will succumb to power and deprive you of your true self and inner freedom, and whether you will voluntarily give up your freedom and dignity and become a plaything of your circumstances and a typical captive of a dead tree.

—Victor Frank (Professor of Psychosology and Psychoanalysis)

Bai Haotian, who had already broken through to the realm of the ninth-level Great Knight Chief, had been cultivating his spiritual power in the back mountain of Baifu in order to advance to a higher level of saint-level realm, and it was not until Bai Mingcheng informed him of the crisis facing the Bai family that he ended his retreat and returned to Baifu.

Bai Haotian, whose political wisdom is much higher than Bai Mingcheng's, pointed out that Bai Mingcheng's ideas were too taken for granted as soon as he came out; in his opinion, it could be anyone who manipulated public opinion in the imperial capital to kill the Bai family behind the scenes, but it was absolutely impossible to be Prince William and Duke Cullen.

Because the relationship between Prince William and Duke Cullen is on the surface, and the transfer of Baifeng from the Eastern Battlefield to the Northern Battlefield has already been proposed by Duke Cullen, in order to avoid further intensification of the contradiction with Prince GLP, Prince William will not make another move in the short term.

And the reason why Bai Mingcheng takes it for granted that Prince William and Duke Cullen are manipulating everything is precisely because the real mastermind behind the scenes wants everyone to have such a misunderstanding, so as to achieve his goal of intensifying the contradiction between Prince William and Prince GLP.

After excluding the possibility of Prince William and Duke Cullen, Prince Philip and Duke Boris are the most likely;

Bai Haotian, who was disappointed in his eldest son, taught Bai Mingcheng a lesson in a tone of hatred: "Didn't you discover that your speculation was completely generated under the deliberate guidance of others?"

"Deliberately guided?" Bai Mingcheng, who was stunned when he heard this, did not immediately answer his father's question, but carefully read everything he had thought before, and after a long time, he came to his senses:

"Father, what do you mean is that the real purpose of the people who spread the rumors about our Bai family is not to kill our Bai family at all, but to intensify the contradiction between Prince GLP and Prince William;

"Killing our Bai family may also be one of his goals, but it is definitely not the main purpose. Bai Haotian, whose face was clouded, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "As long as our Bai family does not rebel, it is impossible for His Majesty the Emperor to deal with us who have the Twin Sword Saints." ”

"Although the killing of the mastermind behind the scenes is not fatal to our Bai family, it can also make other unconvinced nobles in the empire unite to resist our Bai family, so as to achieve the purpose of restricting the development of our Bai family, which is absolutely unacceptable to our Bai family!"

"Father, are we going to work with Prince GLP to find out who is really behind the scenes, and then deal with him?" Bai Mingcheng, who was excited in his tone, exposed his inner thoughts on his face, which once again made Bai Haotian feel dissatisfied.

"Why does our Bai family want to act with Prince GLP? Do you really think that Prince GLP is an ally worthy of our trust? The most ruthless emperor family, you have to remember that GLP, who was born in the royal family, is a prince first, and then our ally. ”

"However, if we don't rely on the power of Prince GLP in the imperial capital, and only rely on the power of our Bai family in the imperial capital, it is impossible to find out the real mastermind, and we can't even find the enemy, how can we take countermeasures?"

"Why should we take countermeasures? The person who wants to exacerbate the conflict between Prince Pros and Prince William must also be a powerful figure in the imperial capital, since our strength in the imperial capital is not strong, let him add fuel to the fire, we can just wait and see what happens. ”

"Wait and see what happens?" Bai Mingcheng, who was dazed by his father, asked inexplicably: "Father, didn't you just say that the enemy who hinders the development of our Bai family is absolutely unacceptable to our Bai family?

"Wait and see, just if we leave the focus of development in the southern border, we can avoid direct confrontation with the masterminds behind the scenes of the imperial capital; as for the development speed of our Bai family, it is not something that can be influenced by just one or two princes, and the current Bai family is not the previous Bai family!"

The confidence that made Bai Haotian say such domineering words was not the birth of the Bai family's twin sword saints, but Bai Feng's identity as the Chosen One and the existence of Roman City;

The flowers bloomed two and each showed a branch, and just when Bai Haotian gave Bai Mingcheng guidance, he led the army to Bai Feng in Nice Province and met the Count of Yadonis who came from afar; whether it was out of public heart or selfishness, the attitude of Count Yadouis towards Bai Feng was extremely respectful.

"Your Excellency Bai Feng, this is the latest reward from His Majesty the Emperor. The respectful Count of Adounis, while handing over the letter of conferment written by Charlemagne to Bai Feng, explained: "From the moment you accept the letter of conferment, you are already our Duke of Yulin!"

"Duke Yulin?" Bai Feng, who looked indifferent, learned about Count Yadunis's mission from Adrian's mouth three days before he met Count Yadunis, so after receiving the knighthood letter, he said calmly: "I need a few days to prepare before I can go north." ”

"Your Excellency Bai Feng, you are already the Duke of Yulin of the Empire, you have the right to decide when to lead your army north, my task is to hand over the knighthood to you, after completing this task, I will go to your military camp to visit Steve, until you lead the army north, I will leave to return to the imperial capital. ”

Earl Yadonis's respectful attitude and wisdom in understanding current affairs made Bai Feng, who had been feeling unhappy recently, very satisfied, and he immediately responded: "Steve has done well in the army, and I am also considering his promotion." ”

Count Yadunis, who had achieved his goal, hurriedly spoke out to cater to Bai Feng and said: "Your Excellency Bai Feng, the dog has been stubborn since he was a child, and he must have caused you no less trouble in your army, so please discipline me more!"

After some polite courtesy, the satisfied Count of Adonis withdrew from the military tent with Bai Feng's promise; looking at the knighthood book with the emperor's seal in his hand, Bai Feng sneered and said to himself: "Do you want to take everything? It's ridiculous!"

That night, the news that the Marquis of Bai Feng had been awarded the title of Duke of Yulin spread throughout the military camps, and even Bai Feng's roommate Malken and Myers' father, the Duke of Nice, personally came to Bai Feng's military tent with gifts to congratulate Bai Feng, who was newly promoted to the Duke of the Empire.

Intending to make good use of his status as a duke, Bai Feng first ordered the army to celebrate on the spot for five days in the name of the Duke of Yulin, and then reached a series of agreements with the Duke of Nice regarding the Sophia Chamber of Commerce, and finally, Bai Feng secretly rushed back to the county town of Brojansund.

In the renovated governor's palace in the city of Bromjansson, Bai Feng summoned the military officer Moritz, the secretary Heinrich, the civil affairs officer, the financial officer Shalah, the general logistics officer of the five provinces, Auchinleck, the Earl of Abraham, and the knight of Woodlow, who remained in the province of Browyangsund.