Chapter 50: Politics

No matter how embarrassed Oss became, he had already stepped onto the stone bridge outside the gate of Stratholme with his godfather. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The guards on duty saw their lord and the heir young master who had returned home from afar. After the salute, two squads of twenty-four militiamen escorted Baron Rivendell and Oss back to the Lord's Palace.

Entering the town, the streets of the city are full of people, but instead of being weakened by the nightfall, they become more lively, showing a sense of comfort and prosperity.

Almost all the people walking on the streets know their lord. Oss and the godfather rode side by side, and in his eyes, the people stood on both sides of the road with enthusiasm and regularity, greeting Baron Rivendell from the bottom of their hearts, and the happy smiles on their faces really touched Oss.

Baron Rivendell waved his right hand without stopping, responding to every person who greeted him, always with patience and seriousness. Oss followed quietly along the way, and it was not convenient to ask the godfather about Mellas, and then he looked at Stratholme in the night.

Looking at it, Oss suddenly found that since he returned to the Terran Kingdom, he had not personally learned about the living environment of the Daron Mill Woodland, nor had he bothered to understand the agriculture, commerce, manufacturing, economic model and economic state of the Terran Kingdom, etc., etc. What's more, he had never been to a place similar to a bar to learn about the lives of adventurers and low-level civilians.

Thinking of this, Oss couldn't help but smile dumbly, and habitually raised his right hand to touch the tip of his nose.

Admittedly, Oss had a very high starting point, whether he was in Azeroth three hundred years ago when he first met the dwarves or returned to his current status in the Terran kingdom. He always seems to be setting the general direction and strategic goals, and has never done anything concretely with his own hands.

Passing through a long archway, there was a sudden silence around you. Obviously not far away, the aristocratic district seems to have completely changed a small world, which is completely different from the former city.

Although Baron Rivendell greeted his subjects all the way, he also paid attention to his demeanor, so he asked, "I think something seems wrong with you?" Why, still thinking about that hillbilly? ”

"Mellas and Uncle Tirio's affair is indeed one thing." Oss shook his head, his expression was complicated and determined, "Just looking at the bustling and lively neighborhood, I suddenly felt that what I was doing ignored the will of the people. I never asked them what they thought, and then I made my plan. Still, Ilara, I believe in my plan and I won't waver, like you said, even if I won't be understood, I'll do it anyway. ”

"Alas!" Baron Rivendell sighed, pointed to the arch behind him with his right hand, and said, "The will of the people is to bring stability to the people." Once a slave, then oppressed, until Soladin the Great founded the kingdom and fought for thousands of years to completely defeat the trolls! What the people want is precisely where it will not happen again in these hundreds of years! ”

Oss nodded solemnly, and couldn't help but revisit all his plans in his heart, silently. Seeing this, Baron Rivendell stopped bothering and returned to the mansion with Oss.

Served by the servants, Baron Rivendell stripped off his formal attire and changed into a dressing gown. He asked the servant to bring two cups of steaming chrysanthemum tea, and sat opposite his godson in the living room.

"Ilara, why are the nobles hostile to Melas? Are you calling me and him the 'Kingdom Gemini' so that I can deal with him? When Aus said these words, his heart was not happy.

Baron Rivendell shook his head a little contemptuously and explained slowly, "Because you haven't lived in the kingdom for the past three years, and you haven't had a detailed understanding of the situation in the kingdom since you came back, you have been doing things non-stop, so you don't know. The hillbilly climbed to the Archbishop first, reached into the Church of Light, and became one of the founders of the Knights of the Silver Hand after returning from the South. Now, he is Sir Lothar's aide-de-camp and wants to meddle in the army. Tsk, you say, what does he want to do? ”

Oss didn't answer the godfather's question, his brow was puzzled, but there was a vague figure in his mind, which slowly overlapped with the name Melas.

Baron Rivendell saw that his godson did not answer, and said again: "To tell you the truth, there is really no young nobleman of your generation in the kingdom who can compare to that hillbilly!" Oh, of course, except for you, my son Os! But no one wants to see a commoner generalissimo in the kingdom a decade or two later! ”

Oss stared at the godfather and asked word by word, "What's his name?" ”

"Melas."

"I'm asking for the full name!"

"Melras Tulayan." Baron Rivendell said disdainfully, "An unheard of commoner surname, who would have paid attention if it had not been for the ambition of this boy, his father, who had been a jailer in the country for nineteen years." ”

Sure enough, it's Tulayan, Oss has already thought of it in his heart! In his memory, there were indeed no other particularly outstanding young people in the kingdom of Lordaeron.

"Ambitious......," Oss asked softly, his eyes burning, "is he really such a man?" ”

"The Church of Light, the Knights of the Silver Hand, the Army! Isn't it? Baron Rivendell asked rhetorically, "The huge influence of the Church is not limited to our kingdom of Lordaeron, and the role of the army is very small in comparison. However, the Knights of the Silver Hand are different, although the Knights who have been formed have only a total of more than 3,000 people, but how great their role and energy are, Os, you must have a number in your heart! And that hillbilly was able to become one of the founders! ”

Hearing this, Oss no longer spoke, and he already understood the reason why the circle of nobles wanted to deal with Melas Tulayan.

Sure enough, Baron Rivendell suddenly shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "However, he can't be arrogant for a few days!" Look, Os, in this war with the orcs, that hillbilly can't expect to come back anyway! ”

“!” Startled, Oss stood up and asked angrily, "What are you going to do!?" ”

Baron Rivendell waved his hand gently, of course he understood where his godson's anger came from, although Oss had not been home for a long time, but after all, he was Oss's godfather, and he knew Oss's character very well: "It's not us, it's them!" Os, I am the richest and most powerful lord in the kingdom of Lordaeron! And the largest veins in the kingdom, as well as the weapons workshop, are also in my hands! No matter how much that hillbilly grows, he won't affect my status, not to mention that I still have you now! ”

Oss listened for a moment, then sighed and said, "I'm sorry, Ilara, I shouldn't have spoken to you like that. ”

Baron Rivendell waved his hand again, stood up and pulled Oss to sit down affectionately, and said slowly: "I understand, of course I understand you, Os, most of you paladins are such people. Just look at Fordin, and see how much he admires you, and I'll get to know it all. Alas! Perhaps that's why my light is getting weaker and weaker! ”

"Ilara......"

"Uther, Tirio, and Alfred, they've all joined the Silver Hand, and the Order has many of my old friends. If I really take a stand and deal with that country boy, I will not only lose my identity and dignity, but also hurt my friends, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Oss nodded, just now he suddenly heard about these dark things in the kingdom, and in a moment of anger, he ignored these details and considerations. He tried to calm his mind and asked solemnly, "How are they going to deal with Tulayan?" ”

"What can be a good way, that kid has become a big trend, and he can only watch it when the time comes." As an old nobleman and the largest noble lord in the kingdom of Lordaeron, Baron Rivendell is naturally well aware of these methods, "When the war becomes clear, he can be deprived of his position if he has no merit or fault; There is a small merit that can be divided, and in the end it is also reactive; If he really gets lucky and makes a great contribution, to the point where he has to be sealed, then give him a piece of land in the south, take back his position and make him a lord! Or completely seal him, make him a marshal, and then give him a troop and let him go to counterattack the orcs! In a word, if he leaves the royal capital this time, he will never think of coming back! ”

The more Oss listened, the angrier he became, and finally he laughed even more angrily! He got up for the second time and walked back and forth in the living room, but he couldn't find a place to vent, so he could only suppress his mood and ask through gritted teeth: "This is politics?" This is how the aristocracy defended their own interests? ”

"The kingdom has been stable for hundreds of years, there are no wars, and we, the great lords, are no more than barons. Which of the small and medium-sized families doesn't want to go further? The land in our north has already had an owner if it can be divided, and what family is willing to watch the son of a jailer override all aristocratic groups in the future? ”

"But the war hasn't started yet!" Oss walked to the window, he couldn't be angry with his godfather, and couldn't help but slam his fist against the wall, shaking the room for a while, "The war hasn't been fought yet!" Gilneth is bent on how to protect himself! Alterac is hell-bent on staying out of it! It's so good, I didn't expect it! Not far behind, the nobles of Lordaeron have begun to think about how to fight dissidents! Terran! Terran! Okay very! ”

Oss's anger is far from being something that Baron Rivendell's strength can resist! His soul was extremely powerful, and the milky white soul fluctuations of materialization permeated the entire room! And the last time Oss was so angry was three hundred years ago in the dwarf kingdom, when Siko Semaprag brutalized his compatriots!

Baron Rivendell was already suffocating, and his flushed face was speechless. It wasn't until Oss turned around and saw the godfather's situation that he was startled and let his mental strength relax.

After a long time, Oss opened his mouth to apologize: "I'm sorry, Ilara, I ...... I'm ......."

"Ahem!" Baron Rivendell coughed violently, in a very good mood, and he took Oss's hand and said curiously, "This is your true power, Os?" The Holy Light is above, unbelievable! ”

Oss was stunned and didn't know how to answer the godfather, he still had Tulayan in his heart.

At this point, when Oss listened to the Godfather's explanation, he became a real part of Azeroth and participated in the Second Orc War! He knew why, in the old game, no one in the Terran Kingdom cared about the expeditionary force that counterattacked Draenor! Why didn't anyone try to fix the Dark Gate and rescue the return of the Expeditionary Force!

Not only that, but Oss also understood the real reason why the Dark Gate opened again after a twenty-year hiatus, and the expeditionary forces calling themselves the "Children of Lothar", Tulayan and Danas Thorbain, preferred to stay in the shattered world rather than return to Azeroth!