Lin Xi met Sanno in the dungeon of the Lord's Mansion.

In just a few days, he seemed to have suddenly aged for ten years, and now he looked like an old man in his seventies, but in fact he was only about fifty years old now.

From a lord to a prisoner, did it hit him so hard?

Sanno seemed to see what she was thinking, and said with a wry smile: "Do you think I'm aging too fast now?" In fact, when you officially take over as Lord of Sandi on September 19, I will grow old even faster. ”

Lin Xi: ???

After Sono's explanation, Lin Xi understood that Sonno's old age was not just a matter of his own state of mind.

It should be said that this secret was discovered by Sanno's father, the old lord of Sanro's territory.

Several small lords attached to the territory of the Red Sky must go to the statue of the witch god on September 19 of the year when they take over the lordship, and if this incense can be burned smoothly, it means that the witch god allows you to be the lord of a land, otherwise you will have to change someone else to succeed the lord.

Every five years, the Red Heaven Territory holds a Witch God Festival on September 19, and on this day, all the small lords attached to the Red Heaven Territory must personally rush to the Witch God Temple in the Red Heaven City to participate in the worship.

After the old lord passed the position to Sano, the whole person began to age rapidly, and before dying, he sent everyone away and told Sanno not to go to the witch god worship once every five years, and to do everything possible to shirk it.

The old lord felt that after Zano worshipped the witch god, he began to age rapidly, and he always felt that every time he participated in the witch god festival, his body would become weaker from the inside, but there was no abnormality in the outside.

And these weakenings from within the body, after Sanno worshiped the witch god, broke out in full force.

He always felt like something was inhaling on top of his head, and his whole body was getting colder and colder.

After listening to his father's words, Sanno also felt a little chilled.

The joy of taking over as lord was diluted a little.

In less than two months, the old lord died.

The appearance of his father's old dragon bell before his death became a thorn full of fear in Sanno's heart.

In the third year after Zano took over the throne, he caught up with the five-year witch god festival.

Remembering his father's words, Sanno began to complain early on, and even took some herbs that made him sick.

The Red Sky Territory did not force him to participate, which made Zono think, is it due to his father's old age and crankiness?

As a result, starting on the morning of September 15, Sanno felt extremely painful all over his body, with difficulty breathing and splitting headaches.

After a whole day of tossing and turning, everyone in the Medical Department tried everything they could, but in the end they were still helpless.

The last old woman said, it's better to give incense to the witch god, aren't the lords all blessed by the witch god?

Sano's woman, Liya, really didn't know what to do, so she really burned incense and prayed in front of the small statue of the witch god worshiped at home, and after the incense was lit, the situation on Sanno's side was really much better.

When Sanno learned of this, his heart was shocked, although he thought it was unlikely, but he was so tormented that he couldn't live like this, so he ordered him to go down and prepare to rush to the Red Sky Land overnight to participate in the witch god festival.

Strange to say, Sanno started to have this thought, and all the discomfort began to gradually subside, and by the time Sanno sat in the car, he had completely recovered.

After that, there were two witch god festivals in succession, and Sang Nuo also thought about not participating, and even once he deliberately broke his leg while hunting, that is, that time, Sang Mu "saved" Sang Nuo by chance.

In order to disguise it more truthfully, Sang Nuo also promoted Sang Mu, a civilian, to be a subordinate officer.

Lin Xi then understood, I said, how can I repay the grace of saving my life so casually and perfunctory, it turns out that people are pretending!

But even though the play was like this, Sonno still participated in the Witch God Festival, because there were still five days before the Witch God Festival, and he had a relapse of his old illness.

Sanno also understood that his father's dying words should be true.

Because of this, even as he grew older, Sanno knew that his three sons had secretly torn their faces in order to compete for the position of successor lord, but he still refused to establish an heir and pass on the throne.

He was afraid of death.

He was afraid to die like his father.

Most of all, he was afraid of what his father had died for.

Before he died, the old lord left only three words of last words: "Liberation!" ”

What did my father go through before he died?

Every time he thought about it, Zano was terrified.

He felt that the statue of the witch god and the incense of the witch god were like a curse on the lord's head that could not be shaken off like maggots on the tarsal bones.

So he became more and more timid, and the once fierce warrior Sonno became a complete coward, and in the face of repeated provocations from the snake land, he could endure it.

Because Sanno was afraid that once the lord changed to someone else and worshiped the witch god incense, he would follow in his father's footsteps.

Sano's suggestion was to let Lin Xi support a puppet to come up and worship the witch god incense instead of her, and the annual witch god sacrifice was also carried out by this puppet.

And he is the one who has already offered the incense of the witch god, and Sanno is willing to be this puppet, just so that he can die a righteous life and not have the terrible experience of his father.

It's definitely the best of both worlds.

Lin Xi smiled, is this the rhythm of evolving the ordinary plane into the supernatural plane?

"I promise to listen to you for everything, Acre...... My lord, really, I just don't want to die a painful death like my father. The expression on Sono's face was very frightened, and he was already raising his hand and vowing: "Everything I said is true!" ”

Lin Xi clasped his arms with both hands, his face seemed to be smiling, and his expression was full of mockery.

This set of theories can only blind these uncivilized fools and foolish women, she is a modern woman who was "born under the red flag, grew up in the spring breeze, loved the motherland since childhood, and received a new education", not those illiterate Indian slaves who can be easily brainwashed by some kind of theocracy.

What a witch god, what a god sacrifice, roll the edge!

"The abacus is well played, and the story is well written. Don't worry, I won't kill you right now, three meals a day are indispensable. Be your prison obediently, and don't do anything less. ”

After speaking, Lin Xi turned around and strode away.

has become a prisoner, and he even plans to make up a horror story in the hope of turning the tables.

Stretching her back, she had to summon the subordinates again.

Since these noble lords want to understand the gains and losses, then tomorrow those Indian slaves who have just obtained their status will be hired in large quantities, whether it is panning for gold or going to the Golden City to build houses, a large number of people will be needed.

Relying on Lin Xi to build a lord's mansion by herself, not to mention the time and effort, building a huge castle can't be lived by her alone, right?

But people are inseparable from their homeland, and you can see from the urine nature of these nobles that it is so difficult for them to dismiss the Indian slaves, let alone ask them to go from the main city where they have lived for an unknown number of years to such a place that is still very desolate now?

In fact, if she is one of those nobles who has always regarded the Indian slave as private property, then if someone wants her to scatter her family wealth for no reason and push herself and others, she is also unwilling.

I don't know how many years this gold mine has existed, and the mine has already experimented, and gold can indeed be found in Dali Creek.

Lin Xi's move was just to give up some of the benefits, so that those people could not only fully accept her new regulations, but also help her build the Golden City, and also let the newly freed Indian slaves find jobs immediately, so as to stabilize the entire social structure and facilitate her move to transition the territory under her rule from a slave society to a feudal society, which has all the benefits and no harm.

Why not?