Altino 5th, 67th Army, November, Channes Ivory White Tower

It has been more than ten days since I entered the Ivory White Tower, and at first glance, everyone seems to have nothing to do, but that is due to the relationship that has not yet grasped the future direction.

Bai Xing mastered seven provinces, but none of those loyal to Lancelot were there. Reins. The remaining five provinces of Tillen remained neutral for the time being, not participating in the side of the river, in other words, what Lancelot currently owned was just a royal capital.

Fortunately, there is a clear and fearful line during the day. At present, most of the bravery of the Reins people is based on not having witnessed the power of the Heavenly Position, if Lancelot and the others break their promise and use the Heavenly Power to massacre their own army, it is difficult to say whether they will cause the army and their hearts to be disheartened.

Therefore, he only pushed the army slowly, and instead aimed at stabilizing the provinces he ruled.

Gengoro was skeptical. According to the information provided by Qinglou to himself, the resources at hand during the day were not enough to maintain an army of this size, and now that he could reorganize the army and fully equip it, it was really suspicious where his funds came from.

In addition, the movements of Bai Wuji, the head of the Bai family, are also a mystery. Knowing that he had made a great effort to enter the city, knowing that he was the only relative of his wife's mother's family, and knowing that he was the richest man in the Wind Continent who could save his group from extreme poverty, Lancelot immediately wanted to visit this brother-in-law.

Helplessly, after opening the city gate under Jixia, Bai Wuji immediately disappeared, not only did Lancelot not find him, but the children of the Bai family who all Reines felt wandering around didn't know where the current head of the family was now.

Lancelot asked his wife, but Xiaocao, who had promised to treat her husband frankly in the future, couldn't give an answer, in fact, even she didn't know where her brother was now, and she understood this matter better, that is, her brother had and his heart was avoiding him.

Since everything has not been settled, Lancelot, as the top decision-maker, cannot give further instructions on the general direction for the time being, so Cangyuecao, as the first staff member, can only stop all the work at hand, and accompany her husband to talk about love all day long, wandering in the ivory white tower.

In contrast, Gengoro, who has already made a decision in his heart, is very diligent. Unable to make any plans without instructions from the top decision-makers, he focused on preparing his current resources and gathering as many chips as possible to deal with the various changes.

Flaunting his fame and showing off his edge, this is not Gengoro's style. In his mind, the staff should be nameless, give all the glory to the leader, and hide behind the scenes, so that all enemies underestimate or even prevent it, this is the best way to protect themselves.

Unfortunately, the current leader at the top is too untrustworthy, and he can only quickly establish his fame and prestige in a flamboyant way, so that the people of Reyns know that the remnants of these forty thieves are not all vulgar people who have nothing to offer.

Entering the Jixia School Palace, his status as a special priest was immediately highly valued. During these ten days, Gengoro actively participated in various academic seminars, and was invited to give speeches and sing poems. It doesn't involve politics, but as a bachelor, he quickly mingles with the various factions in the palace.

At first, because everyone knew that he was the remnant of the Forty Thieves, they were naturally wary of him, thinking that he was a spy of the "false king". In order to bridge this gap, Gengoro had to push the limits of available resources.

Originally, beautiful men, beautiful girls and other characters are relatively easy to gain the favor of the public. When Gengoro changed into a white bachelor's uniform and used his soft and beautiful unique voice to debate the "myths of metaphysics" with a group of scholars in the third square of the palace, he quoted scriptures, evidence, and eloquent arguments, refuting the opposing scholars one by one, and bowing to the wind.

Rich knowledge, elegant conversation, no affinity for the slightest shelf, with that handsome face that can almost be called the first in the mainland, gently swayed, attracted countless male and female admirers, and later, as soon as he stepped on the podium, people began to scream.

This level of popularity is probably comparable to Leng Mengxue in the Free City, and if it is academic, it is only two thousand years ago when the sage of the moon Lu You, when he personally gave a speech, it was comparable to it. Because even many white-bearded scholars and elders were very satisfied with this young man's learning and conversation, and even more with his humble and polite attitude, they called for successors.

Such a deliberate and contrived momentum, although Gengoro always smiled bitterly in his heart, but the effect was very significant, the original empty and deserted ivory white tower, the resigned servants have returned, and most of them are young boys and girls, they are afraid of the tyrannical ruler, but they all want to get closer to the "fairy-like brother Goro".

It would be fine if only women were the ones who cast adoring eyes, but because of this beautiful face, there were also many men among the admirers, and every time he found this, Gengoro could only sigh, but he still had to put on a smiling face gracefully, to fascinate this new generation who had great influence in the academy.

After all, no matter what, for the Lancelot regime, which is currently in an extremely tight financial situation, every time he speaks, those gold and silver jewelry thrown by a noble lady and maiden are not without a small supplement.

Seeing Gengoro surrounded by a group of warblers and swallows, Nier was obviously dissatisfied. But what she was even more dissatisfied with was that she was also surrounded by many admirers of the girl.

Not accustomed to the idleness of the Ivory Tower, Nile tried to find recreation elsewhere the day after entering the palace, and on the recommendation of Gengoro, she entered the Kinoshita School Palace and watched the physical arts competition held that day.

Nier, who is not interested in literary and artistic activities, and who has been dull for many days, just wants to find some entertainment that can move her muscles and bones, and the physical skills competition should be quite her appetite, but perhaps because she is tired from watching the sleepiness from the sidelines, it is too eye-catching, so she is invited to participate in the competition.

The contestants who sent out the invitation may not have any good intentions. I heard that she was the sister of the cruel thief, and everyone had already despised her, and bullied her into being a woman, a little rogue, who would not have any real skills, so they invited her to make a fool of herself.

If they had been in contact with the Jacob City Defense Guard, they would not have dared to be so careless if they knew that this humanoid tyrannosaurus with the appearance of a girl had done the feat of blasting most of the city wall dozens of feet into the air with a single blow. Helplessly, the information was incomplete, so this group of young aristocrats only coveted this beautiful girl with the shortest vision.

Equestrian and archery, Nier has shown extraordinary skills, originally forty thieves are begging for a living in the form of horse thieves, when Nier rode a fast horse, while twisting her waist and turning around to shoot arrows, a hundred steps to break the willow, immediately won the applause and applause of the audience.

Only a small part of the applause was for the outstanding skill, and the Reins were not very big-hearted, and it was not easy for them to applaud the skill of their enemies, and the vast majority of them were only amazed by the pretty girl in front of them.

Dressed in light armor, Nell's riding shadow was radiant, her ponytail hair fluttering behind, and her famous dress in short skirts and boots made the eyes of all Renes nobles bulge. And when she turned around and bent her bow and arrows, her focused expression revealed a heroic spirit that was not inferior to that of any man, which made the girls who were secretly jealous by the side find a psychological way out.

Originally Reins. Although Tillen's education of women is biased towards literary talent, although women are not forbidden to perform in work and politics, but on average, women are not allowed to practice martial arts, and it is even more rare to practice skills like Nier.

Just like Gengoro has attracted many male admirers, Nier's beauty is androgynous, and although her manners are sometimes a little rude, she is also particularly bright and hearty, without the twists and turns of ordinary ladies, and in the eyes of many aristocratic girls, she is simply an ideal model for the word "paladin".

Perhaps because of this, on the tenth day of Nier's participation in the Jixia School Palace, she was invited to participate in a stick competition. Picking up a spear and making a stick is not Nier's specialty, but her talent makes her extremely fast, but she doesn't use the power of heaven and doesn't urge internal force, Nier's natural divine power is also very powerful, within an hour, she easily defeated five hundred challengers, her face does not change, and no one can stop her beyond ten moves.

may be born with charm and intimidation, the loser does not feel humiliated, but takes pleasure in being able to compete with such a beauty.

At the end of the competition, Nier's heroic beauty was deeply imprinted into the hearts of those present.

When she raised her long stick and shouted to see who was the next person to come forward, it was not a large number of aristocratic men who admired her and wanted to establish a further relationship with her, but a group of young girls who rushed forward with towels and water.

After this day, Nier received a resounding nickname, but it was different from the "Valkyrie" of Wu Lian Gongsun Chu Qian, and her name of "humanoid tyrannosaurus" has since spread far and wide on the mainland.

Originally, the children of the Jixia School Palace were still a little worried, because after all, these two people were outsiders, and they were the subordinates and relatives of the brutal thieves, wouldn't it be dangerous to start trusting them like this?

"It doesn't matter what I'm from, the important thing is that I'm in Reyns now, and I want to be a part of Reins, isn't that enough?"

"You're very annoying! Brother is brother, I'm me, I'm standing in front of you now, do you have to do anything with my brother?

Tactful and direct, the two of them swept away the doubts of their friends in their own style, and officially integrated into the ranks of Jixia people.

Although Niel and Gengoro are a little troubled by their new status, they do reverse their disadvantages and establish their place among the subordinates who were originally highly wary of them in different ways.

"Because...... The Reins need idols. When Youxue was surprised by such a phenomenon, Xiaocao explained it this way.

Although Pride is an ancient civilization with a long history, although it once had glorious glory, but when the aura of Reins faded, the prominence of the Bai family was no longer there, and what Reins people had, in fact, was only the self-esteem in their chests and the memory of the past in their minds.

Excellent but standardized education, it is difficult to stimulate any outstanding new blood, and the so-called enlightened Jixia School Palace seems to have lost its vitality. Although the White Deer Cave is also facing the same dilemma in the west, in any case, there is still a unique Moon Sage Lu You in the White Deer Cave, who can easily allocate a new generation of strongmen, and the children of the Jixia School Palace, although they have a heart, they can't find a way out.

"People are fragile creatures, and sometimes, they need an idol to be the target to know the direction of the future. Xiaocao said to her husband and Youxue.

Just like Lancelot, for the young people of martial arts, the "Heavenly Sword" Wang Wu is their goal, because they hope that one day, they can create a legend like Wang Wu, and countless teenagers have practiced hard without sleep or food.

As for the people who are looking forward to the leadership, Niel and Gengoro, these two are strong in martial arts, smart and adaptable, and more importantly, they both have a feeling that people are happy to be friends with them, so it is natural to gather around them and become companions.

There is no need to be pretentious, throw extraordinary seeds into ordinary soil, and they will naturally sprout. This is Xiaocao's idea, and the effect has already appeared, but even if Niel and Gengoro have successfully captured people and hearts, it is still only a few phenomena, including friends who have identified with them, and the vast majority of people still regard the current owner of the Ivory White Tower as a cruel and inhuman butcher......

It's been more than ten days, Lancelot can't run away during the day, and only his wife Cangyuege knows where he is. In the evening, he and Youxue often slipped to the hotel street south of Jixia and drank one after another.

Of course, Youxue, who can walk with Lancelot, has done makeup with the assistance of Xiaocao, otherwise he will either be kicked out or all the guests will run out when he steps into the hotel as a snowman.

There are not most prominent people, the main customers of these hotels are ordinary people who can afford to spend on the middle and low prices, most of them are still laborers, and the wine is not very good, but compared with its price, it can be regarded as cheap and good.

The ivory white tower was majestic and magnificent, but in Lancelot's opinion, a place that looked like a temple was not suitable as a place to drink, and even the mere idea of drinking in such a place made me feel nervous. Therefore, at the moment when Nier and Gengoro were also constantly invited at night, he and Yuxue went out together, without revealing their identities, only as a pastime in this tavern.

Unlike the high-end salons where the aristocracy is accustomed to go, there are no too luxurious furnishings, no famous paintings, no carvings, except for a long bar, there are more than a dozen log tables and small stools, and the air is filled with the mixed smell of wood and wine.

It wasn't a good environment, but Lancelot felt very familiar, after all, this was the kind of life he had lived a few months ago......

"Hey, Boss, you've been doing well lately!" Youxue said with a smile: "Newlywed Yan'er, with such a beautiful wife, she must have slept comfortably every night!"

"Comfortable fart!" Lancelot whispered......, "I don't say you all don't know, you think about it, it's the experience of a person sleeping every night and encountering a ghost pressing the bed...... It's hard to imagine!"

"The ...... It's really unimaginable, no wonder boss, your eyes are getting darker and darker, and people are becoming haggard, everyone still thinks that you need to be excessive, day by day, fishing with all your might, I can't imagine that there is this hidden feeling..."

The two brothers sighed at each other, and Youxue looked around the room and sighed: "However, this month has changed a lot! I remember that in October, the eldest and I were still drinking and drunk in Altinor, but now you have come to Reins, and you are about to ...... It's really unbelievable to change my life. ”

"No matter how it changes, I'm still me, besides, whether it's a robber or a king, I don't know where the future is!"

In October, when he was in Altino, Lancelot, Yuxue, and a few of the companions of the Forty Thieves slipped into the tavern to get drunk, and it was also suggested that the bandits were very beautiful now, but they might not last long, and they didn't know what to do in the future.

I have the same feeling now. Although it is not easy to enter the ivory white tower, the future is still vast and there is no direction.

The elders of the palace faction are urging the river to send troops to quell the chaos and unify the country?

Public opinion reports are also criticizing that the owner of the Ivory White House, who is strong and inward-looking, is longer than the momentum of the rebel army, and huddles in the palace all day long, just wanting to enjoy the wealth in front of him.

It's all about fart, sending troops, sending troops: ... At the very least, there must be soldiers! Now that there is not a single soldier at hand, what can I use to fight? It was not easy for Gengoro to get back the miscellaneous servants of the Ivory White Tower, but when it comes to raising troops, I don't know when it will take!

Although Xiaocao plans to hire soldiers, the actual problem is that everyone does not have so much money in their hands, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Youxue also once proposed that it would be better to call on the Xuete people near Jixia to form an army, and it would not cost so much money to build an army, but this thought was immediately skipped by everyone. Regardless of the victorious battle of catching turtles in the urn of Jacob, they had to fight each other on the battlefield with real swords and guns, and they were afraid that a large number of Shet people would scatter and flee in all directions, and in vain they would become the headlines of the evening newspaper of the day.

In fact, Lancelot himself has thought about this aspect, and has some personal battle plans, but it has not yet come to publicize, and speaking out at this time is only to provoke everyone's opposition.

It's boring to think about. Lancelot raised his glass and drank again, finding that the wine was empty, and after asking the bartender to refill it, he left his seat to watch the game at the back table.

After wandering around this hotel street for more than ten days, Lancelot and Youxue are also shouting and lively personalities, so they naturally met many drinking friends. I can't say that there is any deep friendship, but when I meet alone, I am really a little happy, watching Lancelot come over, and give up a seat to him.

"Yo, that's a good bet! Who won this game?"

Lancelo pulled over the stool, took a copper coin from his waist as a chip, and demanded that the cards be dealt and join the game.

"Dude, you're here! Oh, these games are going well, and I asked Ah Mao to send money to everyone. ”

Called "A cat", is sitting opposite Lancelot diagonally opposite the young man, handsome, very poor card skills, partial and addicted to gambling, watching him play cards for many days, almost every gambling must lose, is the hotel street famous money giveaway high roller, fortunately he does not care much, every time he loses money, no matter the number, is a smile and give up.

I heard that this person is a child of the Bai family, his real name is Bai What Poetry, anyway, it is a very literary ** name, and later I don't know who took the nickname, so he called it "A Cat", and he didn't think it was a pestle.

A cat is wearing a white robe, no boots and no socks on his feet, but a pair of slippers and clogs, and he walks with a sound of kicking.

Xiaocao once said that this is a very popular dress in Jixia School Palace, called "crazy life", I don't know what crazy life means, but looking at his arrogant virtue every time he is in the store, it is really rampant enough.

Every gamble is bound to lose, why are you still arrogant?

This has to mention one of the characteristics of this person: he never appears alone. Most of the time, he will bring his female companion in, and it is not an ordinary vulgar part, he is still a beautiful woman, and his temperament is not bad, so he sits down to play cards and chats with him, during which he is hairy, and finally goes out together with his shoulders and backs.

Everyone has always been curious, and Lancelot only knew that he had been here for more than ten days, and the cat had changed more than ten female companions. This person is extremely bold, and his face is also very thick, and he does not shy away from the intimate actions between him and his female companion.

Five days ago, the waitress in this shop gave him a smile and hooked his soul, and went downstairs to the cellar together. It didn't take much ear to hear the series of sounds clearly, and to know what the man and woman were doing in the cellar. You look at me, I look at you, both of them smiled awkwardly, Lancelot had no doubt that someone had sworn in his heart at this time to die this enviable idiot, at least the Sherts around him had this idea. The reason is very simple, if there are more such scourges, what will the men of the whole world rely on to get involved?

For example, at this moment, everyone was red and jealous, looking at him and the shopkeeper's daughter, obviously hooking up again......

Such a person, Lancelot has seen before, that is, the famous dad in the Flower Street of Free City, the head of the current Oriental family, and the Oriental Xuanlong. If you partner with the yín swinger in front of you, it's a very commensurate pair.

Playing cards, the crowd also talks about current events related to their lives. The news of the change of ownership of the Ivory White Tower is naturally the top priority at the moment, in addition, they also talked about the rebel army in other provinces, and their power is gradually expanding, and they now have the power of nine provinces, which is gradually approaching Jixia.

Regarding this point, Xiaocao has also analyzed with Lancelot, thinking that Bai Xing is still jealous of the existence of the heavenly master, otherwise the fastest way to end the civil war is to attack the royal capital of Jixia directly, and eradicate Lancelot and others in one fell swoop, Reyns will be all owned by him, and there is no need to be so troublesome to annex province by province.

Silence, but from the conversations of these drinking friends, Lancelot probably knew that although the common people were uneasy and worried about the new owner of the Ivory White Tower, they only hoped that this civil war would end as soon as possible, no matter which side won.

This is because, up to now, the resources of Jixia are sufficient, and they can still supply various needs in the city, and commercial exchanges with the outside of the city will not be cut off, but if the war is prolonged and evolves into a long-term confrontation, the goods cannot be circulated, and the lives of the people in the city will be in trouble.

"Listening to everyone's tone, it seems that as long as the civil war ends early, it doesn't matter who ascends the throne!" Feeling puzzled, Youxue asked out loud: "I heard that the thief from Eltino is fierce and violent, doesn't it matter if such a person is on the throne?"

Everyone glanced at each other, and finally a fat man said: "That thief is not good, but during the day, this guy only knows how to make friends with the gentry and magnates, but he never pays attention to the feelings of us little people. ”

"I really want to say, I would rather the current head of the family, Lord Bai Wuji, sit on the throne, others are kind, and will think about us, if he is the king, even if there is no improvement, at least it will not be worse than now. ”

Lancelot slowly understood the conversation of the second high, it is true that the Jixia School Palace is the symbol and glory of Reins, but for these small people who have risen to the top, although they admire the aura represented by the School Palace, they also know that they are as far away as another world.

In the Continent of Winds, the power to promote history has never been in the hands of ordinary people, who can only follow the pace of the heroes of all parties and semi-passively adapt to the flow of history.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone slowly became a little drunk, and a group of men got together, and the topic naturally slowly turned to the affairs of Fengyue, and they talked about the beauties under the grass.

Queen Leah, who has passed away, is of course a first-class beauty, but when the queen leaves the palace, she will be followed by a large number of attendants and guards, and her face will be shrouded in Western yarn. In the end, everyone couldn't tell anyone except that the queen was not tall and slender, but the details of her appearance were unclear.

Everyone then talked about the daughters and wives of various nobles in Jixia City who they happened to see on weekdays, and naturally they had their own admiration and different opinions.

Lancelot had just arrived, and of course he could not compare with them in what he had seen and heard about these things, but after hearing it, a wave of anger surged up with the urge of wine.

"Bark! You guys are too discerning, if you want to talk about the current beauty of Jixia, how can you not mention my sister Yamamoto Fifty-six! She has long legs and is hot and moving, and if you don't mention her, you are too discerning. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone nodded and began to discuss it.

"Is that long-legged pretty girl who has been famous in the school palace recently? Hmm...... It's so beautiful, those legs are so beautiful!"

"Yes, but I think it's still Gorou's beauty. ”

"How many times have I sued you on the second day, that person is a man, not a young lady. ”

"Haha, I'm so sorry, I forget about it every time I see him......"

A group of drunken people talked for a while, and then someone realized that something was wrong with the first sentence.

"You say...... How could that long-legged girl be your sister? haha, if that's the case, aren't you the brutal thief in the ivory white tower?"

"Hmm...... That's it!"

A faint reply shocked everyone, if it was a normal day, the overly panicked drinkers might run away from the door, but at this moment when alcohol has paralyzed their reason, they just burst into a burst of crazy laughter.

"How is it possible? With your virtue, you don't look like that kind of big man!"

If you were the thief, how could you be so poor the night before yesterday that you couldn't pay for the drink, and threaten the bartender to let you drink for free?"

"Do you know that the bearded old man in the palace is a miser, and the money he gives is only enough to eat, so how can he afford to go out and drink? ”

No matter what Lancelot explained, the crowd just didn't believe it.

"Hey, if you're telling the truth, then you're a master with heavenly power, and you're going to open the eyes of us who don't have it! ”

"Of course my boss is telling the truth. Boss, you show everyone with your hands and prove your honesty. ”

"Okay, then I'll be ugly, and now I'm performing this trick for everyone to see, it's the fifth form of my Hongyi Knife, called ......."

With drunkenness in his eyes, Lancelot had already stood up, ready to use the power of heaven to use the Hongyi Sword, everyone couldn't figure out the situation, and didn't know that the disaster of killing was in front of them.

"There's no need! everyone can wield a knife and a gun, and even if you really ask for two or three moves, it won't prove anything. If you are who you say you are, then you should invite all of us to the Ivory Tower for a drink, and that is the best proof of that. ”

The one who spoke was a cat who had retreated to the corner at some point, hugging the daughter of the bar owner, and was holding his hands up and down. At the moment when everyone was drunk, he was probably the most sober person in the whole bar.

This proposal was heard, and everyone applauded. The ivory white pagoda is a sacred place of the royal palace, and only the priests and nobles can enter it, although it was also open to the general public, but it was at least a thirty-year event, and the people who entered were all trembling, for fear of gasping for air, let alone drinking and making noise in it.

Lancelot's heart moved, and then he said aloud: "But what's the difficulty? Okay, I'm going back to prepare to post a post and invite friends from the entire hotel street to get drunk in the Ivory White Tower, okay?"

This question spread throughout the entire hotel street as quickly as possible, and the crazy applause of the response almost tore off the roofs of all the bars in the next moment.