Chapter XXXIX

A knighthood is a hierarchical system of feudal nobility within a monarchy. Generally, the level of the sub-title is determined by the amount of land owned by zhan, which can be mainly divided into five categories: duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron.

Duke: Among the nobility, the duke is the first rank and has the highest status. The dukes were all members of the royal family or close members of the royal family.

Marquises: Marquis is the second rank of nobility. Refers to the governor of a border region with special and full powers, equivalent to a feudal lord or a large feudal lord. Later, the Marquis became a title between duke and count, above the count.

Earl: The earl is the emperor's attendant, in charge of the military, civilian, financial power, and sometimes as a local official, can become a hereditary feudal lord. Later, its status gradually declined, between the marquis and the viscount, and it was the third estate of the nobility.

Viscount: The viscount was the deputy of the count, and later the dúlì existed, which could also be hereditary.

Baron: A baron is the lowest rank of the noble titles. The word baron, which originally meant "nothing more than an ordinary person", later evolved into "a powerful person".

Among the five titles of nobility mentioned above, they are divided into two categories: hereditary nobility and lifelong nobility according to whether they can be passed on to future generations. Hereditary nobility can be inherited by the eldest son after death, and lifelong nobility can only be held by the person while he is alive, and his son cannot inherit after death.

Above the male, son, uncle, hou, and duke is the prince, and it is generally held by the immediate family members of the royal family.

In each empire or kingdom, there are several nobles with absolute power, and each has its own different characteristics, but in the world, they are uniformly called: "the famous family of the famous families." ”

——"The History of the Development of the Mainland: Princes' Vertical and Horizontal Discussions"

"Sha Ruo, is there anyone bullying you on the road?" Lin Yushang took Sha Ruo's hand and asked with a wicked smile on his face.

"Hmm~~ No. Sha Ruo's face immediately turned red, and he lowered his head and whispered.

"Hehe, if anyone ...... Hehe" Lin Yushang waved his small fist as if demonstrating, and then asked with concern: "Didn't you meet the enemy?" ”

"Well~~ I met it, there were 5 enemies, but they were all killed by him. ”

"Oh, 5 enemies, so mysterious. Saying that, Lin Yushang suddenly seemed to have discovered a new world, and his tone suddenly became strange: "He...... Who is he?"

Although Daqingshan has always been very pure, under the teaching of someone, his grasp of these tones is still very sensitive, and he immediately took Lin Yusheng's words: "There are 5 black knights to surround us, but it is still quite dangerous, but Lu'er can solve four by himself." ”

"Huh. Amy slapped Lu'er's head hard: "I didn't misread you, it's really amazing, come, let me kiss one." Amy stood on tiptoe and wanted to blow heavily into Lu'er's ear, but she didn't expect that Lu'er reacted very quickly, twisted her head to dodge, and then licked Amy's face with her big tongue.

"Oh, it's dirty. Amy touched her face hard, and as soon as she touched it clean, Lu'er came up and licked it again, and finally had to divert the target of Lu'er's tongue with a piece of beef.

At night, Da Qingshan suddenly said to Amy in bed: "Lu'er's magician level seems to have increased again, and according to the teacher's test, it is estimated that he has reached the great magician." ”

"Well, it should be, the dragon god raised his rank, so ......" Amy whispered, and soon fatigue attacked the two boys, and a soft snoring came from the hut.

Early the next morning, Lin Yushang and Sha Ruo changed into formal dresses and invited Amy and Daqingshan to meet the Hami king Yi Su III.

Despite its remote location, the scale of the palace is magnificent: it is built on a small hillside of 20°, with a red roof, snow-white walls, tall arches, and in front of the palace is a huge square, full of flowers unique to the frozen continent, bright red, and the breeze blows like a flame beating. The snow that flowed down in the distance seemed to gush out through a culvert in front of the square, forming a natural fountain.

The topography, color, and space frame a magnificent architectural and artistic beauty, giving all those who see this palace for the first time an unimaginable shock.

Note: The frozen continent is cold, there are few insects that can spread pollen, and in the cold wind, the aroma of flowers is difficult to spread around, all flowers rely on birds to spread pollen, in order to attract birds, all flowers are very large, and they are red sè or other gorgeous face sè, easy for birds to find.

"Amy Empire's envoy Jinmi—" A tall Amy warrior shouted with his chest straightened.

"Amy's Imperial Envoy Jinjian—"

"Amy's Imperial Envoy Jinjian—"

"Amy's Imperial Envoy Jinjian—"

......

The samurai went in one by one.

"The Envoy of the State"

Again, a loud voice came from within.

Lin Yushang led a group of 4 people into a huge castle.

On both sides were Hami men with scimitars in their hands, standing in a neat line of four.

Yi Su III was a very tall and fat old man, his eyebrows all white, hanging from the sides to the corners of his mouth - only an old man Hami would have the appearance of a fairy tale.

Yi Su III took the credentials from his attendants, took the seal from the table and stamped it. Then he asked very peacefully: "You are the daughter of Count Lin's family, right?" After receiving an affirmative answer, he sighed and said: "20 years ago, your father came to pick up a phantom beast, the time was really fast, and he was about the same age as you at that time. ”

Yi Su III flipped through the list of envoys in his hand and asked very strangely: "Isn't your deputy minister of foreign affairs an envoy of this mission? Why didn't he come?

Lin Yushang simply told Yi Su III about the attack on the way, Yi Su III's eyebrows were raised, and his face became very ugly: "There are such things, the Minister of War, first, immediately send someone to notify the border and strictly investigate the black knights who attacked the envoys; second, arrange 500 wolf cavalry to prepare to escort the envoys back to the northern states of the Amy Empire." ”

"Yes, Your Highness. "A middle-aged man in his forties with a green dragon embroidered on his body came out of the nobility and bowed respectfully to Yi Su III.

"By the way, how did you break through their attack?" said Yi Su III's face was full of concern.

"Your Highness, we have asked the mercenary group to help, it is these two gentlemen behind me, they are the mercenaries of the small mercenary group. ”

Lin Yushang turned sideways to introduce Amy and Daqingshan to Yi Su III.

"Little mercenary group?"

"Dragon's Wind?"

"It's these two young men??"

......

More than 30 major nobles and officials of the Hami Kingdom in the main hall let out surprised and unbelievable exclamations.

Yi Su III was also quite surprised when he heard this: "The two of them are Amy and Da Qingshan, who have just completed the double S mission?"

Lin Yushang and Sha Ruo obviously couldn't imagine that Amy and Da Qingshan were so well-known, and as Yi Su III's eyes widened, they looked at the two little boys who had been getting along a lot.

"Yes, Your Highness. It is a great honor to meet Your Highness. Amy pulled Daqingshan, a shallow smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and saluted Yi Su III as a knight.

"Haha, sure enough, the hero is a teenager. Yi Su III was obviously a very cheerful and approachable person: "What is your full name? We heard the dwarf Locke tell us about this story, it was really thrilling, and thanks to you, otherwise not only would we not be able to kill Yin Feng this time, but the Silver Sè Snow Wolf Mercenary Group would have lost a Jīng Rui group forever." ”

"Your Highness, that is the love of Locke's predecessors for his juniors, and you must not be real. At this moment, Amy is like a hereditary aristocrat of many generations, interpreting all court etiquette to the fullest: "My companion Halke. Daqingshan, I: Amy. Hubble. ”

"Oh, Amy. Haber ...... "Yi Su III repeated the name twice, as if remembering something, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Haber is a very old surname, and it reminds me of a very interesting person. Yi Su III's strange smile thickened even more: "Speaking of which, Amy, this person may still be your clansman, you know a man named Ryker. Habble's people?"

As soon as Yi Su III's words were finished, many Hami generals in battle armor began to talk in low voices.

"Well......," Amy said in a long, nasal voice, "I don't know him, because when I met him, I was a two-year-old child, and I didn't remember him at all, although he seemed to be my father." ”

"What?"

"What? Haber's son?"

Most of the generals present showed a sense of unease.

"Haha, your dad is Lake. Hubble. Yi Su III was obviously very pleased with this result: "Your father and a man named Chi Hanfeng are known as the 'Great Millstone of the Imperial Frontier', do you know?"

"Imperial Frontier Grinding Stone?" Amy shook her head: "Your Highness, my partner is Chi Hanfeng's apprentice, but ......"

Amy's words weren't finished yet, boom, boom, boom...... Almost all the generals in the main hall drew their swords from their waists and glared angrily at Amy and Daqingshan, and the civil officials and nobles on the scene actually behaved like Yi Su III, with strange smiles on their faces.

A hearty smile sounded in the hall again: "Enough, do you want to scare the children?" Yi Su III waved his hand, ready to calm the tension on the scene.

"Your Highness, I ask for a duel with the two of them!"

"Your Highness, I ask for a duel!"

"Your Majesty......"

Daqingshan and Amy were clearly stunned by what they saw.

"Okay......" Holding back a smile, Yi Su III began to tell a story to the two boys, despite the displeasure of the generals.

Yi Su III was a very wise monarch, and during his reign, he had always struggled to cultivate domestic policy, putting swords and guns in the treasury, leaving wolves in the forest, and unwilling to enter into conflict with any country unless he was forced to do so.

However, in the 183rd year of the Red Moon Calendar, the Amy Empire once again launched an attack on the Snow Moon Lake and the Warm Water River area, and Yi Su III did not panic much, and according to the method passed down from his ancestors, he sent 20,000 snow wolf cavalry along the Longya Mountain Road to attack the border guards of the empire, and soon forced the empire to fully withdraw its troops.

Unbeknownst to Yi Su III, it was that time that Amy's father joined the border guards of Amy's empire.

According to the original intention of Yi Su III, the sword soldiers were stopped.

However, the generals under his command were unwilling to accept this reality, and 5 years after Li Jīng's reign, in the 187th year of the Red Moon Calendar, some of the generals who fought the main battle privately led a team of 3,000 wolf cavalry to attack the imperial border guards.

At this time, the two captains of the Imperial Border Guards at that time were the Glacier Infantry Captain: Lake. Haber: Cavalry Captain: Han Feng. Chi, the two friends who had just known each other for a short time teamed up to play a series of beautiful cooperation, using a valley to lure all the wolf cavalry over, all of them surrounded, and the wolf cavalry only supported it for two days before they all surrendered, and tied up several radical young nobles who were bent on going their own way and gave them to Chi Hanfeng and Laike. Haber as a greeting gift.

Chi Han Feng and Lake. Haber didn't make it difficult for them, and sent someone to send a letter to Yi Su III, asking for 4,000 large animal skins as a benefit for the imperial soldiers according to Chi Hanfeng's intentions, and then returned the young nobles of the kingdom.

These young nobles are mainly the descendants of the nobles of the two famous families in the kingdom, and they have an inextricable relationship with the royal family.

However, several nobles regarded it as a great shame, and every time they met in the morning meeting of the court, they tried to fight again.

And half a year later, 5,000 snow wolf cavalry were sent privately again, and the imperial border guards were surprised, but they did not expect to be hit again, the imperial soldiers gave up the warm camp, and covered the ground with pine resin, and after the snow wolf cavalry just rushed into the camp, they immediately counter-surrounded from the outside, and used longbowmen shè to cover the camp gate.

It is said that at that time, an imperial nobleman of about 25 years old with a bad face rode a very tall snow wolf that only Hami could ride at the gate of the camp and shouted at the snow wolf cavalry to come out and surrender, otherwise he would immediately set fire to roast them into roasted wolves and roast whole people. What is even more intolerable is that he even let all the nobles go out of the ranks separately and hand over the family symbols.

According to the recollection of the person concerned, the man who was later identified as Chi Hanfeng at all levels of hearings, when he said this, he also viciously emphasized one point: he must come up with something that can fully prove his identity, so that he can ask for ransom from the major nobles of the kingdom. If the nobles who can't get the ransom will be sent to the mines for mining, those who are small and white will be sold to some special service places in the empire to meet the needs of some perverted women, and those who are small and poor will be sold to continents other than the frozen continent to supplement the zoos of the kingdoms with new live specimens of Hami ornamental animals.

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