The news that Count Amethyst had been killed by one of his personal servants spread throughout the Amethyst territory almost overnight.

The place that was originally mediocre and calm, like a pool of stagnant water, suddenly stirred up a thousand waves.

When Count Amethyst was alive, he was a joke.

Even if he is dead, he still provides other nobles with a joke to laugh at after dinner.

A dignified earl died at the hands of his own servants.

For most aristocrats, this is a ridiculous thing.

But there is no way, who let the Count of Amethyst, not only break the house, but also the only bit of power that is hollowed out by the Countess?

Other higher-grade nobles, both openly and secretly, naturally have several layers of protection. Some of those who have skills can even recruit some mysterious people who are good at guarding and defending, and follow them closely to ensure that nothing goes wrong. And these are all things that the Count of Amethyst does not have.

In the cellar, the countess looked at the corpse of Count Amethyst, and her face was very cold.

The Count was also wearing a strange outfit, like a knight's suit, but some sensitive parts were exposed, revealing the true nature of the outfit.

I can't think of why the count, dressed in such a costume, died at the hands of a good-looking male servant.

The countess frowned and said coldly: "Don't wait for the funeral, now... And he burned his body for me. ”

The hook-nosed old man who taught Chu He before dissuaded him from the side: "But madam, this is not in accordance with the rules. ”

Rhodes Empire··· In other words, most of the countries that stood up from the 'corpse' of the original Aoneng Empire still follow the customs of the Aoneng Empire most of the time.

Since the time of the Orang, nobles with the blood of the mysterious ones have not been buried immediately after death, let alone burned their bodies with fire.

Their bodies will be kept in a cellar full of ice for a long time.

The length of time depends on the affection and admiration of the descendants or relatives of the nobles for the deceased.

Later, it gradually evolved into a popular show among the aristocracy.

Usually the cellar of the relatively large or prosperous aristocratic families is like a huge morgue, where the bodies of many once dead nobles are parked, and some will even be kept for a hundred years.

The reason why there is such a custom.

For three reasons.

The first is divine grace, after death, if a person's faith is strong, then his soul will ascend to the kingdom of God. If a god needs someone to help him in the mortal world, and it is difficult to directly explain to the sect ruled by the mortal world, then some heroic spirits will be selected and given the power of resurrection.

In this way, the corpses of these heroic spirits that are still left in the mortal world will play a role and become the carrier for them to return to the human world.

The second is the bloodline, there are some special bloodlines, with hidden attributes, usually it is difficult to stimulate when people are alive, but after death, with the invasion of the breath of death on the body, and slowly wake up. Once the bloodline is opened, under the traction of the bloodline, the soul will also be pulled back from the underworld, and it will be reborn from an existence similar to that of an undead being.

The third is to completely gamble on chance, the magic energy will send out some incomprehensible collisions under special circumstances, if you happen to meet, under the impact of the magic energy, some corpses that have been dead for a long time will also be revived under this impact.

Even if all three have a slim chance, as long as they can live, who wants to die?

Therefore, the nobles with conditions will retain such customs.

Even during the period of low tide of demonic energy, except for divine grace, the probability of the latter two occurring has been extremely low, and it is close to not happening at all.

However, in order to show respect for the deceased and to maintain the dignity of the nobility, the countess also kept the count's body intact and placed it in a cellar covered with ice for a longer period of time.

"Rules, are you still thinking about rules?" said the countess, with a grim expression on her face.

"What we should be thinking about now is how to deal with the hungry wolves that are about to pounce. Burning his corpse gave those hungry wolves less of an excuse to attack me. Keeping it will only be a disaster. "The countess is indeed more picture-oriented than the old man.

is about to face the juncture of the power struggle, and it is okay not to do superficial articles.

What we really should think about is how to protect vested interests.

Anyway, the Amethyst family, there are not one or two things that are ridiculed, and it doesn't hurt to have a little more.

"This... Madame, behind us is the Aegis family. The hook-nosed old man seemed to want to fight for it.

The Countess sneered, "Yes! If it had been ten years ago, my father would have supported me and helped me withstand the pressure." But after ten years, we have searched the entire amethyst territory, but we have not found any answers. Father has lost patience, if only the little benefit brought by the Amethyst Territory is not enough for Father to help us resist all the pressure. ”

"You must know that in the Rhodes Empire, although the Holy Aegis family is powerful, it is not the most powerful. The brothers and sisters of the short man were all waiting for this opportunity, they didn't rush back as soon as possible, but they were afraid that they would all go to contact foreign help. These years of hard life have made them suffer a lot, even if they are a puppet earl who only has a superficial appearance, it is much more decent than being some dilapidated nobles who are worried about food and clothing. ”

Speaking of this, the countess changed her words and said with a resolute look in her eyes: "After you burn his body, go and find a child who is somewhat similar to the dwarf, whether male or female." We don't have an earl, and we must find an heir now. ”

"But ma'am, there's no news outside that you've given birth... Another old man hesitated.

The countess's eyes were cold, and she reprimanded loudly: "Can't he have one or two illegitimate children outside?"

"Deal with the hands and feet, and kill everyone who knows the child's true identity. It shouldn't be that hard! You can't do it well. Then I think the reason why we have been looking for so long and have not gotten an 'answer' is very obvious. Do you need me to report this to my father?"

The countess's voice fell, and the two grades combined, the old man, who was more than a hundred, was suddenly covered in cold sweat.

With a long sigh, the Countess was no longer interested in looking at the Count's body, and there was a flash of weakness in her expression.

Then rub his eyebrows vigorously.

She intuitively felt that this matter was not so simple.

On the surface, it seems that he is a young servant, unbearable and humiliated, and when he resists, kills the earl.

But the Countess knew that the real society would make people endure what they thought they could not bear the most.

If women can spread their legs for life to meet different impacts, why can't men pout their eyes and feel the heat and heat that humiliates and embarrasses them?

It's all emotionless, transactional, and even slightly coercive and insulting 'communication', but what's the difference?

A servant, even if he has resentment in his heart, he should know how to bow his head in front of reality and class, and even take the initiative to endure humiliation and cooperate.

How did it suddenly erupt?