Succubus' Manor

At night, Chi Yan tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. The humidity here was too heavy, and there were obviously no insect bites, but he always felt itchy.

After sleeping until midnight, he still developed eczema. Chi Yan didn't know whether it was because he was too delicate or because the moisture here was just so powerful.

Kleist, on the other hand, has "rough skin and thick flesh" and is not affected at all.

Chi Yan couldn't sleep, and of course Kleist couldn't sleep either. The two were lying on the bed chatting in the middle of the night.

"I don't know how many people will come down the mountain with us tomorrow." Chi Yan turned over and looked at Kleist's profile.

No matter how many times he watched it, Chi Yan felt that Kleist was the most beautiful person in the world.

It doesn't even have anything to do with men and women. Good-looking people transcend gender. He still remembers a female celebrity he liked more before time travel. Both men's and women's clothes are good-looking. A group of male mothers screamed every day to make her his wife.

Kleist: "How are you going to place them?"

Chi Yan pursed his lips: "Or let someone send them to Aliya, anyway, they are also farming here, and going to Aliya can be regarded as returning to their old profession."

Aliye has no other business, it is just a big food-producing city, and the people in Aliye don't have much faith, they work every day from sunrise to sunset, so they don't have to worry about being influenced by these saints.

Moreover, Stettin and Saket were right in front of them, so if something happened, it would be easy to suppress it.

Chi Yan suddenly said, "I don't know if Anderson has been to Stettin."

A few demons were asked to report back before, so that Stettin and Saked had time to prepare.

As a result, there have been several letters from Stettin, saying that they have stationed people at various passes, but it has been several months, and no one has been seen.

Kleist thought for a while: "They won't take the big road."

The road refers to the road that Chi Yan drove when he came to the holy city.

Kleist: "He knows that the road was opened by you. There are so many businessmen coming and going every day. There are too many people and things to do. He should open the road by himself."

Chi Yan: "..."

Well, he won't be able to make it through half a year. Even if it passes, it will be winter. Where to find supplies is a problem.

What's more, Stettin's soldiers had enough food and clothing, guarded the city, had better weapons, and were more obedient.

But Anderson's army will be exhausted by then, and they will still use iron swords that will bend after only two blows.

Now there's nothing to worry about.

But Chi Yan still couldn't fall asleep. He put his legs on Kleist's lap, rubbed his head against Kleist's neck, and whispered, "It's about to start."

Kleist knew what he was talking about, but Kleist just reached out and patted Chi Yan on the back.

Chi Yan: "I will give her a title, except that she can't leave the holy city, can't influence political affairs, and can't violate the law. She can live a good life."

Kleist: "She will."

Chi Yan: "I know."

Chi Yan was just a little bit embarrassed. The queen's ancestors also went through hardships before becoming the king of Kentish, and among the ancestors of the past, there were many kings with outstanding abilities. It was just the fall of a dynasty, which was never controlled by the good part. The incompetent king is enough, he doesn't even have to do anything wrong.

Maybe this is the end of the "life".

If there is no time traveler like him, the queen might really ascend the throne, and she should think of a way to cooperate with the Holy Court.

Kentese won't be changing leaders so quickly.

Chi Yan didn't sleep all night. When they went down the mountain the next day, there were only about 2000 saints following them, most of whom were women.

Some of the other people were afraid that Chi Yan would do something to them, and some wanted to "observe the festival" for the Holy Academy.

This made Chi Yan think of the ancient times. In the earliest days, chastity was worthless.

Ethnic minorities still have group marriages and walking marriages. It is not uncommon for widows to remarry. When a husband dies, he can still choose among his younger brothers. Divorce is also easy.

Loyalty and chastity are what the inferiors owe to the superiors, and it can be regarded as a beautiful relationship between the monarch and his ministers.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was not uncommon for someone to help other countries beat their home country. Treason was not considered a crime. If you got along well in this country, you beat your home country like a dog, and it would be fine to return to the embrace of your mother country.

Later, the chaste archway was raised, forcing people to be "chaste".

Courtiers are to kings, wives are to husbands, and the subordinates have to do everything to win the favor of the superiors in order to get a negligible return.

But the more this is the case, the more loyal the subordinates will be to the superiors.

After being oppressed for a long time, they began to voluntarily "keep the festival".

Like these saints, what exactly did they get from the Holy Court?Apart from a promise or two that is impossible to keep, there is no visible benefit.

But they will not rebel against the Holy Court, but will reflect on themselves, and then use stricter standards to demand objects that can be oppressed by them-such as their children.

The entry of the Qing Dynasty also allowed women to let their feet go, but as a "legacy" of the times, the act of binding feet was dubbed by the literati and bureaucrats with a sense of family and country that it did not have, and it continued and was carried forward.

In order to survive, the scholar-bureaucrats were willing to shave their heads and submit to the "Tartars", but they could order their wives and daughters to continue the "tradition", so that they would not be too much of a failure, after all, they kept their "blood".

The strong oppress the weak, and the weak oppress the weaker.

Layer after layer of oppression, society becomes an airtight cocoon.

The saints are like this, they have their own small society, and this society is wrapped in a cocoon, unless someone pierces the cocoon from the inside or from the outside.

Otherwise they will always be blind.

Because after a long period of "domestication", these people only know this way of living.

When the Qing Dynasty fell, some people cheered and celebrated the end of the feudal system, but there were also some old and young, who were sincerely in pain.

Chi Yan sighed: "As for the people on the mountain, no one will send them supplies, they will go down the mountain by themselves."

Without the holy courtyard to change hands for them, their food cannot be exchanged for daily necessities, without salt, without tools, and they will naturally go down the mountain after a long time.

It was already night when they returned to the holy city, and they didn't encounter robbers all the way, probably because Chi Yan's soldiers were stationed at the pass out of the city, and the robbers knew the danger, so they didn't come here much.

However, he did meet the little lord who "taken in" Burris and the others before.

The little lord also gave him several boxes of gold, and those who surrendered quickly.

The little lord also said that he knew that he was not very capable, his city was small, and he couldn't control the fights between the adults, and he would definitely not get in the way.

I just hope that Chi Yan will not use a knife on him in the future, and if he wants this city to tell him, he will definitely give it to him with both hands.

Timid, but decisive, barely has some advantages.

Chi Yan didn't talk to him much, but only responded half-truthfully.

After he returned to the hotel, he took a good shower, and then applied the ointment prepared by Mrs. Campbell on the eczema. After all, these ointments are made of herbs, not purified, and the effect is slow. Fortunately, his eczema is not serious, otherwise it would take ten days It won't be better for half a month. As soon as Ryan saw Chi Yan, he came up to meet him, lowered his head and said, "Juster is here."

Chi Yan was only wearing a pair of pajamas - white, similar to a skirt.

His hair was still wet, but he didn't pay much attention to his image, so he went directly to meet Just.

Kleist didn't go with him, he didn't like Just very much, and Chi Yan didn't force it.

Just looks a lot more mature, he has grown a beard, he has a good beard, not a beard, and only the beard on the upper lip, well trimmed, looks very elegant.

"My lord." Juster saluted Chi Yan first, Chi Yan waved his hand, sat aside by himself, and said to Juster, "Sit down."

Just sat down too, and he didn't talk nonsense. After he sat down, he said, "The queen beheaded a few nobles."

Chi Yan was a little surprised, he had only been away for two days, and the queen made such a big move?

Just: "Then she promoted the second or third sons of those nobles to inherit the title."

Just sighed: "If she doesn't get promoted, it's a good thing for us, but if she gets promoted, it's a bad thing."

It is easy to kill, but difficult to govern.

Killing a few nobles is just a matter of one sentence for the queen. As long as the people are deceived first, and then the guards take them down, the rest will be even simpler.

But she not only killed people, but also promoted the noble heirs who had surrendered to her, and stabilized the noble family - after all, the father is dead, but the son is in power, the family will not fall, since it will not fall, it will not fall will resist.

On the contrary, they will think that the queen is wooing their family, and they will try to please the queen and get more benefits. For this, they have to pay more.

And those nobles who were not killed by the queen will not be too nervous. After all, the appearance of the queen in their eyes is just to eliminate dissidents, win over the obedient, and kill the disobedient.

They are very familiar with this hand, so next, the nearby nobles will show their loyalty to the queen.

Chi Yan: "What idea did you give her?"

Just shook his head. He sighed, "My lord, the queen is no longer the queen she used to be. She is now cornered."

The mourning army must win, and the Jedi's counterattack has more weight.

The queen knew that she didn't have many people available in her hands, and the nobles were obsequious to her, so she had nothing to worry about.

It is precisely because she has no scruples that she has added weight.

She was born a princess and stood at the pinnacle of national power. She didn't realize what she could do before, but now that she realizes it, of course she won't shrink back.

If it were Chi Yan, he would also use killing to establish his prestige.

Especially since she is a woman, she has to work harder than men to hold military power.

Anyone who wants to compete with her for power will be her enemy. Facing the enemy, she has to use more cruel methods to deter other people who are about to move.

"She also asked the nobles to give wine and meat to the soldiers." Juster said suddenly, "and asked the ministers to draft a new law code."

Chi Yan raised his eyebrows. Could it be the Civil Code?He asked calmly, "What code?"

Juster's voice was extremely low: "Military law, civilians serve as soldiers, and they can get titles for military merits."

This used to be exclusive to nobles!

When civilians serve as soldiers, no matter how much military merit they make, they will only be counted on the nobles who lead them.

Chi Yan blinked, almost thinking that the queen also traveled through time.

That's what the Qin State did, otherwise why everyone in the Qin State worshiped martial arts, and the old Qin people never talked.

But judging from her previous actions, she did not time travel.

Chi Yan: "...the royal family is lucky to have such a queen."

But there were two previous kings, which were also their misfortune.

But looking at it from another angle, this is also a good thing. To allow civilians to make military achievements and change their families, they will inevitably face the resistance of the nobles. Now the queen bears the risk. Regardless of whether it can be implemented smoothly, Chi Yan will be able to implement it more easily in the future .

Moreover, the queen just killed the nobles and promoted her own people, so the nobles would not blatantly resist.

It was time for the Queen to show off her fists, and the nobles would not be too hard on it.

Chi Yan: "When Flando's soldiers make any movement, I will go to see the queen."

Juster's breathing suddenly became rapid, and his eyes were full of enthusiasm: "My lord..."

Chi Yan smiled at Juster: "You have worked hard during this time."

Just's excited hands clenched into fists, and his nostrils kept fluttering: "I'm not working hard, my lord. When I think that moment is coming soon, I can't calm down!"

Chi Yan stood up and patted Juster on the shoulder: "Hurry up."

It was indeed soon, the queen beheaded a dozen nobles, but it did not cause a riot, because the second and third sons of these nobles quickly came to power, and the hatred shifted. The younger brother regained the title.

Within a few days, the nobles nearby began to send gifts to the queen.

All the presents were expensive and heavy, either gems or gold, and the queen accepted them all.

The noble and the queen have found a new way to get along.

The nobles are more "surrendered", and the queen is more kind and forgiving.

But Flando's soldiers obviously wouldn't let the queen live a good life for a long time. They wandered in the valley for a few days and had nothing to eat. I came up with the idea of ​​going down the mountain.

They dare not go where the saints are, for fear that the previous group of people will still be there.

It's not that they haven't fought wars before. There are often big and small frictions in Flando's country. Many people rely on serving as soldiers to support their families. What they can get after winning depends on their ability.

But the group of people they met before almost scared them out of their wits.

It's not because of the opponent's strength or skill in killing, but because of the opponent's weapon.

Those long knives with a cold light were something they had never seen before.

With such a sharp weapon, how can it not make people feel frightened?

"General... I don't have anything to eat. If I don't go down the mountain, I'm afraid the soldiers will..." Xiao Bing followed the general and said cautiously.

The general himself also knows that the reason why soldiers follow him when they fight is because the soldiers want to have enough to eat, and when they have nothing to eat, they will get distracted and run away after a long time.

At this time, nothing motivates soldiers more than a victorious war.

The general pursed his lips and said, "Go down the mountain."

They desperately need a victory, so they can only pick the weakest city.

Must have to win pretty.