Chapter 865: Winter Hunting in the Royal Capital, Another Great Knight of the Kingdom
Time passes day by day, and the time for the Winter Hunting is coming soon.
All the nobles invited by the king came to participate in this winter hunt.
Lu Xingshi also saw other nobles, each with knights and soldiers. In addition, there were many female companions and lovers.
It's not like Lu Xingshi, who was just sitting there casually.
"Are you Lu Langton? The fourth great knight of the kingdom?" A thick voice came over.
Lu Xingshi glanced at the noble family crest on the other person's chest and recognized him.
Pollock Tell, one of the great knights of the kingdom.
He was a burly man with beards, wearing thick half-armor.
The territory is in the south, and the title is Marquis.
He is one level higher than Lu Xingshi, mainly because he was originally an earl, and after rising one level, he will naturally become a marquis.
Lu Xingshi still had little time. The king could not give Lu Xingshi two ranks at once. Only when Lu Xingshi's black soil territory expanded to a certain area, would he upgrade Lu Xingshi's title again.
Otherwise, there will be a situation where the title is high but the territory is small and poor, which is very embarrassing for the kingdom.
That's why he suppressed Lu Xingshi and gave him the right to develop.
"Yes, it's me." Lu Xingshi did not deny it. Even if you want to deny it here, everyone has obvious family crests.
Lu Xingshi has the crest of the Langton family on his body, and he can recognize who you are at a glance.
And those without a family crest are definitely not nobles, and are either family members or servants and guards.
"It doesn't look like it has the seeds of life." Pollock said directly.
"Oh? How does it look like?" Lu Xingshi asked back.
The other party seems to be here to cause trouble. How about teaching him a lesson?
The Tire family is not small in the south. Even though it is just a marquis family, the Duke does not dare to mess with Pollock because of him.
While speaking, Lu Xingshi stood up and reached out to pat Pollock on the shoulder.
In just an instant, Pollock's eyes changed.
He could sense that Lu Xingshi's power was far superior to his, and there was no way he could break free.
"Grand Duke Haipa has doubted your strength." Pollock betrayed the person who asked him to come over without hesitation.
"Marquis of Tire, you are the great knight of the kingdom. Even if a person who is just an honorary knight doubts you, I can believe it. Your level disappoints me so much." When Lu Xingshi said this, he was exerting force at the same time.
Honorary knight is the opposite of wandering knight, which means that he only has the title of knight but has not received any knight training, which is equivalent to being a showman.
It wasn't until Lu Xingshi made an extremely obvious five-finger mark on the opponent's armor that he stopped.
Pollock opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.
They are all adults, let alone someone who has been in a high position for a long time. Naturally, he understands that you can do it, but you have to bear the cost and consequences after doing it.
As for opening his mouth and scolding Lu Xingshi for committing a crime? If he dares to do this, he will only become a laughing stock.
"This power...his life seed is definitely not simple." Pollock looked at Lu Xingshi's figure solemnly.
The other party didn't want to talk to me anymore, so he changed seats.
Then he unobtrusively changed into a new set of armor and came out, otherwise it would be very shameful to come out with the five-fingerprint armor.
The four great knights of the kingdom are all nobles, and none of them are commoners.
It is difficult for a commoner to become a knight, let alone a great knight.
Even the wandering knight who was the predecessor of Lu Xingshi had to be a branch of the nobles or a bastard. It was difficult for ordinary people to live. How could they have the money to train as a knight, let alone eat meat? This alone could win the title. Lose ninety-nine percent of people.
Then you have to be literate, you have to be able to raise horses, you have to buy your own equipment, etc., each of which is a major expense.
The civilians used limited circulation copper coins and could not buy any equipment and supplies that the knights needed.
After such an episode, many nobles came to chat.
Most of these nobles are feudal nobles in the royal capital who have no territory, that is, they do not have much real power.
As for those marquis and dukes, they ignored Lu Xingshi at all. Firstly, it was because Lu Xingshi had offended Grand Duke Haipa, and secondly, Lu Xingshi was an earl.
How could they condescend to come and get to know Lu Xingshi, but Lu Xingshi had to go and get to know them.
But Lu Xingshi didn't care about this at all, so it didn't matter.
After dealing with these nobles who had no real power, the king arrived belatedly. He took Princess Catherine with him and began to speak.
Lu Xingshi's eyes fell on Princess Catherine, and there was something wrong with her situation.
‘The mental power is active but not consolidated, similar to outward expansion rather than inward concentration? ’
‘It stands to reason that this situation would lead to depression, malaise, etc., but she didn’t. Is it a bit strange? ’
His first thought was that the princess would not start meditating, but he quickly rejected it. He knew the operating logic of the meditation method.
If you really start meditating, your spirit will not be in this state.
‘But there is something almost cold in the fluctuations of mental power...no, it should be a strange feeling of deathly silence. ’ ‘So… what’s going on? ’
‘It’s not really like pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. ’
Catherine seemed to be aware of Lu Xingshi's gaze and scanned it immediately, but found nothing.
Lu Xingshi wore a visor on his face, which physically blocked him from prying eyes.
'Keep perception, dead and expanding mental power...'
‘This family is not simple. ’
‘Especially this Princess Catherine, I’m afraid she even hid it from the King and Queen. ’
Lu Xingshi withdrew his gaze. Thanks to his breakthrough in strength, otherwise he might not be able to detect Catherine's weirdness.
"This winter hunt..." The king was still giving an impassioned speech. The nobles were all very good at acting, and they all seemed to have been beaten to death.
In fact, none of them had any trouble in their hearts.
Rewards have no value to the powerful noble lords.
That is, those feudal nobles who had no real power and were imprisoned in the royal capital wanted to take this opportunity to show their faces in front of the king and leave a good impression.
Lu Xingshi was a little bit eager for rewards. Just choosing a treasure from the royal treasury already made him very excited.
For other nobles, this reward is the most tasteless.
After all, the so-called treasures are of no use, they are just antiques with a long history, and because they have the family crests of other nobles, it is considered unlucky to acquire them.
Every treasure that can be collected by the royal family is counted as one. It will either be exterminated or cut off. What is the use of taking this kind of thing back?
Because it was given to me by the royal family, I couldn’t throw it away or sell it, so I had to bite the bullet and keep it.
It's not like Lu Xingshi can exert his power and they can only give up in the end.
Lu Xingshi thought for a while and finally gave up the idea of being in the limelight.
A group of powerful nobles and lords came here not to compete for the so-called first place, but to go through the motions and enjoy themselves.
The real subjects of the hunting competition are still the feudal nobles of the royal capital.
The winter hunt officially began, the nobles of the royal capital galloped on their horses, and the nobles of the territory entered the warm royal tent surrounded by people.
Lu Xingshi is also in this group. After all, he is also a person with real power, even if his real power may be smaller.
"Earl Langton, you should take off your armor and put down your shield. This is not your poor north. No savages will attack you." Grand Duke Hypa spoke with a strange expression.
"Earl Langton's situation is special, don't worry too much." The king opened his mouth to help Lu Xingshi, then glanced at Grand Duke Haipa and warned him not to cause trouble, otherwise you will be left without food.
Lu Xingshi secretly sighed in his heart, it would have been a pity if the king had not spoken out immediately and someone else had made him angry.
He promised to show everyone present what meatball muscles are.
"Grand Duke Haipa has been noble since he was a child. Naturally, he has never experienced the hardship of defending his family and country."
"After all, we are just honorary knights. It is normal not to know the responsibilities we bear." Lu Xingshi said in a strange tone.
He even fired the map cannon.
In the entire royal tent, there were few nobles who had actually completed knight training. Most of them just gave themselves the title of honorary knight.
It's just that everyone present was calm. This trivial matter was not enough to make them hostile to Lu Xingshi. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the king was favoring Lu Xingshi and was trying to cause trouble.
If we dive in head-first, we won't be fighting Lu Xingshi, but fighting the king.
Grand Duke Haipa's expression changed slightly, he just snorted coldly with an unpleasant look on his face, and there was no further comment.
The king was dismissed immediately, and no matter how stupid he was, he could see the situation clearly.
"An honorary knight is also a knight, but the honor he possesses is different." The king reconciled for Lu Xingshi.
He could also understand Lu Xingshi's strange aura. After all, it was Grand Duke Haipa's fault in the first place, not to mention that Pollock Taire had just reached some kind of deal to deliberately embarrass Lu Xingshi.
If Lu Xingshi didn't reply like this, the king wouldn't be worried. Instead, he was so reckless, which he fully approved of.
This is the momentum that young people should have.
"What His Majesty the King said is true, but it does not include certain people." Lu Xingshi first obeyed the King's words, and then continued to ridicule Grand Duke Haipa.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
But the smile on the king's face became brighter and brighter, and he opened his mouth to further smooth things over.
Grand Duke Haipa began to restrain his emotions, pretending that he couldn't hear Lu Xingshi's words.
With the king's attitude, Lu Xingshi could be sarcastic, but if he dared to be sarcastic or do something inappropriate, he would definitely be criticized by the king.
Everyone can see that the king is preparing to build momentum for the Earl of Langton. Anyone who gets close to him will be uncomfortable as a target.
(End of chapter)