Annan's carriage was stopped by the Viscount's men some distance away from the manor.
He was the only one who was invited into the Viscount's Mansion. The other three players on the carriage were all waiting outside.
Annan and the players accepted this request very calmly.
It's not that Viscount Barbour wanted to cause trouble for Annan on such a small issue and let Annan come over and humiliate him.
This is Viscount Barbour's caution.
He is now over eighty years old, and his brain and body are far inferior to those of young people. He will feel very tired even if he sits on the stool for a while.
He can only rely on experience - the experience of three dynasties, four wars, and countless power struggles in the past.
Yes, Viscount Barbour thinks he has won now, and he has won a great victory.
Don Juan Geraint was originally supposed to go to Roseburg, the most prosperous city in the North Sea Territory, to take up the post of lord. This is the tradition of the Kingdom of Noah - the lords of each territory usually live in the most economically prosperous areas.
Because the economy in this area is prosperous, there is at least one District Bishop of Silver Siren guarding it. This can effectively prevent nightmares and wild supernatural beings from interfering with the lord's normal life.
But the Northern Territory is an exception.
The original core city of the North Sea Territory was Frozen Water Port. As the lord of Fort Ross, Viscount Barbour was only a vassal of Count Geraint.
However, following the incident that happened forty-five years ago, the frozen water port was gradually blocked, the economy of the entire Northern Sea Territory declined, and the district bishop was withdrawn by the archdiocese. As a result, Count Geraint no longer sent direct officials
The descendants came to the distant North Sea Territory.
After all, Count Geraint is the king's trusted intelligence chief and cannot leave the royal capital easily. The king has also sealed several hunting grounds and manors close to the royal capital for their family, and he does not want the Crow family to return to the frozen water port.
The will is very clear.
Although there is a sea between Frozen Water Port and the Principality of Winter, it is geographically adjacent to the Principality of Winter after all.
Although the king trusted the old crow personally, he still had to be prepared that the old crow might betray him - and the smartest way was to not give him the chance to betray him.
By preventing the Geraint family, which has too many secrets, from returning to the frozen water port, it can effectively prevent the Principality of Winter from sending spies to contact him.
After all, Count Geraint has a wife who is from the Principality of Winter. This kind of caution is very reasonable.
The entire North Sea Territory is just an earldom. After removing the frozen water port, the income is much smaller, so it is simply handed over to the most loyal follower of the old earl, Viscount Alvin Barbour, to act as an agent.
In exchange, the young king also compensated the Geraint family with the positions of two royal guards.
Some years passed since then, and the old count passed away.
The newly appointed earl simply could not suppress Alvin Barber's behavior through such a long distance with only letters.
After all, Viscount Barbour has never done anything bad.
He only used Fort Ross as the new economic center of the North Sea Territory under the premise that the Frozen Water Port was banned, refocused the resources of the entire territory, and concentrated on the development of internal affairs; at the same time, he deliberately poached young people from the Frozen Water Port with high salaries and weakened the
The population is constantly weakening the economy of Frozen Water Port.
Finally... thirty-eight years ago, the acting bishop of Beihai Diocese was recalled, and the first district bishop was sent from the royal capital.
——This means that the desolate and remote Northern Sea Territory has completely restored its complete trading functions. Therefore, it has once again been certified as a parish by Lord Silver.
But this time the bishop did not go to the frozen water port.
Instead, he went to Roseburg.
This means that the transportation, culture, military and politics of the entire Northern Territory must be re-planned with Roseburg as the center. However, the Viscount was smart enough not to touch the name of the most important city in the Northern Territory.
In this way, although he did not get a title, he had actually captured the Northern Sea Territory belonging to the Geraint family.
Even the citizens of Roseburg did not think that they did not have a lord. They always believed that Viscount Barbour was their lord - they did not know what a viscounty and an earldom were.
But Viscount Barbour still had a loophole after all.
That is, the Northern Sea Territory still belongs to the Geraint family.
That's why, when he got "Don Juan Geraint" and was about to arrive at the frozen water port, he started to cause trouble for him.
——If you can kill him, it is naturally the best; even if you can't kill him, you have to make him give in. At least shut up the little guy, and never let him go to Rossburg, follow the formal process, and put himself
The Lord's Palace was rebuilt into Roseburg.
Because Annan really can do this.
This is completely in compliance with the procedures and rules!
Even if Annan's lord's palace has not yet been built, the Geraint family will be gone...but that also means that Annan will give the citizens of Roseburg a reminder and remind them of one thing:
Viscount Barbour's power was stolen.
It's just that he stole it too early. He stole it forty years ago. At that time, he was a savior, so he would not be criticized harshly by people... But now, this matter has long been forgotten by people.
Once the people of Rossburg begin to doubt Viscount Barbour's authority, his plan will fall short.
The reason why Alvin Barber has achieved victory is that the only "Don Juan Geraint" who can influence his plan at present has been successfully suppressed by him and does not dare to oppose him;
The evidence that he purchased Black Fire has been completely eliminated - both the witness and physical evidence are gone. It was not even eliminated by the Viscount's men, but by Annan himself;
After Salvatore killed Gerald, he should have to return to the Black Tower once, and he won't be able to come back in a short time.
His grandson is almost six years old.
One more year...
The ceremony is completed.
This is an extremely long, complicated, massive, and unethical evil ritual to extend life:
First, let his son inherit his power for seven years, and then murder him; then let his son's descendants inherit the same power for seven years, and then murder him; then he inherits the same power for seven years, and will
All the descendants of his grandson were murdered - at this time, no matter how many there were, these descendants should be seven years old.
The first stage of the ritual will add seven years to his life;
The second stage will add fourteen years to his life;
But the third stage of the ritual will kill him directly.
After that, he can take all his memories and be reincarnated into one of the seven-year-old children in the third stage—that is, a great-grandson who was murdered by him. And he will directly bear the resentment and curse of his descendants and become a natural born child.
An extraordinary person starts with bronze and lives his whole life again with glory and splendor.
The only price is that he will become a "Heavenly Eunuch".
Because this ritual comes from the false god "Fufu", an evil god who has been wanted for a long time by the old woman who buried the bones and the old grandmother.
It is said that he was once a eunuch, so his rituals are usually related to his own or other people's descendants, and the price is usually "the same as him". But a considerable part of those rituals that extend life come from him.
In order to hide it from others, the old Viscount specifically allowed his first son to have offspring with his wife. In this way, his grandson would be disguised as his second son in name.
However, Viscount Barbour never expected that the most difficult part had already been completed...
But now, the "same power" is beginning to become unstable.
He must worry that Annan may have hidden the Black Fire in the carriage; or he may have ambushed the killers and thieves and sneaked in while they were talking to search for evidence against him.
Although Viscount Barbour did not know about Justin's curse;
But Justin didn't know the old Viscount's purpose either.
He just wants to live peacefully for another year and one month——
However, even this goal could not be achieved.
"Good evening, Lord Viscount."
Annan walked into the hall, looked at Viscount Barbour who was looking at him in shock, and the corners of his mouth gradually raised:
"...It seems that you know Don Juan Geraint. Do you also know who I am? That's right, after all, you have lived long enough..."