"Pay money, pay food, pay land."
In just three days, the nobles of Yingnan experienced an unprecedented Zhouli-style violence. They never thought that a brave man, a brave man who was the solemn and upright representative, could use the word power in so many ways.
Does he have no bottom line at all?
In the beginning, this group of nobles wanted to resist. They got together early and broke the chain of suspicion. They understood that Zhou Li was just building the plank road in secret. In fact, Yingnan's troops were very sufficient and there was no limit at all. After discovering that they had been tricked, this group of nobles once wanted to have a good contest with Zhou Li. Then they discussed together for a long time, and finally sadly discovered a fact.
There is no trick.
Yes, after a six-hour video conference and no less than three spectacular exchanges of insults and revelations, this group of nobles finally came to such a ridiculous conclusion.
But this is not their fault. After all, for these nobles, there are only three methods available-treating guests, beheading, and accepting them as dogs.
The first is to treat guests, which is fundamentally unworkable. Zhou Li's appetite was too big. If he wanted to satisfy his appetite, he might as well die. At least he would have a coffin and enough money to be buried with him. Moreover, people like Ying Nan do not believe in Zhou Li's credibility. What they believe is that once they express the idea of "I want to bribe you", Zhou Li will definitely say "I will support your wife, so you can go without worry" .
Then came beheading.
After mentioning these two words, the entire video conference fell into silence. They wanted to laugh, to burst into bitter laughter. The current nobles have even had their personal freedom deprived by Zhou Li, let alone beheading Zhou Li. Now is not the time for the nobles to think about how to kill Zhou Li, but the time to pray that Zhou Li will not behead them.
After painfully accepting the fact that their group was in ruins, this group of people didn't even discuss the last option of "accepting them as dogs". What a joke, let alone accepting Zhou Li as a dog, now a group of people have no way to treat Zhou Li as a dog. If it weren't for the fear that they would have no foothold in the future, one-third of this group of nobles would have gone to Zhouli's gate to bark at their dogs.
"what is it now?"
Everyone's eyes were once again focused on the wise old man, but this time, the old man couldn't sit still.
"Still looking at me?"
In the video, the old man's face was gloomy and his tone was unkind, "Don't always think about letting me be the vanguard. My bones are falling apart. I'd better trouble you young people to think about it, so as not to rust your brains that day."
"Ai Lao, look at what you said."
A middle-aged man turned around with an apologetic smile and said to the old man: "Aren't we stupid? You have always been our leader and have great wisdom. We still have to rely on you."
After hearing the flattery of the middle-aged man, the old man also borrowed the donkey from the slope, his face softened, and he said to everyone with a little helplessness: "Forget it, I don't blame you. This time our enemy is indeed a bit tricky."
"There's only one solution I can think of right now."
The old man stretched out a finger and said in a serious tone: "Endure."
"What?"
There were frizzy thorns everywhere, but before thorns could speak, the housekeeper next to him turned off the voice with a slide to prevent his master from making a fool of himself.
Ignoring the sudden episode, the old man looked around at everyone and said slowly: "I know you are a little confused and dissatisfied with my proposal. I understand."
"But the biggest problem now is that we are blocked. Not just from the various houses, I mean, we are completely isolated in Jordan."
Sighing, the old man shook his head. His helpless tone made people feel very sad, "We are the glory of Yingnan, but the problem is that Zhou Li is not from Yingnan. He is a brave man and the darling of the gods. We The so-called dignity and rules of the nobility are worthless in front of him, and they do not pose a threat at all."
"If Jordan is not blocked, we can use Yingnan's momentum to crush him with the country. But the problem is that now, Zhou Li's reputation among civilians is unprecedentedly high. Christine from the military fully supports him, and the Hunter Guild The Berserker Guild is also one-sided, and even our former ally, the Shadow Guild, has completely defected. What do you think, how can we fight against him?"
After hearing the old man's words, everyone fell silent. Yes, they don't have the strength to fight against Zhou Li. Now, whether it is the military, labor unions, or civilians, Zhou Li controls absolute power. Although those clergymen did not completely move closer to Zhou Li, they were so fearful of Zhou Li that the mice became silent when they saw him, and they could not help him at all.
"Then this is all we can do?"
Facing someone's question, the old man shook his head, his voice a little slow, "We have another way."
Seeing the old man's evasive eyes, the people in the inner circle of the nobles suddenly understood something. A look of shock appeared on their faces, and then they turned into thoughtful expressions.
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"Aren't you afraid that they will jump over the wall and contact the master behind the gospel?"
In Zhou Li's luxurious farewell home, Christine and Zhou Li gathered in the conference room. After putting down the list of "the number of refugees accepted by each noble" in her hand, Christine asked Xiang Zhouli with a little curiosity: "You have to know that nobles can do anything. I don't believe they are completely clean. There is no gospel in them." chess pieces. If they really go crazy, it will be difficult to handle."
Since completely breaking up with the aristocracy, Christine has developed more and more in the direction of an old woman. After all, he joined the army for decades before entering politics, and he flipped tables with his superiors every day just to get some supplies. The group of nobles who are full of interests are of no use except to obstruct them, so now Christine is sparing no effort in attacking the nobles, even more cruelly than Zhou Li.
"Don't worry, those people are not fools."
Putting down the black coffee in his hand, Zhou Li put the sugar box on the coffee cup expressionlessly, then stirred the coffee under Christine's twisted expression, and said: "People who can become nobles or parliamentarians are not fools, they must I know a truth."
“I can’t take care of the Gospels, but I can take care of them more than enough.”
Faced with Zhou Li's confident performance, Christine continued to ask worriedly: "No, don't think too anthropomorphically of our Yingnan nobles. I know their intelligence, and there are always a few idiots who can help." You show the bottom line of humanity.
After watching Zhou Li drink the strong sugar coffee without changing his expression, Kristen's face twitched a few times. She quickly took a sip of her own rich black coffee and pressed it down. Then she continued to Zhou Li: "In our Yingnan There is a saying that if you throw some rice into a rope circle, the pigs will avoid it, but this is not necessarily the case for nobles."
"fine."
Faced with Christine's doubts, Zhou Li put down his cup and said calmly: "I killed the evil omen of the death epidemic. Although it did not completely prevent the Gospel from continuing to grow, it does not mean that it is useless at all."
"The current Gospel is very weak, and its ability to control humans has declined sharply. If my guess is correct, it can now only interact with reality by projecting weirdness."
With a flash of light in his eyes, Zhou Li touched the Book of Gaia on his waist, and an expectant smile appeared on his face.
"So, I'm really looking forward to finding something other than the Gospel."
"As long as you have a way."
Valley
Veteran Youzi noticed the dangerous aura rising from Zhou Li, so he stopped the current topic and brought up something else.
"By the way, I have something else to ask you."
Lighting a cigar, Christine asked Zhou Li: "Why do you want to borrow the Gospels?"
"uh-huh?"
Zhou Li raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "Why do you think of asking this?"
"I wanted to pry before, but now it's just gossip."
Taking a deep breath of the cigar, with a satisfied look on her face, Christine glanced at the beautiful girl sitting on a wicker chair not far away, reading a book, looking like a scroll in the sun, and an aura of gossip gradually rose.
"I didn't intend to hide it from you."
Unlike others who were coy, Zhou Li was straightforward and said straightforwardly: "I want the Book of Gospel just for Eluma."
"So decisive? Why don't you cover it up?"
The expected hesitation did not appear, and Christine was a little depressed because she did not have the opportunity to ridicule the virginity. As a general, he always had to keep a poker face in front of others, but in fact, this old boy was famously boring in the military camp. Otherwise, he would not have been able to hang out with Gerost.
"Why cover up?"
Facing Christine's inquiry, Zhou Li asked with some confusion: "We are not blind, everyone can see it."
"That's true."
After understanding what kind of existence Eluma was in Zhou Li's heart through the video, Kristen was relieved by Zhou Li's frankness. As for what specifically happened to Eluma and what the Gospels could do, Christine didn’t ask. He is just a gossip, not a gossip.
"Okay, I'll go arrange the supplies first."
Taking the briefcase on the side, Kristen said hello to the others, and then left Zhou Li's house. After sending Christine away, Zhou Li came to Eluma's side. He quietly reached out his hand and pinched the sleepy Eluma's small nose.
"Hmph~~"
After letting out two cute hums, Eluma, who was holding the book in both hands, rubbed herself on the recliner as if she wanted to put away Zhou Li's mischievous hand. But soon Eluma, who was sleeping, realized that she was just doing useless work. Her little brain that had stopped working forced herself to think for a while, and then she opened her mouth and started breathing through her mouth.
Seeing Eluma's cute look, Zhou Li smiled, then let go of his hand and prepared to go to the room to make some preparations. At this moment, he suddenly heard Eluma's murmuring in her sleep.
"I know...he is so tired..."
Zhou Li's body paused, and he stared at Eluma's cheek quietly. That face that had been engraved in his bones still made him feel at ease as always. Even if she was weak and had weird little hobbies, he still regarded her as his closest person.
but……
"I can't put you in danger."
The soft murmur seemed to be responding to Eluma, but it was more like saying to herself: "I'm not tired yet, I have time, everything can come in time."
Turning around, Zhou Li walked back to the room without hesitation. What he didn't see was that at the moment he turned around, Eluma seemed to sense something, and a confused look appeared on her face, which disappeared in an instant.
After closing the door, Zhou Li took out the Book of Gaia. Ever since Gaia disappeared that day, no matter how he summoned her, only the naive Lady Rose appeared. After confirming many times until Madam Rose was destroyed, Zhou Li understood that Gaia's appearance came at a certain price and could not be summoned anytime and anywhere.
After discovering this, Zhou Li began to study the Book of Gaia. Now he has discovered only two functions. One is to put those weird fallen papers into books, and then summon the "good" side of those weird ones. The second function is to control weirdness.
Yes, the Gospels manipulate humans, Gaia manipulates the monstrous.
After discovering this, Zhou Li once suspected that there was any connection between the Gospels and the Book of Gaia. But he quickly dismissed this suspicion. Because, this is bullshit.
Previously, the Gospels used the Book of Gaia to contact Eluma, but Eluma didn't believe it when they said they had no contact.
Because he was busy with disaster relief matters a few days ago, Zhou Li did not conduct further research. In today's spare time, Zhou Li was about to conduct his second experiment.
Summons the second monstrosity - the Wolf of the Blood Moon.
Following the previous steps, he inserted the dagger into the paper and put the book in. In the blink of an eye, a bloody mist filled the entire room. Soon, the blood mist condensed, and a giant wolf with blood-red hair and silver-white teeth appeared in the room.
"Who are you?"
There was no hostility or attack. The blood wolf just glanced at Zhou Li, then looked at the surrounding furnishings, lay on the ground and looked at Zhou Li, and asked calmly: "Where am I? What's the matter with summoning me?" "
"Uh, how about we each introduce ourselves?"
Zhou Li looked at the blood wolf in front of him, who exuded a "lazy" aura, and was hesitant for a moment. In his impression, Duke Mintz almost became a complete lunatic after becoming a werewolf. He was either green or angry all day long. He wished he could either kill or enlighten. It was very scary.
But why is this wolf so... decadent?
"My name is Blood Wolf, you can call me Brother Wolf. I am four meters long and a little over two meters tall. I don't know exactly. I like to sleep."
Wagging his tail, the blood wolf who called himself Brother Wolf looked at Zhou Li and said nonchalantly: "If you have anything to do, please tell me quickly. I won't help if I can, and I won't help if I can't."
This time, Zhou Li fell silent.
Rarely, Zhou Li was paralyzed.
At this moment, Zhou Li remembered a wise saying he once had on Earth. A quote that he once scorned, but now believed in because of this blood wolf.
As long as I am useless enough, no one can take advantage of me.
