At the beginning of the month of Tundra, this remote town far away from the center of the Golden Bird Empire suddenly welcomed a group of knights in silver armor with their clan's emblem and banner flying high.
When the old scholar Parsha from Gru Town first saw the pattern on the flag, his eyes widened and he broke out in a cold sweat.
——The tiger steps on the python, and the python wraps around the full moon.
Pasha's neighbor was Dim, the only blacksmith in the town. Seeing his old neighbor's expression, Dim asked in confusion while smoking a hookah: "Hey, old man, what's your expression... Could it be that..."
Do you know the origin of these knights?"
Parsha took a deep breath and whispered to Dim: "If I'm not mistaken, the pattern on the flag seems to be the emblem of the Meng family."
The Munn family?! After hearing this, Dim looked back blankly at the old man Pasha.
"Are you sure you read that correctly?"
Without waiting for Parsha to answer, Dim seemed to have thought of something, trembled all over, turned around and slipped into his narrow and cramped blacksmith shop, fastened the door and looked trembling.
Parsha saw Dim's cowardice through the glass window of the blacksmith shop and couldn't help but shook his head. In the past, these bad friends would have laughed at each other, but today, the Meng family came to Gru Town inexplicably.
, thinking about the functions of the Munn family in the empire, Dim's cowardice also has an explanation.
Pasha recalled the rumors he had heard in the hunter's tavern in the city.
The Munn family is known as the backbone of the Golden Bird Empire. Over the past few hundred years, it has produced at least six military generals who have made great military achievements in resisting enemy invasions many times. Moreover, in every war, members of the Munn family have
, they are not just hiding in a safe shelter and dictating. Every member of this family is a soldier in the frontline vanguard camp. They are not afraid of fighting and are brave and resourceful. Such a family that works hard and has a distinguished background.
, and naturally took control of the empire's military lifeline.
Recently, the Golden Bird Empire and the neighboring country Hailan are in a state of war. The border of the Hailan Dynasty is not far from Gru Town. At this time, the knights of the Meng family arrived...perhaps, it is for this reason.
Parsha guessed that there were two purposes, recruiting troops or setting up defenses, maybe both.
No matter which purpose, it is fatal for blacksmith Dim. Because the conscription rules of the Golden Bird Empire clearly stipulate that in towns included in the conscription area during wartime, every household must produce a young man or pay a fee of
One hundred gold coins to get a draft-free token. He is the only male in the Dim family, and he happens to be in the draft age group. If he is drafted, the lives of his future wife and daughter will definitely not be guaranteed. As for paying gold coins? The entire Gru Town
, perhaps the only one who can have a hundred gold coins in savings is the Pat family. You know, one gold coin is enough for his family's living expenses for half a year.
Parsha himself experienced the initial surprise, but quickly returned to normal. He is an old bachelor, and now he is approaching his twilight years and is not within the scope of conscription, so he is not worried. He even has the intention to observe the Meng family.
trend.
Hey, they didn't ask the mayor of Gru Town. Isn't it because they wanted to recruit soldiers?
Parsha continued to observe, and the iron-hoofed cavalry team headed to another place instead.
——That Viscount Pat's mansion, even in the frozen moon, is still full of flowers and flowers!
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Pat's Manor.
Two maids wearing beige linen headscarves were working and whispering.
The objects of their gossip were none other than the two young masters of the Pat family.
"The master and his wife have been dead for two years. According to the laws of the empire, the frost moon after this year's frozen soil month is the time for the eldest young master to inherit the title." Among them, the young maid with an apple face said with a little worry.
: “I don’t know if the situation of the second young master will change after the eldest young master inherits the title.”
"Oli, it's better for us two servants to talk less about adults' matters. However, I don't think there is any need to worry about your troubles. Although you work in the second young master's tea garden, the tea garden is far away from the master's house after all.
It’s too far away, and you might not know that the eldest young master and the second young master have a good relationship! Don’t worry, those feuds between wealthy families in the opera script will not happen in our manor.” The middle-aged maid with a pockmarked face said with a smile.
At this time, the clatter of horse hooves sounded from the path outside the tea garden.
After a while, a knight with shiny bronze armor appeared in front of them.
The horse neighed and the knight stopped at the gate of the tea garden and took off his helmet.
This is a young man with brown hair who is full of masculine aura. The backlight illuminates the contours of his face even more profoundly. His already handsome appearance is even more extraordinary at this moment.
The young man's gray-green eyes glanced at the two maids. He directly ignored Ollie and focused his attention on the middle-aged maid.
"Maid Maid Mana, good afternoon."
Mana put down the bamboo basket in her hand and saluted the young knight: "Good afternoon, Master Leo."
Leo glanced at the newly picked tea leaves in the bamboo basket in Mana's hand, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes: "Brother, are you looking for that old man again?"
Mana lowered her head and said respectfully: "Master Angel is studying with Mr. Jon."
Leo curled his lips and whispered to himself: "Study? I don't know what kind of madness that old man got. He talks about fallacies every day. My younger brother comes to him to study and offers tea leaves every day. I think he is a lunatic. No.
I know that my brother has been possessed by something evil, so I must learn from him."
Leo pulled the horse's reins irritably: "Okay, I understand. You go ahead and get busy, I'll go find him now."
After saying that, Leo crossed his legs and rode away quickly.
After a while, Leo came to the edge of the southeast corner of the manor. On a hill near the woods, there was a rather exquisite stilted wooden building. The architectural style was very peculiar, with cornices and corners, and two floors standing side by side. Except for one side,
It is connected to the main house on the ground, and the other three sides are suspended and completely supported by pillars.
This stilted building, in terms of construction method and shape style, is completely different from the architectural features of the Golden Bird Empire. Even the other countries Leo has visited do not have similar styles.
"It's such a magical building! It's suspended on three sides and it's still motionless." Although Leo complained about old man Jon for stealing his younger brother's attention, Leo was also quite impressed by Jon's amazing skills in construction, but he never
It would show on his face. Besides, except for the stilted building in front of him, Leo had nothing to admire about Jon. Maybe the method of making this stilted building is very popular in Jon's "country"? Even if, Joe
Jon has stayed at Pat Manor for nearly twenty years, and Leo has never learned where Jon's country is.
Pushing open the fence, there are some vegetables and fruits in the yard of the stilted building. The shelves on the side are also covered with withered vines. These vines will produce a lot of "hanging strings" during the harvest moon. Jon said
They are grapes. Lyon has eaten them before and they taste quite sweet, but this month has passed the grape-eating season.
As soon as I opened the bamboo door of the Diaojiaolou, I saw in a small room, a young man with delicate features was burying his head in a parchment roll, dipping a quill in the ink on the side, and quickly recording something.
Leon approached, even though he had deliberately restrained his pace, but the copper boot armor still made a loud thumping sound when it came into contact with the wooden floor.
"Hey, you're here?" The young man wrote a period on the paper, looked up at the person coming, his voice became clearer and clearer, with a strong emotion of intimacy.
"My dear brother, Angel. Judging from your tone, did you know that I would come over today?" Leon said with a smile.
Angel shrugged and smiled: "I don't know, but answering like this will make it appear that I have more initiative."
"Then the old man taught you this?"
Angel shook his head: "Do we still need to be taught this? Didn't dad like to talk like this before he was alive?"
"Then if others misunderstand that you know their purpose, so they don't speak after coming in, how are you going to speak?" Leon raised his eyebrows.
"I will remain calm and wait for him to speak first."
"What should I do if he keeps silent?"
Angel curled his lips: "That would be embarrassing. If it were me, I would turn around and leave to avoid making the atmosphere more awkward. If the other party calls me, there will naturally be follow-up."
Leon smiled and nodded without commenting, but looked around the room.
"Where's that old man Jon?"
As soon as he heard Leon talking about Jon, Angel frowned slightly, with a little worry in his eyes: "You also know that the mentor's health is getting worse and worse, and every part of his body is gradually shrinking.
The day before yesterday, the instructor couldn't move his legs at all. He just applied medicine and now he is resting upstairs."