The clouds in the sky were burned red by the setting sun. In the evening of this spring, a beautifully decorated carriage was slowly driving on a certain road in the southern part of the empire, Kote Province. This fine carriage is of the finest materials. The dignified and noble black body, as well as the exquisite carvings on the carriage, and the gold-painted patterns, all show the noble status of the owner of this carriage.
Especially the family badge on the car!
A ring of irises lingers on the blades of two crossed long swords, and there is a crown on the hilt, shrouded in raging flames...
Such a badge, only in the eyes of an aristocrat who has enough knowledge of badges, will he see how amazing it is! Among all the families in the entire empire, there are not many who can carve two crossed long swords on their badges! These two long swords represent at least one marshal-level figure in the history of the family. And the crown above symbolizes the blood relationship between this family and the royal family!
At the front and back of the carriage, there were ten guard knights in light armor. They rode steeds and hung knight swords. The armor on their bodies was polished and their weapons were shiny. It looks dejected.
Made was sitting next to the coachman, biting a grass root in his mouth boredly, glanced at the sky, then sighed deeply, turned around and bent down, and knocked on the window of the carriage: "Master Du Wei, Shall we find a place to rest, the sky is getting dark."
In the carriage compartment, Du Wei, who had been interrupted from reading, raised his head. He opened the window and glanced at the sunset in the sky: "Okay."
Made immediately responded. At this time, a horse galloped ahead, and soon arrived in front of the carriage. A family guard knight in light armor was slightly out of breath, and said loudly: "My lord, there is a little girl in front of me." Town, it seems that this is the only place we can choose to rest tonight."
Made, who used to be a groom, still couldn't get used to being called "Master Manager", but this honest man took off his hat and nodded to the young knight riding in front of him: "The master has spoken, and I will rest in front today."
Seeing the loyal and resolute face of this young knight, Made sighed inwardly: "A simple young man."
This time, there were only 20 family guard knights who followed Master Du Wei back to the hometown of the Luo Lin family.
As the dignified No. 2 figure in the Imperial Military Command and the eldest son of Earl Raymond, he only brought twenty guards, a "manager" like himself, and a coachman with him when he returned home from a long journey.
Such a follower lineup is too shabby.
You know, those wealthy families in the imperial capital, those noble families, would bring groups of servants and guards with them even for a wild outing.
As for the guard knights of these twenty families, they were also "carefully selected".
Everyone knows that this young master Du Wei has completely fallen out of favor in the family. The future of the family rests with his younger brother. Although he didn't say it clearly, everyone knew that this young master Du Wei had been deprived of his "family heir" status.
There is no doubt that with such a master who was sent back to his hometown to guard his ancestral property, the future is very bleak. Everyone is utilitarian, and everyone hopes to stay in the prosperous imperial capital. No one is willing to follow a waste-like master back to the backcountry to live a mediocre life.
Especially those knights. Who doesn't want to stay in the imperial capital, stay with the earl, maybe in the future he will be favored by the earl by virtue of his martial arts, and he will become a success! Therefore, when it was arranged to go back to the hometown with Master Du Wei, everyone couldn't avoid this errand. No knight would like to waste his best years accompanying a useless master back home to take care of those farmers!
As a result, the twenty knights who were finally selected were undoubtedly a group of unlucky ghosts. Either they have poor martial arts skills and cannot be reused, or they are usually withdrawn, disliked or excluded by their colleagues, or they are young and ignorant, simple-minded people who are easy to deceive.
Looking at the young knight who came back from exploring the road in front of him, Made had already made a conclusion about this young man: he is probably the kind of young, ignorant and simple-minded guy. I didn't realize that my group was dispatched.
After the emperor came out, everyone's interest was not high along the way, and the only one who still maintained a leisurely demeanor was the young master Du Wei.
Even though he was dispatched, no one has ever heard the young master complain even a single word. Every day he just sits in the carriage and reads the books brought out from home, rarely speaks, and his attitude towards people is considered gentle.
Putting away the distracting thoughts in his mind, Made yelled loudly, signaling for everyone to speed up. The former groom, the current chief executive, has a pretty good mentality. At least he is very good at comforting himself: whatever, it doesn't matter if he is assigned, anyway, he was just a little groom before. It is thanks to the young master that he is able to have today. Although it is just a "manager" who was assigned, at least the monthly salary is a few more gold coins, which is a fact!
Touching the hard purse in his arms, Mr. Mader had a smile on his face.
Well, I heard that Cote Province is located in the southern part of the empire, and the girls in the southern part have delicate skin and petite stature. Maybe my old Madeleine can marry a woman here.
Jumu Town is the only town within a radius of 100 miles. In this town with hundreds of households, there is only one tavern with a simple name: Jumu Tavern.
Because it is the only tavern, the business will not be too bad. Cheap alcoholic beverages, cheap barbecue, cheap whores... Even people living at the bottom of society need some joie de vivre, don't they
When Du Wei's motorcade came to the door of this tavern, Du Wei raised his head and closed the book in his hand. Then the lanterns in the carriage were extinguished.
When he got out of the carriage, Du Wei looked up at the rusty iron signboard hanging on the tavern, which was swaying back and forth in the wind. There were noisy voices from inside the gate, and lively lights on the windows.
When Du Wei and his group walked into the tavern, they immediately attracted the attention of the people inside. After all, a group of knights in light armor poured into this small tavern, which was still very eye-catching.
Du Wei was the last to come in. When he walked in, the knights had already completed their work: they cleared out an open space, a clean table, and surrounded Du Wei in a safe circle.
Everyone in the tavern was looking at Du Wei, this half-old child who looked very young.
Du Wei's figure is quite tall. After all, he was born in the Luo Lin family, a family of martial arts, but his body is a little thinner. The beautiful dress on his body, even the neckline and cuffs are decorated with lace, showing his Aristocrat's identity, except for the red hair that is typical of the Luo Lin family blood, which is a bit too eye-catching, he looks more like a weakling.
Pale, slender, white and silent, holding a book in his hand.
The other guarding knights had already started to carry their luggage. Made threw out a few gold coins, and the owner of the tavern immediately cleared out several clean rooms, and arranged for people to feed the horses and so on.
But at this moment, Du Wei was enduring all kinds of strange eyes from around him.
"Oh! It seems! A nobleman."
"Ah, how could a nobleman come to our place?"
"Boss, I think you should collect the chair that this guy sat on, maybe you can sell it for a good price!"
After a short period of silence, the people in the tavern resumed being noisy, and everyone was talking about Du Wei and his group. Apparently, in such a small place, such a cheap tavern, it was a very rare thing to run into a nobleman in rich clothes.
There were also a few women with heavy make-up and scantily clad clothes, showing shoulders and cleavage, trying to squeeze over to strike up a conversation with Du Wei, but old Made completed his career well and drove these prostitutes away.
During the pushing, after the two prostitutes were pushed aside, they couldn't help pointing at Made and yelled a few words. The old Made didn't care about those country slang words, but a drunk immediately ran past him and hugged her. The prostitute: "Aha, my little baby, what's so good about that little kid, I'd rather let the uncle love you." After finishing speaking, she squeezed the woman's buttocks hard, the prostitute smiled and immediately turned towards the drunk Sit in his arms.
Du Wei's face was calm, he drank a glass of wine quietly, even when the people around him pointed at him, he only frowned slightly.
The guarding knights next to them were also a little listless. In this place full of cheap alcohol and powder, these knights couldn't help but began to lament their future.
Alas, it would be great if I could stay in that colorful world in the imperial capital!
At this moment, with a bang, the door of the tavern was pushed open, and a group of people walked in from the outside. There were three men and one woman who came in. Judging from their dusty faces and their apparently cost-effective attire, they were obviously not locals, but also outsiders like Du Wei and the others.
What made the people in the tavern suddenly silent was that all the men's eyes were almost immediately focused on the girl among the few people who walked in.
This is a girl about eighteen or nineteen years old, with long brown hair and a gorgeous face. Such a face obviously has an aggressive charm for the opposite sex! And she was wearing a close-fitting leather armor. Obviously, the leather armor was of the highest quality, and it was made of some kind of monster's skin. It exuded azure blue color, and there were some strange patterns engraved on it. And her lower body is even more irritating, she is actually wearing shorts, exposing her snow-white plump thighs to the outside! And there is a belt tied on the thigh, with a dagger stuck in it! A scimitar was hung on her waist, and a delicate bow was carried on her back, and a row of small silver arrows stuck in her quiver!
Judging from the bright silver color of the arrow, Du Wei immediately recognized that it was made of pure silver! A bow and arrow made of pure silver is really a luxury!
The round thighs of this gorgeous girl immediately became the focus of attention of many men in the bar! And she seemed to bend down inadvertently, and the white and tender cleavage was immediately exposed in the neckline of the chic leather armor, which immediately caused the eyes of the two drunks sitting close to stare so much that even the wine glasses in their hands fell to the ground .
The male companions beside the girl were a strong man like a bull, wearing heavy armor and carrying a heavy shield behind him. Judging from the sturdy look on his face, the amazing muscles and several scars on his exposed arms, this is a powerful warrior. Another tall and thin guy looked very sharp, with a longbow hanging from his shoulders, judging from the black bowstring, slender and powerful fingers, and the black iron ring on his finger, this guy should be The role of an archer.
And the last guy is what Du Wei pays the most attention to!
This is a man in a gray robe, with a very ordinary appearance, except for a pair of eyes that always flash with a stern light. His attire was so simple that the people around him seemed to ignore him.
However, Du Wei paid the most attention to this guy! Because his whole body is covered under the robe, and there is a badge in the shape of a silver leaf on his chest!
People in this small place don't recognize this badge, but Du Wei does! Moreover, some well-informed guard knights of the Luo Lin family around him also recognized them.
This last guy in a gray robe is actually a magician! Although it is only a first-class magician who wears a silver leaf badge, the lowest level...
But the silver leaf badge on the chest is undoubtedly a genuine magician who has passed the certification of the Magic Society!
After staring at the badge carefully for a while, Du Wei immediately had an idea in his heart...