Noble Emblem

Chapter 25: 025 Before the dinner party

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Some old carriages are driving on the yellow mud road, occasionally bumping. The driver was a boy, a boy in noble clothes. It stands to reason that there is no reason for nobles to drive cars, but the fact is happening right in front of your eyes. The young man driving the carriage was very happy, his whip crackling, but the old man sitting in the carriage had a dejected look on his face.

Even the cheap job of driving a car has to be handled by the next head of the family himself. The Reed family has fallen to such a point, it is really shameless to their ancestors. When the old man thought of this, he sighed again and again in the car.

Liang Lidong sat opposite the old village head, seeing the old man's sorrow, but he was unmoved. The village chief Reed is an old fritter, and he usually doesn't like to show his face. Now he puts on this appearance, most of it is for him to see, and it's nothing more than to arouse his sympathy. But this is purely rich people insisting that they are beggars. There are many families in the village who are much poorer than Reed's family, and they have not seen them sighing in front of Liang Lidong.

So although the old village chief has some knowledge, his mind is full of cleverness.

The carriage rumbled forward, this time Liang Lidong didn't use the 'Driving Fog' magic to increase the speed, it was unnecessary. After a while, in the afterglow of the setting sun, the carriage arrived at the entrance of Winterwind City. Because it was already evening, there were very few people entering and leaving the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the city yawned repeatedly. They were slightly surprised when they saw a carriage approaching, and the driver was actually a young man in noble uniform. Then they His eyes flicked over the body of the carriage, and he found that the carriage was actually a bit old and had no family marks, so he was overjoyed immediately and surrounded him.

"Hey, if you enter the city with a carriage at night, you will have to pay double the poll tax!" the leading thin soldier shouted.

Kyle was surprised: "But the sun hasn't set yet."

The soldier ruffian got angry when he heard this: "I said it's night, do you have an opinion?" He waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him raised their spears.

"You!" Kyle was so angry that he almost jumped up.

At this time, a silver coin popped out of the carriage and landed in the hands of the leading soldier, and then a majestic voice came from the carriage: "Take the money and make way, Kyle is going into the city, ignore them."

"You guys are acquainted!" The leading soldier heheed, and waved his companion to get out of the way. As a veteran who has guarded the city for more than 20 years, he knows what kind of people can make a fortune and what kind of people can't be moved. He saw through Kyle's status as a fallen village noble at a glance.

Kyle was rather unhappy and drove the carriage into Winterwind City. In the carriage, the old village chief looked at Liang Lidong with some puzzlement: "Pastor Beta, you shouldn't be paying for this money, and you can save fifty copper coins just by showing your face. Why do you indulge those soldiers?" crooked."

"It's very simple for me to show my face. When I see the caster, they dare not take a single copper coin!" Liang Lidong looked at the old man opposite and said, "But as long as I show my face, there will definitely be rumors about Reed in Winterwind City." The next head of the family drove a spellcaster and became someone else's groom. Are you sure you want to hear such rumors?"

Standing on Liang Lidong's left shoulder all the time, Joan of Arc, who was motionless and dozing like a statue, suddenly opened her eyes and laughed twice.

The old village chief's whole body stiffened immediately, and his face turned pale. Under the shaking of the carriage, his face gradually became normal, and then he nodded slightly in thanks: "It's because I didn't think carefully, thank you for helping Kyle. Think about it!"

Liang Lidong didn't speak any more. The old village chief was thinking too much, always thinking of being clever and getting some benefits from others, and it would be tiring to communicate with such people. However, the old village chief was a good person in essence, so Liang Lidong didn't have any bad feelings for him, and of course he didn't have a good opinion of him. It has to be said that it is a miracle that Kyle has been with the old village chief day and night, and he didn't get into the bad habit of the old village chief.

The carriage moved forward slowly in the city, because it was approaching night, and there were not many people on the street. After a while, Kyle drove the carriage to a corner, which was quite secluded, and there was no one around for the time being, Liang Lidong made a sound Said: "Kyle stops, I'm going down here."

"Hey, why, we're going to the castle soon!" Kyle asked puzzled.

The old village head knew the reason, he said: "The teacher told you to stop, he must have his own reasons, why ask so much!"

Kyle shrugged: "Okay! Teacher, do you know where the castle is? You should only come to Winterwind City for the second time."

Liang Lidong pointed to the mid-air in front of him. Although it was getting late, the tall buildings like the castle were still obvious. Kyle laughed at himself: "I'm stupid, let's go there first, teacher, please remember to come here quickly, I heard that the lord of the city is a marquis, such a high-ranking nobleman pays attention to etiquette, if you go too late , maybe they won't be happy."

"On the contrary, the great nobles generally don't pay much attention to etiquette." Liang Lidong smiled: "But they hope that you will abide by etiquette in front of them, so that you can show your respect for them, and it can also make them unique. !"

Kyle half-understood, unable to turn his mind and scratched his head. Liang Lidong patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, don't think about it, if you have a chance to think about it in the future, you can take grandpa to the dinner first."

The old brown-haired horse pulled the carriage away, and Liang Lidong stood in the shadow of the corner of the street, and walked out slowly after a while.

Although Dongfeng City is a big city, there are still very few pedestrians on the street at night. After all, nightlife is not rich in this era. At this time, the pedestrians walking on the road, apart from a small number of passers-by who were in a hurry, most of them were nightingales with heavy makeup and revealing clothes. They greeted passers-by with seductive tones, and dragged them into the wooden door behind them.

Several nightingales wanted to come up to talk to Liang Lidong, but when they approached him and saw his magically-enchanted clothes, they immediately retreated in fear. Joan of Arc suddenly said at this time: "Is it necessary for you to think about Kyle so much? Isn't the dogma of a spellcaster do whatever he wants?"

"It's doing whatever you want." Liang Lidong smiled and said, "I can help if I want, and I don't help those who don't want to. Is there something wrong?"

Joan was dumb, and after a while she clicked her tongue: "You are right, you are worthy of being my master. But master, I am still curious about why you chose me as your magic pet... It stands to reason, You should have a better choice. For example, cats and canines, their frontal combat power is stronger than mine... Well, master, what are you looking at!"

The eyes of falcons can see very far, but it is not very useful at night, but Liang Lidong is different, he has the "cloud dragon blue pupil", not only can see normally in any environment, the most important thing is that the vision distance is very long . At the end of the street he saw seven people hurrying along. It is not uncommon for people to walk on the street, but among the seven people, four of them were wearing soft leather armor and each carried a different medium-sized military melee weapon on their backs. One person was wearing a close-fitting black dress, her face and head were wrapped in a black scarf, only her eyes were exposed, and her chest was raised high. Wearing an azure robe, men and women are indistinguishable, with faint magic light patterns flowing on it, and a long wooden staff in his hand, with an emerald on the top of the wooden staff.

Seven professionals, or mercenaries? Liang Lidong has been in the game for eight years, and he knows what NC professionals look like best. These seven people are obviously four melee occupations, an archer or a hunter, a thief or an assassin, and a spellcaster. Judging from the clothes and the staff in their hands, they should be air magicians. People from the Cyan Magic Tower!

The seven people were in a hurry, Liang Lidong thought that their goal was also the castle, but the next moment they turned right and headed towards the west of the castle.

"Oh, what's wrong with these people?" A few seconds before the seven professions disappeared, Joan finally found them.

Liang Lidong frowned: "There is nothing wrong, it's just a subconscious vigilance. After all, mercenaries are both good and evil. They are the ones who help people solve problems, and they are the ones who bring disaster and death to others. I used to I used to be a mercenary, had a lot of contact with them, and knew their nature."

"Master, your few words are quite interesting. Since they are mercenaries, how can we divide them between you and them?" Joan of Arc was very smart and sensitively discovered the difference in Liang Lidong's words.

"In the years when I was a mercenary, I belonged to a special group. Unlike them, I have a bottom line in doing things, and I rarely kill people for profit. And on the contrary, many of us will give up benefits for so-called 'justice' without compensation. Go accept some seemingly thankless tasks!"

The special group Liang Lidong mentioned was the players. At that time, in the game, the NC mercenaries and the player mercenaries were very antagonistic. The NC mercenary thinks that the player mercenary is too sensual, too holy, and jokes that if he wants to be a bad guy, why should he become a mercenary? It would be nice to be a paladin!

The player mercenaries can't understand the face of NC mercenaries doing anything for profit, and they often even spontaneously stop some inhumane tasks, such as preventing NC mercenaries from massacring villages and so on.

It can only be said that different growth environments have created different groups. Players are 'playing'. They were born in a peaceful environment, and their lives are generally good. They pursue their own spiritual comfort. To put it bluntly, they want to be happy for themselves and have a peaceful mind. , and helpful. But NC mercenaries are different. Most of them were born in poverty, had a hard life as a child, and finally became professionals. Fighting with life, in order to survive, it is easy to use extreme means.

One side seeks 'happiness' and the other seeks to survive. It is normal that there are differences in approach.

"If other people boast so much, I'll have to brag about him." Joan of Arc laughed and said, "But master, I can still trust six percent of what you say."

"Only six points?" Liang Lidong looked a little disappointed.

Joan of Arc laughed, her voice was crisp and pleasant: "That's eight points."

This is why player casters like magic pets very much, and they don't want magic pets to be hurt... Having a magic pet by your side is equivalent to having a good friend who can be trusted and can chat with you to relieve boredom.

One person and one bird chatted casually, and soon came to the castle. In the distance, looking at the castle is already majestic enough, but when you get close enough, you find that the castle is more shocking than you imagined!

The highest point of the castle should be the four watchtowers in the east, west and west, about 150 meters above the ground. With Liang Lidong's current vision, through the front lookout, two soldiers can be seen sitting inside. Chatting, drinking ale, blushing.

The length of the castle is about 240 meters, and the width should be about 100 meters. This is only the main body of the castle. There are two small fortresses connected to the castle. The height is only about 100 meters. almost. If Liang Lidong's judgment was correct, the left side should be the infantry fortress, and the right side should be the cavalry fortress, because he could vaguely hear the cries of horses coming from the right fortress.

There is a large garden in front of the main body of the castle. The path made of bluestone slabs divides the grass in the garden into three parts. In the middle is a circular square. In the center of the square is a fountain that is being driven by magic.

A moat at least five meters wide surrounded the castle, and then separated it from the outside world. The only road leading to the castle was the suspension bridge that was fifteen meters long and twenty meters long. This castle is not only a residence, but also a military fortress. If the periphery of Dongfeng City falls, as long as the suspension bridge is put away, and if there is sufficient food reserves, even if the army encircles and suppresses it, it will not be a big problem to persist for two or three months.

At this time, the drawbridge had been lowered, and people were coming and going on it, most of them were nobles. They drove their carriages in front of the drawbridge, walked across the drawbridge, and entered the garden of the castle. Many servants hurried out from the garden and parked the carriages of the guests to another place so as not to block the intersection.

When Liang Lidong stepped onto the suspension bridge, he felt the surrounding air tremble, and everyone's movements paused for a moment, and then returned to normal.

Enchantment! Liang Lidong knew in his heart that, generally speaking, such large castles and military facilities, without the protection of magic barriers, are like tofu in the eyes of magicians, and they can be destroyed by just a large-scale magic.

Liang Lidong stepped onto Yuanqiao and walked slowly, soon some servants noticed him, after a while of pushing and shoving, the most daring servant came over and said cautiously: "Your Excellency the caster, you are here to participate in the parade Miss Barra's birthday dinner?"

Liang Lidong nodded: "Well, this is my invitation card!"

In fact, Liang Lidong didn't need an invitation card to enter the castle. The magic robe on his body was one of the best invitation cards. How many nobles wanted to invite spellcasters to their own banquets to honor themselves.

The servant breathed a sigh of relief and was able to show the invitation card, indicating that the spell caster did not come to cause trouble. He immediately accepted the invitation card and said, "Your Excellency, I will take you to see the Lord City Master right here!"

"No need!" Liang Lidong waved his hand: "I'll walk inside first, and then I will go to see His Excellency the City Lord. I don't need to bother you."

Although this might be suspected of neglecting the honored guest, the servant did not dare to force it. After saying "I wish you a happy banquet", he withdrew. When he returned to the queue of servants, the other servants expressed their admiration to him and praised his courage.

Joan took this scene into her eyes, and then said with a smile: "In the impression of ordinary people, the caster is probably no different from a demon."

"It should be about the same!"

Liang Lidong sighed, and entered the garden, many nobles noticed him... a spellcaster who had never seen before, many people's eyes lit up, thinking about how to make a relationship without looking obtrusive.

Because the banquet hadn't started yet, almost all the guests gathered in the garden. Liang Lidong looked around, and soon found Kyle and the old village chief, but he frowned the next moment. People who looked like surrounded the two of them, and the atmosphere didn't seem to be very good.