Pei Luo yawned, sat up from the bed, and immediately felt a chill in his upper body. If possible, he hopes to stay in the bed all the time, not only warm, but also accompanied by Shirley.
"Aren't you going to sleep more?" The woman beside her turned over and murmured sleepily, "It's still early, isn't it?"
He leaned down and kissed each other's forehead. Sheryl's brown hair was soft and curly, her skin was as smooth as a baby's, and she had lovely big eyes. It was in the long opera house that he first met her, and he was firmly attracted by these eyes almost as soon as they met.
"It should be almost noon, I have to go downstairs to see if there is any official business to deal with," Pei Luo whispered, "If you don't want to wake up, just keep falling asleep, and I will ask the attendant to bring lunch to the bedroom later. ."
"But I want you to accompany me," Shirley stretched out her arms and wrapped her arms around his waist, "It's snowing outside anyway, so what kind of business can I do?"
This sentence is not wrong. Since the evil moon came, the whole city has suddenly quieted down, the theater has been opened once a week, all the merchants in the market have been evacuated, and the tavern has also closed its doors. If you walk on the street during the day, you will even think it is a ghost town.
So... just sleep a little longer? After pursuing Shirley for nearly a year, and now that his wish has finally come true, Pei Luo is really reluctant to leave. I was exhausted from the joys of last night, and now I am back to a state of energy. After lunch, I may be able to linger again.
Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the bedroom.
"Lord Pei Luo, there is a blue letter."
He was stunned for a moment, then immediately rolled over and got out of bed, picked up the robe that had been thrown on the ground, and put it on his body, "I'll be right here."
"Sir?" Shirley whispered.
"Wait for me," Peiro hurriedly fastened his belt and left the bedroom. After a while, he returned to the room, crawled into the bed again, and found a letter wrapped in a blue envelope in his hand.
"What is this, who wrote it to you?" The woman was basically awake at this time, she yawned and sat up beside Peiro.
"It's from Border Town," the latter replied. "It should be a handwritten letter from His Royal Highness."
He opened the cover and took out the letter. He quickly finished scanning the contents of the letter, and his brows could not help wrinkling, "His Royal Highness asked me to go to Border Town."
"Now?" Shirley was surprised, "Are you going to go in this weather?"
"Well, there's probably something important." Pei Luo sighed, "I'll get ready to pack later, and I'll set off in the afternoon. You go home first, and I'll find you when I get back." He couldn't help but think of it. A year ago, at that time, he had also braved the wind and snow to take a boat to Border Town to bring Duke Ryan the warning of Longsong Fortress. But now, the reason why he went to that barren land was because of a letter from the town lord, which forced Peiro to sigh about the impermanence of fate.
"Can't you pretend that you didn't see it?" She said a little displeased, "Even if he has captured the Changsong Fortress, you are the actual commander of the fortress. Even if it is the king's order, it does not necessarily have to be executed immediately. ?"
If it was the duke, he would indeed do this, but Peiro knew the temperament of the fourth prince well, and he patted the other's head dotingly, "That's different, the king may not be able to control the western border, but His Royal Highness Roland can... He Not only the lord of Border Town, but also the owner of the entire Western Region."
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After entering Xie Yue, Changsong Fortress did not have much official business to deal with, so he simply explained some tasks to his subordinates, and by the way, he dragged his father, Earl Hermon, to the castle to sit, and Pei Luo left the castle. Unlike the last time when only one assistant followed, this time he was on the "Lionheart" dedicated to the Duke, with more than ten servants and apprentices each, plus two family knights, it can be said to be huge.
Just as he passed through the outer city block and headed to the fortress pier, the noise from the corner caught Pelor's attention.
I saw about a dozen people in a circle, as if they were watching something. The group of people dressed up should be all civilians, probably the surrounding residents who were attracted by the noise. Occasionally, a word or two such as "Devil" will appear in the circle. Hang her!" Such a sharp roar.
Peiro's heart moved, and he said to the knight beside him, "Go and see, if it's an ordinary dispute, let them go back to the house."
"Yes, my lord."
The knight pushed aside the surrounding crowd, walked to the middle and drew out his sword, and the crowd quickly dispersed. He ended up bringing back a woman and two children, one of whom still had a twine around his neck.
"How is this going?"
"My lord," the woman threw herself at Pelor's feet, "kill her now! She has fallen into a witch!"
The word made Pei Luo stunned for a moment, "Witch?" He turned his eyes to the other two, and the taller boy immediately blocked in front of the girl, showing a fierce look that would rush at any time, but only a piece of his face Blue and purple, it was obvious that she had been beaten hard just now, "She is not the devil's minion at all. She has been played in the drama. There are good and bad witches. Why do you deal with her?"
"Are you sure she's a witch?" Pelor ignored the boy and continued to ask the woman.
"That's right, my lord, don't be deceived by the ones in the theater. If the church is still there, they can't tolerate their nonsense on stage. This beast is also a little devil. I'm punishing her for the church, my lord, Hurry up and strangle her, so as not to let the breath of hell spread to the Changsong City!"
"Talk about it!" he snapped.
After the other party babbled over and over again, Pei Luo finally figured out the cause and effect. It turned out that after the church was burned down by Tifeko, she and some other believers spontaneously organized and continued to preside over preaching and prayers in the outer city, waiting for the Holy City of Hermes to send new priests to build the Westbound Church. As for the situation this time, it was completely coincidental. When the girl used her ability to remove snow from the roof of the residents, she was caught by her, and she saw the scene before.
In the narration, the women also repeatedly complained about the absurdity of the content taught in the primary education, as well as the performance of the theater that turned right and wrong, so that the nearby onlookers only dared to catch the boy, but few were willing to help themselves to hang the hateful devil. Before doing this, her body should have been hung under the roof beams... These hateful words made Pelor's eyebrows jump.
"Take her back and interrogate her well," he ordered the knight. "This time you will stay in the fortress. When I return, I hope to see that all believers related to her have been imprisoned in prison. ."
"What... No! Your lord, how could you do this?" Before the woman could finish speaking, the protest was slapped back in her stomach by the knight.
"Are you really a witch?" Then Pei Luo looked at the terrified little girl, "Show it to me."
The latter fell to his knees softly, without any reaction.
Pei Luo shook his head, raised his voice and repeated, "If you can prove that you are a real witch, I can let you go."
After a while, the girl flinched and stretched her hands into the snow. Soon, the palm-thick snow gradually turned into flowing ice water.
"I see," Peiro nodded, "Come with me."
"Go?" The other party raised his head, "Where to?"
"A place suitable for witches to live in." He motioned for the servants to pick up the girl and continued toward the pier.
"Put her down, you liar! You promised to let her go!" The boy wanted to rush up, but was stopped by several other servants, and the shouting gradually disappeared behind his head.
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