When Alwin lay asleep on Lan Yu's back, the two of them had already passed the Wind Iron Castle and went directly to the King's Province.

Lan had never been so intimate with any man, feeling the ups and downs of the breath, and the warm snort, feeling the sparse beard that he had not trimmed, and the rubbing between the bumps, which made her neck itch. Before she knew it, the girl's face was flushed.

"Luckily, the bastard slept to death. She thought to herself, feeling that the person behind her was putting all the weight of her upper body on herself, and she didn't care, but she was still thinking about turning this guy upside down for a while.

In fact, she was too worried, Alwin's left hand clenched her right wrist, firmly locking her slender waist, not so easy to fall.

From time to time, she would turn her face sideways to look at his side face, and tiredness was written everywhere on her unique delicate features, and even when she was asleep, her eyebrows were still tightly locked.

At this time, Lan's heart is as soft as water, and only the man in front of him can dissolve into the slight whirlpool. She was always sorry for him, though she didn't have to.

"Wake up. Lan Yu shrugged his shoulders and said.

Alwyn opened his eyes weakly, the whites of his eyes bloodshot. Obviously, he has been too sleepy in the past few days, and his congested and sour eyes make it very difficult to open his eyes.

"What's wrong?" said Alven with some unpleasantness, presumably awakened in his annoyed sleep. The strong midday sun made his eyes more and more uncomfortable, so he could only squint and lie on Lan Yu's back and take a nap.

At this time, the wind and rain have passed, and the sky has cleared. This is as clear as a washroom, which can make people forget the storm of the party.

"It's already past the Twin Mountains," Lan Yu said lightly, "I won't accompany you on the road ahead." ”

As he spoke, Lan Ma slowed down the speed of the horse's gallop and paced slowly southward.

Alvin didn't say a word. He naturally knew that Lan Ma would not accompany him to Saliushi. If she wants to go, I am afraid that she will go and bring down this king.

"Got it. Alvin whispered.

"Be careful yourself. But there shouldn't be anyone to embarrass you ahead. Lan let the early spring wind ruffle her sideburns, while Alvin sniffed the tantalizing scent of her flaming red hair.

"Good. He nodded and said, and before he wanted to get off the horse, he was stopped by Lan Yu.

"You can ride this horse. I'll just wait for my big brother here. ”

Alwyn couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this. He thought that the Maine side would at least rest and recuperate, and then gather a large army to take Salyushi, but it didn't seem to be the case when he heard Lan Yu's words.

This hundred-year-old capital, with its high city and deep pools, could it be so easy to take it? Alwin wondered in his heart.

Lan Ma was about to dismount, but Alvin was behind her, and she felt that her posture was indecent when she got off from the front, so she sat still.

Alvin looked helpless, clamped her waist, and wanted to carry her off the horse, but he forgot the injury on his hand, Fang Yi exerted his strength, and the wound was pulled, and the pain made him break out in a cold sweat.

But this person is still stubborn, even if he relies on his wrist strength, he wants to hold her down, and finally, his wrist touches the place where it shouldn't be.

Lan Yu blushed and slapped the back of his hand fiercely, "Go down." ”

Alvin knew that he was too lazy to do so, so he had to dismount and catch Lan Marriage who had straddled his horse.

The girl had just settled on her heels, and he shamelessly whispered two words in her ear: "So soft." ”

"You're going to die!" Lan Yubi's eyes widened, and he twisted the flesh on his waist, causing the pain to deform Alwin's face.

"Gone. Alvin put away his joking look, stepped on his mount, glanced at her, and ran towards Salyuhi to the south.

Lan Yu looked at the back that was fading away, and sighed.

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It took Alwyn half a day to catch up with O'Ann and the others.

He rode up to the men's side and whistled in a pretending manner.

"Your Highness Erwin?" Xia Ye looked at him in surprise, "You killed him so quickly?"

Langyun also looked incredulous, and was so excited that he couldn't speak for a while.

The two of them knew in their hearts that at that time, Alwin would be so confident that the group would go first, which meant that he didn't feel that his life would be in danger. But no one dared to be so sure, saying that Lan Marriage would definitely be able to save Alwin? Even if Alvin survived, he would not be able to be reduced to a prisoner. Therefore, although this group fled with the princess, they were still very concerned about Alwin's safety.

But Onian guessed it all. She knew Lan Ma wouldn't watch Alwyn die. After all, women know women best, and at that time, she glanced at Alwin's eyes, and then at Lan Yu's eyes, and her heart was clear. As for Alwin, she also knew in her heart, knowing that this person seemed to be calm and light on the surface, but he was very paranoid and stubborn in his heart, even if he liked Lan Marriage no matter how much he liked Lan Marriage, he would not stay by her side. Because it is impossible for him to let go of the "revenge of killing his father".

"Heh, that red-haired demon girl was really eaten to death by this kid. O'Ann thought. But what she didn't think about was that she herself was not?

"Why, aren't you happy to see me out alive?" said Elwin, riding up to O'Ann.

"Expected. O'Ann looked a little unhappy, "If she really let you die, I think it's strange." ”

"It's so cold... Alvin muttered.

"Do you want me to be a little daughter and worry about your safety?" Lan asked in a cold voice, "I'm sorry, I don't have that skill." ”

"Alright, alright, let's not discuss this. Seeing that her expression was not good, Alwin quickly changed the subject, and he didn't have the energy to quarrel with her at this time, "I feel that Ayton's thousands of people seem to be planning to chase us all the way to Saliushi." ”

"Just a few thousand?" said Onian, surprised.

Alvin nodded, "I have a feeling they want to take down Saliushi with these few thousand. ”

"It can't be. Oneen frowned and said, "Unless you use all those dragons, it's impossible." ”

"I don't think Ressa would be so mad as to use the Wyvern to attack the city," Alwyn said, glancing at her, "unless he is determined to destroy this king, he will have to worry about so many people in the city." He's not going to want to make a million people into a barbecue, is he?"

O'Ann shook her head and said, "He's not that crazy, and he's not that stupid. What good will it do him to destroy Salyuhi now, and spread the reputation of bloodthirsty slaughter throughout the empire?"

"So, I'm curious, how are Ayton going to attack the city?" Alvin seemed to ask, as if he was asking himself.

"I can't care so much now, let's rush back to the royal capital first. O'Ann said.

Alwyn nodded, still immersed in thought, he always felt that something was about to pop out of his head.

Persecuted by Alwyn and the princess, the group of a dozen or so men ran along the provincial road to Saliuhi to the south, leaving Ayton's pursuers behind.

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Two days later, in the early morning, the dusty group finally arrived at the foot of the city of Salyuhi.

Alwyn looked at the majestic royal capital and sighed that he had finally returned alive.

At this time, if there is a harp solo, there should be a song of homesickness. If there is a royal orchestra here, they should welcome the victorious return of the king. However, neither.

Onian and Alvin should not be in the mood to enjoy the music, as for the king, who was supposed to return victorious, he had already died on the battlefield of Maine.

The soldiers of the Acropolis on the city wall could hardly believe their eyes, wasn't this Princess Onian? Didn't she recuperate from her injuries in the palace? Could it be that Her Royal Highness the Princess also went to the front with her? Why did she run back from the north of the provincial road with a pale face? A series of questions arose in the minds of these people. So, everyone thought in one direction -- how was the war on the front?

"I'll go and inform the Prime Minister first and discuss what to do next. O'Ann said this after stepping onto Phoenix Street.

Alwyn nodded, and before she left, he pulled out the sheepskin satchel from her mount. He looked at the back of Onian as he rode away, after all, he had no official position, and he had not inherited the title, so he really had more than enough strength to do now.

He turned around and looked at the brothers around him who had been born to die, and his heart became more and more dazed.

It stands to reason that the mercenary group has been disbanded, so what should he do with these people now? Even he himself has little confidence in his own side, so how can he drag these people to accompany him to death?

"You ... Alwyn glanced at the crowd, and for a moment he was speechless, not knowing what to say.

"Your Highness Alvin, I don't care what others do," Xia Ye spoke first, "I'm sworn to follow Your Highness to the death anyway." ”

"Brother Xia Ye's words really speak to my heart. Langyun also looked at Alvin with a sincere face and said, "We have identified Your Highness, where you go, we will follow." All of these dozen brothers behind me are willing to follow you into life and death. ”

"Yes, Your Highness Alwyn, we are willing to follow you... Langyun's group nodded in agreement.

This is where Alvin is helpless, he should be quite happy to take people to enjoy glory and wealth, but to take people to death makes him very difficult.

"Your Highness, don't be entangled, my brothers and I are all hard-working people from Fuz Province, isn't it just a life, just when we die under that mine with our parents, it's no big deal. Langyun saw Alwin's difficulty and said bluntly.

At this time, Qiao Zhi leaned over to Erwin's side and said with some embarrassment: "Your Highness, I... I still have my mother at home, and I... ”

Knowing his difficulty, Alwyn smiled and patted him on the shoulder, comforting, "It's okay, you can go." ”

Qiao Zhi said goodbye to everyone embarrassedly, and bowed heavily to Alvin before leaving. Qiao Zhiying is the only one in this group who still has relatives alive, and everyone doesn't blame him for anything, after all, they are all brothers who have experienced life and death together.

"Since everyone is willing to follow me, let's go, let's go to the Earl's Court first and wait for news. Alvin glanced at Qiao Zhi's figure walking away, turned around and said.

So he led Xia Ye, Langyun and others back to the Earl's Palace.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, the housekeeper greeted him.

"Childe, didn't you go to the front? Why did you come back? The battle was over?" the butler was a little surprised, "What about the master?"

The housekeeper thought to himself that he hadn't heard the news of His Majesty's class returning to the court.

Alvin was asked and couldn't answer for a while, and he muttered for a moment before saying, "My dad he... He can't come back. ”

All of a sudden, the room fell silent, and no one spoke. The old butler naturally understood what Alwyn meant, and the stiff pestle lost his mind there.

"You sit in the front hall for a moment. Erwin said to Xia Ye and the others, and then led the butler who had not recovered to the warehouse.

The maids in the front hall couldn't help but cover their mouths and noses when they saw these ragged and gray-faced mercenaries. This group of people hasn't taken a bath for several days, and the smell on their bodies is naturally quite "smoky". If it hadn't been for Alwyn himself leading the people in, they would have been driven out by the servants in the palace long ago.

When the butler opened the door to the storeroom, Alvin saw several large sealed tin boxes. The boxes were locked with intricate brass locks, and he picked up the locks and looked at them, knowing that they were locks blessed with runes, and if they hadn't been opened with a key, the locks would have melted into the openings, sealing the iron box completely.

"How much cash is left in the bookkeeper?" Alvin asked.

"Back to the young master, there are more than five thousand Lunneys, most of which are just collected in rent. The old butler glanced at Alwin, wondering why the young master asked this as soon as he came back.

"How much do these servants in the house get paid a month?"

"Young master, you let the old man do the math, the old body is 60 Looney a month, ten servants cost 150 Looney a month, fifteen maids cost 225 Looney a month, and three grooms cost 45 Looney a month, a total of ... 480 Looney. The butler counted it to Alvin one by one, but even so, he was still quite puzzled, why did the young master ask this?

Alvin nodded, "You can gather all the servants together in a moment and divide all the cash in the account." I've advanced ten months' salary to you, which is supposed to be the cost of severance. ”

"What does the young master mean by this? Why do you suddenly want to drive us away? Even if the old master is gone, the young master has to ask someone to take care of the courtyard, right?" the butler asked anxiously, after all, he had been working in this earl's palace for decades, so how could he have feelings for this courtyard. Besides, he has always been diligent and conscientious, and his accounts are clear, so he really can't think of any reason for the young master to dismiss him.

Alvin looked at the butler's confused expression, and sighed helplessly in his heart: "This butler has also watched me grow up, do you think that I am the kind of person who is not close to people?

"Your Majesty is dead, and the Prince has rebelled. Alvin looked away and said, "Ressa's Maine elite will soon be in this capital. ”

Now the old butler was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, his eyes wide open, and he looked at Alvin in horror. Only then did he realize why the young master would appear in Saliushi at this time. It turned out that it wasn't just that the old man couldn't come back, this was about to change, the old housekeeper thought like this, and his whole body was trembling with fright.

Alwyn didn't explain anything more to him, and after exiting the storeroom, he went straight to the earl's study.

He had planned to come to get the key in the desk, but when he entered the room, he still couldn't help but feel that something was wrong. Thinking that day, he was scolded by his father because of a magic staff, and thinking about his sentence "Do you know how many farmhouses can be bought outside the city?", he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"But I don't have a chance to be scolded by him anymore... Alvin thought as he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and began to miss the smell of the room.

He sighed, looked at the atlas of the territory of the Yafei Empire in the corner of the table, and opened it curiously. Turning to the corner, he didn't expect that the page that his father was reading at that time was actually a detailed note on the gates of various cities and cities in Maine.

"Could it be that Daddy knew at that time that His Majesty was going to fight Ressa?" he couldn't help but think.

But he remembered that at that time, Prince Resa had only returned to the royal capital to report on his duties, and he had not yet had any clues. Thinking of this, Alvin couldn't help but sigh that his father's grasp of the trend of the court situation was really impressive. How sensitive is this political sense to be able to not enter the court, but he knows the emperor's mind.

"Hey, but even so, I can't stand the flying dragon. Alvin put the book back on the corner of his desk and retrieved the key from the mezzanine of his desk drawer.

He had thought of going back to his bedroom and lying down for a while, but after thinking about it, maybe O'Ann was about to find him, but fortunately he went back to the antechamber.

At this time, the old butler had already gone to work on the dismissal of the servants, and now there was not even a person in the front hall to bring tea and water. However, Xia Ye and Langyun are not people who care about this.

Alwin glanced at the people lying on the couch, and in the past, he was afraid that it would make people think that the Earl's Court had been robbed.

"Xia Ye, Langyun, you come with me. Alwyn commanded.

The two of them followed Alvin to the storeroom.

In front of them, Alvin opened the large tin boxes. Inside the box were neatly piled up of Looney, column after column, glowing with silver, and the two of them were dumbfounded.

"Your Highness, how much Looney is this?" Xia Ye sighed.

"Roughly calculated, at least seventy or eighty thousand. Alvin seemed calm. It's strange to say, what he had been thinking about for a long time was now in front of him, and he felt that he couldn't afford it.

"Your Highness, why did you show us this?" Langyun came back to his senses.

"It's all my possessions. Alvin smiled bitterly and said, "Since you don't want to follow me, then how can I hide it?"

Langyun and Xia Ye glanced at each other, they knew that Erwin had something to say.

"I've sent Aoi to Sarushi in an airship, and these two days should be coming. "If that doesn't work out, we'll go north in the airship." ”

This undesirable event naturally refers to the fact that Maine's army has broken through Salushy.

"North, where is the north?" Xia Ye couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know. Maybe it's north of the big mountain range, maybe it's further north... Alvin looked a little dazed, just as he had done with his mother, whom he had never met.

Xia Ye and Langyun were also confused at this time. The two of them were even more puzzled, why His Highness Alvin had already thought of a way out? Could it be that he also felt that this king would definitely not be able to hold it? What did he do when he went to the north?

Alvin didn't say anything more, and after retracting the confused look on his face, he locked the boxes again, "You move these boxes to the front hall first." As soon as Kwai Tilt's airship arrived, he carried them onto the airship. Got it?"

Although the two of them had all kinds of doubts in their hearts, they still nodded.