Chapter 10: This city lord's mansion was built in style.
Although the city of Alicante is remote and poor, it has to be said that the construction of this city lord's mansion is magnificent.
The city gate is tall, although the city wall is dilapidated, but you can still see the majesty and grandeur of the early years, and there are several circular openings under the two sides of the city wall, which seems to be hiding something, making Jiang Yan feel uncomfortable at a glance.
The best part is the small moat of the City Lord's Mansion, which surrounds the entire City Lord's Mansion, but anyone who wants to enter the City Lord's Mansion can only follow the wooden bridge in front of the gate.
Jiang Yan walked around the City Lord's Mansion, the more she looked at it, the more she felt that there was something strange in it, the knights of the City Lord's Mansion were wearing fine and heavy armor, patrolling the City Lord's Mansion round and round, what were they protecting?
Alicante City is so poor, but the City Lord's Mansion still has so many knights, how wrong is this matter, and the previous City Lord has been sentenced to death by the Bright Envoy, but the City Lord's Mansion does not seem to be affected in the slightest, how should it be.
Jiang Yan thought about it, but her pace did not stop, she took the little guy and walked onto the wooden bridge, which instantly attracted the attention of the two knights guarding the door.
"Stop! Forbidden Land of the City Lord's Mansion! Quickly retreat!" the knight on the right stretched out his hand and made a gesture to stop his advance.
Jiang Yan didn't talk nonsense with him, and threw the silver city lord token over.
The knight hurriedly caught it, the two looked at the token in their palms, muttered for a while, and one of them hurriedly pushed open the city gate and ran in, and after a while, a middle-aged man with black hair who looked loyal and had a strong physique came over.
Compared with this group of knights in armor and solemn faces, this middle-aged man was dressed in coarse linen clothes, and he looked approachable, but he was very kind.
Jiang Yan guessed that he should be the housekeeper.
"Knight, it's her!" the knight led Brooke forward and pointed in Jiang Yan's direction.
Brooke glanced up at Jiang Yan, stayed on the glass-lit fashion on her for a second, and then walked towards Jiang Yan with a smile on his face.
"Presumably you are the new city lord designated by the priest! In Lower Brook, the knight of the Knights of the City Lord's Mansion for the time being, you go this way, the reception banquet has already been prepared for you!" Brooke wanted to help Jiang Yan carry the basket in his hand, and Jiang Yan waved his hand at him.
The little one poked his head out of the basket and looked curiously at the man with a loud voice and a hearty laugh.
"May the God of Light bless you. Brooke met the little one's gaze and smiled as he reached out and touched his head.
"Yikes. The little guy twisted uncomfortably, trying to avoid his touch, and retreated in the direction of Jiang Yan.
"Your brother is so cute. Brooke smiled and accosted Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan nodded, "Brooke, how long have you been serving as a knight chief?" ”
"That's a long story. Brooke was stunned for a moment, and then quickly replied, "I have been a knight in the city lord's mansion of Alicante for five years, and I have been a knight since the previous city lord appointed me as a knight captain. ”
Five years, in five years, plus Jiang Yan, a total of three city lords have changed.
Jiang Yan was suddenly very curious, what happened to the previous city lord who appointed Brooke as the chief knight, "The previous city lord made a lot of mistakes, and the god of light is wise, let him die to apologize." ”
"It's just that it's my first time as the city lord, there are a lot of things that I don't know very well, and I also want to learn from my predecessors, I don't know if the previous city lord is still in Alicante City?" Jiang Yan stepped into the gate of the city lord's mansion and asked suddenly.
The smile on Brooke's face, who was half a step behind her, narrowed slightly, "Yes." ”
"Still. Brooke's voice changed, and he continued in a deep voice, "He died four years ago. ”
"Oh?" Jiang Yan let out an interesting sigh, in five years, two city lords died, this city lord's mansion is really unknown, she pinched the little fleshy hand stretched out by the little guy.
Walking in from the gate, the whole picture of the dark and damp City Lord's Mansion finally slowly unfolded in front of Jiang Yan.
The outside of the City Lord's Mansion looked majestic, but inside it did have a somewhat musty smell, walking through a slightly long and gloomy corridor, and every dozen steps there was some sunlight shining into the darkness along the round hole in the city wall.
After Brooke finished speaking, he was in a little depressed, and he didn't say a word for a long time.
Jiang Yan didn't care, in fact, she preferred a quiet atmosphere.
The round hole is the one Jiang Yan saw outside, she glanced at the circular arc on the inside, there was obvious wear there, it should be an inlaid hole for putting things, but now it is covered with cobwebs, which means that this round hole has not been used for a long time.
Walking through the corridor, Jiang Yan finally ushered in the comfortable sunshine, and at the same time, nearly one hundred and twenty servants from the City Lord's Mansion had already received orders and stood in six rows in the hall.
The manservants stood in one row, the maids in three rows, and the knights in two rows.
According to preliminary estimates, there were at least twenty male servants, sixty female servants, and forty knights.
The number of maids is slightly larger because it includes cooks, cleaning maids, cleaning maids, serving maids, etc., everyone is wearing exactly the same maid to serve, Jiang Yan is a little dizzy.
Brooke brought her a comfortable chair, and Jiang Yan thanked her softly and sat on the chair with the little guy in her arms.
"City Lord, Yager, the housekeeper in the mansion, is sick and not in the mansion today, so for the time being, I will introduce you to the situation in the City Lord's Mansion first. Brooke stood behind Jiang Yan.
I don't know why, although Brooke took a bite of you, Jiang Yan didn't feel much respect from him.
Within an hour, everyone in the city lord's mansion came to greet Jiang Yan, Jiang Yan didn't say anything, she seemed to be lazily leaning back on the chair and falling asleep.
In fact, she was so bored that she almost fell asleep.
The maids here are all one reaction, the first time they saw Jiang Yan, they were probably amazed, and the second glance was full of envy and jealousy, and there was an indescribable emotion.
The eyes of the men of the servants and knights were better understood, their eyes were burning, and they were eager to immediately recommend themselves, and climbed into Jiang Yan's bed that night.
After reading it, Jiang Yan had only one thought in her heart, chaos, really messy.
The city lord's mansion is in chaos like this, and it is no wonder that Alicante City is so backward and poor.
"Alright, let's go and do our own work. Jiang Yan showed a tired posture, and Brooke immediately understood and led Jiang Yan to the main house on the third floor.
The servants in the hall looked at each other, but none of them moved.
It wasn't until Brooke closed the door to the main house and put away a broad smile on his face that he stood at the railing on the third floor and looked down, squinting his eyes and scolding, "Still not going to do things!?"
The servants then dispersed.