Looking at this man whose clothes were washed white and his eyes were tired, Lin An's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered a person recorded in the materials given by Mrs. Adelaide.

If this man really corresponds to the information, then he is really a man who should not be underestimated, and the information on the information attaches great importance to the worship of this Prince Cyril, but it is marked with an emphasis that is no less important than that of Prince Cyril.

"You're Patrick's Great Swordmaster?"

"You know me? But I'm not a great Juggernaut. ”

The other party was slightly surprised, squinted at Lin An, and for a moment, Lin An felt that the aura of the other party's squinting eyes had a feeling like facing a prehistoric beast, just like when she was forcibly suppressed after meeting Mourinho for the first time.

Lin An was secretly shocked in his heart, no wonder this man was called "the closest person to the Golden Sword Saint" in the information, the other party even used the rank of the Silver Sword Saint to have a frontal victory over the Golden Sword Saint, and sure enough, his own deterrent power was actually not inferior to the Golden Sword Saint, so people who knew his strength were generally used to calling him the Great Sword Saint, which was the honorific title of the Golden Sword Saint, indicating that the other party's strength had been recognized-

You must know that under normal circumstances, a Golden Sword Master can defeat another Golden Sword Master, but to kill the other party, the difficulty increases tenfold.

Prince Cyril actually sent this to invite her, Lin An was really flattered, but after thinking about it, a stronger person than the Golden Sword Saint would not be driven lightly, even if the other party was a close relationship with Prince Cyril, not to mention that it was for a trivial matter like looking for her.

Therefore, Lin An's heart moved slightly, but he continued with the other party's denial:

"But as far as I know, many people in the imperial capital think that you have actually advanced a long time ago, but you have been hiding it."

Patrick's rank has always been one of the puzzles in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital, but no one dares to ask Patrick in person, and Lin An's move is very rare. Patrick didn't even lift his eyelids, his eyes were still half-squinted and half-closed, with a faint tiredness.

"Others are others, I am me, and what they think has nothing to do with me."

After he finished speaking lightly, he couldn't bear to go on with Lin An like this, "Are you leaving?" ”

Unexpectedly, Lin An shook his head calmly, "Don't go." ”

Patrick finally showed surprise, lifted his eyelids again and glanced at Lin An, who once again felt the momentum that was oppressed like a beast.

Lin An was now sure that Patrick had indeed not advanced. But he was already on the verge of advancement, and his mental power was afraid that even the shortest plank that restricted his advancement, when would he be able to narrow his gaze to prevent the person who was watching from feeling this dangerous sense of oppression. It's about to be done.

"You're not afraid of me." Patrick said slowly, in a declarative tone.

"Prince Cyril is Prince Cyril, you are you, will you force me to go?"

Lin An replied with a smile, his bright smile was not very good-looking on a face full of freckles. But she didn't think at all, and without waiting for Patrick to answer, she asked herself, "I guess you won't." ”

When Patrick heard this, he finally faced Lin An.

Lin An was calm as usual under the intimidation of the other party's gaze, and the man on the other side who looked tired finally revealed his first love after seeing Lin An. The corners of his mouth hooked up a faint smile, meaningful:

"You're smart."

He finished speaking lightly, and the smile flickered. He regained his slightly tired look, and his body moved slightly.

Lin An only felt that the pressure was relaxed, and Patrick, who was not far away, turned into a half-empty afterimage, shattering like a shadow, causing the civilians near the "Black Horn" to exclaim.

But no one saw how Patrick left. Only Lin An relied on his perception to vaguely capture the direction of the other party's departure.

"He is worthy of being a strong man who has killed the Golden Sword Master. In terms of true combat effectiveness, he is probably not inferior to the Golden Sword Saint! Lin An looked in the direction of the roof and muttered to himself.

"Miss."

John was finally able to interject, and the aura when Lin An and Patrick were talking just now faintly excluded the others, and even John who was next to Lin An couldn't insert it.

It was not the suppression of the mage's spiritual power, but a kind of mutual traction unique to martial artists who cultivated fighting spirit, and it was usually only possible to have a vague feeling during the battle, but Patrick used it lightly at ordinary times, giving John a feeling that he would attack once he moved.

Although the people nearby didn't feel this kind of aura traction, they instinctively avoided walking, and under normal circumstances, no one at the door of the hotel that was in and out of the hotel was in and out during the conversation between Lin An and Patrick.

Such a strong man, if it is not good for Lin An, I am afraid that he will not be able to stop him:

Patrick is the most terrifying kind of person under the ban of the imperial capital, although he is forbidden to fight his spirit, but with his powerful physical body and powerful martial arts that have killed the Golden Sword Saint, Patrick is enough to be invincible.

Fortunately, from the wit of Lin An and Patrick, John could see that Patrick did not seem to be hostile to Lin An, but John didn't understand why the two people who met for the first time had such a tacit understanding, so that Lin An dared to refuse Prince Cyril's invitation in front of each other.

"Remember when I told you that some people once owed me a lot of favors?"

Lin An knew John's doubts, chuckled, and revealed the mystery, "Apart from this reason, I can't think of anything that can make a strong man equivalent to the Golden Sword Saint so bored that he follows us for most of the day, just to convey such a trivial matter as an invitation - even Prince Cyril can't instruct a strong man like him to do such a thing." ”

John was shocked, "He's been following us?" Did you spot him? ”

"No, but I used the 'Illusion of Aegis' to cover people's eyes, and I kept drilling into crowded places, if it wasn't for us at the beginning, I guess the other party wouldn't be so easy to find us."

Lin An shook her head, her mental power perception was suppressed to the official mage's Cheng Dù, and she had been in a crowded place, and she really couldn't perceive the other party at a certain distance, Patrick knew that her direct gaze would be exposed, and she probably wouldn't look at people head-on, so she kept that tired look of squinting.

But Patrick can follow all the way without letting them notice, this kind of tracking technique is also terrifying, plus his strength, if he carries out a life assassination in the imperial capital, in addition to the royal family members and those few big nobles have a certain protective ability. Ordinary people really can't resist him.

"But since he has been following behind, it is estimated that the fish we want to catch will not appear, and his appearance has probably disrupted the grass before the snake hidden inside was startled."

Lin An frowned helplessly and said, "I'm afraid there won't be results today, let's go back!" ”

Of course, John had no objection, and when he heard Lin An talk about the reason why Patrick was following them, he felt slightly relieved, obviously what Lin An said was not a lie. If Lin An really made so many strong people owe huge favors, even if those strong people were not in the imperial capital, with their connections and strength. As long as Lin An can borrow one or two points, this period of imperial capital career will not be too dangerous.

As for why they came so late at this time, maybe they wanted to observe Lin An for a while, or maybe they discovered the murderous motive lurking under Rodier's farce, and noticed that someone was dealing with Lin An. That's why it appeared.

Although Patrick's appearance this time was unexpected and sudden, it can also find a reasonable explanation, after all, the strong have the dignity of the strong, not Lin An's personal bodyguards, they have different styles, and it is difficult for outsiders to understand their logic and ideas. It's the same even when it comes to repaying favors.

"But what about Prince Cyril?"

After Johnham let go of Patrick's incident, he remembered another thing: Is it really good for Lin An to reject Prince Cyril like this? Didn't she show weakness to the outside world?

"The purpose of the show of weakness is to test the attitude of the higher echelons of power towards me, this time Prince Cyril's invitation. Isn't it just a good opportunity? In addition, with the intervention of Patrick's Great Sword Saint, you can even indirectly look at the attitude of the Sword Saint Mountain, with His Excellency Patrick in the middle, even if it is a relatively bad result, it is estimated that it will not be too bad. ”

About these. Lin An thought about it when he saw Patrick and thought of his identity.

As a mage nova. Lin An estimated that even if her appearance hindered some people, the mage group would probably still be happy to see her rise, not to mention that she had already rejected the invitation of the Royal Secret Law Group and the Court Mage Group, which would minimize the possibility of being involved in entanglements of interests.

Therefore, in Merlin, the power collective that threatens her and may not be happy to see her, the future legend, is most likely to be afraid of the power of the mage and the powerful royal family of the legend, as well as the sword holy mountain marked by the royal wind direction.

Lin An was actually wondering, could the assassination under Rodeir's farce be the behest of Prince Cyril and even the emperor behind him?

After all, no matter how you look at it, it is unbelievable that there are pawns infiltrated by other forces among the dead soldiers raised by Cyril.

But the biggest suspicion pointed to Lin An, but it made Lin An a little suspicious, because the smell of planting blame was too strong, and Lin An didn't feel that he was saving zài to the point where the royal family couldn't tolerate it.

Even if this is the case, the royal family also has a lot of opportunities to do it on the road, there is really no need to wait until you arrive in the imperial capital to make a move, you must know that the emperor has probably determined that there is a legendary powerhouse behind her, if she has an accident in the imperial capital, it is a critical moment when the front line war is stalemate, no matter how you think about Merlin, you can't please it.

There are too many forces entangled in her body, and Lin An also knows that the situation is complicated, but she has always had an account in her heart, and she is worried that her situation is too passive.

***

The Sword Saint Mountain, which is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, is located in the foothills of Pompeii, the capital of the Meilin Emperor, about eighty miles away.

People who have never been to Sword Saint Mountain will generally imagine it as tall and majestic, deep into the clouds, but in fact the place where it is located is just an ordinary foothill with dense plants, and the deep mountain walls and cliffs of different heights are surrounded on all sides, and the concave place in the middle takes huge manpower to dig and bulldoze -

Therefore, the Holy Land in the minds of the martial artists of the whole continent, the Sword Sacred Mountain, which is the same as the Holy See Holy Mountain and the Magic Capital, is actually an ordinary valley that covers a fairly vast area.

The valley goes deep into the foothills, and there are stone paved paths leading to the outside world, and these stone paths are the same as the stone paths on the cliffs on the four sides of the valley, which are all carved by the warriors who entered the Sword Saint Mountain to cultivate. Year after year, the warriors in the valley were exchanged for countless batches, and the valley in the middle became larger and larger, and there were more and more stone paths on the mountain walls and cliffs, like countless white horses spreading from the valley to the outside of the foothills.

On a small stone mountain, a middle-aged warrior with an ordinary appearance walked up the mountain on a narrow stone path.

His movements were very steady, stepping on the stone steps one by one, and walking to a platform in the middle of the mountain without hurrying or slow. About to walk up to the last level of the platform, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, and then there was a click under his feet, and a crack appeared on the thick stone slab with a rough texture, but because of the unknown number of people walking on it, the surface had been smooth and dense, just under the middle-aged man's bare feet.

The middle-aged man glanced at the crack that seeped into the opposite side of the stone slab, his thick black brows twitched, and the thick black eyebrows were like two thick caterpillars, he felt a line of sight sweeping towards him, and hurriedly looked up at the thin short old man sitting in the middle of the platform, and grinned:

"Haha! These disciples are really getting more and more careless in digging stones. This stone slab was dug casually on the outer edge of the stone wall, and he was punished for paving this stone step again! ”

He did not hesitate to shift the responsibility to the innocent Sword Saint Mountain disciples, anyway, he was extremely familiar with this kind of thing.

The short and thin old man was accustomed to the other party's behavior like this. Leng Ran said: "You are responsible for the medicinal materials and training during that disciple's paving period. ”

His tone was arbitrary, he was used to giving orders, and after finishing speaking, he ignored the middle-aged man and looked depressed, immediately put down the matter, and asked, "How are people?" ”

"Not bad."

The middle-aged man knew who he was asking. His face was a little serious, "You know it's not easy to get such an evaluation from Patrick's mussel-like mouth, no wonder Her Majesty Melissa and the guys on the front line of the ice field are so optimistic." ”

"Melissa? If she had spent all these years of anti-aging on comprehending the law, she might have become a legend by now - just the old things of the pentagram holding her like they hadn't seen a woman in hundreds of years. ”

The short and thin old man did not have much respect for the pentagram that made a significant statement.

He stood up, and the observant could see that although the other party was thin and short, he was not good-looking. But every move carried a certain indescribable rhythm, as if the years of cultivation and demeanor had been integrated into the bone marrow, and any nobleman saw him for the first time. You will definitely realize that the old man is from a noble background.

"Those old things of the Secret Law Order, doesn't it mean that she is very likely to recover?"

The old man put on a thin coat and walked in the direction of the middle-aged man step by step, the narrow stone steps were blocked by the middle-aged man, and he didn't see how the old man moved. The old man flashed, and he had already appeared on the dozen or so steps below the middle-aged man. Step by step, slowly walk down.

The middle-aged man hurriedly followed.

"According to Patrick, it is not possible to recover, he suspects that she may have recovered, as if Prince Cyril had said something."

"So, didn't she come to Pompey because she needed to be rescued from her injuries? Hum! Smart! ”

obviously has strong talent and young capital, but he doesn't know how to cherish and use it, but he gets into this troubled water, and he is finally dazzled by the scenery of power, and his intelligence is limited.

The old man snorted coldly, "Don't pay much attention to her, no matter how big a backer she has, it seems that it is just ordinary now, you give my meaning back to the emperor." ”

The middle-aged man secretly said in his heart:

Is the teacher coping with it this time? Or do you cope? Or do you cope? How many people have been deceived by this appearance of concentrating on cultivation!

However, he still secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart: no matter if that little guy is a waste or a genius, even if she is an idiot, she is also the most precious idiot in that context, but it is really no good for them to get involved in the Sword Saint Mountain, seeing that the royal family and the missing five-pointed star are faintly discordant, and then adding a little mage with a legendary powerhouse behind him is really messy!

He followed behind the short and thin old man, and remembered something again:

"However, Robert and Gabriel said they owed each other a favor......

"That's what they owe, how to pay it back, what's the matter with Guan Jian Shengshan, do you still have to ask me what you want to do?" The short and thin old man said angrily.

That is, let the private behavior have nothing to do with the Sword Saint Mountain!

The middle-aged man remembered the entrustment of his old friend and was overjoyed, "They entrusted this matter to me...... "I can finally get out of the mountain!"

"Leave the money for the stone steps, you get out of me! ……”

***

Retrieve the carriage and return to the aristocratic quarter, the sun has set slightly in the west.

When walking on the avenue leading to the palace city, Lin An suddenly changed his mind and wanted to go to see his Earl's Palace, "Those manors and pastures are outside the city, all of them are inspected, I'm afraid it's getting dark, it's better to go and see the Earl's Palace." I don't know where it is! ”

The Earl's Court, located in the city, is a ready-made mansion, which has been renovated before it was given, and uses money from the treasury.

Mansions like this are of course the main residence of the nobles of the imperial capital, but there are also many great nobles with a long history and rich families, who have built castles in manors outside the city for their clansmen to live in.

Now that there are more and more nobles in the imperial capital, the land has long been beyond their means, and an earl's mansion like Lin An is a piece of fat.

Even if it was built according to the early rules of building houses. In terms of size, it is already a big waste to give Lin An a lonely person to live in, and in terms of the land where it is located, it will cost millions of gold rego, to say the least. The only regret is that it can't be sold casually.

Therefore, Lin An didn't care much about the situation of this Earl's Palace, in her mind, she was just a passer-by of Pompey, and a temporary mansion was really of little use except for expanding the spaciousness and wasting money on maintenance, as a mage. It's really not interesting to use an earl's house as a panache.

Compared to a few companions who swore allegiance to the Royal Arcane and the Court Mage Order, which could convert merit into material supply, welfare enjoyment, and a fraction of the benefits of the future mage tower, this Earl's Court is a typical example of the fake big empty.

It can't be said that Merlin is fooling the meritorious ministers, this is actually a fair exchange, Merlin's practice of rewarding meritorious deeds is to be promoted to a fiefdom, but the mage resources are limited. If you are not loyal, why do you receive special care?

Lin An already knew the result, and he knew from the beginning that this was probably what he would get. It's just that I'm a little unhappy in my heart, and I intentionally or unintentionally ignore the most important earl's palace in this award, except for the title.

Because he didn't have hope, when Lin An came to the Earl's Palace and saw the two columns of servants who greeted him and the meticulously dressed butler led by him, he was also slightly taken aback, and only then did he remember that he was outside the mansion. There are also servant guards who accompany the mansion, all of which are attached according to the regulations and ranks of the first-class earl.

It's just that Lin An has been dealing with the outside world for the past two days. After receiving the award list, it was handed over to John's for disposal, along with Sidney's.

Well, with that said, there are several estates and pastures along with the tenant farmers above who are waiting to be handed over by themselves.

"Lobic. Hannibal, lead the servants of the Earl's Court to welcome the lady back to her house! ”

Hannibal, the meticulous butler in his housekeeping uniform, bowed deeply with his servants, and judging from their uniform movements, they were all rigorously adjusted.

"Please, Steward Hannibal, you have been assigned to my Earl's Court? Judging by your manners, it doesn't look like you've only practiced them for a few years. ”

"The lady's eyes are like torches, Hannibal's ancestors once had a knight, but the descendants failed to inherit the glory of the ancestors, and can only rely on the legacy left by the ancestors as a skill." Hannibal said respectfully.

"You should call me Lord Mage, or Miss like John, I'm not used to being called a lady."

As soon as dozens of people came back, Lin An was a little unaccustomed.

However, she has already experienced too many big scenes, and the treatment of the princess is not unenjoyed, so she quickly adapted, "How is the situation in the mansion?" Were all these servants assigned with the mansion? Tell me about the situation. ”

While asking, Lin An walked towards the door, and there were servants all the way to open the door, unimpeded.

"Nineteen of the high-ranking servants of the mansion were servants, thirty-seven of the second-class servants, and forty of the remaining miscellaneous servants, making a total of ninety-six. All the servants and their families are in your name.

If it is not enough, it can be added, and when the mansion is given, the treasury fills the treasury with 2,000 gold rego. In addition, due to your absence these days, Miss, I boldly overstepped my authority and assigned......"

After introducing the situation of the servants, Hannibal's butler talked about the layout and planning of the various places of the platinum hair, the temporary distribution of the servants, and the approximate expenses for maintaining the mansion each month, the words were concise and clear, and from the fact that he carefully noticed and explained the transfer of household registration of himself and the servants, and indirectly showed his loyalty, he was also good at observing words and emotions and figuring out people's hearts, and from the point of view of talent, he was indeed a good candidate for a housekeeper.

And judging from the fact that he took the initiative to say the allocation of 2,000 gold Rego, he can be regarded as able to withstand the temptation.

Two thousand gold Rego is not a small amount of money for his family, and Lin An did not write this part on the award list in his hand, and from Lin An's act of forgetting to send someone to receive the mansion for two days, Hannibal would not fail to see that Lin An did not care about this mansion.

What's more, as the only recipient of the highest merit this time, no one knows how many additional rewards the royal treasury will allot, so as a powerful person, it is still possible to use a little trick to hide from the world during this period and fill some pockets.

But from Lin An's perception, Hannibal did not do anything in the ledger he presented.

(To be continued)

ps：

Thank you Xiao Li Lerong, White Seeds, Zhang Gada and Falwind for their tips! o(n_n)o~

This chapter is a little excessive, it may be a little slow, I don't know if you feel bored, but the things of the Earl's Court and the Medal have indeed been lost for two or three days, and it should be paid attention to, so I have to take up a little space, of course, this is not the rhythm of turning to farming~ But I'm thinking about whether to mix in the plot of leisure play, after all, it's been so tight, and it's a little tight. But it's unlikely lately.,After some safaris or something, it might be a little easier.,Let Andre and them come out to sell a moe.。

So the new characters who came out today:

Patrick - the pinnacle of the Silver Sword Master, recognized as the "Great Sword Master", has a record of killing the Golden Sword Master, became the Prince of Cyril Sword Master because of his owe, the weapon is a gun, and he has been pointed out by an unknown legend.

Hannibal's butler - the male butler of the Earl of Lin'an's palace, shrewd and capable.