"Arthur, come to my room after dinner, some beautiful girl, let me give you something."

Walking towards the Nightingale's Castle to make sure no one was eavesdropping, Cepes said to Arthur in a slightly mocking tone.

"I'm not interested, you can keep it for yourself."

Arthur's expression of seeing through the red dust would even make people mistakenly think that he had the intention of going to the convent and becoming an ascetic.

This guy is now, whenever he hears the word 'girl', he will become like this.

"Miss Gina asked me to bring a handwritten letter, since you are not interested, then when you enter the castle, I will throw it into the moat."

"Don't! Tsepes, give me Gina's letter now! ”

Gina's name, like the secret medicine concocted by the warlocks, instantly made Arthur enter a semi-crazy state.

A pair of big hands as thick as bear's paws grabbed directly at Cepes's neckline, but fortunately, Cepes reacted quickly and jumped backwards to dodge.

"You damn idiot, don't go crazy, okay, do you want the whole world to know that you have a leg with your eldest brother's fiancée."

Arthur, who was in a state of bewilderment, was woken up by a basin of cold water splashed by Cepes, and there was an expression on his face that saw through the red dust.

"I didn't want to rob Ferco's fiancée, forget it, I'll accept my fate, wait for you to throw the letter into the moat."

Throwing off a word, Arthur walked quickly to the city gate without saying a word, he didn't want Cepes to see the two lines of tears on his cheeks.

Tsepes was about to catch up, but the sound of horses' hooves sounded behind him, and the captain of the guard, Litam, riding an Arabian horse, stopped at Tsepes's side.

The guy did not invite Tsepes to mount his horse, nor did he hasten to leave, but followed him as if he were staring at the prisoner.

No, I seem to have been a hostage of these damned Ottomans.

In the past two days, I have been in the drama too deeply, and I have ignored my identity, damn Litam, I must be afraid that I will take the opportunity to escape.

There was an extra follower, and there was no way to talk about intimate topics, so Cepes simply asked Arthur, a silly boy, to run back to his room and hug the pillow and cry.

As for Miss Gina's letters, Cepes, of course, would not have thrown them into the moat, and he believed that within 24 hours, Arthur would come to him and ask for them.

Crossing the drawbridge and entering the Nightingale's Castle, Cepesz slowed down and observed the layout and people inside the castle.

As soon as you enter the city gate, there is a square with a wide view, and the ground of the square is paved with neat long stones, and the cracks of the stones are filled with fine sand.

Crossing the square, Tsepes turned around and looked at the towering walls of the castle.

The walls were about nine meters high and had two rows of crossed staircases for soldiers to climb and descend.

On both sides of the square, next to the city wall, there are four tower-like buildings, which can be used as watchtowers or arrow towers during battles.

In the field of vision, the soldiers on the watchtower and the city walls, Tsepes quickly counted them, and there were only thirty people in total.

Of course, perhaps because of Braye's arrival, Count Sandria did not want to arouse the suspicion of the other party, so he removed a group of soldiers from the city walls.

Turning around and moving on, there is a long row of stables on the left and right sides of the square.

The inside of the stables is made of brick and stone, and between each lattice, there is a low wooden wall.

The roof of the stables, similar to those seen before in Cepes, was built on a wooden frame and covered with thick straw.

A quick count of the horses showed that there were more than sixty in all, and it was almost certain that there were sixty cavalrymen in the castle.

The cavalry, infantry, and archers were all taken together, and Tsepes's preliminary judgment was that the strength of the castle did not exceed 300 men.

Of course, this is only a permanent force, and in the event of a war, Count Sandria, can recruit soldiers within the territory.

However, at most, the number of troops that can be recruited will not exceed 1,200.

This was the basic plate of a wealthy earl who owned a castle in this era, and he could not have more than six hundred to one thousand two hundred soldiers.

In fact, most of the counts' castles do not have the role of military fortresses, and can only be used as upgraded manors.

There are probably no more than ten castles in Wallachia, such as the Nightingale's Castle, with walls and moats.

Of course, in addition to the castles of the nobles, there are also specially built military fortresses, which are more capable of warfare.

Mentally counting, Tsepes continued onward, skirting the stables, which were divided into two wide stone-paved streets to the left and right.

On both sides of the street, there are a few small houses scattered around, with white walls and red tiled roofs, and standard Orthodox style buildings.

There were blacksmiths striking iron in front of the house, and leathermen making leather, all of whom were hired by the Sandria family.

Everything they produce, even scrap, goes to the Sandria family.

Of course, Count Sandria will also pay them, and in addition to money, sheltering their safety is also a kind of reward.

Passing through the workers' room and continuing on, Tsepes came to a small garden, behind which was a manicured lawn.

In addition, between the small garden and the street, there is a row of low shrubs, which distinguishes the different classes of people in a striking and obvious way.

However, standing beyond the bushes, you can still see the core of Nightingale Castle, an ancient castle made of white stone.

At the top of the castle is a large bronze emblem under the spire.

The edges of the brass, painted red in the middle, and then with black lines, outline an abstract nightingale.

Compared with the nightingale flag on the city wall outside, the eyes of this nightingale are more calm, and it seems that it can see through everything.

After half a minute of silent observation, Tsepes walked around the bushes and stepped on the soft lawn before he came to the castle.

Behind the bushes, the guards armed with axes, saw that Cepes, dressed in a splendid aristocratic attire, had no one to stop him from crossing across.

What's more, beside Tsepesh, there is also Litam, who knows that he is very powerful at a glance.

The guy was dressed in standard Ottoman attire, and he was clearly telling the guards that he was coming with today's guests.

Ever since Tsepes entered the castle, the creature had been silently following him, like a silent ghost.

In front of the castle, Buraille, Count Sandria and others had also arrived, and I don't know what they were talking about.

After two minutes, the old butler, dressed in the costume of a noble butler, came out of the castle and seemed to tell the Earl that the dinner was ready.

Bulray and Sandria entered the castle hand in hand, and it can basically be judged that Count Sandria is also the one who fell to the Ottomans.

As soon as he entered the castle, Tsepeš counted his troops, and his purpose was self-evident, that is, to think about whether he could use the power of Sandria to help him get out of trouble.

After all, we have been friends for many years, and Tsepes also politely calls Sandria uncle.

But now it seems that those friendships between the nobles are far less than the actual interests.

The word profit first has always been the creed of the aristocracy.

Sandria fell to the Ottomans, wondering if Arthur was like his father, and perhaps there would be nothing to gain from this trip to Nightingale's Castle.

As he was thinking so, he was suddenly slapped on the back, and Arthur, who was in tears before, arrived behind him at some point.

Arthur leaned into Cepes's ear and said with a little stumbling, "Gina...... Miss Gina's letter, you won't really throw it into the moat, will you? ”

Cepes knew that this guy would definitely come to him, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

"Anyway, come and find me after dinner, and then you will naturally know that the letter is still there."

Tepes needed to know that Arthur's attitude towards the Ottomans was now that he could only be trusted, and the rest of the plan would go ahead as usual.