Lin Xia listened to what happened to Lucas, but he was actually somewhat sympathetic, but fortunately, they hadn't done anything hurtful. Lin Xia glanced back at the robbers and said to Lucas, "Are these all from your village?"

"Yes, these are villagers from the same village. After Lucas finished speaking, he pointed to the only old man among the robbers and said, "This old man is my father." ”

Lin Xia glanced in the direction pointed by Lucas, the old man was obviously in poor health, and he needed the support of the person next to him to stand firmly, and his eyes looked anxiously in his direction, obviously worried about his son.

"Do you have any other family members?" Lin Xia asked again.

"No, the mother-in-law and the child are dead. Lucas looked sad again.

Lin Xia observed the robbers, except for six women and three children and Lucas's father, the rest of the more than thirty people were young adults, and the oldest should not be more than forty years old, it seems that Lucas can be their leader, age is also a factor.

Lin Xia pondered and asked, "Would you like to come with me?"

Suddenly hearing Lin Xia's words, Lucas was stunned, and Lin Xia only needed to continue to explain: "You go back to the territory with me first, and then make arrangements, but at least you can ensure your basic life." ”

At this time, Lucas understood what Lin Xia meant, and hurriedly knelt down again: "Young Master Lin Xia, we are willing to follow you, as long as we are given a bite to eat, let us do anything." ”

Lin Xia helped Lucas up and told Lucas to go and talk to the robbers.

As soon as Lucas walked among the robbers, Lin Xia heard the collective cheers of the robbers, and his voice was very chaotic, but Lin Xia could also vaguely hear the words that Young Master Lin Xia was a good person, long live the Xilin family.

Lin Xia asked Delan to take out dry food and distribute it to them, because there was not much dry food brought, so each person only shared a little, but it also made the robbers thank them a thousand times.

After resting for a while, Lin Xia asked everyone to continue on their way.

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In the cliché, the wheels of history are rolling forward, and the future King Lin Xia is about to arrive at the family's territory and write a new chapter.

The significance of King Lin Xia's return to the territory is very special in the history books, and the historian believes that King Lin Xia inherited the wisdom of King Lionheart after returning to Xilin Town, creating a new era. Only King Lin Xia was dismissive of this, and when the historian sent the written content to King Lin Xia for review, King Lin Xia said to the historian, understand your sister's wisdom. Although the historian wondered why King Lin Xia mentioned his sister, he thought that King Lin Xia had no objection, so he copied this paragraph into the history books. And this historian ended up being fined a year's salary.

On the last day of the 277th year of the Imperial Calendar, Lin Xia's party entered the small town of Xilin. It's just that to Lin Xia's surprise, an army of about two hundred people was stationed at the gate of Xilin Town.

As soon as he entered the town, a person who looked like a housekeeper in his fifties or sixties greeted him and introduced himself to Lin Xia, who was the butler of the Xilin family in the territory, named Campbell. Campbell knew that Lin Xia would arrive in the territory in the next few days, so he started three days ago, waited at the gate of the town every day, and finally waited for Lin Xia's arrival today.

Lin Xia let Campbell into his carriage, and Campbell led the way to the family residence. Along the way, Lin Xia saw that the construction of Xilin Town was not much different from other towns, but the people here were ruddy and full of energy, and everyone who saw Campbell would nod or wave to Campbell, which showed that Campbell's popularity in Xilin Town was good.

Campbell took Lin Xia's party to the residence of the family domain, and Lin Xia was shocked by the current scene as he got out of the carriage.

Isn't the family already in decline? But what is the matter with this castle? It is deserted and overgrown, but it can be seen that it is a very large estate.

Campbell could see from Lin Xia's expression why Lin Xia was like this, and hurriedly explained: "Young Master Lin Xia doesn't know that the reason why this castle has such a scale is because it was once the royal palace of Charlemagne's empire. ”

"Imperial Palace?" Lin Xia couldn't help but be stunned.

"This is the birthplace of Charlemagne's empire, and this castle was the royal palace of Charlemagne's kingdom. After the establishment of the empire, Paul the Great built a new palace in the imperial capital and gave the old palace to the Xilin family. Campbell continued to explain to Linxia.

The eighteenth generation ancestor of the Xilin family was a loser, and he didn't even sell the castle. No, it's not that they don't want to sell the castle, but because the castle is a royal palace, they don't dare to sell it, and even if they dare to sell it, no one dares to buy it.

Campbell led Lin Xia to the castle, approached Lin Xia and found that although the castle was magnificent, many places were badly damaged, and it was obvious that it had not been systematically repaired for a long time.

What made Lin Xia curious was that Campbell did not take Lin Xia to the main gate, but to the side gate of the castle, just when Lin Xia was curious, Campbell explained in a timely manner: "Because the territory has become smaller and the tax revenue is insufficient, the castle has not been repaired for a long time, and it can only be done with simple maintenance." At present, only a few rooms can be used, and the main entrance hall has been closed for a long time due to the high cost of maintenance. ”

Lin Xia heard it, although this castle looked magnificent, it was the biggest burden of the Xilin family. It's no wonder that Antonio had a shabby life in the imperial capital, and it is estimated that two-thirds of the tax revenue of the Xilin family will be spent to maintain this castle. And it can only be done simply for daily maintenance.

"How many people are there in the territory now?" Lin Xia asked.

"There were three people, including me. In addition to me there was a gardener and a maid. Campbell replied respectfully, and was afraid that Lin Xia would not understand, thinking that the gardener was superfluous, and explained: "The gardener is mainly responsible for the greening of the road from the manor to the castle. ”

In fact, there is no need for Campbell to explain, although the manor seems to be overgrown with weeds on the surface, but without this gardener, it is estimated that it will become a primeval forest.

Lin Xia pointed to the team of nearly forty people behind him and asked Campbell, "Can these people stay?"

Campbell showed a puzzled expression: "I received the news that there are six people in your group, and I didn't expect there to be so many people." ”

Lin Xia pointed to the more than thirty people in ragged clothes and said, "Can you think of a way to let them settle down first, these people will be servants here in the future." After a pause, he continued, "And the guards." ”

"Young Master, please wait here for a while, and I'll take you into the castle first. Campbell didn't directly answer Lin Xia's words.

Lin Xia first asked people to wait here, and followed Campbell into the castle himself. Although the decoration in the castle is very old, it reveals a heavy simplicity, and you can see the grandeur of the castle.

Campbell took Lin Xia to a study and introduced: "This is the study of the patriarchs of the previous generations, and the Viscount has instructed in his letter that this study will be used by the young master in the future." ”

This study was very clean, and Lin Xia sat down directly on the chair behind the desk. At this time, Campbell said with a bitter face: "Young master, you brought back so many people at once, how can we have the money to support so many people?"

It turned out that Campbell was worried about the salaries of these people, and Lin Xia was not polite, and directly took out 200 gold coins and threw them to Campbell: "You take these first, settle the people, and it should be able to be used for a few months." ”

To Lin Xia's surprise, Campbell returned 200 gold coins to Lin Xia and said to Lin Xia: "I will find a way to settle these people." "It's just that the words are not as respectful as they were when they first met. Campbell then said to Lin Xia: "Young Master, I'll arrange it, you wait a while." With that, he left the study.

Lin Xia was holding the gold coin in his hand, and he couldn't figure out why Campbell sent the money back to him. But looking at Campbell's appearance, there is a way to settle these people, and Lin Xia is not in a hurry, just wait for Campbell to come back and ask. I left the gold coins on my desk.

At this time, Lin Xia began to look at this study, this study was very large, one of the walls was a bookcase, but there were not many books on the bookcase. On the other wall, there was a portrait of Tang, Lin Xia looked at Tang's Huaxia face, and couldn't help but think of the people in his previous life, and he didn't know if he could find a clue to go home on this family trip.

Just when Lin Xia was distracted, Campbell came back and reported to Lin Xia: "I have arranged for the four people who came with you to live in the castle, and as for the others, I asked Sophie to take them to the houses of the townspeople first. Sophie is the maid here. ”

Lin Xia saw that Campbell had already settled people, so he didn't ask any more, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was wrong, and there were three Hongxing brothers including Delan and Carlos, as well as Bacon, who were obviously five people. Wait, where is Bacon, since the day before yesterday I met these beggars and robbers like Lucas, Bacon is gone.

Originally, I thought this guy was hiding because he was scared, but now he hasn't come back, and I don't know where this guy has gone.