It is said that the horse was deceived by the devil, or else he would not have been suddenly frightened on the wide plain. So the angry crowd tied the horse to the largest tree in the village and burned it alive.

Although the horse nominally belonged to the Charles, he now acquiesced to their treatment of his private property.

The butler was soon released by Charles, who needed him to help him with the funeral. The old butler was as busy as if nothing had happened, as if Charles had not given him a heartbroken order two days before.

Sure enough, he was the only one in the whole family who was closest to me. Charles thought silently.

It's just that the only thing that bothers Charles is that the old butler will always hold him when no one is around, look at him with appreciative eyes, and say, "You're a man."

In fact, Charles knew from a very early age that he was a man. He knew from the first time his neighbor stepped into Seblo that he had to be a man.

But Charles didn't want the old butler to say this to him over and over again, it would make him feel very sad, and he really liked his neighbor very much. As Charles himself said, he will never forget him for the rest of his life.

There were many people who came to pay their respects to Charles's poor neighbor, and it was at the castle that Charles met the girl who was engaged to the man and her pot-bellied father. The girl was very beautiful indeed, she was only seventeen years old, and she looked very beautiful and very endearing. Charles even had an urge to marry the girl himself, but in the end, he didn't say it.

Her father, a small landowner, expressed his intentions in a strange tone: his daughter was betrothed to a man, and although the final rites had not been completed, she was still husband and wife, and his daughter was entitled to a part of the property in the castle.

Charles was stunned by his audacity, how could there be such a stupid and bold person in this world?

The look in his eyes told Charles that he didn't take Charles seriously at all. In his eyes, Charles was nothing more than a dependent child, who sooner or later had to make room for those who came after him.

Charles was almost amused by his thoughts, and he suddenly realized that he would surely meet many more idiots like this in the years to come, and that he had no need to be angry with them.

Charles very politely told him that he would count the remaining possessions in the castle as soon as possible, and that he would deliver them to his house when the funeral was over.

The little landowner looked very satisfied, and swaggered out of the Charles's house with his daughter, who was still crying.

It didn't take long for gossip to spread across Sebara and the surrounding area. People say that the horse was innocent, that it was all because of the girl, that she was the daughter of the devil, and that if it weren't for marrying her, Charles's poor neighbor wouldn't have died so miserably.

So a lot of trivial things were also revealed, what she likes to raise rats and frogs, she likes to collect some strange things, because she met her and she was seriously ill...... More gossip spread through the streets, and despite the obvious fabrication of some of the words, there was a growing belief that the girl was the embodiment of the devil and that sooner or later they would drag them down to hell together.

One night shortly after the funeral of Charles' poor neighbor, several masked mobs attacked the girl's home, killed the little landowner and his wife who had come out to check on the situation, robbed them of all their valuables, and finally tied the girl to a wooden cross and burned her alive. They wrote in blood on the nearby walls words such as killing the demons, the demons retreating, and the glory of God, and they came and went by the moonlight, and no one knew who they were.

The Count of Pippin of Rezk was furious and sent thirty soldiers down to arrest the mob, but in the end it was not done, and it was known that the common people were illiterate.

The annoying idiot died, and Charles naturally saved a sum of money, but it was a pity for the girl, and Charles could see that she was definitely a gentle and family-friendly girl.

But he didn't have time to feel sorry for her, he had to explain his situation before the Empire appointed a new guardian, he was sixteen years old (although in fact he was only fifteen) and could inherit the fief and title that his father had left him.

So Charles asked the nearby Viscount Hou An to help him repair a book and send it to the imperial capital, and Viscount Hou An's brother-in-law was on an errand in the imperial capital, so he could help him with this small favor.

Viscount Hou'an was a chubby good old man, and Charles had seen him long before his father died, and it was obvious that he was also impressed by Charles. As soon as he heard Charles's request, he agreed without hesitation, and was not even allowed to pay for the postage. Although Charles appreciates his generosity and shows that he owes him a favor, Charles still has to pay the money.

In the end, they finally reached an agreement, Viscount Hou'an's caravan would set off for the imperial capital the day after tomorrow, and Charles's letters could be forwarded by them, and Charles didn't even need to pay half of the septin's postage, just need to invest a small amount of money in Viscount Hou'an's caravan.

It was a matter of complete interest, and Charles felt that he was getting more and more fond of the good old man in front of him. After the deal was completed, he invited Charles to be a guest at his castle so that he could make the most of his landlordship's friendship. Charles couldn't resist him, so he agreed to his request.

Charles stayed in his castle for two days, and did not return home until his caravan departed with his letters, for his territory still needed to be taken care of by himself, and it was his own.

The war in the north was at a stalemate, and the nobles of the empire no longer dared to see them as a brainless barbarian.

The harsh environment in the north made the northerners significantly more physically qualified than the south, but they rarely confronted the imperial army head-on, and they applied the ambush skills they learned from bandits and bandits to the battlefield.

If you're a nobleman in the Imperial army, you're bound to be overwhelmed by the daily reports of raids. These northerners lay in ambush in the mountains and forests, attacking passing convoys and ambushing passing scouts, and they would not hesitate to kill lone Imperial soldiers. As a result, the entire Imperial army was in a panic, and no one knew when these people would come out and take their lives.

Slowly, the army of the northerners developed, they wore modified imperial armor, held the standard weapons of the empire, and used the art of war from the empire, one-sidedly slaughtering the soldiers of the empire.

By the time Charles asked Viscount Hou An to repair the imperial capital, the northern army had turned from defensive to offensive and recaptured most of the northern land, and even scouts slowly appeared on the Rezk Plain.

But war was still far away, and Charles was optimistic that no one would be interested in his small territory. And the only thing he had to do now was to wait quietly, waiting for news from the imperial capital.