The evening breeze stirred the tender grass on the side of the street, and an old family dog lay on the edge of the haystack, quietly watching the villagers walk towards their doors after a hard day's work. The faint light of the stars gradually rose, casting a sense of peace in people's hearts.

Charles slowly walked out of the Wood family's house, said goodbye to Carl and Bo who had come to see him off, and walked leisurely towards his temporary tavern. Charles looked up at the fading sky, a self-deprecating smile on his lips.

Carl eventually declined his offer of an olive branch, despite the fact that Charles knew that he was not a big man at this time, and his influence was not enough to make others follow him willingly, but it was still very uncomfortable for him to be rejected like this.

Charles shook his somewhat wooden-haired head and let out a long breath of wine. In fact, Charles didn't know why he said such a thing to Carl, he and Carl had only met for the first time, and he didn't even know that there was such a person as Carl before. But after meeting Carl today, he suddenly had a feeling again, this feeling came for no reason, but he just felt that Carl was a rare character, and he should do it.

"Your Excellency, you're back! We've been looking for you for a long time, where have you been! ”

Just as Charles lowered his head to ponder the origin of this inexplicable feeling he had been feeling for some time, an anxious voice interrupted his reverie.

Charles looked up and said with a smile, "Oh, I'm so sorry, I met a very interesting person today, and I went to their house with him for a drink, and I was really sorry to worry you." ”

Joseph hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Your Excellency, you are serious, how dare we blame you!" It's just that I haven't seen you for so long, and the brothers are a little worried. It's best if you're all right, please come in, I'll go and tell the brethren to come back, it's not appropriate to hang out outside at such a late hour. ”

Charles smiled and waved his hand at him, signaling him to go about his own business and not worry about himself. Joseph bowed respectfully and turned to walk towards the corner.

At this time, it was already approaching night, except for a few busy vendors who were still roaming the streets at the moment, and there were only a few idlers who had nothing to do and wandered around the street with their shoulders on their backs. Although Joseph was very disgusted with these idle fellows, they did not provoke themselves and did not need to ask for trouble.

Not far ahead was a butcher's shop, and Joseph knew that one of his brothers was looking for traces of Lord Charles in the vicinity. He turned the corner, but did not find his brother, and just as he was about to risk being scolded and disturbed, Joseph saw several sneaky figures not far away, looking around and running into a house.

Joseph frowned, even though this was not his hometown, nor was it the village he was responsible for guarding, but the sense of justice in his heart still urged him to follow slowly.

"Boss, just tell me what the hell are we going to do!"

"Yes, boss, I have long seen that those idiots are not pleasing to their eyes, if you hadn't stopped them, the brothers would have abolished them a long time ago!"

"yes, boss, those bastards even dared to hit Jessica's head with their ideas! The most unbearable thing is to give Master Sonny's leg ............ Boss, just speak! As long as you give the order, the brothers will not be ambiguous! ”

Listening to their foul conversation, Joseph was already sure that none of the guys in it were good. Although the content of their conversation was so murderous, Joseph was not prepared to interfere with their actions, and Joseph knew a little about what had happened before, and those villains seemed to him to be completely innocent, so Joseph was ready to turn a blind eye to what was about to happen and try to turn a blind eye to it.

At this moment, Joseph suddenly heard a cold voice ringing in his ears, and a chill ran through his heart, and goosebumps rose on his body because of fear.

"Brother, eavesdropping is not a good habit! You know, if a person's curiosity is too heavy, it can really kill people! “

After all, Joseph had been a soldier for two years, and although the chill in his heart was so cold that he could hardly help himself, he still forced his backhand to punch in the direction of the sound.

"Yo ho, dare to fight back! Look at this power, it's going to kill people, I'm so scared! “

The man who spoke was smooth-voiced, as if he had been deeply frightened by Joseph's thunderous blow. But in fact, only Joseph himself knew that his arm, which was usually strong and powerful, was now easily grasped by the fellow, and his large calloused hands were biting his fists like iron tongs, and he could not allow himself to break free.

The man looked at Joseph playfully, and unhurriedly took out a snow-white dagger from his waist and put it at his throat, and said with a strange smile: "Then I'm sorry sir, you should say goodbye to this world, hahaha." “

At this moment, the door of this house was suddenly pushed open from the inside, and Joseph was blocked by the man in front of him, and he couldn't see the appearance of the owner of the room behind him at all, but he still heard the owner of the room say in a cold voice: "Lao Bo, stop, do you want to be caught by the guards!" Bring him in with a gagged mouth, and I'll see who is so bold as to trouble us!" “

Footsteps gradually sounded on the street corner not far away, and several faint conversations drifted into Joseph's ears, and Joseph was overjoyed, but before he could open his mouth to call for help, a huge iron fist slammed into his nose.

Joseph bent over in pain, blood running down his nose and down the ground. Lao Bo grabbed Joseph by the hair, shoved a ball of rags into his mouth, and lifted Joseph, who weighed seventy kilograms, as easily as a chicken, and dragged him into the house. As soon as Lao Bo's front feet entered, a big man by the door quickly closed the courtyard door.

Joseph raised his head, and although there was no light in the courtyard at this time, in the dim moonlight, he and Cerf clearly saw that there were eight men around him. The men looked at themselves viciously, without a hint of pity in their eyes. Joseph looked at the men who looked like wolves, and couldn't help but cry out in his heart, these vicious guys looked like a group of outlaws, and now that they have fallen into their hands, can they still have it?

Joseph hung his head in despair, quietly waiting for the last moment. He couldn't figure out why he was so unlucky, and when he came out to hang out, he could meet such a group of ruthless people, and then end up in such a predicament.

Just when Joseph thought he was dead, the voice of the man who had prevented Lao Bo from killing him sounded again in this small courtyard.

"Looking at your outfit, you must be the private army of some nobleman. Say! Why the hell are you eavesdropping on our conversation, and we might be able to spare your life! “

Joseph looked up at the young man in the white silk robe, and scolded his mother in his heart, if you want me to explain the situation, you have to take away the rags in my mouth first, if you don't take away the rags, how can I speak! You just want me dead, crazy!