The eldest daughter of the Swift family arrives in the living room of Lington Castle under the guidance of the living room servants, and Caroline comes up to her father after saluting and hugging him and kissing him on the face. As the servant brought Caroline a glass of red wine, Lamberton asked with concern, "Carrie, what's wrong with you?" Your face doesn't look any better than when you left the castle after sunrise. ”

Caroline took a sip of her glass, and said in a heavy tone, "Father, I have very sad news for you: Sir Victor has been forgiven by God on his deathbed, and has now entered Heaven. ”

When Lamberton heard the words of the eldest daughter, he leaned back in his chair very slowly, and said with a heavy heart, "May God bless Sir Sir's soul." ”

After nearly 30 seconds of silence for the death of Victor Layton, Lamberton whispered: "Carrie, after Sir confessed to God on his deathbed, did Sir tell you anything he knew about the violent attack?" ”

Caroline could not have imagined her father's furious appearance when he learned that Sir was singing love hymns on his deathbed. He replied evasively, "Well, Sir told me on his deathbed something about what happened after he was attacked. Sir said that it was difficult for him to see what the other man looked like in the dark, and that he did not know who had done it because he was wearing a black monk's robe. ”

"Monk's suit? Why? Why would a group of greedy, selfish, and vile thieves wear monks' robes? ”

"Dad, it's hard for me to understand this question for a while."

"Well, then, did Sir say if he killed the leader of the thieves?"

"Well, Sir says that when he was first attacked, he ordered several knights in the vicinity to protect Joseph at once. But ......"

Lamberton anxiously asked, "But what?" ”

Caroline took another sip of wine and calmed down and said, "Sir said that he had not seen the enemy leader or the man who gave the order to attack the knights who were protecting Joseph. ”

"And then?"

Then, Sir found that the knights who were protecting Joseph had fallen to the ground one by one. In the end, only Joseph remained, and only about five enemies rushed up to fight them, when he and the last knight were left. ”

By the time Carolyn had finished speaking, Lambberton was deep in thought. He'd been in this situation in his previous combat career, but only when the weather was fine.

What does it mean that the thieves who carried out this violent attack were now bold enough to choose to do it before sunrise? Shows that thieves are good at attacking in the dark?! The thieves had to have at least two or three longbowmen who had been trained for a long time to shoot a single person down in the dark.

It is also suspicious that the leader of the thieves has never appeared in the presence of Joseph and Sir Victor. Why didn't the leader dare to appear in front of them? Was it because he was afraid that Joseph would see them, or was it for some other reason?

When Lamberton thought of this, he came to his senses and said, "Carrie, have you ever wondered why the leader of the thieves has not appeared? ”

Caroline subconsciously tilted her head, shook her head after thinking about it, and said, "No... Yes. I think the main target of this group is the two boxes of honorarium. ”

"Well, I agree with you. However, I think that the leader of this gang of thieves did not appear in front of Joseph, perhaps because they knew each other? ”

"Dad, why do you think so? My God, Daddy, you wouldn't be talking about him, would you? ”

"Carrie, that's exactly what I thought just now. Uh, do you know where your brother is now? ”

"Dad, how can you suspect that Francis did it? Either way, I'm sure he hasn't forgotten the fact that he's a member of the Swift family. Caroline put down her glass and said solemnly.

"Carrie, calm down. I didn't say that Francis and the thieves he knew were responsible. I just wanted you to bring him in and ask a few words. Lambton glanced at the eldest daughter's expression and said calmly.

While Caroline was about to defend her brother before her father, one of the servants entered the drawing-room and said to Lamberton and Caroline, "My lord, ma'am, a man claiming to be a knight of the Duke of Richmond's guard has asked to see her. ”

Lamberton almost stood up, looked at the servant in amazement, and said, "The knight of the Duke's guard? Could it be that the Duke has come to Darlington Castle? ”

The servant bowed his head slightly, and said in a low voice, "My lord, this knight has asked to be summoned by you immediately, and he said that there is a very urgent matter to report to you. ”

"Okay, you let him in."

"Yes, sir."

Heavily armed, Herbert entered the living room with the hilt of the stabbing sword at his waist in his hand, and his head held high. Standing in the position of the servant just now, he saluted Lamberton and Caroline, who were sitting in the center of the living room, and said without squinting, "Lord Lord, please hurry to the Scam Market with me as soon as possible. ”

Caroline's eyes widened at the name of Scam Market. He quickly turned his head and whispered to his father, "Dad, I'm sorry, but I met the Duke of Richmond in the Scam Market when I came back. Later, I forgot to tell you about Joseph. ”

Lamberton jumped up from his chair and said as he walked with a gloomy face, "Don't say any more, now go to the Scam Market with me at once." ”

When Viscount Darlington, who had taken his sword from the hands of his servants, came to Herbert's side, he said mildly, "Sir, may I know what is the matter?" ”

Herbert lowered his head slightly and whispered, "Your Highness needs you as a circumstantial witness to witness a duel of honor. ”

"My God, duel of honor? Is the Duke with whom... Duel? ”

"No, it's a duel of honor between Lady Isabel of the Duke's Court and your knight."

"My knight? Who is it? ”

"Your Excellency, you'll find out when you arrive."

Lambberton, who had a question mark in his stomach, turned his head to look at the eldest daughter behind him. At this time, Caroline was even more confused, completely unaware of what Herbert said about the duel of honor, and just shook her head at her father with a bitter face. Five minutes later, Lambton and his eldest daughter rode their horses outside the horse market in Scam Market, led by Herbert.

When he arrived at the open space of the horse market, Lamberton was immediately stunned by what he saw. His knight, Edward, had his sword in both hands, raised the tip of his sword above his head, and stared motionlessly at a young woman dressed as a military attendant about 16 paces away from him.

The young woman standing in the dueling arena, wielding two short swords in her left hand, also stared intently at Edward in front of her. Lamberton hurriedly yelled at the two, "You wait first. ”

When he saw Henry standing in the middle of the dueling arena, he hurriedly called his daughter to Henry. He saluted and said, "Duke, if I had known you were coming, I would have invited you to my castle for a glass of fine wine." ”

After Henry glanced at Viscount Darlington with a cold face, he smiled lightly and said to Caroline, "It is my honor to see you again, Lady Swift. ”