The sheriff was almost fifty years old, he had no wife, not even a mistress, and it is said that he had a son in a foreign country, and a daughter who had married into Tallinn, and thus became a courtesy to the great nobles.

Don't think that this sheriff got to the top by selling his daughter.

In fact, he has been a border security officer for many years, and his daughter may not have been born at that time, and he has been an old-fashioned and strict person for decades.

His hasty return did not discourage the soldiers, who bowed their heads and saluted the loyal guards of the kingdom.

Su Mo's eyes passed by without squinting, his steps were heavy, and there was something unnatural.

He had observed the legs and feet of this Lord Thorin, and it seemed that he was injured, and until the Transfiguration had reached a certain level, he could only observe with his own eyes, and then imitate the appearance of the other party as much as possible.

"My lord, I caught two mercenaries and tied them up in the training ground." Two soldiers ran up to him and saluted the sheriff.

This sheriff's mansion was heavily guarded, and the old soldiers almost used their home as a barracks, except for a few servants, all of them were soldiers living here, living, training, and protecting.

"......" Su Mo frowned, but he didn't dare to speak after all, but nodded heavily.

The two soldiers were accustomed to his taciturnity, and accompanied him through the garden path and walked inside, the last time Su Mo came, so he had a certain impression, and bought a topographic map from the tavern.

On the training ground were a pair of soldiers drilling, they were very disciplined, and the arrival of others did not attract their attention.

Two mercenary-looking men are trapped on pillars and have begun to receive punishment.

Although there is the sun today, it still can't bring much warmth to everyone in the deep winter season, and the two mercenaries are wet all over their bodies, obviously deliberately splashed with water.

It's cruel.

The beards of the two mercenaries had begun to freeze, and their bodies trembled like sieves.

I wonder if they can wait until the real sheriff is out on patrol and get home.

"......" Su Mo raised a hand, his fingers spread.

"Fifty lashes, my lord has an order, and these two people will each be whipped fifty lashes." The soldier understood, and he didn't need Su Mo to open his mouth to understand what he was trying to express, and immediately a soldier ran to get two thick black and shiny horse whips.

Well, I mean you can let them go in five minutes, not fifty lashes.

Su Mo looked at the desperate eyes of the two mercenaries very weakly, the fifty whips in the barracks were not the fifty whips in the palace fighting scene, they could really whip the dead alive.

However, he didn't have time to sympathize with the two cubs, and the Transfiguration was only half an hour for the time being.

If he showed himself in front of these soldiers, or had not done so before the sheriff returned, he would have ended no better than the two mercenaries who had been doused with cold water in the winter and had to be whipped fifty lashes.

He nodded deeply and walked away.

The two soldiers tried to follow, but he waved his hand to stop them.

He walked for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Lord Sheriff!" The servants were almost frightened when they saw the sheriff walking straight towards him, and they were terrified from the bottom of their hearts for this old man who was a military rule of law.

"Take me to see the dogs." Su Mo said vaguely.

The voice was very problematic, but the servant was so nervous that he couldn't even speak clearly, and his head was buzzing, so naturally it was impossible to distinguish the real from the fake.

"Yes, sir." The servant led the way with a pale face, hesitating Su Mo's pace was fast, he had to trot forward to do so, and it only took a short time to reach the kennel.

It doesn't matter if the sheriff is incorruptible or not.

As the military governor of the border town of the Federation, the sheriff is one of the richest people, not to mention that he has also become a relative family with the big nobles, which can be seen from the area of the sheriff's mansion that is dozens of times larger than that of ordinary people.

How can a small place be used as a military camp.

Even the housekeeper's kennel is a large area, not only with a huge and luxurious dog cage, but also with a place for the sheriff to work and sleep.

There is a charcoal fire burning in the fireplace next to it, which keeps this kennel warm.

The big dog I saw last time was now in a cage, and when he saw the sheriff come in, he immediately began to wag his tail happily and stuck out his tongue in Hadahada.

It was anxiously moving around the cage, trying to get out.

After being raised by the sheriff for so many years, it has developed the habit of going out to patrol every day, where there are lawbreakers bullying the weak, where there is discomfort where thieves are hiding, it can't escape its eyes and nose.

Su Mo stared at the big dog from a distance, and finally gave up his plan to get closer.

He pretended to cover his mouth and coughed a few times, as if he were suffering from the cold, he went to the back of his desk and sat down, picked up the sheriff's quill, and the paper and began to write.

The servant did not need to be instructed, and began to busily change the warm water for the big dog.

"Take that collar off and give it to me." The sheriff coughed and muttered his orders to the servant.

"Hey!" The servant did not dare to question it, and immediately led the big dog over, and tried to take the collar around the big dog's neck, which carried a pair of small bells, on which was engraved the family crest of the Solin family.

It is said that this is also a family that once had a glorious past, but in the turmoil of the demise of the Sartre Empire, they were on the wrong side.

The big dog is a little resistant, it wants to be close to its owner.

Something was wrong with its owner, and if it hadn't been for the sheriff's cough that worried it, it would have been able to tell the smell of strangers here.

The servant finally took off the collar and respectfully handed it to the sheriff.

"You are not needed here, go about your business." The sheriff waved his hand and told the servant to leave the place, but the servant did not dare to disobey and turned away without hesitation.

Just as he was about to open the door, he stopped and mustered up the courage to speak.

"My lord, the weather is too cold, you must take care of your body, if you miss the young master and the young lady, write to them to come back this year."

After finishing speaking, he didn't dare to look back at the sheriff's expression, and he left tremblingly.

Fortunately, I didn't hear the order of the sheriff to ask him to go to the training ground to get the whip, and the sheriff has a really good temper today.

After the servant left, only Su Mo and the big dog were left in the room, looking at each other awkwardly and politely through a cage.

Su Mo took out his weapon from his backpack, the short spear was enough, the bow and arrow were not necessary, and the long sword was inconvenient, his hand shook, and the magazine of the short spear bounced out, and the eight yellow-orange-orange bullets honestly stayed in the magazine.

It is not known how many bullets it will take to kill this big dog.

The mercenaries said that this big dog was actually an ordinary dog, many years ago when he was a small milk dog, wandering alone in the cold winter, and the sheriff took it home and kept it until now.