At this time, a thick layer of snow had accumulated on the city wall, and the soldiers who patrolled had long since stopped, and they took brooms and kept sweeping the snow off the city wall. But the snow is unusually heavy today, and it is often just swept away, and when you look back, you will find that it has returned to its original state.

The wind was mixed with snowflakes, the extinguished torches could not be lit, and the city wall was pitch black, in order to prevent the soldiers from falling under the city wall, Will could only call all the soldiers back, hide in the city tower to keep warm, he stood in front of the city tower, looking at the snow curtain flying outside the city.

The butler stood under the city, looking at the city wall that was pitch black and there were no soldiers moving, his brows furrowed, and he led his subordinates up to the city wall.

"Butler?" Will, who was standing in the castle tower and watching the wind and snow outside the city walls, saw in the blink of an eye, and the butler who was walking up the last step came up. "It's snowing so hard, how did you come here?" He asked curiously.

The butler did not answer Will's words, he stood in the snow with his cloak on, and looked around, only the sound of the cold wind blowing through the banner in the silence. "Where are the soldiers standing guard?" He opened his mouth to question.

"The snow was so heavy that I was worried that they would stumble and fall off the walls, so I let them all hide in the towers." Will replied. Every 100 meters of the city wall were built stone towers, nearly two stories high, and the first floor was lit with a fire for the soldiers to keep warm. The second floor is where the castle defense weapons are placed, but the guards are weapons that only the great nobles have craftsmen who can make them.

Although Qin Feng had exchanged some craftsmen for grain merchants earlier, most of those craftsmen were carpenters, stonemasons or the like, and there was no craftsman who could make this kind of weapon, so the second floor was empty. Now it's full of warm-up soldiers.

The butler's frowning brow relaxed, although it was not a good decision to transfer the soldiers standing guard, but in the current weather, this was the best choice. The butler is not a cold-blooded person, and he doesn't want to see a soldier fall off the city wall, a 10-meter-high city wall, even if there is snow under the city, but for a soldier wearing a heavy armor, there is absolutely no good result from falling.

"As soon as the snow stops, let the soldiers return to their positions." The housekeeper said, "The young master believes in us and puts this important task on us, and we can't make any mistakes." ”

Will bowed his head apologetically, as did the soldiers. "Yes, butler, I will do as you tell me."

Hearing him say this, the butler nodded and patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction. After a few more words, he was ready to leave. He was too old, but he was fine for a while, and after standing in the cold wind for a long time, he only felt that his body was cold through, as if he couldn't get warmth even if he was roasted with a flame.

I hope I can live a little longer, watching the young master become a ....., forget it, this is impossible to achieve. The butler was upset when he thought of this. He originally valued Shirina very much, because she was born in an aristocratic family and received an excellent aristocratic education since she was a child, and the Leno family is also a family that has been inherited for a hundred years, and has a very good reputation in both the empire and the Northlands.

After the death of the master, the young master seemed to have grown up overnight, becoming mature and steady, like a baron. In just a few months, the Rheinryth family has grown to the point where it has grown under the young master's hands, and both barbarians and humans will open their mouths to praise when they talk about the Rheinryth family. This is a prestige that the Rheinreth family has not had in a hundred years.

Even the first-generation head of the family did not have such a high reputation among humans and barbarians. He was very pleased with all this, he wanted to live a little longer, to watch the young master get married, to marry a noble lady with a noble status.

Shirina is suitable, but Sirigon's approach has completely cut off this possibility, and they have now created a huge gap with the Rheinryth family, and in the steward's opinion, this gap cannot be filled. For such a long time, he understands the character of his young master, he is not a person who is used to being at the mercy of others, although there are some women who are kind, but in the face of this "betrayal", he will not be able to forgive.

After thinking too much, the butler had already walked to the city when he came back to his senses, and he looked up at the city wall, thinking that the worry in his heart would disappear. But that feeling of incomprehension remains, and it grows stronger. He led his men towards the baron's house, he frowned, his steps were not fast, he wanted to go back and take another look, but he knew that even if he did, he would not find anything. And now Will is the real city defense officer, he can remind him occasionally, but if he keeps doing this, then Will's prestige in the hearts of his subordinates will decline rapidly, which is not conducive to Will.

No matter how long the road was, it came to an end, and before he knew it, he was again in front of the tavern, and the door to the tavern was closed, except for the dim candlelight in the upstairs room.

Unbeknownst to the butler, behind the closed door, a man in armor was sitting on a table wiping his short sword, his shield resting on the shin armor that was tied to his leg. The woman stood on the stairs, looking worriedly at her man through the moonlight that slipped through the crack in the door. She used to be spicy, but now she is extraordinarily quiet, and her worried eyes are also the first time.

The butler did not come forward and knock on the door, although he did want to talk to someone at this time. He walked past the door of the tavern, his shoulders and head covered with a thick layer of snow, and he walked back to the Baron's Court with different steps, still unaware of it.

A flash of figure blocked the moonlight that came in through the crack in the door, and the man's sword was wiped for a moment, and the moonlight disappeared for a while, and then reappeared. With that heavy step, the man knew who was outside the door. But he didn't open the door, he reached out and touched the blade lightly, and the feeling of scraping his hand signaled that the sword was sharp enough, and he threw the cloth off his hand and inserted the dagger back into its scabbard.

The woman on the stairs disappeared silently after the man stood up. I don't know if I went upstairs, or if I hid in the cellar according to the man's words.

The men ran back before the butler did, and brought out dry clothes and hot water from the house. The housekeeper washed his face with hot water and breathed a sigh of relief. Take off your clothes that have been soaked with hot and melted snow. Changing into his clothes, he looked in the direction of the outside of the city, and his brow furrowed again.

Outside the city, in the snowstorm, Theron glanced up at the moon looming in the snow. The moon was above his head at this time, "The time is up." Theron's eyes lit up as he looked at the town of Boole not far away in a curtain of snow.