"Here we are, sir." Outside the carriage came the old voice of the coachman.

"Hmm." Sinloth agreed, poked the sleeping girl's lovely face with his hand, and whispered, "Ellie, wake up, we're here." ”

"Huh?" The girl muttered, shrinking her small body, but she didn't mean to open her eyes at all. Seeing the girl like this, Sinloth felt that something in his heart had been touched.

When I was a child, I was like this, right? Carefree, what kind of mood did the parents at that time feel when they saw themselves like this? Thinking so, Sinloth couldn't help but smile slightly nostalgic on his face.

Unfortunately, I can't go back.

You gaze at the truth of the world before you, bathed in the pure and soft light of truth. There may be regrets, maybe there are losses, but you are no longer confused in your heart. You pick yourself up again and are determined to devote your life to the greatest thing in the world. In order to shed the light of truth throughout the world, you have nothing to fear. 】

“”

Sinloth pretended not to hear the above and continued to call his little lazy worm who was lying in bed.

"Ellie, wake up."

"Hmm" The effect is obviously much better this time, the girl rubbed her big eyes with her fleshy little hands, and without looking, she threw herself into Xinluos's arms and said, "Dad, don't, let me sleep for a while, I'm so sleepy." ”

What's going on with that dad, tell me clearly, dead girl! I haven't even touched a girl's hand!

Sinlos got out of the carriage and sighed inwardly as he looked at the muddy and potholed road. He turned around and hugged the little girl who wanted to get out of the car and held her in his arms.

The three knights, who had been standing on the side of the road waiting for a long time, saw Sinloth get out of the car and hurriedly greeted him. One of the older knights stepped forward, looked at Sinloth's luxurious noble dress, bowed, and asked tentatively, "Down there is Bismarck, the knight of Desmond, dare to ask if your Excellency is Lord Sinlos Van Zhuo?" ”

Sinloth glanced at the three knights, then at the serfs behind them. Then he replied, "It's me." ”

You look down at the nervous knights and the serfs with confused expressions. Although you have known that Desmond is a bitter cold place, when you really see how shabby the greeting is, there is still boundless anger from the bottom of your proud heart. The knights' equipment is old, although it can be seen that it has undergone a lot of maintenance, but the sewing marks and rust on it make them look like old antiques in the warehouse, as for those serfs, you take a deep breath, and force down your anger, you sue yourself, you still use these despicable knights, wait for later]

Xinluo silently gave a middle finger to 54213, the second goods, in his heart.

The empire spans all over the world, and the seven provinces under it are from north to south, so many customs and habits are different. Because of the geographical differences, even the inheritance laws are different, and it is said that in some distant southern provinces, there is still a backward system of chiefdom. But in the Empire, one thing is the same, and that is the succession of knighthoods.

Each nobleman can only pass on his title to one descendant, usually the eldest son. The second sons, who do not have the right to inherit, have no chance to inherit the family business unless the eldest son dies young. Their fate depends on the mood of their eldest brother, and they generally go out to find their own way.

And even the eldest son, who can inherit the family business, is facing a very serious problem. From the generation in which the title was conferred, three generations in a row. If there are no special merits, the title will be lowered by one level each time it is inherited. Duke to Marquis, Marquis to Earl, and so on. And if it is a knight, it will be a commoner, and from now on it will no longer be a nobleman, and lose all privileges.

Desmond has been a place without a lord for decades, so there is no way to talk about knights. These so-called knights are actually just wild knights, but there are no lords here, and there is no one to control them. From generation to generation, it has been passed down like this.

Sinloth handed the certificate of appointment and the corresponding seal token to the knight who took the lead, and the knight took it with both hands, carefully examined it, and nodded to his companion behind him.

"Knight Gino, I've seen the lord."

"Knight Ruziano, I've seen the lord."

Sinlos nodded, he glanced curiously at the two young knights who came forward to greet him, compared to the calm and experienced Bismarck, these two young knights were obviously too young, or unstable. In particular, the blonde knight named Gino had a pronounced tremor in his tone, as if he was very nervous. On the contrary, the guy named Ruziano, although he had a rebellious face, was still much better than his companion.

After a brief pleasantry, Cynroth looked up and felt that it was getting late, considering Desmond's rough road conditions. So Sinloth spoke, "It's getting late, let's go back." ”

"Your will." The three knights placed their right hands on their chests and answered in a loud voice

Desmond was slightly better than he thought.

Well, it's Desmond's castle. The small villages in Desmond had been instinctively forgotten by Sinloth.

As the center of Desmond's territory, Desmond Castle is still good. Although the courtyard was still full of dead grass and the castle was full of cobwebs, it was compared to the precarious and collapsing castles seen on the road. The benevolent new lord of Desmond decided to be magnanimous for once, forgiving the vassals for their inaction.

Although Desmond has not had a lord for decades.

By the time Sinlos rode back to the castle with his knights, it was already dark. It didn't take so much time, but Desmond's terrible road conditions can only be attributed. Upon his return to Desmond, Bismarc wanted to report to him on some matters relating to the realm, but was sternly rejected by Sinloth.

"Sir, there's something about the taxes of the last few years, I"

Xinluo looked directly at the middle-aged man and said sternly, "My dear Bismalko, I can understand some of your thoughts, but now, we have more important things to do. ”

"More important?"

"Yes, for example, your lord, I haven't eaten yet."

"But," Bismal was about to say something, but then immediately changed his words: "Your will, Your Excellency. ”

Sinloth sat down at the long table with his daughter in his arms, and I have to say that the efficiency of the serfs was still very high, especially when the knights' swords were on their necks, but in less than a quarter of an hour, the serfs had already neatly sorted out the castle hall.

Looking at the long black table in front of him, there was a mess of bread, stews, and broth. Xinluo pursed his lips and didn't say much, after all, he made it temporarily, and he couldn't embarrass those serfs too much.

Cynroth took a bite of the bread, but instead of a soft touch with his teeth, it was as hard as masonry, and Cynroth bit again, and he got nothing but a dull ache in his teeth. Cynroth put down the hard black bread that could be used as a brick, and took another sip of soup from the basin, and the rich fishy fragrance spread in his mouth. God is pitiful, how much perseverance did he use to not spew out.

Seeing that her father was eating very happily, Xiao Aili was not happy, she puffed out her cheeks, rubbed her head against Xinluos, and whispered, "Dad, I want to eat too." ”

Xinlos rubbed his daughter's soft blonde hair with an expression on his face, but did not speak. He tore off a piece of brown bread with all his might, soaked it in the soup until it was soft, and then stuffed it into his mouth and tasted it.

It's not bad, it's close to the level of a university cafeteria.

Cynroth smiled with relief and shoved the piece of bread into his daughter's mouth as she looked at him with her mouth wide open. The girl swallowed the bread in a cute bite, and then her whole little face immediately wrinkled into a bun.

"Phew, it's so unpalatable. Dad, I want to eat the little cookies on Glory Avenue" Facing his daughter's coquettishness, Xinluo was still expressionless, he rubbed the girl's head, and said mechanically: "Children can't always eat snacks, they have to eat obediently, you know?" ”

"Oh," the little girl said, holding her fingers, looking very unhappy.

When Cinnos saw Ellie like this, for some reason, his heart ached, and then a raging anger burned in his chest. He tried his best to suppress his anger, and said to Gino, who was standing beside him, "Take the young lady around the castle and let her choose a room for herself, I have something to discuss with Bismal Keqing." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." The blonde knight bowed and said. Although the girl didn't understand why her father wanted to talk to the knight about things when it was dinner time, she was not willful when she was already sensible, and obediently followed the two knights away.

Seeing his daughter disappear at the end of the dark corridor, Xinluo turned around and asked Bismal Ke, who was standing silently, with a sneer, "Bismal Keqing, is this the surprise you prepared for me?" Well, I'll admit, I was really shocked. ”

Xinlos tried hard to recall the style of the big nobles in the noble house in his memory, he really couldn't say how relieved he was about these knights who had not had a lord for decades, but at this moment he really had no other choice. I hope that the fear of the upper nobles in his bones is still there, otherwise how can he establish his prestige with his small arms and legs.

The middle-aged knight did not live up to the expectations of his lord, he knelt on one knee with sweating profusely, and his tone no longer had the previous calmness: "Your Excellency, this is really an oversight of the subordinates, please forgive me, but there is really no money in the territory." ”

"Huh?"

"What I just want to report to Your Excellency is this matter, when the tax collector left, he had already taken all the taxes of this year, and I really can't help it. Even these are made up by a few of us."