readx;? When it comes to seeing them off, Kelly hopes that Elvis will be able to return as soon as possible after taking care of the family's affairs, and not delay their plans to travel the world together. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Elvis agreed, of course, before heading home. The journey went smoothly, and it took less than two weeks for Elvis to arrive at home, and when he met his mother, he realized that his father had not lied to him about her illness.

More than a month ago, Elvis's mother accompanied the Count of Lorraine to inspect the growth of mountain grapes in the family fiefdom in the southern mountains.

This part of the wine industry is not the main business of the family, it has always fallen under the name of Elvis, but in Elvis's absence, his mother took care of it, so this inspection was made.

However, just below zero near the vineyard, the group unexpectedly encountered a group of Higma bandits who crossed the border.

Although the family does know that there has been a disturbance on the border of the empire recently, the main object of the horse bandits' harassment is still the Hig Empire, and they rarely cross the border to the side of the Yus Empire, but they didn't expect that this time I don't know if the horse bandits strayed because they got lost, or smuggled into the territory of Hig, and unfortunately they were encountered.

When the horse bandits saw the size and outfit of the Lorraine family's convoy, of course they knew that it was a noble family, so they robbed the convoy along the way. The private soldiers of the House of Lorraine were completely vulnerable to the well-trained horse bandits, and as soon as they fought, they were completely routed and surrendered.

The Earl of Lorraine had long heard that these horse bandits were extremely vicious and murderous, and since he had no hope of survival today, he did not expect that after the horse bandits looted their property, there was a controversy over the handling of several of them. The leader of the bandits was going to execute everyone, because their transgression itself had violated certain conventions, so he didn't want anyone alive and the news to leak. However, there were two young men in their twenties, and when they learned that the group was from the Lorraine family and that the head of the family was among them, they resolutely opposed the other bandits' attempts to kill people.

The two young men, though young, seemed to have a lot of weight in their words among the bandits, and their opposition made the leader of the bandits hesitate, and finally decided to spare their lives after the Count of Lorraine swore that he would never mention the day's events to anyone.

As the bandits left with the loot, one of the young men left at the end of the group suddenly turned his head, smiled mysteriously at the Count of Lorraine, and said, "There is a chance to say hello to El for me." After saying that, he didn't even leave his name, and turned around and left.

Although the Earl of Lorraine was not sure, he still understood that the "El" in the young man's mouth should be his illegitimate son Elvis, because his bastard son's milk name was El, which made him realize for the first time that his illegitimate son was no longer what it used to be, so he came up with the idea of calling him back to the family to do things.

Elvis's mother was also frightened by the horse bandit incident and later fell ill.

After hearing what happened, Elvis was even more confused than his father, he never knew that he had met a friend who was a horse bandit, and this person was obviously very familiar with him, and he actually called himself "El" directly.

If these two young men are really his classmates, then the old magician knows that his student has become a horse bandit, and if he doesn't die of anger on the spot, he will definitely come over to clean up the portal himself.

Elvis counted all the people he knew well, but he couldn't remember that one of them could be a horse bandit.

Could it be Robert's people? If the southeast of the empire is the most familiar with him, and there is a certain amount of power, that is, Robert. His family has a strong military presence in the southeastern part of the empire, and Robert returned to his family territory after graduating last year to help train the family to defend the southeast.

The Robert family and the Lorraine family have been friends for generations, although the Robert family is above the Lorraine family in terms of size and strength, especially in the southeast, their family's military power is second to none, but because more than half of the grain and grass in the military supplies required by the Robert family every year are supplied by the Lorraine family, without the support of the Lorraine family, their soldiers may be able to eat three meals a day on the march.

Thinking of this, Elvis immediately wrote a letter to Robert, but Elvis waited a month to receive a reply, it turned out that Robert was training and reorganizing the army with his father on the border, and was no longer at home, so the letter was first sent to the Robert family's estate, and then to the border barracks.

In his reply, Robert introduced his current situation, and then expressed his shock and confusion at the presence of horse bandits in the territory of the Lorraine family and the fact that some of the horse bandits knew Elvis, and at the same time told Elvis in the letter that his army was currently stationed and patrolling the southeast border, and the main task was to intercept the horse bandits and prevent them from entering the country, so the horse bandits could not be related to the military. However, there is one point, the attitude of the imperial military towards this neighboring bandit is very strange, if the border guards find that the horse bandits are only allowed to block, but they cannot attack and fight, unless the other side attacks first. In view of this incident, Robert had suggested to his father that the territory of the Lorraine family should be strengthened to patrol and prevent the horse banditry incident again, and at the end of the letter, Robert did not forget to remind Elvis that when the family's mountain wine was ready, he must send him a few barrels.

Elvis pondered for a long time with Robert's letter, but in the end, he still didn't gain anything about the identities of the two young people, so he simply let it go, believing that there would always be a chance to find out in the future. However, looking at the meaning of Robert's letter, the time when the horse bandits appeared on the border was by no means accidental, and the empire was only afraid that it was still a little boring, and his mother's body had not fully recovered at present, so he was afraid that it would be impossible for him to return to school in the short term, so he wrote a letter to Kelly, who was still waiting for him in the academy, informing him of the situation at home, and at the same time postponing the previous plan.

Watching his illegitimate child grow up and already have his own contacts and connections, Count Rowling still felt so relieved that he even arranged a family dinner to welcome Elvis.

Almost all the members of the Lorraine family attended the welcome dinner, the countess with her sons and daughters, but Elvis's mother was not eligible to attend the banquet because she was not a member of the family, because this Elvis also wanted to refuse to attend the banquet at one point, but later he changed his mind and went again.

At the banquet, the Count of Lorraine first said a few words, and then brought the reluctant lady and concubines to toast Elvis, who sneered and drained the wine in the glass.

"Poof!"

As soon as the Countess's children poured the wine into their mouths, they felt the bitter cold in their mouths, and almost froze their tongues, so they spewed it out and turned into a mist of wine.

"Father, it seems that you should teach them the etiquette of drinking. ”

Elvis said to Count Lorraine with a sneer, and the other people's tongues were numb, and they couldn't explain it, so they could only look at Elvis's disdainful expression with hatred and fear.

After the feast, Elvis and his mother went to the vineyard with a group of slave-trained privates, where they stayed until the grapes were ripe. With Elvis as a magician, it seems that everyone in the family is much bolder, but only Elvis understands that a little magician can do very little, and the value of his existence is more to calm people's hearts and make everyone confident in him. Only Elvis himself kept praying to the heavens that he would not run into the horse bandits, and that those two young men would be there if he did.

I don't know if Elvis's prayer worked, or Robert's help, or if the encounter with the horse bandit was a small probability event, Elvis lived in the mountain for more than a month, until the grapes were picked, sorted, loaded, and then transported back to the estate's winery, the whole process went smoothly, and even the shadow of the horse bandit was not seen. Not only did this make Elvis a little regretful, but to be honest, he was really curious about the identities of those two young people.

It wasn't until the freshly brewed wine was delivered to Elvis's room that Elvis filled a bottle full of puree of the wine, then went to the open area outside the house, facing the west, and poured the bottle of wine on the ground:

"Good brother, do you have someone to drink with you over there?"

Elvis said in a choked voice.

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