When nightfall was lit up at the Earl's Palace, and Perro, who had an invitation letter, was welcomed into the hall by his attendants, the birthday feast for the third lady of the Earl's family, Aurelian, had just begun.

The people who could participate in the banquet were all nobles with a family background and reputation in the Changge Fortress, and the Earl also attached great importance to this birthday banquet, as can be seen from the woolen carpets spread in the hall and the uniformly customized black-on-gold-trimmed clothes of the attendants. After all, Aurelian is exactly sixteen years old, and he has reached the age of talking about marriage.

Strings play, attendants walk through the crowd with wine and glasses, and several round tables in the hall hold steaming charcuterie, while the main character, Aurelian, dressed like a canary, is surrounded by a group of sisters in a corner of the hall, looking very cheerful about conversation.

This is the most popular banquet method in the royal capital. This wasn't the case with Westside feasts before, Perro thought, as they usually sat around a long wooden table and waited for the chef to serve the food. They were served with large bowls of pork and whole chicken, buttered bread, browned eggs on both sides, and large pots of lettuce leaves.

However, for Peiluo, who also stayed in the royal capital for several years, this birthday banquet was just an imitation of a shape.

For example, the wine glasses in the hands of the attendants are glass cups of different colors, not transparent and clean glasses. After pouring the wine, it does not bring out the mellow color of the wine itself. The round table should be covered with a white cloth instead of leaving the greasy table top exposed. As for the delicatessen, it still maintains the traditional style of the West - big and coarse. Pei Luo shook his head, he had to let the chef cut it into small slices before serving it.

As is customary, he has already filled his stomach at home before he comes to the feast, and he will not cut these large pieces of cooked meat at this time. The invitees to the banquet all represent the faces of their respective families, and the mouths of the people who eat here are shiny, which is really detrimental to their image. Perro didn't want to be used as a joke in the mouths of the ladies.

"Long time no see, man," someone suddenly hooked his neck from behind, "I heard that you have been appointed as an emissary by the lord again?" ”

This familiar voice was known to be Wren Mhayder, the second son of the Elk family, a fool who wanted to be a knight and couldn't even care about his territory. Of course, it's also his own friend," Pello didn't want to talk about what happened to him in Frontier Town, "Did you come in handy for going to Coldwind Ridge this time, or did you stay in the tavern in Hermes all the time?"

"Damn," Wren nudged Perro, "I've never heard anything nice say anything from your mouth." This time I didn't even go to the new holy city, and the day before the border guards set off, I happened to catch a cold and lay in bed for a whole week. ”

"Yes, it's a little better than last time, and at least it saves the guards a lot of trouble. ”

"You're wrong this time," Wren suddenly smiled mysteriously, "If I hadn't been lying in the Cold Wind Ridge for a week, I'm afraid I'd have been lying on the cold walls of the Holy City forever." ”

"What do you mean?" Perro raised an eyebrow.

"I've heard from others, too," whispered the second son of the elk, leaning close to his ear, "the New Holy City has almost fallen, and the evil beasts have rushed into the inner city. If it weren't for the church sending their strongest warriors, I'm afraid they wouldn't even be able to keep the Holy City Cathedral. However, the armies of the four kingdoms all suffered heavy losses, and few people from the Cold Wind Ridge did not return. In just one month, the city is full of widows, and the family usually has no savings......" He blinked, stretched out two fingers and gestured, "Two silver wolves will do." Hey, don't look at me like that, I didn't do anything. ”

"Are you sure this is true? What about the Border Guards?"

"Of course, I saw with my own eyes that the lord fell ill the day he received the news. Wren shrugged, "As for the guards...... What else can I do, and I will recruit it slowly. There is a shortage of experienced warriors in the north right now, and if it weren't for the fact that my family had to call me back, I would at least be able to command a cavalry team. ”

This is not the point at all, Pei Luo thought to himself, the main object of the border guards of the Cold Wind Ridge is the Church Inquisition, and now the generals and warriors of the four kingdoms are buried in Hermes together, no matter how you look at it, it smells of conspiracy. If they had any plans, the north of Grey Keep would now look like a woman stripped naked, "What about the Inquisitors, what about their losses?"

"It will not be much better than the armies of the four countries, just think about it, they are always the fanatics who rush to the front. After all, if the Inquisitors don't rise to the top, the men and horses of the other countries won't move," he said disdainfully, "and those knights are like that, they talk about honor, and when it comes to fighting evil beasts, they like to shrink back." ”

"For example, the one in front of me," Perro smiled, perhaps thinking too much about himself. However, even if the church wanted to attack the north, it had nothing to do with the Changge Fortress. Let the new king have a headache about this.

"Unfortunately, no one has accepted my allegiance yet, or rather, I haven't found anyone who has the qualifications yet," Wren paused and looked towards the door, "the people from the Wolf House are here, I'll go and greet them first, and I'll come back to you later." ”

"Go, don't come back. ”

"By the way," he turned back after taking two steps, "did you notice the handkerchief in the invitation?"

"You put it?"

"Heh, I'll only give you two days of socks," he said, shaking his finger, "That's my sister's own hand, and although you're a little bit older, I'll be sure to raise my hands to support you both as long as you mean that." Don't put it off any longer, friend, you're twenty-two years old. ”

Perro gave him a roll of the eye, and the latter whistled and walked away with a smile.

Bringing a glass of wine from the waiter's plate, Pero paced to the corner alone, quietly surveying the lively hall. He noticed that Aurelian and his sisters were talking happily and sneaking a glance at him. The moment they looked at each other just now, he could see the other party's rapidly moving gaze and a hint of shame on his cheeks.

Perro smiled politely back. But in his opinion, the other party is just a little girl.

Suddenly, a heated discussion rang out on the side of the hall, drawing everyone's attention.

"What! How dare he say that?"

"yes, that coward of Corris, he didn't even dare to let out a fart, and he came back in such a gloomy way. The loudest man said, "It's a shame on the Changge Fortress!"

Perrault knew him, and it seems that his name was Simon Erie, a branch of the Running Wolf family, and he married a rather beautiful woman. He had seen that woman before, and she was indeed very attractive.

"Say it as if you have a solution. Someone scoffed.

"I may not be able to do it alone, but if the Duke could bring this ridiculous thing to his attention, I don't believe Roland Wimbledon would dare to act so recklessly!"

Hearing this familiar name, Perot was stunned and immediately became interested. (To be continued.) )