The weather is getting colder and colder, and many people can already be seen on the street taking out their padded jackets and putting them on their bodies. Even poor families, if they have some conditions, try to wear a few more coarse cloth clothes on their bodies to resist the invasion of the cold wind.

The people of Radiant City have always been despised by the people of the North and the West. If there were two caravans from these bitter cold places, the people in the caravan would be shirtless and shirtless in the winter, as if this cold wind was like a spring breeze, gentle and pleasant. Whenever a locals of Shenghui City saw this scene, they would inevitably say sourly, "These barbarians!", and their words were full of pride in being the people of the capital and contempt for outsiders.

Looking down on it is looking down on it, and these spiritual victory methods can't be used as substantial clothes to resist the colder and colder winter. The civilians of Shenghui City are worried about the winter, knowing that many people still froze to death and starved to death in the winter of previous years. The more winter it is, the greater the consumption of the body, and the faster people will starve, and the civilians of Shenghui City have long summarized these laws and tried to survive under these laws.

Of course, for the nobles of Hawley, the troubles of these commoners are naturally something they have never considered and never cared about. Lively banquets are held throughout the year, the ice in the cellar cools down in the hot summer, and the fire rises even more in the cold winter, and the harsh natural environment certainly cannot stop the enthusiasm of these nobles to indulge in pleasures.

For example, at this time, in a house in Hawley, a banquet was being held in a staggered manner. But the center of the banquet was not the host who held the banquet, but the unsmiling Duke Gerald Leonard, who was a military commander even when he attended the banquet.

Duke Leonard, who held the power of the army, rarely attended such banquets, and the nobles of Hawley could understand it, and generally did not send invitations to the duke. In charge of the city guards, Duke Leonard should be careful not to be caught by someone and charged with befriending the minister.

However, the person who held the banquet today was unusual, and he invited Duke Leonard over, he was the chief of staff of the city guard - Pierre Augereau, the two have been friends for many years, and they are still comrades who lead the same army, and the friendship between them is naturally quite deep, of course Augero will not be afraid of gossip from others, and Duke Leonard will of course give his right-hand man a face to participate in this banquet.

However, Duke Leonard is really prestigious, and his aura is too full, and he stands in the middle of the venue like a cold ice cube in people's hearts, and this banquet can't be lively. Moreover, most of the officers invited by Ogereau were officers from the city guards, and when these officers saw the general here, they naturally inevitably stepped forward to salute, making it not like a banquet, but like a playground in the city guard camp.

At this moment, Augereau walked over, and he raised his glass to toast Duke Leonard: "Lord Duke, don't you mind if we have a good chat?"

The general, who did not change his face no matter how hard and vicious the battle was, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at this time, "Of course. He replied. At the same time, as he walked, he said to Augereau: "You shouldn't invite me here, it feels like a child is clubbing an adult behind his back while playing, and there is no atmosphere of a banquet at all." ”

Ogero laughed, "But for this city guard, you are their parents, since I have held such a banquet, I must invite the parents, right?"

The two of them walked to the balcony outside, away from the hustle and bustle in the center of the banquet. Feeling the cold wind blowing in the cold night, Ogero took a sip of the wine in his glass, "Lord Duke, I still remember the days when I met you when I first joined the army, when you were such a strange appearance, and it has never changed until now. ”

"Yes, time flies so fast, and before I know it, twenty years have passed like this. ", lamented Duke Leonard.

Augero drank the wine in his cup in one gulp, "Because we have been friends for so many years, I have two words from my heart to share with you. ”

Duke Leonard looked at the dark night sky, and Gu Jing Wubo's face couldn't see any expression, "When did the outspoken Ogereo get up?"

"But don't forget that I'm still a nobleman, and nobles always have to speak tactfully. Ogero smiled self-deprecatingly, "Your Majesty's health has always been bad, and he has recently been assassinated, and now that the palace gate is closed, it seems that the situation is very bad." If there is really something wrong with his old man's health, the new king will ascend the throne, Your Excellency, your position will be awkward. ”

Seeing that Duke Leonard didn't say anything, he said to himself: "The situation of the city guards is special, and they shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending Shenghui City and defending the royal family. Successive generals of the City Guard have been absolute confidants of contemporary kings, and you are no exception. But when the time comes for the new king to succeed to the throne, he will definitely let one of his henchmen succeed him as the general of the city guard, what should you do then?"

"You have been promoted to the highest position in the military, and there is no seal. You have been in the army all your life, and you have been promoted step by step from a partial general to the post of a general, do you want to leave the army to fight with those bureaucrats and aristocrats who have a bad stomach? Besides, what position can you be transferred to in your current high position? Prime Minister? Prime Minister Cenarius will probably not agree. Would you like to step down and live a life of idle clouds and wild cranes?", Augero analyzed the future of Duke Leonard bit by bit.

"Ogero, you have said so much, but what can I do? Whether it is the death of His Majesty or the succession of the new King, I can only watch. Leonard shook his head, "I'm a soldier, I won't think about it so much, let's talk about it later." ”

"Of course, it's not impossible. Ogereau quickly retorted: "As long as you become the henchman of the new king, just like your relationship with the emperor now, you can naturally continue to be your general in peace and stability at that time, and your position and power will still be as stable as a mountain." ”

"In these eventful times, you should also think more about your future and your family. Ogero advised.

Leonard turned to look at Augereau, his eyes as sharp as the sword he wielded on battle, piercing the heart of a man. "Ogereau, I said that this is not for you, if you have anything to say, you should say it directly. ”