"What? what did you say?" it seemed that the incident had happened suddenly, and the Duke had not yet figured out what had happened, and now he saw Eric crying.

"They, they tried to arrest me, and I escaped. But I'm scared, scared ......" Before Eric could finish speaking, a small ball made of unknown something in the distance hit him.

"Eric, Eric!" the ball hit so fast that even the Duke didn't react, and when he found out, he found that Eric was out of breath.

"Thieves?" Seeing Eric's wounds, the only thing the Duke could think of was thieves, because among the entire Western profession, thieves were the only profession that could be silent.

Of course, the Assassins of the East were able to do the same. However, there were not many Assassins from the East in the West, so the Assassins were generally ignored in such situations.

But for the Duke, these were things that could not be ignored, because he happened to know an Assassin, and he had seen it today. It was in the palace, right next to Zhao Yulong, an assassin whose strength would have been able to reach the level of a thief if he was among the thieves.

He was the only one who could do it so quietly, so that the Duke was unaware of it, and Eric died without any reaction. This is definitely him, after all, looking at the entire Kortelea Empire, Zhao Yulong is the only one who has the guts and the duke can't get by.

So the duke smiled, smiling bitterly, with a hint of undeserved pride: "Sure enough, you still can't help but want to do it now? But you're too young after all, and if I were you, you'd wait until you're full-fledged, and definitely not now. ”

These servants had long been accustomed to the duke's unknown smirk, so no one bothered him when they passed by. But this time was different, at least Leah, who was usually afraid of him, no longer seemed to be afraid of his authority.

"What are you talking about? This is my son, my son! He's your grandson! and you're still smiling when you die like this!"

"I'm happy today, so what's not to be funny about. A grandson is nothing compared to our roots in Catlea. But the boy was different, he thought that he would be able to demonstrate against me by killing the people I cared about the most? On the contrary, it only showed that he did not know the bottom of his heart, and he would not dare to call the army to come, because he did not have the ability to do so. The Duke laughed again.

His laughter was unpleasant, and he was basically the same as the skeletons summoned by the necromancer. But because of his status, he didn't have the same enthusiasm for skeletons as the paladins did.

"Listen, old man, I don't care what you're laughing at, and I don't know what you're trying to say, but I just know that this is my son, and I must get justice from him. ”

"Justice, who? you, no way, even if it were possible, I wouldn't let you go, because you would disrupt my plans. But I'm in a good mood today, so I won't pursue these things with you, bury Eric, and choose the best cemetery. With that, the Duke threw the body in his arms to Leah, and walked away on his own.

"Dongfang boy, you are really too young, I thought I met an opponent, but I didn't expect you to be so unbearable. ”

Although Leah is inevitably sad to lose her son now, she is just sad. At least she was still sensible, and naturally understood part of the duke's words.

"Oriental boy, I see, it's him!" After instructing his servants to bury Eric, she walked out of the castle alone, and no one knew where he wanted to go or where he would go.

In the small shop, Zhao Yulong was putting down the teacup in his hand, planning to pick up a Western book and read it, not for anything else, just to let himself learn their Western native language faster.

Although there is already a universal language such as Demon Language, it is inevitable that communication is still a little inconvenient. Therefore, it is necessary to learn the local language.

It's just a pity that I ran out of tea. No one grows tea in the West, and that time in order to escape the barren orcs, they were in a hurry, and they never thought of coming to the West. Therefore, the preparation was not very sufficient, and naturally I didn't bring much tea, and now the last cup of tea has been drunk.

This made Zhao Yulong a little confused, how should he live without tea in the future? Although he didn't like tea very much, but since he didn't have the girl by his side to chat with him in his ear, Zhao Yulong always felt that something was missing.

He really wanted to find someone to talk to until a long, long time, and finish what he wanted to say. But he knew that he would only be considered mad, so he did not do it, but relied on drinking tea to keep his mouth from idle.

And now that the tea has been drunk, Zhao Yulong really doesn't know what to use to stop his mouth. Pure water has no taste, and there is no feeling when you drink it, but coffee is such a thing, come on!

Zhao Yulong swore that he would never touch him for the rest of his life, because he was the same as the decoction made by some pharmacists in the East, both in color and taste. Zhao Yulong really can't understand why this kind of thing that even adults don't like to drink in the East, why children like to drink it in the West.

In short, now Zhao Yulong has nothing to drink, unless the book in his hand attracts him. But he is too little, Zhao Yulong estimates that he will be able to watch it in one or two hours at most, and what to do after reading it has become a question that Zhao Yulong is very puzzled about, because even cultivation can't stop his mouth.

However, it seems that someone is willing to help Zhao Yulong break this boring time, although she doesn't want to come and chat with Zhao Yulong. But she came here after all, and she had to come here, because she was the mother of the child.

"What could make a noble lady come to this humble little place?" Zhao Yulong didn't look up, still looking at the book in his hand, but he knew who the other party was.

"I think you know better than I am, Lord Lord. I don't know what you're called, but our lords here are all called that, and you should be no exception. ”

"You are here for your son. Saying that, Zhao Yulong put down the book in his hand, but did not invite the noble lady to sit down, because there was only one sofa in the whole room, and he sat on it.

In the Eastern tradition, two people are not allowed to sit on the same chair. Although this is a sofa and not a chair, Zhao Yulong feels that he is a Western chair.

"Yes, I'm here for my child, but you know what? It's rude not to ask a lady to sit down when she comes to visit, especially if she's your elder. ”

Zhao Yulong really didn't know about these, after all, how could he, an Oriental, know so many Western etiquette. But this noble lady obviously didn't have bad intentions when she came, so Zhao Yulong was not polite.

"You are not my elder, only people of high moral standing can be elders in our East. But your child kills the king's slave in the street, and you don't care about it, so you are not an elder. ”

"Perhaps, but don't forget, our family is the largest in the whole of Catleia, and what qualifications do you have as a foreigner to manage this?"

"Really, then, I would like to ask what the title of Lord represents?" But Zhao Yulong is different, he doesn't care about these words at all.

The duke basically didn't put any pressure on him, otherwise he wouldn't have let Hu Yun go after that kid. It's just that Huyun hasn't come back yet, but Eric's mother has come to look for him.

Obviously, Leah also understood that Zhao Yulong didn't eat this, and her attitude was immediately put down: "You should understand, I'm just such a child." He may do some wrong things, but you can't do that to him! Can a slave's life be compared to his life?"

"The life of a slave, his life? Is it true that your children are human beings, and other people's families are not human beings? What happened to slaves? They are also human beings, and they also have the right to live. Isn't there any reason for Erik to kill him, and I don't have a reason to arrest him? Besides, this is the king's servant, and he is not contempt for the king?"

For these nobles, to be honest, Zhao Yulong always felt a little angry. They always only care about their own lives, but they don't do the lives of others properly, as if they want to play with them. Therefore, as soon as this noble lady spoke, Zhao Yulong felt a temper surging in his heart.

However, when Zhao Yulong said this, the noble lady did not regret it at all, but still continued to defend her child.

"But even if you kill a slave, you are not guilty of death!

"Take his life? You're not framing me? Do you think I'm like that? I'm just going to take him and punish him, but I didn't say I'm going to kill him, and he's not with me now. Although Zhao Yulong has an angry mood towards this noble lady, what is more important now is that Eric doesn't seem to be here!

"He's not here with Lord Lord, it's because he's dead in Cotenburg, and you're so ruthless, even if you want to kill him, at least let him say goodbye to me! I don't even know what the child doesn't know, and you say how miserable it makes me!" said Leah.

However, Zhao Yulong was not moved by her tears, but felt that these nobles were really ridiculous. His own bloodline uses the power of his family to do evil outside, and he doesn't know how to discipline him, and now that he is dead, he cries everywhere that his life is miserable.

"I still say the same thing, first of all, I didn't call for someone to kill him, and as for why he was killed now, it doesn't matter to me. In addition, he deserves to die, you give birth to him, and you don't know discipline, so what's the point of you giving birth to him and raising him, it's better to let him die like this. Half an hour has come, and it is not polite for a married man to stay in a strange man's room for more than half an hour!"

As he spoke, Zhao Yulong picked up the book on the table, ignored the noble lady, and read it himself.

The noble lady was not a fool, and naturally understood that Zhao Yulong was planning to send off guests. To be honest, this is the first time she has been kicked out by someone else.

In the past, according to her identity, except for wanting to leave, no one had ever dared to tell her that the time was not early, but now Zhao Yulong said it so obviously, that is, he clearly wanted her to get out.

The most important thing is that as a host, after saying goodbye to the guests, he actually continued to sit down and read the book in his hand, which is obviously disrespectful or even sarcastic to the guests.

If she had met someone else like this in previous years, she would have scolded her on the spot. But now I won't do it, and I don't dare to do it.

Having been a noblewoman for decades, she naturally knew what a lord was. Although he does not have hereditary abilities like the other five titles, he is more terrifying than the others.

As far as the eye can see, in the whole country, apart from the king, there are the lords who have the most power. Even the lords of the previous king have the ability to choose candidates for the next king.

Therefore, the lord is the one who can really cover the sky with one hand in the whole country, and basically a country will not set up a lord for hundreds of years, unless the other party has made great contributions to the king and the country.

And Zhao Yulong's recovery of a Balita region is obviously not a credit, but the king still made him a lord, which makes him even more terrible than other lords.

Although Leah is just a woman, she still knows some political things, just as he knows that before Zhao Yulong appeared, the entire kingdom was the world of the Teucer family.

But now it's different, because of the appearance of Zhao Yulong, the king has secretly made it clear that he wants to abolish the Teucer family. All this naturally made her understand what she should do, so although she was resentful now, she didn't dare to do anything.

Because of the political competition between the two sides, winning and losing all come from subtleties, and if someone makes a small mistake, it means that he will lose.

Therefore, Leah could not cause trouble for the duke, although she hated it, this should be the old man of his cousin. But she hated Zhao Yulong even more, because this Dongfang kid was likely to ruin the future of their entire family.

So now that Zhao Yulong has such an attitude, she didn't say anything and left, and was walking down the stairs when she bumped into Hu Yun.

However, she didn't know Huyun, so she just let the way pass.

However, Hu Yun was a little different, and when he saw such a noble lady, he went upstairs and asked Zhao Yulong: "Brother Long, who is that beautiful woman who went downstairs just now?" I feel that she looks okay, but she is a little mature, but I think it's pretty good." ”

"Yes, then you can go and associate with her! You see if she will accept a boy who is only a third of her age. By the way, did she bring her baby?"

"Her child, what? Brother Long, you don't really have anything to do with her, do you!"

"What are you thinking about all day?tell you to read less abnormal books, where do you hear?" Saying that, Zhao Yulong put down the book in his hand and suddenly looked at Hu Yun seriously: "The other child is Eleet." ”

"What?" Hu Yun was about to take a few sips of the water cup, but now when he heard this, the water he drank just now almost spurted out: "She is the mother of that kid? Why do I look at her younger than his son, and sure enough, women are monsters." But what is she doing here?"

"That's what I asked you, she just said that Ellitt had been killed, and died in their Cotenburg. And it was to die from something similar to a hidden weapon, was it your hand?"

"No, Brother Long is not what you said you can't kill him, you can only arrest him, this time it's just a demonstration to make the duke restrain a little, you can't let him die, I remember all this. ”

"If you remember, why did he die?"

"I don't know this, I was following him at the time, and I was about to catch him, but I saw a strong man in the Battle Dragon Realm not far away. It was a man with a hidden weapon, as if it were some kind of steel ball, and I was no match for him. He fled. ”

"So you waited so long to come back because you were afraid that you would be punished by me for failing to come back, right?" said Zhao Yulong and stood up.

"Yes...... Yes, because I said before that I would definitely succeed, but I didn't expect that the other party would have such a strong person to protect him in secret, and his strength was stronger than mine. To be honest, it was the first time that Hu Yun had missed, so even if he was in front of Zhao Yulong, he was still very apprehensive in his heart.

"Well, I don't blame you this time, it's because I didn't think enough and was calculated. But then I know who let the boy die. ”

"Who? Who would do these things?"

"It's the guy who attacked you with a steel ball, because Elite died because he was hit by a ball-shaped hidden weapon. Speaking of this, Zhao Yulong sank down, so Huyun was a lot relieved.

"But why did he do that? Could it be that he was an enemy of the Teucer family, but if that were the case, he wouldn't have attacked me, but why would he attack me?"

"That's because if Eric had been captured by you, he wouldn't have had a chance to kill him, let alone frame us. All he had to do was wait until Eric returned to Cotenburg, die in front of the Duke himself, and make the Duke suspect us, which was his purpose. ”

Saying that, Zhao Yulong picked up the water cup on the table and drank it, although this white water was not as good as tea, but after saying so many words, his mouth had already dried up, and now he naturally wanted some water.

"Then I don't understand even more, what is he doing this for? The Duke is already at odds with us, is there a difference between him doing this and not doing it?"

"Of course there is, if we fight between the two sides now, we will definitely lose both, so who is proud?"

"Other lords, of course. Hearing this, Hu Yun seemed to understand a lot.

"That's right, that's right. This country is not the world of one person, nor is it the world of a few. Almost everyone has some ambition, so we are the most obvious obstacle. If they want to get rid of us, they can only inspire the Duke now and let him do it to us now, so that no matter which side wins, they will benefit in the end, but I don't think Walker's old fox is so stupid!

(End of chapter)