The sun was shining on the western continent, and it had been almost a long time since winter had seen such a bright sun in Catlea. Today, the warm sunshine makes this frozen soil seem a little alive.

Streets that used to take around noon to appear with pedestrians are now full of people after the sun first rises. They are the civilians who came out to meet the sun, and they are also the civilians who came to greet the heroes.

When they heard the king's announcement yesterday that the heroes of the reconquest of Balita were about to return, the commoners made up their minds that they would see this great man with their own eyes.

Although the Balita region is not related to them, they always care about these things. Their enthusiasm for the Balita region has never waned, and they have been very concerned about it since the news of the enemy movement in the Balita area a few months ago.

They were always concerned about which lord had gone to recover it, and how they had been beaten and fled. In short, in their hearts, the enemy of that region is like a god, and it can never be defeated or surpassed.

But just a day ago, everything changed. The god who would never be defeated was defeated, and the person who defeated him was the Outlander who taught the duke's grandson a lesson in half a month.

In fact, they all thought that Zhao Yulong was dead, but Zhao Yulong not only survived, but also did what other lords could not do, and recovered the richest area of the entire Katerea.

"There are so many changes in this world! I remember that half a month ago the Duke and the King wanted to kill him, but now the King said that he would wait for him to come back and give him a medal. ”

"Yes, just as the sky here was snowing yesterday and the sun is warm today. ”

"I think it's heaven celebrating him! He's a good man, so he brings good luck to people wherever he goes. Believe it or not, at least he brought me good luck. ”

The person who spoke was the strong man Zhao Yulong helped that time, and now Zhao Yulong has forgotten him, but he still remembers Zhao Yulong.

The citizens chatted and watched. The whole street has been bustling like never before, and the builder of this prosperity is marching in the middle of the road with his own procession.

Except for Zhao Yulong and a few others, all the others are cavalry, and now this scene is a bit spectacular, and there are many civilians on the road, which makes this road a little crowded.

"To be honest, I really didn't expect Westerners to be so hospitable, I think they all like us, and I really want to stay here. ”

"Come on, Huyun, if you have made great achievements in the East, these people will still welcome you. ”

"Forget the East, the emperors there are not a good thing, I don't want to do things for them, it's better to be in the West. ”

"That's what you said, when we go back, you stay alone in the West to see if you're okay. Saying that, Zhao Yulong asked the horse to speed up.

The palace is almost in front of you, and there are fewer people on the road, so naturally you don't have to worry too much, so now you have to speed up a little.

The bustle of the streets is not without influence in Kotenburg. According to the usual schedule, the castle and their owner should be asleep.

But today it was different, for they were disturbed by the sound coming from the city. Yes, it's so close to Bart that they can hear the wind and grass inside.

The duke was disturbed, and naturally there was no good color on his face: "Who! who is noisy again!

"Master, you sent him to spy on that kid, and now he's not there. Now I am the slave who takes care of you, and my name is Corella Moresz. ”

"Well, Corella, tell me why it's so noisy outside, is it the Winter Veil or what?" said the Duke, who had already put on his coat.

He had long since lost his sleepiness after being woken up, and since he couldn't sleep now, it was better to sit up or go out for a walk. The sun outside tells him that today is a good day for a walk.

"No, my esteemed master, there is still a month left for the Winter Veil. They were welcoming back their great hero, and the king promised to give him the title of knight, supposedly a duke, as soon as he entered the city. ”

"Duke, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?

"I'm sorry, master, this is the king's order, and my family belongs only to the king, so I can't say a word until he tells you. ”

"King?" Hearing this, Duke Walker carefully looked at the servant in front of him. This is indeed a strange face, as if it was only yesterday or the day before yesterday.

But a servant loyal to the king, who came to him to do something: "What are you here for?"

"The king asked me to take care of the Duke, and he said that you are old and need me to take care of some things. ”

"No, no, he never said I was old! There must be a problem, who is the person the king wants to reward?"

When the Duke had finished speaking, he saw that the man did not answer, but said, "Well, since the king will not let you say it, then I will see for myself, and I will see who it is."

"Then the Duke had better go and see it with your own eyes, if you need it, I can accompany you, after all, it is not good to let an old man walk outside!"

"What! You say I'm old, I'm not old, guards, get him!

"I'm sorry, Lord Duke, but you don't have the right to arrest me, and don't forget, I do what the king wills, and you don't have the right to do that. ”

"I don't have that right?" said the duke, smiling. Yes, he laughed loudly, and it has been more than three hundred years since his family was in power.

For more than three hundred years, the power of Catlea was in the hands of the Tofigura family. And now a mere slave says he doesn't have that right, it's as ridiculous as a frog saying he can jump higher than an eagle.

"Yes, I don't have that right, you can go back. "Maybe he wanted to understand something, but the duke didn't even do it.

"Then thank you, Lord Duke, it's great that you can see the situation. I will thank you, farewell. As he spoke, he went out through the door, just in time to bump into Eric who came to him.

"Grandpa, what's wrong with you? It looks like you're not very happy, could it be that the man just said something disrespectful to you? We can ask the guards to kill him. ”

As if he hadn't heard Eric's words, Duke Walker just said to himself, "That kid of Silver Amber dared to call his own people to come to my door and laugh at me, and I didn't even know that he had been here for two days. Why is there so much noise in Bart City, and what are they celebrating?"

These words are like saying to others, and they are like saying them to yourself. In short, Duke Walker himself did not know what he was talking about, and his words were very chaotic and did not have much coherence.

This is his usual style, and he is not very good at organizing his own language. Basically, except for the words about power, he said something from the east and some from the west.

But today he even spoke a little confused about power, and his heart kept beating from the moment he got up, as if something was going to happen.

The most important thing is that the bright sunshine brings him not warmth, but cold.

"It's so funny that some people dare to say I'm old, and it looks like I'm really old. As he spoke, his tone suddenly became firm again: "Something big must have happened in Bart City, no, I have to go and see!"

As he spoke, he suddenly stood up from the bed as if he had been beaten with chicken blood. He also stopped talking to Eric, in fact, he hadn't been talking to Eric since just now, and this grandson who was loved by him was ruthlessly snubbed for the first time today.

But he didn't notice it, and Eric didn't say it. He didn't care about it, and he ran towards Bart City as he had done before.

He still remembered that the previous king, Silver Amber's father, would tell him basically everything, and he had to get his permission to do anything.

But what happened to Yinhu, the young king not only stopped asking for instructions on things, but also did not even inform him of some important matters, which made him feel very uneasy, as if something important was about to happen.

He rushed to the outside of the palace, and it was noon, and when he retreated from the door, he saw a few banquets in the palace. But there was no table for him, and none of the other lords were here.

It was full of fresh faces, except for Zhao Yulong and Meng Liang, two people who were supposed to die in his plan. Now they are alive and well, and they seem to be living even better.

Looking at the people seated, they were all young people. However, these people were not simple, a third-order Sword Saint-level young man was sitting next to Zhao Yulong with a spear he had never seen before.

And on Zhao Yulong's other side, it was an assassin. This is a profession only in the East, where they associate thieves with assassins, but thieves are absolutely not as terrifying as the assassins of the East.

And if the assassin in front of him is judged by the thief, he should also be at the level of a thief. In addition, there is a fiery red-haired archmage, as well as an ice-based high-level magician, and a young girl.

Yinhu saw him, and there was no fear in his eyes, but some majesty. This is the kind of look that a king should have, and now that Silver Amber has him, this has made Duke Walker very uneasy.

However, Yinhu still smiled at him: "Duke Walker, you are here, and I have good news for you, our great hero Zhao Yulong has taken the Balita region for us. Therefore I intend to make him a duke, of the same rank as you, if you wish. ”

Duke Walker naturally knew that today's Silver Amber had been very different for half a month ago. He had already understood before entering the palace, because there was a group of junior knights guarding outside.

Although there are not many knights, they are all very energetic, and their strength is not simple. So when he saw these knights, Duke Walker knew that his momentum was gone.

But he still wanted to fight for it, at least he had the most vast land and the largest number of troops in the entire kingdom: "I don't agree, Your Majesty, this Duke is a big deal. How can he, a man from the East, enjoy hereditary power? If this is spread out, I am afraid that the whole world will not accept it!"

"That's a problem, and if it's not hereditary, that's fine. Zhao Yulong, I awarded you the Lord, what do you think?"

"Command!" Zhao Yulong didn't say much about these, because these had already been discussed between him and Yinhu, so now it was just a process.

It's just that I didn't expect that Walker, the old fox, would still want to struggle a little now, but this won't help much after all.

After all, although the duke's army and fiefdom were numerous, they did not stay outside the city of Barth. And there are only a hundred people in Kotenburg, if you really want to do it, if nothing else, even those knights outside can kill it, not to mention the king and the Knights Templar.

And with troops from elsewhere, Walker didn't have much chance of winning. for his fiefdom was not near. If he waited until his soldiers arrived, Zhao Yulong's army would definitely be able to come here as well.

Although three thousand people are not much, tens of thousands of people against the duke are enough. Therefore, now it should be Zhao Yulong and they have succeeded, but Zhao Yulong's face is still very flat, which not only makes Yinhu feel a little strange, but Walker also feels strange.

But now that he knew that he didn't have much right to speak, he could only say: "Since Your Majesty wants to do this, then I can't say anything, so let's follow Your Majesty's arrangement!" After speaking, he left the palace quickly.

Looking at Walker's back from afar, Yinhu finally breathed a sigh of relief: "I finally solved this burden, I thought he would make this matter bigger, but I didn't expect it to be solved so easily." ”

"I don't think so, Walker is an old fox. He will definitely not give up his pursuit of power, and now he only sees a short period of abandonment in a bad form, but he will still do it when he has the opportunity. ”

"It's okay, can't you just restrain him?"

"But Your Majesty, you should understand that I am an Oriental, and I cannot stay in your country forever. Even if I don't leave, I can't always be in Bart City, and if I want to really solve this matter, I can only solve it at the root. ”

"I don't want to abolish their family's titles, but according to my great-grandfather's wishes, we can't abolish their family unless they are rebellious. And my father also said that their family could never be abolished. ”

"Why?"

"I don't know, anyway, my father said that their family has a lot of influence on our country, and they must be kept unless it is absolutely necessary. ”

"I see, then I'll take my leave. After all, my fiefdom is not near Bart City, and I have to go back after a few days. ”

"Well, then you can go back first! Remember to develop more troops when the time comes, I always feel that what my father said is not wrong, so just in case, we must not just look at the surface. ”

"Understood!" After speaking, Zhao Yulong got up and said goodbye, Jing Rui, Huyun and they saw that Zhao Yulong was leaving, and they also followed.

"Zhao Yulong, why did you say that the king wanted to regain power before, but now he doesn't want to do things thoroughly?"

"I don't know. Zhao Yulong looked at Jing Rui: "Maybe he cares more about this righteous word! After all, he is obsessed with our chivalrous men in the East, and this Teucer family is said to have been kind to their royal family back then, so now as long as he can't threaten the royal power, he won't do it." Before he also said that his great-grandfather requested. ”

"No, I think he has some unspeakable addiction, maybe you haven't noticed. But I saw that there was hesitation in his eyes, and it was obvious that there was something difficult to say. "But Weng Xiangyu is a little careful,.

"Well, it seems that this country is much more than what we see, but what do we do now?"

"What else can you do, let's take one step at a time!" Obviously, Zhao Yulong was not as concerned as Jing Rui, although he didn't know what the young king was hiding, but he was never afraid of the unknown.

But it was already dusk when Duke Walker returned to Cotenburg, which should not have taken so much time. In fact, he should have been back here a few hours ago, but he didn't.

Because he walked very slowly, with each step he thought of something, and he would say something, and by the time he got back to Kotenberg, he had too many things in his brain.

There was no one else around him, only himself. Because he has a strange temper. He only used one slave, and that was the one sent to monitor Zhao Yulong, and since he left, there were no servants by his side.

So although there were many slaves in this Cotenburg, he was always alone. There was no one else around now, but he didn't care, anyway, he was used to it.

"For such a big thing today, this kid Yinhu didn't even tell me. The boy who was supposed to be dead was still alive and became a lord, a rank higher than me, and he was able to do it. But does this kid really think that this will weaken my power? No, he can't do it! Because I ......."

Just as he was thinking about it, he was disturbed. It was none other than his favorite grandson, Eric, who bothered him. Because it was him, the Duke of Walker forgave him for his offense, and did not hold him accountable for his impoliteness in interrupting his own words.

"Eric, what are you doing, why are you so nervous?"

"Grandpa, something happened to me, only you can save me. Today I saw that the servant was disrespectful to you, and I had him killed, but who knew that he was seen by the boy from the east. He wants to get me now. ”

(End of chapter)