When the wheels of the carriage stopped clinking on the stone-paved road, they finally stopped in front of an antique house. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Xiao Yi stepped on the pedal of the carriage and stepped out of the car, and Zod followed. The two guards guarding the door like statues, when they saw Xiao Yi, they smiled coldly and expressed their kindness, it seems that they should have been favored by Xiao Yi when the convoy was robbed the day before yesterday.

Eric and another older man stood next to him, obviously waiting for a long time, Xiao Yi quickened his pace and walked over.

"Brother Lauerik has been waiting for a long time, and it makes me feel so guilty. This is ......" Xiao Yi greeted Eric, and when he saw the old man next to him, he asked Eric about his identity.

Judging from his age, it can't be Duke Parker himself, but judging from the implied attitude of Eric and the surrounding guards towards him, it seems that his status is not low in the palace, and it is likely that he is a butler and other figures.

And then Eric's introduction also confirmed this: "Brother Xiao, let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Davis, the chief steward of the Duke's Palace, Mr. Davis, but the old man who has been the chief steward since the duke's father was still alive, and he is a viscount with a title!"

"Hello Lord Steward, it's really disrespectful to not know your identity just now!" Xiao Yi greeted the other party very politely.

"Don't be polite, please don't listen to Eric this kid's nonsense, what is the viscount? I'm just a subordinate of the Duke's Palace, and I have to be trusted by the lord to handle the trivial affairs of the palace on my behalf. I heard that you saved the young master the day before yesterday, it should be the old man who gave you a salute!"

Saying that, Davis saluted Xiao Yi very formally, and after another greeting, he continued:

"Okay, don't delay outside, please follow me into the house!"

But when a few people passed through the gate, Zod, who was walking last, was stopped by the guards with spears in front of him, and the guards looked at him with eyes that almost burst into flames.

Xiao Yi was very embarrassed by this, he understood the resentment of the two guards towards Zod, it was indeed expected that there would be an emergency, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly, and of course it wouldn't end so soon.

"Presumptuous, how can you be rude to your guests!"

The chief Davis, who had just been elegant and kind, scolded the two guards who were blocking the road, and his voice was not loud but full of majesty.

"Lord Steward, he's ......" The authority of the Steward was unquestionable in the Mansion, and one of the guards explained in a whisper despite the trepidation on his face.

"I know who he is, but he is also a guest appointed by the lord to meet, my old man has no weight in his words, do you even dare to disobey the orders of the duke!"

"The subordinates don't dare!" replied the two guards in unison.

"Wait a minute, I'll get the punishment myself!" After speaking, Davis apologized to Xiao Yi again, and Xiao Yi said that he understood the behavior of the two guards very well and interceded for them, and after the chief manager agreed, Eric gave Xiao Yi a grateful look, although the guards were his subordinates, but in the Duke's Palace, if Davis wanted to deal with whom, he had no way at all.

After a small turmoil, Xiao Yi finally officially entered Duke Parker's mansion, and the layout of the mansion was as antique as the appearance, confirming that this mansion should have a history of many years, and some of the interiors and furnishings are not luxurious but elegant and beautiful enough, but they give people a noble texture that comes naturally.

Walking through the foyer and corridor in the mansion to a small garden in the inner courtyard, Davis invited Xiao Yi and the others to rest here.

"I'll go and report to the master, and the guest will trouble the chief of the guard to entertain you. ”

After the old manager left, Eric beckoned Xiao Yi to take a seat in the courtyard in the garden, and began to introduce him to Duke Parker and himself.

To Xiao Yi's great surprise, this duke is not just a nobleman who simply enjoys noble treatment, the ancestors of the Parker family are important ministers who fought with the founder of the empire, and as a noble family, the Parker family has always occupied an extremely important position and voice in the empire, and although the generation of Duke Carey Parker is not as outstanding as the ancestors in terms of force, it is better in resourcefulness.

"If you can go into battle, you can go into battle and rule the people when you retreat", this is what his closest childhood friend, Vincent Ashin, the current monarch of the empire, said about him, and it is precisely in this way that Duke Parker can rank first among the nobles in the cabinet with power, and his voice is still above several princes.

Eric's eyes kept glancing at Zord's face as he spoke, and sure enough, the latter's expression was a little uncomfortable. You must know that although he is a lawless bandit, but no one dares to offend, if he had known that this duke was a more powerful existence in the empire than the prince, then he would never have attacked the convoy in his palace before.

After a little pondering, Zode knew that he had indeed been a little overwhelmed before, of course, he also blamed himself for seeing that there was no progress in the group for nearly half a year and was in a hurry to make a move, so that he provoked such a powerful nobleman, with the importance of the duke himself to the empire, he was about to go against the royal family of an empire, and when the time came, in the face of the revenge of an empire, he just hid in the edge of the continent to no avail.

Finally caught Zod's emotion was wrong, Eric took the opportunity to taunt him, but it was rare that the other party didn't talk back this time, but he felt that he didn't have a sense of accomplishment. And Xiao Yi didn't care about the matter between these two enemies and began to think to himself, if the other party was such a wise man who was good at strategy, then obviously he strongly requested to bring Zode here not because of the things on his face but out of deeper considerations.

In this way, today's banquet may not be so simple, what should I do? When he saw the old butler Davis going and returning, Xiao Yi didn't think about it anymore, thinking that he was already on other people's territory anyway, and it was useless to think so much, it was a big deal for the soldiers to block the water and cover the earth.

Told that they were finally going to meet Duke Parker, they followed Davis into the innermost part of the Duke's Palace.

In the dining room where the banquet was held, Duke Parker and his son Pete Jr. were already sitting there waiting in advance.

"Brother Xiao, you're here!" Seeing Xiao Yi coming, little Pete looked elated, jumped off the chair and ran over to take Xiao Yi's hand and dragged it in front of his father, now he behaved like a real ten-year-old child, not the little young master of the Duke's Mansion who pretended to be calm when he was robbed in the woods in the suburbs.

Introduced by Pete Jr., he formally greeted Duke Parker, and was then seated by Davis. Xiao Yi took a good look at this character described by Eric.

There is no trace of aging on the middle-aged face, but the vicissitudes of the years make handsome and mature charm, and the appearance of this only needs to look at the handsomeness of little Pete to know that the source of the gene is definitely not bad. The blue eyes were deep and pure, and from time to time shone with the sheen of wisdom, the golden hair and the beard with sideburns were short, neatly trimmed, and looked very capable, and the thin lips always wore a faint smile, elegant and majestic.

Noble-blooded, handsome, mature, powerful and a widower, Xiao Yi felt that if he was a girl, he would have fallen without the other party opening his mouth. But as a virgin, he is naturally a little resistant to people with this image, especially since he is also very sure that the other party must be a very difficult character to deal with if he wants to trouble him.

But it is undeniable that this duke does not have the stinky problem of aristocrats, speaks decently, and is polite and thorough, first thanked Xiao Yi for helping his son's convoy, and welcomed Xiao Yi to the Aixin Empire and settled in the royal capital on behalf of his friend His Majesty the King, and casually asked about Xiao Yi's origin, which was very detailed and sharp, but it did not make people feel abrupt and sluggish at all.

If it weren't for Xiao Yi's previous life, he was accustomed to seeing the consistent style of those 'servants of the people' who "had a lotus in their mouths full of spring breeze and a butcher's knife in their hands", and he might have leaked out his promising young people in the 21st century without keeping his mouth open.

Of course, as an actor with self-cultivation in place, his artistically processed personal background was interpreted by him again.

The atmosphere of the whole banquet can be said to be very harmonious, the only fly in the ointment is that the dishes of the banquet are many times better than the food in the tour shop, but it still makes him feel unappetizing, and Zod, who has tasted his craft, is not interested in the tasteless large piece of roast turkey in front of him, speaking of which, the meal in the Duke's Palace is a little too simple for a top nobleman.

Secretly took out the seasoning and put a little bit on the plate of himself and Zode, and finally it was not too much to swallow. happened to be caught by Xiao Zhengtai and asked in public, so he deduced that it was important for his mouth to add more seasoning, but Xiao Zhengtai was going to try it, and he suddenly felt that his appetite was delicious, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Poor baby, it's just a garlic hot sauce, as for such surprise!

However, when Duke Parker mentioned Zod, Xiao Yi knew that what he should come was always coming.