The wheels rolled, rolling briskly forward, slowing down as the destination approached, until at last the horseman's command, the horse pulling the cart stopped, and the wheels stopped.

The innkeeper's son, Little Duru, who was resting at the door, had been watching the carriage with great interest, talking and laughing with his companions, but when he saw that the carriage had finally stopped at the door of his inn, the lean young man in his early twenties suddenly changed his countenance.

The carriage in front of Little Duru was not luxurious, it was just a one-wheeled pony carriage, and it didn't look like a big man's car, but a pattern on the carriage was not ordinary.

It was a purple-leaved water tower, carved into the upper left corner of the outer wall of the carriage.

For outsiders, this may not be obvious, but for the locals of Douala, this thing is of great significance, representing the Campbell family, the lord of Douala, and this carriage has been seen many times by little Duru, and I know that it is the car of Viscount Shival, which is also the reason why little Duru's face suddenly changed greatly.

Their Rose Inn wasn't a comfortable place, and there were definitely no noble people living here, so it was absolutely impossible for Viscount Shival to come and visit his friends. For the first time in many years, little Duru had seen the City Lord's Mansion's private carriage parked in front of their inn.

Could it be Lord Shival, did he really come for their inn, and why did he come?......

Countless thoughts flashed through little Duru's mind for a moment, but his unbright head confused all these things at once, and he couldn't tell them apart from each other, and finally he had to think of nothing, and let his instinct drive him forward, wanting to salute Lord Shival when he came down—even if he hadn't eaten pork, he had seen pigs run.

But when the people inside came out, little Duru was stunned.

What came out of it turned out to be an acquaintance, the sturdy-looking country woman who had recently checked into their hotel!

Because of the affair between this woman and the fat artist they were traveling with, the name of this woman named Sharia had spread all over the Rose Hotel, and little Duru was also one of the disseminators of this gossip, and because this inn was opened by his family, he was more concerned about the movements of this group than others - judging from the food of the past two days, this group of people seemed to have no money, and the experienced innkeeper family could see this information at a glance.

Little Duru had a bad plan for this, and he was still boasting to his partners before that if this group of people, especially this woman, played tricks at that time, how would he teach her a good lesson, but what he never expected was that he saw this woman get out of the carriage of the City Lord's Mansion the next moment.

She even hooked up with Lord Shival, whose tastes are so unique?!......

Maybe it's because of the "relationship" between Norman and Pirnault, little Duroux's first reaction when he saw Norman coming down was this, and because the person who came down was different from what he expected, little Duroux even forgot to do the prepared gift, so he stood stupidly.

Norman didn't know what little Duru was thinking, but as usual, he directly ignored little Duru and walked into the inn, all the way upstairs, and his mind flashed back to what had just happened.

He eventually accepted Lancelot's suggestion and followed Viscount Shival into the Lord's Mansion with Pirno.

This Viscount Shival doesn't seem to be too good at hiding his emotions, or maybe he doesn't want to hide it at all, and he said that he would have dinner together, but he didn't eat dinner, so he and Pirno "chatted about the rise" and "hated to see each other late", and then slapped his thigh and asked Pirno to stay in the city lord's mansion. And in the process, they naturally "unintentionally" talked about the maker of the magic weapon.

Under the "casual chatter" of Viscount Shival, the viscount learned that the magic weapon was made by Sharia's husband, Hugo Houston, and that they were accompanied by an elderly man who was not in good health, and several of them still lived in the Rose Inn.

Viscount Shival, who learned this, immediately slapped his thigh, and very righteously invited a few of them to move to the City Lord's Mansion to live in Douala during this time, after all, what kind of place is the Rose Inn?

All this was similar to what Lancelot expected, and this Viscount Shival really looked like he wanted to win them over......

Norman felt that what Lancelot said was right: from the perspective of their enemies, it was mainly the Queen Regent forces and the Father-God Cult forces, and from the analysis of the city of Douala, there should be three main forces at present, namely the local aristocratic forces led by the city lord Aubrey, the Father-God forces and the Prince Regent forces. Among them, the local aristocracy should be the largest, followed by the Father-God Cult, and the regent queen should be the least powerful, or maybe even not?

Under the current circumstances, the Normans will definitely have to stay in Douala for a long time, which will lose the advantage of mobility, and if they continue to adopt the previous hiding strategy, there will be a greater possibility of being touched by the forces of the Father God Cult and the Queen Regent.

But entering the City Lord's Mansion is different.

According to what the Templars and Norman himself observed, the local nobility of the kingdom has always been relatively independent, and if they rely on the city lord's mansion, it is not easy to be touched by the forces of the Father God and the Queen Regent, which is safer, combined with the other factors mentioned by Lancelot, which is why Norman accepted this suggestion.

And he is now here to take Chen Qinghe and Ji Ruoxi to the City Lord's Mansion, and by the way, talk to them first.

After knocking on the door and entering the room, Chen Qinghe was lying on the bed with his eyes closed.

Ji Ruoxi, who opened the door for him, saw that he was the only one who came back, and couldn't help asking, "Where is Master Pirno?"

Because now that the door is open, she is subconsciously entering the role.

Norman didn't answer, but closed the door with his backhand, and put a noise barrier in the room, which explained to her the current situation: "Something has changed, we need to change our accommodation......"

Norman told her everything from beginning to end, and roughly explained the reasons for his decision to change his residence, and Ji Ruoxi finally just nodded and did not raise any objections to this - among several people, Norman is indeed a decision-maker now.

Then they woke Chen Qinghe up again, but for a dragon clan who had cultivated the "Burial Sun Heart Sutra", they actually called several times to wake up Chen Qinghe, which made the eyes of both of them can't help but float a layer of haze.

Obviously, Chen Qinghe's condition is getting worse and worse.

After Norman gave Chen Qinghe a brief explanation of the situation, the few people packed up their things, went through the check-out procedures, and then got into the carriage and went to the City Lord's Mansion.

......

Norman had previously come into contact with the High Lord Roberts during his time in Nicaro, where his son would be kicked out of the lord's castle when he reached adulthood and given a residence outside the castle, but the Campbells, the lord of Douala, had a different habit.

Perhaps because of the small size of the place and the lack of financial resources, or because of the different family customs, the Campbells did not evict their sons from the main castle when they became adults, but continued to let them stay in the castle. According to the conversation, only after a new head of the family is created will his brother need to officially move out, which is why both Shival and Byron live in the lord's house.

Although they both lived in the Lord's Mansion, it may have been because this family tradition had been considered when it was built, and the Lord's Mansion in Douala was large enough for the two sons to have their own living quarters in it—well, living quarters, similar to the territory of a city within a city, rather than a simple room.

The Normans lived in the quarters of Shival, and were divided into two rooms.

It was also because of this division of the living area that Norman had expected to see the Marquis of Aubrey, the lord of the city, did not happen, and he did not even see the Monsieur Byron again, and the dinner of several people was with Shival. But Norman was very satisfied with this situation - what could be better than being able to take refuge in the city lord's mansion without having to have too much contact with those who did not have to do with them?

But this rare good news did not save Norman from his bad mood.

Norman's room arrangement is one for Norman and Ji Ruoxi, and one room for Pirno and Chen Qinghe, which is also so that someone can take care of Chen Qinghe. And in the dead of night, the door to Norman's room opened silently, and a figure flashed out of it.

In this moment of silence, almost all the candles have been extinguished, and only a paraffin wax is lit at intervals of a dozen steps in the aisle for the soldiers to watch the road as they pass by at night. And this figure that came out of Norman's room was like a ghost, drifting in the hallway, just appeared in the faint light, and then disappeared into the darkness, if someone happened to be here, I am afraid that if you don't look carefully, you will think that you have seen a ghost.

The figure floated up and down the hallway, and soon floated across this floor, down to the door of a room on the first floor, gently pushed the door open and floated in, and closed the door silently with his backhand.

The room was quite large, with several small windows on one wall at the top.

The moonlight was good today, very bright, and the moonlight poured in through the windows, illuminating the room in a foggy light, and following the moonlight, I finally saw the face of this black shadow.

is a strong-looking village woman, who is Norman under the pseudonym Sharia.

The moonlight covered most of the room, and you could see that there were a lot of things in this spacious room, with a lot of musical instruments around it, and some cabinets and shelves, and in the middle was an empty and spacious ground, and the atmosphere was very quiet.

This is the music room of Shival.

Shival said that he wanted to discuss painting skills with Pirno, Norman thought that he was just talking casually, at most he would take out a random graffiti, but he didn't expect that Shival took them to visit a few rooms after dinner, among which there was really a studio, which contained several paintings that made Pirneau quite excited to see them, and it was said that the works of what masters were very precious.

In addition to painting, this Viscount Shival is also involved in other art categories, including music, this music room was brought to visit by Xival at that time, and the open space in the middle also has the role of a dance venue, which can make people dance impromptu on the spot with the music, which can be said to be thoughtful.

When Norman entered the room, he walked around the room at will, walking through it, passing by the same instruments, as if he were carefully observing them, but if you looked closely at his eyes, you could see that his eyes were very wandering, not condensed, and seemed to be uncondensed.

In fact, Norman is really upset now, which is why he didn't sleep in the middle of the night and suddenly ran out.

Chen Qinghe's condition is getting worse and worse, although his money has been raised, but then is the real trouble. Collecting those relevant materials vigorously, even if he was careful and didn't come forward himself, and now he hid in the City Lord's Mansion, but it was hard to guarantee that nothing would go wrong, after all, just like Lancelot said, if you don't do it, you won't make a mistake, as long as you do it, you may make a mistake.

Although he had been in good order when he retorted to Lancelot, Norman couldn't help but hesitate when the matter came to him and he was about to take the crucial steps: should he take these avoidable risks for the sake of Chen Qinghe? should he do it at the behest of his heart, or should he follow the advice of the Knights Templar? What would be the worst possible eventuality? Was he thoroughly prepared for these things? Will he regret his decision in the future?......

Norman walked aimlessly around the music room, his thoughts unclear, and finally he suddenly stopped in front of an instrument.

It was a delicate case, and when opened, there was a violin lying inside.

Norman looked at it for a long time, and finally grabbed the violin from the case, slowly put it on his shoulder, and took the bow with his other hand, leaned it against the body, and did not take it.

Music has the effect of sorting out emotions, expressing emotions, and understanding thoughts, and it also makes calm emotions become passionate and calm down tense emotions, which is why many great music works are born in the author's emotional and complex moments, and why many people like to play or listen to music in the moment of repeated emotions.

Norman was going to do the same now, but before that he had placed a noise barrier around the room, and then with a shake of his right hand, he began to play.

The title of the work, "Just One Horse's Head Missing".

In the darkness of the inner room, a pair of eyes were slowly opening.