With goose feathers and snow in the air, it's one of the most changeable days in Katelea. The morning was still shining, but now it was snowing so heavily as dusk that passers-by were back in their rooms early.

And on this road, there was a woman walking alone, and the heavy snow just confirmed her mood at this time. To be honest, she hasn't been in such a mood for a long time, she has been treated the best since she was born, and not many people have ever dared to offend her.

Although her crazy cousin had asked him to marry her nephew, she swore that even then she was never so lost. Because at that time, it was only a little anger at most, but now she didn't know what to say.

's child died, and he wanted to reason with the murderer, but he was also counted by the murderer, and the most important thing is that the other party didn't take her seriously. But there is no way, the lord is already higher than the duke, and the duke is only her cousin, not her.

The child died, and the child's father still didn't know where to spend the day, although she still has such a noble status and identity, but she is not happy.

Just like this heavy snow, although it is beautiful, it will eventually fall and be trampled on, and her heart is as if it has been trampled by someone.

It would be nice to let her walk alone like this, but there are still people disturbing him at this time. It was also a nobleman, and he was also dressed luxuriously, and the other party was very young and energetic.

But she didn't want to see this face, not how the other person's face looked. It's because only one person has this face, in fact, everyone is different, but this person is the most special.

Of course, what is special about him is not his whole face, but his mouth. It didn't look any different, but once he spoke, it showed that he was different.

Yes, this is the person. Leah will never forget this man, because he was the one he persuaded his cousin to marry his nephew.

And at that time, it was because of this guy that made her accept her nephew, so compared to Zhao Yulong, what she hated more was the person in front of her, and now when she saw him, she understood that nothing good had happened.

But the other party didn't seem to care about her evasive pestilence eyes: "Hello, my honorable lady Leah Tok. I am the Marquis of Laika Ales, and perhaps you remember me because I was present at your wedding. Truth be told, you really were a beautiful bride that day. Few people can wear a wedding dress at the age of thirty like you, and few people can wear a wedding dress at the age of seventeen like your husband. ”

"Yes! I remember you, Marquis Laika. It's because of your foul mouth that I got a nondescript marriage, and if you hadn't said something to my brother at the time, I wouldn't be where I am now. So now you get out! Don't show up in front of me, I don't want to see you. Leah said as she planned to do something about it.

However, the other party did not dodge, and still stood in place: "You should understand that for a thief saint, a high-level magician's magic missile can't hurt us. And you should understand that if your family wants to be strong forever, you must intermarry, if you let the bloodline become more and more distant, then how can the Teucer family become a family in the future?"

"You, like my brother, are a madman, a complete madman, I don't want to deal with you, and you don't want to provoke me, so now disappear from my sight. ”

"No, no, I don't think I can leave now, you seem to have lost your child, it's disgusting! I wonder who made us so sad for this beautiful lady, after all, you are sixty years old, and it is almost impossible to have another child. Isn't this the end of the Tok family's extinction?

"Get out of the way, I don't have time to listen to you pretending to be crazy and stupid here! Get out of the way now, I'm going back. To be honest, Leah had nowhere to vent her anger in her heart, and now she was even more angry when she saw Laika.

It's just that this Laika Ales didn't mean to leave, and still said cheekily: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to laugh at you, but don't you want to avenge your child?

At this point, the Marquis of Laika paused deliberately, and then continued: "Besides, that murderer now seems to have the intention of replacing your family, and it would not be good if you let him live like this! How bad it would be for you, a noble lady, to live by selling meat! And you are already so old that you can't sell it! Although you look at some postures, how can a person who can't even keep his own husband keep someone else's husband? You say yes!"

"You!" said Leah, who didn't want to say anything more, so she began to sing.

As if worried, the Marquis of Laika hurriedly said, "Don't get excited! I'm here to help you, and I mean nothing else." I just want to say, do you wish he could die so that none of your fears existed. ”

"You're not joking to let him die, whether it's his strength, or whatever, he's not so easy to kill. If I had the ability, I would still walk here alone. ”

"No, no, you really have that kind of strength. It is said that you have cultivated a team of thieves by yourself, and the number has reached more than 100! Well, there are a lot of them, and you will definitely not survive if you fight head-on. But if they were to sneak up on that person alone, the chances of success would be somewhat good. Then why didn't you send them to assassinate that kid?"

seemed to be a little excited, but Leah didn't have much excitement, just said lightly:

"Assassination, you mean assassination of the Lord. What are you thinking, there is a Sword Saint by his side, do you know the Sword Saint? Before he came, there were only a few Sword Saints in the whole country, and those mid-level thieves under my command were able to kill him? Not to mention whether they could kill him, even if he died, killing the Lord was not a small crime!"

"First of all, you should understand that the Sword Master can't be by his side every day, and besides, the power of this country is not in the hands of the king. Once the Lord is dead, the right to speak is in the hands of the Duke, what are you worried about?"

"I hope what you said is true, to be honest, your mouth is really unbelievable, but this time it makes sense, so I will believe you for a while. So saying, the noble lady understood something, and ran off the other way.

Looking at the figure of the noble lady in the distance, Laika smiled coldly: "Woman, woman! You only know that there is a sword master by his side, but you don't know that his own strength is better than that of the sword master, and you don't know what the duke will do with you." It's funny that my cousin killed my cousin. But now that my cousin is done here, then the next step is the duke!"

As he spoke, he walked towards the road Leah was going to take, which was the only shortcut road to Kotenburg, and it would not be long before he could see Kotenberg.

In the middle of Cotenburg, Duke Walker is about to fall asleep. Because his slave had obviously died at the hands of Zhao Yulong, he was now no one who could call on him, and he had to do everything by himself.

But it was good for him, because that's how his great-great-grandfather came here. He didn't have to do that now, but he wanted to do something in advance.

Yes, although he affirmed that the victor must be himself, at the same time he also understood that Zhao Yulong was definitely not a simple opponent.

Now I was thinking about how to take the advantage of Zhao Yulong in the next competition to my own, but the door rang.

"Master, Marquis Laika asks to see you. ”

"Laika, let him in. The Duke tiptoed into his coat, and despite his strength, he couldn't survive the time. Yes, he is old and has become troublesome in doing things.

Although he didn't know when he started to get old, some people had already said that he was old since this morning. Although the man had shut his mouth forever, he could not take back what he spoke, and he could not pour out what he heard.

At this time, he had just put on his coat, and the Marquis of Laika had already rushed through the door: "Laika has seen the Duke, after so many years, the Lord is still so healthy, I am very happy!"

"But I'm not glad to see you, because every time I see you, nothing good happens. ”

"Why did the Duke say this, I introduced you to a good marriage in the first place, otherwise how would you have taken back your uncle's land?"

"But my grandson is dead today, and I see you today, can it still be a good thing?"

"This ...... Why should the Duke bother with these questions, he will not inherit your ambitions anyway, whether he lives or dies, and what do you do?" said Laika, trying to look at the Duke's face.

But when the duke reached this age, his face was already wrinkled, how could he see his expression. But he could hear the duke's tone: "Why bother? What I really care about is the guy who still wants his life, and that person should really want to replace me!"

"I guess that's what he thought, but what I didn't expect was that there would be such a person in the world who would try to replace the duke. I think he should be cut with a thousand knives to get rid of his hatred. Laika became serious and looked angry.

However, the Duke knew that no matter what Laika wanted to play, he could do it: "So is the Marquis of Laika taking the lead and being cut by me with a thousand knives first? Don't you say that you don't want to replace me, your ambitions are not smaller than mine." ”

"This ......" seemed to be seen through her heart, and Laika couldn't help but be a little embarrassed: "Lord Duke, we still don't laugh, although we each have our own thoughts, but I think we should unite now." ”

"Together, what are you doing? Monkey show? Sorry, I'm old, and today someone has pointed out to my face that I'm really old. So I don't have the heart to toss with you, so if you have anything to say, just say it!"

"Actually, Lord Duke, what I think is very simple, I don't like that Outlander. He didn't do much at all, but he became a lord, and I felt we had to let him die! as soon as possible, so that we could secure our position. ”

"It's your status that is not mine, I'm still a duke, I was, I am, and I will still be. Duke Walker said, taking off his coat and making it look like he was going to bed.

However, he didn't say the send-off directly like Zhao Yulong, but he knew that as long as the other party was not a fool, he should be able to understand what this meant.

But a very clever Raqqa looked like a fool this time, he didn't care about the duke's actions, but continued to say his words: "No, no, I think the first thing he should shake should be the status of the duke, he has this ability, and I think the king also thinks like this, doesn't he?"

The Duke ignored him, but went to bed himself, covered himself with the quilt, and went straight to sleep.

But he still didn't have the idea of leaving, and continued to speak: "Lord Duke should understand that there are only four people who have reached the holy level in the entire Catleya. Three of them are Juggernauts, one is the head of the Knights Templar, and the other is Your Highness. And then there's your servant, sorry he seems to have been dealt with. So now there are only three of them, and it's plus me. ”

The duke still ignored him, just rolled over and went back to sleep. But Laika still didn't react: "But you should understand that although a thief is powerful, it is not much of a threat, and my secret weapon is only able to kill several people at once." The Sword Master is different, if it is on the battlefield, it must be able to destroy an army of 1,000 people with the power of one person, so do you think your majesty will want you to survive such a big threat?"

Speaking of this, Laika deliberately raised his voice: "And the Duke's strength and power are also the largest, and he is the biggest threat to the royal family." It's just that the time is not ripe to do it to you now, but once their forces are stronger, do you think you will survive?"

"Can't my forces be stronger?" the Duke seemed to be talking to himself, but his voice was very quiet, and if it weren't for the quiet enough around at this time, Laika would have been hard to hear.

"But you should understand that tens of thousands of soldiers are easy to get, but a strong man is hard to find. Counting the king's side, it will deal with at least three saint-level powerhouses. And it is said that that Dongfang kid can easily defeat a group of high-level warriors and a great mage, that should be the strength of the sword god! That is to say, two sword gods, two sword saints, and an Oriental assassin at the level of a thief saint. ”

The Duke didn't respond, but he still said, "Don't forget, we thieves mainly learn the ability to steal and infiltrate, but we don't major in assassination. And the Eastern Assassins were born for assassination, and that strength is not something that ordinary people can deal with. You should also understand this truth, after all, the little steel balls flying from the northwest today have already shown to you how powerful they are, after all, you can't even feel it, can you?"

Hearing this, the duke's eyes suddenly lit up, but he continued to fall asleep and did not get up: "Then how did you know that it was a small steel ball, and how did you know that it flew from the northwest?"

"This ...... I met Ms. Leah and she told me that. But I think Lord Duke, it's not that we should be concerned about that now, but how to deal with that Oriental boy. They already have most of the advantage, but fortunately they don't have many soldiers yet, so if we seize the opportunity now, we can call the other lords to send troops towards Bart City together. At that time, no matter how strong they are, but the number of people is limited after all, do you say yes, then it will be our world. ”

Laika laughed, but the Duke did not behave as he had imagined, and slept in his bed. After he laughed alone, he heard a few thunderous snoring.

He wanted to continue, but the snoring was more effective than all the words of the send-off. He knew that whatever he said now would be of no avail, because the Duke was already asleep.

So he didn't say anything now, just straightened up and walked outside. It was not until a long time after he left that the duke on the bed said a few words as if in a dream: "I didn't tell Leah what that secret weapon was and where it came from!"

After saying that, there was another snoring sound.

This night, some people slept soundly, while others did not sleep very comfortably. At least Zhao Yulong couldn't sleep a little.

Because he thought that he would leave Bart City in a few days, Zhao Yulong declined Yinhu's kindness to vacate the royal residence for him to live in, and lived here.

But now Zhao Yulong regrets it, how can he sleep here. It's okay if the room is small, but you have to have a bed! Now there is no bed here, how can you sleep on the sofa?

Although this sofa is relatively large, there is not much problem in sleeping with such a person. But the sofa was so soft that it didn't feel at all. For people like Zhao Yulong, who are used to sleeping in hard beds, this is simply a kind of torture.

But the most important thing is that there is no subtle breathing sound in my ears, which is the favorite sound of the butterfly when sleeping. Since she told her stories every night, she didn't go back to the "desert" to sleep, but slept on Zhao Yulong's shoulder, so from then on, Zhao Yulong could hear her breathing every day.

Now I can't hear it, I can't help but feel a little uneasy, if it's good to say it in the past, because of the tight time, Zhao Yulong is always very tired. And after relaxing in the past few days, I feel extremely uncomfortable, and as soon as I close my eyes, I wonder how the little girl is doing now.

Zhao Yulong simply didn't close his eyes, since he couldn't sleep, he got up and planned to cultivate. And at this moment, Zhao Yulong heard the subtle voice outside the window.

(End of chapter)