Chapter 8: The First Arrival of the Fiefdom (I)

The imperial capital thousands of miles apart.

The location was in a secluded study in a certain mansion, and an old man with gray hair and half a hundred years of age sat in a purple robe, holding a lens in one hand and reading a book on the table. In front of him was a long table carved from purple purlin, above which hung several glowing gems the size of duck eggs, illuminating the room.

At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door of the study. Then he was beaten up again, and a retainer in his forties walked in from outside the study. He didn't alarm the old man at the long table. Just quietly waiting aside, waiting for this old master.

After a while, the old man finally put down the lenses in his hand, and then closed the book: "Say, Hank." ”

"The young man has left the center of the empire and entered the Moorish province of Hickshire in the eastern region of the empire. Hank reported, and with that he handed the letter in his hand.

The old man took a glass of red wine from the table, looked at the retainer in front of him, but did not speak.

Hank's heart trembled, and he hurriedly explained: "Lord Duke, this is what the young master asked me privately. ”

"There is no need to send someone to keep an eye on him, he will not return to the Northern Regions. The old man shook his head, with an indescribable disappointment in his heart, and he raised his glass and drank most of it in one gulp.

Hank secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Lord Duke, I don't understand a little. ”

"Don't understand what?" the old man glanced at Hank, and then said slowly, "This place in the Northern Regions has long been unable to accommodate too many variables. I understand this, Marshal North understands, His Majesty understands, and the young man himself understands even more. ”

Hank lowered his head: "I still don't understand. Lord Duke, why did you send out that box of gold orders in the end? ”

The old man shook the wine glass in his hand, his eyes staring at the bright red liquid slowly and evenly. He will be sixty years old by this time next year, and soon the family will be at the helm of someone else.

"This should be what my son wants to ask, right?" Hank bowed his head and said nothing, and after a while the old man let out a long sigh, "Just take it as me, and buy peace for the future of the family." ”

After speaking, the old duke waved his hand in annoyance and asked the other party to leave.

Hank actually didn't agree with the old duke's laissez-faire idea in his heart, and the old duke might be really old. Otherwise, for the family, any threat that may grow up should be erased as soon as possible. But Hank didn't say anything, he silently exited the study, and then a trace of evil flashed in his eyes...

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The salty sea breeze blows on the golden coast, and the purple leaves bloom in full bloom under the red sun. A black carriage ran over the road, leaving a long trail in its wake, surrounded by a group of silver-armored knight guards.

The convoy has been walking for another five days in a row, and will be able to reach the city before sunset.

Mayfield sat in the carriage, playing chess with Yin while looking out the window. As a beginner who has just started the game, female swordsman Yin has to think about it for a while before she can complete the next step in the game. So, waiting for the other party's leisure time. Mayfield still had time to look out the car window at the vast plains that stretched for dozens of miles.

Fragmentary ancient texts record that long before the Dark Ages, the southeast coast of the empire and the vast plains further east belonged to a mysterious kingdom that flourished and flourished, and they once established a high level of civilization along this coast, which was worshipped by the surrounding city-states. And the capital of this country, judging from the geographical records, is somewhere around this plain, and it is not too far from Bishui City. But if you want to trace the specific location, it has already been buried by history after the disintegration and dissipation of this mysterious country.

Mayfield once tried to look back at the history of the empire to find clues to this mysterious country, but in the end she only found some vague fragments, and nothing worth mentioning.

The reason for this is that the era is so far back that it is difficult to find even the cultural relics that can be handed down, let alone the more concrete ruins.

As the red sun slowly submerged from the horizon, leaving only half a fireball, the neon sunset began to embrace the sky again. A meandering river appeared in front of Mayfei's car window, and the setting sun shone on the turquoise water, reflecting a layer of golden sparkling waves on the surface of the river.

The name of the river is the 'Blue Water River', and it flows down the entire Mecia Plain, passing through the Blue Water City and then leading to the Gulf of Merukia.

As long as they saw this river, it meant that Blue Water City was not far from them. Mayfi looked along the river and soon spotted some dense buildings on the horizon far away from the plain.

Gradually, more and more people discovered Blue Water City, and Mei Fei obviously felt that the speed of the team's progress was much faster. He could even hear the cheers of the merchants and mercenaries not far behind. Mayfield opened the window next to him and enjoyed the evening breeze, passing him by the cool and scent of flowers in the wilderness. Even the sound on the side seemed to be infected, and he unconsciously put down the chess pieces in his hand, stretched out his body to the carriage, brushed the beautiful long hair on his shoulder with one hand, and let the evening breeze pass through and flutter with his hair.

The guards on the side also swept away the decadent appearance when they set off from the imperial capital with excited smiles on their faces. This long journey is finally coming to an end, and the city in front of them is where they will stand in the future. Even though it was a lot worse than the Empire's prosperous places, at least they didn't have to wander around anymore.

It was getting dark, but Mei Fei was not in a hurry to enter Bishui City, he planned to temporarily find a post house outside the city to live first. As soon as Mafi got out of the carriage, he summoned Amar and Matthew and instructed them to guard them.

Amand didn't understand the young nobleman's intentions in his heart, this was on the edge of the Blue Water City. But when he saw that the guards were not slacking off in the slightest in preparing all this, he couldn't help but ask, "My lord, are you afraid that there will be a night attack by thieves at night?"

"Thieves?" Mei Fei shook her head quietly, "No, I'm going to meet the prefect sent by the Empire to be stationed in Blue Water City in the post house in a moment. ”

"And what is?" Amanr looked at the guards who had already begun to enter the garrison, and the atmosphere made him inexplicably nervous.

"Is this...," Mei Fei suddenly laughed, "As the lord here, I can't let this lord look down on me." ”

Amand was a little confused by these words, and to be honest, the nobleman he had dealt with face-to-face was the one in front of him. Fortunately, at this time, the Tamu general on the side pulled him and told him not to continue to ask. Although Tamu didn't know what would happen next, it was clear that the garrison chief's negligence had already caused the lord's displeasure.

Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, the garrison chief and the noble lord are both great lords who must not be offended, but there is an unbridgeable gap between the status of these two in the empire. If the news of this lord taking the initiative to go to Bishui City to report to this chief spreads, I am afraid that he will immediately become the talk and laughing stock of the princes and nobles after dinner.

"Matthew, you go out and get ready. Mayfield said as she walked inside.

Matthew nodded understandingly, "Young Master, do you want to teach them a lesson by the way?" ”

"No, I don't. Mayfield suddenly looked back and smiled as she walked to the door of the hall.