Time: The thirteenth day of the god month, the fifth day of the earth.

The calendar of the world of Pleuz is very different from that of Middle-earth, for example, in terms of timekeeping, Middle-earth takes the midnight sub-hour as the turn of the two days, but in this world, the beginning of the day is on the first day of fire, so this is the last hour of the thirteenth.

Ferran Valley County, Jimating City, Sgoenburg.

Jimating City is the third city in the county, and it is also the city closest to the Ferran Valley, and more than half of the western territory of the Philan Valley belongs to the jurisdiction of the Jimating City.

Castle Sgoenburg was the ruler of the region, the main castle of the Vice-Counts of Jimating, who was the brother of the present-day Duchess of Ferran Valley. In the case of the inheritance law of the kingdom of Miredang, the legal heir gets everything, and the other sons who are usually impossible to become the legal heirs, whether from the father or the elder brother, have no inheritance rights, but it is quite rare for this person to be awarded the title of second knight, whether because of brotherly relations or because of personal ability.

Lieutenant Ji Ma Ting has a habit of getting up in Tuwu, because he thinks that when the fire and the sun rise, it is the time when a person's mind is the sharpest and the most efficient thinking, but most people choose to get up at this time, sleepy eyes and dazed, and waste the best time to think.

It must be pointed out that most of the people referred to by the second lord of Ji Ma Ting are the nobles and officials around him, and most of these people do not get up until the first or even the third fire, but most of the towns, villages, and villagers, including some merchants and craftsmen in the city, get up at the fifth or even fourth day of the sun. It's just that in the eyes of the second lord, he never regarded them as "the majority".

The second lord is a very self-disciplined person, the general banquet and bed activities, and will not delay his waking time, last night's woman was very good, the second lord was very satisfied, and let her stay overnight, ready to get up in the morning, maybe it will be needed.

The second lord woke up a little later than usual today, and he didn't think it was caused by the intensity of last night, but he was still in good health. He rubbed his eyes, and could see that the sky outside the bed had faintly turned white. So he didn't need to light the lamp, he could see a person kneeling on the precious topless carpet that was a special product of Mahebang under the bed.

Someone?!There shouldn't be anyone in their bedroom at this time, even on their knees. According to the rules of the castle, the servants who took care of the living would be on standby outside the door before the second lord got up, and when he heard the second lord's summons, he would come in and wait for the second lord to wash.

"Who is it?!" The second lord was taken aback, but still with his majesty. The other party can kneel here, if he wants to murder himself, he is afraid that he will already be a corpse, so he is not very afraid in his heart, but even if he is not afraid, his right hand still reaches between the mattress and the bed partner, there is a handless flat-handled dagger, which is the last weapon of the second lord's bed protection, but he has never used this weapon to protect himself, but has used it to educate one or two women who are not long-eyed and disobedient......

The man kneeling in front of the bed still didn't say a word, didn't move. Although the second lord scolded the bastard outside why he hadn't come in yet, he couldn't contain his curiosity, and with the dagger in his hand, he got out of bed and leaned forward, wanting to see the man's face.

"Zansenson?!Aren't you supposed to be on the other side of the cave, someone has escaped?" The second lord did not expect that the person in front of him not only knew him, but he was also quite familiar with it—in good conscience, it was not a big problem to see the ground in the room in the current sky, but to recognize a person's face, it really had to be a more familiar person.

"Okay, it's none of your business, you can die", an unfamiliar male voice sounded, as soon as his words fell, before the second lord could react, the zansensun, who had been kneeling still, suddenly struggled desperately, trying to pull his neck with both hands, as if something was wrapped around his neck, but there was obviously nothing around his neck.

What's even weirder is that he didn't make a sound. As for the strange male voice, of course, it belongs to arrogance.

Ao Zongheng really didn't expect that this gang of thieves who seemed to be just taking advantage of the opportunity to fight, using folklore, to make up a secret lie to kill people and cross the goods, was actually the lord of this area, the second lord of Ji Ma Ting.

Before he interrogated this Zansensun, he expected that there were people behind this group, but he really didn't expect that it would be such a person. So when Zansensun couldn't stand the arrogant "torture" and confided that they were all the Vice's personal soldiers, and after the Vicelord's secret order set up an ambush and killed people here, Arrogant still killed the others in doubt, and rushed to Sgoenburg alone with him, he wanted to kill the black hand behind the scenes, but he didn't want to be used because of this, he had to do a small verification first.

Even the Castle of Lindenbo in Senu Beisi was in and out of a no-man's land, not to mention the Vicelord's Castle, where Ao Zongheng only put down two people, and then took the incapacitated Zanzenson to the Count's bedroom.

Zansson had stopped struggling, and he didn't have the stench of incontinence common to people who suffocated to death—because he had lost his "cleanness" when he had been tossed before.

"Who are you?!" asked the second lord aloud, hoping to alarm the servants and guards outside, or the woman who slept like a dead pig beside him, so that he might win a chance to break out of the bedroom. At the very least, he has to buy some time by asking questions so that he can figure out how to get out of the current unfavorable situation. As for who is in front of you? Does it matter? Obviously, the other party knows who he is, and he is not afraid to attack him, and it is enough to know this.

I have to say that the second lord can ascend to the position of a vassal as a younger brother, it really does not rely on pure brotherly love, and this strain and courage are rare among nobles.

"You can't and don't need to know who I am, and you don't have to expect anyone around or out there, no one will bother us. You just need to answer me a few questions. Why are you doing this?" the other party seemed to have complete insight into the second count's calculations, and asked coldly.

"What do you mean, what do you mean?" the Lieutenant did not miss an opportunity to stall for time.

"Smack!" replied with a strong slap in the face, and although the second lord couldn't see a big slap from nowhere, the hot cheeks couldn't be faked.

"I don't like to be punished for not teaching, and next time I pretend to be stupid, it's just one hand. ”

It was the first time since the second lord was born that he was slapped in the face, and his face became red in an instant, not red, but angry. He trembled with anger, but he didn't dare to attack, and his intuition told him that this man was not lying and threatening.

He tried to calm himself down, which was the biggest difference between him and most of the other noble children - if he wasn't calm and sober enough, he would probably still be the undisputed youngest son of the former Lord of Ferran Valley, not the dignified Vice-Lord of Ji Ma Ting.

He tried to analyze the opponent in front of him, most likely a secular mage who had hidden his identity and wanted to smuggle east, but he accidentally discovered the secret of the secret passage. He may have suffered a lot in the process, so he arrogantly infiltrated the Count's main castle and killed his own soldiers in front of the Lord. With this arrogance, the other party's identity should be blue-collar or even purple-collar mage at worst - is it possible that it is a robe mage? Forget it, the second lord would never think that any robe mage would choose such an aggrieved and inefficient way to cross the Ferran Valley.

Like Second Lord Shuo La Poer or most other Second Lords, Second Lord Ji Ma Ting can't afford to support a green-collar mage, there are only two sleeve mages in his castle, counting the total of three sleeve mages on duty in the city mansion, not to mention being able to come in time, even if they all appear in front of him now, it is estimated that they can't stop this blue-collar or even purple-collar mage, so he decisively gave up his plan to seek a solution by force.

If you can't fight the enemy, you can only outwit it, and the second lord must find a reason to let the other party let him go, or at least mitigate his own losses.

"I sincerely apologize for your rudeness and the damage caused, and I am willing to make double the compensation, such as three thousand Stolins...... Ah!!h

Half of his left arm had fallen to the ground in front of the bed.

Strangely, the pain dropped to a very low level in a very short period of time, and even the blood from the wound turned from gushing to dripping.

"You still have to answer my question, so I won't let you bleed to death, and with your physique, I think you can probably survive until your limbs are broken and you don't faint. ”

The limbs, the already pain-filled brain, seemed to empty for a moment, and then filled up again in an instant—this time with fear.

It was actually the first time he had heard the term, but as a normal adult man with a good education, it was not difficult to grasp this "new word".

The second lord finally realized that the opponent he was facing was neither capable nor tempting, and he seemed to have no better choice than to answer the other party's questions honestly.

After taking a deep breath in pain, he finally spoke again: "Do you think I did this to covet their possessions and want to kill people and steal goods?" This is obviously not an answer, but a rhetorical question, of course the second lord at this time does not dare to pretend to be so forced, he wants to guide the conversation a little, he does not dare to pause for too long, "The secret passage can only walk people but not cars, how much property can I bring? Is it enough to tempt my second lord? I did this to protect the Valley of Ferran and the kingdom of Miredang." ”

Arrogant almost wanted to scold him, using the war to go to various towns to hook up with civilians who wanted to be safe, smuggling through secret roads, using poisonous smoke to make money and kill people, and the local lord who masterminded all this actually said that this was to protect the country?

But the appearance of the second lord did not have the usual flickering and uneasiness of the sophistry.