Philip and the others couldn't, so they could only temporarily stay aside and wait for the convoy to pass.

Seeing that there were still three carts left, suddenly the box on one of the carriages was jolted, rolled down, and smashed into a middle-aged woman passing by.

The box contains a purple fruit that resembles an eggplant, but it looks a bit heavy.

"Be careful!" exclaimed from all around.

Philip was quick and quick-eyed, and hurriedly took three steps forward, grasping the wooden box firmly in his hand before it hit the woman's head.

The onlookers burst into applause for Philip's performance, and the middle-aged woman even grabbed Philip's arm and thanked him in gratitude.

The farmer who was driving the cart also stopped the carriage and apologized with trepidation and rejoicing on his face.

Philip waved his hand, not taking it to heart, it was just a gesture.

But the farmer refused to give up, and put the two huge purple melons into Philip's hands as a thank-you, as well as the woman's share.

The middle-aged woman accepted with a smile and saved herself from grocery shopping today.

Philip couldn't laugh or cry, and excused himself for a long time, and finally had to take it.

He just wanted to hand it over to Duke behind him, but he felt a familiar fluctuation from the farmer in front of him, and his calloused hands were also extremely powerful.

In the Lion Castle, Catherine is checking the ingredients needed for tomorrow's banquet, checking the same on the list, and sketching and picking in it from time to time.

Originally, this was the task of Barton's butler and the cook, but Catherine was not at ease, and insisted on doing it herself, which can be regarded as a kind of psychological compensation.

At this moment, Yun'er walked in with a cold little face.

When he saw Catherine, he rubbed to her side, lowered his head and whispered hello.

Although the attitude was not affectionate, the stone that Catherine pressed on the bottom of her heart seemed to disappear.

"It's good to be back. Look at these things, they are all what you like to eat, and tell me if you are missing. ”

Yun'er nodded, glanced at it casually, and returned it to Catherine, which was considered an approval.

Catherine put the list on the table, took Yun'er's cold little hand, and asked with concern, "Why are your hands so cold, haven't you had a good rest recently?"

The conditions in the countryside are still a little harder, so go back and bring more skins back, and put them under the bed to warm up. ”

Yun'er still nodded, but this time her eyes softened a lot, and said: "The conditions there are good, Philip is very thoughtful, but there are too many children nearby, and they always come to peep."

I couldn't beat it again, I didn't listen to what I said, and before I came back, I just sent a batch away. ”

Catherine smiled, pulled her to sit on the sofa, and said, "Then let Philip send two people to watch it, but if you can't do it, you can raise a few native cats from the countryside, and take care of the home can be regarded as a companion to relieve boredom." ”

The two had been talking, and suddenly there was a commotion outside the window, and before Catherine could go to check, Emma and Isabella happened to wake up and were led by Mama Bertha to find her mother.

Catherine took Emma in her arms and kissed her.

When Isabella saw Yun'er who had not been seen for a long time, she moved her calves and came over, and shouted happily, "Sister Yun'er, you are finally back." ”

Yun'er was about to pick up little Bella, but was stopped by Catherine: "You just came back, go back to the house to change your clothes first, and then play with the two of them."

Little Emma was naughty before, and with you here, I can't teach these two little leather monkeys a lesson. ”

Yun'er smiled and replied, "It's okay, I'll carry little Bella to the room." With that, he stretched out his hand and hugged the little girl.

But who knew that at this time, Catherine suddenly took the first step to hold Isabella in her arms, took a few steps back, and looked across the table from Yun'er.

There was no longer that kind and kind expression on his face, and he asked vigilantly, "You are not Yun'er, who are you?"

'Yun'er' only then found out that Bertha was sneaking out the door with little Emma in her arms.

Yun'er frantically urged the unicorn beneath her, and in the distance she saw a raging fire burning in front of the door of the Lion Castle, and a carriage full of coke blocked the gate, and everyone gathered there in a hurry, shouting.

But the little water in the fire bucket was helpless against such a high temperature, and before it could get closer, it became a hot steam, forcing the crowd farther away.

Yun'er gritted her teeth, jumped off the unicorn, and plunged headlong into the icy moat.

The moat connects the inside and outside, with heavy walls above and thick iron fences underneath.

It's just that it's the dry season, and it's covered with rust that has come out of the water a lot, and it's only less than two meters deep underwater.

There was a small gap at the bottom of the iron fence that could only accommodate the slender people who could barely get in and out, which was what Philip had told her when he found out.

It's closer to the castle than the gate in the distance, and there's a lot less trouble to explain.

The mud at the bottom of the water is very thick, soft and slippery to step on, and the visibility is extremely poor, so it is easy to find a place only to be almost washed away by the current.

She could only hold on to the railing and move her body little by little.

Until she resurfaced, she didn't care about the wet stench on her body, and rushed directly in the direction of the castle.

The October sun was barely warm, but the cool breeze on her slender body still made her shiver, and her palm-sized face instantly turned snow-white.

Butler Barton was rushing to put out the fire with all the male servants, and there were only two or three maids in the whole castle guarding the door, looking at the increasingly raging fire from afar, and there was a lot of discussion.

When they saw her, their eyes widened, and they looked incredible.

They felt that they were hallucinating, and they had entered the castle a few minutes earlier, and had separated themselves and the others to talk to Catherine about something, but suddenly appeared here again, and they were covered in mud and embarrassed.

Yun'er shouted loudly, calling for the guards, calling for Butler Patton, and an assassin had infiltrated the castle.

As he spoke, he passed a few people and rushed in.

Several maids looked at each other, but fortunately, Brad had been using military law to manage the castle, although he was a little surprised, but he was not alarmed.

They had a clear division of labor, one of them rushed to inform Barton and the others, and the two tall and strong maids followed Yun'er's footsteps and rushed to the castle.

Inside the castle.

"Sure enough, it's exposed, it's worthy of the second-level awakening perception, it's really a failure. ”

'Yun'er' said as she spoke, and her originally cold and delicate little face had changed its expression, revealing a hint of mockery, more hatred and madness.

She suddenly moved, and in just one step, she stepped a distance of several meters, and shot in front of Bertha, and at some point pulled out a small dagger glowing with blue light in her hand, and stabbed it directly.

Bertha let out a scream, was stabbed in the back, and leaned down.

Then the second one, the third one...... A full six knives made her back a few more blood-colored holes in an instant.

Bertha pushed little Emma out of the door with all her might, tried to flip her fat body, hugged Yun'er's calves tightly, and passed out.

But with a slight stroke of her fingers, 'Yun'er' shook off Bertha's two heavy arms and hurried after Catherine.

Little Bella was so frightened by the sudden change that she forgot to cry, so she could only hug her mother's neck tightly, and her little body trembled.

"Someone, there's an assassin!" Although Catherine is also a second-level awakener, she can't be compared to a professional killer at all, not to mention that she still has a child in her arms.

She could barely dodge while shouting out the window.

The moment she hugged Yun'er just now, she vaguely knew that something was wrong, the spiritual power fluctuation that belonged to the awakened person was too familiar to her.

Even if the other party may have used some special method to hide it very well, this fluctuation was only a hint of it, but she still found out that something was wrong.

What's more, she is too familiar with Yun'er, so familiar that even if the other party is no different from Yun'er's appearance, after she opened the awakening investigation, whether it is the body fragrance, eyes, or the angle of the curved lips, there are flaws everywhere.

"No need to shout, they don't have time to deal with this right now.

At least before they could react, the people in this room were dead.

See your son early, maybe he hasn't gone far by this time. ”

Yun'er said with a sneer, the movement in her hand was not slow, the sharp dagger had already cut Catherine's arm, and was stabbing at Bella in her arms.

Catherine had already felt her limit at this time, and in order to protect her daughter Bella, she used her body to endure three or four stabs and scratches.

Bright red mixed with blue blood ran down her arm, staining her white dress, and the blood loss made her eyes black and her feet weak.

But the woman who looked like Yun'er firmly held the position of the door, not allowing her to have the slightest chance to escape.

If Catherine, who was born into a military family, was also trained in combat skills when she was young, and was a second-level awakener, she barely managed to wrestle with the assassin a few times with a thin copper rod pressed with newspapers, I am afraid that she would have hated the scene like Bertha.

Just as she watched as the other party flew the copper rod and stabbed the blue dagger into her chest, before she could turn around to avoid the little Bella in her arms, she was knocked away by a black-haired figure and fell to the ground.

Catherine felt that her eyelids were heavy, and she could not open them even a little with great effort, and just before she fell into darkness, she faintly heard Emma's crying and Barton's angry shouting, and then the sound of heavy footsteps.

Then it was quiet.

Philip felt the farmer in front of him grasp him firmly with his big iron tongs, and at the same time, the middle-aged woman also threw away the purple melon in her hand, pulled out a dagger out of nowhere, and stabbed him in the chest.

Philip reacted very quickly, and as he opened his awakening, he pulled his hands back forcefully and kicked sideways at the middle-aged woman.

But the farmer in front of him was obviously not at a low level of awakening, and Philip's arms were still firmly grasped by him, unable to move.

The middle-aged woman had only time to scream before he kicked her to the window on the side of the street, and fell into the shop with a loud bang and broken glass.

Before Philip could wonder why the female assassin was so weak, a cold touch pierced his neck, thrusting inward, followed by a piercing pain.