The heavy oak door carved with the wolf's head coat of arms was pushed open, and Horn stepped out of the bustling hall. The empty courtyard of the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info is very quiet, and there are only a few guards around who tighten their cloaks to resist the cold wind.

The music of the sheng song and dance poured out from the open window, and he no longer cared about the distractions, but sat alone on the steps, looking up at the sky where the stars gradually appeared, and his heart was full of doubts.

"Why did you come out?" a voice asked from behind.

"Come over here. Horn said without looking back.

"Actually, you don't have to come out, I just saw that your mother has left the table, and Lord Kenny has never objected to you drinking. Sonny sat down next to Horn and handed over a wooden glass full of wine.

Horn took the cup, swallowed a large mouthful, and wiped his mouth with his sleeve without hesitation, this action didn't look like the young city lord of the North City. "Did you ask what?"

"Nope. Sonny yawned with his chin in his hand, "Uncle Steven said that he had the right to go in and out of your family's hunting grounds, and often went to the woods to collect medicine, and that lions and tigers had seen a lot, but he had never seen a snake of this size, much less of the scales of which we speak." Oh, by the way, he also asked me to bring the scales to him to see, maybe it's an extremely rare alchemy herb. ”

"I knew he would say that. Horn took another sip of his drink, "That guy is a big liar, Uncle Cersi used to say that, but he saved Uncle Mike, so he can ..... Hey, damn it. ”

"Don't say that Uncle Steven, he's an excellent alchemist, and Lord Kenny's body has survived until now thanks to his medicine. "Sonny has an inexplicable affection for any wizard.

"Hey, if it weren't for his magic potions, my father wouldn't be what he is now. Horn pursed his lips, his face full of disdain.

"What about you, did you ask what's going on?" Sonny snatched the glass from his companion's hand and poured the rest of the wine into his mouth.

"I'm afraid it's more complicated than we thought. Horn came to a conclusion, "Today I went to the seminary, and I happened to see Uncle Neo, who was demoted due to alcoholism, coming out of the seminary, he was the captain of the guards, but now he has become a guard who helps Aiden run errands, looking at his anxious appearance, he must have helped Aiden report to Elder Eugene, that is, my father already knew about this and was very concerned." ”

"Why?" asked Sonny, burping and turning his head as he played with his horn cup.

"Do you still need to ask?" Horn frowned, "Think about it, the lords of the entire Sumerian continent have gathered in the northern city because of the southern expedition, such a rare opportunity, my father did not win them over and negotiate the matter of borrowing troops, but he went to alarm the temple for a piece of scales that was just a little strange." You know, Elder Eugene is nearly ninety years old, his eyes are dizzy like a blind man, and his ears are getting worse and worse, and if it is not an emergency, his father will definitely not bother him. ”

"What could it be?" Sonny thought with a tilt of his head.

"Haven't you heard that story?" Horn asked in a low voice, looking around.

"What's the story?" Sonny's voice lowered.

"What story, I'll hear it too!" the sound almost scared the two of them down the steps.

"Don't do that, Sura. Sonny exclaimed, gasping.

"I'm going to hear the story you're just talking about. Sula sat down between the two, her purple eyes full of smiles. Elders often say that when she laughs, she looks like her mother when she was young.

Horn craned his eyebrows and thought for a moment. "To the west of the North City, there is a tavern called Garr, and the proprietress of that tavern is beautiful and charming, and she is very good at making wine. Once, Uncle Sersi went to the tavern for a drink, glass after glass, until the world began to spin before his eyes, and he waved his hand at the proprietress and took a silver coin from his pocket..... "He leaned forward and continued in a very low voice, "..... Who knows, the proprietress poured another glass and swallowed the wine in her mouth. Then, she crouched down and took Uncle Selsey's ....."

"That's enough!Horn, I don't want to hear it!" Sulla stood up, her cheeks flushed and her brow furrowed, and turned to walk up the steps.

"Hey, you said you wanted to hear it!" Horn smiled as he looked at her back.

"That's not the story you're just about. Sonny patted the dust off his body and stood up.

"Of course not. Horn said as he got up, "She's a girl after all, and the less she knows, the better." "What's more, she's from Sunshine City, the daughter of Aunt Shelley, and the sister of Lord Mullen, if Lord Mullen knows about this..... Horn had already guessed what it was, he wasn't sure, but he knew about it, and he couldn't let the other lords know anyway.

"How about we change places and go to your study?" Sonny seemed interested in the story.

"Oh, damn it, she's back....." Horn muttered.

"I just came to tell you," Sula walked to the side of the steps, her purple eyes full of anger, "tomorrow I will return to Sunshine City with my brother, this time in North City, my mother intended to marry me to you, but Lady Nina refused. She paused, "Horn, I wonder if it was your mother who rejected me, or you?"

"My mother, I ....." Horn stammered.

"Aunt Shelley is going to marry you to Horn?" Sonny opened his mouth.

"Sura, shut up!" Mullen suddenly appeared in front of Horn. "This is North City, not Sunshine City!Go back, the dinner isn't over yet!" he scolded his sister as he glared at Horn down the steps.

That was the first time Horn had seen those purple eyes weep.

"We ..... Damn, where are you going?!"

Sonny's voice was taken away by the wind in his ears and thrown behind Horn at the same time. He had never felt that the stairs of the Lord's Tower were so long, and although he knew that his mother's bedroom was not high, Sulla's words kept coming to his ears, and along with the sound of leather boots trampling on the bluestone slabs, kept echoing in his head, disappearing, and reverberating.....

When he arrived at the door, he stood alone for a long time, full of fear. But those purple eyes seemed to give him strength again, and he found courage in it, so he puffed up his chest and tried to push open the door that blocked the truth, as if all the truth was inside.

Suddenly, the door slammed open, and a tall figure knocked him out.

"Horn!!" the mother's frightened voice reached her eardrums.

Horn felt his head dizzy, his eyes blackened, and the world seemed to turn upside down in an instant. A pair of large strong hands lifted him from the ground, and he suddenly felt his neck tightened, and it became difficult to breathe, and then a cold object pressed against his neck.

"Are you crazy?!let him go!!" The mother's vague shadow swayed in the orange light, her voice full of horror.

"Be quiet, you want to bring in all the guards?" said the man who strangled him, "Madam, you know, how could I hurt him?"

He won't hurt me. Horn breathed a sigh of relief, but the next second something hit his head, and the world went dark.