Along the road, there will soon be some large and small oak forests, this is the season of gold and silver oak fruit dropping, from time to time there are acorns falling from the top of the tree, these acorns belong to the lord of this place, only after the lord sends the farmers in the territory to harvest these gold and silver oaks, other villagers can enter the woods to pick up those missed acorns.

Winters in Bena City are not too cold, and the nobles here have the habit of burning charcoal in the fireplace in winter, and the nobles like to burn these fruity charcoal made from acorns, because the seeds in the acorns contain a lot of oil, and when ignited, they will have a scent of tree oil.

Beyond a ridge, a large oak forest is scattered among the mountains, and only a small patch of mountain land is covered with grass and low shrubs, and only here is the official entry into the mountains on the outskirts of the city of Highlandsa.

The weather in September is still a little hot after noon, and once you hide in the shade of the trees, you will feel a little cool.

The three of them decided to rest in the oak grove at the top of the hill for a while, Surdak took the opportunity to quickly give the two horses some water to drink, and some forage, and let them nibble freely on the grass by the roadside in the woods, Rita took out the baked wheat cakes with meat that had been prepared long ago, and distributed them to Surdak and Natasha, Natasha held a water bladder and took a sip of water, her eyes kept looking at this lush oak forest, looking at the acorns falling on the ground, and couldn't help but reach out and pick up a few.

"I've heard from the merchants in the caravan that robbers often haunt the mountains and forests, is it true?" Rita handed Surdak the pancake in her hand, and gave up a seat for him to sit down.

Surdak leaned against the thick oak tree, rubbed his legs, and said with a smile:

"There are so many robbers, but once in a while!"

Seeing Rita staring at him with big eyes, he couldn't help but reach out and pat Rita on the back, and said to her: "Don't worry, Vol Village is so poor, there are no robbers who can't think of it, they will run to Vol Village to rob, they will only rob some rich nobles." ”

Rita squinted her eyes like an orange cat, seemingly enjoying Surdak's petting.

Then she couldn't help but glance at Natasha again, and saw Natasha's eyes fall on the mountain road below the mountain, and following her gaze, she happened to see three magic caravans speeding on the mountain road, so she asked Surdak curiously:

"Surdak, look...... What is that? ”

Surdak followed Rita and Natasha's gaze, and saw three carriages galloping along the forest road, and could only see the shadows of those vehicles through the gaps between the trees, and a group of cavalry followed closely behind, which actually looked mighty and imposing.

"It's a few carriages, let me see, I think it's a magic caravan that only some nobleman in the city of Highlanza can have, and there is a family crest on the carriage, but I don't recognize it." Surdak said.

Soon after, the carriage and cavalry disappeared into the mountain road, and the three of them continued on their way after resting, finally entering the city of Hylanza before the gates closed at dusk.

……

The city of Hylanza

The first thing he did when he entered the city was to find a hotel, and Surdak had been to the city of Highlandsa twice and was impressed by the beautiful mountain town, and this time he chose the one opposite the park square.

A group of night watchmen lit all the street lamps in every corner of the city, and there was still a constant stream of pedestrians on the streets, and the smell of some food wafted from the streets.

Since Rita and Natasha could not ride horses at all, when Surdak entered the city, he helped Rita and Natasha off their horses, and he led the two horses by himself, leaving Rita and Natasha behind him.

He didn't want the horse to be frightened and the scene could not be controlled, so it seemed that there was nothing wrong with leading the horse to walk slowly down the street.

When they came to the hotel, it was already completely dark, and the innkeeper led his two horses to the stable in the backyard, and the proprietress in charge of the reception invited them into the hotel, and the proprietress saw Surdak and recognized him at a glance, and the inn preferred this kind of regular customers who went and returned, and when he saw that he had brought his two ladies with him this time, he smiled and said:

"Knight Surdak, good evening, how many days are you going to stay in Highlandsa City this time?"

The proprietress seemed to be a little hot, her vulgar face was full of smiles, and she constantly adjusted the dress with her hands, and kept fanning the wind with the bone folding fan in her hand, so that the smell of perfume on her body filled the entire hotel hall.

Surdak glanced at the proprietress and replied, "Two nights, open me two rooms, be quieter and cleaner, you know that I don't like to be disturbed." ”

"There are also two rooms on the third floor with attic and balcony, one with a view of the East City and Park Square from the balcony, and the other with a view of the town hall and the bell tower, is the best room I have here, if you want two, you only need to pay 7 silver coins per room, including breakfast and dinner, tomorrow's breakfast is white bread with bacon rolls, omelette, tonight there are only some beef patties and mushroom soup left, if you want to eat, please let me know in advance." The proprietress laughed like a fox.

Surdak looked at Rita and Natasha and asked them both, "What do you need?" ”

Rita couldn't believe her ears when she heard the price quoted by the hostess, and it would cost seven silver coins to stay in a hotel in the city of Highlandsa for one night...... This is simply incredible, if a yellow sheep in the Beigou Ranch is sold to a merchant, it will be almost five or six silver coins, so doesn't it mean that staying in this hotel for one night is equivalent to giving away a yellow sheep......

She glanced at Surdak and then at Natasha, and saw that there was also unconcealable surprise in her eyes, hesitated for a moment, and whispered to Surdak, "Let's book one." ”

At the very least, you can save a yellow sheep every night, and you can sleep on the floor...... Rita thought to herself.

Seeing the tangled expression on Rita's face, Surdak could probably guess what was going on in her heart, so he said to the proprietress "Is there a suite, if there is one, open one for us, and need to help us prepare three dinners." ”

The proprietress lowered her head and flipped through the account books, trying her best to hide her contempt for Rita, and said in a greasy voice: "If you have a suite, there is no third floor, only the second floor, and you need to pay nine silver coins." ”

"Yes!" Surdak didn't feel the need to waste time on this, so he decided directly.

"I'll take you there." When the proprietress came out of the counter, she deliberately looked at the ladies brought by the young knight, and looked at them wearing burlap clothes that only village women wear, and complained in her heart that the young knight did not seem to have a good eyesight.

She walked upstairs and said, "Hot water is available for a limited time at night, if you want to take a shower, it's best not to miss the time, of course, if you're not afraid of the cold, cold water is available at any time......"

Rita watched as the proprietress walked in front of her, a large white patch. Flower. When Hua's plump skin emerged from the low-cut dress, she felt her heart beat violently, and she thought to herself: How can this shameless woman be like this?