The messenger rode out of the village of Wall, and Surdak sat down under a chestnut tree and carefully read the letter that Karl had sent him.

Apparently he was involved in a trouble, and he thought it was just an ordinary group of robbers who ransacked a noble manor on the outskirts of Hylanza for money, and happened to meet him on a mountain road. They deserved their misfortune, these robbers had kidnapped a noble lady, but they wanted to rob the wagons transporting ironware. In order to protect those possessions, in order to uphold justice, he rushed forward and killed all the robbers.

Also to give a small warning to the rest of the robbers, Surdak also hung the robbers' bodies on a wooden cross on the top of the mountain, so that everyone who passed by the mountain pass stopped and looked at it, so that they must understand that evil deeds will not end well.

But what Surdak never expected was that behind this group of robbers was actually an organization with a very background, they controlled some bandit groups, and the bandit group that was destroyed in the mountain pass should be one of these bandits. The main purpose of these robbers to ransack the aristocratic manor does not seem to be to rob money, but to find people, and the ransacking of the aristocratic manor is just a piggybacking foot on them.

Unexpectedly, the final spearhead of this matter was actually pointed at Selena, and now not only those robbers are looking for her, but the Hylanza guard battalion represented by Carl also seems to want to find her, perhaps trying to find clues to the mysterious organization from her.

Surdak touched his forehead with some distress, and a chestnut wrapped in hard thorns fell from the tree, waking him from his contemplation, and the river in the ravine passed through the village, and in the middle of the village there was a pontoon bridge, which was connected by four slings, and he passed over the rickety suspension bridge and walked towards the stone house of Selena's house.

A woman who was squatting by the stream to wash clothes suddenly gently pushed Natasha next to her with her elbow, then wiped the water on her hands, pointed to Surdak who was passing by the drawbridge, and said to Natasha: "Natasha, look, it's the Surdak knight, and the road he walked doesn't seem to lead to your house." ”

"Oh!" Natasha straightened up, glanced at the empty drawbridge, and said yes.

"Hey, what's your reaction?" The village woman's eyes widened, and she was very dissatisfied with Natasha's lack of complaints, she leaned into Natasha's ear and muttered, "I heard that the ominous woman on the other side of the village has been pestering him lately, I think you should find an opportunity to persuade him not to get too close to that ominous woman, she will ruin the Surdak knight." ”

“…… Oh! Natasha replied honestly.

The village woman raised her eyebrows, simply put the clothes in her hand back into the basket, and said with a serious face: "Hey, Natasha, this is not good, you should be a little assertive." ”

Then she said to Rita on the other side of Natasha, "Rita, Rita, I just saw your brother......"

The village woman's words made Rita roll her eyes in anger, and at this moment she wanted to stop the village woman's mouth......

……

The yard was very clean. On the wall of the doorway climbed some lentils, wide beans hung on them, and at the top of the vine bloomed these small purple flowers, this kind of lentils are so tenacious that even a seed can grow vigorously if it falls into a crack in the wall.

Surdak walked to the door of the stone house and saw Selena and Signa sitting in the courtyard peeling the hard shells of chestnuts, and in front of them there was already a large pile of prickly hard shells, and the semi-circular chestnuts were stored in a linen bag.

Signa's long, chestnut hair was braided into fine braids, and she looked happy and hummed a song in her mouth.

Surdak stood at the gate of the courtyard.

Selena looked up as if she was conscious, just in time to see his focused eyes, a smile appeared on Selena's face, her lips were round and sexy, and her beautiful face was like a blooming rose.

She squatted in the courtyard, her chest unusually full and bulging under the squeeze of her knees.

Those big talking eyes seemed to be silently saying, 'I haven't wanted to come here after coming back for so many days, how do you remember to come and see it today?' ’

Selena walked into the stone house and poured Surdak a glass of water.

Surdak felt someone tugging at his trouser leg, looked down and saw that it was Signa standing beside him, stretched out his little hand and grabbed the linen bloomers, tried to stand on tiptoe, and handed over the two chestnuts in his hand, Surdak hurriedly caught them.

"You eat, it's very sweet!" Signa's voice was much sweeter than the chestnut in Surdak's hand.

Surdak crouched down and gently pinched Signa's little face.

Signa was a little upset for a moment, and stared at Surdak with round eyes, as if she had been slighted.

Selena stood behind Signa with a glass of water and looked at Surdak with a gentle expression.

Surdak held out his hand to her, palm upward, thinking that even if it was for Signa's sake, he would give her a chance to explain, at least not to dismiss a young mother easily because of what was happening around her.

Selena hesitated, her face flushed slightly, but she put her hand into Surdak's palm.

It was a very soft hand, only the skin was slightly rough, the palm lines were fine, and there were many calluses grinded, but the hands looked like slender fingers, and each one looked so dexterous, Surdak gently held the hand, feeling the warmth transmitted from that hand.

Surdak said with a sincere face: "I want to know about your past......

The hand shook slightly, and Selena's face showed a hint of panic, but she wanted to withdraw her hand, but it was held tightly by Surdak, and his eyes showed frankness, and he didn't let go of his hand.

Selena had no choice but to touch Signa's head with her other hand and said to her daughter, "Signa, can you go out and play by yourself for a while?" ”

Signa thought seriously for a moment, glanced at Surdak hesitantly, then nodded heavily, blinked her big innocent eyes and said, "Yes, but not for too long, I will stay at the door all the time." ”

Selena kissed her daughter's white forehead with her lips, and Signa jumped to the gate of the courtyard with a few chestnuts in her arms, and also intimately half-covered the wooden door that looked a little tattered, and the small figure could be clearly seen through the gap in the door panel.

Selena glanced down at herself, smiled ambiguously, and whispered to Surdak, "What do you want to know about me?" ”

“……”

She leaned over and stood almost next to Surdak, who could feel her warm breathing.

Surdak could somewhat understand how difficult it was for a single mother to live in this small village, and her somewhat disgraced reputation in the village, and it is not difficult to guess that it usually comes from the mouths of the jealous women of the village who like to talk about the shortcomings of the family, and the other half probably flows from the mouths of the village idlers who do not take half of her advantage.

"I'm ominous?"

"Cursed with evil?"

"People around me will die because of it?"

Selena asked three questions in a row that didn't need to be answered, and the poignant expression on her face seemed to make people feel distressed, and she showed her weak side in front of Surdak, and wondered what Surdak thought of her......