For the next few days, Rhodes was taking Marilyn and her gang on a tour of his territory. Paper can't contain fire after all, and since the queen's people have come to their own territory, deliberately concealing the development will attract the suspicion of these people. So, Rhodes was generous and took them around, and at the same time, selectively took them to places where they needed to go, and avoided places that they didn't want others to see......

For example, taking two of Marilyn's knights to the upper reaches of the Winterspring River to visit the dam and irrigation area is common knowledge that all Lady Keshley knows, and a good lord should know how to control the water and settle the common people. Or take them to the stadium, the library and the prison. These are also very ordinary buildings.

As for the underground mines and arsenals, they were avoided as much as possible, and Rhodes knew that he would try not to let the people in the center know that the local armed forces were too strong. They want the border people to be able to guard the border for them, and at the same time, they don't want the border lords to be too powerful, otherwise they will be a threat to the power center of Kislev.

So, it's better for Rhodes to take them around than for them to hang out on their own. It is even less likely if personal freedom is restricted.

And the expansion of the population, Rhodes only used the fall of Fort Hoop and the influx of refugees as an excuse to prevaricate. Anyway, everyone knows that there was a chaos invasion in the Ring Castle not long ago, and the entire castle has fallen, and the ruins are still there. Well, there must have been quite a few refugees who escaped from there. This may explain why Blackhammer Castle has exploded to this extent in just one year. Rhodes could not tell them that many of them were refugees from Errengrad, who would otherwise have been sent to hard labor......

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Rhodes has long asked the people to consciously shut up. If you are questioned, just say that you are from the Iron Ring Castle.

In the past few days, a group of people have been taken around by Rhodes, either with good wine and meat. Marilyn herself, on the other hand, drank from beginning to end, trying to find out what traces of the Moors had left on the basis of the slightest clue. However, Rhodes had been prepared for this for a long time. Plus, the Frost Witch has too little information. It's simply impossible to find out what comes out. Even his men knew it was futile. It is impossible to find anything based on the words of eyewitnesses alone, and if the lord deliberately conceals it, the possibility of finding out something is even smaller, almost zero.

A week later, Marilyn finally gave up on her quest and prepared to set off for Kislev.

"Lord Rhodes, thank you for your hospitality during this time, I didn't find the person I was looking for in this castle. ”

Under the cold sky, Marilyn, the Frost Witch, stood at the gate of the castle, still talking to Rod with a cold face. Twilight snow sprinkled on her, dyeing her cloak a snow-white color, accentuating the pride and coldness of the Frost Witch.

"Well, thank you, ma'am. ”

"Call me ma'am, thank you. ”

"Well, thank you, Lady Marilyn, don't worry, if I really find wanted criminals in my territory, and find traitors in Kislev, then I will definitely arrest them and personally send them to Kislev for Her Majesty's trial. ”678

Standing in front of a group of bandits from the capital, Rhodes held his head high and swore an oath. His gaze swept over the crowd and saw that the Potter Knight was still obsessed with what had happened to him. However, like the Frost Witch, no evidence was found, so she had to go home.

"You'd better walk the talk, Lord Rhodes. We know you worked with the Moorish cult when hunting vampires. I hope you don't get confused and stand on the wrong side. Dennis is very well-behaved, she misses you very much. ”

Marilyn said calmly, however, anyone with a little brain knows that this is a naked threat. But Rhodes endured it, the so-called endurance of ordinary people's unbearable, in order to do what ordinary people can't do. Just let her be arrogant...... It's been a while.

......

Berto's Manor, Tallinnam, has been in a good mood lately, he has done a lot of things for Berto in Berto's territory, helping farmers to drive away wild beasts, administering justice when people fight, helping homeless people and beggars, all kinds of events have made the people have a good impression of him, and even privately praise the lord's new henchman.

At the same time, Tallinnham is also very willing to do these things, he was originally a commoner, the commoners of Kislev are the same as the commoners of Bretonnia, they are the lowest people in society, Tallinnham is well aware of the suffering of the people, so when the farmers are in trouble, he always helps for free, even risking danger to arrive as soon as possible. This made Berto think more and more highly of him, and even regarded him as a confidant and a friend of his year. In private, when they drink and chat together, there is no distinction between master and servant.

"Tell me, Tallinnam, how did you feel when you punched up a bunch of thugs?"

In the garden of the villa at night, Berto munched on tender beef, drank red wine, and asked his attendants. Tallinnam, too, had just swallowed half a piece of beef in his mouth, looking satisfied.

"Cool, I've never been so comfortable in my life. He took a sip of wine and continued, "I grew up in the north of Kislev, you know, a place of snow and ice, of beasts and horrors, but it's a place where resources are scarce, so the fighting is even more intense. My father was a farmer, an honest farmer, he had no outstanding martial arts, no extra money, and no relatives in official positions. So, when I was a kid, my family was often bullied. My mother died of the plague, supposedly the plague, but I was too young to understand what it was, and now I can't even remember what my mother looked like. So, since I was a child, I have hated bullying very much. ”

Tallinnham sat on a wicker chair and slowly recounted his past. Berto, on the other hand, sat across from him and listened quietly. He stopped chewing, holding the transparent wine glass in his hand, and time seemed to stand still, only the autumn night and the cool breeze, the manor and the wheat field......

"The land in the village was barren, and in order to survive, I followed my uncle into the forest, learned to hunt, and became a hunter. One year, the village was infested with rats, and I was bitten by rats in my sleep, and when I woke up, the wound festered, and then I had a fever, and my father walked all over the village, but he couldn't find a doctor, and even if he had, he would have fled long ago. I knew I had rat fever. It can be treated, but the medicine is very expensive, and for ordinary people, there is no hope of buying it. As a result, my condition worsened day by day. until coma. Then Lord Rhodes came. He came from the north and asked my father for directions. After seeing that I was seriously ill, he gave my father a gold coin, a golden crown. You know, what this gold coin means, for the nobles, it may be just a dime they lost, but for a poor family like mine, it means a life, and it was Lord Rhodes who saved me, so I will always remember this kindness. ”

"He's a good lord. ”

After listening to Tallinnam's story, Berto looked up and sighed. In this day and age, there were very few lords who really cared about the common people. Berto knew that he was an outlier in the eyes of others, a stupid person. And the Rhodes in Tallinnam's mouth can be regarded as an outlier.