Roddy left the Duke's Cottage in the afternoon, said goodbye to Miss Nicole, and returned to the barracks. [Full text reading]

As soon as he walked into the military palace, he felt the strange gaze around him, those soldiers looked at him with a little smile, several people with higher ranks had already walked over, patted Luo Di on the shoulder vigorously, and waited until everyone pulled him into the big tent in the barracks, waiting for him was a cheer.

Luo Di couldn't smile bitterly, these people cheered, as if they had won a battle, and the last officer shouted loudly, which meant that his lord would pursue the most beautiful flower in the circle of the imperial nobility, what a proud thing.

Although alcohol is forbidden in the army, but under the strong demand of everyone, Luo Di still took everyone out to find a tavern to drink, these emotional officers and soldiers, I don't know how many wine glasses were broken, how many barrels of liquor were drunk, and then shouted the slogan of victory and returned to the barracks.

The next thing is relatively simple.

Roddy and Nicole make public appearances together every day, and the various events and banquets held in Xiqiu's aristocratic circle are attended together, and they are like a couple in love in front of everyone. It's just that now his relationship with Nicole has just been made public, but he can't go to see Miao Ge - otherwise, if someone shows up as the lover of Duke Tulip's sister, there are other women, that's big news!!

As the news gradually spread, the relationship between Viscount Luo Di and Duke Tulip's sister has been known to everyone, and even people who are far away in the imperial capital have gotten the news.

Some people couldn't help but suddenly realize that the last time His Majesty the Emperor proposed to Miss Nicole and was rejected, it must be because Miss Nicole had a lover for a long time. It's just that the identity of this Viscount Roddy is really strange, as if it came out of thin air - is he really just an ordinary low-ranking officer......

And the Marquis Caroline, the military minister of the empire, got the news, but fell into deep thought......

Roddy and Nicole?

The old marquis sighed: It seems that His Majesty the Emperor is still courting the Tulip family. After a war, the Tulip family's position is firmly established. The power of the First Family of the Empire is deep-rooted, and there is the sworn allegiance of the Whip of Thor, the strongest legion of the Empire. Duke Tulip was made Marshal of the Empire......

And that Roddy should be His Majesty's illegitimate son, his relationship with Miss Nicole...... Hmph, do you still need to ask? Naturally, it was the order of His Majesty the Emperor.

It's just that this matter is a little strange, first Lao Tzu's pursuit of others was rejected, so he let his son go out......

But the old marquis didn't care too much, this kind of thing involving power, anything weird and complicated was normal.

It's impossible to win over the Tulip family, and the only thing that can revitalize the Lionheart family is probably that kid Roddy, right?

Don't...... Your Majesty is interested in making that illegitimate son the crown prince???

With mixed thoughts, the old marquis shook his head - no matter what, he had to get along with that kid from Roddy.

Fifteen days after Duke Tulip was recuperating from his wounds in Xiqiu, a group of strange guests arrived at the military camp in the east of Xiqiu.

The men were dressed in neat samurai uniforms, except for a middle-aged man in the middle, who was dressed as an ordinary nobleman. The middle-aged man introduced himself as Baron Gadar from the imperial capital and asked to see Lord Viscount Rodi of the Royal Guard. and claimed to be Lord Roddy's friend in the imperial capital.

The officer of the Guards had a strange smile on his face, and told them that Lord Roddy was not in the barracks at the moment, and that he could go to the hunting ground on the outskirts of the north of the city, and Lord Roddy had been ordered to take someone to protect Miss Nicole early this morning, and that today on the hunting grounds in the suburbs, the nobles of Xiqiu held a hunting party.

The hunting ground in the northern suburbs outside Xiqiu City is the property of the tulip family. This is a black forest. The periphery of the forest is enclosed with a simple rough wooden fence, and on weekdays, the local auxiliary officials naturally send people to take care of it, and a team of soldiers take turns to guard here.

The hunting grounds were reserved for the nobility to hunt - a practice that was only practiced in aristocratic circles, and was very popular in the Empire. The martial culture of the empire and the law of succession to titles made the nobles of these empires retain the habit of martial arts, and hunting is the best sport to exercise their martial sword skills.

It was already late autumn, the leaves on the trees were falling, and a dozen ornately decorated carriages were parked outside the hunting grounds. Seeing that it was already noon, the coachmen in the carriage were lazily resting on their seats.

On the road leading to the hunting ground, a team of armored Royal Guards and Thor's Whip guarded the road, and dozens of Royal Guard soldiers stood at the gate of the hunting ground.

Baron Gadar and his party were blocked at all levels. Eventually, after he showed what would prove his identity, the soldiers let him in - only his attendant samurai had to stay outside. According to the regulations, each nobleman who enters the hunting ground can only bring a maximum of two guards.

This is an old tradition of the nobles of the empire to hunt - since they go hunting for the purpose of exercising their riding and archery skills, if they go in with a large number of guards and a large group of people hugging each other, what is it called hunting? What is the difference between it and a picnic?

The reason why this kind of activity is popular in aristocratic circles is because it is a bit exciting and adventurous - what is the point if it is guarded by a large number of people with layers of body?

Baron Gadar took two of his retinue warriors, took three bows and arrows and a few quivers, and rode into the hunting grounds.

The tulip family's hunting ground covers an area of more than a dozen square kilometers, and there is a dense black forest in the middle of the hunting ground, and in the middle of the forest is a small lake.

It means that the season is approaching late autumn, and many animals have begun to come out to forage for food in order to survive the winter, and it is undoubtedly the best time to go out to hunt at such a time.

Baron Gadar was led into by a cavalryman of the Royal Guard, who had been told half an hour earlier that Miss Nicole and a group of nobles were moving near the lake in the middle of the forest - every other hour the nobles would contact the guards outside, and the method of contact was a special salute that was tied to an arrow and shot into the sky, and sparks would be sparked in the sky, indicating the position of the archer.

After all, hunting is always a bit dangerous, and although the hunting ground is guarded, it is inevitable that some idle people will occasionally run into it in a dozen square kilometers, or some large beasts will appear.

After galloping for a while on the road in the forest, far away finally approached the lake in the center, as they said.

A shrill whistle was heard from the direction of the lake, which was blown to drive the prey away from running during the hunt - this method of driving the frightened prey into a pre-set ambush and then encircling and destroying it -- a common method of dealing with some of the larger prey.

In the dense woods, there is a low slope up. A dozen men rode in a circle, and Gadar and the others immediately approached, and before they could get close to the ground, two horses came sideways and blocked their way.

Gadar looked at the two knights who were blocking his way, and immediately lifted his spirits!

These two horsemen wore the standard armor and uniform of Thor's Whip! Thor's Whip was responsible for guarding Miss Nicole, so Roddy must be looking for it in front!

The cavalry of the two Thor's Whips was clearly elite. Although he was only standing in front of him on a horse, he made Gadar feel a chilling murderous aura - this aura is a temperament that can only be honed after the most thrilling baptism of life and death on the battlefield!

The cavalry of the Royal Guard who brought them in went up and negotiated with the two Thor's whips, and the two horsemen looked at Gadar vigilantly, and then slowly let them go, but Gadar noticed that their hands were always pressed on the hilt! Gadar was sure that if there was anything wrong, the opponent's earth-shattering Thor's whip scimitar would be pulled out!

The two Thor's Whips got out of the way, but they still followed them closely. Gadar's face was calm, but his two attendant warriors couldn't help but have a somewhat indignant expression. One of them couldn't help but whisper: "So arrogant, what's so great about Thor's whip!"

Gadar immediately turned his head and glared fiercely at his men, and couldn't help but peek at the two Thor's Whips following behind them—the two horsemen had apparently heard what his men were saying. But the expressions on their faces did not show any irritation. The expression on his face remained resolute and indifferent, with a kind of unwavering pride and confidence. It's just that there is a faint disdain in the eyes that float over.

Gadar could feel that the confidence and pride of the other party was not pretended, it was the real dignity of his heart after being tempered by wind and rain. And he could even feel the gaze of the other party looking at the retinue of the samurai under his command who had just spoken wildly. The kind of disdain in it is like a fierce wolf looking at a dirt dog with teeth and claws on itself!

Suddenly, there was a roar of cheers from the front, and someone shouted, "Lord Roddy, good archery!"

When I finally approached the circle, I saw a radius of more than ten meters, three wild boars had been driven to the middle of the circle, a group of nobles and their guards surrounded the three wild boars in the middle, the bows and arrows in their hands were ready, and there were people roaring loudly, intimidating the prey in the circle.

One of the boars was shot by an arrow and fell to the ground, struggling weakly. Hearing the cheers just now, it was obviously that Roddy who shot it.

Although the guards were sitting on their horses, they had already prepared their spears and pointed at the beast in the circle from a distance, for fear that the beast's last attempt would hurt their master.

The three wild boars let out a shrill cry, their manes standing on end, and their bared teeth bared their fangs. Lying on the ground, he watched vigilantly at the hunters who had surrounded them, as if they were ready to strike at any moment.

Gadar slowly rode close to the encirclement, and saw two people sitting on a tall white horse standing on the opposite side of the circle!

Sitting in front of the horse was a woman in a thick fur suit, with a long golden Zheng, revealing half of a snow-white and beautiful face behind the high collar of the fur, with a somewhat nervous and fearful expression on this face, looking at the wild boar with fangs in the field from afar, and her body tightly curled up in the arms of the man sitting behind her.

Roddy held Nicole tightly in his arms with one hand and the reins in his hand, and a spear in the other. His bow and arrow had already been put down, and at the moment he was just whispering something softly in Nicole's ear. His eyes have long stopped looking at the prey in the field, his eyes are gentle, and he just looks at the lover in his arms.

Gadar only glanced at it, and immediately affirmed that this blue man with an angular face was the person he was looking for on this trip.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the field. The besieged prey finally began to make a last stand.

The two wild boars, which were still moving, scurried out in the direction of the north, one after the other......

These cunning prey seem to have appeared, and the people of the north seem to be the least!

And Roddy and Nicole are riding a horse, which happens to be just in the north!

Seeing the prey rushing towards her, Nicole couldn't help but let out a low cry, the nature of a woman made her forget for a moment that she was also a powerful magician! The natural feminine weakness made her only reaction be to lean into her lover's arms.

The hunters who had been preparing for a long time around them shot their arrows - and this shot made a difference. Many of the nobles obviously lacked training on weekdays, and the arrows they shot were off target, but the guards were not allowed to release their arrows because of prior orders.

So after a rain of arrows, there was only one boar with two or three arrows stuck in its body. But the soft force caused the arrow to penetrate only its thick skin. It is simply not possible to inflict fatal damage on the prey. And in the Desperate Gamble, the prey has long been crazy!

Luo Di held Nicole in one hand, smiled in a low voice, and waved the spear in his hand casually, only to see a cold light, Peng's muffled sound, and a wild boar at the head was knocked away by his spear, and after smashing a few meters hard, he couldn't move after falling to the ground, but he was trembling all over, and his mouth was full of blood. With this casual blow, Roddy had already broken the internal organs of the beast. If he didn't dare to use his fighting spirit, even a wild boar, a beast with rough skin and thick flesh, would have turned into a mess of flesh and blood.

The howl of a beast was heard again, but Roddy didn't know when he threw the spear. The spear was plunged into the running boar, pinning the behemoth firmly to the ground!

In the midst of the whistling, Roddy didn't look at the field. Turning the horse's head and slowly moving towards the back. Because he clearly felt that Nicole was a little disgusted by this bloody scene just now.

Those cheers behind him who gradually moved away, and only two cavalrymen with Thor's whip with them followed behind, Roddy looked at Nicole with an unnatural expression in his arms, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This woman, obviously not like this bloody scene, wants to go out hunting with her. At the end of the day, she had come across a few antelopes and hares, but she could not bear to do it, and forced herself to let her prey run away - but when she was asked to go to the camp in the middle of the lake to be with the noble ladies, she did not want to, but only wanted to be with herself.

The two of them are now acting very intimately, and they are all like glue in front of them - although there was originally a little bit of drama in it, in order to make everyone accept this fact as soon as possible, but later, there are fewer and fewer elements of acting in this kind of intimate action, and both of them are completely sincere in their words and deeds - men and women who have just fallen in love are like this.

The two of them rode a horse and gradually reached the lake.

The water of this lake in the forest is unusually clear and clean, and the locals say that the lake is not a stagnant pool, and the lake is unfathomable under the surface of the lake, and there is an underground undercurrent that flows all year round, and it can be reached far into the mountains in the distance.

On the edge of the lake, some aristocratic ladies who had come to hunt were waiting in the camp, and a few barbecue racks had been erected in the simple camp, and a few guards were using knives to divide and clean the prey. The aristocratic ladies in fur were resting by the lake—and two or three young men who had not taken part in the hunt were accosting the aristocratic maidens beside them—apparently out of the hunt to pick up girls.

With the sound of horses' hooves behind him, the crowd behind him had already caught up, and the entourage had already transported the three wild boars they had beaten, and several knights picked up the wild boars with spears, and several people carried their horses at the same time.

Nicole saw the bloody carcass of the animal, still frowning and closing her eyes.

There are already some game that has been roasted for a long time on the barbecue grill, and there is a hint of aroma. Roddy rolled over and dismounted, then took Nicole down with his arms, reaching out and gently brushing away the leaves on her show. The people around looked at him with envy. Roddy was used to this kind of gaze.

Hearing a cough behind him, Roddy turned around and saw a middle-aged man walking over with a smile.

The man was in his thirties and less than forty, dressed in a simple aristocratic attire, but unlike the hunting outfits worn by most men today, it was just a simple robe. He had two beautiful mustaches under his snort, and he smiled in a friendly manner. Only go to some noodles. It seems that it has not been seen in Xiqiu.

"Your Excellency Viscount Roddy, hello. The man stretched out his hand and smiled: "My name is Gadar, Baron Gadar. He smiled gently, even with a faint respect: "I'm from the imperial capital." ”

Roddy was a little dazed in his heart, but he still stretched out his hand and shook it with the other party.

Nicole said, "Baron Gadar...... Well, you're Baron Gadar of the 'Rigin Place', aren't you?"

Luo Di didn't know each other yet, but when he heard the name "Ruijin Fang", he immediately remembered it.

Ruijin Fang ...... That's the largest weapons manufacturer in the Empire! Many of the Emperor's weapons were purchased from the 'Ruijin Fang'. Speaking of which, it's a very powerful family. Because of the supply of weapons and equipment to many armies of the empire, the relationship between this family and the emperor is said to be very close.

Baron Gadar bowed gracefully to Miss Nicole, then looked at Roddy and laughed in a low voice, "Your Excellency Roddy, can I talk to you?"