In the dark forest, two men crouched in the snow, their eyes fixed on the young man in front of him who was wrapping a black cloth around his arm.

"Argao, are you sure it's ...... him?"

"That's him, Lord Hoves, and what I saw in the audience today is definitely a real chain cross tattooed on his back."

"Why did he cut his own hands?"

"I don't know, I heard that the members of the Shinjuku group are weirdos, maybe this guy has some fetishes too."

"Why did someone from the Shinjuku group suddenly appear next to His Highness, does this guy have any purpose?"

"I don't know, I came to tell you as soon as I saw him, and I didn't have time to investigate."

Hoves nodded lightly as he looked at the young man's swaying back as he got up and walked in the direction of the village.

"You've done a good job, Argo. If he is really a member of the Shinjuku group, then we must not miss this opportunity, if we can win over the Shinjuku group, our plan to restore the country will be a big step forward, and the restoration of the royal family is just around the corner. ”

"Shall we say hello now? My lord. ”

"No, don't rush to ......," Hoves pulled out a small flat flask from his bosom, unplugged it and took a sip, letting out a cheerful sigh, "find a time to call His Highness out and ask him before making further plans." ”

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The next day, when Lilien woke up, she was a little surprised to find Xu Shuo still lying in the futon - she woke up every morning for a while, Xu Shuo was often gone, either preparing breakfast, or doing something else, like this The scene where she woke up and Xu Shuo was still closed was really rare.

Did I wake up too early? When Lilian thought like this, she found that Miao Zhen beside her also had her eyes open, and the two girls glanced at each other, and then looked at Xu Shuo in unison.

Xu Shuo was lying on his back with his mouth half open, and the white mist was evenly out of his lips, looking like he was sleeping soundly.

It seems that Mr. Xu Shuo is really tired - Lilien thought so, and just raised her head a little and put it down again, she was afraid that when she got up now, her movements would wake up Xu Shuo, who rarely slept for a long time, so she decided to lie down for the time being.

It is estimated that Miao Zhen also thinks the same as her.

But at this moment, the door of the room was pushed open with a "bang", and then Baozi approached with a big grin.

"It's time for breakfast! You three lazy worms don't get up yet! ”

Lilian raised her finger to make Baozi "boo", but it was too late, and Xu Shuo opened his eyes.

"Is it morning......?" Xu Shuo sat up with a confused look in his eyes, and after relieving himself for two seconds, he turned his head and whispered to Lilian and Miao Zhen beside him, "Good morning." ”

"Good morning, Brother Xu Shuo."

"Good morning...... Mr. Xu Shuo, do you want to sleep a little longer? Lilian looked at Xu Shuo's somewhat sunken eye sockets and couldn't help but suggest.

"Huh?" Xu Shuo looked at Lilian.

"Because, Mr. Xu Shuo, you seem to be very tired, I can ask them to keep a portion for you for breakfast, can you sleep for a while?" Lilian said.

"I look tired...... Xu Shuo blinked his eyes and muttered a repeat, as if his brain was stuck, and he couldn't even understand such a simple sentence immediately. But after a moment, he smiled, "Ahaha, it's okay, maybe it's cold so let's snooze, I'm fine." ”

Xu Shuo staggered up from the ground while playing haha, like a drunk who had just experienced a hangover, he slapped off the hay stuck to his clothes with his hand, adjusted the position of the short blade on his waist, and went out after simply cleaning himself up, before leaving, he turned back to the two and said, "By the way, I will make something delicious for you to eat at noon today, you can look forward to it." ”

Bun was excited when he heard it.

"What's delicious, do I have a share?!"

"Yes" Xu Shuo grabbed Baozi's shoulders and led him out, "But you kid has to come to help me do it, so you can eat." ”

"No problem, I'm the best at it!" Baozi patted his chest and said.

It was obviously a happy atmosphere, but looking at the figure of Xu Shuo and Baozi hooking their shoulders and leaving, Lilian couldn't be happy.

She looked at Miao Zhen and asked in a low voice, "Xiao Zhen, do you think Mr. Xu Shuo is a little weird." ”

Miao Zhen nodded solemnly.

"Well, there's a nasty feeling."

"Huh, hate?"

"When I used to live with Boss Takashi in the tavern, the boss would sometimes suddenly show a very optimistic look, and whenever that happened, it meant that something bad must have happened in the tavern. Brother Xu Shuo's expression just now reminded me of the boss at that time, so I was a little annoying. Miao Zhen lowered his eyes and said softly: "But if Brother Xu Shuo is unwilling to tell us, then it's better for us to pretend not to know, everyone will have things that want to worry about being alone, if Brother Xu Shuo wants us to be happy, let's be happier, so that Brother Xu Shuo's mood will be better." ”

"Oh oh......" Lilian looked at Miao Zhen blankly, and after a while, she couldn't help but reach out and pinch Miao Zhen's face, "Xiao Zhen, to be honest, are you really four years younger than me, you are actually wearing a child's mask, right?" Take it down and show me! ”

"Huh?! Sister Lilian, stop it, it hurts ......! ”

……

Today's breakfast is palm-sized pancakes and wild vegetable soup, the pancakes are made of flour brought by Mrs. Pia yesterday, after the flour is added to water and formed into a ball, a puddle of sticking on the hot pot noodles, it will soon become pancakes, without adding any flavorings, so there is only a faint sweetness to eat, but such food is already a delicacy for the people in the village, some people eat half of it, and the remaining half of it has to be stuffed into their arms, and they are reluctant to eat it all at once.

While eating breakfast, Xu Shuo noticed that the walls of the big house seemed to be different from before, and he took a closer look with the soup and found that the wooden walls were stuffed with hay - because the walls were made of wooden planks, there were inevitably gaps between the planks and the planks, which were easy to leak, so these hay should be plugged in to block these gaps.

Xu Shuo looked left and right, and found that the four walls of the big house were stuffed with hay, and these changes, which they had not had before they entered the city yesterday, seemed to have been made after they left.

"Miao Zhen also helped with that wall, and she helped fill in the position you were standing on."

Bai Yu's voice came from behind him.

"Good boy, I said I didn't need her help, but she insisted on doing it, saying that she must repay the kindness she received."

Xu Shuo took a sip of the bitter vegetable soup in his hand and spat out a breath of hot air on the wooden wall.

"It's still hard, how did you stuff it?"

"Just find a small flat piece of wood and poke it in a little bit."

"That's ......"

Xu Shuo turned around and saw Bai Yu wearing a gray new cotton coat.

"This dress fits you perfectly." Xu Shuo said.

"Thank you, you brought it back yesterday, and to be honest, these clothes really helped us a lot. However, don't you wear the clothes you bought yourself, and this one on your body is too thin, right? Bai Yu pointed to Xu Shuo's shabby windbreaker and said.

Xu Shuo glanced down at his clothes.

"I'm not cold." He said.

"It's good to be strong...... Bai Yu laughed dryly, and then asked, "Did you get anything from entering the city yesterday?" ”

Xu Shuo glanced at Miao Zhen, who was eating breakfast cross-legged not far away, and said in a low voice: "It's a little bit, if we're lucky, we can find the Blood Moon Clan next week." ”

"You don't look very happy." Bai Yu said.

Xu Shuo shrugged.

"It's nothing, it's just that I'm worried that the plan won't keep up with the changes...... Anyway, we're going to be here for at least a week, and if there's anything you'd like me to help you with, just let me know. ”