"Carl, it's a shame that I didn't expect you to encounter such a thing, but fortunately, the Lord bless you." The Earl of Charles said with a sigh.

Hearing this, Carl was also a little scared, if he hadn't been rescued, he really didn't know what would have happened.

"Have you found out who they are?" The Earl of Charles poured a glass of wine for himself and Karl and made it to the side of the hall.

"I also hope to find out about them, but unfortunately, it's still a bit difficult." Carl shrugged, and suddenly his expression moved, and he thought of the information that the man in black had given him.

"By the way, I remember that there seems to be a member of your family who is the Count of Merendi, right?" Carl asked, feigning randomness.

"Ah, are you talking about Count Roderick? Indeed, he is our Chris's. The Earl of Charles was stunned for a moment, not knowing why the name Karti was called.

"Are you looking for something with him, my friend?" The Earl of Charles asked.

"Ah, no, it's just that I'm planning to make more friends lately, you know, connections are really important." Carl smiled and shook his head.

"Indeed, this is also a very important heritage of a family, Carl, my friend, it is really good that you can recognize this." The Earl of Charles had no doubt about him.

"Since there is such an earl in your family, why didn't you go to him for help at that time?" Karl said meaningfully.

The Earl of Charles' eyes froze, he naturally knew what Karl was talking about, the assassination at Winterburg, he still remembered it vividly, and that incident proved beyond doubt that he was right to be uneasy, and he needed a friend who had the strength to support him to stabilize his position.

The Earl of Charles nodded his lips, seeming to hesitate.

"If it's something inconvenient, don't force it, I'm just a little curious, this one asked casually." Karl saw the Earl's hesitation and followed.

After a moment, Count Charles sighed slowly, and then said, "It's not a secret, in fact, many people know it, but no one says it. ”

"Although Count Roderick and I belong to the same family of Chris, but he has not been in contact with us for a long time, I am at most the position of the patriarch, but we have no way to enforce him anything, besides, a long time ago, he had a very unpleasant quarrel with our line, he thought more than once that my father should not inherit Winterburg and Rensberg, he said that it was what he deserved, and it should be inherited by him, God, what a ridiculous statement, according to the law of inheritanceOur inheritance is completely fine. ”

The Earl of Charles was very good at storytelling, and it didn't take long for him to finish the contradiction between them and Merlen's first wheat, and he was very careful to emphasize that this lineage was completely legitimate and reasonable.

Of course, in this era, the inheritance law is very important, every nobleman relies on this inheritance law, if your succession is problematic, then others will question the legitimate authority of your rule, so every nobleman pays great attention to the legitimacy of the claim to others.

"That's a vexatious man." Carl shook his head, he finally figured out what was going on, Count Roderick and the old Earl Lens were brothers, and Count Roderick was the second son, just like Carl in the past, but their father, the patriarch of the Chris's family was a powerful earl, and because of his very soft-hearted father, he didn't just give a little thing to his second son, but directly chose to divide his territory into two, leaving the most important Lensburg to the old Earl of Lens, The less important Melendi was left to Count Roderick, and at that time Winterburg was not under the control of the Chriss, which was later taken by the old Earl Lens.

And this Rodri, Count Gram did not show much while his father was still alive, but when the patriarch of the Chriss family died, he immediately denied his brother's authority over Rensberg, and he thought that Rensburg should also belong to him, and it was obvious that this was a vexatious affair, and no one would pay attention to him.

And the next thing is obvious, the two brothers parted ways for this, and they didn't get along with each other for old age, if the patriarch of the Chris family saw this scene, he didn't know that it jumped out of the coffin board.

"But it's useless to say this, we haven't been in touch for a long time, of course I don't know anything about him, occasionally a merchant from there will bring some news, I heard that he has never even stepped out of his territory, and he is very oppressive to the people of his territory, Merundi, who was still rich at the beginning, has been tortured by him, and he is not worthy of being a nobleman at all!"

It can be seen that the Earl of Charles is very much involved in his uncle, so much so that he scolds his uncle in front of Karl, an outsider.

"Well, let's forget about these unhappy things and come and drink." Carl knew how to read words, knew that the question was almost done, and he also understood what he wanted to know, so he stopped asking and quickly changed the subject.

"Drink!" The Earl of Charles shook his head and drank a large glass of it.

At this moment, the Duke of Rizland walked to the top, and everyone at the banquet fell silent and looked at him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, those damned Magyars tried to plunder my people, they attacked our soldiers with their ferocious sharp guns, they robbed us of our wealth with their invincible horses, but this time they failed, they were fiercely blocked from my territory, I can't help but get excited when I think of them fleeing in disarray, this is a great victory, let's celebrate!"

Duke Rizland's voice was incomparably strong, and anyone could hear it, and there was excitement and pride in his voice, and it was clear that he really enjoyed this victory.

At this moment, Karl remembered that this banquet was mainly held to celebrate the defeat of the Magyars by the Duke of Rizland, and so many things happened along the way that he almost ignored them.

"Damn, gifts......" Thinking of this, he thought of the batch of gifts he bought on the road, those spices and silks were high-end goods, if they could be given to the Duke of Rizland, they would definitely make the other party very happy, but now these things were gone because of the ambush on him, and he didn't even have to think about it, they must have been taken by those damn guys.

The Duke of Rizland was also a sensible man, and he didn't blame Karl for coming empty-handed, after all, you can't force someone who has managed to find his luck back to bring any gifts.

As the voice of the Duke of Rizland fell, the atmosphere of the hall changed, the people were no longer immersed in the food and wine, and the music sounded, it was the court band of the Duke of Rizland, they lived on the second floor of the castle, there were many round arches, and they played instruments in those arches, forming a beautiful music, and the people began to dance together in the hall.

"Honorable Earl, I wonder if I have the privilege of inviting you to dance with me?" A young and beautiful woman walked up to Karl, with long blond hair that covered her waist and blue eyes like jewels.

Carl was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect this woman to have the audacity to take the initiative to invite him to dance.

To be honest, she was really beautiful, like an angel, but when Carl was about to say yes, for some reason, a figure flashed through his mind.

"No, beautiful young lady, I've just drunk too much and don't have the strength to dance anymore." Carl smiled and declined.

"Maybe we can have a good night tonight?" To Carl's surprise, the woman no longer insisted on inviting him to dance, but instead said something meaningful, her eyes secretly tingling.

Carl chuckled, he didn't expect that he would one day become the object of the girls' hugs, but after all, this is the West and not the Celestial Empire, and one-night stands are very common here, so it is not surprising anything.

But Carl didn't have any idea of that, and once again he politely declined.

"Well, it seems that I don't have the honor to do so." The blonde left with some disappointment, and if she could actually climb into Carl's bed, she would definitely get a lot out of it.

"Carl, my friend, you actually rejected such a beautiful young lady." The Count of Shire, who was opposite, couldn't help but smack his tongue as he watched everything that had happened.

"There's a saying in my hometown that the brighter the flowers, don't pick them, because you never know how many thorns are hidden under the flowers." Carl smiled and shook his head, of course he didn't refuse for such reasons, but......

"That's an interesting way to put it." The Earl of Charles shrugged.

"But I don't see it that way." The Earl of Charles changed his voice, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he left his seat and walked directly in the direction of the girls.

"Beautiful young lady, please dance with me." The Earl of Charles gracefully reached out and took a young girl in white gloves.

The figures of the two shuttled between the stage, and to Carl's surprise, the Count of Charles was very good at dancing.

But after thinking about it, he smiled dumbly, Count Charles is also an earl with a deep aristocratic cultivation, the long history of the Chris family is not a joke, this is not like the Dias family, although the history is not short, but most of them are just squires, can you expect a child who came out of the squire family to have such deep dancing skills like Count Shire?