After listening to Thomas's words, Gervais felt that there was some reason, and he really needed to let the serfs living in this territory know that they had a new lord.

"Thomas, your proposal is very good, but there is no need to gather the townspeople, I will patrol the territory tomorrow and arrange a guard to be in charge of shouting, and they will naturally know when the time comes!" However, Gervais, who summoned the townspeople or something, felt that it was unnecessary, because in his previous life, he also didn't like formalism, as long as he let the guards shout and inform him in the back when he made his rounds tomorrow.

"Yes, Lord Gervais!"

When the matter for tomorrow was settled, Gervais returned to his bedroom, and even the apprentice knight felt tired, so after Gervais had washed up, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

……

In the early hours of the morning, the castle gates were closed, and the whole castle was shrouded in darkness, and only the faint light of the shadows could be seen on the city walls, which were braziers for the lighting of the soldiers on the night watch.

Four or five thick sticks of wood crackled in the brazier, and not far from the brazier there were three people gathered around, and the three of them whispered something from time to time.

"Captain, what to do! The matter of the guest room will definitely be discovered by the Baron tomorrow! ”

These three people are Benny and his two doglegs, and in the past, Benny, who was born as a captain, was not allowed to be stationed on the city walls, let alone be on duty at night.

But this time is different, and now the castle has a new owner, and this time Benny himself ordered the night to replace the other guards who were supposed to be on duty tonight.

Gervais came to the territory today and did not remove Benny as captain, so for now, these guards still need to follow his arrangements.

The guards who were replaced by Benny were surprised at first, but considering that there was already a new lord here, they thought that Benny wanted to behave well in front of the Baron, so they didn't think much about it.

But only Benny himself knows what he's doing it for.

"What else can I do, we'll run tonight, if we don't run tonight, tomorrow Lord Baron will find out, and he will definitely send us to the gallows!" Although Benny's face was also full of bitterness, what he said was categorical.

"But captain, if we run away, we will never see our family again! Or...... Or if we beg the Baron for mercy, maybe the Baron will let us go!" One of Benny's doglegs was still hesitating, as long as they absconded in fear of sin, there would never be a day of turning back.

is a guard, but he is about to become a fugitive, let alone see his family, and may even implicate his family.

Benny saw that this subordinate hesitated, and the other subordinate also began to waver, and a cold light flashed in his heart, but he was still in the castle at the moment, and he also needed these two subordinates to follow, in the process of escaping, it was definitely better to take two subordinates than alone.

"I don't care if you want to die! Do you think the noble lord will forgive you for living in the Inner Castle? And the Baron will be patrolling the territory tomorrow, and if you let him know what we're doing, do you think he'll be able to get around you? Benny suppressed the anger in his heart and kept retorting from his men's words.

Seeing that his subordinates were still hesitating, Benny continued: "Does Viscount Lanny know? It's the same nobleman who sent me a letter last time! I'm going to run to him this time, and he's a nobleman, and as long as he can protect us, we'll be able to live there even if we can't go back to being guards!" I still have 5 gold coins in my room, and if you go with me, I'll give you 1 gold coin each when you get to the place! ”

"Captain, I'll go with you!"

"Captain, I'll go too!"

After listening to Benny's words, the two men immediately made up their minds and no longer hesitated.

Originally, although they knew that they stayed and begged for mercy, the chances of living were not very high, but compared to being a wanted fugitive, they might also affect their families, and they were more willing to gamble, at least their families would not be affected.

But when Benny said his plan, the two saw a better way out.

The nobleman Benny said, they did know that just over a month ago, the nobleman also sent a steward to find Benny, although they didn't know the specific matter of the nobleman looking for Benny, but it showed that Benny did deal with the noble lord.

If that noble lord would really shelter them, they wouldn't need to hide XZ, and even if they couldn't get along with that noble lord, they would be able to live a decent life for several years with a gold coin given by Benny.

"Now that you've decided, let's get moving! If you want to get the gold, you have to go to the guest room with me to get it, you guys give me a clever point! Seeing that the two men had made up their minds, Benny confessed, and then led the two to sneak under the city wall.

I'm going to secretly open the city gate a little first, and then there will be no obstacles when I run later.

The escape plan was something that Benny had been thinking about in the afternoon, because he knew what he had done, and even if the Baron didn't kill him, then his best outcome would be to become a serf.

He didn't want to become a serf, because he still had 5 gold coins, and as long as he escaped from the Earl Jones's domain, he could calmly plan his life for the rest of his life. As for what he said about knowing Viscount Lanny, this is a half-truth, Viscount Lanny did send someone to write to him, and the 5 gold coins were also sent by Viscount Lanny. but

It was he who had nothing to do with Viscount Lenny, and it was only by virtue of his position as the captain stationed here that he could obtain all this. If he becomes a fugitive, it is estimated that Viscount Lenny will be happy to capture them and get back the 5 gold coins.

Five gold coins was a lot of money for them, and Benny now regretted why he had chosen to keep the gold and the letter in his guest room in the first place.

When Gervais didn't come, only Benny and the two doglegs dared to live in the inner fort, and Benny felt that it was safest to keep the gold coins and letters in the guest room than to put them in the cabin, or carry them with him, and they would never be lost.

But Benny did a lot of calculations, and he never expected that the castle, which had not had a lord for thirty years, would have an owner overnight, and it would come so quickly that he was completely caught off guard.

When the Baron entered the castle, he no longer had a chance to go to the guest room in the open, so he could only choose to sneak in tonight, taking advantage of the current shortage of people in the castle and the emptiness of the defense, to get back his own gold coins and the letter!

In Benny's mind, 5 gold coins were very important, and the letter could not be missed, because if it fell into the hands of the Baron, then the Earl would probably have to hunt him down.

A baron's influence can only be manifested within his own domain, but the influence of a single count is enough to be wanted in the entire duchy.

As the three of them who have been stationed here for a year and a half, they certainly know the terrain of this castle very well.

They did not dare to enter through the gate of the inner fort, but chose the side of the inner fort, where there was a window with an iron bar on the top of the bar, as long as they paid a ladder, they could pass through there to reach the stairs of the inner fort, the rooms of the castle were on the second floor and were not inhabited, the first floor was inhabited by the butler and servants, and the baron's bedroom and study were on the third floor, so as long as they were careful, they would not be discovered.

The three of them cautiously climbed into the castle through the window, there was no light in the castle, and they did not dare to light a fire, so they could only rely on their memories and slowly grope their way up in the dark.

……

Johnny Slippers was excited, and he felt that he must have been favored by God today.

At first, he was very aggrieved when he was summoned by the guards to clean the castle on the street for no reason. Because the tasks of cleaning the castle are all rotated, although there is no money, but it is only rotated once every two or three years, and everyone has no opinion.

He had only been to participate in the cleaning of the castle once last month, but he did not expect to be forcibly summoned by the guards again today, Johnny felt very wronged, but he did not dare to object, and when facing the guards and Lord Thomas, he did not even dare to show any unhappy expression on his face.

Although he was very reluctant, but when he was assigned to clean the area, Johnny was very attentive, not only cleaned every corner of his own area, but even helped others to clean together, perhaps God saw his diligence, Master Thomas chose him, let him stay in the castle with another serf, and told them that if they behave well in the past few days, they will have the opportunity to become a real valet in the castle in the future.

Johnny felt like he was in a dream today, the manservant in the castle, the most decent and honorable job in the territory, was ten thousand times stronger than the mud legs rolling in the mud.

In the past, he had heard from the merchants who came to the territory to do business that if they became real valets, they would get a large salary, wear new clothes, and sometimes the adults would have white bread and barbecue in their food before they finished eating. The remaining white bread and roast meat will be rewarded by the steward to the good servant.

Johnny couldn't stop drooling at the thought of that fluffy white bread because he had actually gotten a small piece of white bread tonight.

It was already the middle of the night, but Johnny was so excited that he couldn't sleep, he sneaked out of the room on the first floor, and at the staircase, he took something out of his arms by the moonlight, and slowly pulled away the rags outside, and Johnny finally saw the white bread inside.

This is the white bread that Thomas gave him tonight, because he has never eaten it, so he is reluctant to eat it all at once, he only eats half of it, and the other half is these in his hands, Johnny holds the white bread, puts it in his nose and smells it, the rich wheat aroma makes him intoxicated, Johnny is ready to open his mouth and take a bite of the white bread in his hand.

However, just as he was about to take a small bite of white bread, he suddenly heard something coming from outside the window. Johnny was startled, and quickly and cautiously retreated to the bottom of the stairs, hiding in the corner of the wall and secretly watching the window where the sound came.

As the minutes passed, a head suddenly stuck out of the window, startling Johnny, who hurriedly covered his mouth and didn't dare to make a sound. It was only when the three men had climbed into the castle and walked slowly up the stairs that Johnny came to his senses, and immediately ran to the door of Thomas's room, and began to knock on the door, and let out a high-pitched cry.

"Catch the thief, catch the thief! A thief has entered the castle! "Johnny is a country serf, and the first time this kind of thing happened, he was scared.

Now that he reacted, he didn't think about whether this would startle the thieves who sneaked in, and he just wanted to notify everyone as soon as possible, so Johnny's voice spread throughout the corridor, and even the guards in charge of guarding the staircase on the third floor heard the shout.

When the guard, who was already a little sleepy, heard the shouting, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to be careless, and walked quickly behind him, and the guard came to the door of Gervais's room and knocked on Gervais's door.