The gas lamps on the side of the road cast a warm orange light.

After seeing Lavinia leave, Lothar did not immediately meet Valentina, but went to the bakery that was still open in the square, bought two large bags of cheap black bread, and walked into the alleys.

Before he could get closer, someone by the campfire looked up with a wary face.

The other party has eye-catching wolf characteristics on his head, but there is no tail, he belongs to the mixed blood, and the blood is relatively thin in the wolf clan, if in the past, the mixed wolf clan belonged to the untouchables, then this grade of mixed blood belongs to the kind of people who have to be thrown into the river and drown as soon as they are born.

Rao is now, the status of the mixed-blood wolf clan has been greatly improved, but this does not include the wandering mixed-blood wolf clan.

"Please stand there, sir."

The man standing in the backlight, with raunchy unkempt hair and beard, his pupils flashed with a faint green light: "We're just here for one night, it won't affect anyone, and we won't forget to pick up the garbage we left behind and put out the fire when we leave, so please stop there, good for you and good for us." ”

"You're mistaken... These are for you. ”

Lothar crouched down, placed the bread on the ground, and then raised her hands and slowly stepped back.

It's been a long time.

The man couldn't help but slowly walk towards the paper bag containing the bread.

After seeing the contents of the paper bag clearly, his face, which was full of fatigue from days of running and toiling, couldn't help but show a smile of joy: "Heavenly Father is above!" Thank you, sir, for your generosity! ”

He doesn't live in front of him with a cross drawn, even though he is a so-called "dark creature".

"Dad, who was it just now?"

"A good Samaritan."

Lothar listened to the subtle sound of conversation coming from behind her, and the corners of her mouth curled slightly.

The Saluzzo family has more than one stronghold in Turin.

The family's sphere of influence is so intertwined in the Apennine Peninsula, and Saluzzo also has other family strongholds, such as the "Iron Fist and Beauty" tavern that appeared in Lothar's last battle, which belongs to the Sassari family.

The base where Valentina asked him to meet was a large single-family mansion.

He knocked lightly on the door, and saw that no one answered for a long time, so he pushed the door and walked in.

Only then did he realize that there was not even a single caretaker in the huge mansion, and the door was not closed, probably because Saluzzo's sign was too loud in Piedmont to be robbed.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a familiar sound, and a smile appeared on his face, and he followed the sound to the stable.

The mount he rode with Eremer was placed here.

He patted the horse on the neck, and from the nearby storehouse, he retrieved the stored roughage and dumped it in the trough.

"You're going to see Lavinia again tonight?"

Coldly, a voice sounded.

Lothar subconsciously made a defensive move, and when she looked back, she realized that it was Valentina, a girl who, like Celinina, had a bad habit of walking silently.

"Miss, how do you know?"

"Don't worry, I don't have the spare time to send someone to spy on you, Lavinia has her unique smell - you obviously had close contact with her, otherwise it wouldn't be so clear by now."

After Valentina finished speaking, she was a little worried: "I warn you, don't think badly about her because of her beautiful face. We in Saluzzo don't have a tradition of marrying Bologna. ”

"I see, miss."

Lothar replied obediently.

"Come with me, didn't you say you want to weigh your catties, be careful, don't hurt you."

Lothar let out an "um" and followed in her footsteps.

The two took a stand on the training ground.

Valentina used an ordinary training wooden sword: "It's time to start!" Keep your guard on guard and concentrate on it, otherwise, even if it is a wooden sword, it will be injured. ”

Lothar also carried a wooden sword, nodded, and struck.

The cold wind was blowing, and the two of them went from being still to being unable to see their figures clearly, as if only a moment had passed, and in the field, only the sound of the wooden sword colliding was left, and the remnants of the Dao left when they moved quickly.

Their rivalry didn't last long.

When Valentina found out that at the level of swordsmanship, even if she used her best strength, she couldn't take down Lothar for a while, and she couldn't help but laugh angrily.

"Lothar, you're hiding too much of your strength, aren't you?"

Lothar smiled awkwardly.

The edge corner, and the elite centurion, the gap between the two is too big, and this can't be rounded.

He put the wooden sword back on the weapon rack, calmed his breath, and smiled, "Miss, I have always felt that you should do as much as you enjoy. With a salary of three hundred lira a month, I have done everything I can. ”

"Oh, according to you, all the factory owners and councillors in this city should be little bees who are busy all year round, from morning to night?"

Valentina said mockingly.

"Okay, I don't care what you did before, now that you've been exposed in front of me, don't think about being lazy anymore, from today onwards, I'll promote you to centurion, subordinate... For now, Eremer is alone. ”

She paused, and then said, "I'll give you the Kestrel Winery outside Saluzzo, you don't have to get involved in the operation of the winery, just sit and receive the money every month." ”

Lothar said kindly: "Thank you, Miss." ”

He was really short of money.

The monthly allowance of 300 lire is more than enough for the average middle class to maintain their lives, but he has something to spend right now.

"During this time, you will be stationed in the stronghold in Turin, waiting for my news, and the mastermind behind the conflict between Saluzzo and the Bologna family, I already have an eyebrow, just wait for my orders."

Lothar then understood that Valentina seemed to have promoted him, but her trust in herself had decreased, otherwise she would not have sent him, the person she originally wanted to take in as a personal guard, to Turin.

And rightfully so.

After all, the strength shown by Lothar was enough to threaten her.

Even if the family blood can't be erased.

But within the Saluzo family, there are also factions, not everyone wants the throne of the patriarch of the family, monopolized in the hands of the main branch of the Valentina family, it is really not possible, let the main branch be extinct, can't this side line come up?

"I'll leave the stronghold here to you for the time being, take care of your home, but remember what I told you, don't get too close to that Lavinia."

She looked at Lothar's submissive expression on the surface, and raised some sharp eyebrows: "If you just fancy her pretty good skin, save it, it's not an object that you can play with, play with it, be careful that she will end up with you." ”

Lothar opened her mouth, trying to explain that she didn't want to marry Lavinia, let alone play with others, but it was really difficult to explain, so she had to say, "What you said, Miss, I wrote it down." ”

I think that the grand duke of Lothar, the future king of Egypt, should be reprimanded by your little girl in such a hurry...

Lothar had to admit that Valentina's aura was the strongest woman he had ever seen.

Better than Empress Lagaia!

Of course, it may also be that the empress has not shown her aura to him.

"I'll go out, and when you're sleepy, find a room to sleep in—you can choose anything but the one I live in."

After Valentina finished speaking, she hurried away.

The mansion is so large that it can accommodate hundreds of people, and it is not crowded at all.

Now, Lothar was the only one left, and she immediately felt much colder.

He walked to the antechamber, filled the fireplace with the dry wood placed in the firewood room, and raised his hand to pop up a spark, which immediately ignited a raging flame, and the heat carried by the smoke spread along the flue above the fireplace.

He sat down in front of the fireplace with a smile on his face: "It's still like this." ”

He suddenly patted his head: "By the way, I haven't notified Eremer to come over, this guy won't be stupid to stay in a hotel, right?" ”

...

Turin, a collective apartment on Avenue Maple Leaf.

Lavinia unscrewed the key to her house and hung the keychain and her coat on a hanger, revealing her plump body in a white shirt inside.

The gas stove in the room was blazing, but she couldn't help but think of the homeless people again.

Many of them, perhaps, were able to work for a short time during the day, and if they were lucky, to take up a job as a porter in a merchant's inn, earning twenty taels of silver, which was enough to fill their stomachs, but not enough to provide themselves and their families with a house sheltered from the wind and a stove.

"They don't really need much, just a place to stay, and they can support themselves with their own hands."

Lavinia muttered to herself.

She took out her wallet and rummaged through it for a moment: "Three whole bills of two hundred lira, ten silver coins of twenty lira, and two gold louis, which can probably rent a house that can accommodate fifty people in a relatively remote place on the outskirts of the city for a month." ”

She thought for a moment, and then took out a whole bill of two hundred lire from her wallet: "I have to keep one for my expenses this month..."

"Forget it, I can eat a little less, in the cafeteria, if you are cheeky, you should be able to rub a free lunch, but for dinner, you have to figure out your own - it's a big deal to sell one or two accessories."

Thinking so, Lavinia put the whole bill back in her wallet and exchanged it for four silver coins.

"Also, if you wake up earlier every day, you don't have to take the public carriage."

She said as she put a silver coin back in her wallet.

"By the way, when is the paycheck coming this month?"

The judge, who had never been bothered by money, fell into deep thought for a while.