Originally, Du Wei was worried that those Yeni factions would not give up and would send people to intercept and kill them on the road again. But the next afternoon, when someone came to report it, a group of knights appeared on both sides of the river.

Du Wei walked out of the cabin to the deck and saw that on the bank of the river, a group of holy knights in silver sè armor, fully armed, were advancing parallel to Du Wei's boat on the river. Du Wei frowned at first, and then Maximus came out to look at it, and then said with a smile: "Lord Duke, these are the holy knights of the Black Mountain faction, and they are here to protect us." ”

He then explained that after he had been attacked on the way by boat and the boat had broken down, he had immediately sent a message to Dìdū in the special method of their temple, and that these holy knights were supposed to be sent by the Black Mountain Sect to protect him.

The Montenegrin faction has always advocated neutrality, and it is standard to only recognize laws and regulations and not people, which can be regarded as justice. The Yenis and the Mosa faction are fighting to the death, and they don't care, but with their protection, if the Yenis still want to try to kill an archbishop, then the Montenegrin faction will never allow it.

There were about a hundred of the Holy Knights in this group, and Du Wei waved the flag here, slowed down the boat, lowered a small boat and docked, and brought the leader of the Holy Knights who led the team to the ship.

To Du Wei's surprise, the leader of the team, the knight, was actually an eighth-level master. Since Hussein's rebellion in the Holy Knights, the original three top masters and the three knights, Hussein himself left, and the other two knights died in Hussein's hands, and the original top masters can be said to have been lost. The rest can have eighth-level strength, which is already considered top-notch.

This time, he was able to send an eighth-level knight, which shows that the Black Mountain faction attaches great importance to this Maximus.

This eighth-level knight is obviously a person who is indifferent. It was rumored that he was not affectionate to Du Wei and Maximos and others. However, after indifferent salutes, he said in a dry tone that he had been ordered to protect Bishop Maximus and return to Dìdū to report on his duties. Furthermore. Maximus opened his mouth to express his gratitude. The knight didn't seem to appreciate it either, but said lightly: "Where the duty is, the bishop is not polite." ”

This guy is lukewarm in his talk. He also didn't have much respect for Du Wei, the duke, and nodded. He turned around and departed. Maximus was afraid that Du Wei would be angry, and after the eighth-level knight left, he explained: "Lord Duke, please don't blame him for losing his manners. It's just that these guys from the Montenegrin faction have always been like this. They worked hard to do penance. I don't care much about worldly things. The people in the temple. I have long been accustomed to these monsters who believe in the teachings of the Montenegrin sect. Privately, he also added a nickname to them. It would be more appropriate to call them the Black Face faction rather than the Black Mountain faction. ”

Du Wei wasn't the kind of person with a small belly, and since he knew all the dirty things in the temple. Instead, I will be neutral towards it. No questions asked. The Montenegrin faction who only seeks his own penance. The most favorable.

If the people in the temple were all like this, then there wouldn't be so much trouble.

Come to think of it. Du Wei's heart moved, and he looked carefully at the knights on the shore who were riding their horses slowly parallel to the big boat, and couldn't help but be fascinated......

With the Holy Knight escort sent by Montenegro. The rest of the road was uneventful. The Yenis probably knew that they couldn't do it. Abandoned the plan to assassinate on the road.

It's the eighth-level knight who led the team. Except for the first day of coming on the boat to say hello, I didn't come back to the ship for the next few days.

Du Wei can be regarded as having seen the style of these "Black Mountain School" ascetic knights. On the road for these days. Du Wei and his entourage naturally ate and lived on the boat, and there was no fatigue in the big boat.

And this more than a hundred knights. But he was escorted on the shore all the way. They never left, they never even stopped! Even eating and sleeping were on the horses! For three days and three nights, these knights lined up and slowly walked side by side with the big ships. Never left a single bit. These knights of the Montenegrin faction can really be called the real holy knights, they are almost like iron men, they march on the horses for three days and three nights, and when they are tired, they take turns to sleep on the horses, and when they are hungry, they take out the dry food they carry with them, sit on the horses and eat a few bites, and when they are thirsty, they just take off their skins and drink a few mouthfuls of water.

Although Du Wei was comfortable, looking at these serious and hard-working knights, he couldn't help but admire it a little in his heart. The Montenegrin faction guy is really a real ascetic...... However, in Du Wei's heart, in addition to the word penance, I am afraid that the word "self-abuse" must be added.

When chatting with Maximus, Bishop Maximus also admitted frankly that although the Holy Knights had already been infiltrated by the Yeni Mosa faction, the Montenegrin faction was still the backbone of the Holy Knights, and among the holy knights of the various factions, the Holy Knights of the Montenegrin faction were the most powerful.

Heaven rewards hard work, this truth is true in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.

The boat traveled to a small wharf less than thirty miles west of Dìdū City, where Du Wei and his party abandoned the ship and landed on the shore, and the carriages and horses were transported off the ship, and then entered Dìdū City by land.

Bishop Maximus was naturally riding in the same carriage with Du Wei, but when he saw that Du Wei's coachman was actually a Nanyang slave, he couldn't help but look at it twice, and was amazed. After all, Dan Duwei is from a noble family, even if it is a personal attendant like a groom, most of them choose their own family members for generations. Attention is a scene.

Only the retinue of the nouveau riche will be mottled and impure, and everyone will have it. And with Du Wei's identity, the groom is actually a Nanyang slave, which is rare.

Thirty miles away, one day, in the evening, finally came to the west gate of dìdū, on the continent and saw the majestic city wall of dìdū, under the sunset, the outline of the first male city on the continent is faintly visible, under the sunset, as if it was smeared with a layer of gold sè splendor, Du Wei couldn't help but feel quite touched in his heart, thinking that this is the second time he has returned to dìdū. The last time I came back, I was just a young master who was not loved by my father, and I was looked down upon in the family. And when he came back this time, he was already a duke who held the military and political power of one party, and a first-class celebrity in the circle of imperial elites. And his father back then had already returned to his hometown in despair.

Thinking of this, Du Wei couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Maximus next to him saw Du Wei sigh and couldn't help asking, "Lord Duke, it seems that you are in a bad mood." ”

Du Wei smiled and said, "Lord Bishop, I'm thinking, the world cycles. It's really emotional. Sitting on the cusp of the storm today, maybe tomorrow will fall into a trough. Look at this dìdū. How many heroes have been in the past thousand years. Until now, not all of them have turned into loess. And only this majestic city is still standing. Success or failure, in the end, is just a bustle. ”

Maximus couldn't help but be a little surprised, looking at the young duke, thinking that he was only a teenager. Where did this desolate mentality come from? Some are unfathomable. Thinking of this, he smiled too. "Your Excellency, we Mosa sects believe in a saying that there is no eternal right and wrong. There is only eternal truth."

When Du Wei heard this, he pondered in his heart for a while, and said with a smile: "Well, this is very reasonable. After all, the Mosa sect is different from the Yeni sect, and the Yeni doctrine is too extreme, and it is too rigid to be right or wrong for a while, which shows that in this world, fei-teng is hand-beaten. Nothing should be too extreme. Just like this Xiongcheng, it is the eternal truth, and the ups and downs of the magnates in the city from generation to generation are just the right and wrong in it, today you are right, tomorrow he is wrong, there are always ups and downs, but this Xiongcheng is the same. ”

Maximus smiled slightly and looked at Du Wei: "Lord Duke, you are indeed smart. It would be an honor for us to be a Mosa if such a wise person as you could become a believer under the throne of the goddess. ”

Du Wei naturally smiled extremely sincerely on his face, but secretly said in his heart that I am afraid that it may not be! Lao Tzu kowtowed to the goddess on the surface and shouted Long live the goddess, but in his heart he scolded her for being an old bitch, and how could others know.

Before the carriage and horses arrived at the city gate, they found that outside the west gate, there were already a large number of soldiers from the dìdū security station lined up to greet them, and under the city gate, the idle people and others had been dispersed, and thousands of soldiers from the security station lined up around, and under the city gate, there were hundreds of royal forest soldiers wearing bright armor, surrounded by more than a dozen people waiting.

As soon as Du Wei's chariots and horses approached, he heard that a guard of honor had already sounded the horn on the city wall, and the thorn flower flags were fluttering at the head of the city, and those honor guards were all in line, and the triumphant flags of victory were hoisted under the horns.

There is a triumphant horn in this Roland Emperor**, of course Du Wei will not fail to hear it. He hurriedly asked the carriage to stop the carriage and get out of the carriage to look, but saw that most of the people who greeted him under the city gate were nobles and magnates among the dìdū, including the Imperial Inspectorate, the Sheriff's Office, the Financial Secretary, and the representatives of the military. I couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

From afar, I heard a loud voice laughing and said: "Lord Duke, you are finally here, we have been waiting for you here for a long time, you see, that guy in Delan Mountain, he is too fat, he has been standing for too long, and he is tired." If you don't come again, I'm afraid this fat man will have to find a warm place to rest. ”

Du Wei's surprise is not trivial!

At this time, it is the end of the year, it is the cold season, although there is no snow these days, but the climate is also very cold, at the moment the northwest wind gusts, straight like a knife. The dozen or so people in front of him, including Count Villa and the Warcraft of Mount Teland, are all his old friends, and Baron Sax, who was originally the head of the Sheriff's Office, took the initiative to hand over the military power of the Sheriff's Office after the coup d'état, won the trust of Prince Chen, and now has a lot of real power in the Financial Department.

Standing next to him was the "gold medal undercover agent" who made great achievements during the coup d'état, and later became the new head of the Sheriff's Office because of his merits, Master Camiciro, who once spent a lot of money to order a set of gorgeous armor in Du Wei's shop.

The rest of you are also the cadres and henchmen of the Chen Emperor's line, and now they all have a place in Dìdūzhōngyāng.

These people braved the cold wind to stand at the gate of the city to greet them, and this face is really big.

Although Du Wei was a duke, he was not easy to put on a show, so he hurriedly abandoned the carriage and strode up, with a warm smile on his face: "Hahaha! It really makes me uneasy! So many nobles are at the city gate to greet me, but I don't want Du Wei to go too far! I can't imagine that I Du Wei has been away from Dìdū for nearly two years before he returns." You gave me such a big face, how can I afford it. ”

He came up and greeted these members of the Chen Emperor's team warmly, and after hugging and greeting them one by one, the commander of the sheriff's office, Camiciro, laughed in a low voice: "Lord Duke, you are thanking the wrong person! Everyone is an old friend, let me be honest, although we have a good relationship, brother, you come back from the northwest, of course I am happy, I have to pour you a few bottles of good wine." Let's have fun together!haha! But I want to wait for you at the gate of this city for a long time in this cold weather. I will not accept this sin. Haha...... "This Camisiro is one of the most trusted people under Prince Chen, and his personal relationship with Du Wei ......is also good, these words are also the truth, but they make people feel more affectionate, Du Wei listened, and his heart moved: "Oh?

Camiciro laughed: "My duke! He is the most fond of enjoyment. I can't stand the slightest bit of suffering, although everyone has a good relationship. He also refuses to stand here and drink the northwest wind for you! It's just that everyone is here today for friendship. What about two...... By order of the regent, of course. Otherwise, with just a few of us, I'm afraid we won't be able to mobilize these palace guards and royal forest troops. ”

Du Wei suddenly smiled.

It's just the posture in front of him, the military generals under the command of the prince of Banchen, greeted at the gate of this city, and the army lined up, and above the city tower, the honor guard pulled out all the style

This is completely a posture to welcome the triumphant general. It's just a little smaller in size, but it's all there.

"Everyone. But it gives me a headache Du Wei!" Du Wei laughed: "This looks like a triumphant general." I've only been in the northwest for two years. It's not a triumph. ”

Count Villa walked over to Dewey. Pulled his clothes. In a low voice, "Du Wei." This is what His Highness Tatsu meant. Alas...... Your Highness let me tell you. Actually, he understood. The battle between the city of Gilliat and the steppe people is your credit. Although the head of the golden wolf head was sent by the Northwest Army. Military merits. Nominally, it was stolen by the Northwest Army. But in fact, the credit for defeating the 20,000 Iron Horsemen of the steppe should belong to you. Only, said His Highness. He knows it all. I can't give you the name of military merit, but this time you come back. I have to give you a leader to welcome the triumphant heroes, and I can't chill your heart!"

When Du Wei heard this, he couldn't help but feel faintly moved in his heart. But when I was moved, I immediately screamed!

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chen is really powerful! Such a means of winning over people's hearts is really clever! In this cold weather, he sent most of his henchmen to make such a small-scale ceremony to welcome the triumph, which is very intimate, and if he changes any courtier, I am afraid he will be moved.

Even if it was himself, although he knew that this was just a means for His Highness Chen, he still couldn't help but feel warm in his heart emotionally.

Then the horns sounded, and Du Wei, along with a dozen other powerful people, surrounded by soldiers of the police and the royal guards, swept into the dìdū.

Maximus, as a member of the temple, did not show his face, and after entering the city, he left Dìdū and went to the temple under the escort of the Holy Knights. Seeing that Du Wei was so powerful, this old bishop decided in his heart that this duke was favored and had great power, and he had pulled such a foreign aid this time, which was really right.

After entering the city, such a big scene, with so many soldiers accompanying them all the way, naturally attracted many onlookers among the dìdū.

After walking for a while, Du Wei found that the direction was wrong, and couldn't help asking, "Yi...... How to ......"

Seeing the large group of people turn into a large road on the left under the imperial city, this road Du Wei is very familiar with. It's just that it's not the small house he lived in before he left Dìdū. Instead, he turned to the old mansion of the original Rollin family!

A good mansion in front of him is Du Wei grew up, originally belonged to the residence of Count Raymond of the Rollin family, but after the coup d'état, the house was copied, and then Du Wei did not want to come back, anyway, he was going to the northwest, this house was taken back and sold by the Finance Department, and he didn't care, and Count Raymond had been convicted of rebellion, and the house was not returned to Du Wei at that time. According to the imperial decree it was sold.

But this time back, standing outside the door. It was found that the house had been renovated, and even the stone slabs of the road in front of the door had been re-paved. The construction of the gate is even more magnificent. A tulip family crest carved out of precious stones and solid gold. It is set on the gate. There is also a golden tulip flag next to it.

Originally Earls' Court. Now it has become the Tulip Duke's Palace.

Du Wei was puzzled, and Camisiro next to him laughed in a low voice: "My duke." This mansion is His Royal Highness Chen personally asked the Financial Secretary to give you back. ”

Du Wei opened his mouth: "Oh? But I remember." By the time I left dìdū, the house had already been sold to someone else......"

Camissiro pouted: "Hmph, His Royal Highness Chen has named him to come back, even if there is already a master here, who doesn't dare to let him out." Baron Sach, who was next to him from the financial secretary, also smiled and said, "Lord Duke." You're welcome. This mansion is for you from His Royal Highness himself. The Financial Secretary paid for it. Your Highness said that you are too small in the Duke's Mansion in Dìdū. I really don't deserve your dukedom. Although this mansion is the old mansion of the Rollin family, you have a relationship with the Rollin family. Everyone understands in their hearts. There is no need to do anything to fake face. People are nostalgic for the old, you must like this house, so you just take it back to you. I ordered a lot of work to be done. But it cost a lot of gold!"

As he spoke, he took Du Wei's hand and walked inside. As he walked, he smiled and said, "Come on, come on." Come in and have a look. Are you satisfied? It's all sent by the fat man in Delan Mountain, although this guy is very vulgar. But it's really not bad to pick things. To be honest, we all came to see it after we got it done. Even the Count of Villa said that his side would be a stable. ”

Du Wei walked in all the way and couldn't help but gasp!

It seems that this time the regent is trying to entrap himself. It really cost money, and this house has been renovated very thoroughly. The house is built in a majestic manner. Luxurious without being cheesy. Come into the yard. A grass and a tree are obviously planted with a heart. And along the way. There were also dozens of servants in new costumes standing with their hands down. When Lao Yuan saw Du Wei coming, he hurriedly bent down to salute.

"We're looking for these people for you. Among them, His Royal Highness Chen also specially sent you a few court etiquette masters to be trained, and you will be sure to serve you to your satisfaction. ”

All the way inside. Du Wei suddenly stopped. In the innermost part of this house. It's different from the palatial buildings in front of it. However, a small courtyard is specially preserved.

This courtyard is not another place, but it is the study of Count Raymond back then. When Du Wei saw it, he couldn't help but be stunned. The original buildings have been renovated. Only this courtyard has maintained its original appearance.

"That's what I meant. Count Villa whispered, "Since it's an old mansion." There is always a trace of the old rì to be left behind, so that people can feel something in their hearts. The other side pushed the reconstruction. But I heard that this was the former Raymond's study, so I decided to stay. Alas...... Du Wei, I know you are a nostalgic person. ”

Du Wei stood outside this courtyard and saw the small building standing inside, this building was completely different from the outside, there was no luxury at all, but some peace in the indifference. It was evening, and under the cover of night, the house was shrouded in shadows, and the cold wind around it rustled the grass and trees.

I don't know if the servant didn't turn off the lights after cleaning up, and the light was faintly shining out of the window in the study.

When Du Wei looked at this scene, he suddenly felt as if a soft party in his heart had been hit hard!!

The memories of each scene in my heart have come to mind!

When he was young, the "father" tried to tease himself in this yard in order to let him speak.

When he was young, in order to practice his martial arts, he asked the Alpha Guard Captain to check his body here

And later, I invited the mage Clark from the Magic Guild to check his magical talent here.

At that time, my father was disappointed in himself again and again...... Well, that kind of scene must have hit this man very hard. After all, as an earl, the head of the family, he has the responsibility of the family, but his only son is a waste.

Later, when he returned to Dìdū from his hometown in Rollin, it was also in this study that his father tried to repair the relationship with him.

But, too, in this study. Father and son finally broke up completely!

I still remember the summer before the coup d'état, and it was also in this study that my father personally admitted that he had sent someone to kill him......

I remember that day, my heart was so cold!

Xia rì is empty, and the heart is like an abyss...... Well, that's how it feels.

At this time, Du Wei's heart sighed, and he didn't know how much his mind turned, and he couldn't help but feel a little stupid. The Count of Villa and the others next to him seemed to understand Du Wei's mood, and they didn't bother him with anything.

Finally a while passed. Du Wei took a deep breath and turned around. He bowed deeply to these people behind him, and then said in a deep voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen...... Thank you!"

Du Wei's "thank you" was extremely sincere. It also comes from the heart. Count Villa and the others smiled, and the Delan Mountain Demon Beast muttered: "Okay, my duke, everyone has been waiting for you in the cold wind for a long time! Originally, I wanted to pull you to drink, but I know that you have been tired all the way, this wine, it's not too late to drink it tomorrow." It's just that now I'm going to go back and warm up, fat man! If I hadn't poured two jugs of hot wine in a hurry, I'm afraid my fat man would really have to become a popsicle. ”

As soon as I said that. Everyone laughed. Then Du Wei kept a few words, but everyone knew that Du Wei had just come back and was not easy to disturb. They all said goodbye and left.

Du Wei sent everyone away, looked at the new servants in the house, called the guards he brought, let them go down to rest, he asked everyone to move their salutes into the study, and then let everyone retreat, leaving Du Wei alone in the study.

The appearance of this study has not changed from the original. Even the chair was once sat by Count Raymond...... I don't know where those guys from the Financial Secretary got them from.

Du Wei sat behind the desk, where his father used to be, and then, as if subconsciously, turned around at random, touched the bookshelf behind him, and touched a wine bottle from behind a few books, and sure enough, from behind a few books.

Looking at the wine bottle in his hand, he couldn't help but smile: "What a Count of Villa, he is really a guy who knows how to spy on people's minds! ”

He touched the bottle in his hand, then unscrewed the lid and took a sip, letting out a long sigh.

Well, back then...... My father must have often sat alone in this study and drank alone.

He is the head of the family and has the responsibility of the family, but it is a pity that my son has disappointed him immensely. The burden of thousands of pounds was on his shoulders alone, and he had no one to say, and the only way to relieve the pressure was to hide in the study and secretly drink a few sips of wine.

Well, my mother was always worried about my father's health and didn't allow him to drink more, so my father hid the bottle behind the books on this shelf.

Thinking of this, Du Wei's heart was first sour, then warm, and he didn't know how to sort out the taste in his heart.

He was born here, but he suffocated the QQ that had been locked in the cage.

Since the identity of "Lord Duke's pet" has been confirmed, in public, in the presence of outsiders, QQ can generally only honestly squat in a large cage specially made for it.

At this moment, the outsiders are gone, and QQ jumps off by himself and walks out of the cage - the cage is never locked, just to make an appearance for outsiders.

After all, after Du Wei knew QQ's true identity, he locked the first pope of the Temple of Light in history in a birdcage, which really made him feel a little embarrassed.

"The look on your face, it's weird at this moment! I've been in the Northwest for almost two years, and I've never seen you look like this. QQ sighed.

Du Wei shook his head: "You don't understand these things. ”

Then he rubbed his face and smiled, "Okay, now we're finally back." It's just that this regent has given me such a big surprise. ”

QQ said nonchalantly: "A surprise is a surprise, but I'm afraid that he is good to you, and it is not unconditional." ”

Du Wei casually poured another sip of wine, and said with a slight smile: "Of course! As a monarch, he has always controlled his subordinates, and even if the means are ever-changing, no matter how complex and subtle, they are just appearances, and in the end, to put it bluntly, it is just that: carrots and sticks!"

He rubbed his nose and said with a wry smile: "First of all, I mobilized so many powerful people in Dìdū to get me a ceremony to welcome the triumph, which gave me enough face." And gave this house back to me, which is a game of affection! Such a series of carrots is enough...... It's just that, next, when the stick falls, it will definitely not be light. ”