"Long live Your Majesty!"

As they passed, the coachman and the guards beat their chests and shouted the same blessing, and then several guards surrounded them, peeked into the carriage through the window, and looked in the carriage. Although they saw His Royal Highness at first sight, several guards made a thorough tour and confirmed that there were only three Babu people in the car except for the Baron, so they withdrew their gaze and smiled at the Baron.

"Your Highness, please come in." The soldier said dryly, "Your Majesty and a few guests are playing ball in the garden, and they have instructed that you can go directly to him when you come." ”

The baron nodded and jumped out of the car, took the initiative to beckon the coachman to open the door for the three of Babu, and said with some embarrassment: "The three are guests, and there should not have been such a request, but His Majesty, the city lord, pays more attention to, uh, peace, so can you please put the weapons on your body on the car temporarily, and my entourage will help the two of them keep it." ”

The two frowned, exchanged glances, and finally nodded, so, three daggers and a whip were thrown into the car, the two shook their clothes, signaling that there were no weapons, and then Babu bent down and picked up Anna and held her in his arms, and the three followed His Royal Highness the Baron, and walked into the largest and most ornate building in East Valley City, the giant castle in the center of the city.

The castle was under construction, and a lot of scaffolding was erected on one side, and hundreds of men and women in tattered clothes were carrying heavy materials on their backs, panting up and down the shelves, and there were still large piles of building materials on the ground, and several soldiers carried whips to patrol between the building materials, and from time to time picked up the whips, and whipped them heavily on the tired and paralyzed people.

"Give me something to work harder, just eat and don't work." The soldier scolded and scolded, "Your Majesty has given you food and drink, and led you to fight against disasters, so that you have today's day, you animals, have forgotten Your Majesty's grace and dare to be disrespectful to Your Majesty's icons." Maggots like you should be thrown into the gladiatorial arena to feed monsters, and now let you work for Your Majesty to death, so that you maggots have a little value in life, you should cry with gratitude, work for me, hurry up. ”

"Smack." A few whips passed, the ragged workers wailed and sped up their movements, and a few people carried the materials, and passed by Babu and his party, and His Royal Highness the Baron waved his hand in front of his face as if he didn't see it, dispelled the dust brought up by the workers, and walked straight over, Babu and Monica shook their heads silently, or followed.

"Ah~~" A miserable scream suddenly sounded from behind, the sound was getting closer and closer, and then there was a bang, a worker on an elevated road fell down, dozens of meters high, and when he landed, it had turned into a puddle of rotten flesh and blood.

Both the workers and the soldiers around seemed to be accustomed to it, and they were not surprised at all, and under the whipping of the soldiers, several workers dragged away the broken corpses with expressionless faces, and cleaned the blood stains on the ground with muffled sounds. Under the threat of whips, the rest of the workers could only climb up one by one, even if their hands and feet were already tired, and their faces were completely gray, and all that was left was numbness.

"Tsk, these soldiers are really ...... Brave. Feeling the hand on his arm tremble slightly, Babu lowered his voice and said in a 'whisper' at a volume just enough for those around him to hear, "I admire them a little." ”

"Oh?" Monica cooperated and asked, "What did they do?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, these sinners ......" Babu pointed to the workers who were working, and a few soldiers around him pretended not to take them seriously, but their attention was also shifted, and they listened to Babu say, "These sinners should be Your Majesty's personal property, and Your Majesty can use them however he wants." As a result, they ...... He actually decided the use of his property for His Majesty. ”

"At Vila, it's unimaginable." Monica also pursed her lips, revealing a regretful expression, "That is, Your Majesty is broad-minded and does not easily meet with him, if you really want to pursue it one day......"

As he spoke, he looked at the soldiers with sympathetic eyes, shook his head and sighed, and turned away with Babu.

The remaining soldiers looked at each other and hesitated for a long time, and a soldier who seemed to be taking the lead whipped his whip and pointed at a few workers who looked tired and shaking: "You, you, and you, you guys, your shift is over, bring me shackles and roll me back to prison, and the next shift will continue to work for me until I die, get out." ”

However, they could not see these babes, because they had already entered the interior of the castle.

As soon as you enter the castle, a cold and foul smell that does not see the sun all year round immediately hits your face, even if there is a fireplace all year round, it still can't drive away the gloom in the castle. Fortunately, the castle is lit up all day long, and even if the sun is not shining, it can be as bright as day.

There were many people in the castle, and at intervals you could see two servants standing on their feet, all of them expressionless, even standing as if they had been measured with a ruler, and they did not squint, and did not even dare to turn their eyes casually.

After walking through the dark main hall and walking around the labyrinthine corridor for a few minutes, finally pushing open a heavy door, the eyes finally opened up, and the long-lost sunlight fell from the sky and shone on the garden outside the door.

Thousands of square meters of huge garden, the ground is soft and turquoise lawn, surrounded by a rectangular flower bed, which is full of all kinds of flowers, many gorgeously dressed women in the flower bed or standing or sitting, everyone is noble, and the appearance is beautiful, there are talking and laughing with each other, so that the garden is filled with a relaxed atmosphere.

In the middle of the lawn, a group of well-dressed men in white shirts are gathering around an old man with gray hair. The old man was sixty years old, slightly fat, his face was clumped and amiable, and he always had a gentle smile on his face, which made people can't help but feel good.

Several men, each holding a small wooden hammer wrapped in iron sheets, stared at a wooden ball the size of a fist on the ground, at this time the old man was standing by the wooden ball, picked up the wooden hammer, and gently tapped on the wooden ball, the wooden ball rolled towards a small pit of almost the same size, knocked open another wooden ball on the edge of the pit, and finally stopped not far from the edge of the small pit.

"Alas, Your Majesty is still powerful." Before the ball went into the hole, the men and women around him let out a sigh of regret, and the owner of the ball who was knocked away gave a thumbs up to the old man with admiration, and exclaimed, "It's another stroke difference, why can't I win Your Majesty, although I am jealous, I can only congratulate Your Majesty on winning another game." ”

"Hahahaha, isn't the game over yet." The old man looked at the other wooden balls that were still far away, and said with a smile, "Although they are far away, if anyone is lucky enough to get into the hole with one shot, hahaha, your compliment is too early." ”

"Your Majesty, you're joking with us again." The complimenting man smiled and said loudly, "Besides you, whether it is in this world or on the edge, who else can have such good luck, hahahaha, do you think that everyone is favored by fate like you?" I dare say that you can hit that kind of ball, except for you......"

As he was talking, the player on the next shot swung his rod at least 20 meters away, and his wooden ball flew up in the air, crossing a distance of more than 20 meters, not biased or oblique, and fell straight into the hole, not even touching the edge of the hole.

In an instant, all the laughter, all the noise, all the flattery, all the voices stopped, and everyone's eyes fell on the hollow wooden ball where it had disappeared, and then turned to the young player who had made that shot.

The young man stood there at a loss, not knowing what to do, he could only squeeze out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and chirped: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I, I, I, I am not the reason, deliberately, I ......"

"Hahahaha, the lad played well." The old man held the club, smiled very kindly, beckoned the other party to come over, patted the other party's shoulder and said, "Luck is also part of the ball skills, hahaha, winning is winning, it should be rewarded, you guys, you will give him the bonus of this game in a while, and no one is allowed to deduct it." ”

The young man breathed a sigh of relief, and his smile became less ugly and stiff: "Thank you, thank you, Your Majesty for the reward." ”

"Haha, this is a bonus that was set before the game, how can it be considered a reward, let me think about what to reward you." The old man thought for a moment with a smile, and patted his head, "In this way, you will be crowned a lord, with a monthly salary of two gold coins, and in addition, chase the title, good luck player." ”

The young man was still laughing with him a moment, and when he finally realized that something was wrong, the smile was too late to take back, so with a smile, he watched an iron-clad wooden hammer smash into his head.

One hammer, two hammers, each hammer was splashed with blood, the kind smile on the old man's face never changed, and every time the hammer was smashed out, the smile on his face became thicker and thicker, allowing the bright red blood to splash on his face one by one, making the smile hideous and crazy.

The men and women all watched the scene with fearful eyes, but no one made a sound, and there was silence all around, and the sound of hammers hitting flesh was particularly harsh in this environment.

After more than ten hammers in a row, the victim's head had been smashed flat, and the old man stopped the hammer in his hand with a smile, wiped the blood spots on his face, and said with a smile: "The young man really didn't listen to persuasion, and told him that there was danger on the court, and he must do a good job of personal protection, why didn't he listen." ”

"That's it, that's it, how can anyone play without a helmet." The man who had been flattering and flattering before immediately stood up, laughed and echoed again, gave the people around him a look, and immediately came over two servants and dragged the corpse away on the ground.

As if he hadn't seen it, the old man handed the club into the servant's hand, then took off his gloves and waved his hand at His Royal Highness the Baron and Babu and his party, who were walking in the distance.

"Look, look, the big merchants of Vera King City are finally willing to come, let me wait very hard, hahahaha." The old man turned into the kind old man again, but the blood spots on his face had not been completely wiped off, so he stretched out his hand to the group, "Come on, come and sit together, I let them make the best black tea, and it will never be worse than your Vera King City." ”

Everything happened too fast, the group hadn't approached yet, the matter was over, looking at the bloody smile of the old man in front of her, Monica only felt a chill in her heart, and looked at Babu beside her. Babu's expression remained unchanged, and he gently squeezed Monica's hand, then hugged Anna, and the three of them greeted him together.

The old man did not approach to greet him, but walked to a small tea table that had already been prepared and sat down, and beckoned to the three Babu: "Come, come, I have prepared a tea shop, you have to tell me the story of your Vera King City, Elvis and the others are not natives of big cities, they don't know enough, and they get tired of listening too much." ”

There were only three chairs, and apparently there was no seat for His Highness, but he seemed to be accustomed to it, and stood with his hands down, his head bowed without squinting, and only when Babu sat down with Monica glanced up, and saw Babu smiling at him, he lowered his head again.

"Come and try it, this is the best black tea from the Kryas Federation, and it also has the fire paint seal of the Chai Kang family on it, which is several times more expensive than the same weight of gold." The city lord greeted with a smile, and His Royal Highness skillfully picked up the teapot and poured tea into the old city lord's teacup.

"Idiot." The old city lord suddenly became angry, picked up a teacup and poured a cup of tea directly on the face of His Royal Highness, and scolded loudly, "Do you understand how to pour tea for the guests first, do you have a little bit of the host's demeanor and self-cultivation?" Is that what I used to teach you? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty is right." His Royal Highness lowered his hand and let the tea flow down his face into his neck, and waited until the old city lord finished scolding, and then he honestly took the teapot and poured a cup each for Babu and Monica, and then poured it full for the old city lord.

The old city lord snorted heavily, glared at him fiercely, and when he picked up the wine glass again, he was already smiling kindly: "Please, please, by the way, try the small snacks baked by our chef in Donggu City, although it is not as good as your Vera King City, but it also has a different taste." ”

The biscuits are baked crispy, the aroma of caramel and malt is mixed together, sweetly teasing people's appetite, gently bite down, the crispy biscuits are broken between the teeth, the rich milky aroma and sweet fragrance explode in the mouth instantly, sweeping every taste bud, for a while, the mouth is full of sweet taste, making people forget all their troubles for a while, and only pleasure is left in their hearts.

Taking advantage of the sweet fragrance that has not dissipated for a long time, I quickly picked up the teacup, and the amber tea soup rippled in the white porcelain teacup, which was crystal clear and cute. Taking a sip of the precious black tea, the taste buds that have just been invaded by the sweet fragrance have been baptized by the slight bitterness again, and the bitterness is more obvious in comparison, but when the slight bitterness is gone, the sweet feeling goes from the root of the tongue to the tip of the tongue, making the mouth tongue relish, and the aftertaste is long.

"It's really the best black tea." Babu put down the teacup and closed his eyes in enjoyment for a moment before exclaiming, "It's just...... It's a pity. ”

"Huh?" There was no joy or anger on the old city lord's face.

"I feel deeply sorry when I think that I will never be able to drink such high-quality black tea again when I leave here in the future."

"Hahahaha, what's this, when you have to leave one day, I'll give you a pack." The old city lord laughed with satisfaction, laughed for a while, and then suddenly asked, "You King Vera City should also have a lot of black tea of the same quality." ”

"My hometown does have a lot of precious tea from all over the world." Babu said ambiguously, "It's because I felt the taste of my hometown just now, so I feel even more regretful, and I really hope that I can go back and see it." ”

"It is said that if you are favored by a certain deity, you have a better chance of entering the present life of believing in him, and you can even stay young and healthy all the time." The old city lord asked seemingly casually, "Didn't you inquire when you came out back then?" ”

"Huh?" Babu narrowed his eyes and smiled thoughtfully, and was about to say something when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps from the garden gate.

Looking back, a combatant wearing chain mail and an iron helmet with a long sword on his back was striding towards this direction.