Leon stood in place and hesitated for a moment, but finally did not use the "reconnaissance" ability he had just obtained, but slowly walked back.

The range of "reconnaissance" is only five hundred meters, and at most you can see one-fifth of the surrounding area of the manor, and now I don't know where Sophia is running around on horseback, if you just find a direction and don't find anything, it is equivalent to wasting this ability once a day, Leon thinks it's better to wait for Eric's news first, and he doesn't think Sophia will be in any danger, the biggest possibility is that this girl ran away on a whim and didn't have time to come back.

"Count Leon," Count Don smiled as he looked at the young man who walked by, "and we were talking about the battle you fought off the invasion of the Pale Mountains natives outside of Brownland, and it was very exciting, especially when this beautiful lady said it was like being there. ”

"I mention yì, for the victory of this battle, for the sake of Lord Campbell and his valiant men, let's all have a toast!"

After finishing speaking, Count Don raised the wine glass in his hand and gestured to the people around him one by one.

The old earl's mention was quite pleasant, and it narrowed the distance between him and Leon in a great way, but if one looked deeper, he would find that he did not mention the soldiers of the border guard at Markburg, who also took part in the battle.

This was done by Tang En, he himself knew the attitude of some high-level leaders of the border guard towards Leon, and he saw with his own eyes that the young lord destroyed the IOU in front of the officers of the garrison, and the resentment between the two sides was even deeper, of course he would not rashly pull the garrison in his words.

Li Ang smiled slightly, first thanked Tang En for his attitude, and then raised a glass with everyone and drank it all.

Then he put down his glass and paused before saying, "Actually, it was not us who stood out the most in this battle, but the soldiers of Fort Mark, who were the first to get the news and stood in front of the invaders at the most critical time, otherwise even if we could arrive in time, the nearby towns would have suffered heavy losses." ”

"Although this is the duty of the Border Guard, it does not prevent me from paying respects to Deputy Commander Luthor of Fort Mark and his soldiers, but it is a pity that the time today is a bit rushed, otherwise I can invite them to come over and participate in the ceremony. ”

"Of course, there are also those mercenaries ......" Li Ang waved his hand and called several mercenary leaders over and introduced them to Count Don one by one.

Leon patted the nearest Kubi, "Therefore, these seemingly ordinary but courageous mercenaries, as well as those conscientious border guard soldiers, are the bravest." ”

"Some people weren't there, but that's okay, we can have a toast to it, what do you think?"

"I agree," said Count Donne, smiling, "Luthor is indeed a good soldier, I have met him a few times, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to communicate, and I will ask Count Leon to introduce us later." ”

"No problem," Leon smiled as he raised his glass and drank the wine in one gulp again.

Count Don was in a very good mood at the moment, and the young man's words just now clearly revealed to him a fact - the relationship between Leon and the deputy commander of Markburg was very good, and at the same time it showed that the border guard was not monolithic, which was good news for Don who wanted to befriend Leon. Moreover, Don did not have many friends in the army, so it was necessary for him to have a good relationship with a mid-level real power officer like Luthor.

From Donne's understanding of Leon's grandfather, the old earl had been in the military for a decade or two, and there were not many people who had gone out of his subordinates to serve as middle and lower-ranking officers in other places, and there were a few of them who had always maintained good relations, and Luthor was of course one of them.

Don't think that middle and lower-level officers don't have much effect, Tang En, as a veteran aristocrat, has always adhered to a concept - if you always want to make friends directly with those big people, what you end up getting is just a naked interest relationship, so Tang En values the future development of some people, only pay attention to making more similar friends at ordinary times, and when these people rise to a higher level, they will maintain friendship, no more, one or two are enough.

With this realization, Count Donn became even more interested in Leon. He slowly lowered his glass and said to Peg, "Count Leon is too modest, this quality is really rare for a young man, and relatively speaking, those young people in the royal capital are a little worse. ”

Viscount Peg nodded in agreement, and at the same time said: "And Count Leon's own ability is much more than that of people of the same age, I think this is especially not simple, I believe that with Earl Leon, Campbell's position in the kingdom will become more and more important." ”

After finishing speaking, Peg's face flushed slightly, as if such an obvious change of attitude was even a little uncomfortable for herself, and immediately turned her face to the young baron beside her and said, "Wayne, have you talked to Earl Leon before?"

Baron Wayne scolded the other party in his heart for shifting the topic to himself, but how could he not speak under the gaze of everyone?

“...... Yes, I used to ...... with Leon The Earl has seen it a few times, and now he knows that he and I are completely from two realms, and I am really ashamed. ”

"Thank you for your attention to me, but compared to my grandfather, I still have a lot to learn, and if there is anything I don't understand in the future, maybe I will have to trouble a few people," Li Ang was not used to this obvious praise, and quickly intercepted the other party's words and began to change the topic, "For example, in my impression, the ceremony of succession to the title is usually carried out in the royal capital, I don't know why everyone worked hard this time to send it directly to Campbell?"

Count Tang En suddenly nodded, and said: "Counting that you have been away from the royal capital for several months, naturally I don't know some things that happened during this time, we made a special trip to send Wen Jiàn over, because His Majesty the king suddenly fell seriously ill more than a month ago, and everyone in the royal family was anxious about it, so there was no time to hold such a ceremony for the time being." ”

“...... The king is seriously ill?" Leon's heart moved, and he immediately became extremely interested.

(Sleepy, sleepy...... ）