(Xie Lu Xie Xuegesen's evaluation vote, Xie Lu Xie Long's reward for the world's upstream)

Fort Twilight, Core Tower, Ground Floor Restaurant.

As usual, Gehr sat on the throne, flanked by Sophia's mother and daughter to the left and right, and then to Gehr's father's other wives and concubines, as well as their children.

There were fewer people than there had been a few days ago, but the atmosphere was much more lively.

The children at the bottom were chatting quietly while eating, and several maids were diligently changing the dishes for the masters, and their steps were also a lot brisker.

The children were anxious, and the speed of eating came quickly, but after more than ten minutes, the children began to say goodbye one after another, followed by the mothers of these children, and at the end of the day, only Gehr and Sophia, mother and daughter, were left on the table.

Gehr noticed that Sophia's mother, Lady Taria, had been glancing at Sophia during the meal, and Sophia had her eyes glancing at Gehr from time to time.

In the past few days, because the situation in Winterdusk Fort has stabilized, Sophia has moved out of Gehr's bedroom, and in the past few days, Gehr has been patrolling around the entire territory to deal with affairs, and he has rarely seen her, and most of the meetings he has seen are in the restaurant, and the two have little communication.

After drinking the soup, Gell pushed away his chair and stood up and left the table.

Just as Gehr walked to the door, Sophia's voice came from behind him and stopped him.

"Brother Geral. ”

Gehr turned and saw Sophia trotting in front of him, almost tripping over a chair.

"Sophia, what's the matter?"

Sophia's face was slightly red, she looked left and right, and found that no one had a talent and whispered, "Brother, can I go to sleep with you today?"

"Lady Talia asked you to come here?" Ger turned his head slightly, and saw Lady Talia sitting at the table with a concerned gaze.

Obviously, the reduction in communication between Geer and Sophia in the past two days has caused a certain amount of anxiety in Lady Taria's heart, she knows very well what her current position is due to something, and I believe that those who used to be sisters with her are also very clear, but their children are still too young to be suitable, so Lady Taliya has the advantage.

And the changes in the past two days made Lady Talia feel the crisis, so she urged Sophia to return to Gehr and not give others a chance.

As for Lady Taria's thoughts, Gehr immediately understood, and looked Sophia up and down.

The black shawl hair, the white dress highlights the already curvy delicate body, it looks small and charming, close, a faint girlish fragrance drilled into Gehr's nose, making his nose a little itchy at the same time, his heart is also slightly moved.

When you open the monitoring interface, you can find that there are symptoms of rapid heartbeat and rapid blood flow, and you can only shake your head and lament that this body is really young and vigorous.

"Yes. Sophia replied cautiously, then thought for a moment and added, "Alex misses you too." ”

Gehr laughed, the latter sentence was purely false, the monkey could stay away from Gehr and wondered how happy he was. But Gehr didn't debunk this, but replied with a low chuckle: "Okay, you can just wait for yourself to go up." ”

"Good...... It's good. The girl was so ashamed that her neck was crimson.

It was Miller who came from outside and whispered, "My lord, the guest you are waiting for is here." ”

"Zhilu said, I'll go over now. Gell nodded, turned to Sophia, and said, "You go first." ”

The girl nodded hurriedly and "ran away" like a fawn.

Gehr and Miller walked out, and as they turned down the aisle, they glanced just in time to see Lady Talia saying something to Sophia, whose head was almost down her sizeable chest.

Outside the tower of the walkway, Gehr saw an ordinary-looking black carriage approaching this direction, escorted by four fierce knights.

The carriage stopped at the door of the tower, and the door opened, and an old man with a white beard and a splendid and noble dress stepped down.

"Welcome to Winterdusk Castle, His Royal Highness Prince Philip. Gehr stepped forward and saluted.

"Hello, Baron Colbornson, I am looking forward to this trip. The old man looked at Gehr with a kind face, as if he were looking at a familiar junior.

"I'm sure you won't be disappointed, please come in, let's go in and have a chat. ”

Along the spiral staircase, Gehr accompanied Prince Philip to the reception room on the sixth floor.

The two of them were arranged as host and guest of honor, and the prince's bodyguard placed a small brass box on the table, and left the reception room with him after Miller had brought him two cups of hot tea, and stood guard outside.

Prince Philip was old after all, and although he relied on the help to go up to the sixth floor, his breathing was still a little short, his face was a little pale, and he began to close his eyes when he sat in the chair.

Gehr didn't urge, picked up the cup and took a sip gently, and a stream of heat instantly rushed down his throat directly into his abdomen, warm and comfortable.

It took a while for Prince Philip to recover, and the paleness on his face slowly faded.

"People can't disobey the old, I think I also came here back then, and it was very easy up and down, how can it be like now......" Prince Philip sighed with emotion.

"Your Highness has been to Wintertwilight Castle before?"

"Yes, let me think about it, for about forty years, I was sitting in the same position, your great-grandfather was in your place, and André was sitting next to me. At that time, Andre was really mature and didn't look like a young man, but unfortunately, he still couldn't see the last face, and his old friend was missing another ......"

Next, Prince Philip told how he and André fought side by side against the barbarians, and even broke into the northern wilderness to pursue the enemy.

Gehr did not interrupt, and listened with the same relish, and from time to time he should make two sounds.

“...... As soon as people get old, they are easy to be verbose, don't talk about it, don't talk about it, and get down to business first. ”

Prince Philip fumbled around for a while, took out a key, opened the lock on the box, opened the lid, took out a scroll from it and handed it to Gehr: "You are really like your grandfather, you are so calm, he didn't choose you wrong." ”

"It's over. Gell smiled and took the scroll, carefully unfolding it, and reading the contents, it was exactly what he needed from the royal family to acknowledge his succession.

"When would you like the succession ceremony to take place? I am always available to be your witness. Prince Philip said.

"There's no rush on this. Gell shook his head: "Let's talk about a deal first, I have goods that I want to sell to the royal family." ”

"What cargo?" Prince Philip's eyes flashed, and the twilight on his face suddenly dissipated.

"Wintertwilight Castle. ”

Hearing these three words, Prince Philip's face was not shocked at all, only a trace of surprise and appreciation.

"Oh, it's a good cargo, what price do you want?" said Prince Philip for the first time, looking at the young man squarely, rather than relying on Prince Faglino's recommendation.

"It's not cheap. ”

"That's right, we can talk slowly......"

The old and the young glanced at each other and smiled meaningfully.

......

May 29, fine.

The sky seemed to be covered with a huge blue carpet, and a silk-like cloud curtain was added to it, gently entangled the huge fireball, turning her original blazing light into a magnificent colorful circle of light, rippling with the undulation of the cloud curtain.

It was supposed to be a good day to go out, but at this time, the residents of Winterdusk Fort were not in a good mood, as if they had encountered a sudden hailstorm, and they all hid in their homes and did not dare to go out.

What makes these inhabitants so unusual is the hundreds of warriors who suddenly appear outside the city. When these warriors appeared, they were neatly arranged outside, neatly and abnormally, and then the bright armor was like a huge wall of light under the sunlight, illuminating the eyes of the soldiers standing on the city wall, and they were all burned by the flickering light, and they lost their ability to see for a while, and it was difficult to see.

Fortunately, early this morning, under Gehr's order, the drawbridge was put away and forbidden to be lowered, although it caused many complaints, but it also received a good effect - if the drawbridge was not put away, it would have been difficult for the other party to enter Winterdusk Castle with a charge.

Gehr, who got the news, went up to the city wall as soon as possible, but by this time the warriors outside the city had already set up camp and were not ready to fight.

"The Seventh Squadron, one of the most elite squadrons in the Northern Legion, has always been the core assault force of the Legion, and the front is just a demonstration," Tavren, who was following Gehr, took out a telescope and looked at the soldiers' camp for a while, shrugging his shoulders at Gehr. Tavron arrived last night to intervene in the negotiations between Gehr and Prince Philip on behalf of Prince Fajellino.

Due to the fierce confrontation at the negotiating table last night, the elderly Prince Philip could not stand it, and still rested and did not start, only Gehr and Tavron came.

"How do the first, third, and fourth squadrons compare to the seventh squadron?" Gehr didn't know much about warfare in the Cold Weapon Age, but he could also see that these soldiers were well organized when they set up camp, showing good discipline, and discipline has always been one of the main indicators to measure the combat effectiveness of an army.

"One-on-one is definitely not good, three to play one, that's absolutely no problem, but this time I don't think I can play. ”

"How?"

"Attacking a lord and nobleman at will without any military order, even the commander of the Northern Legion, Siyavida, would not dare to do so. I have to say that you did a very beautiful job that night, I guess they were also depressed after getting Lovren and none of them ran out, and they could have intervened under the pretext of maintaining the order of the title inheritance, but now...... Hehe......"

"I guess Earl Carter's side won't let go so easily. ”

"It's two days before they get there, so there's no need to worry. ”

"Let's go, there are some terms that still need to be discussed. Since there was nothing to do, Gell turned and left, leaving Isolde and Brian to watch.