"Dad, how old is Jacques. ”

"It's twenty-two years old, it's an old man. Although I can't go to the battlefield, I rode it in the barracks, mainly to accompany it, and it can't run for a few years. This time, I rode back slowly on Jacques, and it took me two days to get there. ”

As if hearing its owner mention its name, Jacques sneezed proudly and hissed softly.

The little fat man touched it more happily, and his upper body leaned out of the window, startling Catherine, and hurriedly grabbed her son.

Matthew laughed, and with a flick of his arms, he pulled the little fat man out of the window and placed him on Jacques's back.

While talking to Catherine, he held his son who was a little excited, with a smile on his face.

Despite growing up in the countryside, Phil hasn't had a chance to ride a unicorn yet.

Moreover, the unicorn pulling the cart at home is completely incomparable to the majestic Jacques in terms of size and demeanor.

Phil had ridden a horse in his previous life when he was traveling on the grasslands, and he rode quite well with good motor nerves, and was praised by the local equestrian master, saying that he was very perceptive, except for his weight.

The little fat man's legs were still a little short and he couldn't reach the pedals, so he instinctively clamped the horse's belly with his legs and grabbed Jacques's mane in his hands.

Of course, this also has to do with the fact that Jacques is just walking, not running.

The giant beast, which is more than two meters tall, is much taller and stronger than the horses on earth.

Riding on it, it seems that everything around me has become much shorter.

It felt no less than the first time he got on the highway in his previous life, when he was driving at 150 mph when he was pumping adrenaline. Of course, being deducted points is simply a certainty.

Matthew checked his son's status from time to time, but was surprised to find that his son was riding steadily.

The smiling face of his wife in the carriage and the happy laughter of his son constitute a harmonious and beautiful picture, which makes his heart full of happiness after looking forward to this scene for a long time.

Although Gaokan City is not as good as the imperial capital, it is also a second-level big city, and it took half an hour to walk for half an hour before I saw the gate of the Wild Lion Castle from a distance.

The carriage came to a slow stop in front of the Earl's Court, and Phil was picked up by Matthew from Jacques's back.

Six soldiers in strong armor and more than a dozen male and female servants stood in front of the door in two columns.

The first to greet him was an old man who looked to be 7 or 80 years old, dressed in a crisp dark green butler suit, and his black hair mixed with white was already very thin, but it was neatly groomed.

"Welcome home, Young Lady Catherine, Young Master Philipson. The old man, who seemed to be a housekeeper, opened his mouth in a very authentic Ward language, and bowed his head to greet Catherine's mother and son, serious but kind.

What a style!" Phil exclaimed silently.

"Hello, Uncle Barton, I'm here to trouble you again. Catherine greeted the old man very politely.

"Hello, Grandpa Patton, I'm Philip. Phil is also very well-behaved and sensible, and he sells cuteness sweetly.

A pleasant smile appeared on the old butler's face, and he said, "Don't be so polite when you go home, if you need anything, you will command me, young lady Catherine." ”

Then he lowered his head, reached out and touched Phil's head, and said kindly: "It's okay to call me Old Patton, Young Master Philip Sun, the kitchen has prepared snacks, and you can eat it after washing your hands." ”

Phil looked at Butler Patton and was stunned for a moment before walking forward.

After greeting Matthew's family en masse, the servants who were waiting together greeted the people brought by Catherine and removed them from the carriage together.

As he passed by the platoon, Phil noticed that they were simply standing straighter.

Not only did he not have any words of greeting, but he didn't even sweep his eyes, but all looked forward levelly, with indifferent and murderous expressions.

Earl Brad O. Snape was sitting on the sofa in his study in his pyjamas and enjoying his second cup of tea of the day.

Today is a rare day off, and as the supreme commander of the Wild Lion Legion, one of the four masters of Gaokan City, it is not an exaggeration to describe him with a sentence of daily wisdom.

His subordinates managed nearly 40,000 soldiers' clothing, food, shelter, transportation, training, patrols and operations, which made his daily time very tight.

In recent years, he suddenly fell in love with tea, a green tea imported from the Twin Continents, which was sent by his youngest son when his youngest grandson was born.

At first taste, it is a bit bland, and it does not have the strong taste or rich aroma of traditional bitter tea or custard from the grassland.

But after savoring it, there is a sweet fragrance lingering in the throat, refreshing the mind.

Since then, whenever he has a break, he will be in the study, reading his favorite novel when he was young, while having a pot to completely relax his mind.

I have to admit that he is almost 80 years old this year, although he is far from reaching the decline period of old age, he has felt the dullness of his mind and the exhaustion of his body much more easily than in the past few years.

The green tea leaves are still so fragrant and refreshing, but the novel in his hand can't be read today.

Although it was a rest, the daily heavy military work made it difficult for him to get rid of the habit of thinking.

Just like a corruption case involving the resale of military materials mentioned in the newspaper this month, he investigated it for nearly a month under his personal attention, but found nothing, which gave him a great headache.

Brad looked at the clock in the corner and called out to the servant to clean up the tea set.

Today is the day when the youngest daughter-in-law and the youngest grandson come home, and as a father-in-law and grandfather, he needs to change into a decent set of clothes.

Phil only saw his grandfather in this world after drinking two cups of tea and eating three snacks, and theoretically should be the biggest talisman for him to enter this game of power in the future.

Lord Amulet, no, it was his grandfather, Earl Brad, who had long reddish-brown hair.

It is said that on weekdays, he wears a long ponytail behind his head, but today he spreads out, making his already somewhat vicious face even more unruly.

His bronzed skin, huge eyes like copper bells, a thick beard at the jaw, and pursed corners of his mouth make him look at his grandson like an elderly lion silently examining his offspring.

Uglier and fiercer than his father Matthew, this is Phil's most intuitive first impression.

Matthew, who had already grown fierce in his eyes, was standing behind Brad at the moment, and was set off as docile and cute as a good baby.

But this should be good news.

In terms of temperament, his grandmother Jane is not like a traditional Ward woman, but a bit like the poetic-like woman in the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River in his impression, with a delicate appearance, elegant and noble, no wonder it is said that he fell in love with Catherine when they met for the first time.

It seems that the aesthetic tastes of his grandfather and father are unusually similar, so in the future, he can marry a non-Ward woman in the future?

It can be seen that both Brad and Phillip, although they have a strong blood connection with each other, are inevitably a little estranged.

After greeting each other according to etiquette, the scene was a little silent for a while, and the rhythm of the topic was controlled by Jane and Catherine.

Catherine's language talent is still very good, and from time to time she has to use some short stories to describe Phil's usual mischievous and mischievous behavior vividly and interestingly.

None of these short stories ended with a severe punishment by her, but also subtly reflected Phil's cleverness and studiousness, which made everyone laugh warmly from time to time, and also loosened the seriousness on Brad's face a lot.

Phil was still a little nervous, although he was facing his grandfather, but after all, he was a high-ranking elder, and coupled with his secret, it was inevitable that he would be a little weak-hearted.

But with Catherine's light-hearted and humorous topic and Grandma Jane gently holding him in her arms, he gradually relaxed.

From time to time, he also used the skills of selling cuteness that he had practiced for several years, and his immature children's voice and sapphire-like eyes quickly captured the hearts of the two old men.

The first formal meeting was successfully passed in laughter.

At noon, the family simply ate a little, and the welcome banquet was not held until the evening when Brad's eldest son, Francis, and his family returned.

In the Wardsman Empire, due to the imbalance between men and women, it was common for men to marry 1-3 wives.

In addition to this, people with conditions, such as nobles, would have countless lovers.

Jane is Brad's second wife, and interestingly, the first lady, Vivien, is her cousin, and the two are extremely close.

Of Brad's three children, the eldest daughter, Lily, was born to Vivien, and the eldest son, Francis, and the younger son, Matthew, were both born to Jane.