Lord of Hyranza

"How is it possible? These children are only 16 years old, and they are still underage, not to mention... I still have a wife! Do you... think there is something wrong with my aesthetics?" Suldak quickly defended.

He also didn't expect that the gift he gave would be misunderstood. This matter really needs to be clarified.It's no wonder that after I sent out so many spiked daggers, the eyes looking at him from all around were a little strange. It turned out that the biggest reason was here.

"Really have no idea?" The old village head looked into Suerdak's eyes and reconfirmed.

"It's absolutely true!" Suldak felt that if he didn't explain clearly, he might be kicked out by old Sheila at night.

Seeing that Suldak was so eager to defend himself, the old village head decided that what Suldak said should be the truth, nodded in satisfaction, and comforted the shocked Suldak: "Well, I will deal with this matter." Help you explain."

He stood up and took two steps outside, then stopped and turned to Surdak and said:

"But you must remember this time. Some gifts have completely different meanings in the eyes of men and women. It's perfectly fine for you to give a dagger to a boy. Is there any boy who doesn't like daggers?"

His eyes swept to the outside of the valley. The boys who were cutting the handle of the dagger under the oak tree showed kindness in their eyes, watching them grow up day by day. These big children are the future hope of Wall Village.

Then the old village chief said to Suldak very sincerely: "But if you give the girls daggers, people will mistakenly think that you are asking them to marry them, and giving them the dagger is to protect your chastity before marriage."

Suldak coughed for a while: "Ahem..."

He thought in his heart: I am afraid that in the future, you must ask the old village head or old Sheila more about giving things away!

Suldak took a peek at the strange eyes looking at him around him. He felt that there were a group of people who wanted to watch the excitement and were not afraid of big troubles. He couldn't stay in the valley any longer. , Waiting for the old village chief to explain clearly to himself when he turns around, everyone will stop looking at him like this.

Thinking of this, he touched his forehead with some headaches, and looked at the sun that was almost setting, thinking that after traveling back and forth for so many days, the sour smell all over his body was really unbearable, so he wanted to take the time to go home and take a shower. bath.

The old village head gave Suerdak most of the valuable things from hunting sand wolves, and the village only shared some sand wolf meat. They were made into bone daggers and given to the young people in the village who participated in the coming-of-age ceremony, and the remaining spikes could be kept until next year.

Seeing the tall figure of Suldak leaving the valley, the village chief straightened his waist, stood on the high platform, and shouted loudly to the village women gathered together: "Everyone listen to me, these wolves The toothed daggers are distributed by the village to the children participating in the coming-of-age ceremonies, regardless of gender, each has a copy..."

The words of the old village chief are almost equivalent to decrees in Wall Village. Over the years, the villagers of Wall Village have become accustomed to the loud voice of the old village chief. After hearing the old village chief's explanation, the strong village women shook The plump buttocks disappeared one after another, and those girls who got the spikes and were surrounded by the village women were able to get away. They happily ran to the tree where the boys were staying, asking them for help, and also gave their own spikes. A comfortable grip.

The smell of meat in the big cooking pot has already come out, and there are some oily flowers floating in the tumbling soup pot.

The leader of the caravan arrived as promised the day before yesterday, and the old village head sold half a bag of sulfur mines to the caravan. All the proceeds from the sale of sulfur mines were exchanged for wheat flour, salt, salted fish, ham and some spices that only urbanites would use. The leader of the caravan also suggested that the old village chief buy some fruit tree seedlings next spring and plant them on both sides of the valley in Wall Village.

The old village head asked Selena to go to the warehouse to get a bag of wheat flour, and then bake some wheat cakes. At that time, the minced wolf meat can be sandwiched in the scones.

Selina was standing beside the big cooking pot, holding a long spatula in her hand, looking at Suldak's back through the lingering heat. The old village chief called her several times before she responded. Said: "...Okay, I'll go now!"

Chapter 269 The Redeemer on the Top of the Mountain

The bathroom was hot, and Natasha walked into the bathroom with a stack of linen clothes, blushing, and put the stack of clothes on the shelf next to the barrel.

Surdak was soaked in a steaming large wooden barrel, his broad back full of scars was exposed, and his thick arms rested on the edge of the wooden barrel. This big wooden barrel looked very old, and the boards had been It was a little black from use, and the outer copper clamps were covered with green patina, and water seeped out along the cracks in the wooden boards.

Seeing Natasha walking in, Surdak retracted into the barrel with some embarrassment, and only raised the part above the neck out of the water.

Seeing Suldak's embarrassed face, Natasha, who was still a little nervous, burst out laughing with a rare 'puchi'. Natasha reached out and brushed the long messy hair by her ear, and bit her white teeth. With ruddy lips, she said in a thin voice: "Need me&@#..."

She lowered her head, and Suldak couldn't see the expression on her face. At this moment, she could only see that her ears were completely red. She was wearing a blue linen dress and standing at the door of the bathroom. She was slender and tall, Not as well-proportioned and plump as Rita's, and she doesn't look like a woman who has given birth.

"Would you like to add hot water for me?...Okay!" Suerdak said to Natasha, wiping the water off his face.

"Oh……"

Natasha felt that she would faint from suffocation if she continued to stand there, so she backed out in a panic with a promise.

She slipped into the kitchen next to the bathroom, squatted next to the big wooden basin, and began to vigorously scrub the set of monster leather armor stained with wolf blood.

Rita was squatting next to the stove, pursing her lips and giving Natasha a thumbs up.

Before the water in the pot boiled, Rita said loudly to Suldak through the wooden wall: "Sheila wants you to take the meat of these sand wolf kings to Hailansa City to sell some, there is too much meat , this is not winter, there is no way to store so much bacon in the chimney, it will block the chimney of our house."

The sound of Suldak's splashing water sounded, and then he heard Suldak's voice coming from the next door: "Understood, but you must save as much as possible, remember to give little Peter something to eat every day, this sand wolf king It is considered a second-level monster, eating this kind of animal meat often can improve your physique. Forget about Sheila, her body may not be able to withstand this kind of meat, but eating it once in a while should be fine."

Hearing that Suldak said that sand wolf meat could improve Little Peter's physique, Natasha quickly poked Rita with her finger, and Rita made a circle with her thumb and index finger, gesturing OK.

Rita blinked her big blue eyes, and asked expectantly: "Then... when are you going to leave? I mean to Hailansa..."

"If it's allowed, let's do it tomorrow! What's the matter?" Suldak asked.

"Can you bring me and Natasha, we also want to go to the city to see." Rita glanced at Natasha, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and said with a smile.

"Of course..." Suldak agreed without thinking.

While taking a bath, Suldak chatted with Rita who was sitting next door to boil water. Old Sheila took little Peter to the grain farm, where the dinner party had almost started.

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The next morning, Charlie and Val took [-] young people from the village, carrying a large amount of wheat cakes, beans, pickled salted wolf meat, and some onions and carrots to the sulfur mine in Pustout Mountain. This is the second group of villagers from Wall Village to go to the sulfur mine. They will spend about half a month in the sulfur mining area and return to Wall Village before the harvest festival.

As soon as it was dawn, these young people left Wall Village quietly on horseback. There are currently less than [-] households living in the village, and now more than half of the families' men are all heading to the sulfur mine. Some old women and children got off.

Suldak did not return to Pustule Mountain with Charlie and the others, but rushed to Hailansa City.

He let Rita and Natasha ride a horse together, and he also rode another ancient horse. The three of them left the village of Woer before the dew in the barley fell completely. , along the mountain road to Hailansa City, the mountain wind is already very cold in late September, only when the sun continues to rise, the temperature here will continue to warm up, Rita and Natasha are wearing cloaks, sitting on horseback He didn't dare to move his back.

Fortunately, the ancient Bolai horse the two of them were riding was the mount of Suldak. Normally, Rita and Natasha would not only mow grass to feed it, but also shave it. This war horse is also very Sensible, after the two ladies rode it, they looked very honest.

Old Sheila originally disagreed with Rita and Natasha going to Hailansa City, but this time Suldak also stood up and begged Old Sheila, which made Old Sheila reluctantly agree.

Rita seldom leaves Wall Village, and the farthest place she has been to is the Beigou Grassland five kilometers away. She is full of curiosity about the world outside the village, and she keeps asking Surdak questions as soon as she leaves the village.

Suldak explained it patiently, as if he had lived in this land for decades, while the native Rita was an outsider.

The sun jumped out from below the horizon, red like a fried egg, and there was barren land everywhere, and the ground was covered with gravel.

A gust of wind blows, raising a burst of yellow sand.

On this land, the most common plants are seabuckthorn grass and thirsty immortality that grow close to the ground. They have withered branches and leaves for more than half a year throughout the year. Only in the months of the rainy season can they absorb enough Rainwater, take the opportunity to thrive.

The woman, with a veil covering her face, rode a horse and slowly disappeared on the mountain road.

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When passing the mountain pass, Rita pointed to the wooden crosses on the top of the mountain and asked Surdak what they were.

Suldak could only answer vaguely: Those are some crosses. After some sinful people die, in order to atone for their sins, they will hang themselves on the cross and let vultures peck at their flesh and blood...

Rita took a few glances from a distance, and then felt a little disgusted, thinking to herself: Could it be that these evildoers worried that they would not be able to enter heaven before they died?

Natasha turned her face to the other side, unable to bear to watch this scene.

Passing through the mountain pass, looking around, there are some mottled green marks on the slopes between the mountains. Sparse trees grow in many sunken ravines and the northern slopes of the mountains. A lot of light green, the vegetation here is obviously much better than outside the mountain pass.

"It would be great if we could move here in Wall Village, at least we can have some pastures for grazing here." Rita sighed.

Pointing to a large piece of land in front of him, Suldak said to Rita and Natasha: "From this mountain pass to the south, you have turned over two mountains, and all the land you can see is Malai The territory of Count Augustus, if you are willing to become a subject of Count Augustus, you can live here theoretically."

Because he will also have a knightly fief, Suldak bought a map of the division of the territory of Hailansa City. He has already done enough homework on the territory around Wall Village, but as people say, this To the north of Daoshan Pass is the barren land of Mount Pagolos. No nobles are willing to choose their territories here. They would rather live in Bena City and choose their territories in those small planes in the hands of the Duke.

In this barren land outside the mountain pass, there are only a dozen or so naturally formed villages. The tax officials in Hailansa City do not want to come here to collect taxes because it is simply too poor. Live a life of barter.

Chapter 270 Moonlight in the City

Along the road, soon there were some large and small oak forests. This time happened to be the season for the golden and silver oak trees to drop their fruit. From time to time, acorns fell from the top of the tree. These acorns belonged to the lord of this place. After they send farmers in the territory to harvest these gold and silver acorns, other villagers can enter the forest to pick up those missed acorns.

The winter in Bena City is not too cold. The nobles here have the habit of burning charcoal in the fireplace in winter. The nobles like to burn these fruity coke made of acorns, because the seeds in the acorns contain a lot of oil. There is a scent of tree oil after being ignited.

After turning over a mountain ridge, there are large oak forests all over the mountains. Only a small piece of mountain land is covered with green grass and low shrubs. Only here can we officially enter the mountains on the outskirts of Hailansa City.

The weather in September is still a bit hot after noon, and once you hide under the shade of a tree, you will feel a bit of coolness.

The three of them decided to rest for a while in the oak forest on the top of the mountain. Suerdak took the opportunity to quickly drink some water for the two horses, and then fed them some grass, and let them gnaw freely in the woods. The grilled oatmeal cakes with meat that had been prepared a long time ago were distributed to Suldak and Natasha. Natasha held a water bag and sipped the water, her eyes kept looking at the lush oak trees Lin, looking at the fallen acorns on the ground, couldn't help reaching out to pick up a few.

"I heard from the merchants in the caravan that robbers often haunt the mountains and forests. Is it true?" Rita handed the sandwich biscuit to Suldak, and made room for him, please He sits down.

Suldak leaned against the thick oak tree, rubbed his numb legs, and said with a smile:

"How can there be so many robbers, but occasionally there will be!"

Seeing Rita staring at him with wide eyes, he couldn't help reaching out and patted Rita's back, and said to her: "Don't worry, Wall Village is so poor, there are no robbers who can't think about it, and they will run to Wall village is robbed, they will only rob some rich nobles."

Rita squinted her eyes, like an orange cat, and seemed to enjoy Surdak's touch.

Then she couldn't help but glanced at Natasha again. Seeing that Natasha's eyes fell on the mountain road down the mountain, following her gaze, she happened to see three magic caravans speeding on the mountain road, so she asked curiously. Suldak asked:

"Suldak, look quickly... what is that?"

Suldak followed the gazes of Rita and Natasha, and saw three carriages speeding past on the forest mountain road. He could only see the shadows of those vehicles through the gap between the trees. A group of cavalry Following closely behind, it actually looked mighty and imposing.

"Those are a few carriages. Let me have a look. I think it should be a magic caravan that can only be owned by a certain noble in Hailansa City. There is also a family emblem on the carriage, but I don't know it." Suldak said .

Soon after, both the carriage and the cavalry disappeared on the mountain road, and the three of them continued on the road after resting, and finally entered Hailansa City before the city gate closed at dusk.

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Highlander City

The first thing to do after entering the city was to find a hotel. Suerdak had been to Hailansa City twice and was deeply impressed by this beautiful mountain city. This time he still chose the hotel opposite the park square.

A group of night watchmen lit up all the street lamps in every corner of the city. There were still a steady stream of pedestrians on the street, and the smell of some food wafted through the street. Suldak bought it from a businessman with a fruit basket on his head. After giving two apples and a copper coin to the businessman, the businessman carried the fruit basket and left with a smile on his back.

Since Rita and Natasha didn't know how to ride a horse at all, after entering the city, Suldak helped Rita and Natasha off the horse, and he led the two horses, letting Rita and Natasha follow behind him .

He didn't want the situation to be uncontrollable after the horse was frightened, so it seemed that there was nothing wrong with leading the horse to walk slowly on the street like this.

When they arrived at the hotel, it was completely dark. The owner of the hotel led his two horses to the stable in the backyard, and the proprietress in charge of the front desk invited them into the hotel. The proprietress saw Su Er Dake recognized him at a glance, the hotel prefers this kind of regular guest who goes back and forth, seeing him with two female relatives this time, he said with a smile:

"Suldak knight, good evening, if you come to Hailansa city this time, how many days are you planning to stay?"

The proprietress seemed to be a little hot, with a smile on her vulgar face, she kept adjusting the dress with her hands, and kept fanning the wind with the bone folding fan in her hand, so that the smell of perfume on her body filled the entire hotel lobby.

Suldak glanced at the proprietress and replied, "For two nights, open two rooms for me. It should be quieter and cleaner. You know I don't like to be disturbed."

"There are two rooms on the third floor with lofts and balconies. One can enjoy the view of Dongcheng District and Park Square from the balcony, and the other can see the city hall and clock tower. It is the best room for me. If If you want two rooms, you only need to pay 7 silver coins per room, including breakfast and dinner. Tomorrow's breakfast is white bread with bacon rolls and fried eggs. Tonight, there are only some beef patties and mushroom soup. If you If you want to eat, please let me know in advance." The proprietress smiled like a fox.

Suldak looked at Rita and Natasha, and asked them, "What do you need?"

When Rita heard the price quoted by the proprietress, she couldn't believe her ears. She actually needed seven silver coins to stay in a hotel in Hailansa City for one night... This is simply unbelievable. The gazelle in Beigou Ranch If one is sold to a merchant, it will cost about five or six silver coins. Doesn't that mean that staying in this hotel for one night is equivalent to giving away a gazelle...

She glanced at Suldak, then at Natasha, and seeing the same unconcealable surprise in her eyes, she hesitated, and whispered to Suldak, "Just book a room."

"This way, at least one Gazelle can be saved every night, and at worst, they can sleep on the floor..." Rita thought in her heart.

Seeing the tangled expression on Rita's face, Suldak could probably guess what she was thinking, so he said to the proprietress: "Do you have any suites? If so, open one for us. You need to prepare for us." Three dinners."

The proprietress lowered her head and flipped through the account books, trying her best to hide her disdain for Rita, and said in a tired voice, "There are no suites on the third floor, only the second floor, and you need to pay nine silver coins."

"Yes!" Suldak felt that there was no need to waste time on this, so he decided directly.

"I'll take you there right away." When the proprietress came out from the counter, she deliberately looked at the female relatives brought by the young knight, and saw that they were wearing burlap clothes that village women would wear, and complained in her heart. The young knight didn't look very good either.

She walked upstairs and said, "Hot water is provided for a limited time at night. If you want to take a bath, you'd better not miss the time. Of course, if you are not afraid of the cold, cold water is always provided..."

Rita saw the proprietress walking in front of her, a large piece of plump white skin was exposed from the low-cut dress, she felt her heart pounding, thinking: How can this shameless woman do this?

Chapter 271 Picking up Cheap Magic Apprentices

Life is full of unknown encounters like this.

Rita never imagined that she would one day live in such a gorgeous hotel.

The corridor is covered with soft carpets, exquisite oil paintings are hung on the walls, and glass chandeliers with cloud patterns are hung on the ceiling. The suite is more spacious than the stone house at home. There were two completely independent rooms, and the walls in the bathroom were covered with a layer of smooth marble. If she hadn't seen the sign at the entrance of the hotel in advance, she would have felt like she was standing in a castle.

Rita thinks that only nobles can decorate their manors so gorgeously.

Sitting on the terrace of the hotel and looking at the night view of Hailansa City, the night sky is full of stars, and there is a brightly lit city in front of you. The bell tower is lit with a blazing flame, which is like a soaring sky in the city Huge torch.

The mountains and forests outside the city were silent in the dark night. While taking a bath, Rita almost fell asleep in the bathtub, which reduced Natasha's bathing time by half. The three of them sat on the terrace, eating and drinking. Beef patties with cheese, and even strange shells can be eaten in the delicious soup. He has to admit that the proprietress is still very good at cooking. The salad mixed with apples and some unknown fruits is actually so delicious.

The three of them were probably so hungry that they ate up the white bread in the basket with the broth on the plate.

Natasha's long hair was tied up on her head casually, and her face became extremely rosy under the hot water. When she was sitting opposite Suldak and eating a salad, she never dared to look up. The open bathrobe The round curve being propped up made her dare not sit up straight.

Rita, on the other hand, finished the food on the plate as quickly as possible, and stood by the railing of the terrace, looking out curiously.

Suldak put down the tableware in his hand, and said to Rita: "I'm too tired today, go to bed early. After selling the wolf meat tomorrow, I'll take you for a stroll around Hailansa City."

Rita was a little disappointed. Seeing the back of Suldak walking back to the room, she secretly made a grimace, and then pulled Natasha back to her room.

Without Suldak sitting next to her, Natasha's character became a little more lively. She stood in front of the dressing table mirror curiously, looked at herself in the mirror, then stretched out her arms and spun around, and then Touching his own face, he leaned over to the mirror and looked at it carefully.

Rita sat up from the soft bed, pushed Natasha, who had her eyes closed but was clearly not asleep, and said, "Natasha, why don't we sneak out for a walk?"

Natasha opened her eyes in some embarrassment, rolled up the quilt and said to Rita: "No, old Sheila told you to follow Suldak's arrangements when you arrive in Hailansa City."

"This bed is a bit soft, I can't sleep anyway." Rita said weakly as she lay back on the bed again.

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After breakfast, Suldak wanted Rita and Natasha to stroll around the park square, and wait for him to deal with the wolf meat before returning to join them.