Law of the Devil

When Du Wei's carriage drove into Loulan City at high speed, the sky was already getting dark. Elder Yan, Du Wei's bodyguard, rode his horse to lead the way, and the castle was right in front of him. The guards outside the castle saw that it was the Duke's carriage, so how dare they stop it? They all gave way.

He was very satisfied with the construction of Du Wei's castle. In his previous life, he had traveled to the West and saw those magnificent castles in the Middle Ages. up. This castle is a bit bigger than the one on the Luolin Plain, and several boreholes were drilled around it, a ravine was dug around the castle, groundwater was introduced, and a moat was built. Even if there is a war in the future and the outer city is unfortunately breached, the inner castle can be defended for another year or a half.

Behind a wooden bridge over the moat is the outer gate of the castle. Du Wei built it in the style of the Buckingham Palace of the British royal family that he saw in his previous life. There are several soldiers in bright armor guarding the gate. Seeing Du Wei's carriage approaching, it is only He straightened his body and saluted, but did not look sideways.

When we arrived at the castle, Du Wei had just got off the carriage, and Made had already greeted him. After Du Wei asked a few words, he knew that the dinner party was ready.

In the past few days, Loulan City has been very lively, with lights and festoons everywhere, even the serious patrolling soldiers in the past have put on new uniforms, and the duke’s palace in the city has been decorated even more. During the days, from time to time, a large number of citizens came to the outside of the Duke's castle, facing the castle and praying loudly.

After Du Wei came to the Northwest, he created miracles again and again, with a bumper harvest of food, which made life worry-free for a year. The establishment of the new city was even more of a tax-free decree. The people respected him very much. Went out for training and wiped out many small horse thieves. Most of the people in the Northwest credited Du Wei for these credits. As a result, the people here almost worshiped the young Lord Duke to the extreme. I only hope that the duke can stay in the northwest forever and live a long and safe life, then his life will be rich and stable.

Therefore, rumors have been released these days that the Lord Duke is about to celebrate his fifteenth birthday in two days and will officially hold a coming-of-age ceremony. After the news was released, residents near and far from the City of Miracles were elated, and the entire festival in Loulan City The atmosphere was even stronger than the annual summer celebrations, and some people even gathered around the castle to worship and bless the young Duke.

Du Wei's birthday, needless to say, has been busy in the castle for many days. Originally, Du Wei didn't want to make it too complicated, but Philip told him that since Du Wei, as a superior, has made a big deal, he has his own way. It is profound, and after all, the coming-of-age ceremony is only once in a lifetime, if it is done too simple, it will lose the prestige of the duke.

Master, the dinner is ready. According to your instructions, I heard that the members of the Liszt family are all from the south. I have asked someone to make some southern delicacies... Ma De was about to report in detail when suddenly A few cavalry ran over, jumped off their horses outside the castle, and saluted Du Wei: My lord, the Liszt family's carriage and horses have arrived outside the gate!

Du Wei nodded: Well, it's finally here!

Then he didn't have time to go in and change, so he just stayed at the door to greet her.

In the evening, the guard of honor in the castle blew the trumpet, and two huge flags were hung on both sides of the gate, one was golden tulips, the other was a flag of the Liszt family, and two teams of soldiers were lined up in honor guard uniforms. Greeted at the door.

Originally, Du Wei didn't intend to make it so thick, after all, it was just a half-grown child, but the two people who came to think of it were the younger brother and sister of the Marquis Liszt, especially the Marquis Liszt. The younger brother is the only male in the Liszt family, and he must be the heir of the family in the future! With such an identity, it is not easy to neglect, and since I have received so many benefits from the Liszt family, I naturally have to show my goodwill.

It's just a pity that Dardanelle, the old man of the Liszt family, was unexpectedly not in the city today. He took people to the northwest corridor three days ago to meet a group of cow-like horses that Du Wei bought.

In the sound of the horns of the guard of honor, a group of white horse cavalry slowly passed through the gate and entered the duke and came down to the castle. These cavalrymen were all wearing silver armor of the same standard, and each of them seemed to be carefully selected young and handsome He is a handsome man, and he wears the badge of the Liszt family on his chest. The horses under his crotch are all white horses. A long white feather...

When Du Wei saw the outfits of this group of cavalry, he knew that this must be the personal guard of the Monkey Countess of the Liszt family, known as the White Feather Knights! Because in the Liszt family, only the Countess Liszt monkey has the title of nobility, and she can only be a nobleman for life, not hereditary, so according to the imperial law, the Liszt family is not allowed to hire private soldiers. Of course, even though the law is like this, how can such a wealthy family that favors such a big family have no protection power of its own? Therefore, this White Feather Knights is named under the name of the Liszt family in the name of mercenaries.

Imperial decree: Except for hereditary nobles, no private troops are allowed! But imperial decree allows rich people to hire mercenary regiments themselves.

In fact, everyone knows that this White Feather Knights is not a mercenary group at all, it is completely the private army of the Liszt family, but it is just an extra name, and no one will really use this kind of thing to offend Li Si The Te family is looking for trouble. However, due to the imperial decree, no more than 500 mercenaries should be hired. Therefore, the number of people written on the official roster of the White Feather Knights has remained at the number of 499 people.

And Du Wei also knew that the so-called 499 people also had tricksters in them. The so-called policy above, there are countermeasures below. The imperial decrees are relatively tolerant towards things like the Knights. After all, although the age of knights has passed, it has also been glorious. The biggest trick is: a knight, in addition to himself, is also allowed to have up to 4 retinues. These retinues can be regarded as the knight's deputy, or the partner at the beginning of the battle. They are responsible for cleaning and repairing the knight's weapons and armor on weekdays. Feed the horses, also train the fighting skills, and kill the enemy together as the knight's subordinates or companions during the battle...

And the subtle thing is... the number of followers is not counted in the official list of the knight order!

That is to say, although there are only 499 members of the White Feather Knights on the official list, if it is calculated that each knight can be equipped with 4 squires, then its number is at least 2,000!

And this knight order with 499 people in name, but the actual number exceeds 2,000, is the elite guard force of the Liszt family. The Liszt family is a family of merchants and does not have their own territory. Unlike Du Wei, a large army is needed to guard the place. Therefore, there are more than two thousand cavalry, which is enough to protect itself.

Looking at this group of handsome knights in silver armor and white horses, Du Wei couldn't help sighing.

The head of the Liszt family is a woman after all, and even the cavalry under him are so fancy and beautiful. Although these white-feathered knights are very beautiful, they are too obsessed with appearance. If you look closely, even the eyes of the horses and the height of the knights on horseback are almost the same. How strong can an army that puts all its energy on appearance be in battle?

Although he shook his head secretly, a smile appeared on Du Wei's face.

The dismounting posture of this group of white-feathered knights is still very neat. After dismounting, twenty people lined up and stood on both sides. Behind them were several carriages slowly driving to the door. What stood out were four snow-white tall horses with luan bells on them, running all the way, accompanied by crisp bells.

This carriage looks ordinary, but its essence is introverted, but Du Wei can see that the cost of this carriage is really astonishing. Just the carriage made of high-quality black nanmu wood is no worse than his own carriage presented by Prince Chen ! The wheels below and every component are made of the best materials, but the shape is not arrogant, and it looks quite like everyone.

A red carpet had already been laid on the ground, and a young knight who looked like the leader of the white-feathered knight walked slowly to the carriage. On this man's silver armor, there were some golden curly hair inlaid, and there was a trace of faint smile on his face. Reserved, even faintly arrogant. He pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist with one hand, opened the door of the carriage with the other, and then bowed slightly.

Then, a slender and delicate foot stepped out of the carriage, the round ankle, the crystal clear skin was almost translucent, and a delicate figure came from the carriage.

The gods testify that this woman, even the way she bent down to get out of the carriage, is almost extremely beautiful! It seems that there is a special elegance and delicacy in every movement...

When she raised her head, Du Wei saw the girl's face clearly, and even Du Wei's heart couldn't help beating violently!

What kind of face is this...