caged robin

"It was trampled on by father, father, he, he said he would buy me a new one, but I, I don't want it, I want uncle's, can uncle fix it for me?"

Abner was taken aback for a moment, and saw Xiao Xiao En take out a broken robin whistle from his pocket, and standing next to him was his childhood self with a stiff expression.

What a perfect time!Abner remembered that this was the time when Adrian said goodbye, and he quickly ran to the Duke's room, his body floated up unconsciously, he blew a whistle, and quickly walked into the Duke's bedroom.

Fortunately, Adrian hasn't left yet.

Adrian picked up the harp, kissed it, and placed it on the duke's bed.He didn't leave in a hurry, but sat on the bed, looking around the room, his indifferent eyes slowly stained with reluctance.

Finally, he knelt down and kissed the duke's pillow.

Then he jumped out of bed, put on his clothes, pushed open the window, grabbed the iron decoration on the wall, and fled skillfully.

Abner floated directly to the bottom of the building, following closely behind Adrian.

In order to avoid the guards, Adrian walked through countless remote corridors and musty rooms, and finally walked into a dark hole. After walking for a long time, he finally saw the light.

Abner followed and floated up, this place was extremely strange, he looked around, and saw Duolun Palace at his far feet.He looked at Adrian in surprise, unexpectedly, a secret passage leading to Doron Palace was touched by an unknown bard.

There was no one around at this time, Adrian took out a note from his pocket, glanced at it, and frowned.

Abner hurriedly leaned over, and Adrian has already closed it hastily, and he only caught a glimpse of a sentence: Ocadon is in my hand...

"Occadon?" Abner silently read the name once, and saw Adrian running towards the main road, and after a while he arrived at a rented stable, and a thin and black old man walked out of it, with small pitch-black eyes. Dereen looked up and down, and said, "One horse, 10 silver coins a day."

Abner: "..." My lords, he has never rented a horse, but he still suspects that the old man is extorting money.

Adrian frowned, dropped the silver coin, and led the brown horse, which seemed to be able to run.But as soon as he led him to the door, the old man stopped him again, stretched out his withered hand, and said, "You need to pay a deposit of two gold coins."

Abner: "..." I'm afraid two gold coins can buy a little milk horse!

Adrian glanced at the old man coldly, hesitated to speak, and took out two gold coins.

"May the kings bless you, my lord!" The old man hastily accepted the money and shouted.

Adrian ignored the old man, got on his horse, and left in a hurry.

Abner: "..." He suddenly realized that he couldn't use anything to catch up with Adrian, so he could only subconsciously push his body desperately, and the speed of floating became much faster.It didn't take long for Abner to steadily control the speed of the flutter.Sometimes he is fast, sometimes deliberately slow, and then he tries to see how fast he can be.

Suddenly Adrian turned into a remote alley, and Abner followed closely.This alley is very narrow, so narrow that the horse can't use his skills.Adrien had to dismount and lead the horse forward.Abner thought that no one would live here, until the laughter of three naked and dirty children broke his mind.

When the children saw Adrian walking in with the horse, they rushed up excitedly and hugged Adrian's calf, "Brother! Big horse!"

Adrian looked very anxious, but he still stroked the hair of the children one by one, handing out a piece of candy each, and said softly, "Go and play, brother has something else to do."

"Big horse! Ride!"

"ride!"

"Horse! Horse!"

The children dragged the horse reluctantly, climbed up clumsily, and cried with their mouths wide open, their teeth growing crookedly, and they smelled faintly of fish.

Just when Adrian was at a loss, a middle-aged man came out, hugged the crying children skillfully, grabbed one with each hand, and let him crawl on the head.

Abner took a closer look and found that it was Hiru, with water droplets hanging on his dark face, and the torn shirt on his body was dirty and smelly.

"No, don't... hit, disturb... brother, brother." Although Xilu still stuttered, he was still very strict, and the children soon stopped making trouble.

Hiru turned to Adrian, glanced at the horse, and asked, "You, where are you going, where are you going?"

With a smile in Adrien's eyes, he said, "I know the whereabouts of Ocadon."

Xilu was stunned for a moment, but his expression was not very good, "That, that kind of person, you, you, it's better to, stay away from, stay away."

Adrian shook his head, led the horse and continued to walk a few steps forward, until he reached a dilapidated wooden door.Tie the horse to the wooden stake at the door, push the door open, and a stale smell blows in your face.

There was almost nothing in the room, but it was still tidy. A bed, a table, and a chair took up almost all the space.Adrian got under the bed, dragged out a large wooden box from it, took a rag, and wiped off the ash on it. After opening it, there were some messy things inside. Abner glanced over and saw a box inlaid with black pearls. Belts, spice bottles, perfume boxes, gold silk slippers... There is also something wrapped in cloth.

Adrian paused holding the package. He took a deep breath and opened the package, revealing a dark green vest with two irises drawn with gold thread on the chest.

It was the Duke's vest, Abner remembered.

Adrien took out his vest, put it on under his coat, then dragged the contents of the box onto the horse and walked back.

When passing by Shilu's house, a burst of heart-piercing cries made Adrian stop.He hesitated for a moment, took out a gold coin from his pocket and walked into Hiru's room.Xilu was standing in front of a large bed with a towel. The baby on the bed was covered with red bumps and was so thin that it was shocking. Xilu coaxed him weakly, and could only wipe the baby's body with warm water over and over again.Xilu was surrounded by children, the oldest was only about ten years old, and another one was crawling on the ground.

Adrian grabbed Shilu, stuffed a gold coin into his hand, and said, "Take Abel to see a doctor first."

Seeing that it was a gold coin, Xilu stared wide-eyed, and quickly stuffed it back into Adrian's hand, "No, no, you, no, can't, you've, helped, helped me so much...I also, and there are , money, really, I, I, found another job, errand, and I will, very, soon, can, can, send my child to be treated. You, one, everyone, it’s not, it’s not easy..."

Adrian didn't wait for him to finish, and flicked the money on the high cabinet of Xilu's house, turned around and left, Xilu couldn't move his hand for a moment, thanked him over and over again, and at the same time caught a glimpse of the child crawling on the ground. With dirty things in his mouth, he knocked out the dirty things with his hands, and slapped the ten-year-old child, shouting angrily, "Look at your brother!"

The ten-year-old child cried "Wow--", and the crawling child saw his sister crying, and started crying too.Other children also surrounded him, dragged Xilu and shouted that he was hungry.

Suddenly, the whole alley was filled with the screams and cries of children.

Adrian glanced back, sighed deeply, and rode away.

Adrian went to the market to find an empty place, took out the things in the box one by one, and placed them on the cloth spread on the ground.Pedestrians were immediately attracted by these exquisite things, and Abner saw at a glance that these were all high-quality items, most of which could only be afforded by the lord, and Adrian's selling price was also attractive, and they would soon be sold out .

The money flowed into Adrian's pocket, and Abner frowned, doubting the origin of these things.

At this time, a person who looked like a personal servant walked over swaggeringly, and picked up a painted glass jar on the ground to play with.

Adrian said coldly: "Please be gentle, my lord."

"how much is it?"

"Five silver coins."

The servant snorted coldly, "So expensive?"

Adrian raised his chin, "My lord, this is not a toy for children. It is made by the best craftsman in Blue Bay City. You can look at the red seal on the bottom of the jar."

The servant glanced at the seal, threw it back on the ground rudely, stood up, and said condescendingly: "It's just a bastard who sells ass, tell me how you cheated these things? It's like a dog begging Did the customer buy it for you, or was it snatched away when the customer was not paying attention?"

Abner was stunned, and looked closely at Adrian.Seeing Adrian's face turned pale, but soon he stood up and smiled contemptuously at the male servant, "My lords, when they were kneeling on the ground, licking my toenails, and begging me to accept them, you still Wiping your master's ass."

The servant was enraged, grabbed Adrian by the neckline, gave him a hard slap, and said: "I'll buy all your things and give you ten gold coins, but you have to work for me all night !"

Adrian glared at him and pushed him away fiercely, causing the guard to stagger.

"Get out!" Adrian yelled.

The manservant stood firm, trembling with anger, kicked Adrian's goods, pinned him to the ground, grabbed the broken glass in his hand, and was about to stab Adrian's neck.

"stop!"

A steady voice stopped the servant's hand, he turned his head and stood up immediately in fright, "Duke, Your Excellency..."

But the person who came was not Nero, but Sean's father, Duke Rota Margeri, who had not yet become king at this time.

Adrian glanced at the Duke coldly, and rearranged the things on the ground.

Rota stepped forward and helped straighten an essence jar.

"My lord, if you need to buy something, I can give you a cheaper price. Please don't stand here all the time. My guests are scared away by you." Adrian said.

Rota paused, stood up, and said slowly: "Then I'll just say it straight. This is the last time I remind you to leave Duke Nero Margeri."

Adrian sneered, "You really care about the Duke."

"He is my brother! He is also the future king of Silver Bow City! Don't you think you are too selfish?!"

"You love him, and I love him too. My love is neither inferior nor less than yours. You are not qualified to argue with me." Adrian sat on the stool, crossed his legs, and stopped looking at Luo. Tower, continued, "You can leave now."

Rota glared at him, catching a glimpse of Nero's vest through his torn coat.Rota turned pale, sighed, and turned to leave.

"My lord, have you never been selfish?"

Adrian's cold voice came from behind, and Rota's body trembled, and he left.