Chapter 175： survey

The rain stopped on the second day, but the sky was still gloomy.

Kant’s collar was shrouded in a long cloud, and the last rain before winter was always reluctant to leave. In the next few days, the land should have several medium-sized rainfalls. Such abundant rain is extremely beneficial to the specialty potions on the territory.

Most potions grow in winter, and although their roots and plants appear dry and dead, the casters know that their "spiritual plants" are still nourished by the magical environment and will be in the second. The month of recovery is reviving, and how much they can grow in the winter depends, in part, on the last rain before the frost.

Gao Wen had breakfast with the Viscount Victor Kant in the castle's restaurant. Because the Viscountess was too weak to see the guest, the Viscount's only child was not on the territory. Only the two of them were dining at the table, even though those tableware were gorgeous. The cuisine is delicious, and the atmosphere of eating breakfast makes Gao Wen quite uncomfortable.

He prefers the atmosphere of a large group of people sitting around the table, instead of being like a present, he and a noble man are separated by a long table, and they can’t wait to say a delay. The posture.

"I hope you have a good rest in this old house," Victor Kant cut the bread in front of his eyes and said, "This castle is too old. I am going to renovate it once in my lifetime."

“It’s comfortable, it’s more comfortable than I thought,” Gao Wen said a bit insincerely. “The old castle gives a sense of security.”

Victor smiled and looked at Gao Wen: "Does your two relatives seem to leave early in the morning?"

"They are not very comfortable with restraint. I let them go to the town to distract themselves. They are more comfortable in the messy pub."

"It's understandable. In fact, when I was young, I preferred the pub to beat this quiet castle." The old prince raised his glass. "Of course, I am only a junior in front of you."

Gao Wen responded with a toast and said: "The health of the Viscountess is very worrying. What kind of illness is she born?"

Victor's movements paused inconspicuously, and his face hangs a smile: "Have you seen her?"

According to Lilith Kant, it should be the old prince who arranged for her to ask Gao Wen, but this time Victor showed the first time to know about it!

Gao Wen concealed the psychological changes and maintained a faint smile: "After yesterday's dinner, she came to say hello to me, but her face was very bad."

"My poor Lilith," Viscount Victor sighed. "Her body condition has not been very good, she can't see the sun, she can't bear the noise, so she can only live in the North Tower for a long time, only come out at night. Activities. But she is a very kind person. My tolerance for the people is largely influenced by her. She always advises me to think more about the feelings of those who can't afford a good house and can't afford meat. But her own body is getting worse."

Viscount Kant’s kindness and tolerance to the civilians in his territory, Gao Wen heard about some of the servants’ chats in the castle yesterday, and this is one of the places that surprised him: he was already preoccupied Victor Kant is likely to be a cultist of the Insects, or at least has been controlled and tempted by the cultists, so he will do something to arrest the refugees for evil rituals, but he never thought of himself. All the talks I heard after entering Kant’s collar were to praise the old lord!

He couldn't judge whether the chatter he heard from the servant's mouth of the castle was a bit true or false. At this time, he could only say down the trend: "Being kind to the people is the responsibility of every lord. We first developed this kingdom to protect the people. Instead of riding on their heads to make a fortune."

"Yeah, unfortunately few people still remember this now," Victor's sigh seems to be from the heart. "More and more nobles have forgotten what their ancestors took for the sword for the first time. We were originally a barrier to protect civilians. They are the ones that allow them to live with peace of mind. They are the guides that lead them to prosperity and warmth. But most of the nobles now grow up in castles and manors. They serve others. And enshrining has become a matter of course, I have forgotten that I should still have some responsibilities... cough..."

Victor seems to be a little excited, can't help but cough up, and after he recovered, he longed out: "I spend a lot of time every year to inspect every farm and medicine field on the territory to get the exact grasp. The harvest of the year, to prevent excessive tax pressure, so that the people are hungry, but also spend a lot of energy to deal with the merchants, to ensure that the surplus of herbs and food in the territory can find buyers, so my people There will be enough money to repair the house and buy fuel for the winter, but it has missed many so-called 'upper parties', so that they are regarded by the vulgar southern aristocrats as a strange person who lives in a simple place, a mediocrity without taste... Ugh."

Viscount Victor said a lot in one breath, and then he smiled after he said it: "Sorry, there is a lot of habit after the age, but I think you should understand me because I heard you It is also very kind to the people."

"Of course," Gao Wen smiled and toasted. "This is the duty of every lord."

......

At the same time, in the town outside the castle, Amber was holding a glass of frothy ale, listening to the boring and boring daily life of the farmer and the craftsmen who had nothing to do. Look, I have planned how many glasses of wine I need to change to what I want to hear.

The farming has ended and the weather is not suitable for any out-of-office work. Therefore, the rich peasants and craftsmen who are still a little idle will spend their time in the tavern of the town. Kant’s collar is as rare as the town of Tanzan. One of the wealthy territories, the civilians living here will naturally visit places such as pubs and casinos more frequently, and for these people, only a few glasses of ale and a few compliments, amber can put out all their secrets. .

This is a very enjoyable process for amber, which has been mixed in such situations from small to large.

This feeling is even more enjoyable when the money for buying wine doesn't have to be paid out by yourself.

She put on her identity: black leather and a slightly worn cloak, plus a short sword from time to time and a "lucky stone" tied to the wrist, a wandering warrior The image is complete, and the civilians are awe and curious about this kind of person, and the set of words becomes very easy.

After three rounds of wine, I talked about the ghost stories in the farmland and the old house. Amber felt that it was time to talk about the lord, and then looked at the blacksmith sitting on the field with a curious expression: "I heard that you The lord is a person who will manage the territory, is it true?"

"I don't know how to govern the territory," the blacksmith squirted with a mouthful of alcohol, his eyes confused. "But the Victor is really a good person... Hey, there is him, everyone is I can eat a full stomach, even if I can eat half full in winter, the territory has not been starved for more than a decade!"

Further south, there are still places where civilians are not only hungry, but also occasionally have meat to eat.

Amber’s heart groaned, but his face was amazed: “That’s not easy!”

"No, Victor is really the most charitable lord lord I have ever seen," another older alcoholic took over. "But I listened to those who sent vegetables and milk to the castle and said that the castle was quite Gloomy, there is always a feeling of where the wind is leaking..."

A slightly blessed pub maid slammed the wooden cup in front of the drinker: "Don't say it! The castle is not your broken thatched house. The old George who delivers the food is mostly drunk and blows himself in the mud. The cold wind is in the castle!"

The fat maid said a joke that was not funny, but it caused a burst of laughter.

"It seems that Victor is really a good lord," Amber shook his head and said, "I just don't know how the Viscountess is."

When the words were spoken, the scene was strangely quiet for a moment.

Some people are looking at each other, some people are drinking, and the elderly are frowning. It seems that they think of something bad. When Amber sees it immediately, he curiously asks: "What happened? How do you react to this?"

"You are a foreigner, you don't know it is normal," said the oldest old man. He should be a wealthy landlord or a retired craftsman. There are very few poor people who have not yet reached this age. The old man who died of an injury, and such a person not only knows the life of the civilians, but also hears about the things of the lord. "Mrs. Viscount... Is it already for decades? When she died... ”

"Mrs. Viscount died? Did it die decades ago?!" Amber was shocked. "How did you die?"

"That is a poor woman, the whole thing is very miserable, that kind of thing should not happen to a good person." The old man frowned, he did not seem to want to say more, but alcohol made it difficult for him to control his words, and next to Some young people who don’t know much about the past are also urging him to open his mouth: "Shandle's father, let me talk about it. I have been listening to people since I was a child, but I have never heard of you when you are old. You should always know that year. In the end what happened."

Amber appreciatively looked at the young man who was urging, and decided to use Gao Wen to give his own money to ask for a drink.

The old man who seems to have experienced the incident in the past sighed and said slowly after drinking a drink: "That is thirty...about thirty years ago, it may be longer, that year is also this month, but also It’s raining, but it’s extraordinarily big under the rain, and it’s been a few days...

"At that time, Victor was still young. At that time, he was just a good, benevolent and good lord. Now he came back from the town next door to inspect the barn, the Viscountess was with him, and their only child, Bell. Master, they drove back and forth from the west side of the road. Although it was raining, they went on the road... They should have spent more than one day in the town next door, hehe.

"I don't say you can guess, so the big rain, so wet, it must be the carriage of the accident on the old hillside, the car turned over, slipped from the highest point of the old hillside into the mountains. In the whole car, the whole car fell seven and eight... After a whole night, no one knew that the lord’s family had gone out of the way until the sun came out the next day. When the rain stopped, the Viscountess was covered in blood. The land appeared in the town... She almost climbed into the town, and she was bruised and bruised. She almost cried out of tears. She said that she watched the master and the young master being thrown outside the carriage in front of her. Let us hurry to save them."

When the old man said this, he couldn't help but sigh for a while and drank another drink to continue: "We escorted the lady back to the castle, and immediately sent people to the old hillside to find the carriage and the whereabouts of the master and the young master, but the whole three Days, except for some bloodstains and carriage fragments, we only found the bodies of two horses.

"Mrs. I wash my face in the castle every day, oh, that is a kind good person. She has been taking care of the poor people on the land. From the day she married this place, she sent firewood to the poor every winter. And the black bread, but she encountered this kind of thing. For three days, her husband and son were not found, so she finally went crazy. According to the servant who worked in the castle at the time, she said that she Shouting in the room, then ran to the dark corners of the castle, talking to her imaginary husband and son, and finally she closed herself into the cellar of the North Tower of the castle, where she drank The poison ended his pain.

"On the fourth day, Master Victor and Master Belm lived back to the castle and they did not die."