When Tang Zhangwei and the others landed among the Vikings, in fact, it was almost impossible for Tang Zhangwei and Bai Cunxiao to capture the city unscathed from the Viking warriors who were defending the geothermal city.

The Viking warriors who were loyal to Tang Zhaozong had a huge number of walrus bone chariots.

Tang Zhangwei and Bai Cunxiao did not have walrus bone chariots in their hands, and because they wanted to save costs, they had to cut those ice and snow troops that could fight against the Vikings.

Now, they are facing a difficult situation when they have to fight these Vikings.

This means that he went down from his horse to the earth. After a while, the observer standing at the window caught another glimpse of a gray coat through the sparse branches, the last rays of sunlight shining on the barrel of a short-barreled musket.

The young man standing at the window pondered. It was clear that the knight hidden in the woods was not the one he was waiting for, and it was evident from his changeable face that a certain curiosity had replaced an anxious one.

Soon, another man appeared at the bend in the road. The young man standing at the window hid himself from being discovered.

The man was also dressed in a gray coat, riding in the same way, and carrying the same shiny musket. The second person who appeared said a few words to the person who appeared first, because he was too far away from the observer, so he did not hear it. The man undoubtedly reported the situation to his accomplices, and then he disappeared behind the slope parallel to the woods, and of course he dismounted and hid behind a large rock and waited.

From the height from which the young man was standing, he could see the head in a felt hat rising above the rock. There was a little glitter next to the cap, which was the tip of the barrel of the musket.

When the aristocratic young man who was observing saw the above scene, he felt some kind of inexplicable fear, and his body shrank smaller and smaller.

"Oh! Oh! He asked himself, "Do they want to take my head and the thousands of louis that I carry with me?" No, because if Richon had already arrived, or if I could have gone on my way to-night, I would have gone to Libun instead of St. I've gone to Andre I. That's why I don't go where these weirdos are hiding. If my old Potter is still there, I'm going to ask him. I hope I'm not mistaken, yes, I do! It's still two people. Oh! In my opinion, it's completely a spy posture. ”

The young man thought and took two more steps back.

Actually, at this time at the highest point of the road. Two more knights appeared. Of the two men who appeared, however, only wore a gray coat, and the other rode on a black horse, wearing a broad coat and a felt hat with a ribbon and a white feather stuck in it. The evening breeze ruffled his coat, and a rich ornament could be seen hanging diagonally from his knee-high tunic glittering.

In order to make this scene clear, the day seemed to be deliberately prolonged, for the last beam of the sun, breaking free from a dark cloud that sometimes obscured the horizon like an ink painting, suddenly illuminated the glass window of a beautiful house a hundred paces from the riverbank. The house was hidden behind a thick grove of trees, and without the light that had escaped the clouds, the young man who was observing would not have seen it. This sudden increase in light caused the observer standing at the window to see at first that the spies hiding in the woods sometimes turned their eyes to the entrance of the village, sometimes to the small house with its glittering glass windows, and then he saw that the men in gray coats seemed to have great respect for the man with the white feather in his hat, and took off his hat when he spoke to him. At last he saw a shining window open, and a woman appeared on the balcony, leaned over as if she were waiting for someone, and as if she was afraid of being seen, she hurried into the room.

As she walked in, the sun was about to set. As the sun faded, the ground floor of the house became more and more submerged in darkness, and the light gradually abandoned the window, rose to the top of the stone roof, and flew like a golden arrow like a turning wind vane, and finally disappeared completely.

For all those who are wise-minded, considerable signs have been discerned, and they have been able to be convinced of something, or at least certain possibilities.

Perhaps these people were watching the lonely little house, for a woman had been on the balcony for a moment; Maybe this woman and these men are waiting for the same person, or have completely different intentions. Perhaps the man who was waiting would come out of the village, and therefore pass by the inn in the middle of the road from the village to the woods, which in turn was halfway from the inn to the little lonely house; Perhaps the knight with the white feather in his hat was the leader of the horsemen in the gray coat; Perhaps the zeal with which he rode his horse was to be able to see further, and the leader was suspicious, and certainly for his own benefit.

As the young nobleman had sorted out a series of ideas, the door to his apartment opened, and the shopkeeper Biscaro entered.

"My dear innkeeper," said the young nobleman, without asking the innkeeper to state his reasons for coming in for him, for he had already guessed the reason, "come here, and tell me if my offer was too abrupt." To whom did the little house that we glimpse belong to in the midst of the poplar and maple groves, which resembles a little white spot? ”

The shopkeeper followed the direction he was pointing, touched his forehead, and said:

"Honestly, sometimes that house belongs to this man, and sometimes to that person," he tried with a mocking look, "you can also live in it, if you want to find solitude." Maybe you want to hide yourself there, maybe you just want to hide someone else there. ”

The young nobleman's face turned red.

"But now, who lives in this house?" He asked.

"A young lady who was seen as a widow. The ghosts of her first husband and perhaps her second husband came to see her. There is only one thing to point out: there seems to be an agreement between the two ghosts, and they never come at the same time. ”

The young nobleman smiled and asked:

"Since when did this beautiful widow live in this lonely house that is very conducive to the appearance of ghosts?"

"From two months ago. In addition, she takes special care to avoid others. I dare say that during these two months, no one dared to boast of having seen her, because she rarely came out, and when she did, she wore a veil. A very charming little maid came to my shop every morning to order food, and we sent someone to deliver it, and she took the order in the front hall, paid generously, and quickly closed the door so that my little man could eat the soup. For example, tonight there is a sumptuous meal, and you see me plucking quail and quail feathers, and I am prepared for her. ”

"For whom did she arrange this dinner?"

"Probably one of the two ghosts I told you?"

(End of chapter)