"You mean, the nobleman went to Soma. Hasting? A young woman asked, a little surprised.

Her appearance is not outstanding, at most she can only be regarded as a middle-aged person. But perhaps because of her good background, this woman who should be regarded as a woman has an awe-inspiring momentum, and she looks very atmospheric in her gestures, even if she is surprised on her face at this moment before she becomes frowning, but there is still an indescribable noble momentum, it is obvious that a woman like this is by no means something ordinary people can cultivate.

"Yes." The young woman's words were answered by a thin man.

"Well, that's a bit unexpected." Although the young woman seemed very calm when she said this, there was a slight look of annoyance on her face, but she still betrayed her true emotions, perhaps because of her lack of experience and experience.

The woman threw the pen in her hand on the table, leaned back, and hit the soft back cushion, and the temperament on her body was a little less noble and awe-inspiring, but a little more lazy. She narrowed her eyes a little comfortably, glanced at the half-written letter, and then got up and began to walk around the room, and in her deep thought, she had a little more intellect and persistence.

It is said that the man in the thinking is the most handsome moment, but if you see the woman in the room and think deeply, I am afraid that this sentence will change.

It's just that the thin man has been kneeling on the ground with his head down from beginning to end, and he hasn't looked up at the woman.

It's not that I don't look at it, but I don't dare to look at it.

"What a very powerful person, this move is so bad that I don't even know how to intervene." The woman smiled suddenly, looking like a child who had been delighted by some new favorite toy, "Find out what they said when they met." ”

"This ......" The thin man finally showed a look of embarrassment on his face.

"Is it hard?" The woman tilted her head. Asked with some confusion.

"Indeed." The man smiled bitterly and said helplessly, "The only people who met were the nobleman and his two servants, as well as the five Soma and Kazi. None of the people I had bought could get into the room, not even get close. …… All the daily life of the city lord of Soma is taken care of by Kazi, but Kazi himself is a very self-disciplined person and can't find any weaknesses at all. ”

"It's really hard." The woman sighed helplessly, "I hate this kind of person who has no weakness at all." Is it an orphan? ”

The man didn't react to the woman's sudden change in tone and attitude, but after being stunned for a moment, he immediately replied, "It's an orphan." ”

"Well, there's no way around it." The woman shrugged, "Forget it." Anyway, this is just a small game, since the location and people are not on our side, so let's give up the action for the time being. Anyway, it won't be long before Hastings Manor will start holding a banquet, and there will still be a chance at that time. …… You go down and keep watching. ”

"Yes." The slender man nodded. Then, as if pardoned, he quickly got up and left the room.

The woman sat back in her chair and picked up the quill. I scratched my hair in some distress. muttered to himself, "Next, what else do you want to write to my brother?" …… I don't know if Brother Lu Dao is still doing well on the Western Continent, and he blames that Sean. Connery's fault! It's so bad that my brother is going to leave his hometown now, hmph, don't let me meet this person, otherwise I must make him look good. ”

He cursed in such a low voice. It was as if he was venting his anger or something, but in the end, after more than ten minutes of silence, the letter was still only a few lines of words, and it seemed to be only two or three sentences.

But it's rare to see. The handwriting is very upright and beautiful, and it looks like it has a pleasing aesthetic to the eye.

Sighing helplessly, the woman finally reluctantly signed her signature in the lower right corner of the letter.

Your dear sister, Pache Rich. Boulder.

After thinking about it, the young woman named Patchouli also drew a smiley face next to the signature, and snickered a few times like a mischievous child. Then she folded up all the dozen pieces of stationery, stuffed them into envelopes, and then drizzled them with fire paint and stamped them with a seal representing the Boulder family crest.

Looking at the stuffed envelope, Patchouli finally smiled with satisfaction.

……

At the same time, in the reception room of the City Lord's Mansion, Sean finally met the person in charge of the city.

Soma. Hasting.

This is a very charismatic person in Sean's eyes. Perhaps because he was accustomed to the life of the superior, Soma's body naturally exuded that kind of non-angry and self-authoritative momentum, just sitting on the main seat in the reception room, and the whole reception room was like becoming Soma's home field, shrouded in an indescribable terrifying atmosphere.

If diplomatic rhetoric and other means are also divided into bronze, silver, gold, and sanctuary, then Soma. Hastings is undoubtedly a Sanctuary-level powerhouse.

But what really surprised Sean was not Soma. Hasting, but the young man standing behind Soma, the lord of Lominen.

A man like Ruud, if Sean gives him enough affirmation and freedom, he will definitely be able to conceive like Soma in time. Hasting's momentum and aura, after all, if a person stays in the top position for a long time and does not retreat, then in many cases the so-called qi and momentum will be completely combined, and there will be that majestic kingly aura in every move, just like the sky-high aura emanating from the battlefield generals who are thousands of enemies and thousands of people.

But now, the young man in front of Sean who remembered the other party claiming to be Kazi was different.

If you have to find a word to describe it, then what exists in Sean's mind is "Nashi".

It's not a borrowing, it's going to be repaid after all.

To accept the situation is to take everything into oneself and become one's own.

When the door to the reception room closed, Soma. Hasting's unangry momentum became more and more obvious, and the entire reception room became his home field in an instant. But Kazi is in this home turf. Forcefully opened up a kind of momentum that belonged to him, that kind of cold and piercing indifferent momentum, and Soma's coercive momentum perfectly blended together, giving people the feeling that as long as these two people stand together, then they are invincible and strong.

What an amazing talent.

Sean's eyes had a very hidden joy.

At this moment, Sean decided that he must take both men under his command no matter what.

"Lord Fran, do you mean that last night's murder on Songuo Street was a slander and framing of you?" Soma's brows furrowed slightly, and she said in a deep voice, "May I ask?" At present, there is no investigation conclusion in this matter. But why do you dare to conclude that this is a frame-up against you? ”

Although Soma is also a nobleman now, his title is only a baron, and it is also an honor, strictly speaking, he does want to salute Sean when he sees Sean. After all, Sean is now "Fran. Viscount Dumoy", one rank higher than Soma in the title. In real situations, though. The level of knighthood does not depend solely on the performance of class. It's more about relying on the background relationship behind the family.

It's like a random descendant of the Boulder family, even if there is no title, but other people with titles, even if they are nobles with real power, must be politely received.

Soma called Sean Your Excellency, which was already enough to give Sean enough face.

Of course, there is also Soma's cleverness and prudence. After all, without a clear understanding of the background of the Dumoy family, it is very unnecessary to erect enemies, especially for nobles.

"Your Excellency Soma, we Mingren don't speak secret words." Sean said calmly. "What kind of family the Yeros family is in Lominen, or even in the Tinchiin Territory, no one will be unclear. As an outsider, I have such a situation after I came into contact with Master Luo Da last night, so you and I must know how things will develop next, so this meaningless temptation, I think it can be ended early. ”

Speaking of this, Sean smiled slightly: "We might as well just talk about the bottom line." ”

Soma's brow furrowed.

Sean's negotiation skills are not at all, but this almost barbaric attitude also gives Soma some headaches. After all, he had been the city lord of Luo Mingen for several years, and he had seen many people of all kinds, and it was not for nothing that he could maintain such a calm and relaxed attitude in front of him, but there were also extremely few. And these few people basically have a variety of background forces that are good in the kingdom of Dabion, and only with the support of these background forces can they have the confidence and confidence to be able to be calm and comfortable in front of themselves.

And now, Sean is showing that he is more confident and calm than all the people Soma has ever met, which makes Soma a little unclear about Sean's background.

Soma took a deep breath, and then said, "Since that's the case, then you can talk about your bottom line first." ”

"It's good." Sean smiled and said, "My contact with Master Rhoda is only because I am about to become a field nobleman, although the territory I am about to obtain is not good, but it is a place full of life, so I want to build a manor there." ”

Hearing Sean's words, Soma's heart sighed slightly: Sure enough, he was a new nobleman with a background.

In the kingdom of Dabion, if you don't have a strong enough background and connections, then even if you are lucky enough to get the title of an honorary nobleman, it is useless, because such titles are basically lifelong. Only with a hereditary inheritance can it represent the establishment of a family prototype, and only in this way can it become a local nobleman and gradually develop in the future.

But there is a small number of people who can successfully get a fief after becoming an honorary nobleman. Such aristocrats basically have strong connections and backgrounds, and once they can successfully obtain the fief, then they are not far from entering the hereditary aristocratic system.

"So, Lord Soma, you can rest assured that I have no interest in the so-called mysterious drawings that have been making a fuss in Lominen lately." Sean had been observing Soma's expression all the time, and after his face changed slightly, he already knew that he had made the right bet, "Since the interests of both of us will not conflict at all, then of course we cannot become competitors, or even enemies." Is that right? ”

"I believe something must have gone wrong." Soma said calmly, he couldn't have been led by Sean all the time, "Kazi, you will explain this matter to the people of the Yeros family in a while." …… Lommin would never allow any framing to happen. ”

"Do as you will, my lord." Kazi took out a pen and began to take notes in his notebook.

"I have one more proposal." Sean glanced at Kazi, then turned his gaze back to Soma's body, and said with a smile, "I wonder if Your Excellency Soma is interested?" ”

"Tell me about it." Soma nodded slightly.

"I once visited the Temple of Wisdom and passed the scholarly examination there. So for a lot of projects and things. ”

As Shaun spoke, he removed the piece from Bony. White took off the ring he had in his hands and handed it to Alfred, who sent it over. However, Sean soon noticed a detail, and that was that it was not Soma who took the ring from Alfred. Rather, it was Kazi, who was inspected by Kazi before it was transferred to Soma's hands.

"This ring. It was given to me by the tutor who was in charge of reviewing my exams. ”

"This is indeed a certificate of the scholars of the Temple of Wisdom." Soma checked it out. It seemed that after agreeing with Kazi's judgment, he returned the ring to Alfred, who then sent it back to Sean's hand, "So what's your proposal?" ”

After confirming his identity, Sean continued: "I wish I could freely visit the Hastings Manor, because according to my understanding. Hastings Manor is also a well-known manor in the kingdom, so I hope to be able to take a look at it, which will also give me some valuable advice on the manor plan that Master Rhoda designed for me, after all, as a nobleman who is about to build a manor by himself. I must want my estate to be as beautiful as possible, isn't it? ”

Soma looked at Sean, as if chewing on whether there was any other meaning hidden in the words.

However, at this time, of course, Sean could not bring Soma back to his senses, so he immediately continued while the iron was hot: "Of course, in return, I will contribute my meager strength to the evaluation and appraisal of this mysterious drawing. …… Of course, from the position of the Hastings. In that case, we should be considered temporary allies, right? ”

"The Hastings are very welcoming to new friends."

Sure enough, as Sean had expected, Soma immediately welcomed him with little time to think.

In fact, this is also a bit of an underestimation of the factional confrontation in the kingdom of Dabion.

For example, the Nugus family and the Boulder family belong to the opposing camp, although the other four duke families occasionally join forces with the Nugus family to deal with the Boulder family, but only two of the other four duke families are absolute allies with the Nugus family, although the other two families occasionally take the same position, but the interests of the Nugus family sometimes conflict.

In such a state, all the families attached to Nugus will show extremely strong hostility towards Boulder and the dependent families under his command. And this kind of hostility is not only in the royal capital, but also in their respective territories or other public and private occasions, once the two hostile sides appear, they usually engage in extremely strong criticism, abuse and even duels.

In such an atmosphere, the various dependents families are marked with an extremely obvious imprint.

Therefore, even if it is a new noble, they will usually choose their own position at the first time and choose a camp to attach to, only in this way can it be possible to change from a lifelong system to a hereditary system, or even get a fief to officially become a local nobleman. And it is precisely because of this act of choosing a position that it is naturally impossible for the nobles of the hostile faction to show any good face or cooperative position, even if they know that the cooperation between them will make a matter simpler or even more beneficial, but if the camps of the two families are different, then this kind of cooperation is completely impossible.

So when Sean expressed his willingness to side with the Hastings, it also made Soma's favorability change immediately.

In particular, Sean's hand hit Soma's soft underbelly.

In fact, with the appearance of this mysterious drawing, the whole Lomien fell into a strange atmosphere.

Because no one knows what the structure is on this drawing, there is no way to know what kind of drawing it is. The reason why so many nobles competed. It's purely because the attitude of the Mage Guild is really very suspicious, because the Mage Guild hasn't paid so much attention to something for a long time, and this time it suddenly became extremely radical, which means that this drawing is definitely of great value.

And valuable things usually represent many deeper meanings, at least wealth and power will not be far away, so the nobles will take action.

As long as this mysterious blueprint is snatched up, then it will be dominant, and if the mage guild wants to get it back, it will have to pay a reward that satisfies these greedy nobles. The Algorithmists' Guild is not satisfactory. Then if you dedicate it to the royal family or for your own use, it is also a good choice.

Under such a premise, if you can figure out what kind of drawing this drawing is, then you will naturally have a more accurate assessment of its value.

So recently, Soma has been trying to find a way to recruit a talent who knows something about this. But when Soma goes to the Temple of Wisdom for help. But he was told that the Temple of Wisdom had promised the Mage Guild not to intervene in this matter, so whether it was Soma or other nobles. It is impossible to use the power of the Temple of Wisdom to know what this drawing is recording.

That's why. That's why there was a banquet for the purpose of so-called joint research at the Hastings Manor.

But now, Sean, who has the status of a scholar officially recognized by the Temple of Wisdom, said that he could help the Hasteen family identify this drawing, which is of course good news for Soma, and the price he needs to pay is just to let Sean visit the Hasteen Manor at will, this transaction is simply a very good deal for Soma, so he will not hesitate to agree to Sean's request.

Of course. Hasteen was actually a little skeptical about whether Sean could really understand the meaning of the mysterious drawing, but the current situation was better than nothing, and he also hoped that Sean could understand it thoroughly. It only takes a small part to understand that it is enough for him to have a value evaluation reference.

The negotiation was successfully concluded to the satisfaction of both parties.

Many of the watchers who had been watching Sean, an alien nobleman, were shocked after seeing Soma and Kazi personally send Sean out of the Lord's Mansion, and immediately rushed back to report the latest situation to their masters.

Patchouli had just ordered a letter to be sent. Boulder is one of them.

For the first time, instead of showing that kind of faint smile on her face, her brows were furrowed, revealing a look of confusion and distress: "Why would someone as proud and conceited as Soma and Kazi personally send him out of the Lord's Mansion?" …… This must be showing us. In other words, now that this person is an ally with the Hasteen family, then he is on the side of the Nugus family? ”

The slender man in charge of the report was silent, knowing that he didn't need to say anything at this time.

Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Patchouli continued: "No, it's definitely not that simple. …… If the new nobleman chooses to take sides, Soma will definitely not send him out in person, and he has also said that he is a nobleman who is about to obtain a fief, so this means that he also has a strong background and connections behind him. In this way, there is only one possibility that Soma will personally send him away to do something similar to a declaration of sovereignty. ”

"This guy must have enough knowledge of that drawing, maybe he may be a scholar who has been recognized by the Temple of Wisdom!"

"Do you need to dispose of him?"

"There are two Silver Realm masters by his side, can you solve it?" Patchouli's face showed a smile again, "Of course, if you have the opportunity, you can do it, but as a scholar, he must also be a cautious and shrewd person, no wonder he can break the ambush I arranged." …… Hehe, I'm getting more and more interested in the dinner at Hastings Manor, and sure enough, this time I made the right choice. ”

"I hope he doesn't let me down." (To be continued......)

PS: 6K word chapters, complete plot. …… I've been wondering lately, is it that the plot of coming to get the territory paperwork is unpleasant? Why did you subscribe so hard? I thought that everyone was tired of watching the wars and battles in the wilderness, and wanted to change the taste and writing style to have some personal adventure and suspense, but it seems to be a failure at the moment?