For the remaining three months of 344, the Pharencian government was busy pacifying the country. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoSince the war was spent in the middle of summer, it did not have much impact on agricultural production throughout the country. However, in consideration of the wartime requisition of civilian goods, most of the taxes in the second half of the year were exempted. As for the relatively wealthy nobles of the capital, Sogrand took advantage of accusing them of being unfavorable to the king, and actually drew a fine from them to enrich the finances.

However, there are some problems with the availability of food. Some of the Praetorian Guards wanted to ask Sogre why the food standard was worse than before, but after a lunch with the Prime Minister, he ran back crying. Sauer's plea to self-reliance has led to a large number of anglers on the shores of Lake Nancival. The Queen's coronation was the only feast, and everyone was delighted with a large bowl of cabbage and minced pork soup.

One afternoon in late October, the late autumn sun warmed the entire palace. But Queen Margaret's face did not have that corresponding expression.

"What do you say?! Are you going to Navi in person? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," said Thorgrande's calm tone with determination, "it is important to our country. ”

"Yes...... But it was very dangerous, and the Nawei people were very violent, which was a fact known to the whole continent. ”

"It's because Navi has always been a threat to our country that the minister wants to go."

"The ferocity of the Nawei people is almost innate, you may die!" Margaret rose from her throne.

"Fifty years ago, the nations said the same thing about France, but now we have to admit that we are a civilized nation. And sooner or later, Nawei will also enter civilization, and the sooner it is, the better it will be for our country. Your Majesty, we can't always fight on three sides. ”

"Okay, I see." Margaret sat back on the throne, "And what do you need?" Let's take more people with you. ”

"Everything is almost ready, and the other two lieutenants, Jayne Beta and Maqi Landiel, have been selected to accompany them."

"Won't you let China go with you?" It's a personal question.

"Don't worry about her, just make excuses for me. Then, the minister retired. Thorgrande bowed and stepped back.

Margaret looked at the young prime minister's back, and felt that she seemed to be more and more hungry for strength, if she was capable enough, then Sogrend and Cena could go and live an easier life, like other aristocratic unmarried couples.

(Ten days ago, Shurasa)

As soon as old Macmillan opened the door, he saw a stranger in a sackcloth cloak standing at the door, "Hello, Mr. Macmillan. The stranger spoke, in the Fallensi Mastar.

"Hello, how can I help you?" Old Macmillan asked, "Come in and talk about it." ”

"Marshal Sogrerd Leuss greets you, and he wants you to make such a thing for him," the stranger said, pulling out a roll of parchment, "a double-sided axe, with the finest steel, this is the honorarium. "A bag of gold.

"Pretty design," said old Macmillan, narrowing his eyes, noting the size, "I'm afraid no one can use it in Mastar." Well, give me three days and pick it up after three days. With that, old Meck Millan put away the parchment and closed the door. And the young Estella staggered to keep up with her grandfather.

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"Your Excellency Ryus, I've brought something back." Jayne Beta held something wrapped in black cloth in both hands.

"Let me see." Thorgrande took the tomahawk and ripped off the black cloth. The huge double-sided axe glows with blue, gold, and silver, and the cyan of the axe surface makes people feel the chill of steel; The gold trim is arranged just right, revealing a domineering spirit; The blade of the axe is silver-plated, which prevents wear and tear, and highlights the sharp murderous aura.

"No warrior would refuse such a weapon. Jayne, wrap it up and don't let anyone see it. Otherwise, we won't be able to get out of the royal capital. ”

At the beginning of November, light snow had begun to fall in the northern sky, and a procession of three men and five horses marched across the vast wilderness between the forests and forests.

"Randil, how far is your house? How could anyone live so close to the Navi people? Jayne grumbled, and Magie Landil smiled silently, but the look in his eyes did say, "I'm almost home." ”

After passing through a forest, a small village finally appeared before the eyes of the trio. Walking to the entrance of the village, a young man of the same age as Ma Qi greeted him with a wooden fork. "Hey! Ma Qi, you kid is finally back, but you think my sister badly. Oh? Looks like you've made a fortune. ”

"No kidding, the next village chief." Mackede replied, gesturing at Saugland, "I'm just this lord's subordinate, Wren. ”

Thorgrande and Jayne greet Wren, but Thorgrande does not use his real name, and now calls himself Officer Singh Chiang. After saying goodbye to Wren, the three of them soon arrived at Ma Qi's house, where a little boy of three or four years old was playing in the front yard. As soon as Ma Qi dismounted and pushed open the door of the fence, he saw a young woman come out of the house, "Reinst, should ......" She was stunned for a moment, and the little boy named Reinster also looked up at both sides, looking at the visitor suspiciously.

"Lisa, I'm back." The last time Magie returned home was three years ago, and Reingst had just been born.

Mrs. Landil covered her mouth and threw herself into her husband's arms with tears, muttering, "You finally thought of coming back, ruthless fellow." Saying that, she beat her husband's chest coquettishly, and Ma Qi gently hugged his wife into his arms and comforted him in every way.

This situation made both Sogrend and Jay feel that they were redundant, and Jayne whispered to Sogrend: "My lord, I will be allowed to take a vacation when I come back this time, my son should be so old." ”

"It's time for everyone to take a break." Thorgrande replied meaningfully.

"Reinster is so old, let Daddy hug him."

"Xiao Lei, this is Dad, call quickly."

With Reingst's immature and timid "Dad", Ma Qi happily lifted his son up, "Good son, haha." It was only then that Mrs. Randyr noticed the other two, "There are also guests, look at me confused, please come in." I'll cook for you right away. ”

"Don't worry, ma'am." Thorgrande replied politely.

"This is Officer Singh Chiang, my boss. That's Jain Beta, my colleague. ”

"Hello, ma'am." Jayne saluted, "My son is also the age of Reinst, let's make them good friends in the future." It's a pity that there are no girls yet, otherwise they would have been engaged. ”

"Maybe they're the 'Pharansi Twin Blades' of the future." Thorgrande teased, eliciting hearty laughter. The god of war had never made any random predictions in his life, but this time he really guessed the arrangement of the god of fate.

After lunch, Mr. and Mrs. Landil hid in the back room and made love; And Jayne seems to like Reinster and plays with him all the time, perhaps looking for the shadow of his own son. Sogrend had nothing to do, so he rode out on his horse.

The light snow that had begun in the morning finally stopped, and the fields on both sides of the dirt road were covered with a thin layer of snow. At this time, there are few people in the field, only the straw stacks stay alone on the ridges one by one. The occasional tree has long since shed its leaves, and stands bare on the side of the road in the cold wind.

Saugland had walked about a dozen fats north, and a distant noise signaled that something was happening again. Thorgrande whipped his horsewhip and quickly caught up. When he got closer, a group of masked men were surrounding a group of boys, both of whom were facing each other with axes.

"Who are you guys? Why are you attacking me? The boy spoke, in Navi.

The other party did not answer, and the leader waved his hand to his companion to start attacking. At this time, Sogrend also happened to arrive and shouted: "What are you going to do in broad daylight!" ”

The masked man glanced back and muttered to a few people on the side, and three men immediately came out of the encirclement and leaned towards Sogrand. "It's not good." Thorgrande thought to himself and pulled out the "Tooth Moon".

The rest of the people ignored him and began to attack the boy. The boy had the typical Nawei appearance: blond hair, blue eyes, and white skin. But what didn't match his delicate appearance was the speed with which he swung his axe. You must know that heavy weapons such as axes rely entirely on their own weight to increase their attack power, and to swing this type of weapon so quickly, arm strength and wrist strength will be considerable.

In short, when Sogrand easily eliminated his opponent, the teenager still did not fall behind. The masked man in the lead seemed to be a little flustered, so when someone tapped him on the shoulder, he jumped up three feet almost instantly. And the person who filmed him was none other than Sogrend.

With a scream, a human body flew into the battle circle. Everyone looked at them and saw that it was their leader. As soon as the attackers saw that the situation was not good, they immediately dragged up the wounded and resolutely retreated. The boy was not reconciled and was about to chase him out, but was stopped by Sogrande and reminded him that it was a trap.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for rescuing me, although all the waste that came was there, but without Your Excellency, I wouldn't be able to save myself."

"That's as it should be," Thorgrande put away his sword, "if I'm not mistaken, you're a Navi." In Lower Singh Chiang, a travelling merchant is about to do business in your place. ”

"I'm Stahl of Mebres, and you're welcome to come and do business with us. However, how can you be such a good businessman? "Navi's boy seems to be quite alert.

"Actually, I do do business in my family, but I don't like it, and I prefer to travel around. Now he is traveling around the mainland as a businessman, and doing business is just a passing thing. In addition, it is dangerous to walk the world without the slightest ability to protect yourself. Saugland lied unflinchingly, and of course some of the lies were true.

"That's true." Starr nodded.

"What are you doing here? As far as I know, Navi and Falunsi are not on good terms, and you will run into unnecessary trouble if you run into Farensi's territory. ”

"I'm here to pay off the debt," said Starr, much to Sogrerd's surprise, "and my tribe borrowed grain from several villages here last year, and I just used some of this year's animal skins to pay for it." ”

"I see." Saugland found that the situation at the border was not as bad as it could have been.

"Since you like to travel, you must have been to many places, so tell me about it before my men come down to pick me up." Starr suggested.

"Well, if you like to listen to it......"

The two of them were chatting when two more horses galloped from a distance, "Lord Starr, are you all right?" "It seems to be Starr's men.

"I'm fine, it's this gentleman who helped me." Starr explained the situation to his subordinates.

"Thank you so much, I heard that you will be coming to us for business soon, so please come and visit Mebres then." The younger of the two said.

The other older man, after reprimanding the boy in distress, thanked Sogrand as well, and then persuaded the boy to go back earlier. Starr was obviously a little hesitant, and then Sogrand also opened up: "Your Excellency's current situation is not optimistic, it is better to go back and find out who is threatening your safety earlier." ”

"Mr. Chiang, you must come to us as a guest." It seems that Starr has some relationship with Sogrand.

"I'm going to talk about it in the next place, and it's not far away."

Seeing off the Navi, Thorgrande also decided that it was not a good idea to continue wandering outside the village, so he turned his horse back to the village.

The next day, the three men, who were supposed to leave early in the morning, did not leave from Ma Qi's house until the early afternoon, due to the deliberate delay of Sogrande. However, Mrs. Landil still had a grudge on her face when she said goodbye to her husband, and Magie seemed to be a little tired, so she became the object of Jayne's ridicule along the way, and the three of them entered Navi's territory.