When Thales came back on horseback, the Palace of Heroes was already ready: the north road from the first city gate to the palace gate was completely swept, and the armors of the guards and soldiers were also particularly neat and lined up to stand guard. This was very important for the palace.

For northerners who are used to being rough and rough, this is probably the limit.

"Maybe next time you come back, you can show up without bad news."

The second prince, who was worried, carefully held the reins of the black horse Jenny, and said with a straight face to Putilai, who had not seen him for a long time.

"I see," Putilai raised his eyebrows, narrowed his eyes, and showed a strange look: "His Excellency Little Ronny proposed to the Grand Duchess to consolidate the stability of Longxiao City. This is actually bad news for you, Your Highness...

…”

ah?

The prince was stunned for a second by these words, and then he understood something.

He took a breath.

Thales slowly turned to Putilai, put on the most ugly face, and said word by word: "You must mention..."

But he was interrupted.

"Ah, I'm sorry," the thin man smiled meaningfully and shrugged helplessly on the horse: "Before you get angry, I swear I didn't mean anything else."

Putilai showed a harmless smile: "You know...'that' means."

Thales' eyes widened, and his mouth moved in the air several times, but in the end no sound came out.

The prince could only snort in dissatisfaction and turn around.

Who can understand the feeling of being filled with resentment and being forced back into your chest by just one sentence?

"As far as the current situation is concerned," the second prince resisted the urge to fire the former deputy envoy, tilted his mouth and bit out the words from between his teeth: "Anything that breaks the status quo may be harmful to us.

Threat: For example, this is what I mean by the unexpected marriage of the Grand Duchess and the interests involved behind it."

"Of course," Putilai still had the same look of being beaten, not caring that Lord Justin behind him had darkened his face. He shook his pipe with a look of leisurely contentment:

"You are a prince, and what you say must be true regardless of whether it is true or not."

God...

Thales covered his face, sighed painfully, and gave up the idea of ​​explaining anything to this stubborn old man.

"It's unbelievable," the prince looked listlessly at the slowly approaching palace door: "These words actually came from the mouth of a minister who had ignored his prince for more than ten days."

Putilai snorted lightly and did not answer.

Nicolai had already led the Grand Duke's bodyguards to wait in front of the palace gate, but this time the Fallen Star didn't put on a dead expression after seeing Thales. Instead, he stared at him deeply, and then turned toward the stable.

Xiang pursed his lips, gesturing for him to continue.

This is not common.

The puzzled Thales stepped off the saddle in front of the stable.

"Wish you good luck," Putilai said calmly: "After the greeting is over, I will wait for you in your room."

"That's really comforting." The already depressed prince waved his hand dissatisfiedly.

Thales handed the reins to the groom, and then, accompanied by Wyatt and Rolf, walked towards Nicolai at the entrance of the palace.

"The Grand Duchess and the Count are in the Hall of Heroes. Go and join them." Nicolai waved his hand without changing his expression: "I still have to greet the forerunners of the mission here. They are very formal this time."

"Because the matter is particularly serious?" Thales snorted: "What happened to the result of the last incident? You know, about the Grand Duchess..."

"Shut your mouth," Nicolai interrupted him harshly: "The forerunner of Qiyuan City is here."

Thales turned his head, and sure enough, a group of cavalry with different banners slowly drove out of the first city gate, and headed towards the palace gate under the watchful eyes of countless Longxiao City guards on both sides.

Their flag is embroidered with a heavy opened book, and several imperial letters are engraved on the opened pages, the meaning of which is unknown.

The code of knights, the orthodox and noble ruler of Qiyuan City, the emblem of the Ronnie family.

It is said that they are a famous knight family that has been stationed in the Northland since the ancient empire. They have given birth to countless great knights who have left their names in history. Even when the emperor forcibly demolished the Knight Temple and the ancient knighthood gradually declined, they were still in the Northland.

It maintains a huge reputation.

Until the final battle.

Thales recalled the knowledge given by teachers in the Northland over the years.

Among the cavalry, the leading knight looks quite special: he has a dark face, flat eye sockets, shaved temples, leaving only short reddish-brown hair on top of his head, has a strong build, but wears light leather armor that is not common in the North.

, the belt around his shoulders was tied with various small tools that Thales couldn't understand. The weapons on his body, except for a short knife at his waist, turned out to be only a crossbow on his back, and

A quiver hanging from the saddle.

What attracted the most attention was his demeanor and temperament, even though he was riding a horse, as if he were strolling in a garden.

The forerunner of the Qiyuan City Mission actually has this attitude?

That means...

Just when Thales frowned, Nicolai beside him reacted earlier than him: he saw the meteorite showing a rare expression of surprise, staring intently at the leading brown-haired knight.

"Oh, this is really a surprise." The meteorite's expression slowly became serious.

Thales narrowed his eyes, looked at Nicolai, and then at the leather knight walking leisurely: "Do you know each other?"

Nicolai ignored him, but made a few gestures to his subordinates, and then walked forward alone. Only then did the prince notice that several senior members of the Grand Duke's bodyguard also showed the same expression.

Thales looked strangely at the brown-haired knight with an unusual face from the North.

he is……

Nikolai walked slowly to the front of the group of Qiyuan City cavalry and watched them all dismount, with cold expressions on their faces.

The brown-haired knight was of medium height, even slightly shorter than the slightly thinner Nikolai. He held down the belt at his waist and looked directly at the meteorite in front of him without flinching, showing an uncaring look.

A kind smile.

Thales sighed, and the Hell River Sins gathered near his ears, listening to the conversation between the two of them.

Nicolai and the knight looked at each other for a long time.

Until he took a deep breath, pursed his lips, nodded his head gently, and hummed coldly:

"How could it be you?"

His words were cold and unceremonious.

Thales felt nervous: It seems that their relationship is not good?

In the coming storm, the relationship between Qiyuan City and Longxiao City will probably depend on the outcome of this mission.

And now...

Listening to Nicolai's unkind greeting, the brown-haired knight grinned, revealing an inexplicable ruthlessness. Only then did Thales notice that the knight's lips were extra wide.

A special person.

The prince said silently, rejecting Huaiya's suggestion to leave first.

I saw the brown-haired knight tilting his head, opening his big mouth, making a gong-like voice, and said to Nicolai:

"Have you ever heard a joke?"

Nicolai frowned.

"There is a man who travels around doing business all year round. He is very worried that his wife in his hometown will be unfaithful to him." The brown-haired knight shook his head and said with a smile:

"So he sneaked home one night. Fortunately, except for his sleeping wife, the man didn't find any trace of the adulterer. So he was relieved and became happy with his wife."

Nicolai's brows frowned more and more.

The brown-haired knight chuckled, raised his finger and tapped Nicolai, who had an unchanging expression: "Afterwards, his wife lit up the lamp and saw her husband's face clearly, so she couldn't help but said in surprise..."

The knight's eyes widened and he repeated Nicolai's words with an exaggerated expression:

"How could it be you?"

The whole place fell silent.

The next second, the brown-haired knight burst into laughter, and one of them laughed so hard that he fell back and forth.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

As if the joke was really funny.

But Nicolai looked unmoved.

The companions behind the knight looked strange and turned their gazes away. Some of them coughed slightly, as if they were deeply ashamed of their leader's joke.

Thales, who was listening to all this from a distance, couldn't help but frown.

What are you doing?

Only the brown-haired knight still looked at Nicolai with a strange smile and shrugged.

Finally, after what seemed like centuries, Nicolai relaxed his icy expression and let out a long sigh.

"Same as before," Nicolai lowered his head and snorted coldly:

"It is not funny."
To be continued...