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Issy was left in the manor by Lucien to celebrate the New Year's Eve, and he couldn't go back to participate in the tribe's New Year's Eve ceremony at the door of his house, so he had to find a suitable place after dinner, and perform the traditional Hall Ceremony by himself. New Year's Eve ceremony.

It was the same when he was in other places. He briefly sent the old year to the place where the moonlight could shine, praying for peace.

The moon rises, and the day of the New Year’s Eve is also the last full moon night of the year. The remaining snow on the ground reflects the bright moonlight. .

This is an open space in the garden. The pines and cypresses are like silent guards under the tulle of the moonlight. The young grass and wild flowers emerging from a few clumps under the trees look around curiously, and their heads are pressed down by the cold wind. There was a rustling sound.

Lucien did not participate in this ceremony. He is still a believer of the God of Light in name, so he casually joins the ceremony of praising the Moon Goddess, which is a very disrespectful behavior that offends other people's beliefs.

So Lucien just picked a best viewing point not too far away, looked out the window to the garden, and could see the figure of Issy under the moonlight, the rare gentle evening wind blowing by in winter, the singing voice was blurred And touching.

The Hall tribe will sing myth carols on the New Year's Eve. It is a very long narrative poem. Lucien has only seen relevant records and fragments of lyrics in the book. The poem Hall only They will watch the bonfire at the ceremony in their hometown, you and I will sing from the beginning of the moon to the approaching dawn, and when they are in a foreign land, they will only sing a short part of it.

Because no outsider has ever been fortunate enough to be invited to participate in the Hall's New Year's Eve ceremony, no one has ever really heard how the song about the moonlight, the sun, and the endless flow of time was sung by the Halls.

All ethnic minorities must be good at singing and dancing.

It seems that no matter which world is like this.

In the old saying, the word Hall means flying bird, and the Halls are indeed as beautiful as birds when they sing. One cannot help but wonder if they have a syrinx in their throats like songbirds, so that they can sing like that. singing.

Lucien listened to the undulating melody in the wind and moonlight. He couldn't see Issie's expression clearly at this distance. He could only see the young man's silver hair shining and his white robe fluttering. The colors couldn't be more matching.

Like a white bird with fluttering wings, it flies up from the water covered with moonlight.

The cry was clear, and everything was silent.

Lucien couldn't help smiling, lying on the window sill and quietly closing his eyes.

The voices that were clamoring in his heart, and the chattering noises in his head, all returned to peace at this moment.

……

After a short break for the New Year's Eve, Yixi was the first one to start work.

He didn't take the job of being Lucien's babysitter (?) as a task, after all, the money came so easily, and Lucien wasn't a difficult employer, so it was hard for him to have any real sense of work.

But after the New Year's Eve and the new year begins, Yixi has to make plans for the new year.

To put it more bluntly, Izzy can no longer stay by Lucien's side as a cat breeder, he has to go back to the tribe to pull up his Izzy team again, count the supplies and money, and prepare On the road again.

The most important job of this is to bring the team back together. Every time Hall’s mercenary team goes back to their hometown, there will be a big change. In addition to one person who retired due to injury, Isi’s team will definitely have other people Members who cannot return to the team due to reasons, or realize that talent is limited and no matter how difficult it is to improve their strength, or their hometown temporarily holds the wanderer's heart, or some people have really bad personalities and no one in the team is happy, the captain will take the opportunity People kicked off.

Therefore, Yixi must go back before the first tribal meeting after the New Year's Eve - the first meeting after the year is also the recruitment meeting of the mercenary team. Find a suitable team here, and the team that is going to start again after the next year will also recruit new members who can trust their backs here.

Most of the teams will be determined after this meeting. If the meeting is missed, it will be very difficult for Issy to pick out suitable personnel from the remaining candidates.

While Lucien was still on his final vacation for the New Year's Eve, Izzy had already returned to the tribe, contacted his team members again, and confirmed their intention to return to the team.

He who is willing to come back is naturally very welcome, and Yixi who is not willing to come back does not force it. We have cooperated happily in the past few years, so it is natural to get together and part ways, and we can look forward to having the opportunity to be on the same team again in the future.

"Hey, I thought you weren't coming back." Ned sat down next to Issie, wrapped his arms around his captain's shoulders, and began to gossip, "That...how is it?"

Ned and Izzy can be regarded as half-children. Izzy also received a lot of help from Ned's family when he was young, so Ned and Izzy are closer than ordinary teammates. Izzy doesn't need to ask Ned. There is no scruples about touching the door and speaking.

Izzy pushed away Ned's face, which was too close, and smiled at the corner of his mouth, "Pretty good."

Ned was taken aback by his expression as if something really happened, and he couldn't help asking: "What, what's there really?"

He clearly remembered that the little duke didn't even know if the hardware would work. It couldn't be that Izzy was so courageous that he committed the crime and gave the duke... so what, right?

Yixi showed an innocent expression to Fa Xiao who was overly curious, "You know, I don't tell lies."

The signboard of their Huoer mercenaries is to operate honestly and honestly. It is trustworthy not to cheat or lie, and it is even more important to maintain a good relationship of trust between companions.

Izzy's expression was sincere and unaffected, so that Ned calmed down instantly after the initial shock, curled his lips and sat back and rolled his eyes at Izzy, "I'm just saying this to you, I bet it's nothing."

Yes, they Hall mercenaries don't tell lies, but there is no rule that they can't mislead others' thinking along the way, making people want to go to a place where wind and horses have nothing to do.

Issy didn't expect Ned to be caught so easily. Everyone grew up together and didn't know who else. What he said was just to pave the way for the next real explosion topic, so that Ned could be mentally prepared.

"But the guy said he wanted to support me, and I agreed."

Izzy stated the matter in the tone of "today's weather is good", and said to Ned, whose smile froze instantly: "You can still think about whether you want to come back."

"Of course I do!"

Ned hid his stiff expression for a second, and grinningly leaned closer to Issie, "That's funding! It's free money, why don't we have broth when you eat meat? It's not righteous enough for me to kick you away, treat your guests! You must treat them!"

Ned began to ask Issie, the friend with golden thighs, to treat him at the top of his voice, and after getting the promise from Issie to invite you casually, he straightened his face, and whispered in Issie's ear: "Don't talk to me about this matter." Others said, I’ll make an appointment with the elders, we’re relatives so we can talk a little bit, and then you can tell him about it in private, otherwise someone will spread some nonsense.”

Issy's status as an orphan is at a disadvantage in this kind of thing, and it is easy to be gossiped by some people in the village. Although the elders do business with the lord and receive some tax and education benefits, they are too close A bad relationship with money, if something goes wrong, it will touch any of their sensitive nerves, and they will cause a human tragedy that will annoy the lord.

But if you think about it from another angle, there is a duke from the imperial capital over there, who is born in the royal family. With such a high status, they, the aliens, probably don’t bother to take a look. The local group of people suppressed the living space is getting smaller and smaller, the fields cannot be bought, the local mercenary missions are not accepted, and the rare appearance of Muenna made that brain-watered eye look at Issy strangely. Anyone with a brain knows how to catch Take the opportunity to hug the lord's thigh.

Ned has always felt in his heart that the inability of the Hall clan to develop is also related to this overly xenophobic sense of self-protection.

And even from the perspective of Issy's friend, Ned hopes that his friend can seize this good opportunity.

I know my own affairs well, and Ned's talent is just like that. If you work hard at the top, you will probably be a high-level warrior or a little higher. However, Yixi's cultivation conditions at this age have already stepped on the place where he has to work hard to achieve in his life. , what if it goes up, and up?

In the final analysis, every step of the gifted person is made of money, and now someone is willing to rush to give what the Hall family can't give, and Ned only feels happy for Issy.

If you can't be a strong man, it's an honor to be a friend of a strong man.

Ned held Issie in his arms, and began to plan the future with great interest, "When you become famous, I will write a book called "Those Years with Issie Holroyer"? How about that?" It will definitely be sold in time, the nobles love to watch this kind of stuff, if I make money, I will give you a [-]/[-] split..."

Looking at Ned's radiant face, Yixi suddenly stretched his eyebrows, relaxed the calm expression he had been trying to maintain on his face, and said in a deep voice, "Seven to three, I seven to you three."

"Hey... You are not enough brothers like this... Four six, four six, okay?"

Ned's answer was Izzy's free-spirited laugh.

……

On the first day of vacation, Lawrence reluctantly left his quiet and secret little home, and first went to the main house of Rolles Manor.

He hasn't completely let go of his duties as the housekeeper of the manor, and he is handing over many things to his former deputy and the head maid Anna, so after the holiday, he thought about it and decided that he had to go back and have a look. Those two were just getting started with this job. It didn't take long for him to find out if there was any problem and deal with it in time.

In particular, spring is coming soon, and the spring plowing of the manor this year must be arranged before the weather completely warms up. This is cumbersome and complicated, but if the harvest in the first half of this year is not arranged in advance, the harvest in the first half of this year will be ruined—farmers are used to obeying the instructions of the peasant association in the village. They are also used to following the pace of the manor, so that if there is no spring plowing arranged on the manor side, the farmers are likely to wait until the spring plowing time is almost over.

In the main house of the manor, Lawrence was greeted by a heavy atmosphere and the lord with an unswerving expression.

Lawrence glanced at the empty space behind Lucien, and he knew it in his heart.

The beautiful Hall whom he likes has long legs and ran away by himself, which is indeed not very happy.

It's the same even if Lucien himself nodded in agreement.

And how to coax a sulking lord at such a time...

Lawrence took a step forward and said with a smile, "I have a new idea these days. It's about adventurers and merchants who will come during the hunting season. Are you interested in hearing it?"

As soon as these words came out, Lucien's expression immediately turned cloudy, and he said slowly: "Tell me."

Lawrence bowed, "Yes."

How to coax a lord who is in a bad mood...

Talk to him about work, of course.