Chapter 59 Birthday Invitation
The weather in July is very hot. In the evening of this day, the hustle and bustle of the day in the small town of Butua has ended. The residents have finished their work one after another, or hurried home for dinner. Or a group of three or five can happily drink beer chilled with cold water in the pub.
At the west city gate, the guards guarding the gate looked up at the sunset from time to time, hoping that she would come down quickly so that the gate could be closed and the guards changed.
At this time, they saw a carriage slowly driving towards Butua from the west, with several mounted guards surrounding it.
On weekdays, few people enter the city at this time. The guards opened their eyes and looked carefully at the approaching carriage, and slowly saw its full picture. They saw a flag on it with the words " A flying dragon with teeth and claws.
The captain of the guard squad recognized the family emblem on the flag: "It is the carriage of the Graiman family."
He immediately ordered the soldier closest to him: "Quick, ride my horse to inform Lord Angelo , someone from the Graiman family is here."
After receiving the order, the soldiers immediately ran inside the city gate to look for horses. After a while, they heard the sound of horse hooves gradually disappearing.
The captain stopped the carriage and asked loudly: "Which master is led by Alda inside?"
After the coachman stabilized the horse, the door of the carriage opened and he got out. An old man with a gray beard and a kind face said with a smile: "I am Baron Wackley Ford, the Lord Seal of the Land of Alda. I am here to visit your lord, Earl Garnerd, and send you an invitation to my lord's birthday party. ”
The squad leader said respectfully: "It turns out to be the Baron, please let me accompany you to the Lord's Mansion."
Old Ford agreed, stepped onto the carriage, and the coachman urged the horses to follow the squad leader into the city slowly. .
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In front of the Lord Butua's Mansion, four people stood there to welcome the arrival of Manager Ford. At the front is Viscount Angelo, the steward of the seal of Bairding, followed in order by Viscount Abt, Baron Amos, and Baron Blau.
After getting off the car, Old Ford greeted them one by one. After greeting everyone, they entered the Lord's Mansion.
As soon as they entered the hall, Miles, the butler of the Lord's Mansion, came up to him: "My lords, please wait a moment. Dinner is being prepared and it will take some time."
Everyone sat down in the hall and waited. Ford explained the purpose of his visit: "July 20th is Lord Paul Greyman's birthday. I, the Master of the Seal, have been specially sent to invite his blood-sworn brother, Lord Myron Garnard, to attend the birthday party."
After hearing this, the four nobles did not answer. After a period of silence, Viscount Abbot, a middle-aged man who could think of a wine barrel when he saw his belly, spoke: "We will Send him a birthday gift, and as for Mr. Garner..."
"Of course Lord Garner will go!" Manager Angelo suddenly interrupted loudly, this man with a thin body and naked eyes.
Ignoring the fleeting dissatisfaction in Baron Blau's eyes and the slightly puzzled looks of the other two, he continued: "I must be very happy that the Earl received the invitation from the Bloodsworn Brothers!"
Manager Ford said with a smile: "That's for sure. Although they are so close, the two of them haven't seen each other for several years."
"Alas!" Manager Angelo shook his head and sighed: " They could have met at the funeral of old Lord Grayman a few months ago. Unfortunately, Lord Garner was unwell at the time. For the sake of his health, we did not let him go. After all, the atmosphere at the funeral was not suitable for patients, so we had to. Let me go there instead of the count."
Manager Ford nodded in understanding: "This time they can have a good meeting."
"Oh. , the Earl will be here soon."
Just as he was saying this, he heard Butler Miles shouting: "Earl Garner is here -" A fat blond boy, aged 20,000, came into the hall. Around 16 years old, about the same height as Paul, he is the lord of Bailding and Paul's blood-sworn brother-Myron Garnard.
Controller Ford hurriedly stood up to greet him. Myron motioned for him to excuse himself and walked to the front seat to sit down. Then he took the invitation handed over by the conservator's hands.
"Mr. Baron, I haven't seen you for a long time." The lord of Bairding said so. He opened the invitation and read it carefully, showing a very happy expression. Then he turned to Chief Angelo and asked: "Anchiro Uncle Luo, can I go to Paul’s birthday party?”
Angelo immediately stood up and said, “Of course, my lord, no matter how busy you are with study and work, you still have to celebrate the birthday of your blood-sworn brother. As it should be."
"If you don't object, I haven't seen him for a long time, so why not set off with Mr. Baron tomorrow?"
Director Ford also echoed: "I think this is good. It's always more convenient to go on the road together." Even if Myron didn't say it, he would bring it up.
Just as the pot-bellied Viscount Abbot was about to speak out, Angelo said first: "Of course, so that the count can stay with his friends for a few more days."
Old Ford secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the trip went very smoothly. He had already prepared a bunch of reasons in his stomach and asked Myron to set off with him tomorrow.
The butler came over to inform that dinner was ready, and everyone came to the restaurant to eat. Myron kept pestering Old Ford to tell him about Alda's suppression of pirates, which made Old Ford smile bitterly.
During the period, Old Ford asked why in addition to Archangel Angelo, other vassals of Canard also gathered in Buyatu.
The answer was that the troops directly under the Lord's Mansion had gone south under the command of Baron Andrew, the only vassal of Bailding who knew the military well, and joined the command of the eldest princess Catherine to defeat the rebels. They took their own Private soldiers came to protect the safety of their lords and maintain law and order in the capital.
As for the royal commissioner assigned to Baierding, everyone said that he went south with Baron Andrew, but he should be back soon.
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After dinner, Old Ford was arranged to rest in the guest room, and the four vassals of Canard also said goodbye to Myron and returned to their residences.
However, after leaving the lord's mansion, they all arrived at Angelo's home.
"Are you crazy? Angelo! Are you going to let that kid leave our control?" In a secret room, Abt asked Angelo angrily.
“Huh!” Angelo looked at him like an idiot, “What can I do? Don’t you want that kid to celebrate his brother’s birthday in front of Ford? The old guy looked at him You can tell that something is wrong.”
Abut gritted his teeth and looked at Angelo: “If anything happens, you have to...you have to take full responsibility.”
Angelo was furious: "We are grasshoppers on a rope. If something happens, no one can run away. Now there are rumors in the market that we are going to be detrimental to Myron Garner, and old Garner." Morality, letting him go for a walk will clear our suspicions."
Abut was still unconvinced and had a fierce argument with Angelo.
The remaining two people looked at each other, unable to interrupt the quarrel between the two viscounts.
(End of this chapter)