Light and Darkness, Pitt Michael [classic english novels .TXT] 📗

Standing in front of the creamy hallway, Rogge couldn't help feeling emotion.
　　 Old Rivers had already received the news and greeted him. Five years later, Old Rivers's hair was completely white, and his eyes began to become cloudy behind the single piece of gold crystal glasses. Although he had to lean on his cane, Old Rivers was still straight, and the dress was still carelessly wrinkled. Standing beside Old Rivers was a tall, thin old man with a brand-new dress all over his body. His appearance was similar to that of Old Rivers. Although he had not seen it for many years, Roger still recognized at a glance that this man was Uncle Brown.

　　Roger moved forward two steps excitedly, but was frozen in place by the cold expression of Old Rivers. Brown walked up enthusiastically and pulled Roger into the house.

　　In the small living room of Rivers' house, Roger took off his armor and chatted with old Brown while drinking coffee. Old Rivers could not sleep before thundering every night, and went back to bed early now. Roger was restless, and Old Rivers's coldness left him at a loss. Mother always avoids herself intentionally or unintentionally.

A sudden sound of horseshoes stopped at the gate, and a loud cry came: "Who hurt my brother and the old man! Get your uncle Blank out!" Roger smiled, but his hand shook. Shaking, spilled some coffee, and then caught a glimmer of joy in Brown's eyes.

　　 The door of the small living room was kicked openly. A tall, white man in knight costume came in, followed by a big man who was nearly two meters tall. It seems that the man in the knight costume is Blank.

　　The two ‘Dragon and Beauty’ knights standing behind Rogge were blind to the two, but if Blank really rushed up, I am afraid there will be an additional crossbow in his throat immediately. Rogge instantly evaluated Blank and estimated that he was a fifth-level knight. Although most of his "Dragon and Beauty" knights were less than fifth-level knights, the results in the battle were different.

　　Brown scolded: "Blank! Why is it so rude! This is your cousin Rogge, all from his family!"

　　The word ‘self’ is stuck in Rogge’s chest and will not disappear for a long time.

　　 There is still some time before dinner. Rogge made an excuse to end the unpleasant talks and rode to the old town's home.

　　 Near dusk, Rogge in casual clothes sat by the fire, chopping firewood with a rusty axe while chatting with Lilith and the old town mayor. Since Brown came to the Rivers family territory, the original servants died dead and scattered. The maid who made Rogge a man hanged himself in the woods outside the town one month after Father and Son came a month. Rogge and the old town mayor chatted about some interesting things as a child, and sometimes laughed a while. Almost unknown, with a soft click, a small splash splashed on the floor.

　　Inadvertently noticed this water lily, and her chest was suddenly firmly blocked by a mass of invisible things. After a while, she burst into tears. Recall that when Rogge was still lawless in his territory, the days of killing people were more like heaven than they are now.

Rogge turned his head with a melting smile on his face, and said, "What's crying, I'm back, everything will be fine." Then he took out another white silk handkerchief and gently wiped Lilith's face Tears on the river, but how to stop the river with the gate and a small handkerchief?

　　Robsky flashed in quietly, handed over two pieces of paper, and flashed his head down again, indicating that he saw nothing.

　　 Two pieces of paper record all the information that Roger wants, the population of the town, the estimated wealth scale, the size of the tax base, the range of possible taxes, and so on. See, Roger threw two pieces of paper into the stove.

　　The dinner of the Rivers family, the father and son of Brown suddenly treated the Roger with a lot of politeness, presumably saw the broken hapless ‘knight’. George flinched when he saw Rogge, and only Blank was arrogant.

　　Looking at the table full of rich dishes, Roger still feels uncomfortable despite his own contribution. So when he mentioned this tax, Old Rivers suddenly became furious, saying that these leaders were cunning and had deceived themselves for twenty years, hiding their property, causing them to lose the face of the baron for many years. Roger tried his best to explain that the townspeople had no food for the night, so they would starve to death, but the old Rivers just didn't believe it, and thought what Roger knew at a young age?

Seeing that Old Rivers was unreasonable, Roger proposed that it was necessary to raise these thirty guards. Blank interjected that the robbers in the vicinity were rampant and had to be prepared in case.

　　 This time Roger is no longer polite. Within a hundred miles, except the big town is the Confederate barracks, what robbers will not take the trouble to start here?

　　Blanc did not wait a moment, and said that he must be guarded against foreign robbers. Roger almost fainted in anger, and the nearest border here is also more than three hundred miles. What exotic bandits can rush here?

　　 Seeing Rogge refute Blank's body, Brown plugged in and said haha, "I am also a member of the Rivers family, wouldn't I think of my own brother?"

　　 ‘slap’, Old Rivers beat the table heavily and said angrily: “What bandits? These townsmen who don’t know what to do are robbers! If these guards were present, the house might have been demolished!”

　　Rog's voice also increased: "Without these idiots, what do the townspeople do to demolish our house! When our house did not have a guard, could this house be demolished?"

Old Rivers was so angry and roared, "This is my home! This territory and the people are my Rivers, and my words are the law! You want to speak here, wait until I die. !"

　　Brown hurriedly stopped Old Rivers and said, "Why do you have to do this, biological father and son? Roger, not the uncle said to you, it is easy to go home once, so don't be angry with your father."

　　 listened to Brown’s words, but old Rivers was more angry, pointing at Roger: “I know you want to be mad at me! Hello to receive these industries! You get me! Get out!”

　　Roger didn't expect that this would happen, only to slowly cool from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet. He turned to look at his mother and found that she was looking elsewhere, intentionally or unintentionally, with a cold face.

　　Roger held the table slowly, stood up slowly, looked at everyone in the dining room in his eyes, turned around and slowly walked out the door. These steps were extremely long, until he walked out the door, and Old Rivers and his mother never called themselves.

　　The door of the dining room slammed shut, and a guard who was standing in the hall screamed a ridiculous chuckle. The laughter did not fall, and suddenly his eyes turned white, two thin blood lines were marked in his nose, and he fell to the ground.

　　At this moment, time seemed to stop in the dining room.

　　 This night, Rogge stayed in the old town mayor's house and stayed up all night.

　　 The knights of ‘Dragon and Beauty’ were also called back and asked them to find accommodation in private houses. Rogge only allowed them to be close to the Rivers mansion 500 meters. Everything else, “You can do it!”

　　 This night, there were several fights in the town. Several "Dragon and Beauty" knights were wounded, but 20 "guards" had to stay in bed for a month.

　　 In the early morning, Blank's scolding almost spread all over the town. He was draped over the whole body, brought several men to the town, and was shot on the horse's head by a crossbow arrow from Robeski, and shot his white horse on the spot. Blank is extremely embarrassed, and it is cold sweat, and the meaning of Robertsky's arrow is very clear. If you shoot a horse, you will naturally shoot your head.

　　 Since then, the guards immediately saw the "Dragon and Beauty" knight flashing, and the knights were not too terrible. It was enough to make a few middle finger gestures against the back.

　　 Every day there must be a period of time, Roger asked Robsky to discuss something. Although she didn't avoid Lilith, the girl was very clever. At this time, she went to chat with grandpa. For the rest of the time, in addition to chatting with his grandfather and grandson, Rogge went from house to house in the town, sat down, and talked about the past. In the evening, Rogge and Yi spent the night in the living room on the first floor of the old town's home.

　　People in the town have a few days of quiet days.

　　 That night, Lilith had trouble sleeping. The girl's heart throbbed lightly, got up and went downstairs, and saw that the lounge chair in the living room was empty. The young girl Mo Ming took her heart, hurriedly put on her coat, and at the moment she went out, she fought a chill, but she resolutely stepped out.

　　 Lilith didn't know where to look for Roger, why did she go to Roger, she just felt that there was a voice faintly pointing in her own direction. The girl walked through the town in the winter night, and there seemed to be countless monsters moving around in the shadows around her, and it seemed that something was always following her, staring at her back.

　　Lilith became more and more afraid, and finally could not help running, the breath she exhaled formed a cloud of white mist, and slowly dispersed behind her.

　　 She felt not far away, there was a warm and safe place, she ran faster and faster, accidentally tripped by her skirt and fell to the ground. Lilith got up, and her elbow sleeves had been torn. She didn't care about the elbows still bleeding, and continued to run forward.

　　 turned around a corner, and the girl's tears suddenly shed. Not far away is a Roger's favorite old tree when he was a child, at this time a familiar figure under the tree is wandering. The fat figure was neither tall nor heroic, but it was the only security and the only warmth in the world at the moment.

　　Lilith flew up like a moth that threw a fire. At this moment, Rogge was her only end.

　　Rog looked back, looking at the girl who was running over with some surprise. Behind him, a small cloud of black mist was gradually dispersed by the wind.

　　 The moths in the cold night finally dropped into the warm flame, and even after that moment, the little moths also experienced happiness.

　　Roger quietly hugged the girl in her arms, watching her diligently get out of a comfortable position, and then burst into tears, her nose and tears rubbing against Roger's chest.

　　Roger smiled and gently stroked Lilith's hair, the girl raised her head, and there were a few teardrops hanging on the crystal clear face. Under the cold moonlight, the girl's greasy skin seems to be covered in a layer of